Emma led the students into the hangar where Ororo and the rest of the team was thinking. She felt Ororo's eyes land on each of her students as they passed before landing firmly on her. She strode hers, her eyes flashing as if they were expecting an answer.

"Ororo," she began. "I can explain..."

"Explain why there are four students marching with you to come with us to Muir Island?" Ororo asked with sullen fury. "These kids are way too young."

"These kids are about at the same age as Kitty and Bobby and Rogue when they started and much less trained. You forget, Ororo. I'm a telepath. I can keep track of them. Still waiting for Logan and the others?"

After a brief moment of fury, she relented and responded "Yeah, still waiting."

Emma nodded, happy that Ororo was fine with her decision. "I'll go get the jet ready." She shepherded them to the jet and gestured where there were to sit. John sat down where he was told and gazed around him, a small anxiety resting somewhere in his skull.

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Wolverine, Shadowcat and Colossus came marching down the metallic hallways of the basement level. "Go get suited up, meet me back at the jet in 2" he instructed Kitty and Peter as he walked on towards Storm who was waiting, arms folded looking every inch the Headmistress she was.
"I know, I know" he pleaded as he stood before her.

"Did you know about Emma bringing some kids along?" she asked sternly, her blue eyes sharp.

"Yeah" Logan let out a low growl, "But it's on her head 'Ro. She thinks they're capable and she can watch over 'em"

"I'm not completely happy about it, but she made a convincing arguement in there defense." Storm conceded, "I just hope she's right."

"Yeah" he paused briefly, "Me too" he stood for a moment and then turned. "I'll go get suited up, Kitty and Pete'll be here shortly. Keep the engine running" he walked back towards his changing area and picked out the trademark black leather X-Suit and proceeded to get ready for the mission. His mind wandering briefly to Abigail.

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Minna shifted uneasily as Storm's eyes briefly rested on her. Biting her lip, she also took a seat, eyes flashing as she took a look around.

One by one, the gang was arrested and stuffed into police cars. That is, each member expect for Kira and Vorge, who escaped by using his powers to sneak past the police. He was soon going to be out to find fresh talent and start anew with his mission.

Kira had run about 8 blocks before she found a wall to toss her bag to the side and sit down with her back leaned up against it. She closed her eyes and shortly meditated in an effort to calm herself down so she can think of a practical solution to escaping and, later, living on her own once again.

Kira had been a member of the gang for yearly two years. She found them shortly after she ran away from home, and she has been with them ever since. Now, the recognition that she had to start all over again struck fear into her heart. She would not go all of the way to say the gang was a form of brotherhood, but she, to the very least, found a sense of belonging there, and, at the time and, now, currently, a sense of belonging would be enough to take Kira anywhere she could reach.

A siren blared in the distance, and Kira realized that she had been sitting down for too long. She quickly jumped up, grabbed her bag, and continued to dart down the road, but she was not fast enough. Within a few minutes, the police car had caught up to her, driven past her, and cut off the path in front of her. With the imposing obstacle, Kira quickly came to a halt and took a few steps back from the vehicle.

Two policeman came out of the car. Both were armed with one gun, each, pointing straight at Kira. Great, Kira thought to herself, devising a way to escape this new predicament, and I am sure there are more following behind them. Kira knew that, just as much as fire would hurt the two men, it would not alter the path of either bullet that the men would, at an instant, shoot from their guns. Pretending to be in a form of surrender, Kira let the bag quickly drop to the floor and rose her arms up, carefully examining the actions of the men.

Recognizing Kira's obedience, the man closer to her walked up, grabbed one of Kira's arms and sharply flung it around her back with the other soon to follow. He had instructed the other man to get something out of the car, and Kira waited until the second man obtained the item from the car and was walking back towards her (without a gun pointing at her) before she created a whirlwind of fire in her hands. The policeman behind her flung back from the initial force, and the second flew back after Kira redirected the flames towards him. Running up to the second man, Kira had noticed him to be the driver. So, she quickly patted his pockets down, stole the car keys, and drove off into the night.

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Bella sat down beside Dom and accross from John. She adjusted slightly in her X-Man suit, ok they may look cool; but they were certainly pron to be a bit umcomfortable. She hoped it was like new shoes that you had to ware in. It was certainly nice to not worry about her hair getting caught up in her clothes when it moved, instead it slid over the smooth surface without friction. As she buckled up her hair reached over and gently tugged at John's forefinger to get his attention.
"Hey; what's your codename?" She smiled in question.

