Maya had been mostly quiet on the trip over, which was merely situation nominal for her on the best days. She'd never been particularly chatty, and the atmosphere in this place seemed to suck any degree of happiness down into its overall miasma and kill it dead. She'd have been surprised at the depravity some could treat others with but she had way too many examples of just how shitty human beings could be.
She held her batons at the ready as they reached the nearest corridor to the holding cells, and noted the number of inhabitants to each cell. Crowding people in like sardines always seemed to be the point in these places, just one more indignity amongst a number of them. If she ever got a hold of any of the leaders, she'd definitely have to see how far she could stretch 'non-lethal force' to.
"It's certainly not going on my list of holiday destinations." Scott agreed, eyes dancing over the crowded cells, the forlorn hopeless faces of the cramped prisoners. They may have turned their faces towards the door, but only with the dull look of those who had been beaten so long they could only expect more. Hope was a tenuous thing, and now, with even hope taken from them the prisoners were little more than husks waiting for the next round of experiments.
"The more I see places like this, what they'll do, the more I start to wonder if Magneto wasn't right."
A sigh escaped the man's lips, weary and tired as he gestured at the door, "We can't leave them in here."
“We need to find the guard room.” Maya noted, striding forward as she kept her head on a swivel to make sure they weren’t ambushed. “It’ll have the controls.”
"Let's call that plan A, plan B is I blow off the hinges and the doors come falling down." As he spoke Scott's eyes glanced over the building, of course the bad guys wouldn't just leave wires hanging out like a path but "We haven't crossed a control room yet so I guess we have to head deeper in."
Green eyes watched them from a solitary cell, the collar around their owner’s neck humming lowly. “Guard room is that way,” he muttered, pointing down one of the directions in the upcoming fork in the hallway.
Maya looked at the ‘prisoner,’ cataloguing any evidence of wounds so she’d be able to triage him properly later.
“Thanks,” she said, remembering to vocalize. “We’ll have you all out of here soon.”
“Whatever,” he shrugged, not seeming too confident in their ability to do that
There was something sad, almost heart-breaking about the lack of hope, of anything other than soul crushing despair in the man's face as he sat hunched against the wall. Scott wanted to say something, the magic words that would lift him off of the pit of darkness that he was enmeshed in. The X-Man knew from experience though that sometimes there were no words that could lift your spirits, you had to see tangible proof.
Proof that they would have to provide.
Silently Scott touched Maya's shoulder, nodding down the hallway in the direction the man had indicated. "I'll open the door, you move in using the surprise. We need them down fast, preferably alive but..." his eyes glanced at the cells, "don't put yourself at any risk."
Another step as his eyes started to glow, energy gathering before with a crash, the guardroom door went flying into the room.
2015: North asks Felicia if she’d like to get a drink with him. Along Came A Spider: Clint informs Angel that he’s about to go into a Chinese food coma thanks to her, totally in a good way. Natasha wakes up in an unfamiliar place with a... really familiar foot warmer.
2016: Darcy offers cupcakes to everyone. Gabriel sends a text message to Wade from the hardware store.
2017: Darcy wants someone to build a rifle (called DARCI) for her. Clarice posts about the wonders of online shopping.
2018: Clarice posts some beautiful maritime inspired heels that she wants.
2019: Maya shares a link to some creative cursing. Emma and Hope have dinner and discuss further steps for the HFC.
2020: Jean issues an invitation to spend Thanksgiving with her parents, which Garrison accepts.
2021:Thanksgiving. Kevin texts Artie the location of his leftovers following their high end Thanksgiving out.
2023: Kyle emails Sharon about an unstable molecule cat collar. April is still stuck, bored out of her mind, and in need of Enrichment, which Sharon supplies and which leads to chaos in the halls.
2024: Gaia texts Laura from somewhere on an east coast beach; Laura shares the photo with Kyle and doesn't understand why he is freaking out; Kyle texts Marius know "his" kid needs to be retrieved, which confuses Marius; Marius goes to collect Gaia and explains that she should let people know when she's going to leave the mansion so they don't worry.
2003:Crimson Dawn: Betsy's surgery is complete, and arrangements are made to return her and the kids to the school. X-Men Mission: Lowenstein: A news report airs about the X-Men mission in Mississippi casting them as the villians having killed Lowenstein.
2004:Thanksgiving. Clarice teleports Kyle home to surprise his parents. Kitty brings Amanda pie.
2005: Alison lets slip to Lorna her plans for Haroun. Lost In The Woods/Hellfire and Damnation: Things come to a head and the team go to the Hellfire Club to take down Selene; during the ceremony to make Amanda Black Knight, Selene presents her with a test - kill Jubilee; Amanda refuses and battles it out with Selene, losing; Alison saves both girls, but is drained almost to death; Pete intervenes at the last moment with the spell designed by Strange and Romany to bind Selene whilst the X-Men subdue security; Amanda tries to sacrifice herself to save Alison, but Nathan and Askani tell her there's another choice; Amanda kills Askani to Heal Alison; Askani dumps the entire Askani history in Wanda's head before she goes.
2006: Lorna takes Cyndi out to Silver, where there's a close encounter with Mark, who is unaware of Haller's special circumstances. Wendy - Remy and Ororo run into an ambush by the Reavers and barely escape; they receive help from an entirely unexpected quarter and hole up in a motel for the night. Garrison and Marie-Ange go on their first date.
2008: Emma visits a nightmare-plagued Doug and sets about healing some of the psychic damage.
2009: Dori gets a job at the local comic shop and shares her news with the first person she comes across, Megan; Dori announces her new job on her journal.
2010:Thanksgiving. Jan wishes everyone a happy Turkey Day. There Will Be Peace: En route to LA, Julian lies to Angel about the reason for the trip.
2011:No Pryor Convictions:Avalanche 'recruits' young telekinetic Madelyn Pryor to help him rob a bank in New York; Doug gets a call from a contact who is concerned about young mutants being forced to rob banks. Clarice shares her Black Friday shopping haul, which includes some truly scary shoes. Jean-Paul emails Bishop, concerned that the job Vanessa is on is triggering her issues.
2012: Amanda posts asking if anyone has seen Adrienne, who stood Amanda up for lunch.
2013: Topaz goes to return books to the library and ends up going on a field trip with Tabitha.
2014:Impossible Odds: Scott e-mails Doug about the team’s concerns over Arthur Centino. Clint texts Gabriel to ask if he has any Thanksgiving plans. Rogue makes a journal entry about Mississippi overturning its ban on gay marriage, and how proud she is of her home state.
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