Farm House -- Guthrie Farm -- Tower of Illusion -- Niflheim

	The long walk has lead you to, *gasp* a Farm House. Yes. The Guthrie 
Farmhouse. Run down, two stories high, desperately in-need of a new paint-job. 
The windows are in need of a wash and the curtains hanging in them aren't 
exactly the most lovely either. The Farm House is extrememly. Simple. And very 
empty. There is absolutely no one home. It is totally devoid of life. For a 
house which would usually at least have a few kids running around in the yard, 
there is no one. The front door is wide open.

	Once inside, furnature, cheap toys, everything is laying around. 
Pictures sit on the wall, showing of members of the family. There's one of Sam 
and Josh with his guitar. There's one of pep squade Joelle with Paige. There's 
one of Sam with his father. There's another of the twins. There's one of the 
girls with their mom. There's one of the partents alone. And then another of 
the whole family. A lot of memories in this run down house. There's a 
staircase leading to the second floor, where the kid's bedrooms are.


Jubilee actually managed to get a little sleep this time, curled up on the 
couch with her ankle elevated and her arm over a pillow on her side. She's 
used the rune a few times since waking, just to get rid of the dull ache left 
over while everything mends itself at a quicker pace. She's been sitting up 
for about two hours now, just watching people, and glancing up at the stairs.. 
but now, she's done waiting. She wants to move on. Jube stands up from the 
couch and stands to move over to the stairs, no limp apparent though there's 
still that lingering ache that will keep her from doing any running or jumping 
for an hour or two to come. "C'mon guys, lets get this show on the road. I'm 
sick of just sittin' around."

You're not the only one sick of sitting around, Jubilee. Sam is right along in 
the same thinking with the Asian girl, getting off the couch himself and 
nodding. "Yeah, Ah agree with Jube's. We need ta move on n' we need ta do it 
now. Ah reckon Paige'll be fahne, with our help, so it should'na be a 
problem..." Taking a step over to his sister, he gently rubs her head, "Ya 
gunna be alraght, darlin'?" Awww, the big brother concern just radiates from 
Sam. "Not ta state the obvious or nuthin', but it looks lahke we're goin' 
upstairs ta continue..." And with that, he stretches out his aching arms and 
lets out a bit of a yawn, something of a preperation for what lies ahead.

Looking up as Sam approaches, Jono shifts from his position of kneeling at 
Paige's side, her protector through the rest period, containing the energies 
that rage within his chest, aching to be unleashed on Lishka. (~~..n'th'r 
obv'ous question is... wh're th'stairs?~~) he questions. When we last left 
this motley crew, the stairs were gone. Or at least, they were illusionary.

Paige shifts a little, and then looks up at Sam with bright eyes - she's at 
least energetic. "Ah'm ready as Ah'll evah be, Sammy. But.." She looks down at 
her splinted leg. "Ah'm not sure if Ah c'n husk. Ah mean, Ah can't very well 
be carried through heah, can Ah?" She asks, looking up at her brother, and 
then at Jono.

Terry stands up awkwardly, "damn I dinna enjoy sleeping against th' wall.." 
She curses, "Everythin' hurts an' m' feet are numb an m' back feels broken. I 
jes' ache." She stretches for a long moment, "Les g' goin'."

Jubilee pauses just at the bottom of the stairs as she overheads Paige and 
turns her head to the side to look over at her and Sam quietly.. "What's the 
easiest thing you can husk into while mending yer leg, Paige?" No, she can't 
be carried all through this. They're all gunna have to be in top (or atleast 
'working') condition to get through this.

Lifting his jacket from over Paige, Jono moves to help her up, (~~..c'n y'even 
`usk? I c'ld pr'lly carry you, but thot rock splint..~~) he says, the jacket 
held under his arm, the psionic energies licking against the leather, the 
ragged straps of the turtleneck hanging into the chamber.

Paige's eyes are dark. "Well, regrardless, Ah guess Ah gotta try. Get the 
splint off, and Ah'll get t' tearin'." She waits as Jono moves to do as she 
asks, and then moves her hands to her skin to begin to tear it away - 
revealing, so far,a whole and healthy husk beneath.

Terry gets on the first step. She stretches again, "C'mon all tis time t' get 
this done.."

Gwen Namura sighs. "Well, so much for the bandages." She moves to hold Paige 
up.

Jubilee sighs a little as she watches Paige start to husk away her skin, and 
Jube gets no answer. Well, Paige is taking care of it, and Jono and Sam are 
taking care of her. So, Jube, who is sitt at the bottom of the stairs, turns 
and starts to head up ahead of everyone.

Sam stays at Paige's side, helping discard the skin as his sister begins to 
husk. There's not much more he can do, all he can do it hope and pray that 
this actually works and Paige becomes good as new. Jubilee is right, we can't 
carry her, would waste too much energy, so she's gotta get herself in shape. 
"Yoah doin' great, Paigey...."

Jono lends Paige support and balance, after tossing the splint away. He 
silently (to everyone else, he's speaking in her mind) supports her, hoping in 
the back of his mind that she comes out normal and new.

Yeah, yeah, "It *hurts*. It ain't supposed t' *hurt*, Sam." She says, and, 
does indeed husk away her form - and comes out with ... well, she's supposed 
to be all healed. "Somethin'.. fuck. Ah didn't 'reset'. But.." She slowly gets 
to her feet, and tests out the leg - it hurts, and she'll walk with a limp, 
"Ah guess it'll have to do."

Terry joins Jubilee on the stairs, going up a couple steps.

Gwen Namura follows Terry.

Sam smiles at Paige, giving her a warm pat on the back. "Alraght, we move on. 
Jono'll be with ya, hin, so don't worry 'bout limpin'." /He/, however, has to 
move to the front of the group and face what he knows is for him. "Let's move, 
people..." He's soon stepping past Jubilee and Terry, heading up the stairs, 
two at a time.

Slipping his arm around Paige's waist, he says, (~~..c'mon, luv, we'll get 
through this..~~) he says to her, as he moves to help her up the stairs, step 
by step, inch by inch.


Upstairs Hallway -- Guthrie Farm -- Tower of Illusion -- Niflheim

	Just like any other upstair hallway. The hallway itself is rather... 
small. Two people could walk shoulder to shoulder, but they'd be rubbing 
against the wall. It isn't exactly the nicest either. The carpet has holes in 
it in places, stains in others. There should be 4 bedrooms up here, but in 
place of the doors to most the rooms is a blank wall. Obviously Lishka wants 
them to go into one room. And that room, is Sam's old room. The room that 
-was- his.


Paige limps up the stairs, supported by the Ever-Lovin' Jono, and then sighs. 
"Hey! Mah... mah.. room was up heah a moment a go...' Well, when she was last 
up here, anyway. She looks at Sam, and then shrugs a little.

"Ahhh guid god, ha' much longer d' we ha' here..." Terry forces her hands 
through her hair.

Gwen Namura says "Too long. Let's keep going."


Sam's Old Room -- Guthrie Farm -- Tower of Illusion -- Niflheim

	Not your average room, not in any way. When you step in, you will 
immediately notice how actually small the room is, not much room to explore 
and walk around in. Rather simple, really, a bed, a table, a dresser and some 
pictures. By looking around you can tell Sam does not spend a lot of time in 
here, usually out working on the farm. 

	The bed is neatly made and the table that stands across from it is 
cluttered with all sorts of things. A watch, some pictures, a pack of gum, a 
few dollar bills and some loose change. The dresser is rather old and tattered 
looking, a few cracks explore its side and old sticker marks can be seen on 
the front. His clothes are obviously kept in there, nope....no closet. Just a 
few things adorn the walls, a poster or two of various old rock bands and one 
framed picture of his entire family hangs by the window. Yes, he has a window, 
looking out on the front of the Guthrie farm.


Jubilee trudges up the stairs, through the hall, and through the first door 
she see's after nothing jumps up to kill them or deter them. From the look of 
the rom, she'd bet money it's Sam's bedroom. Call it a gift. Of course, the 
bands on the posters could have tipped her off. "Nice digs, Boss-man."

Sam steps into the room, eyes widening at the sight he remembers almost 
/perfectly/. "Oh mah gawd...." He mutters quietely to himself, not hesitating 
at slipping past everyone else and exploring the cramped quarters that were 
his for so many years. Every nook and cranny is inspected carefully, down to 
the number of pieces left in the gum package. "Nice? Well...it was a roof ovah 
mah head. Was good 'nough." He says to Jube's with a smile, moving over to the 
bed and sitting down on it with a loud soaning squeak coming from it. His eyes 
seem to flicker for just a second when he drops to his knees and quickly lifts 
up the matress to peer under it. "It's heah!" What's here? The country boy 
stands back up, a picture in his hands. He's sure to keep it to himself, not 
show anyone but himself. If you're curious, it just happens to be a picture of 
him and /all/ his brothers out in the field, bending over and mooning the 
camera. *Gasp!* Why do you think he kept it under his matress? Heh heh, kids 
will do stupid things.

Stepping in after the Fearless Leader, Jono keeps Paige going, (~~..s'wh'res 
th'way out?~~) he mutters

Paige just leans on Jono. Yup. She knows Sam's room real well. She was in here 
when she first got her heart broken by some jerk she got her first crush on, 
she was in here when Sam had the same thing happen and she comforted him, when 
Daddy died they slept in the same damn bed for two nights, comforting one 
another - Paige was so scared that Sam would go too.

Terry sits down on the far end of the bed. She sighs, "S' na' wha' Sam? Y' 
must ha' somethin' left t' face.. an' I'm sure its na' tha' picture.." What 
ever it is it had better not involve her again she hopes, she peeks at the 
picture by reaching out and making Sam lower it, "Nice Butt. Then ag'in maybe 
it was tha' picture."

	Ahem. Well, Lishka isn't going to throw more at Sam. She had so much 
planned for this room too. Making both Sam and Paige hurt by reliving what 
happened when da died, but nawh. Why put them through more. Watching them go 
through all that down the stairstairs was more then enough. Anyway, Lishka's 
feeling a teeny bit guilty, so maybe if she lays off them for a little while, 
she'll be more in the mood to kick 'em below the belt when they get up to 
Paige, Jono and Jubie's rooms. Anywho...

