Family Ties (open)

[tokra]

(read Insurrection at the ruinds first, or you won't get what's about to happen)

Tokra enjoyed the woods, among swimming and working out. Having the ability to turn into a rock form tends to make one more into the earth then normal. He didn't mind it, mainly because he spent more time out doors during his life then anywhere else. He made his way out to a clearing and stood there, staring at the sun. He smiled, placing his hands in his pockets.

"Well...well...well...Tokra Genji, what a pleasant surprise." a cold voice said behind him.

"Huh?" Tokra turned towards the voice, seeing a strange looking man in black with long silver hair coming from the woods.

Giving a small chuckle, the man stepped a few feet closer to Tokra. Tokra took a few steps back, having no idea who his man is, but having the feeling he wasn't good.

"How do you know my name?" Tokra asked, "And who are you?"

"My name...is Cain." the man said, "And I know you very well. You look so much like your mother."

Tokra's eyes widened and his jaw dropped. How could this man know his mother? Nobody in the town he lived at resembled this man. Maybe they met during their travels out of the town?

"H-how do you know my mother?" Tokra asked.

"I know your mother, Tokra, and your father to." Cain said, a cold smile growing on his face, "That is...I did know them."

An unknown anger began growing inside Tokra as his hands slowly balled into fists. Why was this guy laughing? And what did he mean by he did know his parents. Finally his eyes widened as the memory of his parents came to him. The last time he saw them, their bodies battered and broken, lieing in pools of blood on the floor.

"No...no it can't be. You can't be him!" Tokra said. Cain started laughing, causing Tokra to become more angry.

"They talked about you for a while, Tokra, praying that I wouldn't find you. They begged some God to watch over you. Even as they breathed their last breath." His eyes narrowed as a cold grin grew on his face, "How pathetic."

"YOU MONSTER!!!" Tokra yelled.

With a roar that he never knew he had in him, he charged at Cain. Anger and fury causing his blood to boil, hungering for revenge. Cain just stood there, laughing at him, wanting to see what this boy could give. Tokra's body changed into his rock form, and he drew back his fist, hitting Cain hard in the stomache. Cain doubled over, giving Tokra the opportunity to hit him across the head. Cain crumpled to the ground, getting up and shaking his head, placing his hands no the earth.

"You're going to pay for their deaths!" Tokra yelled, bringing his fists up together and slamming them hard onto Cain's back. Cain yelled out and dropped to the floor.

"You're strong, Tokra, but you don't understand the depths of your powers." Cain said, breathing heavily from the pain he felt, "Allow me to show you."

Without warning, Cains hand shot out around Tokra's ankle. Tokra tried to pull away, but realised he couldn't move. He watched as Cain's hand changed to the same color and texture of his own body. Soon the change went to Cain's arm, then around his body as well.

"What the-" Tokra started, but felt himself being pulled from the ground by the leg Cain had ahold of. Losing his footing, he fell backwards and hit the earth, but continued to struggle against Cain.

"Do you know what you can do with a power like mine?" Cain said, laughing, "You can do things like this!"

Tokra gave a yell as he felt himself being thrown around the clearing. Smashed against rocks, through trees, and into the ground. All the while Cain stood in the center of the clearing, his lengthened arm throwing Tokra around like a rag doll.

"And this!" Cain continued, throwing Tokra into the air.

His fingers shot out at Tokra, the tips of them turning into large stone spears. Tokra turned over in the air, his eyes widening as he saw the spears coming at him. They drove hard through his shoulders, coming out of his back. He winced as he felt the spears go through, his body now being held up by Cain. Thankfully he was still in his rock form himself, but he couldn't hold onto it much longer. Not with what was being done to him.

"And let's not forget the finishing touch, Tokra." Cain said, laughinig again.

Tokra felt himself being brought down hard, the earth coming up roughly to meet him. Tokra hit the ground hard, his rock form now failing, causing him to feel the full force of the spears that held him. He yelled in pain, loud enough for the birds to take off from the trees. Cain smiled at his pain, drawing Tokra towards him. Tokra's eyes became blurry as he tried to focus on Cain, his parents killer.

