[hr][hr][center][img]https://i.postimg.cc/FKJKRczH/the-gifted-591b350cc9ba7.png[/img][hr][img]https://i.postimg.cc/15rMsG1P/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 - 10:50 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]

	It wouldn't take Anastasia too long to get Ksenia's restraints undone, but they were running out of time. If they didn't leave within the next ten minutes, it was almost certain that the authorities would notice that the train had been delayed. In order to stage this as a jail-break and not an abduction with an accompanying massacre, they'd need to move fast. The mutants Jinx freed looked around with wide eyes, as if seeing for the first time in their lives, and they quickly thanked Jinx and Anastasia before eagerly rushing the exit of the train car. 

	In the next car, Jinx would find another cage just as described, this one branded with the letter alpha. Inside was a [url=https://66.media.tumblr.com/c0bae6bda3a4b2966b018b6436d790ae/tumblr_pn8lnki6mD1tw2bfwo7_500.gifv]petite girl[/url] with strange, glowing white eyes. She must have been David's sister and the only daughter of the famed Professor Xavier - Valentine Haller. [hr][center][img]https://i.postimg.cc/5yqyXQGW/image.png[/img][/center][hr][color=f7941d][b]JFK Memorial Hospital - Gift Shop...[/b][/color]

	Vulcan was bleeding significantly from the wound Sapphire had inflicted with her ice dagger, but he wasn't down for the count just yet. He didn't seem that concerned by the wound - maybe Sapphire had damaged a nerve and he just couldn't feel it, or perhaps it was something extra that Shaw and the others had done to him. The villain was even smirking at Cayden's pain, proud of his handiwork with the energy blast. [color=#fffb12]"You're going to have to do waaaay better than that,"[/color] he taunted, before sending off more and more preemptive blasts. They missed all of the Mutant Underground members, with Colossus rising to his feet again. 

	[color=#fffb12]"Really, Piotr? Back for more?"[/color] Vulcan taunted. 

	[color=B0B4B0]"Da. I could do this all day,"[/color] Colossus answered, spitting at Vulcan's feet. Just as he was about to charge, a horrible, terrible idea came into Casper's mind and he rushed forward directly into the fray. 

	[i]"Casper what the hell are you doing!!!!"[/i] Ben shouted. 

	Casper held out his hand, as if he somehow had a power that would let him blast Vulcan. [color=DBA1DE]"Leave him alone or I'll kill you,"[/color] Casper bluffed. [color=DBA1DE]"You've probably heard of me - Legion, son of Professor X,"[/color] he boasted. 

	[i]"...You're pretending to be David. This is a horrible plan. He is going to kill you."[/i]

	[color=DBA1DE]"So surrender or face my wrath, okay?"[/color]

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

	Sunshine pretended to brush off Jack's correction, though it truthfully bothered her slightly. She didn't know why it gave her a slight uneasy feeling, almost like she had eaten food from a trash can and gambled on its quality. However, Spark Plug ruffling her hair caused Sunshine to tense her shoulders up, like a turtle retracting its head back into its shell. [color=#DAF7A6]"Can you please not touch my hair,"[/color] she requested, phrasing it like a question but by her tone of voice it was clear she was annoyed about it.  [color=#DAF7A6]"I'm almost eighteen. I'm not five."[/color]

	Veil smiled slightly at Leighton's description of her work - sure, she wasn't a fan of Leighton basically implying sexual favors in order to get what she wanted, but it was a clever tactic... and clearly an effective one at that. [color=935DB8]"Shaw and whoever else is running this operation, they know we're here by now - might as well go the more direct approach,"[/color] she reasoned. Stealth had gone out of the window after Nightcrawler showed up to attack them, especially since the bar had been "closed for the day" by the owners. [color=935DB8]"But Glimpse, could you do a quick scan, see how many warm bodies we got down here?"[/color]

	The young mutant's eyes narrowed as Max insulted her, turning from the secret elevator entrance to stare at the poncho wearing fool. [color=#DAF7A6]"Why don't you go back to to your privileged, rich-ass life of fashion shows and runaways, asshole!"[/color] she screamed back at Max. Her face was scrunched up as Sunshine created a little green ball of smoke and she pegged Max with it, giving him a hearty cough. It wasn't going to really slow him down or anything, but it would make communication at the very least harder. He was lucky - she hadn't been aiming for something so mild. [color=#DAF7A6]"So you can shut your pig mouth!"[/color]

	[color=FAFD95]"Hey, hey kid,"[/color] Havok said instantly, putting a hand on Sunshine's shoulder. She flinched and jerked away. [color=FAFD95]"He's an idiot, okay? And not worth the time or effort."[/color] Had Max not insulted him, Havok might have sided with Max on Sunshine's mannerisms - but since Max had lumped them together in that tirade, they were on the same side, the same team. 

	[color=935DB8]"ENOUGH!"[/color] Veil shouted, not caring that they were in enemy territory. [color=935DB8]"I get it, everyone here hates each other. But if you guys can't put aside your differences long enough to work together, then [b]leave[/b]. This isn't some game. This isn't playing X-Men or Avengers - it's [b]real[/b] and if you all keep on squabbling, someone is going to get killed. We [b]all[/b] might get killed. Understood?"[/color] she snapped, looking at each person in turn.

	Now, Sunshine wanted to avenge Erg's death more than she wanted to torment Max, so she nodded slightly at Veil, not answering verbally. [color=FAFD95]"You got it,"[/color] Havok answered, eyeing Max and wondering what he would do.