xp_communication | Email to Scott.

To: [Summers, Scott]
From: [Colbert, Marie-Ange]
Subject: An explanation.
Attached: Fwd: Subject: She played me.

... Perhaps I should be more direct.

I do not trust that Manuel de la Rocha is not going to come in here and scream down my room, or use his powers to attack Amanda. He has attacked people before, myself and Douglas included. He left what I must assume are veiled threats in an email recently, and I should have forwarded that to the staff because he signed it Empath and not Manuel and referenced Loki's teachings.

That email is now forwarded to you. Please forward it to anyone else who may need it. I do not trust Manuel, with good reason.

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x-cyclops.livejournal.com

And you could not have come to me directly with this?

I cannot believe you. I really can't. You chose to challenge the staff, and, incidentally, insult the rest of the student body, rather than express to me or Charles or Ororo that you had a specific concern. Where is the logic in that?

As for the matter at hand, rest assured that Manuel will not be acting aggressively towards Amanda.

Cyclops

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Mr. Summers? Manuel has -never- been punished or challenged on these threats before. Why should I believe he will be now?

I never claimed logic. I am upset. If you want me to issue some sort of statement that yes, I acted rashly out of fear, I will.

You asked me to stand down, I did. I explained. I dropped this issue. What more do you want? I am not asking this in any sort of sarcastic manner. What more do I need to do?

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x-cyclops.livejournal.com

I am not seeing any kind of explicit threat in this email. I am seeing what could be interpreted as a potential threat if you chose to interpret it as such, and if I have to go drag Manuel by the ear in to see the Professor so that Charles can make the way things will be clear, I will. Although I suspect Charles will not need my help on that score; if nothing else, something will almost certainly have to be done with their link before Amanda leaves.

What I don't understand, Angie, is why the possibility of a threat to Amanda has you on the warpath, and yet you don't seem to be acknowledging what she did. Needless to say, we are not going to allow another student to endanger her, even if she willfully and without regret endangered other students, the doctors, and a patient.

She doesn't believe she did anything wrong. She didn't act out of panic. She had a position of trust and she threw it away without a second thought. One of the babies could have been in the medlab - Rachel was supposed to be - and Nathan tells me that Amanda didn't stop to think about that possibility.

How much bigger than Frank is a two-month-old baby?

Scott

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Mr. Summers? Why do you think the possibility of anything has me on the warpath? Besides my precognition, Manuel has demonstrated before that he is willing to attack people to get what he wants.

He did it to me. Douglas too, on the same night.

And I understand what Amanda did all too well.

However, I am aware I was rash. What do I need to do to explain that I have decided to stand down?

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x-cyclops.livejournal.com

Why is it that all you can see in this situation is Manuel? Or is it all that you choose to see?

He is a side issue. He will be dealt with. You dragging up incidents over a year old is not doing anything but making it look like you're trying to deflect attention away from what Amanda did. I got more than enough of that from her this morning when I spoke to her.

Nothing you're saying makes me think that you trust us. Maybe you have cause, but maybe I thought that progress had been made over the last year, all around.

Scott

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I trust you. I trust Alison, I trust the Professor and Ms. Munroe and Kurt and Nathan and Dr. MacTaggart and all the rest.

I do not trust Manuel. I do not think I ever will.

I am sorry if that was not clear, I am rather upset and it is increasingly hard to think clearly about this issue. There are too many futures that could happen and only a few that are even remotely acceptable. In my worry, I forgot to explain.

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x-cyclops.livejournal.com

To tell us anything that needs to be told, and go away from the computer now. It's not as if there aren't a large number of things that need to be done.

I can handle all of this, Angie, if I know I have my team behind me. If you were just a student, I wouldn't have been arguing with you. You're not. You're more than that, and I expect more from you. I expect you to be able to look to the greater good, or the greater threat, and stand behind the people who are trying to do that as well.

Scott

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I am going to go lie down and try to sleep. I have not since I saw all of this in the first place. I keep wanting to throw up whenever I shut my eyes.

I will be in Doug's room if you need me. It is -quiet- there.