"Hello, Ms .Ivanov. My name is Major William Stryker, and this is Agent Zero." A tall man in about is mid-forties spoke while nodding towards another tall man, of course almost everyone was tall compared to me, who looked Asian and had a cold look on his face.
"Hello. Well, it's obvious you know my name." I answered him in my heavily Russian accented voice."How can I help you?'
"Well, I have put together a special team for people like you, and I would li-" he began to explain, however I cut him off midsentence.
"What do you mean people like me?" Of course I knew what he meant. I just did not want anyone other than the people I knew I could trust to know what I was.
"Now Ms. Ivanov, you know exactly what I mean and don't bother denying it. I know that you are a mutant and I would like you to join my team, Team X."
I slowly came back to reality and stared at myself in the mirror. I couldn't tell when this vision was supposed to take place but it was pretty clear, so it would be soon and it was set in stone. Then I became aware of someone calling my name.
"Natalya..., Natalya. Are you all right?" I turned my head to see my bubbly friend Jennifer with a concerned look on her face. She was much taller than me, almost six inches, with beautiful black hair, emerald green eyes, naturally tan skin, and a killer body to match.
"Umm, yeah. I'm fine."
"Well, that's good. Did you have another vision?" When I nodded, her concerned look turned to one of understanding. "Okay. Can I borrow your eyeliner?" Again, I nodded and handed her the liquid and brush.
I put the final touches on my makeup and quickly slipped into my scanty, sparkly sailors outfit. Pushing my vision out of my mind, I prepared to do my fourth dance of the night.
Stryker sat in his office looking through the file of Natalya Ivanov, a very powerful and dangerous mutant. She would make a wonderful addition to Team X despite her small size. Her whereabouts had finally been tracked down to Los Angeles and he was just waiting for Zero to be ready to go before they flew to Los Angeles to retrieve her.
"When do we leave?" Zero said from the door way of Stryker's office. Stryker looked up from the file and smiled.
"Right now, I would like to pick her up as soon as possible." They walked to the jet in silence and after about five minutes in the air Zero broke it.
"So what kind of powers does she have?"
"For starters, she can see the future." Stryker grinned as he answered Zero's question. "But she also has a defensive mutation, a vampiric mutation." Zero's expression however never changed.
"Where can we find her?"
Stryker opened Natalya's files, looking for her occupation and the address of the club she danced in.
"Her file says that she works nights dancing at a club on Sunset Blvd."
"Wait. You want to recruit a stripper onto the team." Zero looked rather exasperated when he said this.
"She's not a stripper, Zero. She's a burlesque dancer."
"That's not any better. So we are recruiting a glitz and glamour princess." He looked even more exasperated.
"Trust me , she is no princess."
This isn't my first story but I would very much like constructive criticism. And I hope I have the character's personalities right. Thank you for reading. And if you like it, reviews might help me post new chapters faster.
