Abe Fuyumi (Shadow)'s Story

Alice

she had been waiting a long time to give pay back to them all of them, she laughed inwardly at how pathetic her counterparts new family was 'there all little weak children especially that one' focusing most of her attention at Juggernaut who actually managd to break through the two shadow clones that had contricyed him before. not that it mattered the two simply crawled out of Scott and Annebelles shadows at first as disgusting black blobs that slowing morphed into the image of Alice. they all wore their signiture mask and coat the one by Scott looked back at him sensing his unease at how it came to be the mask forming into a creepy smile before standing to its full 6'2 height and walking over towards their master.

So far their were 3 new shadow clones two stood by Alice and another one appreared behind Maxx and noticing the morlocks that chased her a smile formed on its mask as it took them down with ease before walking back to its master. each one taunting the Juggernaut as he fought Colousus and Frenzy. They all luaghed at his little tantrum about killing then all as well as callking them weak. that hit a berve in Alice and her 3 clones who shared a look with one another. "oh so you think your all high and mighty do you but guess what im The Black Reaper and today i think ill take your life." stepping back she nodded at the 3 clones "do it" who nodded back before they began to lose shape and began to mold together before falling back into Alice's shadow.

"you know the diffrence between me and Ace is that im stronger than her and its shamful to have my own shadow torn by an idiot like you so as a heads up when i want to my shadow is unstopable when i want it to be" a smile on her face Alice stood back as her shadow detached itself from her body and rose up becomeing 3-D in form. Juggernaut simply watched what this weak woman did before laughing at her "you stupid woman like your shadow cando anything to me" Alice chuckled darkly "thats not my shadow you idiot thats yours" pointing to his own which was now gone as it was drawn to Alice. the two merged and started changing shape and size then it stopped. What stood before them was something huge and terrifying; a second Juggernaut this one just as strong as the real one mabye even stronger since it merged with Alice. its entire features were black you could only see a facial features a smile on its face before tackling the Juggernaut.

Pietro sat in the War room of the Xavier institute watching the monitors. The battle with the Juggernaut was going strong and the X-men had not yet been able to subdue the powerful man. Pietro was decided to stay behind and look after those that remained at the mansion. He didn’t want anyone to jump on the opportunity of thrashing the mansion while most of the formal X-men team was away. Pietro sat reclined in one of the War Room chairs with his arms behind his head propping it up. “Hmm… it looks like they got rid of those nasty little Morlocks, finally! That Callisto woman freaks me out too bossy… hehehe…” He chuckled. “I’m glad the institute somehow managed to get a video transmission through all of that interference! Else I’d have to dig through poppa Magneto’s DVD’s for a movie… God only knows what horrors I’d find!” Pietro joked.

Pietro at one point couldn’t help but feel like he himself was being watched. There was a ghostly and chilling presence in the room. He was unaware that agent six was watching him. He embraced himself and rubbed his arms as if he were suddenly chilled due to the eerie vibe the room suddenly presented. But just as it arose, the feeling faded. Pietro decided that he’d better check on the rest of the mansion. He zoomed from room to room surveying the atmosphere. He finally stopped by the holding cells where X-23 was kept. She was staring at him like a caged tiger.

“I don’t know why I thought coming here would make me feel any less creepy. Gosh I’m losing it!” Pietro said as he backed away from the cell. He then quickly zipped out of the room and back into the war room where he could see on the monitors that the battle with Juggernaut had made a new development.

At the scene of the battle, the shadow Juggernaut and the real Juggernaut swapped blows back and forth. The Shadow Juggernaut created by Ace was indeed stronger than the original by having combined the shadows of the others with Juggernaut’s shadow to surpass juggernaut’s power. Charles stood nearby worried at the way in which things were unfolding. Juggernaut no matter what refused to tire out. The shadows power began to wane, and eventually it became vulnerable enough for Juggernaut to land a well placed punch through the shadow’s torso. It’s dark and sinister face seemed to now be in an excruciating expression before it faded away.

“PATHETIC!! CHARLES, are you FINALLY done hiding behind these weaklings or are you finally going to step up and take your beating and death like a real man? I’d hate to have to get serious and wreck all your precious little students and friends just to get to you.” The Juggernaut taunted.

Magneto and Cain had heard enough and both were ready to attack the Juggernaut with everything they had. They lifted anything heavy and metal to hurl at Juggernaut. Their assault was still not strong enough to put the juggernaut down for the count. He simply slowly continued to stomp toward Charles, who stood next to Vincent and Philip, while hurling the metal away from him. Aidan could have been of far more help but chose to wait it out and see if Charles would beg him to do more. So far he was disappointed. The juggernaut, in a rage, threw a large hunk of metal that was forcing him to slow his pace back at Magneto and Cain. Their magnetic assault ceased.

Wolverine and Sabertooth lunged at the titan slashing at him in vain but were quickly smacked backward into a light pole [Logan] and a building [Sabertooth]. The Juggernaut roared and began to charge toward Charles. Kent placed up a quick barrier but Juggernaut had smashed right through it as he had gained far too much momentum. David shot a rocket at the Juggernaut but he emerged from the blast still steamrolling toward Charles.

Aidan decided to finally help and used his power to place Charles and Vincent a few more feet away from the Juggernaut. At this point the juggernaut was almost unstoppable. Fuyumi ran toward him, placing herself into his trajectory. He was prepared to plow right through the thin and pale Japanese woman but he received a surprise. Fuyumi phased out and pulled him down under the ground. She rose up from the cement unharmed and stepped away.

“He’s still coming. That won’t stop him for long.” Fuyumi panted.

The group heard a rumbling of the earth beneath them. The juggernaut was punching his way out of the ground and toward the surface. The concrete near Charles exploded and rose up the Juggernaut in an outrage. Hideki quickly tapped into the light energy stored into his body and achieved a feat he rarely before could utilize. He converted his body mass to light and at light speed appeared in front of Charles placing himself between the Juggernaut and the professor. His hands illuminated with light energy and he clapped them together in front of him to create a blindingly bright white flash. The Juggernaut couldn’t see a thing.

“AAAAAHHH!!! You little…. YOU Freakin’ BLINDED ME!!! OOO WHEN I FIND YOU I’M GONNA TEAR THAT PRETTY LITTLE HEAD OF YOURS OFF!!” Juggernaut exclaimed as he grabbed around.

The Juggernaut almost caught hold of Hideki but Aidan ran up a pulled the young man back toward himself. “That was a cute move lad, but cute could have gotten you killed. I’d hate to see such a bright student go to waste.” Aidan said Hideki with a flirtatious snicker.

Kyle flew swiftly and grabbed juggernaut. He used all of his might to pick the heavy man up and toss him toward Colossus and Frenzy who stood waiting to deliver Juggernaut a blow to the stomach making him double over. Colossus Grabbed Juggernaut’s arms and restrained him He was about the only one strong enough to do so. Frenzy leaped up onto Juggernaut’s shoulders and began to yank off the Juggernaut’s helmet. It was finally off. She hurled it into the distance far from the battle so he couldn’t quickly reclaim it. Frenzy then leaped off of Juggernaut.

The Juggernaut began to regain his vision and broke free of Colossus’ grasp. He grabbed Colossus’ head and slammed him down into the pavement in front of him. With his helmet off Charles and Vincent began to unleash a psychic maelstrom on Juggernaut’s mind. He screamed and yelled in anguish before he eventually collapsed. Charles and Vincent together managed to extinguish Juggernaut’s mental rages and brought him in to a normal state of mind and calmed him down.

The Juggernaut got up from the ground after about 5 minutes. “Oooo… my head splits. Brother… what the hell happened?” the Juggernaut held his head in confusion. He now felt bad for what he had done. The professor explained the situation and the Juggernaut agreed to temporarily take him into the mansion.

Alice

She had not been expecting The Juggernaut to punch straight through the shadow, despite the fact that she had fused everyone’s shadow with hers and the Juggernauts own. Alice doubled over, holding her stomach as she felt the pain that her shadow felt. She coughed up a little blood and fell to her knees, shaking her head Alice eye was no longer all black as the color began to recede, returning to its original color.
Ace
Ace was back but she let out a string of curses that would have made any sailor jealous. “You ugly damned Bastard the firkin Hurt! DAMMIT!” she snarled but her body hurt too much for her to move very well.

“Damn if she hadn’t intervened this wouldn’t have happened” she growled. Standing back up Ace suddenly went rigid when shadows began to return back to their original masters, but Ace’s now had a strange hole exactly where the Juggernaut punched her, including the Juggernauts own shadow. “Shit” as she lost conscious and fell forwards, right into her own shadow, and disappeared; only to appear besides where Logan was.

The others didn’t seem too pleased with the invitation of Juggernaut to the mansion. Xavier understood their feelings but Juggernaut was his brother and he much needed to make peace with him if at all possible. Things were, for a moment, slightly calm. The fighting had ceased yet agitation lingered in the air. The police and armed forces were headed toward the scene of the incident. Most of the morlocks had fled or were incapacitated. Calypso ordered those who could to retreat and carry anyone who wasn’t able to flee on their own strength away to the safety of the sewers.

Logan noticed Ace appear near him. He knelt down to make sure she was alright. She seemed to be in a good deal of pain. He could hear the sirens nearing them. The police would be there in a matter of moments. “We’d better get the hell outta dodge Professor!” Logan called to Charles.

Vincent touched his head to perform a mental probe of the minds in the nearby area. “The military is coming… A special force assigned as a countermeasure to mutants. They believe that we were in on the Juggernaut’s attack, that we intended to harm the city. Logan is right we must leave now.” Vincent said to the group, his tone seemingly calm.

Aidan, with a flirtatious grin on his face, softly and quickly stroked Hideki’s cheek with his finger and said, “Well Love, it looks like I should be taking my leave now. Tell Charles to take care of you well until I come to whisk you away for myself.” Aidan had seriously taken up a fascination and liking to Hideki, one to which confused and flustered Hideki. Aidan then turned to Charles and spoke, “Well Charles it’s been great fun but at last I bid you goodbye. Try not to get caught lad.” With that Aidan spoke a few words and utterly vanished into thin air using his power.

The armed forces came and began to attempt to set a perimeter up around the area. Cain was very upset with the situation. He began to use his telepathic abilities to communicate with the countermeasures group. “We were trying to stop this aggressive non-mutant’s attack on the city. We’ve done no one harm. Call your forces off now.” Cain was very serious in tone. Charles and Vincent knew that if the armed forces didn’t allow them passage Cain would indeed strike them down.

The armed forced replied, “You are to stand down mutant hostiles. Surrender yourselves to the house of mutant registration immediately! I repeat, surrender yourselves to the house of mutant registration immediately!”

A moment passed and no action was taken. Charles had begun to use his powers to telepathically cloak the entire team of mutants from the vision of the armed forces. “Let’s retreat now. Those of you that can make it to the blackbird head there for transport. Mutt Ant should be nearby and possibly able to drive a few back to the mansion. I will contact him telepathically and ask him for this favor. Kent also has a Vehicle and can take some to safety. We shall meet back at the mansion. We leave no one behind understood?” Charles communicated with the group telepathically.

Victor was curious about the young woman that had her hand on his cheeks as he woke up from previously being knocked into a nearby building. He hadn’t spoken a word to her yet. He was simply observing her. She was definitely a mutant but she didn’t seem like the physically advanced type like him. He began to smirk a little. “She’s pretty cute.” He thought to himself. He decided to make his way back to the Blackbird to head to the X-mansion. He turned to Annabelle and finally spoke, “Hey you coming on the jet or not?” He asked with a tilted head and a raised eyebrow.

One by one everyone made their way back to the X-mansion. No one seemed to have been caught by the armed forces. Vincent was able to persuade Cain to stand down and not attack the threatening humans. Cain hated the fact that they had to run away like they were the guilty ones. They were being pegged like villains, mutants who were pure evil, but they were in actuality good and trying to stop a magically enhanced human that was running amok. He didn’t like the world as it was, a world that Vincent, his counterpart had grown to accept.

When things settled down, Cain spoke to Charles, Vincent, Magneto, and Pietro. They all came to grips with who and what Cain was. Charles and Magneto accepted Cain immediately with joy and gladness as their new son just as they had with Vincent. Afterward Cain was approached by Philip. Philip had heard in detail about Cain from Vincent but was curious about a few things. Philip knocked on Cain’s room door.

Cain answered by opening the door with his matter manipulation abilities. He sat on his bed relaxing and motioned for Philip to enter. After the two greeted one another, Cain asked, “So what bring you here Philip.” He looked up at Philip with a genuinely bright smile. He was happy to see Philip the feeling was different than that he felt for others.

