[hr][hr][center][img]https://i.postimg.cc/FKJKRczH/the-gifted-591b350cc9ba7.png[/img][hr][img]https://i.postimg.cc/Z5cCmn3C/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 - 3:00 PM[/b][/color][/h3][/center][hr][hr][center][img]https://i.postimg.cc/WpKJC0mt/image.png[/img][/center][hr][color=f7941d][b]The Morlock Tunnels...[/b][/color]

	Polaris took a deep breath, slowly relaxing the muscles in her hands. She forced herself to imagine a peaceful island, the waves coming in and gently washing over the warm sand as her boyfriend, Havok, walked over to her in the nude with a gigantic smirk on his face. [color=A9F8C7]"Sorry,"[/color] she forced herself to say, having gone through the sewer grate opening with the others. [color=A9F8C7]"I have bipolar disorder,"[/color] she explained. She made herself take another breath, trying to force her mood to stabilize. 

	[color=A9F8C7]"Oh you've got to be fucking kidding me?!"[/color] she then snapped aggressively, seeing the hilarious display of Max's abilities. [color=A9F8C7]"How the hell do you go from lights to snow globes? And why is Marvel Girl a freaking elf in this? Wolverine's the short one!"[/color] The metal blades she kept on her started to shake and rattle, an audible reminder to Polaris that she needed to calm down - that she couldn't let the mania control her. 

	[color=A9F8C7]"...I meant to say that... I'm sure your... [i]thing.[/i].. is good,"[/color] she grumbled. She looked at the little map that Sage had programmed for her. [color=A9F8C7]"Come on, it's not too far, but we'll want to hurry."[/color] She then started making her way down the tunnels, heading towards the grating that would let them out at the waterfront
	
[color=f7941d][b]The Luxury - the Washington D.C. Waterfront...[/b][/color]

	Esme shook her head at Jinx, not amused with his implication that their mother (genetic template, really) gave him a sexually transmitted disease. [color=3D5DC3]"I'm not sure you're [i]man[/i] enough for the Lord Imperial anyways."[/color]

	[color=3D5DC3]"But kudos to you for even knowing what Chlamydia is,"[/color] Sophie and Phoebe taunted in unison, snickering. Esme slowly brought the submarine up to the surface, opening the hatch so that way everyone could disembark and board [i]the Luxury.[/i] 

	[color=3D5DC3]"Wanda, if you wouldn't mind sinking the submarine once we're on Shaw's yacht?"[/color] Esme requested.

	[color=red]"Fine, I can do that,"[/color] she grumbled, more then a little bit annoyed still with how the conversation seemed to be going, and the fact that people kept mentioning that Polaris was the White Rook as opposed to her. 

	The triplets made their way out off of the submarine and gracefully onto Sebastian Shaw's yacht. It was unmanned at the moment, meaning that they would have no issue simply waiting here until the rendez-vous with the extraction team. Of course, the Three in One imagined that there wasn't really much need for them, thanks to Jinx's work taking care of the rogue submarines. [color=3D5DC3]"Champagne, Wanda? Sebastian kept his yacht well stocked,"[/color] Sophie offered. 

	[color=3D5DC3]"Or perhaps you'd rather a martini?"[/color] Phoebe suggested.

	Wanda didn't respond immediately after getting off the sub, instead using her powers to easily sink the submarine. [color=red]"I don't feel like anything,"[/color] she said, shaking her head at the three of them, more or less wanting to ignore their existence, she was contemplating leaving before Lorna showed up.

	[color=3D5DC3]"Very well, I suppose that's for the best - Lorna may want something to drink after all,"[/color] Sophie smirked cruelly. [hr][center][img]https://i.postimg.cc/5yqyXQGW/image.png[/img][/center][hr][color=f7941d][b]The Dining Room - Mutant Underground Hideout...[/b][/color]

	[color=D48FFF]"You're right,"[/color] Blink told Spark Plug with a smile. [color=D48FFF]"Thank you... It was Spark Plug, right?"[/color] she asked, wanting to confirm. Everything had gone by so quickly. It hadn't been that long ago that Blink and the Morlocks were living peacefully beneath the city. She couldn't help but see the faces of the Morlocks in the victims that Spark Plug administered medicine to. It seemed to help them all almost instantly, allowing their movements to become slow and peaceful. 

	Magik had entered the room as well, pulling Colossus aside. They were speaking to each other in Russian quietly, before the siblings finally embraced each other. 

	Nightcrawler was silent at first, his heart heavy. He didn't want to tell Glimpse what it had been like for him - it was an ungodly experience. "Fraulein... I do not want to talk about what it was like," he told her softly. "I am so sorry for what I did to you... It was unspeakable... an affront to god..." his words drifted off as Cayden came into the room with the pizzas.

	"I can make my way to my home. I just need rest," he then said. 

