[hr][hr][center][img]https://i.postimg.cc/FKJKRczH/the-gifted-591b350cc9ba7.png[/img][hr][img]https://i.postimg.cc/pdwQ7PHw/giphy.gif[/img][/center][hr][hr][center][@Nallore][@FantasyChic][@BlueSky44][@Achronum][@Trainerblue192][@KazAlkemi][@Framing A Moose][/center][hr][center][h3][color=f7941d][b]Washington D.C.: September 9th, 2020 - 7:30 PM[/b][/color][/h3][/center][hr][hr][center][img]https://i.postimg.cc/WpKJC0mt/image.png[/img][/center][hr][color=f7941d][b][i]The Penthouse - Hellfire Club Headquarters...[/i][/b][/color]

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	Emma Frost nodded. Using her telekinesis, she opened the filing cabinet near the elevators and a file came over. The contents of the file opened up and hovered in the air so that way everyone could see the [url=https://i.postimg.cc/2S8j02cP/image.png]photograph[/url] of the dead asset manager. [color=E0F6FD]"Everything we have on him is here in this file. His name was Gabriel Summers, though he preferred to be called Vulcan,"[/color] Emma Frost said smoothly. [color=E0F6FD]"And yes, he was the younger brother of the X-Men Cyclops and Havok - although I do not believe they were aware of his existence. A pity. The three of them together would have been formidable..."[/color]

	[color=E0F6FD]"At any rate, Vulcan was raised by Moira MacTaggert off the coast of Scotland. He attended my school in Massachusetts and once he graduated, he took a position here with us - ensuring the safety of Sebastian's more interesting technology. His powers were similar to his siblings, dealing with energy absorption and manipulation... He was at least an omega level mutant.."[/color] She hadn't answered where Sage was or made a comment on Requiem's opinions on what made an individual a traitor, but this was understandable. She had a lot of information to divulge and could only respond to so much. 

[color=f7941d][b][i]The Elevator - Hellfire Club Headquarters...[/i][/b][/color]

	Veil eyed Glimpse for a moment and her perception told her that Glimpse wasn't trying to lead them into a trap. While she was willing to trust Glimpse and work with her, Veil's trust wasn't blind. There was a reason she brought Havok and Sapphire along on this job - not only were they some of the strongest mutants that the Mutant Underground had ever seen, but they didn't trust Glimpse and Tome at all. If anyone would be prepared to be betrayed and have to get out of dodge in a moment's notice, it would be those two. 

	She saw Tome bring out the notepad and it was adorable - he was a bit like a puppy. Veil pointed at [i]knock out[/i] and [i]run[/i] for pieces of protocol, before writing down what they were looking for: [color=935DB8][i]information on Shaw + Hounds[/i][/color]. Glimpse entered in the correct passcode for the elevator and it opened up, letting them all pile in. Britain's daughter went in first and motioned for them to follow. 

	Havok's eyes narrowed, having a bad feeling about all of this, but he went inside, as did Veil. He was just waiting for someone to give him a reason to start blasting everything in sight and to get his friends - his family - out of there. Glimpse pressed the button for the penthouse suite and Veil took a slight breath. She glanced at Sapphire and nodded, ready to throw up a force field as soon as the doors opened. While she had decided to trust Glimpse, that didn't mean she trusted Shaw and his minions. They were walking into the lion's den and if Glimpse's information was true, these people were kidnapping mutants, drugging them, and turning them into weapons. [hr][center][img]https://i.postimg.cc/tgt3H7qw/image.png[/img][/center][hr][hider=Battle Map][img]https://i.postimg.cc/FRgC7gyx/morlocks.png[/img][/hider]
	Casper's hands were trembling as he reached behind him and added on additional pressure to the head wound. Jack's shirt was soaked with blood - he probably wouldn't want it back after this, assuming they both survived. He was lucid enough to notice the gaping hole in his brother's teeth and he giggled slightly. [color=DBA1DE]"You're Toothless - the dragon baby!"[/color] Ben shook his head, trying to smack Casper across the face. [i]"Focus or you're going to die!"[/i] he scolded urgently. 

	Before any help could get to them, the sentinel moved forward rapidly. It was practically on top of the brothers - there was no way that they would be able to avoid the blasts. Lady Luck must have been pulling for them however, as the sentinel misfired and hit the wall behind them - was it secretly a stormtrooper in disguise? 

	Ward rubbed his jaw where Jack had hit him, chuckling and shaking his head. [color=199046]"We're taking that one alive,"[/color] he told his men. His men took out what looked like radiation detectors, but they were in fact designed to detect the presence of mutants. Seeing a bunch of signals from behind a wall, they covered a portion of the tunnel wall in explosives and blew it up, before swarming into the Morlock training grounds and killing all of the Morlocks there with ease. Most Morlocks didn't have combative powers and the Purifiers were armed to the teeth. They never really stood a chance. 

	The sentinel had understood Ward's order and left the brothers and the Purifiers behind, marching towards where Erg, Membrain, and Sunshine were - it was a junction. One direction would take the sentinel to the Morlock hideout, the other to a dead end. Erg spotted the brothers behind the sentinel and he knew that they would need to lead the killing machine away from the hideout, as well as away from Jack and Casper. 

	[color=0C6598]"Sentinel,"[/color] Erg muttered, the color draining from his face. 

	[color=#DAF7A6]"It looks more like a Terminator thingy to me,"[/color] Sunshine commented unhelpfully. 

	[color=0C6598]"Stay behind me,"[/color] Erg said, as the sentinel opened fire on the small group of mutants. The first few shots hit the walls near them, but the fourth shot hit Erg and he staggered slightly, absorbing the energy of the blow. He then removed his eyepatch in order to shoot back with a blast of his own, but the sentinel just kept on firing at him, hitting him with blow after blow. It was too much energy for Erg to absorb and each time he tried to release it in a blast, the sentinel shot at him again. 

	Erg made eye contact with Jack for a moment. [color=0C6598]"Protect... them..."[/color] he grunted, before he exploded. The force sent Sunshine flying to the side, with Membrain being thrown back into the other Morlocks. The sentinel took a fair deal of damage as it was essentially decapitated - the head having been cleaved off of its body from the explosion. It may have killed Erg, but Erg had brought the machine down with him. 

	The second Mutant Massacre had begun. [hr][center][img]https://i.postimg.cc/5yqyXQGW/image.png[/img][/center][hr][hider=Battle Map - make sure to list your coordinates each time!][img]https://i.postimg.cc/fLmwmX0X/Gifted.png[/img][/hider]
	Moonwalker accepted Spark Plug's hand and went back up to his feet, seemingly fine despite being shocked. He smiled slightly at James' plan and then said something along the lines of, "Cayden or Moonwalker, by the way," when asked about his name. Colossus' arms are crossed and he seems to be waiting for them to do something. No matter what happens, he never strikes them first, meaning that they could technically plan all day but that wouldn't help anyone. They needed to ring that bell in order to end the training session. 

	[color=E33B19]"Booooring,"[/color] Negasonic taunted, still playing on her phone.