Los Angeles

Alexis nodded at Ronin's assurance that no one would bother them, though she slightly doubted it. But as she saw his wounds heal she felt some assurance that she would be perfectly fine. Once they got to Ronin's place Alexis just raised her brow and looked at him, not saying a word. She blinked at his words, not really comprehending them, that was because the second she took in the room, she was stunned. Her mouth parted slightly and she shook her head, "Okay, I didn't expect that." She blinked several times, as if she where trying to make sure she was awake, "This is probably one of the coolest living rooms I have seen... Ever." She said, adding emphasis on the last word, "I can see what your money goes into..."

Alexis nodded at Ronin as he told her the layout and some basics, she could handle not going to the tenth floor. She waved back at him before turning to find herself a little snack and a drink, which she enjoyed rather slowly. Once she finished that she thought about calling her parents, she didn't really feel like explaining herself but after a long bout of self-debate decided to call anyway to let them know that she was okay, that she was spending the night with a friend, and that they would get to meet her 'little' friend... eventually. Once she was done with... that, she decided to get some sleep, she was kind of wore out from everything that had happened that day. She shuffled over to the elevator and pressed the call button, once it got there she walked inside and decided she would use the fith floor, because she could. Once she got up there she listened to her iPod for a while before shutting it off and going to sleep.

When Romeo had called his mother she had sounded happy enough. Her day had gone well, the bakery had made alot of money, and she was just laying down and reading before going to bed for the night, like she always did. He assured her, several times, that everything was alright, but it was like she somehow knew something bad had happened. He dismissed this as best he could, told her goodnight and that he would swing by there in the morning, and after that he hung up.

With that taken care of he moved from his bed to his closet and took out another pair of jeans, these black, and a black t-shirt to go with it, then tossed these on the bed. As he did this Romeo laughed, remembering that his overshirt was left behind at the site of the battle. he shook his head a little after that and headed for the shower. It felt good to get all the blood and sweat off his skin, and to feel the warmth wash over his wounds.

Once done and dressed again he went down and checked on the girl on the couch, she was still out. He then secured the door once more and began checking the floors one by one until he found where Alex was. He simply looked in on her before going back to his room and falling asleep, almost as if he were dead, dressed all in black.
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SafeHouse

After locking Westlyn in the room from the outside Hunter had followed the guards back down the hallway. On either side other mutants had woken up and were banging on the doors, yelling at him. He was one of the most hated members of MTD, mainly because he had put them all in there. Normally he would threaten to send Cole in to take care of them, but he wasn't in the mood to even think that wasy, not tonight, for it was certainly night now.

I think I'll check in on him. See how he's doing, if he need a drink or something... Hunter shook his head again, not wanting to think about it. Cole was one of the toughest agents he knew, and it hurt him when he saw his friend crying and remembering such painful memories. "What the hell?" He asked aloud, arriving at his assigned room in the medical wing of the SafeHouse to find the door open and the bed empty.

An orderly passing by stoped and spoke with him, sending him off in the direction Cole had gone, towards the workers bar.

(The internet went out I was stuck without it you guys are rolling fast hope I can get my post to make sense)

Natasha had went to help Westlyn after she dealt with a limping MTD agent he believed was Cole . He got up but he couldn't leave them behind with all these agents around behind so he got up and let out his claws and tried to help. Out of nowhere they dropped this big cube in the middle of the street. Suddenly he couldn't heal his cut that one of the MTD guys had caused. What's going on he thought to himself as he saw those guys grab Westlyn. He ran over there to help he out when he got shot in the neck with something. It had a stinging pain he took it out and notice it was a tranquilizer dart. His vision was blurry but he could see a little bit he noticed that Westlyn and one of the trucks had been gone. He saw a lot of guys over there by Natasha and went to help. He helped fight as long as he could until they shot him with 4 more tranquilizer darts. He couldn't help but fall to the ground and pass out.

When he awoke it a took a moment for him to come completely clear of his surroundings. The MTD agents had put him into a metal vest to keep him from using his claws. They also had a metal muzzle on his mouth. Did they think he was going to bit them he wasn't an animal. He lifted up his head and spoke to the two guards that were back there with him" Is all of this really necessary I mean really I'm not a rabid animal". The guards looked back at him and said" All you mutants are animals and you got an anger problem kid we don't want to take any chances". The other guard then came over to him and hit Dustin with the butt of his gun. " That's for the scratch you little freak" he turned to go back to where he was sitting and Dustin saw the scratch on his neck." Sorry maybe if you weren't trying to put me to sleep I wouldn't have been so cranky.


