January.16.2004
Haven, Isla Verde
12:23
Katie finally got out of Dr Garcia's lab and found time for lunch. Then the Doc called for her help she did not know how her skills could help with the research about the fish people. That was before she saw the computers calculating the exact changes in the DNA strings that could lead to their powers. There ever those machines come from, it is obvious that they are both far ahead of their time and can only be used to their full potential by someone with a supernatural understanding of them.
Since Michael has still locked himself in his room, the students quarters are surprisingly quiet. The TV has been running all day, since it was full with news of yesterdays fight and it sound like just another report on the incident is on air now.
"...events bring a new dimension to the terror mutants can cause."
The screen shows scrambled pictures to the reporter’s words. A giant cloud of smoke hangs over a devastated city. Most building have burned to the ground and there are craters the size of whole blocks. Rescue helicopters and emergency medical crews are visible while they search through the ruins.
"This is just unthinkable, then the Basques announced the destruction of Seville yesterday the police assumed either an emty boast or a series of bombings in the worst case."
The view goes back to the burning city.
"Reaver proved us all wrong. No one knew if the alliance between the Basques and the mutant terrorist group known as the Killer Angels would last after they freed their leader from prison two month ago."
The view changes again, this time showing a man with bluish white skin walking between the still intact buildings in Seville. He is surrounded by a corona of energy. It bursts from him like flames moments later and in one bright flash he blasts everything in a hundred yard radius to ashes. The shot ends as the camera who took it is destroyed.
"The Alpha has not shown up before and his escape was never confirmed but he announced his presence to the world by destroying the whole city in under thirty minutes. By the time military troops arrived to stop the madness they found nothing but the ruins you are seeing now. Basque terrorists have already taken the responsibility for the attack, demanding the retreat from all Spanish citizens and troops from what they see as their territory but no official statement has yet been given by Reaver or any other member of the Killer Angels."
There are a few pictures of camps filled with refuges.
"After the initial attack terrorists proadcasted a deadline of one hour for every man women and child to leave the city or they would be destroyed with it. Still, despite the evacuation, the deathtoll is estimated to reach the thousands.