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Now… seeing Matthew is actually okay, she lets out a soft sigh of relief. She smiles a little as he seems to solidify, as he seems to be very okay. And it's then she recalls… he can move through electrical currents, right? Is that what he did, is that why he said he didn't feel like taking the stairs? Now as Matthew seems to have found his query, Jean's eyes move towards Hank and Scott. Her wry little smile widening a bit. It lightens her heart to see the friends together once more.
Now she did, of course, hear Magneto's little comment towards her. But it doesn't anger her. She knows he is just getting snarky with her. She knows there is no malice behind his words. Just as there was no genuine malice behind her own words. But when Matthew pitches in, she looks to him with a raised eyebrow. Now she can't exactly read Matthew's face. She can't exactly tell if he's joking. Her features shift into a more neutral gaze, her eyes watching his. But after a few tense moments… she sees his posture relax and he laughs at himself. She smirks and rolls her eyes, shaking her head. She is so relieved he was joking. She truly didn't want something bad to start.
So she then leans on the counter, her hands on either side of her slim form. She speaks in a casual tone, watching Matthew. "I do truly appreciate you not holding that stuff against me. But since you brought it up…" Now Jean goes into her theatrics. She vaguely lifts a hand and looks at her own painted fingernails as she speaks in a neutral tone, almost haughty tone. "Five tons you say? And that was when I was just a little upset. And that was without me even thinking about it. I didn't even realize the damage." she then looks to him as her hand lowers to the counter once more, her tone seeming serious. "Just think about what I could do intentionally with that… the property damage ooooor the collateral human damage, hm?" She pauses, and looks away from him, seeming to not really care now. "And keep in mind.. this was my home waaaay before it was yours."
Now… Scott, Hank and Ororo would clearly know she is joking. She would never speak in such a fasion to anyone ever. Ivan… she isn't sure. Matthew, she isn't sure. So she does flash a sly little smile to Ivan, to make sure he knows she is messing around. But as for Matthew… she looks towards the coffee maker seems to have ire with… Matthew would hear her soft echoed whisper in his mind.
++I am so just joking with you, Matthew. But since we don't know one another well enough.. I just want to make sure you know that. Despite our history, you are welcome here wholeheartedly. Whatever happened before… well that was before, okay?++
Her voice would fade from his mind, and she just nods to him with a gentle smile. No one else would know she just communicated with Matthew, so the nod seems oddly out of place perhaps. She blinks and reaches into the handbag hanging off of her shoulder, digging a moment for her phone. She unlocks it with face recognition, and reads the news update she is being alerted about.
Leaning on the counter, her features start to take a more serious feel. Her other hand comes up and she starts to scroll… a look of increasing worry there. She looks towards Scott pointedly, and then back to her phone as she pushes herself from the counter. "DC is in lockdown…" her gaze moves towards the living room, and she says in a soft tone "Something's happened.." her tone is actually more of a dazed feel. Almost absently she walks from the kitchen and into the living room, her gaze moving towards the television Magneto is watching. She kind of just stops near the armchair, staring at the screen.
An The image comes onto the television, a news organization logo. And followed by the image switching to a female broadcaster. The look upon her features are of concern. The kind of look one gets when they are exposed to something that offends or frightens them to the core.
"Welcome to the top of the hour. We're following multiple stories this hour, but here is the top headline. A massacre. That is how the scene is described at the Central Detention Facility in Washington D.C., less than 10 minutes from Capitol Hill. 11 Capitol Police officers are dead, and the convicted Henry Gyrich. For more we go to John Carter at the scene. John?"
The picture switches to a man standing in front of what is clearly a crime scene. Police tape and barriers keeping people out. Multiple police cars with lights flashing as well as 5 ambulances. And also a myriad of onlookers, trying to get a look. Towards the back of the scene, 2 sheet covered bodies with blood soaking through those sheets. This is live, so they can't edit this part. Rather, they don't want to. Shock news sells.
