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All of the sudden, Guin was filled with a horrible sense of dread. She didn't know what was going on - not yet experienced enough with the mental link between herself and Pietro to know what she had just felt...the death of his future counterpart. The feeling reminded her of the first urge after getting clean - it hit her all at once and she couldn't stop reanalyzing it, only to come to nothing conclusive. "Magneto...Mira....Th-there's something wrong," Guin said, pulling her icer and shooting at the guards they had encountered. She knocked down three of them before she cartwheeled and grabbed the hand of the next guard, switching with him despite a few guards shooting at her.

"What do you mean Guin?" Mira asked, coughing slightly due to her sore throat.

Guin didn't answer Mira for a moment. In the male body she was using, it took her a moment to adjust to the balance of the gun and how these new muscles responded. The agent, for his part, seemed to be confused and gawking in her body. Her first few shots only grazed her targets, injuring three, but she got in a kill shot on the next try. It hadn't been that long since her first kill - back at the quinjet - but it was a little easier this time. "I don't know - it's like George Lucas is running through here streaking while screaming I've got a bad feeling about this thing..." Guin tried to explain.

"...Uh..."

Guin then took her host's radio and tossed it at her own body, only to switch back in time and she caught it flawlessly. "Magneto, I need you to cover us. And Mira...get ready to belt," Guin said. She fiddled with the radio settings until she found the broadcast to all frequency setting. Babe, I need you to tell everyone to cover their ears on my signal, okay? It's that or your eardrums are toast.

"Wait what? Why?" Trust me, you'll want your ears covered. I'm going to unleash the scream of a freaking Mandrake - that's Mira - and broadcast it throughout the facility. "Mira, you ready? On the count of three, I need you to scream." "...Well then, that works."

"Y-Y-Yeah, I think so..." Mira said, taking a quick drink from her water bottle that she still had with her. Guin nodded. "Good...One..."

"Two..."

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Dean's injuries seemed to have almost healed themselves, thanks to the quick healing speedsters (and wannabe speedsters) typically had. He got up from the floor, grateful for the scary moose and the even scarier Allison that had handled the agents. Oh, and Richard. He had done something too. "Yeah, cells work," Dean agreed. He shooed the agents into the cells and shut the door on them, feeling a bit cathartic.

"Wow, that felt good...We should lock up people we don't like more often. Now I get why they did it to us in the first place..." Dean mused. There was a bit of a rush of power there. But mostly, he was glad to not currently be feeling like swiss cheese and he turned to face his companions. "So...anyone know which way of here is out?" Dean asked, only for Pietro to interrupt him.

"Hey, uh, guys? If you don't want to lose your hearing, I'd suggest we all plug our ears, like, right now," Pietro said and Dean couldn't help but be confused. He really needed to figure out where Pietro was getting all of this information from.

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Ayita snorted and carefully plodded after Dean as he ushered the OMEN agents towards the cells. There was no reason to change back and give them a opportunity to attack. As the door shut with a sound of finality she could only agree with Dean. There was a reassurance when a threat was locked away. Though she could not get the horror of hearing that sound upon herself. It made the beasts beneath her skin shiver with worrisome nerves. Bone and flesh bent and twisted as the moose appeared as the tall human form of Ayita.

Cocking her head at Pietro, she made a questioning noise. "Plug our ears?" Whatever was going on, she was confused by the advice that bordered on an outright demand. Striding over to the dead men, Ayita quickly checked pocketes and ripped apart cloth. They were dead and wouldn't be needing it. But she was on a look out for the little bulbs called 'earplugs'. Perhaps they had some? She was keen of ear and eye. That someone was telling her to shut down a sense was unnerving. Pulling two pairs free from her search she shoved one set into her head and snapped to make sure she couldn't hear anything. Satisfied she pressed the second pair into Allison's ears, snapping to check that they were in.

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Richard would never admit it but he was relieved when the OMEN agents surrendered. As ruthless as he was, killing these people would not help their image and while he never cared about the mutant image... Well, he hadn't had his sister with him then. Still he kept a sharp eye on the stair well, ignoring the massive moose that plodded by. Thankfully she didn't have horns being a female and all, he could image that doors would be a bit bothersome. The thought made his lips curl slightly.

Hearing the light footsteps of Ayita shortly behind him as he walked over the bodies, he didn't pay her much mind as he began to systematically search them for what they might need to get out of this facility. Weapons were a must, as was ammo. A gun was hardly useful if it didn't have bullets. While he could respect Ayita's taste for a bow, as arrows were easier to get, he still saw more use for the devastating effect of a solid glock. Coming up empty aside from empty hand guns he still picked those up, thrusting one at Pietro and Lance. Keeping the other for himself as he noted Ayita had hers in hand. He also shoved earplugs at the two, putting a set in himself. Satisfied, he turned to the stairs and gestured that he was going to keep going.

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"Locking them up would be a good bit of payback for locking us up in their own cells and make them think what they had done wrong." Bethany said, smirking a little bit as she stood there for a moment as a weird sensation went through her. She could see that Guin, Mira and Magneto were all on several floors above them, as Mira was about to let out a scream. Just as Pietro said that, she knew what was going on which was still really weird for her to witness like an out of body experience. "Dean, and Lance you might want to cover your ears with something, like right away unless you want to be deaf for the rest of your lives." Bethany said.

She quickly went to the nearest body and searched around and managed to find a pair of earplugs and quickly put them in, making sure that they were securely in her ears. Bethany couldn't hear anything which was a good thing then as she looked at Ayita and Allison as they found some earplugs as well. Beth made her way towards Richard as well still having the handgun in her hand, as she got herself ready to head up stairs.

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Present Carolina was still on the ground as she quickly switched to another body as to throw them off, the previous host she had been using looked confused and disoriented as the OMEN agents opened fire on the poor guy. Then she quickly went on the offensive again as she started to open fire on the other agents again, they were getting confused as they started to attack the one Carolina was possessing again. And managed to take out about ten more of them while they were distracted, occasionally looking up at the Quinjet above them operated by her sister and future self.

Future Carolina continued to rain fire down on the OMEN agents on the ground while her younger self took the ones out on street level with very little issue. As she moved the gun and fired on them constantly until there were only about ten OMEN agents left on the ground, and stopped firing for now. Cassandra moved the Quinjet just above the ground facing the facility directly, before opening up the Quinjet's speakers. "I highly suggest you all stand down now, I don't want to kill anymore of you today." Cassandra said as she kept the quinjet hovering just over them she would occasionally look back at the facility itself wondering how things were going on the inside.

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Allison had a bit of a smug, satisfied look on her face when she realized she helped disarm all of these agents and they gave up. "Yeah, put them in the cells and lock them. In the meantime, we should get going." That was when Pietro mentioned that they should cover their ears.

Dean seemed clueless at this. "Dean, just do as he says." Before she knew it, Ayita was putting plugs in her ears. She snapped and Allison couldn't hear it. She nodded at Ayita, confirming her ears were plugged. She wondered what was going to happen, but hopefully it meant escape.

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It was a matter of moments, but Sara wasn't entirely focused on the others. She was more concerned with taking down these agents and finding their team. That may have been why she was too late. All she saw was Pietro fall, his shirt turning the wrong shade of red (which was red in general really). She remembered hearing Folly mention that some would not leave alive and she could smack her for that.

She looked over to Wanda wondering what the woman thought of her brother, future or not, being dead. She didn't seem to care or show anything. That rubbed her the wrong way, but maybe she knew? Was that possible? Either way, she was now more determined than ever to get their team out of there and back safely. "Fuck, let's go! I copied his super speed if we need it."

