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Rose spent her patrol trying to focus on anything but Landon and team alpha. Lucky for her, and well unlucky for them, Donovan did find some COH causing a stir up in Richmond. And it wasn’t just anyone or anywhere that they were causing trouble. They was a group of seven outside a building that was used as a Leah’s Lost Souls location for the area. “WE JUST WANT THE MUTANT! WHAT BETTER PLACE TO HIDE TO SCUM THAN YOUR ‘CHARITY’!”, a man was shouting as he threw a lit bottle of liquor through a window. “WE ALL KNOW THAT YOU ARE JUST SOME ‘UNDERGROUND RAILROAD’ FOR MUTANTS! NOW JUST TURN OVER THE MUTANT WE WANT AND THE UNCLE TOM MOTHER FUCKER THAT HELPED HER AND WE’LL LEAVE YOU ALONE!”, another shouted throwing a rock through a window. Inside there was already panic as the staff were trying to get the younger children away from the windows and putting out the fire from the lit bottle that was thrown in. “We don’t even know what they are talking about. We have at least forty mutants on site, but they are mostly children dumped here by those who didn’t want them or found there way here after living on the streets.”, a woman said shaking her head as she gently rocked a swaddled baby in her arms trying to sooth the crying child. “I don’t either but I’m not going to stand by and let these people cause any more damage. I’m calling the cops.”, the director of the facility said calling for help. It was that call which was picked up not just by Excalibur but the Hellfire Club.
This wasn’t the first time that Ian and Turner had to go out on patrol with Ashton since their training with Mason and Adder had been completed. But this sounded like the first time they would really be getting into much of a fight. They’d been given their new uniforms which like Ashton and Tiffany were black with red accent to indicate they were part of the red pieces. As the trio arrived Rose also appeared, unknowingly the four had created a perimeter around the men. “I suggest you leave the LLS property immediately gents.”, Ashton spoke stepping forward giving no attention to the masked female that appeared from thin air. The men’s attentions turned from the building to the four masked vigilante that were around them. “Oh and what are you four going to do about it, we do out number ya.”, one taunted. Ashton may not have given notice to Rose but Ian and Turner had noticed her just as she’d noticed them. She didn’t recognize their uniforms nor their scents so she had no idea who they were. She however knew they weren’t Mason and Adder. “Well I can’t speak for the lady. But for me and my team… kick your asses maybe leave a couple of you alive to tell the tale.”, Ashton smiled holding out his right gloved hand, the palm being left open for his powers. A small glowing orb began to form and he released it at their feet.
He’d left it small just to show a point, not to kill yet. As the small orb exploded three men nearest it quickly stepped back. “Next time it’ll be a bigger explosion.”, Ashton smiled before giving a nod to Turner and Ian. Ian nodded back and stepped forward. “I suggest you listen to him.”, Ian spoke simply getting one’s attention as he turned to look. “I don’t think so sideshow freak.”, the man snorted. “Have it your way.”, Ian shrugged his right hand more than doubling in size as he swung clocking the man in the jaw. Rose didn’t know who these three were but right now they were on the same side. So as two rushed forward to help their friend Rose stepped in grabbing the pair by the collars pulling them backwards to their asses. “Now now boys. Don’t leave me out.”, she grinned letting her bone claws pop along with her regular claws and fangs. She was in the mood for a fight and right now these seven were good enough targets. Turner was messing with the mind of one man by changing into him during their fight. The fight carried on as the red Hellfire Club members and Rose fought the seven armed Church members. Inside the building the workers and the children and young adults that lived there were all peaking out the windows to watch nervously. Ashton of course was faring well fighting off two men, it reminded him of his university days when he’d go to the fights with Mason and Adder. He had to give credit to the redhaired woman, she at least could hold her own.
Ashton finally got his hands on the ringleader of the group slamming him into the exterior wall of the building by his neck. “Look you have two choices, mate. First you and your boys, well those that can still walk..”, Ashton said glancing over his shoulder at the remaining six men seeing that four were on the ground either injured or unconscious. “leave this LLS properly and not return. Or….”, he grinned forming a bomb about the size of a golf ball in his right hand. “I force feed this to you and paint this wall red with your blood. Your choice.”, he explained a cold and serious look in his eyes and tone in his voice. Rose slashed her opponent’s leg bringing him down as she made her way over to Ashton seeing him threatening the ringleader. Part of her didn’t want anyone to die, but then the part of her that was angry at Duncan and worried about Landon was all for it. Turner gulped hearing his older brother. “Um… Red King… do you really mean to kill him?”, Turner asked. “Yes Red Rook I mean to kill the man. He comes to LLS and starts causing trouble, threatening the innocent mutants inside. I mean to protect them. And if killing this piece of filth means he won’t darken their door again so be it. You mistake me for Black King. I lack his patience and compassion.”, Ashton answered his brother his tone not changing and his eyes still focused on his prey.
Black King? Now that was a name Rose recognized. Skye had reported a run in with Mason, Adder and an unknown a few days prior and Mason had called himself Black King. She wondered if this Red King knew that Black King owned this charity, but she assumed he probably did like how her team knew who was who under the mask. “Not to over step. Because really I’m in the mood to let you kill the man. But do you really want to traumatize the kids inside with that sight? And staining the building wall red?”, Rose spoke up. Ian choked out his opponent letting him fall to the ground with the other six before he turned his attention to Ashton. “My King…. I do not wish to speak out of turn. However our temporary ally has a point. There are young children inside that would do best to not see such a sight. And what would Black King think? Also perhaps he can be useful.”, Ian offered. Ashton held in a groan when Ian brought up what Mason would think. Of course Mason wouldn’t like him killing someone, at least not on LLS property. And Ian had a point about the kids inside. “What, Red Bishop, is your thoughts of him being useful as more than a trophy to mount upon the wall of my den?”, Ashton asked. “I mean, my King, they are here hunting a mutant and a human. As we’ve seen happening across the country as of late. Let’s ask him who he hunts. Maybe we can find them before these pathetic bastards and offer them protection.”, Ian suggested.