“I was curious about what was said in the talk with Vincent and the others. You said that you feel what Vincent feels as if they were your own feelings, like how he feels about the people Vincent cares about.” Philip asked hesitantly.

“Yes. That’s right.” Cain replied calmly. After a brief moment of silence Cain continued. “I suppose you’re wondering where you and I stand with each other huh? That’s a wise thing for you to want to straighten out Philip. I shouldn’t have expected anything less from my brother’s lover.” Cain chuckled a little.

Philip was still nervous. “Well?” Philip asked nervously. Speaking to Cain was like speaking to a new side of Vincent’s personality that had a different face and body. It made Philip slightly uneasy yet slightly flustered. He felt close with him yet very distant at the same time. It was indeed a strange phenomenon.

Cain replied, “I share most of the same feelings that Vincent feels emotionally and I understand him as if we were still the same being. In the case of you… like Vincent, I love you, romantically. When you’re in Vincent’s presence his heart flutters. My heart flutters just like his when you’re around me. He wants to do things to you, so do I. In fact, I’m telepathically calming myself as we speak so that my emotions don’t get the better of me a do something to you that you and I will regret. So yes, we are very strongly linked, Vincent and I. However, I will never act on my emotions for you. You’re dating my other half after all, not me. You needn’t worry, I won’t ever act on these feelings and eventually I’ll perfect controlling them, I hope.” Cain began to blush a little. He felt bad that he had to have this conversation with Philip and for making Philip worried.

Philip finally smiled as he began to feel relief from worry. “I see. I’m sorry Cain, it must be difficult for you to deal with.” Philip replied.

“For now, it’s a little challenging but it also feels nice. I like being in love, It’s like receiving all the pleasurable highlights of love without actually having to do anything. I feel like I’m cheating a little. Hahaha…” Cain chuckled.

Cain reassured Philip once more and he gave Philip a hug. The two parted ways and Cain decided to take a much needed nap. The events of the day played back through his mind. He remembered his frustrations, and joys. He was glad that Philip came. It put him at ease where he before felt a bit on edge.

Vincent Xavier

As Ryan focused, Vincent telepathically amplified the control Ryan was taking over his X-gene. Vincent could see Ryan’s dark skin turn pale once more. His scales seemed to fall off and wither away. Vincent was almost so shocked that for a brief moment he had almost stopped concentrating and began to stare at the transformation Ryan was beginning to take. Vincent resumed his focus and Ryan’s transformation continued. His hair was a rich black color and his yellow eyes became green Ryan wasn’t just normal looking, he was a vibrant and fair. Vincent was so in awe yet not surprised, for Ryan was beginning to look as angelic, and timid as his personality was. After Ryan had lost all physical signs of a beastial form, Vincent stopped and looked into Ryan’s face with a bright and excited smile. “This is the Ryan whose been hidden under the cloak of his X-gene! You’re simply brilliant Ryan! Absolutely magnificent!” Vincent said as he hugged Ryan tightly.

Vincent telepathically contacted Fuyumi and asked her to quickly bring a mirror into the kitchen. Fuyumi phased through the kitchen wall carrying a large full bodied mirror. She almost dropped it when she saw Ryan’s drastic change. She quickly grabbed hold of the falling mirror with the telekinetic help of Vincent. “Rya-Ryan…? Nandaiyou! [what the…!]” Fuyumi said as she approached Ryan. Her face was in total shock.

Vincent’s already beaming smile only got wider. He turned to Ryan and chuckled, “Well now, do you remember him or have we turned you into the wrong guy?” Vincent said jokingly. He was so excited for Ryan, maybe this meant that Ryan could have a chance at normalcy. It was moments like this that made Vincent aware that the X-men’s work with training the gifts of mutants was happening for a great reason, that people were indeed being helped.

David North, Victor Creed, Stinger, Magneto and Cain

Cain had begun to sense a familiar presence nearby. It was definitely a student from the X-mansion. He closed his eyes for a moment to visualize who he felt. It was Memory Ashcroft the student proficient in memory manipulation. She crept quietly a distance behind the group. She was trying not to be discovered. Cain smiled, “I see she wanted to help out. But why?” He thought to himself. He scanned a bit more. He picked up on a strong emotional signaling from Memory toward David North. Cain now understood. He turned to look behind himself slightly to look at David who stood nearby. Cain chuckled and David was puzzled as to why Cain was chuckling. “I see now. If she wanted to tag along she could have just asked. I would have said yes. But it good that I don’t blow her cover. She’s been handling stealth pretty well so far. I’ll consider this a training exercise for her.” Cain thought to himself quietly. He wasn’t her teacher in the official capacity but he felt like a teacher at the mansion. It was his bond with Vincent that imparted with Cain the teacher-student relationship that Vincent carried for all of the mansion’s students. Cain refocused his attention as this was not the time to be distracted.

A Morlock citizen stood just behind the door and opened up a slot in the large barricade doorway to see who stood at the Morlock gates. His gaze narrowed in on Cain who stood in front of the group next to magneto. He unlatched the locks on the door and it swung open. He looked muddy and grimy yet confident that he could take anyone threatening on. Without paying much attention to who stood before him he proceeded to speak. “Who the hell are you?” the Morlock snipped in a nasty gargle of a voice. He then gave a good look at Cain and Magneto. He was now scared out of his wits at the sight of the master of magnetism. “MA-MA-MUH-MAGNETO!!! It’s the X-men!!” He shrieked. Sabertooth smirked at the sight of the Morlock man cowering before them.

As the group stood at the entrance to the Morlock domain, a growl escaped Canaans throat and she walked over to them with a glare that could kill. Her eyes flashed becoming nothing more than slits as the animal tried to take over, Canaan pushed aside a Morlock who kept them from entering and stood face to face with Cain. “what the hell do you want. You already defeated us once why can’t you just leave us alone” she snarled baring her teeth at him.

Cain remained calm and pleasant in his disposition. He smiled then spoke. “Please be at peace. We’re not here for a fight. We are here to talk. I am actually here to see you Canaan, you and Terra.” Cain said as he extended his hand for a hand shake.

Magneto added, “Young mutant, we are here to offer you and Terra a place with the X-men as students. You wield a very special gift and that gift must be cultivated under the right conditions.” He looked welcoming.

Cain then spoke, “The Morlocks provide you with a good safe haven however, the Morlocks lack the expertise needed in training young developing mutants to utilize their abilities to their full potential. I saw you siblings during the incident downtown fighting courageously and displaying impressive skill. You can become much more and I would like to help you. It’s up to you.”

(OOC: Sorry, I ran out of time! I will post for the shadow scenario the next time I post. I promise!!)

Ryan focused with all his might. He could feel Vincent's support flowing like waves of calm over his body. He felt his tail shrink, his horns and scales wither away. He felt his hair tame itself and his eyes and nose move around, adjusting the more bestial aspects of his face. His teeth rounded out and flattened, his claws disappeared, and when he opened his eyes, his skin was... pale. He'd done it! Ryan stood up in pure joy, rapturous happiness on his face. He quickly stumbled and fell because his tail was no longer contributing to his balance, but he quickly righted himself. Twirling around, Ryan finished inspecting himself and turned to face Vincent, a massive smile completely dominating his face. "I-did-it! We-did-it! I-can't-believe-it!" Ryan shouted, his words slurring together he was speaking so fast. He broke out into pure joyous laughter. Ryan looked down and inspected his hands. Fingers, skin, it was all there! He ran his tongue over his teeth, and they weren't sharp anymore! The only sharp ones were the canines, but that was normal. He put his fingers in his mouth, just to make sure. Next, his hands traveled to his ears, which had shortened though their point wasn't entirely gone. "Wow..." He said to himself. “This is the Ryan whose been hidden under the cloak of his X-gene! You’re simply brilliant Ryan! Absolutely magnificent!” Vincent said as he hugged Ryan tightly, and Ryan hugged back. He was shocked to find that even though he was squeezing as hard as he could, Vincent was still breathing. Normally he would have crushed him. "Huh..." Ryan mused to himself.

Suddenly, Professor Fuyumi phased through the kitchen wall carrying a large, full-bodied mirror. She almost dropped it when she saw Ryan who smiled sheepishly, Vincent must have asked her to do this for him. Correcting herself, she quickly grabbed hold of the falling mirror with the telekinetic help of Vincent. “Rya-Ryan…? Nandaiyou!” Fuyumi said as she approached Ryan. Her face was in total shock. Ryan turned away from the mirror for a moment. Was he the same boy he used to be? Did his body look the way it used to. Ryan turned on his heel to face the mirror and almost fell over for a second time.

It was him. That was the way he used to look. He'd gotten older sure, but the skin was pale, the eyes were green, and his hair was still black, that hadn't changed when he turned. His features were sharper than they used to look, growing up had been good for him. He looked normal. No, he looked good, he looked great, he was so much better than normal. He... He was... him. Ryan's jaw gaped open for a moment. He felt his eyes start to water and when he tried to speak his voice caught in his throat.

Vincent’s already beaming smile only got wider. He turned to Ryan and chuckled, “Well now, do you remember him or have we turned you into the wrong guy?” Vincent said jokingly. Ryan only smiled, the tears now falling freely from his eyes. "No... No, that's me. That's how I used to look... Thank you! Thank you so much Vincent!" Ryan said, running over to Vincent and tackling him with a huge hug. "I'm me again!" Ryan yelled into Vincent's chest, his voice muffled slightly. He pulled away for a moment, running directly over to Professor Fuyumi, flinging himself onto her as he did Vincent before. "We did it. I'm so happy. Thank you for the mirror." After a brief moment, Ryan stepped away from Fuyumi and looked at himself. "I need to... I need to train, to practice. I have to be able to turn this off and on again whenever I want to. I need to... I need to paint. God, I haven't been able to paint without huge clawed hands for years. I want to... I want to do so many things! I can... I can... I can be me, Vincent. I can be me again." Ryan finished, his cheeks rosy, his smile massive.

Canaan

ignoring the hand Canaan growled at the both of them "then your just like everyone else always wanting to take advantage of Terra's abilitys well guess what its a simple no we dont need you help" her eyes narrowed. she didnt like them, she didnt like any of them, they smelled like Terra, full of unrestarined power that could easily take Terra away from her. not only that but the other three smelled diffrent than from what the two before her smelled like, and that was not friendly not really.

Canaan hated it when people who said they were here to help. they always said that before turning on her or Terra, all they wanted was the kid who could potentially shape the very earth with a thought. as for Canaan well they just wanted her as some kind of personal fighter, someone who could take out their competition silently. glaring at Cain Canaan was about to turn away except she heard a sound, an unwelcomed sound of a body hitting the ground. the tip of her tail twitched just once and already Canaan pushed past Cain and the rest with unatural grace befitting a cat hybrid such as herself. a growl escaped her throat as she advanced on the intruder, but stopped to check on the morlock who got his ass handed to him by a woman guessing from the scent trails she left behind. though the musky sewer smell helped mask her location Canaan still found her hiding behind a wall. her tail twitched again, the girl smelled just like the rest of them but sudennly a small tremor shook the tunnels dislodging a few slabs of rock.

Canaan snapped her head in the direction of where she had come from, fear in her eyes. "shit Terra" her voice rose and se was gone running towards where her brother was. passing the group of X-Men stopping just for a moment "first of all when your come visit us dont take all you man power with you. and second go deal with that little rat you have tailong behind that wall" her voice low and threatening. so with that Canaan ran past the gate towards Terra who laid still but it was obvious that he was the cause of that tremor. you could tell by the fact that his fingers dug into the ground below him, cracks spread from his hands and ran along the wall away from him. "geez Terra what are you dreaming about" concern in her voice stroking his hair in hopes the gesture might calm him.


