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Ryan Legrand (Leviathan)

"Come on now, I'm not a scary guy, I'm just a little different is all."

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a character in “X-men: Xavier and Magneto Unite”, as played by XShishioX

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❝Ahh... Hello there! Welcome, friend.❞

Normal ||Pompeii | Bastille
Fighting ||The Blaze Which Burns Evil Hearts (Dragon Force) | Yasaharu Takanashi
Emotional ||Ichiban no Takaramono | LiSA
Out of Control | Anger | Leviathan's Theme ||Cometh the Hour | Shiro Sagisu





❝So, what would you like to know?❞





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∞ Full name ∞ "It’s been my name for an awful long while. I don’t think it’ll change anytime soon."
Ryan Jameson Legrand

∞ Alias ∞ "I always thought it was cool how huge and strong it was... I guess I hoped I could be like that too."
Leviathan

∞ Race ∞ "It's been really hard getting used to being this way. I'm not entirely there yet..."
Homo Superior, a Mutant.

∞ Age ∞ "I'm in no hurry to grow up anytime soon."
Sixteen, going on seventeen.

∞ Gender ∞ "That's... a little embarrassing... Can't you tell?"
Male

∞ Sexuality ∞ "It's not like I'm a homophobe! It's just... it's not for me."
Straight, Heterosexual

∞ Mutant Class ∞ "I used to have to stay like this all the time. Now it's like putting on clothes."
Alpha-Gamma, specifically a hybrid of the two. While disguised as a human, Ryan only partially benefits from an enhanced physicality. When he transforms, his biology is responsible for his tremendous power.

∞ Rank∞ "I don't need to be any stronger. I can protect my friends and family. That's enough for me..."
Ryan is between a Class 2 and Class 3 in terms of power level. With time and practice, Ryan’s true form is capable of physical feats that place him within the Class 4 of Mutation strength, right up there with the physical powerhouses of the X-Men, such as Colossus, Wolverine, and Frenzy. While he will never be an Omega, Ryan’s power is based on how much transformation he is currently experiencing. The further he changes, the more powerful he becomes. This ability to transform and revert is linked to his confidence. The more he feels comfortable in his own skin, the more power he will be able to draw out, peaking when he has fully accepted himself. This has not yet happened.

∞ Occupation ∞ "Hopefully I can find a job that I can support myself on."
Student, full time.

∞ Face Claim ∞
Rin Okmura, Ao no Exorcist




❝Y-y-y-y-ou w-w-wanna kn-kn-know w-w-w-what? No, no, no! That's just too embarrassing!❞





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∞ Side ∞ "That place is my home. Professor Xavier is like a father to me and Vincent is like my brother. I'll protect them with everything I have."
X-Men.

∞ Height & Weight ∞ "I suppose this is innocent enough..."
In human form, Ryan is just tall enough for his age, standing five feet and eight inches tall. He has mostly stopped growing, and won’t be breaking six feet anytime soon. For this size, Ryan’s weight is also very healthy, roughly 165 lbs. Ryan is skinny, but not scrawny; well-muscled, but not overly bulky. When he transforms, Ryan gains roughly 115 lbs of scales, claws, horns, tail, and muscle. In this state, he is much more densely muscled, though his height doesn’t change much.

∞ Hair color ∞ "When I still couldn't change on my own it was like a jungle. Now it's much easier to tame."
A rich, shiny black. His hair is smooth and soft, and he wears it cut short.

∞ Eye color ∞ "Just like my mother's..."
Ryan’s eyes are a fantastic green. They’re emerald in color, and sparkle when he gets excited. When transformed, Ryan’s eyes become golden and slitted, like a cats.

∞ Distinguishable Facial Features ∞ "Hopefully, with lots of practice, I'll be able to be indistinguishable from your average human."
When disguised as a human, Ryan’s ears and canine teeth retain a small amount of their point. The effect is sylvan, not scary. It makes Ryan look like a fairy, or an elf.

∞ Physical Description ∞ "There are two me's, but neither of them is better than the other. Each has its uses and disadvantages. I wouldn't give up either."
While transformed, Ryan's body is very lithe, creating a predatory appearance. His eyes are golden, with little stripes of neon green. Much like a cat's Ryan's eyes are have vertical slits for pupils. They reflect light as well, making them glow eerily in the dark. Ryan's canines are longer than most average human's, by a great deal, and while the rest of his teeth are still shaped like a human's, they are very sharp, easily able to tear through leather or upholstery. The kid was a menace growing up. Not only did his scales periodically shed, but he had, at one point, an appetite for couch cushions. He was also very fond of climbing on the curtains, unfortunately, he is now much too big for such play. He has a pair of horns growing from his temples that sweep towards the back of his head, curving gently above his ears. When fully grown, they extend around his jawline and jut out sharply in front of his face. These horns are made of the same material that creates Ryan's scales and claws. Ryan's skin and hair are black and he is covered, almost completely, in a deep black, rock-like scale. These scales are matted, and do not reflect light. These scales naturally grow somewhat flat, but along his back and on the tips of his fingers and toes Ryan's scales grow much sharper, and form wicked points. These scales form Ryan’s claws and spines, the latter of which grows in two rows along his back, and become thicker and longer the closer they are to Ryan's shoulders. Their edges grow somewhat jaggedly, similar to old obsidian tools. The only places Ryan's scales grow thin are along his joints, near the bends in his elbows and knees as well as in his armpits, and on his wrists, ankles, and neck. This is to facilitate fast movement. Otherwise, Ryan's scales grow rather thick over his more vulnerable areas, his head and chest in particular possess very think scales that would be very hard to penetrate. Ryan's scales are, naturally, much harder than steel. They only become more durable as Ryan deepens his transformation. This can make Ryan's scales harder than just about anything, excepting, of course, Adamantium. For example, when fully developed, Ryan's claws and spines can even punch through solid tungsten, if applied with enough force. Ryan has begun to practice forcing the scales to grow and recede as he sees fit. Though they tend to grow in his sleep, Ryan prefers to trim them once he wakes, willing them to recede back into his body. When transformed, Ryan grows a 6 foot long tail, the base of which is directly above his butt. At the end of Ryan's tail, his scales grow into the shape of a hook-like spike, curved like a hand sickle and just as deadly. He usually wraps his tail around his body like a belt to conceal it, but if it's needed he'll pull it out and use it for balance or fighting. There is a hole for it in his X Suit. Lastly, Ryan’s skeletal structure, while transformed, is much different from a humans, and his bones are much denser than a normal human’s as well. The balls of his feet are longer, and his shins and thighs are slightly shorter. His feet are four-toed, with a fifth growing higher up on his shin. Each toe ends in a scaly claw, but the fifth, ankle, toe is armed with a wickedly curved claw, much like a raptor’s. His hips are rotated slightly, to facilitate running on all fours, however, this doesn’t prevent him from standing up straight, if necessary. When standing, however, his hips jut forward ever so slightly, causing his knees to jut out past his feet and toes. His jaws are somewhat elongated, not by much, and his teeth become much thicker and sharper, this facilitates biting. During transformation, Ryan's lips shrink, and hard scales grow over his cheeks and lips to protect them. Along the opening of his mouth, these scales even form a secondary pair of jaws which contain small teeth made of scale.

When he is disguised, donning his human form, Ryan could, easily, almost pass for human. His skin is pale and perfectly clear. He doesn't have any scars or even freckles. His eyes, just like his mother's, are a wonderful forest green, with stripes of neon and flecks of amber interspersed throughout the irises. Ryan's hair is a matted black, and dark as midnight. It's smooth, soft, and cropped naturally short. In human form, Ryan’s got five fingers and toes, and they’re all perfectly normally shaped and sized for his body. Ryan wears a somewhat stylish collection of clothes, though he tends to dress in a more preppy manner. He likes Converse sneakers, and has at least five pairs, all in different colors. He wears well-fitting, but not overly tight pants, usually jeans, which break casually about the ankle. Ryan has a wardrobe full of graphic t-shirts, V-necked sweaters, and odd-colored socks, none of which match. He’s also a fan of cardigans, scarves, and floppy hats.





❝Whew... that was exhausting.❞





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❝I suppose this is what you might call, 'the good part.'❞





[img]Picture[/img]∞ Abilities/Powers ∞ "Character Thought"
Transformation: Ryan's body is able to undergo a massive change when fueled by powerful emotions. Though he has only recently come to understand this, the more he allows himself to transform into his bestial appearance, the more powerful he becomes. As of now he still needs lots of practice and decent stimuli, however, he hopes to, with time, become skilled enough to transform his body at will.