Rose looked to Ian for a moment, it was certainly a thought. Her people were trying to figure out who this mutant and human being hunted where. But they’d gotten nowhere so far. So perhaps inside information could help both of their teams. “Fine. If you would like to save your useless life, and the lives of your men. You will tell me everything you know about this mutant and human you hunt. And you’ll do it now before I decide to just haul the seven of you off somewhere more secluded to kill.”, Ashton questioned the man. The man gulped a little looking only at the small bomb he was sure the man was going to force down his throat. The more he thought about what this masked man had planned for him the more afraid he became till, to his own embarrassment, he wet himself. “I… I don't know anything. “, he stammered. “Really you are hunting without any knowledge?”, Rose asked skeptical. “Oh well if you don’t know anything. Bishop, Rook start loading his men we’ll take them someone else to dispose of them.”, Ashton ordered. Ian nodded starting to grab some of the men to load into the truck they'd driven. Turner sighed reluctantly following his brother’s orders. Rose didn’t believe the man knew nothing, nor did Ashton believe it. Rose moved closer and pressed her bone claws just above Ashton’s hand on the man’s throat. “I think you’re full of shit. You better start talking. Cause lord knows what these men have planned for you and your friends.”, Rose threatened. Sure it wasn’t exactly the X-Men way or really the Excalibur. But she figured it could work and she also figured her dad had probably done something similar in his day.
“Look...okay.. The mutant is called experiment 32 she becomes a gas. And the man is Webber… that's all I know. I swear! There was a church wide bulletin but the details were need to know.”, he said his voice trembling. “Experiment?”, Rose questioned letting her claws just start to puncture the man’s neck a tiny drop of blood starting to trickle down. “That’s it? You swear? I think you are full of shit sir. So if you’ve got nothing better to tell me than crap let’s be done with this.”, Ashton narrowed his eyes moving the bomb closer to the man’s mouth. “Okay OKAY!!!!! Look here’s everything I know just don’t kill me. The mutant escaped from some facility in Wales owned by Queen Consolidated. The bloke helped her he was in the IT department, his name is Webber Torque. I don’t know anything more we were just told to leave no stone unturned to find them.”, he said starting to cry. Rose shook her head but withdrew her claws. Queen sounded familiar and she was going to have to double check why. “You are pathetic sir. But I won’t kill you.”, Ashton frowned the bomb disappearing. Ashton threw the man to the ground. “Load him up with the others. Let the police have them. Black King would want them to stand trial for their attack against the LLS.”, Ashton sighed. Ian and Turner nodded hauling the man away with the others. “Look I’m going to double check into this Queen business. But last time I heard of mutant experiments it wasn’t good and it was more than one team could handle. So if you guys want to team up on that… tell Black King to contact me.”, Rose said before heading away. Ashton watched her curiously, she was admitting to know Mason or at least Black King. It made him wonder who she was. But he had no time for that he had seven men to deliver to justice and get back home before Blake had to go down for bed.
Once out of sight Rose pulled up her communicator to access the Excalibur database. And there it was. Queen Consolidated owned and operated by Olivia Queen a legacy mutant hater that along with Trask, Pierce and Stryker were the puppet masters behind the FOH and COH. And now Rose knew that it wasn’t, apparently, enough to torture and kill mutants these bastards were picking up where their ancestors left off with experimenting on them too. Which that just added to Rose’s rage. She’d gone out on patrol angry about Duncan leveraging the students on alpha to draw Landon back into the fold now she discovered that the FOH and COH leaders were experimenting on mutants. That just was too close to home for her. She knew the stories about Weapon X. About how they are responsible for the adamantium that covers her father’s bones. About how they tortured Demitri turning him into a mutant. These people had to be stopped. She sent the information she’d gotten to Xavier and Forge to research this ‘experiment 32’ and Webber Torque. She’d tried to cross reference any Queen Consolidated facilities in Wales that had high levels of security but nothing was coming up. Not that she expected it to be easy to find. She sighed as she hit her watch to move to her next area for patrol. She’d considered sending the details to Landon, he’d been helpful to Xavier and Forge finding out what they already had. But the thought of Landon just brought her back to her rage that he was guilted into a mission that he might not walk away from.
When she returned to Muir Island Atif had taken over monitor duty and Jonathan was asleep in his bunk. “So I heard from Donovan about what was going on with Landon back home.”, Atif sighed seeing her keeping his voice low. He figured with Jonathan asleep down in a bunk with his door closed he was safe to speak. Rose sighed nodding a little. “Well I got a call from Cora Lee while you were out.”, Atif started to explain. Rose’s eyes narrowed for a moment but there was fear and worry in them at the prospect of what Atif might have been told. “Landon got injured. From what she said the mission was a success, in regards to no one died. however Landon did what he always does..”, Atif sighed heavily. “He risked his life for everyone…”, Rose frowned grabbing a chair. “What happened?”, she asked sitting down backwards leaning on the back of the chair. “Landon used a lot of his power, he was trying to turn the bombs into things that couldn’t explode. But that’s 39 floors to check and who knows how many bombs. He couldn’t get to them all. Alpha was able to get all the civilians out, even the FOH scum who planned the bombing. Landon called for the team to evac. Got to the lobby to find the team fighting the academy team. He didn’t have time to get all ten of the teenagers out. So he did what he figured could save them all.”, Atif explained. “And that is?”, Rose asked trying to keep her emotions in check. She knew how far Landon could go to protect people, he’d give his own life for others.
“He used everything he had left and placed all ten teens into a snowglobe and used his body as the shield as the building started to come down. He got pinned by a heavy beam, breaking his leg, and suffered third degree burns to his back. Thankfully he was conscious enough to press the button on the prototype teleporter watch Forge let him borrow. he landed on the terrace at the house. Scared the crap out of Rachel, Lily and Tommy. Tommy used the watch to port them all to the recovery center. Aunt Kisa healed his injuries. But he used everything he had power-wise on the bombs and to save those kids. So he’s unconscious still, resting at the recovery center. Tommy took the snow globe of students to the Haven and got Solangel to turn them back. Apparently when they got put in the globe alpha realized it was going to be a bumpy journey getting thrown about inside the globe with any movement.”, Atif continued to explain. Rose gripped chair her claws starting to dig in. Landon got hurt on this mission, thankfully didn’t die. But damn it that was too close for her taste. And her poor cousin, to see him like that. Rose didn’t want to imagine how Rachel felt when he arrived like that. She remembered her own fear and worry for him when he’d been struck by Wanda in that final battle and that was less serious.
