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Post by Midnight on Feb 4, 2006 15:38:24 GMT -5
One of the bullets bounced in just a certain way off of Chance's shield, managing to hit Marie in the forhead. She dropped to a crouch, her hand over the injury from which fresh blood was leaking. "What are the odds?" she mumbled, confused. Most of the other bullets had just fallen to the ground but this one had bounced... She was in pain, but she managed to keep an eye one what was happening. She also hoped Chance would just let her sit there until he had taken care of the men. It wouldn't be a good idea if he came running to help her when there wasn't much he could do and they had bigger problems on their hands.
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Post by Chance on Feb 4, 2006 22:57:40 GMT -5
The sound of the stray bullet sounded like thunder to Chance. That definetly wasn't supposed to happen, his powers really must be on the fritz. Suddenly realizing that he had caused the bullet to strike Marie made his heart wrench and he had to fight every fiber in his body not to turn and tend to her. the fight was what was at hand, and as an X-Man he knew what the stakes were, and what had to be sacrificed. With his shield glowing brighter than ever he gave the guards a few round houses and a few quick jabbs before knocking out the last one. Then, he skillfully used a razor to cut the alarm's wire.
"Marie, are you okay, how deep did it go?" Eric asked, rushing to her side, a fresh bandage pulled from his pocket and ready to cover her wound. "I'm so sorry...that wasn't supposed to happen..."
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"Right now Cerebro is off limits," Xavier said, addressing X-T. "Mindwarp and the telepaths are using it now to mentally shut down most of the students. Right now we need to focus on keeping everyone safe, not on keeping them mutants." As much as it pained Xavier to admit it, he knew that he too was at risk for losing his abilities. Right now they needed to remain calm, use their heads and think rationally.
"Shannon," he said, his mind in deep thought. "What is the League currently doing as of now?"
Shannon blew a few blonde hairs out of her face in response to the Professor's question. She sighed and looked away. "Right now," she said twidling with a pencil from her pocket, "the League is heavily involved with stopping the new mutant terrorist group. Reignfire and his organization are proving to be more difficult to defeat than we previously thought." She adjusted her glasses and then turned to face the group. "Listen, before we can come up with a cure, we need to know why this is happening. There are a lot of rumors out there, that this is some sort of disease manufactured by an anti-mutant group, that this is simply the next stage in human evolution and even that this is God's punishment." She sighed again, and the bags under her eyes revealed just how tired and over worked she was. Her hands were burning and she constantly applied lotion to them.
"We need answers."
"Yes, but where do we find them?" Patrick asked while trying to calm X-T down by stroking her back in a calm manner. "What does the League know?"
((OOC: if anyone has any good idea as to why mutants are losing their powers please let me know! lol. I was thinking it could be like a side effect of Midnight losing her powers in Book One, or something like that...))
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Post by Midnight on Feb 5, 2006 1:24:52 GMT -5
"It's not deep," Marie said, keeping her voice calm. It still hurt and when she moved her hand so that he could patch it up, blood started to drip down her face. Thankfully, her ever-black clothes wouldn't show the blood stain. "It's not your fault." She smiled slightly, glad he knew the priorities by taking care of the guards first. Waiting for him to bandage it, Marie put one hand to the cold concrete ground to steady herself, trying to block out the darkness behind her from her vision. Ironic that the one who could control darkness was now afraid of it. Of course, nothing on earth had been actually dark to her, for she used to be able to see through it.
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Post by xt on Feb 5, 2006 20:55:30 GMT -5
X-T sighed, trying to calm down as Patrick rubbed his fingers up and down her back. It felt really good and relaxing...
But X-T shook off the feeling. There were more things to worry about. She set Cindy down, she running over to her brother who had seemed to stir a little.
"I'll do anythin' to help," X-T said, crossing her arms and shifting her weight on her hips, "You tell us what ya know, darlin', an' I'll be helpin' ya all th' way," X-T tried to smile, but somehow it wasn't appearing on her face. She looked down at Shannon's hands, then back up.