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@FantasyChic So Wanda seems to be just standing there in a sort of stupor as the door to the staircase opens up. Now is when she seems to react and she lets out a bit of a scream, sending the agents who were close to the door flying backwards as there was this flash of red energy shooting out from her. She was crying as she threw them backwards, letting out all her anger and rage at what had happened. After a few moments, she seemed to calm down, at least a little, though there were still tears streaming down her face, though she heard something, which caused her to form a shield around herself, Mary and Sara.

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Mira wasn't too sure about this plan of hers, as she was the only one in the entire building who was actually immune to her own sonic screech, and there were a lot of people who weren't. Not just Guin, or those stuck down below, but also for the rest of the teams who were in separate groups. There was no way to warn them when she screamed, so she just hoped that they had great reflexes depending on how powerful her yell was. She took another sip of water and a deep breath, Magneto had been paying attention and he created a protective magnetic field around himself and Guin so they wouldn't be effected.

Then she let out a shriek.

It was a lot more powerful than anything else she had done before, even when the weapon she and Stark had made to combat the Sentinels blew up in her hand and she ended up taking a few of them out. Nothing could compare to the shriek that she let out right now. The sound bounced along the walls of the facility, the sounds of systems frying and electricity going out was loud as well.

As for the OMEN agents, well... Let's just say things didn't go over too well for them.

The ones on the same floor as Mira died almost instantly, blood coming from their eyes and ears as they collapsed right where they were. The ones on the next floor down who Wanda hadn't taken out during her breakdown where withering on the ground, not dead, but unconscious, though there was blood coming from their ears as well, though half of them were dead by now. The agents on the bottom levels, the ones underground, the ones who were left, they fell unconscious, the same thing happening to all of them.

Now, for the group outside...

The agents outside who were left put their hands to their heads and collapsed to the ground, the sound of the shriek being heard even outside of the facility. They all dropped their weapons, so they were all unarmed. Those inside the Quinjet were protected somehow, the jet seemed to e helping to add some protection, but Cassandra and the Carolinas would still be able to hear the shriek.

Everything inside of the facility suddenly went dark, and all Guin would be able to hear now was Mira coughing, a lot.

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Wanda's little breakdown was not something she completely expected. The girl didn't exactly seem like the type who would freak out so much over the future version of her brother. Actually, Mary hadn't even been sure if Wanda even had emotions, let alone breakdowns and tears over them. It was nice to know that Scarlet Witch did have emotions of sorts, despite not really showing them usually.

Mary was confused over why Wanda was putting a shield up, but when she heard the shriek ringing throughout the staircase, she completely understood why. It was to protect them, make sure their ears didn't bleed and that they didn't die or something from it. Glancing over at the main floor area, she saw all of the agents over there collapse, their faces kind of looking like a bloody mess. This was definitely a new thing for her, she generally didn't really know too much about the effects Mira's powers had, but now she did.

When the shrieking stopped, Wanda lowered the shield. "...Well that probably just made our job a whole lot easier... Thank you for that, now, let's go find the others and get out of here, any chance you can make a light source Wanda?" she said, her mind was still on the whole, the speedster from the future being dead thing, and she knew that they needed to hurry before the agents who didn't die possibly got up again. With the entire building shot, the power having been fried, they needed something, so a moment later, a flashlight appeared in Wanda's hand and she handed it to Mary, turning it on.

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Luckily, Lance and Pietro were quick enough with the ear plugs in order to get them in their ears before the scream. Despite being several floors down, and despite having the ear plugs in, everyone would still be able to hear the scream as the lights around them completely flickered out and died. Well, luckily Lance had his powers back, as he then started emitting a bright light from his hands so that they could see as the shriek finally stopped.

He got the ear plugs out of his ears as he held a hand up for light, "So... Guessing that whatever they did, it turned out well... Since power is completely fried and without warning, or quick reflexes, not sure how you'd be able to survive, or at least remain conscious, after that. The sound bouncing around the walls, it basically is the equivalent of putting your head in a bucket and someone hitting it and the loud noise kind of hurts... So something tells me any sort of resistance we would have faced is completely gone now... Or mostly anyway..."

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"Well that was fun, probably took out just about every form of resistance we would have had,. Sure, I've got a splitting headache right now, but hey, at least that just made our job a hell of a lot easier."

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Guin could still hear the shriek, despite Magneto's protective measures. It felt a bit like her head was in an oven, having that magnetic field surrounding her, and Guin wished that it would have made it so she couldn't see the results of the plans. Agents near them collapsed to the ground, dead, blood gushing from their eyes and ears. She swallowed thickly, staring at the blood and the corpses on the ground. She didn't think that Mira's shriek would kill them - she thought it would stun them, knock them out. "I...Mira, I...I-I-I thought it would only knock them unconscious..." Guin stammered, looking at her friend for forgiveness.

Her skin felt like it was crawling with ants and Guin wanted to shower, but she didn't know if she would ever be able to feel clean again. Mira had just done what Guin told her to do. She didn't know if it had killed the others in the complex or if they were knocked out, but her mind was assuming the worst given what she saw in front of her. "...I-I'm so sorry, Mira...Th-this is my fault."

Mira was just coughing in response, not able to really respond, Magneto did however, after he dispelled the field around him and Guin. "Close range to a sonic shriek like that, I thought it would have been obvious what would have happen," he said simply. Guin's head shot up, looking at Magneto. She wanted to kill him too in that moment. But more realistically, she didn't know at all what she wanted to do. "I didn't think it'd be that powerful, with her voice already strained!" Guin snapped at Magneto, but the excuse felt empty and hollow.

"You underestimate the powers of others clearly."

"...So do you," Guin couldn't help but point out. "Since if you didn't, I'd be dead." Magneto just raised an eyebrow at her, saying nothing. "Yeah, that's right. You tried to kidnap me - failed at that. And then you tried to kill me and my family with that stupid virus - and you failed at that too. All because you don't know what humans are capable of."

"Humans are pathetic and want to control mutants, to kill them off. Clearly you are nothing more than a naive little girl if you can't see that."

"...You have no idea what I'm capable of...Even after the slaughter I just devised," Guin said, feeling strange but she went down the hallway and opened up the door, heading down the staircase to the lower levels. She didn't care that it was dark, but she snatched a flashlight from one of the corpses and turned it on.

"You are still naive about how the world works, perhaps being around death will be a good thing to snap you out of that," he said simply, as he and Mira followed after her.

"Fuck you, I was freaking born into death," Guin snapped. "Family fortune was built on finding more creative ways to kill Nazis. Then the entire time growing up, it was more of the same - only the target changed, violence was really the same at its roots. And let's not forget freaking Uncle Obadiah. And you, of course, you freaking bastard. Someone ought to kill you."

"Oh? What is your reasoning for that statement?"

"Maybe you have the right idea, about being more proactive. But you're a fucking douchebag," Guin told him bluntly. Magneto just shook his head. Guin huffed a bit, clenching her fist as she went down the flight of stairs. The staircase ended again - Guin was really hating the design of this place - and she went out into the hallway. Using her flashlight, she instantly broke into run as she saw a familiar pair of feet by the next door. She flung the door open, spotting Sara, Mary, and Wanda - and then screamed.

Muscles was there, lying on the ground, covered in bullet holes. Just as Wanda was having a mental breakdown, Guin's legs gave out and she fell to the ground, shaking him as if that would make him wake up. PIETRO?!?!?!?!!! "Yeah what? Is something wrong? And ow... My head..." I need you to get to me right now!!!!! "My powers aren't working, where are you and what's going on?" First floor. Muscles is dead. "...Wait what?" MUSCLES IS DEAD SO GET HERE RIGHT NOW!!! "You have to give me a little while... I can't race up there very easily..." I-I-I-I n-n-need you right now!!!! "Give me a minute, I'll get up there as fast as I can Guina, it'll be okay." Please hurry....I need you right now.... "I'm coming..." G-Good....I-I-I c-c-can't....I-I c-c-can't do this... "It'll be okay Guina..." H-h-he's y-you and h-h-he's dead and h-he had a pregnant wife a-a-and.... "It'll be okay, calm down, take deep breaths Guina..."

