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The young couple walked hand in hand down the treelined street. Actually it would be more acurate to say 6 fingured hand in flipper. The two young mutants in love gazed into each others eyes as the evening slowly slipped in. A flash of light off of metal attracted the attention of both of them. They tilted their heads up to look above them.

A voice loud enough to rupture their eardrums spoke to them. "Mutants, you are to be terminated. " They did not have time to even turn and run away before a meter thick light erupted from a fuzzily seen form scant meters above their heads. There lifeblood formed a pool on the sidewalk of a small town in Anywhere USA. Their blood mingling into the afterlife as their flesh cooled.

A newscrew happened upon the scene only seconds after the vicious attack. The cameraman, with fast reflexes was able to get some footage of a large purple and gray form speedily flying away from the newsvan. He then opened the sliding door, his shiny new leather shoes sliding onto the pavement. His two martini lunch soon joined the blood on the ground, as he covered his pants and new shoes with a fine color of light brown. His eyes could hardly register the scene in front of him, as he saw two youngsters laying in pieces on the ground. He recovered his composure and grabbed his camera again, doing his job as best as he could.

WESTCHESTER NEW YORK

Professor Xavier looked over at the television, a momentary flash of news having interrupted his chain of thought. "Peter please turn up the television, I missed what they just said. " Peter dutifully did as his mentor bid. They both sat rapt as an edited picture of two young bodies was shown on the 11 O'Clock news. Xavier noticed the misshapen limbs askew on the ground even before the announcer once again explained that the two dead children had been mutants. The short section of film that the station showed filled Xavier with dread. He recognized the large form rapidly moving away from camera range as a Sentinel.

* Maybe the President has finally made his move against Mutantkind. The mutant registration act has still not passed, having found less support than expected. The actions of some of my fellow mutants, such as Magneto, must have scared the President into unleashing these monsters. I must concact my sources in Washington immediately. * Before going to the telephone, Xavier turned back towards his desk. He flipped a switch that he had hoped never to have to use.

The mansion was immediately surrounded by a phasing field, a gift from Reed Richards for some help the X-Men had rendered years ago. This field would make them invisible to radar and sonar and would make the mansion virtually invisible to all modern forms of detection. Unfortunately as a drawback, no one could leave the mansion or the field would collapse. At least for now, Xavier felt it would be better to hide his precious X-men until he had more information.

An hour later , Xavier put down the phone. He hated having to use the telephone, but most of the ordinary humans that he dealt with complained about a headache after conversing with him mentally. He needed to be in as good of graces with all these people as possible, so the use of the phone was neccesary. He had left a message with the Avengers butler to have them contact him as soon as possible. But as far as the government was concerned, no one had any information for him. They could not confirm or deny that the Sentinels had been unleashed.

Xavier heaved a heavy sigh as he used his powerful mind to think of what he should do. He did not want to leave all the mutants in the world subject to Sentinal attacks while his X-Men were safe in the mansion. But he also did not want to send out his student till he knew more information as far as wha twas going on. He decided to have a talk with all of senior X-Men to let them know what information he had so far.

He sent out a mental summons to all of his older students. He directed them to please come to his office in one hour. He also sent out a message to all students that the danger room was off limits for the next few days due to repairs. He could ill afford someone to get hurt just when he might need them. He rubbed his hands over his aching temples as he sat at his desk , trying to think of a way to tell his X-Men that mutantkind may soon be on the list of extinct animals on Earth.
 
Thing

The Thing relaxed quietly on the specially built lounge chair inside the headquarters of the Fantastic Four. Suddenly, the monitor in front of him came to life, showing the news footage of the attack on the two mutant children.

"As you know the Human Torch, Mrs Fantastic and I are at work on an important, time-critical, project. I want you to fly up to WestChester and give Professor Xavier any assistance that you can. Also offer my apologies and tell him the rest of the Fantastic Four will join him as soon as possible", the disembodied voice of Mr. Fantastic ordered, matter of factly. Stretch could keep his emotions in check better the he could.

"No prob Stretch, on my way", replied the Thing. "And they better be OK when I get there or someone's gonna get Clobbered", he muttered to himself.
 
