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Carolina looked over towards Dean and gave him a nod. "Yep, Ali over there can see visions of the future, and also fling stuff with her mind to. I can possess people and, also tell them to do whatever I want them to as well." She said towards him, she smirked slightly to herself remembering the time that she made a guy strip down naked in front of a woman and flirt with her. But that was the day she also lost one of her closest friends. She really did miss October, and wished that she could see her friend one day again, letting out a slight sigh.

She then looked over towards Future Pietro and Folly one of them seemed to be mentally unstable, and Future Pietro was saying something about Stranger Danger. She couldn't help but smirk slightly and laugh slightly at the way he went about saying it, which sounded really weird in her mind. But maybe the girl was mentally unstable, and made a note to stay away from her if she did end up going really crazy and start gutting people. Carolina jumped slightly when she felt the Blackbird getting hit, getting up she tried to get a look at the closest window to see that the Sentinels that were there had started to open fire on them.

Her attention turned towards Mary when she got up, and started to ask one of the future travelers about how strong she was, and asked if Thalia could get out and fly, along with Nina to help keep the plane leveled. She wasn't sure if that was a really good idea or not, they would be sitting ducks outside if they were to get a direct hit by one of the Sentinels out there. But they Blackbird was a huge target and they needed to get to Stark Tower safely.

Carolina stared at Richard and rolled her eyes towards him, she still didn't like the man at all she still didn't forgive him for holding her a gunpoint back during the Magneto lab mission.

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Bethany stared at Dean for a moment and shook her head towards him, the guy did seem to ask a lot of personal questions this time he asked Allison who apparently could see the future. She leaned back in her seat as she looked among the other kids, she was just glad that they all had gotten out of the mansion safely. She looked towards Marygold for a moment and jumped slightly when the Blackbird was hit, she wanted to help out. But her powers were pretty limited.

She needed a lot of darkness and shadows for her powers to be effective, she did feel very helpless right now they needed two people out there, and if they got hit they would most likely die if it came to it. She sighed slightly as she looked over towards Lance she wasn't sure how well he was doing right now. "How are you doing Lance?" Bethany asked looking over at the Banner kid, she didn't want to use his last name.

Her eyes wondered over towards Laine when he sarcastically called out for Nina to help him, she rolled her eyes slightly towards him, he did seem to try and flirt with the women that were around his age. At least he didn't try and hit on her at all which was a good thing, Beth closed her eyes and just prayed that they made it to Stark Tower safely.

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Carolina stood up and made her way over towards Folly, she wasn't particularly close to the girl but she knew what the woman could do when she snapped. Luckily she had meds, but apparently they did look like they were starting to wear off now which was most likely a bad thing. She looked towards Pietro the future one mind you as he told her to not listen to the stranger, he certainly did have his way of trying to cheer people up, or keep their minds off of things. "What Pietro said." Carolina said towards Folly as she reached out to gently lay a hand on her shoulder and gave her an awkward smile.

Normally Carolina would stay the hell away when Folly was talking to herself, she didn't want to get attacked or anything, but they were traveling together so she needed to do her own thing to. She them stumbled slightly when she felt the Blackbird lurging forward, they got hit by one of the Sentinels. She looked at Marygold then over at Thalia and Nina, they were going to go out and try and keep the Blackbird level. She didn't like the idea but they didn't have much choice, the Blackbird was fast, but it was also a very large target that they could shoot down easily if they could.

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Cassandra looked over her shoulder when Guin took a seat next to her, she gave her former protégé a smile and nodded at her. "Well yours certainly does look like a video game." Cass said with a slight smile as she went back and started to get herself more familiarized with the buttons and levers. It was certainly a whole lot different than what the Zephyr had, but than again she didn't know the Blackbird at all, other than the few pictures and the few times she was able to step on and see.

Cassandra then started to know what buttons did what, and would occasionally look over at Guin's screen before pressing one of the buttons and then pulling at one of the levers that was there. She then felt the whole plane shake violently they had been hit by one of the Sentinels. That wasn't a good thing as Cassandra simply focused more on the weapons system and continued to press and pull the levers aiming them at the Sentinels. Cassandra was simply ignoring the conversations that were going on around her, she was more focused on shooting their targets if they weren't taken care of first they would end up getting shot down.

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Sara was on her feet already or she would have jumped at the chance to be the super strong one. Granted, she wouldn't do it for long, but if she could help, she wanted to. "I can copy powers in case you need a back-up. Or I can sit on the plan and do nothing, I suppose. I just wanna help!"

Allison, meanwhile, liked the attention but was not too thrilled at this point. She had just had a vision that explained their current predicament, but it would fuel ideals, and plots, and things she didn't feel comfortable sharing with everyone on this plane, especially given the fact she was dealing with people from the future. Did they know already?

She decided to take Dean first. "Like she said. Yep, been able to do so for a while now." The others wanted to know what she saw, but should she lie? Or tell the truth?

"I saw that one guy on TV a lot. Alexander Jakobsen I believe? That dude and some British woman named Jade talking. They referred to the Sentinels. They were supposed to capture us for testing or sterilizing. The plan was eventually killing us. They seemed especially angry at the Professor for maintaining human/mutant interactions. I can give the exact conversation when we are not piloting a ship being attacked by the very things trying to capture us." She nuzzled into Ayita as she spoke. She wanted to cry, but she had to hold it together.

Sara, having heard all of that, shook her head. "That's fucked up!" That was all she could say, really.

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Having heard Richard's speech, Nina shot him a withering look, though refrained from saying anything. Who knows? Maybe if some of the kids saw an adult playing the fool, they'd feel a bit better about the situation. Though it seemed Ayita wasn't all that impressed, and Nina's disdainful expression suddenly had to quash a smile of amusement. She'd heard horror stories about siblings fighting and budding rivalries (Due to her mother's untimely death, Nina had never had the fortune - or misfortune - of having any siblings), but the Laine siblings had been quite light-hearted, for the most part.

Before Nina could think on their relationship any longer, or brood about a potential brother or sister for herself had things been different, a new plan quickly wiped the smile off her face.

