No Way Out// Tommy, Jay

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Tommy finally comes out of his room for food, at the same moment Jay decides it's mid day snack time. It's amazing what can be expressed without words

( Everywhere I turn, I hurt someone//But there's nothing I can say to change the things I've done )

Skeleton Coast: Harmattan Winds

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Friday. Nathan, Pete, Cain and Alison arrive at the Eris camp outside in the desert. The Eris personnel immediately decide that high-tailing it for the mountains is the best course of action. Still, there's a Domino who needs finding, and splitting up is the order of the day. Alison, though she doesn't find Domino, makes some headway of a very unexpected sort.

( The fine art of intimidation. )

Domino, still in her cell when chaos breaks out, seizes the first opportunity to escape. Thankfully (given the content of Nathan's vision) she doesn't get very far. Although she's not quite as happy to see Pete as she should be. At least not right away.

( A fist in the throat says 'I love you'. Really, it does. )

Outside, Cain and Nathan spot Gideon. Cain and Nathan chase Gideon. Gideon has a surprise for Nathan - or is the joke on him? Then, Gideon finds himself in the position of facing a furious, psimitar-bearing telekinetic out in the open where Nathan doesn't have to worry about collateral damage.

( Let's see how you like what you made. )

Jay & Forge

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Unstable after his run-in with Tommy, Jay receives some support from Forge.

( He's been absolutely terrified for months now, realizing what he is. Pain, fear, disgust - what more does he have to lose? An arm and a leg? How much punishment's enough? )

Lost in the Woods - Epilogue

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In the boathouse, Remy tries to come to grips with betrayal.

( More is thy due than more than all can pay. )

***

Doug, Marie-Ange and Jubilee get a surprise visitor. Or maybe not so much of a surprise to at least two of them.

( By the pricking of my thumbs... )

***

Amanda's turn. Things aren't always as you expect them to be.

( Something wicked this way comes. )

***

On the way out, Marie-Ange catches Remy, and gives him a gift.

( If you can look into the seeds of time/ And say which grain will grow and which will not. )

Skeleton Coast: Aftermath

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The cavalry arrives.

( This particular patch of desert might as well have been wearing a sign saying 'Nathan was here'. )

Friday evening. Nathan wakes up from his enforced nap to find someone unexpected watching over him. Bridge 'rescues' him. Then, the laptop Alison liberated turns out to contain potentially invaluable information about the network of training camps for young mutants that Eris helped set up in Africa.

( 'Have I mentioned lately that I don't like your family?' 'Never hurts to reiterate that.' )

Later, Alison brings Nathan the letter she found. A number of questions get answers, and yet more are raised.

( I'm afraid to open it. )