Gambit

::A thick cloud of smoke hung low from the ceiling and the more those around the room smoked the lower the cloud of smoke got. It would soon threaten the lungs of every nonsmoker within the bar and make everyones clothing smell as though they were on fire. The sound of a pool game echoed every now and then through the boom of conversation, and all seemed to be as normal in the nightclub.

Gambit sat along at the bar, his brown trenchcoat still clinging to him, but minus the body armour and headband he wore in combat situations. The only thing he couldnt change was the color of his eyes, but with the way contacts worked now and days he was just looked upon as being goth with his black eyes and red pupils. As long as he didnt have to use his mutant ability he would go unoticed in public just the way the ex-thief liked it.

A drink sat before him, and for some reason this evening he was milking it. Lately he wasnt feeling like himself and a depressed state had come over him that he couldn't explain. He just picked it up to finish what was left when the special report on the 11 o'clock news started.::

Turn that up cherie...

::He said to the bartender, and she did so, the volume growing til he could hear it over the rest of the crowd. Soon after the footage aired, some of the people in the crowd started mumbling anout how its about time the mutants got what was coming to them, and freak was a word tossed about more often than not.

How stupid you all sound spouting shit like that out of your holes.

He reached into an inside pocket of his coat and tossed some money - enough for the beer and a tip- and headed towards the door. He didnt know where he was going, but something told him that even here in New Orleans during Mardi Grace he may nae be safe::
 
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Colossus

Peter had just left the danger room when he received the mental message from the Professor. He shook his head, thinking to himself that it had worked just fine when he was in there. Well, the Professor surely had a good reason to do it. So, Peter flipped the switch that locked the Danger Room with a limited access code. That way , only the Senior X-Men would even be able to get in there.

He went to the shower to try and clear his head. He had been so confused lately, his on again off again relationship with Kitty was driving him insane. He knew that she was too young and innocent for him, but his heart felt otherwise. He quickly dried off as he noticed that he had spent way too much time in the shower and was due in the Professors office in ten minutes. He threw on his cloths and then sprinted to the office. He was about to knock on the door, when Xavier mentally bade him to enter.
 
Hank Mc'Coy

Hank Macoy Was in A lab Pitteling Around Just Thinking of things He was still geting use to the Blue furr the boys at Wepond-X Had given him. When he recived The Profes Summens He Stroled To the Profs office He was sitting In The Ofice waiting for the others When Petter Arived
 
Venom looked down the alley way, through the smoke, at a man who was taking a leak, oblivious that anyone was watching him, especially someone as dangerous as Venom. He swung himself up, onto the roof of the adjoining building, and ran across it, now standing just above the man. He knelt down, and got ready to pounce.

"Mutant, you are to be terminated."

Venom swung his head around, his fast instincts reacting. He leapt back as a beam of what looked like pure light hit the area that Venom had just been squatting. Even as Venom landed, another beam struck the ground just in front of him, sending him reeling back, off the building, and landing heavily on the sidewalk below.

Never before had Venom felt awe, and yet now he did. Whatever this thing was that was out to destroy him had the upper hand. Venom licked his black lips with his snake-like tongue, and darted into a manhole, knowing full well that revenge was a dish best served cold....
 
Colossus

Peter walked into the room and noticed that Beast was already in there. He nodded at Hank as he took a seat on the couch closest to the window. Hank did not seem too concerned, but Peter was bothered by the look on Professor Xavier's face. It did not bode well, in fact, this was as serious a face that Peter had ever seen. His body unconciously shifted to metal form, before he realized what he had done. Embarrassed, he quickly shifted back hoping the Professor and Hank did not notice.
 
Tony stared at the screen coldly as the news report played out. Professor X would be busy doing something about this. A something that Tony could help. Well, not him. But Iron Man. Tony stood, briskly walking to where the briefcase sat, as if waiting for him. He sighed, then opened it. Light flashed as the suit covered him. He ran from the manor, lifting into the air and flying towards the school.
 
