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To: [x-men]. [x-force], [xfi], [eXcalibur]
Subject: Re the abrupt X-Jet departure yesterday

As most are probably aware, I keep several background alerts for any sort of content on the internet that might be relevant to the mansion, either in terms of threats or mutants in need of assistance.

Yesterday was something of a twofer - a video titled 'mutant vs men in black' popped up from a phone in rural Nebraska. It featured a young woman in a blind rage attacking what were clearly well trained and well-equipped professionals of some kind. As soon as the video popped up, I also became aware of a concerted effort to remove the video and any related content from public view.

Given the time constraint, and the fact the young woman had a very distinctive set of metal claws, I alerted Kyle to gather whoever he could so that we could assist. An impromptu team consisting of the two of us, Logan, Madin, Maya, and Rogue all departed in the jet to Nebraska immediately. Once on the ground, we found out that the effort to remove the video extended to a comprehensive jamming of all outbound signals from the area.

We encountered a number of dead bodies as well as an injured Dr. Sarah Kinney. We got her stabilized and made our way to an airfield where what I assume was Weapon X personnel were trying to abduct Laura Kinney. We fought our way to Laura and then evacuated with her and her mother and returned to the mansion.

In somewhat concerning though entirely predictable followup news, the location in Nebraska is completely free of any trace of the quasi-military incursion or any indication that anyone was violently attacked. Someone is being VERY thorough about covering their tracks.

xp_hawkeye

Hey team -

Just a reminder that we've got a full system diagnostic scheduled for the Chapel (including the wormhole monitoring equipment) this coming Saturday night into Sunday. We're ready to go so far as redundancies for potential power outages (and switch overs) are concerned (backup emergency power as well as a duplicate system just in case), so it should go smoothly.

That said, if you're on the schedule for those shifts (Sat PM and Sun AM), please focus on the wormhole. Scott and Doug will be there to assist with potential issues and Molly's gonna have my back on hardware, just like always.

Unrelated: Has anybody else been getting exclusively prawn-flavored snacks from the vending machine? Because I like them as much as the next guy, but it's been three weeks.

xp_cypher

I received a text from Maya, with a yellow post-it note that was apparently put into her boot during the battle with the Marauders...and Wade Wilson.

I've taken some time to look at footage of the battle in France. As best as I can put together, this 'En Sabah Nur' that turned Marius Laverne into his Horseman of Death also may have managed to get hold of Wade. He was released against the festival to kill and cause mayhem as a decoy and distraction from Clan Akkaba's true goals.

I suppose the saving grace is that Malice and the Marauders bit on the fake as well.

It would appear that the reason that I have not been able to find Wade recently in searches is that he has taken to wearing a red-and-black bodysuit with full facial coverage. Whatever has been done to him has clearly amplified nearly everything about him - for instance, he took damage that in the past would have rendered him unconscious while his healing factor kicked in, and just got right back up to keep fighting.

The most troubling aspect of this, though, is that when he put the post-it (which is a message to myself and Marie-Ange) in Maya's boot, there is a moment where he clearly recognizes her and stays a more lethal attack, which suggests that under whatever insanity has been induced in him by this, there is still a part of him that is the person we knew before.

I will make all the video and my notes available to all for analysis - I know I'm not exactly an unbiased observer where Wade is concerned.

Topaz is bringing noodles, and then I am probably going to resort to whatever will let me get some sleep tonight.

xp_dust

I have had the chance to speak with our current guest in the Medlab.

Her name is Hope Summers and she is about sixteen years old. She was abandoned by her father in Salem and has been searching for him most of her day, till she came here in her desperation to use Cerebro and find him. She is still very upset.

Everything points to Hope being from an alternate dimension. She asked about a special gun for dimensional travel. She has been raised in her home dimension by her father, Nathan Summers, son of Scott Summers and Jean Grey-Summers, whom she calls grandma and grandpa. Her father goes by the code name Cable and is an agent of the Askani, a group of people who apparently protect dimensions from 'really bad things'. A psi with telekinetic and telepathic abilities, Hope described him as tall and big with white hair and she has asked us if we can help her find him.