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Abigail and Rogue walked through the mansion, followed closely by Iceman and the Siblings. They showed Abby the recreation room, the library, the kitchen.
"So Abby. What's yer power?" Rogue asked openly with a half smile.

Abby looked at Rogue, confusion. "I...I'm not really sure" she looked down at her feet and back up. "I sort of get stronger somehow. Logan said he'd help me figure it out when we got here."

"And he will sugah" Rogue said sympathetically, "We're a family here."

"Dysfunctional family" muttered Bobby

"Just ignore Mister moody behind ya" Rogue smiled. "He's just put out that he's not on the mission with the team" Suddenly Rogue's green eyes flashed mischeviously.

"Rogue" Bobby began, sensing his girlfriends sudden enthusiasm.

"Oh Bobby, don't be a stick in the mud" she fired back with a grin.

Abby began to look concerned. "What's going on?"

"I have the best idea ever!" she squealed with delight, her accent getting heavier with the excitement of her untold plan. "I can help you and Bobby and I can work off some steam at the same time"

"Marie!" Bobby snapped. "You can't take here there so soon. It's not right."

"Oh hush Bobby" Rogue rolled her eyes, still grinning.

"Take me where" asked Abby, raising an eyebrow at her newfound friend.

"The Danger Room" Rogue replied ominously.


((Nienna, if you don't want your characters to be involved. Let me know and I'll edit the post to remove them))

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Sirens blared through the small town as the car chase continued. Kira's gas pedal was fully planted to the floor of the car. 70...80...100...115...130... The car continued to race forward as the speedometer reached the rightmost position and the engine whined. The police cars behind followed at much the same pace, but, with an unexpected turn, they lost distance. The lights and sounds of them could be heard and seen in the distance, but, with Kira making a few more turns, they disappeared.

Kira let out a smile when she saw that she had managed to free herself of the squad, and her mind continued to process all of the ideas of how to escape their clutches. She was running through the idea of which direction to drive when two immediate problems came her way. One, the tank was quickly running out of gas, and, two, it looked like the road made a quick turn to divert the sea lying straight ahead.

Swerving along the directed path, Kira slammed on the brakes but the car was still too fast and it quickly spun out of control, towards the water. Knowing that keeping the vehicle would end in disaster, Kira let go of the wheel, and, in an instant, climbed to the other side and opened the door as the car flew off the land into the water. Her momentum continued, and Kira jumped out of the vehicle and landed in the water nearby the sinking car.

Heart pounding, Kira had to remind herself to stay focused on getting out of the water. Ideally, Kira never would get into water again after the day her father tried to drown her, but, as she practically thought: the more she focused on getting out of the water, the less time she would have to be in it. Therefore, with shaking hands and flustering nerves, Kira managed to climb out of the sea onto land again. Panting, Kira laid on the soil, trying to catch herself up with her present situation, when she heard the sirens in the back approaching once more. Kira picked herself up and peered towards the sound. Indeed, they had followed her and were approaching quickly.

With no time, Kira sprung to her feet and darted as far away as she possibly could. The worst situation was that they would see her, and the best was that they would think she was at the bottom of the ocean. Right then, she could only hope for the latter.

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Despite his rebellious and mischievous nature, John allowed himself to wear the black leather uniform that everyone was sporting, gazing at it distastefully. He managed to squeeze a joint into one of the smallest pockets he had ever seen in his life before leaving his civilian clothes in a bag. He still missed his soft and cool sweater. His hand touched the pocket containing the drug when a strand of hair touched his finger and the girl asked, "Hey; what's your codename?"

He looked up in slight surprise and asked, "Oh, heme, I reckon. The Greek word for blood."

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"Pleased to meet you Heme. i'm Madusa." She replied "Your in my year right?" Despite this fact and that she knew he was called John they didn't share any classes as far as she could remember.
"Your a blood manipulator yes? What can you do exactly?" She asked with intrest.

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"Medusa," John repeated, wondering what was up with the X-Men and Greek words. "Seems appropriate." He noted the way her hair snaked around her shoulders and head. "And yes, I am a blood manipulator. Ms. Frost is currently allowing me to train but right now, I can replicate blood, move it around a bit, and stop it completely. So they end up with a nasty heart attack or stroke."

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"Need help der Cherie?" a stranger asked as he looked down on the soaking wet girl trudging alongside the road.

Kira looked up at the sound of the voice in panic. Her breath left her lungs, and her muscles froze at the intruder. Giving a moment to justify that the stranger was not a policeman, Kira abruptly stated, "No," and moved past the man, continuing to walk away.

