"Well, now. That was easy enough," Tom said as they stepped outside.
Faye checked her watch: 5:45 pm. They made excellent time until now. The only thing left was to check in at the university. She hid behind a couple of trees and transformed her body into one whole mass. Slowly she started sinking into the ground and forming a mound again. Speeding off, the mound headed in the direction of Bayville's local university.
In no time Faye was sitting at the office of the dean. She was wearing a sky blue suit, with a white collared shirt and a black tie. She had small, thin black rimmed glasses on. Her dark blue hair, tied on a bun at the back of her head, glistered in the light. She had given in and used the clay and her powers to cover her scar, risking being picked up by Cerebro, but she had to do it and she _did_ like the gamble.
"Thank you for checking in with us, Sakura," said the Head of the Science Department as he entered the large office. "Did you have a good flight?"
"It was long and bumpy....but good," she said, bowing to him.
"We're very excited to have you in our team, and we're looking forward to having a great person like you work on our Genetics program. I can't wait for you to meet Professor Xavier. He's knows a lot about Genetics, he might even help you with any problems that come up. Follow me and I'll show you the lab."
She smiled and followed the man out of the room.
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Back in the mansion, Professor X was using Cerebro to scout potential recruits. He had found a small presence in Bayville and another on its way there, but they were too small and too controlled for him to be sure of its location. He continued searching, worried, especially after Logan tried to contact him with a problem.
Cerebro widened the search. He had found something.
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At the same time, Faye, now using the alias Sakura, and Dr. Markes, the head of the Science Department, arrived on a part of the lab.
"We usually don't let students work with the professors' researches, let alone have them conduct their own, but you are a different story, right?"
She smiled politely.
"I'm just so glad to have you be a part of our little family. I was very sorry to hear about your father's death. He did excellent discoveries and all of us in the Science community will miss him and his marvelous knowledge."
"Thank you. I'm sure my father would've been very proud to have me work here," she said bowing and looking down, she really tried faking sadness, but all she wanted to do was crack up.
"This will be your office. It's connected to a small private lab, where you can conduct any kind of experiments you desire. Because of bureaucracy, however, we can't conduct experiments and not show any results, so you'll have to give me a progress report every two weeks."
"I'm sure that won't be a problem," said Sakura, looking at three computers. One on her new office and two others on the lab.
"Those are very powerful machines, from what your credentials said, I'm sure you'll have no problem working them."
"Yes, I am also," she said.
"Anyhow, I have a department meeting and a dinner to go to. I think everyone is gone for the day, so you can go around checking everything without anybody bothering you. Just lock up when you leave. Here, this is your key. Have fun!"
"Thank you! I will!" she said and waved him goodbye.
Once he was gone, she turned around and looked at the things.
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"He gave you a _key_?!?" said Tom.
"Yeah, can you believe it? He just made this way too easy. I don't even think I'll enjoy it anymore."
"At least you had to get a little rough with Kelly. It wasn't all a waste."
"At least that. Daniel was getting so impatient that I could barely hold him back," Faye said opening her bag.
"It's really amazing what you can accomplish with a little makeup and a change of clothes," she said pulling the clay out of her face and dropping it on the bag.
"Yeah, well...." tried Tom
"From a high schooler to a college student."
"You're a bloody prodigy, for God's sake. Sheesh."
"Oh!" she paused and shrugged. "Anyways, who did we kill again?"
"Your father....Dr. Tanaka Masahiro, you did kill him, right?"
"Yes, I did. You've just gotten really moody, Tom. What happened?"
"Well, you're the one that's enjoying this a little too much. I don't even know why we have to be here anyways."
"I have my reasons."
"Which you shouldn't hold from me. I should know about everything that happens to you and yet you're holding this from me."
"You wouldn't approve."
"Damn right I wouldn't, because I know that you're doing something silly and stupid."
"Jeez, get off my back and concentrate on the task at hand, will ya?"
She took a ear piece much like the one Cyclops uses as part of his uniform; connected to that was a metal piece that was about an inch wide; and, at the end of it all, was a piece of glass. The metal piece moved in and out, putting the glass closer or father away from the user's eyes. Faye placed the gadget on her ear and moved the piece closer to her. The glass formed a small screen in front of her eyes.
She also took a pair of gloves out of her bag and walked toward the lab. The gloves had several sensors and chips connected to its fingers. It was so designed in order to use the user's movements as commands.
She stopped in front of the two computers, which stood side-by-side on a wall; Faye stood in silence for a moment, listening for any kind of noise that would indicate a possible threat for her plans. When she made sure that she heard neither nothing nor anyone, she eased up and held her hand in front of her. The walls of both CPUs started melting and a hole appeared in each.
"Tom, start it up."
"Starting up."
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A compartment opened on the side of the earpiece and two cables shot out of it and into the CPUs. The walls of the computers closed around the cables.
"First connection established. Seeking Cerebro's signal," Tom reported. "Do we really have to do this? Can't we just surprise them and give them the fright of their lives?"
"I'm afraid not. You saw the kind of moves they have, they won't stand a chance. Rat gave us that info for something. We do want them to survive you know."
"Do the others know you're doing this?" She was silent. "Faye? Does the troupe know?"
"Just establish the connection, Tom."
