They did it ( Read more... )

What was really meant by the term extraction when referring to John was teleportation. He was their way into the camp once they were on the perimeter, as well as a scout for that matter, and with only a few hundred yards to go to the fencing it was easy to feel the team getting themselves all psyched up and prepared.

The undergrowth was thick enough ( Read more... )

Looking over the sheet for the voluntary mission, Emma resisted the urge to sigh heavily. It was such a mishmash of people she wasn't sure just how this would go down at all. The attack meant she was severely out of sorts for options, and the fact that she had to launch some kind of counter strike so quickly meant that the options she did have were ( Read more... )

In hindsight? Damaging the second floor of Jefferson hall in an attempt to get to Spencer and protect the others wasn't the best idea she'd had. Why? Because now she was stuck rooming with the one and only Emma Frost. The telepath. And as she made her way down the hall to Spencer and Roy's room? She was convinced that it was payback for the damage ( Read more... )

After burning her clothes and washing for what felt like hours -and the blood was still somewhat in her hair- Emma at last got a chance to actually take in the damage around her. It took a day and a half to fully assess it. Jefferson dorm was closed due to the fire damage, gaping holes that Emma was not pleased about, the electrical wiring on the ( Read more... )

When consciousness finally returned, the heavy weight of drugs no longer keeping her out, Mac found herself lying in the medical center. Her head was pounding a solid beat, her wrists throbbed and her memory was just a little foggy. She remembered enough to know that some idiots had broken on to base, and then ( Read more... )

With the wreckage of the attack still lingering, like smoke, no one much felt like celebrating the holiday. There were dead to account for, information to retrieve, and retaliation to plan. The injured, in which there were many, made their way to the medical building to be patched up ( Read more... )

As the dark soldiers pulled out, their scrambler went with them. Panicked thoughts blasted in her head but she only wanted to hear one person. She hadn't seen Jack the whole fight. She didn't know if he was alive or dead but compared to the other frantic voices around her, Jack was too calm to get a read on and looking was giving her a migraine ( Read more... )

As dawn approached, the black clothed soldiers pulled out, leaving only their dead behind -nothing could be gleamed from them, there was no information to be taken from those that had fallen. With their packed safely stole away, and their objective mostly met, the group retreated, marking the assault a success, despite the missing part of their ( Read more... )

The double glazed window is pried open with skill and precision, the trained professional doing this isn't just an operative but clearly someone with a history in breaking and entering, so it's no surprise that Ethan doesn't hear the window tease open enough for someone to drop a canister though and onto the bed beneath it. For the first time, in a ( Read more... )