"Ah... you're correct. I don't like it." She replied quietly after Marygold approached her and laid out her plan, face blanching momentarily. She didn't have a fear of heights or flying, but this would be quite the dangerous job - not that it would stop her. "But of course I'll do it. I'll be able to handle the weight, but..." She paused, lips clamped shut as she thought about what to say next. Both she and this Thalia would become large targets for those below. Better they be targeted than the plane itself, of course, but being shot down while so high in the sky was a scary thought, no matter how much Nina wanted to keep everyone onboard safe. Looking Marygold square in the eye, she knew that the young leader of the X-Men was aware of the dangers, and wouldn't have asked if she had no other choice. "I'll do my best. All I can ask for is cover fire, but I understand you may not be able to protect both us and the ship." Nina didn't need to emphasise that the ship took priority.

Looking now to Thalia, Nina looked her up and down dubiously. She had no idea what the woman's powers were, nor why she was present. But she wasn't one to look a gift horse in the mouth, and she offered a determined nod of the head.

"I don't weigh much, thankfully. Hopefully we can get this done together." Nina glanced around the inside of the plane, wondering if there was anything she could use to tie herself to Thalia.

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Deciding that Allison seemed okay - or at least, Ayita was looking after pretty well - Charlie backed up, looking to Sara once again as she talked about helping out. Nobody had disregarded her offer yet, but he certainly wasn't comfortable about sending her out with wings and super strength to help. Not that he doubted her, just that she was so new. And young...

As the others continued speaking, Charlie perked up as Nina mentioned cover fire. "Hey, maybe me and Sara could stand by the doors? We could shoot down fire and ice, keep them occupied." He suggested, looking to Sara for confirmation. It seemed a lot safer than flying out, anyway.

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Silver brat, really? He's just trying to confuse you, Folly. Why do you think he brought you here? To use you as his own personal muscle. He never cared. Better off if you just kill him now. If you kill his younger self, it's a two for one deal! Folly listened to the voice initially, until she gradually tried to tune it out, just listening to Future Pietro. She couldn't help but smile slightly, even laughing a little bit. He was incredibly silly at times and always seemed to know how to cheer up just about everyone. She had seen him calm his wife down once before when she was having a panic attack. Folly wouldn't have been surprised if he helped Thalia with her hallucinations. She once wondered if in a previous life he had been a psychologist. "Pericol periculos," she whispered back to him, nodding slightly.

Folly clammed up slightly when Future Carolina came and put a hand on her shoulder. She was already a quiet person by nature, at her most talkative when she was going mad. Future Pietro was Roma also and had become something of a brotherly figure to her. After Mary, he was the first person to not be afraid of her and reach out to her. She bit her lip, looking over towards Mary as the plane shook from the hit. She couldn't help but wonder if the voices were right - if Mary had been the one to send her to the asylum all those years ago.

Over with Allison and Lance, Dean couldn't help but look stunned. Everyone here had all of these amazing powers - and he was just really good at dodging. Sure, everyone treated him like he was a speedster but he wasn't. Insanely fast reflexes and short bursts of speed didn't really make him anywhere near Pietro Maximoff's skill level. He was pretty sure the actual actor for the Flash TV series could run faster than he could. However, Allison's details of the vision caught his attention. He remembered the mild controversy about Jakobsen being engaged to a British woman.

"Wait, Jade Cornish, right?" Dean asked, subconsciously looking over towards Guin, as if she knew everyone that was remotely famous. "Her dad is that big shot P.I. in England....I think..." His mom - well, his adopted mom - loved to text him news articles. He knew more about the presidential candidates than he would care to admit. He was pretty sure his parents were voting for Jakobsen as well - but if Allison's vision was right, he now knew why Jakobsen had always given him bad vibes. To be fair, though, who names an organization O.M.E.N. that doesn't end up becoming the villain at some point? He didn't think that you needed future sight to be able to figure that one out.

Guin couldn't get the revelation that she married Pietro in the future quite out of her head. Even as she stared at the screen and told herself that it was a glorified video game - no different or more complicated than the controls on an X-Wing - she kept on peeking glances at the speedsters. She didn't see herself ever getting married - and sure, she had envisioned being with Pietro forever and she didn't think she'd find anyone else but...marriage? She never really thought about it. Her father still hadn't married Pepper and Pepper was basically her step-mom. Marriage just seemed to be something people not in her family did.

"Now if only we had three lives to use," Guin joked, as she quickly familiarized herself with the controls and started firing off at the Sentinels on their tail. It was a little irritating with the way the plane was moving - given that it had been hit - and she was trying not to look at Pietro and mouth Enterprise to him. She'd pointed out a few weeks ago that the Enterprise really wasn't the same ship anymore, given how often it blew up and had to be repaired. "Also, whoever suggested standing by the doors with them open - you'd be ripped out of the plane by the sheer force of opening them. Ask D.B. Cooper - he's probably dead and you'd be too."

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Richard gave Nina a charming from as she gave a disapproving look at his comments. It was merely a way to distract himself and keep calm in this turbulent time. Both Laines braced as the Blackbird shuddered, the hit making Ayita snarl defensively. Her arms wrapping about Allison like a mantling bird of prey. Her eyes had the same look of a cornered animal about them. To be expected when you were in the sky being chased by people who wanted to kill or held you! Her teeth grew into slight fangs as she looked to her bother, Richards eyes were nothing but cold fury.

"Can you perhaps focus on holding the Blackbird stable?" The elder sinking questioned Allison. His sister's rage focusing on him and quite ready to attack if Richard pushed the issue. "Telekentic And all. Bite me Ay." He wasn't in the mood to play games with his sister, but the gleam in her eyes worried him.

"Perhaps... Brother." turning her gaze to the other the wild woman tilted her head. "If we are over water, ocean or sea I might be able to lure them away." Richard gave a sharp hiss of distaste and several other words as to what he thought of that idea. If Ayita took the form or an orca. There was a risk she would not return. Her love for the creature ran deep and that was her weakness when swimming in it's instinct.

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"Well, technically it isn't a door or something like that Guin, it's a ramp, and the bird is designed so we won't get blown out of it, since there were a few X-Men who could fly at one point," Mary said with a shake of her head as she went over to the ramp, and pushed a button, lowering it down. "You two need to get to be under the left wing, and push it up to keep it level, we'll cover the two of you the best we can."

Lance thought for a moment, hearing what Dean had said about Cornish. "Yeah, that sounds about right. I've heard about her, though usually only in the same sort of context as Jakobsen," he said, looking over at Dean. He wasn't too sure if he cared about the speedster all that much, but it seemed like he did know a few things about the world. "I'm alright," he added in response to Bethany's question.

