[hr][hr][center][img]https://i.postimg.cc/FKJKRczH/the-gifted-591b350cc9ba7.png[/img][hr][img]https://i.postimg.cc/sD5dWMbb/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 - 2:15 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]

	[color=11FCBC]"They're being pursued,"[/color] Sage announced, her voice emotionless to everything going on. [color=11FCBC]"I'd recommend leaving sooner rather than later if you wish to prevent them from being captured."[/color]

	Polaris, however, had a lot more empathy and compassion for the new mutants. Leighton seemed particularly scared, which she could hardly blame her for. She wasn't a fool - she knew exactly what sort of person Magneto was. She hated her father, working with him purely for the betterment of mutants. Her time at the Mutant Underground had taught her that the only way mutants could survive would be if they had a land of their own, no matter the cost. 

	[color=A9F8C7]"Hey, kid..."[/color] Polaris began, not really certain what she was going to say. [color=A9F8C7]"If you're going to stick around here, you need to know that these people aren't your friends. They're dangerous. They aren't going to go easy on you and they aren't going to have your back. The only one you can trust here is yourself. If you can do that and you want to build Genosha, then stay - if not, you should leave while you still can. Before you know too much."[/color]
	
[color=f7941d][b]Somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean...[/b][/color]

	Jinx's ranting had broken Wanda's concentration for a moment, her eyes snapping open furiously. It was like seeing a snake right before the strike, venom coating their fangs. [color=red]"You are so pathetic, especially considering now is not the time to be sitting there eating whatever food you've found. Honestly, you'd think that this was your first ever prison escape. Not to mention are you seriously freaking out over something at the Raft? This is why you never bring anything you don't want to lose on any sort of mission. That is literally the first thing you learn! And I'm all for revenge, but seriously grow up since you are not in any position to freaking go on a revenge spree!"[/color]

	[color=3D5DC3][i]"If you two are going to fight, could you at least keep it down? Some of us are trying to pilot a submarine,"[/i][/color] Sophie snapped telepathically into everyone's minds. 

	[color=3D5DC3][i]"We have a problem,"[/i][/color] Esme's voice then interjected. [color=3D5DC3][i]"Submarine in pursuit. Jinx, if you wouldn't mind taking care of it..."[/i][/color] she requested. The submarine they were on had a little gunner station of sorts, where Jinx would be able to aim and fire their weapons at the sub in pursuit. The telepaths had already confirmed it came from the Raft. [hr][center][img]https://i.postimg.cc/5yqyXQGW/image.png[/img][/center][hr][color=f7941d][b]The Entranceway - Mutant Underground Hideout...[/b][/color]

	Pietro raised an eyebrow slightly at Waverly's clear disappointment, and it was clear that he was a bit annoyed with her obviously not being too happy that he was marrying Guin. However, his attention turned to the name she suggested, and he shook his head. [color=7ea7d8]"I might use Quicksilver again, just not right now since I'm trying to differentiate myself from what I did with the Brotherhood... Mercury actually is taken by another hero. A bit of an asshole know-it-all who works for Serval last I checked. I seriously don't like the guy, but thanks for trying with the suggestion at least."[/color]

	Casper emerged into the room with James, supporting his fellow mutant. He stopped in his tracks once he saw Quicksilver casually lying on the couch, talking with Feedback. He had heard that Quicksilver wasn't with the Brotherhood anymore - he was a member of the X-Men. It made his blood run cold. He knew this place was affiliated with his father, but to see one of his father's current lackeys... [color=DBA1DE]"If Father sent you, you can go tell him to stick his shiny, cue ball of a head up his ass,"[/color] he stammered. 

	[color=7ea7d8]"...Wow never thought I'd hear someone make a comment like that about him,"[/color] Pietro said, not being able to help but laugh at Casper's comment. [color=7ea7d8]"I don't really care much for him either, especially since I get stuck being messenger pigeon."[/color]

	He took a deep breath, trying to keep himself calm. He could see shapes flickering in his peripheral vision - hopefully not that horrid ghost from before that had attacked Ben. [color=DBA1DE]"What's the message? Is it him telling me that I'm a screw up? That I'm wasting my potential? Is he inviting me to another mausoleum because that worked out so fucking well the first time? Well he can go to hell - I'm pretty sure he's butt buddies with Satan anyways!"[/color] Casper snapped, getting a bit worked up. 

