Dire News At The Door ((Open For All Reactions))

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Mrs. Mary MacNeilly's report to the New York State Education Department was far from glowing. Her report caused a lot more concern and shock than normal process usually allowed. They did their research on previous inspections just to see how long this mutant school problem had been going on. Despite their research showing there had never been an issue as large as what was put before them, they had to take action on what Mrs. MacNeilly had reported.

The NYSED informed the superintendent in the district Xavier's was located in of the issue. They also got in touch with Westchester County's office about Xavier's certificate of occupancy due to the structural damage Mrs. MacNeilly had witnessed happening to the school building. With the report of mutants on the grounds the state and county governments got their information squared away before sending representatives to the school with protection from law enforcement. Child Protective Services got into the loop after being informed of a young girl living at the school surrounded by mutants who quite possibly could not control their powers.

As the media got wind of what was coming to a quiet yet secretive school in upstate New York, TV stations sent crews out. Some of the government representatives were glad to talk vaguely about what was happening at the school live. With the cameras aimed to put the people going into the school on film, a TV reporter stepped into the frame.

"This is Samantha Boulevard here not far from the town of Salem Center in Westchester County. Government officials from the New York State Education Department are here delivering a notice of probation for the Xavier Institute for Higher Learning. The school came under scrutiny recently during an inspection by a certified educational inspector. My sources have told me that this school poses as a private institution for education but has been revealed to be habitat for mutants."

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[the_next_avenger]

Joe didn't like what he was seeing.

The news report made it sound like this school was a breeding ground for terrorists but Joe didn't believe that. After all of the hatred and bile mutants had to take on a daily basis, was it any wonder that they'd shut themselves away from the world? They hadn't done anything wrong as far as he could see, yet they were being put through the ringer for trying to be safe.

The issue of mutants was a sore one for Captain America. Steve Rogers had always felt like he hadn't done enough to help them with the status he'd earned in his lifetime and that America should be further along in granting mutants the same rights and freedoms as everyone else.

Dad would probably try to help out somehow but Joe wanted to help, too. He didn't know how...but he had to think of something.

[agent_timeout]

The phone rings. If you listened closely, you could almost hear 'ANSWER ME, GOOFBALL!'

[the_next_avenger]

Joe picked up the phone.

"Rogers."

[agent_timeout]

"It's me. Are you watching the news?"

[the_next_avenger]

"Yeah, I'm seeing it. This is bad, Sammy. You know someone is going to try to take a shot at that place to hurt those kids up there." Joe said.

"What can we do about it? Should we reach out? Do you know anyone up that way?" he asked.

[agent_timeout]

"I talked to the colonel as soon as I heard the news. SHIELD isn't sending uniformed squads out there to make a public statement. Not yet, anyway. There /are/ some plainclothes sleeper agents in the area to keep an eye on things and help out if necessary." She paused. "And we've been asked to deliver a box of Havanas to Uncle Logan. Dad's private stock. Seems there's a poker debt still outstanding."

[the_next_avenger]

"When do we need to make the delivery?" Joe asked, suddenly glad for Colonel Fury's remembrance of debts.

[agent_timeout]

"Anytime we can get in. We don't want to be seen by the media, so we can either go in through the caves, or get flown in and out during a time stop."

[the_next_avenger]

"Then let's do that as soon as possible. I want them to know that they aren't being forgotten or left to fend for themselves, even though they probably don't need our help." Joe said.

[agent_timeout]

"Marcus will fly us in. Bring an apple for Aether."

[the_next_avenger]

"Got it. Let's do this." Joe said.