"I have a message for your friends, the X-Men, Tokra." Cain said, staring into Tokra's eyes as they began to glaze over, "Tell them...the "insurrection" is coming, and soon there will be nothing left."

The fingers that impaled Tokra came out from his body, which fell to the floor. Cain moved Tokra's body with his foot, causing him to lay on his back. Cain bent down, smiling at him.

"By the way, you might want to get those wounds looked at. You could bleed to death from them."

Cain chuckled, then stood up and walked away into the forest, his body changing to it's normal form, his laughter echoing into the darkened woods. Tokra laid on his back, breathing slowly as the sound of his heart pulsed in his ears. He could feel his vision fading, the blood from his wounds slowly leaving him. He stared up at the sky as it began to disappear from his vision.

Ayden...Faolan...help...me...

Then all was black.

[jubilee]

((Since I play Ayden, and Faolan is linked to her, I’m putting him in this post just because I can and Ayden is gone.))

Jubilee was sitting in a tree, not far away when she heard screams. They sounded familiar. And very inaudible at that. She wrapped the piece of bubble gum in her mouth around her tongue before blowing a bubble, that popped on her face. She lipped the sugary mass back into her mouth and seconds later, soft padded feet sprinted towards her. She squinted in the distance and constructed a tiny ball of light, with illuminated a massive timber wolf sprinting towards the shouts.

Due to this, Jubilee could no longer fight her curiosity. She jumped from the branch, spitting her gum out after landing. She followed the wolf as closely as she could without making too much noise. When she finally reached the clearing. A boy was injured, pretty badly. To make matters worse, for her, she recognized him from the school. She reached into her pocket and pulled out a butterscotch and began sucking on it, knowing she would need the sugar if she were to help him.

Faolan, however, was not quite so cautious with his approach. The beast bounded through the bushes, teeth bared as he jumped over Tokra’s body and began snarling at Cain. Upon seeing this, the animal’s identiy became clear. It was the Professor’s granddaughter’s pet, Faolan.

Knowing what she had to do, Jubilee exhaled quietly, readying herself before bursting out into the clearing, bright lights illuminating the area in a blinding colorful flash, which advanced over the wolf’s head and into Cain, part of it slamming against his groin, another against his knees, and another against his face. She knew the blast wouldn’t kill him, but it might slow him down.

Faolan snarled at her before allowing her to link Tokra’s arm over her shoulder. In a matter of seconds, she realized this wouldn’t work and she shifted him onto her back. In the rear of her mind she knew his wounds would ruin her favorite shirt, but that wasn’t important right now. Now, she just focused on getting back to the mansion, using her cell phone to try and call anyone at the mansion who could help her.

[logan]

It wasn't long when they had propped Tokra up to be carried that the leaves in front of them began to rustle and move. After a few seconds, Logan appeared from the woods, having followed Jubilee's scent to this very spot. He was glad that he was able to pick up her smell, but wasn't sure of the animal scent until he found Faolan standing next to her with Tokra slumped between them. He looked bad, his skin pale, clothes ied.

"Jubilee, what happened?"

He began to grow more worried when he saw that only two out of the four him and Storm were looking for was here. Tokra and Jubilee were there, so was Faolan. But if the wolf cub was here, then where was Ayden? Faolan never left without her, and even the faculty often joked about him being her shadow. He wished he could say that now. He walked over and took Tokra off their hands by picking him up in his arms, even more worried that he couldn't feel a pulse.

"I'll take care of him, get back to the school and stay there. April and Ayden are missing."

[Head Administrator]

((Alice and Ayden... Not April XP))

[hank]

((one of those two lol))

[jubilee]

Jubilee heard a disturbance in the trees and ground her teeth together, truly annoyed that no one seemed to be cutting her a break. She was about to send another mass of light towards Logan, but Faolan didn’t seem too worried about whatever it was that the concealed. When Logan revealed himself, examining Tokra before asking her what had happened to him.

“I don’t know. There was some guy and he just beat the crap out of him. Tokra was screaming at him before, but other than that I don’t know anything, other than it was Faolan who led me to him. I though it was going to be Ayden at first.”

