[hr][hr][center][img]https://i.postimg.cc/FKJKRczH/the-gifted-591b350cc9ba7.png[/img][hr][img]https://i.postimg.cc/fy2k0zzR/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 - 11:20 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]

	Cass' worry about the police showing up was unfounded at the very least - S.H.I.E.L.D. had officially taken control of this operation, with local police being instructed to avoid the area. Novikova gave Maria a nod. [color=add3ff]"Sure, just try to avoid the eye problem,"[/color] she recommended, knowing that realistically Maria couldn't pick and choose which of Novikova's powers to absorb. And of course, neither of them knew about Jinx's jinx he had placed on Maria trying to absorb Novikova's talents. 

	Bonnie practically gagged at Jinx's jeers. And while she was a bit unnerved at how much she resembled the triplet mutants, strange things had happened before. Captain America had an uncanny resemblance to the Human Torch after all. [color=f6989d]"You can do better than him,"[/color] she informed Flynn. [color=f6989d]"Like really, [i]anyone[/i] can do better than that guy."[/color]

	[color=7851A9]"Yeah, don't really care about this idle talk,"[/color] Barton admitted. [color=7851A9]"Chance to surrender is over,"[/color] he informed the Hellfire Club. He pulled a taser arrow and let it fly, hitting Jinx dead on in the chest and shocking the mutant severely, enough to knock Jinx down to the ground and get him to see stars. The Russian agent then caused basketball chunks of earth to shoot up from the ground into her hands and she chucked them at Anastasia, grazing the White Queen but not making enough contact to hurt her. 

	[color=3D5DC3][i]"We can't get into their minds - they're wearing some sort of device to block out psychic powers!"[/i][/color] the Three in One whispered into the minds of Anastasia and Jinx. Since Anastasia's powers of morality manipulation functioned by her delving into people's psyches, this would spell trouble for her as well. 

	Bonnie advanced towards the Three in One with her knives, looking for a good opening but the triplet mutants closed ranks. Bonnie frowned slightly, not wanting to throw the knives since that would greatly increase the odds of a fatality. [color=f6989d]"Flynn, back me up,"[/color] Bonnie requested, figuring that with Flynn's flames and her knives, they'd have a good chance of defeating the triplets. [hr][center][img]https://i.postimg.cc/5yqyXQGW/image.png[/img][/center][hr][color=f7941d][b]On the Road...[/b][/color]

	[color=DBA1DE]"No one, Ben was being dumb,"[/color] Casper answered Feedback quickly. They were in the van, they had the medicine they needed for Magik, and Casper had even managed to swipe a pick-me-up for himself for later. Sure, they hadn't planned on bringing Vulcan along too but someone would figure out what they should do with the villain eventually. Sapphire at the very least had the good sense to floor it, especially as - 

	[i]"Duck!"[/i] Ben shouted, Casper reflexively putting his head down as a spray of bullets hit the back of the van. The bullets missed all of the van's occupants - maybe it was their lucky day after all. Colossus turned back into his metal form, feeling a bit cramped but it was better than taking a bullet to the back of the head. [color=B0B4B0]"Ve cannot lead them back to Underground,"[/color] Colossus said. Even though they were getting a new headquarters, it was dangerous to lead the police there. And without Veil, they couldn't just turn themselves invisible. 

	[color=DBA1DE]"Uh maybe Feedback can do her radio thing again?"[/color] Casper asked, though he was skeptical. The cops were right behind them and shooting at them from their cars, their lights flashing and sirens screaming. It wouldn't be too easy for them to just get the police to change directions, would it? [i]Angel of the Morning[/i] had only worked for so long as well, they'd need another strategy. [color=DBA1DE]"Wait, Metal Mind, what powers does your sis have exactly?"[/color] Casper asked, wondering if maybe Magik could stop the cops. 

	[color=B0B4B0]"...I am not sure,"[/color] Colossus admitted. [color=B0B4B0]"I can jump from car, distract cops and then you can escape,"[/color] he offered. As to Cayden's question, that was ultimately Sapphire's call - she was the only one there with real medical experience. But if they wanted to use Magik's powers, as ill defined as they were, then treating her now would enable her to help with the cops. 

[color=f7941d][b]Sinister's Lair - Sabretooth's Hallway...[/b][/color]

	Veil looked up, seeing what looked like a sprinkler system. She created another pressurized frisbee force field and flung it up at the sprinkler, hitting her target and causing it to rain down on poor, poor Sabretooth. She then gritted her teeth and made the strongest force field she could, pinning Sabretooth down and preventing him from moving, but of course Glimpse had already accomplished a similar effect telepathically. [color=935DB8]"If this doesn't work, we might want to come up with a Plan B!"[/color] she shouted. 

	Maybe if they couldn't keep Sabretooth from healing, they could try to just knock him unconscious - or fling him far, far away somehow? But since they were underground, sending him into dreamland seemed like the most practical idea to her. If Spark Plug shocked him just right, they might be able to pull it off - that or Glimpse could change her attempts as well and start trying to telepathically knock Sabretooth around. 

[color=f7941d][b]Sinister's Lair - the Music Room -> the Laboratory...[/b][/color]

	Sinister smirked slightly at Jack, seeing the helpless detective sitting obediently. The mind was such a fragile and easily manipulated thing - he was almost disappointed that he hadn't gotten at least a [i]slight[/i] resistance from him. [color=8E6BB3]"All will be revealed in due time, Jacques,"[/color] Sinister promised, snapping his fingers and the scenery shifted. They weren't in the music room anymore - no, this must have been Sinister's laboratory. Gigantic cages lined the walls, most of them occupied. Sinister telekinetically pulled Jack along until he reached an empty one and he shut Jack inside, locking the cage firmly. Once inside the cage, Jack would begin to feel slightly ill - there was a power dampening field within the cage, keeping Jack from using his mutant powers to escape. 

	[color=8E6BB3]"Now to find the rest of your little friends..."[/color] Sinister murmured, before vanishing. 

	[color=#DAF7A6]"Hey, Marshmallow!"[/color] Sunshine called out. She was inside a cage next to Jack, a noticeable bruise on her head from her fall down the stairs earlier. [color=#DAF7A6]"Do you have a lock pick or anything on you?"[/color] she asked him without a moment's hesitation. Sunshine was too calm for a kid in this situation, but then again, this was hardly the first time she had been kidnapped by some sort of human extremist. The rest of the cage occupants were quiet and docile for the most part, though some of them were twitching and looked less than sane. 

[color=f7941d][b]Sinister's Lair - the Wardrobe Suite...[/b][/color]

	Emma was waiting for her niece's response, though she didn't seem surprised to see Max there. [color=E0F6FD][i]"Mr. Gray, how pleasant of you to stop by... I am here to speak to my niece and while I would prefer to do so privately, if she would like you to be here then that is fine by me."[/i][/color]

	Havok meanwhile was trying to figure out how to fight an astral projection. He couldn't just send an energy blast at Emma - she wasn't actually physically there. Eventually, he determined that their only real way to fight Emma right now would be to walk off and ignore her. Someone like Glimpse with telepathic powers would be capable of doing more. [color=FAFD95]"Leighton, Max, ignore Emma - she's a snake - let's get back to the others. This place gives me the creeps."[/color]