20 minutes they had reached a house that had to of those cube things outside of it. Great now I won't be able to heal here either. He didn't have bad wounds just a couple of scratches but it had been a long time sense he had to heal the normal way. The MTD's threw him out of the truck and he landed face first on the ground. He jumped up to his feet and the guys grabbed him and took him to the door." Thanks for being gentle boy I have had a long day" he said sarcastically as they pushed him into a room. The guards to off the metal straight jacket and the muzzled then locked the door behind them.This is cozy he thought as he looked around the cell he was thrown in all it had was a toilet and a bed if you could really call it that. Dustin sat on the bed looking at the wall he wondered how the others were doing if they were alright.

Natasha had continued running at the agents assailing Westlyn until a spray of rubber projectiles slammed into her, welting her face and arms but barely preventing herself from falling down. She swore and clutched her face momentarily as she felt a tranquilizer dart zoom past her ear, turning to see it hit Dustin along with many others before he finally fell. She charged at the men picking him up off the ground, landing a punch to his jaw that nearly dislocated it and tried to attack another when she felt herself be dragged back by meaty hands. Mimic spun around, breaking the hold but a dart hit her in the neck and the world began to spin, the girl began running in a random direction but her legs were numb and like rubber. She fell to the ground, attempting to crawl for a few seconds before finding her limbs unresponsive. Nat was vaguely aware of herself being dragged off by humans into a vehicle of some kind before everything faded into black.

She didn't no how long she was out for but by the time she woke they had taken her to one of the MTD safe houses, a couple of guards were hauling her into a room. Natasha lashed out, trying to escape but she was still disorientated and they easily through her into the cell and laughed a little as they slammed the door. She ran to it and hit it with balled fists, "Let me out of here you fucking monsters!" She screamed through the door, tears forming in her eyes from fear and rage, "Why can't you just be kind and kill me now? It'd save us all the trouble..." She lamented, walking to the bed and sitting on it, clutching her head and staring at the wall. While the whatever device that had been placed near the room had given her back her sanity for however short a time it had also robbed her of her powers, one of the few options she had for escape. After a time she walked over to the window and tested the bars knowing how futile the attempt was but not willing to give up yet.
((EDIT: I fixed my post, sorry for any further confusion.))

Alexis heard the knocking on her door and yawned, slowly sitting up. It took her a moment to fully wake up and remember that she wasn't at home. She rubbed her eyes as she jumped up and walked over to the door, she opened it and her eyebrow popped up, "Uhh.. Ronin, that's a risky look, sure you can pull it off?" She shook her head and turned to look at a clock she had located the night before, "And, why are we up at five am? Not that it bothers me or anything but teenagers are notorious for sleeping and, well I'm sure you know." She stifled a yawn.

"Something bad has happened..." Romeo began. His eyes were set and focused, and he wasn't grinning at the girl. "I don't know exactly what, but...it's bad, really bad. I have to go check on my mom, I have the horrible feeling that something has happened to her. You can stay here if you want, I won't make you go, but I just thought I should let you know so you wouldn't wake up and freak out about being alne in this place..."

After a moment he took a deep breath and tried to relax. He didn't care about his clothes, and it was taking all of his willpower not to just run down the stairs and leave this place and the girls behind.
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SafeHouse

Myra turned back to Westlyn and gave her a small smile. Although she couldn't be more than a couple of years older than Westlyn she gave off a motherly vibe. "I can go and get the clothes right now. I'm sorry to say they won't be as nice as what you are used to, but you'll be a bit warmer. The painkillers should kick in in just a moment." She smiled once more and nodded to the IV bag before turning and walking out the door.

"How is she?" Hunter asked, standing up as Myra walked out. She could tell he was nervous, and she laughed a little.

"She'll be fine, she just needs some rest and clothes." Myra suddenly gave hunter a very serious look, "Don;t you dare go in there until I come back and help her dress, do you understand me boy?"

Hunter raised his hands, as if to block an incoming slap, and nodded, then took his seat once more. Myra nodded to him with a smirk and left. Five minutes later she was back in the room with Westlyn.

"Here you go. I found this dress, and these pants, and this shirt." She holds them up as she said waht they were, all of them were simple and a faded blue color with a barcode on the right side of the chest, where shirt pocket might be. She also had underwear, but she didn't mention it, and just handed them to her.