Guin's first shot was a direct hit, knocking the Sentinel clear out of the sky, and it plummeted to the ground. The rest of her shots missed, every single one of them by a long shot, looks like the first hit might have been a lucky one. Cassandra managed to fire off three shots, each one slamming into a different Sentinel. She managed to damage all three of them, but it still wasn't enough to knock them out of the sky quite yet, but another shot or two might change that.

Thalia walked over to Nina, "Your size isn't exactly relevant, I can easily carry passengers while flying, but I'm not strong enough to lift the plane on my own. Don't worry too much I've got you," she said as she pulled a rope out of her pocket, and used it to tie around Nina in case she had to drop her to deal with Sentinels. "Now, try not to move too much if you can't help it," she added as she grabbed Nina, easily picking her up. Spreading her wings again, she took off from the ramp.

She flew them over until they were at the wing that needed to be supported, and she was able to easily hold Nina in order to make it so she could support the wing of the Blackbird. Mary was running out of ideas, and this was their best bet. In another few minutes, if they didn't crash, they'd end up at Stark Tower and be able to fix the Blackbird, that is if they got lucky.

She turned to look at Allison when she mentioned her vision. "Damn, I knew people hated what the Professor talks about and such, but that is ridiculous, sending out robots to freaking kill us or something! This day just keeps getting weirder and weirder. Look, we can talk about the vision more later. Charlie, I wouldn't recommend using your powers against those things, since they can adapt to combat any sort of mutant power from what we can tell," Mary said, as she went back into the cockpit and took over for Mira.

Future Pietro gave Folly a smile. "Yup, stranger danger don't listen to the voices, except for Mary, she's kind of like your good conscious alright? Listen to that hallucination, but no one else alright? That work for you? Good, now how about you sit down or something," he said, taking her hand in his. Folly was like another sister to him, and after he had lost Wanda, he felt like she was the closest person he had left aside from Guin.

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Carolina listened to Allison as she started to talk about the vision that she had, and it sounded pretty much exactly what OMEN did, kill anyone on sight that isn't human. "That sounds about right, shoot first, ask questions later. Or kidnap and study before killing them." Carolina said softly as she rubbed the back of her neck slightly. She shook her head slightly, still that day had always came to haunt her every time she thought about it. "My encounter with OMEN isn't really the best I killed two of their own agents a few years ago in Coventry." Carolina said giving a slight shrug.

Carolina watched as Marygold went towards the back of the Blackbird and lowered the ramp, so that Thalia and Nina would both be able to fly out and support the weight of the Blackbird. It was still certainly a suicide mission if they ended up getting shot by any of the Sentinels that were pursuing them. She watched her sister and Guin continue to work on the weapons consoles and to take out the hulking robots that were after them.

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"That's good to hear, if you need help just let me know if you get worse or anything." Bethany said towards Lance, she really felt weird talking with other people. She closed her eyes tightly and took a deep breath as she just tried to focus on the happy thoughts and pretended that they weren't being pursued by giant flying robots wanting to kill them. Then she turned her attention towards the future people they seemed to be real close to each other.

"So uhm whats the future like got any predictions on any upcoming sports events and we can like win a lot of money?" Bethany asked Future Pietro. Then she heard the ramp of the Blackbird opening up, and watched as Thalia and Nina fly out to do their mission to try and support the Blackbird until they made it to Stark Tower, she also listened in on Allison as she mentioned her vision that she had. "Also how is Beast doing over there?" Bethany also asked, she was worried about Hank and if he was still alright.

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Carolina noticed Folly clamming up when she touched her and took a step back, she wasn't sure if the girl would lose it or not, but she went back over and sat down, but she was close by to Future Pietro and Folly, as she watched Thalia getting ready to go out. "Good luck out there." Carolina said towards Thalia and gave her a nod towards Nina as the two of them went out, she leaned back and turned her attention towards Bethany asking for any future predictions on games, and gave a slight shrug. She really didn't follow any sports at all, she then listened to Allison as she started to mention her vision.

Then her younger self spoke up, and gave a nod. "Pretty much what I said, that's what OMEN does." Carolina said, it was still really weird for her to be referring to her younger self in front of everyone. She turned her attention towards her sister and Guin still focused on working on the weapons console she smiled seeing one of the Sentinels going down, and Cassandra firing at the other three Sentinels but they didn't go down just yet.

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"That would be so much easier." Cassandra said towards Guin and gave her a friendly smile and watched as Guin managed to shoot down one of them. "Nice shot Guin." Cassandra said as her shots managed to hit three other Sentinels, but they didn't seem to go down, she did see the damage was extensive towards them. They were certainly very durable as Cassandra went back and continued to shoot at the pursuing robots, she turned her head to look over her shoulder as Thalia took Nina out and they went to support the damaged wing of the Blackbird.

She hoped that her friend would be able to support them until they got to Stark Tower, she wasn't sure what else to say or do right now to see how the others were doing, Cassandra's full attention was now on protecting the Blackbird along with Thalia and Nina who were both now outside to keep the thing afloat in the air.

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Allison nodded, feeling a tad stupid she hadn't come up with the idea herself. She was so shaken up by the vision. She stood up, albeit warily, assuring Ayita she was ok. "Ok, I'll give it a go. I'm not myself right now, but I'm gonna try."

Sara, at this point, stepped up to the plate. "Hey, blondie. If you got mind powers, I can use them too. You need to use them first and I'll provide back-up. That should alleviate some pressure for both of them outside the plane, right?" She asked no one in particular, but it was a solid plan, in her mind.

Allison concentrated, almost as if she was outside the plane, and held it steady, raising her hands. She was struggling, for sure (it WAS a heady plane after all). Sara mimicked soon after, having an easier time of things.

Both of their powers combined, the plane was able to maintain some balance. Still, they would need further support. "Blondie and I have this, but not for long. We'll need to land it soon and deal with those things outside."

