To Me, My X-Men!

[Adora]

"I'm worried about daddy. I'm not exactly happy with him at the moment, but I'm worried he's going to get into trouble. As far as fighting goes...well, he's not the best. I know he's a good boxer but I don't think that's going to help him much." Kelsey said looking at Danny. "Please find him before something happens."

"RJ said that he'd go look for Rhys also." Lily said looking over at Kelsey.

"I'll be right back mom." Kelsey said and then walked over to Artie. "Please, be careful, Arthur. I don't exactly know what happened, it's all so fuzzy but I know it'll be dangerous. So please be careful...I'd hate if anything happened to you." She took his hands and squeezed them. She could them bonding closer together and she couldn't help but kiss him softly.

"I'm sorry." She blushed. "I don't know what's happening between us. I have always had feelings for you but now it's like they're more intense. I'll back off....You're a good friend...and I don't want to ruin anything between us."

[Rhiannon]

"Joe, please be careful," Rhiannon said as she kissed him softly on the cheek. "Rei may be controlled by someone and not in her right mind, or maybe things are worse than we all imagined."

"If I'm going to find Rhys, where in the world should I go first?" Danny asked as Ruadhri shook his head. "I take it you and RJ know where he is headed?"

"No, not really, but I shudder to think he is going to Stefania's family home," Ruadhri added as he looked at Lasair. "I know. You wanted to kill her long ago."

"With good reason," Lasair added as she looked at Lily. "I think we all want to forget this evening for many reasons, Lily. Please help them find that girl before something else happens."

"We should get going so Alice and Kelsey can rest," Rhiannon said as Artie kept holding onto Kelsey's hands. "Arthur?"

TBC

[Watson]

Watson grabbed Rhiannon's hands in his and griped them firmly but not forcefully by any means. "Rhiannon,' He said softly turning her attention away from what Artie was doing for at the moment. He waited to speak until her eyes were back on his. "I know that you are a capable woman but I'm worried about you as well. With Alice being pregnant and Kelsey to weak to fight, you'll be the protector. I'd...I'd hate if anything happened to you. I'd never forgive myself because...." Watson's voice trailed off. "I love you deeply and once day I would like to marry you, Miss Rhiannon."

Lily kissed Ruarc. "I'll go with Danny and RJ, maybe you and Artie can go look for Rei with Watson. But where the hell do we look for your brother? Where is Stefania's family?"

Watson turned his attention away from Rhiannon for a moment. "When I met Stefania she mentioned that she was living in Romania at her family's old caravan site. You could try there, seriously though...Rhys mentioned on taking an army with him? What the hell did he mean by that because as much as I know Rhys doesn't exactly have a lot of friends. Or is he just-"

"Talking out his ass?" Lily finished the sentence.

Watson nodded. "Yes, for the lack of better words..."

[Arthur Dastan]

"I am betting he went to get your cousin Arden and his lovely sister Aerfen. She does have an army," Artie said as he rolled his eyes. "Sorry, but Aerfen is not exactly a cheery soul," he added as he turned his attention back to Kelsey. "You are not ruining anything. Tonight was more than any of us bargained for. We will go slowly while you recover. You do not needed any added stress."

Artie felt Amelia walking over. "Before Amelia starts telling you things, that sword was a gift from your cousin Thom, yes, and he had no idea what we did. Ruarc felt it was better coming from him since he has been blessed by more than one set of deities. No one would even think he did anything odd to that blade. I'm just glad this is over. Your uncle was as worried about you as he was about finding Lily again. And about your family in general of late. And the thought of losing you was one I oculd not bear."

"No more babbling about me," Ruarc said as he kissed Lily. "Stay safe, and I'll get word to you if we find Rei."

"I can go with Alice, Kelsey and Rhiannon if you wish," Amelia said as she looked over at Watson. "Or I can help you out. I will go where most needed."

TBC

[Rhiannon]

"We will both be careful," Rhiannon said as she squeezed Joe's hands. "And one day I would like that very much. To marry you. Hopefully Rhys will be in his right mind by then and things will be a bit calmer."

As she looked into Joe's eyes, Rhiannon felt Nyx land on her shoulder. The owl was not too pleased that everyone was being so lovey dovey, apparently, because it started to kick up a fuss. "Nyx, please, we'll go in a moment," she said as she tried to calm the owl. "Nyx will help me if I need any assistance, and my cousins at Xavier's will be a portal away. I will not take any unnecessary chances. I promise."

TBC

[Magnifique]

"We should get going." Alice said looking up at the moonlight. "Kelsey needs to rest." Alice looked at her daughter and Artie, she could tell that Kelsey would rather be with Arthur more than anything right now. She and him were gazing into each others eyes like how Alice and Rhys looked at each other...at least that's how they used to look at each other. Who knew what the future held for them.

