[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 - 3:30 PM[/b][/color][/h3][/center][hr][hr][center][img]https://i.postimg.cc/WpKJC0mt/image.png[/img][/center][hr][color=f7941d][b]The Luxury - the Washington D.C. Waterfront...[/b][/color]

	[color=red]"Oh please, you want to help the [i]humans[/i]? They aren't worth the time or effort, everyone would be better off without them,"[/color] the Scarlet Witch scoffed. 

	The Three in One nodded their heads in agreement, disembarking from the yacht. [color=3D5DC3]"They're agents of mutant suffering,"[/color] the girls explained in unison. [color=3D5DC3]"If humans were fundamentally [i]good[/i], then we wouldn't exist. They made us to be weapons, to hunt and kill and destroy."[/color] They then turned all at once, looking back at everyone, those on and off of the yacht. The humans had killed two of their sisters. They had plans to rectify that - plans that Leighton and Ana would help with, whether they wished to or not. 

	[color=A9F8C7]"I'm not here to kill humans. I'm here to save mutants,"[/color] Polaris said strongly. [color=A9F8C7]"But if you two are here because you want to help humanity, you'd be better off with the X-Men,"[/color] she told Leighton and Max. [color=A9F8C7]"Xavier's team rarely helps mutants anymore. Just humans."[/color]

	[color=red]"Humans aren't worth the trouble, how many of us do they have to kill before you naive children learn that?"[/color] Wanda asked them, and she seemed to be sticking around, and was going to head back with them. Polaris had disembarked the yacht and with a flick of her wrist, the sewer grate cover opened up again for them. They'd return to headquarters the same way they had come - through the Morlock Tunnels. 

	[color=3D5DC3]"They're too young to know suffering,"[/color] the Three in One said. [color=3D5DC3]"Leighton only realized she was a mutant this week,"[/color] they added, their eyes glowing bright blue. [color=3D5DC3]"And Maximilian dreams of being a superhero."[/color]

	[color=red]"Oh please, I learned what humans were capable of when I was a lot younger than them. And if you want to be a superhero and help humans, I can't help but agree with Lorna. Go run off and join the X-Men like my brother did."[/color]

	Polaris' body language shifted, the sewer grate bending abruptly in half. [color=A9F8C7]"Don't call me [i]Lorna[/i]."[/color]

	[color=red]"Then don't call me Wanda."[/color]

	Polaris descended into the tunnels. [color=A9F8C7]"Fair enough, Scarlet Witch."[/color][hr][center][img]https://i.postimg.cc/5yqyXQGW/image.png[/img][/center][hr][color=f7941d][b]Aboveground - Mutant Underground Hideout...[/b][/color]

	[i]"Respect his boundary, Casper,"[/i] Ben said in a dry, almost disinterested tone. [i]"Not everyone uses heroin to solve their problems. And not everyone should."[/i]

	Casper sighed slightly. He really just wanted to comfort his brother. He knew better than anyone what it was like to have a monster for a father. Casper had been grappling with that his entire life, whereas Jack found out less than a few hours ago. Maybe what Jack needed was to go home to New Orleans, to confront their mother about her horrible life choices. [color=DBA1DE]"You don't wanna talk about it, we don't have to,"[/color] Casper said. 

	Ben was surprised - and a bit proud. 

	[color=DBA1DE]"We'll get some rum doughnuts and maybe we can watch YouTube videos on the computer at your office... But I think afterwards, we should come back here... My father is evil and horrible, but... There's this really cute guy here. I'm going to be honest. That's most of my motivation for wanting to stay. He seems super sweet and I bet he's a power bottom, too."[/color]

	[i]"Eww, Casper!"[/i]

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

	[color=00aeef]"So, seems as if Emma has found her niece then,"[/color] Xavier mused, before looking over at Cayden's response. [color=00aeef]"That is not too surprising, Shaw is well connected and Sinister has ways of appearing to be someone he is not and tricking others to do his bidding rather easily. As for David... If you do come across him, be careful, as his powers are not exactly... Stable... And neither is his personality... As for the files, see about sending them to the mansion if you could."[/color]

	Veil nodded, her arms still folded. She didn't like this at all. Jack turned out to be the son of Mister Sinister. Casper was the son of Professor X. Leighton was the niece of Emma Frost. She half expected Max to turn out to be the son of the Scarlet Witch somehow at this rate - it was all too connected. The Washington D.C. Mutant Underground cell had never been this... [i]connected[/i] before, even with Havok around. [color=935DB8]"What do you want us to do next, X?"[/color] Veil then asked, mentally proceeding to the next order of business. 

