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        It had been shortly before the plane had landed that Rich had over 
come his fear.  He looked at Yvette and then they headed for the terminal.
They all wore the pendants.  Rich never thought he would need to show the
pendant after he joined the school.  It was harder for him to walk around 
the area, because many people knew that he was part of one of the founding
families of Easton.  They left the airport and went to the car rental.  Rich
walked up to the person behind the counter and said, "I would like to rent a
van."  In his mind, he was hoping the person wouldn't recognize him.
        The person smiled and said, "Anything, Mr. Cale.  It is nice to see
you back in the area." His family was one of the most famous in Easton.  The
people would know him.  "Are you here to see the museum Lady Godiva is 
building?"
        Rich rolled his eyes.  He couldn't believe that she had done that.
He nodded and said, "Yes, and please refrain from informing anyone of my 
visit here.  It was unexpected."
        The person looked at him, puzzled, and said, "I think I understand,
but don't you want your parents, or Lady Godiva informed." 
"No.  Now, could I have the keys to the van?"  The person nodded and gave
him the keys.  They all left the place and went to the van.  Rich checked it
over and saw it had enough room for everyone.  He unlocked all the doors, 
and then tossed the keys to Sean.  "You better drive. I could never handle a
van." 
Sean looked at him and said, "She is known as Lady Godiva.  The lass didn't
do anything like the real Lady Godiva, did she?" 
        Rich notice that Angelo stopped in his tracks when Sean said that.
Rich sighed and said, "No."  Angelo looked a bit disappointed at that, but
Rich saw Angelo get re-interested at the next statement.  "I called Godiva 
that when I caught her skinny-dipping." 
        Paige, who was getting in the van, was almost shocked at that and 
said, "I bet she was shocked at that." 
        "It was a shocker to both of us.  I reacted by cracking a joke, to 
let her know that I saw her.  She would have totally been shocked if it was
someone else entirely." 
        Angelo let a smile cross his face and said, "I bet it was an
interesting sight." 
        Rich just looked at Angelo and said, "If it were you, she might have
something to worry about." 
        Angelo got a bit cocky and said, "I bet she might be interested in
me." 
        Rich looked at Angelo and said, "I'll take that bet.  If you fail,
you stop smoking for a week." 
        Angelo grinned and said, "And if I succeed, I get a look at some of
those videos in your collection."  Rich shook Angelo's hand.  Rich couldn't
help but think of the easy bet he had just won.
        Sean looked at them and said, "Alright you two, get in the van."  
Rich climbed into the van and noticed that Yvette had saved him a seat.  He
quickly scurried over to the seat and sat down next to the light of his life.
He then opened a suitcase that he had with him.

        Monet noticed that when the van was moving, Rich had opened a 
suitcase.  In it was a black coat and hat.  She watched as Rich started to
put the hat and coat on.  She wondered why Rich was doing this.  Was this to
hide from Emplate?  She turned to Rich and said, "Why are you putting those
on?"
        Rich turned to face her as he was putting clip on sunglasses on his
glasses.  "I want to surprise Godiva.  First of all, she doesn't know I go 
to the school.  Second, she will know something is up when she sees fifteen
people.  Last, her attention will be drawn to something that would be in her
range of interest, like a MIB." 
        Monet was abit puzzled by this.  She had never heard that term 
before, and she want to know what it meant.  "What is an MIB?" 
        Rich sighed and said, "MIB stands for 'Men In Black'.  Since the 
1950's, anytime a UFO, or something strange happened, they would appear.
Sometimes alone, sometimes in groups, but they would tell you what you saw.
If you had evidence, they would confiscate it and you would never know.  
Godiva claims that she once encountered one long ago."
        "I see."  Monet thought that her family, as dysfunctional as it was,
was not as strange as Rich's family. 
        "Well, we are approaching Easton.  Rich, which exit do ye suggest?"
Sean said, as Rich placed the hat on his head.  Monet had seen signs 
advertising the arrival of the museum, saying that it was in the center 
circle of Easton.