Agent Six

suddenly she was pushed back hard, falling to the floor on her butt. for a moment Agent Six just laid there not doing anything until she heard that sickening thud, that meant that creature must have hit Jonathan. sitting up she searched for the glass shard from before and found it. holding it in her hands, Agent Six could see but what she saw didnt bother her in the slightest. though her thoughts moved at a wild speed wondering if Jonathan was still alive, glancing at his slow moving chest he was still alive but unconcious.

she turned her attention back to the creature that was advancing on them, it was huge and black made of shadows. its burning red eyes locked on Jonathans body briefly glancing at Agent Six but ignored her. light began to form in the air the source was unknown but the shadows were becoming effected by it. suddenly the light intesified even more forcing the shadow to move back, but it after a moment it adjusted to the light and continued its advancement towards Jonathans body. its body had begun to burn the weaker shadows retreated or died by the light but it wasnt just barely doing anything to the larger shadow.

then something unexpected happened, in front of the shadow a form became visible with that same look as her observer spirits to a certain degree. the only diffrence being that this figure before her looked very much like Jonathan then it spoke. "Six, run! Just go! Don't worry about me, I'll be fine. Just get out of here! Please! Pleas-" his voice was cut off and he dissapeared. and Agent Six knew that it was or had indeed been Jonathan, standing up slowly Agent Six wasnt going to leave Jonathan behind even if selhe held no emotional attachments to him but the other people in the mansion would. she reached out to him when suddenly a wave of light exploded into being blinding her observer spirit therefore she became blind but with a new kind of pain. a sizzling kind of pain similar to when someone who lived in the dark all their life would feel if they were suddenly exposed to a bright light. Agent Six dropped her shard of glass putting her hands to her face rubbing her eyes, it was the first time this had ever happened before and it was strange to feel this kind of pain but what was even stranger was the fact that Agent Six seemed to smile but that was uncertain as it could just have been a trick of the light.

Agent Six was blind again but it didnt matter to her, though it would make finding that shard harder. patting the area around her, her fingers brushed something sharp and curled around the glass. taking it up Agent Six created an observer spirit but it was weak and was still being affected by the light from before. 'no matter' she looked at Jonathans still body not quite sure how to drag him to the elevators. then an idea came to mind, Agent Six began to expand ber observer spirit letting it explore the mansion for a source of water and people. three people stood in the kitchen one of them being the Weapon or Vincent as they called him. they had a bottle of wine that had been left to the side, the younger boy seemed to be overjoyed by something looking into a large mirror 'perfect'.

sending the observer spirit into the mirror it took up the entirety of its surface. but it would be difficult to take on a humanoid form with a flat surface so a long spindly arm shot out grabbing the wine bottle and slamming it into the mirror. the mirror itself was fine with a few cracks but the wine bottle shattered on impact the liquid ran down the surface of the mirror but never reached the floor as it should. instead it took shape with the observer spirit giving it more space to take on a small form that looked like the upper body of a oerson or in this case Agent Six. it reached out towards Vincent brushing against his throat almost like she was trying to choke him but physical contact should help in what she was going to say next.

"Jonathan" was the only word it spoke but to Vincent he would have seen a flury of images of what had happened telling him exactly where Jonathan was. and with that the observer spirit lost its form, the wine splashed to the ground Agent Six had let go of the shard of glass trying to drag Jonathans body across the floor towards the elevator. but her plan was failing as she really couldnt drag a fully grown man like Jonathan only making her fall backwards on her butt. so Agent Six decided to just sit there cradiling Jonathans head on her lap making sure not to touch his face, unsure of whether or not he could effect the dreams of a person who never dreamed anything in her life.

April Barber

It was dark in April’s study but this was a common occurrence when she buried herself way, studying up on some new treatment or experimenting with something of her own but tonight she was sat at with her feet up on her desk, her coat hung on the back of her chair and her mind buried in a book. She had been there since finishing her treatment of those involved in the fight, deciding to take a quiet evening in and to put aside her work for an evening.

The room was empty of noise other than the rhythmic turning of pages when there came the slow thud of footsteps, distracting her from the page. “Hello?” she asked, turning away from her book. “Ace is that you? You should be resting!” A small shadow darted across in front of her. “Cara?” she asked puzzling as too who would be skulking about in her study, she moved slowly through the dark trying to find the switch to turn the lights on.

After much swearing and the kicking of table legs, her hand found the little plastic switch; as soon as she turned it on she was greeted by the sight of shadowy tendrils moving across the floor. “Oh my god!” She screamed again, taking a step back. “Ok very funny Cara, you’ve had your fun now come out, I need to check your bandages!”

There was no answer except the shadows becoming much larger and beginning to take shape before her. Her heart leapt into her throat as she stared as the creature became bigger and bigger, “Holy shit!” she mouthed as a rudimentary mouth started to form in the middle of the spectre it opening slowly to reveal some glistening teeth. “Shit!” April didn’t waste time in running past the a shadow, running out into the hall and past the empty beds, desperately searching for others within the mansion.

“Professor!” She screamed as she ran down the hallways, eventually leading out into the kitchens. “Vincent! There’s something upstairs!” she panted, leaning against the door frame. “I think Ace’s powers are manifesting themselves!” It took some time for her to catch her breath and when she finally did the sight of Ryan almost made her lose it again. “Ryan!? Oh my god!” she exclaimed, mouth slightly agape. “Is that you?” she asked dumbfounded.

Scott Summers, Jean Grey, and Kent Van Pelt

Scott and Kent led Dr. Strange and son to Professor Xavier’s office to talk. The Professor’s meeting concluded and the Dr. left. Professor X headed to his quarters to rest. He had a long day. Scott and Kent sat in the living room chatting. It had been a long time since Scott and Kent last spoke. Kent was an unofficial member of the X-men yet everyone considered him a part of the team. He was glad to stick around the mansion. It was like being home again.

There was one more ringing of the newly fixed doorbell. Scott and Kent went to answer the door and greet the guest. Low and behold stood Jean Grey back from Ireland and ready to assist the x-men once again. Scott was shocked. He wasn’t expecting Jean back until a week later. Scott’s eyes began to tear up. “Jean… you’re back…” Scott said softly.

Jean simply smiled and gave Scott a big hug. “I miss you so much Scott. It’s good to be back with you.” The two embraced and kissed.

Kent smiled as he stepped back and allowed the couple to have their moment. Jean then greeted Kent with a warm smile. “So sorry Kent. I didn’t mean to ignore you. It’s just been a little while since Scott and I have been together.” Jean explained.

“Before she could continue Kent said, “I know. There’s no need to apologize. You’re absolutely fine.” Jean gave Kent a big hug. She was very glad to see Kent as well. Jean and Scott went to get Jean settled in again. Reunions were needed, but they would have to come later.

One their way to the Jean and Scott’s room, the group passed the War room, in it sat Logan and Frenzy talking quietly. Logan looked up and saw Jean. Their eyes met and Logan’s heart sunk in. He wasn’t ready to see her. He quickly got his expression together and greeted Jean. “Hey Jean. It’s been a while huh?” Logan said in a indifferently.

Jean smiled and replied, “Indeed it has. It’s good to see you Logan.”

Scott made way toward their bedroom and carried Jean’s belongings with him. Kent decided to stay with Logan and Frenzy in the war room and enjoy their conversation.

Vincent Xavier, Abe Fuyumi

“Well now, do you remember him or have we turned you into the wrong guy?” Vincent said jokingly. Ryan only smiled, the tears now falling freely from his eyes. "No... No, that's me. That's how I used to look... Thank you! Thank you so much Vincent!" Ryan said, running over to Vincent and tackling him with a huge hug. "I'm me again!" Ryan yelled into Vincent's chest, his voice muffled slightly. He pulled away for a moment, running directly over to Professor Fuyumi, flinging himself onto her as he did Vincent before. "We did it. I'm so happy. Thank you for the mirror." After a brief moment, Ryan stepped away from Fuyumi and looked at himself. "I need to... I need to train, to practice. I have to be able to turn this off and on again whenever I want to. I need to... I need to paint. God, I haven't been able to paint without huge clawed hands for years. I want to... I want to do so many things! I can... I can... I can be me, Vincent. I can be me again." Ryan finished, his cheeks rosy, his smile massive.

Vincent’s smiling and laughter continued. He knew Ryan had the drive and determination to train diligently. Discovering one’s self takes work. Fuyumi was so glad to see Ryan so genuinely happy. Ryan always made Fuyumi feel like a maternal figure when he was around her. It was a good feeling. He was in fact the closest thing to a sibling or son she had. She had always figured that she came off as distant to others because she was so quiet and to herself. She was glad that now she knew for sure that she didn’t make Ryan feel as if he were being pushed away.

The celebration was cut short when Agent Six, who was currently in the mansion’s sub-levels, sent her observer spirit into the mirror it took up the entirety of its surface, a long spindly arm shot out grabbing the wine bottle and slamming it into the mirror. The mirror itself was fine with a few cracks but the wine bottle shattered on impact the liquid ran down the surface of the mirror but never reached the floor as it should. Instead it took shape with the observer spirit giving it more space to take on a small form that looked like the upper body of a person, Agent Six. It reached out towards Vincent brushing against his throat almost like she was trying to choke him but physical contact should help in what she was going to say next.

Vincent was very startled. It’s not very easy to catch him off guard seeing as that he tends to receive a psionic warning when danger is imminent. Fuyumi shrieked as the strange arm shot from the mirror and the form seemingly choked Vincent. Vincent didn’t know exactly what he was going to do as he hadn’t gotten a hold on all that was happening to him.

"Jonathan" was the only word it spoke but to Vincent he would have seen a flurry of images of what had happened telling him exactly where Jonathan was. Vincent now knew that he wasn’t being attacked but he was being warned. This was a cry for help from Agent Six. With that the observer spirit lost its form, the wine splashed to the ground.

Suddenly they heard a noise from outside of the kitchen. “Professor!” April Barber, the schools head nurse, screamed as she ran down the hallways, eventually leading out into the kitchens. “Vincent! There’s something upstairs!” she panted, leaning against the door frame. “I think Ace’s powers are manifesting themselves!” It took some time for her to catch her breath and when she finally did the sight of Ryan almost made her lose it again. “Ryan!? Oh my god!” she exclaimed, mouth slightly agape. “Is that you?” she asked dumbfounded.

Fuyumi after calming down, turned to April and smiled, “Yes this is Ryan. We’ll definitely have to explain it to you later.”

Vincent sighed heavily. “Yes… well that settles it. If one freaky happening didn’t settle it then this does. So Ace is the cause of what’s attacking Jonathan and Agent Six…” Vincent said in a pondering manner. “Well that was a warning from Agent Six. She and Jonathan are in danger and I fear the we are as well. Ace must have lost control of her shadow power again. But is this Alice’s doing?” Vincent said to the group. He then turned to Ryan. “Ryan do you think you can still defend yourself in this state for now? I’m not sure if we have the time to change you back. Just stick with me and I’ll have your back. We need to warn the others. There are construction workers outside as well that need to be safeguarded. We most definitely can risk civilians getting hurt.” Vincent instructed. He wondered why Ace lost control. Alice seemed to be under wraps lately but what would have set that power out of whack? There was definitely something at work here, Vincent thought to himself.

Vincent ran down to the sub-basement levels of the mansion. Fuyumi followed behind Vincent. She then phased down through the floor to the Sub-basement and began searching for Jonathan and Agent Six. She ran from corridor to corridor until she spotted them. Agent six sat on the floor cradling Jonathan’s head in her lap. It looked as if she was trying to protect him from the large shadow figure looming over them. Fuyumi phased through the floor and arose next to Jonathan and Agent Six. “It’s me Shadow or Fuyumi. He’s unconscious huh?” Fuyumi asked after introducing herself to agent six. Agent Six was blind and also she and Fuyumi have had little chance to get acquainted with one another so Fuyumi felt a brief intro was in order. “I’ve got you two don’t worry.” Fuyumi said while she placed her hands, one on Agent Six, the other on Jonathan (making sure not to touch his skin but his clothing) and phased the two through the ground and into the next room.”
Fuyumi made sure the two were okay. While looking at Jonathan she thought to herself. “It must be so hard for him to deal with his power. I remember how it felt not to be tangible for a while. It was horrible not to be able to touch a thing. But I imagine he has it worse. He can have skin contact with another at all. Such a handsome young man, yet I’m sure he’s not even attempting to date in his condition. I do hope he gains control of his ability so he too can have a more normal life.”

Vincent made it downstairs. He had taken note that Fuyumi had gotten Agent Six and Jonathan to safety. He looked at the creature of the shadows face to face. It seemed to be examining him as well. Vincent’s thoughts raced. “How do I shut this creature down? Usually Professor psionically arrests the Alice persona into the shadow realm. However I’m sensing Ace is actually unconscious. I think the shadows themselves have struck out on their own. So how will I Psionically dismiss them without their creator conscious and aware? Perhaps I can telekinetically disperse the shadow? It won’t kill it but it will force it to split apart and disperse. That would at least buy us some time to regroup.” Vincent said.