Predator/Primal Might: While Transformed, Ryan benefits from enhanced strength, speed, reaction time, physical senses, balance, regeneration, and durability. His transformed body was made to be able to hunt humans, it stands to reason he should be able to put up with anything they could dish out while still being able to kill them effectively. Depending on the amount of transformation undergone, Ryan's physical attributes will increase accordingly. The more he allows himself to go, the more his power flows through his body. He will reach a stage, after enough transformation has occurred where he will, "Point Break" and begin to strengthen himself exponentially as opposed to linearly, this stage is beyond him currently, and so far has only been reached by the Leviathan (his X-gene's sentient primal instinct) due to his body's drive to protect himself as well as protect his family.

Leviathan Scale: While Transformed, Ryan's body will cover itself in a type of rock-like scale which will cover his striking and vital surfaces (his knuckles, the heels of his palms, his forearms, his shins, the tops and balls of his feet, the tip of his tail, the majority of his chest, his shoulders, the sides and top of his head, and his back) as well as form natural weapons (claws and horns).


∞ Personality ∞ "Character Thought"
Ryan is a very sweet boy. Due to being abandoned at a young age, he subconsciously adopted a loving and amiable personality so no one would ever leave him again. He aims to please everyone around him by assuaging arguments, assisting in tasks, and smiling frequently, even with his sharp teeth showing. He will become very apologetic if he's made a mistake and takes it upon himself to help people out every day. He loves to make people smile and will often go out of his way to accommodate any particular need expressed by someone. In short, he always aims to please, no matter what it is he's doing. He is a sensitive, and precocious boy, picking up on social cues and the feelings of others rather well. He doesn’t always understand these things, but he does his best to empathize regardless.

He's very playful and loves to compete in sports and games. However, due to his enhanced physical prowess, he'll always tone down his abilities so others can play fairly and evenly with him so he doesn't just win outright. If anyone has ever won against him in a game or sport, it's because they truly bested him while he was going all out. He doesn't let it happen often. Not just a muscle-bound idiot, Ryan is well rounded, and loves to draw, paint, and sketch. He’s also studious, with a keen aptitude for learning, and is naturally very intelligent. His IQ is rather high for his age, and he comprehends any subject well. Blessed with an analytic and calculating mind, he would be a much more formidable opponent if his attention weren’t as hard to contain as smoke. Ryan suffers from both advanced Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder and mild Bi-Polar Disorder.

In regards to his ADHD, Ryan just has a hard time sitting still. He loves to be moving, changing what he’s doing, and he is always seeking some form of higher artistic, altruistic, or even physical activity. He likes to always be doing something. That being said, Ryan is not flaky or inconsistent. He has only a few things he enjoys doing on his own, but he’s always changing around how he does them, and what he does with them. Further, you will never meet a more loyal, steadfast, and determined friend. He will always have your back, should you ask for his help. In regards to his Bi-Polar, he isn’t really that affected by it. His mood swings aren’t very frequent, as he is only mildly bipolar, but such swings will almost always happen if Ryan experiences external stimuli. He'll never snap on his own, but he is much more prone to respond to energy with energy. When he's happy, the whole world shines brighter in his eyes. Nothing can go wrong! When he's having a bad day he can never do anything right and he deserves every bad thing that's ever happened to him. When he's angry, everyone run because you can't hold him down without serious assistance. It’s easy to see that no matter what Ryan is doing or feeling, it’s to one hundred and twenty percent.

For all his bravado, playfulness, and bright personality, Ryan is painfully shy. He has a very hard time receiving compliments, stepping outside his comfort zone, initiating conversation with people he doesn't know, and even just being around people, whether he knows them or not. Ryan's shyness also stems from issues with his parents. As a very young child, Ryan was thrust into the X-Mansion's embrace without much of a choice in the matter. Further, he was exposed to a great many things much quicker than he should have been. As a result, Ryan is very shy. His shyness is so complete, if it weren't for his desire to please people, he would hardly ever leave his room. Instead, Ryan pushes himself to not be shy as hard as he can, to make people happy. However, this often ends up only putting him in situations that cause him to retreat emotionally, making him seemed closed off or impersonal, both of which are inescapably false.





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Memory Ashcroft

*∞ Family ∞ "Character Thought"
Jason LeGrand | Father | 40 | Human-Mutant Liaison Officer
Lauren LeGrand | Mother | 37 | Human-Mutant Liaison Officer


∞ History ∞ "Character Thought"
Ryan was born into a family that wasn't exactly mutant friendly. His mother and father work directly for the government in the Mutant Regulation Department. They weren't the type of people to go on a crusade murdering countless mutants, but they were definitely not going to be tolerated within their house. Before his Mutant X gene began to kick in at the age of 6, Ryan looked like a normal boy. His eyes were green, his skin was white, his hair was black, he had no scales, he was perfectly normal. His parents loved him, because they thought he was a perfectly normal boy who was perfect for their perfect government position. On his 6th birthday, his eyes turned yellow. His pupils became slits like a cat. His parents thought nothing of it, just an odd little aesthetic mutation, nothing serious, but they did bring him into the doctor to get his X gene checked. The doctor told them he was definitely a carrier of the Mutant X Gene, with a large count of them in his blood. His mutations would surface more as he got older, but their scope and appearance were unknown. His parents were terrified. How could they continue to work in the Mutant Regulation Sector of the U.S. Government with a mutant child of their own? They couldn't risk his appearance changing, so he was immediately shipped off to Doctor Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters. Ryan was still only 6 years old. He would grow up there, never seeing his parents again. During his stay there, the rest of his mutations surfaced. His body grew scaly and his fingers grew claws. What skin still showed turned black. Horns sprouted from his temples, sweeping back towards his neck. His senses sharpened and his body grew strong. His body, it seemed, was designed to be a predatory animal. He often chuckles, thinking about what his parents would say if they could see him now. He does his best to look as humanoid as possible. He used to wake up every morning, at six o’clock, to grind his horns down to nubs, clips his claws to keep them dull, and sands his scales so they aren't too rough. After a recent revelation with his brother, Vincent Xavier, Ryan is now able to control his ability to transform to and from his bestial state. This affords him much more confidence and control over his body, and also allows him to sleep in for an extra two hours a day. The extra pillow time is much appreciated.

∞ Other ∞ "Character Thought"
Answer Here


So begins...

Ryan Legrand (Leviathan)'s Story

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Character Portrait: Professor Charles Xavier Character Portrait: Scott Summers (Cyclops) Character Portrait: Sabertooth (Victor Creed) Character Portrait: Erik Lehnsherr (Magneto) Character Portrait: Ryan Legrand (Leviathan) Character Portrait: Pietro Maximoff (Quicksilver)
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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)

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Character Portrait: Ryan Legrand (Leviathan) Character Portrait: Vincent Xavier (Psionic) Character Portrait: Abe Fuyumi (Shadow) Character Portrait: Agent Six (#6) Character Portrait: April Barber (Anaesthesia)
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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.”

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Character Portrait: Professor Charles Xavier Character Portrait: Scott Summers (Cyclops) Character Portrait: Sabertooth (Victor Creed) Character Portrait: Erik Lehnsherr (Magneto) Character Portrait: Ryan Legrand (Leviathan) Character Portrait: Pietro Maximoff (Quicksilver)
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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.

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Character Portrait: Ryan Legrand (Leviathan) Character Portrait: Jonathan Moore Character Portrait: Vincent Xavier (Psionic) Character Portrait: Abe Fuyumi (Shadow) Character Portrait: Agent Six (#6) Character Portrait: April Barber (Anaesthesia)
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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.

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Character Portrait: Professor Charles Xavier Character Portrait: Scott Summers (Cyclops) Character Portrait: Sabertooth (Victor Creed) Character Portrait: Erik Lehnsherr (Magneto) Character Portrait: Ryan Legrand (Leviathan) Character Portrait: Pietro Maximoff (Quicksilver)
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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.)

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Character Portrait: Professor Charles Xavier Character Portrait: Scott Summers (Cyclops) Character Portrait: Sabertooth (Victor Creed) Character Portrait: Erik Lehnsherr (Magneto) Character Portrait: Ryan Legrand (Leviathan) Character Portrait: Pietro Maximoff (Quicksilver)
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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.

