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Two years ago, in the 620 Universe, human and mutant relations seemed to be getting better on the planet Earth. That was until the horrifying events that occurred six months ago. One fateful night, after a long absence from the limelight, Magneto appeared above New York. Finally driven to insanity, he unleashed an attack on New York which killed 2.5 million innocent civilians both human and mutant.

The X-Men, Fantastic Four, Avengers, and any other hero in New York City fought Magneto and his Brotherhood back and stopped them from doing any more damage. This was not the end of the conflict. SHIELD, a United Nations sanctions organization, found Magneto and his Brotherhood to be a threat. When Magneto and his team fled to the Island of Genosha, SHIELD unleashed several Sentinels with a seek and destroy order. The citizens of Genosha would not allow for their leader to be destroyed. Five million mutants died in this conflict as Genosha was scorched and left for rubble. Magneto was presumed dead.

Despite Magneto being presumed dead, the human vs. mutant conflict was escalated to the highest peak. Mutants were hunted. Children were cornered.

It was time for the X-Men to act. For many years, the Xavier Institute served as a home and school for children and teenagers who desired to learn about their abilities and train to be X-Men. No longer. To look impartial, Charles Xavier stepped down as head master of his school and appointed two opposing mutants as headmasters: Scott Summers and Emma Frost.

The Xavier Institute (or "Academy X" as newer students call it) is now open to all students as a safe house. Even if students don't want to become X-Men or even if they did not share the Xavier view, the Xavier Institute would protect and teach each student equally.

"Academy X" is now open to everyone.

Over time, those students who joined the Xavier Institute as a safe haven grew to learn their powers and skills. Some teams end up more ensnared in the danger than others. Some by chance, some on purpose. They fight on the front lines defending their lives from villains such as Sugar Man, Fitzroy, Mystique, Mr. Sinister, and the Hellfire Club, Belasco, and the Shadowking... they take their blows and stand strong. No longer are they simply students, but they are becoming something more... they were becoming X-Men.

Trouble doesn't find them. They find trouble.




What to do in your character's first post, if you are a brand new character, and haven't posted before:

All new characters will have been a student at the Xavier Institute for six months to a year. Because they have shown exceptional skill above their peers, they will be promoted from their student team to one of the Junior X-Men teams (this was assigned to you upon application approval.) The first post of the character would have them talking to either Scott Summers or Emma Frost about their promotion. Their dorm room would also be moved to the area where the Junior X-Men students are housed.

What is the difference between the Alpha and Omega teams:

Technically there is no difference between each team in the school; however, the Alphas are traditionally the "good guys" who believe in Xavier's ideals. The Omegas are traditionally more rogue/bad boys and fall more into their own ideals of how things should be done. This is not always the case, though. You don't HAVE to make your character take those views when on either of those teams.

Alpha wears a black uniform with blue detailing. Omega wears a black uniform with red detailing.



Previous Story: Story XVI [16 & 17] - Limbo & Vacation

The Alpha's and Omega's went through one of their most...Difficult trials to date. The black magic demonic sorcerer Belasco conspired with the Shadowking to merge Limbo, and Earth into one hellish and brutal dimension of chaos and fear. Belasco also wanted to create his own demonic army to rule this new world...Children of his own, hybrids, holding all the strengths of humans and demons--But without the weaknesses. He ordered the Shadowking to abduct Narcissa Lucania, the leader of the Omega's after a small skirmish in which he felt her power from across dimensions. He had gone through many other human, mutant, women-- But none had survived the conditioning.

The Alpha's and Omega's, with the help of Forge traveled to Limbo with two main goals. One, the most important, to stop Belasco from destroying their home-- And two, to save the stolen Omega Leader.

They fought ghostly Shades, that fed off of a persons soul, red demons that Belasco heartlessly controlled, and priestesses of his castle. The Shadowking ultimately betrayed Belasco and left the demon lord to die when facing Knoxx's squad...Many of the Junior X-Men were injured, but in the end they seemed to have prevailed... Belasco was injured gravely with his own Soul Sword, presumed dead, by a partially insane Solaris. This immediately stopped the ritual he was attempting to perform during an eclipse... His magic was all about blood, and with his, the ritual ended. It did not have the power it needed to proceed... Illyana, Magick, appeared in the very end to clean up the mess that her long time nemesis created with many of her people in tow... But first, she sent the wounded and beaten X-Men back home.

