X-Force: Beyond Omega - Chapter 58: A meeting with Lady Death

... was a slow beeping that somehow brought me back to reality. My eyelids felt like lead, but I opened them slightly to squint through the dim light of the infirmary. The smell and the sounds of humming medical equipment confirmed my location.

"Ah, you're awake," came a familiar voice.

I winced at the dull ache in my skull and shifted my head a little, and Professor Xavier was sitting beside the bed with his hands folded neatly in his lap. Though his face was serene, there was a tin ...