Lee laid in bed just listening to the sound of Kalts voice. Its was something that he could grow use to hearing every morning. For Lee it was always the same thing, go to a night club flash a little money, pick up some supermodel type woman, leave the next morning before she could awake. But this, this right here was something Lee really liked. Then she dropped a big one. Wow Lee thought to himself as she asked about meeting family. This right here was a first for him, he never really met his own family let alone someone else's family. As Lee was going to reply to Kalts question, the sound of the alarm began to go off through out the mansion. Lee quickly rolled out of bed in nothing but a pair of black silk boxers and peered out the window. Six or seven men in full swat gear where running across the Lawn.

Lee turned to Kalt with a worried look on his face. Lee seemed to be more worried about her then he was for him self. From the sounds of things there was movement going on in the halls. Lee opened the door with a bald up fist just incase people have already entered the mansion. To his surprise it was other residents making there way down the hall. "Listen were new here but these people seem to be going someplace in particular so put some clothes on and follow them. I need to get something in my room and i will meet up where ever everybody else is going." Lee said to Kalt gave her a kiss on the top of her forehead and quickly got dressed before leaving.

Lee Arrived in his room only minutes later and peer back out the window. "Shit, Victor don't have people like this on his payroll so it cant be about the painting." Lee reached under his bed pulling out a black duffel bag and reached in grabbing a sleathed katana and sprinted down the hall way full of kids. Lee stopped in the living room where it seemed to the meeting point for what was going on. Lee looked over everyones head trying to spot on Kalt. "Kalt, Kalt, Are you here?" Lee moved through the room trying to fine her till he turned around and just baled his fist of with anger hoping nothing happen to her, and she would make it safely to the same place he had arrived at.

Raphael was enjoying Victoria's company out in the garden, small talk had carried them along till the sun had completely faded and the blue sky had been replaced with a black canopy. A rustle of movement near by caught his attention, moments before a general bleeting alarm pierced the otherwise silent and beautiful night. A dozen or more small worries blazed through his mind as he sat up, alarmed. He glanced over at Victoria, his primary concern right now, then around. It would seem they had not been discovered yet.

"This is bad..."He murmured quietly, more to himself than to anyone else. Sirens and the like he could handle. Those indicated someone was there to take someone else away... this alarm meant that someone, or something, was making an attack on the Mansion. "I'll be damned if they steal this new home from under me." He muttered angrily, getting to his feet. Raphael's hand extended towards Victoria.

"Listen, and listen close Victoria... alarms mean only one thing, somethin' bad's happening." He felt he needed to explain the obvious. "We need to get back to the mansion. Inside there we'll stand a better chance of..." survival? ambushing? victory? "protecting the others." he finished, "Keep your head down...... scratch that. Make yourself invisible, keep your head down.... and don't look if I get into a fight with one of whatever is here." He states, his voice loosing emotion as his speech carries on, becoming cold, and calculating as he slipped into his fighter-self. A personality he only let loose in the ring.

"Ready? Lets go... follow me, keep yourself outta sight... I'll protect you Victoria." He said, though without looking at her. He's kept his eyes shifting, searching the garden around them for movement, and ears straining for the sound of boots closing in. He took her hand, gave it one squeeze, and a quick peck to her cheek, then turned and moved away, no more than a couple steps ahead, and in a half crouch. His target, the Mansion and their safety.

Jaguar, walking down the halls to the livingroom to see if Fade was still there, reacted immediatly when the alarms sounded. Running outside, he passed several people running in the opposite direction. As he burst through the doors to the outside he stopped, and then turned around. Dangit! Forgot my uniform! When he made it to his room he changed and ran back outside. When he was at the gate he stopped, and began methodically ripping his skin off. When he was done he was no-longer a man in his late thirties wearing a trenchcoat, but a 10 foot tall albino were-jaguar, wearing a trenchcoat. "It's go time!" He then relalized that everyone else was inside, and ran back inside, feeling foolish.

