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Gen had wandered off during the training session. It didn't seem like anyone was going to work with her so she saw no need in remaining in the area. Considering she had no time to explore the place before, she made her way through the downstairs until she came to a wall that didn't look exactly right. Pressing one of the carvings, she gasped as the wall moved aside.

~No one around... awesome.~ she grinned a bit to herself and headed down to the lower levels.

Stainless steal walls greeted her as she came to the end of the hallway and looked around. There wasn't a whole lot to look at but it appeared that there were some rooms and in each room was something different. Xray equipment, weapons, and more. Gen grinned to herself and began exploring each room, oblivious of the time.

Jamie stood behind the two brotherhood girls. . . Corky and Victoria if he remembered correctly. He held his katana loosely in one hand, struggling with himself. He finally decided that he couldn't bring himself to attack them from behind, and called out.

"Back off!" He yelled, and when they turned, he charged in at them, shouldering Corky in the stomach.

Morgan, realizing that his powers had been nullified, wasn't discouraged from fighting back. Powers or not, he was still a fully trained ninja. A master of stealth and sneak attacks. And the mansion had plenty of places to hide.

Using his skills, he managed to get back to his room, and grab his gear. Nijutsu uniform, pouch belt, and all the little gadgets that went with it. Kunai, shuriken, smoke pellets, floor tacks, tranq darts, everything. Strapping his blade to his back, he was ready.


Raze, on the other hand, was not faring quite as well. He had managed to evade most of the Brotherhood so far, but he had no way to defend himself, now that his powers had been disabled. Of course, he still had the mini-computer, but that wouldn't be much good if he couldn't get into the security mainframe. I have to get to a terminal with access to the security system, he thought, making his way through the halls of the mansion. Along the way, he had no idea he was being watched by a person wearing a black hood, and face mask, and had a sword strapped to his back.

Drawing his sword, he stepped out behind the stranger. "You with the ones who just broke in?" he said, glaring at the stranger's back.

"Hell no! I'm trying to find a security terminal so I can get them out of here," the stranger replied.

"Security terminal? You're not going to find them up here. And how exactly were you planning to access security?"

"With this little gadget," the starnger said, removing the small computer from his belt clip.[

"Nifty little piece of technology. Fine, I'll take you to the sublevels. But try anything, and I sharpen my blade on you," Morgan said menacingly. It may have seemed uncharacteristic for Morgan to threaten someone like that, but he was not exactly in a good mood right now.

Forge slammed his hand into the front of Penny's locker, surprising her as he also managed to bend it shut, cutting her off from her armor. He never even gave her a chance to unlock it.

"Yes Penny, I'm actually more than alright," he said as he stepped into the light, the exterior of his skin more machine now than man. "But I'm afraid I can't quite say the same for you, or any of your little friends here, to be honest."

Before Penny could even ask why, Forge thrust his hand into her gut, reinforced by an internal system of hydrolics that did quite well in simulating super-strength. The impact knocked Penny clear outside of the locker room, and into the heart of the Danger Room itself.

"Penny Penny Penny..." Forge repeated as he slowly advanced upon her. "You know, I'm sure with just a little convincing you could have not only seen things our way, but you and I... well, we could have been something quite special. Instead, you chose to chase after the resident badass from the moment he set foot in here..."

As he spoke, his armor continued to grow, almost as though he'd created something alive within his system. His arms, once a cumbsy assortment of tools extending from where his hands would be, now brandished an assortment of guns and blades. The armor on his legs was reinforced, with small jets on his soles to increase his speed tenfold. The machinery about his face allowed him to see in crystal clarity in the dark, as well as read Penny's vitals and heartrate.

Of course, Penny probably only paid attention to the fact that his chest was completely unguarded. It was the kind of mistake only a genius could have made, and it was ready to be exploited, especially as Forge seemed to be ready to monologue.

Forge grunted softly. "How long have I been working for Magneto? I swear you X-Men really are cute. You''ll believe any bullshit story they''ll feed you, no matter how insane. Did you really think that I had trapped myself in an alternate dimension for over 20 years? Tell me Penny... where are my parents? How did I eat? How did I use the bathroom? How was I able to NOT go insane being trapped in a highschool for decades on end?"