“This is all Duncan’s fault.”, Rose growled. “That’s the general consensus on it. No one is happy that Duncan pushed Landon into this mission. If he wasn’t on mission right now I’m sure Rachel and Aislinn would be giving the man more than an earful. Now for what I was saying about the teams cause it’s hilarious and maybe will get you to laugh. They get put in the snow globe. Stephan grabbed Ororo using himself and his wings to shield her as they are getting bounced around inside. Nathan grabbed Inola to keep her safe. Now those can make some sense. Especially Stephan protecting Ororo they started dating recently. Now for what makes it funny.”, Atif smiled a little. Rose raised an eyebrow. What could be funny that would make her laugh knowing that their best friend was currently laying in a recovery bed unconscious an ocean away where they couldn’t see him or do anything. “Because they are good kids, Taylor grabbed Salena to shield her from getting tossed around the snow globe and Marco shielded Arie. All while Shaw did nothing for his female teammates, one being his own cousin. Adam was unconscious for part of the ride so he had an out. I guess when they got released by Solangel Taylor and Marco were quick to let the girls go and they were just as quick to get away from them. Arie decked her cousin Shaw and cussed him out for doing nothing and making them have to be protected by X-Men instead and then a comment about needing to shower away the Hamilton stench.”, Atif laughed a little as he spoke. Okay so he was right it at least got Rose to smile a little.
Neither Atif, Rose, Ashley, Xavier or Billy were prepared for the news that came a few days later. Landon had called Rose himself. “Landon!? Oh thank god you are okay.”, Rose answered in relief hearing his ringtone. Landon laughed a little at her reaction. “Yeah I heard news of the outcome of my mission made it across the pond. And yeah I’m okay. All healed up and back home in Manhattan.”, he smiled. “I can’t believe you let Duncan talk you into that mission. My poor cousin was so worried about you. You scared the shit out of her with your heroics you bastard.”, Rose went straight into scolding him. Atif and Billy both raised an eyebrow from where they were cuddled on the sofa watching a movie. “I know...I know. Trust me I’ve already heard it all Rose. You know I couldn’t just let those kids go this alone. There was no way they were ready to take on a mission like that. They lacked the skills and more importantly powers for what needed to be done.”, Landon sighed. “I know… but you scared all of us Landon. You said at graduation you were done being a hero. You told me you were going to do the research and educate people and I would be the one being hero. You want that peaceful life of a researcher and teacher and more importantly you want a family with Rachel. You can’t have those things if you die.”, Rose argued. “I know Rose. I have no intentions of dying that you very much. I’m alive, the kids of alpha are alive, the academy kids are alive, all those people from the U.N are alive.”, Landon countered.
“Yes and I know they are alive because of you. But just don’t keep scaring us and more importantly Rachel like this. This was a one time deal anyways right? So no more risking your life unnecessarily when so many people want and need you safe and alive.”, Rose sighed. “About that….”, Landon sighed rubbing the back of his neck. “Landon? What?”, Rose asked getting worried. “I’m back in.”, he blurted out. “YOU ARE WHAT!? LANDON ROUSE BRYANT!?”,Rose yelled. Atif and Billy both quickly sat up giving full attention to Rose. “What’s going on?”, Atif asked. Landon held the phone away from his ear. “God damn Rose. I’m glad I’m not Merrick that shit would have deafened my cousin.”, Landon teased. “Well you aren't Merrick. Merrick isn’t being a fucking idiot agreeing to go back into a life he walked away from.”, Rose growled. She was thankful that Merrick was sticking to being neutral, not just for her sake but for Faelan’s. “He’s doing what?”, Billy asked. “Look okay take some calming breaths.”, Landon insisted. “And see this from my angle. I’ve got over a decade of training and experience. Then factor in my vast knowledge and my powers. I’m needed Rose. Alright with the shit storm that is building all around us I’m needed. I’ve read the information you sent Forge. About this mutant who was experimented on and the human that helped her get away. Mutant experimentation? Rose that’s big...fuck that’s HUGE. That’s all hands on deck big.”, Landon explained.
“I know it’s huge Landon. I know what is happening, I live it. But you don’t have to. You can just keep your head down and focus on university, on teaching, on your band, and more importantly on marry my cousin.”, Rose frowned. “I can do all that and this Rose. I’m not returning to full status or even permanently. I've agreed to return at a limited capacity, I’ll still help with any research Xavier and Forge need. But I’m only willing to take a couple missions, at most, a month. And after Rachel graduates I’m out completely. We get married and then we are leaving the country for our world traveling for our research. I’ve made it very clear to Duncan. This isn’t me coming back to full status and very far from me agreeing to take over the institute.”, Landon explained. “Uh huh and what’s my cousin say about this? Did you even talk to her about it?”, Rose demanded. “Of course I did. I’m not an idiot. I know that this isn’t all my call. it stopped being just me when I put that ring on her finger. My life isn’t my own to risk as I want. My life is hers. But she agreed to this limited status. And she said that’s she’s going to be worried about me every time I take a mission, that she won’t probably sleep until I come back safe. But she won’t stop me, she knows that when it comes down to it at my core I’m a hero.”, he answered. Rose frowned. “Yeah well that makes two of us that aren’t going to get any sleep and be worried about you.”, she sighed. “Aw I love you too.”, Landon smiled. “Just promise me you’ll be cautious no unnecessary heroics and don't keep using your body as a shield.”, she requested. “I promise. No worries alright. You just be careful over there. I’ll dig into this Webber guy and this Queen facility with Forge and keep you posted. Now I better go. I’ve got practice with the band. Tell everyone hi for me. Love ya Rose.”, Landon agreed. “I will. Love you too.”, Rose sighed hanging up.
“So what’s going on?”, Atif demanded. “Landon… the fool… has agreed to return to active duty for the X-Men.”, Rose sighed. “HE WHAT!?”, Atif shouted. “My sentiments exactly. And I’m sure the others all agree too. But he made his decision. he talked to Rachel about it before agreeing to return. He says it’s temporary and not full status. He will take no more than two missions a month, he’s not agreeing to take over the institute, and when Rachel graduates he’s fully out because they will marry and being globetrotting for their research.”, Rose explained frowning. This still didn’t settle with her. If Landon could get pulled back into this… who was next? Her thoughts turning to Merrick. She wondered if Merrick would start getting more involved. He had stepped in giving information for the U.N mission. Which he did that to try and protect Nathan and Inola, to give them the upper hand. But would Merrick take it to the next level? Go beyond consulting and get into the fight? Give up his Haven status? Sher should the thoughts away. Of course he wouldn’t. He’d never do anything that would put his family at risk, especially now that they had Faelan. Atif frowned and leaned into Billy. “He just better be careful. I mean I know Landon’s powerful and strong, but he…”, Atif sighed. “He is a hero that will put his body on the line to save others.”, Billy frowned finishing his fiance’s thought. “All we can do is keep doing what we do here and just hope for the best. And well trust in Landon. That he’s not going to get himself killed. He loves my cousin too much to make her live without him.”, Rose sighed before looking at the clock. “I better go. I have clinical soon. You two mind letting Ashley and Xavier know what Landon’s up to? They’ll want to know. Donovan and Skye have less invested in him than we do.”, Rose sighed standing up. “Yeah we’ll let them know.”, Atif agreed. “Thanks. Later guys.”, Rose waved grabbing her bag and jacket before heading out.
