Karima Shapandar sat in the chair, her hands folded neatly in her lap.
"Name?" the Voice asked slowly.
"Karima Shapandar," Karima said in a loud clear tone.
"Codename?" the Voice asked in confusion.
"I have been dubbed the Omega Sentinel," Karima responded with a short nod.
"Any hobbies or interests?" the Voice asked.
"I enjoy trick or treating, spending time with Pietro and going for joyrides on my bike," Karima replied with a great amount of enthusiasm.
"So you like bikes?" the Voice asked with interest.
"I like things fast enough to get a thrill from," Karima said biting her lip.
"Which explains your boyfriend," the Voice quipped.
Karima only blushed in response.
-The next day-
The Brotherhood Boys of Bayville had not slept. They watched as the woman who was responsible for them even being in the same state was handcuffed and incarcerated. They watched as the Avengers swarmed in, holding them off from a daring rescue. And they watched as Wanda blamed them.
The Brotherhood had regrouped outside of the interrogation room S.H.I.E.L.D. had placed their Mystique in.
"Why did she get arrested?" Amara asked holding onto St. John's arm.
"Grand theft airplane, blowing away a terrorist organization on foreign soil as a member of S.H.I.E.L.D. and reckless endangerment," Pietro said glaring at various Avengers.
"Reckless endangerment isn't a crime, it's a way of life," Lance said glaring at Steve Rogers.
"Wish we knew what was going on in there," Todd said dropping into a crouch.
-Meanwhile inside the interrogation room-
Raven sat at a metallic table her arms bound to the surface. She looked at the Lawyer in front of her and watched as Fury paced behind him with her peripheral vision.
Raven leaned forward over the table, "Listen… if you insist on riding my ass, could you at least pull my hair?" she asked with a smirk.
"You're confessing to some serious crimes," the Lawyer said slowly.
"That would be because I'm a real criminal," Raven quipped quickly.
Fury stopped at the side of the table, "Australian Officials are all over my ass, demanding I give you up," he said placing his hands on the table.
"I blow up a building full of terrorists and the Australian government wants to persecute me?" Raven asked mockingly, "And here I thought I was getting a medal."
The Lawyer let out a snigger.
Fury promptly glared at him, "The Australians don't want us stepping in their mess," he growled out, "In their opinion we slapped them in the face by doing what they couldn't do and they want everyone involved."
With that statement Raven finally became serious, "I confess and my son goes free, you make it so that he was on base the entire time," she said eyeing Fury carefully.
"I can make that happen," Fury said with a nod, "Assuming you don't escape our custody of course."
Raven promptly slipped her hands out of the restraints, "If I wanted to escape, I wouldn't be here right now," she said with an amused smile.
Fury smiled, "Now we wait for the Australian's to come and pick you up," he said crossing his arms.
-Outside-
The Brotherhood continued to wait in the hallway, their nerves fraying at the silence.
Todd began laughing to himself, "What was that really hip thing Mystique said?" he asked looking up at his comrades.
Pietro smirked, "I threw my hip out beating the crap out of Lance?" he quoted with a soft chuckle.
"Hey! I almost had her that time!" Lance exclaimed as he crossed his arms.
"Why did you fight Raven that time?" Regan asked putting her husband on the chest.
"For the last English muffin…" Lance responded with a defeated sigh.
"I'm gonna miss Mystique," Todd said standing upright, "She always took care of us, remember the air conditioner?"
"Oh man… not a flashback…" Lance groaned out clutching his stomach.
-Flashback-
The Brotherhood Boys of Bayville lay in the Boarding House living room in various states of nudity.
"It's hot…" Freddy said only wearing his boxers.
"Muh ton is tuck to da flur," Todd stated wearing his jeans and trying to pull his tongue from the scolding floorboard.
Pietro sped in wearing his basketball shorts with a spatula, "Didn't Mystique say something about buying us an air conditioner?" he asked prying Todd's tongue off the floor.
"Who knows?" Lance said wearing his boxers and magic gloves.
At that exact moment the door was thrown open revealing a large black machine.
"I told you the machines were out to get us!" Todd exclaimed leaping behind the couch.
The machine made its way into the living room and just as it stopped Raven's head peeked out from the side, "Yes family look at it, it's a Kaiser," she said walking around the machine, "The pinnacle of World War 2 German technology."
Todd poked at the machine cautiously, "I'm gonna have to put this together huh?" he asked looking up at the blue woman.
"Well I certainly can't make Freddy climb the telephone pole to splice it into the city's power grid," Raven said shoving a wrench into Todd's hands and throwing him out of the door, "Now, who wants to help me bring in the main part?"
-Several minutes and one fall to the ground later-
Raven flipped several switches and began cranking the crank. Suddenly it began to shake to life.
"Is it just me, or is it getting warmer in here?" Pietro asked sarcastically.
"Burr…" Todd said laying on the floor in an attempt to stretch out his back.