Because the Academy was destroyed previously, and only mere hours had passed in Earth time while the two teams were in Limbo-- Ororo and Professor Xavier decided that the two teams, once healed, needed a vacation.

The Alpha and Omega teams spent a few days on Catalina Island in California-- They had some good times, and some rather interesting experiences thanks to the courtesy of an unknown enemy. These circumstances did cut their vacation short, but most-- Are glad to be home.



...........Two Weeks After Returning From Vacation

The Academy has since been repaired from the destruction of Limbo. Classes have actually been going smoothly for a week. The school is still investigating the poisoning of the Alpha & Omega teams. None of the other teams suffered any mishaps while abroad. Students that have been participating in High School courses at the Academy are completely excused from their absenteeism, and are given credit towards what they’ve missed for the work they did in saving the world. They are also offered remedial courses at their own pace to catch them up on what they have missed. Elder students may attend, or may already be attending the Warren Worthington sponsored Frontier University. It is about a half hour drive, a newly built building not far from the Institute and is open to the public. It is the first college to offer open enrollment to mutants, as well as to offer them grants.

Elder Xavier students are not REQUIRED to go to college, if they are over the age of 18. They can choose not to go at all, or to ‘take the year off’. But they do have the option to go part or full time if they think they can handle the work load, though the advisors to recommend part. The Professors are both mutants and non-mutants that are screened and tolerant of those with the X-Gene. They are also informed of when the Junior X-Men will be out for reasons beyond their control, or will be unable to attend classes due to injury—The teachers will send summaries of what the student missed via Email, and needed assignments. (All Academy Students and Junior X-Men are supplied with lap top to be used for school/recreational purposes.)

The college does offer remedial night classes to Xavier wards who have fallen behind. They can either attend the class, take it online, or follow independent study.

(A college schedule is TBA—The Academy is still our main area to RP in.)

The Xavier Institute is shiny and brand new. There is little sign of the damage that occurred from the demons. The craters in the lawn have been filled, and new sod has been placed. Everything that was destroyed looks as it did before the demons arrived to destroy it all, if not better. There are a slew of new students, and many that may or may not know each other… There are many things to do, especially shopping, as many students might have lost many of their personal effects in the attack.

Things are relatively calm, normal, especially after the strange Vacation they’d all had… Which some of the students do and do not remember clearly... What they seem to remember truly depends on the student. There isn’t much in the way of evil going on and fighting, but the students still do have training and power related classes to attend— Which they will be notified of when they are to occur.

Omega: Feels good to be in a place called home.

Billy was glad he could spend sometime with someone and have it not be too awkward. He hadn't been walking out on teh beach in years and he couldn't remember the last time he opened up to another kid his age. So he smiled openly and continued his conversation with Raine. It was almost like twenty questions. But that was okay, because that's how you figure a person out. At least that's how it worked for Billy.

When they got down to the white cushiony part of the sandy beach, they both slipped of their footwear. Billy dug his boney toes deep into the sand and wiggled them around. It was cool but warm from the sunlight. It sent a shiver up his spine, the good kind that told you this felt nice.

Raine kept to the sand, standing opposite the water having Billy walk in between. He figured it must be because of her power. He didn't know much about her or what she could do, but basic science told him that water and electricity don't make for a happy couple. Not a safe one anyway. Billy didn't mind getting wet. He was wearing shorts and the water only splashed up to his ankles. The ocean breeze was light and calm, slightly wisping his hair.

