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Skye didn’t know what was going on at Mason’s flat between him and Adder, instead she’d spent the night trying to ignore Jonathan flirting with her and keeping him out of trouble. At least keeping him out of trouble was easier when he went and fell asleep on a cot in the room she’d told him to sleep in. Skye had fallen asleep on the sofa in the main area and woke in the morning being nudged by Xavier. “Um Skye? What are you doing here sleeping?”, Xavier asked setting down his messenger bag ready to pick up his work for Excalibur now that he and Ashley had returned from their honeymoon. “Silver Samurai! Tank goodness.”, Skye smiled sitting up quickly grabbing Xavier’s mask putting it on him hearing Jonathan’s active thoughts as he was waking up. “Silver...what…”, Xavier asked confused as his mask was forced on him. He noticed Skye wasn’t wearing her watch. “Where’s your watch?”, Xavier asked. “Wolverine has it.”, Skye explained getting up off the couch seeing Jonathan standing in the hallway rubbing sleep from his eyes looking curiously at the back of Xavier. “Wolverine? What is going on? What happened to her watch?”, Xavier questioned now confused even further as Skye continued to use code names. “Oh her’s got blown up w’en we teleported away some bombs dat was intended ta blow a ‘ole in a ‘ospital ta kill Jonathan Fuller...w’o is rig’t be’ind ya.”, Skye explained pointing.
Jonathan bashfully smiled getting pointed out and walked further but held his side as it hurt. “Pleased to meet you...Silver Samurai...I believe that’s what I heard Skye call you.”, Jonathan greeted extending his hand. Xavier groaned. “Days like this I really wish I had a power like the rest of this damn team.”, Xavier muttered turning around shaking Jonathan’s hand. “Nice to meet you Mister Fuller. And yes I’m Silver Samurai. Now Skye want to explain to me why he’s on the island? We now in the habit of bring dates to the island? Because if I start finding women’s undergarments scattered about from Laoch’s adventures or randomly find Mason here….”, Xavier questioned turning his attention back to Skye. “First he ain’t ‘ere as a date. So dat a big no on da island being a good place ta bring a date fer a s’ag. It was Wolverine's idea ta bring him. He isn't safe in public and dis da only place da Church canna find him. So Ah was left ‘ere last night ta babysit him and Wolverine took mah watch. W’ich….”, Skye said taking his. “Ah’ll be taking yers till Forge can replace Wolverine’s.”, Skye explained putting his watch on. “But...then how am I supposed to get home? And what I’m supposed to play babysitter? I have a lot of work to do.”, Xavier questioned glancing to Jonathan briefly. “Yer wife’s got a watch. Ya can travel wid her. And Ah sorry but Ah need a s’ower, a c’ange of clot’es and ta fuck mah boyfriend. Ya understand aye? Ya just got back from a honeymoon. W’ich welcome back and Ah ‘ope ya remembered ta use condoms remember we breed in pairs. Dinna tink ya want twins running round too soon after ya nuptials.”, she teased. “So Jonathan stay outta Silver Samurai’s way and out of trouble. Silver Samurai just keep him outta places he s’ouldn’t be in and just don’t kill him. Bye.”, Skye waved before hitting the button on the watch disappearing.
Xavier groaned and looked at Jonathan. “Just stay out of my hair and we’ll get along fine.”, Xavier sighed grabbing his messenger bag. He walked past Jonathan going to the main computer hooking in and starting to pick up his research as well as monitoring things for Excalibur. “Soo...what do you do here? I get that Skye is the muscle and looks, at least from what I’ve seen of the team. Though Wolverine seemed to be an attractive bird, but my understanding much like Skye...unfortunately is spoken for. And I suppose congratulations that you and a teammate have recently gotten married. I’ll assume that your wife is a Kearney then.”, Jonathan said following him and taking a seat. “And your accent, you're not American like Wolverine and certainly aren’t from any part of the United Kingdom. Japanese?”, he added. Xavier sighed pausing his typing. “You’re the journalist right? I suppose that explains all the questions. What I do isn’t your business sir. And you should probably not talk about my aunt’s looks. I don’t want to hear your opinion of how she looks in kevlar. And yes she is most definitely taken and has a child with the man. What makes you say my wife is a Kearney? And yes I’m Japanese.”, Xavier answered as simply as he could still trying to work. “Ohh...she’s your aunt. Interesting. But alright I’ll keep my opinions to myself. Unless you are a telepath like Skye then well just don’t read my mind. And I guess Kearney because Skye said something about breeding in pairs. And she told me once that Kearneys are known for being fierce fighters, great lovers, and having twins. I’ve seen Skye fight so I know the fighter part is on point. Would happily find out about the lovers part of that too.”, Jonathan smiled.
