[hr][hr][center][img]https://i.postimg.cc/FKJKRczH/the-gifted-591b350cc9ba7.png[/img][hr][img]https://i.postimg.cc/J4CN5tYF/scarlet-witch-dans-avengers-endgame.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 - 1:30 PM[/b][/color][/h3][/center][hr][hr][center][img]https://i.postimg.cc/WpKJC0mt/image.png[/img][/center][hr][color=f7941d][b]The Training Room - Shaw Industries...[/b][/color]

	Emma and Reeva watched with interest as Max took the initiative and attempted to attack Magneto. [color=E0F6FD][i]"He has raw power, yet lacks control and strategy,"[/i][/color] Emma mused into her colleague's mind. Reeva nodded her agreement. [i][color=B1C1EB]"We could use someone of his destructive capacities..."[/color][/i] Reeva thought. [i][color=E0F6FD]"He's expendable. He lacks royal blood,"[/color][/i] Emma added, before she dissolved the telepathic connection. She smiled sweetly, using her telekinesis to gently raise Max up to his feet. 

	[color=FF5733]"Your niece, I take it?"[/color] Magneto scoffed to Emma, before coming down from his heights to the ground to face Leighton. [color=FF5733]"Miss Frost, you're young by no fault of your own. It is a time that mutants come together, rather than apart,"[/color] Magneto warned her, before rolling up his sleeve to reveal the numbers the Nazis tattooed onto his skin. [color=FF5733]"My people have suffered one Holocaust - I will not allow another."[/color]

	[color=A9F8C7]"I think I just got bingo,"[/color] Polaris muttered under her breath. She didn't speak with her siblings often at all, but she knew her father's tendencies. She had a small bingo card she made up with them in her room, just as a way to pass the time while here with the Hellfire Club. One of the spots happened to be reminding everyone of the Holocaust. 

	[color=B1C1EB]"Leighton and Maximillian are considering joining us,"[/color] Reeva answered Anastasia, before looking pointedly at Polaris and Magneto. [color=B1C1EB]"They're interested in helping to establish a mutant homeland."[/color]

	[color=E0F6FD]"Indeed,"[/color] Emma chimed in, internally sighing slightly. She sensed that her niece did not trust her and she personally found her objections to Magneto to be a bit hypocritical. [color=E0F6FD]"Leighton, darling, Erik is the White King of this group. I understand your skepticism, but it is misplaced. All Erik has done was for mutants, yet the press and the media have labeled him as a terrorist, as it fits their narrative that humans are destined to own the Earth... that mutants must fall."[/color]

	[color=B1C1EB]"Of course, you may wish to speak to Polaris,"[/color] Reeva recommended. [color=B1C1EB]"She joined us recently - she previously ran the Atlanta branch of the Mutant Underground. And I believe you're familiar with her beau, Havok, yes?"[/color]
	
	[color=FF5733]"I don't have time for those with wavering commitments,"[/color] Magneto snapped. [color=FF5733]"If what is going on outside these very walls is not enough to convince them, then there is no use in trying to recruit them. They lack the strength needed to build a nation! This boy is undisciplined, sloppy - and your niece, Emma, has never suffered. She doesn't know pain."[/color]

	[color=11FCBC]"Collars are disarmed,"[/color] Sage announced, staying out of the spat otherwise. 
	
[color=f7941d][b]The Raft - Location Classified...[/b][/color]

	[color=3D5DC3]"Wanda certainly seems to think you're a burden,"[/color] the Three in One taunted. They knew that their mother dear wouldn't let them rot in these cells, even if she had overlooked them in favor of Anastasia for the position of White Queen. The sun would shine on them again, they were certain. A familiar hum filled their ears as their collars deactivated. [color=3D5DC3]"It's time to play,"[/color] the triplets declared, their eyes glowing the unnatural blue that indicated their powers had activated. 

	Wanda smirked slightly, noticing that the collars were down and her hands started to have a sort of reddish swirl around them. [color=red]"This will be fun,"[/color] she said, before she glanced over at the guards, her eyes glowing. The cell around her shattered entirely, and she sent a flash of red spiraling towards the 6 guards in the area, the red seemingly separating before it seemed to completely surround them. [color=red]"Anyone ever tell you, never under estimate me."[/color] With that, the guards collapsed, as she had trapped them in their worst nightmare.

	[color=3D5DC3]"Sorry dear, we have to borrow one,"[/color] the Three in One said. [color=3D5DC3][b][i]"Open our cell,"[/i][/b][/color] they instructed one of the guards, taking over his mind. He abruptly stood up and walked over to them, punching in his unique passcode on the lock of the cell, before opening the door. Sophie then took his gun and shot the guard in the head, as her sisters went and took weapons from the other guards. 