Skye had the day off from her office and no patrol to go out on so she offered to keep an eye on Jonathan. She’d considered spending time with Mason, but he’d mentioned he had some things he had to take care of. Which given he didn’t give details she assumed meant something with his team. She’d still been trying to not think about what had happened between him and Adder. To not let her mind wander and think about what could happen between them on any given day since they shared a flat. She’d been telling herself to just trust him but a voice always reminded her she had trusted him and he’d gotten moments away from getting Adder in bed. “So I’m confused, not complaining just confused. Why are you hanging out here on your day off instead of with Mason?”, Jonathan asked. His voice cutting through her thoughts as she blinked turning her head from the sofa where she was stretched out watching television to look at him sitting at the table with his laptop open. “Hmm?”, she asked. Jonathan smiled picking up his laptop and walking into the lounge area. He tucked the laptop under his left arm while picking up her feet with his right and sitting down. “I asked why you are hanging around here on your day off. You could be spending time with Mason.”, Jonathan repeated setting his laptop on the small table at the end of the sofa. “Mason got tings ta do today. Tings dat don’t include me.”, Skye shrugged.
“Hmm I see. Can’t imagine anything a boyfriend could have to do that doesn’t include his girlfriend that would take priority over being with her. Especially when the girlfriend is as gorgeous as you.”, Jonathan flirted. Skye rolled her eyes and lightly nudged him with her foot. “He a verra busy man with many responsibilities. Ah understand dat his world canna revolve round me. Just as mine canna revolve round him. We both working, in different ways, ta save da world.”, Skye countered. “Right his charity… Leah’s Lost Souls.”, Jonathan nodded a little. “Well I’ll be one less person you need to worry about as of tomorrow.”, Jonathan smiled softly. Skye raised an eyebrow. “Oh and wat ‘appens tamorrow dat yer no longer gonna be in danger and Ah won’t need ta save yer fine arse?”, Skye asked teasing a little. Jonathan smirked when she said ‘fine arse’. He still didn’t know if she was seriously flirting and if she was why. She’d been rather insistent before that she loves Mason. Yet since October she’d been a bit more receptive to him flirting and even had flirted back at times. He thought maybe he was right, maybe things weren’t as great with Mason as she let people believe. “Well I finished my article. So tomorrow I go to the paper to turn in my assignment so it can go to print.”, he explained pointing to his laptop. Skye blinked and sat up looking at him. “Wait. Yer finished? And ya plan ta just waltz up ta yer paper? Canna ya not just email it ta yer editor? it’d be safer.”, Skye questioned.
“Well yeah. I mean I could email it to him. But seriously Skye how long am I supposed to stay here in hiding? Living where the only unmasked face I see is yours? Granted I’m not complaining that I get to see your face. It’s beautiful. But how long is my life on hold? My editor wants to see me. To know I’m alive and that the article is actually from me. I need to go in. Your team can be on alert whatever you guys think is necessary. But tomorrow someone is taking me off this island and returning me to London so I can get this published. My editor is giving me a whole page for this. I can’t hide forever.”, Jonathan explained with a sigh lightly touching the side of her face as he said the last part. “It’s sweet you're worried about me.”, he smiled. “but if you go… they will come after you. They’ll kill you and anyone that gets in their way.”, Skye argued. “I know. But I can’t hide forever Skye. we knew that me being here was temporary, just till I finished the article.”, he sighed trying to keep his eyes locked on hers but kept finding them looking to her lips. “Ah kne. It just… Ah’ve gotten used ta ya being ‘ere. Ah’d miss ya.”, Skye frowned. Jonathan couldn’t help but smile. She’d miss seeing him. “I’ll miss you too.”, he replied taking a risk as his thumb ran over her lips. ‘God her lips feel soft, I wonder…’, Jonathan thought before taking a much bigger risk. He leaned in and let his lips touch hers softly. Skye sat frozen for a moment as he touched her lips with his thumb and then she picked up the partial though. Her eyes went wide for a moment when he kissed her. One voice telling her she shouldn’t allow it to linger the other saying why not Mason had kissed Adder. But Skye listed to the first voice and pulling back quickly getting off the sofa.
She wasn't sure what to say as she just stared at him. “I’m… god I’m sorry. I just.. I misread the signs. I shouldn’t have..”, Jonathan quickly stammered out apologizing. At that same moment Laoch had appeared. “S’ouldn’t ‘ave wat?”, he demanded folding his arms across his chest looking from his twin to Jonathan. “Noting fer ya ta get yer knickers in a twist Laoch. Mister Fuller was just telling me dat his article is done. He needs ta be returned ta London in da morning so he can turn it in.”, Skye quickly answered forcing her attention away from Jonathan to look at her masked twin brother. “Good. Silver Samurai will be verra ‘appy ta get da base ta ‘imself again widout worrying wat dis one is up ta.”, Donovan nodded with a snort. “Yes. Well I’ll be happy to get to go home. To not be a burden or interference to any of your lives. Last thing I wanted was to cause any of you trouble. If you’ll excuse me I’m going to my bunk. Do a final check of the article to make sure it’s ready. Just let me know who will be taking me to London in the morning. If you’ll excuse me. Laoch… Iolar….”, Jonathan said not dating to look at Skye as he grabbed his laptop standing up and quickly left the room. “Wat dat about? Ain’t ever ‘eard him call ya by yer code name.”, Donovan asked. Skye’s eyes followed Jonathan as he left and she sighed shaking her head. “Ah canna tell ya. But if plans ta go back tamorrow we all need ta be ready. Da Church been watc’ing his flat and da paper waiting fer him. Ah’m gonna go ‘ome. Get ready fer tamorrow. Let da rest of da team know.”, Skye answered before teleporting out. Donovan frowned, something didn’t feel right. There was more than Skye or Jonathan was telling and he didn’t like it. But there was little he could do about it. So he let the rest of the team know and they got a plan together for how to handle returning Jonathan.