As he spoke, the armor around the tips of his fingers opened, revealing gun barrels underneath. Penny had just barely enough time to jump out of the way of the gunfire that Forge unleashed, opening up the distance between them.

"I''ve been working for Magneto since the very beginning, you idiot!" he spat as he attempted to catch up to her. "He needed someone with my skills to break your security system wide open, and he knew you people would be stupid enough to let me in. Did you know we picked my ''origin'' story out of a hat filled with the most bogus stories we could think of? And you guys still fell for it all! It defies logic!"

His voice then hardened as his readouts were slowly beginning to calculate Penny''s impressive acrobatics. "As for why I bear a grudge.. who knows? Maybe it was stupid of me to dump you. Maybe you could have been educated to see the kind of glorious world Magneto will build. Maybe I am just a jealous little geek who''s sour that his old flame would rather shack up with someone dangerous. But you know what? None of that really matters in your case, because I''m just pissed the ******** off, and after I''m done with you, I''m going after your boyfriend next!"

He shot out the ground beneath her, knowing that would cause her to jump. Imediately, the display in front of his eye projected the exact point where she would land. Unfortunately, Forge suddenly found he couldn''t move his arm.

"Wh... what?!" he shouted, as he noticed the throwing stars that had been lodged into the elbow joints of each of his arms. They hadn''t hurt him, but they HAD pierced the hydrolics, rendering him motionless at just the right moment. He snarled and shed the armor, revealing a much simpler set underneath. A set of retractable razors extended about his arms and hands.

"You think you''re clever don''t you?!" he shouted as the jets in his boots ignited, sending him flying straight toward Penny.

THeresa stared as he teased his "victim" SHe couldnt take it anymore. SHe opens her mouth and lets out the most heart wretching scream she had ever done before. THe vibrations bounce on the ear drums of all who here it. THe sound is too loud and it begins to stretch in length. At first from just Pietro and Morgan and then it stretches towards towards other rooms and halls. Pretty soon it begins to take the whol institute under it evil spell.

THe vibrations, as before, vibrate teh tiny sand particle of the massive beast and soon fall into a puddle of sand. ALl the unbroken window and glass shatter. THeresa had had enough. THis wasnt right and seemed she was the only one to notice.

She begins to float into the air and away from Pietro and into another room. She had to do somthing fast, though she didnt know what, she knew she had to do it none the less. THe screaming ends as fast as it started. THeresa hit the ground hard. SHe gets up with a burning throat and an exhausteed body. She doesnt know where to go but she decides to run none the less, Adlers words playing through her head over and over, giving her strength but the cinfusion and distress finally take over completly and the tears fill her eyes.

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"Regina!!!," Jacen said, through a mass disorientation. The girls from the beach had launched an assault, and Jacen watched as Guthrie, DeCosta, and Madrox all fell. He was the only one to actually fend off being put down for the moment. "Where the hell is Penance? And everyone else for that matter?!"

"I don't know!!!," She yelled back, "And now's not the time!"

He agreed it wasn't. The two girls seemed distracted by Jamie's assault, and when Jacen looked back, he saw three stone Golems pincing in behind him. It wasn't good to be them.

Quickly, Jacen looked around for something....anything to fight them off with. Nothing lie easily within reach around him. There was nothing of use in the hallway, and Jamie only had the one weapon. "Damn..here goes nothing..."

"Come on!!," Jacen said sharply as he grabbed Regina's shoulder and spun her around. He was trying to formulate an attack, or a defense as it was. It was nearly impossible with this much clatter going on in his mind. Slowly, he stumbled forward towards the Brotherhood girls, and tagged the one who wasn't doubled over in pain with a hard right aimed at the back of her skull. Jacen obviously had no qualms against an attack from the back. When she stumbled forward, Jacen pushed the girl down on the ground. He saw her before, in retrospect, but didn't really know who she was.

"Get going you two!!!!," Jacen yelled as he motioned for Regina and Jamie to leave this scene immediately. "To the basement levels. I have a feeling that's where everyone is congregating at." Jacen pushed the two ahead of him as he started to regain his senses a bit, and started to actually run down the hall. He didn't get but five steps before he felt a massive concussive force knock him headfirst into the floor, knocking him out cold.