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Dean's ears were ringing and his head ached. The scream...He had barely had enough time to put his hands over his ears and he wasn't able to block out the noise. However, he had to ask as he turned and looked at Pietro. "Dude...Spill. Now," he said, referring to how Pietro seemingly had all of this essential information. It made him not trust the speedster. "...My counterpart is dead."

Dean's eyes widened. "How...how did you know that the scream was happening...that people were here...and that um...your future self with killer abs is dead?"

"...Mental link, I have one with Wanda, a few weeks ago I noticed that one seemed to form between me and Guin, but I didn't say anything cause I figured she'd freak out, the future guy must have told her, since we started conversing back and forth, probably the reason they were able to find us so quickly. Kind of can act like a GPS of sorts..."

"...Do you know which way is out then?"

"You mean besides the staircase up? No, not without an actual map..." he said, rolling his eyes.

"Well...Whatever. Lame that your powers aren't back yet..." Dean said, clutching at his wound a bit before he headed in the direction of the staircase and opened the door. He was tired of being in this facility. He wanted out already.

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Antoinette nodded and moved closer to Demetria. The OMEN agents continued to fire at them, even as the ice wall covered them all completely. The gun shots were still loud and Antoinette covered her ears to keep out the awful sound as much as she could. She saw the stray bullet hit Demetria but Demetria just kept going. Flynn came and grabbed Annie’s arm, dragging her away but Annie protested, worried for Demetria’s safety and health. She had just been shot! She looked back but Demetria was right behind them after a few well placed ice blasts. Antoinette reached out for her friend, grasping her hand tightly, even though it was freezing and pulled her into the stairwell with them.
”You’ve been shot!” she exclaimed and went to examine her friend further. Of course there was nothing Annie could do. She knew basic first aid, but for a gunshot wound? That went over her head.
They didn’t have much time after that. A inhumanly loud scream came over Flynn’s radio and Annie froze up as the scream hit her ears. Within seconds though the radio was gone and another ice wall, or rather dome, came up around them to block out the scream. Annie breathed heavily, her head pounding. Antoinette looked at her companions in mild disbelief. Was it always like this with them? No big deal? Annie started to laugh, perhaps she had gone mad now.
”What even was that?” she asked, coming back from her laughter. It had to be another mutant. Annie was just starting to realize how big this place was and what horrors it contained.
She looked around the ice dome, mildly surprised by it’s beauty in such a tragic situation. It reminded her of the first snowfall of the year. How the entire world would fall silent, not even the wind would blow. It created such a peaceful, inhuman atmosphere. She shut her eyes for a moment, letting the feeling wash over her and wash away the fear of earlier.

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Dropping to the ground in a feral crouch as the lights died, the younger shifter trembling slightly as she still heard the echoing cry. A sound like that boded no good to anyone or thing. As Lance lit the hall with a bit of light she uncurled and stood. The hairs on her neck still raised. Ayita looked at Dean and Pietro as she pulled out her earplugs and slid them into a pocket. Thrusting the gun at Allison, she sniffed at the air slightly. "I shall find us a way to the surface." She didn't so much as say it as let the thought wash over Pietro and Allison. Taking a deep breathe she backed away from the group. Rubbing her hands up and down her arms as bones creaked and groaned. "Wait here..."

Her breathing became slightly labored as she closed her ambers eyes tightly casting herself into the shadows. Shifting wasn't pleasant business when it was a new form. The moose had hurt enough, and luckily this was smaller. But still, if Ayita could wish for one thing it would be a constant IV drip of painkillers to be in her set of powers. As it was, she was sorely tempted to be in a bad mood and snap at Dean just to underline the point the bitch was bitchy. Stepping past Lance, the dark coloured Dire Wolf peered at the humans with amber eyes. "We go. Pack hunts." The thought she sent to Allison was broken more than usual and there was a primal quality to it. Sniffing at the silver speedster she trotted by them and her startled brother to the stairway. Tossing her head back and giving a lonesome howl, before she began to scramble up the foolish human construct. In this form at least, she would give someone pause. Larger than her preferred Grey Wolf form, her teeth were capable of breaking bones and rending flesh.

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Richard winced even as he heard the scream echo from above. "You have got to be joking." The assassin muttered as the lights blew, cursing under his breathe the man retraced his steps to rejoin the group as Ayita slipped back into the shadows. Typical of her to not want others to see her shift. Though he was able to catch that Muscles, as Guin had dubbed the Future Pietro, was dead. Grimacing the former assassin shook his head. "Just what we need. At least that scream should have knocked out the opposition. Though I'm not going to bet on everyone being down." He hadn't lived this long by being careless.

As the large wolf shoved into the light, Richard took a step back in respectable wariness. Which was reasonable when you are standing next to a ancient and massive predator that hadn't walked the earth for a good number of years. Watching the wolf slip from the light and listening to the sound of claws clicking over the floor and too the stairs, Richard shrugged as the howl echoed up the stairs. "Well, the Dire Wolf has a point." He noted, carefully picking his way after Ayita.

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Bethany winced slightly she could hear the scream was loud, but at least she would still be able to hear and not be permanently deaf from the sudden death screech that went through the entire base. Bethany watched as the lights suddenly flickered and then died instantly after the scream had ended, and a few bodies ending up hitting the ground. Bethany felt more powerful when she was in a completely dark room, as she finally took off the earplugs she had in her ears and tossed them to the ground as her eyes wondered around the dark area. "Well have to give them credit we wont have to deal with anymore shootouts." Bethany said as she started to look around at the others, they all seemed to be fine for the most part.

She had a feeling that they wouldn't have to deal with shooting anyone anymore as Bethany listened to Pietro speak, she bit her bottom lip for a moment after hearing what had happened to his future counterpart who had died. "They shouldn't be that far." Beth said as Lance light up a bit giving them some light, and started to follow shortly behind Ayita up the flight of stairs to hopefully catch up with the others.

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Cassandra and then her sister stopped as they all could hear a very sudden and very loud screech coming from the facility itself, luckily they weren't inside at all, that would have ended up very badly if they didn't have any hearing protection, but the Quinjet seemed to keep them protected. As the three of them watched the bodies dropping to the ground, they were all safe for the time being as Cassandra moved the Quinjet down and landed.

"Seems like the coast is clear now." Future Carolina said as Cassandra opened the rear ramp for them to get out, Cass however remained at the controls, as Present Carolina woke up rather quickly and looked around. Then moved slightly out of the ramp and looked outside waiting for the others to get out. "They might get reinforcements so just be alert." Cassandra said towards her sister keeping the engines ready in case they needed to.

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The scream that echoed even in her plugged ears had to be from a power source, but Allison was sure that no one on the team could unleash it. Did that mean they had back-up? Either way, it paved a clear road ahead for them to get out of the facility. Allison took the gun Ayita handed to her and allowed her, in her wolf form, to clear a path ahead.

Once the all clear was given, Allison stood back, "All right, everyone up the stairs. We are getting the hell out of this place." Allison took the rear, as she had a gun on her in case there were more soldiers, though she very much doubted they would be opposed.

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Any doubt Sara had that Wanda wasn't feeling her brother's death was quickly shattered when she unleashed a hellish scream. Sara fell to her knees, covering her ears. Her head began to pound. Once it was over, she took a minute to collect herself. She stood up, albeit wobbily, and shook it off. "Great, glad that worked. Next time? Give a girl a warning."