Thing

The Thing flew towards WestChester in one of the Fantastic Four's jets. The mansion was currently protected by the Phasing Field as the Jet's Dispaly indicated. He would land in a grassy field nearby and figure out how to get in there. As he was landing the VTOL jet , he caught a movement in the sky out of the corner of his eye. Once he had landed and deplaned, the sky was oddly empty. Now was a great time for his eyes to be playin' tricks on him, the Thing thought as he shook his head.

Now, how to get to Xavier, the Thing mused...
 
Wraith

Looking down into the alley I could easily see my prey. Three men, one for the alarm, one to drive, and the muscle. The muscle was what I was worried about. How in the Hell he got ahold of a XJ-369 Power Suit I don't know, but he was going to regret it in a few minutes.
I waited until the trio was in the bank, then I stepped back into the shadows on the rooftop, and back out of one in the alleyway. I quickly disabled their getaway car by slashing all four tires with my claws, then settled back to wait. An hour later the gang emerged with 4 sacks of ill-gotten loot. The two unarmored ones were easily dealt with. Two blast from my webbing and they were stuck to the walls of the alley , along with the cash. The suit stopped, shocked that they were being attacked, then started lighting the alley up with the targeting lasers. Smart boy. Against the Elite Response Force of the NYPD, he would have targeted any suits they had, along with their Heavy Weapons officers. Unfortunately for him, I was not a member of the duly appointed constabulary. I dropped a darkness field, and quickly moved behind him. A blow to his back propelled him into the getaway car and almost through it. Both car and crook ended up against a wall, the car's alarm screaming as he pulled himself free. He tried the targeting lasers again, but in the darkness field he couldn't even see the HUD display. Before he could start randomly firing I struck again, blowing him back into the wall of the bank hard enough to shake the building, and more importantly, hard enough to set off the alarm. I swiftly made my way over to him as he was standing, and slash my claws deep into his power module, ripping it from the suit and shutting it down. I then dropped the darkness, and lifted the punk up until he was eye-to-eye with me.
"Now, little man, you will tell me where you got this toy you are wearing. A street punk like you with this firepower, it doesn't add up. now TALK!"

With the last shake the punk looked into my burning lavender gaze, and fainted.
Crap!

Hearing sirens, I pasted the kid on the wall next to his friends, and stepped back into the shadows as the police rounded the corned and spotlights began to flood the alley. Appearing back on the rooftop, I concentrated and my wings emerged from my armor. Time to go back to school.

**All Senior X-Men, report to my office within one hour. All junior members and students are confined to the Mansion, and the Danger Room is off limits until further notice. I will notify everyone of my reasons in the morning.**

I almost fell out of the air when the mental summons washed over me. Landing in the woods below me, I pulled my wings back and surveyed the area around me. Good, nothing here but trees and rabbits. Stepping back into the shadow where the limb of the large oak me the body, I shifted myself to my home in Shadow, and then back again to the mansion, appearing in my room with the telltale sounds of my passage fading. It always weirds the younger ones out to hear the ghostly sigh and moan, and to see shadows boil up and spit me and whomever else is with me out into this Realm. Heh, Cyke almost blasted me the first time I did it, & Jean had a old battle-axe off the wall & heading toward me until the Prof. stopped her. Still chuckling, I made my way outside my door and down the hall to the Professors room. Entering, I saw Hank and Peter already there, Peter looking worried.
"Whats going on Sir? Magneto break out of Stronghold, or is it something worse?"
 
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Xavier

Xavier looked over at his three students that had been the first ones to arrive. He shook his head towards Kyle and said. "No it is not Magneto this time, though I wish it was something that easy." Peter gave a visible start, hearing the Professor talking like that, making Magneto sound insignificant.

Xavier continued, "I would prefer to wait till everyone is here. That would make it easier, since this will be a decision that all of you will have some input. Kyle, I noticed that you were able to get through the phase field with no problem, as I expected. We seem to have a visitor that has landed in the northern field near the soccer field. It seems to be one of the Fantastic Four. He might have a message from Reed. Would you please go get him? Thank you. "
 
Wraith

I startled at the Professors request.
"Ummm, Professor, I took the long way in." At his puzzled look I added"I traveled through Shadow to get here. You remember how much that freaks people out when I take them through there. I'll do it if you really need me to sir, but I do ask that you consider another alternative."