Rose completed her classes and headed to Muir Island wanting to check in Jonathan's injury and otherwise ready for patrol. As soon as she appeared Xavier smiled in relief. "Thank God. Get that man off this island", Xavier stood pointing to the monitor to the danger room where Jonathan was walking around. "Um? Silver Samurai? This room is neat and all but could I get out now? And please don't start another program...", Jonathan called hoping to be let out. "Silver!", Rose said slapping his arm looking to the monitor. "What did you do?", Rose shook her head, finishing zipping up her uniform and pulling on the hood and mask. "He is worse than Landon with his curiosity. At least Landon is endearing. That man has not stopped trying to talk to me asking me questions since I arrived this morning. I sent him in there and locked the doors. I needed some peace. And I haven't started any actually dangerous simulations.", Xavier explained. Rose chuckled and shook her head. "You're a handfull. Go home and get some rest, I'll handle him.", she shook her head and started to the danger room. "Skye took my watch! I can't go home.", Xavier frowned. "And Ashley's at work.", he added. Rose looked over and blinked. "Oh, um. Well work on contacting another member or the team. Mine sort of...", Rose suggested. "I know she told me. And I emailed Forge about another. He says we better not keep blowing up his toys or he'll not send them to us. I think he was joking though.", Xavier smiled. "Maybe. He likes blowing up his toys.", she chuckled and headed to the danger room. Xavier sighed and tried calling his brother-in-law to take him home.
Jonathan was just pacing the danger room tapping the walls trying to figure it out. Rose put in the override code and walked in, in full uniform since she did have to hide her identity. "Jonathan, I see you're walking around and doing well. How's your side?", she greeted. "Oh hello Wolverine. Your nephew tell you he's had me in here for three hours?", He smiled. "And it's feeling okay. Aches a little but when trying to duck and dodge these simulations Silver Samurai was playing.", He shrugged. "You're handling it pretty well. And no, though I'll slap him for saying he's my nephew and for locking you up.", She offered a hand to help him if he needed it. "Let's get you to a medical room and check over everything.", she says heading for the infirmary. "Oh the nephew part was used in protest against my calling you attractive. But I've been a sucker for a redhead since puberty.", He smiled. "You're the doctor apparently.", He nodded following her lead. "I'm the den mother, you could say.", she said with a smirk, showing her fangs. "And well, I don't mind hearing it. Though careful, some people wouldn't be keen on hearing you flirting.", she walked with him to the infirmary. "Right you have a bloke. Which from your talk with Skye last night he lives far away. Must have some serious patience to live so far that he won't see you till April... Or at least that is what I understood when you shut Skye down when she said she needed to see Mason last night.", Jonathan commented. Rose frowned at all the information he knew. "Going to have to talk long with Skye, apparently.". She opened the medical office and had him sit on the table, pulling up his hospital records they had obtained from the hospital. "Lets double check everything and make sure it is all healing well.", she suggested. "Why? You were the one that gave out that information neglecting my presence.", He asked getting in the table pulling off his borrowed shirt that didn't exactly fit right. Skye had given him a shirt that she knew was Atif's so he'd have something clean to wear that also wouldn't press on the stitches.
Rose sighed and nodded that he was right. None of the team was used to holding their tongues around people. She moved over and started inspecting everything. "Looks like everything is fine.", she said. "A few stitches strained but not broken, I'll keep an eye on them and tell whoever is looking over you if they pop.", she commented. "Good to hear. So am I supposed to just stay here till my article gets published? Because I need my computer if I'm going to be able to write anything. I'm sure your team would like me gone sooner than later. You guys are about secrets and I'm about the truth. And I don't think Silver Samurai and especially Skye liked 'babysitting' and I'm not fond of being babysat.", he inquired. "We could always put you back where you were for more assassination attempts.", she said raising an eyebrow. "Almost preferable. At least then if Skye was around to guard me she was less agitated. She had to cancel a date with Mason last night. Which my understanding was going to end with a nightcap. Apparently one should not come between a Kearney and getting laid.", he shrugged with a slight frown. "Hah please.", Rose said rolling her eyes. "Those two are rabbits. She missed one night of three times in a day, I'm sure. We'll get you your laptop so you can go back to writing.", she smiled handing him back his shirt. "Lucky bastard.", he muttered. "Alright. That sounds okay. At least if I have my computer I can work and not be on anyone's way.", he sighed putting his shirt back in. “Alright. So I'll get one of my team to collect your laptop and some of your clothes as well.”, she said putting his chart away. “Thanks.”, he nodded getting down from the table. “I'll go find something to eat now and try to stay out of your hair Wolverine. Hate for you to stuff me into the danger room like Silver Samurai did.”, he teased with a smile leaving the room.
Atif was told to go into Jonathan’s house and get his laptop and some clothes after taking Xavier back home. With his laptop in hand Jonathan was at least able to pass the time while stuck on Muir Island working on his article. He wasn’t given wifi access, it was considered too dangerous as someone could try to track the IP despite how well they hid the source themselves. One of the Excalibur members was there during the day with him. He’d eventually met all of them, well their masked personas. Laoch, he wasn’t sure how closely he was related to Skye but it was obvious just by their interactions he’d observed they had grown up together. Laoch liked to try and intimidate him, and well it did work the man was a bit bigger than him and he’d seen what the guy could do. Seer seemed like a very nice guy, obviously he’s American but that wasn’t to be held against him. Seer was the one other than Skye and Wolverine who would try to talk to him a little bit. Though Jonathan quickly realized that Skye would talk to him because she kind of felt responsible and perhaps was enjoying their conversations where Wolverine mostly wanted to check on his health being the doctor of the team, but Seer he felt was analyzing him. So he made the conclusion Seer was the psychiatrist or something along those lines. Wiccan kept mostly to himself, the only time that Jonathan saw the man really open up in the slightest yet still not give much away was when Seer was near. Then there was Furry, Silver Samurai’s wife. He knew she was American by her accent, but she gave very little away not speaking much around him. His observations of the woman she seemed to have her mind somewhere else.
