X-23, Cannonball, Jubilee, Anole, Nocturne and her daughter Knightbird(Amanda) sat around the conference table.
Nocturne/TJ Wagner Proudstar's point of view.

Sam ask "What's the latest intel we have on the new Purifiers?"

Laura answered first "Nothing but rumors, all of the leads are being pursued."

I brush my daughter's jet black hair(just like her father's) back from her blue fuzzy(a trait she gets from me and my dad) forehead as I say "Humanity First making noise again the last few months now rumors that Purifiers or Sons of Stryker whatever they're calling themselves now, are back and buying weapons." I stop and shake my head.

Anole adds "It still bothers me that we never tracked down the last of the Hellfire Club."

Laura nods "I am also concerned about Kilgore being at large. I know Rogu…Legacy was kidding when she said to let him and Melinda Shaw kill each other off but the possibility of two rival Hellfire Clubs only adds more potential messes for us to clean up."

Sam motions for Jubilee to speak "Logan's Mandripoor connections and my vampire contacts are working overtime to get us info as soon as possible."

Sam follows up "She Devil, Spider Girl, Power Girl and our other New York City contacts are also helping with information."

Jubilee decides to lighten things up a little "Why am I not surprised that all of your contacts are women?"

Amanda looks at them a little off then smiles. I guess she never thought of Sam who is almost an unofficial uncle to her as having dated a lot.

Sam decides not to open that can of worms "Moving away from potential threats we've got some new students coming soon. Jason "Zap" Wilson electricity based powers, Derrick Taylor who has bat like mutations, Idie is letting Faith become a student here."

There is a mix of happiness that Oya/Idie was ready to at least partially re-embrace being part of the X-Men family and letting little Faith join that family but also uneasiness thinking about what Idie had been through starting before she'd been one of Faith's Five Lights and as part of the team, the split about 20 years ago between Scott and Logan and a few years after that what Daken had done to her as a way to hurt Wolverine.

"Anna Madrox will be joining us, most of you know she has healing powers, not resurrection like her mother's but also without the side-effects of Layla's abilities."

Jubilee comments "I feel a little bad for her, she has a big brother that can be in 5 places at once, she'll never get a date."

This brakes the tension with Knightbird laughing the loudest.

"One student that may need some extra encouragement is Travis Allerdyce, a lot of the students will know that Pyro was his father and we want Travis to know we believe in him."

Anole suggests "What about putting him in classes with Gertrude Shepherd? She has super villain ancestry on both sides of her family tree."

Sam considers it "She'd be able to relate to some of what he's going through, Scarlet Witch being her grandmother and Magneto great grandfather is a little different then it being Travis' father and most people don't even know about Molly's mother. It's a good idea though."

Sam taps on his tablet screen to remind him to have Gertrude or Leap Frog as she preferred to be called show Travis around.

Sam with some uncertainty continues "I talked to Havok, his son Christopher will also be joining us as a student."

Amanda ask "What's wrong? Why is him coming such a big deal?"

X-23 explains "The last name Summers is a lot to carry around here and so is being Magneto's grandson even if Lorna's name doesn't carry as much baggage as her half-siblings

I look to Amanda to read her reaction. She seems to understand and accept what Laura said. Not many people consider the fact that an alternate universe version of the Scarlet Witch is my mother and it doesn't seem to cross anyone in the room's mind.

"Let's see" Sam scans the screen for other notes he'd made for the meeting "Guardian Angel will be taking over most of teaching the new fliers. Warren, well Warren the third is passing the torch."

Jubilee grins and ask Knightbird "Amanda, when do the Worthington's get back from England?"

There are more grins and a few suppressed chuckles around the table, since everyone suspects a budding romance between Amanda and Warren Kenneth Worthington IV.

Amanda only makes a little bit of a sour face at Jubilee(who she could never really be mad at). "I think the middle of next week."

I'm pretty sure that my daughter knows exactly when Angel, Betsy and Kenny are coming back from Braddock Manor but decide not to tease her, at least not with the others around. Kenny is a good kid and he and Amanda had been friends for a couple years now.

I wonder again how John would have reacted to our little girl's first potential date and relationship, if he were still alive. A few days after I'd realized that Amanda had moved past childhood crushes toward a date I cried wishing John was still here to see Amanda now. Today I'm able to just smile at the thought of him putting on a scary girl's dad show when Kenneth eventually came to pick Amanda up.

Sam saya "Ororo and Wakara will be back by the end of next week. Storm's not sure if T'Challa will come straight back here with them or if he'll have other responsibilities to handle first."

My turn to update I guess "Celeste psy-linked me to Rachel, as long as that part of the Galaxy stays stable She, Korvis and little Jeanet will be back a few days after Storm."

Sam stands and says "Ok, Kitty and Megan should be back from taking the students to the mall soon. Peter can probably use a hand with the students that didn't go and we've got to make sure the dorms are ready for the returning students before Monday. Did we forget to cover anything?"

Laura starts to speak and catches herself and shakes her head no. A few years ago she'd have rattled off Lord Doom, the New Mandarin, MODOK 3, the Masterminds, the Reavers, the Disciples of Apocalypse and every other threat we faced. Of course a couple years before that a lot of the casual conversation and humor we'd shared in the last several minutes would have been largely lost on her.

On the way out of the conference room I put my arm around Laura's shoulder and give her a squeeze. It's ok if she doesn't know why I did it, she accepts it with a smile and as we separate she ruffles Amanda's hair.

Yeah, we've all come a long way.