These so-called "Young Avengers" broke into a secure prison. The news articles claimed that no one escaped -- but the new agencies were lied to ( Read more... )

A couple weeks ago, they pulled two bullets out of his side, one of which came dangerously close to puncturing a lung ( Read more... )

The halls of the United States Congress are filled with fear. Congressmen, staffers, reporters, lobbyists. Hundreds upon hundreds of people, held at gunpoint.

It's unclear to everyone how so many soldiers got access to the building. A lot of things are still unclear ( Read more... )

There's something inexplicably strange about sending Captain America an e-mail, but nonetheless, a quick series of communications and a hasty meeting was arranged. Too much was not adding up, too much seemed to be linked by tenuous threads. Swamp's End. The protest on the Avengers' doorstep. Rusk ( Read more... )

Gyrich watches the crowd from the window. They've been getting uglier. Some tye-died hippie mutant-rights protestor got into a scuffle with a couple of frat boys there to protest Mockingbird getting kicked out of the Avengers. The woman's developed an ugly fan club, and they're not adding good vibes to the mix. The hippie got pushed too far and ( Read more... )

Gyrich pays a visit, swearing under his breath the entire time.

One thought in his head:

"This is gonna suck."

He flashes his government card at the security scanner, and walks straight in.

NEW YORK -- Scott Summers, more well-known as Cyclops, leader of the team of mutant adventurers known as The X-Men, has willingly surrendered to the New Jersey police force to face charges stemming from the deaths of four members of the White Supremacist Serpent Brotherhood, as well as two others in a New Jersey bar ( Read more... )

Rocked by Gyrich showing up with a warrant for his arrest, Scott storms out of the professor's office.

"No, Gyrich. That's my final word on the subject. I didn't kill them, and you know I didn't kill them. My wife's powers are gone and my team's in tatters. There's no way I'm going to let myself be taken into custody for this farce ( Read more... )

Henry Peter Gyrich's car pulls up the driveway to Xavier's School For Gifted Youngsters. He's been here before, of course --- some days it seems he's always on the firing line between humans with powers and those without. And he knows this is one of those days, because as bad as they think it's going to be, he's about to make it worse ( Read more... )

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