So this is where I'm glad I spent the weekend fixing the Blackbird...

[x-cyclops.livejournal.com]

Cannonball, Jetstream, Kylun, Cable, Polaris, I want you down here in the Situation Room for a briefing in ten minutes. There's a developing situation in Rio de Janeiro, and the Professor's on the phone with someone from the Brazilian government offering our services. There's a school in Rio, Saint Isabel's, that's just launched an integrated curriculum for mutants and baseline humans, and one of the local anti-mutant groups has apparently decided to storm the place to make a point. The number of hostages - all kids; they let the staff go - is in the low thirties, apparently. It hasn't hit CNN or any of the other major news networks yet, but it shouldn't be long.

Remy, or someone from Intel, whoever's available - if you can join us I'd appreciate it. The group's name is Sangue Puro - I know we've got an open file on them in the database somewhere, Pete pushed it at me to read last fall sometime. But we need a proper briefing, especially if there's been any new information added since.

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On my way

[x-jetstream.livejournal.com]

I was in the Hangar. Be there in ten.

Jetstream

[x-cypher.livejournal.com]

Cyclops? Do you want me to -keep- it from hitting the major news networks for a while? I don't know how long I can delay that, but if it would help, I could try.

[x-cyclops.livejournal.com]

... well, crap. There's an interesting moral dilemma.

Only if you can do it completely untraceably, Doug. I leave it up to your good judgement.

[x-cypher.livejournal.com]

Now what kind of genius mutant hacker would I be if I went and did a silly thing like get caught?

Scout's honor, the picosecond I even suspect someone might be on to me, I'll drop connection faster than a C-64 on AOL.

[x-sanfuaiyaa.livejournal.com]

And apparently one resolved rather quickly.

[x-cypher.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's just too bad I couldn't keep it off for any longer than I did.

I did, in case anyone's wondering, keep a paper trail, on actual paper. I took notes of what I did, and put it all back the way I found it once the story hit the AP news wire.

I think next time I could probably drag it out to a little longer. Not much though. There's only so much that can be done to slow down communication in a major metro area without knowing specifics, and I'd need the list of every reporter in a specific area to shut them all down one at a time.

That's a little more data crunching than I can do in five minutes.

[x-psylocke.livejournal.com]

I was working on an amendment to the files on the matter, pre-emptive strike and all. I'll be down shortly.

Don't start without me.