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"That's a high price to pay for wanting to help, eh?," Jacen said sarcastically as he motioned for the girl to stay put where she was and he'd be right back.

It didn't take long for him to round up the supplies. Some rubbing alcohol, gauze, and dressings were all readily available. It seemed that someone was always prepared for when Brotherhood people were injured. While he was upstairs, he went into his room to grab himself another shirt. When he was throwing his shirt on, he heard a loud crackle followed by a few seconds of static. Jacen looked on his dresser and saw his direct commlink lighting up like a tree in the middle of a Colorado forest fire. With one fell swoop he grabbed the comm, stuck it in his ear, and walked downstairs to help the young woman.

When he hit the last step, he heard an all to familiar voice. Magneto's.

"Lord Magneto," Jacen said as he sat down next to the girl.

"Scion," he said with that same distinct tone he always used, "I've something that may interest you."

"Yes, my lord?" He didn't like the fact that he was doing two things at once; cleaning out wounds and talking to the only person he'd answer to. Carefully, Jacen untied the tourniquet around the girl's upper arm. "This may hurt a bit," he said while dumping a capful of alcohol on the rather nasty wound she had gotten. She flinched, but didn't make a sound otherwise. And just as carefully, Jacen set two pads of gauze on the wound, and wrapped it up and gently as he could. There was no use in cutting the circulation off now.

"Who are you talking to, Scion?," Magneto half asked, half demanded to know.

"An injured comrade, my lord." He kept on dressing the girl's wounds. There were a few of them. None as bad as the one on her biceps muscle, but he knew they weren't going to heal up pretty at all. There was a strange silence on the other end of the comm before Magneto spoke up again.

"I want you back at the Asteroid. There's something I'd like you to see...something that may interest you. And bring your things for combat." Magneto paused for a second. "Transport should be arriving at any moment now." Then the line went dead. Almost as soon as he said that, there was a large metallic orb that was left hovering only a few scant inches from the ground.

Jacen sighed as he looked over the girl's wounds one last time. "....I hate to do this, but I'm needed elsewhere." He slid the medical supplies towards her. He got up to head into the house before turning towards the girl again. "........I'm not expecting you to stay here. That is your choice to make. If you don't......and you are still in the area, stop by. I would like to at least make sure your wounds are healing properly."

In a rather hurried moment, Jacen rushed upstairs to his room. There, hanging on his closet door was the uniform that Magneto gave him. It wasn't like the other Acolytes' uniforms. All black. At least Magneto tailored to Scion's preferences. And so, he hurriedly threw on his uni; impact absorbing body suit, fingerless gloves, and a big/not-so-big hooded cloak which hung low enough to obscure his eyes from others gazes.

Just as quickly, he walked past the young girl and her companion who now sat by her side, and stepped into the orb. He could only surmise that he looked different now in full garb, as the door closed, sealing the orb shut. Then, almost as if he was in space, the orb effortlessly floated away.
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Less than a half hour had passed since Jacen was planetside, and now he was having a chat in space with his mentor.

"It's good that you've arrived so soon," Magneto said as he ushered Scion towards the sci-fac area of his HQ. "There is much we must discuss, but first, I would like you to see these."

Scion looked down at a table that was covered with a cloth. While they stood there, curiousity had gotten the best of him, and Scion pulled the cover back slowly from what was hidden. "........These....are.....?" Instinctively, Jacen picked one up in his hand and looked over it. The gloves were made of a fine wire mesh...almost like a chainmail. In the palms of the gloves were two dark hued hemispheres. The fingers themselves were claw-like. Also rather sharp as Jacen found out when he cut his finger on one of them.

"Gauntlets. Utilizing energy amplification technology," Magneto said as he watched Scion looking in awe at the massively wicked gauntlets. "The orbs in the hands are the mouth of the conduits. They will make your regular concussive blasts into a disintegrating force." Scion nodded his head. "The gloves themselves are made of a neural nano-wire technology meant to integrate itself to your nervous system. Also, they will provide you protection against most heatsources and bladed weaponry."

"Most...," Jacen repeated absently, though he knew of two sources that would easily cleave through them. "And I'm assuming the claws are self-explanatory?"

"Other than they are a high density titanium alloy, yes."

"Thank you, my Lord," Scion said as he slowly pulled the gauntlets on. Once equipped, Jacen opened and closed both fists repeatedly. They felt almost weightless. Or maybe that was... "These open the floodgates...I don't have to concentrate one way shape or form on what I'm doing with my powers."

"Only with those equipped," Magneto said. Still watching Scion try out his new toys, he smiled when he saw his young lieutenant firmly grab the metal table in front of the two and leave ten rather deep finger imprints.

