Mutant High Issue 2: A Hard Lesson

[Relique du Madde]

"As far as hostages go, I'm worth more then you ever will be, Nicolas. However, our enemies are not looking for money, they are looking for power and since I haven't reached the point where I could kill a person with a thought from a distance, you are worth more to them then I am at the moment." Miranda shakes her head with a slight smirk.

"Besides, like it or not your idea is still a crapshoot. You are placing all your faith on that phone's GPS device and betting that it will not crap out or be neutralized anytime between now and when the bad guys come after you. you are also betting that Cyclops will not come after you until after you are in trouble and not before. Making matters worse, you are also betting that our enemies have a way of tracking you or that they have someone watching this school's every exit and that they that will not try to immediately attack or abduct you somewhere between here and that boarding school. You are also betting that they will come for you today and not tomarrow or next week and that they will attack you in New York without first raiding the school to make sure that the person they trailed to New York is actually you and not a mutant or a robot that looks like you."

"Sadly, even thought my plan is deadlier it at least doesn't have as many things that can go wrong with it as you plan does. If we are allowed to try my plan out it either will work, not work and nothing happens, or it can not work and either kill me or make me brain dead." Miranda paused. "Like it or not, if my plan doesn't work it won't stop you from leaving and if you leave it won't stop me from asking Cyclops if we could try to add that life force modification to Cerebro but you should at least wait to see if we can try out my idea first since if it works we can use it as a safeguard against the possibility that your GPS device fails."

 

[Caros]

"Worth more than me maybe, but never bet against the guy who can turn coal into diamonds and mint his own cash." He sent a half smile her way. "The transmitter won't fail until the battery runs out, and the battery won't run out for... somewhere around twenty three hours at the rate its going. Trust me."
With or without healing from Xi'an, he was headed for the door now, a last smile cast back towards the lot of them. "I'll be in the city in a few hours, and I'll call. If you get Cerebro working, I'll hang out in the lobby of the baxter building or somewhere safe till you send someone to pick me up."

He paused at last before the doorway, fingers brushing the doorknob. "You've got one thing wrong too. They're not going to be attacking me. I'm going there to surrender." With a wink he was gone.

Winding corridors of the school brought him at last to the garage then. He looked around of course, a feeling of both glee and guilt washing over him as he waved to one of the cameras. "Driving without a valid licence. Driving while uninsured." He murmured, approaching one of the cars, 'Summers 2' from the licence plate, a meticulously maintained Dodge Viper. "Grand Theft Auto... I'm so getting detention." He said with a chuckle, the keys on his key ring quickly molding to fit both door lock and ignition, putting the vehicle through its paces as he fled the institution he had known for years as 'home.'

[sblock=DM]In case it matters, I'm willing to spend a hero point to 'jury rig' the device. Don't know if it needs it or not, your call.[/sblock]

 

[ShaggySpellsword]

"Dammit Nick..."

Xi'an pulls off his glove and touches his healing hand to Alchemist's side, sealing his wound.

"You realy are crazy."

 

[Jemal]

-Highway to hell(ER, I mean New York)-
Amidst the confusion nobody noticed her dissapearance, but when Alchemist drove off, the voice from the back seat nearly sent him off the road.
"We may not be able to stop you Nick, but you can't stop me either. I'm coming to keep an eye on you whether you like it or not." Kitty climbed into the front seat with him as they drove. "Unless you want to turn around and take me back? Didn't think so. Look, you can go there and surrender, but I'm following you. I may not be able to turn invisible like Miranda, but I've been practicing using my powers to follow people for a lot longer, and if something happens that your oh so brilliantly egotistical, hard-headed stubborn brain hasn't forseen, I want to be there to help. Besides, if they do catch me, just tell them you won't help if they hurt me." She grinned at him and buckled her seat belt (DRIVE SAFE, KIDS!!), her eyes daring him to do something about it.

-Alchemists Room-
"Well if nutjob's going we can't exactly stop him.. less you want to beat him unconscious. I gotta say though, I like his plan better. It doesn't involve the cutest chick in school getting turned into a vegetable." Pyro leaned in to whisper the last part to Miranda. "So what now? We tell One-eye and the rest about our 'plan'? No offense, Sparky, but I aint messing with Cerebro unless there's a certified Computer GENIUS standing nearby."

-Wilderness Camp-

Spike and Logan leap out of the bushes, Logan landing on Quill claws extended while Spike Cruises by, nailing all of them. The Feral drops unconscious from a lucky hit, though the other two weather it better. Quill goes down with Logan, the two of them becoming a rolling ball of savagery.

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Init please.
Quill, Feral, Woman (Toughness saves DC 27 vs SPike) (1d20+10=29, 1d20+11=14, 1d20+8=21)
Quill's got 1 Injured (from Logan), Feral's out, and the woman Has 1 injured. (Your attacks are Lethal correct?)
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[Jemal]

-Auditorium -

Temper steps foward aggressively. "Well, of course that would be true if I internalized that belief. Why should I accept a pointlessly self limiting attitude? Is it working well for you? You don't think that people around our age have ruled, have discovered things, have fought, have raised families? The social role of 'teenager' is a rather recent development, relatively speaking. All of the advantages of modern society, and you aspire to be less capable than people hundreds of ago? I think we could do a lot more than waiting around to be molded by society."

