Mutant High Issue 2: A Hard Lesson

[Relique du Madde]

In the distance Miranda noticed Nightcrawler's life-force move close to Alchemist's, then suddenly Alchemist's glow dimmed. They did something to him, and unfortunately, Miranda did not think she and Pyro will arrive in time to prevent Nightcrawler from teliporting away with Alchemist. Even worse, If she and Pyro did manage to arrive before they could escape, she wasn't sure that she, Pyro, and Kitty could hold off Nightcrawler and Quicksilver until help arrives, assuming there was any.

Miranda had to find a way to neutralize the situation, from a distance. Fortunately, Miranda had one option that she thought had a chance at working. She concentrated on Nightcrawler's life-force then mentally pulled and tore at it with the hope that it would provoke an irrational emotional response: Fear.

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Emotion Control 8
Affect Corporeal, Perception Range, Duration: Sustained; Save: Fortitude (staged)
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[Jemal]

Miranda reaches out to pull at Nightcrawlers life force as she and Pyro come within sight of the building, but she fears it's too late, hearing a scream of "NOO!!" from the rooftop and feeling all of the mutants up there but Kitty dissapear.

[sblock=ooc] Sry, Relique, but I'm gonna use DM Fiat to just say no, them getting away is more cinematic and helps with the plans. You'll have an extra hero point at the start of your next encounter, and don't worry, I try not to do this often.
You have a little time before the jet arrives to get to the rooftop and find Kitty.[/sblock]

 

[Fangor the Fierce]

Realizing that there was not much time to act, Spike knows that they had to warn the school. Grinning, Spike picks up one of the phones nearby, and forwards the text message to any and all numbers that he would know of the school. Hopefully that would alert the school to get ready for another attack. Hopefully, the others should be there and set to go. Unknowingly, there were a lot of students out on various tasks that he had no idea about...

"They should be able to handle another attack, hopefully. I don't think they will miss us two so much, so I say we take care of these three, and get ready to 'receive the package', should things not go well at the school. Hopefully, we'll be here in case they don't, and thwart their plans."

Spike then makes for the three unconscious villains, and makes sure to keep them asleep and out of it. He will then inspect the area, wondering where they came from, and where they were headed. He will also go through the phone logs, to see who they have called, what other texts are there, and who has called them. He will then forward all the info to the school as well, to keep tabs on the numbers and to have a backup of what has happened.

"Let's get ready for anything coming our way..."

 

[Relique du Madde]

Miranda noticed Alchemist's message on the roof and found herself feeling sick. Defeated , she landed on the roof's ledge then glanced towards Kitty. "I seriously hope that Cyclops didn't round everyone up to come out here, cause if he did... God I hope he didn't." She began to cry, "I shouldn't have called Cyclops... if they left... oh god... oh god.. oh god... it'd be my fault if anyone anyone at the school got hurt... it'd be all my fault.."

She glanced up at Pyro with tears in her eyes. "We need to warn everyone... please say you have my phone... please..." her voice trailed off.

 

[drothgery]

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Since the X-Jet is a private aircraft, and cell phones actually work just fine from low-flying airplanes, I'm going to assume this works.
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Eric hears the familiar chime from his iPhone that means someone sent him a text message. Seeing Spike's message, he relays it to Prof. Summers immediately.

 

[Jemal]

"I know." Cyclops' voice is grim as the X-jet approaches the rooftop. Any looking out the window see Alchemist's message, and Kitty standing there holding the bloody tracking device in her hand.

"I think it's too late" Pyro says as there is a blast of air on the roof and the X-jet settles low, hatch opening "GET IN!" Cyclops shouts at the three students on the roof, before turning the jet and heading back to the school. He shouts out Beasts cell phone number and tells someone to call and warn them.

Whoever does so, however, gets no response.

-School-

While Astrid and Derek talk, they hear a loud commotion down at the other end of the school. When she moves to see what's going on, Derek grabs her arm "You don't want to do that.."

-Wilderness-
Spike gets confirmation that his message was received, and he and Wolverine tie up the three guards, though they seem to periodically clear all of their call logs.

 

[kirinke]

Serena keeps quiet, knowing full well that right now, smart remarks wouldn't be in anyone's best interest.

 

[Relique du Madde]

Miranda was silent as the X-Jet roared over NYC. Her make-up smeared face was told a story of her grief and anger. After a few tense moments, She glanced at the bloodied device Kitty held then snatched it out of her hands then stared deeply at it's gore-covered surface and hoped desperately to find any lingering trace of Nicolas before it faded due to cellular death. After a moment she handed the device back to Kitty then kicked the back to the seat in front of her in frustration.

"Kitty, how the hell they tracked you two? Pyro and I found you by following Quicksilver, and if Quicksilver had someone following you two then why didn't they cause an accident and snatch him from the freeway then teliport away and stash that tracker in an empty freight container? Assuming they didn't follow you, then how did they know where to go? I mean, unless they had a bug planted in Alchemist's room during last nights raid, then you or someone who was in Alchemist's room or at the school has to be a spy since thats the only way they could have found out where you to went without using something like Cerebro, right?"

She glanced at Cyclops. "So, since this was obviously a diversion, then what exactly are they attacking the school? What's does the school have that is so important that they have to attack us when everyone's gone?"

 

[Shayuri]

She gives Derek a look and pulls her arm free.

"When did you get so timid?" Astrid asks him teasingly. "Come on, it sounded like a blast or explosion or something. If there's trouble, I'll need you around."

She beckons him, and turns to again head towards the distant din.

 

[Victim]

She glanced at Cyclops. "So, since this was obviously a diversion, then what exactly are they attacking the school? What's does the school have that is so important that they have to attack us when everyone's gone?"

"To simply fight on their terms against split defenders. To steal the powerful tracking system. To kidnap the powerful psychics after rendering them helpless with the previous attack. Discrediting the leadership and making the students feel threatened would probably improve their ability to recruit."