The press release had been issued Friday evening, and by Saturday morning the protesters had already started to assemble ( Read more... )

Nothing ever seems to go right for Marrow. She went specifically away from the Manhattan region so she wouldn't have to deal with annoying heroes. Had Bouncer take them all the way to Boston. And as Gene Nation emerges from the Boston sewers to make their pro-mutant statement, what should they find but a massive riot going on already ( Read more... )

Marrow's mutant powers never negated the pain of her bone growth. For once, she's glad of that. The pain she feels now is the same pain she's felt every day since these things first appeared. The supposed "cure" had only stopped further growth and the small healing, after all ( Read more... )

It's been a long, bloody battle, raging for hours ( Read more... )

The Avengers have just shown up in New Mexico!

At least some of them. Enough of them to really make a difference in this battle.

The Dreadnoughts fall back and start to regroup, as the last three Sentinels start to advance once more.

The Sentinels are being torn to hell, and the army is scattered and unsure of how to handle these targets outside of emptying their weapons at them. It's not been an easy fight, but it's generally going the X-Men's way ( Read more... )

The clock's ticking ( Read more... )

Mystique has a brand new semi-automatic, a bandolier of MPL grenades, and an ice cream truck. It's a good day to be in Vegas.

Outside, the festivities remain as normal. But the eyes of the Sentinels start to glow.

They've been notified of a breach. The movement of the giant robots is pretty well noticeable by everyone in attendance, and it gets most of their attention.

One of them booms in a mechanical voice.

"ALL AS YET UNREGISTERED MUTANTS, PLEASE REPORT TO BOOTH ( Read more... )

This doesn't feel right. The party atmosphere is distrubing enough, but she has a feeling the Sentinels are just bait. No entrance has more than one guard, and those guards are too busy gaping at the freaks and watching porn on their PDA's to keep out even the most casual intruder ( Read more... )