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Rose spent her patrol trying to focus on anything but Landon and team alpha. Lucky for her, and well unlucky for them, Donovan did find some COH causing a stir up in Richmond. And it wasn’t just anyone or anywhere that they were causing trouble. They was a group of seven outside a building that was used as a Leah’s Lost Souls location for the area. “WE JUST WANT THE MUTANT! WHAT BETTER PLACE TO HIDE TO SCUM THAN YOUR ‘CHARITY’!”, a man was shouting as he threw a lit bottle of liquor through a window. “WE ALL KNOW THAT YOU ARE JUST SOME ‘UNDERGROUND RAILROAD’ FOR MUTANTS! NOW JUST TURN OVER THE MUTANT WE WANT AND THE UNCLE TOM MOTHER FUCKER THAT HELPED HER AND WE’LL LEAVE YOU ALONE!”, another shouted throwing a rock through a window. Inside there was already panic as the staff were trying to get the younger children away from the windows and putting out the fire from the lit bottle that was thrown in. “We don’t even know what they are talking about. We have at least forty mutants on site, but they are mostly children dumped here by those who didn’t want them or found there way here after living on the streets.”, a woman said shaking her head as she gently rocked a swaddled baby in her arms trying to sooth the crying child. “I don’t either but I’m not going to stand by and let these people cause any more damage. I’m calling the cops.”, the director of the facility said calling for help. It was that call which was picked up not just by Excalibur but the Hellfire Club.
This wasn’t the first time that Ian and Turner had to go out on patrol with Ashton since their training with Mason and Adder had been completed. But this sounded like the first time they would really be getting into much of a fight. They’d been given their new uniforms which like Ashton and Tiffany were black with red accent to indicate they were part of the red pieces. As the trio arrived Rose also appeared, unknowingly the four had created a perimeter around the men. “I suggest you leave the LLS property immediately gents.”, Ashton spoke stepping forward giving no attention to the masked female that appeared from thin air. The men’s attentions turned from the building to the four masked vigilante that were around them. “Oh and what are you four going to do about it, we do out number ya.”, one taunted. Ashton may not have given notice to Rose but Ian and Turner had noticed her just as she’d noticed them. She didn’t recognize their uniforms nor their scents so she had no idea who they were. She however knew they weren’t Mason and Adder. “Well I can’t speak for the lady. But for me and my team… kick your asses maybe leave a couple of you alive to tell the tale.”, Ashton smiled holding out his right gloved hand, the palm being left open for his powers. A small glowing orb began to form and he released it at their feet.
He’d left it small just to show a point, not to kill yet. As the small orb exploded three men nearest it quickly stepped back. “Next time it’ll be a bigger explosion.”, Ashton smiled before giving a nod to Turner and Ian. Ian nodded back and stepped forward. “I suggest you listen to him.”, Ian spoke simply getting one’s attention as he turned to look. “I don’t think so sideshow freak.”, the man snorted. “Have it your way.”, Ian shrugged his right hand more than doubling in size as he swung clocking the man in the jaw. Rose didn’t know who these three were but right now they were on the same side. So as two rushed forward to help their friend Rose stepped in grabbing the pair by the collars pulling them backwards to their asses. “Now now boys. Don’t leave me out.”, she grinned letting her bone claws pop along with her regular claws and fangs. She was in the mood for a fight and right now these seven were good enough targets. Turner was messing with the mind of one man by changing into him during their fight. The fight carried on as the red Hellfire Club members and Rose fought the seven armed Church members. Inside the building the workers and the children and young adults that lived there were all peaking out the windows to watch nervously. Ashton of course was faring well fighting off two men, it reminded him of his university days when he’d go to the fights with Mason and Adder. He had to give credit to the redhaired woman, she at least could hold her own.
Ashton finally got his hands on the ringleader of the group slamming him into the exterior wall of the building by his neck. “Look you have two choices, mate. First you and your boys, well those that can still walk..”, Ashton said glancing over his shoulder at the remaining six men seeing that four were on the ground either injured or unconscious. “leave this LLS properly and not return. Or….”, he grinned forming a bomb about the size of a golf ball in his right hand. “I force feed this to you and paint this wall red with your blood. Your choice.”, he explained a cold and serious look in his eyes and tone in his voice. Rose slashed her opponent’s leg bringing him down as she made her way over to Ashton seeing him threatening the ringleader. Part of her didn’t want anyone to die, but then the part of her that was angry at Duncan and worried about Landon was all for it. Turner gulped hearing his older brother. “Um… Red King… do you really mean to kill him?”, Turner asked. “Yes Red Rook I mean to kill the man. He comes to LLS and starts causing trouble, threatening the innocent mutants inside. I mean to protect them. And if killing this piece of filth means he won’t darken their door again so be it. You mistake me for Black King. I lack his patience and compassion.”, Ashton answered his brother his tone not changing and his eyes still focused on his prey.
Black King? Now that was a name Rose recognized. Skye had reported a run in with Mason, Adder and an unknown a few days prior and Mason had called himself Black King. She wondered if this Red King knew that Black King owned this charity, but she assumed he probably did like how her team knew who was who under the mask. “Not to over step. Because really I’m in the mood to let you kill the man. But do you really want to traumatize the kids inside with that sight? And staining the building wall red?”, Rose spoke up. Ian choked out his opponent letting him fall to the ground with the other six before he turned his attention to Ashton. “My King…. I do not wish to speak out of turn. However our temporary ally has a point. There are young children inside that would do best to not see such a sight. And what would Black King think? Also perhaps he can be useful.”, Ian offered. Ashton held in a groan when Ian brought up what Mason would think. Of course Mason wouldn’t like him killing someone, at least not on LLS property. And Ian had a point about the kids inside. “What, Red Bishop, is your thoughts of him being useful as more than a trophy to mount upon the wall of my den?”, Ashton asked. “I mean, my King, they are here hunting a mutant and a human. As we’ve seen happening across the country as of late. Let’s ask him who he hunts. Maybe we can find them before these pathetic bastards and offer them protection.”, Ian suggested.
