As the other three took their positions the telekinetic raised a hand to the sky, palm up. He focused on the sensation of his feet planted on the earth, imagining them as an anchor, and threw up a shield. A series of invisible concentric domes enclosed ground zero like maruskha dolls: three layers, one for each mutant. No need to take chances. Satisfied, Jack nodded.
"Ready."
Wanda’s view of the world turned red and she breathed slowly out her nose as she watched the lines roil and shift, untouched. Getting in the house was vital.
She focused on her gargoyle but mentally marked where everyone was, ready if necessary to manipulate and redirect the others powers should it react poorly.
“And on three…”
"One" Scott held up a hand. "Two" His eyes started to glow red. "Three" A spear of red light cut across the lawn, angled in to strike the grotesque at just the right angle to shatter it and sent its parts raining over the neatly manicured lawn like a rain of dust.
Jean inhaled, trying to center herself. Only two targets. Just...hold steady.
At the count of 3, the stone shrieked as she crushed the grotesques inward, fractures racing through their wings and jaws until they were pulverized.
For a heartbeat she thought she had it under control...until the pressure rippled past her focus. Her power bled outward like water through a cracked dam. Windows along the street rattled in their frames, curtains billowed as though caught in a storm, and porch lights stuttered on and off in a frantic rhythm.
She gritted her teeth, forcing the telekinesis to stay on target even as the entire neighborhood seemed to shudder with her. From the outside, it looked as if the house was fighting back.
Then...silence. The air stilled, the lights steadied, and Jean was left swallowing down a spike of pain behind her eyes. She straightened quickly, masking the throb with a forced breath, hoping no one noticed the tremor in her hands.
Jack grunted. Intercepting rocketing debris was one thing, but the mind was everywhere. The best he could do against Jean's telekinetic backwash was blunt it and hope everyone in the neighborhood chalked it up to a random tremor.
"That work?" he asked, shield still raised.
"What the heck is going on out here? Who are you?" The front door of the home opened, and out stomped a 40-something woman in a red sweater and blue jeans. She did not get far before she gasped and nearly fell down, because where a moment ago there was just an empty patch of grass, a pair of teenagers had popped into existence. "Ohmygawd, William! What . . . AAAAHHH!" If the assorted booms and blasts from the X-Men hadn't woken half the neighborhood, Rebecca Kaplan's shrieks must have.
Because it wasn't just Billy and Tommy who had materialized out of nowhere; they were being restrained and held down by live versions of the monsters that had just been destroyed, and a man in a blood-red cloak with a golden horned face mask loomed over the two, mouth open like a snake poised to eat an egg.
The man's head snapped back as if he'd taken an uppercut to the jaw. An imp that had been standing nearby, caught in the telekinetic blow, exploded like a bug striking a window.
"The fuck is this?" Jack snarled, one hand still raised. He'd used enough force that the man's head should have been embedded in the nearest tree, but instead he was already straightening. In the grass ropes of intestines slithered back to the masked man, chunks of meat dragging behind them, and disappeared beneath his robes. The imps swarming the teens began to shriek.
2015: Jubilee makes a journal entry asking if anyone knows a good wedding planner. Jubilee e-mails Kurt about where they could possibly hold their wedding. Along Came A Spider: Matt and Clint are at family breakfast with Steve and Andre when Clint gets an unexpected text message; Clint gets to Snow Valley, and finds two people he can actually trust with the intel he's currently carrying; Wanda e-mails Doug asking if he wants to help her and Clint with an extraction in Romania. The Hedgehog and The Fox: Twenty nautical miles out of Svendborg Skibsværft, Cutter disciplines Donal for his failure.
2016: Gabriel makes plans for Black Friday. Maya announces that she’ll be spending more time in her tree house. Miles has some wishful thinking regarding college admissions.
2017: Laurie posts about being thankful for things. Maya posts about coming back to school soon. Ev posts about being away for a little while. While helping Gabriel with his GED studies, Clint reveals he and Angel have broken up.
2020: Garrison announces re-certification sessions for those wanting to remain or become X-Men; Maya asks about joining the team.
2021: Clint texts Matt to ask about his loss of gold stars. Alani enlists Angelo in her quest to take self-defense seriously.
2022: Artie meets Illyana in the kitchen and they make a deal - money and ID for Illyana in exchange for a favour in the future.