"But in th' mean time," X-T said, "Is there anythin' I can get ya? Lotion? Soda? I make a mean sweet tea, if ya want any,"
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Post by Chance on Feb 12, 2006 11:10:52 GMT -5
Even though Marie said she was fine, Chance knew that he was somewhat at fault. He was beginning to doubt whether now was the best time to be going on a mission. With his powers malfunctioning like this...who knew what else could go wrong.
"Marie," he said in a calm voice. "Do you think we should go home?"
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Shannon smiled at X-T's offer. "Actually, some tea would be wonderful." A chance to just relax, that's what Shannon really needed. With all this chaos, all this fear, surrounding them, the stress was just becoming unbearable.
"Professor. It would be great if you could send some X-Men out to take care of the East Coast Cell of Reignfire's boys. This way, the League could spend their time trying to focus on the problem at hand."
"Of course," Xavier smiled. "As soon as Radial get's here. I think that his team would be perfect."
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Post by Midnight on Feb 12, 2006 12:21:08 GMT -5
Marie shook her head slightly, wiping the blood from her hand on her black pants. "We have a job to do. We need to make sure no other mutant goes through what we went through." Admitted, they had managed to escape, mostly. Eric had managed to escape. Marie had not been so lucky and that one event had caused severe problems for years. But what they had been through had been cruel. Weapon X needed to be taken down. "We've began, and we can't go back. So let's move on." Marie rose, reaching a hand down to pull him up. She kept her eyes on the single light shining above a door, blocking out the darkness around it. She almost wished she had Radial's powers. Being able to create light would make her safe.
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Post by xt on Feb 12, 2006 15:45:15 GMT -5
X-T smiled and walked towards the door.
"I'll get that tea right away," X-T said with a smile, opening the door and walking out. She rubbed her forehead as she walked down the hallway. There was still shouting and kids running around. This would not settle. She walked into the kitchien and went the fridge.
((writers block >.<))
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Post by Chance on Feb 12, 2006 23:52:30 GMT -5
Chance nodded, looking down at his wrist. X-25. The tattoo seemed to glare at him, reminding him of all the horrors he had gone through. Of losing Marie, of crawling from the wreckage. "Okay," he finally said, snapping out of his memory.
"We should get a move on though, they probably know that we're here by now." Using Marie's hand as leverage, he rose to his feet. Smoothing out his trenchcoat he smiled. "Time to kick some ass."
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Shannon smiled at the idea of tea. Finally, something to ground her. As she imagined the smell of sweet tea she pulled a pair of gloves onto her tired hands. the gloves, made of a synthetic polymer, were able to calm her nerves and heal her aching fingers.
Patrick stood and followed X-T out into the hall. "Babe, are you okay?" He asked as he walked up behind her, wrapping his arms around her back.
"I know this is hard...but as soon as Ms. Kealey has a taste of your tea, everything is going to get better. You'll see." He smiled and kissed the back of her head.
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Post by Midnight on Feb 13, 2006 3:26:55 GMT -5
Marie moved to the door, using her knife to slice some wires in the number pad right next to it. Various numbers flickered over the screen as she stripped the wires with her teeth and reattached them. The door gave a hiss and unlocked. Pushing it slightly gave them enterance to a long hall, painted in a ugly light green color and lit dimly by floresent lighting. It did not seem all that secure and the brushed metal walls from her memory were not there. This was more of a control and office part of the facility. Midnight's ears strained to pick up any noise as she started to edge carefully down the hall then stopped and waited for Chance to join her.
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Post by Radial on Feb 13, 2006 13:48:50 GMT -5
Cammy burst down the door to the stairs and ran down them. The stairway was dark and she could barely see a thing. After a while it seemed like the stairs were endless but the clanging of metal grew louder to her ears. After a few more steps she could see a flicker of light that grew as she continued. She clenched her hands as they grew with a blue glow.
"I hope chance and midnight are doing ok... Hopefully they are having there own fun." She smiled mischievously as she jumped on the wall and then hurled herself the opposite way into a dim lighted room. She shocked the scientists who fumbled with their tools.
"Well, well what seems to be going on down here?" Before the scientists could react she jumped high in the air and came down with her fingers on their necks. She gave them a rush of her burning energy and immediately they fell to the ground.