The day seemed to melt away while Victoria and Raphael chatted in the garden. She couldn't have asked for a more beautiful place to be or with more perfect company.

She was so taken in by their conversation that when the alarms started blaring over the property, Victoria was startled.
"What on earth?" Was it a motion detector they set off or was someone attempting to break into the mansion? Before she had time to think, she saw the shadowed figures closing in on them and Raphael stick out his hand to her. On the inside she wanted to snap at him; she knew full well that

Entirely frightened by the situation, Victoria took Raphael's hand and silently looked around as she tried to focus on the words being spoken to her. Being distracted by the intruders to the point of only catching every other word Raphael said, one did call her attention.
"Wait, what? You want me to do what exactly?" She paused briefly to grab Raphael's attention with her eyes before they made a mad dash again. "You know as well as I do that I can't do that...wait, Raph?" Her mind clicked when he spoke of fighting. They had already established that he was a fighter, but now wasn't the time to fight...at least not yet.

"I'm not going anywhere without you, Raph! Let's get back to the mansion!" She grabbed his hand down and with determination pulled against him, heading for the front doors.

Kalt's feeling of complete contentment was shattered as the alarm rang out through the mansion. She sat up straight with her sheets wrapped about her body and watched Lee as he looked to see what was going on. Kalt saw people running down the hallways and after Lee left Kalt dressed as fast as she could. She did not like the idea of being separated from Lee at a time like this and would have worm holed herself to the livingroom if she wasn't so afraid of running into someone.

Once she was dressed Kalt ran to the livingroom to find Lee. For a few moments she could not see him but then Kalt heard Lee call her name. Kalt could see the worry on his face and inspite of what was going on she felt a bit of gladness settle in her heart to know that someone cared for her so. Kalt made her way to Lee and wrapped her arms about him and said,"Don't worry, I am right here." Kalt reached up with her lips and gave Lee a quick kiss before letting her gaze sweep the room to look for Tricity and see if any orders as to what to do had been given.

*Tricity ran down the infirmary hallway, which contained most of the 'adult' bedrooms. She barged through the doors and found most of the students were out of bed and helping one another out of the room. There was no one seriously hurt enough that it would take many hands to move. She saw Janie was hopping out of bed with a cast around her ankle. The DocProf took her hand and waited for everyone to exit, Tricity holding the doors open and instructing them down into the living room.*
"DOC!"
docprof: ""God, are you ok? Where are the rest of the X-Men?"
"I...I don't know. I think they might have gone after the stone and Whitmore is attacking us because of it, but more likely he was planning to do it anyway."
*Tricity pulled Janie into her arms and closed the door once more as the DocProf was the last to leave. She told him to round up everyone downstairs as she checked the rest of the bedrooms in this hallway.*
"MIKE?! DARIA?!"
*She pushed their door open, but it was empty. Tricity tried the next few doors, but none of the other X-Men were in their dorms.*
"Dammit..."
janie: "Ms. Tipper, what's going on?!"
"It's ok, Janie."
*Tricity turned the bedroom handle of the last door which belonged to Kilala and Ruben, but it was locked. She put her body weight into it, trying to break the door down. After the third try, she and Janie phased through the doorway, and Tricity stumbled over her footing. She looked at the little girl who smiled.*
"Thanks, Janie."
*There was no one in the room. Tricity nodded at the little girl in her arms again and they phased through the door. She quickly jogged down the stairs to the living room again and saw most of the house had gathered.*

"Everyone needs to be absolutely silent RIGHT NOW!"
*The murmurs began to die down, as a window in one of the upstairs hallway shattered. A few of the children screamed in fright and Tricity's heart skipped a beat. They needed to move fast. She handed Janie over to Katie, a 17 year-old girl with the ability to shrink any object, including herself.*
"Katie, take the children to the Danger Room and into the basement area. You know the procedure. JOHNATHON?! John, are you here??"
*After a few moments of silence and then the sound of a loud banging at the front doors, Tricity assumed he was with the X-Men too.*
"DAN?!"
*The 20 year-old mutant who had the power to control a bright beam of light from his eyes and slight telepathic ability, stepped forward.*
"Dan, take the back of the line and follow Katie to the Danger Room. If anythiing should happen, contact me telepathically. GO! Hurry up!! Children, follow Dan and Katie!"
*They all scrambled along and went down the hallway. There were only a few of the older residents left.*

