[hr][hr][center][img]https://i.postimg.cc/6pXXwXFd/gifted-4-50.png[/img][hr][img]https://i.postimg.cc/G250c07T/tumblr-ozt3xjs-MM91r71fg7o4-r1-540.gif[/img][/center][hr][hr][center][@Nallore][@FantasyChic][@BlueSky44][@Achronum][@Trainerblue192][/center][hr][center][h3][color=f7941d][b]Washington D.C.: September 7th, 2020 - 2:15 PM[/b][/color][/h3][/center][hr][hr][@FantasyChic]: Luke nodded, about to go ring up his things and he brushed by Leighton slightly. As soon as he touched her, his entire body seemed to turn blue from extreme cold. He was shivering to an extreme and he dropped to the ground, looking like he had been exposed to the elements in the North Pole or something for hours. A helpful employee walked by the aisles and screamed, looking at Leighton. "HELP! A MUTIE ATTACKED THIS MAN!" the employee screamed, before booking it at a run as far away from Leighton as she could.  

[@FantasyChic]: Reeva smiled at Anastasia. She knew a lot about the younger mutant, since the Hellfire Club kept tabs on the most powerful mutants that they could find. [color=B1C1EB]"You know, you have real potential, Anastasia. My girls and I make it our business to identify the strongest mutants - the ones destined to [i]rule[/i]. I work with a lot of people, but very few of them have what it takes to shape a nation - to become royalty. I think you're one of those people."[/color] Reeva then grabbed a file and handed it over to Anastasia. [color=B1C1EB]"You have to be bored - everything has been so easy for you. Nothing has really presented a challenge... But I think this just might, if you're willing to do this."[/color] Inside the file were records on the Mutant Underground - not just the Washington D.C. branch, but all of them nationwide. [hr][hr][center][h1][b][i][color=935DB8]Veil[/color][/i][/b][/h1][img]https://i.postimg.cc/QNPJGNqm/tumblr-nem7p3-U9ji1r3ptbfo4-500.gif[/img][hr][hr][b][color=935DB8]Location:[/color][/b] Apartment Complex - Balcony 
[b][color=935DB8]Skills:[/color][/b] Force Fields[hr][/center]	[color=FAFD95]"Slight problem with that plan, Spark Plug, is that all cars these days have batteries in them - if you EMP the area, then the car battery is done for and we can't drive anywhere,"[/color] Havok pointed out a bit sarcastically. He wasn't exactly the nicest person around and the longer they were there, the most frustrated he felt with the Purifiers. They had gotten people to safety and instead of engaging them, Veil was ordering a retreat. Then they would have to do the same thing again next week - rescue people, run from Purifiers, rinse and repeat. [color=FAFD95]"We can't keep running. We need to make a stand."[/color]

	[color=B0B4B0]"It is not worth risk,"[/color] Colossus admonished Havok. [color=B0B4B0]"Besides - how will it look if we attack humans?"[/color] 

	Havok huffed slightly. He hated being lectured on optics and Veil pinched her nose again. Sapphire was being silent, something that was both nice and annoying. The Purifiers weren't willing to wait around and they aimed their weapons up at them, firing them off at the group of mutants up on the balcony. Veil threw her hands out, creating as many shields as she could but there were cracks in them. A bullet grazed Havok and the hula hooping mutant retaliated with some fire of his own, his hula hoops of doom and destruction knocking down three Purifiers below. 

	One of the bullets hit Veil's shield, bouncing to the ground harmlessly below. The next one, however, went through one of the small cracks and hit Spark Plug in the chest, inches away from her heart. [color=935DB8]"NO!"[/color] Veil screamed. Spark Plug was still alive - but barely. Another bullet then almost hit Sapphire, but the ice manipulation queen managed to freeze it in its path. 

	[color=935DB8]"Havok, get these fuckers! We need to get Spark Plug to a clinic!"[/color]

	[color=FAFD95]"Shit!"[/color] Havok cursed. There was only one mutant friendly clinic in the area and luckily, it was just about five blocks away. The problem would be getting there without the Purifiers finding them.[hr][hr][center][h1][b][i][color=DAF7A6]Sunshine[/color][/i][/b][/h1][img]https://i.postimg.cc/L5Nd5Y6J/original.gif[/img][hr][hr][b][color=DAF7A6]Location:[/color][/b] Millennium Plaza - the Sewer 
[b][color=DAF7A6]Skills:[/color][/b] N/A [hr][/center]	Sunshine bit her lip, ready to throw measles at whoever was down there with them in the sewers when a small group of people stepped into the light. There was a [url=https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-u12o6D4P5VI/WfE2oCPZOnI/AAAAAAAAtu8/5McEMyXUfUYXuTf-TmsSWTT9gr6yCoLBwCLcBGAs/s1600/tumblr_oycgk1soRW1qd49gbo1_540.gif]girl[/url] with purple hair, alien green eyes, and a diamond on the side of her face. A step in front of her was a [url=https://static.tvmaze.com/uploads/images/medium_portrait/173/433401.jpg]man[/url] with a scarred face and an odd eyepatch of sorts covering his left eye. Sunshine's eyes widened, she had heard rumors of a community of mutants living underneath the city but she had never found any evidence that they existed. 

	[color=DAF7A6]"You're the Morlocks!"[/color] Sunshine exclaimed, her voice uncomfortably echoing through the tunnels. The green glow around her hands faded away and the man chuckled a bit, looking at James and Gray. He assumed that they were Sunshine's brothers of some sorts. Most mutants tended to travel in families - even if they were not families by blood. 

	[color=D48FFF]"Apparently we're famous,"[/color] the woman mused with a slight smile. 

	[color=0C6598]"So it would seem, Blink,"[/color] the man agreed. He looked at the trio. [color=0C6598]"My name is Erg. I am the leader of the Washington D.C. Morlocks,"[/color] he introduced himself. [color=0C6598]"And if you like, you may join our community."[/color]

	[color=DAF7A6]"What happened to your face?"[/color] Sunshine asked. 

	[color=0C6598]"I took the mark,"[/color] Erg said simply, before he started to lead them through the tunnels. Blink winked a bit at them, motioning for them to follow. [color=D48FFF]"Come on, we can get you all some food and a nice bath. What are your names? Not your human names but - y'know, your mutant ones."[/color]

	[color=DAF7A6]"Sunshine."[/color]

	[color=D48FFF]"Oh, you have light powers? You'll like my friend Glow then."[/color]

	[color=DAF7A6]"Nope. Not at all."[/color] Sunshine then shrugged slightly. People made that mistake all of the time, but she liked her name. Her friends had used it and it was what she identified with - Electra just didn't seem to describe her as well as the ironic Sunshine did. [color=DAF7A6]"You guys coming?"[/color] she then asked James and Gray. At the very least, hiding with the Morlocks for a few hours would keep the police from finding them. Sunshine was also incredibly hungry and not one to pass up a chance at free food.