While Jonathan was trying to write his article while being kept hidden away from the Church, Arcade was getting closer to finding a solution for Myst’s condition. He’d been still performing all the tasks that Queen required of him. But it was getting harder for him to tolerate. He knew what Queen had planned for mutants, she wanted to capture as many as she could and kill any she couldn’t capture. Those that were being captured were being taken to underground bases that were fortified against many mutant abilities. For his own leverage as insurance Arcade had downloaded everything he could to an external drive to use as blackmail if Queen or her associates tried to come after him, saying he could easily leak this information to MI6 and for what they’d been doing in the US to the FBI. On that external drive he had the location of every base and all the details of every mutant being held captive and what experiments they were performing. He knew that the plan was to revamp Bolivar Trask’s original Sentinel design but give the robots the abilities of the mutants to better adipate and more readily capture or kill the mutants of the world. Arcade had it all planned. Tonight was finally going to be the night he and Myst got away from Queen. he packed up what he needed from his lap and per his usual took over the security cameras that led to and pointed at Myst’s cell. He carried his briefcase from his lab and went down to Myst’s cell.
“Myst…”, he spoke softly seeing she was asleep just hovering over the cot in her glass cage. Myst turned and looked at him. “Webber?”, she questioned sitting up. “We are going to be leaving tonight, just like I promised.”, he explained. “If they find out you helped me….they’ll kill you.”, Myst protested moving closer to the wall of glass that separated them. “I know. But they won’t know I did anything. Remember how I told you about those thieves I was going to hire?”, he smiled. “I remember. What about them?”, she asked. “I’m going to leave the office, like normal so the guards won’t think anything about me going. After I am gone I will be giving the cue to the team, they are going to use their combined abilities to break into the lab and break you out. Then they will bring you to a secret location where I have a plane waiting and we are going to America for the moment.”, he explained. “Just remember this, these women I’ve hired to help us they don’t know my real name and they can’t know it for our safety and theirs. But I need to go. I will see you very soon Myst I promise. Then we can leave this place behind and we can get your locket working.”, he smiled softly pressing a hand against the glass. Myst nodded. “I understand Webber. I’ll see you soon.”, she smiled softly lightly pressing her barely formed hand against the glass by his. “I love you Myst.”, he said softly before taking his hand back and quickly leaving. He had to follow his plan to the letter for it to work and just trust that these three women he’d put together as his team could get Myst out safely. Myst sighed and watched him leave and floated around her cell as she awaited her rescue. She was a bit uncertain of trusting strangers to rescue her, but he’d promised they would see each other again and she believed him.
The guards gave no attention to Webber leaving the lab as he was always the last of the scientists to leave. They didn’t even notice him carrying a briefcase along with his standard messenger bag. Webber took a deep breath after he left and followed his plan heading for a small airfield where a small plane was waiting to take them all to New York. He had to leave the rescue of Myst in the hands of the team he’d hired. Till he brought them together they’d been on their own doing small thefts and con jobs around the world. He only knew them by their codenames and vice versa. The eldest member goes by the name Cardice. She’s a mutant in her early twenties with white hair and ice blue eyes and fair skin that can create ice. Then there’s Mirage a mutant around twenty as well with black hair and dark blue eyes that is able to create realistic illusions. Then the youngest and probably most powerful and unpredictable member is Paradox. Arcade’s best guess is she’s in her mid teens. The girl had brown hair with her bangs dyed red and dark green eyes. What makes her powerful, unpredictable and necessary to his plans is she has the ability to control time itself. he’d brought them all together a couple weeks earlier so they could start to acclimate to the idea of working as a team. And it seemed as long as they got paid they’d work fine together.
Cardice was driving the van they’d been provided to use for this job and parked just outside the fence to the facility. “Alright let’s go get paid.”, Cardice smiled looking into the back at her two new cohorts Mirage and Paradox. Per their employer’s instructions all three were wearing masks to hide their faces from any facial recognition programs the security program utilized. They all knew the plan. They were to get in and retrieve a mutant named Myst from her cell and get out and back to the airfield as quickly and efficiently as possible. “Let’s do this.”, Mirage smiled pulling open the sliding door to the van as she and Paradox jumped out. Mirage had been ify o the idea of working with a team, but so far she didn’t mind Cardice or Paradox. And it was her understanding they were supposed to be busting out their fourth member. “You are up first.”, Paradox nodded looking to Cardice. Cardice nodded holding out her hands putting a heavy coat of ice over the barbed wire that went across the top of the fence. They’d been told to not cut the fence as it would sound the alarm so they had to go up and over and using her ice allowed them to do so safely. With the ice encasing the barbed wire the three climbed up and over the fence making their way to the wall which they’d been advised by their employer the door closest had the least amount of security.