He placed his hands on his temples and concentrated on a combustible telekinetic force. The shadow charged at him shrieking viciously in an unearthly tone. Just in time the shadow dispersed into a black mist and faded away. Vincent rejoined Fuyumi, Agent Six and Jonathan in the next room over. “I think I commandeered us some time. We need to move him to safety.” Vincent said to the group.

Matsuzawa Hideki, Pietro Maximoff, Logan, Frenzy, Kent Van Pelt

Hideki was walking to his room from outside. He still couldn’t shake the strange feeling he had. Like something was stirring in the atmosphere. “Gosh I keep getting these horrible chilling feelings… this premonition stuff if best left to the telepaths like Vincent or professor X geez…” He complained.

Hideki wondered what Aidan was up to. The man was so mysterious. “That man was a friend of Professor X according to the Professor, although he didn’t seem much like Xavier only in the manner of being obviously wealthy.” Hideki thought to himself. The man that creeped Hideki out was now becoming the subject of much curiosity. Hideki’s thought processes were cut short when Pietro sprinted swiftly around the corner and toward Hideki. Pietro moved so fast it seemed as if he was going to crash into Hideki. However, Pietro saw Hideki well before he reached him. His reaction time is superb so Pietro was able to stop right in front of Hideki. His face bore a cool smirk. Hideki fell backward in fear of a possible collision.

“What the hell!? Pietro didn’t anyone ever tell you not to run in the house?!” Hideki fussed. He was already feeling uneasy today, but this only made his heart feel like it was going to burst through his chest.

Pietro squatted down and offered to help Hideki up. “Yeah sure they did… like I would ever listen to that. Sorry kiddo. I was heading out for a jog.” Pietro replied.

“I had heard something about Cain going on an outing and taking a few others with him. I thought you were supposed to go. What happened to that?” Hideki asked.

“Well… yeah about that. I was all fine and dandy with Cain asking me and all, but my dad was going too. He and I don’t gel too well so I decided to pass. However my half bro and I are gonna have a little bonding time later. He’re going clubbing~” Pietro smiled. He was in a pretty jovial mood. He was looking forward to spending time with Cain and getting to know him. He only hoped that his new brother wasn’t too much like their father Magneto.

The sound of critters seemed to rustle and rattle around them. It was strange and the sounds rapidly increased in frequency. Suddenly little shadow creatures sprang up from the shadowy areas of the corridor and scurried towards Pietro and Hideki. “What the…?” Pietro was unsure of what it was he was seeing.

Hideki felt that shudder in his body, this was the cause of what he was feeling earlier, he realized. He fired a spray of plasmatic flares at the shadow creatures and they seemed to be in pain. Several scurried away in terror while those that were struck faded away. They definitely didn’t like bright light. “Pietro cover your eyes!” Hideki warned. Pietro quickly followed instructions and covered his eyes as the blinding white lite illuminated all over the hallway from Hideki’s body. The monsters were eradicated. “We’d better warn the others.” Hideki said as he turned toward Pietro.

Pietro quickly swept Hideki off his feet and raced down the hall. Looking for someone that could help, they found Logan sitting quietly in the war room, with Kent Van Pelt, and Fenzy. They sat talking quietly with each other as Pietro and Hideki rushed into the quiet atmosphere. “Perfect it’s the tin man Wolverine. Hey we’ve got ourselves a nasty little shadow critter situation around here and light bright here can’t be expected to blind everyone trying to get rid of them all alone.” Pietro spoke swiftly as he did most everything else.

Logan responded, “Look here Bub! I ain’t no tin man. And if you keep that little cute act up, you’ll have a much bigger problem than Flare here flashing a few bright lights in your smug face.” Logan huffed in a bit of an attitude.

Kent laughed a little nervously, “Sorry about that Quicksilver. Logan’s in a bit of a bad mood right now. However we’re here to help. As much as I’d hate to break up their moment, we’d better go get Scott and Jean.” Kent said.

Logan seemed to perk up instantly at the sound of busting up Scott and Jean. “Well let’s get going team!” Logan said with a smirk no one could miss.

Hideki let out a sigh, “Oh well… So much for Kyle and my ‘one true pairing’ dreams for Scott and Logan…They made the perfect anti couple…” Hideki mopped to himself.

David North, Victor Creed, Stinger, Magneto and Cain

ignoring the hand Canaan growled at the both of them "then your just like everyone else always wanting to take advantage of Terra's abilitys well guess what its a simple no we dont need you help" her eyes narrowed.

Cain was a bit hurt by her skepticism. He honestly wanted to help them perfect their abilities. He wished that mutant could and would trust each other more. He felt that if they didn’t stick together, they’d be wiped out by those that would want to hurt them. David, Victor and Frenzy didn’t care for the young mutant’s attitude much yet they kept themselves in check and avoided interjecting. Cain could sense that Memory had had a run in with a Morlock. She did manage to handle herself and hide. But Canaan was beginning to pick up on her presence. Sabertooth and David both immediately picked up on the noise as well.

Glaring at Cain Canaan was about to turn away except she heard a sound, an unwelcomed sound of a body hitting the ground. the tip of her tail twitched just once and already Canaan pushed past Cain and the rest with unatural grace befitting a cat hybrid such as herself. a growl escaped her throat as she advanced on the intruder, Cain readied himself to act. He watched closely and sharply. He was prepared to subdue anyone that dared to hurt his team including Canaan if need be. but suddenly a small tremor shook the tunnels dislodging a few slabs of rock.

Canaan snapped her head in the direction of where she had come from, fear in her eyes. "shit Terra" her voice rose and se was gone running towards where her brother was. passing the group of X-Men stopping just for a moment "first of all when your come visit us don’t take all you man power with you. And second go deal with that little rat you have tailong behind that wall" her voice low and threatening. so with that Canaan ran past the gate towards Terra who laid still but it was obvious that he was the cause of that tremor.

Cain glanced over to Magneto, who remained silent. He wanted to allow Cain to proceed as he saw fit. He truly believed in his children as leaders, with the exception of Pietro perhaps. David looked over to Cain and Magneto. “So we have a stalker?” He said sarcastically.

Cain sighed and replied, “Memory Ashcroft. I’ve been aware of her presence for a while now but I decided to proceed without blowing her cover. She did an excellent job in masking her location. However my telepathy is exceptionally strong and hard to hide from.”

David smirked then turned around and headed toward Memory’s general direction. “Hey Wonder twin. You can come out now. The jigs up. I’ll look after you Memory. We’ll go in together and I promise to bring you back to your brother safe and sound. Sound good?” David spoke flirtatiously. He really enjoyed Memory. She was an interesting person to David.

Victor grinned, “Did he mention that he’s more than twice her age? Don’t let his artificially halted pretty boy looks fool you.” He commented loudly.
Stinger asked Cain, “Well aren’t we gonna get outta here? I mean the little twerp said she didn’t want any help so we should just beat it.” She was ready to leave the sewers.

Cain shook his head. “I need to try again. I hope they will understand my heart.” He proceeded over toward Canaan. The other Morlocks didn’t want the group anywhere in their space. Cain knelt down by Canaan and Terra. “You know the morlocks haven’t been able to help you attain any growth in developing your power in the recent past. I can feel it. Both you and Terra feel as if you’ve hit a wall and wished you could continue to grow. Well you can, with the right help.” He motioned toward the others. These people are far from being defined as all of my man power. They are very strong but the X-men as a team is unstoppable. I just wanted to make sure that nothing unnecessary happened, they are here to insure that.” Cain turned back to Canaan, “please give us a chance.”

The celebration was cut short when a long spindly arm shot out of the mirror Fuyumi brought in, grabbing the wine bottle and slamming it into the mirror. The mirror itself was fine, a few small cracks, but the wine bottle shattered on impact and the liquid ran down the surface of the mirror. Instead of falling to the ground, as it should have, it took shape. Slowly it formed into what looked like the upper body of a person. Ryan gasped. What was that thing? He growled, crouching ever so slightly, his bestial habits hadn't gone with his mutation. The arm reached out towards Vincent brushing against his throat almost like it was trying to choke him, causing Professor Fuyumi to scream. Ryan growled, his first reaction to jump forward and smash the stupid thing. However, after a moment, the arm dropped. "Jonathan." The voice said cryptically, causing Ryan to tilt his head sideways. "Wait... what?" Ryan asked, confused. Vincent only looked confused.

Suddenly they heard a noise from outside of the kitchen. “Professor!” Ms. Barber, the schools head nurse, screamed as she ran down the hallways, eventually leading out into the kitchens. “Vincent! There’s something upstairs!” She panted, leaning against the door frame. “I think Ace’s powers are manifesting themselves!” Ryan relaxed. His hearing hadn't picked up her footsteps quite as early as he was used to. Ryan was starting to miss his heightened senses. It took some time for her to catch her breath and when she finally did the sight of Ryan almost made her lose it again. “Ryan!? Oh my god!” She exclaimed, mouth slightly agape. “Is that you?” she asked dumbfounded.

After calming down a bit, Professor Fuyumi turned to April and smiled, “Yes this is Ryan. We'll definitely have to explain it to you later.” Ryan smiled. "Long story short, I can control it now. Provided Vincent helps me out." Ryan said.

Vincent sighed heavily. “Yes… well that settles it. If one freaky happening didn't settle it then this does. So Ace is the cause of what’s attacking Jonathan and Agent Six…” Vincent said in a pondering manner. Ryan had to hold in a gasp. "That's what that weird wine-bodied thing was? Now Jonathan's in trouble?" Ryan thought to himself, setting his jaw.

“Well that was a warning from Agent Six. She and Jonathan are in danger and I fear the we are as well. Ace must have lost control of her shadow power again. But is this Alice’s doing?” Vincent said to the group. He then turned to Ryan. “Ryan do you think you can still defend yourself in this state for now? I’m not sure if we have the time to change you back. Just stick with me and I’ll have your back. We need to warn the others. There are construction workers outside as well that need to be safeguarded. We most definitely can risk civilians getting hurt.” Vincent instructed, to which Ryan nodded. He wasn't some weakling now that his scales were gone. Ryan could handle himself, and if he needed to he could always change it back.

Vincent ran down to the sub-basement levels of the mansion, Ryan hot on his heels. Fuyumi kept step with them until she phased down through the floor, presumably scouting ahead. Ryan's pace increased. Shortly thereafter he and Vincent made it downstairs. Neither Jonathan nor Fuyumi was anywhere in sight. She must have gotten him out of there. Slowly, Ryan turned to look at the creature made of the shadows. Its eyes were plastered to Vincent. Ryan knew that if those vicious, bloodthirtsy red orbs were trained on him, he may have lost it entirely. The... thing before him was terrifying. It was a deep blackness that Ryan had only ever seen in his nightmares. As he pondered what he could even do against it, as it was made of shadows, he heard Vincent thinking aloud.

“How do I shut this creature down? Usually Professor psionically arrests the Alice persona into the shadow realm. However I’m sensing Ace is actually unconscious. I think the shadows themselves have struck out on their own. So how will I Psionically dismiss them without their creator conscious and aware? Perhaps I can telekinetically disperse the shadow? It won’t kill it but it will force it to split apart and disperse. That would at least buy us some time to regroup.” Ryan stepped forward, snarling viciously. "I dunno, but I don't like the way it's looking at us. Stay behind me." Ryan said. If he couldn't punch it, he could at least buy Vincent enough time to kill it. He crouched low to the ground, his teeth bared and his arms spread wide, threatening with claws that were no longer there. Ryan felt the pit of his stomach drop. The thing before him was terrifying, but he couldn't back down. He had to protect Vincent. Ryan focused on his fingertips. He had only just learned of his ability to manipulate his transformation, but maybe he could at least bring his claws back out. Ryan focused hard, and slowly, painfully, claws grew out of his fingertips. He winced at the pain, it hadn't hurt this bad since he'd grown scales for the first time. Slowly, the claws formed on his hands, the scales stopping just after his wrists. He felt his eyes lose focus slightly, but his ears pricked up. Unbeknownst to Ryan, his ears had become slightly more pointed, his pupils turning to slits and slightly yellow in color. Behind him he could hear Vincent's breath, the rustle of his clothes, and the slight tap of his fingers touching his own skin. His senses had picked up again? Odd...