I remembered the last time I took anyone not sufficiently warned through Shadow. My chamberlain was NOT pleased at the claw-marks Logan left in the throne Room. I don't want to think what They could do if they lost it.
 
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Colossus

Peter looked over at the Professor as he suggested that Kyle bring in a member of the Fantastic Four through his shadow power. His body shuddered as he remembered the one time he had to travel with Kyle through that place. It was a place he would not soon forget.

The air was so cold, luckily he had been in steel mode or he might have gotten sick. The palatable sense of malice bothered him , it was difficult to see since everything was coated in shadow; with no true light or darkness. The only light was given off by torches , their sputtering light giving off little comfort other than the smell of pitch that reminded him of back home in Mother Russia.

A blood-red carpet lead from a throne that looked to be hewn from black rock, & there were 2 great tables on either side of the carpet. 2 huge fireplaces dominated the back wall, while the black-boned skull of a Dragon was over the throne itself. This was never something he had seen before in his life. It was a scary place to him, since he felt that people were just out of his sightlines watching him. The only thing that made him feel safer was the palatable sense of power eminating from Kyle when he was by his side, almost as if he was drawing power from the shadow himself.

Peter cleared his throat before speaking to the Professor. "Um, Professor X, do you think that is the best thing to do. For all we know it could be the Invisible Girl. I am not sure if she would be very comfortable there, to say the least."
 
Xavier

Xavier looked over at his two students. "Peter, I understand your concern . However, there are very valid reasons for why I am asking this of Kyle. There is a field around the Mansion that I do not want to break. It would leave us umm vulnerable right now, not something that I want. I am not sure which of the Fantastic Four it is, since this field limits my mental abilities to a significant degree. "

"Besides, I am sure that Kyle has the ability to protect anyone he brings through. I would not have asked him otherwise. He is familiar with the specific dangers there, so I have no concerns whatsoever for Kyle or his passenger. Now Kyle, please do as I ask and retrieve this person. "

Xavier turned back towards Beast, looking to see if there was any concern graven on that beastly face. He had not wanted to even talk about the field until they were all there. He was used to instant obedience from his students. This quibbling was not what he had expected of his well trained students.
 
Wraith

I sighed on the inside, but i showed nothing to the three men in the room.
"Yes sir. I shall do as you wish."

I concentrated, and the shadows in the room leapt out and surrounded me with a angry murmur, like ghosts whispering. The temperature plummeted, and I could faintly see the breath of the people in the room before I appeared by my throne. I then stepped from there to the grounds of the manor. I could see the F.F.'s vehicle, and the man-mountain called the Thing pacing impatiently by it. I stepped through the shadows to appear close to the man, then stepped out into the meager light of the stars.
"Excuse me, but the Professor wishes for me to bring you into the mansion via a alternate route than normal. It is a little....daunting, so please, take no action but standing still, and it will be over in less than a minute. Do you give your consent to Travel with me?"

I looked up at his rocky face, awaiting my answer.
 
Venom

Brock had escaped the sewers, and come out in another part of town, near the Eastern side, when he saw a jet unlike what he had seen anyone fly shoot straight through the sky. With only a thought the symbiot that shared his body wrapped it's black body around him, and started running. It knew it couldn't keep up with anything that fast, but Venom had no doubt that that jet had something to do with his attacker.

After nearly exerting itself completely, Venom finally found the jet, in a grassy clearing, and had proceeded to check the craft thouroughly. When it was finshed, it frowned. Nothing.

That's when Venom felt something . The symbiot didn't know what it was, but it was moving. It had never sensed anything of the same. Venom started running again.

Venom ran hard, seeing dead ahead of him, nothing on the horizon, nothing that even seemed remotely out of place. Again it's tongue licked it's face, just as it burst through... something . Venom froze. Ahead of the alien was a gate, and attached to it a wall. Making sure no one had noticed, Venom started forward again....
 
Thing

The Thing paced in front of the jet. The more he paced the deeper the trough he had created became. A figure suddenly arreared before him, Ben immediatly cocked a massive fist ready to clobber the figure back into the nothingness from which he came.

