[hr][hr][center][img]https://i.postimg.cc/FKJKRczH/the-gifted-591b350cc9ba7.png[/img][hr][img]https://i.postimg.cc/V5Qvvm1c/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 10th, 2020 - 9:50 AM[/b][/color][/h3][/center][hr][hr][center][img]https://i.postimg.cc/WpKJC0mt/image.png[/img][/center][hr]	Requiem was nowhere to be found, leaving just Anastasia, the Three-in-One, and Jinx in the elevator. The hypnotic mutant must have already left the building, perhaps fleeing the bloody scene and abandoning the Hellfire Club entirely. Given that Emma and the others had just murdered Shaw, maybe he had a good reason to leave the Inner Circle. The Three-in-One couldn't help but laugh, hearing Jinx's thoughts - he was rather loud. [color=3D5DC3]"The box was Shaw's, Jinx,"[/color] they informed him in perfect unison. [color=3D5DC3]"His name was Dr. Klaus Schmidt,"[/color] the girls then added. [color=3D5DC3]"His mind was so... vulnerable at the end, we learned so many things."[/color] Of course, that was largely due to the efforts of Anastasia and Jinx. 

	[color=3D5DC3]"We need to get back on track,"[/color] Esme interjected, pressing the button for the garage. They had some military grade vehicles there that the Three-in-One had in mind for this job. And while Anastasia held the title of White Queen, the girls still had more experience than her and they felt they could make these choices. It would be up to Anastasia to make a show of strength and power for them to see her as something other than an equal. Once the elevator reached the garage, the Three-in-One walked out and over to what looked like a military jeep, only it had far more toys. It was the sort of car that would appear in a James Bond movie. [color=3D5DC3]"We're driving,"[/color] they announced, as Sophie got into the driver's seat. Esme got into the shotgun seat and Phoebe sat directly behind her. [color=3D5DC3]"Don't touch anything, Jinx,"[/color] the Three-in-One added. [hr][center][img]https://i.postimg.cc/5yqyXQGW/image.png[/img][/center][hr][color=f7941d][b]JFK Memorial Hospital...[/b][/color]

	It wasn't too long for them to reach the hospital. There was a visitor's parking lot where Sapphire would be able to park the car, but it wasn't directly in front of the hospital - that was where the ambulances were supposed to go, in order to allow them to get patients into the hospital as quickly as possible. Casper couldn't help but be slightly nervous at the hospital. In his experience, hospitals were some of the most haunted places in the world - so many people died in them. At least James was giving him easy questions, having been on these medications a few dozen times himself. [color=DBA1DE]"Methadone is a pain killer, but it also treats opioid addiction - I've had it injected and taken it as pills before, it's a white circular tablet,"[/color] he explained. [color=DBA1DE]"Buprenorphine is the same idea, it's also a white circular pill... I think it might also be called Suboxone."[/color]

	However, Casper wasn't really sure where in the hospital those pills would be kept. He had an inclination that it would be in the vault, just since that seemed to be about appropriate for their luck. Nothing could ever be easy. 

	[i]"I'm surprised he isn't freaking out over your knowledge of drug addiction,"[/i] Ben commented, hovering vaguely over Casper's shoulder in the car. [i]"But are you sure you'll be fine in there, Casper? There's lots of souls... And if they notice you can see them, they might attach themselves to your soul."[/i]

	[color=DBA1DE]"You mean like you did, Ben?"[/color] Casper replied rhetorically, but he nodded slightly. He was worried. He didn't want to see the legion of the dead floating down the hallway towards him, screaming at him to reunite them with their loved ones. 

	Colossus nodded at Feedback's suggestion, finding it to be an insightful and clever strategy. [color=B0B4B0]"Da, redirect doctors,"[/color] he agreed. It was up to the three of them to create some sort of distraction, but they didn't need to do it instantly - they could wait until Casper, James, and Sapphire had made some progress in the hospital. They just needed to time it perfectly, to cause the perfect distraction once those three needed it the most. With the car stopped, Colossus hunched down and climbed out, holding the door open for Feedback and Moonwalker. [color=B0B4B0]"Come, let us go to hospital gift shop - we can buy bear for Illyana."[/color]

	[color=B0B4B0]"We will cause distraction in ten minutes,"[/color] he informed the other group. It would help them with their timings to know when they would make sure chaos occurred to draw attention away from them. 

[color=f7941d][b]The Cherry Bomb...[/b][/color]

	Sunshine shook her head. [color=#DAF7A6]"He was just someone in the crowd, not a witness or anything - and it's hardly like they let me go and talk to people to meet them once the judge passed his verdict..."[/color] her voice trailed off and there was a slight distant look in her eyes. That had been one of the worst days of her life. Her newfound family had been ripped away from her, all because Purifiers had burned down the apartment complex and blamed the mutant runaways. The police sided with the extremists and sent most of Sunshine's family to Mutant Super-Max, whereas she had been sent to juvenile detention as she hadn't turned eighteen yet. That was when Sunshine learned to hate humans - no matter what she did, they were always going to think the worst. 

	[color=FAFD95]"... Sorry kid, that's rough,"[/color] Havok told Sunshine sympathetically. Her behavior and mannerisms reminded him a lot of Sapphire at times. Both of them were incredibly scarred people, the past continually shaping their future no matter what they did. He grimaced, wanting to ask what she had been on trial for but he knew better than to ask. Somethings were better left unsaid. 

	[color=#DAF7A6]"Yeah, well, whatever,"[/color] Sunshine shrugged. [color=#DAF7A6]"I don't need pity."[/color] And since Spark Plug had gotten up to go on after Veil, she didn't stop herself from eating the nachos quickly. Food was never guaranteed in her experience, and especially in juvi, she had to eat quickly or the bigger kids would take the food from her once they finished their own. It was all a survival mechanism. 
	
	[color=FAFD95]"I don't pity you, kid."[/color]

	It wasn't too long for the bartender to serve Max his drink and food, still waiting to hear what Leighton wanted to order. Veil pushed open the grimy door to the bathroom and she looked around the sinks quickly, hoping what she was looking for would be there. [color=935DB8]"Shit..."[/color] There weren't any hairpins - she was hoping to find one, just in case they needed to pick a lock. And beyond the general lack of hygiene in the restroom, there was nothing to tip her off to a conspiracy to kidnap mutants and turn them into drugged up slaves. 

	She turned around, seeing Spark Plug come in after her. [color=935DB8]"Nothing in here from what I can tell. How about I cloak us and we try poking around the door heading to the basement?"[/color] she suggested. As long as they didn't take too long, she doubted the bartenders would notice their absence. Judging from the state of the stalls, people spent ages in this bathroom doing drugs or having intercourse anyways. Worst case scenario, the bartenders probably would just assume they were a pair of lesbians going at it.