Rose looked to Ian for a moment, it was certainly a thought. Her people were trying to figure out who this mutant and human being hunted where. But they’d gotten nowhere so far. So perhaps inside information could help both of their teams. “Fine. If you would like to save your useless life, and the lives of your men. You will tell me everything you know about this mutant and human you hunt. And you’ll do it now before I decide to just haul the seven of you off somewhere more secluded to kill.”, Ashton questioned the man. The man gulped a little looking only at the small bomb he was sure the man was going to force down his throat. The more he thought about what this masked man had planned for him the more afraid he became till, to his own embarrassment, he wet himself. “I… I don't know anything. “, he stammered. “Really you are hunting without any knowledge?”, Rose asked skeptical. “Oh well if you don’t know anything. Bishop, Rook start loading his men we’ll take them someone else to dispose of them.”, Ashton ordered. Ian nodded starting to grab some of the men to load into the truck they'd driven. Turner sighed reluctantly following his brother’s orders. Rose didn’t believe the man knew nothing, nor did Ashton believe it. Rose moved closer and pressed her bone claws just above Ashton’s hand on the man’s throat. “I think you’re full of shit. You better start talking. Cause lord knows what these men have planned for you and your friends.”, Rose threatened. Sure it wasn’t exactly the X-Men way or really the Excalibur. But she figured it could work and she also figured her dad had probably done something similar in his day.
“Look...okay.. The mutant is called experiment 32 she becomes a gas. And the man is Webber… that's all I know. I swear! There was a church wide bulletin but the details were need to know.”, he said his voice trembling. “Experiment?”, Rose questioned letting her claws just start to puncture the man’s neck a tiny drop of blood starting to trickle down. “That’s it? You swear? I think you are full of shit sir. So if you’ve got nothing better to tell me than crap let’s be done with this.”, Ashton narrowed his eyes moving the bomb closer to the man’s mouth. “Okay OKAY!!!!! Look here’s everything I know just don’t kill me. The mutant escaped from some facility in Wales owned by Queen Consolidated. The bloke helped her he was in the IT department, his name is Webber Torque. I don’t know anything more we were just told to leave no stone unturned to find them.”, he said starting to cry. Rose shook her head but withdrew her claws. Queen sounded familiar and she was going to have to double check why. “You are pathetic sir. But I won’t kill you.”, Ashton frowned the bomb disappearing. Ashton threw the man to the ground. “Load him up with the others. Let the police have them. Black King would want them to stand trial for their attack against the LLS.”, Ashton sighed. Ian and Turner nodded hauling the man away with the others. “Look I’m going to double check into this Queen business. But last time I heard of mutant experiments it wasn’t good and it was more than one team could handle. So if you guys want to team up on that… tell Black King to contact me.”, Rose said before heading away. Ashton watched her curiously, she was admitting to know Mason or at least Black King. It made him wonder who she was. But he had no time for that he had seven men to deliver to justice and get back home before Blake had to go down for bed.
Once out of sight Rose pulled up her communicator to access the Excalibur database. And there it was. Queen Consolidated owned and operated by Olivia Queen a legacy mutant hater that along with Trask, Pierce and Stryker were the puppet masters behind the FOH and COH. And now Rose knew that it wasn’t, apparently, enough to torture and kill mutants these bastards were picking up where their ancestors left off with experimenting on them too. Which that just added to Rose’s rage. She’d gone out on patrol angry about Duncan leveraging the students on alpha to draw Landon back into the fold now she discovered that the FOH and COH leaders were experimenting on mutants. That just was too close to home for her. She knew the stories about Weapon X. About how they are responsible for the adamantium that covers her father’s bones. About how they tortured Demitri turning him into a mutant. These people had to be stopped. She sent the information she’d gotten to Xavier and Forge to research this ‘experiment 32’ and Webber Torque. She’d tried to cross reference any Queen Consolidated facilities in Wales that had high levels of security but nothing was coming up. Not that she expected it to be easy to find. She sighed as she hit her watch to move to her next area for patrol. She’d considered sending the details to Landon, he’d been helpful to Xavier and Forge finding out what they already had. But the thought of Landon just brought her back to her rage that he was guilted into a mission that he might not walk away from.
When she returned to Muir Island Atif had taken over monitor duty and Jonathan was asleep in his bunk. “So I heard from Donovan about what was going on with Landon back home.”, Atif sighed seeing her keeping his voice low. He figured with Jonathan asleep down in a bunk with his door closed he was safe to speak. Rose sighed nodding a little. “Well I got a call from Cora Lee while you were out.”, Atif started to explain. Rose’s eyes narrowed for a moment but there was fear and worry in them at the prospect of what Atif might have been told. “Landon got injured. From what she said the mission was a success, in regards to no one died. however Landon did what he always does..”, Atif sighed heavily. “He risked his life for everyone…”, Rose frowned grabbing a chair. “What happened?”, she asked sitting down backwards leaning on the back of the chair. “Landon used a lot of his power, he was trying to turn the bombs into things that couldn’t explode. But that’s 39 floors to check and who knows how many bombs. He couldn’t get to them all. Alpha was able to get all the civilians out, even the FOH scum who planned the bombing. Landon called for the team to evac. Got to the lobby to find the team fighting the academy team. He didn’t have time to get all ten of the teenagers out. So he did what he figured could save them all.”, Atif explained. “And that is?”, Rose asked trying to keep her emotions in check. She knew how far Landon could go to protect people, he’d give his own life for others.
“He used everything he had left and placed all ten teens into a snowglobe and used his body as the shield as the building started to come down. He got pinned by a heavy beam, breaking his leg, and suffered third degree burns to his back. Thankfully he was conscious enough to press the button on the prototype teleporter watch Forge let him borrow. he landed on the terrace at the house. Scared the crap out of Rachel, Lily and Tommy. Tommy used the watch to port them all to the recovery center. Aunt Kisa healed his injuries. But he used everything he had power-wise on the bombs and to save those kids. So he’s unconscious still, resting at the recovery center. Tommy took the snow globe of students to the Haven and got Solangel to turn them back. Apparently when they got put in the globe alpha realized it was going to be a bumpy journey getting thrown about inside the globe with any movement.”, Atif continued to explain. Rose gripped chair her claws starting to dig in. Landon got hurt on this mission, thankfully didn’t die. But damn it that was too close for her taste. And her poor cousin, to see him like that. Rose didn’t want to imagine how Rachel felt when he arrived like that. She remembered her own fear and worry for him when he’d been struck by Wanda in that final battle and that was less serious.