	[color=3D5DC3]"Hurry up, Jinxy,"[/color] they teased. [color=3D5DC3]"Lovely work, Scarlet Witch. We've so missed you."[/color]

	[color=377E4B]"Try not to cause an explosion as you leave - I'm fond of this cell, boy, and I can't have you move its location [i]one inch.[/i] Do you understand?"[/color] Doom threatened, not alluding at all as to why he needed his cell to remain exactly where it was. Perhaps there was something more than what meets the eye, but Jinx wouldn't have too much time to question it. He needed to get out of his cell. [hr][center][img]https://i.postimg.cc/5yqyXQGW/image.png[/img][/center][hr][color=f7941d][b]New Mutant Underground Hideout...[/b][/color]

	[color=#DAF7A6]"How many people have you killed, blondie?"[/color] Sunshine asked Glimpse defensively. She felt like the pixie cut sporting mutant was judging her, but how could Glimpse even begin to comprehend Sunshine's life? Sunshine had been abandoned when she was just six years old. She had been forced to live on the streets, to fight in order to survive. Her second family was taken away from her and thrown into a Mutant Super-Max, while Sunshine herself was discarded like garbage. She had killed to protect the Morlocks, whereas Princess Braddock hadn't been there when they needed her - when Erg needed her. [color=#DAF7A6]"Your butler, maybe? Or the maid for not bringing you enough pillows?"[/color]

	Negasonic smirked slightly, still tapping away on her phone. Magik couldn't help but start giggling. The smile looked unnatural on her face. [color=6B576F]"Your name is Sunshine, da? So sweet for such viciousness. I like that."[/color] Sunshine couldn't help but blush slightly at that. 

	[color=E33B19]"Relax, Feedback, he'd heal from it,"[/color] Negasonic pointed out. [color=E33B19]"And go back to fucking a freaking unicorn doll..."[/color] she then shuddered slightly. [color=E33B19]"Some things can't be unseen."[/color]

	Walking out of the dining room and into the entranceway, Havok shook his head. [color=FAFD95]"No need to worry about offending me. Blood ties don't mean you're family,"[/color] he reasoned. [color=FAFD95]"I kinda want to beat the shit out of him myself anyways. Scott'd probably whine about restraint or something, maybe say [i]X-Men are better than this![/i] but... I don't know. Whoever Vulcan is, he isn't my [i]real[/i] brother."[/color]

	Blink got an idea, after Spark Plug mentioned not wanting Vulcan anywhere near this place. She was still in the dining room with Colossus, but she was close enough to see and hear those on the staircase and in the entranceway. [color=D48FFF]"What if I dropped him in the middle of some city in South America?"[/color] Blink suggested. [color=D48FFF]"He doesn't know where this hideout is and it'll take him a while to make his way back... Plus he'll be able to survive there, so it's not a death sentence."[/color]

	Colossus nodded, liking the idea. He didn't feel right, handing Vulcan over to S.H.I.E.L.D. He'd just break out again or one of the rich and wealthy from the Hellfire Club would arrange for his release. [color=B0B4B0]"He is your blood, Havok - your decision on his fate."[/color] Sure, Veil was in charge of this operation and Colossus was betting that she wouldn't mind. Once Havok decided, they could even go ask her for her approval. 

	Casper then followed James on over to Moonwalker, standing in the entranceway rather than draping himself over a couch. He froze for a moment though, as the drugs seemed to reach a low enough concentration in his system finally for his powers to kick in completely. Ben appeared, sitting on the stairs next to Negasonic as he tried to peer at her phone to see what could possibly be so entertaining. Waverley's mother appeared next to her daughter, sobbing uncontrollably. 

	[color=DBA1DE]"N-n-n-no..."[/color] Casper stammered, before shutting his eyes. If he couldn't see the ghosts, then maybe they couldn't see him? But he couldn't take his heart pounding, not knowing if the ghosts were coming nearer, and he opened his eyes again. There were more of them in the room now, ones that he didn't recognize. They all were dressed in flapper dresses and fine tuxedos, probably perishing in the Roaring 20's. [color=DBA1DE]"J-J-Jackie!"[/color] Casper screamed. 

	Veil then emerged into the entranceway. [color=935DB8]"...Okay, what the hell is going on with him?"[/color] she asked. She was perceptive, but she wasn't a psychologist. And given that they were mutants, sometimes things that appeared like mental illness and hallucinations were just manifestations of their powers. [color=935DB8]"Spark Plug, give him some happy juice, yeah?"[/color] she instantly asked. She couldn't explain the plans if they had a freaking out mutant in their midst. She hadn't really interacted with Casper enough to know what his issues were even. 

	[color=DBA1DE]"JACKIE!!!!!!"[/color] Casper screamed again, face to face with the ghost of Sebastian Shaw. 

	[i][color=E19243]"You can see me...? Excellent. I have a job for you..."[/color][/i]