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Uncanny X-Men #158
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When the X-Men were turned into toddlers by Mojo, the New Mutants took up the role of the X-Men, dressing up with their intended graduation costumes. [Uncanny X-Men Annual #10]
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Sometime later, Marrow stole Cecilia’s medical bag in order to help the injured Callisto, her former mentor. When Cecilia gave chase in her anger, she involuntarily used her force field offensively for the first time, in this case to get Beast out of her way. [X-Men (2nd series) #73]
Cecilia’s fears of helplessness and inadequacy caught up to her later when the demons known as the Ru’tai materialized on the grounds of the Xavier estate. Face to face with demons, something she had not believed possible, Cecilia panicked and found herself running for her life.
When things settled for a moment, she confronted Beast with her fear of being worthless. However, Cecilia was captured alongside most of the X-Men by the Ru’tai and taken to their home dimension. Once there, the Ru’tai tried dissecting Cecilia, but her force field protected her. When the X-Men fought back, Cecilia at first hid by the sidelines, observing the battle  and asking herself how the X-Men could defeat these foes. It was Maggott who reminded her that she was now part of the X-Men and inspired her to feel that way. Wanting to make her dead father be proud of her, Cecilia beat back her fears and charged into battle. Actually, she saved the day when she fell on the talisman that powered the Ru’tai reality, breaking it with her butt. Nonetheless, that day Cecilia’s doubts slowly began to fade away and she felt more like she belonged. [X-Men (2nd series) #75]
When the X-Men were attacked by the Shadow King, he tried to corrupt the newer X-Men tempting them with their secret desires.  He offered Cecilia a new future with her own operating room and the knowledge the world’s best surgeons. Still, she was concerned about her fellow X-Men's fate, and had not yet reached a decision when the Shadow King was eventually defeated by Storm and Psylocke. Afterwards, Cecilia took charge of helping the injured people of Storm’s village, thus redeeming herself for letting herself be tempted. [X-Men (2nd series) #77-78]
Shortly afterwards, the Beast asked Cecilia out on a date to the opera. By coincidence, Reed and Sue Richards also attended the play, and halfway through a jealous scientist began using the Psycho-Man's equipment on the unsuspecting audience, making them feel hate, doubt and fear. Thus manipulated, Cecilia started to beat up her teammate, blaming him for the hated role as an X-Man she had been dragged into. When the  emotion-manipulating machine's energies increased, Cecilia even cried out that she hated herself. Eventually, the heroes managed to defeat their opponent, though Cecilia felt that her privacy had been violated and was rather unforgiving towards the scientist who had had no idea what effects the machine might cause. However, Susan Richards being rather familiar with its effects, she provided Cecilia with some comfort. [Uncanny X-Men / Fantastic Four Annual '98]
Time passed and, with Xavier missing and the school still barren, several X-Men began going their separate ways and leading their own lives. Cecilia was one of those X-Men. She opened up her own small practice in Salem Center, so she could pursue her own dream while still helping out the X-Men every now and then. For example, she would housesit at the mansion when the X-Men were away on a mission. [Uncanny X-Men #360] On one occasion, she aided Wolverine in defending some Japanese agents from the mob. During this adventure, Cecilia even stood up to the Silver Samurai, and made him listen to reason rather than to resort to violence. [X-Men Unlimited (1st series) #24]
Over the following months, Cecilia moved her clinic to Vinegar Hill in Brooklyn, by the Manhattan Bridge. She continued her medical work, until one day,  when the injured Nightcrawler arrived at her clinic, shot by the vengeful mutants known as the Neo. Just like Cecilia, Nightcrawler had taken a leave of absence from the team, and he apologized to Cecilia for dragging her back into the mess of the X-Men, but their reunion was interrupted by Jaeger, one of the Neo, who had tracked down Nightcrawler. As Nightcrawler was weakened by much blood loss, Cecilia had to confront Jaeger by herself. During the battle, Cecilia used her field in offensive ways that she never did before. Not thinking and only reacting, she was able to extend her force field out and knock Jaeger away. However, the skilled Jaeger was still too much for her and she was easily defeated, leaving the injured Nightcrawler alone against the Neo. Right as Jaeger was about to kill Nightcrawler, Cecilia lashed out with her powers and spikes extended from her field, impaling Jaeger. Cecilia was left heartbroken, for as a doctor she pledged to save lives, not take them. [X-Men (2nd series) #100]
On the run from the Neo, the two former X-Men found themselves hiding in an illegal infirmary, where Cecilia continued treating his wounds. All the while, Nightcrawler comforted Cecilia about her killing Jaeger, and suggested she start training in the use of her powers. Their solitude was cut short by a gunfight between Detective Charlotte Jones and the drug dealer Delgado. Protecting Charlotte from gunfire with her force-field, Cecilia noticed some vials  of the performance enhancing drug after the combatants left, and picked them up, not wanting them to fall into the wrong hands. After a brief rest, Nightcrawler and Cecilia returned to the church where Nightcrawler had been attacked in order to help some innocents trapped inside, but they were found by the Neo. With Nightcrawler too injured to fight, Cecilia needed an edge against the Neo, and decided to take one of the vials of Rave. The drug worked, and Cecilia ferociously fought, using her powers in ways she never believed possible, defending herself and Nightcrawler until the X-Men arrived. The two groups fought each other to a stalemate, and eventually one of the Neo began to seal up all entrances and exits of the building, forcing the X-Men to retreat. However, just as they were about to leave, Cecilia realized Detective Jones was still missing and still somewhat influenced by the drug, she volunteered to stay behind to find her. [X-Men (2nd series) #101-102]
Cecilia was trapped inside the Neo's complex for a couple of weeks, during which she discovered that Detective Jones and Delgado had somehow been merged into a monstrous creature by one of the Neo, with Delgado as the dominant personality. Cecilia spent much time chasing the Delgado creature, so it wouldn’t kill anyone. All the while she searched, she was also avoiding the Neo, especially their leader Domina, who wanted Cecilia dead, as she was the widow of Jaeger. To do all this, Cecilia consumed more and  more Rave, causing her to become addicted to the drug. By the time her supply had almost run out, Cecilia began to lose control of her powers, but fortunately at that point the X-Men performed a rescue mission, freeing both her and Charlotte Jones from the Neo's hideout. [X-Men (2nd series) #106]
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