Cardice ran her hand over the knob to the door freezing it to the point that one solid hit and the knob shattered into pieces. “You’re up kid.”, Cardice said glance to Paradox. Paradox nodded taking a breath and holding out her hands. It was hard to tell that she’d really done anything, Cardice and Mirage were still breathing and looking around wanting to ensure they weren’t caught. Cardice had been uncertain of the youngster’s powers tills he looked and saw a leaf suspended in mid air. “We um….we good?”, Cardice asked looking to Paradox. “Yes. I can hold this for at least fifteen minutes. The three of us can still move as normal but for anyone in a two mile radius time is frozen.”, she nodded. “Let’s move then.”, Mirage nodded heading in first with Cardice right behind her slowly followed by Paradox who was putting her concentration into keeping time frozen for all but them. As they moved through the hallways Mirage paused blinking as she saw two security guards frozen in the hallway. “Whoa...freaky..”, she commented looking at them. One was about to take a sip of coffee the liquid frozen inches from his lips the other about to take a bite of a muffin. “Paradox not sure if I’ve said this but your power is sweet.”, Mirage smiled looking to the younger member. Paradox gave a small smile but kept silent focusing as they walked around the guards. Cardice checked her watch. “We need to hurry if we are going to get this done before the time is up.”, she instructed starting to run through the halls now. Mirage raced after Cardice while Paradox continued her slow walk not wanting to lose her control.
Myst like everything and everyone else was frozen in time her barely formed lower body hovering just above the floor and her partially formed face looking at the clock wondering when this rescue was supposed to happen. “Okay...well Arcade didn’t exactly give details about the woman, but this has to be her.”, Cardice said looking at the woman suspended in time inside a glass box. “She’s made of gas? Well can see that being useful for break into places..”, Mirage smiled. “Here I’ll cut a hole in this glass and then we can get her out.”, Cardice instructed holding up her index finger a sharp piece of ice forming to a point off her finger and she carefully created a hole in the glass. Mirage helped to keep the glass in place and then carefully set it down not wanting to have it shatter. “So how are we getting in through that little hole to pull her out?”, Mirage asked at the same moment Paradox walked in. “She’ll come to us. Won’t you Myst?”, Paradox spoke calmly despite blood starting to trickle down from her nose as she had to expand the safety of her powers to include Myst. Myst blinked as suddenly three strangers were outside her cell and there was a hole in her cell. “What...who?”, she questioned. Cardice looked to Paradox and noticed the blood. “We don’t have time to explain. Arcade sent us. Can you fit through the hole? We need to move we are running out of time.”, Cardice instructed looking back to Myst. Myst nodded and what vague form she had changed to just a cloud that slipped through the hole and she reformed outside it. “Thank you. Where is Arcade? Is he safe?”, she asked. “Yes he’s fine he’s waiting. Let's go. Paradox you going to make it?”, Mirage asked looking to Paradox.
Paradox carefully wiped the blood from her face and nodded. “I’ll try to hold it as long as I can. But we must hurry.”, she answered. “This way.”, Cardice instructed heading out. Myst cautiously followed the others. Webber trusted these women to rescue her and to help them get what they would need to allow her to be whole again so she would. They were getting close to the way out but without warning Paradox collapsed and time started to move again. “Crap...Mirage you’re up.”, Cardice said quickly picking up Paradox from the floor. Mirage nodded. “I’m on it. Everyone stay close to me.”, she answered and a flash of blue shot out from her hands. Myst held her breath as two guards rounded the corner, but walked past them like they weren’t there. “Everyone just walk together and we’ll get out of here. I’ve got my powers hiding us from their eyes.”, Mirage whispered starting to walk again. Cardice walked carefully as she carried Paradox bring up the rear of the team. They crept carefully under the guise of Mirage’s illusion to the door and outside. “How do we get her out now?”, Mirage asked looking to Paradox who groaned. “I climb the stupid fence. Put me down I’m good.”, she insisted. “Alright. Mirage climb first then Paradox I’ll go last. Myst I guess you don’t even need to climb it.”, Cardice instructed. “No I don’t need to climb.”, Myst said just passing through the fence like it wasn’t there. Mirage climbed over first then Paradox. Cardice watched Paradox to ensure she didn’t fall on her side and Mirage watched to make sure she didn’t fall on her side. With the rest of the team safely over Cardice climbed over and they got into the van and drove away.
Arcade was waiting on the plane worried about Myst and if the team could get her out. he was about ready to go and just get Myst himself when the van pulled onto the runway. “On thank god.”, he sighed walking off the plane. “Worried?”, Cardice asked getting out of the van. “Yeah we always complete out jobs.”, Mirage assured pulling open the sliding door to the van getting out followed by Paradox. Arcade however wasn’t looking at any of them his eyes were still on the van waiting for Myst. He smiled as she slipped out of the van and looked at him. “Hi Arcade.”, she greeted. “Hi Myst.”, he answered smiling resisting the urge to try and hug her knowin that physically it wouldn’t really work. “Ready to go?”, he asked. Myst nodded. “Have been for years.”, she answered floating over to him giving him a light ‘kiss’, it was intended as a kiss but with her inability to fully form it was more like just leaving dew, on his cheek. “Thank you for keeping your promise.”, she said. “This is just the start of keeping my promise. Let’s go ladies.”, Arcade instructed pointing to the plane. The others watched silent curious what exactly their new employer’s interest in the mutant he’d had them rescue was. So far it was hard to tell but he at least appeared to care about her, which was something. None could say they knew many humans that cared for any mutant. The girls gave a nod and walked onto the plan followed by Myst and then Arcade. The doors closed and once seated the pilot took off and the new team headed for New York.