	In place of the window, a door appears, like one would be seen on a 
subway in New York. Yes. Definatly a new thing. But by now the shock of 
strange things has probably warn off.


Subway Tunnel -- 11th Floor -- Tower of Illusion -- Niflheim

	The smell of trash, garbage, rats and other such critters fill the air 
as you step from Sam's old room and into this... dark place. Lit dimly by some 
side wall lights, mostly colored blue or red. You can barely see down the 
tracks that are extending down the tunnels. Rafters span above you holding up 
the city on top of it. The only thing that sets this apart from subway tunnels 
is the fact that it looks as if it hasn't been in working order for -years-. 
The only thing living here, are rats, which you can see scurring around if you 
look hard enough. There's a set of stairs leading up towards the street. 
Likely not to the next floor. Lishka wouldn't waste a whole floor on an 
Abandoned Subway, now would she?


Jubilee steps into the subway tunnel and just kind of.. stops nearby.. her 
nose wrinkling up. "Oh man. This is way too much a reminder of New York. 
Remind me to put 'move to LA' in the suggestion box when we get home." She 
stuffs her hands into the pockets of her jacket and steps aside to let any 
pass her who well, just looking around and thinking.. ick.

Suggestion box! That is a /damn/ good idea, Jube's! Anyway, Sam is near 
Jubilee, having the same reaction that she does to the awful enviroment. He 
scratches his nose as he peers around, making sure everyone is present and 
accounted for. "So...." Is all he manages to say.

"Oh aye.. y' wan' t' move t' La Jolla an' g' LAHKE FerSURE an all tha' please 
Jubes, N' York is better.." Terry does wrinkle her nose.

The only word to describe the look on Jono's face is disgust. This is not how 
Jono wants to see New York, nope. So he looks for the quickest way out, his 
hand tightening slightly on Paige's side.

Gwen Namura says "Looks like the next stage is to... Escape from New York."

Gwen Namura crosses her eyes and sticks out her tongue at the feuding girls.

	Quickest way out. Well, that would be the stairs up to the street. 
Unless you all want to wander down the subway tunnel and hope a phantom train 
doesn't come after you. That was one of the only interesting parts in 
Ghostbusters 2 after all. Anyway, only one way to know. Move on up, or stay 
here, or wander around. Up to you all. This room isn't going anywhere. Yet.

Jubilee, not one to want to dilly-dally about when they're so damn close to 
the top she can /taste/ it, hurries onward towards the stairs once everyone is 
in the 'room'. "C'mon, lets get going! No time ta slack about! Left right left 
right!" So says Drill Sargent Lee. Hey, you all had your few hours rest. Time 
to get going!

Again, Sam is right in the same line of thinking as Jubilee. He's right behind 
her, heading up the stairs and leaving the rat infested tunnel behind. Only 
two things are on his mind at this piont: Paige, and what lies ahead of them. 
"Ya doin' alraght back there, Paige?"

Don't worry about the guy with a hole in his chest, Sammy, he's just helping 
to support your Sis. He helps Paige towards the steps, saying to hell with 
Drill Sargent Lee's pace. He sooner they get up there is the sooner Jono will 
give Ev one square in the chops. Next year, boy, just take her out on another 
camping trick.

Paige would actually have to agree with Jono on that one. She manages to get 
up the stairs with Jono's assitsance, her brows furrowed, trying to figure out 
what the hell is wrong with her. The husk should have fixed her. Period. 
Grrrr. She's given blood, husked herself into oblivion, broken her leg and all 
for a guy who *DUMPED HER* when she needed him most. What a fuckin' idiot. And 
no, it was a camping *trick*.

Gwen Namura stands up, looking wary. "I don't like this, people. Feels too 
much like Mad Max. When we exit, be ready. I'll take rearguard." She stays 
ready to cover Jono and Paige.

Terry just heads up the stairs, "Someone ha' watched way t' much rottin' 
movies wi' Mel Gibson abou' after th' apocalypse.." Hmmmmm Mel Gibson would be 
nice.


New York : 2013 -- Tower of Illusion -- Niflheim

	Two words. New York. A couple more. Pain, destruction, death, 
repression. That is the scene you are thrown into now. From out of the subway, 
you discover why it has been abandoned. This is a city, a country, an entire 
world, torn apart by bitter hatred. A word in need of a hero. With none 
stepping up to claim that title. 

	People are everywhere. Each wear a mark on their clothing. A single 
letter. M for Mutant. H for Human. And A for humans with Mutant possibility. 
The longer you all stand around, the more you realize no one is noticing you 
at all. It's almost like walking into a movie that you can't interact with. No 
matter what you do it keeps going. People continue with their work. There is a 
certain course of things here. Perhaps you're just supposed to watch?


	Alright, well... Hrm. This is strange. Now, yes, there have been some 
strange rooms, but this one is an entire city. Some of the people who walk by 
look similar to normal everyday New Yorkers. Some things about the place are 
just wrong though. There's a couple buildings that are really wonderful 
buildings in the real world that look like they're hardly standing. And some 
of them aren't. There's the remains of a toppled skyscraper a few blocks down. 
Looks like people are living in there as well. This place is certainly not a 
haven to the happy. Not that New York is in the first place. There's a slight 
rummbling in the streets and most the people rush to get near the buildings 
and away from the streets, and appearing over the top of one of them is the 
head of a Sentinal. Yes, this place certainly isn't a wonderful place to live. 
Nope, nope, nope. There's trash everywhere. Newspapers, torn appart books, 
scraps of clothes, even thrown out food.

Jubilee wrinkles up her nose as she looks all around them, at the trash and 
surroundings and people.. "Man, we're not in Kentucky anymore, toto." Jube 
spots a newspaper blowing by and scampers out to catch it, wanting to check 
out what the date is supposed to be.

Holding his free hand up to his eyes, Jono looks up, (~~..s'thots a 
S'nt'nal..~~) he says, his voice hard as he says, (~~..n'duh, Lee. I c'n see 
th'Emp're State B'ldin' down the road.~~) he says, pointing towards another 
wrecked building, the one that the Sentinal is near, (~~...I j'st `ope thot 
Lishka didn't think thot we n'ded t'play tag with one o'those killbots...~~) 
he mutters, as he hugs Paige to his side slightly.

Paige looks up, up, up over in the direction that Jono looks, squinting her 
eyes. "Oh. Shit." She murmurs softly. "UH.. lets get the hell outta... heah... 
ha' evah we can?" She suggests quietly.

Terry blinks in horror, "Wha's wi' th' tatoos.. " She shivers.

Gwen Namura looks around, a bit nervously, then says, "Not like we have to 
worry too much about sentinels. I've already seen the best they have. It's 
nothing we can't handle if we work together. Fight the Future, huh?" She seems 
to be more trying to reassure herself than anyone.

	The action continues for a little while, then Sentinal vanishing down 
the area, the people getting back on the streets. A lone woman walks down the 
area with a huge M on her clothing, and everyone is giving her a wide area to 
walk down. The woman looks tired and worn, as if she's in no hurry. She has 
dark hair... or to be more acurate, her hair looks dark. But that's probably 
because it's so dirty. She's not recognizable, yet. Now, as for the date on 
the newspaper Jubilee found... Hmm. April 23, 2013. Shesh. This obviously 
isn't a memory from anyone, nor is it a desire. Who would desire -this??- So 
it must be a fear. The big question is, who's?

Jubilee sighs as she looks at the paper, announcing "April 23rd, 2013. So, who 
has a fear centered around this kinda future?" Answer: Everyone. Even she's 
been afraid at moment of someday something like this happening.. Her eyes dart 
up to the wmoan approching and she frows lightly, just waiting to see what 
unfolds..

Paige tries to look over Jubilee's sholder and then, as she pronounces the 
date, sighs softly. "Lovely. Our greatest feah. Failin' eachothah an' the 
human race at large."

(~~..bl'dy great...~~) Jono mutters, shifting himself against Paige, (~~..l'ts 
get th'ell outta `ere quick..~~)

Gwen Namura continues to bring up the back. "We all know it can happen, and 
that it has happened, in some futures. Looks like this one's gonna get nasty." 
She continues to scan the crowd, step by step.

	Well, you all want out of here. But the question is... how? There's 
doors everywhere, stairs everywhere. But likely none lead -anywhere- except 
deeper into this illusion. Because for some reason, the doors that always lead 
to the next room looked super-real. All the doors hear just look realistic. 
And solid at the same time, even if the illusion people don't seem to notice 
any of you. The dark haired woman with a M on her clothing continues down the 
street, looking left and right. Her face is dirty, and there's a thick 
machanical collar around her neck... It has lights on it, one is flickering 
slightly, but that could just be her hair moving across the light as she 
walks. She is carrying a small letter folder under one arm. A messanger 
likely. Maybe that's what the M means? Nah. Not likely. If you all don't know 
what the M means, you'll know soon. She still isn't close enough to get a good 
look at yet. ... Further down the street, another Sentinal head appears, 
scanning the area.

Jubilee looks again down at the paper in her hands to read the headline on it 
before she turns her eyes up to the woman, brows furrowed.. "Anyone recognize 
her?" Her gaze floats up to the Sentinal head and a look of increased worry 
comes to Jube's face. "Man.. I got a real bad feeling about all this. 
Reeeaally bad.."

Paige's eyes narrow, but then she shakes her head. "No, but that's an 
inhibator collah 'round heah throat." She says softly. "Ah really so do naht 
lahke this."

Jono is already nervous from the closeness of the Sentinal. This group isn't 
working at full speed, and he's not sure if they are invisible to the mutant-
hunting robots. (~~..s'its u'nanimous. Let's f'nd a b'ldin' and duck in.~~) he 
says. Yeah, one would say the psi is worried. He's not ver ycomfortable in 
this future.

Terry mutters darkly, "Whose sick nightmare is this.."

Gwen Namura watches Paige and Jono. "Don't worry, guys. Let me handle it, if 
one shows. They've got a few weak spots here and there. It's not much, but..."