Kelsey brought Artie's finger tips up to her lips and kissed them softly. She didn't care that people might be watching them, she was an adult now and she could do what she pleased. "Be careful Artie. And look for Abbey too, she loves Rei and will do anything to find her. Please keep her safe."

Watson looked at Amelia, he wasn't sure how he ended up playing team leader but everyone seemed to be looking at him for where to go. "Let's see...um...why don't you go with Danny, RJ, and Lily to look for Rhys." He said looking at her. "Me, Ruarc and Artie will go after Rei and Abbey. Rhiannon, you take Kelsey and Alice and watch over them. The rest of you may go where you wish or go back to the mansion and get some rest. Try and keep this situation amongst ourselves, except let Abbey's parents know what is going on. I know if Thom or any of Kelsey's closer relatives got wind of what was going on, they'd be here in a flash...and right now we and they don't need the added stress."

Alice nodded. "Please keep safe everyone." She looked at Kelsey and Rhiannon. "Let's head off to the hotel and get Kelsey settled for the night." She said as the three women exited through a portal.

TBC Alice, Kelsey, and Rhiannon to NYC area
TBC everyone else here for now.

[Riordan DalCais]

"How in the name of heaven am I supposed to find Rhys?" Danny said to Ruadhri as he saw everyone starting to disperse. "And who is this Aerfen person?"

"Aerfen is your cousin. She has a small army she keeps near Glastonbury. She may be my brother's child, but she is as nutty as a Snickers bar. Her brother Arden is not as insane, but he can be pushed to do stupid things. If he and Rhys start drinking, well, we may all be in deep trouble."

"Oh, lovely! So, she lives in Glastonbury then?"

"No, her army does much of the time. She is there sometimes, but she has her main home in Newbridge. She loves County Kildare, but she keeps the army in England. Says it has to do with lei lines and power bases. Watch her like a hawk."

"So, RJ, Lily, want to go meet my insane cousin with the army? Wait. Is this army made up of people, or is so so nutty she has creatures?"

"Aerfen has both," Artie replied as he shook his head. "She is a few cards short of the full deck, Danny."

"Lovely. Here one day, and already people think I'm a hero or something! Who do I look like? Bullseye or something?"

"He's a villain, ya nut," Ruarc said as Danny tried to keep a straight face.

TBC

[Snow White]

"We better get going." Lily said as she looked up at the moon. "Don't worry Ruarc, I'll be fine. I have RJ and Danny to look after me." She smirked. Of course she was joking and he knew it. Lily was more than capable of taking care of herself.

"I just wish I had my sword." She said with a shake of her head.

"Where is it?" RJ asked as he gave Lacey and Shanae a hug. "Maybe we can grab it before we head off."

Lily laughed. "I wish I could. But I haven't had it since it was taken away from me when I was in prison. I'm sure it was sold off along with the rest of my things." She said bitterly.

RJ nodded. "I'm sorry. I'm sure someone can lend you one for the time being. But do not doubt that you will never see it again. Things of old have ways of coming back to their rightful owners. I'm sure it'll turn up in a time of need."

Lily couldn't help but smile. RJ was with out a doubt one of the nicest and wise men she had ever had the pleasure to meet. "So, Rhys....you think we'll be able to talk some sense in him. I mean I'm all for going after Stefania, but no way am I just going to go after her blindly. What if she has some sort of army also?"

[Moony]

Rj was actually thankful that Ruarc zapped Danny back to the mansion grounds. For some reason, he had a bad feeling that Danny was going to hold everyone up from finding Rhys and Rei, and everyone in between.

Lily laughed. "Oh, Ruarc! Danny wasn't that bad. He might have been able to help out."

"Doubt that. His mouth was going to get him into trouble sooner or later, much like my son-in-law's, and we do not need that. Not while-" RJ said quickly and shook his head. Suddenly a strange feeling washed over him. "Something isn't right."

"Father?" Lacey said as she stepped up and put her hand on his shoulder. "What is it?"

"I may have lost all my mystic abilities a long time ago but I still can sense danger...especially when it involves my family." RJ said as he looked up at the moon. "I don't know what it is but either Alice or Kelsey are in trouble."

"And Rhiannon too." Watson said as dread filled his body. "Damn it I knew we should have sent either Artie or Ruarc with them."

"I think we should regroup. I don't think finding Rei and Abbey are important at this point." RJ said looking at Watson and Ruarc. "We need to look after our family first."

