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Lounge, huh? Might as well. Could be something worth cheering up about, Morgan sarcastically thought to himself. He'd been looking at his old uniform, the one he'd used when he was still taking ninjutsu lessons. Maybe it's time to take it out of mothballage, he thought to himself.

OOC: *looks at Jack's last post.* Hmmm... I think I missed something.... Goes back to read previous post.

Ooc: now that all forms of holidays, birthdays anniversarys and general dubachery is now over...i must catch up x-x

OOC: Ah... that is some imagery I didn't want at 8am smile

IC:

Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village though; He will not see me stopping here... To watch his woods fill up with snow.

Penny sat in the lounge with Regina the lines to various songs and poems kept going through Penny's head illustrating her emotions. She was flipping through files on the students Xavier had given her making notes. Regina seemed to be reading up on Gen as they spoke. Without a telepath on their trip, knowing thier opponents and using their background seemed to be their best shot at bringing the hound's real minds back... of course, while they were taking a brutal beating of sorts.

"Reg, I'm sorry about before.... I get so carried away sometimes and forget that things that happen don't neccessarily revolve around me," Penny closed her notebook and the files before anybody else came into the room.

"It's okay, but do it again and I will have to kick your scrawny a**," Regina smiled and handed Penny the file she was reading. They zipped them up in a back pack. Nobody else needed to see the files if they weren't going on the mission.

My little horse must think it queer.. To stop without a farmhouse near. Between the woods and frozen lake... The darkest evening of the year.

"Fair enough," She nodded and greeted their team with a smile when they came in. Morgan was first followed by Matt and then Jamie with a not so fully recovered Danielle. Oddly enough the likes of Rogue and Kurt showed up to the lounge, "Word spreads, woman. You can't count us all out of this breifing."

"Let's get started then," Regina said and closed the door.

Penny sat backwards on a chair and leaned forward, "Good news and bad news... Despite what Scott Summers thinks, the four students are not dead. I watched them 'port out of the building before it came down."

"What can't Cerebro detect them?" Morgan asked.

"That's the bad news... They've been turned into hounds. Not the easy ones, the rough ones. They all have had power amps and their real self is locked far away in the back of their head," Penny took a deep breath trying to not get all worked up again herself. She just couldn't get the dead look of their eyes out of her forethought. The visions of the hounds haunted her.

He gives his harness bells a shake... To ask if there is some mistake. The only other sound's the sweep... Of easy wind and downy flake.

"Why won't the X-Men go after them?"

"Because they don't have any proof they're alive. Cerebro can't lock onto them for some reason," Penny sat up straighter, "Regina and I are going on a "field trip" up towards Boston. Because of school policy, I cannot ask you to come with us. But I can tell you that we leave at 10pm this evening and we can't help it if people jump into the truck with us to tag along. This isn't going to be easy. This is going to be the hardest thing we've ever faced. If you don't feel you are comfortable going or that you aren't ready, no offense will be taken."

"Do you have a plan?" Rogue asked.

"Can't take a road trip without an agenda," Penny nodded, "Anybody wanting to go north as well would be adviced to bring fighting gear and any weapons they are partial to using. Spare clothes and travel food would be recommended as well. Questions?"

The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep.

The pressure went off and the body of Pietra hit the ground. Wanda was wearing one of those disgusted and discouraged faces. "You are so disgusting," she muttered before zapping him again and turned him back into a guy. But before Pietro could enjoy being himself again, his sister walked to him, punched his face and used her powers to hold him againts the wall again to make sure he won't run away.

"Now, which part of you I can remove from you first?" she said with a crazy smile on her face.

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Making sure she was not observed, Freya sneaked out of the infirmary. She had the first aid so she didn't worry about her wounds anymore.

She explored the mansion, being careful to not wake anyone up. She knew Wanda was with her brother but she also knew she won't kill him.

A door was slightly open in a corridor and Freya decided to take a look. She pushed it open slowly and found it without the one living in it. Whomever was living here liked mess. She almost tripped over a pair of dirty jeans and comboy boots.

"I better put some light on before I break my neck," whispered to her. She opened her hand and a small bright faery appeared. The little creature started to fly around the room when Freya noticed a flag on the wall. Getting closer to it, she recognized the canadian flag.

"This can't be..."

Suddenly, someone turned on the light. The blond swiftly turned around and saw someone in the entrance. "Hmmm.... I guess that's not the bathroom is it?" she asked with her usual cheerful attitude, hoping it will save her from trouble again.

OOC: Remember that Freya, Wanda and Pietro are in another "timezone". For them, they're still the night they brought Penance back to the x-men.

Danielle took a deep breath, then stood up. "I'll go with you." Danielle said looking at Penny.

Regina sighed. "It's a risk we have to take... I met Gen when she first got here. And she's part of our team. We will work together as a team now and anytime in the future. We have to keep in mind also that they are far more powerful than before. It's dangerous, and it could be something we don't wish to do..."

"But we need to do it." Penny finished for her.

"As much as I may not like it, you're right. If we don't stop them, then there's no hope of saving them," Morgan said, sighing.

{Sorry about shortness. A) Thinking up ideas for Firewalker (check Bio page) to make his entrance, and B) Going to go play Smash Bros with my cousin. See ya laters!!}