Determined

Determined

While the rest of the team finished getting settle , Ororo stood in one of the terraces of the Hotel overlooking the ocean

Emma approached her

--I have to admit this is not what expected, this country should definitely get a new PR agent looks like I was right as usual I will do all the work while the rest of you have a premium vacation , this hotel is marvelous and the views are breathtaking –

Ororo Took a while before she responded to Emma , she was observing the city , the ocean it was in fact breathtaking

--Hank told me that this hotel used to be a monastery , for catholic nuns ,

--Well who knew the nuns had such a divine life , how long before I got to catch my plane ?

--About an hour and a half , and we have a rental car ready , the distance between here at the airport is 8 minutes and 36 seconds the checking in procedures will take 37 minutes Tessa made all the arrangements and she will drive you to the Airport –

--Is good to know that Tessa takes care of my needs I hope she booked first class, what is on your mind you seems distracted

--A vacation –

Emma looked at Ororo when she that , Emma did not appreciated someone else was smart ass but before she made a remark on that Ororo continued

--I hope you are right I do hope this is a vacation , part of me doesn't feel right intruding in someone else school if Charles was gone I wouldn't like strangers showing up at our doorstep . We have the hotel fully booked in case the rest of the x-men need to come and there is enough room on the ceiling to park the other black birds it would be nice if nothing else happened , Rouge Jean, and me already did a recon flight across the city is a beautiful city

--Do you think this is the fortress were they hide the kids ?--

Before they landed Emma noticed that this city was build as a Spanish fortress , probably built in the pirates era , Half of the city is built on the main land the other half is built on the ocean but the original city was surrounded by a wall the entire city was a fortress she had never seen anything like that before inside the wall the city looked like it was still colonial times outside however tall modern buildings rose , it was as if two the past and the future were mixed in the present

--No the scan show no devices that could mask such a large population of mutants and Jean and Tessa only found one mutant

--And what do we know about him –

--From what Jean scanned he is an average mutant a feral in its early 30s nothing special about him he owns a restaurant that has a carnival team , during holidays and carnival times he is the grand marshal of the parade, he is a beloved icon in this city

--As I said before this country needs a Pr person –

--Tessa Scanned their news broadcast and media publications , there isn't any anti mutant propaganda

--Sounds indeed like paradise for mutants lets hope that our visit doesn't change that do you think this is real our do you all of this could have been done by the mother ?

--You tell me is it possible for a telepath to control an entire nation ?

-- I don't think that is possible even combining the Professor ,Jean , Betsy , and me could not control an entire nation , then again it is possible that we just simply haven't encounter this kind of power before. I mean just the fact that she managed to hide all of this from all the forces at play makes me wonder

--Even the weather patterns here are perfectly balanced –

-- So you are not only going to have the perfect vacation but also the perfect tan , make sure Rouge takes advantage of that the girl needs it

Julian approached them said in what he thought it would be a very professional manner

--Tessa is waiting from us we must go now -

--oh dear you Almost sounded like Scoot , please don't—

As she smile to him

--We still have time--

--But Tessa said the we have to leave now ,or we wont be able to catch the plane –

this time Julian's toned has more polite

--Leave the checking procedures to me darling it will take less than 10 minutes—

Julian stared out trough the window , while Emma was apparently receiving additional instructions from the professor he tired to make sure not to project any thoughts that Emma could pick on, but he was conflicted and since Emma seem busy with the professor , he decide to confront the issues that were on his mind , this was the first mission he had been out since he started having problems with his powers he had been squad leader of the new mutants and now , he spent most of his time in the danger room and training with Jean Gray

It is true his powers were rough he couldn't use his them on anything small , but his telekinesis was very powerful he was still good at making shields , but when it came to flying things were not easy, he lacked the control he once had .

But his telekinesis power he felt wasn't so out of control , he may not be able to open locks , or type on a keyboard with his power , but when it came to lifting a bus and throw it out against an enemy it was easy so what if couldn't move a book across the room with out destroying an entire wall , this was the opportunity that he need it to prove himself as an x-men , and he was thankful that Emma had given him the chance .

All the X-men seem to think this mission was important everyone was making a big deal of it he was sure if need it he could take on those five kids after all he had stood up against the hulk himself , he didn't win but he survived that encounter , and that was something he was proud of .

Julian was ready for anything the only fear in his mind was that this mission would not turn out to be a fight. If that was the case he couldn't shine , if it was just about gather intelligence on this kids , he knew Emma would do all the work and he might as well be a shadow

But he couldn't accept that he had to find a way to succeed , he was determined to prove himself useful what ever it took , he just didn't know how he really was hoping for a fight because failure was not an option ha had to find a way he had to

Emma called out the flight attendant , and asked for glasses of wine as she offered one to Julian she said

--You looked tense and you probably shouldn't be staring so hard trough the window we don't want you blowing up the wing ,here have a glass of wine and relax a little

--I'm under age - Julian said surprised at Emma's offer

--Not in this country here you are of legal age to drink –

Emma smiled as she handed out the glass to Julian

As Julian drank the wine he resented Emma's comment his powers were not that bad off , and if he did in fact blow up the wing he was certain that he could land the plane gently after all a plane is nothing more than a bus with wings

--I am sure you could but lets focus on issue at hand , Charles suspects that there is more besides what this kids are willing to share , we need to identify what their powers are and also figure out were this five hid the rest of the kids

We need to figure out what this fortress really is , and how did they mange to hide the kids in such a short notice and how are they able to remain undetected , Charles doesn't wanted us

to leave until we figure all that--

--But I thought that their mentor was the one able to keep them undetected and since her dead they were exposed ?

--Yes their mother somehow manage to keep them undetected on plain sight but since the evacuated to that fortress Charles has not been able to sense them and also forge has come empty handed to determine the location of the fortress , is as if they were not on this earth , they are searching everywhere and still there is no trace of such building –

--Is it possible that the fortress is outside the planet ?

--At this point everything is possible , but if the fortress is a space station there is no way the could have evacuated 700 people in 5 minutes

--Could there be a mutant that can teleport that many people ?

--Not that we know of, it also could be someone capable to create portals but we also don't have evidence of such mutant in the case of a portal it had to be huge ,but we need to guess we need to find out--

--Then again it will probably will take you a few minutes to Scan their minds and get all the answers we need--

--Yes, but these kids are not our enemies , no yet , and I don't want to pounding on their minds until I have no reason to just do that , I would be too tacky , besides we think there is a telepath among them ,and if they become allies is not the best , way to start building trust.

--What if are walking in to a trap ?

--Then all bets are of and I can be quite persuasive

Emma had confidence that she will soon find out, but she said to Julian to make him feel useful

--Be friendly don't act as an x-man act as fellow student they might relate to you better and that could be useful , now if you excuse me we are about to land and I need to pick up on my Spanish—

--She looked at the passenger across the aisle , is so much faster to learn the language, when the teacher is asleep-

she smirked