Template:Selected anniversaries/August 4
August 4
2003:
2004: Asgard (plot): A group of students vanishes during a softball game and find themselves in another dimension; Marie-Ange winds up with Odin and is trained by Sif; Jamie rescues a dwarf maiden; Amanda and Alison are rescued by the Enchantress; Alison is rendered mute and banished by the Enchantress.
2005: Family: Forge and Kylun take Catseye to the home of her parents, but she decides not to face them yet. The Pack arrive at the mansion to see Rachel and congratulate Nathan.
2006:
2007: Sound of Silence: Crystal deprives Maximus Boltagon of food and water and threatens to torture him; he refuses to give her the information, but eventually he tries a last-ditch attempt to control her mind and instead creates a link that reveals the boy in the coma is the source of Attilan's translocation; Forge arrives with a 'rescue' team to find everything is fine. Betsy tells Lorna she is an idiot for leaving the mansion over her dog Lili's pregnancy. Scott and Jean have a pregnancy scare when they realise Jean has missed taking her Pill.
2008: Sulaco: Having dinner with Kyle, it's clear Jay is not well and he reluctantly returns to medlab, where Amelia reads him the riot act; Jean announces Jay's healing factor is compromised and that he's in quarantine. Scott and Alex's grandfather has a heart attack and they, with Jean, go to Alaska. Adrienne needs distraction from waiting to hear from the NYPD and Morgan, Jan and Crystal snark in the ensuing journal thread; Morgan and her Ducati motorcycle come to the rescue.
2009: Home and Native Land: Having caught an earlier flight back to Canada, Lil sits with Madison, finding him comatose; Garrison posts to x_team letting people know what happened and that several of the Alpha Flight alumni will be going to the hospital; Logan and Lil both cope - or not - with the situation in their own ways; Amara texts Lil to check on her. Sarah emails Catseye, asking if she is back yet from her birthday weekend with her brother; Catseye posts about her birthday. Jean-Paul visits Johnny to inform him of Lil's absence and, inadvertently, her husband. Jeanne-Marie intercepts Jake on his way to Jean-Paul's and the two get into a confrontation over Jake's intentions and Jeanne-Marie's past actions while she was ill but after only one slap they come to an understanding with each other.
2010: Doreen shares her thoughts about The Last Airbender movie via her journal. Butterflies and Hurricanes: Jean-Paul finds a woman claiming to be Tracey in Colorado and texts Vanessa about it.
2011: Kyle emails Dori about Julian's attempt at bribing him into not dating her.
2012: Sooraya runs into Rachel and both girls try to not let their emotions get the best of them.
2013: Wade texts Molly to find out how she's doing. Topaz and Meggan have their first "lesson." Age of Apocalypse: A reluctant Rachel tells Haller how she survived and the two share a hug and some tense words before indulging in some random destruction in the quarry. Clint and Rachel meet in the kitchen, and discussion ensues.
2014: Darkness Within: At the airport, Tandy and Sue attack each other due to the influence of the demon, Spite, and quickly succumb; while Spite goes after Tandy, D'Spayre abducts Namor; two SWORD agents and the local police arrive at a cave in Italy, but are overwhelmed; Spite and D’Spayre use Tandy and Namor to open a portal and release their “father”, the "Dweller in the Dark”, who then possesses Tandy; Sue uses her powers to protect herself, Namor and the SWORD agents from the Dweller, who then teleports with Spite and D’Spayre to New York; in the middle of a magic class, Amanda is disturbed by Sue and Namor abruptly appearing, having used the staff from the ritual to teleport to the cave in New Jersey and as they are explaining what has happened, the lights go out, signaling the Dweller’s arrival; Molly and Jubilee, and Ty and Rachel, are caught up in the chaos as New York is attacked by Shades - the souls of the Dweller’s victims, yanked from their bodies; while SWORD director Abigail Brand and her two agents, Paulletz and Ortiz are battling Shades on the streets of New York, Amanda and her magic class, plus Nico, Namor and Sue hit the streets with a plan (sort of); Laurie, in New York to visit her father, texts Doug to check on him and then posts to her journal with an update; Cecilia texts Amanda to ask what is going on; with Namor acting as “leader” of the group to request Brand’s help, the group teleport to the top of the Empire State Building and after a battle, Topaz manages to free Tandy from the Dweller, who is then driven back into the portal to its dimension, along with D’Spayre; Spite is killed by Namor and the SWORD agents; Scott posts to the team comm to update them on what happened; Amanda provides her own update to everyone; Haller emails Amanda about aftercare for Tandy and the other students; Amanda provides her report to X-Force; Adrienne decides she is going to stay in Boston, where nothing ever happens.
2015: Alison texts Miles to wish him a belated happy birthday. Cruelty is Bitter Bane: Garrison receives an e-mail from Fred Duncan asking him to come to St. Louis to investigate a potential serial killer; Garrison makes a journal entry about having to leave on short notice; Adri texts Garrison to say a more personal goodbye. At camp, Sebastian leaves a note for Clea and Stephen about his supplies inquiring if they want the usual stuff. Rahne makes her first journal post to say hi to everyone. Amadeus posts an ode to hot pockets to his journal. Julian texts Angel in confusion about Rahne’s arrival. Jean-Phillipe texts Marie-Ange about Jean-Paul. Tandy texts Julian about the recent influx of Generation X members.
2016: After an accident at college Johnny finds himself lost and calls the one person who could help him, his big sister.
2017:
2018: Maya texts Miles letting him know that he had a lucky break and asking him to remember when he’s famous. She also lets people know how restrained she was this week, her pronouncement was met with varying degrees of belief by the mansion. Hope goes to visit Topaz, providing her with the friend she really needs. Wade heads down to Argentina for an undetermined length of time to check on some things and posts to X-Force to let them know.
2019: Alex emails XFI about a vacation.
2020: Laurie posts about a recent “study” by male scientists about the social media posting habits of female doctors and says all men are pigs.
2021: Darcy meets Kevin at a cafe to be interviewed for X-Force. Kevin emails Snow Valley to inform them of the upcoming addition. Terry is at Kyle's bedside when he wakes up and feeds him all the food - just no bananas.
2022:
2023: Terry texts Hope to ask how Warren’s new hires via the District X Community Centre are doing. Clarice shares songs to CPR to, and does not rickroll. (The Trick Is To) Keep Breathing: It’s morning and a struggling Jessica Jones takes on a new client; Jessica tails her client’s husband to a warehouse and discovers he’s not having an affair, he’s meeting with members of the Brotherhood of Mutants; at the same time, Jean and Garrison arrive, following up a lead; a fight ensues and Jessica is blasted by Phantasma and is injured; back at the mansion, Haller provides some desperately-needed psychic first aid and discovers her mind has been hijacked by a telepath called Zebediah Killgrave. Terry posts an open call for volunteers to help with the Community Centre in various areas (before going away for the weekend with Kyle).