        Rich said, "There is an exit for Downtown Easton, just past Cemetery
Curve.  Just take it slow around the curve.  It didn't just get that for the
fact that it is near a cemetery."  Monet had to wonder about the town more
and more.  As they started to enter the city limits of the town, Monet saw
a sign for another museum.  This one really caught the heart of who she was,
an eight year old girl.
        She grabbed at Rich's coat and said, "Rich, I was just wondering 
about..."  She didn't have to finish her sentence.  Rich looked out the 
window and let out a laugh. 
        Rich then said, "Alright, before we leave Easton, maybe we might be
able to check out the Crayola Factory." 
        Emma, who turned to face Rich, said, "Why would a big name like
Crayola open a museum like that here?"
        Rich laughed again and said, "Because, Binney and Smith, creator of
Crayola, is based in Easton.  Crayola is the one thing Easton has going in 
its favor to draw in tourist trade."  Rich stopped speaking as Sean pulled 
off into Easton.  It didn't take long until they stopped in the Center 
Circle.  They all got out of the van and walked over to the museum.  Rich
and Yvette stayed together.  Rich didn't want to leave himself open for 
Emplate to force his ability on him, at least that's what she thought.  
Monet walked over to the group and Sean rang the doorbell. 
        In a matter of moments, the door opened and a brunette girl, about
eighteen was standing there.  She had a figure that would have made her a 
model.  She then said, "I take it that you are all from the school."  She
looked over everyone and then had a puzzled look on her face.  She noticed
that there was an odd man out.  Her attention immediately focused on Rich.
She was going to get a surprise.

        Godiva looked over the students and made the count a second time.  
There were fifteen people here, but she only sent fourteen pendants.  She
looked at the one person who drew her attention, a man in black.  She walked
over to the person and said, "I figure that you must be the odd man out, 
sir.  Who are you?"  She grabbed the hat and pulled it off.  The person's
head was down, so she couldn't see the face.
        "Take a wild guess," said a familiar voice to her.  The head lifted
up and she was look eye to eye of her cousin, Rich.  He just smiled and said
"Surprise."
        She gave her cousin a big hug and said, "Did they get you from 
college to guide them around?"  She looked at her older cousin and said, "I
mean, a mutant like you would be perfect to call in to show them here." 
        Rich surprised her when he said, "Godiva, my cousin, I would like to
introduce you to my classmates at Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters."
        "When did you join the school?  I mean, you never spoke of it 
before."
        "After the whole deal with Onslaught, I thought it would be best to
join the school.  After what I have seen over the past months, I'm glad I 
did.  Now, would you like me to introduce my school mates."  She had been
looking over some of them, and had to admit, if she didn't have Kyuukai, 
she would be after some of them.
        "Alright, I want to know who everyone is?"  Although she already 
had seen Sean Cassidy.  "But first, let's all get inside."  Rich nodded and
she lead everyone in. 
        When they all got in, Rich started out with Sean in the introductions.
"This is Sean Cassidy, head of the school, and leader of Generation X.  He
is master of the sonic scream."
        She remembered hearing his voice and said, "Let me guess, Codename 
Banshee."  He nodded and she then said, "I remembered that you were Irish."
She then looked at the woman next to him.  Mid twenties, looked like she 
could have any guy at her side, especially with her outfit.
        Rich then said, "This is Emma Frost, owner of the school grounds, 
and is a telepath." 
        Godiva looked at the woman and said, "Let me guess, she has an 
account at Fredrick's Of Hollywood."
        The woman looked at her, obvious upset, and said, "Be careful child,
I don't take insults kindly."  This woman didn't scare her.  But she decided
to turn her attention to the first couple there.  The boy appeared to have
half his face covered, and the girl was about seven years behind him in age.
        Rich walked over to them and said, "This happy couple is Paige 
Guthrie, or Husk, and Jonothan Evan Starsmore,  a.k.a. Chamber."  Each 
nodded and then Rich said, "Paige has the ability to rip off her skin, 
revealing a new form underneath, and Jono has a Bio-psionic blast that keeps
him alive.  The blast that formed that chamber took out half his face."
