Quote Originally Posted by GuiltyPleasure View Post
That's a great observation/interpretation. Yes, I think her lightning is her defense mechanism. I think she used her lightning like a flare gun, when it shot from the mountain, as a SOS as she passed out from the virus. I also wonder how long Ororo was walking around with that infection before he overtook her. That could also be sign of her physical/mental strength.
Quote Originally Posted by GuiltyPleasure View Post
This is precisely what I thought when I read the book. One of them would not have made it against her attacks, especially when she buried them in the same way she was buried alive as a child when her parents were killed.
Exactly.

I keep re-reading this book and ever time they encounter something Storm is stopping them or saving them.