"Super speed is cool. I like to be fast. I like the rush, the adrenaline pumping through you", he replied to Raine's comment on his own unique power. "The only sucky part is having a super fast metabolism to go along with it. I don't sleep and I eat twice as much as your average obese american." he said thinking that he might have revealed too much about himself. Being a "fatty" wasn't attractive by any means. But in his defense with a metabolic rate of ten body builders, Billy could pass for a highschool swimmers build though he was never on the team. Billy laughed lifting up the mood. "But hey, I can tell ya what's on all the channels at night." He kind of felt like he could relate with Raine. She can never enjoy a pool, the waves at a beach or even a gentle rain shower. And he could never enjoy the comfort of a bed at night, or even dream.

Two weeks later and home at last. Billy already missed the beach, but was just as equally missing having his own room.

Two suitcases were sitting on his bed and everything was neatly arranged. All that was left was to through a pile of clean clothes in the corner and it'd be like home. For the first couple weeks it smelled like a fresh cleaning chemical after the maid had left a hotel room. Now Billy craved a mint chocolate. A couple twenty dozen or so.

Massaging his tummy, it roared more sustinance. Billy threw his head back on his bed where he was lying down. He let out a little grunt of frustration. Getting up he sped to the hallway and stopped to make sure the road was clear before proceeding to break the no running in the halls rule. A second later he arrived at the kitchen. He glanced over the clock in the room; it was almost time for lunch.

Zipping away and into the main eatery their lunch was just finished being prepared. "Oh. Hi Bella," Billy said with a smile. She waltzed away to grab a brownie. He giggled. "Don't mind if I do." he said grabbing a plump chocolate delight.

Alpha - Forever so Humble There's No Place Like Home

Two weeks later Jack wasn't a Jolly giant though being the approximate of home, was a relief. He was kicked out of a bed shared and avoided up till this point by Kerrigan who seemed to have a toggle switch for him between love and hate, and currently flipped towards hate. She said a bunch of things to just get him out of the room, and he for the most part was just confused. It went so far that he recieved the omega leaders "Death Glare" to stay away. Which worked for the most part when the two were together. But Since the redhead had a super athletic body and the blonde hated sweaty smelly people places like the gym or track offered some room to try. He did, sometime he didn't sometimes she'd just pretend he didn't exist or that nothing happened and walked away. It wasn't cool.

He functioned well enough, and didn't seem distracted, but the world is cursed with those who have intuition and one fine team simulation today, one of those offered to be a muse. Raine from where Jack was towering, was a good person, they didn't really talk or hang out but then again it seemed to be Jack's way. He was best buddies with Christian bu the two never seemed to be in the same place at all. Well the invite to lunch sounded good. Walking towards the respective shower and locker rooms they walked down towards the elevator abit and she managed to draw out of him that something was wrong.

Jack was naturally honest, so for the likes of Raine to get something out of him wasn't much effort on her part. He related how the Vacation really didn't change his feeling, they were there, and the fact that they were drugged didn't really change it. He woke up next morning still in a loving good mood. And since they were told about being drugged Kerrigan seemed to take it as just that, that the drug manipulated everything.

Stepping out onto the right floor he and Raine walked close together, mainly because walking side by side with him in a crowded highway made it necissary. Into the Lunch room he fell behind her for the lunch line and took his usual double servings. When he followed her to a table, he was half expecting for a number of other people to walk in and sit with them. It wouldn't surprise him.

It has been two weeks since vacation has been over. Since Dimitri wasn't around before vacation, he didn't notice any spectacular changes to the academy. He wasn't aware of the demon attacks or the transportation of dimensions. Dimitri just noticed that they added a few things or some things looked better than they did before he left for his vacation. Since coming back, he felt displeased...angry... Maybe if he was more aware of his situations and his environment could he have gone a different route. He wasn't sure what happened that caused him to act that way at the beach(or maybe he just forgot like the other events that happened at the beach). All he could clearly remember was him seconds away from harming Raine with his powers. This only encouraged Dimitri to follow his code, his rule even more and to take a few classes that would help him against this; because events like what happened at the beach were only going to happen once.

It didn't even matter if Raine was able to avoid it without harm send a projectile to clash with it, or even absorb it; after all Dimtiri only saw a small taste of her powers. He broke his number one rule and he was not even aware of it. As if he was being some puppet dancing around with strings for someone's enjoyment. Only Dimitri was determined to find out who was responsible for this and instead of play with their strings, he would cut them.

