X-Men: Revolution

2.0 The X Impulse - 1/3

Previously on X-Men: Revolution...

The three of our heroes get to settle down at the Institute - buying what they need, receiving uniforms, having first trainings and as for Fallen and Kurt - entering High School. Meanwhile Todd pays a visit at the Institute to spy for Mystique, disguised as the Principal Darkholme at Bayville High, and Wolverine arrives at the Institute, returning after he read in newspapers about recent explosion during football game, that as he concluded - Scott was involved in. However, in general, everything was calm so far. It is only about to get worse now.

NOW ON X-MEN: REVOLUTION...

For a lingering moment, she felt like she's falling. You know - the sudden feeling that you're slipping off of your bed and off the edge of the Earth and you suddenly jump out of your skin, grabbing your sheets in fear only to realize you weren't falling at all? That's what she felt. Except she didn't shake awake, she continued to descent into a void pictured in her mind, and the fear that usually hits quickly came to her slowly, but sent her to the same edge of panic and still - she couldn't move.

She imagined her heart racing, thundering in her chest as the panic continued to rise, and the feeling of falling continued to accelerate. But in fact she couldn't feel her heart, nor any part of herself. She stopped being aware of any part of her body, she felt like it's only her formless awareness storming into oblivion.

It continued for far longer than she wished, but eventually, with a strong tug - she was back in her Institute bed, drawing a harsh breath.

She woke up not drenched in sweat, but ice cold. It felt like she was exposed to cold wind whipping her throughout the night, but the balcony door was closed, and she started getting warmer moments after awakening, as of having just entered the warm room.

Confused and concerned, she rubbed her face and switched the night light on. She felt rigid when she got up, it was difficult to move around. She walked over to the mirror and saw her face looking unnaturally pale, grey even.

"Something is wrong" she whispered to her reflection. "Something is fucking wrong."

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When Fallen woke up again in the morning and looked into the mirror, her face was no longer so pale and unhealthy looking. In fact she looked and felt completely fine.

It was almost difficult for her to believe that what she felt last night and how it left her cold and paper-white and rigid was anything more than a dream. And maybe she would blow it off thinking it was, had it been the first time it happened.

The first time she had this feeling of prolonged falling was at the night before her first day at Bayville High, two days ago. It was terrible, but she figures it's probably just because she was more stressed about everything than she admitted to herself, and her body had difficulty properly falling asleep and awakening.

But it happened the following night too.

And then the following day she felt it during the day, being awake. She was glad nobody saw her as her knees gave in under her.

And now again, this time it lasted longer than before. It was about time she stopped blaming it on stress and try to figure out what's really going on with her.

"It's like I'm losing touch with reality when it happens, but I'm still aware and there's this sense of... I don't know, panic" she told Forge as they were sitting in the living room that afternoon.

"It's definitely odd" the boy agreed with a little frown. "Did you tell Kurt?"

"No" she shifted a bit against corner of the couch. "I don't want him to worry... Besides, I don't even know what it is."