	[color=6B576F]"Is that... pizza?"[/color] Magik then asked Cayden, raising an eyebrow. [color=6B576F]"Give it here or I'll send you to hell."[/color]

	[color=B0B4B0]"Illyana, that is not way of X-Men,"[/color] Colossus scolded. [color=B0B4B0]"No threats."[/color]

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

	[color=FAFD95]"Wait, Professor X is coming here?"[/color] Havok asked. He couldn't help but be astonished. In all of his time with the Mutant Underground, Xavier had never visited the Washington D.C. operation. He communicated to Veil maybe once a month at the very most. [color=FAFD95]"Huh. I guess we now know the bare minimum it takes him to get his wheelchair bound ass down here - Mister Sinister and Shaw have to turn mutants in rapid zombie soldiers."[/color]

	[color=E33B19]"Are you really that surprised?"[/color] Negasonic asked dryly. [color=E33B19]"X doesn't leave his little paradise garden."[/color]

	[color=FAFD95]"...Wonder if my niece is coming,"[/color] Havok commented absentmindedly. He considered Sara Grey, his sister in law's niece, to be his niece as well - technicalities be damned. 

	Sunshine shrugged her shoulders at James. Her life had never really been easy and it rarely ever made much sense. She had been kicked out of her home when she was just six years old, since her mother believed that mutants were the children of Satan. She had found a family on the streets of New York, only for aliens to invade and force them to flee from the city. They had barely made it to Washington D.C. And just when things had calmed down, just when they were all living in a crummy studio apartment, Purifiers showed up and burned the place to the ground. Sunshine and her family were blamed for the crime. She was lucky, only going to juvi - the others went to a Mutant Super-Max.

	The destruction of the Morlocks was another tragedy in her life. Erg was another father figure ripped away from her. [color=#DAF7A6]"I have a bed here - and food to eat - and that's more than I normally do,"[/color] she answered him. [color=#DAF7A6]"I want the assholes who hurt Erg to suffer... And I think I helped to make that happen today. So that's nice and all... The last time I had a bed was in juvi, I think."[/color]

	Her stomach then growled ferociously as Waverley entered the room with the pizzas. [color=#DAF7A6]"Fuck yeah, pizza!"[/color] Sunshine cheered, grabbing two slices and folding them together like a sandwich, before shoving the food in her mouth. 

	[color=FAFD95]"It's cool, not everyone is cut out for superheroics."[/color]

	[color=E33B19]"Yeah, you're a shining example of that Havok!"[/color]

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

	[color=00aeef]"I see you all have had a rough time,"[/color] a voice called from the entrance way and Professor Charles Xavier rolled into the room, except he wasn't alone, as right behind him was Havok's older brother Scott, better known as Cyclops. Cyclops had been the leader of the X-Men for several years, being quite possibly one of the most famous members - even though these days, he pursued domestic bliss with his wife, Jean Grey.

	[color=3346D5]"Anyone know where my little brother has run off to?"[/color] Cyclops asked, before looking over at Veil. [color=3346D5]"Hey there Veil, it has been a while."[/color]

	Veil forced a smile onto her face. It was a little weird seeing Xavier outside of the X-Mansion. His wheelchair conveniently hovered a few inches off of the ground, as if the dirty floors of the hideout were figuratively and literally beneath him. Cyclops was even weirder to see - he had taught her during her time at the school, even trained her. It was like seeing her high school teacher show up at her place of business. [color=935DB8]"Professor, Scott,"[/color] Veil said, nodding politely. [color=935DB8]"I think Havok is upstairs... How about we move into the dining room?"[/color] she then suggested. 

	Pietro glanced over at Xavier and Cyclops, he made a bit of a face seeing Cyclops, and didn't talk to him at all. [color=7ea7d8]"Hey there Professor! Since my work here seems to be done, I'm heading off, see ya some other time,"[/color] he said with a slight wave towards the group before there was a gust of wind and in a blur of silver he raced off.

	[color=00aeef]"If you wish that Veil, I agree, it likely is not best to talk in the entrance area..."[/color] Xavier said, nodding his head towards her, before heading towards the dining room.

	[color=3346D5]"Alright, I'm going to head that way and let you two talk a little bit,"[/color] Scott responded, before he headed off, heading towards the stairway. to go upstairs.
	
[color=f7941d][b]Aboveground - Mutant Underground Hideout...[/b][/color]

	Casper was pacing back and forth, trying to process the information that Jack had given him. To make matters worse, he could plainly see the Blackbird nearby. His father was here - and by some stroke of fortune, Professor X hadn't seen the two boys as he went into the hideout. He started tugging at the ends of his hair, wanting desperately a hit of something, anything right then. Casper loved his siblings - and David was hardly all there. He made Casper look perfectly sane. 

	[color=DBA1DE]"Oh we are so fucking screwed Jackie,"[/color] Casper moaned. [color=DBA1DE]"If Dave is missing, bad things are going to happen. You were too little to remember this I think, but once he turned our nanny into a plate of pancakes! And ate her! If he was just a normal crazy person that would be one thing, but he's an omega level mutant.... at freaking power manifestation! We're all going to die. Our sibling is going to cause the apocalypse [i]again[/i]."[/color]

	[i]"That's probably why your dad is here with his plane actually..."[/i] Ben pondered. [i]"The Underground is his top info source in the DC area. Someone here might know something."[/i]

	[color=DBA1DE]"Shush, Ben, stop trying to be helpful!"[/color]