At nights it was like he had a v.i.p ticket to relive the few weeks after Hawaii. Dimitri kept having dreams of himself unleashing his powers against his best friend over and over again, only to switch off to him unleashing his powers against his teammates, his peers. Even one dream where after all of these years, he finally found his sister, standing beside Warp. He would run with tears barely holding their ground before they would drop from his gorgeous eyes and give her the best hug a brother could give a sister....only for her to scream in pain as he body was incinerating, melting, only leaving a big blob of lava in front of him. He would scream out his sister's name but that only caused him to wake up in sweat, and a high heartrate. It was good that he had his own dorm room otherwise his parnter would likely be annoyed that the playboy can't have a proper dream.

The next week the dreams begin to go away slowly but slower than his anger did. The more he thought about it the more he wanted to train, become stronger, faster, more durable. As a result, he took a few classes in the subject of mutant courses that would enable him to do so. The gym at the academy was always his home but he needed to expand. One of them was Telepath and Psionics I. Sure, the didn't involve messing with the mind first for it was in the atmosphere, but Dimitri figured perhaps if his mind was stronger, perhaps he could have been a better defense. Plus he was certain he would meet telepaths in the future that would want Dimtiri to do their dirty work for them. Taking this class was to make sure that would not happen.

Plus Emma Frost was just so damn hot and gorgeous.

The next mutant class was Telekinesis. Dimitri saw this class as another way that he can improve his mental strength. With telekinesis he could use it as more of a primary power, making him able to work with teammates. Though he mostly saw this as, like before another way to improve his mind and to help him with telepathy as well. So in a way, the two classes will help each other. Dimitri was well aware that at the end of the day, a nap had turned into a priority rather than whether he felt it or not.

Now it was lunchtime, and Dimitri was seen walking towards the cafeteria with his lunch contained in a bowl in his left hand. It contained brown rice, well done steak with delicious steak sauce and some sliced tomatoes. Made by the playboy and was certainly better than the food that was at the cafeteria. Mostly because they had better nutritional value and he knew where it came from. And one does not look as good as Dimitri by eating brownies and cupcakes on a daily basis. Entering the cafeteria, he immediately noticed Raine and thought about the attemps he made to apologize to her but haven't had the time to do so. He was thinking maybe over dinner at his place; after all he did have a dorm room all to himself and could cook up dishes that had women coming back for more.

"So when do we get another vacation?" Dimitri asked everyone jokingly as took a seat along with the rest of the crew. "I mean don't get me wrong i LOVE doing classes that take up my precious time but i think the crowd wants to see us in bikinis,flip-flops, glowsticks and party hats."

Alphas: Fish don’t taste so great coming back up; Missing class and lunch

Hoshi shifted on the countertop as she waited impatiently for Molly to finish opening the tuna cans. a jaw cracking yawn caught her by surprise and another headache forced its self upon her. A wave of nausea made her dizzy and she threw up on the kitten sitting next to her as well as Molly’s hands. She slid off the countertop and slunk up to her room, where she proceeded to hurl all over the floor. She curled up in a miserable ball on her bed. Hoshi’s stomach rolled and protested all night long, making it hard to sleep.

TWO WEEKS LATER

Hoshi woke up with a deep yawn and stretched. She eyed the suitcases lying on the extra bed and groaned. She’d moved into her new room several days ago and still hadn’t unpacked. Rolling off the bed, she extended her wings to their full length and flapped once. With a sigh, she retracted her wings and went to shower. Once back in her room Hoshi brushed out her hair until it was mostly dry. She then spent the next half hour putting part of her hair up in elaborate braids and leaving the rest down. Glancing at the clock she swore. It was nearly noon, which meant she’d slept clear through morning classes. She grabbed her book bag and ran out into the hallway. She raced towards the stairs and spotted Emma Frost. Changing directions, she leapt over the banister, extending her wings to slow her fall.

