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.

"I think it's time ( Read more... )

Dani was, perhaps, not the most feminine of women by Anglo standards. She didn't prance around in heels and flash skin, she didn't moderate her tone or her stride, and she said what she thought when she thought it ( Read more... )

Dani had, once she'd gotten even just a little bit settled in, gone looking for Josh's new paramour. After all, she felt protective towards the boy and didn't want to let him get entangled up with someone who was gonna be no damned good for him. And while she remembered and knew Laurie from her squad, that was before everyone's life turned this way ( Read more... )

It was that time. Before the wedding, and in this case far enough before that more than a few drinks could be enjoyed without worrying about showing up at the wedding proper still hungover.

This was Lorna Dane's bachelorette party.

After the the televised interview with his parents, Josh eventually managed to get away. He said he needed a walk, so he took one. He aimlessly walked around parts of the mansion, not particularly paying attention to where he went. Though he did stop himself before he ended up in the grils' locker room. Even with being out of sorts, he would have ( Read more... )

Dani let fly with a couple of choice expletives in her native Cheyenne at her poor Jeep. Smoke billowed out from under the hood and she'd managed to get it pulled onto the shoulder before it died completely on her. Climbing out of the car, she tossed her braids over her shoulder, cracked the hood, and promptly got a double-lungful of foul black ( 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... )

THE END IS HERE!

The banner waves over the bank of cash registers. Behind them, precious cargo stacked in sealed crates. They can't sell any copies of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows for another 4 hours, no matter how often kids dressed as Gryffindors and Hufflepuff's wipe their noses on the counter and beg ( Read more... )

Paige stares up at the ceiling. When she first came to Xavier's, this room felt palatial. With a dozen people at home, she'd never been in a room by herself before, much less had one to call her own ( Read more... )