Reality came back in jagged pieces. Dean's **STATUS SCREEN** rebooted to show two miracles:
1. He was alive.
2. So was Jean Grey.
She knelt in the wreckage, human again, cradling Loki's unconscious form. The **STATUS SCREEN** tagged her vitals:
**JEAN GREY: [PHOENIX SEVERANCE - 99%]**
**PSIONIC SCARS: [PERMANENT]**
**CURRENT EMOTION: [GUILT]**
Dean's pistol found her temple. "Don't move."
Jean didn't flinch. "You saved me." Her fingers brushed Loki's broken collarbone. "Why?"
The **STATUS SCREEN** displayed the truth before Dean could lie:
**SECONDARY OBJECTIVE COMPLETE: [PHOENIX DIVERSION]**
**SP AWARDED: +5000**
Dean lowered the gun. "You were collateral." He tossed her the Tesseract fragment. "Get him to Earth."
Jean's telekinesis flared. "And you?"
The **STATUS SCREEN** pulsed:
**AVAILABLE WORLDS: [BLEACH - 8000 SP]**
Dean grinned as the portal tore open behind him. "Got a date with a hollow."
Jean's shout was lost in the void's howl.