The mental anguish was twice as bad as it was when they were together. She drove him to the breaking point before he finally gave her an ultimatum. He knew she had done everything in her power to abstain from vigilantism. Only the bombing of the BCC and the near-murder of Jon Aeppli was more than she could bear. It was a living hell knowing the most precious person in his life was risking her life as the Nightcrawler. Being apart from her and knowing she was doing it was far worse.
As he pulled up to the parking area outside Bellevue, he could not help but think of its reputation as a psychiatric treatment facility. If only there was a way to separate Bree Brooks from her alter ego. If only they could be split like an atom, divided into two distinct beings once and for all. He would fulfi