“This is all Duncan’s fault.”, Rose growled. “That’s the general consensus on it. No one is happy that Duncan pushed Landon into this mission. If he wasn’t on mission right now I’m sure Rachel and Aislinn would be giving the man more than an earful. Now for what I was saying about the teams cause it’s hilarious and maybe will get you to laugh. They get put in the snow globe. Stephan grabbed Ororo using himself and his wings to shield her as they are getting bounced around inside. Nathan grabbed Inola to keep her safe. Now those can make some sense. Especially Stephan protecting Ororo they started dating recently. Now for what makes it funny.”, Atif smiled a little. Rose raised an eyebrow. What could be funny that would make her laugh knowing that their best friend was currently laying in a recovery bed unconscious an ocean away where they couldn’t see him or do anything. “Because they are good kids, Taylor grabbed Salena to shield her from getting tossed around the snow globe and Marco shielded Arie. All while Shaw did nothing for his female teammates, one being his own cousin. Adam was unconscious for part of the ride so he had an out. I guess when they got released by Solangel Taylor and Marco were quick to let the girls go and they were just as quick to get away from them. Arie decked her cousin Shaw and cussed him out for doing nothing and making them have to be protected by X-Men instead and then a comment about needing to shower away the Hamilton stench.”, Atif laughed a little as he spoke. Okay so he was right it at least got Rose to smile a little.
Neither Atif, Rose, Ashley, Xavier or Billy were prepared for the news that came a few days later. Landon had called Rose himself. “Landon!? Oh thank god you are okay.”, Rose answered in relief hearing his ringtone. Landon laughed a little at her reaction. “Yeah I heard news of the outcome of my mission made it across the pond. And yeah I’m okay. All healed up and back home in Manhattan.”, he smiled. “I can’t believe you let Duncan talk you into that mission. My poor cousin was so worried about you. You scared the shit out of her with your heroics you bastard.”, Rose went straight into scolding him. Atif and Billy both raised an eyebrow from where they were cuddled on the sofa watching a movie. “I know...I know. Trust me I’ve already heard it all Rose. You know I couldn’t just let those kids go this alone. There was no way they were ready to take on a mission like that. They lacked the skills and more importantly powers for what needed to be done.”, Landon sighed. “I know… but you scared all of us Landon. You said at graduation you were done being a hero. You told me you were going to do the research and educate people and I would be the one being hero. You want that peaceful life of a researcher and teacher and more importantly you want a family with Rachel. You can’t have those things if you die.”, Rose argued. “I know Rose. I have no intentions of dying that you very much. I’m alive, the kids of alpha are alive, the academy kids are alive, all those people from the U.N are alive.”, Landon countered.
“Yes and I know they are alive because of you. But just don’t keep scaring us and more importantly Rachel like this. This was a one time deal anyways right? So no more risking your life unnecessarily when so many people want and need you safe and alive.”, Rose sighed. “About that….”, Landon sighed rubbing the back of his neck. “Landon? What?”, Rose asked getting worried. “I’m back in.”, he blurted out. “YOU ARE WHAT!? LANDON ROUSE BRYANT!?”,Rose yelled. Atif and Billy both quickly sat up giving full attention to Rose. “What’s going on?”, Atif asked. Landon held the phone away from his ear. “God damn Rose. I’m glad I’m not Merrick that shit would have deafened my cousin.”, Landon teased. “Well you aren't Merrick. Merrick isn’t being a fucking idiot agreeing to go back into a life he walked away from.”, Rose growled. She was thankful that Merrick was sticking to being neutral, not just for her sake but for Faelan’s. “He’s doing what?”, Billy asked. “Look okay take some calming breaths.”, Landon insisted. “And see this from my angle. I’ve got over a decade of training and experience. Then factor in my vast knowledge and my powers. I’m needed Rose. Alright with the shit storm that is building all around us I’m needed. I’ve read the information you sent Forge. About this mutant who was experimented on and the human that helped her get away. Mutant experimentation? Rose that’s big...fuck that’s HUGE. That’s all hands on deck big.”, Landon explained.
“I know it’s huge Landon. I know what is happening, I live it. But you don’t have to. You can just keep your head down and focus on university, on teaching, on your band, and more importantly on marry my cousin.”, Rose frowned. “I can do all that and this Rose. I’m not returning to full status or even permanently. I've agreed to return at a limited capacity, I’ll still help with any research Xavier and Forge need. But I’m only willing to take a couple missions, at most, a month. And after Rachel graduates I’m out completely. We get married and then we are leaving the country for our world traveling for our research. I’ve made it very clear to Duncan. This isn’t me coming back to full status and very far from me agreeing to take over the institute.”, Landon explained. “Uh huh and what’s my cousin say about this? Did you even talk to her about it?”, Rose demanded. “Of course I did. I’m not an idiot. I know that this isn’t all my call. it stopped being just me when I put that ring on her finger. My life isn’t my own to risk as I want. My life is hers. But she agreed to this limited status. And she said that’s she’s going to be worried about me every time I take a mission, that she won’t probably sleep until I come back safe. But she won’t stop me, she knows that when it comes down to it at my core I’m a hero.”, he answered. Rose frowned. “Yeah well that makes two of us that aren’t going to get any sleep and be worried about you.”, she sighed. “Aw I love you too.”, Landon smiled. “Just promise me you’ll be cautious no unnecessary heroics and don't keep using your body as a shield.”, she requested. “I promise. No worries alright. You just be careful over there. I’ll dig into this Webber guy and this Queen facility with Forge and keep you posted. Now I better go. I’ve got practice with the band. Tell everyone hi for me. Love ya Rose.”, Landon agreed. “I will. Love you too.”, Rose sighed hanging up.
“So what’s going on?”, Atif demanded. “Landon… the fool… has agreed to return to active duty for the X-Men.”, Rose sighed. “HE WHAT!?”, Atif shouted. “My sentiments exactly. And I’m sure the others all agree too. But he made his decision. he talked to Rachel about it before agreeing to return. He says it’s temporary and not full status. He will take no more than two missions a month, he’s not agreeing to take over the institute, and when Rachel graduates he’s fully out because they will marry and being globetrotting for their research.”, Rose explained frowning. This still didn’t settle with her. If Landon could get pulled back into this… who was next? Her thoughts turning to Merrick. She wondered if Merrick would start getting more involved. He had stepped in giving information for the U.N mission. Which he did that to try and protect Nathan and Inola, to give them the upper hand. But would Merrick take it to the next level? Go beyond consulting and get into the fight? Give up his Haven status? Sher should the thoughts away. Of course he wouldn’t. He’d never do anything that would put his family at risk, especially now that they had Faelan. Atif frowned and leaned into Billy. “He just better be careful. I mean I know Landon’s powerful and strong, but he…”, Atif sighed. “He is a hero that will put his body on the line to save others.”, Billy frowned finishing his fiance’s thought. “All we can do is keep doing what we do here and just hope for the best. And well trust in Landon. That he’s not going to get himself killed. He loves my cousin too much to make her live without him.”, Rose sighed before looking at the clock. “I better go. I have clinical soon. You two mind letting Ashley and Xavier know what Landon’s up to? They’ll want to know. Donovan and Skye have less invested in him than we do.”, Rose sighed standing up. “Yeah we’ll let them know.”, Atif agreed. “Thanks. Later guys.”, Rose waved grabbing her bag and jacket before heading out.
