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character.
Chapter 15 - Trouble On the Base
"Come on, Miss Kitty." James took her bag and reached for her hand. As he led her into the security office he said, "You'll be ok here. I'll be in this front room most of the night. The only time I'll be gone is when I have to do rounds, once every two hours."
"Are we really alone on this big base?" she wondered.
"We're not completely alone." He led her to the computer console that had a wall full of monitors each displaying a different part of the base. She could see as the pictures changed that there seemed to be a few people scattered through out the different areas.
"Wow this place is big. Where are we on this layout?" she pointed to a map on one screen.
"We're here," Jimmy answered. Wanting to impress her he continued. "This is Main Medical where the patients are kept. Here is the base cafeteria and Main Operations is here." He showed her most of the places on the circumference of the facility.
"You missed that big section in the middle. What's that?"
"That's where all the real work gets done. That's the R&D lab."
"Sounds interesting. What do they develop? Medicines?" Kitty had to play a little simple to keep him talking as she walked around the computer station and searched for the proper place for the remote.
"Some medicines, some biological weapons research."
"Oohh, that sounds dangerous. Is it safe to be here?" Kitty turned wide eyed to him.
Jimmy laughed, "Yes, you're safe. That's not the main research anymore. They have some new project going on. They brought on all kinds of new scientists. It has something to do with biogenetics."
"Bio-what?" She finally found the port.
"I don't know, myself. That's what everyone is buzzing about though."
She returned to his side and looked back at the layout. "I have a very serious question for you."
Suddenly nervous, he asked, "Yes, Miss Kitty?"
"Where is the bathroom, in this place?"
As they laughed he escorted her out into the hall and showed her to the nearest lavatory. When she returned to him, he showed her into the back room and saw that she was safe for the night. "I have to make rounds. You'll be ok, until morning. Goodnight, Miss Kitty."
She smiled at him, "Goodnight, Jimmy and thank you."
When she heard him leave the office to start rounds, she quickly got the remote and went back across the room to the computer. As she installed it, she heard someone coming. She saw shadows at the door and knew she would be seen if she tried to make it back. She ducked as far into a corner as she could and waited.
"Jimmy Clark's on duty tonight, he's pulling a double shift. I just have to get my jacket." she heard another officer say.
"Jimmy relieved me this morning at the club. You should have seen him drool over this girl." Both men came into the room and began to move toward the computer.
Kitty knew they would spot her so she phased through the wall. She found herself in what seemed to be a small file room. She walked to the door and tried to open it. 'Locked.' She listened and heard the men stop in the hall and continue their conversation. 'They're gonna be there for a while. Got to go back the way I came.' She began to phase into the computer room and saw Jimmy just walking in the door. His back was to her as he spoke with his friends in the hall. She quickly went back into the file room. 'I'll just have to wait for him to go on rounds again in two hours and hope he is too much of a gentleman to check on me sleeping.' She sat on the floor and waited. After about an hour she heard someone putting a key into the file room door. 'Out of time, gotta go, Kitty.' She phased through the floor and landed in the middle of an empty lab. 'Kitty Pride, you did it now. How am I gonna get back?' She moved through the lab and tried to stay in the shadows, afraid that Jimmy might spot her on the surveillance monitors. She made her way out into the hall and tried to recall the layout she had seen. 'Didn't expect to get lost, so I didn't check for stairs.' She wandered for a little while peeking into doors as she went. Few were marked with what they led to. As she walked she began to get nervous and think she might never find her way out. She suddenly felt a pain in the back of her head and then everything went black.
Midnight came. Adam knew that Marie was due for her break. He looked around the room and saw her putting her tray behind the bar. "If you will excuse me gentlemen, I have a date." He smiled as he stood and left his table. Gambit watched as he strode over toward Rogue.
"Are you ready to go?" Adam reached out for her hand before she noticed him there.
"Go? Where are we goin', suga'? Ah only have a 20 minute break."
"Well, for our second date, I thought we would take a walk. It's a beautiful night." Adam smiled at her and folded her arm in his before she could protest. He led her outside and they began to stroll to a small lake that sat behind the club.
"Mah, it's very pretty here." Marie saw the lake surrounded by wildflowers and on one side was a quaint gazebo. She knew that's where he was taking her.