	A blond woman with gray streaks in her hair, wearing the letter A on her 
clothing seems to be watching the dark haired woman from a alley off to the 
side of the street. Once the Sentinal's head vanishes again, the blond woman 
starts at a quick pace across the street, passing where the dark haired woman 
is heading and will likely hit in a minute or two. As she passes the area the 
mutant is heading towards, she drops something on the ground, but no one seems 
to notice. At least no one except the mutant. The blond woman also passes very 
close to the group watching the illusions, but again, she doesn't seem to 
notice them. They're invisable to her, for now. But... this woman looks like 
an older version of... Paige? She kind of looks like her mother ya know? Hmm. 
Now, as for the dark haired woman. Hmm. Of all people it could be that an 
older - 14 years older to be exact - Paige is apparently helping, it ends up 
being *gasp* Jubilee. What do you know? At first it's hard to tell who it is, 
until the blue yet still Asian eyes are seen. The other Jubilee fakes dropping 
the letter right next to where the other Paige dropped whatever it was ane 
bends, picking both the letter, and palming the other thing. Can we say the 
plot thickens?

Jubilee's frown deepens as she watches the exchange, hands clasping tight 
infront of her stomach. "Okay.. Lets get a closer look." Without a word to 
anyone, Jube strides forward to her other self to try and get a look at what 
was just scooped up while she's still 'invisable' to this world. She ducks her 
head down to see what's being hidden, knowing quite a few of her own tricks in 
consealment and how to get around them. Hopefully this older verson ahsn't 
learned a few new ones..

Paige tugs on Jono's arm, and then, after a moment, lets go of him. She can 
walk and stand on her own - she's just damn slow going. She heads after 
Jubilee, her eyes darting after the two women. . o O ( Was that me??)

Gwen Namura keeps walking, shifting her attention to the Sentinel as the rest 
of the team watches the undercover ops.

Terry folds her arms across her chest, "Wha' is this... those M's look tha' 
guy who was hangin' w' th' X-men.. th' one who claimed t' be from th'.... 
future."

	Jubilee sees her older self split something in two pieces. They appear 
to be some kind of com link. Really really small though. She runs a hand 
absently through her hair and places one into her ear, while the other one 
gets placed in the side of her mouth absently as well. All in one motion as if 
it was just the natural wiping away of dirt. She murmurs into the link while 
continuing about her business. Normally, only Rahne would have any hope of 
hearing what was being said, but the sound seems to carry so that everyone can 
hear it. "What the hell are you doing here, Paige?" ... Another voice sounds 
from an alley where the Paige has taken cover. "Savin' yoah ass is what Ah'm 
doing, gal. Sam's determined to get all of ya outta there." ... "Damnit Paige. 
They killed Wolvie when he tried to bust me out a month ago, I don't wanna 
watch the rest of you to join him." No one else seems to hear the 
conversation. As for the Sentinals, there's none in sight anymore. They've 
vanished under the buildings for the time being. They'll be back though.

Jubilee blinks once quickly as she hears her older self's words.. Oh.. god.. 
Wolvie? Dead? Trying to save her?! Outwardly, Jube shows no sign of really 
caring much. It's an illusion, why should she care if they say Wolvie's dead? 
He's not. He's in Westchester. A phone-call away. Inside.. she feels her 
stomach clench and twist at the thought of her causing the death of the 
closest thing to a father she has. "This must be like... a ghetto."

Paige's stomach twists along wiht Jubilee's, but for entire different reasons. 
Where are the others? If some of the X-Men are dead, what... what went wrong? 
She looks back to Jono, and then then over at the older Paige and older 
Jubilee. "What the HELL did we do wrong?" She breathes softly.

Jono moves to Paige's side, slipping his arm back around her waist, (~~...I 
d'nno, gel..~~) he says, thinking to himself ( ...alr'ght.. m'ght not 
b'dead... )

Gwen Namura says "This is the future, people. Didn't you read the files? This 
is where Phoenix comes from. And Nimrod. Rahne's been here. As has Roberto. 
And Magma, but I forget if anyone else. Dani and Sam were already here."

"Paige we may ha' done nothin' wrong. Think on it lass, some times as people 
age their powers fade... age could b' th' only thing wrong.. an' we canna 
control tha'" Terry folds her arms across her chest, she watches and listens, 
"Aging is somethin' everyone on this planet has t' deal with."

	What went wrong? Well quite simply... everything went wrong. This is a 
world where mutant haters like Walt Norman won respect and became new Hitlers. 
This is a world where mutants have been killed by the hundreds, simply because 
of their blood. Those who weren't killed, were captured. Those who escaped... 
live and even darker lifestyle. A lifestyle where no matter what they always 
had to worry about Sentinals appearing over their shoulders. Always have to 
worry about someone betraying them for money and high positions in the line of 
things. Being a mutant never pays here, unless you're willing to buy your 
position with your friend's life. Anyway, let's get on to the scene, shall we? 
The older Paige responds after a pause, "We didn't hear that Wolverine died, 
Ah'm sorry, Jubilee. Ah know ya cared fauh him a great deal." ... In response, 
the older Jubilee just sighs and murmurs, "We're used to it Paige. Lost so 
many already. How's the team holding up these last six months?" ... Yes, this 
isn't time for small talk, but Paige glances around briefly, as if to make 
sure there's no Sentinals in the area, "We're down tah five of us. Lost Terry 
three months ago ta a Sentinal patrol. But we don't have time fauh this, 
Jubes, we gotta get ya outta here -now-. We only got a ten minute window 
before the Sentinal's sweep back ovah here." She glances up at the sky and 
curses into the link, "Fuck. Where the hell is Gwen? She should be here by 
now."

Jubilee crosses her arms over her chest as she stands near her older self, 
brow furrowed in silent thought. "I guess for now we just watch and see what 
happens.. Maybe it'll show us how we're gunna get out of this room. Anyone 
recognize specifics about this? Fears, hell, even some twisted desire? I know 
we all dread somethin' like this happening but does anyone have it /this/ 
specified?" So far she can only pick out one specific in this whole thing.. 
Wolvie dying. Wolvie dying to protect /her/. But she doubts that's what this 
is all about.

"She mentioned Gwen... Gwen bein late. Ah mean, we all got feahs an' such - 
but most of us have faced 'em so fah.. 'cept heah." Paige turned those blue 
eyes inquistively to the younger girl, arching one slim brow. "Gwen?"

Gwen Namura sighs. "I guess I can try entering the scene. Worked for Sam." She 
steps forward, warily, towards Paige Adult and JubAdult. "'mhere, you two."

Jono is still preoccupied on who's alive. Jubes and Paige, duh. Gwen's late, 
so she is alive. Sam's worried, so he is alive. Terry is dead. (~~...Four 
p'ple... five on th'team... who's th'fifth?~~) he questions to himself. Paige 
can overhear him, in his worrying. He glances around, trying to look for 
clues, staying close to Paige, worried.

Terry wraps her arms about herself, "Ahhhhh hell.. an actual possible future 
an' I'm Dead..." Terry gazes at the ground.

	This whole thing stinks. And the Adult Jubilee says so, "Paige, 
something's wrong. I don't like this at all. Leave while you can before the 
Sentinal's sense you. You can come back for me another time." Adult Paige 
gives the area a look around and mumbles back, "We won't have anothah time, 
Jubes. When Ah said we lost Terry we didn't just lose heah. She got captured 
by those brainwashin' fuckahs who fiddled with heah head. They've been behind 
us eveah' step of the way so fauh. They know where our bases are. We won't 
last long enough foah anothah stand if we don't get some fire poweah, and yauh 
ouah best chance." She bites her lip and looks around, "Fuck. Gwen isn't 
coming, Ah can feel it. We gottah make a run fauh it." And after she says 
that, the Adult Paige runs out of the alley towards the other Jubilee, ripping 
at her hand until a incredably sharp and thin metal instrument. Now... the 
humans wandering around have noticed what is going on. But as for Gwen's 
attempts to make herself known, they obviously do not see her. Perhaps this 
isn't a world you can interact with at all.

Jubilee whoas and makes a quick /jump/ back with wide eyes as she watches Big 
Paige lunge forward, getting out of the way on instinct. Her eyes then zap 
back to her other self, then quickly to Gwen. "They don't notice you, c'mon 
back before this thing gets real and we get stuck in the middle of something!"

Jono stays at Paige's side, watching this drama play out, (~~..c'ld be Gwen's 
room..~~) he 'murmurs', stepping back from the Adult Paige, his eyes darting 
around to find a Sentinel. Even if this is Gwen's room, it won't do Jono (or 
Paige) any good to see her blasted out of her boots by a robot.

Gwen Namura shakes her head. "Don't care if this gets real. We want it over, 
we have to force it." She follows after Adult Paige at a run. "Come on!"

Sam stays alongside his team, eyes full of amazement. If this is the future, 
someone kill him now. Yes indeed, this must be Gwen's room. He looks between 
everything and everyone, taking in the dismal scene. Well, Gwen apparently 
wants to follow big Paige, and so does he. What else is there to actually do? 
Nothing. "C'mon, guys..." he says lowly, breaking into a jog after Gwen and 
adult Paige.

	Heh. Force it. That's a new concept. Anyway, to get on to the action, 
Adult Paige grabs the other Jubilee's jacket and pulls her closer, sticking 
the thing metal thing that used to be her hand into something in the collar. 
Adult Jubie yells out, "Damnit, Paige! Watch where you stick that thing. 
You're gonna poke a hole in my neck." The Hayseed just chuckles softly and 
twists the metal tool until the collar falls off, "Don't whine, Jubes, Ah 
wouldn't hurt ya reallah, ya know that." The older Asian woman rubs at her 
neck and looks around, "Won't take long for those mental pants to get here. I 
hope you got yourself a plan, blondie." The humans standing around watch the 
mutants in fear and partial horror, some are even yelling for Sentinals. The 
blonde Kentuckian nods briefly, casting a glance around, "Ah always gotta 
plan, darlin'." Then she gives that look that means 'Just give me a moment to 
think of one.' Then she motions towards and alley, "Down there, come on." And 
the two illusion teammates make a run for the alley.

