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"Scott, what in God's name is happening?" cried Jean as she ran through the halls, searching for her closest friend. She finally found him, resting, winded against the doorframe of his room. He wasn't wearing his glasses.

"I'd say... we've been neutered," he said with a painful groan, obviously far less well off than Jean. He nearly collapsed into her arms, as she frantically tried to contact the Professor... but her mind was silent. It made her feel naked. There had been times in the back of her mind that she had resented her gifts, but now that they were denied, all she wanted was to be able to use them again.

Ororo and Hank made their way through the halls, catching up to the two star students, who didn't appear to be faring any better than the rest of the school.

"My word, what the blazes is going on in here?" shouted Hank, who's fur was slowly falling off, revealing the man underneath.

"Henry, you're.." started Ororo.

"I realize... why do I get the impression that this is not the blessing I had been hoping for?" muttered Hank.

Almost on cue, the roof tore open above them... and the sillohouette of Magneto floated in the debris. Underneath him, Pietro, Pyro, and Avalanche floated on thin metallic disks, all looking at the depowered X-Men like predators to prey.

"Remember," stated Magneto. "I want them alive, and no permanent injuries either."

ooc: penny and i are goign to do a little post with porter and regina, and one last post with me for gen after that so please don't capture them yet anyone.

Jacen awoke, feeling as if he was hit by a train. "Ugh...what the....," he said as he blinked twice. He was still in the training uniform from the Danger Room, not even near his own room. There were a couple of students lying around him; Madrox, Sam Guthrie, and Roberto DeCosta.

"Uh....guys?," Jacen said as he stood up. "Guys!!" He needed their attention rather promptly. They didn't exactly stir right away, so Jacen had to wake them up by kicking them sharply in their ribs. After a few grunts, Jacen apologized and got them up and moving.

"What was that?," Jacen asked the three as they stood up, careful to stay out of the gun's path. They appeared to be lifeless though.

"Security systems," Sam said. "Don't know why'd they'd target us though." Madrox was kind of hanging back a bit, though there was a faint, "You guys?," heard in the background.

"Yea, man...that's weird," DeCosta said, throwing in his two cents. Then, all of them were startled by a loud crash through the front of the mansion. "What the?"
Out of instinct, Guthrie tried to take off, but couldn't.

"Ok.....," Sam said, looking rather puzzled.

"That's what I was trying to tell you guys!!!," Jamie yelled, "I can't duplicate. At all!!!"

"Keep it down, kid," Jacen said, scolding Jamie. He thought for a second. Everyone dispersed from the Danger Room not but twenty minutes ago. That means, everyone could be on their own....and without their abilities, it seemed. Jacen did notice a tremendous drop in his energies, like he was starting to get run down. "Alright. Here's the deal," he said, hushed. They just had a defense breach, and the enemy had just invaded. "We don't know who this is, but we do know that we can't fight back properly. I want us four to stick together. Do any of you know ANY form of unarmed combat?"

The three half nodded, half shook their head.

"Alright....," Jacen said, "I want you guys to do what you can alright? But if everyone's powerless, we need to find everyone and completely regroup."

Sirynleaps into the air and flies straight forward to the mansion. SHe knew they were supposed to wait for the gaint creatures of sand, but if half go in with out that it would be pointless to go in again, so she travelswith the rest. As she flies she notices someone holding the boy she had knock out cold once before. She descends towards the ground and unleashes a shout, that acted more like a beam carving the very ground as she flew straight towards this monsterous male. THe beam followed ahead of her.

"Oh very ******** funny! I would have had them!" Pietro shouted, despising that he needed help. It was ******** humiliating.

"I... will... kill you for this..." muttered the still-conscious Jean. He raced over and clocked her ruthlessly on the back of her head, knocking her out properly, and handed her to a "creature".

"Jesus, even beaten up you still dont shut the ******** up," he muttered.

Markus had already gone upstairs to look for someone there. He walked down the hall quickly checking doors as he went. This whole deal left a bad taste in his mouth. What on earth was he doing here anyway....

