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[OPEN POST] SNEAKY X-MEN TEAM

Characters: Bobby, Kitty, Julian, anyone feasible.
Setting: Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters, Awesometown.
Content: EPIC.
Status: OPEN AND READY.

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IMPORTANT NOTE: REFER HERE before jumping in.

SECOND IMPORTANT NOTE: It's been nearly a day since John has disappeared, along with Logan. There are whispers and rumors floating around school that John has left for the Brotherhood again and Logan has followed to skewer him. ~~Some people say they ran away together to fall in love and join the circus though.~~ Keep it in mind!

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[The thought brushes his mind, but Vanisher's already begun to leave. The impulse to offer access to the lab he was in moments ago lingers for a second as he deposits his booty in his private storage locker. Where? He'd have to kill you if he told you. He considers leaving, just abandoning the other three to their fates but something about the idea of being manipulated by telepaths makes him angry. Vengeful. He produces a tranquilizer gun from the heap of stolen tech, and ports out.]

I only open doors for girls I'm taking home...

[He's grinning as he ports back, standing behind the Cuckoos, grabbing the back of one's head and smashing her forehead against the thick, reinforced door of Forge's lab. He ports out, then back, pistolwhipping another Cuckoo as he reappears. Again, he leaves, arming the weapon in his hand, and returns for a split second to wrap a tattooed arm around the final Cuckoo, tranquilizer at her throat. The whole attack takes only a matter of seconds, and he nods to the two recovering girls before he ports their sister away.]

I'll be back for you two in a jiffy!

[The girls scream in anguish so loud Emma and even other students must hear it piercing through their minds - the lack of control is less from physical pain or surprise and more from the emotional and mental tearing of their sister from them. From pure outrage.

Mindee. Mindee is gone and their tearing eyes glow white hot; Phoebe and Celeste hands instantly reach for each other as the lean against the doors, for both practical reason and instinctive support. There is no doubt what they are thinking of, remembering - Sophie and Esme, leaving gaping, unfulfilled gaps in their very existences, never to return.

He was clever; they were sloppy. But now Vanisher has two wrathful telepaths to deal with, however injured, blood and bruises marring their beautiful, twisted faces.

Porter reappears; their telepathic command is undeniable, their voices ringing both in his puny mind and echoing fiercely as they scream it down the hall.]

STOP. Tell us where our sister is and then sleep.

[Emma feels the abrupt loss of Mindee's presence and freezes in her hunt for Mastermind. My girls. This is more important than some bush league illusionist. She starts running towards Forge's lab, reaching out mentally to the remaining two.] Don't let him break your focus, girls. We'll get Mindee back but you cannot let him play with you like this, understand?

[Mastermind isn't far off, and he hears the altercations between Vanisher and the Cuckoos. He smirks, his mind reaching out to twist around those of the two remaining sisters just as Vanisher's responding to their question.

Instead of Vanisher, voicing his true answer, suddenly Phoebe and Celeste see and sense and hear their sister, reaching out to them, smiling reassuringly.]

I am here, sisters.

[The illusionist works furiously to continue the deception, speeding toward Vanisher in hopes of breaking the Cuckoos' control over him.]

[Emma's voice, her reassurance; it quiets Phoebe and Celeste, lowers their distraught mental cries until they fade completely. In their wake the two sisters' breaths even out, their blue eyes piercing and still on Porter as he starts to blurt out Mindee's location - but stops.

The sound of her sister's voice - Mindee's voice - makes them pause; their eyes widen as she appears in front of them.

But their expressions harden a moment after; they are not foolish. Vanisher has not moved to bring her back; he has not answered them as ordered. They are trained well; they are powerful.]

You are not our sister.

[Mastermind frowns at the Cuckoos' resistance to the illusion. Perhaps they are stronger than he had originally anticipated...

The next illusion he spins is far more detailed with more of his mental weight thrown behind it. Porter is the first thing to go as Mastermind makes it seem as if he has gone only to reappear with the other Cuckoo. It's always the details that count and so he adds a few cuts and bruises to her face and arms. There's a distressed note in her voice as she calls out to her sisters and makes a move towards them only to be stopped by Porter. It's a strong illusion, a good one.

And then Jason Wyngarde allows himself a satisfied smile.]

Min- Mindee?

[The girls' eyes soften, their mental voice unsure and hopeful, echoing their physical ones; tears have left wet, messy streaks down their bruised faces and they fall cautiously under this spell. Celeste raises a hand, reaches out with her fingers towards her sister, brushes her mind tentatively forward.

Phoebe turns her attention towards Porter, the words coming from both her and Celeste's lips, echoes with fierce authority and compulsion in Mastermind's mind. The sight is eerie, the sisters wearing different expressions, but there is still an alarming power in it, a promise of untapped potential.]

What did you do to her?

[Mastermind doesn't actually let Porter speak. The teleporter may be a useful tool but he is also a fool. Instead, he continues the illusion and puts words in the teleporter's mouth.] She tried to take something from my stash. I like my stash! Had to introduce her face to a wall or something...

[The further Mastermind draws the blondes into his illusion, the more intrigued he becomes by their power. This... this might be his way back into the Club and out of this failing Brotherhood. He smiles as he starts working up his next part of the illusion.]

[Emma's arrived at the scene by now, brimming with rage. Mastermind's successfully blocking her presence out with his illusion so that her Cuckoos have no idea she's here. It takes but a thought for her to shift into her diamond form, one hand curling into a fist. She's standing behind him now. The illusionist is so wrapped up in his own success that he has no idea she's there until she speaks in far too calm a voice that drips with distaste.] Jason, darling? [He turns around, obviously startled. And then her diamond fist meets his face, sending him unconscious and crumpled to the ground at her feet.] You never were worth the effort.

[Emma steps over his unconscious body, turning her focus and anger upon Vanisher.] Girls, shall we?

[Both Phoebe and Celeste turn wide-eyed, confused, and startled for a moment, the expression foreign on their usually serene and all-knowing faces. When they realize Mindee isn't there - instead Mastermind is littered on the floor behind Emma, they both let out an identical stressed sound that quickly morphs into one of outrage.

They rise, still talking both aloud and in Emma's mind.]

Yes.

[Porter definitely looks a bit shaken by the sudden loss of Mastermind and even more so by the sight of the three telepaths turning their attention on to him. Emma reaches out with her mind to the Cuckoos present before turning their combined telepathic might against Porter.]

Mindee. You will return her to us now.

[Against such power, Porter can do nothing but obey. He disappears, returns but several seconds later with Mindee, who is too furious, her eyes glowing white, her body covered in a sheen of sweat and a nasty bruise on her cheek. She stumbles forward into Phoebe and Celeste's waiting arms; for a moment they merely connect their minds and cling to each other.

Then, three sets of identical eyes turn towards Porter, all full of disgust and contempt.]

That's funny. Why is the dog walking on his hind legs?

Can't we make him behave like one? [They all slid their gaze to Emma.]

[Emma makes as if she's considering the matter for a moment before shaking her head.] No time for that right now, darlings. We do have a battle to win. [There's a quick glance behind here that reveals the distinct lack of Mastermind. She lets out a sound of irritated exasperation. She's not terribly surprised that he's found a way to escape but she's still annoyed at herself for being so sloppy.] Lock him in the lower levels. You can play later.

OMG SO BADASS. I. I LOVE IT. I CAN'T EVEN.

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