As Rogue walked up the beach on the island of Sinister's last known base she began to suspect that he had up and left. Apparently the X-Men being able to sneak in without him realising was cause enough to hightail it to a new location. Still, maybe there was some clue as to where he went.
She came upon a supposedly hidden entrance in a rock face, Wolverine's powers allowing her to smell it clearly. His personality growled in her mind as he smelt Sabertooth – approximately 12 hours ago. Allowing Kitty's powers to seep out she walked through the door, remaining intangible whilst she assessed the security arrangements. The lights on the security cameras were out, the whole base appeared powered down. She slowly let herself become solid again and made her way down the corridor.
Doors were left ajar, drawers tipped over and opened as though ransacked in a hurry. She briefly wondered how many bases Sinister had and how he had managed to set them up and how many he had left like this. At the end of the corridor she stopped outside a large set of doors and slipped through using Kitty's powers once more.
"Oh bugger." Was all she managed to mutter before diving sideways as a laser shot in her direction whilst an alarm blared out. Apparently all the security wasn't down after all. Remaining phased she jumped as a laser went harmlessly through her and hit the wall, "How Kitty can do this so often is beyond me." She murmured as Remy's psyche reared in her mind to show her how to disarm the security, only problem being that she would need to be tangible to do it.
Not a problem chere
She grinned as her eyes turned black and red and she grabbed some pens off a sideboard.
The lasers exploded as several pens shot from Rogue's hands simultaneously and the voice of Remy in her head laughed in delight at the skills she borrowed.
Well done petit, now for de computer
She turned intangible as she made her way across the large room to the main console just in case. As she got there she turned solid and quickly began following the commands Remy fed her. Quickly the blaring sound of the alarm and the security warnings on the computer stopped and she breathed a sigh of relief.
"Right, so what was being protected in this room ah wonder?" muttering to herself she looked around. It appeared to be a lab of some sorts, there were machines all around the walls and what was clearly an examining table near the main console she now stood at. A quick glance at the filing cabinets told her that they been emptied, and the hard drive of the computer was wiped – Kitty's voice in her mind telling her how to check for sure, but nothing was recoverable.
Logic dictated that the security wouldn't be left on in this room for no reason, the entire time the others had searched his bases they hadn't mentioned there being any security still activated. She turned in circles looking at every corner of the room and decided the second door behind the console was probably the only option.
As she phased through the door she prepared herself for more security, the Remy in her mind reminding her that Sinister often had several security networks so disabling one was no guarantee. But she was met with complete silence and blackness. Using Remy's powers she lit up the door, keeping her hand on it to ensure it didn't charge, the faint pink glow lit the room.
It was a small office with a desk and cabinets, obviously ransacked in the swift departure. She let the charge flow back into her hands as she reached forward and switched the lamp on the desk on and blinked as bright light flooded the room. Another computer sat by the desk and as she turned it on she scanned the walls, a few bits of paper with scientific diagrams scattered here and there but nothing she could see offered any clues as to current location or looked like it might be related to her.
The computer had been wiped completely, not even an operating system. Using Kitty's know how she tried to extract any information she could but to no avail. Growling in frustration she let Wolverine's claws rip out of her skin and she slashed the monitor into two. Panting slightly, but feeling a little better, she sat down and rested her head in her hands. She waited a few moments for her heart to stop beating so fast and then she stood up, there was more to this base and getting a angry at one room was not going to help. She moved towards the door but stopped as a slip of paper under the desk caught her attention.
It was a map of the base, she grinned – finally something useful. She scanned the map and found where she presumed she was. Looking behind her to the wall behind the desk she looked back at the map and frowned. The map showed a door where clearly there wasn't one. She tapped the wall, seemed solid, but the map clearly stated there was a room behind there – a big one at that. Shrugging she gripped the map, phased into the wall and prayed her map reading skills weren't sending her into the earth.