Insensitive or not, she pushed forward, going down the staircase. It seemed the scream knocked out the other guards as they were not being targeted, but Sara didn't want to give anything up to chance. This is usually in the movie where the big baddie shows up just when the heroes think they won. She always hated that.

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Jakobsen was heading towards the facility right now, trying to figure out what the hell was even going on. The facility had gone quiet not too long ago, and they weren't able to get a hold of anyone there. Something was definitely wrong, but he didn't know what as he was trying to call the facility yet again, but unable to get through. Jade was sitting next to him in the car, watching an episode of the Office on her phone. She had one earbud in and the other out, that way her fiancé could talk to her if he wanted to.

"Something is going on there... Wonder what exactly it is... Can't get a hold of anyone..."

"Last time that happened, Hel arrived. Perhaps another demigod has come to have a temper tantrum - or the Brotherhood."

"Just what we'd need, another incident like that one..." he muttered, the images of everything that had happened at the OMEN HQ years before stood out in his mind. It was impossible not to think about that stuff, especially not right now.

Jade rubbed his knee slightly. "Whatever it is....I still get to complain more... Since I'm carrying a freaking baby in my stomach," she said, giving him a slight smirk.

Alex gave her a smile, "That is true... Sorry for dragging you along for this Jade..."

She shrugged. "Hey, your work can be interesting - and I used to do this sort of thing. You know, I had a real job sort of before I went back to following cheaters into alleys and taking photographs."

"That was also your choice Jade, you could have joined OMEN. But you wanted to go back to that sort of work, and I wasn't even going to try to stop you from that."

Jade had been offered to take over as OMEN's director after the Winchester brothers, the previous directors, disappeared. But she hadn't wanted the job. And now with her fiancé leading the organization, she had more of a reason to not want to join. She wanted to be independent. "No offense, love, but OMEN isn't my style - bit of a macabre name, too."

"Whatever you say Jade," he said with a slight laugh.

"Might as well have gone with the Grim as the organization mascot," Jade teased.

"I didn't have a say in what the agency was called, so don't blame me," he said, laughing now.

"You would have named it something really lame," Jade insisted, giggling. "Like...P.I.N.K. or something of the sort." She gave him a smile. "...You used to laugh a lot more when we started dating."

"Why would I name it that?" he said, laughing a little, before hearing her other comment. "Really? You think so?"

"Of course...I miss that - I miss my Alex."

"...Things change Jade, but maybe... Maybe I can see about leaving OMEN... Spend more time with you then..."

She raised an eyebrow. "OMEN isn't what's taking up your time, Al. It's the campaign - I hardly ever see you and if I do, we're stuck in front of cameras. And do you know how bloody hard it is to not cuss in front of them? I'm not naturally First Lady material - more like First Bitch."

"I honestly don't care if you cuss in front of them. I mean just look at who the current president is, an idiot who doesn't know what the hell he's even doing. He's said worse things in front of a camera than a few swear words if you ask me."

Jade laughed at that. "Yeah, he is an arse....But Al, I want you to do what you want to do - do what makes you happy, okay?"

"I just want to be able to make a difference... That's all I really want to do..."

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@Nallore The agents outside are all still alive, but they definitely aren't going to be doing much of anything to fight against them at the moment. However, something else comes up the road to the facility. A black SUV, and once it stops, outsteps the one and only Alexander Jakobsen. He notices the agents and the carnage on the ground, before looking over towards the Quinjet, eyeing it a little bit.

@KazAlkemi Demetria causes the dome to disappear, more of fading into nothing, melting almost but it doesn't leave a trace. "I have no idea what that sound was. Now, down the stairs we go!" she says happily. Flynn rolled his eyes slightly at that, but led the way downstairs, his gun drawn as he searched around the area ahead of them. However, they'd run into the group that was heading upstairs (look at Lance's post)

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Mira raced after Guin when she had started running, when she glanced down and noticed the speedster's body. For a moment, she feared that it might have been the screech that had killed him, but noticed the blood covering his shirt, and realizing he'd been shot multiple times. At least she hadn't caused his death by accident, as she'd never be able to forgive herself if she had. Even still, the agents that were lying around on the ground, it made her feel a bit nauseous, knowing that she had caused this destruction. However, it wasn't like she could actually voice her opinion, her voice was basically gone completely right now.

"The blast I did cause, however that shriek came from another source that wasn't me," Wanda muttered towards Sara, glaring slightly. She was used to being blamed for things, and now she was second guessing her choice to actually protect Sara's ears, which either would have resulted in her death or she'd be in immense pain had it not been for Wanda.

"Guin? Are you okay?" Mary whispered softly, noticing her friend there and she walked over to her, kneeling on the ground slightly next to her. This was not a good sign, at all, that much was obvious. Things were going horribly, but at least they didn't have to deal with much resistance for the time being. Which was a good thing to say the least. They had to make sure the future that they had gone back in time to warn them about didn't come to pass, which meant a lot of things to be honest.

Namely they still had to deal with Jakobsen and OMEN itself. They were at one facility, there were bound to be more.

"...Come on Guin, all of you really... We need to keep moving, find the others down below. There shouldn't be too much trouble, but hopefully we can all get out of here without anything else happening... At least anything else that could be considered bad... Let's go... Okay?"

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Lance made sure to stay relatively close to the rest of the group, in order to make sure that they could at least see where they were going without accidentally tripping or something. When they were about halfway up the staircase, they ran into 3 people he didn't recognize, but one of them was wearing an OMEN uniform, however another had white hair and icy blue eyes, so he wasn't too sure what exactly they were up to at the moment. Who the hell were these people?

Thalia for the most part had been relatively quiet, just following along after them, having plugged her ears to avoid the main force of the screech. She glanced up and noticed someone in the group that she did know. More of recognized as someone who had been stuck in the facility longer than she had. "Hello there Demetria..."

"Hey there dragon girl, guessing you all are on the same page of time to make our great escape from this hell hole?" she asked, giving the group a slight smile. "Guessing you remember Agent Flynn? Well, he's on our side, so he's been helping us a bit, would be nice if you didn't shoot him."

"...Yes, we were heading upstairs..."

"Cool, we were going to check to see if anyone else was down here, anyway, thought I'd ask if someone in your group still has an inhibitor in their system?" she asked, pulling the vial from her pocket that held the serum to counteract the inhibitors.

Pietro's eyes lit up, "My powers are still down..."

"Quicksilver? Wouldn't surprise me, pretty sure everyone here knows you could easily pull of a jailbreak. They probably gave you a pretty heavy dose of the stuff. Here you go, you probably could use it to get us all up above pretty quickly," she responded, tossing it to him. Pietro remained silent as he injected himself with the serum. It took a moment, and he did feel slightly ill afterwards, but his speed had definitely returned.

"So, back to the first floor then?" Pietro said, a bit jumpy, before in a gust of wind he raced everyone upstairs in a blur. When they reached the top, Lance noticed that Pietro looked a little pale, and it didn't surprise him to much. His body probably had been working in overdrive to try and get the inhibitor out of his system, he looked like he might be sick actually, or potentially pass out. Pietro instantly went over to Guin and pulled her into his arms, and picked her up. "...So, let's see about getting out of here..."

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Ayita trudged up the stairs with a wolfish sigh. If she was honest with herself, the woman-wolf ached within and without. Her body was a mass of bruises and pain from the bullets. Her heart a mass of worry over her 'pack'. Richard had almost died, something that had truly shaken the shifter. Allison had been captured along side them because she had failed to protect her friend. Damon, the final member of her personal pack was missing and thus alone and in danger. The primal thoughts that badgered her and snapped at her, wanting to tear into herself for the weakness she was showing, only made her feel worse. There was no place for weakness in this form. Strength was the defense and the offense. Weakness meant the pack would eat you and be glad about it. Worry was something that was common place, but she still didn't like it.

