Here's the main villain reveal for Season 2 of X-Men: Standing Guard! Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Sinister!
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-A loud explosion sounded. Chunks of light-blue and white wall were thrown inwards. Bookshelves were knocked down. Smoke filled the air. Laura and Jullian were knocked against the wall and fell to the ground. Laura coughed and dragged herself behind the overturned study desk the two had been standing next to. Jullian hauled himself next to her.
"What—the hell?" he demanded. "Is this someone's idea of a prank?"
Laura snuck a peek over the desk before ducking back down. "Five men, one leader, four guards. Not a typical school shooting."
"Very observant." Jullian noted, almost unconsciously saying it out loud. "What do we do?"
"Stay down." Laura ordered. "Give me a moment."
Laura reached up and tapped her ear comm once, twice, three times, then three more times for slightly longer, then three more short taps. S O S in Morse Code. Every member of the X-Men knew it. She tapped her ear comm a total of three times (for maximum chance of the others receiving the message), and let go.
"Stay down." Laura urged. She glanced around the corner and got her first look at the attacker. He was tall, with white, burned skin and exposed muscles. She could see them at work as he overturned a table. He had a small remnant of smooth, black hair on his head, his eyes were dark and glowed with a red energy. He was dressed in black pants, red shirt, and a white lab coat. His four guards were probably hired guns, all dressed in ski-masks and casual clothes, sporting heavy assault rifles.
The hole this man had blown in the wall was large enough for a car to drive in. It opened into the main road. Shops glowing with "OPEN" signs and deals displayed in their windows lined the streets. People were panicking, running about. One man came out of his store with a gun, but the white-skinned man's guard shot him down in the street, arousing screams from a group of schoolgirls huddled in the corner.
"Ladies and Gentlemen! My name is Mr. Sinister!" The white man spoke. Groups of children were huddling about the doorway, glancing inward. Laura was wondering what was taking the X-Men so long to get here.
"Now, I'm not here to hurt anybody…much…I'm just here for some mutants."
