Chapter Three- Break In
Author's Note- Arti and Scott meet! Well nearly lol.
Chapture Song- Photograph by Nickleback
Artemis was finally stood at the bottom of the drive that led up to Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters, the great black iron gates were closed and locked of course. It was still pitch black. She calculated it must be at least two A.M.
"No way am I getting in then…" she said quietly to herself as she cast a glance over to the communication box that was controlled from Xavier's office, it flashed green, a sign that it was switched on but Artemis doubted that anyone would hear the buzz. Anyway she didn't feel like waking anyone up, not for her to just get in. she could do that quite easily herself.
She stepped back a few metres and assessed the gates. They were roughly two point five metres high looking at them, spikes at the top, the only horizontal bar in the middle just below the schools trademark sign.
"Easy" she said confidently before grabbing her one of her two cases and securing it in a bush nearby. She placed her second case next to it and made sure no one could see them from the road.
"Right…" she rubbed her hands together and then approached the gates confidently putting her right foot at the base and her left foot on the middle bar while moving higher up with her hands. She had an awful lot of experience scaling gates and walls from her time abroad.
Scott Summers woke up with sore eyes and a dry throat. He rubbed his eyes before rolling over onto his side of he could put his glasses on. Once again the world was ruby red in tint, he wished to be able to see everything in its normal colour like he had done before his powers materialised or when he was injected with that solution at the WMHG. He sat up in his bed and looked at the digital clock; 2:34 A.M.
"Great…" he said to himself before pulling the sheet from him and pulling on a pair of jeans.
After a few seconds he walked out the room and made his way downstairs.
When she had finally gotten over the gate Artemis ran her hand through her hair and made her way up the drive. It had been ten years since she had last walked down this drive, strangely at the same time of night…just in the other direction.
"Nice to see it hasn't changed to much…" she observed when she was stood outside the doors to the actually building. It was still the same design, still the same garden landscaping surrounding her and the same old sports shed.
A smile appeared on Artemis's face when she saw it, it was small, dirty but it held a way into the mansion without waking anyone up, the secret little gateway into the underground complex.
She made her way over to it and she was slightly surprised it wasn't locked but she wasn't one to argue with things that made her life easier. Artemis opened the door and stepped inside and walked down the steps that would take her into the heart of Xavier's world.
He made his way down the main staircase slowly, Scott never liked walking about at night, even with the lights on. To him it was a bit creepy, something he had never admitted to anyone not even Jean. After a few moments his bare foot landed on the cool lobby floor and he walked into the kitchen so he could get a drink.
Artemis came out in the complex close to where the elevator was. To be honest this had changed a little, the doors and décor had been updated but only to make it safer. Not because Xavier wanted it to look nice.
She walked up to the elevator doors and pressed the call button. She heard the whizzing sound of the cables working as it moved to her position. The doors opened slowly and she stepped in pressing the top button. The cool doors closed and she ascended into the mansion proper.
He poured the hot water into his cup and stirred it. The coffee was black. Always black and no sugar. He raised the cup to his lips and drank it careful not to burn his mouth. Then Scott heard the elevator moving, the tell tale sound of the cable wires unmistakeable in the silence of the sleeping school.
"Who the hell…" he said to himself, putting the cup down on the kitchen side then venturing out into the lobby.
The elevator doors opened into the lobby and Artemis stepped out and looked around. The lobby lights were on so she must've woken someone up then. Everything was the same though and she sighed at the thought that something stayed the same. After a few moments she heard something move at the other end of the room. She turned her head to see what it was. There was a man…he was wearing a pair of jeans…and that was it apart from some ruby coloured sunglasses that he removed as soon as he saw her. She realised with shock that beams of pure red light came from them and straight at her!
