A/N: This is going to be probably a crack! fic in the end...don't ask me how I came up with the idea for it because I frankly don't know:P I hope you'll like it!
"Alright, Kate. What did you want to show me?" Helen asked curiously. She had been working late in her office, as usually, and Kate had interrupted her, claiming that she had found a case for the Sanctuary to investigate.
"Here it is." The younger woman said handing Helen a file.
Throwing Kate a surprised look, she skimmed it, only to see some pictures of half-naked men.
"Is this a joke, Kate? Honestly, I don't have time for this."
"This is the case I wanted to talk to you about. You see, these guys… they're abnormal. And they are dead. And the only thing they have in common is that one week before they died; they appeared on an adult site.
"Adult as in…"
"Well, see for yourself. It seems this site is only posting pictures of Abnormals. Male abnormals. Frankly, it was this article which caught my attention."
"25 year old Kevin Bird died in a fire." Helen read the title of the article. "So? It seems it was an accident."
"To you, yes. Not to me. You see, Kevin was Volcano."
"Volcano?"
"On the site I told you about. Each male model has a code name or something like that. Kevin…was Volcano. Really hot guy if you ask me. Literally and figuratively."
"Kate…"
"Sorry. I dwelled a little from the subject. The point is that he was half elemental. He could control fire. So, you see, him dying in a fire…"
"Is either a cruel irony or a murder."
"Exactly. And he is not the only one. Andy here…" Kate handed Helen another picture of a man wearing only extremely tight boxers "…aka Rocky, for …obvious reasons… died in a car crash."
"So?"
"He died because the car was hit so badly it trapped him inside it. Which would have been an unfortunate accident if the guy hadn't had telekinetic abilities. I know what you're thinking, but he wasn't drunk or under drugs when he had the accident."
"Are there anymore 'accidents' like these ones?"
"Yes. Mr. Fly here…or as fans called him, Biggie, died after he fell off the roof of his house."
"And?"
"And he could levitate."
"So all these three men died in awkward circumstances given their powers."
"Yes. All of them after they appeared on this site."
"Can I ask you how come you know about the site?"
"I… well, let's say I was… a member of the site." Kate said blushing.
"I thought so." Helen said, rolling her eyes. Kate was so childish and naughty at the same time... "But it seems you were right. These are not accidents. They are murders."
"So are we going to investigate this?"
"Yes, but how?"
"I thought you were going to say that. Well, let's say that I have a friend who has a friend who… well, you know how this works. I was able to schedule you a meeting with Isabella Partridge."
"Isabella who?"
"The owner of the site. She is always on the look for new stars for her site. And I thought that we could...you know... go undercover."
"Firstly, Kate, I am not appearing on that site!"
"Not you, Magnus. I was thinking that we could pretend that we are from a modelling agency or something like that. You would be the manager and I'd be your assistant. And they are only hiring male models anyway."
"And I guess you thought about this part too?"
"Well, I was thinking we could use Hank. He is pretty hot." Kate said, trying her best to maintain an even tone. She had seen Henry half naked before and she had enjoyed the view pretty much and a part of her was looking for another opportunity of doing that.
"How come you know that?"
"I entered in his room once without knocking." Kate admitted. "But this is not the point. He is perfect. He is an Abnormal, he is hot enough..."
"And if he doesn't get accepted?"
"You're right. We need a backup plan. How about Will?" Kate suggested.
"He's not an Abnormal."
"OK... Biggie is too hairy, Druitt... well, you don't exactly know where he is at the moment..."
"He's not modelling material anyway." Helen said. "We need somebody else."
"Well, how about Magneto?" Kate asked.
"Nikola?" Helen couldn't keep herself from blushing. An undercover mission which would have given her the opportunity of seeing Nikola at least half naked...it sounded dangerously tempting.
"Two words, Kate. Hell no."
"What were you girls talking about?" Nikola said, entering the room. "I thought I heard my name."
"We were talking about an undercover mission and the boss suggested you should go too."
"I did not!" Helen almost yelled. This discussion was taking a completely wrong way.
"Yes you did."
With a smirk, Nikola closed the distance between him and Helen and locked his gaze on hers. She could almost feel his breath tickling her face.
"So... what was this mission about, my dear?" he asked cheekily.
"Basically? Getting you naked." Kate said with a chuckle.
"I am utterly appalled, Helen. Confessing your fantasies to one of the children... You naughty, naughty, naughty girl! But I would be more than pleased to help you fulfill all your dirty little thoughts..." he smirked as his finger was playing with her black curls.
"Kate Freelander!" Helen yelled, throwing Kate a one more word and you're fired look. "Don't listen to her, Nikola, she was just joking. You see we were investigating a case which involves an adult site and she had this crazy idea that you and Henry could pretend to be models that want to appear on the site." Helen tried to explain.
"OK, I think it is safe to say that you, Miss Freelander, are the smartest of the young ones here at the Sanctuary. Count me in."
"But Nikola, you will have to let them take pictures of you naked and all that."
"You're not going to allow those pictures to appear on the site, right?"
"Of course not."
"OK, then I don't have anything against this idea."
"Well I do. Don't take it personally but I don't know if you're modelling material."
"That can be arranged." Nikola said with a smirk. "Just... help me get out of my clothes-preferably without Miss Freelander around- and see for yourself. Or you could trust my word."
She wanted to do it so much it drove her crazy. But this wasn't her. Allowing him on this mission was a terrible mistake and she knew it. But the words came out of her mouth before she could stop them. The idea was too tempting.
"Fine then. You can come. We leave in two hours." Helen said with a sigh. This mission and Nikola's taking part in it sounded so wrong that it had to be right...
