Selena got out of her sleek, new convertible. Pushing her sunglasses up onto her face, she took her pass out and held it under the door of the S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters. As she walked inside, she waved to the receptionist and took the elevator to the top floor.
Dum Dum Dugan was already at the table. A large, holographic map of New York was spread across the table, and Dugan was studying it intently.
"What's that?" Selena asked as she joined him, shedding her coat.
Dugan pointed at a spot near the Avengers tower. "There! You see that?"
"What?"
Dugan rewound the map like a security tape; he stopped it, and then maximized the size.
"There."
He pointed at a shady figure in the shadows of the building; by the posture, Selena would say male. He wore a dark black cloak and a hat pulled down past his face.
"Who's this fella snooping outside Stark Tower?"
Selena squinted. "Not sure." She crossed her arms. "Want me to take a look?"
"Yeah. I'd leave now."
She nodded, slipping a gun into her holster on her belt; she left the headquarters, and drove to Stark Tower. When she got there, the figure was still standing there.
"He's still there," she said into her earpiece, parking the car.
"Go see what's he's doing," Dugan replied in her ear.
Selena got out of the car and started towards him. "Hey!" she called. "You're not supposed to be –"
She stopped when she turned the corner; he was gone. Narrowing her eyes, she started for Stark Tower. "Something's not right. I'm going to talk to Stark."
She went inside, showing her badge to the secretary. She rode the elevator to the top, and stepped out into the Avengers meeting room.
Tony, Steve, Dr. Strange, and Clint were there.
"Where is everyone?" Selena asked as she sauntered in.
"All over the place," Steve said. "What's up?"
Selena nodded at Strange. "Glad you're here, Doc. I just saw a seedy guy outside the building, and he disappeared into thin air." She crossed her arms, looking around the room. "I think you guys have a stalker."
"Let's go check it out," Clint said.
They all went outside, standing where the mystery man had been.
"Strange?" Steve asked.
The Doctor closed his eyes and concentrated, then opened his eyes and shook his head. "Someone was here, but I cannot sense who."
"We'll keep an eye out," Tony promised.
Selena nodded, and left for S.H.I.E.L.D.
Andi ducked under a piece of rubble as a Sentinel shot at her.
"Mistake!" She yelled at Raquel Drake. "Freeze that things circuits!"
"No prob!" shouted the teen, icing up and creating an ice bridge to the Sentinel; there, she froze the front of it.
"Aura!" Andi yelled. "Can you get through its system while it's slowed down?"
"I'll try!" Replied Nikita Pryde. She ran and jumped, phasing through the robot; it sparked and fell down.
"Two more!" Andi called. "Siege, take the one next to yours left foot; Shadowstalker, the right; 22, take its head off!"
Jake, Claus, Evalyn and 22 attacked the Sentinel. Andi levitated into the air as it fell.
"Alright; Magnetrix, take apart that last one! Tycoon, get ready to help ease the rubble down!"
Phoebe and Alex prepared; when the Sentinel fell apart, Alex got some rubble on a gust of strong wind, letting it down gently.
Andi caught the rest with her telekinesis, and she set it down.
She landed and sighed in relief. "Thank God. Danger Room, scenario 221, off mode."
The Danger Room shut down, and the eight X-Men all let out a sigh of relief.
"Where are the others?" asked Raquel as she iced down.
"Selena went to S.H.I.E.L.D, Christian is in town with Logan, Temperance is tending to Nick, Ayesha is in the lab, Evalyn has a cold, and Gwen ran off . . . again," Andi said. "But they missed a great session; good job, guys."
The X-Men left, feeling accomplished, as Andi sighed and went back into the Danger Room to work some more scenarios.
"The entry points are here, here, and here. The rest is blocked off. I've got a visual from the helicarrier, but we need to get closer." Nick Fury was in the meeting room with Logan, Emma, Bobby, Hank, Jean, Scott, and Temperance, looking over a map.
"We need a distraction," Fury said. "If Mister Sinister really is in there, he'll know we're comin' anyways. So we need to keep him busy."
"So send Alex or Andi in," Temperance said. "They can both fly."
Fury looked thoughtful. "Andi is Scott and Jean's kid . . ."
"I don't like where you're going with this, Fury," Scott said, crossing his arms.
"C'mon, Summers. Sinister has always been obsessed with yours and Jean's DNA. Who better to send in than Andi?"
"She barley has a grasp on her Phoenix powers!" Jean exclaimed. "What if something happens?"
"Only one way to find out," Fury said. "Tell her to suit up."
