Kaiten: The Sun In His Eyes

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Ororo and Jean are the first ones on the scene when Scott has a serious powers accident in his office. His optic blast has turned itself back on, and a frantically worried Jean isn't sure why - until she starts to review the last few days with her husband, and realized that something happened on the Preservers mission in Portugal.

( Time to leave. )

Scott and Pietro

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Before Scott heads off to the containment facility, Pietro stops in to see him.

( You're just not satisfied unless you're the center of attention, are you, Summers? )

Tower of Babble: Arrival.

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Amanda, Doug, Marie-Ange, Sofia and Wanda approach the dig site. Well before they arrive, they come into range of the mystery communication problem. Almost immediately, Doug realizes he's the only person who can be understood, and the implications of what that means he'll have to do.

( A stone's throw from Jerusalem, I walked a lonely mile in the moonlight. )

Meanwhile, Mark, Pete and Remy arrive in Syria to investigate. For Pete and Remy, the warnings about the local 'issues' are old hat, but for Mark, it's something new.

( These are the works of man, This is the sum of our ambition. )

Tower of Babble: On the Scene

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Amanda, Marie-Ange and Wanda venture into the ruins to get an idea of what the heck is going on. It's too bad it isn't quite as easy as "Crawl around in the underground tunnels with flashlights." Trap-filled ancient ruins that might be the source of a major communication breakdown are the pits.

( They say a city in the desert lies... )

Back at the camp, Doug is already hip-deep in conflict. The archaeologists and UN troops aren't getting along at all. Already high tempers rise, and Sofia steps in.

( The vanity of an ancient king... )

Still in the ruins, the trio journeys on, finding that the ruins are extensive, and well-guarded. Rocks fall, but no one dies. At least it isn't snakes.

( But the city lies in broken pieces... )

Not everyone at the camp's tempers are up. Some of them are just melting down from the stress of not being able to communicate with anyone.

( And I have never in my life // Felt more alone than I do now. )

One bored DJ/Receptionist/Mutant Rights Activist plus one bored adjunct equals smoking, kvetching and bartering for souvenirs.

( Where the wind howls and the vultures sing... )

With Amanda exhausted from her shield, the women rest for the night aside an underground river.

( And every star a grain of sand // The leavings of a dried up ocean )

Everyone is having a rotten night! Mark's souvenirs and bartering with the adjust comes back to haunt him. In the jail-shaped way. The bad Syrian jail shaped way.

( Although I claim domination over all I see, It means nothing to me )

Kaiten: Call Me Miguel

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Where did Angelo go, anyway?

( I'd've thought that window would creak. )