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Post by Christine MacTaggart on Sept 2, 2004 18:01:48 GMT -4
"Sweet mother of mercy," Christine said, sinking back into her chair, crossing herself. "I, yes, that can't be real," she breathed, hitting the control to let Taela in. "But I have this bad feeling it was real, Jono. Terrifyingly real."
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Post by taeladragonfox on Sept 2, 2004 18:04:56 GMT -4
Taela raced in, her fur standing up and making her look a bit too much like a plush toy. She mirrored everyone's frightened looks with her own fear.
"What's going on?" She repeated, looking up at Jono.
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Rahne
Training Mutant
Having a cane and being a doctor doesn't make me House
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Post by Rahne on Sept 2, 2004 22:37:47 GMT -4
"Good lord in heaven," Rahne whispered, putting a hand to the cross at her throat.
She rubbed the simple gold sign of her faith between her fingers, still staring at the blank com screen.
"SHIELD? Why would SHIELD attack us?"
She knew the answer moments after she asked the question.
"The White House attack."
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Post by chamber on Sept 2, 2004 23:46:21 GMT -4
"The com...Scott was on it," Jonothon said slowly.
"We heard shots...and his face was bloody."
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Post by taeladragonfox on Sept 4, 2004 14:28:41 GMT -4
Taela sat down, hard. Her foxish face quite literally drained of color.
"What...........?" The facts slowly sank in, and after a minute she spoke again, her voice wavered with the fear she felt.
"We have to go back! We have to help them!" As she quivered, her form wavered. Fur changed in patches to skin or scale and back, her wings forming and dissolving. "We can't just sit here."
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Post by chamber on Sept 5, 2004 1:20:51 GMT -4
"Calm down," Jonothon said to Taela.
"Yer no good ter anyone in that state."
He glanced sideways at Paige and felt a surge of relief that she was here and not in whatever madness had consumed the mansion.
"We need ter find out wot's going on there first, not charge in all guns blazing. That'd be useless, to us and them."
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Post by Christine MacTaggart on Sept 6, 2004 15:35:02 GMT -4
"Agreed," Christine said quietly. "As much as I want to go back and run to their rescue - this reeks of setup. And my best guess is our favorite buckethead is the mastermind behind it. So, until we can either prove it or come up with a decent plan for rescue - we stay here," she continued. "No backtalk."
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Post by chamber on Sept 7, 2004 1:40:21 GMT -4
"Yer seem ter know wot yer doing. I'll stick by yer as team leader, Chris," Jonothon said.
He glanced at Paige. Much as he loved her, he had to admit that Chris had more experience and would probably make a better team leader because of it.
"We'll need ter find out a hell of a lot of things before we go to the rescue. If they end up needing it. SHIELD has ter know that the White House thing wasn't our style."
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Post by Christine MacTaggart on Sept 7, 2004 6:56:52 GMT -4
Christine gave Jono a grim smile. "I have a theory as to why Shield attacked. Not a very good one - but it's a viable one." She grimmaced. "Magneto wants the X-Men out of the way - but for what purpose? He made it look like the Xers attacked and kidnapped the president for a reason. We have to figure out what it is and how to stop it before the lives of every mutant in America is affected."
Christine looked at each member of her team. "I reckon we're the only ones who can help the X-Men. So, are we a team?"
Paige looked over at Christine. "Ya got my vote, Cap'n," she said, grimly. "You lead, I follow."
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Post by taeladragonfox on Sept 7, 2004 9:24:23 GMT -4
Taela forced herself into a calmer state, but in all reality it was an illusion. She stopped her form from wavering so much, but she was still very shakey.
"I'm in." Her voice slowly returned to a more normal tone, then to an angrier one. "No one.... no one hurts my friends and gets away with it."
Deep inside her mind, a dark chant started.
kill, attack, revenge, kill, attack, revenge, kill, attack, revenge, kill, attack, revenge, kill!
The demon dragon was waking up again, drawn to Taela's fear and anger like a shark to blood.
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Post by Christine MacTaggart on Sept 7, 2004 11:10:05 GMT -4
Christine arched a thin eyebrow at the mental chanting going on in Taela's head - the Phoenix having boosted her powers dramatically.
[glow=gold,2,300]Hey, dragon, mind shutting up?[/glow]
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Rahne
Training Mutant
Having a cane and being a doctor doesn't make me House
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Post by Rahne on Sept 7, 2004 20:32:50 GMT -4
Rahne coughed slightly. In her human form, her senses might be blunt compared to the wolf but they were still sharp. The rage and fear coming off all the people in the jet was making her teeth itch. She didn't dare look at Kyle; he was probably worse affected by it then she was. And much closer to snapping.
"Aye, Christine. Ye the team leader."
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Post by Christine MacTaggart on Sept 7, 2004 20:48:07 GMT -4
"First plan of action, getting a place to act like base, a headquarters if you will. I don't think Mum would be thrilled if we used the Centre as base so hopefully, I'll be able to find something else. I think I know of a spot, just have to see if it still exists," she muttered the last bit to herself. "Next step, start researching the attack, see if we can find anything that would indicate it wasn't the X-Men. I think it might be a good idea to play hero if needed - sort of like showing that not all mutants are evil. I can make costumes if needed."
She had started pacing back and forth as she had been speaking and caught a look Taela was giving her out of the corner of her eye. "I'm pacing and making you dizzy, aren't I?"
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Post by chamber on Sept 7, 2004 21:35:21 GMT -4
"Great, costumes...can we not have them in red and gold? Miz Frost tried that colour combo already, looks like shite."
Jonothon stretched his long frame out as he got out of his seat to leave the jet.
"Yeah, let's do a little positive PR work. Save kittens, small children. Things like that."
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Post by Christine MacTaggart on Sept 8, 2004 7:27:40 GMT -4
"Your enthusiasm overwhelms me concerning uniforms, Jono," Christine said, rolling her eyes at Jono's comment. "I was thinking of individual costumes - just with the same patch," she said.
"So what does everybody else think?"
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