"Goodness! They don't know."
Faye checked her watch: 5:45 pm. They made excellent time until now. The only thing left was to check in at the university. She hid behind a couple of trees and transformed her body into one whole mass. Slowly she started sinking into the ground and forming a mound again. Speeding off, the mound headed in the direction of Bayville's local university.
In no time Faye was sitting at the office of the dean. She was wearing a sky blue suit, with a white collared shirt and a black tie. She had small, thin black rimmed glasses on. Her dark blue hair, tied on a bun at the back of her head, glistered in the light. She had given in and used the clay and her powers to cover her scar, risking being picked up by Cerebro, but she had to do it and she _did_ like the gamble.
"Thank you for checking in with us, Sakura," said the Head of the Science Department as he entered the large office. "Did you have a good flight?"
"It was long and bumpy....but good," she said, bowing to him.
"We're very excited to have you in our team, and we're looking forward to having a great person like you work on our Genetics program. I can't wait for you to meet Professor Xavier. He's knows a lot about Genetics, he might even help you with any problems that come up. Follow me and I'll show you the lab."
She smiled and followed the man out of the room.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Back in the mansion, Professor X was using Cerebro to scout potential recruits. He had found a small presence in Bayville and another on its way there, but they were too small and too controlled for him to be sure of its location. He continued searching, worried, especially after Logan tried to contact him with a problem.
Cerebro widened the search. He had found something.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
At the same time, Faye, now using the alias Sakura, and Dr. Markes, the head of the Science Department, arrived on a part of the lab.
"We usually don't let students work with the professors' researches, let alone have them conduct their own, but you are a different story, right?"
She smiled politely.
"I'm just so glad to have you be a part of our little family. I was very sorry to hear about your father's death. He did excellent discoveries and all of us in the Science community will miss him and his marvelous knowledge."
"Thank you. I'm sure my father would've been very proud to have me work here," she said bowing and looking down, she really tried faking sadness, but all she wanted to do was crack up.
"This will be your office. It's connected to a small private lab, where you can conduct any kind of experiments you desire. Because of bureaucracy, however, we can't conduct experiments and not show any results, so you'll have to give me a progress report every two weeks."
"I'm sure that won't be a problem," said Sakura, looking at three computers. One on her new office and two others on the lab.
"Those are very powerful machines, from what your credentials said, I'm sure you'll have no problem working them."
"Yes, I am also," she said.
"Anyhow, I have a department meeting and a dinner to go to. I think everyone is gone for the day, so you can go around checking everything without anybody bothering you. Just lock up when you leave. Here, this is your key. Have fun!"
"Thank you! I will!" she said and waved him goodbye.
Once he was gone, she turned around and looked at the things.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"He gave you a _key_?!?" said Tom.
"Yeah, can you believe it? He just made this way too easy. I don't even think I'll enjoy it anymore."
"At least you had to get a little rough with Kelly. It wasn't all a waste."
"At least that. Daniel was getting so impatient that I could barely hold him back," Faye said opening her bag.
"It's really amazing what you can accomplish with a little makeup and a change of clothes," she said pulling the clay out of her face and dropping it on the bag.
"Yeah, well...." tried Tom
"From a high schooler to a college student."
"You're a bloody prodigy, for God's sake. Sheesh."
"Oh!" she paused and shrugged. "Anyways, who did we kill again?"
"Your father....Dr. Tanaka Masahiro, you did kill him, right?"
"Yes, I did. You've just gotten really moody, Tom. What happened?"
"Well, you're the one that's enjoying this a little too much. I don't even know why we have to be here anyways."
"I have my reasons."
"Which you shouldn't hold from me. I should know about everything that happens to you and yet you're holding this from me."
"You wouldn't approve."
"Damn right I wouldn't, because I know that you're doing something silly and stupid."
"Jeez, get off my back and concentrate on the task at hand, will ya?"
She took a ear piece much like the one Cyclops uses as part of his uniform; connected to that was a metal piece that was about an inch wide; and, at the end of it all, was a piece of glass. The metal piece moved in and out, putting the glass closer or father away from the user's eyes. Faye placed the gadget on her ear and moved the piece closer to her. The glass formed a small screen in front of her eyes.
She also took a pair of gloves out of her bag and walked toward the lab. The gloves had several sensors and chips connected to its fingers. It was so designed in order to use the user's movements as commands.
She stopped in front of the two computers, which stood side-by-side on a wall; Faye stood in silence for a moment, listening for any kind of noise that would indicate a possible threat for her plans. When she made sure that she heard neither nothing nor anyone, she eased up and held her hand in front of her. The walls of both CPUs started melting and a hole appeared in each.
"Tom, start it up."
"Starting up."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
A compartment opened on the side of the earpiece and two cables shot out of it and into the CPUs. The walls of the computers closed around the cables.
"First connection established. Seeking Cerebro's signal," Tom reported. "Do we really have to do this? Can't we just surprise them and give them the fright of their lives?"
"I'm afraid not. You saw the kind of moves they have, they won't stand a chance. Rat gave us that info for something. We do want them to survive you know."
"Do the others know you're doing this?" She was silent. "Faye? Does the troupe know?"
"Just establish the connection, Tom."
"Goodness! They don't know."