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Ayita cast a worried look at Allison as she stood up, unwilling to let her friend push herself so hard though the shifter didn't challenge it. Who was she to say what the girl could and could not do? Especially if it could help. Frustrated at her own lack of ability to do anything, the younger Laine- despite refusing to take the last name- tightened her jaw. No bird was large enough to take the creatures of man's make that were on their tail. No time was there to chase down and perhaps lure a flock into accepting her dominance. Growling deeply in the back of her throat, she dove into her mind and all the instincts and forms of beasts and bird. Her slight mental awareness as well. Spiraling down into the depths to try and figure something out. She wanted to push, to batter, to kick and claw and beat her mental awareness- this mind power that had come to her a year and half ago and her shifting into what she needed. Perching herself so that if Allison did collaspe she'd have to go through Ayita to cause serious damage to herself, the wild woman dove and tore through her forms. Tiger, wold, bear, deer, horse. Land bound and useless. Hawk, eagle, owl, raven, sparrow, and falcon. Not fast enough and too weak. Her fists bit into her palms as she pushed her memory. Demanding something she had never asked for before. Pushing the power to give her the idea of the form she needed. Letting instinct guide her. If she could take the shape of any mammal or bird, then by hell there had to be something she could do!

The Adder stretched out his legs slightly, casting a worrisome look at his sister. Even after over a decade apart he could tell one thing off the bat. Ayita did not like to be helpless, to sit by and do nothing. Patience and waiting were one thing, this however? It rankled her. He, on the other hand, was used to it. Army, assassination, Brotherhood. His eyes however never left his sister. His legs moving in case he needed to intervene. They did not need a bear rampaging on the flying object that was quite high in the sky. "Human, cher. Do not shift." He doubted his warning would be heeded, she tended to get the bit between her teeth.

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"I recognize that, Mare, but Charlie said door - not ramp - so I can adjust my sarcasm accordingly," Guin said, pausing for a second. "Charlie, don't do that - you'll get excited and fall and realize you can't fly. And it's not like you're at Zuko level yet where you could fly with fire. You have to wait to be redeemed as a hero so the Avatar can learn firebending first." She then snorted slightly, as the closest person they had to the Avatar was Captain America - and he wasn't over a hundred years old. Not yet. She supposed in that scenario, Romanoff would be Katara and Barton would be Sokka. But who would be Toph? Or would Sokka actually be her own father?

She let out a little excited yelp as her first shot knocked a Sentinel down for the count. However, it might have just been beginner's luck and she frowned with disappointment as all the other shots missed. Guin frowned and doubled her concentration on it, dismissing the small part of her brain's processing power that was trying to assign various Avengers and X-Men to the characters in Avatar. She was really hoping that she'd be able to nail a few more of these glorified scraps of metal out of the sky - but hopefully not once they were flying above civilized areas. "Hey - we're not flying over any hugely populated areas where flying bits of scrap metal raining down on them would potentially kill people, right?"

"Cornish is his fiancée, right?" Dean added, looking over at Lance. He had no idea how much Lance disliked him - though he did know that pretty much everyone on the plane thought of him as a speedster. While they weren't wrong, they weren't right either - it'd be like calling Guin a telepath. Sure, she had telepathic like abilities but when it came to reading minds, she was pretty useless. It was a similar case with Dean when it came to speed. He could dodge all day, just like a speedster, but if you needed someone to break into the Pentagon and it relied on moving faster than the eye could perceive - he wasn't the man for the job.

A thought then occurred to him and he glanced at Pietro Maximoff and Guin Stark. How did kissing work with those two? Wouldn't it always seem incredibly slow to Maximoff? And way too fast to Stark? His thought process then went towards how other things worked and he felt incredibly confused - but realized, at least in this instance, it wasn't exactly something he could ask them. It was something just a bit too personal - like asking Lance how his parents managed to conceive him, given that Banner was his father. Or maybe he'd just wait to ask until this entire mess was over.

...Is prom still a thing? Dean mused, not sure whether or not that would be appropriate to ask either. He and Bethany had done their best for Hank, but his condition didn't look the greatest to him. He was pretty sure his fur wasn't supposed to be looking purple in certain places (from the mixture of blur fur and red blood). "Wait...You've killed people? Holy fucking shit!" Dean exclaimed, staring at Carolina.

Folly nodded at Future Pietro, taking a seat as he had suggested. She smiled slightly at him, before she looked past him to see a familiar face. While many would have argued that Future Pietro was a father figure, he was more like an older brother to her. No, she was staring at the person who had been the closest thing she ever had to a real father - the best mentor she had ever had. The hallucination winked at her, taking a puff from its cigar. "I hope you're using my claws to help rather than to hurt, kid."

She had never hallucinated Wolverine before and she smiled brightly at the image. She knew that he wasn't real - that her mentor had died, from her perspective, years ago. She pulled out her daggers for a moment and stared at them. After Wolverine's death, only his adamantium skeleton had remained. Guin Stark had spent a week salvaging what she could from Wolverine's body, completing the rather gruesome task to produce a set of daggers for Folly.

"I'll make you proud, Dai Latchi," Folly whispered to the hallucination. She caught glimpse of a flash of ginger hair and she smiled a bit, tears welling up in her eyes. She was completely insane, but right now, her hallucinations were the good ones - the ones that so rarely ever appeared.

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Despite Thalia's assurances that she could indeed carry her, Nina couldn't help but breath a sigh of relief as the pair were tied to one another. At least then if she was hit Thalia would keep her from falling. If Thalia were hit... well, hopefully Nina could grab onto the plane wing she was holding up in time to save them both.

As it happened, they were both safe for the time being. Whether from luck or the efforts of those shooting in the plane, neither the OMEN Agents or the Sentinels seemed to notice Thalia flying alongside the craft. The plane itself was heavy, but an easy weight for Nina to support, even when several feet up in the air. Keeping most of the weight along her shoulders and back in order to support it better, Nina gritted her teeth as she avoided looking down. She wasn't exactly squeamish of heights, but they were still pretty high up.

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Considering the fact that Nina and Thalia would need to open a door (Or ramp, whatever) in order to exit the plane, Guin's concerns about being sucked out into thin air didn't exactly hold true. Besides, everyone knew D.B Cooper survived the drop from the plane with his parachute. He would have been sipping bourbon and soda in Maui before you could say "No Funny Stuff."

