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: Rachel comes across Miles fixing his webshooters and he admits his secret identity. Bobby stumbles onto the idea to create snowmen for money, Miles is nothing but supportive. Rogue and John get to know one another again over Jell-o and ice cream. Sue finds Reed in her father's lab after he got kicked out of his apartment, she’s not letting him get away with that. Along Came A Spider: Clint texts Jennie to tell her he hates stakeouts, but she fails to properly commiserate.
2021: Laurie asks that the mansion residents please keep their life threatening injuries to a minimum, if possible. Quentin texts Gabe to ask if he knows of anyone in X-Force willing to teach him to use a gun. Gabe texts Kevin for a favor.
2022: Artie emails X-Force to inform them of the deal he's made with Illyana.
2023: 'Star asks Rictor to show Match ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’. Jessica and Quentin independently decide to sit with a comatose Haller for Thanksgiving.
2003:Crimson Dawn: Marie-Ange drugs Hank, and Jamie, Kitty, and Sarah move Betsy out of the medlab; all of them are picked up outside the escape tunnel by Nathaniel Essex and flown to Fort Dix.
2004: Nathan realises his precognition is coming back. Lorna asks Nathan to teach the junior cooking class. Lorna asks Rahne and Jamie to be her assistants in the kitchen.
2005: Nathan gives Forge a notebook full of Askani designs and notes - the psimitar. Lorna's parents visit for Thanksgiving. Wanda comes back from her vacation. Kitty meets Marius and is disturbed by his powers in the wake of the Vlad incident. Manuel goes out and gets drunk, unable to handle the happy feelings in the mansion and babbles to Nathan about what Amanda did. Wanda takes Madelyn out for farewell drinks. Lost In The Woods: Angelo runs into Amanda in New York by accident and learns where she's been; she uses magic to cloud his memory of the incident to protect him.
2006:Thanksgiving: the students and teachers play football; Yvette meets Nathan and Rachel; Dani offers non-Thanksgiving post-dinner for those who don't celebrate; Kurt goes to Amanda's apartment; Bobby and Terry go to his parents'. Living Pele: Alex and Lorna share an unexpected kiss and Alex's girlfriend sees them. Forge and Jennie discuss what was said about Europe and an understanding is reached.
2007: Laurie announces she and her mother are taking leftover food to the local homeless shelter. Nathan has to admit his loss in a pool game, involving having to wear a dress and recite poetry.
2008: Morgan takes on a new mimic in Boston to check on her mother and Adrienne freaks out over various things. Ktenology 101 - Marie contacts Christian Kane to let him know what happened to Garrison. Jean-Paul asks for students interested in his literature course the next semester. Kevin brings Nori a sculpture and she winds up telling him about what happened to Jay. Doug asks Bishop to teach him to shoot.
2009: Manuel emails Amanda, thanking her for dinner. Jay emails Amanda, letting her know where Warren ended up and how he feels about the other man's wings reminding him of his old ones. Sam apologises in person to Morgan for his earlier behaviour and the conversation goes about as well as could be expected. Amanda and Jubilee head back to work after seeing Wanda and indulge in some work-trained people watching.
2010: Kyle emails Doug about World of Warcraft, in light of his concerns about Dori's lack of sleep due to playing too much. Laura pines for the country. Lex and Vanessa go for Japanese and to Lex' relief (and surprise) their relationship survives. There Will Be Peace: Warren lends Julian a vehicle so that he can go make a visit; Julian visits Simon in the Vault and learns that McPhearson is behind the abduction of Julian's family; Julian gets permission to go to LA from Jean, but on the condition Angel goes with him; Julian lets Dori and Nico know he's going and that they can't come, but they follow him anyway using Nico's magic.
2011: Catseye meets Korvus, he makes her breakfast and she fails to threaten him over Meggan. David North emails Doug and Remy, letting them know things are too hot for him in Europe and that he may be coming back to New York; Doug lets X-Force now North had activated a backup ID and is coming back; Marie-Ange offers to pick him up at the airport. Warren and Vanessa have dinner together and talk about their respective offices working together. Catseye runs into Meggan and in the course of catching up, Catseye decides she needs to have that Talk with Korvus as well. Doug posts the next stage in the Reese's Arms Race, two giant peanut butter cups. Jean-Paul and Scott catch up over beer and pool at Harry's. Sarah and Layla chat over AIM, with Sarah's twin joining in briefly. Dori and Kyle drive to Montana, staying in a motel room that night.
2012: Jennie goes to Jean for a check up, and the two end up talking about what has happened while Jennie was gone. Lorna texts Jean thanking her for the birthday presents and offering to make her a belated birthday dinner. Molly posts saying she ate too much of the leftover turkey.
2014: Gabriel comments on the previous day’s news story, remarking that being able to turn into a dragon would be a nifty power to have. Rogue and Matt go for a random flight around town, enjoy delicious treats, and learn something new about each other.
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