<div class="floatleft">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/e/ea/XMenAvatarPhoenix03.jpg)<br/></div><strong>Code Name</strong>: Phoenix<br/><strong>Real Name</strong>: Rachel Summers<br/><strong>Location</strong>: The Living Room, Braddock Lighthouse, Scotland<br/><strong>Date/Time</strong>: Monday the 7th of September (2015) - 9:00 Am<br/><strong>Tagging</strong>: Kitty Pryde<br/><strong>Content</strong>: Anything goes<br/><strong>Wearing</strong>: Black ankle boots and leggings, red wool dress, black leather jacket<br/><hr/>Scott and Jean. She could have done without the reminder of her 'parents'. At best, Rachel's presence would do nothing to cheer them up, at worst.... Scott... perhaps he could accept her, but Jean? Her mind knew that Jean wasn't her mother, but in her heart she loved her like a mother, felt a connection with her that ran deep, but when she had told her who she was ... Jean had rejected her, pushed her away, made it very clear that she didn't return Rachel's feelings. Excalibur was family, the X-Men were family, but the family Rachel really wanted, needed, she wouldn't have.<br/><br/>Enough! she told herself. Every time she thought about Jean Grey she began to feel like a little child and Rachel Summers wasn't a child any more, hadn't been a child for a long time. No use dwelling on something she couldn't have. Instead she focused on her telephone call, telling Alistair Stuart that Excalibur wouldn't be around for a little while, but not out of reach, informing him that if a major emergency came up he should best tell Moira MacTaggert, as she would know best how to contact the X-Men.<br/><br/>"So when do you want to leave?" Rachel asked, after ending the phone call. "It's still the middle of the night in Westchester right now. I don't think I'll need much time to pack, and unless you want to arrive before sunrise I was thinking I might as well take an hour or two to tell Moira in person that we'll be away for a little while. On the other hand... arriving before daylight could make for a pretty spectacular entrance." Small, bright flames flickered around her form as she winked at Kitty.