xp_logs | Entries tagged with p: chicago is burning

Safely away from Ben's grandma's burning house, they regroup. Ben is offered a place to stay - Chicago isn't a viable option. Madin, who had tagged along until now reluctantly asks to come along too.

( You can come with us for a time or we can get you to where you want to go, whatever )

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Quire, Havok, Dust and Skin, with Madin tagging along, head to the site of the police disturbance.

( You asking us three to kill the police while Dust extracts Match? )

Meanwhile, in the house

( Time to talk more later, but we need to get out of here now. )

Outside the house, a plan to remove the threat is made.

( We've got to get the cops away from here before they get up the nerve to go in )

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After last night's events - and Eve's murder, Ben decides to say goodbye to his grandmother as he now feels there's no way at all that he can stay.

( Going back home after so long was much easier than he'd thought it would be )

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Following last night's dog shelter break in, X-Factor (and friends) finally have a lead on the missing boy, Ben.

( They reckon there's nothing for them up here )

Madin leads them on an exploration of the Chicago tunnels.

( Question is, are they just out on errands or are they gone gone? )

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Following the granting of Shatter and Postman's final wishes on the surface, Eve's takes the group in a drastic and sudden new turn.

( You don't think she'll actually, like, hurt him, right? )

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Madin encounters a naggingly familiar face at the foodbank.

( Bullshit they're not weirdos. They live in a sewer. )

Postman and his crew come to a tough decision about what to do next. He doesn't see staying on there as safe after Eve botched the alarms on the convenience store raid.

( My dog. I can't leave my dog. He's been in a shelter ever since I -- )

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X-Factor (and friends) reach out to their contact in Chicago looking for Ben Hammil.

( We're good at finding people like that )

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In Chicago, a group of mutants who have turned away from human society rob a store. Among their ranks, teen runaway Ben Hammil.

( I'm going to die. It's so cold. )