        "Ouch.  Well, I hope you are alright with it."  When he nodded, she
could tell that he was still upset about it.  She then turned to the next
couple.  The boy looked like he was laid back in life, but the girl looked
worried.  She was worried about something.  Her hair had a metallic color
to it.
        Godiva watched as Rich walked over to them and said, "This is Mondo
and Daria. Mondo is what is described as an omnimorph, and Daria can morph 
herself into anything, even to split apart into a swarm of bugs.  Due to 
recent circumstances, she is Sean's adopted daughter."  Rich wasn't facing
her, but was facing Sean when he nodded.
        Sean then said, "That is correct.  Recent circumstances led me to 
adopt Daria.  The lass had lost her family when Sentinels attacked her town."
        "Well, that won't happen here.  Easton has a defense system that 
takes out any sentinel in a 50 mile radius."  She turned to the next couple.
It was an African-American boy, and an Asian-American girl.  They looked 
like they made a cute couple.  She looked at them and said, "And who are 
these two?"
        This time, the Asian spoke to reply.  "My name is Jubilation Lee, 
Jubilee to my friends, and this is my boyfriend, Everett Thomas."  The girl
was certainly proud of the fact that she had a boyfriend. 
        Rich then said, "Jubilee generates fireworks, while Everett has an
aura that can mimic mutant abilities, so they call him Synch."
        "Does that work on your ability?"  He nodded and she turned her 
attention to the next people in line.  They were three little boys.  One
was green, one was pink, and the last looked like a normal boy.  She could
swear that the green and pink ones looked like something from her one 
exhibit, but the third looked familiar for a reason.
        Rich then said, "The green one is Leech, and his name explains his
ability.  The pink one is Artie.  He can't speak, but he can project images.
The other is Franklin Richards."  That's why he looked familiar.  "He can 
alter reality."
        "That explains why he looked familiar to me.  I followed all of the
happenings of the Fantastic Four, up to the Onslaught incident.  I hope you
have gotten over that." He nodded and then she faced the next person in the
line-up.  She automatically knew who she was.  "You must be Monet, Cartier's
daughter.  He mentioned that you were at the school."
        Monet nodded and said, "Yes.  I was a little bit surprised that my
father was here."
Godiva looked at Monet and guessed that she was about sixteen.  Rich must
be in love with her.
He also was concerned about age difference, and she was the oldest of all
of the girls.
        Godiva turned to face the last two in the group.  The girl was a
redhead, while the guy had a grayish color.  Rich then said, "Last but not
least, I would like to introduce you to Yvette, and Angelo.  Yvette has the
ability to tense her skin to a diamond sharpness, while Angelo has the
ability to extend his skin."
        "Well, I have met all of you, so allow me to tell you of my museum.
This museum is a tribute to all things that are unusual in the world.  I 
have a display for Extraterrestrials, Lost Civilizations, Ghosts, and 
Monsters.  I even have an exhibit on things that do exist.  For easy access,
all rooms are attached by secret passages.  The passages also lead to the 
rooms where you will be staying."  She had watched as Rich had moved back 
over to where Yvette, Monet, and Angelo were standing.
        Afterwords, she noticed Angelo looking at her.  He then approached
her and said, "Ms. Cale, I would have to say that you are a lovely sight."
He was hitting on her.  She then noticed Rich was trying to stifle a laugh.
He had set the guy up.  Nobody had known about that one little fact about 
her.  She was going to show them the truth, freak out some people as well.
She remembered an agreement she and Rich made long ago, so she decided to 
approach Yvette at the right time.

        Emma watched as Angelo tried hitting on Godiva, and she noticed that
Rich was getting a laugh out of it.  She heard the bet those two had made, 
and now Rich was trying keep himself from laughing.  She then heard Godiva 
say to Angelo, "I'm sorry, but your not my type."
        Angelo, looking a bit embarrassed, said, "Then, what exactly is 
your type, Godiva?" 
        "Well," Godiva said, and she started to walk over in Rich and 
Yvette's general direction.
