The Team Magna Series, an AU created by Carolyn & Shellie. The idea for this AU was inspired by a discussion on the list. Thanks for all those who contributed ideas, and we added a few of our own. Our intention is not to take away from any other writer's AU, and any resemblance is purely coincidental. Similarities to Brate's AU, Haven, is accidental. We both came up with the idea for our AUs at about the same time, so it's only natural some facts would appear almost identical.

Team Magna is composed of seven members:

Chris Larabee, the leader, possesses the physical gifts of super agility, and is able to defy gravity, plus create weapons out of energy. He is also psychic.

Buck Wilmington, an experienced empath, can read emotions and has the power to manipulate a person's mind. While normally unable to sense specific thoughts, his abilities are augmented when in close proximity with his team members, and he can read their minds. He also has the ability to accept another person's pain into his own body. As an empath, he can penetrate a non-empathic person's mind easily, because there's no protective wall built around that person's mind.

Vin Tanner has hyperactive senses and has honed his talents through years of experience.

Ezra Standish is a shapeshifter. He has the ability to shift into another human form only. He also has the ability to confuse and confound, to appear to be in one place while being in another. He possesses telekinetic powers and is able to open locked doors.

Josiah Sanchez is the man of steel with the strength of ten men. He also heals quickly when he is injured. He can see on a spiritual plane, i.e. ghosts and wraiths, etc. He's able to sense when an evil presence is near.

Nathan Jackson is an empathic healer; he can heal with his touch. He can also discern what illnesses or conditions -- cancer, blood disorders, and heart disease -- a person possesses by touching them. His powers are greater where the Seven are concerned -- he can heal them faster.

JD Dunne is a strong empath, like Buck, only less experienced. He can sense feelings, see auras, and knows when someone is lying or upset. As with the rest of the seven, his powers are strongest when he's with the team. Like Buck, he's able to take another person's pain into his own body, thereby lessening that person's discomfort, but finds it more difficult to delve into another empath's mind than a non-empathic person.

Chris Larabee discovered early that he possessed powers that made him different. He learned quickly to hide his gifts, preferring to appear normal rather than being set apart. He met Buck Wilmington while working with the ATF. They discovered accidentally that they both had powers that set them apart from normal men.

Chris eventually fell in love and married, but his wife and child were later killed in an explosion. Distraught, Chris and Buck left the ATF. They were later approached and asked to join an elite Agency because of the special powers they possessed. There, they met Vin Tanner, a man with heightened senses, and Nathan Jackson, a man who could heal with his touch. They realized quickly that their powers grew stronger when the four of them worked together. After they discovered the true corrupted nature of the Agency they tried to leave but were stopped. Aided by one of the top researchers at the facility, Orrin Travis, they were able to escape.

While in contact with Travis soon after, who also left the Agency, Nathan mentioned a friend to Travis he believed would be helpful to their group. Travis agreed, and Josiah Sanchez, an extremely strong man, joined them. Working with leads provided by Travis, the team found out the location of Evans, a Rogue Researcher who had been forced to leave the Agency. They rescue JD Dunne, an empath the Rogue tricked into helping him, and Ezra Standish, a shapeshifter, and the two decide to join the team.

The team is based in a converted warehouse where they live and train. Travis calls on them from time to time for help, usually in tracking down the men who worked at the agency who continue to exploit others with powers like the seven possess.

Part I