[hr][hr][center][img]https://i.postimg.cc/FKJKRczH/the-gifted-591b350cc9ba7.png[/img][hr][img]https://i.postimg.cc/tg9nFM48/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 10th, 2020 - 10:10 AM[/b][/color][/h3][/center][hr][hr][center][img]https://i.postimg.cc/WpKJC0mt/image.png[/img][/center][hr][color=f7941d][b]The Amtrak Station...[/b][/color]

	[color=3D5DC3]"Don't worry, Jinx, we've got this,"[/color] the Three-in-One said in unison. Their eyes were glowing blue and it wasn't too long before the train came into view. There was no sign of it slowing down initially, until the girls smirked. [color=3D5DC3][b][i]"Stop the train,"[/i][/b][/color] they ordered, speaking into the mind of the conductor. There was a loud screech as the train came to a rapid halt, a metallic scent clinging to the air. The triplets then dove into the mind of the security guard on the train, commanding him to draw his gun on the conductor and other staff members. [color=3D5DC3][b][i]"Fire. Fire. Fire."[/i][/b][/color] 

	The sound of gunshots on the train wasn't muffled, with the staff members dead and just the patients remaining. The triplets then turned to look at Jinx and the White Queen. [color=3D5DC3]"We'll have the car ready - good luck,"[/color] they then said. There looked to be about three passenger cars on the train, so hopefully it wouldn't take the two of them too long to find Legion and his sister... but then again, they were about to enter a train filled with highly unstable mutants. 

	What could possibly go wrong?[hr][center][img]https://i.postimg.cc/5yqyXQGW/image.png[/img][/center][hr][color=f7941d][b]JFK Memorial Hospital - Gift Shop...[/b][/color]

	Colossus frowned slightly, putting down the frilly stuffed bear and he grabbed the next best one - it was plain brown with a propeller hat. He smiled slightly, hoping that his sister would like it. The X-Men associate spun the propeller lightly, watching the cheaply made piece of plastic move for just a few moments. He always tried to remind himself to appreciate the little things in life, especially when doing hero work. Any day could be his last. 

	[color=B0B4B0]"Good work,"[/color] Colossus praised Feedback. He went up to the cashier and paid for the bear, putting it carefully into a little bag, before he stepped back and turned into his metallic form, letting out an exaggerated roar as he awkwardly picked up a display case and threw it across the room. [color=B0B4B0]"Da, I am angry! Raaaaaa!"[/color] Colossus shouted. Somehow, he was even less frightening than he was normally... It seemed that Feedback and Moonwalker would need to really supplement this distraction. 

[color=f7941d][b]JFK Memorial Hospital - Fifth Floor...[/b][/color]

	Casper had gotten into the elevator with James and Sapphire, about to defend James against Sapphire's accusations only for him to defend himself - and role-play a bit while he was at it. Casper filed that under information that was helpful to have for the future, especially if this was going to turn into some sort of a relationship. [color=DBA1DE]"Look, I get it, we're all stressed as shit with what Danny is going through... And yes Sapphire you've been friends with him way longer than we have, but you know what they say in Girl Scouts, our cookie overlords? [i]Make new friends and keep the old - one is silver but another's gold.[/i] So you're gold, we're silver, and together, we're any robber's dream."[/color]

	[i]"...Right, so I'm going to forget you ever said that,"[/i] Ben muttered. [i]"Let's just get the drugs and leave, okay?"[/i]

	Casper nodded, taking a deep breath. He could see shimmering shapes at the edges of his vision, usually signaling that some ghosts were about to manifest, but none of them had so far (except for Ben). He let out a bit of a sigh and glanced around. He didn't see any doctors at the moment, meaning that maybe Feedback had done her job or maybe all of the doctors were just around the corner or something. At any rate, stalling wasn't going to help anyone so Casper walked to the left and headed down the hallway, hoping that they would stumble across the medicine room soon. 