Alexis nodded, she wanted to go back to sleep, but she was worried about Ronin. "Okay, so let's check on your mom then." She said, a serious tone in her voice. She didn't know what she would do if something happened to her mom, she would probably freak out and lock herself in a room and cry for several days. But she wasn't sure what Ronin would do, she figure he may need some emotional support going into this, who wouldn't? She turned and grabbed her shoes before sitting down on the bed to put them on. She grabbed her iPod, walked back to Ronin and looked up at him, hoping the message that she was ready would get across.

Romeo gave Alex a nod, then turned towards the elevator. Together they traveled down the remaining floors until they reached the bottom, then they headed out, locking up behind them as they went. He then lead Alex around to the side, where there was a small garage area. Inside he had a dark green Ford Explorer, and once inside he drove them to his mother's house.

"Well, it looks..." Romeo was about to say that the house looked fine. He and Alex were now standing before it, and he noticed the missing window. "Shit...I knew it was bad!" before he even knew he was doing it Romeo was running up the stairs to the front door, kicking it in, and drawing a blade from his left wrist. When he got inside it seemed calm enough, but then his nose twitched, the smell of blood was thick in the air. Rushing he made his way up to his mothers room. The door was locked, but a swift kick fixed that.

What he found inside the room made him sick, literally. Before he could do anything else he fell to his knees and vomited until his stomach was empty, then a little more. He sat that way for a moment before slowly standing on shaky knees. He had no idea if Alex had followed him or not, he hoped she didn't. Making his way over he gathered up his mother's mangled body in his arms and let out a cry so loud they could probably here it out in the desert. It wasn't until he looked down that he figured out who it was, but the mark left in the back of her neck.
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SafeHouse

"I'm sorry about all of this." Myra says, helping Westlyn a little. "I wish I could do more for you. Is there anything I can get you? Something to eat or drnk? Oh, and there is a man outside waiting to see you. His ame is Hunter, I don't know if you know him, but he was the one who brough you here."

She gave Myra a little smile then and helped her cover up with the blankets. As she had dressed Myra told her that when she felt up to it she could have a bath, and she now wondered if she would want to make Hunter wait until then or see him right away.

Alexis had hung back, if there was any trouble inside, she didn't want to be in the middle of it. So she stood there, in front of Ronin's mother's house, waiting. After what had seemed like an eternity she heard Ronin cry out, she felt conflicted. On one hand, she really didn't have any business even being here, she knew that all to well at this point. On the other hand she felt a strange bond to Ronin, she already considered him a friend, and she wanted to try and be there for him. She swallowed and stepped into the house, she smelled blood and vomit almost instantly. She began to rethink coming in there in the first place. So she opted to just wait in the room she had stepped into, not really wanting to see whatever scene lay waiting.

A few moment's later Romeo came out of his mothers room. He was covered in blood, but with no wounds, and he was staggering a little. When he looked up and focused on Alex his eyes were wet with tears that for some reason refused to fall, and filled with a mixture of hate, anger, and grief that he would never be able to fully express.

"She's..." Romeo couldn't bring himself to say it, instead he slammed his fist into the doorway with a backhand that cracked the wood and sent down a small rain of dust on them both. "Let's go. I'll call the police, and my father, on the way, but for now we don't need to be here..." There was a thin silver chain coming out of his left front pocket, his mothers necklace, the silver chain with a single diamond that his father had given her when they got married. Around his neck there was plain leather necklace with a bear claw on the end, carved into the design of a dragon biting the leather.

Walking over, past Alex, not wanting to get blood on her, he goes back out and to the back of the SUV. Once there he opens up the rear hatch and takesout a duffle bag. From it he takes out a new shirt, tossing his old aside, and quickly shanges into it, then closes the hatch back and moves around to start the engine.
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SafeHouse

"I know that Cole, but you're in a hospital and...nevermind. She's feeling better, and she said the both of you can come in, though I have no idea why..." Myra says with a sigh, running a hand through her hair before turning and walking away to her desk, Westlyn's chart in hand.

Hunter looks over at Cole and smiles a little, then takes the bottle, and a long drink from it, before handing it back and standing up. "Come on, we should visit while we can. They probably gave her something to make her sleep." He says, walking over and knocking once before opening the door and stepping in. Looking over at her he smiles and moves more into the room so Cole can get in as well. "So, how are you feeling?"
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Somewhere in America

"General Margrave, sir, there's been an incident." one of the men in suits says to their leader. There are about fifteen of them in an undisclosed bunker, monitoring MTD and over all mutant activity all over the world. Every person there, save for the General, is seated behind a set of monitors, each with a different view of some situation somewhere in the world. "I think you may want to check it out."