We have located her backpack with personal belongs outside as well and she only carried a vial of hair on her person. It's purpose is uncertain for now.

She was open en informative when we spoke. I suggest we offer her shelter while we help her look for her father.

xp_hawkeye

In light of the recent, thankfully non-fatal, outbreak of an interdimensional virus here at the mansion as well as it's uncontrolled spread beyond the Chapel and the MedLab, eXcalibur is going to be shutting down the majority of non-essential work that goes on in the Chapel while we plan and then begin renovations to increase safety and security for the team as well as the mansion at large.

To that end, all scientific experimentation, lab work, studies, etc will be carried out in the mansion's main labs and we will be transitioning our offices into the branch of the mansion currently housing the Xavier Institute. Personnel in the Chapel will be kept to a minimum (ie: only the person monitoring the wormhole) while construction is underway. This will, of course, be temporary, however, please keep our new locations in mind should you have need of any of us.

The Xavier Institute has been kind enough to hire the same construction company that managed the Chapel's first set of major renovations for what we have coming up next. These new renovations will include an increase in security around the portal (threat analysis, containment, etc) in case someone or something drops out of the portal (like April did) as well as beefed up biological protective measures beyond those currently utilized in the mansion.

The spread of the Chimera virus highlighted the need for eXcalibur to have its own decontamination system along with isolation and quarantine protocols. We were lucky. Very lucky. Everything turned out fine, everyone got their powers back, and nobody died. We might not be so lucky next time.

The renovations are also going to include negative pressure rooms to combat airborne pathogens, quarantine pods, specific isolation procedures, and a miniaturized medical station that can be manned by any medical staff available and capable of assisting with any injuries sustained during the course of an away mission. This will prevent eXcalibur from having to go through the mansion with an injured, potentially infectious teammate.

If you have questions, suggestions, or concerns regarding what happened with the Chimera virus or eXcalibur's plans to continue renovating the Chapel to meet the team's specific needs, please let me or someone else on the team know. We want to make sure that we're as transparent about our intentions to keep everyone at the mansion safe as we can be.

xp_cypher

Darcy has not answered any texts or calls in the last hour. Her alert shows as in the medlab. I also can’t get hold of Laurie, who Darcy said she was going to check in on.

Can I please get an emergency teleport from whoever’s available from the new XF office back to the mansion ASAP

xp_cypher

Okay, so I think just about everyone knows that we have weird future shenanigans going on in the mansion. The deal is that they are here to prevent another person from there/then from murdering people here/now.

Grammar is frustrating when time travel is involved and this is me saying this.

We have a plan, we have a location, we just need people.

There's likely to be magical messyness, demons, spells, horrible mystical creature yadda yadda. We could use some volunteers who want to get their fight on.

xp_cypher

okay, i've gone through all the footage of the attack on the mansion. there was a guy waiting for tandy and sue (or whatever is riding in their respective bodies) who has been seen with tandy before.

our mark's name is cullen zephyr, see the attached dossier for everything i could dig up on him.

in addition, there's that whole 'automatic writing' with the ravens and runes that marie-ange has had going on. turns out it has also involved her texting pictures of ravens from local art installations to herself. so even if we didn't know from the hammer things, there is obviously a big asgardian aspect.

also the art installation birds had some runes that correspond to angie's doodling.

the asgardian word for 'brother' features heavily.

so idk what it all means, but yeah. imma go pass the fuck out now, i'm running on fumes.

xp_cypher

so, see the attached video of a fisherman going aggro in alaska

weird box, unknown distruction, and then vanishing

but get this

ANOTHER FUCKIN HAMMER

like the one cain marko had

xp_cypher

Well, thankfully I managed to get this off the answering machine before one of the younger residents played it.

(voicemail attached)

So, thoughts? Real? Trap? Really a trap?

xp_cypher

So Tarot sent out the offer letter to Clea.

And apparently regarding the interminable "center" v "centre" debate in the office...

xp_cypher

We're home, we got Clea and Topaz, yay alls well that ends well, etc etc yadda yadda.

Minor injuries only by my tally.

Just once. JUST ONCE I want us to find a dimension that isn't UTTER BULLSHIT kthxbai.

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