[h1][b][i][color=goldenrod][center]Nina van Essenhout[/center][/color][/i][/b][/h1]

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Nina watched on as Richard marched past her towards the elevator, seemingly giving himself up. But since those words left Pietro's mouth, he'd changed. Something had shifted, and Nina's brow furrowed as she connected the dots. Surely not? The chances of Ayita being the lost sister must be... astronomical, to say the least. Following closely behind the others as they all left the debris-strewn basement, she went through the similarities the pair did have. Both shape-shifters, both Caucasian, both American, and Ayita shared the name of Richard's long-lost sibling. Could it really be true?

As the elevator reached the ground floor, the scene unfolding before them made it quite clear that it was indeed the case. The Laine siblings were together after over a decade, and Nina couldn't help but smile at the violent reunion. Ayita was clearly upset, but perhaps in the long run, this would be good for her. Still, the issue of Richard's misdemeanours lingered. She doubted that Fury would be all too forgiving to him for the sake of keeping a family together.

Helping the others in directing the Brotherhood members towards the van, she couldn't help but pick up on Guin and Fury's discussion, listening as he questioned about Richard. Nina had been in a similar situation to him, but she'd spent a good decade righting her wrong as best as she could before S.H.I.E.L.D approached her. If it were up to her, she would offer the same second chance she got, but Nick Fury wasn't the forgiving type. Thankfully, Guin seemed to agree, as she skated over his involvement with Magneto. Finishing up with her prisoner, Nina nodded in response to Fury's offer of a day off, gaze only turning to Guin as he walked out of earshot.

[color=goldenrod]"That was good of you, Guin."[/color] While she doubted the girl particularly cared about her opinion, she felt someone should acknowledge the gesture of good faith that she had just handed to Richard. Walking away and towards Cassandra and Carolina, Nina's smile grew into a rare grin at the sight of them.

[color=goldenrod]"I think that went better than expected."[/color] While the loss of Oshea certainly put a dampener on the victory, it was a victory nonetheless, and they had saved countless human lives. 

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[h1][b][i][color=lightcoral][center]Charlie Farrier[/center][/color][/i][/b][/h1]

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Thankfully, the other two stood down pretty quickly, though Charlie doubted it had anything to do with them being scared of a flame-handed kid with noodle arms, and more to do with Ayita. Not that he was complaining all that much - a tiger was scarier than he was any day of the week. In fact, Ayita in her human form could be just as  scary, particularly when he saw the look on her face as the snake-guy popped up again. He stepped backwards as she began beating on him, not quite understanding what was going on, but deciding not the ask any questions. They seemed pretty preoccupied.

As everyone began to file out of the building, trussed up Brotherhood members being frog-marched alongside them, Charlie offered to help the injured Damon leave the facility too. His leg was still bleeding, and looked pretty painful, but hopefully there'd be no lasting damage. Watching on in a bit of awe as Directer Fury entered the scene, Charlie passed along Damon to the medical personnel as he watched the famous S.H.I.E.L.D leader for a moment. He'd heard plenty of stories about this guy's badassery, but he was in no hurry to meet the guy. He could probably freeze him to the spot with a glare from his good eye.

Collapsing into a seat by his injured teammates, Charlie heaved a heavy sigh as his adrenaline-filled body finally began to relax. Looking towards Allison as she awoke beside him, he stretched with a groan as she spoke of coffee.

[color=lightcoral]"You and me both, blondie."[/color] It felt like forever since he'd drank, eaten or slept, when in reality, they'd probably been there less than half a day. He just hoped not every day with the X-Men was going to be this stressful.