Suddenly, the shadow charged at them shrieking viciously in an unearthly tone. Ryan stood his ground, growling in response. He didn't know what Vincent was doing behind him, but it must have been working. Just as the shadow was about to reach them it dispersed into a black mist and faded away. Ryan sighed in relief. He had no idea what he was going to do should the thing have actually reached him. Standing up straight Ryan looked down at his hands. The claws were still there. He'd have to have Vincent help him put them back again. As the pair walked Ryan tried to focus once again on his claws, willing them to shrink back into his body. They shrunk a bit, but afterwards refused to budge the rest of the way. After a bit they rejoined Fuyumi, someone Ryan didn't know, and Jonathan in the next room over. “I think I commandeered us some time. We need to move him to safety.” Vincent said to the group. Ryan nodded in agreement. "I'll carry Jonathan, can one of you get the other?" Ryan asked, bending down and hefting the large Texan over his shoulder with much more effort than such exertions used to take. "Oof. Starting to miss my old strength." Ryan joked. "Hey Vince, mind shifting me back?" Ryan asked. He'd only just managed to get back to the way he used to be, but the current situation demanded the use of his strength. "It's ok. We can always try to get me back again later. Besides, I miss my tail." Ryan chuckled, a brave smile on his face.

Agent Six

She didn’t understand for his need to protect her. Agent Six didn’t care if she died it might be painful but she would welcome it with open arms but with the absence of a smile. Staring down at his face, a hand touched her but she ignored it as well as the voice that accompanied it. For a brief moment her body felt strange but it soon passed, she knew for a fact that they had phased through the floors, Agent Six did catch the woman’s name; Fuyumi or Shadow as some would call her. Weapon X had files on her that Agent Six had been told about so she already knew what Fuyumi had done.

It looked as if Agent Six furrowed her brow at the fact that Jonathan had asked about her safety not really understanding why he bothered to ask if he could see her face looking down at his from her lap. In one swift movement Agent Six flicked his forehead; too fast for his ability to affect her, a single word escaped her lips “idiot”. But just for a brief moment Agent Six saw color but it was like blinking and the color was gone. Then Vincent spoke about buying them some time not that it would help since they would just keep coming back. But Agent Six remained silent as always not caring to 'watch' them as she should in case something happened.


Canaan

She really didn’t like Cain at the moment, the concern in his voice as if he knew what she had been through. Snorting Canaan looked at him from the corner of her eye, tail lashing behind the only thing that gave away her emotion at the time. "Unstoppable huh, no one’s unstoppable not even you X-Men-" she spat at him "-not even Terra" she said on a softer note. Canaan's mind began to go into overdrive trying to come up with a reason not to take their help but she was just being her stubborn self and really didn’t want to admit needing help from people she didn’t even know.

Letting out a sigh Canaan’s tail floated down to rest on the ground in defeat but she continued to glare at Cain. “Let you help us this one time but once Terra wakes up were leaving” and with that Canaan leaned down, lifting up Terra holding him in her arms with ease. Canaan made sure to avoid eye contact with the others, her tail floated behind her like silk. At the last minute before she passed Memory her tail flicked across the older girls face, and then it trailed behind Canaan who looked as if nothing happened.


Shadows

the last shadow GateKeeper left its home, it began to stalk the halls making sure to avoid those it did not wish to deal with yet. this one was different from the others, smarter and faster, it relied on its ability to outsmart its prey than on its strength like its twin(the one who attacked Jonathan and Agent Six)they both guarded the same being The Third Child but for now they must destroy all and any threats to their masters recovery.

sniffing the air it smiled, sticky strands kept its mouth from forming into a full smile but it was a smile nonetheless, it had found the source of pain, it had found the one who always bothered its second master, Alice. for each personality had its own shadow GateKeeper, Ace's had been dispersed temporarily but it would soon return to haunt this mansion. while the one stalking its prey belonged to Alice, the one it had found was none other than Charles Xavier and it was going to kill tonight no matter the cost.

---------- Somewhere else in Mansion -------------------

the third shadow from before had found the Juggernaut or rather his scent and it too had a savage grin. it let out a hiss that only those with enhanced hear could hear, almost like a dog whistle. its hiss traveled all around the mansion alerting its brethren that it had found their intended target. soon smaller shadows skittered across the floors in huge amounts, some even ran over one another trying to be the first to taste flesh that it craved as whole . . .

(OOC:i let you guys deal with what happens with the smaller ones as they are currently running in the halls in waves, have fun)

April Barber

April couldn’t hide her surprise and intrigue, she was a woman of science after all. The powers of the telepathic were slightly out of her field but this must have some sort of a molecular process too. “That is incredible!” She gasped, walking over to the boy, having to stop herself from touching him to make sure it wasn’t just an illusion. “When this is over would you mind if I ran some experiments?” She asked looking at him pleadingly.

“Jonathan’s in trouble?” She asked, having missed the event of the wine bottle. “Then we have to hurry! If those things attacked them then they could be really hurt!” She followed after the others when they ran to their aid, stopping at the top of the stairs and turning back, grabbing the small first aid kit from the wall in the kitchen wall before running back down the stairs after, taking two at a time.

When she had caught up to the others Fuyumi was holding on to the two downed mutants, Vincent and Ryan were running into the next room, probably to confront whatever it was that had attacked them. “Are you ok both ok?!” She asked sliding down onto her knees and breaking open the small medical box, working quickly to find any wounds they may have sustained. “You must be Agent six, yes? My name is April, what happened? Are you hurt?” she asked, pulling a glove on her hand to open Jonathon’s eyes and check for concussion.

Jonathon didn’t appear to be moving beneath her and it was possible that he had sustained some serious head injury but once she had shone the light into his eyes everything seemed fine, it was at this moment that his eyes began to flicker open, his whole body retreating away from her torch. “Sorry Jonathon, I had to check for concussion. Are you ok?” She asked.

"Told ya... tails... are awesome..."

“Try not to talk too much, you are obviously fatigued.” She added placing her hands on his chest, a warm glow emanating from them, the feeling washing across the Texan’s body. “I can’t actually heal you but that will help with the pain.” She smiled, taking a small stash of plasters from the box beside her and slapping a Mr Bump sticker on his shirt. “To help you recover.” She smiled.

"Six...?"

“Six is fine, Fuyumi has seen to her.” She answered closing up the small box beside her and getting to her feet. “I think I commandeered us some time. We need to move him to safety.” She turned to look at Vincent and Ryan, interestingly the boy had once again transformed, this time he seemed to have made a quarter transformation from his usual scaled self, this definitely needed more studying.

Her mind was brought back to the matters at hand as Ryan hefted Jonathon up onto his shoulder. “We need to get him up to the infirmary; running around this place is the last thing he needs at the moment. Plus Ace is up there locked in a room, I have the spare key somewhere in my office.”

David North, Victor Creed, Stinger, Magneto and Cain

David smirked as he watched Memory stand up, cross her arms and step out into the dim light of the sewers.

"Oh boys, the age doesn't both me," she began flirtatiously as she began her walk in their direction the shoes were making little noise in space they were in. After a few seconds she reached them, stopping just around a meter away. "he's still got that pretty face." She smiled sweetly, with a hidden seduction beneath, before sauntering past them. Suddenly, Memory stopped and looked over her shoulder at them with a cheeky grin.
"Then again, with that age, I just hope everything still works as well as his pretty little face." She spoke slowly, her eyes trailing down his body to the top of the legs, focusing on a specific area for a moment, before returning to his eyes. Giving a quick wink, Memory continued on her way away from the men.

David’s smirk became a full blown smile. He was delighted to see that she seemed to enjoy his attention maybe as much as he enjoyed hers. He brushed a few strands of un-slicked hair back behind his ear and took a few steps closer to Memory. “Well now, how about you give me a thorough check up Miss Ashcroft? I’m sure everything would be in excellent working order and especially to your liking. Once we blow this little popsicle stand, I’ll reserve all the time in the world for you. Scouts honor.” David stood directly in front of Memory, intimately close.

Stinger giggled nonstop. It was all too amusing to her. She always considered David to be quite the slut but this was just too good. Watching him with this young woman was priceless. She had to admit though, Memory did make her feel a tiny bit self-conscious. She was so young, sassy and pretty. It actually made Stinger feel a tad bit old. Stinger quickly frowned and shook her head in annoyance trying to clear her mind of the voice saying she was getting older. Stinger could never shake her vanity and neither could David. He and her actually slept together once. Things were great physically but emotionally, it was sex and sex alone. Absolutely nothing emotional came out of that encounter. Stinger hoped that if Memory actually slept with David, that she either not get attached to him or that he is actually serious about her. The only thing Stinger said to the flirtatious couple was, “Well sweetheart, I’ll have you know North here is very much forbidden fruit. Know that well before you take that delicious bite.”

When Cain went to talk once more to Canaan she replied, "Unstoppable huh, no one’s unstoppable not even you X-Men-" she spat at him "-not even Terra" she said on a softer note. Letting out a sigh Canaan’s tail floated down to rest on the ground in defeat but she continued to glare at Cain. “I’ll let you help us this one time but once Terra wakes up were leaving” and with that Canaan leaned down, lifting up Terra holding him in her arms with ease. Canaan avoided eye contact with the others, her tail floated behind her like silk. At the last minute before she passed Memory her tail flicked across the older girls face, and then it trailed behind Canaan who looked as if nothing happened.

Cain was relieved that Canaan agreed to come along, even if it was only temporarily. He had faith that once Canaan and Terra experienced life with the X-men they’d understand Charles and Eric’s mission. Calypso watched the whole time in the shadows. Now that Canaan and Terra were actually going with the X-men she was angered enough to take action. She charged out of the shadows and commanded the group to stop.

“You surface dwelling X-scum, how dare you waltz down here and take your pick of our Morlock family as if we were tools at your disposal?! You’ve got some nerve!” Calypso yelled, standing behind the group. “And Canaan, I can save you a wasted trip. The X-men won’t accept you. Think about it? They wanted nothing to do with those they attacked a day ago on the surface did they?” Calypso’s voice carried a mocking tone. Her voice began to take a calmer tone, “This is a mistake Canaan. I’m not angry with you for going, but I am livid with these self-righteous pricks! I wouldn’t be a good leader if I didn’t try to stop them from taking you out of here. So as acting leader of the Morlocks, while the official leader Storm is still absent, I order every able Morlock to hunt them down and prevent the X-men from taking Canaan and Terra out of here! They are our family and we won’t lose them to these X-freaks!! NOW GO!!”

Calypso gave the order and the Morlocks attacked. Morlocks seemed to filter in from everywhere. The group was easily surrounded. Magneto turned to Canaan and snipped, “You wondered why we needed such man power? There is always a method to my madness young lady.” Magneto’s tone was that of a teacher. He and Cain knew full well that Calypso would never allow them to simply walk out of the sewers with two of her prized mutants. She did care for Canaan and Terra greatly but she would never willingly recognize that the X-men were better able to help them than she was.

Victor huffed, “I will never get used to being called an X-men… Fuck I might as well turn into that damned Wolverine.” He griped out loud to the group.

David laughed, “Well ‘Saber-ine’ at least you’ll get the action your blood boiled for.” He so enjoyed poking fun at Sabertooth.

Sabertooth growled, “North I swear I’m going to kill you in the ugliest way imaginable.”

David replied while drawing his guns from his holsters, “Aww… sorry Victor. Look baby I didn’t mean to hurt your feelings. I was just having a little fun. Please don’t be mad, stay up and keep something warm for me tonight~” David joked and promptly began to laugh mischievously.

Sabertooth could never remain pissed and keep an angry disposition with David when he pulled his notoriously gay jokes. “Damn it North!! I’m losing my fury momentum with you gaying it up over there! Shut-up and watch your girl’s back for Christ’s sake!” Sabertooth couldn’t fight the smile that crept across his face. David was truly the only friend Victor had.

David stood with Memory, “Hey love, stick with me alright. You’ll be fine. I’ve never minded a tight squeeze.” David said with a wink. He then unstrapped a pistol affixed to his thigh and gave it to Memory. “Here, I hope you don’t mind shooting sewer scum cause it won’t mind attacking you. Get my drift?” David hoped she knew how to use that gun and could bring herself to shoot someone.

Cain telepathically warned them all. “Do NOT kill anyone if possible. You can hurt but not kill. They may be hostiles but they are still our mutant brethren. If we murder today, we will lose the trust and faith of those we came to recruit as well as damage our chance at a united mutant-kind. Our goal is to escape. Let’s clear a pathway out with minimal bloodshed. I have faith in you all.”

Vincent Xavier, Abe Fuyumi

"I'll carry Jonathan, can one of you get the other?" Ryan asked, bending down and hefting the large Texan over his shoulder with much more effort than such exertions used to take. "Oof. Starting to miss my old strength." Ryan joked. "Hey Vince, mind shifting me back?" Ryan asked. He'd only just managed to get back to the way he used to be, but the current situation demanded the use of his strength. "It's ok. We can always try to get me back again later. Besides, I miss my tail." Ryan chuckled, a brave smile on his face.

