The Lawn: A Show of Strength(Open)

[Cyclops]

Blam.

The sound could be heard from inside the mansion and across Breakstone Lake. A flock of colorful birds rose upward in fright from beneath the tree line along with a collection of pulverized dust. If might well have been the Forth of July for the explosion that erupted, almost as if a firework had misfired. But it was broad daylight. And it was no firework. Though it was man made.

Cyclops turned his face two centimeters. The barest twitch along his jaw was the only indication that he was expending any energy. That and the lifting of his hand to his temple to open the proverbial flood gates. A crushing wave of ruby energy fanned outward from his visor. It obliterated every thing in its path almost as if a giant red fist had reached out and punched the air.

Behind him one of the students clapped but he paid the youngster no heed. He simply dropped his hand and said, "Pull!"

A disk shot up and outward in a randomly generated arch. He could have used the Danger Room but sometimes he wanted something a little different. This simple game of take aim and fire had served him well through the years. Besides, sometimes it was just good to be outside. Scott twisted, his reflexes revealing a well-earned grace and agility as he fired at the flying target. The disc exploded to the satisfaction of the first student of Xavier.

[thedarkness]

Kasana grumbled as she was dropped off by a Weapon X Agent, he dissapeared into invisible mode once more as she looked around; So many people to devour and kill...but I have to fit in, find out their weaknesses. She sighed, seeing a Disc shoot in the wrong direction; she shot out a ball of darkness, smashing the disk with it as she dodged the scrapnel.

"What the hell was that...they're trying to kill me already..."

She made her way to where the discs were being fired from, "Fire four at the same time" she said to the student as they nodded; shooting four out at the same time, her eyes flashed black; a tentacle shot up out of the ground and smashed through all four. Whoa...

She quickly created a shirt out of darkness and slipped it on, hiding the hydra logo burnt into her shoulder bone.

[Cyclops]

Scott was a seasoned veteran by now. Not quite as stealthy as Logan but as close as it was possible for any man like him to be. He moved off the the side, circling around where he'd seen the attack come from. Using the Shi'Ar tech employed at the mansion he had been alerted immediately to the presence. He had no idea who it might have been but as in all things he was conscious of the need to be careful.

He was surprised to find the spot he had expected to find someone empty. Glancing out across the lawn he noticed a stranger talking to one of the students. His fingertips went to his visor. He fired at the discs but the stranger shot forth a tentacle that made quick work of destroying them. His ruby colored blast shot of into the sky only to dissipate out over Breakstone Lake.

He walked up to the woman and said, "Interesting ability you have there. Do you mind telling me why you are on private property?"

[thedarkness]

"I'm lookin' for a guy named Xavier...I heard this was a safeplace for mutants, obviously its some sort of facility to use mutants as weapons..."

She looked around, scratching her neck as she looked at the discs; they suddenly went flying out of the shooter, becoming rogue. They went flying towards everyone, she was using shadow fields to control them. Her stomach growled quietly, she watched the discs; sending most of them flying at Cyclops.

[Cyclops]

"I'm lookin' for a guy named Xavier...I heard this was a safeplace for mutants, obviously its some sort of facility to use mutants as weapons..."

Scott nodded, considering all of the options he could think of. Finally, his arms crossed over his chest he sighed and said, "It is a safe place. And we train mutants to hone their skills. What they then do with them is their choice. Our main purpose is to create responsible, able members of society."

The discs shot outward from the machine suddenly without his command to do so. He acted quickly, protecting all of them from being hit by the frisbee sized discs of clay. One by one he shot them down, his moves practiced precision and skill. He shouted out, "Turn off the machine. Target practice is over for the day."

Once that was done, he turned off his visor with a click and looked at the young woman besides him, "Who are you and why are you here?"

[Angel]

Warren was returning from the city when he noticed more commotion than normal coming from the school. He sped up, flying in a wide circle to avoid becoming a target himself. He dropped down, his body going vertical as his feet touched down.

He could see Scott being all 'I'm in charge.' He smiled as he walked over to them, "Glad to see that you chose to stop shooting things in the air. That could have been inconvenient to say the least." He grinned as he approached Cyclops, "Anything I can help with?"

[Rogue]

"You boys through messin' tha place up?" The southern tongued spitfire asked as she too came flying toward Cyclops. She'd been trying to take a nap. It was just something she liked to do some days, especially after a good sized lunch, "Can't a gal get some rest round here?"

She landed next to Cyclops and smiled. She and Angel had some history way back from her early years, back before she got her head on straight. These days she knew where she stood. It hadn't always been that way. Not at all, not even close. She put her hand on her hip and took in a deep breath, "Whose that woman? Don't tell me that ya already done scared her off Scott?"

[Cyclops]

Scott looked from Warren to Rogue. The woman he had just been talking to had simply vanished. One minute she was here and the next gone, almost as if she had faded into shadow. Her appearance here only heightened his curiosity. He just got the feeling that it couldn't be right. He shrugged when Rogue asked him if he had scared her off. He answered honestly, "I don't know what her story is. But whatever it is, I don't like it."

He looked over at the stack of discs waiting to be shot down and sighed, not really in the mood for that now. Still the day was young, "You guys want to go play in the Danger Room? I've got a couple of new programs from Hank I'd like to test out."

[Rogue]

"Sure thing. Ya done pissed me off by wakin' me up. Only right that ah hurt ya for it." She joked, patting him on the shoulder with a gloved hand. She smiled and said, "On tha condition that Ah get ta pick tha second program."

She laughed then, Hank had made her a couple of whoppers too. These boys didn't know what they were in for, "Ah'll see ya down there. Ah'm gonna get me some coffee first. 'Sides ya'll gotcha a mess ta clean up out here, dontcha?""

[Cyclops]

Scott nodded when Rogue went back inside. She was one woman you just didn't want to mess around with. He looked over at the Angel and grinned, "Ready to get our heads handed to us on a platter?"

"Oh but before you come down, why don't you clean up this mess?" Scott laughed before dampening the emotion with a tensing of his jaw. He left Warren standing out on the lawn as he went to prepare for the coming Danger Room Session.