"Where did it occus, and what exactly happened?" General Margrave, a man who looked suprisingly similar to Romeo, except with short, neat hair that was begining to thin and grey, and a neatly trimmed beard, asked as he looked down from his higher desk at the man.

"I'm, patching it through to your phone right now. It occured just outside of Los Angeles, and it was pretty big. At least four agents were killed. The registered mutant offenders Psycho and Lycan were both there, as well as several teenagers who seem to have just recently aquired their powers. Three of them ere caught." the man says, pulling up their faces on the large monitors in the front of the room.

Psycho, Lycan, Westlyn, Dustin, and Natasha all appear on the screen in a sort of mug shot picture. Then afew more appear, pictured from the battle itself. Cole, Hunter, the helicopter crash. Then one mor picture appeares, this one of Romeo, with the girl mutant on his back and Alex at his side, making their way away from the scene.

General Margrave goes cold, and without another word stands up and heads for the door. None of the other men have ever seen him is such a state, so they let him go without a single question asked, feeling this is much bigger than they thought. Once he is gone, one of them asks, "Hey, doesn't that guy look a little like the General?" and another, "Doesn't he have a son out in LA?"

Alexis knew what Ronin meant, with all the blood and whatnot, and it pained her a little to see him upset. She nodded and let Ronin walk out ahead of her before she did the same. Once she was outside she looked up at the sky, wondering why things like this happen. She remembered something her dad had told her once, something about how people are just evil in general. She sighed, maybe he was right, but Alexis had met to many good people to believe that. She closed eyes for a second before she shook her head and walked over to Ronin's SUV and quietly got in.

Romeo got in the SUV and let out a long slow breath. He didn't know what to say, what could he say? He just found his mother's mutalated body, with a fucking tribal gasmask carved into the back of her neck. Finally, words formed on his lips and he spoke.

"It was Psycho. He left his mark on the back of her neck before he left." Romeo said quietly, staring straight ahead, reaching out and presing the button to turn on the radio. Lynyrd Skynyrd began to play Sweet Home Alabama in a hunshed tone with the volume turned low. "I'm going after him, I don't know to what end, but as of right now I plan to...I won't go into detail, but it's going to be bad. And I don't want you or the others there when it goes down, so we'll find them, and I'll leave you with them before going to find him."

With that he shifted the SUV into drive and turned it around. He would head through town, let people see him driving around, call 911, then his father, then fnd the others.
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SafeHouse

Hunter sighed and ignored Cole. When his partner left he moved close to Westlyn and put an arm around her shoulders to steady her. "Westlyn, did you forget that I'm a psychic? I may not have mastered my powers, and I am still young, but I can tell you're acting. But you are good at it, and the sweet and innocent look works for you, but you don't have to do that around me, okay? I-"

Hunter stopped midsentence when the door opened up. Turing he expected to see Cole, back to pick up his forggoten vodka or cigars, but not Dustin. On instincy more then anything Hunter raised his left hand and summoned one of his swords into it, his eyes glowing scarlet for a moment before cooling down.

"What do you want?" he asked in a low, angry tone. Suddenly, something in the back of his mind began telling him he should press the secret buttong hidden under the counter to his left, which would trigger the alarm and alert everyone that Dustin was loose, but something lese made him not do it, something he didn't fully understand. [i]Am I and Westlyn connected now, because she took my powers earlier?[/u] he begins to wonder, looking at her from the corner of his eye.

Alexis didn't know what to say, so she figured it would be better if she kept quiet rather than say something stupid until he seemed like he was done. She nodded and waited a moment so she could say something "I honestly have no clue what you're going through. But I'm sorry, no one should ever have to lose their mother." She said quietly, almost hoping that Ronin wouldn't hear, but wanting to say something. She looked ahead, deciding to say nothing more on the matter for now, she didn't even know what to say. But she knew that Ronin already had his mind set, she didn't blame him, she would want to kill Psycho too. She looked at Ronin for a second and sighed softly, What a terrible way to start your day...

"Thanks." Romeo said quietly, giving the girl a small smile. He then took out his phone as they came to a red light and dialed a number. "Hello, 911, yes, I need to report a murder..." he gaves them all the information he could. His mother and her bakery may have been small time, but they were well known in the area. The lady on the other end of the line sounded very hurt and upset as she put the call through. "No, I just left, I have something to do. No, it's fine, I need to call me father and inform him anyway, but thanks...bye."

Romeo let out a sigh as he hung up the phone and sat it down for a moment. He looked up at the signs they passed by, not sure where they were going, just moving on instinct. He was just about to pick the phone back up when it rang.

