*Cedric, holding an unconscious Gizelo in his arms, uses his steam jet, flying away from the collapsing cave. Adam is next to him. Cedric thinks of everything that had transpired today as blood, sweat, and tears run down his face. He was going to protect the ones he loved, he said. He was going to save his friends, he said. As he heard the screams of abducted mutants (mostly children), the suffering, the pain.... Cedric finds the burdens layering and layering on him, slowly killing him on the inside. He thinks of Barry. Dante. Of Cole. Of Moe. Everyone else. He continues to cry. However, he pushes on, his resolve not yet broken.... but it's coming. It's coming*