Vincent nodded in agreement. “We will iron out time for sure to work on this later Ryan I promise.” Vincent smiled. “But you’re right, for now we need you at 100%.” Vincent and Ryan repeated the procedure they followed the last time in in a matter of a minute or two, Ryan way back to normal again. Vincent was glad that Ryan actually wanted to change back. That meant that he had accepted that part of himself. Ryan was now much better able to carry Jonathan than in his previous state.

“We need to get him up to the infirmary; running around this place is the last thing he needs at the moment. Plus Ace is up there locked in a room, I have the spare key somewhere in my office.” April said.

Vincent agreed. “April’s right. Alright then, the others need to be found and alerted. I sense that most others are aware of what’s happening. But a few aren’t. My Telepathy seems to be meeting with some interference. It’s not impossible to get through but still not easy. Looks like we’ll have to see to Jonathan first, and trust the other to see to Ace. I’ll try to get a telepathic transmission to Scott to rescue Ace. Let’s head up to Aprils office and get Jonathan and Six to safety.” The group headed upstairs from the sub-basement.

Matsuzawa Hideki, Pietro Maximoff, Logan, Frenzy, Kent Van Pelt, Jean Grey and Scott Summers

The group [Hideki, Pietro, Logan, Frenzy, and Kent] had found Scott and Jean in their bedroom, catching up after a long absence from each other. After giving the couple a moment, they all headed down the halls to seek out the new threat. Scott received a telepathic warning from Vincent. He turned to the group, “Everyone this is our objective, we need to rescue Ace from a locked room. Vincent believe she is unconscious. The creatures Flare (Hideki’s codename) and Quicksilver (Pietro’s codename) encountered were shadow creatures, according to Vincent. He ran into a large one. This might have something to do with Ace. We are going to check things out together, for now. Alright team let’s move.” Scott gave the command.

Jean smiled. She missed being a part of missions with the X-men. It was also refreshing to see Scott in action as team leader and commander. He was such the military man. Jean was not happy about the danger but she knew that all would eventually be resolved so she wasn’t worried. She was simply happy to be home with her husband and family. She then received a telepathic warning. “They’re coming! Many small creatures are approaching us!” Jean warned.

Many little shadowy creatures leapt from the darkness at the group. Logan ejected his claws and launched ahead of the others in attack mode. The creatures seemed afraid of the flash of light that was generated from Logan’s claws once ejected. However Logan’s slashes were not producing fruitful results. They seemed little effected by physical attacks. “What the hell are these little creeps?!” Logan shouted.

Jean telekinetically began to repel a few of the shadows. As they crashed into the walls they dispersed into pieces but soon rejoined themselves and were created a new. Scott used his optic blast and the brightness of the blast eliminated a group of little shadow creatures. Frenzy was in a similar situation as Logan. Kent used shielding abilities to defend Logan and Frenzy. Kent then converted his shield energy into a wall like force energy. The energy was bright and produced an electrical arch energy that made the shadows fritz out upon contact with it. Those touched became static-like and soon faded away. “Well that worked.” Kent said with a pleasant smile.

Logan patted Kent on the shoulder proudly, “Add a boy Anchorman! Once an X-men always an X-men.” He hoped that Kent would formally rejoin the team. It wasn’t often that Logan would openly acknowledge friendship, at least not out loud anyway. Kent blushed a little. He was a humble man that grew shy at praise awarded to him.

Quicksilver acted as a diversion. Moving swiftly and tricking shadow creatures into the line of fire. Hideki shot plasma blasts at the creatures, the brightness of the multicolored blasts destroyed the creatures easily but the energy of the explosive blasts destroyed furniture and other objects in the line of fire upon impact. He gave a pained expression, “Why are my powers so destructive…?!” Hideki groaned.

Scott took quick notice. “It’s light that most harms them! Hideki instead of fireworks, uses flashes of light energy, the brighter the better.” Hideki followed Scott’s instructions and the hall bagan to clear out quickly.

“Phew! I just hope light bright here doesn’t run out of batteries!” Quicksilver jokes. Scott rolled his eyes underneath his visor. He was of the serious sort and often didn’t get onboard with Quicksilver’s smug sense of humor. They group made it to the room where Ace was locked in. They were unsure of what lie on the other side.

Juggernaught and Charles Xavier

Charles could sense that something was amiss. His sleep wasn’t highly restful. He woke from a nightmare. In the nightmare a dark group of entities of various shapes began to swallow up the X-men and those in the mansion, First Juggernaut, then Ace, Charles was devoured next and he could feel each and every last member of the X-mansion being sucked into an eternal and life draining darkness. Charles shot out of his dream, only to hear a terrible cackle in the atmosphere. This demonic laughter echoed only in the shadows of the room. Xavier knew that this must have been related to Ace and Alice. But something was definitely off. He knew that if his dream was a premonition, his brother was in danger.

Charles then heard a scream, “HELP ME!” Annabelle screamed telepathically. He knew she was in trouble as well. He quickly hopped out of bed and grabbed his robe. He was shirtless except for his house robe that remained unfastened at the moment. He was glad to have regained the use of his legs. It was moments like this before where he wished he could quickly race to the aid of others on foot, now he could and he was grateful for the ability. A moment later Annabelle entered Xavier’s room. After finding him she stopped to catch her breath. "Professor, shadows are attacking the pupils and it's coming from someone called The Third Child, I think." She looked around the room. "One's here." She whispered and backed up against the desk, scared.

Charles replied, “Fear not Annabelle. We will get things under control. I sense the other are already alert. Together you and I make a formidable team. You must believe in your skills.” Charles reassured Annabelle.

A large shadowy figure rose from behind the desk. It loomed tall over them with slit eyes glaring. Charles immediately placed his fingertips on his head and concentrated with great focus. “Annabelle focus your psionic energy toward me as best you can.” Charles instructed quickly. He began to glow with a pink aura of psionic energy. “Psychic Maelstrom!!” Charles said aloud. The shadow creature shrieked and contorted in agony. Xavier knew that he wouldn’t be able to sustain this attack for long, even with Annabelle’s help.

Juggernaut sat in his room relaxed and watching TV. He seemed to have decreased slightly in size. He was physically slightly larger than the body of normal highly muscular man. Juggernaut’s magic enhancements allowed his to alter his size to a degree so that he’d fit into buildings without destroying doorways and knocking down walls due to his normally large frame. The TV’s light began to dim down considerably. “Wah? Don’t Xavier got enough cash to fix the TV’s around this dump? Geez I didn’t realize my little brother was a cheap-ass…” Juggernaut chuckled to himself.

The room grew darker than before. The shadowy areas in the room seemed to ripple violently. Juggernaut’s disposition became far more serious. He growled at the presence he felt. It was cold, dark and evil, yet it was familiar. “WHO THE HELL ARE YOU?! COME ON OUT YOU CREEPY LITTLE TWERP! You’re bullshit doesn’t scare me!” Juggernaut shouted. He then heard a crazed cackle surround him. He knew he was in for a fight but with who or what?

Kyle and Colossus

Kyle and Colossus had finished up helping out the construction workers that were fixing up the X-mansion. The workers had left the mansion grounds and headed home. They were all marveled at the strength Colossus and Kyle both possessed. They wished they could lift heavy metal like that, work would be completed far more faster. There were a few jealous and or fearful looks but they were soon turned around once they interacted with Kyle and Colossus’ charming personalities.

“God almighty I’m hungry!” Kyle exclaimed. He sat down on the grass outside the mansion. He was glad to be done with all the hard work. Colossus agreed.

“I am hungry too my friend. How about I treat you to dinner? You didn’t have to help me help the construction workers with the mansion repairs but you did. I appreciate that a lot. It was very sweet of you.” Colossus said as he shifted from his metal form.

Kyle blushed a little. “Ah… I outta lift more heavy stuff more often, maybe I’ll get asked out more.” Kyle said with a wink.

Colossus blushed fiercely, “Now now there is to be little need for you to be lifting heavy thing from now on. Leave that to me Kyle. I can’t have anyone asking you out, that is to be my pleasure to do the asking.” Colossus flirted shyly in reply. The two began to head off to town to grab something to eat. Then they heard an explosive noise come from inside the mansion, it seemed like their dinner date would have to wait.

Vincent nodded in agreement to Ryan's suggestion. “We will iron out time for sure to work on this later Ryan I promise.” He said with a smile, to which Ryan nodded. “But you’re right, for now we need you at 100%.” Once more, Ryan concentrated as hard as he could on his scales, feeling the power seep into his body like a gentle warmth. Once more his body was covered in scale, his tail slowly slunk out of the hole in the back of his pants, and his horns grew to their half length. His ears grew and his teeth sharpened into points. Ryan felt all his senses sharpen as well, his vision focused, his sense of smell peaked. Once more, Ryan felt truly aware of his surroundings. His body stopped swaying, as his tail had stabilized Ryan's balance. Slowly, carefully, as if handling a porcelain doll, he shifted Jonathan off of his shoulder, down into a piggyback position, wrapping his tail around him to make sure he was good and secure. Ryan chuckled, his body was so strong now. Jonathan, who seemed so heavy before, weighed so little to him now. It was funny. "Alright, I'm all set." Ryan said, standing up straight and looking up at Vincent. "Let's get moving. Earlier, I thought it was strange that those creatures didn't have a smell, but now I'm definitely worried. I can't smell them at all, further, they don't appear to be making any noise, or else I'd hear them too. It's so weird because everything has a smell. I guess they really are just shadows..."

The group turned to Professor April, who spoke. “We need to get him up to the infirmary; running around this place is the last thing he needs at the moment. Plus Ace is up there locked in a room, I have the spare key somewhere in my office.” She said. Ryan smiled, "I'll be gentle with him. It'll be ok. As far as I'm concerned, he's as safe as a kitten."

Vincent agreed. “April’s right. Alright then, the others need to be found and alerted. I sense that most others are aware of what’s happening. But a few aren’t. My Telepathy seems to be meeting with some interference. It’s not impossible to get through but still not easy. Looks like we’ll have to see to Jonathan first, and trust the other to see to Ace. I’ll try to get a telepathic transmission to Scott to rescue Ace. Let’s head up to Aprils office and get Jonathan and Six to safety.” Ryan nodded, shifting Johnathan into a more comfortable position on his back. The group then left, heading upstairs from the sub-basement.

Canaan

She really hated people right now, especially these damn mutants, always acting like they cared only using them for their abilities. Canaan was not the least bit happy at Calypso’s words, her lip curled in disgust as she listened to what she said.

“What makes you so sure they won’t accept me, you’re the only one saying that they won’t, I refuse to answer to anyone, I refuse to abide by your decisions or anyone’s decisions for that matter. They are not forcing me to come with them, I Chose to come with them; to the surface I’m tired of hiding from surface dwellers. What I choose to do with my life has nothing to do with you Calypso! You cannot call yourself my family for I have no family outside of a brother. Nothing more, nothing less so do yourself a favor and leave that damn illusion that we were ever part of this cowardly family” Canaan snarled at her caretaker. Canaan set Terra down on the ground, making sure he was comfortable and not in the way.

Then facing the Morlocks she roared, the sound echoed throughout the sewers, some morlocks even paused, contemplating whether or not it was a good idea to mess with Canaan. Tail lashing behind her, Canaan slashed at whoever got close to her and Terra, snarling and biting at whatever hands tried to drag him away.

Shadow (first Gatekeeper in hallway)
The little ones screamed and howled in pain, their tiny voices sounded like nails running along a chalkboard. The bright light Hideki had created had killed most if not all of their brethren that once resided in that hall, but they were no more. One little shadow got away though, by stepping into a shadow before he released all that light. By doing so the little shadow ended up back within Ace’s room, it let out a few short squeaks looking at something that could not be seen nor fathomed.

Suddenly something plucked the little shadow right off the ground, tearing it into pieces with its endless black maw. The sounds of pain stopped, and one single limb came down to rest on the floor, then the rest of the body followed behind. What stood alone in that room was none other than the shadow Jonathan and Vincent had dispersed. It smiled, for it could feel the presence of new threats, one was very much similar to the one that had forced him to leave after regenerating from the first attack.

it is time to kill shaking its head, the shadow began to laugh sending chills and murderous intent through the door. It slowly began to darken Ace’s room, dark shadowy substances began to coat the wall, and some wrapped themselves around Ace’s body which shivered in response. It looked back at its handy work and with a simple nod it stepped into a shadow; it appeared the same way it had come the first time.

