[hr][hr][center][img]https://i.postimg.cc/FKJKRczH/the-gifted-591b350cc9ba7.png[/img][/center][hr][center][@Nallore][@BlueSky44][@Achronum][@Trainerblue192][@Kirah][/center][hr][hr][center][color=f7941d][b]Genosha: July 31st, 2021 - 6:30 AM[/b][/color][/center][hr][hr][center][h3][b][color=935DB8]Veil[/color] & [color=DBA1DE]Casper[/color] & [color=#DAF7A6]Sunshine[/color][/b][/h3][hr][hr][b]Location:[/b] Hellfire Manor
[b]Skills:[/b] [color=DBA1DE]Mediumship[/color] & [color=#DAF7A6]Enhanced Accuracy[/color][/center][hr] [b]First Floor...[/b]

	[color=935DB8]"I'll be fine,"[/color] Veil reassured Callie. She wasn't the one they needed to be worried about - she was more concerned about Waverley. Maybe they could talk to Sinister and see if he could repeat the process done on Jack, but would Waverley want that? Sinister was essentially the devil, dealing with him was making a Faustian bargain, and they didn't have a will to consult to figure out what Waverley would have wanted. If it had been her, Veil would've preferred to stay dead than be indebted to Sinister for the rest of her life. 

	Magneto's eyes narrowed, hearing Miranda's explanation. [color=FF5733]"I would want to know - I [i]do[/i] want to know. A man is his actions, not his words, and if I do not remember either, then what sort of man am I?"[/color] he posed. He was clearly angry, but the source and direction of his anger was up for debate. So much had happened in such a short period of time. He turned without another word and headed down the stairs with the others to search. Only Elixir remained behind upstairs. 

	"So... That must be fun, dating mutant royalty?" Elixir asked awkwardly in an attempt to fill the silence. [hr][b]Basement...[/b]

	Polaris clenched her fist, digging her nails into the palm of her hand, as she came into view of Kris' dead body. She had seen her just moments ago, full of life and beyond ecstatic to be reunited with family. And now, she was dead. It was senseless. Polaris was tired of this. She was tired of watching mutants die pointlessly. The metal lining the hallway distorted in response to Polaris' mood, warping and taking on an irregular shape. 

	James would be able to remove the stake from Andy, with the caveat that her bleeding would increase dramatically as the wood was dislodged, increasing the size of the wound and removing the natural dam that had been reducing the bleeding. His first attempt at healing the wound would be disastrous, as the wound actively increased in size. The second attempt, though, he'd be able to heal her up the rest of the way - she'd be sore and would have a scar, so crop tops may bring up questions in the future, but she'd live. 

	[color=935DB8]"Oh my god, what..."[/color] Veil stammered, startled beyond belief. Her brother had been trying to comfort her as they walked down there and she was already reeling from Feedback's death - but there was Kristina, lying on the ground, dead. Tears gushed from Veil's eyes. Another young mutant she had failed. Another one she had lead to their deaths. Was she any better from Professor X? Guilt and shame welled up in her throat. [color=935DB8]"How..."[/color]

	Her brother's clones had surrounded James, Harry, and Andy - although there was no sign of the threat that had killed her. [i][color=FF5733]"No more!"[/color][/i] Magneto vowed, his eyes boiling with fury as he came upon the scene. [color=FF5733]"No more!"[/color]

	[color=#DAF7A6]"Kris..."[/color] Sunshine choked out. She was similarly shocked. It hadn't been that long ago that she had been telling her friends about how Genosha was safe, how they didn't need to worry here, and now, two of them were dead. Waverley and Kristina were both gone. It was cruel. This was supposed to be mutant paradise, a place where they were able to be themselves without fear - a place where they weren't hated for who they were. 

	Even Casper had tears in his eyes. He had barely known Kristina. And usually, he was a little bit flippant when it came to death, a small psychotic quirk he had developed thanks to his father. But this was too much for him. They were living through a genocide, a holocaust. He reached out his hands. [color=DBA1DE]"Kris?"[/color] he called out. There was no answer. [color=DBA1DE]"Kris?"[/color] he repeated, his voice shaking. Nothing. [color=DBA1DE]"KRIS!"[/color] he screamed and suddenly, Kris' astral form would appear for everyone to see. Casper's eyes were glowing blue and his hands were surrounded by a blue light. He was channeling her, the way that he would channel Ben, allowing Kris to use her mutant gifts and interact with the world from beyond the grave. 

	Pixie eyed Casper nervously, hoping his powers weren't about to rocket out of control. 

	[color=CDC0CF]"Hmm, she wasn't gone long,"[/color] Selene commented, before heading off to search for the mutant killing cyborg. Magneto, Marrow, and Sunshine went along with her, leaving the others behind for the moment. 

[hr][b]Basement - A Few Hallways Over ...[/b]

	"Your genetic code has an abnormality beyond mutation," the cyborg said, staring at Valkyrie. "Origin... Asgardian? Incomplete pattern matching... Records indicate structural similarities to the Hulk." The cyborg then spun and kicked Zarina in the stomach, sending Zari flying backwards. She then began firing off blast after blast of some sort of energy from the palms of her hands, which Zari would be able to narrowly roll and dodge out of the way of. 

	[color=FF5733]"Stop!"[/color] Magneto shouted, coming into the room with Marrow, Sunshine, and Selene. He closed his fist in a crunching motion and the cyborg's metal components began to compress. Sweat was beginning to bead up on Magneto's face as he continued the crushing motion - something was actively fighting back against him. It was like the cyborg had some sort of protective field. 

	Marrow tore bone spikes out of her flesh and threw them at the cyborg, missing. [color=#DAF7A6]"Give them to me,"[/color] Sunshine urged, as her aim was perfect and she had no idea if this cyborg looking lady could even get sick. Marrow handed Sunshine a few spikes and her aim was true, but the cyborg caught them and threw them back, with a few of them hitting Sunshine and leaving nasty gashes. 

	[color=CDC0CF]"Foolish creature. My magics give me control over all inorganic matter,"[/color] Selene boasted. It was her specialty. Her mutation allowed her to consume energy - her magical skills were a separate matter. Selene cast an enchantment and flicked her wrist, planning on sending the cyborg flying across the room like a puppet - but nothing happened. Something was blocking her too. 

	[color=FF5733]"She has some sort of defensive energy field!"[/color] Magneto cursed, realizing what was wrong. [color=FF5733]"We need to disable it somehow."[/color]