"Critical thinking is required to defend one's self from propaganda and other cheap emotional manipulation. People have been disarmed by inadequate education and don't even know how vulnerable they are. Did you ever wonder about the origins of anti-mutant hysteria? Or ever truly consider anything? Or is that kind of thought and reflection also outside the purview of someone our age?"

"Modern Medicine, Technology, Women's Rights, Equal treatment for all races." Jubilee took her own aggressive steps forward with each thing she listed, until she and Temper were inches apart "Those're other 'Recent Developments' I'm sure you ALSO have a problem with, you medeival minded freak. If you wanna go have a baby, rule Europe and Climb Mount Everest to prove your Worth, feel free, but then WHY are you HERE? And yeah, I DO wonder about those things, which is why I'm in SCHOOL to LEARN, not be told that I'm stupid by a pompous, stuck up little girl who likes to pretend she's more sophisticated because of her inferiority complex."

"ENOUGH!" The air between the two burst into flames at Derek's outburst, but without fuel they faded quickly, soon replaced by the young mutant himself. "You ladies can finish your little cat-fight when we AREN'T dealing with a Crisis. That goes for you too, Red!" He turns to face Fury, who'd been snickering, before going back to the two of you. "I'm sick of the infighting. If you're going to argue, at least don't do it like adults. They always screw things up with their closed-minded belief that they can't be wrong, and that they have to do everything in their power to convince 'the other guy' how wrong he is. You wanna know why there's war? Because of people like that, all over the world.. thousands, millions, but sometimes it just takes one.. ONE person with opinions and the means to force those opinions on others. Just like I'm doing now. Just like you were about to do." He scoffed and turned away, heading for the door "Who'm I kidding, we're no better than him."

Meanwhile it seems the raised voices and.. er.. 'explosion' have finally caught the teachers attention, as Eric notices Mr Summers stalking over.

 

[drothgery]

-Auditorium -

Meanwhile it seems the raised voices and.. er.. 'explosion' have finally caught the teachers attention, as Eric notices Mr Summers stalking over.

I'm supposed to have leadership potential and I can't calm down a low-grade catfight? Eric thinks. I could barely get a word in edgewise. Probably because I was trying to douse flames, not fan them.

"I wonder what Prof. Summers is going to say about this?" He said, though he doubted anyone was listening to him.

 

[Shayuri]

Calypso rubs her forehead and looks away.

"Yeah...I guess we'd better."

Despite her words, she doesn't move to leave...instead going to sit down on the bed with a blank expression as if in a trance.

 

[kirinke]

-Alchemists Room-
"Well if nutjob's going we can't exactly stop him.. less you want to beat him unconscious. I gotta say though, I like his plan better. It doesn't involve the cutest chick in school getting turned into a vegetable." Pyro leaned in to whisper the last part to Miranda. "So what now? We tell One-eye and the rest about our 'plan'? No offense, Sparky, but I aint messing with Cerebro unless there's a certified Computer GENIUS standing nearby."
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"No arguments there. I'm the new guy here, I was just shooting out ideas." She shook her head. "Let's go, we couldn't stop Alchemist, but we can sure be there when he needs us," she sighed. "I just hope Prof Summers doesn't hold a grudge against idiot kids shooting their mouths off when they're scared out of their minds."

 

[ShaggySpellsword]

"We wait an hour...then we go to professor Summers with what Alchemist has done...in fact...so let's not be all hanging around in a gaggle, waiting for someone to see why we're being so suspicious. We should split into smaller groups. Kitty..."

Xi'an turns, doesn't see Kitty, and then scans the very crowded room.

"Where'd Kitty go?"

Confused, but collecting his thoughts, Xi'an adds

"Anyway, Pyro, you go with your new girlfriend and go occupy yourselves. One or two of you wanna go down to the game room and play some X-box? The rest of you, find a way to be low-key. In one hour, I'll go find Professor Summers and let him know what Nicholas has done."

 

[Relique du Madde]

Miranda gazed up towards Pyro with a flushed smile and found herself day dreaming for a moment only to be snapped out of her lucid imaginary make out scene when she heard Xian's make his X-box comment. "You don't have to use innuendo around us, we're almost adults here. We know what you mean.." Miranda giggled then turned bright red when she noticed that everyone was giving her a somewhat surprised look.

"Um... I just said that out load didn't I?" She said with an embarrassed tone. Crap. "Damn.. well um... yeah... ok... is it me or is it hot in here?" She glanced around the room as she allowed her body to revert back into its spectral form. "Any ways, um.. I'm going to my room now if anyone wants me... you'll have an idea where you might find me.." She floated towards Pyro whispered into his ear, "Come on... let's go.."