As huge black blob fell from the ground almost and onto the ceiling, it crawled towards the group of mutants that very smile from before on its face. you die tonight little children as it crawled closer, its body began to take on its original form as before. It then lowered its body to the ground, one limb at a time. Standing up on two legs the shadow barely fit within the hall, which had grown dark, dangerously dark as that same shadowy substance began to coat the walls, inch by inch, though they wouldn’t notice for another ten minutes or so. That dark substance was different, it was and is the very shadows or links that connect a shadow to Ace’s shadow dimension, one misstep and the X-Men before it would fall through into the waiting mouths of shadows, eager for vengeance of their little brethren.
(OOC: as I said before this shadow is incredibly difficult to get rid of, the shadowy substance won’t go away just like that by Hidekis light, they will only recede slowly backwards but it will eventually go back to their original shadows)

Shadow2 (fifth Gatekeeper in Xavier’s room)

It shrieked in pain, not expecting such an attack on its being. It could feel the pain of its master as she too screamed in pain, her body could feel the pain her shadow was going through but their minds were separate and could not be connected. But then after a few moments it adjust itself, by doing what it did best, it darkened the room, it could feel itself grow in size but not by much and sent forth a wave of smaller shadows to distract Xavier.

Then with surprising speed it attacked Xavier, a large black arm slammed the prof. into the wall pinning him down. It paid no attention to Annabelle as it knew she was no threat as so it ignored her, but the moment she did, Annabelle would be dead within moments in its company. ”you trapped my master within that worthless mind. Let her go free little human” unlike the first shadow, its voice was not made of many for it did not feed off the other shadows rather it grew in size by taking them into its body, but did not eat them.

The room slowly began to get darker, the smaller shadows began to go nuts wanting to sink their teeth into solid flesh and chew to their hearts content. It all started with this hunger for flesh, and so it commenced. To rid itself of this hunger a shadow ate its brethren, and suddenly it became a feeding frenzy. The shadow that held Xavier against the wall laughed in sick glee at the sight.
”do you see my children as they eat one another to sustain their hunger. They do not know that their hunger will never pass, but I am sure once they taste flesh they will stop for the moment” for the first time a shadow considered itself an individual with the use of I. It motioned towards Xavier, the remains of the little shadows scattered across the room and in its place stood a new larger shadow but unlike the one that dominated the room, it would not live long enough to ever do anything, for the large shadow ate it.
(OOC: I leave it to you Mas on how you want to deal with this onethough just know that this shadow is Alice’s shadow, they are not connected telepathically but by the body.)

Jean grey, Hideki Matsuzawa, Kent Van-pelt, Logan, Quicksilver, Scott Summers, and Frenzy

Jean’s telepathic senses were running wild. She could sense that the professor and Annabelle were in danger. She also became aware of the impending attack the shadows were about to launch. She couldn’t be in two places at once even with the incredible amount of power she could wield as the phoenix. However, Charles and Annabelle would not be without help for long.

Jean turned to Scott and spoke calmly, “Scott I sense that there is another wave of stronger shadows approaching us. Hideki hasn’t the strength to drown this area with the light needed to get rid of the shadows closing in on us. I might have to use the Phoenix force.” Jean knew Scott would object but she felt she needed to clear it with him first, before acting.

If one could see Scott’s eyes beneath his visor they’d see the sheer shock on his face from having heard such a request from Jean. He was absolutely opposed to the use of the Phoenix. It was just as serious as if Jean had asked for permission to do heroin or something worse. “Absolutely not! You know how dangerous that can be! Don’t worry Jean we’ll manage.” Scott rebutted. He lifted his hand to his visor and fired an optic blast off into the distance. A few dark shrieks resounded in the hall as well as the breaking of the furniture struck by the blast.

Jean rolled her eyes, “Scott you know that won’t work… don’t worry, I can control it now. Moira wouldn’t have sent me home if I hadn’t gotten a handle on things. Trust me Scott.” Jean pleaded with Scott to which he gave in.

“Oh… alright. Just please be careful Jean.” Scot replied hesitantly.

Jean began to glow as a fiery light engulfed her body. She shined so brightly that the whole hall was illuminated with passionate, radiant, light like fire. The large shadow that approached the group would surely feel the burn of the illumination Jean gave off. She flew past the group and toward the shadows. The blob like shadow opened up and swallowed Jean up inside of itself.

Scott and Logan yelled “JEAN!!!!” Logan ripped through the hallway at the creature of darkness in a blind rage. He slashed and ripped away at the darkness only to find himself constricted in shadows. Scott removed his visor and unleashed an optic blast full force at the creature but it was no good. The creature scoffed something of a disgustingly demonic laughter.

Hideki figured that he should do what he could. He knew that his power was most effective against the shadows. He channeled as much light energy as he could into the palms of his hands in preparation for a blinding flash attack. “Everyone close your eyes and turn away!! NOW!” Hideki clapped his hands together in front of himself. A blinding wave of white light went pulsing down the hallway. The blob like shadow creature seemed to recede slightly as if being burned away. However it was not enough light to get rid of the creature. Hideki collapsed to the ground having expended so much energy. He was most tapped out.

The creature slopped its way down the hall in a mad hurry to try to swallow the exhausted Hideki. A few paces away from Hideki the creature of darkness began to open its mouth. Kent extended a shield around Hideki. The Creature chomped down on the shield of electrical arch energy that protected Hideki and sent jolts of electric energy through the beast. The blob of darkness shrieked and wriggled in pain.

Just then Fire and light pierced through the creature and it began to look as if a Sun ws being born from within the creature. It was the light of the Phoenix force. Jean had destroyed the creature from the inside out. While inside the creature she seemed to be in an alternate dimension of shadow. She allowed herself to be swallowed so that she could destroy it where it was least protected. The group opened the door and found Ace still unconscious.


Charles Xavier and Philip Klein
Philip had been working out in the gym after leaving Vincent and taking a nap. He never liked to slack off on his gymnastics training. He had heard noises coming from the halls but he was unsure of what they were. The gymnasium grew darker in an unusual way. He knew something was off. He hopped down from the balance bar and ran in search of Vincent. He just felt that something might have happened to him. He ran across the professor’s room and heard a scream. It was Annabelle. Philip opened the door and saw the professor being swallowed up by shadows.

“What in the…” Philip began to say in shock. The shadow seemed gleefully pleased to have an added person to slaughter. Philip cupped his hands together and began forming a very large energy bomb about the size of a beach ball. He tossed it in the air and spin kicked it at the portions of the creature that held Xavier. The time bomb exploded on impact and the light created was enough to break the Professor free. Philip ran to the professor, “Are you alright Professor? Annabelle?” Philip asked as he helped Charles up and gestured for Annabelle to hurry to his side.

Fuyumi had phased Vincent into the Professor’s room, the others were on their way. Vincent was so glad to see Philip was alright and actually helping his father. Vincent gave Phillip a quick peck on the cheek and smiled. He knew he hadn’t much time so he quickly refocused his attention on the matter at hand. After accessing the situation Vincent came up with a plan. “Philip, I’ll shift to metal form and you create as large a time bomb as you can manage. Let that light reflect off of me. It will intensify a little, at least enough to push the creature back.”

Fuyumi phased the Professor and Annabelle out of the room. Vincent and Phillip’s plan was successful. The creature was not destroyed but at least backed up and partially wounded.

Magneto, Cain, Stinger, Sabertooth, and David North

David took notice of Memory’s combat skill and he was impressed. She seemed to share his skill for getting out of tight spots. A particularly physically strong Morlock grabbed David from behind and slung him into a wall. David’s power allowed him to sustain such damage with no problem or harm, it only fueled his ability to re-channel that energy back at his foe in more than one way. The Morlock stood over David with a menacingly perverse look on his face. He wasn’t the best looking Morlock around either. He seemed to be unlatching his old worn belt while cackling. David looked the mutant up and down and gave a puzzled look. “Is this guy planning to do what I think he’s gonna try to do…?” David thought to himself.

“Wow… I never thought I’d run into a Morlock sex offender. There must really be slim pickings down here friend huh? I’ll cut you a deal, if you get your ugly mug outta my face and walk away, I won’t kill you for even thinking you were gonna violate me.” David warned the burly Morlock with a chuckle.

The Morlock wiped off his belt and proceeded to grab David by his shirt, pulling him up to eye level. He pulled David close and growled, “I’m gonna make you my little Bi-,” However before he could finish his threat David’s fingertips released a corrosive acid substance, an artificially granted ability. The acid burned through the Morlock’s face causing to drop David and scream in agony.

“I warned you. Fuck the rules, this one dies.” David said sharply. David grabbed the Morlock’s head and began to release a blast of kinetic energy, enough to blow the mutant’s head off. Cain caught a quick inkling of David’s intended actions and wasted no time in counteracting David. Cain magnetically manipulated David’s pistol, swiftly drawing from his holster and pointing it at David’s forehead ready to fire.

“I said NOT to kill Agent Zero! Stand DOWN or forfeit your own life…” Cain commanded with a powerful authority in his voice. He meant every word.

David knew to stop immediately. Cain was not to be crossed. David knew never to cross a mutant of such great power. David released the Morlock and backed away. “Sorry Cain won’t happen again.” David apologized in a collected manner.

“Apology accepted my brother.” Cain replied calmly. He then Manipulated David’s gun to quickly turn on the Morlock offender and shot him in the knee. David was surprised to see Cain’s swift act of revenge on the Morlock on the behalf of David. “Oh and North, please don’t think that I wasn’t going to punish this vile being for trying to violate a fellow mutant brother.” Cain said with a smile. He hated for mutants to fight one another but this was unavoidable.

Cain had had enough of all of the fighting. The morlocks were resorting to ruthless measures and Calypso only encouraged them. He was going to utilize a skill that would require a lot of energy. He psionically shut down the consciousness of each Morlock present. They all went into psionic shock and collapsed. Cain began to breathe heavily. This form of psionic assault was not an easy feat to accomplish. “We can now leave…” Cain announced as he caught his breath.

Sabertooth gave Cain a twisted smile. “What the hell did you do to them?”

Cain looked at those that lay on the ground unmoving, passed out. “I psionically overloaded each one their minds enough to shut them down for the time being. They’ll wake up in a few hours. We should head home now. I fear that there is something I must personally see to after we return.” Cain said calmly. He could feel that someone close to his father Magneto was in need of assistance, Cara.

Annabelle nodded to Philip when asked if she was okay. She was then pulled from the room and she looked around, she could still feel the telepathic connection between the shadows and Ace, but none of them had noticed her intrusion, they only attacked the Professor, an omega levelled telepath. Annabelle still pondering this started pacing nervously, her hands fiddling with her hair. "I can stop this." She whispered to herself, she had accessed the link, why not the minds connected through it, she'd need time to find the right mind, however. 'Professor, I'm going to need your help.' She sent to him telepathically. 'I think I can stop Ace.'

As soon as Annabelle mentioned that she had a plan she took off toward the room that held Ace. Vincent trusted her judgment. Philip was worried, “Will she be alright alone? We should follow.” Philip said as he shook Vincent’s arm.

Professor stood to his feet. “I fear we are in more danger than we can handle. But Annabelle is on to something. I must go aid my brother. The Juggernaut is in grave danger.” The Professor said in a serious tone. He turned to Fuyumi, Vincent and Philip. I will aid Juggernaut, you three follow Annabelle. She is headed in the direction of the others. They need your help. Hurry.” Charles remained calm. He had hope that things were turning in their favor.

Vincent didn’t want to leave his father on his own. “Father no, I don’t think it’s a good idea for you to go alone.” Vincent quickly grabbed Charles’ hand in an attempt to anchor him in place.

“All is well my son. However you must hurry. I promise I’ll come back with Juggernaut safely.” Charles reassured his son.

Phillip gave Vincent’s hand a tug, “Common Vince let’s go. The Professor will be alright.” Vincent nodded and they headed in the direction Annabelle ran in.

When they met up with the other X-men they were terrified with what they saw. Jean was being engulfed in shadow Logan slashed wildly at the dark blob in an attempt to free her. Scott blasted away at the shadow full force. Damage was being done but little progress was made.

They needed to act fast. Fuyumi ran swiftly toward the shadow that held Jean, She phased through it grabbing Jean and rescuing her from captivity. Jean, once freed, gasped for air as if she had been suffocated. Fuyumi herself seemed to shudder as if chilled. “That’s one of the weirdest feelings I’d ever felt while phasing through something. But still, not nearly as bad when I tried to phase through Adamantium. I’ll never try to phase through Logan again.” Fuyumi remarked as she and jean backed away from the creature.