"Are you /all/ insane?!" Jubilee says in exasperation as Sam goes after Gwen 
and Gwen goes after Big Paige as Big Paige drags Big Jubilee and I don't know 
why she swallowed the fly. .. er. Strike that. Still, Jubilee has no want to 
be seperated from the team, and so with a sigh and a muttered "Yeah, force it, 
that'll /so/ work.", she runs off after Sam and Gwen and Paige and Herself.

If he could sigh, he'd sigh. Jono struggles to keep up with the rest of the 
team, while keeping Paige with them.

Gwen Namura follows doggedly, watching the terrain as she moves.

"Alraght. Lishka would naht have dropped us in the room /right/ in front o' 
big Paige n' Jube's if they didn't have sumthin' ta do with our passin' the 
room. They're runnin' off, so the best thang we can do, Ah reckon, is follah." 
Sam says sternly to the group, keeping an eye out as the two elders delve into 
the alley. "Stay close..." And without another word, he is slipping into the 
dimness of the alley, right behind the two hero's. Eh, he's wary of this whole 
idea. However, shall they sit around and wait for sentinels? He may not admit 
it, but Sam seems to get a feeling of safety in the presence of his older 
sister and older teammate, so he follows.

	Once down into the alley, Adult Paige continues to tear at her skin, 
until she's an... incredably thin and spikey metalic substance of some 
undefinable origin. She doesn't seem to have any trouble moving either. She 
glances behind her and then in front of her. Her voice is scratchy, and almost 
like metal being rubbed together, but it's understandable. "Gwen was supposed 
ta be ouah escape route, Lee. We're gonna haveta take to tha sewers. Ah hope 
'goldie's got a good excuse, or Ah'm gonna slap her silly." Adult Jubilee 
glances around a few more times and starts towards a access tunnel to the 
sewers, then stops as she sees the edge of something hovering above the street 
on the other end of the alley, the street they would have hit if they'd just 
went straight through the alley. None other then the flying saucer, Gort. 
Gwen's spaceship. Looks like Gwenny was just a teeny bit late. "You may get to 
slap her around sooner then you thought, Hayseed." Yes, their names for each 
other change each time they say them, but none of them seem to be said with 
any mocking behind the context. The Adult Paige grumbles, "About fuckin' time. 
We bettah get movin' 'for those scannahs catch ya." They start running again, 
this time towards the floating "spaceship".

Jubilee's eyes /widen/ as she see's... 'Gort'.. She's never seen Gwen's 
spaceship before. Her running slows for a moment, then she calls out "Are we 
actually gunna get /on/ that thing?! You sure Gwen knows how ta drive in this 
place!?" Oh man. gwen behind the wheel of a space ship. THAT is scary.

Been there, done that. Jono's seen Gort before, and its not very impressive. 
He continues to help regular (unleaded?) Paige along with the rest of the 
group, trying not to run anyone down in the process.

Gwen Namura sighs, as she runs. "Gort's not been getting enough sun." "Guys... 
I just want to point something out. This is, for want of a better word, real. 
This can, and will happen. And it gets worse."

Oi, what to do? Sam isn't sure if he wants to go on Gort and follow, let along 
can he even /get/ on Gort? Well, one thing is for sure: This is Gwen's room 
and old Gwen is in Gort, which means in Gort they shall go. "C'mon, people, 
move it." Heh, so there Sam is, running towards Gort and jumping at any chance 
to follow his sister on in. Gort seems a lot safer then out in the alley, 
anyway. He does hear Gwen's words, but puts them at the back of his head for 
now.

	Of course you all can get on Gort, if you hurry. It lowers low enough to 
the ground for boarding and opens up, an older version of Gwen sticking her 
head out the door. She's wearing one of those cheesy pilot goggles and yells 
towards the two runaways, "Pick up your feet! Come on, you two gain weight 
again?" She doesn't sound like they're in the middle of a life or death 
situation. Yuppers. This is definately Gwen. Now, down the street, a Sentinal 
comes into sight. He's got a while until he'll get within shooting distance, 
but he's in sight, which means you all better hurry up and get aboard. Adult 
Paige and Jubilee certainly are. After Gwen gets her little saying out she 
vanishes back into the spaceship, likely to the controls to fly the thing.

Jubilee doesn't seem to hear Gwen, too focused on /running/ as she catches a 
glance at that big metal pants dude. "Ohmanohmanohman!" she mutters before 
gunning it up the spaceship and inside.. whatever opening there is. 
"NotfunNOTFUN/notfun/!!"

By the end of the run, Jono has picked Paige up. He sure as _hell_ doesn't 
want to get left behind here. He makes it onto Gort, hopping up inside it and 
getting out of the way.

Terry follows, follows. "Guid god! Damn damn damn damn.." She hops up to join 
the others in Gort.

Gwen Namura briefly considers riding the hull, then sighs, and steps in, 
making a sharp right.

Just like everyone else, Sam hops aboard Gort and quickly grabs onto any metal 
object that is anchored. "Hold on, guys, we don' know how fast she'll go...."

	Inside the saucer is what appears to be a ... moving command center. 
There's computers on one end, communicators on another. There's six people 
inside it besides the team itself. Adult versions of Gwen and Will. Adult 
versions of Jubilee and Paige. A young person who's not a member of the real 
team, but obviously is here. And an oddly -young- version of Sam. He doesn't 
look any more then twenty. Strange huh. Adult Gwenny glances back and yells, 
"Hold on to somethin', we gotta get out of here before the metal men spot us." 
Adult Jubilee yells over, "Too late, Gwen. Go now." Gwen gives a nod and 
starts to psuh buttons and move a flight controler, all the while saying, "I'm 
going, I'm going." And up she goes, as soon as the door closes. Screens on the 
inside show where the Sentinals are, and the direction which Gwen is flying 
the ship. It's obviously had some -serious- updates. "Where too, boss man?" 
she asks in the direction of the leader. "Take heuh to the new base." Sounds 
like Sam, looks like Sam, but too damn young to be Sam. Weird, ain't it?

"What's up with Sam? Face lift city?" Jubilee asks as she studies the younger 
verson of her bossman and comrade in arms, and honorary best bud big bro 
figure. "Didn't know he was so vain." A slow grin slips over Jube's lips 
before she just.. sits herself down. In a hurry, too, before Gwen kicks this 
thing into over-drive.

After getting Paige down somewhere, Jono finds himself something to grab onto 
as he glances towards Motley Crew: The Next Generation. (~~..who's th'kid?~~) 
he questions, after noticing who has survived so far. Gwen and Will, no 
surprise they'd be together. Jubes and Paige, we've seen. The unclaimed kid, 
and Younger-Sam. Yes, what is up with that?

Gwen Namura has, of course, already found somewhere to hang onto. It is her 
ship, after all. Mostly. She looks around, noting differences, then examines 
the new guy, carefully, memorizing his features and body language, before 
returning her attention to the displays.

There is a soft grunt as Terry settles on the ground of the ship, she wraps 
her arms about her knees, "Damm' Lishka, better I was dead then betray th' 
team.." She rests her head against her kneecaps.

	The unnamed kid walks over and starts to punch something on a keyboard, 
"'Ric, we're gonna have to shot down one of these Sentinals. There's too many, 
we can affoard a persute." Gwen, or Auric just nods, not looking over her 
shoulder as she pilots the ship, but the oddly young Sam sits up and says 
towards the boy, "Randah, Ah want ya to open aim the rail at one of the 
Sentinal's body. Energy weapons in the past have proved ineffective, but a 
solid attack should work." Randy, that's the kid. Probably just some mutant 
who escaped the killings and got picked up by the team. Now as for Jubilee and 
Paige, the two originals, they're sitting next to each other, and the Asian 
girl is apparently helping Paige get out of this form she's in. After a few 
moments, the adult Paige is sitting there again, apparently in her 30s, the 
gray no longer in her hair, clothed and clean of dirt. "Thanks, dahrlin'." 
They grin at each other for a moment, and while Randy perpares to fire at a 
Sentinal, and Will and Sam are watching Gwen fly... they... uh... Paige leans 
forward and gives Jubilee a -big- kiss. And not a sisterly kiss either. Now 
this world, whatever the hell it is, is surely a nightmare. And while it's 
based on a real future, Lishka's twisted a lot of the... little details to her 
own desire. One almost would start to wonder about Lishka, don't ya think?

Now, Jube was just sitting there. Minding her own business. Watching idly as 
her future self and Paige's future self are all chummy.. which is weird but 
she guessed kinda good since she has kinda been thinking maybe she should 
sorta apologize kinda to Paige.. but her entire train of thought just STOPS 
the second Jube see's.. The Kiss. Jaw, meet floor. Those almond eyes go 
Preacious Moments wide. Air comes out.. but no words.. need words! Must speak! 
It's a good minute before she gets anything out. "OhmiGAWD!!" Her eyes dart to 
her /real/ teammates. "IamSOnotalesbianIlikeGUYSandGwenyouareSICK!"

Blink. Blink. Glance at Paige. Blink again. Glance at Paige and Jubes kissing. 
Blink again. Thats what Jono does, his eyes wide. His jaw doesn't drop, cause 
it got blown away a year or so back. But he manages (~~...I th'nk thot means 
I'm dead....~~)

Gwen Namura cheerily digs a disposable instant camera out of her shirt pocket 
and starts taking happy pictures. One of the loverbirds... Awww. So cute, true 
love. One of the outraged JuJub. And one of the flattened Jono. "Like, I 
totally had no idea you went that way, Jubes! Gosh, is that why you walked in 
on me in the shower last week?"

Here is where Terry forgets about her little piteous moment, her eyes go wide 
with shock, "Damn Paige an' Jubies... I have na seen a move like tha' since 
tha' day I saw Showg...." The redhead decides not to complete the statement. 
She curses and reaches over to put her hand in front of Gwen's camera, "I 
dinna think tha' is a guid idea lass..."