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April Barber

April guided Ryan up towards the infirmary and directed him towards a free bed, helping the still half transformed mutant to gently lay Jonathon down on the bed. “There we go, stay there Jonathon you’ll be right as rain after a few hours sleep.” She smiled down at him placing her hand across his forehead imbuing him with a small piece of pain relief. “That should help any pain that you have, since I know you won’t admit it if I asked.” Her voice was soft and her touch softer, the warm wash of her power making it even more so.

She looked up as Ryan made to walk away, taking him softly by the arm. “Ryan, I couldn’t ask you to stay a while could I? I would like to test how the changes Vincent made on you have affected your body cellular scale as well on the rest of your physical stability.” Her mind was racing with the various studies she could make into this enticing project, changing the outward appearance of someone was simple in an illusion but as a doctor April knew how incredibly complicated totally changing a cellular structure would be, let alone giving him the ability to change his form at will.

“If that’s ok of course, I mean if we can isolate the part of you Vincent changed to give you this new ability and if I can find a way to replicate it then Gamma mutants might be able to go about their business without any need for disguises. Think of the lives this could change!” April was of course a doctor before a scientist but she couldn’t hide her excitement, it rang through every word she spoke.


((OOC: Sorry it's a bit naff, I'm absolutely knackered at the moment and I couldn't think of what to put lol))

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Though Ryan didn't want Vincent to leave him again, because last time Ryan left Vincent got kidnapped. Ryan's face contorted ever so slightly. He was torn. He knew the others needed him, and since Ryan and Nurse Barber were just escorting the injured Jonathan and Agent Six to the sickbeds, Vincent could do more good elsewhere. Ryan whimpered as Vincent and Professor Fuyumi phased through the floor, then covered it with a growl. Ryan pretended to sniff the air and shook his head. Though he still couldn't smell the shadow monsters, he couldn't help but try. "Stupid shadows. They've got no scent and I can hardly even hear them." Ryan grumbled to himself. He and the others proceeded in silence until they reached the infirmary.

Ryan walked over to the bed and gently placed Jonathan on the mattress. He took great care to make sure that his friend was set down gently and carefully. He also made sure he wasn't touching Jonathan's skin. "There. I'm sorry I ditched you earlier, but I'm here for you now buddy." Ryan said to Jonathan, quiet enough that Jonathan would have been the only one to hear him. Ryan spoke so quietly it was almost a whisper. Then Nurse Barber spoke, placing her hand across Jonathan's forehead without touching him. "There we go, stay there Jonathon you'll be right as rain after a few hours sleep. That should help any pain that you have, since I know you won’t admit it if I asked."

Ryan smiled as Nurse Barber used her powers to rid Jonathan of any pain, she'd used it on him before, it was way better than being pumped full of chemicals. Ryan patted Jonathan on the shoulder and then turned to leave. However, as Ryan was just about to walk out the door and head back up to where he could smell Vincent and the others, Nurse Barber took him gently by the arm and asked him a question. "Ryan, I couldn’t ask you to stay a while could I? I would like to test how the changes Vincent made on you have affected your body cellular scale as well on the rest of your physical stability." Ryan stopped dead in his tracks. He wasn't quite sure how to answer. Taking it as a moment of nervousness or unsurety, Nurse Barber continued. "If that’s ok of course, I mean if we can isolate the part of you Vincent changed to give you this new ability and if I can find a way to replicate it then Gamma mutants might be able to go about their business without any need for disguises. Think of the lives this could change!"

Ryan turned back around, wearing his wide smile. "If you think my cursed blood will save lives, that it will help someone else, then you can have it. I've lived my life in fear of what and who I am. I've been ashamed for too long. If my blood can help people, then I'll gladly give it." Ryan said, a huge smile on his face. He walked over to the desk where a few test tubes were and gently picked one up. "I'm not the best at controlling the ability, as it's not what Vincent did to me, it's what I've had all my life. Vincent only amplifies my ability to use that power." As he spoke, he dug a single claw into his arm, around the scales and into his own soft flesh. He winced as the claw hit a vein, but when he pulled it out, the wound immediately began to seal itself. However, the wound was big enough, and deep enough that enough blood to fill the small test tube a good two thirds of the way before the wound clotted, scabbed over, and healed. "Sorry for the unorthodox drawing method. Normal needles immediately reject once they hit my flesh. They're too thin and my body just pushes them right out, if the needles doesn't just smash on my scaled skin. Is that enough? I could give you more." Ryan asked, handing the now stoppered tube to Nurse Barber.

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Character Portrait: Ryan Legrand (Leviathan) Character Portrait: Cara Black (Shadowdancer) Character Portrait: Aidan O'Doherty (The Author) Character Portrait: Cain Xavier Lehnsherr Character Portrait: April Barber (Anaesthesia)
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April watched quietly with an expression of slightly puzzled interest at his unusual method to draw blood. “I don’t think you’re curse Ryan.” She said smiling, her hand touching his reassuringly a warm wash of her pain relief glowing from her fingers as she spoke, covering the pain of his cut. “You are a wonderful boy Ryan, you have nothing to be ashamed of at all. Besides your own personal appearance is seemingly doing nothing to dissuade the interested of some of the other students. Or so I hear.” She added with a wink, implying to his recent romantic experiences.

“No. No more will be necessary.” She answered taking the tube from him and taking it over to a small rack of test tubes where she quickly scribbled down a label for it in the typically illegible doctor handwriting. “If I can isolate the X-gene responsible for the change then I might be able to replicate it in other mutants and give those with similar physical differences the ability to regulate it, even totally hide it in some cases.”

“We should probably go and see if all of the others are ok, they might need our help. Ace’s manifestations are obviously able to do more damage than scientific reasoning would allow them.”



Cara Black

Cara’s mind felt empty, to a normal person they would imagine this as an enclosed space with no light penetrating through but for Cara it was the total opposite. Her greatest fear was never ending light and her situation had forced her inwards so much that it was reflecting in her thoughts too. In her mind she was running as fast as she could, franticly searching for anything and any sign of a shadow to bring her back into the world that she knew and loved.

Slowly sound was beginning to penetrate into her light filled prison and her mind gradually returned her to her surroundings. Sitting herself up slightly she wiped make-up dyed tears on her sleeve, leaving dark smears across the white uniform she had been put into. The noises were getting louder and now Cara could haphazard a guess that they were coming from just behind the walls to her cell. “Magneto?” she whispered tearfully.

The crunch of metal filled her ears as a doorway was torn into her illuminating cell, breaking the perfect seal in the light. The rest of the room quickly followed suit, the rooms crushing light lifting from her as her feeling to the world returned to her in a shower of glass and shadows, her own shadow waving out on the ground beneath her, exploring out in the world around her as though experiencing it for the first time.

She felt the tight and safe hug of a man’s arms which she tightly returned, tears streaming down her face as he held her and whispered his apologies but when she opened her eyes to thank her former commander it wasn’t the man she expected instead she was looking up into the eyes of Cain, his son and younger doppelganger. “Cain?” She asked quietly slightly confused. “Thank you!” She answered finally hugging the man even tighter, the tears continuing to stream down her face. Beside them however her shadow had returned to its natural form and if Cain had seen it he would’ve noticed that it was definitely kissing his a sensation he would have felt himself though only as a tender kiss on the lips, despite Cara’s head being held against his chest.

After some moments of this Cara pulled herself away from him and dried her eyes on her sleeve leaving more streaks across the fabric, looking back up to him she smiled though without her usual flirtatious mask instead she just gazed adoringly into his eyes.

He had Magneto’s eyes she could see that now, they burned with the same fire that his father’s once had. As she lost herself in his eyes soldiers were beginning to fill into the room adjoined to the cell, all brandishing weapons aimed at them. Her saviour made to move first but Cara touched his arm, stopping him from attacking. “No. These are mine.”

Standing, Cara eyed the soldiers who each raised their weapons to face her all of them ready to fire. Slowly her shadow moved out before her expanding into the room and taking hold of the soldiers pulling their guns away from each of them and turning them back on their owners. Smiling coldly Cara walked forwards out of the cell and behind the long row of weapons. “Plastic guns can’t remove their shadows.” Gunfire rang out in the room as each soldier fell to the floor at the hands of their own weapons, the guns continuing to fire until their ammo ran dry and each weapon fell to the floor.

