X-Men

Prologue 3: The Underground

Disclaimer: I do not own any rights to the X-Men, or any related characters, so therefore, if I were to actually to publish this as my own stuff, I'd be up to my neck in legalities. This is, however, just a fan-fic, and nothing else. Enjoy!

The third team of mutants to be sponsored by the Xavier Institute for the Gifted is the stealthy Underground. They consist of Psylocke, Banshee, Siryn, Nightcrawler, and Blink.

Betsy Braddock, or Psylocke, is the team's leader. The fourth most powerful telepath in the world, she can create psionic daggers and kitanas that can leave her opponent comatose without leaving a single mark or scar.

Second-in-command, Clarice Furguson, or Blink, has the power to create interdimensional portals and can also "blink" someone, or something, temporarily out of existence using energy javelins.

Blue-skinned Kurt Wagner, or Nightcrawler, can teleport anywhere he sees with an explosion of smoke and a brimstone stench. This strange looking individual also has a long, pointed tail that can be used as another appendage. A master acrobat with limited invisibility in shadows, he has a mysterious tie to the villainous Mystique.

The oldest member of the team is the Irish Sean Cassidy, or Banshee. He has sonic abilities, which enable him to fly and emit sonic blasts from his mouth. He, along with Emma Frost and Ororo Munroe, teaches at the mutant academy.

At last, we see Theresa O'Rourke, or Siryn as she is better known. The daughter of the previously mentioned Sean, she has the same powers as her father. Spending most of her childhood in Ireland with her mother, she has familiarized herself with the Gaelic language, and is often the translator of ancient texts.

As sparse a team as they are, they function better in stealth missions than either of the other two mutant teams. That is why they are part of the Underground.