Empty Quarter: Back Into Africa

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Val Cooper arrives at the mansion with a request for the X-Men, complete with a message from the President. When she tells them what's going on, Ororo, Kurt, Lorna, Nathan and Jim all find themselves very disposed to be helpful.

( For it's Tommy this an' Tommy that, an' 'Chuck 'im out, the brute!' / But it's 'Savior of 'is country,' when the guns begin to shoot. )

Kick It Up: Yoshi's Story

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Backdated to Thursday afternoon. Shiro has a lunch meeting with his friend Yoshi, who doesn't show. After a little bit of searching, Shiro finds him in the same situation he was in last week. And this time, he learns the truth and tries to help.

( When I'm Kicking, it's like everything's turned up . . . It unlocks potential. )

Log: Scott and Jean

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The other part of their honeymoon. After the fun in the sun (far, far away from the school), Jean and Scott stay with Philip and Deborah long enough to get permission to steal borrow their plane and get Jean some important closure.

( It was really more just a place to sleep than a home. )

( I was terrified when I woke up - no idea who or where I was. )

( Thomas, right? )

LOG: [Forge, Marius] Arrest

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Forge and Marius in the Medlab, Thursday afternoon.


( Explain it to me so I can understand )

Empty Quarter: Sirocco

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En route to Mauritania, Ororo checks on the one member of the team she's worried about. (Astonishingly, it's not Nathan.) Jim gets some words of wisdom from Ororo's own experience.

( 'No, when the fight begins within himself / A man's worth something. )

Nathan's the one who turns the table and reassures Ororo as they head towards their LZ.

( The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. )

Ororo creates all the cover they'll need. Under the cover of a sandstorm, she and Kurt make for the training barracks, deal with the guards handily, and begin transporting the children to the Blackbird.

( Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out. )

Elsewhere in the storm, Nathan and Lorna make rather more of a mess to add to the diversion. They find the two ex-Mistra targets and subdue them and some more guards. It doesn't go quite as smoothly, but the mission is still accomplished.

( None but yourself who are your greatest foe. )