Everything New is Old

[ngm_sisterhood]

Cape Citadel, Florida, was home to a portion of the United States' nuclear arsenal.  As such, it was one of the most heavily guarded military bases in the country.  Decades ago, it had been attacked by Magneto, the sight of the first public demonstration of so-called "evil mutants" and the first time the X-Men had gone into action publicly.  It had been a day when history had changed.  

History, it seemed, was about to repeat itself.

She carried her followers in a sphere of magnetic energy, her cloak billowing around her as she set them down, blowing away the fences around the base with a single wave of her hand.

Guards rushed them, but were blown back by her powers, even as the others--Mercury and the Red Witch, Heavyweight, Lady Mastermind, and Frogg, conducted their own assaults.

"Here me, humans," Magneta, Mistress of Magnetism, heir to Magneto's mutant throne, declared.  "I have come to claim your weapons for my own.  Are we not the Children of the Atom?  Then the weapons of the Atomic Age belong to mutants!"

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[wild_child]

It did not take long to gather up the X-Kids.

"I reckon we're doin' something about the big ballyhoo?"

[tornadoprincess]

"We stop that woman," N'Yami said firmly. "That is what we do."

Does she have a plan? No, not really.

[fourshelled]

"The clarion call to arms is mighty. I pledge my swords to the cause," D'Artagnan swore solemnly. He rested a hand on the pair of sheathed katana held to his side by his obi.

[hellfire_empath]

"I know I'm not technically part of the team," Brooke Wyngarde said as she stepped into the same room as the others, dressed in a tight red outfit, complete with an ermine collared red cape, spike heeled boots, and evening gloves. A crown-shaped pendant studded with rubies and garnets glinted at her throat - a promise of the queen she would one day be. "But would anyone object to mine joining you? There's a girl on that team who looks suspiciously familiar, and I'd appreciate a closer look."

[wild_child]

"Reckon we're gonna need everybody we got," Rose said. "An' possibly more of a plan 'an "kick keister.'"

[marvel_boy]

"We use the original X-Men's first fight against Magneto as a template," Topher says, arriving a few minutes late. He pulls on the second of his fingerless gloves and flexes his hand a little bit. "And we go from there." He looks around the room at the team assembled there.

Rose, who's possibly one of the best fighters that they have.

N'Yami, who Topher didn't know as well as he would have liked to, but who could probably hold her own on the battlefield if she possessed even half the spirit of her parents.

Brooke, who Topher only knew to be a bitchy tele-empath.

D'Artagnan, who could probably easily manipulate the electricity towards where they were going.

Topher didn't have a plan yet - Generation Xerox of the original five, this team was definitely not - but he had some pieces put together.

"I also have a friend joining us at Cape Citadel," he added. "Jeremiah Bennett. He'll be able to give us a little bit more muscle."

[talk_to_you]

"At this point, we're going to need all the help we can get," Doug said, as he came into the room. "With most of the adult team either on Muir Island or on an away mission to Shi'ar space, you're the only ones capable of getting there in time. The Future Foundation's core members are currently exploring another dimension and the Avengers are apparently out of the country."

He looked quite serious. "This... this has the potential to set Mutant-Human relations back decades. There simply hasn't been an act of mutant terrorism this overt since Magneto's hey-day. This needs to be stopped before it gets any worse than it already is."

[pym_kitten]

"So, seems pretty straightforward then. We go where the bad guys are. We kick ass righteously. We put ourselves up as the good guys. Then... I'm thinking shawarma." Chris tries to keep things simple.

[fourshelled]

The man-sized turtle raised a scaly brow ridge. "Then come, my compatriots, let us start our legends. Mayhap with more strategy figured out on the magic flying machine."

He turned toward the exit.

[wild_child]

Rose pulled up her pointed mask.

"You heard Professor Talky," Rose said. "We roll."

She shot Topher a look. "Reckon yer in command this time out, Summers."

[marvel_boy]

He grinned at Rose. "Dad would be so proud," he said drily. "Let's do this, then."

[tornadoprincess]

"I am ready to leave when everyone else," N'Yami said.