	Meanwhile, in the fantasy world, Randy hits a button and fires something 
out of the back of Gort. "Bull's eye! I got ..." then he turns and sees Jubes 
and Paige making out and covers his eyes, "God, girls! Couldn't you at least 
husk into a male form before you do that, Paige." The other Sam glances back 
and sighs softly, not saying anything, likely something he's had to live with 
for a while. "We clear, Gwen?" The pilot gives a nod and says, "Home free, 
boss man." He nods and settles back. Jubilee and Paige break their kiss and 
the newly freed mutant flicks her hand towards Randy and a firework appears 
and PAFFs in his face. Not hurting him of course, just playful. The old paffer 
smiles, "Feels so good to be able to do that again."

See Jube. See Jube slowly pick her jaw up off the floor. See Jube turn from 
olive skinned to /burgandy/. See Jube shift her gaze from one stident to the 
next, just /daring/ them to say something else about what they all just 
witnessed. "If ANY of you tell Ev what you just saw, I swear I'll hunt you 
down, gut you, and hang you by your little intestines. I've seen Scream. I 
know how to do some /really/ gross stuff." Grrr.

(~~...Gwen's j'st got a picture f'r the ages..~~) Jono says, which probably 
earned Gwen a 'glare of death' from the younger Paige (~~..`nd I d'n't have 
any int'stines. S'des, this is j'st someth'ng setup by Lishka, ain't it?~~)

Gwen Namura carefully stuffs her historical records away. "Gosh, won't say a 
word. Hey, Paige can do a male form? Do you think she could, like, mimic 
people exactly? Like, maybe, I dunno, Martha Stewart?" She hangs on to the 
superstructure of the ship.

"C'mere Gwen.." Terry pulls the girl near and starts to frisk for the camera, 
"Y' are na' showin' tha' t' Ev' tis somethin' tha' came ou' o' Lishka's 
nightmare world an' we are na' takin' back any memories... I swear.."

	Ya all thinka picture of an illusion will come out anyway? Anyway, they 
seem to settle down, Sam saying in the direction of Will, "Sweep foah 
Sentinals. If anah come within range Ah want a five minute warnin'." Will and 
Gwen are the two who are doing things, so Sam, Jubes, Paige and 'Randy' settle 
back for a while, relaxing. "This rescue went pretty good, wouldn't you say?" 
the young member mentions as he settles down. Jubilee seems to be frowning, as 
if not likeing something about this again, "I think we got away to easy. Only 
two Sentinal's chased us. There were more when we tried to break Jo out..." 
Sam flinches visably, and the woman who mentions it looks guilty, "Sorry, Sam, 
forgot. Won't mention it again." Now, as for the other Hayseed, in the female 
form, Paige leans back, pondering something, "Ah'm a little worried though. 
Jubie has a point. They barelah put up any attempt ta catch us. Could this be 
a trap?"

Jubilee snaps back into reality before she has time to go dive after Gwen for 
the camera. Trap? Trap's are bad! Bad bad! Worse then Adult Paige kissing 
Adult jube and Adult Jube /liking/ it! .. Well.. almost. "Uh.. I think we're 
really close to where we're gunna have ta jump inta this, guys.."

(~~..`ow th'ell're we g'nna drop in, Jubes?~~) Jono says, noting the sore 
attitudes when Jo is mentioned. (~~...most o'you're `lready `ere, and I'm 
dead. And I d'n't think they'll see me as ret'rnin' from th'grave.~~) he says, 
apparently handling his 'death' well.

Gwen Namura says "Don't know. But I have a nasty feeling you're right about 
dropping in. Everyone hang on tight."

Sam stays with his team, leaning up against the strong walls of the ship. The 
whole lesbian fiasco still lingers in his mind, finding it hard to forget 
about. It's not everyday you see that, Paige a lesbian? Yikes. "Ah reckon 
yoah're raght...this may be a trap..." Those blue eyes dance about the cieling 
of the ship, waiting for some huge sentinal to blast it in and pick them out 
like ducks. *Gulp* "Yeah...hold on." Is all he manages to offer.

Terry gets distracted from the Paige and Jubes thing, so what about the camera 
its definately an image that will last a lifetime with out the kodak film. The 
redhead wraps her hands about a pole and hangs on as best she can.

	Big Will suddenly yells out, his voice deeper and more adult now, but 
still Will-like, "Sam, we got two Sentinals on us, no, make that three. They 
must have found a way to jam our sensors, they're nearly on top of us." All 
the illusion team jumps up and runs to controls, trying to figure the 
situation out somehow. There's yells coming from all directions, the first one 
is 'Randy' the newcomer, "Christ! Sam, we got problems." Paige yells out from 
her position at a terminal, "Terrah must 'a told 'em about ouah sensors, 
they've bypassed 'em almost completelah." Jubilee is the next to say 
something, "I think can fire two shots without any problem, then one of us is 
gonna have to fire out the door." Sam, the strangly young for his supposed to 
be age gives a sigh, "It was a trap. Dammit. Gwen, try to out maneuveah 'em. 
Head foah water."

Jubilee does grab onto something to brace herself as all the action picks up, 
and she tosses a mean look to Jono. "Gosh, I dunno, maybe the issuion people 
will /notice/ us? Or maybe we're supposed to be /doing/ something?! I mean, 
when's the last time Lishka just sat us down and let us go along for the ride 
straight to the door? Use what's left of your /head/!" Someone's still witchy 
over the whole lesbian thing too. Man, she'll never live it down.

(~~..th'n wot th'ell y'th'nk we sh'ld do, Lee?~~) Jono retorts back, energies 
flaring in his chest. Alright, so him being dead and Paige moving onto Lee of 
all people doesn't sit pretty with the half-formed man.

Gwen Namura tucks the _important_ picture, the one of the exploding Lee, in a 
very safe place. The merely embarassing shot, she tucks next to it.

"Um Jubes.. remember there was na' much I could d' im my little room..." Terry 
gasps still trying to get herself solid against the ship, "Somethin' still has 
t' happen an' it hasn't yet.."

Sam nods as he clutches to the wall, heart beginning to pound furiously. "Ah 
agree. We are heah foah sumthin'...ah just ain't sure what. We got sentinals 
on us now, so when ya get the chance, fire at 'em. Who knows, it may work." 
Yes, attack the metal men when it's safe, get back that good ol' ass kickin' 
feeling.

	The other Sam is about to yell out commands when there's a loud *BOOM* 
against the left side of the ship's hull. Alarms start going off, flashing 
red, Will starts yelling, "We're hit." Yes, he's stated the obvious, but hey. 
He starts going about assessing the damage as the Adult Gwen yells, "I can't 
keep control. Sam, we're going down." The leader just gives a small nod, and 
fires off some orders, "Alright, Jubes, fire as manah shots as ya can 'fore we 
hit. Ah don't wanna have t' fight anymore Sentinals then we have t'. Gwen, aim 
for land. Ah know we're close to the water, but I don't think we'll stay air 
tight if we hit." Gwen just seems to be busy trying to keep from crashing into 
buildings. Jubilee starts to fire off the two shots she said she could and 
yells out, "One down..." ... after a few moments, "Two down." Gwen yells back 
again, "I can't hold it anymore, we're going down. Gotten as close to land as 
I could!" And as for the fearless leader, he says just like the captains in 
all those Star Trek series have yelled out every other episode, "Brace foah 
impact!"

Jubilee scowls at Jono and is just about to REALLY let him have it (no doubt) 
when they get hit in the side and she staggers a little, grumbling about tin 
men and shoving oil cans in obscene bodily orifices. All of which is censored 
for the under 18 crowd tonight. Hehe. "We can't just /stand here/ while this 
thing crashes! We gotta do /something/! .. Terry, how much can you lift when 
you're using your sonics full blast to fly? You think you can help this thing 
land just a /little/ softer?" Since you're the only one who can /fly/.. what 
Jube wouldn't give for the powers of, say, Rogue at this moment.. or Storm.

Jono has better things on his hands. Like not flying out any growing holes or 
such. Not much he can do to save the ship, or save the rest. He's just a 
walking power source. Where's the handbasket?

Gwen Namura clings and waits.

There is an oof from Terry's direction, "I dinna know Jubie, I ken try b' I've 
never worked with anything this big...I ken probably get outside and break up 
th' ground, create a softer cushion.." The redhead stands and starts to press 
herself against the wall walking towards the door.

	Guys, this is one of those illusions you can't interact with. Lishka's 
trying something new. An illusion you can't force and can't change, and can't 
even help. You just have to watch and live it. Of course, that's the plan for 
now. Lishka may change her mind when Gort lands. It continues to decend, the 
illusion team bracing against something. Then, before Terry's able to reach 
the door the impact hits. Oddly enough... the -real- people don't feel 
anything. They just see all this crashing around them. The impact is strange. 
They hit on the bottom, and to the right side, against the door. To get out, 
they're gonna have to cut their way out. The real people shouldn't expect to 
be able to help in the cutting process, because this is an illusion and all. 
They haven't been allowed to interact with it yet. Perhaps in a few minutes. 
The metal of Gort groans noticably under the strain of the crash, and for a 
few moments, none of the illusions move from where they ended up. Of the 
illusions the ones who look the worse off appear to be Jubilee, Sam and 
'Randy'.

Jubilee blinks as Gort crashes and.. nothing happens to /her/. She was 
expecting to be thrown atleast, bracing for it even. And nothing. It's kinda 
odd to watch it all happen and be uneffected by it, when it's /not/ on a 
little TV screen. Once the 'dust settles' and Jube gets a look at who's worse 
off, her lips turn down /deep/ and she scurries over to the trio, looking for 
any signs of life.

(~~...five bucks the rest of you die.~~) Mr. Congeniality comments, as he sits 
down to watch this Future in a Can play itself out.

Gwen Namura waits through the crash. Then sighs, deeply.

Terry snarls at Jono, "Better dead than a traitor.. stop sulkin' y' stupid 
limey.." The red head shifts, "Jubes there any sort o' id on Randy?"

