Still Holding Out For You
By Lady Trunks
Part 7
Special thanks to my anti-flame support group: heartstar, Gothic Rogue (I had no idea there was a dance!), Lady Aurra (well if it's any consulation I love your fics! If you can't log into the forum from the main page try clicking the button at the top that says login. It will take you to a different page which hopefully will work. And about your question, not P, but someone is going to do something to her. Probably not who you would expect. Try and guess, there is a definite clue in this chapter), and HoneyBug16 (that was what bugged me about it).
Thanks to everyone else that reviwed also: Yukiko-sama, Trunks-Girl, Lucky439, and DragonBlond (I know the chapters are short, but I have to keep them that way if I want to be able to update every day. As for the Romy/Rietro, I'm actually the exact opposite. I'm a fan of Rietro, but I enjoy reading Romy fics if they're well written)
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Silence fell over the room as the X-Men (new and improved with the former BoM members) sat around the table of the conference room waiting to be briefed about there new mission. When everyone was there the Professor, at the head of the table with Mystique at his side, began to speak. "Approximately fifteen minutes ago a small group of mutants walked into a government building and took the workers there hostage. Apparently we are unclear on exactly how many there are, but we have confirmed four."
Four pictures appeared on the screen, then were enlarged individually. The first one was a tall thin man with brown hair. "This is Cyclone. He is able to produce huge amounts of wind and direct them at specific places. Next up is Nemesis," a picture of a pretty blond woman appeared on the screen, "known powers are super strength and invulnerability. This is Iniquity, who possesses telekinetic powers." The picture of Iniquity was of a small pale, frail looking woman with black hair. The picture then changed to a big, well muscled man with red hair and dark eyes. "And this is Illusion. He is able to alter his surroundings."
"What exactly does that entail, Professor?" Scott asked.
"Say for instance this table here. He could make it disappear. Or a wall appear in front of you. He can control pretty much anything about the physical room he's in. He'll probably be the hardest to take out. Ororo, Scott and Jean, you're going to take care of Iniquity; Rogue and Pietro: Cyclone; Hank, Blob and Evan: Nemesis; Logan, Lance, Kitty, Kurt, and Todd: Illusion. Remember, the safety of the hostages is our first priority. If you manage to subdue your person, see to helping the others." With that there was a pointed look at Pietro.
He noticed the look. "Oh, leave the team behind once and you never hear the end of it!" He folded his arms and slunk down in his chair pouting.
Professor Xavier ignored the outburst and continued. "Here are the floor plans for the building." The plans were projected onto the screen [A.N.- They don't have the cool high-tech 3-D thingy from the movie yet]. He then proceeded to outline the plan to the X-Men. When he was finished he asked if there was any questions.
Rogue asked, "What is the building used for?"
"It's actually dived into two different divisions. Government intelligence and genetics. The division were going into is the intelligence division."
"Any idea why there doing this?"
"Were not really clear on that. Are there any other questions?" He asked. Everyone shook there heads, replying in the negative to his question. "Okay, let's move out."
Rogue and Pietro walked out of the room together beside Scott and Jean. "Hey Red." Pietro said to the telepath.
She turned and gave him a cool look. "Yes Pietro?"
"Cherry told Red that she's definitely going to win Queen. What do you say to that?" He asked a gleam in his eye.
She just smiled calmly, "I wish her the best of luck. I'm sure the best person will win." With that she turned her attention back to Scott and they walked away, leaving behind a frustrated Pietro.
"Why do you always try to bait her like that?" Rogue asked him amused.
"It bothers me that she's always so calm. One of these days Red is going to blow and I want to be there to see it. I bet she goes all Carrie on everyone."
"It's never going to happen. Miss Perfect has entirely to much self control."
"You just watch." They entered the jet and took there seats. "It's going to be an awesome site. One that I'll hopefully be watching from a safe distance."
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