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Skye didn’t know what was going on at Mason’s flat between him and Adder, instead she’d spent the night trying to ignore Jonathan flirting with her and keeping him out of trouble. At least keeping him out of trouble was easier when he went and fell asleep on a cot in the room she’d told him to sleep in. Skye had fallen asleep on the sofa in the main area and woke in the morning being nudged by Xavier. “Um Skye? What are you doing here sleeping?”, Xavier asked setting down his messenger bag ready to pick up his work for Excalibur now that he and Ashley had returned from their honeymoon. “Silver Samurai! Tank goodness.”, Skye smiled sitting up quickly grabbing Xavier’s mask putting it on him hearing Jonathan’s active thoughts as he was waking up. “Silver...what…”, Xavier asked confused as his mask was forced on him. He noticed Skye wasn’t wearing her watch. “Where’s your watch?”, Xavier asked. “Wolverine has it.”, Skye explained getting up off the couch seeing Jonathan standing in the hallway rubbing sleep from his eyes looking curiously at the back of Xavier. “Wolverine? What is going on? What happened to her watch?”, Xavier questioned now confused even further as Skye continued to use code names. “Oh her’s got blown up w’en we teleported away some bombs dat was intended ta blow a ‘ole in a ‘ospital ta kill Jonathan Fuller...w’o is rig’t be’ind ya.”, Skye explained pointing.
Jonathan bashfully smiled getting pointed out and walked further but held his side as it hurt. “Pleased to meet you...Silver Samurai...I believe that’s what I heard Skye call you.”, Jonathan greeted extending his hand. Xavier groaned. “Days like this I really wish I had a power like the rest of this damn team.”, Xavier muttered turning around shaking Jonathan’s hand. “Nice to meet you Mister Fuller. And yes I’m Silver Samurai. Now Skye want to explain to me why he’s on the island? We now in the habit of bring dates to the island? Because if I start finding women’s undergarments scattered about from Laoch’s adventures or randomly find Mason here….”, Xavier questioned turning his attention back to Skye. “First he ain’t ‘ere as a date. So dat a big no on da island being a good place ta bring a date fer a s’ag. It was Wolverine's idea ta bring him. He isn't safe in public and dis da only place da Church canna find him. So Ah was left ‘ere last night ta babysit him and Wolverine took mah watch. W’ich….”, Skye said taking his. “Ah’ll be taking yers till Forge can replace Wolverine’s.”, Skye explained putting his watch on. “But...then how am I supposed to get home? And what I’m supposed to play babysitter? I have a lot of work to do.”, Xavier questioned glancing to Jonathan briefly. “Yer wife’s got a watch. Ya can travel wid her. And Ah sorry but Ah need a s’ower, a c’ange of clot’es and ta fuck mah boyfriend. Ya understand aye? Ya just got back from a honeymoon. W’ich welcome back and Ah ‘ope ya remembered ta use condoms remember we breed in pairs. Dinna tink ya want twins running round too soon after ya nuptials.”, she teased. “So Jonathan stay outta Silver Samurai’s way and out of trouble. Silver Samurai just keep him outta places he s’ouldn’t be in and just don’t kill him. Bye.”, Skye waved before hitting the button on the watch disappearing.
Xavier groaned and looked at Jonathan. “Just stay out of my hair and we’ll get along fine.”, Xavier sighed grabbing his messenger bag. He walked past Jonathan going to the main computer hooking in and starting to pick up his research as well as monitoring things for Excalibur. “Soo...what do you do here? I get that Skye is the muscle and looks, at least from what I’ve seen of the team. Though Wolverine seemed to be an attractive bird, but my understanding much like Skye...unfortunately is spoken for. And I suppose congratulations that you and a teammate have recently gotten married. I’ll assume that your wife is a Kearney then.”, Jonathan said following him and taking a seat. “And your accent, you're not American like Wolverine and certainly aren’t from any part of the United Kingdom. Japanese?”, he added. Xavier sighed pausing his typing. “You’re the journalist right? I suppose that explains all the questions. What I do isn’t your business sir. And you should probably not talk about my aunt’s looks. I don’t want to hear your opinion of how she looks in kevlar. And yes she is most definitely taken and has a child with the man. What makes you say my wife is a Kearney? And yes I’m Japanese.”, Xavier answered as simply as he could still trying to work. “Ohh...she’s your aunt. Interesting. But alright I’ll keep my opinions to myself. Unless you are a telepath like Skye then well just don’t read my mind. And I guess Kearney because Skye said something about breeding in pairs. And she told me once that Kearneys are known for being fierce fighters, great lovers, and having twins. I’ve seen Skye fight so I know the fighter part is on point. Would happily find out about the lovers part of that too.”, Jonathan smiled.
