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 X-Men had left. All of them, and had left every last one of the students behind. The situation in Bellingham was drastic enough to warrant this action. All the students were told, in no uncertain terms, to remain on the grounds until the X-Men returned ( Read more... )

He's sipping coffee waiting for Kate on her lunch break when he gets a text message.

LIMO OUTSIDE. NOT A REQUEST. - J

He pays for Kate coffee and heads outside. This will not go well.

The wedding is over. And now it was time for the good part. The reception party.

The dresses had been picked up. The Church was all set up and ready, the flowers had been delivered and the reception hall had been procured.

Everything was ready to go for the wedding of Alex Summers and Lorna Dane.

The bridal party is there and getting ready, the groom's side as well and the guests are arriving.

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 Alex Summer's bachelor party.

It seemed to Ruth that since she arrived all she'd been doing was running through the employee roster.  Everything since she'd been brought in a few months back has been building to this meeting ( Read more... )

The entire Bowl-O-Rama was rented out for the evening by X-Corporation. The employees of the bowling alley given paid leave, and replaced by some of Madrox's duplicates.

It's all over but the waiting - tonight, X-Factor will be born anew.

Jamie's already practicing on lane one, waiting for the guests to arrive.

It had taken a few days for Shard to get up to date on what had changed. While Mike at the Avengers' Mansion had been kind enough to get it started, the rest came at Xavier's. That had included trying to figure out team movements and figure out where old friends now were ( Read more... )

The weather was unusually warm today--though even warmer in the courtyard dining area of La Bastide St Antoine--thanks to the crisp, clear sky hanging over Grasse, but still cool at just 12 degrees Celcius. Large, lamp-like space heaters towered protectively over the restaurant's patrons, shielding them from the chill, though many wore shawls and ( Read more... )