Secret Invasion: X-men (The Milliways version)

It has been a very long day, and it is not over yet. Skrull are flooding the streets, the airwaves are abuzz with surrender announcements, and the X-men have been performing guerilla attacks on whatever troops they can find for hours now.

They are not making a dent. Not really.

The ships are still hovering close to the city, and while the guns haven't sounded yet, they will.

It is a waste not to use the resources at hand. That is what X thinks, at least.

And, when the Skrull begin rounding up human prisoners, she (and several of the other X-men, Wolverine, Emma, and Cyclops in particular) are proven right.

Every X-man has been deployed, and they are all tired. Worn. Someone needs to have a plan.

X, in point of fact, does. She collars Pixie--"Wait here. I will need you."--and heads through a nearby doorway.

She will be back. Shortly.

Very shortly.

(no subject)

X slips through her own front door, holding it open for Cal. She closes and locks it behind him.

In this neighborhood it is just a little better to be careful. Also she does not want Mr. Simmons to walk in. Not that he has. Yet.

The kitchen is through a doorway on the left. There is a cactus on the black and glass kitchen table, there are brightly colored glass bottles in the window, and all the furniture is black. The carpet is black, too.

The drapes are purple.

"You have made popcorn before?"

X--has not. But she has a microwave!