Mutants and Molotovs: Keeping the Peace

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Early on, Sam and Shiro are scouting for the team from the air, and have a brief confrontation with a pair of mutants caught in the riots.

( 3am: Where in the Sam Hill is the National Guard? )

Doug and Marie-Ange, accompanying one of the riot squads, help defuse a situation that could have turned very ugly very fast.

( 6am: Are they pro-mutant, anti-mutant, just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time? )

Bobby, working riot control with the police, is called upon to help corral a hydrokinetic bearing some striking similarities to an old friend.

( 10am: Haven't you ever heard of water conservation? )

Log: Remy/Wisdom

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Backdated to the day prior to Remy's resignation.

While hunting down links to his dead agents, Remy comes across Wisdom in one of Shaw's concerns in Hong Kong. Their meeting, expected, doesn't end well.

( This was two highly trained assassins doing their level best to kill each other now )

Mutants and Molotovs: Long Afternoon

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Noon, and the situation is far from under control. Ferrying the injured to the triage center, Kurt and Warren run into trouble. Seattle is not a good place to be a visible mutant today.

( 12pm: Angels of mercy or mutie police. All in the eye of the beholder. )

"Shopping" during a riot is very tempting for some but it can be risky business. Scott and Jean manage to discourage a looter without laying a finger on him. (And not just because Jean is telekinetic.)

( 3pm: Don't call her sweetheart, jackass. You wouldn't like her when she's angry. )

Seventeen hours in, and exhaustion's starting to take hold. Nathan and Wanda are swept together by the tides of the riot and do what they can to help handle an angry crowd, including one very hostile plasma projector.

( 5pm: Still too much red in the lines. )

Log: Remy/Betsy

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Also backdated.

Betsy is waiting when Remy wakes up one morning, and they discuss the reprecussions of Florida, the team, and his resignation.

( Seems all I needed was a short skirt and my winning personality )

Mutants and Molotovs: Into The Night

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Things slide further out of control, and Scott and Jean find themselves dealing with a mutant who's using the opportunity to indulge his pyromaniac side. Literally.

( 6pm: There are still people in the building! )

Jubilee, taking a brief break with the riot squad she's been working with, is overwhelmed right along with them when they're rushed by a crowd of rioters. Rescue comes from an unexpected direction.

( 7pm: So much for the mob mentality. )

At the summit site, Cain and Alison find themselves the ones holding the line. And a year almost to the day since the events that left her with a certain mental block, Alison breaks through it and rediscovers that aspect of her powers at the best moment imaginable.

( 8pm: Time for a magic trick. )

Mutants and Molotovs: Holding The Line

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A riot is, in many ways, an illustration of chaos theory. A chance event brings about a potential catastrophe, and the X-Men converge on the monorail track to try and prevent it.

What happens then will change one life forever.

( Sometime this afternoon: The butterfly flapping its wings... )

( 8:34pm: Ice and starlight. )

( Back-up! NOW! )

( Salvation from above. )

( Cheerleader valedictorian poli sci majors didn't die like this. Did they? )

( Open eyes, open mind. )

( Holding the line. )

( The truth behind the metaphor. )

( The one-eyed king. )

( All clear. )

( Soldiering on. )

Mutants and Molotovs - Hippocratic oath

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During the rioting, Clarice helps respond with RedX. Unsurprisingly, she has to deal with people from both sides of the rioting, but maybe, just maybe, she can get through to someone without violence. And a little glitter ;)

( We know we have to put aside our opinions and everyday feelings and treat all sick people in front of us. - Dr. Eran Halperin )

Mutants and Molotovs: Aftermath

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Back at the hotel, Forge, Marius and Jennie discuss the situation, get into the minibar - and then hear about the monorail.

( Unreal. This is worse'n World Cup. )

The riot, at last, burns itself out. Shiro runs into the young woman he encountered almost twenty-four hours earlier. Wanda and Nathan collapse at the hangar, while Marie-Ange and Jubilee long for showers and an hungover Manuel arrives with the other students from the hotel.

( Bangs and whimpers. )

At the hospital, Alex arrives via teleportation and finds Jean in the waiting room. Shared worry and apologies are on the menu for the evening.

( Where is he? What's going on? )

On the flight back, Cain plays pillow.

( Well-deserved rest. )

After arriving back at the mansion, Nathan finds Moira waiting up for him. They agree that there will be no more field trips for him, and he shares the news about Scott.

( Time to turn off CNN. Finally. )