2023:A Haven to Call Home: Hope A. posts to the X-Teams forum about draining Radha’s accounts, as well as those of her brother; Hope A. speaks of dividing this money amongst the victims and the former innocent members of Haven; Hope A. meets Madin to discuss some of the money taken from Rahda's estate. Liam asks the mansion about good places to buy clothing. Warren visits Haller, he’s lucky he’s in a coma. Rogue posts to the journals again about being back. Jessica texts Match about a box of puppies in the office. Liam texts Kyle about Squirrel Parkour.
2003:X-Men Mission: Lowenstein: The X-Men head to Mississippi to rescue the son of a Senator. They fail to rescue him, as the FOH kills him. However, they do rescue Bobby Drake.
2004: Nathan and Jamie discuss how Jamie's powers might help Jono get his body back. Jubilee has something of a breakthrough with Dr. Samson about her emotional responses. Haroun and Alison discuss things and establish what their relationship is. Kitty talks to Ororo about maybe becoming an X-Man one day. Kitty shows Jamie she's been learning to airwalk. Heiress Discordia: Amanda and Manuel go to a Hellfire Club function and Alphonso and Selene try to mindwipe Manuel; Manuel loses his memories and Amanda is beaten before they escape.
2006: Julio, Sooraya and Yvette undergo ESL testing. Amanda and Logan train and discover the limits of her shielding spell and defence training. Nathan and Angelo also train and discuss various issues. Dani announces she is going back to college. Marius apologises to Terry for giving her Killer Cooties. Moira tells Forge the organs lost in the bomb explosion have been grown back, result of Marius' use of Masque's power and Forge announces this on the journals; Jennie emails Forge angrily about his little remarks about her summer in Europe. Garrison is freaked out by the student records. Marie and Kurt discuss Mystique.
2007:Thanksgiving. Cain is thankful for the house not being blown up. Kurt offers to help Monet with her physiotherapy. Clarice takes Monet to her families' Thanksgiving dinners.
2008: Manuel's birthday and he receives a surprise cane from an anonymous giver who turns out to be Marie-Ange, wine from Amanda and liquor from Jennie. Adrienne asks Emma for psychic shielding lessons and they are remarkably civil to each other.
2009: Manuel's birthday, and Amara makes him a cake, Jubilee sends him balloons and Amanda takes him out for dinner. Jay and Warren meet in the skies above the mansion and Warren fails to recognise his old student. Warren announces his return to New York and invites those of drinking age to Harry's; Jay hauls a drunken Warren home and lets him sleep in his bed - alone.
2010: Piotr sends an angry email to Jared about what he said to Warren; Nico posts to her journal about all the tension and various discussions of Jared's behaviour (and other topics including what Logan was like as a baby) ensue; Jared texts Jean-Phillipe asking if he needs to apologise; Laurie sums up the situation pithily. Lex has a powers accident while out running in the woods and comes to Jean for first aid, but is more distracted by his concern about his relationship with Vanessa; Lex texts Vanessa asking her out. Vanessa updates X-Factor on the search for Nick, which is proving fruitless, and on Doug's request that they track down Telford Porter.
2011: Bishop and Terry meet at the mansion and wind up playing Hearts. Kyle and Fred visit a junkyard, and Kyle ends up offering Fred a job.
2012:Thanksgiving. Remy and Ororo work on a "home improvement" project. Tabitha posts about hearing explosions in the kitchen. Jean leaves Lorna a little black dress apron and red velvet cupcake wine as a belated birthday present. Sue brings Matt home with her for Thanksgiving and introduces him to her father as her boyfriend.
2013: Adrienne emails Jean and Haller to ask them to keep an eye on Tandy, given the anniversary of her parents’ deaths is approaching (as is Adrienne’s first anniversary with Garrison); Maddie emails Tandy with plans for Saturday to keep her distracted.
2014:Impossible Odds: The news media reports on Longshot stopping a mutant terrorist attack in Kansas.
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X-Men Mission: Or Is He Both? When a series of gamma radiation related deaths occur in Colorado, the X-Men investigate a connection to a deceased teenaged mutant.
Dixie Dead Shake: When Garrison's RCMP duties bring him to New Orleans, a few more mansionites tag along and find the town off in ways that may lead to danger.
Humanis Honoribus Amicis: News of a new disturbing turn in American politics has Hope Abbott investigating.
X-Men Mission: Weapon X-XXIII: The X-Men get involved when a YouTube vid captures a familiar-looking feral mutant.
Case File: Feel the Rush:X-Factor investigates a new deadly party drug following an overdose at a District X club.
Don't Quit Your Day Job:Rogue breaks the cardinal rule of spam - she clicks the link - and winds up caught up in a mutant sex ring.
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