<div class="floatleft">(http://i983.photobucket.com/albums/ae316/kckolbe/ewan-mcgregor-23299.jpg)</div><hr/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>  Name:</strong>       Sean Cassidy<br/>  <strong>Title:</strong>          Banshee<br/>  <strong>Affiliation:</strong>  Resistance<br/>  <strong>Location:</strong>   Los Angeles, near the museum.<br/>  <strong>Tags:</strong>         Katerina, Natasha, Jake <br/><br/></span></span><hr/><br/>They had been at a bit of a standstill, Sean, the kid, and the girl who could float rocks.  Jake seemed to be of the same mind, as he was focused on reassuring Katerina.<em>You really feel safe, or are ya thinking with your dick?</em>Still, his dick might have been right.  She...Katerina, seemed fairly non-threatening, and Sean had been hoping that things were moving past the standoff that this introduction had been mainly limited to.  She seemed to show concern for the situation, and everything about her screamed fear, but she was undeniably a mutant, and since all the enemy mutants he'd encountered lately had been in groups, he felt fairly confident she was not with them.<br/><br/>The voice from somewhere off to the back seemed to catch everyone by surprise.  This one, too, seemed less than confident, making Sean wonder if she, like Katerina, was another new mutant.<em>Was there a group of new mutants here?</em>Sean had headed to LA hoping to find a team, but that there been another school he hadn't known about?  If so, maybe there was hope.  Jake's hopes seemed more straightforward, and this time Sean had to agree.  His rations were pretty limited, mainly energy bars and other easily-stashed, dense foodstuffs, and soon it would soon be a lot harder to come by.<br/><br/>From there the conversation started bringing in more answers and questions.  It seemed Katerina, like Jake, had undergone the injection, and it seemed a safe bet that the hidden woman had as well.<em>How are so many of them getting away?</em>he wondered, but Katerina had questions of her own.  He let out a long sigh before answering, the kind that heralded bad news.  "The school is gone.  I saw the ruins myself.  I'm sure some other X-Men survived, but as far as I know the team is no more.  New York is under their control as well.  I came here hoping that this side of the country hadn't been hit yet, maybe stop the push from this side, but it looks like I've been beaten to it.  I imagine most of the midwest is safe, but major cities seem taken care of.  My guess is that everyone was just caught off guard.  The good news is that there are some decent teams overseas, specifically Japan and Great Britain.  If all goes well we'll get help from one of them, but we can't afford to wait for it."<br/><br/>It was at about that point that the one in hiding came out.  She seemed older, though likely no more familiar with her powers than the first.  "Doom is still pretty damn likely."  He smiled weakly, wishing he could say something more uplifting.