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

	Havok looked at the Polaroid photos for a moment, thinking. [color=FAFD95]"Well that's Negasonic,"[/color] he murmured, pointing out one of the grumpy looking teen and an Asian girl with pink hair (Yuriko, Negasonic's girlfriend). None of the others stood out to him at first, until he saw one and it sent a jolt down his spine. "...That's Mystique, she uses that form a lot," Havok explained. What was Mystique doing on the wall of the Cherry Bomb - she was an associate of Magneto, not Shaw. And why would someone working with Magneto ever have anything to do with Shaw? The two of them should have been natural enemies from what Havok knew - especially if the theory that Shaw was a Nazi scientist was correct. 

	But what Glimpse had said about the man Jack was talking with... It kept on gnawing away at him. He had heard about someone like that before - and he was pretty certain it had been his brother, Scott, who told him. [color=FAFD95]"That's frustratingly familiar... My brother knows who that is, I'm certain of it,"[/color] he offered, keeping his voice low so that way Jack and the mysterious stranger wouldn't be able to hear them. [color=FAFD95]"... But if Scott told me about him, he's not good news. My brother I swear knows more villains than heroes..."[/color]

	Sunshine frowned as Jack put his hands over her ears, she wasn't a little kid. And besides, with him doing that, it was only going to draw attention to how she was definitely too young to be in a place like this. [color=#DAF7A6]"Ugh, Hufflepuff, I don't need you to do that,"[/color] Sunshine protested. [color=#DAF7A6]"I'm not a baby,"[/color] she reminded him. She then started trying to pry his hands off of her ears, but he was a lot stronger than her and she made little to no progress. 

	[color=8E6BB3]"Relax, Jacques, I'm afraid I have some... [i]business[/i]... to attend to,"[/color] Essex said, rising from the booth and taking his cane. [color=8E6BB3]"It was a pleasure to meet you, Electra,"[/color] he said, winking at his son before exiting the bar, using the cane to support his weight as he walked. It wasn't too long before he was completely out of sight, even when looking out the bar windows. For a man with a limp, he had an amazing walking pace - almost too good to be true. 

	[color=#DAF7A6]"Damn it get your hands off of me,"[/color] Sunshine hissed. [color=#DAF7A6]"I wanted to ask him why the hell he was at my trial..."[/color] she then added, figuring that maybe that would get Jack to care. And since her chance to get answers had just walked out of the Cherry Bomb - and she hadn't noticed anything yet connecting this place to Erg's death - she could take a few minutes to grill the P.I. about all of this. [color=#DAF7A6]"What do you know about him? Tell me or I'll give you the flu - it's way too early for you to have been vaccinated so that can't protect you."[/color] Of course, even if Jack said anything, she wouldn't really be able to hear it with his hands over her ears. 

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

	Veil had been sent flying backwards, her head about to collide with the base of the staircase when she quickly threw up a force field. She smacked directly into it, but at the very least it was a slightly softer and far less lethal blow. Forcing herself back up to her feet, she could hardly see what was going on in the room in front of her - there were two glowing figures and then a pair of yellow eyes in the darkness. [color=935DB8]"Yeah, just peachy,"[/color] she called back. She had dropped the invisibility around her and Spark Plug, mostly since it wasn't worth the energy it took to keep it up at the moment. 

	There was some ice now on the wall by the door, but it wasn't enough to really do anything to impact the temperature of the room. Veil, however, noted that Max was down in here - and that made her say something she was almost certain she would regret. [color=935DB8]"Max - summon some lanterns!"[/color] They had the advantage over fireballs of being easy to control and the advantage over most things of not needing any electricity to operate. She didn't trust Max with summoning fire, but lanterns? Hopefully he could manage that.

	[i]"Dein Ziel ist scheiße, Mädchen,"[/i] the demon, Nightcrawler, whispered in Leighton's ear. He grabbed onto her and they teleported again. This time he threw Leighton into the bookcase and she hit the ground, a few volumes of books falling off the shelves and hitting the ground around her. She was rather lucky that none of them actually hit her - that would have smarted quite a bit. The demon then teleported again, appearing in front of Max, and Nightcrawler wrapped his tail around Max's neck, starting to strangle the mutant. 

	[i]"Und diese Blätter sind dumm."[/i]