	[color=B0B4B0]"Da... Do you want us to continue shepherding mutants to other cities? Or concentrate on Emma Frost?"[/color] Colossus asked.  

	[color=00aeef]"Do not get involved if you can't help it. Report any information you come across. The Underground is primarily meant to help mutants escape to other cities where the laws and such aren't quite so bad as they are in certain areas. Continuing doing that, you all have done well so far with it, so keep going, there are people out there who do need you, more than ever considering the Purifiers marching today especially."[/color]

	She wasn't entirely surprised to hear that was Professor X's directive - they weren't the X-Men. They didn't have the skills or training to take down sinister plots. At best, they took mutants to safety and delivered information to Xavier that they overheard around the country. At worst, they ended up running from the police themselves, trying just to make it by another day. [color=935DB8]"Alright. We'll have the information we gathered sent to you soon. And we'll look out for your other son."[/color]

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

	Havok sighed, his shoulders sinking slightly. He hated not knowing if Lorna was okay or not. He knew that she was more than capable of taking care of herself, but he [i]knew[/i] her. Her bipolar disorder could cause havoc on her life, for lack of a better term. Had it been a manic frenzy that caused her to leave the Atlanta Station? Had her father come after her with another telepath in an attempt to brainwash her to join the Brotherhood? Why hadn't she reached out to him? [color=FAFD95]"Do you think you could keep an eye out for her?"[/color] Havok asked. [color=FAFD95]"I'm worried this might be a... well, a [i]Magneto[/i] related incident."[/color]

	[color=3346D5]"Sure thing, I'll let you know if I hear anything,"[/color] Cyclops said, giving his brother a smile before he heard Waverly's comment and he couldn't help but chuckle slightly at that. [color=3346D5]"Yeah, last I checked I was Cyclops, it hasn't changed for a while, but usually I'm fine with people nowadays just calling me Scott or something since I kind of went away from the whole superhero thing, but when the Professor mentioned that he was heading down to DC I took the opportunity to come by and see my little brother and what trouble he's causing and getting into. Xavier is talking to Veil about everything that has happened regarding Sinister and Shaw and a few other things."[/color]

	Sunshine paused in her devouring of the pizza for a moment, staring at Cyclops for a moment. She knew that a cyclops was only supposed to have one eye - but he had two. His ruby shades had two lenses, meaning he had two eyes. [color=#DAF7A6]"Why's your name [i]Cyclops[/i] if you have more than one eye? Shouldn't you be called [i]Normal Number of Eyes Man[/i]? It'd make more sense,"[/color] she argued. She then took another gigantic bite of her pizza, not even beginning to feel full yet. She had the appetite of a teenage boy after gym class. 

	[color=3346D5]"Because..."[/color] he said to her, before he reached into his pocket and pulled out something that would definitely be more familiar from any pictures that generally were shown of the X-Men, and it was his visor. [color=3346D5]"When I wear this all you see is one eye. My powers make it a bit difficult to not be wearing something covering my eyes, and the visor was made specifically for me to be able to shoot the beams through it in a concentrated blast. If I wasn't wearing these glasses right now and had my eyes open I'd do a whole lot of damage to this place without really trying."[/color]

	[color=E33B19]"If only there was a visor so we wouldn't have to see you at all..."[/color] Negasonic muttered under her breath, still playing on her phone. 

	[color=FAFD95]"She does have a point - is that an option, Scott?"[/color] Havok asked with a smirk. 

	Sunshine finished her pizza, still looking at Cyclops as she tried to decide whether or not that was stupid. [color=#DAF7A6]"So if you have that visor on, do you just blink or something to stop the beam? Do you see everything red? If you had to find someone with red hair, do you just panic and ask one of the other X-Geeks to do it? Do you know what green is?"[/color] Sunshine asked, before trying to swipe the visor to look at it. 
	
	Cyclops easily held the visor up above Sunshine's head so she couldn't mess with it. [color=3346D5]"Haha Alex, at least I don't use my powers by looking like I'm using a hoola hoop!"[/color] he retorted with a laugh at his brother, before thinking about Sunshine's questions. [color=3346D5]"I do actually know what colors look like, I didn't always have to wear the red lenses. As for wearing the visor and using my powers, there is a button on the side that I can use for manual operation to activate it, which honestly is the way I typically use it, but if I'm ever suited up there is a small switch in the gloves that I have that allow me to fire it off. But back to the whole colors thing and about finding someone with red hair, my wife is a red head, so not too sure what you mean by that, since I can still see everything in the world clearly."[/color]