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Warren looked at the fireworks, his eyes glistening as he let it hit him. Days of compounded grief expelled from him like sweat as he looked up at the dark sky. The Angel could let himself be weak now.

“Heh… always had to be grand, Emma.”

Warren remarks as he let the tears fall. Hearing the ‘bamf’ behind him, he turned to see Kurt.

Ah… hello, Kurt. I am so grateful you agreed to help Sage. Even if the help ultimately wasn’t needed, I missed doing the right thing for the sake of wanting to be kind.

He spread his wings as he looked back to the sky.

Now… we can deal with the blood and decide if it stays with Sage or if we donate it to a hospital tomorrow. Right now?

Warren offers his hands

You asked me what it was like to fly. May I show you?

Warren spent hours discussing with whoever would listen to set up the medical equipment and storage. Once this was complete, he gathered the students for a presentation.

Hello, student body of the mansion. My name is Warren Worthington III, and I recently rejoined the faculty body. In light of recent... "unwanted exposure," I overheard the idea from a concerned student and decided to provide my backing towards a noble venture.

Starting today, the Emma Frost Blood Drive will be available for all willing volunteers who want to help our vampiric colleague and friend. Simply go to Dr. McCoy and ask to have your blood drawn. I myself will be the first one to donate blood. Once we have twenty bags collected and stored, Herr Wagner will teleport the collection to Ms. Sage before teleporting out to ensure his safety while the next batch is prepared.

If you have any questions, I will take them up front. Yes, written notes of compassion will also be accepted with any blood donated.

Warren was restless. He did not want this tragedy to pass him by, not when he was finally able to do something. He pulled Sage aside the first chance he got.

Hello, Sage. You and I have not had any time to know each other, yes, but as you are the one looking into the truth behind Emma’s murder I would like to offer my services. I have the Worthington name and funds, I have my mutant wings for reconnaissance, I have… I have a desire to not be on the outside looking in anymore.

Warren kneels before Sage, looking up with a desperate need to help others.

For far too long, I have been a tool of Apocalpyse. I have committed far too many evils to name… give me this chance, please. If there is even a single infinitesimal drop of good that I can do, then tell me how to do it.

I am yours to command.

Warren was hurting. Of course he was. He had just gotten back and there was already another loss. He wanted to grieve, he wanted to collapse, he wanted to shatter…

…but someone has to be strong for Emma’s sake.

Someone has to be the light at the end of the tunnel that shows the rest of the mansion there is still hope. Hope for a better future, hope for the professor’s dream.

Warren knows what he has to do. He knew the minute he came to terms with that he’d become Archangel one thousand times over to spare his true family the pain of Apocalypse “evolving” them into his horsemen.

With a heavy heart, he puts on a gentle smile… and despite not being the most religious man, he finds himself praying as he heads to his first class of the day.

“Lord, give me the strength to carry those I love through this pain. Let me be their guardian once more.”

The sky was clear. Not a cloud in the sky. So when a shadow was cast over the mansion, people were confused… until the one casting that shadow crashed into the lawn.

“Ugh….”

People surrounded the smoke cloud near instantly to see who was in it. That cloud of smoke was pushed back by the residual gust of wind caused by two large white feathered wings spreading.

Rising from the crater, with years and tears im his eyes, is Warren Worthington the third; not in his cursed metallic form of Archangel, but Angel returned at long last. The tears began rolling as he addressed those who came out.

“Hello, my friends… I’m finally home. What did I miss?”

/uj I’ve had this for months and yet waited to post it because I respect who I was planning a crossover with and wanted to let Cadmus and Simone have their battle first