[hr][hr][center][img]https://i.postimg.cc/FKJKRczH/the-gifted-591b350cc9ba7.png[/img][hr][img]https://i.postimg.cc/0530KBvy/source.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 - 9:00 PM[/b][/color][/h3][/center][hr][hr][center][img]https://i.postimg.cc/WpKJC0mt/image.png[/img][/center][hr][color=f7941d][b][i]Medical...[/i][/b][/color]

	[color=E0F6FD]"Oh, and Anastasia?"[/color] Emma called out, putting things away in medical to tidy up. She hated the mess that some of the others tended to make around the place. Fortunately for Anastasia, she was completely healed now. Wolverine's blood had done wonders. [color=E0F6FD]"Remember this - they will never understand you, darling,"[/color] she advised. It wouldn't take long for the elevator to come once Anastasia called for it - the boys were most likely still up in the Penthouse Suite. 

[color=f7941d][b][i]The Penthouse...[/i][/b][/color]

	The name of [i]K.S.[/i] still stubbornly refuses to come to Jinx's mind, but something else will occur to him. The box they found clearly belonged to a Nazi - and one of the members of the Inner Circle is Magneto. Could Magneto be plotting to kill someone? Maybe he stole the sentinel from Shaw, if somehow K.S. really did stand for Kesbastian Shaw as he assumed. The elevator is busy at the moment, so Requiem and Jinx will have to wait for a moment - though it looks like someone is coming up to the Penthouse Suite...	[hr][center][img]https://i.postimg.cc/5yqyXQGW/image.png[/img][/center][hr][color=f7941d][b][i]Outside...[/i][/b][/color]

	Negasonic nodded, the sarcastic and stoic teen actually gracing Leighton with a slight smile. Her phone was already in hand and she opened up the camera roll, showing her a photograph of a [url=https://www.ujackets.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/66.jpg]cute girl with pink hair[/url]. [color=E33B19]"Her name's Yukio,"[/color] she told Leighton, a bit of pride in her tone. She then locked the phone and looked back up at Leighton properly. [color=E33B19]"It's okay. I like bitches - I'd rather someone be a sarcastic piece of shit to me than blow rainbows up my ass,"[/color] she replied. The young mutant then gave Leighton a kiss on the cheek. [color=E33B19]"Don't worry about it."[/color]

	Veil climbed out of the car with Glimpse's help, doing her best to keep her expression neutral but she couldn't help it. She was horrified at what Max had done and simultaneously, she pitied him. He was just a teenager and to have taken lives like that... the weight would be enough to crush anyone's soul. [color=935DB8]"I'm fine, I can walk,"[/color] she reassured her. She held the bandage in place with her hand. [color=935DB8]"I've been worse."[/color] Veil moved forward slowly, putting a hand on Max's shoulder and she gave him a slight squeeze, not saying anything at all. For once, the leader of the Mutant Underground was at a loss for words. 

	[color=E33B19]"Where's..."[/color] Negasonic began, noticing that Havok hadn't climbed out of the car. Her face paled slightly. [color=E33B19]"Is he dead?"[/color]

	[color=FAFD95]"You wish,"[/color] Havok muttered, finally coming back to consciousness. His head was pounding but he managed to get out of the car as well, oblivious to the horrific tragedy that had occurred on the car ride back from the Hellfire Club Headquarters. It sounded like they had made it out of there with the computer at least, so hopefully that hadn't been a complete loss. 

	[color=E33B19]"You're right, I [i]do[/i] wish that,"[/color] Negasonic quipped. The genuine concern that had shown on her face was gone. 

	Veil, meanwhile, was looking at Leighton almost apologetically. She hadn't even noticed yet the damage that had been done to their home, her mind too preoccupied with what had transpired. [color=935DB8]"... We need to have a family meeting. I'll explain it to everyone at once."[/color]

[color=f7941d][b][i]The First Floor...[/i][/b][/color]

	Casper's interest was piqued - he had never heard of Drug X before and he considered himself to be well versed in the latest designer drugs out on the market. Even if he hadn't done them himself, he definitely knew someone who had gotten high off of it. [color=DBA1DE]"Are you sure it's called Drug X? You might be confusing that for Ecstasy, it has an [i]X[/i] sound in it... Why people think everything for mutants has to have an X in it is beyond me..."[/color]

	[color=B0B4B0]"Who is Crisp Rat?"[/color] Colossus asked Feedback, looking incredibly confused. He wasn't the most pop culturally aware - Negasonic had to explain most of those things to him and she hadn't come back inside yet. There weren't any more radio transmissions about the car chase to pick up on either, which could be good news or bad news. Maybe the police had given up or maybe they realized Waverley could hear them somehow. 

	The empathic hold that Spark Plug had on Vulcan was strong as ever, prompting the frightened mutant to desperately try to make the fear go away by appeasing his captives - even Casper. [color=#fffb12]"N-no, it's called Drug X... Sh-Sh-Shaw m-m-made it himself i-in Auschwitz..."[/color] Vulcan stammered. 

	Sunshine frowned slightly, visibly trying to figure out where she remembered that word from. It took her longer than she would have liked to admit, largely since she had never really gone to school. They made them attend classes in juvi, but the teachers there tended to just show movies rather than do anything productive. She had seen [i]Space Jam[/i] more times than was humanly healthy for a person. [color=#DAF7A6]"Wait... So Shaw, the dude in charge of this Hellfire Club or whatever... He's a Nazi then? Shouldn't he be ancient then? Or dead? Or maybe in jail?"[/color]

	Blink had her arms crossed, thinking all of this through. Her mind instantly went to Magneto with the revelation that Shaw was a Nazi scientist. She was shocked that the mutant master of magnetism hadn't attempted to kill him yet. [color=D48FFF]"Not necessarily. The US took in a lot of Nazi scientists, gave them new names and identities..."[/color] she explained. The program had a name too - Operation Paperclip, as if it was something benign. 

	Casper ran his hands through his hair. There was so much information being dumped on them that he didn't even bother to check his phone for whether or not Jinx had responded. [color=DBA1DE]"Fuck,"[/color] he muttered. He didn't want anything to do with the Mutant Underground, but a Nazi was attacking innocent mutants. As much as he hated his father and his legacy, he couldn't just turn a blind eye to that. If there was one thing he learned from his personal hero, Captain America, it was that the only solution when it came to Nazis was to punch them in the face and throw them in prison to rot. 

	[color=#DAF7A6]"...So we're going to go kill a Nazi then,"[/color] Sunshine summarized. She wondered whether or not it was a crime to kill a Nazi. She certainly wasn't going to let Shaw live. The Purifiers were guilty, but Shaw had Erg's blood on his hands. Maybe they would get medals for performing a good deed, one that benefited the entire world, when they put Shaw six feet under. 

	[i]"You can't run away from this - you know that, right?"[/i] Ben asked Casper. The medium replied with a nod. He didn't really know what to say or what to do - he wasn't sure where to begin when it came to fighting Nazis. The only idea going through his head at the moment was to put on some spandex, come up with a codename that was spewing with propaganda, and then go from there. 

	Magik still hadn't woken up just yet - they really must have done a number on her or maybe it was a side effect of the Drug X that Shaw had dosed her with. [color=B0B4B0]"We will not kill Shaw - he must answer for crimes against mutantkind and humanity,"[/color] Colossus decided. He was certain that Veil would agree with him on that. [color=B0B4B0]We keep him - he could be useful,"[/color] he then added, nodding at Vulcan.