Emma started to wonder if Godiva's ideal man was someone like Rich.  It 
could be that, for she doubted that Godiva was focusing on Yvette.  As 
Godiva got closer, Rich walked right in front of her.  Why would Rich do 
that?
        Rich looked at her and said, "Remember our agreement?" 
        Godiva, looking puzzled, said, "I remembered.  That is why I was 
walking over here." 
        "You are jumping to the wrong conclusion.  I have a girlfriend, and
guess who it is?" 
Emma watched as Rich tensed his skin.  She then saw the shock on Godiva's 
face.  This must have been a surprise to Godiva. 
        Godiva looked at him and said, "You and Yvette?"  He nodded and 
untensed his skin. But what did Rich mean about their agreement. 
        Rich then said, "Besides, I haven't told them about that one little
item about you."  Emma had a feeling some sort of surprise was coming. 
        She turned to Rich and said, "Rich, I hope you know that I don't 
like surprises." 
        All Rich did was laugh, but it was Godiva who spoke up.  "Maybe I 
should explain about the agreement.   A couple of years ago, Rich was seeing
a girl and I scared her off." 
        Emma looked at Godiva and said, "How did you do that?"  Emma was 
starting to wonder if she knew what Godiva was going to say. 
        Godiva finished her statement.  "I was hitting on her.  You see, 
I'm gay."  Almost everyone was shocked.  Emma noticed that Angelo had let
his jaw drop, literally.  Rich had conned the con-man.  Yvette was abit in
shock, and the kids were obviously bewildered.
        Emma then realized what she was wearing.  She then said to Godiva,
"Miss Cale, I want you to realize that I am not of that walk in life."  She
thought that Godiva was sizing her up earlier. 
        Godiva looked at her and said, "Don't worry, Miss Frost, I prefer 
redheads.  Besides, I prefer an all natural woman."  The girl just made a
mistake. 
        Emma looked at Godiva and said, "You have made a big mistake.  Do
not insult me, for I am a person who you shouldn't cross."  She let a 
psi-bolt loose and hit Godiva.  She then expected Sean to say something, but
she then realized that she had to worry about Rich.
        She was amazed at the speed that Rich knocked her down and had her
pinned to the ground.  She tried to stop him mentally, but remembered that
Rich had Yvette's abilities, and their psionics were in Yvette's native 
language.  Rich held her arms above her head, and with claw poised over her
chest, he said, "Do that again, and we shall see how right she is?"  Emma
had forgotten that Rich was highly protective of his cousin.  His biggest
concern was to save her from Emplate, and now Emma had just put herself into
a very dangerous situation.
        Godiva ran over to Rich and grabbed his clawed hand, and did not get
cut.  She looked at him and said, "Rich, I'm alright.  I deserved it.  Just
calm down.  That Cale temper of ours can be a curse."  Emma was still 
surprised that Godiva was not injured by the claw and then remembered one
thing.  It may have been Yvette's ability Rich had, but it was Rich's ability
that he had been using, and Godiva was immune to it.
        Emma got up and said, "I'm sorry about lashing out at you, and thank
you for stopping Rich."  She was amazed that Yvette didn't stop him.  She
turned quickly to Yvette and said, "Why didn't you stop him?"
        Yvette just looked at her and said, "He said that he was just going
to scare you.  You know that he doesn't want to injure anyone since Black
Tom attacked."  Emma then thought about hitting herself for not remembering.
        Godiva had a puzzled look on her face and asked, "Who is Black Tom?"
Emma just looked at Rich and saw his face.  She saw all the despair that hit
him after that incident.  Godiva didn't need to know what happened with 
Bastion.
        It was Sean that said, "Black Tom was my evil cousin, until Rich 
killed him.  It was in a fit of anger when Black Tom attacked Yvette."  
Emma then wondered if Godiva had that same anger. 
        Godiva looked a bit disgusted when she heard that, but then Emma saw
a smile cross her face.  Godiva then said, "I think I should show you why I
asked for you to come here, and my significant other, Kyuukai Hisui, has 
arrived to show the way."  They all turned, and Emma saw a petite figure
with red hair standing at the door.  The woman was Asian-American.  Godiva
then said, "Kyuukai is also a mutant."