"Hello? Dad?" He answered, supised. "I was just about to call you...so, you know about that huh? Well, listen...mom's dead. That Psycho bas- guy killed her," even if he was upset he tried not to curse around Alex, or any other girl, "And I'm on my way to you right now. No, I don't actually know, but you know I have mom's sence of direction, so I'll see you soon."

For the second time that morning he hung up andlet out a long breath, as if he hadn't been breathing the whole time. Then Romeo looked at Alex and asked, "I got a weird feeling, what about you? You'r powers kicking in yet?"
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SafeHouse

Hunter wasn't sure what to do. He listened to Dustin, then Westlyn before his phone rang. Letting go of his sword it began to glow blue and crackle quietly with his energy as it floated beside him in the air, still pointed at Dustin. He then answered the phone.

"Cole?" He paused as the man continued. "Yeah, it's too late." Cole then hung up, after asking if Dustin was already there. Sighing Hunter put the phone away. "Look kid, you don't know what you're doing. Westlyn's hurt, she needs to rest. She can't heal herself you know?" He said this deliberately. hunter knew Westlyn's powers, how she could take Dustin's ability to heal and be better soon, and that she had possible taken his already, which would mean she could stop him from fighting with his sword or powers, making him useless. "Look around you, we're in a hospital, we can;t fight here anyways..."
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Outskirts

"Hey, Lycan, I'm picking up a signal." It was Tower, one of the mutants there in the cave system with Lycan and the Resistance. He was low level, weak, but he had the useful ability to pick up cell phone and other radio waves and listen in. "Seems like that kid with the blades, his father's the head of those MTD guys, and he's on his way here, right now, in a private jet."

"Hm, sounds interesting." Lycan said, sitting up as the heaing mutant finished up. "I think I'll go see Psycho for a moment. Come Golem, you're fairly sturdy."

"Asshole." was all the large man known as Golem had to say. Up until a few years back he was a part of a traveling circus, in the freakshow as the man made of stone, until the MTD boys discovered the trough and caught him. Lycan helped him escape, and although his tounge was as harsh as the stone it was sometimes made of, he was a loyal member of the Resistance.

Soon Lycan left the cave, with Golem in tow driving a dune buggy. Together they made their way to the only place Lycan could think he might find Psycho, the shack.

Alexis shook her head, "No, you'll probably know when my powers kick in. Trus-" She stopped abruptly, frozen as her eyes slowly turned purple. Her mouth hung open, her lower lip trembling slightly as her powers searched out an immanent fight. She stayed like that for a moment, not even blinking, if Ronin said anything she was completely oblivious. Then her head suddenly snapped down and she gasped loudly. She reacted like she where falling and blinked quickly for a few seconds before she looked up, her eyes red, "Okay, there went my powers. Looks like it's gonna be a big one, or at least cause some damage... And I think we're headed right for it..." She looked down, trying to calm down, she wasn't going to say another word for awhile. She was still new to the whole power thing, and her reactions to her powers where different every time, this wasn't one of the easy one

Romeo smiled and looked back to the road, then gently put a hand on Alex's shoulder. They didn't have a long way to go now, he thought, and he could feel what the girl was going through. He knew that he might very well die by the end of this figt, but he was make sure to kill Psycho as well, even if it wasn't possible.

(guess I won't post as Romeo again until stuff gets resolved with Dustin and Westlyn and them)
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Outskirts

Lycan laughed as the boulder flew through the air towards Golem and his buggy. The stone clad mutant stopped the small vehicle and stepped out, just in time to cause his right hand to grow large by accumulating stones and sand from the desert around him, and knock the boulder off course.

In the meantime Lycan lands and walks over to Psycho, letting his wings dissapear. "Good to see you too. I'm sure I can assume you took care of the boy's mother without incident?" He asks with a smile, reaching up and runing a hand through his hair as a the wind picks up ad blows it around.

Behind him in the distance Golem grumbles and starts the buggy up again to continue on his way.

(sory for the short posts :()

Cole stopped the vehicle and got out. A thought that had been floating around in the back of his mind now came slamming to the forefront. He had gotten into this line of work because he had wanted to help mutantkind, then he had become vengeful and self-destructive after Claire had died. He was lost, adrift in the world with a car and a sword. He was one man. One man couldn't make a difference, but a team. The X-Men, The Brotherhood, they'd seen it. You needed a group to change the world.

He got back in the jeep and turned back to the former MTD safehouse. He would pick up Maintenance and leave the organization forever. It was time to start a new family.