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.

Thankfully, the trip wasn't too far. Guided telepathically by the Stepford Cuckoos, the New X-Men arrived in Scarsdale, which was halfway between Salem Center and New York, fairly quickly. Unfortunately, that was about as close as the girls could narrow down Kevin Ford's location ( Read more... )

"The TROOP of HIGHly poTEntially exPLOsive TECHno-orGANIc CONstructs?" the Supreme Programmar shrieked.

"Yes, Your Lardness."

"Two Big Furry MONsters?"

"Of course ,Your Rotundity."

"Those deLIGHTful little cosmic-irRADiated fiery PLAYthings from the Earth-457 Torchworld?"

"Yes, Your Spinelessness. Everything we can reliably send away from our ( Read more... )

They hadn't had much of a chance to advertise, given how quickly they had to come up with a plan and put it into motion. That doesn't they didn't advertise. During Mojo's higher rated shows, the signal was hijacked for a few seconds and this was displayed. It was enough to generate some buzz among the viewers, but tonight would be their big debut ( Read more... )

Their positions could have just as easily been reversed. A different group targeted, misinformation supplied to different people, and the ones arriving at SHIELD's Springfield High-Security Juvenile Detention Facility could have just as easily been the ones defending it without realizing what was inside, and thinking that those that were coming to ( Read more... )

The police have come to take care of these young punks. But it doesn't take long before additional forces appear on the scene.

SHIELD agents, descending on the scene in jetpacks, lower weapons at the Young Avengers and the mutants floating above.

"Stand down, mutants and vigilantes," one of the SHIELD agents orders. "You are all under arrest."

A monk. In Manhattan.

A twelve year old orphan mutant monk. In Manhattan. That may or may not be linked with the Young Avengers.

The hell?Julian was having a hard time trying to wrap his mind around this. And around the fact that he was apparently supposed to find the kid and bring him back to the school. At least, that's what he thought Miss ( Read more... )

Someone had sent a message to the New X-Men ( Read more... )

After his fight with Sofia, Julian needed to blow off some steam. Rather than go to the Danger Room, though, Julian grabbed his team and headed back to New York ( Read more... )

MGH ( Read more... )