	"Jesus, Gwen, ya couldn't find a softeah landin' spot. Where the hell 
are we?" Paige is the first one to recover from the impact and looks around. 
She emits a soft sigh as she sees the wounded and moves towards Adult Jubes 
first, checking for a pulse, "Come on, Lee. Didn't break ya out to watch ya 
die on me. Ah will -not- lose ya like Ah lost Ev and Jono! Ya hear me gal?" 
And in response to the yelling the only people that do anything are Gwen and 
Will, picking themselves out of the area they were in. "Sorry, Paigey. Tried 
to make the landing softer. We gotta get out of here quick. There was a 
Sentinal right behind us that Jubes didn't get." the cheesy goggles obscuring 
some of the speaker's face, but it's still Gwen. She moves over to check on 
Sam, nudging him slightly with her foot, "Get up, boss man. You got all your 
limbs, you'll live." And sure enough, he sits up, "Gah, get us outta here, 
Gwen." And after all that time, the other Jubilee finally groans and sits up 
slightly, "Eh. We home yet?" Randy on the other hand, doesn't seem to be so 
lucky. He's still breathing, but he's out cold. And after -that- a golden whip 
appears in Gwen's hand and she cuts a hole in the wall of the ship, making a 
way out.

Jubilee sighs a little in relief as she see's she's not dead.. and that was 
the weirdest thing to type, lemme tell ya. She steps back again and brushes a 
hand back through her hair as Big Gwen makes a hole in Gort's wall (yet 
another wierd thing to type), just waiting, watching.. being really anxious 
and wanting to get out of this room... grr..

(~~..I'd r'ther be br'nw'shed then _dead_, Red. `least y'come back from 
brainwashin'.. y'us'lly d'n't come back from death..~~) Jono mutters, shooting 
a glare at Terry, as he picks himself up from his seat on the floor, 
(~~...whip it good.... m'ybe one o'the d'wned Sen'nals'll be the door. Walk 
through its mouth `r s'methin'..~~)

Gwen Namura says, "Let's go out the hole, folks." She heads for it.

Terry mutters again, "Ruddy tosser, y' would rather be a broken soul? An' be 
th' one responsible fer th' deaths of yuir friends, there's n' recovery fer 
tha'.." She is already standing so she heads through the hole.

	*GRUNTGROAN* all those sounds emit from the people who really felt the 
crash. Adult Paige helps Jubilee up and looks her over, "Ah think ya broke ya 
leg, love. But don't worry, Ah can carry ya plentah well." She glances around, 
then sees Randy still laying still, "Fuck! Sam, can ya help Randah out?" And 
before Paige gets an answer she starts to help a limping Jubilee out the 
'hole'. Adult Will heads back to help Sam with 'Randy' while Gwen is already 
out. The hole is clear for everyone to head out. Not gonna effect those who 
are real at least. Have fun.


Liberty Island -- Tower of Illusion -- Niflheim

	The ground is littered with fliers that discuss the evil of the world, 
it labels that evil, Mutants. Atop the hill of this small island, standing 
upon a white washed pedistal and looking over the vast harbor, the Statue of 
Liberty welcomes travellers and immigrants to the United States and the city 
of New York. Or it did. Many years ago it's words meant something to the 
people. The statue is made of copper and holds a slight green hue due to the 
aging and salty atmosphere she stands within. Dontated by France, she stood as 
the symbol of freedom to many, and that of any individual. Engraved on it are 
the words:

		"Give me your tired your poor, 
		your huddled masses of your teeming shore. 
		Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me. 
		I lift my lamp beside the golden door!" 

	Now it's a stand-off. Laying at the base of the statue is a flying 
saucer. Or what remains of one. Broken, torn apart. Huge chunks missing from 
it's hull. This silver discus that was once known as Gort, will surely never 
fly again. In the waters surrounding the Island, stand Sentinals. Dozens of 
them. Closing in on the island. And near the broken spaceship, stands a small 
force, intent on pushing them back.


Jubilee is the first 'real' person to hop out of the hole in the side of Gort, 
taking a few steps away from the remains of the ship to look all around her.. 
Sentinals. It sends a shiver down her spine just seeing them, and she sends an 
icy glare up at them all. As if they could see it.

Following Jubes and helping Paige, Jono is the next out, (~~...bl'ddy 
`ell.....~~) he says as he sees the Sentinels, pushing some ragged turtleneck 
strips out of the way of his chamber.

"Shiiiii-yit," murmurs Paige, who has been silent and disturbed up until now. 
Jono and Ev, dead. Her.. liplocking and apparently in love with ***JUBILEE***. 
Gag. She may be a hussy and drunk, but she's a completely straight hussy, 
thanks. She sighs and limps out, trying to keep up with Jono - and then sucks 
in a breath. Seeeeeeentinels. Lots of them. "Mah Gawd."

Gwen Namura pauses, as she exits, and sees Lady Liberty. "My god... You... you 
bitch. You finally did it, didn't you? Damn you... Damn you to HELL!" The 
language, if a bit raw for Gwen, is a completely unconsious quote, this time. 
But she appears to mean it. As she moves, her armor glows into place. It's a 
bit different this time, though. The plate mail has turned into chain. Her 
shield is round. And her eyes glow.

"Sentinels t' th' left o' us, Sentinels t' th' right o' us, an' here we' are 
stuck in th' middle w' Lady Lib," Terry crouches down, "Y' know Sam this might 
na' be th' time t' mention it, b' I'm na' exactly a Legal resident o' th' 
country.."

	The illusion team erupts from the hole and the first thing Adult Paige 
seems to see is the statue, "Fuck, Gwen! You landed us on Liber..." She 
doesn't get any further as she sees the Sentinals, "Shit." is all she says, 
almost a mirror to her real-life version, just not as drawn out. Sam comes, 
helping Randy along, but as soon as he sees the Sentinals he stops. He does a 
sweep around visually and counts them as best he can. Then he sighs. Over a 
dozen Sentinals. And only six of them. One out of commision. But here's the 
odd part, the Sentinals don't seem to be attacking. At all. And of all people, 
Gwen notices this, "Sam, they're not attacking. They're waiting for something. 
If we want to get away, we got to go for it -now-. I have a bad feeling about 
this."

Jubilee again brushes back her fingers through her hair and sighs heavily, 
eyes briefly closing. "C'mon Lishka, can't we hit the Fast Forward button on 
this?!" she says to the air, starting to get annoyed and not being able to 
move this one along any faster. She HATES not being able to DO anything but 
follow along and play dumb!!

(~~...eh..~~) Jono says, before he turns towards the nearest Sentinel, and 
lets loose a tenth of the power he's been building up for Lishka. Leaping 
forth from his chest, a raging, twisting column of psionic energy flies for 
the knee of the nearest Sentinel, just enough to damage it.. if he can affect 
this.

Eeeek? Paige blinks and stumbles and then grabs onto Jono's arm. "What do ya 
think y' doin', ya damn fool? Y' can affect 'em, an' yoah low on ampage 
ANYWAY." She cuffs him upside the head lightly, and says, "Y' damn men an the 
testosterone driven need t' shoot and kill shit. Ah swear..." She shakse her 
head, looking away - and sees Jubilee. And then thinks of her last comment. 
And then she just shudders. She may bitch about testosterone - but she prefers 
it to any estrogen heavy young woman, thank you!

Gwen Namura mutters to herself, "Thou shall not crucify Mankind on a cross of 
gold." She crouches, and watches, moving a bit to the side of the team, 
watching herself and the rest.

"Stupid tosser, ha' we been able t' affect any o' this little vignette! Dinna 
waste yuir power.." Terry watches her eyes flicking from sentinel to sentinel.

	Amazingly, Jono's blast does effect a Sentinal and he falls into the 
water, and the entire 'illusion' team turns, shocked and amazed, "Did... did 
you see that, Sam?" Will asks in a soft voice. The Adult Gwen just grins, 
"Looks like we got backup. Don't see where it's hiding though, but anyway, 
let's get this done." She gives a shudder and armors up, but unlike the Gwen 
here, her armor is spiky and doesn't look... good. Off in the distance.. 
there's a sound... Could it be? Maybe. It sounds like Theresa's scream? Um. 
Uh-oh? Anyway, the illusion Sam puts Randy down gently and blasts towards one 
of the Sentinals, Will reverts to electric form and starts to fly toward one 
of the Sentinals. Meanwhile, Paige husks into a strange metalic body and stays 
back to protect the out kid. Jubilee stays nearby and tosses fireworks. Her 
range is obviously much better then the real one. In a minute, four Sentinals 
are down, counting the one Jono toppled. And the scream is getting closer.

Jubilee does a side-ways glance at Paige to catch her gaze just as Paige is 
looking her way.. and she too shares in the shudder. Okay, it's established. 
The whole lesbian love thing is NOT happening. Glad we got that covered. And 
then, her head /snaps/ back as she see's it.. Jono's blast.. hit..? That's all 
Jube needed. A grin slowly spreads over her lips and she yells out to her 
teammates. "We can /hurt/ these things! So give 'em everything you've got!!" 
While she may not hit as hard as her elder, she can still pack a wollop! Her 
hands fly forward and multi-colored orbs zoom from them and towards one of the 
Sentinals, blasting when they make contact.

(~~..y'know I ain't got testosterone, `r anyth'ng else, gel.~~) Jono replies 
to Paige, with a curt (~~..bite me..~~) to Terry. He does put his arm over 
Paige's shoulder, though, saying to her alone, (~~...I g'tta bleed off 
th'power, luv, `r I'll b'rst...~~) he says, letting loose another low-level 
burst of energy at a Sentinel's legs.

Gwen Namura brushes her right hand across her shield. Which is apparently 
spiky enough, as the now inverted peace sign, now uncircled, is filled with a 
tracing of blood. She whispers, "Elhaz." A rune of protection, of victory, of 
luck. Of the flying swan and of a convergence of forces. And, of course, of 
peace. No matter if it fails or succeeds, she charges towards the fray. "Hit 
'em! For Liberty!"

Okay. Paige is going to... limp over here and let you all blast shit. Paige is 
just gonig to stay out of the way. "Ah ain't gunna evan honah that comment, 
Jon'thin Starsmore." She grumbles, and then sits back to watch the sentinels 
fall - hopefully from a safe vantage. Not like she's Powerhouse at the moment.

Terry takes to the air, she lets loose a sharp scream. Her attention on the 
sentinel before her, she's taken off the head of a sentinel before and she can 
do it again. Even this new fangled version. Her voice changes as she seeks to 
remove the head.