        Emma wondered what this girl's ability was, but then she was 
distracted by something. She noticed that Paige had started to act rather
passionately towards Jono.  It appeared to be more than the usual that she
had seen.  Paige was whispering in Jono's ear and Jono appeared shocked.  
{Love, we can't do anything like that here.}
        Paige had a look in her eyes as if she didn't care.  Paige then 
said, "Ah don't care." Something was going on, and this Kyuukai was the 
center of it.  She then noticed that Rich was glaring at Godiva.
        All of a sudden, a whip of brown hair lashed out and hit Kyuukai. 
She yelped and Godiva said, "Do you mind?  We're suppose to be going 
together. Now apologize."  This was going to be an odd visit.

        Kyuukai had looked over the crowd when she entered the room.  When
she saw Godiva's cousin, she knew that it was going to be a strange visit.
She had seen the young blond and started wondering about the girl.  She 
realized that her ability had locked onto the girl when she started pawing
over the man with her, but it was when Godiva whipped her and told her to
apologize, that she was surprised.  She just looked at her and said, "You
didn't have to do that."
        Godiva just looked at her and said, "If I didn't, Rich would have 
done something.  At least they know our abilities." 
        Kyuukai then heard the girl say, "Did Ah just say all that in 
public?"  She looked a bit embarrassed. 
        Kyuukai then said, "I'm sorry, but my ability is making one act on
their desires.  I basically remove their inhibitions.  I don't know the 
limitations of my powers yet, but so far, I can only strip away the 
inhibitions.  I have no idea what their desires are.  By the way, my name is
Kyuukai Hisui." 
        The girl then said, "Ah accept your apology.  Ah guess Ah can't 
totally blame you for an accident."  It was then that Godiva introduced her
to everybody.  The girl's name was Paige, from what she had learned. 
        After the introductions were done, Kyuukai said, "Well, follow me, 
and I shall explain the museum's exhibits."  She led them all through a 
doorway, and they entered the presentation theater.  "This room is the 
presentation theater.  This is were visitors can learn about the museum and
the exhibits.  Just up there is the projection room, and in a secret 
passage, is the clock and security cameras."
        Sean Cassidy looked up and said, "Is there cameras in every room?"
She nodded and a look of relief crossed everyone's face.  Ever since the
statue arrived, strange things had started to happen. 
        Kyuukai led them to the next room and she saw the awe on Rich's 
face.  It was no secret that Rich had loved mythology, of any culture.  
"This room is devoted to the myths and legends of many cultures." 
        Rich just looked around the room and said, "This is fantastic.  How
did you get some of these items." 
        Godiva just smiled and said, "I have my sources."  She then let out
a little laugh and they proceeded to the next room.  Kyuukai took the lead
again and led them all into the next room.  It was a room lined with statues
of animals. 
        Jubilee looked around the room and said, "What is this, a room for
monsters?" 
        "In a way.  This room is devoted to all the strange creatures in the
world.  Some real, some possibly fictional," Kyuukai said as she walked over
to the large model of a sea going dinosaur. 
        She noticed that the gentleman named Jono said {That's Nessie, isn't
it?}  She was amazed that the British native knew of the creature, but then
everyone had heard of Nessie. 
        "That is the Loch Ness Monster, alright.  Just one of the strange
creatures in here.  We have a model of Bigfoot, one of the Yeti, a stuffed
version of the little know bird-eating spider." She looked at Rich, who she
figured would freak.  He was amazingly calm. 
        Godiva looked at him and said, "What happened to your arachnophobia,
cousin?" 
        Rich looked at her and said, "I found something far worse to fear."
Kyuuakai watched the look on her lover's face.  Nothing ever scared Godiva
that much.  She knew that something had to be that bad to make Rich forget
his worse fear.
        Kyuukai took a deep breath and said, "Maybe we should continue to
the next room." She lead them through the displays and into the next room.
This room would be the favorite of many people who would visit the museum. 
She then said, "This room is dedicated to UFO's, and all related phenomena."