Rose completed her classes and headed to Muir Island wanting to check in Jonathan's injury and otherwise ready for patrol. As soon as she appeared Xavier smiled in relief. "Thank God. Get that man off this island", Xavier stood pointing to the monitor to the danger room where Jonathan was walking around. "Um? Silver Samurai? This room is neat and all but could I get out now? And please don't start another program...", Jonathan called hoping to be let out. "Silver!", Rose said slapping his arm looking to the monitor. "What did you do?", Rose shook her head, finishing zipping up her uniform and pulling on the hood and mask. "He is worse than Landon with his curiosity. At least Landon is endearing. That man has not stopped trying to talk to me asking me questions since I arrived this morning. I sent him in there and locked the doors. I needed some peace. And I haven't started any actually dangerous simulations.", Xavier explained. Rose chuckled and shook her head. "You're a handfull. Go home and get some rest, I'll handle him.", she shook her head and started to the danger room. "Skye took my watch! I can't go home.", Xavier frowned. "And Ashley's at work.", he added. Rose looked over and blinked. "Oh, um. Well work on contacting another member or the team. Mine sort of...", Rose suggested. "I know she told me. And I emailed Forge about another. He says we better not keep blowing up his toys or he'll not send them to us. I think he was joking though.", Xavier smiled. "Maybe. He likes blowing up his toys.", she chuckled and headed to the danger room. Xavier sighed and tried calling his brother-in-law to take him home.
Jonathan was just pacing the danger room tapping the walls trying to figure it out. Rose put in the override code and walked in, in full uniform since she did have to hide her identity. "Jonathan, I see you're walking around and doing well. How's your side?", she greeted. "Oh hello Wolverine. Your nephew tell you he's had me in here for three hours?", He smiled. "And it's feeling okay. Aches a little but when trying to duck and dodge these simulations Silver Samurai was playing.", He shrugged. "You're handling it pretty well. And no, though I'll slap him for saying he's my nephew and for locking you up.", She offered a hand to help him if he needed it. "Let's get you to a medical room and check over everything.", she says heading for the infirmary. "Oh the nephew part was used in protest against my calling you attractive. But I've been a sucker for a redhead since puberty.", He smiled. "You're the doctor apparently.", He nodded following her lead. "I'm the den mother, you could say.", she said with a smirk, showing her fangs. "And well, I don't mind hearing it. Though careful, some people wouldn't be keen on hearing you flirting.", she walked with him to the infirmary. "Right you have a bloke. Which from your talk with Skye last night he lives far away. Must have some serious patience to live so far that he won't see you till April... Or at least that is what I understood when you shut Skye down when she said she needed to see Mason last night.", Jonathan commented. Rose frowned at all the information he knew. "Going to have to talk long with Skye, apparently.". She opened the medical office and had him sit on the table, pulling up his hospital records they had obtained from the hospital. "Lets double check everything and make sure it is all healing well.", she suggested. "Why? You were the one that gave out that information neglecting my presence.", He asked getting in the table pulling off his borrowed shirt that didn't exactly fit right. Skye had given him a shirt that she knew was Atif's so he'd have something clean to wear that also wouldn't press on the stitches.
Rose sighed and nodded that he was right. None of the team was used to holding their tongues around people. She moved over and started inspecting everything. "Looks like everything is fine.", she said. "A few stitches strained but not broken, I'll keep an eye on them and tell whoever is looking over you if they pop.", she commented. "Good to hear. So am I supposed to just stay here till my article gets published? Because I need my computer if I'm going to be able to write anything. I'm sure your team would like me gone sooner than later. You guys are about secrets and I'm about the truth. And I don't think Silver Samurai and especially Skye liked 'babysitting' and I'm not fond of being babysat.", he inquired. "We could always put you back where you were for more assassination attempts.", she said raising an eyebrow. "Almost preferable. At least then if Skye was around to guard me she was less agitated. She had to cancel a date with Mason last night. Which my understanding was going to end with a nightcap. Apparently one should not come between a Kearney and getting laid.", he shrugged with a slight frown. "Hah please.", Rose said rolling her eyes. "Those two are rabbits. She missed one night of three times in a day, I'm sure. We'll get you your laptop so you can go back to writing.", she smiled handing him back his shirt. "Lucky bastard.", he muttered. "Alright. That sounds okay. At least if I have my computer I can work and not be on anyone's way.", he sighed putting his shirt back in. “Alright. So I'll get one of my team to collect your laptop and some of your clothes as well.”, she said putting his chart away. “Thanks.”, he nodded getting down from the table. “I'll go find something to eat now and try to stay out of your hair Wolverine. Hate for you to stuff me into the danger room like Silver Samurai did.”, he teased with a smile leaving the room.
Atif was told to go into Jonathan’s house and get his laptop and some clothes after taking Xavier back home. With his laptop in hand Jonathan was at least able to pass the time while stuck on Muir Island working on his article. He wasn’t given wifi access, it was considered too dangerous as someone could try to track the IP despite how well they hid the source themselves. One of the Excalibur members was there during the day with him. He’d eventually met all of them, well their masked personas. Laoch, he wasn’t sure how closely he was related to Skye but it was obvious just by their interactions he’d observed they had grown up together. Laoch liked to try and intimidate him, and well it did work the man was a bit bigger than him and he’d seen what the guy could do. Seer seemed like a very nice guy, obviously he’s American but that wasn’t to be held against him. Seer was the one other than Skye and Wolverine who would try to talk to him a little bit. Though Jonathan quickly realized that Skye would talk to him because she kind of felt responsible and perhaps was enjoying their conversations where Wolverine mostly wanted to check on his health being the doctor of the team, but Seer he felt was analyzing him. So he made the conclusion Seer was the psychiatrist or something along those lines. Wiccan kept mostly to himself, the only time that Jonathan saw the man really open up in the slightest yet still not give much away was when Seer was near. Then there was Furry, Silver Samurai’s wife. He knew she was American by her accent, but she gave very little away not speaking much around him. His observations of the woman she seemed to have her mind somewhere else.