"Trish thank you. I'm here in front of the Central Detention Facility, and as you implied Trish people are calling this a savage attack. Sources with knowledge of what happened say that Henry Gyrich was assassinated while being transferred from his holding cell here at this Facility. He had been convicted for the attempted murder of the mutant activist Charles Xavier" odd he left the 'professor' title out of there "and today he was to be transported back to court. But that never happened."
The screen switches to a map of the roads of Washington D.C., a red line traversing a path from the Facility to the courthouse. "As you see on this graph, the route had been planned out. Protests along the route had been anticipated. But no one thought someone would get into the facility itself." Trish is shown once more, a look of concern on her features as she nods "John, do we have any suspects? What do we know about the fatalities, if anything?" The picture goes back to the live shot, and he is seen nodding a few times before he speaks. "We seem to know precisely what happened. A leaked video shows the security feed… but we can not independently verify every detail. A source close to the investigation has told us on the condition of anonymity. And a warning to our viewers.. what you are about to see is very graphic and very violent. We've blurred as much as we can while maintaining the spirit of the video. Aside from that, this video has not been edited or doctored in any way."
The screen goes to a low quality video from above what seems to be a large mostly empty garage. A van is seen there, 2 armored officers get into the cab. Behind the van 7 armored men are seen escorting Gyrich towards the van. He is handcuffed, his feet also shackled. He is wearing a protective vest. They move as a group towards the van.. then stop at one. One of the men in the lead reaches up to his helmet, seeming to converse with someone. John's voice comes on at this point "As you can see there are the police officers escorting Gyrich. One of them gets a call, and we believe he is being informed of what you saw behind. The murder of 2 of the guards at a back entrance to this facility." He goes quiet and now that man motions to the others, and they all draws their weapons. 3 of them have assault rifles, the other 4 with large pistols. They go into a defensive formation, backs to one another and surrounding Gyrich. From the bottom of the scene a blur of motion, and one of the men falls… into pieces. Sliced in 2 halves. The men in the cab jump out as the other officers are attacked. Gyrich is pushed out of the way and falls to the ground, trying to scoot away as best he can. The officers fire towards the assailant, but they all seem to miss. No.. no they do hit their mark. But that doesn't seem to be effective. Another man falls, his chest rupturing blood and organs. And then another. One of the officers, a female, is stabbed in the back and slumps back. Only to be caught by the assailant who only now slows enough to be identified. Another officer shoots towards the assailant, but he uses the officer as a shield. The assailant reaches out and flips her pistol out of her hand and fires once, the other officer's head jerking back and he falls. Another 20 seconds and now all of the officers are dead in a mess of blood and organs. Guns sliced cleanly through. And now the assailant stalks towards Gyrich. The video has no sound, but its obvious he's screaming for mercy. We now get our best look at the assailant as he stands over Gyrich.
Small in stature. Pointed mask and boots. 3 claws extended from the back of his hands.
Before Gyrich realizes the other has moved… his head rolls away from his body. The assailant looks over his shoulder… and then in the direction of the camera, staring at it hard and long with an angry scowl and gritted teeth… and he then moves towards the darkness as lights are seen approaching.
"As clearly we can see, Trish, the attacker has been identified as the mutant known only as Wolverine. A known member of the underground militia unit the X-Men. The blades on his hands were able to rend flesh, the concrete and armor. There is speculation that this attack was a statement by the X-Men after the assault on Charles Xavier." a pause "Back to you, Trish."
The picture goes back to Trish Tilby, who seems to have to gather her thoughts before speaking. "John Carter at the scene. Washington D.C. is now in lockdown as the manhunt for Wolverine is underway. Schools have closed, Capitol police have locked down all federal buildings. Roads have been closed. We must stress.. if you see the mutant Wolverine, do not approach him. He is to be considered armed and extremely dangerous. Call the FBI or the capitol police immediately after you seek proper shelter."