Anyway, unsolved mysteries aside, Charlie nodded as Mary asked him to stand down. Sara was providing more help copying Allison anyway, and there was a chance his shooting out the back could make it more of a target. With everyone else sat there, it probably wasn't the best decision. Especially if it wouldn't do much. Who the hell thought it was a good idea to make robots that adapted to attacks? From the side of the attackee, it was a pretty dumb idea. Slumping down beside Carolina and the others, he shuddered as he listened to her and at the thought of being "studied". That was one of the main reasons he'd fled from home, mixed in with shame, and fear that his family would reject him.

Keeping quiet as the discussion about Jacobsen and Cornish went on (He had no idea who either of them were, but if they were British, they were bound to be evil. Right?), he only looked to Dean as the guy exclaimed. Charlie was surprised at his outburst at first - hadn't Dean been at the Academy longer than he had? Even if not, he'd been there long enough to know that death was bound to follow them, no matter how far away from trouble they'd attempted to stay. Just look at today - there they were, talking about prom and video games, normal teenager stuff, when they were attacked by mutant-phobic psychopaths and their murder machines.

"Dean, I think quite a few people in this plane have killed people." He said gently, feeling equal parts relieved and apprehensive that he wasn't included in that. It had been two years, but he still hadn't been forced to take anyone's life yet... but he appreciated it was bound to happen. Maybe Dean needed some help understanding that too. "Being in the X-Men - in fact, not just the X-Men, but being different like we are... we're bound to have to make that choice sooner or later. You may not have to, because your power can be used for a lot of things! But someone more like me..." He trailed off, sighing lightly and being sure to keep his voice down. The younger kids didn't need to hear this. "Well, fire and ice can't exactly be used for anything good in a situation like this one." Super-Agility though, that could be used more to save than to harm. Dean was lucky in having that choice.

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"Yeah, be careful about that Guin, in another minute or two, we will be flying over a populated area, since we are just about to the city," Mary said, before she flipped on the communications so she could speak to the two outside of the plane. After all, they were basically helping to steer and to avoid crashing into the ground. There wasn't much more she could do, unless they ended up in front of the plane, then she'd be able to use the weapons in the front, other than that she could only fly it.

"Nope, since the world kind of ended for us. Though we are already doing somewhat better, and proved that some minor things can change. In the original timeline, we didn't have enough time to get to the Blackbird before it and the hangar were destroyed, we had to run on foot. Beast wasn't injured, and both the Professor and Marygold both died. So far, they are still alive, and I glanced at Hank's injury, he should be fine, might need a blood transfusion or something, so we are doing way better," he replied in response to Bethany's questions, before turning his attention back to Folly.

He heard her say Dai Latchi, and he knew exactly who she was seeing, and it made him wonder if the guy was a good or bad hallucination, since in life, Wolverine had kind of been a toss up like that, not knowing exactly what the man would do. It had been a while since his death, but he knew that it had hit a few people harder than others, and he had felt horrible for Guin. All that was left was his skeleton, and she ended up turning his claws into daggers for Folly. In a way, it was almost like Wolverine was still around to him, but he didn't say anything about him to Folly.

"Alright you two, we're almost there... We're lucky this thing is fast, in another minute or two, we are going to end up having to turn so brace yourselves for that," Mary's voice said over the comm and Thalia nodded her head slightly. It made sense, it wasn't like Stark Tower was a straight shot from the mansion, or what was left of it anyway. "Understood Marygold," Thalia responded, hoping that the Sentinels didn't notice them outside of the Blackbird.

They weren't so lucky, as two of the remaining Sentinels looked right at them, and both fired off lasers at the two. Thalia held Nina, and used her body and wings to protect her. Despite having skin almost like dragon scales, she could feel the shots slam into her, and they burned. "Please can someone take those things out quickly... Their lasers are powerful enough to break through my tough skin... A few more hits like that and we might not be in the sky much longer," she said in between deep breaths as she held Nina steadily.

The stress of helping to hold the Blackbird in the sky would be very tiring for both Sara and Allison. Guin's next shot hit one of the Sentinels, managing to hit one of the damaged ones and knocking it out of the sky. Her next few shots missed yet again, but she managed to get a small hit on an undamaged Sentinel that had joined the pursuit, causing only minor damage. Cassandra's shots, all but one of them missed, and the one that had hit knocked another Sentinel out of the air. "Thanks for the help, I can see some movement below the clouds, we need to get to the city quickly, since it looks like there might be more incoming."

Mira had turned to listen to the conversations around her, and not just worry about the Blackbird. With the two outside holding it up, she wasn't too worried about them losing control, though if they did crash, especially over a populated area, then the results would be catastrophic, not to mention the fact that they'd probably all be dead.

She pulled up a map, looking to see how far they were from their destination, and she had an idea of where the exit to the hangar that they had used was, not to mention how fast they were going, to see the distance. After a few moments, she looked over at Marygold, having figured out how far away, and that they should probably turn a little bit now. "We need to turn about 15 degrees to the right Marygold, otherwise we'd have to make a much sharper turn to get to our destination, and it could prove to be difficult because of the damaged wing."

"Thalia, Nina, did you two hear that?" Mary asked them through the communications. "Yes, we heard it," Thalia responded, before she supported Nina to the point that Mary was able to more gently turn the plane slightly without any problems. "Should be a straight shot from here Marygold. We don't have to worry about doing that again."

Lance looked over at Dean, who was still talking. You'd think the kid had nothing but a motor mouth, he sounded like he was worse than Guin when it came to non-stop talking. "Yeah, she is, that was something that his opponents are trying to use against him in the election. The fact that he's marrying a British person. Not working out too well since he is ahead in the polls still, which worries me still."

The fact that someone wants them dead, or experimented on, was a little freaky. It was taking a lot of the strength that he had left in order to stop himself from blinding people or something. Not to mention he did not want to see his dad right then, since he over reacted over the smallest injuries, it was ridiculous. He remembered the one time in high school when he couldn't hide his injuries from others basically using him as a punching bag, and he had flipped out and yanked him out of school for the rest of the day. He did not want to see what happened when he showed up with glass in his back and robots that wanted to kill them on their tail.

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Allison and Sara were both feeling the pressure of making sure the large ship would not crash. Sara was doing somewhat better than Allison though, but Sara's power was limited. "Blondie, if you need to stop, do it. I can hold it up longer and you've been through a lot already."