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Ryan felt Nurse Barber's eyes on him as he filled the little test tube. It must have looked very strange, unorthodox at best. As he finished, she placed her hand on his arm, a wave of pleasant warmth washed over him, removing all his pain. It was lovely. “I don’t think you’re cursed Ryan.” She said smiling. “You are a wonderful boy Ryan, you have nothing to be ashamed of at all. Besides your own personal appearance is seemingly doing nothing to dissuade the interested of some of the other students. Or so I hear.” She added with a wink, implying to his recent romantic experiences. The nice thing about black skin was that it was impossible to see Ryan blush. His eyes bored holes in the floor. "You heard about that, huh?" Ryan mumbled. "I-I... umm... I'm not even sure if she l-l-l-likes me that way. It feels pretty one-sided." Ryan said, trying as hard as he could to stop his cheeks from burning, but it was no use. Nurse Barber had pushed a button and it wouldn't come unpushed so easily. "Besides... I'm so much younger than she is, it almost feels like I'm just a stupid little boy with a crush." Ryan continued, gaining a little confidence, finally succeeding in halting the fire consuming his blushing face. Shaking his whole body and slapping his face a few times for good measure, Ryan looked up and faced Nurse Barber, "So will that be all?" he asked.

“No. No more will be necessary.” She answered receiving the tube from him and taking it over to a small rack of test tubes where she quickly scribbled down a label for, though Ryan had no idea what it said. “If I can isolate the X-gene responsible for the change then I might be able to replicate it in other mutants and give those with similar physical differences the ability to regulate it, even totally hide it in some cases.” Ryan smiled. "If... umm... if you ever need some help with that, or even if you don't, I'd like to be kept in the loop as far as the progress goes. It'd mean a lot to me." Ryan said, ever so shyly. Looking up, Ryan's ear's pricked ever so slightly. He'd heard something, but he wasn't sure what. Further, Jean's smell which had been there a moment ago, like a comforting hand on his shoulder, was gone. It had simply vanished. Ryan instantly developed a cold sweat. "Umm... Nurse Barber..." Ryan started, but she cut him off.

“We should probably go and see if all of the others are ok, they might need our help. Ace’s manifestations are obviously able to do more damage than scientific reasoning would allow them.” Nurse Barber said. "Yeah," Ryan agreed. "I just heard something funny, though I couldn't catch quite what it was, and Jean's smell is gone. It just vanished. I really don't like that, we need to get moving. Plus, you're right about those those shadow thingies, they're weird. They don't have a smell and I can't hear them when they walk. It makes no sense..." Ryan pondered aloud. Regardless, the pair locked the door behind them, so it would only open from the inside or if you had a key for the outside, and made their way to where Ryan could smell Vincent and Jean and the others. That's where the sounds from earlier were being made. The sounds of a scuffle. The sounds of fighting.

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“I’m the institute’s doctor, of course I heard about it.” She smiled politely. “And how will you know if she likes you back unless you ask her? You never know, she might be thinking the same thing. Beside nothing ventured, nothing gained.” She stuck the small label to the test tube as she spoke, checking the stopper for a perfect seal.

“You will be the first to know if I make any sort of progress, don’t worry.” She answered turning round and replacing the lid of her pen. Listening as Ryan explained what his highly tuned sense had picked up on. “Hmm, that’s not good. I hope she’s ok.” As they made to hurry out the door April picked up a small first aid box from the side, making sure she was ready for the worst.

As they ran through the corridors and hallways April clutched at her first aid kit, mentally taking inventory of its contents to remain prepared. It didn’t take long for Ryan and April to round the corner to the room currently populated with the majority of the x-men and almost as soon as they entered the room the doctor’s mouth dropped in confusion. “What the hell is that?” April couldn’t help but let her confusion know. “Is that Jean?!” She asked already knowing the answer. “I don’t think I can heal her through that, Professor. Is there any way to break her out?” she asked.

Hurrying over to the spherical shadow, April didn’t wait for an answer she raised her hands up to hover just above the sphere she began berating it with her abilities, filling the sphere with the bright blue light of her pain relieving and sterilisation combined. Thankfully with much pressure the light grew lighter and lighter dissipating the dark sphere and slowly Jean gradually became visible inside.

With a thud Jean dropped from the sphere leaving her collapsed on the floor where April quickly dropped to give her medical attention, the blue lights once again washing over Jeans body taking her pain away.

((OOC: Sorry for the shoddy post, April has turned out to be a really hard character to play. xD))

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Character Portrait: Professor Charles Xavier Character Portrait: Scott Summers (Cyclops) Character Portrait: Erik Lehnsherr (Magneto) Character Portrait: Ryan Legrand (Leviathan) Character Portrait: Pietro Maximoff (Quicksilver) Character Portrait: Logan (Wolverine)
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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.

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Ryan LeGrand

Ryan was having a wonderful day. Jean was back! He'd spent part of his day with her, just talking about things she'd been up to, places she'd been, if she'd missed him, and of course, even as embarrassed as he was, Ryan asked Jean if she had any advice for him whatsoever concerning his affections for one of the students at the School. Jean had practically raised Ryan, who'd come to the Mansion when he was only six years old. She had filled a hole in his life that only a mother could, and Ryan loved her as strongly and loyally as any boy would love his own mother. However, Scott had wanted to see her, and Ryan had grudgingly let the man take his mother from him. He understood though. Scott had missed her just as much as he had. They deserved time.

Ryan's tail bobbed as he walked. His toothy, white grin was plastered across his face, and he was so happy. He hadn't had a day like this for a long time. Jean's departure had been just as hard for Ryan as it had been for Logan and Scott, though Ryan didn't know why at the time. Though the two men had watched someone they loved very much walk away from them, Ryan had watched his mother leave him. It had been like his parents left him all over again. Ryan had cried for days after she left. Ryan pushed the sad thoughts from his head. She was back now, and his family was whole once more.

Though he appeared to have no destination in mind, Ryan was heading down to the Courtyard. He had a session with Vincent tomorrow and was planning on making the most of his new ability to change his appearance. He figured, since Vincent was such an integral part of the process, that the ability had something to do with his own mental state. Though Ryan wondered why that might be, He couldn't always have Vincent with him. So, the Courtyard was the perfect place to practice changing back and forth. It was mostly quiet there, the gentle ambience of the breeze in the trees, the fountain's water splashing, and the twittering of birds and other animals had always soothed Ryan like nothing else could. He chuckled, "The bare necessities, eh?" He really was an animal.

After a short while, Ryan entered the courtyard. He began by sitting next to the fountain and began concentrating. He remembered the time with Vincent, with the mirror. His face had been so shocking after years of horns, sharp teeth, scales, and claws, but Ryan wanted to remember it. He needed it more than anything he'd ever felt he'd wanted, even more than seeing his parents again. Ryan focused with all his might on the way he used to look. He focused on how happy it would make him to be able to go out in public with his family and friends at the Mansion. A tear came to Ryan's eyes as he imagined going out with his parents. The way they used to before he left. He imagined what it might be like to go on a date with someone who really loved him.

Slowly, Ryan's body began to change. It hurt at first, like it had the last time he'd forcibly changed his appearance on his own. This time, however, he was going in the opposite direction. Ryan dared not look or he'd lose his focus, but he could feel it working. He felt his horns begin to shrink. His scales slowly sunk into his body. His teeth and claws dulled and became normal, human fingers and teeth. His tail withered away and when he opened his eyes, Ryan smiled. He dashed over to the fountain and the sight that awaited him brought tears to his eyes. He'd done it. His ears were still a little pointed, but otherwise he was him once again. Ryan's skin was white, his hair was a soft black, his eyes were the sparkling green he remembered. Ryan had done it.

Ryan felt happier than he had ever felt before, he jumped into the air and ran around in a circle. He danced and whooped with joy. He laughed like a child as he ran into the Mansion, heading towards Dr. Xavier's office. He wanted to show the man who raised him, his acting father, what he'd done. However, when he got there, Ryan stopped. He couldn't quite hear what they were saying, but there were definitely people in there with Dr. Xavier. So Ryan patiently waited on the bench outside his office. He couldn't wait to show his improvements to the professor.