All Hoshi remembered about vacation was eating the goldfish and biting Emma Frost. Needless to say, she’d been avoiding the omega’s adult leader like the plague. She landed gracefully on the first floor, retracted her wings and jogged down the hall to Mr. Summer’s office. He was on the phone and she waited patiently by the door. After a few moments he hung up the phone and smiled at her. “How can I help you?” he asked, keeping the desk between them. Hoshi found it a bit odd, but shrugged it off. “I overslept by a lot and missed all of my morning classes. I know we had a test in your class at least- is there any way for me to make it up?” she asked. Mr. Summers frowned at her. “I want you to go get checked out by Jean please. This is the third time since we got back from California that it has happened. I want to be sure that the virus isn’t still affecting you.” He said with a serious look. Hoshi nodded soberly and turned to go down to see Jean. “Oh, and I’ll let you make up your test but I’m taking ten percent off your grade if nothing is wrong.” He added. “Eat lunch before you see Jean, alright?”

Hoshi passed Kerri in the hallway and waved absently. Entering the cafeteria she scanned the room for her teammates, having decided on her way there to get much closer to her teammates then she currently was. She grabbed a tray and loaded up on food, then joined the Alpha’s as the new boy made a crack about taking another vacation. “As long as it doesn’t involve goldfish tanks I’m up for one.” She said, making a face then grinning. “I’m Hoshi and in all the craziness of the last few weeks I didn’t catch your name. welcome to the Alphas, if you haven’t been welcomed already.”

Omega - Lab to Cafe to Grounds - Life in Technicolor

Madison rubbed her eyes, pushing up the goggles she'd been wearing. Latex gloves were tossed in the bin opposite her, and the laboratory smelled of formaldehyde. It was a scent she typically enjoyed, knowing that it meant dissection in one of Dr. McCoy's classes. She'd been trying to catch up in all the classes she'd missed or skipped. Beast wasn't the type to press her about it, but she never liked to fall behind. it may have been her own fault for taking so many difficult classes, but then again she needed every one of them.

Today, the smell that filled the room only enhanced her headache. She'd been getting them more frequently since they'd gotten back to the mansion. Maddy had been having a psychic here or a healer there dull the pain for her, but it didn't seem to stop. Normally she only got this sort of pain when she trained to hard, but she couldn't use that as a reason-- she had hardly been training since returning to the mansion.

That had been more of her decision than anything. she couldn't remember a damned thing that had happened the last day of vacation, but she'd heard enough accounts of it. She would blame it all on the drugging or whatever it was that had happened to them all, yet she wanted to stay away from Narcissa. Like... very, very far away. She'd been avoiding Forellen, in a more regretful way, and she'd been avoiding that other random girl that she couldn't recall evermeeting [Blair]. She'd been avoiding Vallon too, for reasons that she could remember. It was back to an antisocial Madison, and she hated it.

Barefooted, the girl stepped out of the lab after packing up the alien fetus she'd been dissecting [which were good for studying circulation]. the smell ofpreservative clinging to here, she made her way up in the elevator, into the kitchen where she made a slight nod to Kerrigan. Grabbing a soda out of the refridgerator, she went along to the front door, kicking it open. herfoot closed it on the way out, and she popped open the soda.

The ground was cold, the air reflecting the season. She could imagine what it was like back in Boston. Some trees might already be changing colors, the cold blowing up from the water, passing all over the city. maddy yawned, took a sip of the soda, and realizing she didn't want it, left it on the front steps.

The mansion surely was rebuilt, but her feet could tell the difference, at least where new dirt and grass had come to replace the craters made by... hell.

Maddy continued on, arms rubbing one another for warmth. She hadn't been bothered by wearing a tank-top before what with the heating and wearing a lab coat. She had goosebumps, and was letting her feet carry her to wherever the pleased. The girl ended up at the edge of the woods, slumping against an older pine. It stlll showned scorchedbark, a singular remneant of the battle before. Leion might have been able to spy on her from where he was, but she had no knowledge of him. Her eyes closed, and her head tilted down tiredly.

Alpha: Back home again...joy..