When Logan insisted that he would take care of Tokra, she was quick to protest.

“I’m not going back to the school. Whoever did this to him might still be out there and I can hold him off for long enough for you to get Tokra back to the school. Let’s face it, you’re faster and stronger than I am, but I can do this. Ayden and Alice probably need more help than I do. He could die out here, Logan. I can handle this douche bag. You taught me well. Trust me. I swear I’ll go back to the school as soon as I’m done, but Tokra needs to be taken back now and that can‘t happen if you‘re constantly getting attacked. I don‘t know who this guy is, but he‘s tough. He just doesn‘t know how powerful I really am. However, I gave him a taste. He would be dead if I hadn‘t though.”

It was clear Jubilee wouldn’t back down on this. Faolan yipped and rubbed up against her leg. Had Ayden been there then she could have relayed the message that he would stay with her and help the best he could. Jubilee smiled and rubbed the wolf’s ear before they both heard a noise.

“Go, Logan.”

She repeated before turning and advancing to the clearing with Ayden’s wolf at her side.

[tokra]

((um...would this be a bad time to say Cain left right after his assault on Tokra?))

[Head Administrator]

((My thoughts exactly... Cain already left the thread...))

[storm]

((Everyone here knows I'm blonde, right?))

[logan]

As much as Logan could appreciate the willingness to defend her friends, her stubbornness was starting to irritate him. Not only was students missing, but the brotherhood had been attacked, and their leader is lieing in the infirmary with one of his minions. Now some strange man has attacked Tokra and the Sentinels were activated again.

"Lee, this is not the time for heroics. We need to get everyone into the school and safe."

[jubilee]

Jubilee examined the area where she heard a disturbance, only to discover that it was just a scared rabbit that she had to keep Faolan from chasing. “He must have left because that wasn’t him. Just a rabbit. And I was just trying to be helpful. I wasn’t trying to be heroic. I was trying to be smart. You’ve no one to blame but yourself. You trained me! You should be happy that I’m actually learning rather than getting angry at me for doing what I was instructed to do.”

Jubilee stepped past Faolan, Logan, and Tokra, paying no mind to the wolf’s low whine. However, she made it a point to take her time getting back to the school.

[logan]

He watched as Jubilee began scolding him for scolding her. He knew she was only doing her best to help her friends, and he admired that. Tokra's was almost soaking his shirt, but Jubilee was taking her time going back to the mansion. He gave a small growl, looked at Faolan who just gave a small huff. He nodded towards the mansion and watched the young wolf take off. He then walked up to Jubilee and walked next to her.

"I know you were, kid, and I can tell you trained well, but we have more than who ever attacked Tokra to worry about. We need the students and mutants at the mansion so we can find out where the others are and how we can get them."

[jubilee]

It was clear to see that Jubilee was not happy. However, she had also learned how to take orders, but, since she knew Logan so well, it wouldn’t stop her from talking back. “You know, I do twice the work of any of the other students in Paragon and I never even get any credit for it. Most of them don’t even deserve to be in there, but they still are. Normally when everyone isn't in trouble it's because I'm busting my ass to finish everything that no one else is willing to do. I have the highest scores in the danger room, yet I'm not capable for one thing out in the real world. It wouldn’t kill you to have a little faith in me.”

She looked at Tokra, who was clearly in bad shape. Without waiting for orders she said, “I’ll go and tell Storm and Hazel about Tokra. Try not to kill him.” With that, she sprinted towards the mansion, her new found speed fueled by anger and the sting of hurt that she fought to conceal. However, as she ran, she could not keep the slightly illuminated tear from rolling down her cheek.

[logan]

"I have faith in you, Lee, more than you know, but I also need you at the mansion then out here."

He could see the hurt in her eyes and couldn't help but feel a little sorry for demanding her to head back. If anything he would've liked for her to stay by him and help fend off whatever comes out. When she ran off towards the school, he just sighed and looked to Tokra. The boy's shirt was almost red with and his skin was slowly losing it's color. Logan had to move, so he sped up and ran to the mansion the rest of the way.