Penance felt her way through one of the dark intakes. She could focus better than most and found her way to where she needed to be. Her heart was beating up in her chest. What was going on was a mystery to her. Every fighting instinct she had told her to get the hell down to the armory and arsenal. She listened intently for any footsteps. Nothing.

Putting her fingers between the grates, she quickly and smoothly pulled it up into the vent and lowered herself down behind the gated door that had all weapons and uniforms locked away. Her feet hit the ground almost as silently. Her focus was to keep listening for company.

Sai, sai, short blade, long blade, star... pocket pocket scabbard... it was routine. She didn't have to think to hard on where to put her weapons. Her hands just had to move them there. This was her life, this is what she trained to do for years. Today, though, it seemed more urget and more real.

Quietly unlocking the door, she slid into the main locker room for the girls. Her armor was left in her locker from their last mission. As she started to undo the combination she smelt a scent she had known for years. Forge. Was he okay?

"Forge, are you okay?" She asked him with her back turned away from the door. She trusted him with her life like the rest of the X-Men. It was good to have a friend show up. Her hands didn't get a chance to finish the combination.

OOC: Okay regina and porter are now caught up...

Blair was something he definately had to work on. There was a lot more to this kids power than meets the eye and a lot at stake. Porter knew how difficult having any type of mental power was... and how much it could mess with you. After training was finished, he walked with Regina back up to the main institute levels, "Were you okay working with Rachael?"

"She's doing well. I think she's going to pick things up very quickly." Regina answered, yawning a bit. "How did all of your students do?"

"I think they all did well... Sonya's powers are... growing too fast I think. I'm worried she will overload herself. Jacen worked well with Teagan. The others left before I had a chance to talk to them," He told her what he could and needed to write it down himself in his files.

"That's good. Though who left?" she watched him as he worked on the files.

"Gen and Blair left a bit early. He wasn't feeling very good to begin with... I'm concerned about him with his powers," Porter started to ascend the stairs, "You going to sleep or what are your plans for the night?"

"No plans thus far. You?" she smiled as she walked next to him.

"Just want to relax. The day has been too long for my tastes," He stretched his arms and one ended up around Regina's shoulders in stereotypical love story fashion, "Sometimes being an X-Man is a pain in the a**."

Regina laughed. "Yeah well... It's worth it right? We save the world and all of human kind..."

"Too bad they don't know that," He laughed, "Except for some psycho internet websites. You should see the cult following out there."

"There's a following???" she blinked at him. "You're joking right?

"I'm dead serious, how do you think I found out about this place first?" He asked, "I think it really was started by some techno mutants who could get access to some of Xavier's information... the X-Men are almost an urban legend."

"Wow.... that's pretty amazing...." Regina blinked in surprise. "What a crazy world we live in"

"Yea, like that isn't apparent," He joked with her, "Oh, I didn't get a chance to talk to you since yesterday night... I really enjoyed finally spending time with you alone."

"Me too... I talked to Penny this morning. She likes the idea of our own rooms." she grinned a bit.

"Well, I'll talk to Xavier about getting that worked on then," He leaned against the wall near the elevator to the teacher's level, "I'm sure her reasons aren't much different than our own."

"I'm betting on it. She didn't sleep in the room lsat night either... so what's the point of having a room if neither of us use it?" she watched him, relaxing.

He laughed, "Yea, well, in that mode of thinking you might as well just board in my room."

She grinned teasingly. "Can I?"

He thought about it for a moment, "I can think of worse roomates, but honestly, that might be a bit ahead of ourselves."

"Yeah, true. If any fights do happen I guess it'd be good ot have a room to go back to..." she nodded.

"Well, I can't say that won't happen because any healthy relationship has some tiffs. I just would like to save them for later," He brush a stray hair from her face that was bothering him.

Regina smiled. "I agree with that. Let's keep it low key on the fights."

"I will do my best, Regina," He winked and hit the button on the elevator.

She laughed and then blinked as an explosion rocked the area. "What the heck?"

Both were slammed in the chest with a burst from the security system causing Porter to hit the wall and Regina to double over. He immediately felt the senses of the world go silent around him. "Powers... gone."