Jason and Lauren LeGrand


Jason and Lauren LeGrand where driving. They weren't talking about how their day had went, they weren't listening to the radio, or singing along to one of their favorite songs, they were simply driving. Further, they were headed somewhere they hadn't been in a long time. A place that was surely filled with bad memories. After a long discussion, prodded heavily by their colleague Hank McCoy, they had decided to make the trip to Dr. Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters. Though they were happy the H.M.R. had just gotten through, what they thought was the climax of their campaign against Mutant-kind, they still felt anxious. How could they approve such a law? How could they make a world for their son that made him out to be the villain. If he was anything like his father, he was a just, kind, level-headed, and loyal boy. If he was anything like his mother, Ryan was a passionate, fiery, fair, and brilliant child. How could they push him down? How could they call themselves parents and continue to allow the H.M.R. to pass such laws if it meant their own son couldn't enjoy the basic rights guaranteed to all by the United States' Constitution? Something needed to be done, something needed to change. However, before that could take place, they needed to see him. They needed to see Ryan with their own eyes, they needed to hear his voice, the touch him with their own hands. Further, they needed to talk with Dr. Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr. After the Juggernaut incident, the government was, essentially, having a fit. People were going crazy, people were scared. That fear was the only reason that the H.M.R. had managed to get their legislature through. Mutant-Human Relations needed to be ironed out, and there was no better way to do it than by talking to the man who'd started it all.

"Jason..." Lauren said, her voice barely a whisper. Lauren's face was very pale. In her hands, she clutched a homemade scrapbook. Her knuckles were white. She gripped the scrapbook as if it were the most precious commodity in the world. "Jason." She repeated. "What if he doesn't recognize us? What if we can't recognize him? It's been so long, and he was so young, what if he hates us?" Lauren asked, pelting her husband with questions, tears were beginning to form in her eyes. Jason took one hand off the wheel, grasping his wife's hand in his own. "If he's not the fondest of us, I can't blame him. We essentially sent him to boarding school when he was six and haven't checked up on him since. I wouldn't be surprised if he hit me." Jason said carefully. Though his voice was calm, he was truly worried. Every man dreams of having a close relationship with the son they've brought into the world. Jason was no different. However, instead of nurturing and caring for his little boy, he'd sent him away. He was, they were, afraid of him. Jason sighed, releasing his wife's hand, and gripping the steering wheel once more. They were getting close now. Slowly, Jason and Lauren pulled into a parking spot and turned off their car. They looked deeply into each other's eyes; they hazarded a weak smile before exiting the car and walking into the Mansion.

Of course, a human being inside Dr. Xavier's mansion must feel more than a little overwhelmed, but when you've spent your entire career blocking most of Secretary McCoy's meaningful advances for mutant-kind, Jason and Lauren LeGrand felt like sheep in a lion's den. They walked quickly, following the signs to Dr. Xavier's office and knocked on the door. A brief moment passed. In that moment, Lauren felt as if she'd never been as unprepared for something in her entire life as she felt right then. She looked at her husband, eyes full of worry. Jason smiled and squeezed her hand. "Don't worry. Despite the fact we're here on an official government visit, I don't get the feeling that anyone here would want to harm us. It's not just that we have a son here, or that we're government officials. I don't know why, but I have a feeling that this place is more than just a school. It's a home. The place where our son was raised. It's safe here." Jason explained, smiling at his wife. Lauren didn't know how he did it. Despite everything they'd gone through, Jason always managed to keep himself squarely focused on the path before them. Lauren's eyes brightened and she smiled at her husband. "You're right. Let's go." She said, and at that, Dr. Xavier called them in.

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This is a Collaborative post between XShishioX and Masato22

[Ryan's parents are at Xaviers door and he opens the door for them]

Xavier opened his office door and welcomed Jason and Lauren LeGrand, "Ah, Jason, Lauren! It has indeed been quite some time! It is nice to see you again. Have you come to see Ryan? I assure you he is doing very well." Xavier was glad to see Ryan’s parents had finally come to visit Ryan but he couldn’t help regretting the timing. Ryan had just discovered his transformation ability.

"Hello Dr. Xavier." Jason and Lauren said simultaneously. "We would like to see him, very much so, but I'm afraid that should wait." Lauren began. "Yes," Jason said, picking up where his wife left off. "As I'm sure you know, the H.M.R. has just passed a registration act. Unless something tips the balance, I can assure you it won't be the last." Jason finished. "Normally, as we're sure you know, we take a neutral stance on Mutant affairs, preferring to work on the human side, to make sure everything is fair." Lauren said.

"After the Juggernaut incident," Lauren continued. "Things have... changed. "People are afraid and the H.M.R. is using that fear to press for more aggressive anti-mutant legislation. We've come here because.... because we can't allow our son to suffer the effects of such laws." Lauren finished. "We're here to talk with you because we need to know. If we push to repeal those acts, we need solid proof that everyone will receive a fair deal" Jason explained.

Xavier focused his gaze a bit more intently. "So what you mean to ask is that is you fight for a repeal on the restriction being placed on mutants, can I guarantee that Mutants will try to remain concealed and not cause incident?” Xavier paused for a second. “If that is what you’re asking, I am afraid I can’t give the guarantee you seek. I can assure you that the X-men would never cause you trouble and harm. But I cannot speak for those whom I’ve no contact and council with. I apologize. I can only urge you to fight for a repeal on the grounds of it being fair for all to make a choice for doing the right thing or the wrong thing.”

Lauren, who was standing behind her husband, looked at him worriedly. She took a step forward, placing her hand on his shoulder. Jason said nothing. He looked over his shoulder at his wife and smiled. "Didn't I tell you the exact same thing. Of course there will be those who want to fight, but for those here at the Mansion, for our son, we would be doing them a great disservice by pushing them down. History would remember us as tyrants." Jason said solemnly. He lifted his hand, placing it on top of his wife's and gave it a gentle squeeze. "I can't speak for the rest of our department, but you've got my vote Charles." Jason said. "I know it may seem flippant or fickle, but you've sold me on it. It's time we did right by our son. Is he here? Can we see him?" Jason asked. Lauren said nothing. While she agreed with her husband, and she was ready to push for mutant-human equality, something didn't seem quite right. She needed to see Ryan. Before she could really commit to their choice, she had to see her son.

Xavier smiled gently. “I assure you, you’re making a wise decision. You have every right to be concerned in the way that you are. There are mutants that have done things to give reason for people to be afraid. But I and others aim to reach out to them and help them realize that we are one and we should act in the interest of everyone, both Human and Mutant.” After Jason asked to see Ryan, Xavier’s face brightened further. “He’s actually right outside the door. It seems he wanted to speak with me as well. Like parent like child. But do be aware. If you so decide in your heart that you want to take him with you, please be mindful to consider his decision on the matter and honor it.” With that, Xavier walked to the door and opened it. Revealing Ryan.

As the door opened to reveal Dr. Xavier's smiling face, Ryan sat up and smiled. He bounded into the office. "Look, look, look!" Ryan said happily, smiling widely. "I can do it without Vincent's help now!" Ryan exclaimed happily. "Now I can actually go out and... Oops, I'm sorry Professor, I thought you were finished with your meeting. Who are those people?" Ryan asked childishly, his head tilted sideways. As he turned to look at the two people he didn't recognize, he studied their features. The woman was tall, blonde, and had green eyes just like his. The man was just as tall, with dark hair that was speckled with bits of grey. He had Ryan's nose and hands. "Do I know you?" Ryan asked, confused. At that, Lauren could contain herself no more. She broke into tears and ran over to Ryan, throwing herself at him and wrapping her arms around his neck. She kissed his forehead. "It's us Ryan." She said through the tears. "It's your mother and father. We've come to see you." Ryan was shocked.
He didn't know what to say, he didn't know what to do. All he knew was that this woman smelled just like he did.

His nose wasn't as strong as it could have been, but he could tell, there was just enough scent in the air for him to tell. She wasn't lying. Ryan picked her up off of him. "Wh-what?" He asked, incredulous. "W-why are you here? There must be some job you're doing, an errand you're running. What are you doing here at my home." Ryan asked, turning to Dr. Xavier for the answers.

Xavier grew a bit concerned. “Ryan, They are here to see you. As well as discuss the future of man and mutant kind on your behalf. They desire to help create a better world for you and other mutants like yourself. But first and foremost, they desired to see their son.”

Xavier then telepathically communicated with Ryan, “They love you Ryan. I know Jean and I have filled the void of parents for you Ryan, but your real parents still love you and want to see you. They want a world where you can be happy and safe as well. Please hear them out. I didn’t think it would be best for me to tell them of your transformed state but now it is unavoidable. No matter what, you always have a home here and you do not have to leave lest you desire to. I love you Ryan, and I want you to know that you’ve been just as much a son to me as Vincent and now Cain have been to me. Now speak to them, Jason and Lauren.”