"And you'll have an opportunity to try those out. There is a task I wish for you to undertake by yourself," Magneto started to head out of the labs while Scion diligently followed.

"Yes, my lord?"

John looked at Noko as she came out in her new shirt and arm bands. Finally we can get out of here. I swear if it wasn't for the fact that I had noko with me, I'd blow the place up, he thought to himself. Noko opend her mouth to say something to him, but before she could say anything to him her stomach let out a large growl. He gave her wry smile, and watched her give a small grin in return. "Food?" she asked simply. "He let a small sigh, looked up again and smiled. Well since we're here, lets get something from the food court" He sugguested. "Lead the way." AWhen he finally got there John was even madder at himself for sugguesting the food court. People kept bumping into him, and with all the noise going on it just made him even angrier. He had to keep reminding himself to keep his cool, cause with all the resturaunts around it would be all too easy for him to start a fire so big that even he would have a problem controling and again with Noko with him, he wasn't going to take that chance. So he made him self calm down as he followed Noko around the food court. After walking around the place three times she finally picked a place that liked and ordered both of them some food, after paying the bill john took the food and floowed Noko to a table where they sat down and ate their lunch. When they were finally done, John looked up at Noko and asked. "Well what you like th do now, Noko?"

{Yes, it would. I think.

I don't remember all the details of the episode, but Magneto gets Scott and his brother (I forgot his real name, but his nickname is Havoc) to come to Asteroid M. He has this chamber filled with some weird crystal that supercharges their powers, and gives them complete control over them. Scott can open his eyes without the blast knocking a hole in any nearby walls, and Havoc doesn't need to wear special gloves.

Needless to say, Scott and Havoc turn evil for a while, and get white hair along with their control over their powers. Eventually, they use their combined powers to force the asteroid back into orbit, or something like that. Of course, the crystals are destroyed in the process, and their powers revert to normal.

Anyways, that's what I remember. Hawksmoor could probably tell you more about it.

Now to follow up Morgan's revelation. w00t. Can Pietro run through a forcefield, even with his new powers? And this might be a chance for Ares to make another appearance. I said might.}

{But a forcefield repels with an amount of force equal to that exerted upon it. The harder you push, the harder it pushes back.}

OOC: Didn't think of it like that, Moren... that would hurt I would think smile

"My soccer mom car, okay," Penny gave a dry smile. She frowned and thought about it, "I half want to stay here and ignore the p***k... Dawn's right. I've got this prickly exterior but a marshmellowy inside."

"Yea, well, what everybody doesn't know can't hurt them," Regina said.

Penny smiled, "I need a new roomate. One who knows me less."

Penny and Regina both got ready to leave the Institute for a short time. The drive to the big city was about thirty minutes from Bayville. For the first time, she actually got permission from Ororo to leave the campus. Not that they would have said no in this instance.

"What are they going to have to do?" Regina asked sometime on the drive.

"If it's like I saw on ER, stick a big needle in my spine," Penny said but really wasn't sure but she had a feeling she might be right. She sighed, "The sad part is, even if I were a match, he couldn't know it was me."

"Why?"

"I know him. He'd refuse... would rather die than to take help from a mutant. He's a p***k. He was so madly in love with my mother, but he never would have accepted her if he knew she was a mutant."

"Why did she stay?"

"Love makes you do crazy things," Penny said never understanding it herself especially since her mother was a telepath, "Guess her love was truely unconditional. But anyway, what else can happen today. Scion going to jump on the hood of my car weilding an evil ax holding Anna's head in one hand while Pyro comes up from behind and torches my gas tank?"

"Haha, fat chance," Penny laughed, "As soon as something starts brewing, I get called into Ororo's office. A tree could fall in Yellowstone, and it would be my fault somehow. I guess that's what I get for being mischevious."

Penny put her foot on the gas pedal and started to take turns in her characteristic insane driver way, "Buckle up, baby. We're going to feel the wind in our hair."

"It wouldn't have been a bad idea. I never said my family has to see me," Penny grinned, "If my step-b***h saw me... there'd be no point in my presence."

"Oh, Penny, always the optimist," Regina joked.

"NO MORE FAMILY TALK!" Penny yelled jokingly as the wind ripped through the windows and through the sun roof. She didn't want to spill anymore. She wasn't always very open about her family with people having been burned too many times. Regina, Anna, and Xaiver were the only ones who she talked to at times.

"Okay! You going to go to prom?" She changed the subject.

"With who? Myself?" She grinned.

OOC: We should do a prom! It's spring time smile I think that'd be fun. Do a real high school event.

Regina smirked. "Hey, let's you and me go. We'll go as one of the only lesbian couples."

She was joking of course on her preference. She preferred to go with a guy but since none had even shown interest in her, she figured she'd go with someone just to have fun.