He knew there was a lock down, but it wasn't difficult to sneak off of the mansion property with Victor's power set, and he really needed to get away, there was so much going down at the mansion, emotions were running red hot. He felt so helpless at the moment around there, and since there was nothing he could do, he needed to remove himself for a ( Read more... )

The fighting had started all across America. According to Bastion, a significant number of the X-men were involved in the combat in New York.

Which meant that the children here were left all alone. There would be no one to save them this time.

He gave the first unit the signal to advance.

Josh rubbed his eyes again to try to get rid of the bleariness. Class was usually boring but not so boring he wanted to go to sleep. He guessed not being able to sleep much was finally catching up to him. After blinking a couple more times, his vision snapped back into its customary sharpness. If sharpness has blurs at the very edges. He looked ( Read more... )

Were the teachers gone ( Read more... )

Johnny strided through the mansion confidently. He'd poked his head back into his room, but it looked like Jay was in the middle of a pretty serious phone-call, so he decided to wander around a bit more. Maybe he'd run into Megan again, she was a nice enough kid to buddy around with. He didn't want to be a recluse, he was going to be living here ( Read more... )

For once the Danger Room didn't seem all that Dangerous. It was decked out in decorations, both large and small, dedicated to the holiday that was Valentine's Day. Hearts and cupids were everywhere, including some holographic ones that were floating in the air ( Read more... )

As he'd said to Bobby, it truly was difficult tracking down a student that could blend into the walls. Hank could understand Victor's reticence, however.

Regardless, when he happened to spot him in the hallway on the way to his office, he decided not to let the opportunity go to waste.

"Ah, Mr. Borkowski, if I may have a moment of your time..."

A press conference has been called, at the Baxter Building - the reporters have been gathered in one of the tower's auditoriums, built just for purposes such as these. Here, Reed Richards prepares to address the crowd ( Read more... )

Xavier had been kind enough to give him a chance to recover after all that happened, but this was a talk Julian knew wouldn't be put off forever. And it was a talk he almost didn't want to have ( Read more... )

It was a somber ride back to Westchester on the Blackbird until the plane finally descends to the hangar deck and the VTOL thrusters are switched off.  Minor scrapes and bruises were tended to courtesy of the plane's medkits.  Those with more serious injuries will be helped with the aid of Elixir and soon by Beast, waiting on them in the Medlab ( Read more... )