Jarred from the primal thoughts her body shifted to a wary stance as she examined the three humans before her. Two of them were mutants but they wore the skins of humans. Baring gleaming fangs, she slowly covered them as Thalia seemed to know these people. Relief that at least these weren't new enemies, she let loose a sigh before giving a startled yelp as she found herself on the first floor. Ignoring her brother's worried look at her, she bared her fangs in warning at the all too familiar Scarlet Witch. Oh, she remembered the woman well. Pricking her ears forward she studied the Brotherhood leader as well for a long moment before slipped from the room to open skies and free air. Flying wouldn't be wise, but Ayita needed the open spaces of the world.

The Quinjet was there she noted with a note of approval as she sniffed the wind as it stirred about her dark fur. The wolf also noted a figure get out of a dark car. The man she studied for a long second with inhuman eyes as she bared her fangs in a dark snarl as her brother joined her, pronouncing him as the man who had caused all of this. Bristling her fur, the wolf crouched sending a stray nudging mind-to-mind to Allison to notify her of the strangers before catching another scent. Perking her ears she turned her head to the Quinjet and her form shifted to that of human before once more to a black raven that took of with a beat of wings. Wings that ached and burn and demanded she stop using them. Ayita obliged as she shifted back in mid air near about tackling Damon to the ground as she wrapped the man in a bone crushing hug. Not her usual, but they had made it through a hell that she had been certain was going to lead to nothing but death. "Pack- Damon- One is well. Safe." Sheer relief that he was alright as was Allison and her brother was alive. Her eyes were far from human and ached with pain and weariness reflected the primal thoughts that rolled and struggled against her human nature. Pressing her lips to the Host's cheek absently, she turned her attention back to their enemy as she stepped away and prepared to shift and run the foe down. With how she was feeling, she hoped they wouldn't.

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Richard sighed in relief as Pietro got his powers back and they found themselves all with their 'rescue party'. Though considering his former boss and the Scarlett Witch joined that party, Richard wasn't sure if he wanted to be rescued any more. Giving a polite and slightly stiff and wary nod to Magneto, he turned his gaze to Guin and Mira. Gripping the latter's shoulder in a friendly grasp, he moved by her and brushed a few strands of hair from Guin's face. Assuring himself the young Stark was fine physically if not mentally. Satisfied he turned to look at Mary with a hardness in his eyes. "There's a few OMEN agents in the cells below. I don't know if their dead or not, and I don't care." He noted with a venomous croon as he passed Marygold. Jamming his hands into his pockets and feeling the earbuds in there he looked after the form of the Dire wolf that bounded from human contact and to the outside.

Following after his wayward sister with the intent of dragging her back under cover, the former assassin smirked at the Quinjet. A smirk that turned into a deadly mask as he spied Jakobsen. Gripping the wolf's ruff he smiled with a cold cruelty. "That sister is the one who did this. Though he pretends not to. Jakobsen. No, you can't bite him." He command was directed towards the crouching beast as he checked the ammo in his glock. He would love to take Jakobsen out, but not yet. He would give the man one last chance for Allison's sake. If their little fore-teller said to kill him, Richard was going to claim first dibs.

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After several moments, assuring the screaming had stopped, Demetria took away the ice dome. It didn’t exactly melt, as none of them were wet but it simply, became non-existent. Antoinette smiled at the mutant before her, what wonders she held. They were on the move again but didn’t get far when they came across a whole group of people. A wolf inched forward, growling and baring her teeth until another person spoke up, having recognized Demetria. Antoinette had the urge to bend down to get better acquainted with the wolf but steeled herself, deciding that probably would not be the best idea. She didn’t need her powers to sense the exhaustion and fear around them.
Demetria handed over the last vial of the serum to a boy with blonde hair that matched Antoinette’s. She cocked her head to the side, seeming to recognize him from the news but before she could voice that recognition the entire group was gathered and whisked away. Back on seemingly solid ground, Annie stumbled a bit. Her breath was lacking and her head spun, which was not helping with the headache created earlier. As she regained herself, she noticed there were more people up here. She definitely recognized these people from the news. Magneto, the Scarlet Witch. She looked around at her other new companions, suddenly confused on who they truly were and what their goals were.
Antoniette shifted uncomfortably and watched the wolf along with a man, disappear out the front doors. Annie would have much rather follow them out but, she felt that would be unwise and she still didn’t know how she was going to get home. She turned to Demetria, the only real person she knew here.
”Where are you headed now?” she questioned, fully intending on following her until she could get a safe distance and contact her father.

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Guin had slipped Muscles' wedding ring off of his finger and was clutching it tightly, shaking as she suddenly found herself lifted into the air and held tightly by Pietro. She didn't register it was him at first, but she could see the blur of silver hair through the tears. When Mary had come over, she hadn't properly responded to her, just nodding slightly. And even though Muscles' corpse was out of view now, the image was burned into her memory.

"It's okay Guina..." he said softly to her.

"Y-your face..." Guin stammered, blinking her eyes clear and the horrid glass filled cuts came into view.

"It's nothing Guina, don't worry, okay? I'm fine..."

"Y-y-you died..."

"I'm right here Guina... I'm not going anywhere... You can't get rid of me that easily... If we change it so they never had to go back in time in the first place, then he never would have died anyway, right?"

"I-I-I-I guess..." Guin mumbled, looking as pale as a ghost. She wasn't taking Muscles' death well at all. She was still crying too, even with Pietro holding her like a little kid.

"Just take a few deep breaths Guina... It'll be okay..."

She wasn't calming down. In fact, Guin was starting to feel dizzy and faint. It was like the way her dad had gotten, after the New York incident, whenever it was just mentioned or brought up. Her skin was clammy and her eyes seemed like they were going in and out of focus. Pietro let out a small sigh, before he focused on the link between them, sending a soothing, calming effect to her mind. It was something he had done before, mainly with his sister when they were younger, but he was just hoping she'd calm down eventually. "Wh-what are you doing to me..."

"What do you mean?"

"You did something..." she mumbled, a bit calmer.

"I didn't do anything..." Guin scrunched up her face slightly. She was positive she felt something messing with her head and since Pietro seemed to have an all access pass, he was the most likely candidate. "What's that expression for? I didn't do anything."

"...Promise you aren't lying to me?"

"I promise Guina."

Guin nodded slightly, sniffling and still holding onto Muscles' wedding ring. She noticed that Ayita and Richard had rushed outside and overheard a bit of the exchange. Jakobsen was there - the one who was responsible for Muscles' death was there. Her hands started to shake and she wished that Magneto would kill him. "...Don't think things like that Guina, okay?" Pietro whispered to her, holding her close to him still.

"Like what?" Guin grumbled. "And why are you listening to my thoughts..."

"Because I'm worried about you... And killing Jakobsen is not the answer to our problems..."

"H-he killed Muscles! He deserves it!"

"No one deserves things like that, ever. Don't even joke about it. Killing people... It is something you want to avoid if you can avoid it... He hasn't attacked us directly yet, so we can't do anything, otherwise we will be in even bigger trouble."

Guin fell silent. She had already killed people that day - over two dozen, in fact. And she had masterminded the plan that killed even more inside of the facility. If Pietro was so adamant about this...he clearly saw her as a monster. "I don't blame you for everything that happened... For the deaths of those agents... They were attacking us, they provoked us... It was self-defense... It's okay Guina..."

"You can't have it both ways," Guin muttered. "And Jakobsen ordered those attacks - so he deserves to pay with his life."