"I'm sorry to do this, all of you. Normally I would have backup and wouldn't need to request this, but if you decline I understand completely and you can join everyone else in the Danger Room. You aren't obligated to help."
*Another crack to the front doors and then the resounding boom indicated they had both fell finally. The soldiers who had crashed upstairs had made it to the top of the steps. Tricity pulled a surge from the wall, spinning around, and shocking the three men. They convulsed and fell to the ground unconscious. The electricity in the room began to flicker in her anger. She turned back around to face the others.*
"Anyway...I need all of your help to defend the house. Will you help?"
*Tricity waited a few moments and looked over the faces of the others. They all nodded and said 'yes', waiting further instructions. She nodded with appreciation and sincerity at their will to help.*
"As you can see, they're making their way through right now. I'll be taking the living room and dining room. I need the rest of you to take different areas of the house, in teams. Kalt and Lee take the kitchen and those surrounding hallways. Raphael and Victoria take the hallways on the second floor. Jaguar and Fade take the hallways on the first floor, but stay away from the front door. Emerald and Axel take the library and those surrounding hallways on the first floor. DO NOT separate!"
*They could hear the quick steps of the organized men running upstairs.*
"Take care of one another and don't be the hero. I'd like us all to make it back...I don't need anymore funerals."
*As grim as she was being, it was from the bottom of her heart. Tricity couldn't take another fall of their home and any more burials and memorial services. If anyone else died...*
"There are walkies in every single closet of this building. I'm sure most of you have noticed. Each of you take one and turn to channel 2 so we can all keep in touch. If you're in need of help, don't hesitate to tell me, and I'll send reinforcements. I'll see you all soon...let's get rid of these bastards."
*Tricity smiled slightly to give them some form of hope as she began taking all the surges in the room, which eventually caused the lights in the living room, the connecting hallway to the dining room and living room, and the dining room go out. She waited for the intruders as the others began to disperse.*

(OOC: So, from here, everyone will break into your teams and have at the NPC men. They are very organized as a S.W.A.T., miliatry type would be. Two guns at least; one automatic assault rifle and a handgun. Night vision. A dagger or knife. Gas and flash bang grenades. Walkies. They're all highly trained men and they come in teams. Most of you wouldn't and shouldn't go toe-to-toe with these people, especially if they are in groups. They aren't easily taken down, so make a good fight with them! You don't have to end your fight with them in one post. We can dedicate at least two or three each to the fighting as separated groups until we all regroup once more for some surprise enemies. Here are the teams once more: Kalt & Lee to the kitchen and those surrounding hallways; Raphael & Victoria to the second floor hallways; Jaguar & Fade to the first floor hallways away from the front door; and Emerald & Axel to the library and surrounding hallways. We are still keeping the ORIGINAL order though. So kick some ass! Jaguar, you can post your charrie coming into the mansion again as everyone is gathering downstairs and preparing for what to do before breaking up into teams and rping about the fight. Emerald, you're up next.)

(((Go team! LOL))

Emerald morphed into her wolf form as she began walking to the library with her 'partner' AxelPike. Considering the fact that the lights were out Emerald relied on her Wolven senses to keep herself away from any danger.

"Freeze Muties!" Two Swat officers yelled at Axel Pike and Emerald.

Emerald groaned inwardly before letting out a feral snarl. "Axel you take the guy on the left I will take the guy on the right." Emerald barked, as the Swat Officer on the right aimed a hand gun at her.

The she wolf broke into a sprint within the library, avoiding the bullets that wizzed through the air after her. She whipped around and charged at the Swat guy leaping at him with full primal fury, but she wasnt expecting a dagger to be stabbed into her shoulder so hard that it came out the other side.

