Prologue
He sat in the leather swivel chair pushing himself to go in fast circles. Then he jumped up and collided with the wall.
"Loki!" the tall girl laughed. She had black hair cut short so it stuck out, her skin was a natural tan, and her eyes were a screaming blue. She smiled a lot, revealing more then her pearly white smile, but very shape fangs as well.
"Anubis," Loki said to the wall, he squinted then turned and looked at the laughing woman. "I tell you, you ought to try this!" he took a step, lost his balance and fell again.
"You are going to get hurt my friend!" she said. "And Shiva would have my head if you got hurt."
He stood up holding his head. "Shiva," he muttered. "What is it with her?"
"She fancies you is all." Anubis looked around the office. "Come on, we've got work."
"Why'd we come here again?" Loki asked crawling to the floor and lying down.
"You got yourself sick didn't you?" Anubis chuckled. "That's alright, you got us in, I'll work from here." She pulled the shades shut and began to open all the filing cabinets.
She proceeded to the shelves of books and scanned the titles looking for something out of place. Nothing. She moved on to the desk and opened the drawers. As she made to close the last drawer she froze and looked in it further.
"Here it is." She pulled a small wooden, black box from the back corner of the drawer and put it in her shoulder bag. "Ready Loki?" she closed the drawer and looked over the desk at Loki who had fallen asleep.
She walked around the desk and kicked him in the side. "All right you," she pulled him into a sitting position. He opened his eyes and looked up at her.
"Why did you kick me?"
"You fell asleep."
"Oh." He nodded. "Are we done yet?"
Anubis rolled her eyes and headed for the door."
"I'll take that for a yes." He morphed into a man with white hair and a tweed suit and lead Anubis out of the building. As they left the night guard smiled.
"Good night Mr. Hammons."
"Good night." Loki replied.
As they got outside into the sleeping downtown area, Loki morphed back to his real form and smiled at Anubis.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah," she smirked. "You rock."
"Of course." Loki howled into the nighttime air and they ran off.
*** *** *** *** ***
Professor Xavier sighed.
"What's wrong Professor?" Kurt asked.
"I'm just still a little sad about Koda."
"We are too." Jak said.
They sat congregated in the living room.
"So," Scott stood up. "What are we here for?"
"Right," Professor Xavier nodded. "A friend of mine from Albuquerque called in a favor, there has been a lot of robbery in his offices. The thieves have taken files, computer programs and most importantly a black box. Now, he asked me not to say what are the contents of the box as they are very dear to him, so I will not. But the files are also very important to him, he knows that the thieves cannot be normal humans, the night security guard has kept an eye on all the camera screens and the only people seen to go into the building is my friend, Mr. Hammons and a lady friend, but Mr. Hammons insists that he has been asleep when the imposter has been entering the building. He suspects that it is a mutant and that is why he has asked us to go and investigate it."
"Sir, all due respect, we are not the police."
"I understand that, but Mr. Hammons insist that we help him."
"Why?"
"Scott," The professor sighed. "Because he did me a favor a long time ago and he is calling in the favor I owe him. You don't have to go if you don't want to, I just need four of you to go, check it out and do what you can."
"I'll go," Jak said.
"Me too." Kurt volunteered.
"Yeah," Satine sighed.
"And I'll go." Logan said.
"Okay then," Professor Xavier smiled. "You leave in the morning, Mr. Hammons will meet you in downtown Albuquerque at eleven o'clock."
He sat in the leather swivel chair pushing himself to go in fast circles. Then he jumped up and collided with the wall.
"Loki!" the tall girl laughed. She had black hair cut short so it stuck out, her skin was a natural tan, and her eyes were a screaming blue. She smiled a lot, revealing more then her pearly white smile, but very shape fangs as well.
"Anubis," Loki said to the wall, he squinted then turned and looked at the laughing woman. "I tell you, you ought to try this!" he took a step, lost his balance and fell again.
"You are going to get hurt my friend!" she said. "And Shiva would have my head if you got hurt."
He stood up holding his head. "Shiva," he muttered. "What is it with her?"
"She fancies you is all." Anubis looked around the office. "Come on, we've got work."
"Why'd we come here again?" Loki asked crawling to the floor and lying down.
"You got yourself sick didn't you?" Anubis chuckled. "That's alright, you got us in, I'll work from here." She pulled the shades shut and began to open all the filing cabinets.
She proceeded to the shelves of books and scanned the titles looking for something out of place. Nothing. She moved on to the desk and opened the drawers. As she made to close the last drawer she froze and looked in it further.
"Here it is." She pulled a small wooden, black box from the back corner of the drawer and put it in her shoulder bag. "Ready Loki?" she closed the drawer and looked over the desk at Loki who had fallen asleep.
She walked around the desk and kicked him in the side. "All right you," she pulled him into a sitting position. He opened his eyes and looked up at her.
"Why did you kick me?"
"You fell asleep."
"Oh." He nodded. "Are we done yet?"
Anubis rolled her eyes and headed for the door."
"I'll take that for a yes." He morphed into a man with white hair and a tweed suit and lead Anubis out of the building. As they left the night guard smiled.
"Good night Mr. Hammons."
"Good night." Loki replied.
As they got outside into the sleeping downtown area, Loki morphed back to his real form and smiled at Anubis.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah," she smirked. "You rock."
"Of course." Loki howled into the nighttime air and they ran off.
*** *** *** *** ***
Professor Xavier sighed.
"What's wrong Professor?" Kurt asked.
"I'm just still a little sad about Koda."
"We are too." Jak said.
They sat congregated in the living room.
"So," Scott stood up. "What are we here for?"
"Right," Professor Xavier nodded. "A friend of mine from Albuquerque called in a favor, there has been a lot of robbery in his offices. The thieves have taken files, computer programs and most importantly a black box. Now, he asked me not to say what are the contents of the box as they are very dear to him, so I will not. But the files are also very important to him, he knows that the thieves cannot be normal humans, the night security guard has kept an eye on all the camera screens and the only people seen to go into the building is my friend, Mr. Hammons and a lady friend, but Mr. Hammons insists that he has been asleep when the imposter has been entering the building. He suspects that it is a mutant and that is why he has asked us to go and investigate it."
"Sir, all due respect, we are not the police."
"I understand that, but Mr. Hammons insist that we help him."
"Why?"
"Scott," The professor sighed. "Because he did me a favor a long time ago and he is calling in the favor I owe him. You don't have to go if you don't want to, I just need four of you to go, check it out and do what you can."
"I'll go," Jak said.
"Me too." Kurt volunteered.
"Yeah," Satine sighed.
"And I'll go." Logan said.
"Okay then," Professor Xavier smiled. "You leave in the morning, Mr. Hammons will meet you in downtown Albuquerque at eleven o'clock."