[hr][hr][center][img]https://i.postimg.cc/FKJKRczH/the-gifted-591b350cc9ba7.png[/img][hr][img]https://i.postimg.cc/NLh6qHzb/89fd15c0a88db8037203224c3533652dbf660aa5-hq.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 - 8:20 PM[/b][/color][/h3][/center][hr][hr][center][img]https://i.postimg.cc/WpKJC0mt/image.png[/img][/center][hr][hider=Battle Map][img]https://i.postimg.cc/7LjJn72k/hellfireclub.png[/img][/hider][hider=Control Notes] Jinx - bound in place by Glimpse [/hider] To recap, both Anastasia and Emma had fallen unconscious, leaving Requiem and Jinx (and Havok) to deal with the Mutant Underground invaders. Max had struck Havok over the head with a gigantic candy cane. Jinx's jinx on Glimpse had already been fulfilled, only for her to give him a taste of his own medicine. Requiem had used his abilities on Veil, forcing her to stop using her powers. And Sapphire made an ice slide before tackling Havok to the ground! To say the least, this battle was a [i]clusterfuck[/i]. Veil dropped her powers of invisibility, as well as her force fields. The wild haired leader of the Mutant Underground was standing behind the prone form of Emma Frost and despite her best efforts, she couldn't bring herself to use her abilities to defend herself. It reminded her of those times when they had [i]mental defense[/i] lessons at the Institute - she always hated those days, the feeling of something prying into her head. Requiem's intrusion made her skin crawl. Requiem got his shot off expertly, hitting Veil in the chest. She was incredibly lucky that the bullet missed the vital organs and veins and whatnot, but that didn't take away the immense pain as blood blossomed from her upper body. It wasn't her first time taking a bullet, but that didn't matter. Sometimes even the most experienced of soldiers were dropped by a well placed shot, unable to cope with either the pain or the shock. She swayed slightly, before collapsing to the ground and landing on top of Emma Frost. Had the Mutant Underground's luck finally run out? Using her telepathy, Glimpse was successful in binding Jinx to keep him from moving - although he would still be able to talk and move his eyes. And likely aided by the fact that Anastasia had fallen unconscious, Glimpse also was able to push her out of Havok's mind, restoring his previous sense of morality. The blonde mutant shook his head slightly, his eyes widening as he realized that Sapphire was on top of him, having tackled him to the ground. [color=FAFD95]"Please get off of me, Frosty!"[/color] he requested. He remembered everything he had done under Anastasia's influence, but he was taking it surprisingly well. Some people would have been horrified and shocked at what they were capable of - but to be fair, he hadn't really done much during his time as Anastasia's minion. He [i]did[/i] have some opinions on Sapphire kissing him, but they were private and likely wouldn't even be shared with his girlfriend, Polaris. Lorna could be a bit unhinged at times and he didn't want to see her drive up here just to pummel Sapphire out of jealous rage. [color=FAFD95]"Did someone get what we came here for?"[/color] Havok then called out. He couldn't really see, since he was pinned on the ground and had everyone crowding around him. [hr][center][img]https://i.postimg.cc/5yqyXQGW/image.png[/img][/center][hr][color=f7941d][b][i]The Attic...[/i][/b][/color] [color=#DAF7A6]"Yeah, I bet you're all fucking sorry,"[/color] Sunshine muttered under her breath. These people had abandoned the Morlocks - if they had been there, maybe Erg wouldn't be dead. She would much rather have Erg alive and well than one of these people anyways. The Ice Princess just struck her as overly wealthy and privileged, probably one of those mutants who would be able to just buy their way onto a team like the X-Factor or the Avengers. James was annoying and Max was a walking disaster. She didn't know who the other people here were, but she didn't care about them so they didn't matter. [color=E33B19]"Aren't you a ray of sunshine?"[/color] Negasonic quipped, prompting Sunshine to flip her off. Negasonic smirked slightly, since that would have been exactly what she would have done had someone talked to her like that. [color=E33B19]"I like this one."[/color] She then glanced around the room, seeing that Colossus was too focused on his sibling and they needed to do something to keep the ceiling from collapsing the entire building. Rubbing her hands together, she took a deep breath. [color=E33B19]"You guys might want to close your eyes or something,"[/color] she commented, before taking a running start and jumping upwards. Her body released a huge blast of concussive force, blasting the roof off of the building. There was no danger of a collapse now, as there wasn't anything to collapse. Instead of an attic, they now had a roof venue for parties. [color=E33B19]"There, problem solved,"[/color] she said, panting a bit. [color=B0B4B0]"Be more careful next time,"[/color] Colossus scolded, but he had his long lost sister back so he didn't really care. He searched Magik gently as Spark Plug had asked, finding almost nothing on his sister. She didn't have a radio like Vulcan did. There were no bus tickets or keycards or anything that would help identify where she had been. The only thing he found was a little box - the sort that Tic Tacs come in - with a few pills. [color=D48FFF]"I already evacuated the surviving Morlocks - with the exception of the brothers downstairs and Sunshine here,"[/color] Blink clarified to Spark Plug. [color=D48FFF]"... What is the Hellfire Club?"[/color] she then asked, not having heard of them before. Sunshine glanced over towards Spark Plug as well, wanting to know who they were and how they could get vengeance for Erg. [color=f7941d][b][i]The First Floor...[/i][/b][/color] Nothing seemed to happen at first - and then, miraculously, Casper's heart began to beat stronger. The wounds on his head closed up. The color returned to his cheeks and his eyes fluttered open, revealing his grey-green eyes. The first thing that Casper saw as he awoke was James' face and he smiled slightly. [color=DBA1DE]"Stalker much?"[/color] he chided. Ben rolled his eyes, trying to smack his best friend upside the head but his ghostly hand just went straight through Casper's head. [i]"You really just nearly died and got brought back in full on Disney Princess fashion and THAT is the first thing you say?"[/i] Ben scoffed. [i]"Sometimes you're unbelievable, Cassie."[/i] [color=DBA1DE]"Only sometimes?"[/color] Casper mused. He then saw his brother lying down on the ground next to him, looking extremely pale, and his grey-green eyes widened considerably. He was the older brother - it was his job to make sure that Jack was okay. If their mother had been there, she would have already murdered whoever did this to her boys a thousand times over... but she wasn't here, so it was up to Casper to be overly protective of Jack. [color=DBA1DE]"Hey, sweetheart, could you please heal my brother? I-I can pay you if you want, I'll get my dad to wire you some money... Whatever you want, you just name it,"[/color] Casper begged, grabbing Jack's hand and holding it tightly.