"Look, you need to understand what is at stake here, because if you did actually care about what my counterpart cared about, what he came here to do, than you'd realize that we can't kill Jakobsen... Otherwise OMEN would have all the proof they needed to wipe out mutants completely."

"But they do it anyways! Even if we are the best we can be, they still hunt us like animals!"

"Not all of them, only some. But if we stoop down to their level, we are no better than them, and in my opinion, that means we'd be better off with them wiping us out. Since if we need to act like them, then there is no point in being here."

"I'd rather you be alive than keep my integrity and honor intact."

"That's the thing, you don't care about that sort of thing, but if we act like them, we are no better, and there isn't a point anymore, we deserve them taking all of us out. Trust me, this sort of thing, I have thought about it a lot, especially considering how my father tends to act towards humans..."

Guin shook her head, her hands shaking again. She couldn't believe what Pietro was saying - that he'd rather they all die than defend themselves against O.M.E.N. "Pietro, I killed for you and I'd do it again. Taking out Jakobsen - that would keep you safe. Then he can't hurt you."

"Guin," he said, getting serious, to the point where he wasn't using her nickname, "I will tell you this, flat out... If Jakobsen dies right here, right now, odds are that mutants would have to go on the run, and odds are that the future that they were trying to prevent would become reality."

"And it'd happen if he lived anyways," she argued. They didn't have a guarantee that the future changed for the better because of what the individuals from the future accomplished. She didn't want Muscles' sacrifice to be for nothing - and she wanted to avenge him with all of her heart. She tried to break Pietro's grip, hurting especially since he called her Guin and still angry and upset due to Muscles' death, but he was too strong. Instead, she managed to switch with him, only to instantly feel like she was about to vomit and faint if she took a single step.

"Not necessarily... And you might want to switch back, quickly Guina..." Guin, still switched with him, then started to loosen his grip - only to feel a wave of nausea hit her from the shift in weight. Her eyes crossed for a moment and she saw double. "Don't tell me vhat to do..." she muttered, too weak to hide his Serbian accent.

"I don't mean to be rude Guina... But if you don't both of us will be in a world of hurt... Only thing that was keeping me on my feet was my concern for you..." Guin stumbled slightly, before she ended up switching back with him and she had a massive, pounding headache from the entire process. "...Are you okay?"

"My head hurts..." Guin mumbled.

"...Understandable... I don't feel the best either right now..."

Guin looked up at him. "Then why are you holding me like I'm a baby?"

"Because my concern and worry for you is greater than how bad I feel right now..."

"Why..." she mumbled, her eyes watering again. She wanted Jakobsen dead and then she wanted to go home and hide in her room and play video games. She didn't want to be a part of this anymore. She didn't want to be a hero. She just wanted a normal, stress free life filled with gambling, drinking, and talk show appearances for Stark Industries.

"...Because I love you..."

"...I just want to kill this lame Voldemort knockoff and go home," Guin sniffled. It wasn't what she wanted to say to him but she was scared to ask him that question - scared that he'd say no and see her as some sort of monster, someone that was just good for a brief fling and then could be tossed away.

"...No Guina, we can't do that... You know we can't... We can't kill Jakobsen..."

"He'll kill us if we don't."

"You don't know that."

"I'm going outside, Pietro...Let go of me." She dried her eyes slightly on her sleeve. She wasn't going to let Jakobsen cause Pietro's death too. She was going to take care of this, no matter what it took. She'd do anything.

"No, because I know what you are planning on doing. I can't let you go."

"I'm doing this for you!"

"No, you aren't... Not really..."

"He'll kill you if I don't!" Guin protested. "S.H.I.E.L.D. pardoned you, but O.M.E.N. could undo that...I-I can't live without you. I'd rather commit suicide."

"Guina, you can't do it, understand?"

"You don't get to control me, Piet."

"I know... But also if you move or I set you down I'm likely to collapse completely, and you are saying that you are concerned about me? Then listen to what my wishes are, what I want, and I want you to stay far away from Jakobsen, and go nowhere near him." He was using the mental link to his advantage, putting a strong suggestion in Guin's mind to do just that. And inexperienced with these sort of things, Guin just knew that she felt a little odd. "...Fine..." she said numbly.

"...Good..."

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Damon didn't say much, just hugging Ayita back tightly. His dragon tattoo was still on the loose and was likely fueled by his anger and desire to keep her safe. So much had happened between them that had not yet been resolved. He needed to fix the mistakes that he had made. He kissed Ayita's forehead, relieved that she was alright. If something had happened to her...No, she didn't need him to protect her. She was strong and independent and fierce - all the more reason why he was in love with this girl, Damon realized.

Dean didn't feel too much motion sickness from the Pietro Taxi, given that he was used to moving at speeds similar to those himself. However, he couldn't help but roll his eyes at the speedster. He was clutching his girlfriend like a baby in the middle of all of this? Dean wasn't an X-Man really, but even he knew that wasn't the most fighting ready position. He shuffled outside awkwardly with the others, spotting the man that Richard was talking about. His stomach clenched. With all of the damage they had done to the facility, Dean doubted they'd be welcomed with open arms.

"H-hey....HEY THERE MR. JAKOBSEN SIR, IT'S NICE TO MEET YOU!" Dean bellowed.

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Bethany continued to follow the others along the darkness of the facility, until they were in front of three other peoples, two mutants by the looks of it and then an OMEN agent that was there. It seemed that one of them did know Thalia as she came up to them as well, she looked in between them for a moment as they talked. And then she felt herself suddenly being transported to the top floor, feeling a tad bit dizzy from Pietro's assistance. Beth was relived to see the others that had came to save them, and gave Marygold a grateful smile and nod she didn't want to be some kind of guinea pig for OMEN's experiments.

"Thanks for the rescue." Bethany said as finally headed outside, feeling a bit weak while out in the sunlight again but she didn't care she was free now. She stared at the Quinjet that was parked just outside and the bodies of either dead or unconscious OMEN agents. "It seems like you guys did a number on them." Beth said, as she turned to the black SUV that was there, and saw none other than Jakobson there.

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Cassandra turned and made her way out towards the ramp of the Quinjet and stopped when she noticed Jakobson's black SUV parked right outside, as much as she wanted to punch the man she knew that it would make the situation already worse than before. Then she looked over and noticed the others started to come out with everyone else. She smiled a bit when Ayita pretty much nearly tackle hugged the two of them then Ayita growling at Jakobson who looked like was going to attack him. Future Carolina made her way outside, and saw the group that was there, as she started to make her way towards the group, and then paused when she didn't see Pietro from her timeline there and then looked over at the group. "Where's the other Pietro?" Future Carolina asked looking at them.

Carolina watched the others getting out and also started to make her way over towards the others, and then looked over at Dean when he said hello to Jakobson. "You know he's the one who started all of this right?" Carolina asked him and then stared back over at the man, she really wanted to deck him right now as well, but she didn't want to get in further trouble right now, looking over at the group and then over towards Guin and Pietro seeing the two of them, and Guin looked like she wasn't dealing with what had happened very well either.

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Allison soon found herself amongst the others. She didn't show it, but she was grateful that everyone was safe and alive. Guin seemed emotional and she would delve into that issue later, but for now Mary had it right. They needed to get out of there and soon. "you heard her people, let's go. I've seen the inside of this stupid facility for too long. I need a Starbucks run ASAP."

Sara was thankful to see everyone. So much so she ignored Wanda's attempt to explain herself, because quite frankly, she didn't care enough. The team was assembled for better or worse. Though Sara was a bit worried about the after effects of all the in-fighting. But that was a bridge to be crossed.