Skye had the day off from her office and no patrol to go out on so she offered to keep an eye on Jonathan. She’d considered spending time with Mason, but he’d mentioned he had some things he had to take care of. Which given he didn’t give details she assumed meant something with his team. She’d still been trying to not think about what had happened between him and Adder. To not let her mind wander and think about what could happen between them on any given day since they shared a flat. She’d been telling herself to just trust him but a voice always reminded her she had trusted him and he’d gotten moments away from getting Adder in bed. “So I’m confused, not complaining just confused. Why are you hanging out here on your day off instead of with Mason?”, Jonathan asked. His voice cutting through her thoughts as she blinked turning her head from the sofa where she was stretched out watching television to look at him sitting at the table with his laptop open. “Hmm?”, she asked. Jonathan smiled picking up his laptop and walking into the lounge area. He tucked the laptop under his left arm while picking up her feet with his right and sitting down. “I asked why you are hanging around here on your day off. You could be spending time with Mason.”, Jonathan repeated setting his laptop on the small table at the end of the sofa. “Mason got tings ta do today. Tings dat don’t include me.”, Skye shrugged.
“Hmm I see. Can’t imagine anything a boyfriend could have to do that doesn’t include his girlfriend that would take priority over being with her. Especially when the girlfriend is as gorgeous as you.”, Jonathan flirted. Skye rolled her eyes and lightly nudged him with her foot. “He a verra busy man with many responsibilities. Ah understand dat his world canna revolve round me. Just as mine canna revolve round him. We both working, in different ways, ta save da world.”, Skye countered. “Right his charity… Leah’s Lost Souls.”, Jonathan nodded a little. “Well I’ll be one less person you need to worry about as of tomorrow.”, Jonathan smiled softly. Skye raised an eyebrow. “Oh and wat ‘appens tamorrow dat yer no longer gonna be in danger and Ah won’t need ta save yer fine arse?”, Skye asked teasing a little. Jonathan smirked when she said ‘fine arse’. He still didn’t know if she was seriously flirting and if she was why. She’d been rather insistent before that she loves Mason. Yet since October she’d been a bit more receptive to him flirting and even had flirted back at times. He thought maybe he was right, maybe things weren’t as great with Mason as she let people believe. “Well I finished my article. So tomorrow I go to the paper to turn in my assignment so it can go to print.”, he explained pointing to his laptop. Skye blinked and sat up looking at him. “Wait. Yer finished? And ya plan ta just waltz up ta yer paper? Canna ya not just email it ta yer editor? it’d be safer.”, Skye questioned.
“Well yeah. I mean I could email it to him. But seriously Skye how long am I supposed to stay here in hiding? Living where the only unmasked face I see is yours? Granted I’m not complaining that I get to see your face. It’s beautiful. But how long is my life on hold? My editor wants to see me. To know I’m alive and that the article is actually from me. I need to go in. Your team can be on alert whatever you guys think is necessary. But tomorrow someone is taking me off this island and returning me to London so I can get this published. My editor is giving me a whole page for this. I can’t hide forever.”, Jonathan explained with a sigh lightly touching the side of her face as he said the last part. “It’s sweet you're worried about me.”, he smiled. “but if you go… they will come after you. They’ll kill you and anyone that gets in their way.”, Skye argued. “I know. But I can’t hide forever Skye. we knew that me being here was temporary, just till I finished the article.”, he sighed trying to keep his eyes locked on hers but kept finding them looking to her lips. “Ah kne. It just… Ah’ve gotten used ta ya being ‘ere. Ah’d miss ya.”, Skye frowned. Jonathan couldn’t help but smile. She’d miss seeing him. “I’ll miss you too.”, he replied taking a risk as his thumb ran over her lips. ‘God her lips feel soft, I wonder…’, Jonathan thought before taking a much bigger risk. He leaned in and let his lips touch hers softly. Skye sat frozen for a moment as he touched her lips with his thumb and then she picked up the partial though. Her eyes went wide for a moment when he kissed her. One voice telling her she shouldn’t allow it to linger the other saying why not Mason had kissed Adder. But Skye listed to the first voice and pulling back quickly getting off the sofa.
She wasn't sure what to say as she just stared at him. “I’m… god I’m sorry. I just.. I misread the signs. I shouldn’t have..”, Jonathan quickly stammered out apologizing. At that same moment Laoch had appeared. “S’ouldn’t ‘ave wat?”, he demanded folding his arms across his chest looking from his twin to Jonathan. “Noting fer ya ta get yer knickers in a twist Laoch. Mister Fuller was just telling me dat his article is done. He needs ta be returned ta London in da morning so he can turn it in.”, Skye quickly answered forcing her attention away from Jonathan to look at her masked twin brother. “Good. Silver Samurai will be verra ‘appy ta get da base ta ‘imself again widout worrying wat dis one is up ta.”, Donovan nodded with a snort. “Yes. Well I’ll be happy to get to go home. To not be a burden or interference to any of your lives. Last thing I wanted was to cause any of you trouble. If you’ll excuse me I’m going to my bunk. Do a final check of the article to make sure it’s ready. Just let me know who will be taking me to London in the morning. If you’ll excuse me. Laoch… Iolar….”, Jonathan said not dating to look at Skye as he grabbed his laptop standing up and quickly left the room. “Wat dat about? Ain’t ever ‘eard him call ya by yer code name.”, Donovan asked. Skye’s eyes followed Jonathan as he left and she sighed shaking her head. “Ah canna tell ya. But if plans ta go back tamorrow we all need ta be ready. Da Church been watc’ing his flat and da paper waiting fer him. Ah’m gonna go ‘ome. Get ready fer tamorrow. Let da rest of da team know.”, Skye answered before teleporting out. Donovan frowned, something didn’t feel right. There was more than Skye or Jonathan was telling and he didn’t like it. But there was little he could do about it. So he let the rest of the team know and they got a plan together for how to handle returning Jonathan.