"So, what did they say?" Kurt questioned eagerly as the group filtered into
the library.
"Get me to an open computer and I'll tell you." Kitty said, accompanied by a nod from Jean.
Kurt reached over, grabbed her arm, and BAMFed them both to an open computer.
"So?"
"That's not exactly what I meant.." Kitty giggled.
"Hey, what was that for?" Rogue laughed as the rest of the group came over.
"Anxious Kurt?"
"Just a bit.."
"Well, what I gathered was that Pyro and Mystique stole a missile, and kidnapped Remy to help them with it." Jean sighed. "Supposedly the missile contains some dangerous chemical, though what it does, or why they'd need Remy, they didn't say."
"Or didn't know.."
"Pick one."
"I'm looking it up now.." Kitty said absently as she began typing.
"Vas?" Kurt peered over her shoulder.
"I'm searching to find out what missile was stolen, and where it was stolen from..." She paused briefly. "Then I'll hack into that base and get the information we need.."
"Yeah Kitty." Rogue smiled. The group, (all but Kurt who remained standing behind Kitty), sat down.
"Got it! The S710K, a navy missile, stolen two and a half weeks ago.."
"Navy missile?" Rogue asked, Alex shrugged.
"Ok.." The group watched, astonished as Kitty began to type and click furiously. "No! I didn't say... stupid ... no!" More typing. "Ok, I'm in!"
"Good!"
"Ok, they've gotta have..." She trailed off and began typing again. "Ahah! The S10K missiles! Ok, it was a special order from the president, it..... oh... oh my God!" Kitty shrieked, staring ahead in horror.
"Vas? Vas!?" Kurt asked, touching her lightly on the shoulder.
"The president ordered them to begin testing it in case the Mutant Registration Act was passed. The chemical being tested would effect the DNA, the very genetics, of every mutant... it would either make them disabled, normal humans... or kill them..."
The group was silent for a very, very long time. Then, attempting to make herself, and the others, forget, Kitty started up again.
"The missile was a tester, so it was only able to be detonated by a remote, which would start the explosion from the inside out, a process that would take up to ten minutes. The remote was destroyed in the heist. It says that all the scientists on the base agree that the test chemical inside would not harm mutants, but just the opposite. It would maim, destroy, and kill average people." Kitty turned to face the group. "So, that's why she needs Gambit, to blow it up."
"He'll never do it." Rogue sighed. "Even if he knew what it was made to do, and what it would do now, he'd never do it."
"You're saying you would?" Jean whispered.
"Hell yeah! If all that crap is true? Hell yes."
"It'd be suicide.." The group turned to Kurt as he spoke in a low whisper. "In order for the chemical to do any wide spread damage, it'd have to be in the air, right? Kitty said the process of blowing it up would take up to ten minutes. That's nowhere near long enough for it to get high enough to do enough damage. Gambit would have to ignite it in the air. If the blast didn't kill him, the fall would. If he doesn't do it though, I'm sure Mystique would kill him.." He paused. "Gambit's dead either way."
The group took this all in, little or no emotion on their faces.
"We've got to get him out, soon."
"Get me to an open computer and I'll tell you." Kitty said, accompanied by a nod from Jean.
Kurt reached over, grabbed her arm, and BAMFed them both to an open computer.
"So?"
"That's not exactly what I meant.." Kitty giggled.
"Hey, what was that for?" Rogue laughed as the rest of the group came over.
"Anxious Kurt?"
"Just a bit.."
"Well, what I gathered was that Pyro and Mystique stole a missile, and kidnapped Remy to help them with it." Jean sighed. "Supposedly the missile contains some dangerous chemical, though what it does, or why they'd need Remy, they didn't say."
"Or didn't know.."
"Pick one."
"I'm looking it up now.." Kitty said absently as she began typing.
"Vas?" Kurt peered over her shoulder.
"I'm searching to find out what missile was stolen, and where it was stolen from..." She paused briefly. "Then I'll hack into that base and get the information we need.."
"Yeah Kitty." Rogue smiled. The group, (all but Kurt who remained standing behind Kitty), sat down.
"Got it! The S710K, a navy missile, stolen two and a half weeks ago.."
"Navy missile?" Rogue asked, Alex shrugged.
"Ok.." The group watched, astonished as Kitty began to type and click furiously. "No! I didn't say... stupid ... no!" More typing. "Ok, I'm in!"
"Good!"
"Ok, they've gotta have..." She trailed off and began typing again. "Ahah! The S10K missiles! Ok, it was a special order from the president, it..... oh... oh my God!" Kitty shrieked, staring ahead in horror.
"Vas? Vas!?" Kurt asked, touching her lightly on the shoulder.
"The president ordered them to begin testing it in case the Mutant Registration Act was passed. The chemical being tested would effect the DNA, the very genetics, of every mutant... it would either make them disabled, normal humans... or kill them..."
The group was silent for a very, very long time. Then, attempting to make herself, and the others, forget, Kitty started up again.
"The missile was a tester, so it was only able to be detonated by a remote, which would start the explosion from the inside out, a process that would take up to ten minutes. The remote was destroyed in the heist. It says that all the scientists on the base agree that the test chemical inside would not harm mutants, but just the opposite. It would maim, destroy, and kill average people." Kitty turned to face the group. "So, that's why she needs Gambit, to blow it up."
"He'll never do it." Rogue sighed. "Even if he knew what it was made to do, and what it would do now, he'd never do it."
"You're saying you would?" Jean whispered.
"Hell yeah! If all that crap is true? Hell yes."
"It'd be suicide.." The group turned to Kurt as he spoke in a low whisper. "In order for the chemical to do any wide spread damage, it'd have to be in the air, right? Kitty said the process of blowing it up would take up to ten minutes. That's nowhere near long enough for it to get high enough to do enough damage. Gambit would have to ignite it in the air. If the blast didn't kill him, the fall would. If he doesn't do it though, I'm sure Mystique would kill him.." He paused. "Gambit's dead either way."
The group took this all in, little or no emotion on their faces.
"We've got to get him out, soon."