Jean just stares at the screen as it goes to commercial, and she then just slumps back into the chair. Her features are pale as she stares at the screen, not even seeming to be in the room at the moment…
Now she did, of course, hear Magneto's little comment towards her. But it doesn't anger her. She knows he is just getting snarky with her. She knows there is no malice behind his words. Just as there was no genuine malice behind her own words. But when Matthew pitches in, she looks to him with a raised eyebrow. Now she can't exactly read Matthew's face. She can't exactly tell if he's joking. Her features shift into a more neutral gaze, her eyes watching his. But after a few tense moments… she sees his posture relax and he laughs at himself. She smirks and rolls her eyes, shaking her head. She is so relieved he was joking. She truly didn't want something bad to start.
So she then leans on the counter, her hands on either side of her slim form. She speaks in a casual tone, watching Matthew. "I do truly appreciate you not holding that stuff against me. But since you brought it up…" Now Jean goes into her theatrics. She vaguely lifts a hand and looks at her own painted fingernails as she speaks in a neutral tone, almost haughty tone. "Five tons you say? And that was when I was just a little upset. And that was without me even thinking about it. I didn't even realize the damage." she then looks to him as her hand lowers to the counter once more, her tone seeming serious. "Just think about what I could do intentionally with that… the property damage ooooor the collateral human damage, hm?" She pauses, and looks away from him, seeming to not really care now. "And keep in mind.. this was my home waaaay before it was yours."
Now… Scott, Hank and Ororo would clearly know she is joking. She would never speak in such a fasion to anyone ever. Ivan… she isn't sure. Matthew, she isn't sure. So she does flash a sly little smile to Ivan, to make sure he knows she is messing around. But as for Matthew… she looks towards the coffee maker seems to have ire with… Matthew would hear her soft echoed whisper in his mind.
++I am so just joking with you, Matthew. But since we don't know one another well enough.. I just want to make sure you know that. Despite our history, you are welcome here wholeheartedly. Whatever happened before… well that was before, okay?++
Her voice would fade from his mind, and she just nods to him with a gentle smile. No one else would know she just communicated with Matthew, so the nod seems oddly out of place perhaps. She blinks and reaches into the handbag hanging off of her shoulder, digging a moment for her phone. She unlocks it with face recognition, and reads the news update she is being alerted about.
Leaning on the counter, her features start to take a more serious feel. Her other hand comes up and she starts to scroll… a look of increasing worry there. She looks towards Scott pointedly, and then back to her phone as she pushes herself from the counter. "DC is in lockdown…" her gaze moves towards the living room, and she says in a soft tone "Something's happened.." her tone is actually more of a dazed feel. Almost absently she walks from the kitchen and into the living room, her gaze moving towards the television Magneto is watching. She kind of just stops near the armchair, staring at the screen.
An The image comes onto the television, a news organization logo. And followed by the image switching to a female broadcaster. The look upon her features are of concern. The kind of look one gets when they are exposed to something that offends or frightens them to the core.
"Welcome to the top of the hour. We're following multiple stories this hour, but here is the top headline. A massacre. That is how the scene is described at the Central Detention Facility in Washington D.C., less than 10 minutes from Capitol Hill. 11 Capitol Police officers are dead, and the convicted Henry Gyrich. For more we go to John Carter at the scene. John?"
The picture switches to a man standing in front of what is clearly a crime scene. Police tape and barriers keeping people out. Multiple police cars with lights flashing as well as 5 ambulances. And also a myriad of onlookers, trying to get a look. Towards the back of the scene, 2 sheet covered bodies with blood soaking through those sheets. This is live, so they can't edit this part. Rather, they don't want to. Shock news sells.