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Radial lead his squad over to Xavier's office and was surprised to see the big crowd in his office. "Hey Prof. i got my team together... now does someone want to explain whats going on?
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(this is elsewhere... I'm going to need people to play the MLF henchmen i guess if yah want to)
Reignfire and his men seemingly appeared out of thin air. One by one the other members of the Mutant Liberation Front appeared Via Locus's teleportation talents. Reignfire smiled as the tourists visiting the Washington Monument were taking pictures and did not really see them appear. There were so many people, and Reignfire's taste for destruction had bee growing. He rose into the air and shut his eyes. He visualized what he wanted and let the heat flow from his body. The people started to scream as a large ring of fire was formed in the sky.
Immediately as the ring was created, deadly bolts of heat and flame shot down on the public and the historical icon. There was the signal for his friends to take their picks of what to do, either make their way to the Lincoln Memorial to the east, or to the public park to the west.
((I'm posting the bio's for the MLF in the mini bio page))
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Post by xt on Feb 13, 2006 16:55:45 GMT -5
X-T smiled and leaned her head on his shoulder.
"I know. It's jus' that I'd never even thought of this thin' happenin'. Ev'rythin' seemed ta be goin' so well, ya know," X-T said with a sigh.
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Post by lyan on Feb 14, 2006 14:41:28 GMT -5
Lyan carefully entered Xavier's office, no idea what he should expect. He slightly smiled when he saw that Xavier was still here. He wondered what had happened. Ever since he had entered the Institute, his confusion had been growing. How long had he been away? To him, it had seemed just a few weeks, but he wasn't so sure now. He looked at Xavier. "Professor? What is all happening? How long I've been away?" He asked.
((OOC: Alright, some information: To fit into the story line, i decided that Lyan was gone for years by now. Otherwise, he would've done something in the first chapter. I don't know where, but far enough so he doesn't have any clue of what's going on. Maybe something that has to do something with his powers. Lat's say he's been gone for about 3 years. Sorry for all of this, but otherwise it would seem pretty strange...))
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Post by Chance on Feb 15, 2006 21:08:12 GMT -5
Fallback sighed, rubbing X-T's shoulders. Suddenly he heard the sound of rotors going off outside and he knew that Jubilee was back with his squad.
"At least Jubilee was able to take my squad on the field trip they were so excited about," he walked over to the window and watched as the chopper neared the grass. Suddenly, he felt the psychic probe enter his head. Mindwarp and his proteges were obviously placing the students into their induced comas. Hopefully his students were out of their telepathic range.
Meanwhile, in the Cerebro Room, Mindwarp stood on the narrow platform, the Cerebro helmet placed neatly on his blond hair. As he concentrated he looked out at his other students, all five of them wearing smaller versions of the helmet. His daughter, Tabitha, was sitting serenely on his lap.
"Ready kids?" Mindwarp asked, turning hsi head ever so slightly so as to get them all in view.
"Yes," Elsie, Celia and Chloe Beauvais said in unison.
"Yes," Dallas and Xander Abrams said together.
"Good." Mindwarp then suggested that they all clear their minds and focus hard. Within minutes, every mutant life form on the planet was displayed across the room. The group of six telepaths was easily able to narrow it down to only the mutants at the Institute. Next, they seectively chose which minds to temporarily shut down.
"There," Mindwarp said after 10 minutes. "It's done."
Xavier, startled that Lyan had returned after all this time, cast a surprised look in his direction.
"Lyan?" He almost couldn't believe it...but his telepathy didn't lie. The mental energies flowing from this man matched up. "It's been three years."
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Post by lyan on Feb 16, 2006 12:59:03 GMT -5
Lyan blinked. "You're kidding me, right?" But he knew that this didn't seemed like a moment for Xavier's humour. He stared at Xavier in dibelief. "Three years?! But, that's impossible! What happene..." Then he shook his head. No, never mind, professor. Just continue, I...I need some time to think about this all. Call me if you need me, sir." Then he left the office, hoping he would meet someone who could explain this all.
