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Doctor Hank McCoy opens the Door to the Infirmary, and leads the way for an odd procession, a floating Nina paced on one side by Magius, and on the other by Catherine who is holding up and pumping, steadily, an IV bag in her hands. Hank leads them to the nearest open and clean bed and sweeps the covers back.

"Here," he says and watches as Magius gently settles Nina on the bed.

"Now, I just need to finish,. and she will be okay."

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Catherine stands by as Nina lies still on the bed, almost lifeless, face thin and drained.

Hank moves around her, hooking her up to the Monitor and slowly finishing the job, his hands still moving fast, but now slower and with even more precision. His eyes find Catherine'snow and then as he operates, healing each wound and organ, slowly bringing Nina back to health, or as close as he can without a long bed rest.

When he finally steps back he smiles, softly.

"There. It's done. Now the rest is up to bed rest, food, and love."

He lets out a trembling breath.

***

Magius nearby sags against the side of the bed, his tears coming fast and thick as he lets go and relases his fear and pain and worry and days of trauma and fear and... everything. He cant even remember when it started, now.

He is just glad she is back and on the road to getting better.

Catherine, without a word, touches Hank's shoulder in a silent gesture and moves off to their rooms.

The bed is quiet, almost without movement, but if you look closely--Nina is breathing again. Slow, steady, asleep.

Here. Alive.

Hank moves off after her. He smiles back at Magius and then is gone.

Magius sits down heavily, and reaches out to touch Nina's hand then claps it and begins a vigil. He will stay as long as forever with her. This love will not die. He glories in it as he watches her and smiles softly. She is alive!

It may be hours later--it feels like it--when Nina (slowly, softly, troubled frown on her face) stirs.

Magius is still there, watching, and he stirs at her movement. His ehart leaps but he forces himself to control his movement as he rises slightly, still gripping her hand.

"Nina? Can you hear me?"

Her eyes, as they turn to him, have that blank, unseeing, haunted look to them--from the nightmares of her madness, so long ago.

But then she sees him, sees him.

"Magius?"

And he smiels for her and kisses her hand.

"Yes, Nina. It's me. You're back. You're in Milliways."

And he is crying.

"I'm..." She struggles to sit up. "I..."

He moves to help her to a sitting postion, putting pillows behind her back, carefully adjusting her iv.

"You're here, with me, in the Infirmary, at Milliways. You're back."

"I'm free." She meets his eyes fully for the first time, and a tremor runs through her. "He brought me through."

He blinks.

"...Who? What do you mean?"

He looks confused, even as he is near her and watching her, with love in his eyes.

She shakes her head. Buries her head in his shoulder in a rush, arms reaching for him, shaking all over.

He hugs her close, careful of her connections, but hugging her tightly nonetheless.

"I missed you, baby, so very much. When I thought... when you were gone... I ... I was afraid you wouldnt come back..."

He shakes in her arms and is kissing her hair and her neck softly.

"I love you, my beloved. So much."

She can't answer--just holds on tightly, not moving, still shivering, trying to get as close to him as possible. Tears leak out between her shut eyelids, pooling on her lashes, watery-red with dried blood.

He holds her tight and smiles softly.

"Love you, love you, love you."

And he kisses her warmly.

She shudders strongly under that kiss, gasps and tenses and tries to pull him closer all at the same time.

He gently strokes her back, hugging her and stroking her back softly, murmuring in her ear as he holds her.

He shivers, tears in his own eyes. She is back back back back....

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