Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters, North Salem, Earth 10005
It turns out Warren and Karla didn't need to ask around for information. By the time they got to one of the common rooms in the mansion, people were already buzzing about a cure station in New York that had gotten destroyed in some kind of attack. Some people said it was a bomb, others said that it was a terrorist attack. It wasn't until Bobby (That was Bobby? Really?!) got back that they learned that it was a little bit of both. An old student named Pyro had blown up the building with his flames.
Worse was still yet to come. A little while later, Magneto himself came on the air on Fox News 5 to take credit for the devastation and deliver a message.
"Today's attack was only our first salvo. So long as the cure exists, our war will rage. Your cities will not be safe. Your streets will not be safe. You will not be safe. And to my fellow mutants, I make this offer: join us our stay out of our way. Enough mutant blood has been spilled already."
The video cut from Magneto's face to images of the attack: the protesters holding up signs saying 'No mutant cure.' The line of huddled figures, behind a ring of police protection, turning their faces away in fear or shame. Then the blast of flame through the windows of the building, clearly blasting inwards from across the street. Scenes of people, panicking, feeling, sobbing, dying. Dying from burns, from shrapnel, from falling and being trampled. A little mutant girl alone and sobbing. Police brutality against an unarmed mutant man.
And through it all, Magneto's voice continuing, repeating his message over and over and over again.
Several hours later, more news arrived in the form of a much taller and less-smelly version of a person Karla and Warren had met once in a different universe.
Logan “Wolverine”
"Storm! Storm!" Logan strode into the entrance of the mansion, heedless of how loud he was or whose attention he might attract. Things needed doing and they needed doing now dammit. And that meant assembling all of the available X-Men--all six of them.
Ororo Munroe “Storm”
Storm came hurrying down the stairs, more than a little worried that more trouble was about to come knocking at their doorstep. "What are you doing back here?" she demanded. Logan had been off hunting Jean--or rather, had been hunting whatever Jean had become.
Logan
"I need help," Logan replied.
Storm
"You found her?" It was the only possible answer.
Logan
"Yeah." Logan sounded less than thrilled. "She's with Magneto."
Storm
"Where are they?"
Logan
"They're on the move," Logan said. He didn't stop walking, heading straight towards the Danger Shop. "I know where they're going."
Hank McCoy
"You're saying you saw Magneto?" Hank, the bright and fuzzy ex-Secretary for Mutant Affairs came padding up the hallway to join them.
Logan
"Yeah, gotta go now," Logan said brusquely, walking right past Hank while Storm scurried to keep up. "They're gonna attack Alcatraz."
Karla & Warren
None of them noticed a door silently ease open, with the faces of the two newest arrivals peeking through.
Beast
"There are troops stationed on that island!" Hank protested, though he did not seem to doubt Logan's words.
Logan
"Not enough to stop him," Logan snorted.
"Let's suit up," Storm said as they hurried away.
Karla & Warren
Karla and Warren looked at each other and nodded. Alcatraz. The central point of Worthington Lab's cure research. If Magneto was planning to head there, if there were troops already en route, that would be where they'd find his father.
[NFI, NFB, written entirely by glacial_witch, who continues to be made of pure awesome. Ganked from that really bad movie, and we'll be continuing in the comments, because we're crazies like that.]
Worse was still yet to come. A little while later, Magneto himself came on the air on Fox News 5 to take credit for the devastation and deliver a message.
"Today's attack was only our first salvo. So long as the cure exists, our war will rage. Your cities will not be safe. Your streets will not be safe. You will not be safe. And to my fellow mutants, I make this offer: join us our stay out of our way. Enough mutant blood has been spilled already."
The video cut from Magneto's face to images of the attack: the protesters holding up signs saying 'No mutant cure.' The line of huddled figures, behind a ring of police protection, turning their faces away in fear or shame. Then the blast of flame through the windows of the building, clearly blasting inwards from across the street. Scenes of people, panicking, feeling, sobbing, dying. Dying from burns, from shrapnel, from falling and being trampled. A little mutant girl alone and sobbing. Police brutality against an unarmed mutant man.
And through it all, Magneto's voice continuing, repeating his message over and over and over again.
Several hours later, more news arrived in the form of a much taller and less-smelly version of a person Karla and Warren had met once in a different universe.
Logan “Wolverine”
"Storm! Storm!" Logan strode into the entrance of the mansion, heedless of how loud he was or whose attention he might attract. Things needed doing and they needed doing now dammit. And that meant assembling all of the available X-Men--all six of them.
Ororo Munroe “Storm”
Storm came hurrying down the stairs, more than a little worried that more trouble was about to come knocking at their doorstep. "What are you doing back here?" she demanded. Logan had been off hunting Jean--or rather, had been hunting whatever Jean had become.
Logan
"I need help," Logan replied.
Storm
"You found her?" It was the only possible answer.
Logan
"Yeah." Logan sounded less than thrilled. "She's with Magneto."
Storm
"Where are they?"
Logan
"They're on the move," Logan said. He didn't stop walking, heading straight towards the Danger Shop. "I know where they're going."
Hank McCoy
"You're saying you saw Magneto?" Hank, the bright and fuzzy ex-Secretary for Mutant Affairs came padding up the hallway to join them.
Logan
"Yeah, gotta go now," Logan said brusquely, walking right past Hank while Storm scurried to keep up. "They're gonna attack Alcatraz."
Karla & Warren
None of them noticed a door silently ease open, with the faces of the two newest arrivals peeking through.
Beast
"There are troops stationed on that island!" Hank protested, though he did not seem to doubt Logan's words.
Logan
"Not enough to stop him," Logan snorted.
"Let's suit up," Storm said as they hurried away.
Karla & Warren
Karla and Warren looked at each other and nodded. Alcatraz. The central point of Worthington Lab's cure research. If Magneto was planning to head there, if there were troops already en route, that would be where they'd find his father.
[NFI, NFB, written entirely by glacial_witch, who continues to be made of pure awesome. Ganked from that really bad movie, and we'll be continuing in the comments, because we're crazies like that.]