Allison was not a quitter though. She pushed onward, though she knew she would pay for it later. "No, I'm good! Totally fine! Just...can we land this thing soon-ish?" She knew the Sentinels were still outside while the others fought them off. Unaware of their surroundings, their only goal was the safety of this ship and everyone on board.

Sara knew better than most the dangers of exerting your power. She knew Blondie would hurt after this, especially if the girl had just had vision after vision. Intense visions too, from what Allison knew.

They would not let them be captured, experimented, tested, or killed.

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Carolina turned her head to look over at Dean when he nearly exclaimed, she really didn't like the idea of talking about her brief time in Coventry and simply nodded. "Yeah, it was either kill or be killed, I didn't want to die and seeing my best friend getting shot by them i'd probably wouldn't be here now if I didn't kill those two agents." Carolina said with a slight sigh as she leaned back in her seat and held the edges of the seat she was sitting in. She looked out over the window seeing the Sentinels in the distance that were still pursuing them.

Her eyes then wondered over towards Charlie and simply smiled towards him and nodded, she was glad that he sort of defended her for killing those two agents two years ago. Carolina watched as a few more Sentinels were shot down rather quickly by both Cassandra and Guin who were on the weapons consoles which was good. She continued to listen in on the conversations going on around them, as Carolina looked at future Pietro as he told them what had happened during their timeline.

Then she stared at her future self before finally asking her a question. "So what happens to like me and Cass over in the future?" Carolina couldn't help but be curious as well as to what exactly happens. And she wasn't really liking the answer that the future version of her actually asked.

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Future Carolina looked at Folly and future Pietro as the two of them talked, before her attention turned towards Dean and rolled her eyes towards him when he nearly yelled what her younger self had done before joining up with the X-Men. She didn't like to kill anyone, but it was kill or be killed back then. She remembered Wolverine pretty well when Folly and Pietro mentioned him, she didn't really interact with him that much, but she respected the mutant a lot.

Then her younger self asked the question she had told Cassandra when they first met, she pulled out the bloodied old looking SHIELD ID that was Cassandra's from the future. Then her attention turned towards Cassandra who was still manning the weapons console who was a little bit busy concentrating she smirked slightly towards Guin's sarcastic comment, before finally answering younger Carolina. "Well we survived for about two years, then OMEN found us, and well Cass and I were alone at the time we were bringing some runaways to safety when they attacked.." She paused for a moment before sighing as she started to reveal what had happened. "Cass got shot, and then died after I brought her out of safety, we went our separate ways for awhile before I rejoined and came here."

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Bethany remained pretty quiet as she leaned forward in her seat and ran a hand through her hair, she felt uncomfortable sitting with so many people close by her. She listened in on everyone's conversations but didn't know what to actually say or do as she just held the edges of her seat tightly as she could as the Sentinels continued to shoot and pursue them. She did want to go out and help, but she didn't have abilities that could be of any use right then and there.

So she simply listened in on the conversations as they talked watching the two blondes as they both held the plane in the air while Thalia and Nina were both outside holding the damaged wing up in the air. They were getting close to the city and she hoped that they wouldn't hurt anyone below.

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"I'm on it." Cassandra said as she watched some of her shots miss, but was lucky enough to knock one out of the air, along with another one that was right below it. Cassandra didn't like the idea of them shooting and flying over the populated city, she smirked slightly at Guin's comment. "I'm sure you could fly with one of those iron man suits and keep them busy." Cass said jokingly as she turned her head slightly as she listened in on her future version of her younger sister talking to her younger self on what had happened. But she needed to concentrate and continue on defending the Black Bird.

"We'd have to fly over the river or evasive maneuvers once we hit the city, those are the only options that I can see once we are over the city." Cassandra said as she turned back to the screen and then back to using the weapons control to fire off several more shots at whatever sentinels that were coming out from the clouds below them.

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Richard's head snapped up at Dean's comment. The Adder's arm snaking out to grip his sister's shoulder as she flinched at the boy words. For all she was ready and able to kill for the sake of those upon this craft, he still knew she would regret it deeply. Taking a human life was far different from killing another creature out of the need for survival. Even after a year, Wonderland's death weighed heavily upon the younger shifter. Turning his snake like gaze towards the two, he nodded in agreement with Charlie and Carolina's reasoning and answers. Feeling Ayita relax, and he moved his arm away slowly.

Leaning his frame over slightly he motion to Dean with a flick of his fingers. "Taking a life is no easy thing. To do so as Carolina put it is the only clean way. Life and the many over death and the one unless that one can save many more." His snake like eyes turned flinty as he stared down Dean with a dangerous look. "Some have done it for money, for knowledge, and for the thrill. In case of those Sentinels? Fear and ignorance. That, boy, is how monsters are created out of people." The assassin stressed the over all term of people. Humans, mutants, it didn't matter what something was. The why and how were what deemed the term monster upon them. Though Richard did not deny that he was one for he had done very bad things in order to find his sister. Though the reason was a good one, there were regrets in his life because of his actions.

Ayita flinched at the term 'monster', as she drew herself from her mental library of creatures and birds. Even after years, the term their mother had thrown into face still had the power to hurt. Though it helped to know that she was not in the definition of the word for her brother. Laying a hand upon the broad shoulder, the younger shifter gave it an awkward pat in comradeship. They both had scars, but now was not the time to revisit it. Giving a reluctant sigh, she raked fingers through her tangled and wild hair.

"I've got you two." Ayita's deceptively quiet and soft voice whispered from behind Allison was meant for both her friend and Sara. Even if the Sentinels got them down from the sky, they would have to go through her to reach Allison and thus Sara. Rubbing her arms, the shifter gave a frustrated growl and stared back towards the enemy. If only she could do more! Settling her will against the problem, Ayita assured herself that if these things ever came near her in the ocean. They would find the deep and not return from it.

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"Oh, this is just fucking fantastic..." Guin muttered, getting brief flashbacks to the Invasion of New York. The Chitauri had done plenty of damage to the city, with civilian casualties being inevitable. And as much as she wanted to believe that O.M.E.N. wouldn't sent Sentinels after them into a populated area, they were the type of idiots that had lobbyists and excuses - meaning that she doubted they'd be held accountable for any lost lives. She heard Thalia's request to get rid of the remaining two Sentinels and Guin tried her best to hold her tongue. "Trying our best, Khaleesi," Guin said over the comm to Thalia. She couldn't help but grin, seeing one of the Sentinels she aimed at fall out of the sky.

