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Her death will, obviously, have a significant impact on Colossus, serving as the catalyst to his upcoming actions in the rest of 'Fatal Attractions', but the character herself, at this point, is mostly a cipher, with any readers who do remember her/have specific fondness for her most likely remembering/appreciating that teenaged New Mutants version of the character, who is already long gone at this point. This issue marks the death of Illyana, as she succumbs to the illness that's been plaguing her since X-Men #19, making her the first significant (and, arguably, most significant) character to die as a result of Stryfe's Legacy Virus (it's a death that mostly sticks, too, with the character not returning until the late 00s in the form of her older New Mutants-era self, and given the loophole Louise Simonson wrote into the 'death' of her teenaged self and the nature of her powers, her return isn't as egregious as some others).

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Shortly thereafter, the X-Men returned from Dallas to find Xavier waiting to break the news of Illyana's passing to a stone-faced Colossus, leaving Jubilee to ask Jean why, if the X-Men can save the world every day, they couldn't do zip to save one little girl? She tells Jean that what she's feeling more than anything is that she wants to be left alone, but Jean hugs her, saying that while everyone enters and leaves the world alone, the time they spend in between, together with other people, is what makes life worth living. Kitty argued that consigning her to that fate was worse than death, and as they argued, Jubilee picked up Illyana's bamf doll and placed it in her arms, doing what she could to make the girl happy.

Then Illyana suddenly went into cardiac arrest, and Xavier was forced to use a piece of Shi'ar technology to keep her alive, albeit in a coma. Annoyed by how close Kitty & Illyana were, Jubilee left to check on Xavier, and was saddened by how despondent he was. A few hours ago, Jubilee was keeping an increasingly-ill Illyana company along with Kitty while Xavier & Moira worked desperately to stop the spread of the virus making her sick. Jubilee is reluctant at first, but soon she opens up, admitting she shouldn't be surprised by what happened. Jean Grey seeks out Jubilee, asking if she wants to talk about what she's feeling.

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