Things Are Starting To Get Serious

"This is all your fault!" Feral snarled at the Joes, X-Men and Misfits. "If you hadn't come here they never would have been taken!"

"Actually it was the Cobras' fault," Spirit pointed out. "And if we hadn't have been here more of you would have been gone."

"I hate to admit it but he has a point," Callisto growled. "Hey Red Hair, find them yet?"

"I can't scan anything," Jean was searching with her powers. "But I can't find them! Somehow I think I'm being blocked."

"They could have put telepath blockers on their victims," Low Light remarked.

"What?" Lucid asked.

"Little devices that make it impossible for telepaths to read one's mind," Spirit explained.

"Well isn't that peachy!" Scaleface snapped. "Here we are, lost three of our team and we know nothing about our enemies!"

"Not quite. I recognized Foresight's scent," Logan growled. "It's the same jerk who must have taken Jubilee!"

"And he wasn't working for Cobra that's for sure," Low Light remarked.

"In other words there are two groups hunting mutants now," Callisto spat. "Just like the topsiders to make our lives even more miserable!"

"We aren't all like that," Spirit told her. "Some of us are trying to stop it."

"Well forgive me if I don't jump for joy," Callisto told him. She then turned to Snake Eyes. "You I do believe. I think if any human can understand us, it's you."

"We'll do everything we can to bring them back," Ororo said. "I promise."

"Oh well that fills us with confidence," Feral said sarcastically.

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Meanwhile Magneto was speaking to Lorna, Mastermind and Lucas. "We need to get new recruits. That is the utmost priority."

"Sir," Mastermind spoke. "I've heard of rumors of another secret lab where Bolivar Trask is capturing and conducting experiments on mutants."

"Trask." Magneto growled. "Come with me Mastermind, you too Polaris. I will investigate this personally. Legion, you are responsible for finding new recruits." He left the room with the other two.

Lucas grinned. "That's going to be a fun assignment. And I think I know just the mutant to start with. I never did finish my conversation with the lovely Miss Grey."