        The boy known as Everett walked over to one of the displays and 
said, "What is Will Smith doing here?"
        "Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones are working on a project right now.
It is entitled 'Men In Black', and we even have a demo of a song that Will
is planning to sing.  Godiva donated some money to the movie, in exchange
for their likenesses in the museum."  Everett appeared to be in awe, as was
most of the others.  Ms. Frost appeared to be a bit disgusted with what was
said.
        Ms. Frost looked at Godiva and said, "You mean to say that you 
donated money just for that."  Godiva nodded and Emma replied, "She has the
mind of a business owner." 
        Sean just rolled his eyes and said, "Let's just hope the Hellfire 
Club doesn't try to recruit her."  Kyuukai watched as Emma shot him a 
glance.  She couldn't tell if it was malicious or what.
         Kyuukai then said, "Maybe we should head to the next room, it has 
an exhibit close to our town here."  She noticed that Godiva nodded, and a
glance at Rich led him to nod as well. The whole group proceeded to the next
room, and as they entered, a loud noise hit everyone's eardrums.
        Kyuukai watched as Rich turned to Sean and said, "Your namesake is
greeting us, Sean. You want to tell it to shut up."  Sean must have seen 
Rich's humor for some time and just rolled his eyes, but Kyuukai wondered
what Rich meant. 
        Godiva walked over to a switch, and killed the noise and said,
"Kyuukai, Sean's mutant codename is Banshee.  He's Irish, and has a sonic
scream."  She had not been told about all their abilities.  She only knew
of Rich's abilities. 
        Sean looked about and said, "What the blazes is this room, lass?" 
        Godiva answered the question for her.  "This room is set aside for
Ghosts and Hauntings.  It is very dear to all people of this town, due to
the hauntings of this town's buildings. In here, we have examples of ghosts,
such as Banshees, Poltergeists, Dopplegangers, Wraiths, and such.  We even
have pictures and histories of famous haunted sites."
        Kyuukai noticed that Jonothan looked at the one site.  {I knew the
tower was haunted, but not this haunted.} 
        Jubilee, who was looking at another picture, said, "I can't believe
that the house from 'The Amityville Horror' actually exists, and actually is
haunted." 
        Rich, who was looking over the display for the interior rooms, said,
"The first film is probably the only truthful one.  It followed the life of
the people who owned the house for only a month." 
        Godiva nodded and said, "That is not the only film that made it into
here.  There is even a picture from 'The Entity' here." 
        Rich turned and said, "No kidding.  I remember that from 'Unsolved
Mysteries'.  Do you want to continue showing us the museum?" 
        Kyuukai watched as Godiva went to the door to the next room, and
they moved to the next.  In the room were wax figures.  Kyuukai then said,
"This room is dedicated to those people who have mystery surrounding their
names, such as John Kennedy, Jimmy Hoffa, and Billy the Kid."
        She watched as the little ones ran over to the figure of Billy The
Kid.  Even after he had been dead for so many years, there was still the
charisma of being like the famous outlaw.  She then watched as Franklin 
walked over to Godiva and said, "Will my parents be featured here?" Godiva
nodded and the boy seemed Okay.  Kyuukai knew that Franklin was referring to
his parents and family, The Fantastic Four.  She decided that it might be 
best to move on to the next room.
        She opened the door to the next exhibit.  The recording hit their
ears and Kyuukai figure that their skin was crawling in fright.  "This room
is dedicated to the Inhumanities that people devised to punish others, such
as the Rack, Gallows, and other such devices."  She turned and noticed 
something shocking.
        The girl named Yvette had turned red, and her hands had turned into
claws.  Rich had done something similar, but was holding her, saying, "It's
alright.  These devices are non- functional.  They can't hurt you."
        Godiva then had to say the words they really didn't need to here.
"Actually, Rich, the devices are functional." 
        He turned to face her and said, "What?!" 
        "All the devices are functional.  It was Kyuukai's idea."
        Kyuukai realized what was going to happen.  Off the top of her head,
she said, "It's for display only.  We show people how these devices work."