The wolf stagger backwards and gave a howl of pain, She snarled again before morphing into her human form. The dagger still stuck out of her shoulder but she didnt care as she began to fight with the swat guy in hand to hand combat.

The other swat guy took out his automatic assult rifle and began shooting at Axel

Axel heard Emerald yelp, looked, and saw the wolf with bloody great blade stuck in her. Axel winced, then turn saw..
A swat guy aiming his gun at Axel.
"Oh Shit!!" said Axel, he quickly stepped behind a doorframe, just as silenced shots were heard (they are muffled), and the deadly bullets zipped past, narrowly missing him
'oh shit oh shit oh shit, i could die!' thought Axel. (he is NOT in his golem form, yet)
'Only one thing to do..'thinks Axel.

He yells out, "Tricity, im sorry about this!"
He crouches down, behind the doorframe, facing the SWAT guy on the other side. He clenches his fists, arms extended toward the floor, and concentrates at maximum strength (as one would when one's life DOES depend on it)
He hears the Swat guy approach, sweat begins to drip off his head as he struggles to pull off what he has planned..

The guys foot is seen from Axel's side of the doorframe..
'This is it' thinks Axel.

"nnng-AARGGHHHHHHHH!!! - " shouts Axel, he opens his fists and throws his arms above his head. The SWAT guy turns towards him and aims his gun at the shouting mutie, just as the floor beneath him begins to rumble ominously for a second..
The gun is aimed, everything is like slow-motion.. his finger moves towards the trigger.. the floor creaks violently..

the boards break, and everything goes nuts - at the one spot, where Axel had been concentrating on, the floor boards were blasted away, ballistically spiralling away as splintered fragments.. the floorboards so violently forced to move, by a 25ft pillar of earth which shot up through the floor with such undeniable power as could be compared to the Niagra falls.

(slow motion over)

"Sorry Tricity.." muttered Axel again, looking up at the ceiling as bits of wood, plaster and insulation and bits crumbling dirt rained down for several seconds.
A trickle of blood oozed down the side of the pillar, and one the Swat guy's guns fell to the floor with a clatter.

'Here's my chance to get a golem form' thought Axel.
Using his power again, he made some odd gestures at the pillar and a 2 metre tall by 1 metre wide block seperated from it and moved about three ft forward. Some of what remained of the pillar above crumbled a bit, and some earth dust showered down for a moment.

'Gotta make this quick', thought Axel
He shut his eyes for a moment to envision his golem body he was about to make.
He brought his hands together, open and touching at the wrist, to his chest, then he opened his and extended his hands, seperated them and whirled them around through the air as though sculpting a statue from air.
As he did so, pieces of dirt began to fall from the block of compressed earth, gathering speed, faster and faster..
Finally, there stood a perfectly shaped statue of a bald man, surrounded by a cloud of dust.

Axel heard more Swat men in the room nearby, silence would only keep him safe for so long. He hoped Emerald was ok

Making haste, Axel drew his knife from somewhere on his person, possibly a sheath concealed in one of his sleeves, and almost in a ritualistic manner, made a cut in his left thumb. Stepped forward, smeared the blood the trickled from his thumb onto the chest; head; arms; and legs of the golem, then stepped back, knelt, then bowed to it.
Axel's neck bagan to glow blue, then the glow spread, and his whole body began to glow the same eerie light blue. The mansion, already dark from the dead lighting system, became even darker, as though to accomodate this new light which had become present.
In the space of about three seconds, he became nothing but blue light, he was no longer distinguishable as a human, no features where visible, only light then the mass of light gathered, and rose up, and fired its entire self into the golem.




The golem glowed with the blue light for a moment, then returned to its earthy brown, and the rest of the light in the mansion returned to normal.
Axel opened his golem eyes, and looked down at his golem hands. After a quick check to make sure everything went well, he thumped off back around the doorway into the room where he and Emerald had been. It was eerily silent. Then he heard a growl and walked (thump, thump, thump) into the next room, and saw that Emerald, still with the blade in her, had cornered a Swat guy who had somehow lost his guns.