	The illusion team continues to attack, Adult Gwen extending her whip far 
enough to cut off a Sentinal's leg. Five more Sentinals topple into the water, 
none are fireing. Despite the assualt, they aren't attacking. They don't have 
too. All of a sudden the water around the island flys upward, as if something 
was busting out of it, but instead it just seems to be water. The water 
condenses into a shape. A humanoid shape. But the size of a Sentinal. The 
human continues to grow in detail until it's obviously supposed to be female. 
Hair cut short on the sides and back, but hanging long in the front in spikey 
bangs. A -huge- transparent water girl. A huge, transparent... Jo. Yup. It 
looks like Jo. Her hands and on her hips, and she watches over the proceedings 
for a minute, then... laughs. Only it's an odd laugh. It doesn't sound like a 
normal laugh. It sounds like a gurgle more then a laugh. And at the same time, 
then other Siryn's scream is close enough to see. Sure enough. It looks like 
Theresa - an older version - carrying someone else. The flying Sam suddenly 
swerves, obviously seeing Jo, and lands into the side of the island, partly in 
the water. Adult Gwen runs over to check if he's ok, and the others look... 
perplexed. Sentinals are one thing. Fighting ex-teammates? That's another.

Cutting off another blast as the water leaps forth, Jono turns towards the 
form that, well, forms, (~~...`oly shit...~~) the Brit says. Yup. Holy shit. 
Jono backs away, towards Paige, (~~..I th'nk y'ad th'right idea, gel..~~) he 
says, his brown eyes darting towards the growing form of Siryn, and the figure 
she carries. Now what? Jono's brainwashed too?

Jubilee halts her own attack as she see's the water girl forming, head turning 
up.. up.. uuuppp... and eyes /widening. "Oh man.. So much for Jo being dead, 
huh?" Jube steps backwards until she's again with the group, somewhat glad for 
a moment that this isn't real to any of them. "Anyone got any ideas?"

Meep? "Uh.. sure Jono." Paige just... looks upward and gawks herself as her 
boyfriend makes his way over. "Can Jo even do that?" She asks herself, her 
eyes on the latest version of Sam's girlfriend.

Gwen Namura pauses her charge ten yards from the adult team. She looks up at 
JoGiant...

Terry drops into the sand, not screaming. Not making any noise, her eyes 
simply locked onto her counterpart. The younger woman looking quite lost. She 
tries to look at the figure in her older self's arms, but her eyes close for a 
moment with a shudder before they open again slowly.

Auric's armor flows to full protection, as huge claws sink from her feet into 
the concrete of the paths of Liberty Island.

	In the real world, no, but Lishka has played with powers here a little, 
advanced them. When the illusion Terry finally gets within sight, she drops 
the third person on the edge of the island, and... no, it's not Jono. Jono's 
dead here. Really, really dead. It's Rahne of -ALL- people. RAHNE! The water 
girl slumps down and solidfies into a human form next to Rahne, standing a 
little in front. Jo still looks young, just like Sam. Strange, huh? Hmm... 
Anyway, the excess water she was using to make herself look big falls off and 
floods part of the island and the rest splashes into the ocean again. Terry 
lands a moment later, on the other side of Jo, but even further back then 
Rahne. It's clear who's incharge here. The illusion team holds their fire. By 
this time, Adult Gwen has helped Sam up, and they're working their way back to 
the area where the group has surrounded. And by this time Randy is awake 
again, and he just -stares-. Joliene, or perhaps she should be called Tsunami 
here? - clicks her tongue slightly, "Sammy, you disappoint me. I figured we'd 
never get -all- of you in one place. We were just going after one of you 
tonight. Paige., but, it looks like we'll just have to take all of you. It's a 
shame though. I was hoping this would be a longer fight." The illusion Sam and 
sneers, "It's been goin' on foah five years, isn't that long -enough-?"

"I say we see if we can blast /them/ too. Cover the others to let them get 
away." Jubilee says as her narrowed eyes look over.. the /traitors/. Love 
Terry, love Rahne, Jo she hardly knows.. but the way she looks at those older 
ones.. With all the hate and anger in her gaze which she holds secretly for 
herself, for her own betrayal. Does it matter that they willingly betrayed the 
team, and she didn't? Nope. "Who's with me?"

Ooo, Double Jeopardy. Will Jono watch, or will Jono act? Eh, Jono's with Jubes 
for once. (~~..s'rry Red..~~) the brit appologizes as he moves to get a clear 
shot at Terry, just a tenth of what he usually lets loose.

"Sorry. ah'm out this round." Paige's voice is feather-soft, almost inaudible. 
Jubilee isn't the only 'traitor' on the team, and just like Jubilee, it wasn't 
of her own voilotion. But instead of wanting to hunt down and shoot her pain, 
she just... curls up and waits it out, trying not to face it, instead.

Auric says "This... Okay. This is beginning to make very little sense."

Auric looks around, rooted to the ground.

Terry glances away from the scene. Somehow seeing Jono fire at herself is just 
the most horrible thing she's ever seen. It brings back old memories, of how 
she first ran into the X-men perhaps.

	Suddenly, from the side, where the illusions don't see anything, the 
Adult Terry is hit by something invisible. And stumbles and runs into Rahne, 
since the Adult Jo is far enough in front of her. The blue-black haired girl 
glances back and frowns. She doesn't know where that blast came from... But 
she doesn't bother with it. She looks back at Sam, "Give it up, Sammy-boy. 
You're lost. We've known your moves for the past six months, but not because 
of Siryn here. She's actually pretty damn resistant to the mind probes, they 
had to wipe her completely and start over by rebuilding her memories and 
personality." Of all people, Jo throws a glance towards the Adult Gwen and 
says, "Put handcuffs on them. Now." The plot thickens... Adult Gwen gives a 
small sigh and makes golden handcuffs around Sam's hands. At the same time, 
Metal-Form Adult Paige -roars-, running forward intent on beating the crap out 
of Adult Gwen, all the while yelling, "You fuckin' sell out! What'd the offeah 
ya, ya little -bitch?-"

Jubilee's grin becomes wickedly satisfied as she watches Older Terry go back 
from the blast. They CAN hurt them. She tosses a smile at /her/ Terry and 
mutters "See? They had ta mind-wipe you. That's my girl. Give 'em hell." She 
then darts her gaze towards Older Gwen, then Younger Gwen. "Control yourself!" 
she calls before looking to Jono and Terry. "C'mon, lets take out the bitch 
trio!" With that, Jube turns towards Rahne, Terry, and Jo (the older ones) and 
starts to run a bit forward, blasting all the way. Take THAT!

Jono isn't doing dick for running around. He's choosing his targets carefully, 
letting Gwen take care of Gwen. He doesn't respond to her act of traitorism, 
he pushes it aside. Lishka-induced insanity. They just need to end it. He 
fires off another 1/10th blast at Jo, with a (~~..s'rry Sam...~~) apology.

Paige suppresses another shudder as she sees Gwen turn traitor, and then just 
shake her head. She's not going to be any help in her condition, so she'll 
just stay safe.

This is just about Sam's breaking point, all this chaos and fighting is 
beginning to /really/ get to him. He doesn't want to fight the people that he 
considers close friends, illusions or not. Lishka has a knack for making 
things seem very real, the reason why Sam holds back from blasting the hell 
out of Jo. He even had an open shot, but doesn't take advantage of it. Then 
comes the big twist of events, adult Gwen becomes the traitor. It's a bit of a 
shock, of all people that he thought could betray the team, Gwen was the last 
person. "No..." He mutters toward adult Jo as she instructs to handcuff the 
other Sam. So what does he do? He walks right up to...himself, standing right 
next to him like a ghost looming over your shoulder. Then he turns on his 
power, simple as that. Expanding his shield to surround him and the other Sam, 
the southern bumpkin should very easily prevent adult Gwen from getting those 
handcuffs on. So there he stands, right next to himself, forming a protective 
cocoon around the two of them, and closing his eyes to keep concentration. He 
/soooo/ wants to give the order to take out their evil friends, but something 
holds him back. His concience? Doubtful. His emotions? Maybe. His team is 
fighting with all their courage, but he just cannot manage to say the words of 
encouragment to them to keep them fighting. Sam doesn't want them to give in, 
but he doesn't want to them to keep fighting. Confused, very confused. Only 
/one/ thing is certain, when they all go home, /all/ them are in serious need 
of some expensive psychologists.

Terry gets out of the sand she was sitting in. Her eyes go to the False Terry, 
"Poor lass...t' bad.." However she chooses not to make herself her target, she 
has no idea if sonics would work against herself. And she can't bring herself 
to hit Rahne, she just screams towards Darth Joliene.

Gwen Namura mutters to herself. "Prepare for trouble!" as she starts to launch 
forwards. "Guys, I can't take myself. There's a good chance, even if it is an 
illusion, it'd blow us both to kingdom come. Instead, I'm gonna have fun!" She 
strides forwards, rapidly accelerating, as eight foot stilts extend from each 
foot as she places it down, throwing her forward as if she was on springs. She 
brings out one arm to clothesline Adult Joliene. "Terry, take me."

	Ok, well, Jubilee's attacks hit the other Joliene slightly, and she 
stumbles back slightly. She frowns, eyes narrowing. She's obviously not happen 
with these invisable attacks. Her water senses do not pick up the significant 
water mass which would suggest another human nearby, so she is completely 
confused by it. Now, most the other hits, get absorbed by Gwenny, who's 
charging at her. Her armor and all. But some of it does hit Joliene, which 
sends her stumbling back somemore. Now, as for Sam, and the other Gwen trying 
to handcuff him, the cuffs get reflected by the forcefield, and that Gwen 
seems unsure what's going on. She knows Sam doesn't have -his- blastfield up. 
It's strange. She looks up at Joliene and yells, "Something is wrong, 
Tsunami!" but not all of it is said before the -real- Gwen runs smack dab into 
Joliene. Already stumbled from the first hits, Joliene is forced to fall on 
her ass. Hard. And she grunts. Where the -hell- is that attack coming from. 
Instead of saying anything to her real attackers, she just looks at Sam for a 
moment, assuming he has something to do with this strange assult. New powers 
someone on the team developed perhaps?

