_tsunami_:

When Moira had inquired about where she could get a new backpack and some new clothes, Cait saw it as a perfect opportunity to go into the city. They had been cooped up at Xavier's since the Mojoworld stuff and Cait felt like the walls were closing in on her. Even though she spent most of her time down by the lake when she wasn't a few miles down the road at class at the local community college.

It was time to get out and for some freedom.

Cait talked to Uncle Scott and had gotten permission before sending out a text to all the other girls at the mansion. Then she thought about it a minute and sent out a page to the boys. Might as well include them as well. The girls couldnt' be the only ones going stir crazy.

When the specified time arrived, she was waiting by one of the school vans. It was nice being one of the older students who had a driver's license at times.

ng_independent:

Xua Li smiled with self-satisfaction as she looked at the boxes that were stacked up and ready to be shipped out. Inside the boxes were the results of a year of work. Half of the boxes contained delicate masks that were destined to wind up in the shops where the elite of New York shopped. Those masks had been designed specifically for that crowd.

The other half were destined to go to the stores where the more common folk shopped. The masks in those boxes had been designed with some very specific things in mind. The masks were of different creatures from myth and legend and would be perfect for would be trick-or-treaters.

Xua couldn't wait to see the results of her hard work. Nearly a year she had labored away to make all of the masks in time for Halloween.

It would be a Halloween to remember.

swashbuckler:

Steve had, quite perplexingly, been unable to get a hold of Anya all day.  Following that, he'd tried to see if Toni had heard from her, and discovered that neither one of them had.  Further calls up and down the Young Avengers phone tree had left him unable to raise several other members as well.  Hardly any of the comm. cards were working, and with the few that he did, there was something funny about the line.  He knew just enough from his mom to know when a line was being tapped, and he suspected the YA cards were.

He'd gone out to check Hyrdobase, and found it deserted.  Plus, he couldn't shake the feeling that he was being watched.

All of which had led him back to Avengers' Mansion, for lack of anything better to try.  Maybe one of the adults would know what was going on.