The swat guy, more than a bit concerned by the enraged wolf, looked up for a moment when another movement caught his eye.
He a saw a walking statue.
The poor guy, must've been new to the Swat life, apparently he wasn't exactly expecting to face these creatures, his face was a picture of fear, with a few cuts on it, probably from Emerald.

The wolf Emerald growled some more at him.

Axel lumbered over to him and looked down into his face.

"Boo." said Axel

The guy let out a whimper of terror, then slumped down, fainted.




They heard some more groups running about, and then some shots were fired again.
Axel winced as a volley of bullets peppered his back, making small chunks of dirt fall off. He turned around to face the enemy.
There were about three of them.

(OOC: Shine you're up next because Fade hasn't posted in her alloted time. Fade you may post unless Shine does so before you.)

Lee glanced up and saw Kalt from the other side of the room. As she ran closer to him he he began
to think twice about his idea of leaving her by herself. As Kalt approuched Lee the two embrassed with
a hug and a quick kiss. Lee was still a little worried about what had been going on. Men that he had know
idea were after him and the thought of Kalt getting hurt was something he was ready to accpect.
Tricity gave the orders and everyone was off. As Lee was walking down the halls with Kalt the two heard
the sound of men fighting. Lee began to think twice about this. ' Why in the hell am I here? I pretty sure I
could just walk out this house and never have to think about anything again.' Then as he talked not paying
attention to where he was going and kinda bumped in to Kalt. Looking over at her and taking taking her
hand Lee realized this is why he was still in the mansion. "Ya know, the two of us could probly get out of
here and never have to think twice about this place." Lee said to Kalt. Just as the words got out his mouth
Lee's Third Eye ablity kicked in and Lee saw a man coming around the corner only two steps ahead of them.
Lee pushed Kalt to the said cause he seen her being atacked in the vision. Just as kalt hit the wall 2 S.W.A.T.
members came rushing around the corner.

Grabing one and hitting him with his sleathed Katana. Lee attacked the other hitting him with a spinning round
kick. Lee looked to be handling the two pretty damn good. As if he new every move they were gonna make
befor even they did. Then it happened. Another attacker came in to the picture. All Lee wanted to do was protect
Kalt and get them to the hell out. Lee didnt really care about this place. He was here for a job and he did his job.
Now he was here for Kalt. Lee new something was coming and used all his ability he had left to see a
running down a hall with a M-16 pointed at Kalts back. Unsleathing his Katana Lee hit both S.W.A.T members
giving himself enough time to react to the sistuation. "KALT!!" Lee screamed trying to warn her just incase
he couldnt make it in time. Lee flung his Katana across the room hitting a man dead in the neck and killing
him instantly. As the katana peirced the mans neck a sharp pain hit Lee in the back of the head.
With everything happening all at once Lee never seen this attack coming. On of the S.W.A.T. members stood
behind Lee after hitting him in the back of the head with his 9mm. Lee turned his head towards Kalt and screamed
RUN as his body went limp and he hit the ground.

((OOC: He sorry it took me so long to post. UM saturday im leaving for school starting monday I should be able to
still post but im not 100% sure sometimes the army throws you off in the middle of no where for school. but i kinda
nocked my char. out just in case i cant post didnt wanna just leave anyone hanging with mybody on they shoulders.
but yeah if i can post when i get der I will let everybody know...if not i should be back at the end of aug.))

Raphael led the way to the back doors, pushed the knob and threw himself in. He held the door only long enough for Victoria to get inside, and then slammed it behind her, ramming the dead bolt home before leading the way down a crowded hall, against traffic.

