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Conner pushed himself off of the roof edge and out into the free air and dropped onto the ground with little more than a slight bend at his knees. He looked up and watched Rogue's progress, he walked out into the parking lot at a slow speed that she would easily be able to catch up to without running and catching unwanted attention. He scanned the cae park and saw a bevy of black vehicles in the surrounding area but blissfully there were only a couple within sprinting distance of the X-van. He changed direction and headed for the van.

As she walked, Meira began thinking about what she'd seen. That was unusual, to say the least. There's no way that was just an ordinary atack. Someone must've been controlling that fire, somehow. I guess it would make sense that there are people like that here, too; it's got to be a global phenomenon. I'll have to see if there's anything I can find out about it. Check speed.

She ran right into someone, which easily brought her attention back to her surroundings. "I'm sorry," she said, taking a few steps away from the guy she'd just walked right into. "I wasn't paying attention."

"I know," Meira replied. "I was thinking, that's all. It happens sometimes." Taking Tobias' looks into account, she decided he was probably trouble, in some way or another. A definite thug, at least. "I'll be more careful, next time." She started walking again, stepping aaside to move past Tobias.

Meira stopped again and turned to face Tobias. She looked ordinary enough, with the darker complexion common to natives of the middle-east, long brown hair worn in a braid, and the sort of clothes that wouldn't look out of place on most girls her age. Her eyes were an odd shade of purple, though. "I saw some of what happened, yes," she answers. "It looked like I missed the beginning, but the mall was on fire when I arrived. A bit later, the fires either died or formed into some dragon-looking thing. I think that happened on the roof; a few people must've been up there, or something. I left about the time all those guys in the black vans arrived."

Rogue swiftly made her way down the fire escape. She still had the Aussie's fire powers, but wasn't about to use them, because for one, she didn't quite know how to use them in order to fly and then there ws the whole no more fire issue. So she stuck to the stairs. going down was always easier that up, and she made it down in next to now time.

She caught up to Conner, and said, "Oi! Thanks for the help back there, mate. I'm not quite sure how I would have gotten out of that without your help." She gave him a smile. "I'll see you at the house. My car's off that direction somewhere." She looked around for Scott's car hoping it wasn't damaged or anything. Spotting it unscathed, she headed off towards it.

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X-23 waited as the professor drew closer. This whole thing was far too easy. She heard him stop beside her, and quick as a flash, she sprang from her chair and leapt into the air. She flipped over him, placing the disk on his forehead mid leap. She landed and sprinted from the room.

As soon as she was out of the office, she heard voices. Someone had entered the mansion while she was waiting for the professor. Two someones actually. It sounded like they were in the living room. She mentally kicked herself for not paying attention to the rest of the mansion's noises while she was waiting on the professor. With a small "Rrah", she took off towards them, hoping they hadn't gotten suspicious about the lack of noise yet.

Once she was near the doorway, X-23 leapt for the ceiling, unshealthing her claws as she did so. She used them to latch herself to the ceiling, so she could peer into the room unseen. There was a girl on the couch. Sarah, if she remembered right from her observations. The other was a boy she'd never seen or smelled before. This perplexed her slightly, because she thought she knew everyone in the mansion. But as she took notice of what was going on, she realized he must be new, for Sarah didn't really seem to know him either. 'Great. I don't know anything about him. I don't know his powers, his abilities, anything. Oh, well, maybe he won't be too big of a problem. Here goes nothing,' she thought.

X-23 retracted her toe claws, allowing her to swing herself into the room. She was aiming at the new kid's back, hoping to knock him over the couch and into Sarah, thereby creating a confused tangle, and an easy opportunity to give them both the gift of a neuro-disk to the head.

Tobias, meanwhile, ducked into the nearest alley; his growing frustration had begun manifesting his power and given the current situation, he really had no intention of being spotted setting things on fire. Not with those black uniforms around.

Several minutes later, Tobias had successfully calmed himself down and began making his way back to the Brotherhood mansion. He'd lost any desire to wander the town, for now.

Tonio suddenly got a weird feeling, and deciding to trust it even if it meant he looked like a complete idiot in front of Sarah, he dropped to the ground and rolled to the left, landing ungracefully on his back. Looking up, he saw a woman hanging from the ceiling, following him with her eyes like a predator stalks a prey. His eyes went wide and he paniced, unsure of what to do. Out of pure instincts, he started to clumsily shuffle backwards as fast as he could, keeping his eyes on the woman.

((I'm assuming neuro-disk in forehead = TKO. Correct me if I'm wrong.))

As luck would have it, the Professor's heart-felt compassion was his down fall. He had just stopped beside her when with amazing skill, leapt cat-like out of her chair, cleared him and his wheelchair with ease and landed silently behind him. Due to his age, most likely, the Professor's reaction time was too slow to stop the girl from placing a neuro-disk on his forehead. He did not even have the opportunity to send out a telepathic warning message to anyone in the area before he blanked completely.

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Fortunately, for Victoria sake, Scott's car was one of the few objects left undamaged by the pyromaniac's rampage. Relieved that she would only get in trouble for her share in borrowing it and not for having to replace it, she quicken her shuffled across the parking lot and managed to reach it at nearly the same time as Rouge.

"Well, hullo there!" she said, glad to see a familiar face in a familiar setting once again. Smiling at her comrade, she was quick to notice the battle worn vibe Rouge was giving off and so decided against asking how the fight against the pyromaniac had gone. For now, at least.

Though she had not known her for long, Rouge seemed to have a short fuse and she may very well be pissed about Victoria making an exit early on, even though it was not her fault. Also, she was sure the time to trade stories would come before the day was out, in the care ride home, if she were lucky.