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[img]https://i.imgur.com/vT7cD5e.png[/img][B][COLOR=goldenrod]   S E A S O N   O N E :   H O M E C O M I N G[/color][/B] [img]https://i.imgur.com/vT7cD5e.png[/img] [/CENTER][COLOR=#c9b142][indent][sub][B]Location:[/B] [COLOR=gold][I]New York City (Queens)[/I][/COLOR][/sub][sup][right][b]Multiverse Mayhem Tie-In: X-Men/New Mutants[/b][/right][/sup][/indent][/color][sub][hr][/sub][sub][indent][color=#c9b142][B]Interaction(s):[/B][/color] [@Retired][/indent][/sub]

[indent][color=silver]They were a little rusty.

Katie and Jack were both up at street level, directing the flow of people down into the subway. Alex was at the platform, his gravity manipulation powers holding wide the normally concealed entry to the Morlock Tunnel, where Julie was zipping back and forth – helping to move the flow of people away from the door to make room for the continuing flow to people.

A few of the Morlocks had come up to see what was going on, a few bringing coffee or water to the displaced and disheveled now cowering in the shadow of New York’s underground. 

Like Kitty, Prince Kofi Whitemane of Kymellia was another ace in the hole. While his ability to manipulate the principle forces of gravity, velocity, density, or energy were still developing, he was one of the few of his species to develop the ability to displace mass. In other words, he was a teleporter.

The white, equine alien seemed to appear and disappear, popping up on a rooftop in order to survey for his next launch point or destination. A series of blue light holograms appeared around the youth, as the alien scanned for lifesigns in distress. 

As he did, he was also collecting data on the aliens [i]causing[/i] the distress. [color=cyan]“I know this species,”[/color] the Kymellian realized, talking across the communications network as he explained, [color=cyan]“These are [b]Kroloteans[/b].”[/color]

[color=pink]“Well, at least its not the Snarks for a change,”[/color] Katie quipped, helping an older woman cross the street toward the 84th street station entrance.

[i]“Hank, we’ve got intel on the hostiles,”[/i] the girl heard Dani remark, communicating back to the Xavier Institute before the woman demanded, [i]“What can you tell us about these Kroloteans?”[/i]

Appearing inside of a burning home, the Kymellian scooped up a man who had passed out from the smoke. [color=cyan]“They are universally regarded as an interstellar nuisance,”[/color] the Kymellian supplied, his white mane singed as he appeared down inside of Friday. Passing the man off to the boy with the medical kit – Bobby? – the youth continued, [color=cyan]“Rather than allow their society time in which to process or progress according to their understanding of science, they instead scavenge ship graveyards, prey on disabled ships, conduct invasive experiments on other species in order to accelerate their technological capabilities and their species’ genetic evolution.”[/color]

[color=cadetblue][i]“Great, we’re under attack by a bunch of space raccoons,”[/i][/color] Jack deadpanned.

[i]“Hank, did you copy that?”[/i] Dani was overheard to ask.

Picking up on Jack’s remark, the Kymellian boy said, [color=cyan]“I’ll assume that is a particularly witty metaphor to which I am merely unfamiliar with the referenced lifeform.”[/color]

[color=cadetblue][i]“And I’m going to assume... I have no idea what you just said,”[/i][/color] Jack’s voice interjected, before he added, [color=cadetblue][i]“When this is over, can someone translate Kofi for me?”[/i][/color]

Any other time, flying like this would have felt relaxing. Instead, as the blue-skinned X-Baby circled over Queens, he felt both powerless and useless for the present crisis. Katie and her friends were doing the actual work. Kitty, Dani, and Sammy were all contributing their part. And he was just...

...doing circles. In the air.

Movement on the ground.

Dipping his right wing, the boy swooped around. As he did, he called out, [color=skyblue]“There’s a group of six aliens. No, wait, there’s more. They’ve got weapons and just came around the corner toward you.”[/color]

[i]“Cherub, get higher and out of visual range. Let’s not find out how far their weapons can fire,”[/i] Dani’s voice snapped over the radio.

Flaring his wings back, the boy allowed a thermal current to buoy him upward, until he was passing through the moist air of a cloud.

[i]“The rest of you, on me, and stay quiet. We’re hiding.”[/i]

[color=snow][i]“We can’t let them see people going down into the subway,”[/i][/color] Alex Power’s voice interjected, before he called out, [color=snow][i]“Jack give us some cover!”[/i][/color]

The teen with the cloud like emblem on his blue costume seemed to expand, as though growing larger, before he seemed to dissolve into a cloud-like mist that expanded over the street.

[color=snow][i]“Katie, stop the flow of people from crossing toward the station,”[/i][/color] Alex called out next, before he explained, [color=snow][i]“We’ll have to use Kofi to teleport people directly down into the tunnels.”[/i][/color]

[color=red][i]“I’ll see if I can find another entry point,”[/i][/color] Julie’s voice announced.

[color=cyan][i]“I’d advise caution,”[/i][/color] Kofi’s voice noted in the clone’s ear. [color=cyan][i]“If I am correct, the Kroloteans are using technology adapted from both Kree and Shi’ar – very advanced civilizations.”[/i][/color]

[color=snow][i]“You’re suggesting that they could see through Jack’s fog?”[/i][/color]

[color=cyan][i]“I’m theorizing that they could be aware the fog is, in fact, a lifeform.”[/i][/color]

Katie tapped a spot behind her ear. [color=pink]“What about the people in the Morlock tunnels? Could the Kroloteans be aware of them?”[/color]

[color=cyan][i]“My scanners can’t penetrate that far down. It is unlikely theirs can, without a more powerful sensor in an overhead or orbital position,”[/i][/color] Kofi replied over the channel.

[i]“But those of us on the surface?”[/i] Dani’s voice interjected.

[color=cyan][i]“If I can detect you, it stands to reason that they can as well,”[/i][/color] the Kymellian warned.[/color][/indent]