Everyone might have been on guard for another potential quake - but this was so completely off the scales of what anyone imagined. At around 3pm on Friday afternoon, the ground buckled and rippled out from the epicenter, quickly extending far out beyond Santa Monica's borders, the entire state and the surrounding areas soon feeling the shake.

At Paradise Hotel, they were luckier than most. Thanks to the quick thinking of Jean Grey and Madeline Pryor, they were able to reinforce the hotel, keeping it from completely collapsing around everyone's ears. It wasn't perfect - the top of the building still swayed and buckled, the two top floors crashing down in on each other and partially damaging the third. Most of the windows shattered, with the balconies quickly collapsing in on themselves and the back stairs following suit.

In the upper levels, Julian Keller found himself caught underneath a piece of falling concrete, knocked out as it pinned him down. Mark Sheppard, having stepped out onto one of the balconies not long before the quake, was instead impaled by a broken railing, suspended almost in midair. Forge would later be found buried underneath a slab of concrete that had once been part of the back stairs. They weren't the only residents who needed immediate help, and everyone needed to get out of there in a hurry.

Paradise Hotel was trying to fall down.

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The plan was simple. Warren didn't care about subtlety on this one, in fact, the more damage he could inflict on Elias Bogan, the better. Even if it was only structural. Remy had gotten them inside, now it was time to get down to work. They were splitting up - Rogue, Remy and Warren would be looking for Tessa. As much as Warren would like to be leading this party, he knew he couldn't. There was no guarantee Bogan's pete telepath wouldn't get into his head, turn him around so much that they'd never get anything. So Remy was in the lead, his mind so difficult to get into he should be safe. If all else fails, he should be able to find Tessa. Wade and Madeline were to go after Bogan - Warren wanted him dead, if possible, and Madeline should be able to keep either of them from being messed with.

( They didn't bother to try and sneak through Bogan's mansion. )