"Trish thank you. I'm here in front of the Central Detention Facility, and as you implied Trish people are calling this a savage attack. Sources with knowledge of what happened say that Henry Gyrich was assassinated while being transferred from his holding cell here at this Facility. He had been convicted for the attempted murder of the mutant activist Charles Xavier" odd he left the 'professor' title out of there "and today he was to be transported back to court. But that never happened."
The screen switches to a map of the roads of Washington D.C., a red line traversing a path from the Facility to the courthouse. "As you see on this graph, the route had been planned out. Protests along the route had been anticipated. But no one thought someone would get into the facility itself." Trish is shown once more, a look of concern on her features as she nods "John, do we have any suspects? What do we know about the fatalities, if anything?" The picture goes back to the live shot, and he is seen nodding a few times before he speaks. "We seem to know precisely what happened. A leaked video shows the security feed… but we can not independently verify every detail. A source close to the investigation has told us on the condition of anonymity. And a warning to our viewers.. what you are about to see is very graphic and very violent. We've blurred as much as we can while maintaining the spirit of the video. Aside from that, this video has not been edited or doctored in any way."
The screen goes to a low quality video from above what seems to be a large mostly empty garage. A van is seen there, 2 armored officers get into the cab. Behind the van 7 armored men are seen escorting Gyrich towards the van. He is handcuffed, his feet also shackled. He is wearing a protective vest. They move as a group towards the van.. then stop at one. One of the men in the lead reaches up to his helmet, seeming to converse with someone. John's voice comes on at this point "As you can see there are the police officers escorting Gyrich. One of them gets a call, and we believe he is being informed of what you saw behind. The murder of 2 of the guards at a back entrance to this facility." He goes quiet and now that man motions to the others, and they all draws their weapons. 3 of them have assault rifles, the other 4 with large pistols. They go into a defensive formation, backs to one another and surrounding Gyrich. From the bottom of the scene a blur of motion, and one of the men falls… into pieces. Sliced in 2 halves. The men in the cab jump out as the other officers are attacked. Gyrich is pushed out of the way and falls to the ground, trying to scoot away as best he can. The officers fire towards the assailant, but they all seem to miss. No.. no they do hit their mark. But that doesn't seem to be effective. Another man falls, his chest rupturing blood and organs. And then another. One of the officers, a female, is stabbed in the back and slumps back. Only to be caught by the assailant who only now slows enough to be identified. Another officer shoots towards the assailant, but he uses the officer as a shield. The assailant reaches out and flips her pistol out of her hand and fires once, the other officer's head jerking back and he falls. Another 20 seconds and now all of the officers are dead in a mess of blood and organs. Guns sliced cleanly through. And now the assailant stalks towards Gyrich. The video has no sound, but its obvious he's screaming for mercy. We now get our best look at the assailant as he stands over Gyrich.
Small in stature. Pointed mask and boots. 3 claws extended from the back of his hands.
Before Gyrich realizes the other has moved… his head rolls away from his body. The assailant looks over his shoulder… and then in the direction of the camera, staring at it hard and long with an angry scowl and gritted teeth… and he then moves towards the darkness as lights are seen approaching.
"As clearly we can see, Trish, the attacker has been identified as the mutant known only as Wolverine. A known member of the underground militia unit the X-Men. The blades on his hands were able to rend flesh, the concrete and armor. There is speculation that this attack was a statement by the X-Men after the assault on Charles Xavier." a pause "Back to you, Trish."
The picture goes back to Trish Tilby, who seems to have to gather her thoughts before speaking. "John Carter at the scene. Washington D.C. is now in lockdown as the manhunt for Wolverine is underway. Schools have closed, Capitol police have locked down all federal buildings. Roads have been closed. We must stress.. if you see the mutant Wolverine, do not approach him. He is to be considered armed and extremely dangerous. Call the FBI or the capitol police immediately after you seek proper shelter."
Jean just stares at the screen as it goes to commercial, and she then just slumps back into the chair. Her features are pale as she stares at the screen, not even seeming to be in the room at the moment…
