Trapped and Tricked

The first thing that came to Pietro's mind that it was quiet. Very quiet. The second was that he couldn't move. His arms felt like they were tied down. Then he opened his eyes and saw for himself that he actually was tied down.

Where are we? Pietro looked around. He was strapped to a table somewhere dark. He could barely see the outlines of the other members of the Brotherhood. "Lance?" He called out. "John? Freddy? Can any of you hear me?"

"I'm afraid that they are still unconscious," The School Nurse came up to him. Only this time he was wearing an outfit with a cape. "I haven't done anything to them. Yet. I am Doctor Mindbender, your captor and I will be studying you mutants."

Pietro tried to override his fear with bravado. "Yeah? You and what army freakjob?"

"The Cobra army actually," Dr. Mindbender smirked. "Fascinating. Your accelerated metabolism must have burnt through the knock out injection faster. This could be very useful to our soldiers."

"If you think I'm gonna help you…"

"What are you gonna do? Call daddy?" He sneered. "Oh yes dear Pietro we know all about you and your father and dear sister. Don't worry, they will join you soon enough as well as a few X-Men. But for now," He took out a syringe. "I think it's best that you go back to sleepy bye land."

Pietro struggled, but it was useless, Mindbender efficiently injected him with the serum. "Don't worry," Dr. Mindbender laughed as Pietro's world went dark. "It's just harmless knock out serum. The real fun won't begin until we get the others and reach Cobra Island."

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"Success," Ms. Baron informed Trask and Guyrich as she put down her cell phone. They were all sitting at a quiet corner in an Italian restaurant. "We have successfully captured and contained four of the mutants. All of them Brotherhood."

"Well that's some good news," Guyrich sighed. "I can breathe a little easier tomorrow."

"What about the others?" Trask asked impatiently.

"In good time," She told him. "By the way how did you find our gift?"

"The information you gave us from Modrovich was fascinating I admit," Trask said. "But what really interested me were those suppression collars you sent."

"A little invention we cooked up," Ms. Baron smiled. "Now speaking of inventions…"

"I'll give you the plans tomorrow," Trask nodded. "After school."

"Excellent," She nodded. "Then you can meet our backers. If you'll excuse me I have to powder my nose. She went to the bathroom. After making sure she was alone she activated her hidden communicator. "Did you get all that Zartan?"

"Every word," Zartan's voice hummed in her ear. "So both of them are going to come willingly to Cobra's doorstep. Very convenient. Just think, we will do in a day what SHIELD itself couldn't do in several months."

"Those plans are as good as ours," The Baroness laughed. "This is going to be easier than I thought! Tomorrow we get some X-Men with a little help from Taryn. When Miss Grey gets ready for track practice after school tomorrow, we will be waiting for her."