Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters, North Salem, Earth 10005

It turns out Warren and Karla didn't need to ask around for information. By the time they got to one of the common rooms in the mansion, people were already buzzing about a cure station in New York that had gotten destroyed in some kind of attack. Some people said it was a bomb, others said that it was a terrorist attack. It wasn't until Bobby (That was Bobby? Really?!) got back that they learned that it was a little bit of both. An old student named Pyro had blown up the building with his flames.

Worse was still yet to come. A little while later, Magneto himself came on the air on Fox News 5 to take credit for the devastation and deliver a message.

"Today's attack was only our first salvo. So long as the cure exists, our war will rage. Your cities will not be safe. Your streets will not be safe. You will not be safe. And to my fellow mutants, I make this offer: join us our stay out of our way. Enough mutant blood has been spilled already."

The video cut from Magneto's face to images of the attack: the protesters holding up signs saying 'No mutant cure.' The line of huddled figures, behind a ring of police protection, turning their faces away in fear or shame. Then the blast of flame through the windows of the building, clearly blasting inwards from across the street. Scenes of people, panicking, feeling, sobbing, dying. Dying from burns, from shrapnel, from falling and being trampled. A little mutant girl alone and sobbing. Police brutality against an unarmed mutant man.

And through it all, Magneto's voice continuing, repeating his message over and over and over again.

( Several hours later, more news arrived in the form of a much taller and less-smelly version of a person Karla and Warren had met once in a different universe. )

[NFI, NFB, written entirely by glacial_witch, who continues to be made of pure awesome. Ganked from that really bad movie, and we'll be continuing in the comments, because we're crazies like that.]

Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters, North Salem, Earth 10005

It turns out Warren and Karla didn't need to ask around for information. By the time they got to one of the common rooms in the mansion, people were already buzzing about a cure station in New York that had gotten destroyed in some kind of attack. Some people said it was a bomb, others said that it was a terrorist attack. It wasn't until Bobby (That was Bobby? Really?!) got back that they learned that it was a little bit of both. An old student named Pyro had blown up the building with his flames.

Worse was still yet to come. A little while later, Magneto himself came on the air on Fox News 5 to take credit for the devastation and deliver a message.

"Today's attack was only our first salvo. So long as the cure exists, our war will rage. Your cities will not be safe. Your streets will not be safe. You will not be safe. And to my fellow mutants, I make this offer: join us our stay out of our way. Enough mutant blood has been spilled already."

The video cut from Magneto's face to images of the attack: the protesters holding up signs saying 'No mutant cure.' The line of huddled figures, behind a ring of police protection, turning their faces away in fear or shame. Then the blast of flame through the windows of the building, clearly blasting inwards from across the street. Scenes of people, panicking, feeling, sobbing, dying. Dying from burns, from shrapnel, from falling and being trampled. A little mutant girl alone and sobbing. Police brutality against an unarmed mutant man.

And through it all, Magneto's voice continuing, repeating his message over and over and over again.

( Several hours later, more news arrived in the form of a much taller and less-smelly version of a person Karla and Warren had met once in a different universe. )

[NFI, NFB, written entirely by glacial_witch, who continues to be made of pure awesome. Ganked from that really bad movie, and we'll be continuing in the comments, because we're crazies like that.]