"Yeah, Dad kinda banned me from the suits ever since he caught me and Pietro making out in a few of them," Guin admitted to Cassandra. "But - not too bad an idea. Hey, someone go wake up P.H.I.L. and tell him to contact J.A.R.V.I.S., see about activating the House Party Protocol," Guin shouted, hoping someone would snatch up her watch and do just that. It'd at least get a bunch of unpiloted Iron Man suits up in the air that could help to deal with the Sentinels - or at least any damage they caused. She didn't like the idea of debris falling from the sky and destroying her hometown - if New York City could be considered a town.

Dean glanced at Charlie, guessing that his fellow mutant didn't understand his exclamation. It was scary hot that Carolina had killed people before - he couldn't help but look at her slightly differently, as if she had just told him she was actually Black Widow. He got this mental image of Carolina doing a series of complicated jumps and tricks, before firing a single bullet through the head of ten faceless agents with no redeeming qualities. Of course, he also didn't like the implication that he had had a cushy life. He had just gotten his emotional trauma and scars in early. If he closed his eyes, he still remembered the police officers coming to the house, taking him and his sister away - and somehow explaining to two little kids that their parents were never coming home from a simple trip to the grocery store.

He then stared at Richard, listening to him for a moment but it was clear that it went in one ear and out the other. Everyone there just seemed to want to be afraid - but they had just met Quicksilver from the Future! and were flying to Stark fucking Tower! They were about to meet Iron Man! And while Dean knew that he should have been terrified about his life and his own mortality, he strangely wasn't. It could have been symptoms of denial or plain teenage ignorance, but in a way it just felt like a dream. He'd met the Hulk's son! What was next? Black Widow's secret twin sister? "Kinda doubt anything is going to stop him from doing well in the polls....at least he's not Trump, though," Dean commented with a shrug.

Folly looked at Future Pietro, giving him a slight smile before her eyes seemed to look past him as the voices grew even more talkative. She could practically smell the smoke from Wolverine's cigar and she wasn't even sure at this point if he really was a hallucination. He easily could have been real. She knew that she was supposed to tell someone when she had trouble knowing if she was hallucinating or not, but she didn't want to add another problem to the list. "Don't worry Folly. Remember, it has been 10 years since you've seen me, but to her it has been a few years since you were out of the hospital, but I still visit you constantly, whenever I can anyway." Folly bit her lip and nodded at the Mary hallucination. Her eyes started to water slightly. She missed Mary so much. She had been one of the few people willing to take a chance on the insane Gypsy girl that arrived at the mansion seeking help.

"Look kid, keep your head up, and help end this thing for all of us." Folly nodded again at Wolverine, convinced that the hallucination had just ruffled her hair but there was no one there. She dried her eyes, not wanting to cry here and cause problems. Future Pietro looked at her and pulled her in for a hug. "Do you think the people we left behind are okay?" she whispered to him, still seeing the Mary hallucination standing right in front of her.

Future Pietro nodded. "I'm positive they are fine."

"....Are you worried about your wife?"

"Yeah, I am... But what I'm fighting for here is for her and everyone else."

"...She's very loud here..." Folly said softly, glancing at the two manning the weapons consoles.

"Yeah... She is... But I was also a different person here too..."

"Is that bad?"

"I wouldn't say it is bad... Just different..."

"...Are you going to tell her?" Folly then asked quietly, still just watching the girl. She didn't know Pietro's wife before she had developed PTSD. She was familiar with the engineer that hardly ever slept, working ungodly hours to produce the best tech from whatever scraps of material they had left around. She then glanced at the daggers, remembering the slightly haunted look in the eyes of her 'brother's' wife after she had finished them.

"Tell her what?"

"That you marry her and stuff, Palla Latchi...." Her thoughts flickered towards the pregnancy.

"...Pretty sure she knows about the marriage... The other thing no, I'm not going to tell her..."

"....Do you think you'll still marry her in this timeline?"

"I don't know, I hope so though."

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Nina winced as she heard Mary's heads-up over the comms, wondering how exactly she was supposed to brace herself several hundred feet up in the air while supporting a broken plane. Still, as two Sentinels on their tail finally noticed the pair outside the plane, sharp turns were going to be the least of their problems. Gasping as Thalia wrapped herself around her body, Nina could still feel the impact of the two shots that had slammed into the winged woman. Although she herself was unscathed, Thalia looked shaken.

Looking over her shoulder as a few of the Sentinels dropped from the sky, Nina wondered how much longer they'd be in the air for. As she heard over the comms, they had to worry about debris hitting people below... which would mean a longer detour. Shifting the weight on her shoulders a bit, Nina spoke to Thalia.

"Are you going to be okay?" Though she was still flying, Nina couldn't tell from the position she was in to look at Thalia's injuries.

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Charlie frowned at the floor as Carolina spoke, considering her words. She'd told him before about her best friend being killed... by chance, she and him had shared very similar powers, a coincidence that hadn't gone unnoticed by Carolina. She'd not gone into detail about killing anyone herself though, though it's not as if he expected her to. It wasn't easy - or at least, not to him - to kill, or even think about killing someone. He still felt immense guilt over the incident that had landed him with the X-Men in the first place. The explosion hadn't killed any of the bullies, but it had changed their lives in an awful way. After plucking up the courage to search the story online several months after it had happened, Charlie had discovered that all of them had suffered third degree burns over most of their bodies. One of them had to have his lower left arm amputated due to the damage, and another one was stuck in a wheelchair for life due to too much pain when walking. He'd felt sick to his stomach, knowing that he was responsible for it.

Shuddering lightly as he ran through those sickening thoughts again, he ran his hands through his hair roughly to get back to the here and now. They were close to Stark Tower, but he wouldn't feel relief until they'd landed and everyone was behind both closed doors, and the full might of the Avengers.

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"Well, I've got good news, and I've got bad news. Good news, we are almost there! Bad news is that if those Sentinels don't leave us be we might have to deal with more problems. Like bystanders..." Mary said as she and Mira kept the Blackbird going to its destination. They couldn't maneuver the Blackbird like before, since one of the wings was literally being held up in order to function and not crash, so they weren't really having much of a chance to maneuver.