[The Hunter]

"Riordan is a nice lad, but he doesn't exactly know his way around things where the family is concerned yet," Rurac said to Lily, RJ and Watson as he shook his head. "To be honest, I was afraid he'd make Rhys rethink things a bit incorrectly. Big brother is a marvel with money, but when it comes to his life in general, he gets befuddled."

Ruarc listened to RJ as he mentioned Alice ro Kelsey being in danger, and Watson worrying about Rhi tipped the scales. "I am sure others are helping Abbey track down Rei by now. We do need to worry about our own."

As he tried to clear his mind to see where Rhys actually was, Ruarc grunted and shook his head. "He did go see Aerfen. You remember Aerfen, don't you Watson? The one with the army of orcs she keeps in caves under the Cliffs of Dover, to name only one spot she's set up camp. She has another spot near Glastonbury, and she has a final space in Ireland. Rhys is with her there. If her brother Arden is with her, this will go much more smoothly. He is not crazy."

TBC

[Watson]

"Rhys mentioned Aerfan once or twice, I believe. Something about her being a complete nut." Watson muttered looking at Ruarc. His mind was more concentrated on Rhiannon. He was a fool to let her, Alice, and Kelsey go off by themselves. If something happened to them...if something happened to Rhiannon, he would never ever forgive himself.

"Does anyone know which hotel they went to?" Watson asked.

"I would guess the Plaza? I know my sister has been spoiled by Rhys, so I'm sure it wasn't some rinky dink place." Lacey said as she put her arm around Shanae. "I want you to go back to the mansion."

"But-I want to help too." Shanae said looking at her mother. "I hate just sitting around, I'm 16 now, I can help."

"Your father would kill me...but alright." Lacey agreed.

Watson steadied himself on his cane and closed his eyes a moment. He was feeling quite dizzy and his leg was aching all of the sudden and he knew he was letting worry over take him. "We shouldn't waste any more time."

"Watson are you alright?" RJ asked.

"Old war wounds acting up. I'll be fine." He looked back at Ruarc. "Do you think that Aerfan would actually help Rhys out? Give him an army of orcs to go after Stefania and her family? Which I'm assuming the rest of the family is involved in this mess. I don't know much about them, but I do remember Rhys saying that that the Radulescu's were a powerful gypsy family."

[Lacey]

Lacey was starting to really worry about her sister. She didn't exactly know who these gypsy's were but from the sounds of it, they were not to be taken lightly. She wasn't thrilled with the fact that they were going to one of Rhys' loony relatives either. Lacey thought Rhys was a the nuttiest of the DalCais clan, she couldn't possibly think that there was some one else crazier.

And the fact that Shenae was coming too, worried her. Godric would throw a fit if he knew. He had always been very protective over their daughter, while Lacey was a bit more lenient. She knew that Shanae would have to experience the real world of mystics someday, but then again she didn't want to put Shanae in harms way. "Just stick close to me." Lacey said quietly to her daughter.

Shanae nodded. "I will. I just really want to help my cousin out. I'm worried about Kelsey..and Aunt Alice."

"We'll make everything right. Don't worry." Lacey said with a slight smile.

[The Hunter]

"Bite your tongue!" Ruarc said as he looked back at Lacey. "Trouble is the one thing we want to avoid, especially if the Radulescus are involved. Rhys took up with that woman to keep our families from going to war. Knowing that lot, they'll want us to pledge Kelsey to their eldest son or some other ancient nonsense."

Ruarc thought about where Alice would have gone, and the Plaza was the best bet. "Rhys used to take Alice and Kelsey to the Plaza and did that whole Eloise at the Plaza thing from the books. They'll be there."

As he thought about Kelsey, Ruarc looked back at Shanae. "Lacey, if we are headed for Ireland first, there will be a chance to keep Shanae out of this mess if you so choose. I'm sorry I snapped. I guess I am not looking forward to a gypsy war anymore than I was hundreds of years ago. Lily, we may need all your powers of persuasion to keep Rhys from dooming everyone. And Watson, I'm counting on you to help knock some sense into my brother if needed. He'll listen to you."

TBC

[Watson]

"The Plaza it is then." Watson said as he opened at portal up. "I swear everyone better be safe. {{Dearest Rhiannon, please be okay, my darling.}} He added in thought.

RJ looked at Ruarc and Artie, he was still unsure about Rhys. Perhaps this was all a trick to lure them to the gypsies. "You're brother better be on the same page, Ruarc. Because if he's tricking us. Goddess help him at the next full moon." He said as he stepped through the portal.

Watson watched as one by one, those that were going on this little journey, go through the portal. When everyone was safely through, he fallowed and then snapped the portal shut.

TBC- Much needed rest thread (Anyone who wishes to go)