"You not going get very far at that pace," the man smiled, turning around to see Kira walk off.

"Why do you care?" Kira shouted back, "Just leave me alone."

"How about this?" the man asked, "I ask you your name and I give you mine?"

"Danielle," Kira spoke back, still walking away.

"No, it not," the man laughed, "I know more bout lying that most people think."

"You have been following me?" Kira, shaken up, turned around and stared the man down, ready to channel a load of fire in his direction.

"Yes, for a bit. I saw you on tv, and I came to get you."

"I don't appreciate being sought after," Kira grunted, anger flaring up with each passing moment, "So, do us both a favor, turn around, walk away, and let me be."

"You don't trust people much, do you Chere?"

"Name's not Chere, and I give you ten seconds. If you aren't gone by then, you're dead. Ten."

"Come on. I don't mean to be hard. I just think it would be better if you came back with me."

"Six.... Five...."

"Calm down, Chere."

"Three...Two..." At the mouthing of one, Kira sent out a stream of fire towards the intruder. The man backed off to the side, and shot a card at Kira. Flying back from the explosion, Kira landed on her back, in shock of what had just happened.

"How you like my little tricks?" The man teased Kira as he watched her pick herself back up.

Irritated, Kira sought a new tactic. She let out a little flame and, once the man threw another exploding card, she transferred the fire to burn the card before it reached her.

"You smart, Chere, but you got a problem."

"What would that be?" Kira scoffed, wishing to outsmart the newcomer.

"Our little fight can be seen awhile away, and I am sure that the people who were following you are soon going to be back on your tail."

Kira's mind thought through what the man was saying, and she hated herself for coming to the conclusion that he was right. "Then, I'll leave," Kira told him, and turned around to walk away when she was hit in the shoulder with a dart. "Ouch," Kira said, and pulled the dart out of her shoulder, tossing it to the ground. She continued to walk a few more steps before passing out on the ground in front of her.

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"Ouch; remind me not to mess with you." She joked with a wink. "That must be pretty untraceable; the perfect assasin." She mused thoughtfully before being thrown back in her seat as they took off. "Wooooaaahhh" She hissed "This baby can move" She grabbed Dom's hand.
There was only one thing Bella feared; the dark. That was the official story anyway; she might be a little nervouse about flying as well.

(I know that Wolverine isn't posted as being on board yet but I am presumeing he has boreded and any others becuase this is beinging to slow down. If anyone objects tell me and i'l change my post.)

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((Nah that's cool, gets us moving on with the story))
[[Oooo Gambit *grin* ]]

The large black jets engines roared into life and within seconds it was powering into the air, the fuselage rumbling. The basketball court beloe merged back together seamlessly as the jet flew off into the horizon. Many students gaping in awe, despite being told many times not to be near the court when the jet was taking off.

Inside the Jet, Wolverine sat behind Storm as she and Emma piloted the plane. "How long till we get there 'Ro?" he asked, fidgeting in his suit.

"Approximately 45 minutes. Gives us time to formulate some kind of strategy. Once we're clear of land I'll put the jet into auto-pilot and we'll confer" she replied, never taking her eyes off the dials and consoles surrounding her.

Logan grimaced slightly. The Jet was fast, faster than the average plane. But for the situation, it wasn't fast enough for his liking. Too much was at stake. Absent mindedly he pulled out a cigar and patted his suit looking for his lighter.

"I appreciate your anxiety Logan, but perhaps smoking in front of the young people isn't wholly appropriate" Beast interjected, turning to look at Wolverine with a raised eyebrow.

Wolverine grunted and placed the cigar back in one of the few pockets on the suit.

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(I hoped, at least, one person would recognize him. My only request is that someone in the X-Men recognizes him. I am guessing that Wolverine might from his past...)

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((Either him and/or Storm I'd say))

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(Naw, Don't worry about it Raiv, leave them in there. )

Charlie and Erchirion walked behind Bobby, Rogue and Abby silently, wondering what to do about their plan. Charlie kept his head down, and Erchirion gazed up at the ceiling. Then Rogue mentioned the Danger Room.



That got their attention.

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Minna gave a small sigh as the jet took off. It was a bit slow for her liking as well, even though it was faster than most planes. She shifted uneasily in her suit, gentley letting the wind admire it for her. It was easier for her to take a look at herself and make sure she looked good without a mirror. 'Hawk....' she thought miserably, 'Out of all the good codenames for an air manipulator like me, my brothers, just had to choose Hawk... Minna gave another sigh, blocking off all thoughts of what her brothers might be doing.