Soon Allison followed the others outside where they came face to face with none other than Jakobsen. Dean decided to greet him and Carolina put him in his place, kind of. Allison raised the gun she had been holding at Jakobsen, should he try to do anything. A thought raced through her mind to point it at Jade, but Allison knew she was pregnant. She wouldn't do that to her or to the little girl she was holding. Sara watched, unable to decide what to do. Was he there to stop them?

"Jakobsen, OMEN has fallen. If there is anyone left, they are scrambling to escape with their lives. Let us go. We have done nothing wrong but save ourselves from your trap. Oh, but forgive me, we haven't officially met. Name's Allison and I can see into the future. Fun fact: I know you are having a little girl. Alcie, I believe her name is going to be, right Jade? Well maybe you aren't aware of it, but she's going to be like us. A mutant. Saw a vision of her myself and it made me sick. Laying on a slab, being poked and prodded by strangers while she cried. Oh you comforted her, but you still let it happen. Is that the future you want for her? To be locked up like an experiment rather than live life like a normal girl? That's all we want to. To be recognize and respected. We aren't monsters. We are people. And we saved the lives of everyone on more than one occasion, but I digress. And now all we want is to go home and rebuild. Are you going to stop us?"

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Mary wasn't too surprised by what Allison had said towards Jakobsen, it made perfect sense in her mind, to try and get Jakobsen to stand down, however, just telling him and yelling at him likely wasn't going to do the job, that much was obvious. Future Carolina had tried that tactic back at his office, and it hadn't worked at all. It made her start to think of something, before she noticed someone else who was with them, she must have been locked up in the facility. Jakobsen glanced over at Dean, and rolled his eyes slightly, finding the kid a bit annoying, and a bit of an idiot.

After a moment's hesitation, once everyone had gone outside, Mary went over to the silver haired girl and looked right at her. "Thalia? I know you aren't feeling the best from the looks of those wings, but maybe... Just maybe... Do you think you can show images of the future? Just so we can show Jakobsen what's going to happen..."

"...Maybe, though do you have a specific time era in mind? Like a year maybe? I need at least a ballpark number for stuff like that, and not to mention we all will see what is going on..."

She thought for a moment, thinking. Jade was pregnant now, with the kid that was going to basically be tortured or something, so a few years down the road then? "...Shoot for 2026..."

Thalia nodded, before she took a deep breath and looked right at Jakobsen. Suddenly there was a large clock that appeared above everyone who was outside, as the clock hands raced forward, images appeared in front of them, showing everything. Starting with Alcie, Jakobsen's daughter in the future. The little girl was cute, but that was besides the point. What happened in front of them was showing images of what was going to happen to the little girl in the future, what was going to happen.

Jakobsen stumbled backwards, seeing everything like that, however, that was going to be the least of his problems in a few seconds. The car door opened with a bang, and Jade stormed out of it, for she had seen everything too, and she threw her ring at him. "You bloody promised you arsehole, no kids!"

"I-I-I didn't know anything about that Jade, I swear. I told you about dealing with them, but damn..." he said, running a hand through his hair, he was looking like he might actually cry seeing that. A few of them had mentioned him having a kid in the future who was a mutant, but he never thought that if that was true he'd ever sink that low. He never wanted kids to get hurt, that was always his policy, especially since he knew that Jade was against it.

"It was your bloody robots that attacked that school, Alex! Ya promised me ya wouldn't let any kids get hurt!"

"You're right okay? That's on me! I never wanted any kids to get hurt! I can't control what everyone else does, I may be at the top of the organization, but you know I can't keep track of everyone!"

Jade shook her head, rubbing her hair as she tugged on it. "I can't even look at you, Alex! Your agents hurt kids and even if ya didn't know about it, that's on you! I....I can't do this, Al."

"You're right damn it! I told you I wasn't going to hurt kids, and it happened because of me!" he said, before he pulled out his phone and started dialing a number.

"I'm going to call a cab," Jade said.

"Wait Jade..." he said, before he put the phone to his ear, after a moment he started talking. "Hey, Ricky, put out a notice for everyone, news reports, I don't care what you do, but make sure to let every OMEN facility know this too, the organization is done, gone. Disbanded and hopefully will never make a comeback."

Jade looked at Alex and then she looked at the kids. She hoped her daughter was like the blonde girl - Allison. She had a strength to her she had to admire. "Ya said your name was Allison, right?" Jade confirmed. Alcie now had a middle name. She then looked back at her ex-fiancé. "Al..."

"Just leave it be Jade, I don't care anymore," he said, heading back to the car after he hung up the phone.

"....Alright."

"...Do you want to come with? Or would you still rather call a cab?"

"...I want to get these kids somewhere safe, Al."

"I get it Jade..." he said as he finally picked the ring up that she had thrown at him, slipped it into his pocket and got into the car.

Jade bit her lip slightly. He was the love of her life.

"Uh... Ms. Cornish?" Mary spoke up, walking over to her, "You don't need to worry, we can get everyone out of here pretty easily, we also have the help of Tony Stark in getting a place to stay for everyone while the mansion is rebuilt. So don't worry, everything will be fine, especially because of what Jakobsen just did. Never thought I'd speak in favor of the guy but sure, the problem will never be completely gone, but... Because of him, there was a big step in the right direction to stop things like this from ever happening again."

"I'm going to stay until someone else gets here to take you all in - you kids shouldn't be alone here."

"Well, Richard technically shouldn't count, but he's kind of the chaperone, not to mention we've got a SHIELD agent with us too. And a lot more of us are adults than you think, though just barely qualifying for that one... We'll be okay..."

"....Alright," Jade said, figuring she'd have to call a cab

The car that they had come in was still there, Jakobsen seemed to be on the phone with someone at the moment. The driver was waiting for instructions, and Jakobsen got off the phone finally, putting it away. He glanced out the window at Jade, before looking away and leaning forward to tell the driver where to go.

Jade hesitated, before she wordlessly got into the car. Alex glanced over at her, looking away quickly before he leaned back, the car started and they started moving. Jade was quiet in the back seat, looking outside the window at all of the destruction and chaos that had occurred at the OMEN facility.

"...Are you okay?"

"I'm fine, Al."

"...Okay..." he responded, before he went to staring out the window.

Jade wasn't about to open up and talk to him. They had just broken up and her own father had sexually abused her as a child, and her mother abandoned her. When it came to kids, Jade was fierce and wanted to protect them from the dangers of the world. The vision of the future that Thalia and Allison had described...

"...I'm sorry... I screwed up big time, and I know it..."

"You did," Jade acknowledged. She didn't know if she could forgive him - it wasn't something he had done to her, but to these children and in the future, her child...

"...I also know the odds of you forgiving me isn't very likely. So I get it if you want nothing to do with me... Was a little surprised you actually got in the car..."

"....It's a free car ride. Financial sense."

"Right... I remember that was the reason you told me for moving into my apartment at first," he said, smiling slightly at the memory.

Jade nodded slightly. "I was after your money, Al."

"Of course you were..." he said, chuckling slightly now.

Jade was still looking out the window, her hands clenched and her knuckles were white, as if she was on guard for an attack. "I don't want credit card debt."

"...I never lied to you Jade... I never wanted to hurt any kids... Before we got out of the car, I had told you that I wanted to make a difference... For the better... Guess I went about it in a completely wrong way..."

"....We aren't good people, Al. We're damaged. Only shit can come from that."

"...Maybe we still can make a difference... Prove that we can do good... Being damaged is what makes us who we are... And honestly I don't care if you call yourself damaged Jade... You aren't to me..."

"What am I to you, Al?" Jade asked, still looking out the window.

"...Someone I love and care about... And hope that maybe eventually I can earn your forgiveness... I don't want to lose you..."

Jade still didn't look at him, but she inched her hand towards his.

"...I love you Jade, and I always will, no matter what..."

