Seven Minutes In Heaven: Echoes

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The X-Men get a call from Nick Fury, asking for assistance with a SHIELD investigation. Some old ghosts are never quite put to rest.

( The present contains nothing more than the past, and what is found in the effect was already in the cause. )

Seven Minutes In Heaven: North

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The X-Men arrive at Eielson Air Force Base to join the SHIELD team and make the last leg of the trip via helicopter. Without knowing what they're going to find, reactions during the trip are variable.

( Into the empty land. )

Seven Minutes In Heaven: Ghosts

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They arrive at the Taygetos facility and discover it empty, but only of people. All the pieces of the puzzle are there to be put together. If only they had the time.

( Fragile beginnings of a mighty end. )

Seven Minutes In Heaven: Tactics

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Just because you're outnumbered doesn't mean you don't have to finish the job. The SHIELD scientists try to do the latter, while the X-Men buy them some time.

( Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat. )

Seven Minutes In Heaven: Spartans

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Angelo and the SHIELD team discover that the most dangerous mutant among their attackers may be the middle-aged history professor. Outside, things go from bad to worse - mostly for Nathan - as Saidullayev gets an assist. Old grudges are the best kind.

( Heroing is one of the shortest-lived professions there is. )

Seven Minutes In Heaven: Memoria

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Nathan's teammates try to save him, but in the space between life and death, Nathan finds answers he never expected.

( All things one has forgotten scream for help in dreams. )

Seven Minutes In Heaven: Retreat

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On the way back to Eielson, Kyle discovers that while it wasn't all for nothing, Trask and Lense got away with more than any of them would have liked. At the base, after seeing to her team, a tired and angry Jean calls home.

( Not theirs the strife that stays for set of sun. )