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 * Issue 02 - 'Down by the Schoolyard' **




 * Plot**

The eight figures in black (who refer to themselves as the "Travelers") enter the mansion grounds, disrupting a baseball game of the seniors. Two of the Travelers begin blasting students and the remaining X-Men at the school (Nightcrawler, Angel, and X-23), causing them to collapse. The other Travelers hold off the students. Bast, Blur, Panzer, Mustang, Prism, and Phantasma attempt to drive the Travelers off with the help of other seniors, but they are outclassed. The Travelers are able to steal Jean Grey’s coffin and retreat. After the battle, the school is left without any teachers or staff. Many students choose to leave. Bastienne, Billy, Dane, David, Lucius, and Samantha are the only seniors left once the surviving seniors go home. There is one other senior who chooses to stay - Ruth, a mutant girl with no eyes who has psychic visions. All the other seniors are either in a coma or leave. Even the head boy, Jorge Ramirez, abandons the school. The seniors are forced to take over the X-Mansion. They assist other students who want to go home and make plans to keep the school going. They research what happened to the students and teachers in a coma-like state. Investigation shows they are not breathing, but still warm and alive. Most of the students in this state are seniors, though psychics of other grades were also targeted. The seniors are also able to get the X-Mansion’s technology up and running. They learn the group that attacked the mansion somehow got past the security recognition software – a retinal scanner that should have only recognized X-Men and students. How did they get in? Then, on Sunday, while discussing what to do next, a panicked call arrived from the local police: a Sentinel is attacking the local mall!

**Next:** Issue 03 - 'Hot for Teacher' **Previous:** Issue 01 - 'Be True to Your School'