Raven walked to the side of the machine and examined the settings, "That's because we got it set to dur-low," she said turning a knob, "I'll just crank this thing up to blitzkrieg, what do you feel now?"
"Anger," Lance grumbled out.
"Disappointment," Pietro said with a shrug.
"Hunger," Freddy whined.
"I can't feel my back yo," Todd complained clutching his aching back.
"Shut up!" Raven exclaimed turning back to the knob, "I'll just crank it to, dur-freezing-my-hinny-off," she said just as the machine started smoking and shaking violently, "Its gonna blow!"
The esteemed members of the Brotherhood promptly hide behind the couch just as the Kaiser exploded taking the power of the entire neighborhood out with it.
"Burr…" Todd said sarcastically.
"Oh we're boned…" Pietro said slowly, "The powers out in the whole neighborhood."
"Well… at least they don't know it was us," Freddy said quietly.
"Those Brotherhood kids did this!" one neighbor exclaimed.
"Let's get 'em!" a second neighbor exclaimed.
"Quick everyone out the back!" Lance exclaimed jumping to his feet.
"Every man for himself!" Pietro exclaimed speeding out of the house.
-Present Time-
Lance walked out of a nearby bathroom whipping his chin.
"The next day she got us a real air conditioner," Todd said with a surreal smile on his face.
"You know… I'll never forget what Raven told Lance after he almost killed her…" Regan said deep in thought.
"Even you wife?" Lance asked clutching his stomach.
-Flashback-
Raven and Lance sat in the living room glaring dagger at each other.
"I didn't mean to kill you," Lance forced the words from his mouth.
Raven crossed her arms over her ample chest, "Jesus was laughing when I went into the light!" she exclaimed, glaring at Lance.
Lance leapt to his feet, "He was laughing because you were trying to get into Heaven!" he exclaimed pointing at her accusingly.
-Present Time-
Lance walked out of the bathroom for a second time, "No more flashback okay?" he asked weakly.
"Sure thing buddy," Todd said with a nod, "Mystique always knew how to give a pep talk…"
"Hate you…" Lance groaned out.
-Flashback-
Todd fell off the roof, his body smacking the ground as Raven watched in an unimpressed manor.
"You're my sixth favorite student," Raven said pinching the bridge of her nose.
"Sixth?" Todd asked in offense, "You only trained five of us!"
"I trained a dog to play dead once," Raven said with a shrug.
At that moment Deuce the Devil dog rolled onto his back and stuck out his tongue.
-Present Time-
"I could really go for a burrito," Lance said as he left the bathroom for the third time.
"That reminds me of another story yo," Todd said with a snap of his fingers.
"Lance wanting a burrito reminded you of a story?" Regan questioned skeptically.
"Well… no… but all the throwing up did," Todd responded with a nod, "Remember when Mystique got us drunk and took us on our first tour of…" he paused and looked at his brethren, "The Statue of Liberty."
Lance only groaned.
-Flashback-
The drunken members of the Brotherhood were taking the tour of the Statue of Liberty.
Lance peeked his head out of the crown and looked over to see his comrade blowing kisses to the giant metallic woman, "Were you just hitting on… the Statue of Liberty?" he asked in disgust.
"Those boobs are huge!" Pietro exclaimed defensively.
Todd poked his head out, "They're made of copper!" he argued loudly.
Lance looked down at the giant bust, "One hundred and twenty-four years and they're still as perky as ever," he said with a nod of approval.
-Present Time-
"As you can see he still has a thing for metallic women," Wanda said nudging the young cybernetic woman.
Karima only blushed in response.
The Brotherhood's cheerful mood was quickly soured as the interrogation room door opened revealing a bound Raven Darkholme. Fury escorted her out of the room and down the hall. The Avengers quickly flanked them as they passed the Brotherhood.
"Say the word Boss Lady and the U.S. will be down to forty-nine states," Lance said glaring at Fury.
"I'll be fine. In fact… I'll be anyone," Raven called out over her shoulder flashing the boys her best smirk.
The esteemed members of the Brotherhood could only watch as the woman who essentially raised them was seemingly removed from their lives.
-Several hours later in Fury's office-
Fury sat at his desk engrossed in paperwork. He pushed his char away from the desk and pulled a bottle of scotch from his drawer but before he could pour a glass a knock came at the door.
"Come in," Fury said putting the bottle away.
A S.H.I.E.L.D. agent rushed into the office completely out of breath.
"Let me guess… Mystique escaped?" Fury asked not surprised in the least.
The agent took a moment to catch his breath, "Yes sir, she escaped the plane… in midair," the agent said slowly fearing Fury's wraith, "The pilot said… the last thing he saw was a giant metal orb…"
"A giant metal orb," Fury repeated with a grin, "Good, Australia's Magneto's problem now."
"You're not surprised, sir?" the S.H.I.E.L.D. agent asked in a quiet tone.
"Soldier…" Fury started slowly, "You can't be surprised when you're the one signing the checks," he said with a subtle grin.