Ryan nodded slowly. He smiled at the professor, a full, toothy grin. His canines were still just a little sharp, but the effect was cute, not scary. He turned to look at the woman in his arms. There were parts of him in her face; her warm smile, her green eyes. He looked back at the man standing next to Dr. Xavier. Ryan had his chin, his nose, his strong features.Ryan hugged his mother. He pulled her very close to him. He buried himself in her scent. It felt like home, nestled in between his mother's arms. "Yeah... my parents." Ryan whispered to himself. Slowly, Ryan began to change back. He held onto his mother as he reverted back into his bestial form. His father started forward, but Ryan held out his hand. "Stop." Ryan seemed to say. "I'm not going to hurt anyone." After a few minutes, Ryan's transformation was complete. His mother in his arms was startled, but she smiled, cupping his cheek in her hand. "This is who I am Mom. I'm scaled, toothy, clawed, dark... I even have a tail." Ryan said sheepishly. Gesturing with his fifth appendage. "This is the me you gave up all those years ago. Do you recognize me?" Ryan asked, his golden, slitted eyes staring directly into his mother's green ones. She couldn't speak, she nodded, but began to sob once more, and Ryan hugged her gently. As she cried into his shoulder, Ryan forgave her. He forgave his abandonment, he forgot the pain it had caused him, and he cried. He cried like a child who was happy to be home. Slowly, Jason walked over to his wife and son. He wrapped his arms around them carefully, as if they were made of porcelain. "I'm so sorry son." Jason said solemnly. "I don't have the right to call you mine, but I do love you." Jason continued. "I... we... we missed you everyday. We want you back in our lives, Ryan. You don't have to come home with us today. Eventually, if you ever find yourself wanting a home away from here, you can always come to us." For a while, the family cried in Dr. Xavier's office. For a brief moment, there was silence.

Finally, when it seemed they had all finished, Ryan turned to Dr. Xavier. "This place is my home." Ryan said. "This is the place I grew up. This is where my heart is." Ryan continued. His heart was breaking, but he needed to say what had to be said.

"I want to go home with you, mom and dad..." Ryan said, choking up a little as he finished.
"I want to more than anything. However, I'm... I'm not ready. I need to think about it. I need... I need to take a walk." Ryan finished. He had spoken haltingly, it was clear he had truly poured over the option before him.

He couldn't decide yet, he needed more time. Jason and Lauren nodded in agreement. "Of course," Jason started. "We couldn't ask you to leave the home you grew up in at the drop of a hat. In fact, we don't even have a place for you to stay just yet. So why don't we take a bit of a break?" Jason suggested. "Yes." Lauren continued, picking up where her husband had left off. "Why don't you give us a month. We'll move to a new place, where you can have your own room. We'll still visit, but you obviously need some time, and we'll give it to you." She finished.

Ryan nodded, "I'd really like that." He hugged his parents once more, and then walked out of the office. He needed to paint...

At that, Ryan's parents made some small talk with Dr. Xavier, and left shortly thereafter. Xavier telepathically contacted Ryan and simply said. “I’m proud of you Ryan. It was a difficult situation and you handled it well. In fact, your strength helped you mother as well be strong as well. You have your father’s focus and your mother’s passion. I am fortunate to have been charged with looking after a child such as you. I’ll let you be now. Take all the time you need. Oh, and I forgot to tell you, Vincent was looking for you earlier. He, Hideki, Colossus, Philip, and Kyle went out to a dance club and were looking for you but didn’t find you. Well enjoy your evening Ryan.” With that Xavier ended his telepathic communication and sat down in his chair.

“I suppose I should find something recreational to do soon as well.” He said to himself.

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Character Portrait: Professor Charles Xavier Character Portrait: Ryan Legrand (Leviathan) Character Portrait: Philip Klein (Boom-Boom) Character Portrait: Kyle Jean- Claude (Marvel) Character Portrait: Colossus (Piotr "Peter" Rasputin) Character Portrait: Vincent Xavier (Psionic)
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A few minutes after Ryan left Dr. Xavier's office, just roaming the hallways, Ryan stopped. He felt the familiar touch of Dr. Xavier's consciousness against his own. He smiled. "I’m proud of you Ryan. It was a difficult situation and you handled it well. In fact, your strength helped you mother to be strong as well. You have your father’s focus and your mother’s passion. I am fortunate to have been charged with looking after a child such as you. I’ll let you be now. Take all the time you need. Oh, and I forgot to tell you, Vincent was looking for you earlier. He, Hideki, Colossus, Philip, and Kyle went out to a dance club and were looking for you but didn’t find you. Well, enjoy your evening Ryan." The professor said. Once he had finished, he backed away from Ryan and returned to his own thoughts, leaving Ryan with a smile on his face. "Thank you professor." Ryan whispered, more to himself than anyone else. At that, he turned back around and began to amble through the halls of the Mansion once more. He retreated to his room after a while, he needed to think.

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Ryan was sitting in a tree. He'd decided that being up in the branches of a tree might help him think. THe fresh air was doing wonders for his mood, but he couldn't come to any sort of decision. He'd tried to get into the art room, as he felt a desire to paint once more, but he dropped it at the locked door. Ryan needed... he needed to unwind. Seeing his parents was more than he could handle. It was great that they loved him, they'd missed him, and they were serious about taking him back. It was all perfect. It was too perfect. He didn't know what to do with himself. It was too good to be true. Ryan looked down at his hands. They were still shaking. He scoffed at himself. "If I tried to paint now I'd just get random blobs of color all over my canvas. Maybe later..." He mused, trailing off at the end. Ryan shifted on the branch he was sitting in. He laid his head back against the tree and gazed into the sunset. It was getting darker, and Ryan still hadn't come up with a course of action. Then he remembered what the Professor had said. Ryan was invited to go out with Vincent and Hideki. Ryan chuckled at the thought. Hideki was always so bright and bubbly. If anyone could cheer him up, it was him.

That settled it. Ryan adjusted his sitting position for a moment before sliding off of the branch he was perched on. He fell to the ground, landing nimbly. He'd almost slipped midair, and landed on his head. Luckily, he'd used his tail to right himself and there were no head injuries today. Ryan smiled as he walked towards the driveway that lead to the city. Hopefully he could get into some mischief and get rid of his weepy mood. Allowing his body to revel in its bestial form, Ryan lowered himself to all fours and took off towards the city. It didn't take him long to get there at all. As he ran, he sniffed the air. It was harder, because he was moving so fast, but Ryan managed to pick up Philip, Hideki, Colossus, Kyle, and Vincent's scents. Ryan smiled. "My brothers. They'll know how to cheer me up." He quickened his pace.

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After a few more minutes of running, Ryan had wound his way through the city streets to a dance club. Ryan sighed nervously. He'd never been the best of dancers, but he needed to do something to feel better, and heading outside his comfort zone was a step in the right direction. Just before he stepped into the line outside the door, Ryan slid into a nearby alleyway and shifted back into his human form. It took a little less time than before, but it still hurt just as much. Ryan shuddered at the pain, but soon it was gone. He dusted himself off and stepped around the corner only to be greeted by a horrible sight. SWAT team members were banging harshly on the door. They were barking orders at civilians to back away. The kept calling over and over for a man named DJ Flow. There was some commotion about the Mutant Registration acts and that's when Ryan lost it. He growled, stepping up to the door.

"Excuse me sir," an officer said curtly to Ryan. "This isn't a place for children like yourself. Go home now. We're here to arrest a dangerous mutant. It's for the good of the public." Ryan scoffed, grabbing the officer by the wrist. He didn't notice, as he was far too angry, but the man was squirming with pain. "On what charges?" Ryan barked accusingly at the man. "You don't know anything about him. You're just after him because he's a mutant, right?" Ryan said, getting louder and angrier with each passing second. "Well you know what? We're people too, just like you! We all deserve the rights laid down in our government's founding. If you're arresting mutants you should arrest all the house-pets too. It's basically the same to you, RIGHT?" Ryan snapped, finally he'd started yelling. He was losing his temper, and with it, his human form. His muscles bubbled and shifted. Black scales blossomed from his skin. His tail slithered out from his pants and his teeth and claws grew sharp. As he spoke again, his voice was raspy and mean. "Well, I'll tell you what! Here's a mutant who's had it up to here being told what he can and can't do! Let's see you try me on for size!" At that, Ryan roared, directing the full sonic assault into the face of the man he held captive. His bestial transformation was complete. He gripped the man by both shoulders, lifting him completely off the ground without batting an eyelash at the weight. Soon the other SWAT had their weapons trained on Ryan, and were ordering him to release the man, who'd fainted from the pain and fear. "Sorry Vincent," Ryan thought as loudly as he could. He was calling out to Vincent, who he could tell was just inside the door. His smell was very close. "I lost my temper and I think they're going to arrest me. What should I do? Should I run? I could lose them easily. Do I let them arrest me? I don't think I'll receive a fair trial, not after the mutant registration act was just passed."