Terry silences her attack on Joliene she takes to the air and then cuts a yell 
towards Gwen the elder. She knows full well what can happen when energy hits 
the woman's armor.

Auric considers her position on top of the Jo. She says, "I meant to do that. 
Really." Then she brings her hands up, and attempts carefully to secure them 
around the throat of the bad ol' Jo. If successful, she proceeds to choke the 
heck out of the lassie, shaking Jo's head back and forth, slamming it into the 
ground. "Ya! Ha-ha! Ha!"

	"FUCK!!! What the -HELL- are you doing to me, SAM!?" emits from Joliene 
as she is choked, and feels her head inpact the ground a few times. A few 
moments later, she reverts to her liquid form before she runs out of air and 
gets too much brain damange, and hense, turns into a puddle and is able to 
slip out of even an invisable Gwen's hands. All the people are just -staring- 
now. Most have recovered and can attack again, but this is just too damn weird 
for them to accept. The form swishes back into a Joliene shape, but it's still 
water. That same strange gurgly voice says softly, "I though you still loved 
me, Sam... But for this... you..." Her water-carved eyes narrow, "Kill them. 
Kill them -now-. Whatever the hell they are attacking us with will die with 
them. KILL THEM!" Her voice literally sounds insane, as if she's been driven 
completely mad by whatever has happened to her in this life. Now, as for the 
other Gwen, the sonic sounds impact her shield and cause a bright flash, and 
some get through, and she stumbles again. Now, as for Rahne and Terry, the 
other "bitches" start their attack. The other Siryn takes to the air and 
-screams- louder then any prevous Cassidy screamers have ever allowed 
themselves to yell. So loud, and so focased in the direction of the Adult 
Paige - who was stopped by the mysterious attacks on Joliene and Gwen - that 
she literally... shatters. Her metal form breaking apart. And as for Rahne, 
she leaps for Sam - going for a greater target. But her attack is reflected by 
the field that the real Sam and put around both himself and the fake Sam. Sam, 
honestly, just looks completely -shocked-. This whole thing is going so 
strange. He -did- still loved Jo, but... but.. He sees his sister's metal body 
shatter and yells, "NO! Jo, stop! STOP!"

As the female Gutherie shatters, Jono's limited attacks stop dead. Paige, 
dead. Jono's brown eyes blink. Must. Remember. It. Isn't. Real. Well, so much 
for that advice. Jono turns blinking eyes towards the flying Evil-Terry, 
focusing on the woman to shoot daggers.. and then he lets fly a blast that 
knocks him on his ass. Only a 1/4th of what he's saved up, and capable of, but 
let lose all at once, a solid mass of raging red psionic energy, ripping the 
fabric of reality as it rages towards EvilTerry. Nope, no one fucks with 
Paige, even an illusionary one, and survives.

Terry is distracted from her attack by herself oddly enough, "Da.. was right.. 
ha' t' be careful... oh gah... I dinna know...." She tries to refocus herself 
and her attack but her scream is clearly rattled.

Auric fails to even hop to her feet, as her armor undergoes a sudden, radical 
metamorphasis. Ever seen Little Shop of Horrors? Yep, it's a giant, golden 
Audrey II. Gwen's in the stem, but the giant flowerlike bud opens up like a 
fanged clam, arcs over, and attempts to _gulp_ the moistened bint whole. As 
long as the watery tart doesn't throw a sword at Gwen, this lady is hereby 
repressed. Gwen calls out, "Come and see the violence inherent in the system!" 
as the flowerhead begins to violently agitate.

	Alrighty, now the shit really hits the fan. Adult Jubie also saw the 
body shatter and her eyes -widen-. She looks.. shocked. Like she'd never 
believed that could happen before. She runs over to the metal shards that used 
to be Paige and reaches down to touch them, tears falling down her cheeks, 
"God.. Paige..." Her hands get cut on the sharp shards of metal that used to 
be her lover, but she doesn't even notice. She bends over the shards weeping. 
The illusion Sam too is crying, but he can't seem to move. Now, as for Randy 
and Will... They were just shocked. But, they do react. Will first, fires a 
blast of lightning right at Rahne. The blast hits, throwing her back, even 
frying a little of her fur until it stands on end. She's still able to attack 
though, once she gets her footing. Now, as for Jono's attack on Terry. It hits 
with it's full force, and the air is literally knocked out of the screaming 
Siryn, who falls to the ground, hitting with a force that leaves cracks in the 
ground. She tries to sit up, groaning, but she doesn't seem to be moving very 
fast. Now, as for Gwen's little... strange trick with her power, the water 
form feels the ... pull of something, but doesn't know where it's coming from. 
Adult Gwen is somewhat useless in this attempt, and both Terry and Rahne are 
down. Her two troups. She gurgles softly, "None of you kill with any 
effectiveness..." And instead of waiting for them to do something effective, 
she does. She knows she'll likely lose a couple Sentinals, and half of New 
York city doing this, but she's pissed. It's not like she's gonna die herself. 
She can hide until this whole thing with the commanders of the Sentinals' 
wears off. That's the best part about being a mutant who can turn into water. 
Everything on her turns into water too. Even her tracking devices. Anyway, 
there's a strange... sound. The Sentinals look towards the east, deeper into 
the ocean, and... say, "Warning: Tidal wave approaching. 200 feet. Time of 
arrival on this location: two minutes. Estimated damage... tweleve miles 
inland. Suggested course of action, return to base." And with that, the 
Sentinals take off.

Jono has picked himself up, moving towards Evil Terry, ready to finish her 
off, Death in his eyes... but then he stops, turning towards the Sentinels, 
(~~....fuck...~~) is the only thing that gets through whatever rage is 
permermating his mind at the moment.

Terry screams again at the older Gwen, not even focusing on the words from 
Joliene. Her body full of the pain of what she saw her power do, it might not 
be her, but some how she had some sort of terrible revelation tonight.

Auric sighs, and whimpers, as she hops backwards, and backwards again. She 
lands against the base of Lady Liberty. "Guys, either get on the water and try 
to surf, fly higher than 200 feet, or get to the Lady's Torch. I've... I've 
got to do this. If it crashes... then it'd break... " She sits firmly against 
the Statue's base, and stretches her arms out, into the prow of a boat. She 
flares it out to her maximum, and then concentrates on reinforcing. "Terry, if 
you would be so kind to yell at the bow when the water hits it? Maybe... maybe 
the lady has a chance.

	The wave still isn't in sight yet, but Joliene stands up, checking the 
three of her team. Of course, the other Gwen is being thrown to the ground, 
her field flashing still, sending bright lights in the area, lightning the 
dark sky. Now, as for the others still living, Sam is still just crying, 
unable to move or do anything. The other Jubilee still weeps over Adult 
Paige's shattered remains. She picks up and expecially long shard, looking 
towards where the Sentinals said the tidal wave was coming from... Then she 
does something... very... graphic. She shoves the shard into her own chest. 
She's gonna die anyway. Only two of them can fly, and Will can't take 
passangers. Randy is younger then Jubilee, so she's gonna make the choice for 
Sam. Sam yells out, breaking out of thing holding him still, "No! Oh gawd..." 
He closes his eyes, unable to do anything, and knowing it's too late. Instead 
he turns towards Will and yells, "Get the hell out of here. Now. I'll take 
Randy." Sam's blast field comes on and he picks up Randy and starts to fly in 
the eastern direction. Will transfers into lightning and flies away as well. 
He's hurt by Gwen's betrayal, and doesn't want to leave her, but is not going 
to say. One minute till the water hits. And Tsunami just dives in, in water 
form. And... strange enough, a ladder appears in the air, leading up into a 
hole in the sky. -Now- the doorway appears?

(~~...`oly shit...~~) Jono manages again, as he moves, quickly, towards Paige, 
taking control... (~~..up th'ladder! NOW!~~)

Terry takes a step towards the dead Jubie, "Jubes? Oh god.." She stumbles 
towards the ladder as soon as she can tear her gaze away.

Uh, Paige is just kinda... staring at her ruined 'corpse'. And the soon to be 
ruined corpse of Jubilee. "Oh gawd oh gawd oh gawd...." She was huddling not 
to far from where Adult Paige got smithereened, and so got a DAMN good view of 
this, those blue eyes wide. One hand tremblingly reaches out, to touch the 
broken shards - the bloodied one that Jubilee has pulled free from her 
bleeding breast - and then Jono has he and is heaving her up toward the exit. 
"Oh mah Gawd, mah Gawd..." She's in no condition, turning to cling tightly to 
him as he hefts her up the ladder, eventually realizing that she needs to help 
him and tries to numbly climb up under her own power.

Auric considers, head tilting this way and that, in her construct. The wave is 
coming. She bows her head for a good ten seconds. Long seconds. Then looks 
once at the corpse of each fallen friend. She brings her hands together to 
clap, twice, boat prow vanishing, as she prays. Then, with a last look at the 
Lady, she leaps for the ladder, swarming up it, trying to outrace the wave, 
diving through the hole before it hits the beach. With luck, perhaps, this 
world will vanish as she exits, as the library did. She hopes and prays so. 
She remains oddly, intently silent throughout all that.

	The water along the island draws back from the area, the drawing back of 
the ocean before the arrival of a real tsunami. It's in sight now. Remeber 
Deep Impact? Looks like the wave at the end of that. Eeeeeeeeek. But at least 
you all are climbing up the tower as fast as possible, and once up, the wave 
does hit. Sorry, Gwen. This is the final touch of the room. Liberty collapses 
under the tons of presure of the water.. and the last thing that you all see 
before the hole in the floor closes... is water, water washing over Liberty, 
and flowing towards New York, intent on distruction. And of course, the 
illusion Terry, Gwen and Rahne, and crushed in the original impact, along with 
the remains of Paige and Jubilee.

Auric doesn't look back. Never look back. Never look down. Make your choice 
and stick with it. It's not real. Just... pray for their souls. Even if they 
are still living. Lishka better pray for hers. Because if she shows soon, Jono 
won't be the first one to strike, this time.

Tears stream down Terry's face as she looks down. Gently from her lips, 
"Mother mary full of grace.." The remainder of the prayer is lost on the wind 
as she returns to her climbing.