She then held his hand, and Alex glanced over at her, giving her a slight smile, but he fell silent.

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Mary turned to look over at the group who were all still there. Hearing Future Carolina's words, she just shook her head. "...He's gone, died protecting the three of us..." she said, motioning towards herself, Wanda and Sara, before she fell silent again, not really liking the memory of what had happened in her mind.

Pietro finally set Guin down, once he started getting a bit too dizzy. Wanda rolled her eyes at her brother, before a box of Twinkies appeared in his hand, and a few seconds later the box was completely empty and Pietro had regained some color in his skin. "...Thanks Wanda..."

"...Your welcome Pietro... And I have a small gift for you, if you are willing, call it an early birthday present of sorts..."

"...What is it? And should I be worried? This is a bit concerning not going to lie..."

She chuckled slightly, before she waved her hand, a small turtle appeared in his hands. He was a bit surprised, they never had had any sort of pets growing up, and he always had liked turtles, the irony being that the animal tended to be one of the slowest on the planet. "...For me?"

"Of course, you always have liked turtles..." she said with a smile.

Pietro instantly hugged the small reptile. "His name is Mr. Dibbles and is mine, no one else's," he said instantly, before he held the turtle up to Guin. "Look Guina, I got a turtle!"

Demetria had been paying more attention to what was going on, so she was almost startled by Annie's question. "Who, me? I've got to get back to DC, back to the underground, report in to Veil... Though you, well... I'd recommend you stick with these guys... The X-Men, and if anyone can help you feel at home, or get your life back together, I'd place my money on help from Charles Xavier. He's the one you should go see, go get help from. Stick with them, most kids we get from the underground we tend to send to the Institute anyway, so I think you're better off here."

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Dean glanced at the others, seeing all of the bits of drama play out like some scale of a musical instrument. In that moment, it occurred to him that the lives of the X-Men were a bit like a soap opera - only with super powers. And while that was discouraging on some levels, on others...These people were his friends. They were the ones he was working so hard to plan prom for. And with the mansion destroyed, his next task was to convince Tony Stark to get them a venue. He smiled a bit, looking at Allison - she had so much strength and courage. He then looked at Carolina and felt something stir as well.

In that moment, he knew he was screwed - but he'd worry about that later. It could wait.

"So um guys? I don't know about you, but I only really had that Twinkie from Pietro to eat today...So I could go for some McDonalds on the way back to Starks...Also...maybe a real doctor," Dean said. His stomach was simultaneously grumbling and in pain. He also didn't want to be around when the living O.M.E.N. agents woke up, even though Jakobsen had supposedly called them all off. Not everyone listened to orders, after all.

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Guin had calmed down slightly, hearing the conversation between Jade and Jakobsen. It seemed like what Thalia and Allison had done had inspired a change of heart in the man - which was far more than she had expected. Most people just became more and more entrenched in their viewpoint. Guilt filled her - she had wanted to kill this man, to act like Magneto and just...inflict her will with violence upon other people. As Pietro set her down, scarfed up some Twinkies, and then happily showed off his pet turtle, Guin just nodded slightly. "That's great, babe."

"...Are you okay?"

"I'm fine, I just want to go home and go to bed...You can have fun with your new best friend..." Guin mumbled. She couldn't help but feel jealous of the turtle. In all of his time at the mansion, Pietro had pretty much given her all of his attention. She was used to it now - it was part of her life - and the turtle...it felt strangely like he wouldn't need her anymore. It was crazy and she knew it, but she was emotional and Muscles had died and she felt it was her fault.

"Nope, I want to spend time with you Guina..."

"No, it's okay, play with your turtle..."

"...I love you Guina... Are you sure you're okay?"

"I love you too...I'm just tired..." Guin mumbled. She was exhausted, hungry, sleepy, and felt like she could use a ten hour nap. The entire day had taken a lot out of her, emotionally and physically.

"Are you sure you're okay?" Guin nodded slightly. She also wanted to take a hot bath and just fall asleep in the water. Unfortunately, she doubted that would happen. They'd need to debrief after all of this, finish contacting families, make plans for rebuilding the Mansion and figure out where people would stay...It would be a late night. Guin then walked over to Lance and hugged him tightly.

"Uh, are you okay Guin?" Lance asked her.

Guin let go of him. "Honestly Lando, what is it with you and getting kidnapped..."

"Hey! That is not my fault!"

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A lot happened after the entire group stepped outside. An embracing couple was having a rather interesting conversation about the poor dead man inside; however, Antoinette was more intrigued with what the girl was saying. The man responsible for all this death today was now before them and Antoinette felt a deep burning in the pit of her stomach at the sight of him. This Guina, seemed even more disturbed by his presence than anyone. Even with the death of her mother, the loss of some other close people and the constant moving, Antoinette always held a light of hope inside her. She may not like the sight of the people responsible for all her running but she had never thought of killing them. Slipping down to their level, was not going to solve anything.
There were several people who seemed to shift into defensive stances as soon as they saw Jakobsen and others, who simply remained as they were, clearly not wanting to fight anymore. Antoinette looked around her, surveying the group. There were so many of them in this facility and this was only one of hundreds in America.
Antoinette held herself while she stood amongst all these people. Some looked at her curiously but most were preoccupied with the embracing couples and a girl who had just raised a gun and pointed it at Jakobsen. Instantly Annie shifted so she was standing behind Agent Flynn. She stayed hidden behind him, eyes shut and listened to the girl’s statement of the future. She opened her eyes, surprised by the awful image the blonde haired girl spoke of. Antoinette was still outside the facility, along with everyone else but now there were different scene passing before her eyes. It wasn’t quite like Antoinette's illusions but the images were just as real. A picture of the future. After the images faded, she looked at the man by the black SUV and felt no pity when a pretty, young woman got out and started to yell at him. She had just been a kid when her mother died, when they first needed to run. They were all here fighting for a better future. That image would not happen. It couldn’t.
Finally, the SUV pulled away after the man made a few important phone calls. Antoinette heard him announce that the whole thing was called off. Whether Antoinette believed that or not was another question entirely. When one titan would fall, another would simply take its place.
Demetria turned to answer Antoinette now and told her what Antoinette low key feared. More people, more faces, more unknowns. Antoinette was used to running but she would admit, she had grown comfortable where she was in New York City. The only saving grace about this new change, was the opportunity to meet Charles Xavier. Antoinette looked to Agent Flynn now.
”What of you? Where will you go?” she asked, looking up into his face.

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Ayita watched as the man who organized this entire thing got in the car. It seemed there were some issues between him and his companion. Possibly his mate from what she overheard. Though it went out of her mind when lips touched her forehead. So did all thought, wolfish or otherwise. Blinking amber eyes Ayita felt herself blush and growled a crooning note as she pressed tightly against Damon's side.

It was nice? Perhaps more so. But she was quite content to remain here. Safe in the range of another teeth and claws to defend her. Watching the dark car speed off she let her fighting stance go and slumped against Damon. Exhausted from the day and her wounds. Let the other decide their course, she needed to rest and then she would deal with it all.

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It was with some relief that Richard slipped his gun into one of his holsters. He had been expecting a fight honestly. Giving a nod to Thalia he smiled warmly. "See? There was a reason we brought you with use, Dragon lady. Aside from your beauty being wasted down in those cells." Casting a charming grin at Thalia, Richard was doing his utter best to calm himself. He wanted blood, but now wasn't the time to date that crueler side of him.

Looking over at Allison he clapped the young mutant in the shoulder with a friendly nod. "Not a bad job, Pink. Not a bad job at all." Hearing Guin and the Lancd beat arguing, he chuckled. It was good to see the young Stark back to her old self. Or as much as she could be. He'd be keeping am eye on the lass just in case.