	[i]"Calm down, dude. Quicksilver could snap your neck without you even being able to insult him first..."[/i] Ben pointed out. 

	[color=7ea7d8]"...Actually it was more of to tell Veil that he was coming by."[/color]

	Casper's face instantly paled until he was whiter than a sheet. [color=DBA1DE]"...Wh-what?"[/color]

[color=f7941d][b]The Dining Room - Mutant Underground Hideout...[/b][/color]

	The rescued mutants were all more or less huddled in here, eating whatever food they could find. A majority of them were extremely malnourished, their bones plainly visible, making them look like poorly disguised skeletons. But despite their numbers, they were relatively quiet, sending nervous glances all over the room. Nightcrawler was lying on the table, curled up on his side as he muttered prayers under his breath quietly. 

	[color=B0B4B0]"Kurt? Can you hear me?"[/color] Colossus asked gently, heading over to his old friend. Blink had gone over to some of the younger escaped mutants, attempting to communicate with them as well, to figure out their names and if they had any family they could bring them back on home to. Negasonic was blinking her eyes rapidly, hiding tears from the awful, heartbreaking scene in front of them. 

	[color=E33B19]"I'm going to go find the rest of the losers,"[/color] she said, before walking quickly out of the room. 

	Veil took a few more deep breaths, concentrating on her breathing. They had gotten through that mission - they had done the impossible. They had destroyed Sinister's lab and freed these mutants, yet the victory felt hollow somehow. Sinister would just start all of this again - she felt it deep in her soul. [color=935DB8]"Jack, I'm going with you to your office to check it for bugs. On our way back, we'll be buying ten pizzas and a few cases of beer with some of the money you found,"[/color] Veil told him quietly. [color=935DB8]"Maybe some ice cream too, for the kids."[/color]

	It wasn't particularly late in the day, but she was beat. She didn't have the energy to make calls about sending these mutants onward in the Underground, to see if Atlanta or Maryland could possibly take them. All she could think about was getting her people fed, hopefully enjoying a light buzz, and then sleeping for about a week straight. She certainly didn't want to report to Xavier what had happened just yet. [color=935DB8]"Moonwalker... Could you go make sure that James sees to the injured? Have him take those with grave injuries, the rest that can do a natural heal, ask Sapphire to see to."[/color]

[color=f7941d][b]Medical (Room 10, Second Floor) - Mutant Underground Hideout...[/b][/color]

	Sunshine fell out of Magik's portal, landing roughly on the hardwood floor. One of the pieces of wood near her was rotting and had she fallen just a few inches to the right, she might have ended up going through the floor and down into the main level of their hideout. [color=#DAF7A6]"I still think we should have dumped the bitch in a volcano,"[/color] she grumbled, angry at the thought of Lady Mastermind getting away with all of it in the Savage Land. 

	[color=FAFD95]"Look, kid, we'll have time to be an edgelord later,"[/color] Havok interjected. [color=FAFD95]"Right now, we need to stop Sapphire from bleeding out. We'd be without an Elsa. And we can't have that happen, not when the Hellfire Club has a baby ice girl."[/color]

	Magik furrowed her eyebrows, staring at Havok like he was speaking a foreign tongue. [color=6B576F]"What's an Elsa?"[/color] she asked him. Between her imprisonment in Limbo by Belasco as a child and her abduction by the Hellfire Club, she hadn't been able to watch the latest Disney movies. 

	They hardly had any medical supplies here, but Havok managed to find a roll of gauze. That hopefully would be enough until they could find James and have him work his magic on Sapphire. He shook his head slightly at Magik, doing his best to carefully patch up Sapphire without aggravating his own injuries. He didn't want to admit it, but it was probably for the best that one of their new members was a healer. [color=FAFD95]"Just go look it up on YouTube,"[/color] he told Magik dismissively. 

	[color=#DAF7A6]"Don't do it, you'll get the songs stuck in your head,"[/color] Sunshine warned her. She had grown up on the streets and spent time in juvi, yet even that hadn't been enough to protect her from [i]Let It Go[/i]. She twitched her fingers, thinking about how they had let Sinister and Lady Mastermind [i]live[/i]. She'd have to find a way to permanently kill Sinister. No one could really be immortal, she was certain of it. [color=#DAF7A6]"...You're not dying, are you?"[/color] she then asked Sapphire suspiciously.