While Jonathan was trying to write his article while being kept hidden away from the Church, Arcade was getting closer to finding a solution for Myst’s condition. He’d been still performing all the tasks that Queen required of him. But it was getting harder for him to tolerate. He knew what Queen had planned for mutants, she wanted to capture as many as she could and kill any she couldn’t capture. Those that were being captured were being taken to underground bases that were fortified against many mutant abilities. For his own leverage as insurance Arcade had downloaded everything he could to an external drive to use as blackmail if Queen or her associates tried to come after him, saying he could easily leak this information to MI6 and for what they’d been doing in the US to the FBI. On that external drive he had the location of every base and all the details of every mutant being held captive and what experiments they were performing. He knew that the plan was to revamp Bolivar Trask’s original Sentinel design but give the robots the abilities of the mutants to better adipate and more readily capture or kill the mutants of the world. Arcade had it all planned. Tonight was finally going to be the night he and Myst got away from Queen. he packed up what he needed from his lap and per his usual took over the security cameras that led to and pointed at Myst’s cell. He carried his briefcase from his lab and went down to Myst’s cell.
“Myst…”, he spoke softly seeing she was asleep just hovering over the cot in her glass cage. Myst turned and looked at him. “Webber?”, she questioned sitting up. “We are going to be leaving tonight, just like I promised.”, he explained. “If they find out you helped me….they’ll kill you.”, Myst protested moving closer to the wall of glass that separated them. “I know. But they won’t know I did anything. Remember how I told you about those thieves I was going to hire?”, he smiled. “I remember. What about them?”, she asked. “I’m going to leave the office, like normal so the guards won’t think anything about me going. After I am gone I will be giving the cue to the team, they are going to use their combined abilities to break into the lab and break you out. Then they will bring you to a secret location where I have a plane waiting and we are going to America for the moment.”, he explained. “Just remember this, these women I’ve hired to help us they don’t know my real name and they can’t know it for our safety and theirs. But I need to go. I will see you very soon Myst I promise. Then we can leave this place behind and we can get your locket working.”, he smiled softly pressing a hand against the glass. Myst nodded. “I understand Webber. I’ll see you soon.”, she smiled softly lightly pressing her barely formed hand against the glass by his. “I love you Myst.”, he said softly before taking his hand back and quickly leaving. He had to follow his plan to the letter for it to work and just trust that these three women he’d put together as his team could get Myst out safely. Myst sighed and watched him leave and floated around her cell as she awaited her rescue. She was a bit uncertain of trusting strangers to rescue her, but he’d promised they would see each other again and she believed him.
The guards gave no attention to Webber leaving the lab as he was always the last of the scientists to leave. They didn’t even notice him carrying a briefcase along with his standard messenger bag. Webber took a deep breath after he left and followed his plan heading for a small airfield where a small plane was waiting to take them all to New York. He had to leave the rescue of Myst in the hands of the team he’d hired. Till he brought them together they’d been on their own doing small thefts and con jobs around the world. He only knew them by their codenames and vice versa. The eldest member goes by the name Cardice. She’s a mutant in her early twenties with white hair and ice blue eyes and fair skin that can create ice. Then there’s Mirage a mutant around twenty as well with black hair and dark blue eyes that is able to create realistic illusions. Then the youngest and probably most powerful and unpredictable member is Paradox. Arcade’s best guess is she’s in her mid teens. The girl had brown hair with her bangs dyed red and dark green eyes. What makes her powerful, unpredictable and necessary to his plans is she has the ability to control time itself. he’d brought them all together a couple weeks earlier so they could start to acclimate to the idea of working as a team. And it seemed as long as they got paid they’d work fine together.
Cardice was driving the van they’d been provided to use for this job and parked just outside the fence to the facility. “Alright let’s go get paid.”, Cardice smiled looking into the back at her two new cohorts Mirage and Paradox. Per their employer’s instructions all three were wearing masks to hide their faces from any facial recognition programs the security program utilized. They all knew the plan. They were to get in and retrieve a mutant named Myst from her cell and get out and back to the airfield as quickly and efficiently as possible. “Let’s do this.”, Mirage smiled pulling open the sliding door to the van as she and Paradox jumped out. Mirage had been ify o the idea of working with a team, but so far she didn’t mind Cardice or Paradox. And it was her understanding they were supposed to be busting out their fourth member. “You are up first.”, Paradox nodded looking to Cardice. Cardice nodded holding out her hands putting a heavy coat of ice over the barbed wire that went across the top of the fence. They’d been told to not cut the fence as it would sound the alarm so they had to go up and over and using her ice allowed them to do so safely. With the ice encasing the barbed wire the three climbed up and over the fence making their way to the wall which they’d been advised by their employer the door closest had the least amount of security.
