Good day: Just an announcement, for those who might have been interested in parts of the story that they had missed. It is archived on Luba Kmetyk's web-page at: http://home.att.net/~lubakmetyk/others.htm and on Lori McDonald's webpage at: http://web2.spydernet.com/lori/x-men.htm Also, I would like to extend thanks to my editors, Luba Kmetyk, Susie Campos, sevenall, and Linda Dunn, all of whom made useful comments that affected the final form of the story. In case you are interested, this story will be loosely followed by another one, called The Ascendents, which is set in a Massachusetts Academy attended by the New Mutants after the X-Men disappear into the Secret Wars, never to be seen again. While this story was inspired by some ideas from Patrick Sahlstrom, it is very different in tone, and will no dubt attract many red warning labels. Comments are always welcome. Benway