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Post by xt on Feb 16, 2006 17:44:49 GMT -5
X-T smiled then looked out the window, seeing Hank McCoy playing with her group. Giving them the day off was the best desision of her life, and since this had happen, it be better if they were just played instead of getting a lecture. X-T opened the fridge and grabbed the sweet tea pitcher out.
"Ya want some, She said closing the fridge door.
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Post by Chance on Feb 16, 2006 18:17:56 GMT -5
"Nah, I'm okay," Patrick lied. The truth was, he was half scared to death, but he couldn't let X-T know it. Soon, the silence was broken by the sounds of squad. Entering the kitchen from a back door they all paraded in, searching for food.
"Fallback!" Puja Narayan, a.k.a. Fade, said as she walked into the room. She was dressed in the squad uniform, green and orange, and she smiled from ear to ear, unknowing of the horrors that lay ahead.
"That lake was pretty extreme!" Juan Garcia (Tempo) yelled, as he made his way into the room. He smiled at X-T and grabbed a soda from the fridge.
"Especially those plankton," the squad leader, Thomas Abbott (Mainframe) exclaimed. "The way that they mutated and then demutated...it was fascinating."
Jubilee was close behind. She smiled at Fallback and then waved to X-T. "Hiya Laura!" she beamed. "Your kids were great, we had a blast." She shook her long black hair out from under the helmet she wore and then made her way to the kitchen table. "but no one responded to our landing signal...what's going on around here?"
Patrick shifted slightly, looking nervous. "Some...things have happened. Why don't we talk to you...kids why don't you eat in the dining room." His squad didn't have to be told twice. All six of his kids grabbed sandwiches and waltzed into the dining room, laughing and chattering away.
Xavier nodded at Lyan. "Good idea. I'm sure someone will be able to tell you everything." He had sensed that all the younger students had just been placed into the comas. Hopefully they would be able to handle this...
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Post by xt on Feb 16, 2006 18:30:47 GMT -5
X-T watched the people leave the room, then turned to Patrick, raising her eyebrow.
"There a lively bunch, arn't they," X-T said with a smug, "I'm gonna hafta make more tea then," X-T laughed and started getting ingrediants out.
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Post by Midnight on Feb 17, 2006 3:32:48 GMT -5
((I'm thinking about making Midnight kinda like Rogue, starting to absorb powers through touch to fill the void left by her own powers. Just for this story though.))
Marie walked calmly along the hallway, trying not to show that every muscle in her body was tense. The buzzing of the lights filled her ears and every shadow almost made her jump. Then at one corner in the hallway, she knelt and removed her backpack. From it she took blueprints of the building, marked with Xs on certain points. Then from the bad, she took a timed bomb. This she attached to the wall near the corner and pressed a button. The bomb didn't seem to do anything, but her watch flared up with a glowing red timer: 25:00. "Come on, Eric," she whispered back at him, then continued to creep along the hallways.
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Post by Chance on Feb 18, 2006 12:15:27 GMT -5
((cool, you can say that because the mutation was deleted from her DNA, it left a blank space that can be filled with any other mutation. Lol, or not if you don't like that idea!))
Chance nodded. Midnight had always been the more technical of the two. Heck, he couldn't tell a time bomb from a grenade. So, in the shadows, his shield dimmed to a small faint light that simply shimmered over his skin, Chance made his way. He used the wall as support, following it until he felt the wall disappear.
"We need to go down this hall," he said. "To our fortune the camera have already malfunctioned." He gave a small chuckle, trying to hide the fact that his powers may not have worked, and then made his way down the hall, hoping that Midnight was not far behind him.
Patrick had to laugh as X-T pulled ingredients out of the cabnet. "Yeah, my squad's great, I'm glad Xavier let me even have one." He smiled, but the idea of his squad falling victim to Decimation made him shudder. He hoped none of them ended up like Tuck...
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Post by xt on Feb 18, 2006 13:00:01 GMT -5
X-T pulled out a couple of mixing bowls from the floor cabnets and smiled.
"So, are they always that cheerful, er they jus' happy ta see you?" X-T said looking up at him and raising an eyebrow. She rolled up on her back and placed the bowls on the counter.
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