Hideki, having caught a slight second wind, blasted at the shadow monster. It screeched and backed away. Kent gathered the group together and protected them in a barrier dome of energy. Hideki as well focused his energy to attack from the barrier. Vincent advised that they hold their fire while he tries to disperse the shadow once again, then while it is broken down and slightly weakened Kent, Hideki and Philip could illuminate the room with their flashy powers. This would make the shadow easier to get rid of and hopefully allow Annabelle more time to execute her plan.

Meanwhile, Charles met up with the Juggernaut who struggled viciously crying out in horror as the shadow creature attempted to swallow him into a dark hell. Charles ran toward the shadow creature, glowing with psionic energy, he transported him and the dark shadow into the astral realm. There they fought. Juggernaut could not see the intense astral battle but inside there was a clash of great proportions.

Charles looked like a roman gladiator. And the once shadowy monster now looked like a large muscularly sculpted black figure with purple eyes. They charged at one another. The shadow with dark claws slashed at Charles yet he was too agile to be struck. Charles held a javelin charged with psionic energy and launched it at the shadow being. The shadow was pierced through the torso. The being let out a horrid hateful cry and the two were dejected from the astral realm. Charles knew to attack the creature there where he would have a serious advantage. The shadow being began to breakdown and disperse in the real world. The Juggernaut was released.

Jean was freed from the clutches of the shadows by April. Scott and Logan could breathe easier with the knowledge that Jean was free. Jean could feel April’s gentle healing abilities restoring her strength. Jean opened her eyes and smiled gently, “Thank you April… I really owe you one.” Jean spoke in a whispery winded voice.

The Juggernaut and Charles met with the others. Charles was ready with a plan. He telepathically communicated with Annabelle, “You’re doing an excellent job. I need you to continue your psionic assault. I understand now that the only way to stop them is to psionically imprison the third child in Ace’s mind much like the phoenix was imprisoned in Jean. You are our link to reaching the third child. As long as you hold out, we can work to imprison her.”

Charles communicated his plan to the others and began to work. Vincent and Jean, when she recovered thanks to April, joined in. They began to lock away the third child. But they weren’t without opposition. The shadows knew that if they didn’t stop Charles, Jean, and Vincent, they’d be subjugated under Ace’s control again. “The shadows should never have gain their own sentience. This must stop here and now.” Charles said aloud.

The shadows charged down the hallway in an effort to stop the three telepaths. Scott took notice and commanded the X-men to act. “Keep those things away from the professor, Jean and Vincent! They have to be undisturbed!”

Juggernaut stepped forward. With a smirk on his face. “Leave that to me wimps.” He said as he began to glow with a red aura. It was his magical, unstoppable energy projecting from his body. The aura shot out and wrapped around the charging shadows. Each shadow lost all potential for momentum and was locked in place. The third child was helpless to command the shadows to move as she was being locked away herself. After a few more moments the final psionic lock was in place. The shadows disappeared, Ace returned to normal and Annabelle was launched from the astral realm. The shadows were defeated.

Vincent had felt and odd sensation. It was a sudden spike of emotion. Like what he felt when he and Phillip were flirting, kissing or indulging in each other. Vincent didn’t know where this sudden flare of passion came from and it made him nervous. He looked over at Phillip with confusion and worry in his eyes. Philip looked back at Vincent in concern. “Are you alright Vince, something the matter?” Phillip asked.

Vincent shook his head, “No no I’m alright. I suppose all this excitement has gotten me a bit jarred and tired.” Vincent replied. He didn’t want to worry Phillip but he knew this had something to do with Cain. What was happening to Cain that Vincent was emotionally feeling? Vincent figured that if he could feel when Cain indulged in certain emotional activities the Cain must feel it when Vincent and Phillip are together. Vincent wasn’t too pleased about that, because it meant that perhaps Cain had feelings for Phillip like Vincent himself did. What if Vincent became emotionally connected to whoever Cain was connected emotionally to?

Cain, Aidan O’Doherty

After Cara’s impressive display of power the room was clear. They proceeded to leave the facility, however a few armed soldier blocked their path. “Freeze Muties!!” They yelled.

Aidan stepped forward, his hands in the air. The atmosphere grew heavier and the air thick. Aidan had begun to utilize his power. He spoke clearly into the atmosphere. “It’s a tragic shame to lose such talented officers to treachery. You should better trust one another. You’ll be the death of one another you know.”

With that the soldiers began to argue with one another and a physical fight ensued between them. The scuffle was so intense that one soldier pulled out his knife and stabbed another in the chest. Another soldier snapped the second’s neck. With the first two dead, the third soldier stood then freaking out about what had happened.

Aidan readied his power again. “Don’t you feel deathly ashamed and guilty. The only way to preserve your honor is to end your life. You will follow then in death immediately.” Aidan spoke with a smirk on his face. Immediately the soldier pulled out his gun and shot himself in the heart and died. Aidan turned quickly to Cain and Cara, “Shall we get a move on now?”

Cain was shocked by Aidan’s ruthlessness. He nodded in reply and helped Cara along as the made their escape.

All seemed to be returning to normal at the mansion following the shadow incident. Repairs for the damage caused by the Weapon-X attack were nearly complete. Magneto and the others had returned from their excursion through the Morlock tunnels. Cain, Cara, and Aidan had successfully escaped the House of Mutant Registration. Things seemed to become calm, however the world was still churning something unwelcoming for mutant-kind.

Hideki, Kyle, Peter, Vincent, and Philip

After a few days of normalcy and quiet, Hideki wanted to get out and hit the town. He rounded up Kyle, Peter, Vincent, and Philip after inviting a few others. They headed out to a dance club in the city. Things were bustling and energized. The music of the club was well noted for being like no other. The DJ was known for his mixes of songs that were most always new and unheard before to the public. People lined up around the building to get in.

“There’s a really long line. Are you sure we will be getting in to this place before the night is through?” Peter said as he looked over the long line. He placed his arm around Kyle and pulled him closer in a snuggling manner.

Hideki groaned in frustration, “Noooo~ I want to dance!! At this club with the awesome DJ!!!” Hideki was not enthusiastic about the possibility of not getting in.

Philip grinned and patted Hideki on the chest in a reassuring manner. “Hey, no worries we’ll get in V.I.P style. Vincent will see to that.” Everyone turned toward Vincent.

Vincent, using his Telepathy, got the bouncer to let them in ahead of all the line. Hideki’s spirits soared as they entered into the dance club. The music from the DJ seemed to come from the air itself, not any speaker. Vincent immediately zeroed in on the DJ as he worked the booth. “He’s a mutant. The music we hear is telepathically created. I can feel the psionic energy being projected into the atmosphere. His powers are amazing. It seems he can telepathically create whatever music he can imagine, and project that telepathy into the atmosphere.” Vincent said as he stood at the bar with Philip. The two conversed as they drank.

Kent Van-Pelt

Kent sat as his desk in his office, located in the city’s leading news network. He sat looking over the report he would announce that evening on the news broadcast. Things were pretty calm there was no negative report for the evening for a change, much to the management’s annoyance. The head of the network wanted headlines and striking news that this night’s coverage lacked, until now.

The department secretary knocked on Kent’s office door with an urgent document. “Mr. Van-Pelt. There’s a new headline tonight. Management wants you to report on this, top priority. You’re on air in about 30mins.” The secretary said before leaving out the office and down the hall.

Kent took a look over the report as he sat at his desk. His hand gripped his chin as he read the pages of information. His eyes focused in on the information in disbelief. Tonight the House of Mutant Registration will be announcing and mounting the beginning of routine surveys across the city. The governor has authorized the surveying of all public business establishments for the protection of mutant Kind by the House of Mutant registration. Kent was horrified by what he was reading. “This is nothing but an excuse for the H.M.R to weed out mutants and persecute them. I have to find a way to warn people not to fall for this trick.” Kent thought to himself.

Moments later, during the news broadcast, Kent gave the announcement and he also gave his personal disclaimer. “I have to say this, Ladies and Gentlemen watching this broadcast, please carefully consider this matter. I urge you to do your research on the H.M.R or any other organization before you throw your support behind it. Essentially this authorization for surveying is a witch hunt aimed at mutants. In my personal opinion, this is not fair or safe for your loved ones who might be mutants. Most importantly, let’s try to remember some of the basic principles our nation believes in, ‘One nation, under God, indivisible, with Liberty and justice for ALL.’ Let’s not forget that mutants are a part of this nation as well and they too deserve these basic rights. Thank you and goodnight.” Kent shuffled his documents as the broadcast ended. After they went off the air the producers were quite nervous and upset about Kent’s broadcasted opinions of regarding the H.M.R.


Logan

Logan stood in the war room with his back toward the entrance. One of the many televisions in the War room was switched onto the news broadcast Kent was currently giving. Logan stood with a beer in his hand watching as he shook his head. “Leave it to Van-Pelt to fight the good fight for mutants the politically correct way. I gotta hand it to him, Kent’s got balls pulling a stunt like that on national television.” Logan said as he took another drink of his beer.

Cain and Fuyumi also sat in the War Room with Logan. Cain huffed quietly, “Commendable. However I’d applaud him had he told the world that he is a mutant and stop hiding behind that politically correct farce of his.” Logan and Fuyumi both turned to look at Cain as he stood up from his seat. “I’m going to check on Cara. Logan, Fuyumi, you should get out and get some air. It’s a nice night out.” Cain said with a lighter disposition than a moment earlier.

Logan replied, “Nah bub, It’s nights like these that it’s best to stay in. The night may be nice, but the atmosphere ain’t right. I can smell it.” Logan said and then finished his beer before grabbing another.

Cain smiled, “Fair enough.” He replied.

Fuyumi also stood up and whimsically folded her arms, “Joanna, Wendy and I are going shopping. I should be on my way myself. If you’ll excuse me please.” With that Fuyumi gave a short polite bow and left the room.

Cain smiled even brighter as he watched the graceful thin Japanese woman float out of the War Room and down the hallway. “She never ceases to amaze me.” Cain giggled as he spoke to Logan. “Well I’ll be off as well. Night Logan.” Cain said as he patted Logan on the shoulder before leaving out.

Logan flashed Cain a quick smile in return, “Night Cain.” Logan took another sip of beer and pondered to himself. He was beginning to take a liking to Cain. He could see how he and Vincent were alike in some ways. A few moments later, Logan heard very quiet footsteps approaching him from behind.

It was Agent Six who reached out and tugged lightly at his sleeve, pinkish eyes always looking straight forwards with that same black stare and expression that never changed nor could it. Logan turned around with a curious raised eyebrow and looked down at Agent Six who was significantly shorter than him. He watched her then reached into the pocket of her dress and pulled out her notebook and pen and began to write something down. Logan said nothing as he waited for her to communicate with him. By this point he had turned to face her, his beer still in hand. After she was done, Agent Six turned her notebook around so it faced away from her. Logan’s direct whereabouts were unknown to her at the moment. With rather illegible words that looked more like chicken scratch than anything else it read;

Why haven’t you killed me yet. Most would have done so already if they were aware of those I worked with. So why haven’t you killed me yet isn’t that what all people do who wish for revenge to hark those who harmed them?

And then blinking Agent Six blinked once and with parted lips spoke the first word since her conversation (if you could call it that) with Jonathan, “why” her voice barely audible unless your hearing was as acute as the Wolverines.

Logan looked even more puzzled by Six’s sudden appearance and questioning. He took another drink and then let out a sigh. “Well kid, not everyone is hell bent on revenge. Hell, that egg sucking piece of gutter trash Sabertooth was working with Weapon –X too and I could rip his throat out, but I ain’t gonna despite the fact that he’s given me plenty of reasons to. Half of us wouldn’t be here in this mansion if Charles believed in offing those that have done wrong at some point or another. In that case Magneto would have been offed by the X-men long ago if we were that way.” Logan took another dink of his beer and then took a seat on the heavy metal war room table.

“Listen Kiddo. Weapon-X used you and hurt you pretty bad I gather. I know they did so with me. (Logan paused for a moment before continuing) Even after I escaped Weapon-X and betrayed, Sabertooth, Agent Zero and a few others, I was forgiven by Charles for hurting many people. He let me know that I ain’t a monster like Trask would have made me believe. I even consider REAL monsters like Sabertooth and David North old friends to a degree even after the horrible shit they’ve done to me. So evidently I might not be as bad as I could be. You don’t deserve death Six. You deserve a chance, and that’s why we ain’t gonna kill you.”