Rich just eyed her suspiciously.  She started praying that they bought the 
excuse.
        She watched as Rich walked over to the replication of 'The Rack'.
His claws went right for the chains.  She hoped that he wouldn't ruin the
display.  The chains were made out of a special metal, strong enough that
Godiva's hair couldn't break it.  She sighed in relief as the claws didn't
cut the chains.  It was then that she realized the relief was the give away,
as Sean said, "My God, how strong are those chains on there?"
        Rich, who returned to Yvette's side, said, "Strong enough that 
Godiva can't break them. You two use this room for other reasons, I take 
it."
        Godiva instantly spoke up, trying to appear innocent.  "It was 
Kyuukai's idea.  You have no idea what I go through."  Kyuukai could tell
Rich was not buying the story.  She could also see that Angelo started to
get a unique look on his face. 
        Rich looked at Yvette and somehow, Kyuukai thought, the two spoke.
Rich then said, "Can we move to the next room?  The room is making Yvette
upset."  She wondered what had happened to Yvette to make her scared of 
this. 
        They entered the next room.  There was a warm reddish glow about the
room and Godiva said, "This room is dedicated to the theories that the Earth
is hollow.  You will see references to the beliefs of beings in the Inner
World.  Also, there is a reference to Jules Verne in here."
        They all looked through the room and headed over to the next door.
Kyuukai decided to put in her part here.  "This wall here is where guests 
can leave a marking like in 'Journey to the Center of the Earth.'  Sign if
you want."  Nobody did, but it was worth a shot.  They then entered the next
room.  In the room was the image of a ship, and many clocks, with time 
changing at different speeds.  "This is devoted to the infamous Philadelphia
Experiment.  In many conspiracy theories, people believed that it worked.
It was an attempt at time travel." 
        "Well, we know how it turns out," said Jubilee. 
        Godiva was a bit puzzled by that remark.  "How is that?" 
        "Well, when I was with the X-Men."  There was a joint groan from
almost everyone, but Jubilee continued, "There was this guy from the future
called Bishop.  He came back in time to stop the traitor to the X-Men."
        "Oh," was all Godiva said.  She then continued to the next door.  
Before she opened the door, she turned and said, "What you are about to 
enter is a recreation of history.  You will see examples of some of the most
unique civilizations, and lost, in the world."  She flung open the doors.
        Kyuukai noticed the awe on everyone's face as they gazed at the 
exhibits.  Monet said, "Mon Dieu, Easter Island and Stonehenge are here." 
        Mondo then said, "Egypt and Maya, what do that have in common." 
        It was Daria, the girl with the silver hair that answered the 
question.  "It is believed that the two civilizations shared alot in common."
Kyuukai then watched as Daria walked over to the exhibit on Atlantis.  "Is
there any proof that Atlantis exists?"
        Kyuukai replied, "There is none that says it doesn't, although there
are two proposed sites.  One is in the Bermuda Triangle, while the other is
in the Mediterranean."  She walked to the next door and continued, "And 
since we are talking about the famous Triangle, here it is." She opened the
doors, and entered the room.
        Filling the room were pictures of famous disappearance in the 
triangle.  Some of the theories, and a working display of what probably 
happened in the Triangle.  Standing at the display was Cartier St. Croix,
one of the benefactors of the museum.  He turned to face them all and 
immediately said, "I see that you got here alright.  Hello, Monet."  Monet
nodded and Cartier said, "Maybe they should see why they were called here
to help?"
        Kyuukai was puzzled by Cartier's actions since the statue arrived, 
but he said he had reasons for them.  She and Godiva went to the last door 
and opened it.  They led the group into the room and Godiva said, "This room
is dedicated to all the Demons that are in the legends. Cartier told us to 
call when the latest one arrived.  It is called ..."  Kyuukai noticed that
Godiva trailed off in her sentence, but then she noticed that Rich and 
Yvette were still at the door to the room, same as back in the Inhumanities
room, except the skin was a darker hue of red.
        Sean just said, "It seems to be as we feared."  Kyuukai had a bad
feeling about how this day would go. 


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