He could hear Tricity’s voice coming from the living room and made his way there, just as she was announcing team pairs and locations. He nodded, silent and slightly grim. He knew he could handle himself in a fight; he had done so many times before. And several times against he had fought very experienced hand-to-hand specialists in the ring, and more than once he had tangoed with a pistol using punk in a street brawl. He was confident he could drop a S.W.A.T. fellow before he knew what hit him. What did concern him was protecting Victoria as he did so, protecting her from both bodily harm, and from the harshness of a close combat fight. He worried as much for her physically as psychologically. He had killed before, and seen some gruesome things since running away from the boarding school; and he certainly did not want to subject Victoria to such things.

Raphael led the way again, back out of the living room and to the nearest set of stairs and up them. He spoke quickly and quietly as he moved “Victoria… there’ll be a fight, several maybe… and we’ll have the advantage, surprise. These goons prolly ‘pect we’ll jus’ roll over and give up. Expect us to all be jus’ kids… I don’t want you to be hurt, infact… I’d prefer if you didn’t fight at all…” He cast a sideways glance at her as they neared the top of the stairs. “We’ll both come outta this live an’ kicking… I’ll see to that…” He stopped talking, as he heard footsteps around the corner; S.W.A.T. members had already taken their hallway station.

“Stay here.” He directed Victoria, then without a moment’s hesitation he moved around the hallway, sneaker encased feet a fair margin quieter than the combat boots of the S.W.A.T. pair ahead of him. He moved quickly, and relatively quietly, the pair apparently distracted by the noise going on through their radios. The other adults must have been doing their jobs. Raphael figured it was his turn. He shouted as he closed on the men. The S.W.A.T. member on the left turned first, and caught Raphael’s fist to his throat, the power behind the blow crushing the man’s larynx. He fell choking and coughing to the floor, grabbing at his throat, he would die shortly after.

Raphael’s green eyes lacked any emotion as the man fell. He felt no guilt, these men came into his new home, and threatened his new way of life. And worse of all, they threatened everyone in this building. The ones he had quickly come to know, and deeply care for.

A torrential rage passed through Raphael and he found himself exchanging blows with the S.W.A.T. member still standing, as three more filed out of a bedroom, hearing the noise he was making. ‘Shit.’ Was the only thought to go through his mind as the other members trained rifles on him. He then grinned realizing that the narrow corridor prevented them from squeezing a shot off, for fear of hitting the man he was currently going fisticuffs with. This would be difficult but not impossible. “You will all regret entering this house.” He said, voice cold, crisp, and absolutely drained of emotion. His right fist pummeled into the man infront of him, then he unsheathed his left elbow blade, and sent the man’s arm off at the elbow, blood splattering the ground and wall. Raphael gripped the man infront of him, crouching down as he went limp, and used him for a shield. He hoped Victoria was not watching, or if she was, she had made herself invisible. For now he had to worry about his own skin, and the three other pissed off S.W.A.T. members bearing down on him.

((OOC: I'm movin' tomorrow... if my turn runs up before monday, skip me. I won't likely have access to a computer with internet access before then. Take care all!))

(OOC: So, it seems we are skipping Shine and Deltoid everyone. Please take note of this and keep to the order!)

As Jaguar exited the livingroom with Fade he made a carefull check of his mental walls. They would hold, but he needed to see someone that could help him soon.

~Don't be so sure of yourself, bucco. I might just break out.~
~And maybe TV's will fly.~

"Alright Fade, lets go."

As he and Fade walked down the halls he listened for the sound of trained men's boots marching in unison. When he turned the corner 5 swat team members in full gear turned and pointed guns at him and Fade.

"Freeze and put your hands in the air!"

Jaguar stopped walking and put his hands up. He then unsheathed his claws.

"I said freeze!"

Jaguar smiled, and jumped into the air, doing a couple of frontflips before landing infront of one of the guys and clawing him in the face. he then grabbed that dudes gun and shot one of the other people before running full tilt on all fours at the other guy and uppercutting him violently and turning around, blood dripping from his claws. "Who's next?"

(OOC: im in trouble with my dad, so i might not get the computer for a week. If i dont get to go on for 24 hrs of my turns, thats why. but don't skip my turns, because i want a chance.)