Bianca had spoken her team to Dominik at his request before sleep took her. She fell asleep sitting up and so naturally her body slumped against Dominik after a moment or two. Thankfully she didn't drool or snore or the situation would have been very uncomfortable. The next day went by in a blur as they were sent back to the school leaving Bianca confused as to what happened the day before. She remembered talking to Dominik as the drug had been out of her system by then. The rest of the day however was a complete blur. However she was able to fill in basically what had happened via the text she had sent her brother. The first thing he asked when texting her back was something along the lines of. 'What the hell happened? You fell in love? WHAT?!' Along with some other equally embarrassing things. She had hid the feeling and from the questions with a simple. 'Just kidding.'

After a day of insisting when he texted back that she was indeed just kidding he stopped asking her for the truth. Though knowing him he didn't entirely buy into that. Oh well at least he stopped asking questions. Bianca was very thankful for that and their conversations slowly returned to normal though the situation had her really embarrassed and very confused. She wasn't entirely sure what had happened to her to make her act the way she had but it was very confusing for her. Did she like other girls now? Or did she like guys? She had never really been entirely sure to be honest though she had never really been interested in anyone romantically either. Till her team leader at least those feelings had almost completely vanished. Sure there were still some lingering things and she felt heat rise to her cheeks oftentimes around the woman. Still that was normal given the situation right?

How much Bella remembered was unknown and other than the needed interactions she had avoided the woman for the time being. Well avoided everyone really. Her days were fairly busy as she kept herself busy and therefore they didn't leave much time for her to think or dwell on thoughts of the past. When talking to Dominik she had been so sure she had two friends but now she wasn't even sure if she was remembered or not. One thing was for sure. She had not been herself as what she did remember she wouldn't have done normally. Including snuggling with anyone that had a boyfriend or girlfriend. If she were in a relationship and dating the person in question then yes snuggling or cuddling or nuzzling or whatever else it was called or there was would be acceptable. However Bella was certainly taken and they were certainly not dating.

Thankfully her heart didn't continue to skip a beat when the woman spoke or anything of that nature so friendship was not out of the question. However for now the situation had her too embarrassed to even actively sneak something so simple as that. She had entered the cafeteria and got a plate of food that she probably wouldn't really touch before having a seat off by herself. Sitting there in silence she spared a short glance to the table where so many of her teammates were before looking back at her plate. There would be plenty of time for socializing and getting to know her teammates later. For now she just wanted to be alone. Resting her elbow on the table and her chin on her head she played with her food absentmindedly. As a stray hair fell into her sight she brushed it behind her ear before going back to playing with her food. Maybe she would take a bite after a few more minutes.

Omega: Lunch time woes.

Billy's lunch tray stacked up pretty full. He subconsciously always grabbed a lot to eat. He guessed it was because he was subconsciously always hungry. Two brownies, two bananas, one apple, one salad with three extra servings of chicken and two packets of honey mustard dressing, a large glass of water, and one bag of low fat baked lays potato chips. Billy felt content with todays choice of grub. He wanted to switch it up everyday so he wasn't pigging out on the same thing.

He got a message from his new friend Raine to join her at lunch. He had sat at a table with some of the other kids and sometimes Raine too, but was too shy to speak up in any of their conversations. Being the new guy Billy sort of hid in the background until he felt it was safe to come out to the natives. He was early so he grabbed a seat at one of the bigger tables and waved at Raine as she walked in interlocked with Jack. "Hey!" he semi-shouted. He gave her a joking glare, bringing one of his brownies up to his mouth and took a bite.

Raine and Jack came over taking their seats next to each other. She seemed intimate with him and he wondered if they were a item. Billy just smiled and gulped some of his water. He caught Karrigan out in the corner of his eye. He watched her for a moment while she picked out her lunch. Her face hardened as she looked in his general direction. He stopped chewing when he figured out that there was some jealous animosty brewing on campus. It made Billy smile like a school girl getting the latest gossip. He wondered if he should be eating with Cissa and the rest of the Omega crew. He felt it important to have comradery. But he he also felt it important to befriend the Alpha's as well.