Cardice ran her hand over the knob to the door freezing it to the point that one solid hit and the knob shattered into pieces. “You’re up kid.”, Cardice said glance to Paradox. Paradox nodded taking a breath and holding out her hands. It was hard to tell that she’d really done anything, Cardice and Mirage were still breathing and looking around wanting to ensure they weren’t caught. Cardice had been uncertain of the youngster’s powers tills he looked and saw a leaf suspended in mid air. “We um….we good?”, Cardice asked looking to Paradox. “Yes. I can hold this for at least fifteen minutes. The three of us can still move as normal but for anyone in a two mile radius time is frozen.”, she nodded. “Let’s move then.”, Mirage nodded heading in first with Cardice right behind her slowly followed by Paradox who was putting her concentration into keeping time frozen for all but them. As they moved through the hallways Mirage paused blinking as she saw two security guards frozen in the hallway. “Whoa...freaky..”, she commented looking at them. One was about to take a sip of coffee the liquid frozen inches from his lips the other about to take a bite of a muffin. “Paradox not sure if I’ve said this but your power is sweet.”, Mirage smiled looking to the younger member. Paradox gave a small smile but kept silent focusing as they walked around the guards. Cardice checked her watch. “We need to hurry if we are going to get this done before the time is up.”, she instructed starting to run through the halls now. Mirage raced after Cardice while Paradox continued her slow walk not wanting to lose her control.
Myst like everything and everyone else was frozen in time her barely formed lower body hovering just above the floor and her partially formed face looking at the clock wondering when this rescue was supposed to happen. “Okay...well Arcade didn’t exactly give details about the woman, but this has to be her.”, Cardice said looking at the woman suspended in time inside a glass box. “She’s made of gas? Well can see that being useful for break into places..”, Mirage smiled. “Here I’ll cut a hole in this glass and then we can get her out.”, Cardice instructed holding up her index finger a sharp piece of ice forming to a point off her finger and she carefully created a hole in the glass. Mirage helped to keep the glass in place and then carefully set it down not wanting to have it shatter. “So how are we getting in through that little hole to pull her out?”, Mirage asked at the same moment Paradox walked in. “She’ll come to us. Won’t you Myst?”, Paradox spoke calmly despite blood starting to trickle down from her nose as she had to expand the safety of her powers to include Myst. Myst blinked as suddenly three strangers were outside her cell and there was a hole in her cell. “What...who?”, she questioned. Cardice looked to Paradox and noticed the blood. “We don’t have time to explain. Arcade sent us. Can you fit through the hole? We need to move we are running out of time.”, Cardice instructed looking back to Myst. Myst nodded and what vague form she had changed to just a cloud that slipped through the hole and she reformed outside it. “Thank you. Where is Arcade? Is he safe?”, she asked. “Yes he’s fine he’s waiting. Let's go. Paradox you going to make it?”, Mirage asked looking to Paradox.
Paradox carefully wiped the blood from her face and nodded. “I’ll try to hold it as long as I can. But we must hurry.”, she answered. “This way.”, Cardice instructed heading out. Myst cautiously followed the others. Webber trusted these women to rescue her and to help them get what they would need to allow her to be whole again so she would. They were getting close to the way out but without warning Paradox collapsed and time started to move again. “Crap...Mirage you’re up.”, Cardice said quickly picking up Paradox from the floor. Mirage nodded. “I’m on it. Everyone stay close to me.”, she answered and a flash of blue shot out from her hands. Myst held her breath as two guards rounded the corner, but walked past them like they weren’t there. “Everyone just walk together and we’ll get out of here. I’ve got my powers hiding us from their eyes.”, Mirage whispered starting to walk again. Cardice walked carefully as she carried Paradox bring up the rear of the team. They crept carefully under the guise of Mirage’s illusion to the door and outside. “How do we get her out now?”, Mirage asked looking to Paradox who groaned. “I climb the stupid fence. Put me down I’m good.”, she insisted. “Alright. Mirage climb first then Paradox I’ll go last. Myst I guess you don’t even need to climb it.”, Cardice instructed. “No I don’t need to climb.”, Myst said just passing through the fence like it wasn’t there. Mirage climbed over first then Paradox. Cardice watched Paradox to ensure she didn’t fall on her side and Mirage watched to make sure she didn’t fall on her side. With the rest of the team safely over Cardice climbed over and they got into the van and drove away.
Arcade was waiting on the plane worried about Myst and if the team could get her out. he was about ready to go and just get Myst himself when the van pulled onto the runway. “On thank god.”, he sighed walking off the plane. “Worried?”, Cardice asked getting out of the van. “Yeah we always complete out jobs.”, Mirage assured pulling open the sliding door to the van getting out followed by Paradox. Arcade however wasn’t looking at any of them his eyes were still on the van waiting for Myst. He smiled as she slipped out of the van and looked at him. “Hi Arcade.”, she greeted. “Hi Myst.”, he answered smiling resisting the urge to try and hug her knowin that physically it wouldn’t really work. “Ready to go?”, he asked. Myst nodded. “Have been for years.”, she answered floating over to him giving him a light ‘kiss’, it was intended as a kiss but with her inability to fully form it was more like just leaving dew, on his cheek. “Thank you for keeping your promise.”, she said. “This is just the start of keeping my promise. Let’s go ladies.”, Arcade instructed pointing to the plane. The others watched silent curious what exactly their new employer’s interest in the mutant he’d had them rescue was. So far it was hard to tell but he at least appeared to care about her, which was something. None could say they knew many humans that cared for any mutant. The girls gave a nod and walked onto the plan followed by Myst and then Arcade. The doors closed and once seated the pilot took off and the new team headed for New York.