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Jennifer Harolds sat in one of the VIP booths of the club, courtesy of DJ Flow, an old friend she was currently travelling with, his guest performer. She looked up from her drink and noticed the bartender speaking to DJ Flow with a worried expression. "Shit," she murmured to herself as she rose and made her way to the booth he was in, her pink fringe falling into her eyes as she evaded the dancers in her way. "Flow!" She yelled over the blasting music. "What's wrong?" The DJ just shrugged.
"Nothing, you don't need to worry, Jenny." He replied, an obvious lie but Jennifer shrugged.
"Okay, I'll see you back at the apartment." She jumped down from the booth and back into the dancing crowd. She shoved her way through the crowd and made her way to the performers entrance and exit. She stepped out and noticed the flashing lights coming from round the corner along with shouting. She made her way around the corner and noticed a SWAT team surrounding a large mutant. She instantly felt the need to join him fight but then she'd expose herself. She didn't hesitate, however, she Instantly approached the SWAT team and yelled at them. "Leave him alone!" She used her powers to enhance her voice. "He's scared, your threatening him!" She yelled as if he was just a dog, not thinking just trying to stop the SWAT from aiming at the mutant, if they aimed at her she'd have to expose herself though.

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Character Portrait: [NPC] Bartender Character Portrait: Sabertooth (Victor Creed) Character Portrait: Ryan Legrand (Leviathan) Character Portrait: David North (Agent Zero) Character Portrait: Cara Black (Shadowdancer) Character Portrait: Cain Xavier Lehnsherr
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Ace

Without realizing it she had slept a little longer than she had expected she would. Not only that her body ached from leaning against the tree for so long. Ace attempted to stand which proved to be in vain. Her legs buckled under her weight from being numb "damn that hurt" she waited for a few minutes until her legs stopped tingling.

She stood up brushing off the dirt and leaves that covered her backside and legs. Stretching Ace heard a few pops and cracks smiling at the satisfying feeling that came after. She knew it was late by how dark it had become aside from the light created by the few lights that the mansion had outside and the ones from the open windows. Naturally Ace stuck to the shadows making it difficult for someone without night vision or acute eyesight to see her.

It would be good to go see how things have gone after Juggernaut decided to rampage. Ace entered the mansion this time through the front door. Expecting to see at least one person walking around but she didn’t see many of the mansions occupants. She did come across Victor and David but she wasn’t in any mood to converse with them though she did make sure they knew she was there.

She checked a few rooms but found some empty save for one where Six as she called herself laid out on one of the beds. "Strange way to sleep and a bit creepy at that" smiling a bit she went to her room to change clothes. Wait Cara's ability is about the same as mine maybe she knows a little something about what’s going on. But first where to find her." thinking for a moment as she changed Ace knew Cara wasn’t going to sit idle in the infirmary which meant she must have gone out. Drumming her fingers against her dresser in thought before an idea came up though she was unsure whether or not she could pull it off.

Concentrating Ace focused on Cara's shadow the one shadow she was unable to move or pass through. All she had to look for was a blank spot among the network of shadows. "Found you" a smile crept onto her lips to be honest Ace didn’t think she would be able to find her. Then again the blank spot didn’t necessarily mean it was Cara's. [i] let’s just hope it id
she left her room to get her bike. Once she was on her bike she sped off right into a shadow only to appear right out of another one. But this one was nowhere near the mansion, now she was in the city. Coming out of an alleyway Ace paused for a moment to put her helmet on and went straight for where she had assumed and hoped Cara would be.

Ace arrived in front of a bar, after parking her bike Ace walked to the doors but stopped for a moment listening. The sounds emitting from within the bar were strange, she heard the sound of things breaking and people yelling. Then a young man ran out his nose bleeding and she caught a glimpse of what was beyond the doors. A room of chaos and Ace stood where she was until finally she opened the doors and went inside.

Ace watched in amusement as the humans fought with a few mutants which were later revealed as Cara and Cain. Ace smiled weaving her way around the mass of people, usually by stepping into a shadow to get out if a fellows way. She jumped over the bar to be nearly decapitated by a broken wine bottle. Ace dodged it her had instantly going for the throat but stopped realizing it was just the bar maid fear in her eyes; chuckling a bit she pushed the girl down and served herself a drink. Leaning against the bar she watched over the brim of her shades as the fight continued on Cara seemed to be having fun but she was more concerned about Cain. With his abilities he could easily knock out every single person in her with just a thought well save for her maybe if she tried hard enough. But if he were to snap Cain could very well kill everyone in this room including her and Cara.

It wasn’t long before someone noticed her and headed her way, "Oi Bitch who the hell do you think you are! Either help us beat these shits to smithereens or get your ass outta here" Ace raised one eye brow in question ignoring the man. But that only made him even more upset "Any way why the hell are you wearing sunglasses in a bar dumbass what are you hiding" "nothing my good man nothing that concerns the likes of you" finally looking his way. Before she knew it he had snatched her shades right off her face and smashed them under his foot. "heh their now we can see that pretty-Oh hell no you’re a mutant just like them!" noticing her yellow and black eye. The guy then called out to a few others but not before making an attempted to throw a bottle at her.

His attack was in vain, the moment he got in the position to let go of the bottle he had stopped moving altogether almost like a statue. Ace didn’t even bother looking at him but instead focused on drinking her glass. The guy’s face was red trying to break free from whatever it was that kept him still, a few of his buddies noticed him and in a yelling fit wen after her. But they too were stopped and were unable to move. Ace had control of every single shadow in that room all save for Cara’s and in a motion of her hand Ace had stopped all movement in the bar.

Ace jumped over the bar picking up her broken shades she studied them for a moment then kicked the guy in the face sending him flying across the room. He was knocked out so she didn’t have to worry about stopping his shadow but Ace was a bit upset at having her shades broken. “Damn bastard broke my glasses” she growled. Ace threw them over her shoulders indifferent to them and walked over towards Cara and Cain. Raisin her glass at them Ace smiled before drinking it down with a contented sigh at the end.

“Now why don’t we get back to the mansion? These people are a waste of your abilities Cara, so don’t bother trying to whip your lessons into them. They won’t listen and they never will that is how the human mind works. They fear that which they don’t understand, therefore they try to take complete control in trying to eradicate us or simply trying to “protect” the human population.” Ace then threw the glass making it shatter across the wall to her left; it barely missed the head of a young woman. “Now if you excuse me I have lost my appetite for socializing with animals so Cain do whatever it is you do and leave this bar. I’ll see you later at the mansion (she reached the door and looked over her shoulder) if at all that is.”

Ace got back on her bike and decided to make a run around the city. What she saw surprised her, the HMRI people didn’t surprise her much but rather the person they were trying to contain. “Ryan what the hell is he doing.” Slowing down to a stop, Ace walked over towards them but an officer wouldn’t let her pass. Quite a crowd had formed taking pictures and videos of everything and she wished Six were here to block any and all media but sadly the girl was at the mansion asleep. “Dammit just let me through boy I have no business with you” but no matter what she said the guy wouldn’t listen to her. “Fine I’ll just have to do it the old fashioned way.” The officer had a smug look on his face but that changed when he too went flying by a kick to the side from Ace. She continued on her way to Ryan and noticed there was a girl in front of him trying to get the officers away from Ryan.

Before she could reach them Ace was surrounded guns pointed at her so she put her hands up, “Psych like I would surrender to a bunch of humans with little toy guns.” Grinning Ace sank into her shadow like quicksand as it came up to great her. The soldiers were surprised but quickly regained composure and tried to figure out where the hell she had gone. Ace soon appeared behind Ryan and the girl her hand still on her clay mask as if she had just put it on. “Ryan and girl I don’t know I suggest you two come with me. Geez man how many asses will I be saving tonight. First Cain and Cara but they pretty much had it handled and now you two and I don’t even know you.”