"Excuse me, but the Professor wishes for me to bring you into the mansion via a alternate route than normal. It is a little....daunting, so please, take no action but standing still, and it will be over in less than a minute. Do you give your consent to Travel with me?"

Ben dropped his fist and responded, "Well, I guess you are OK, lead on McDuff, you can obviously bypass the Phasing Field. I guess Stretch wasn't as clever as he thought". The Thing stepped out of the trough and held out his hand to the Wraith. "Just don't try nothin' funny, huh".
 
Hank

Ha nk listond to the prof and the others But his mind was on other things he had be working on He than Just Noded and watched the others
 
Wraith

Extending my hand I summoned the shadows to my beck and call, and they lept to my command. Wrapping both of us in a cold embrace, we dematerialized from the normal world, and with a mournful sigh we reappeared in the Throne Room of my keep.
"You are almost there. Please keep still."
Once again the shadows surrounded us. Hungrier, thicker and more aggressive in this place. Once again I felt the cold embrace of Power, and we were off, to materialize in Xaviers library.
"Follow me, Mr. Grimm."
I turned a proceeded to lead him to the Professor's office. I knew I was expected.
 
Wolevrine

Wolverine was riding through New York City on his Harley. He often went on rides like these to help clear his head. As he was riding, the wind blowing past him, he received the Professor's telepathic message. He turned the bike North and headed up to Westchester County.

After riding for a while, he arrived at the gates of the mansion. Wolverine could smell the energy in the air and knew that Xavier had engaged the phasing field. "Okay," he thought to himself, "how in the hell am I supposed to get in?"
 
Thing

The Thing followed Wraith to Professor Xavier's office. Ben was stunned by what he had seen, had passed through. But, he made light of the incident in a typical Bronx way, "S'at your summer house wraith?"
 
Tony landed outside what appeared on his radar as a massive shield. There was a large rut where some large thing had been pacing back and forth, and he looked around quickly, nervous. He knew that the only way he was getting in was if the Professor wanted him to, so he just stood quietly, waiting.
 
Xavier

Xavier was glad to see that it was the Thing that had come from the Fantastic Four rather than that Hothead Human Torch or the mostly useless Invisible Girl. Though, he would not have minded the raw intelligence of Reed at his side during the current crisis. "Welcome, Mr. Grimm to our humble home. I am glad that someone from the Fantastic Four has answered my message. I have a feeling that we will need all the help we can get in the near future. "

He turned to Kyle, "Thank you for getting Mr. Grimm. I know how hesitant you are to taking people through the Shadow Realm, but sometimes it is neccesary. " Xavier looked up as a beeping came up on his monitor. "It seems that Wolverine was out again last night. *Sigh* And we also have another visitor out there. Kyle, do you think.........No, I agree it would be too dangerous. I will have to hazard a chance and lower the phasing field. I might be able to get it back up after turning it off, but I can not keep doing this too often or we run a chance of detection. "

"Peter , do you think you and Beast could go down to the kitchen and get some snacks for us all? I think it is going to be a long day. Plus , Mr. Grimm looks particularly famished . Thank you. " Xavier watches as Peter and Hank leave the room. "I will give you all more information when the rest of our guests have arrived."
 
Colossus

Peter opened the door for Beast to proceed him to the kitchen. "I wonder how much to bring Hank, it seems like there may be a lot more people coming to see the Professor. It is a good thing we always have plenty on hand. " Peter felt a subtle change in pressure. He wondered if that had meant that the phasing field was down.

Looking out one of the glass windows towards the gate to the mansion, Peter noticed a dark shadow that was moving. He squinted his eyes a little more and noticed it was a man sized person coming over the gate. It was a person that he had never seen before. Peter turned to Hank. "Hank , do me a favor, keep getting the snacks. I have to go check something out."

Moving to a exit door in the hallway, Peter changed his body to organic steel. His powerful limbs stretched as he ran to intercept the person before he went further towards the mansion. Colossus hailed the person just as he had landed on the ground. "Excuse me, but I doubt if you belong here. State your business, or I will have to escort you out. " Colossus waited for a reply.
 
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