Outside of the Blackbird, several of the Sentinels had noticed them by now, and were firing off shots at them. Once more, Thalia protected Nina from the blasts. The force of the shots nearly knocked Thalia out of the sky, but she managed to stay up in the air. Nina would be able to notice that Thalia's silver hair was starting to turn red, as her head started bleeding. Her back was covered in burns and blood covered it as well, but it didn't look like Thalia was going to stop flying. "I'm fine Nina, don't worry about it," she said, as she kept them in the air.

"...You do realize that is bad for us right? Jakobsen, if he gets elected, OMEN comes into power, and then we have to deal with the whole MRA and them trying to kill us even more often! Look, there are going to be a lot more problems if he is elected," Lance pointed out to Dean, wondering how the hell this kid had gotten this far in life. The guy didn't even seem to know what he was talking about half of the time. His back was still hurting, and he felt a little dizzy due to blood loss, but he was staying conscious.

Future Pietro gave Folly a smile, knowing that all of this probably wasn't easy on her, but hopefully they were able to stop their future from ever happening. It made him think about those he had left behind, the family he had basically abandoned. He pushed the thoughts out of his mind, knowing that he needed to be there to help fix history so his family had a better life.

Cassandra and Guin's next shots got really lucky. The first few that Cass had fired off easily knocked two Sentinels out of the sky by themselves. Her next shots only damaged them, but Guin's shots knocked them out of the air. They were causing a lot of damage to the Sentinels thankfully, but something odd seemed to be happening. The Sentinels that were still flying seemed to be heading downward, disappearing from sight. "What the hell is going on?" Mary muttered.

"We've hit the city limits, seems like they don't want to risk hurting civilians..." Mira said softly, looking at the displays. They lucked out with that, since if they didn't, there could be a lot of destruction for when the debris hit the ground. She hoped that they didn't know where exactly they were going, otherwise there would be more problems waiting for them when they reached Stark Tower.

Thalia let out a bit of a sigh of relief when the Sentinels seemed to give up the chase. One more hit, and she probably would have started plummeting out of the sky straight to the ground. She coughed slightly, a little bit of blood coming out of her mouth now as she supported Nina. After a few moments, something came shooting up next to them. "Looks like you all could use a hand, fancy seeing you here van Essenhout," Tony Stark said as he helped to support the Blackbird's weight.

"Well Guin, looks like your dad has shown up to lend us a hand, we should be to Stark Tower in a few moments," she said, glad that he had shown up to help them.

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Both girls felt the presence of Ayita behind them, but Sara would not bend. They were close to their destination, it seemed. With the threat of the Sentinels remaining, both girls gave one last ounce of effort to keep the ship afloat. Allison, though, put in a lot of effort. Try as she might, she felt herself getting weaker.

Sara felt Allison's force ebb down, so she put in twice the effort. Allison stopped suddenly and fell back, landing on Ayita's lap. She opened her eyes a bit, "Sorry, guys. I failed..." But then the news came forth that the Sentinels seemed to be giving up the hunt and that Iron Man was here to help lead them.

Sara still clung on, she wasn't about to lose the ship right when they got to their destination. "Can we move this along faster though? I doubt the two outside are doing much better than us with having been shot at and all." Allison closed her eyes. She was not asleep (though she desperately wanted to).

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Carolina looked over towards Lance and Dean for a moment, they did have a point Jakobson becoming the next president was going to be a major problem. "We have one thing though, we are able to tell our side of the story now, and that we have kids here with us as well so that will put a major dent in his campaign as well." She pointed out, Carolina didn't know much about politics but usually whenever kids were involved or in danger then they usually did end up stepping up together. She leaned back in her seat and ran a hand through her hair letting out a slight sigh.

Then she looked out the window as she watched Cass and Guin managing to shoot down the other sentinels and then watched as they eventually started to back off from the looks of it. Carolina couldn't help but smile when she heard Tony's voice over the intercom and was relieved to see him actually. They had an avenger with them now which was a good thing, and they wouldn't have an issue as far as she could tell, and they would be at Stark Tower very soon.

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Future Carolina stared at her youngerself, and smiled slightly she was more optimistic than she was now, as she looked at the others in the plane. She looked towards future Pietro and Folly as the two of them spoke to one another, they seemed to be having a moment together and decided to not butt into their conversation. She moved over towards the back of the plan just as the remaining sentinels backed off and then Tony Stark came into view to help support the weight of the wing. She was grateful for him to appear and that they had changed the future somewhat.

She looked out the window towards Thalia for a moment she couldn't tell how bad her injuries were, but she had a feeling that they were pretty bad she had taken a few shots from the Sentinels after all. "You should head back in Thalia, we should be there soon and we can get you checked out." Future Carolina said towards her, she didn't want to see her keel over and fall out of the sky either.

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Bethany sat back in her seat listening to Carolina, Dean and Lance talk to one another, she hoped that Carolina was right about her theory about them surviving and that it would do some damage to their campaign and maybe even take him out of the running for the presidency. However having Trump in office was also a bit of a shocker, she didn't know and she didn't want to have to deal with the MRA. She had dealt with discrimination before which ended up killing her family as well. Then she leaned forward towards the window as she watched the Sentinels starting to back off and then Iron Man coming over which made her smile.

They would be safe very soon, they just needed to get to Stark Tower and soon, she wanted to get out of the Black Bird really soon, she really didn't want to get into a plane crash anytime soon. "Cant wait to get out of this plane." Bethany said quietly as she looked over towards Mira and Marygold.

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Cassandra smirked towards Guin for a moment, hearing the Game of Thrones reference that she made, but then shuddered slightly at the thought of seeing her and Pietro making out in some of the suits. "Thanks a lot for the image Guin." Cassandra said jokingly as she turned her attention back to the weapon's controls as she managed to shoot down two more of the massive robots, and then damaging one of the others. Then Guin finished up the damaged one she then looked at the cameras very closely and leaned forward seeing the Sentinels starting to break off.

[color=6ecff6]"We should stay alert until we get there though."[/color[ Cassandra said towards Guin, then she noticed an iron man suit flying over towards Thalia and Nina, and smiled. She was glad to actually see Tony Stark coming to help them, as Cassandra leaned back slightly she was still alert. She looked towards Guin as she asked for her watch, she wasn't sure if that was necessary now at this point, but she got up and quickly grabbed one of the watches and handed it over towards Guin.