The soldiers surrounded them again but were aiming only at Ryan and Ace. “Dammit, really that won’t help you one bit now good bye.” Waving at them Ace would have grabbed Ryan and the girl even if they resisted and into her shadow. Once inside the trio would head back to the mansion unless the other two had plans for somewhere else.

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Character Portrait: Professor Charles Xavier Character Portrait: Ryan Legrand (Leviathan) Character Portrait: Annabelle Greyson (Enigma) Character Portrait: Ace Vasquez Character Portrait: Jennifer Harolds (Clarity)
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Jennifer let out one of her screams and managed to cause people to drop their phones and the soldiers to let go of their guns for a second, she watched as everyone scrambled to gather their things and she turned to run but the other guy wasn't going to. "That was a perfect chance to escape!" She shouted at him, suddenly another woman was behind them, she was wearing a clay mask and it slightly freaked Jennifer out but she had no time to resist as she was pulled into a shadow and then appeared at the Xavier mansion, she was lying on grass.
"What the hell just happened?" She managed to cough, the shadow travel gave her a bit of vertigo as she tried to stand. "This is Xavier's mansion isn't it?" She asked the woman in the clay mask, Jennifer's british accent came through very strong and she knew that being here, she was at risk of Annabelle seeing her.

Annabelle Greyson
Annabelle sat under a tree and just closed her eyes, taking in deep breaths as she focused on setting up mental barriers around Aurora, although Aurora was fighting back and trying to destroy the barriers with her own telepathy, if they weren't on the same power level Annabelle would be having a hard time containing Aurora but she managed it, all she needed was for Xavier to help her set up more powerful barriers.
Annabelle suddenly sensed a familiar person, someone from England. She quickly got up and went to investigate, she turned a corner of the mansion and saw Ace and Ryan, he was in his true form and it slightly frightened Annabelle but then she saw a familiar head of blond and pink hair and immediately knew who it was.
'Jennifer!' She called and ran over to her, hugging her.

Jennifer willingly hugged her baby sister back and then released her and turned back to Ace, Annabelle then smiled to Ace and Ryan.
'Hi guys, this is my sister, Jennifer.' she introduced them using her telepathy. 'Jennifer, this is Ace, in the clay mask, and Ryan, in his true form.'

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Ryan waited a long moment. He hadn't heard anything from Vincent, hell, he could hardly catch Vincent's scent anymore. It was far too crowded around him for Ryan to pick anything up. Consigning himself to being arrested, Ryan put the man down and put his hands in the air. However, they were immediately back in front of him, in his fighting stance, when a newcomer pushed her way through the crowd to where Ryan was. She looked at him, the directed her attention to the SWAT Teams around them. "Leave him alone!" She yelled. Her voice was loud, loud enough to hurt Ryan's ears, he cringed, stepping away from her. "He's scared, your threatening him!" She yelled. Ryan had the sudden realization that he was being treated like a wild animal. Unsurprisingly, it did nothing to calm him down. "Now just a minute there lady, I'm not scared, I'm just plain..." Ryan began, but those present would never learn what Ryan was feeling. He was cut off, he looked up, into the air, as if straining hard to hear something. Something only he could hear. Ryan heard the low roar of a motorcycle above the din of people yelling, then the sounds of a scuffle. The girl let out one wicked scream that made Ryan drop to the ground and cover his ears in pain. "That was a perfect chance to escape!" She shouted at him. Ryan stood, woozy from the pain. "Not when your ears are three times as sensitive as a german shepherd's." Ryan countered. This new lady was a bit of a jerk. Then everything went quiet, and Ryan found himself looking directly at a teacher of his. He grinned sheepishly. "Ha.. haha... ha... Hi, Ms. Vasquez..." Ryan muttered, and like that Ryan backed down. He knew that if Ms. Vasquez was here, then he was in trouble.

However, before she could reach Ryan, and the newcomer girl, Ace was surrounded. Guns pointed at her, so she put her hands up, “Psych like I would surrender to a bunch of humans with little toy guns.” Grinning, Ace sank into her shadow like quicksand as the ground came up to greet her. The soldiers were surprised but quickly regained composure and tried to figure out where the hell she had gone. Ryan chuckled. Those dudes were so stupid. Ryan nonchalantly stepped backwards, his hands in the air, as if he were preparing to surrender. Ace soon appeared behind Ryan and the girl her hand still on her clay mask as if she had just put it on. “Ryan and girl I don’t know I suggest you two come with me. Geez man how many asses will I be saving tonight. First Cain and Cara but they pretty much had it handled and now you two and I don’t even know you.” Ryan turned his face to the side ever so slightly, as if to directly address Ace. "Sorry Ms. Vasquez, I just got so angry and I couldn't stop myself. I wasn't gonna hurt anyone, I promise." Ryan said sincerely. "You're right though. Let's get out of here." The soldiers surrounded them again but they were aiming only at Ryan and Ace. “Dammit, really that won’t help you one bit now good bye.” Waving at them Ace grabbed Ryan by the shoulder and the girl next to him too. Ryan winced, this was gonna feel gross, but he dove head first into the shadow, following Ace's lead.

As he'd expected, it had felt gross. The shadows just felt... odd. They had no real feeling, it was really only an impression of a feeling, but it was still enough to make Ryan nauseous and giddy with vertigo. He stood slowly, shaking his head, as if to dislodge the feeling. "Never do that again..." Ryan muttered, he felt so sick. "I think I might puke." Ryan sighed. "Still, thanks for the ride. I can only imagine what might have happened if you hand't found me." Ryan said, turning directly to face Ace. "Thanks much." Ryan said, smiling widely before covering his mouth with his hands. "Sorry, sharp teeth and all." Ryan muttered in apology. Then he heard a voice in his head. 'Hi guys, this is my sister, Jennifer.' It was the new girl... Annabelle. Ryan heard her voice in his head and turned to smile at her. She returned the gesture and continued the introductions using her telepathy. 'Jennifer, this is Ace, in the clay mask, and Ryan, in his true form.' Ryan smiled his big toothy grin once more. "Sorry, bad first impression." Ryan said, concentrating for a moment and shifting back to his human form. "Ryan LeGrand." Ryan said, offering his hand to shake. "Thanks for back there." Ryan said, trying to not be sarcastic and mention how she'd nearly deafened him and made him look like a rabid dog.

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Character Portrait: Erik Lehnsherr (Magneto) Character Portrait: Ryan Legrand (Leviathan) Character Portrait: Annabelle Greyson (Enigma) Character Portrait: Ace Vasquez Character Portrait: Jennifer Harolds (Clarity) Character Portrait: Dr. Emily Coleridge
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Turning to Ryan Ace light hit the back of his head though she doubted it would have really hurt him but he would know what she did. “How many times do I have to tell you not to call me Ms. In public. I’m not your teacher outside of the classroom you make me feel old tonto.” Despite her irritated words a slight smile was on her face glad that Ryan was alright even if he didn’t see it. “I’d say sorry for the ride but I’m not that sentimental. And your teeth don’t bother me I’ve seen worse.” Ryans apologetic attidue for showing his teeth irritated her a bit and Annabelle’s question added to that.

“Well where else would I take you idiot?” she snapped back at her. Ace was not in a particular good mood and it soured even more when Annabelle did that little thing again. It came as a buzzing sound in her head giving her a slight head ache. “Dammit I already told you not to do that did I not” huffing angrily Ace stormed off and sunk right into a shadow.

She later appeared in one of the many halls of the mansion that she called home. Strolling around for a bit Ace didn’t bother taking the mask off mainly since she knew her eye hadn’t returned to normal just yet. I need to figure out where the Professor is-no that won’t do he doesn’t need to know about this nor does Cara. deep in thought with her head down Ace subconsciously side-stepped Magneto and a woman but stopped and backpedaled.

“Eric (giving him a brief nod then turned towards Emily) well it’s good to see you’re back Emily. And right on time too a lot of people are high-strung due to recent events so do bless us with that music of yours.” Patting Emily on her shoulder who smiled at Ace even though she had no idea who that had been since she couldn’t see a face behind the mask.

Emily smiled at the woman but then looked over towards Eric. “Who was that? I don’t think I know that woman. But would it be alright for me to play tonight is there anything you and the Professor think I should play?” she signed as well as spoke though not very loudly.

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