He led her in and sat beside her as she gazed out over the water. Soon he slid closer and put his arm around her. Noticing her reaction he leaned in and whispered in her ear, "Why so tense? I won't hurt you." He began kissing her neck as he turned her toward him. Before she could react, his lips covered hers in a hungry kiss as his arms pulled her tight against him.
With strength that surprised him, she pushed him far enough away to break their liplock. "What's the rush, suga'? Ah ain't goin' nowhere."
When he answered she saw dark desire in his eyes. "I've been watching you since you got here yesterday. It's taken since then to get you out here. I think that's slow enough." He moved back in to recapture her lips.
Rogue played along as far as she dared then began to push him away again. "Ah let you kiss meh. Ah don't think we should take it any farther, just now." She pretended to fight more when he kept kissing her as she tried to speak. "Ah don' want this to be too rushed. Ah get off in 2 hours."
"Good, then we'll have all night." He continued his advances on her.
She tried to keep him talking. "Oh, but we can't go to mah room in the club. Rosie will be there."
He sat back and smiled, "No she won't." He laughed when she looked surprised. "She'll be with LeBeau."
"Well, then Ah guess Ah'm on mah own for the night."
"No, I'll be there when you get off." His smile almost frightened her.
She pushed him away and stood. "Ah have to get back." Walking away quickly, she soon felt his arm around her waist again. Just before they reentered the club he stopped her. When she looked at him, he didn't say anything.
He pulled her into a deep kiss then stepped away and said, "I'll see you at 2." He turned and left her there as he returned to his poker game.
"That's not behavior modification, that's complete behavioral reversal. Ah sure am glad, Evie isn't here to see this," she whispered to herself as she tried to regain her senses to get back to work.
TBC
Chapter 15 - Trouble On the Base
"Come on, Miss Kitty." James took her bag and reached for her hand. As he led her into the security office he said, "You'll be ok here. I'll be in this front room most of the night. The only time I'll be gone is when I have to do rounds, once every two hours."
"Are we really alone on this big base?" she wondered.
"We're not completely alone." He led her to the computer console that had a wall full of monitors each displaying a different part of the base. She could see as the pictures changed that there seemed to be a few people scattered through out the different areas.
"Wow this place is big. Where are we on this layout?" she pointed to a map on one screen.
"We're here," Jimmy answered. Wanting to impress her he continued. "This is Main Medical where the patients are kept. Here is the base cafeteria and Main Operations is here." He showed her most of the places on the circumference of the facility.
"You missed that big section in the middle. What's that?"
"That's where all the real work gets done. That's the R&D lab."
"Sounds interesting. What do they develop? Medicines?" Kitty had to play a little simple to keep him talking as she walked around the computer station and searched for the proper place for the remote.
"Some medicines, some biological weapons research."
"Oohh, that sounds dangerous. Is it safe to be here?" Kitty turned wide eyed to him.
Jimmy laughed, "Yes, you're safe. That's not the main research anymore. They have some new project going on. They brought on all kinds of new scientists. It has something to do with biogenetics."
"Bio-what?" She finally found the port.
"I don't know, myself. That's what everyone is buzzing about though."
She returned to his side and looked back at the layout. "I have a very serious question for you."
Suddenly nervous, he asked, "Yes, Miss Kitty?"
"Where is the bathroom, in this place?"
As they laughed he escorted her out into the hall and showed her to the nearest lavatory. When she returned to him, he showed her into the back room and saw that she was safe for the night. "I have to make rounds. You'll be ok, until morning. Goodnight, Miss Kitty."
She smiled at him, "Goodnight, Jimmy and thank you."
When she heard him leave the office to start rounds, she quickly got the remote and went back across the room to the computer. As she installed it, she heard someone coming. She saw shadows at the door and knew she would be seen if she tried to make it back. She ducked as far into a corner as she could and waited.
"Jimmy Clark's on duty tonight, he's pulling a double shift. I just have to get my jacket." she heard another officer say.
"Jimmy relieved me this morning at the club. You should have seen him drool over this girl." Both men came into the room and began to move toward the computer.
Kitty knew they would spot her so she phased through the wall. She found herself in what seemed to be a small file room. She walked to the door and tried to open it. 'Locked.' She listened and heard the men stop in the hall and continue their conversation. 'They're gonna be there for a while. Got to go back the way I came.' She began to phase into the computer room and saw Jimmy just walking in the door. His back was to her as he spoke with his friends in the hall. She quickly went back into the file room. 'I'll just have to wait for him to go on rounds again in two hours and hope he is too much of a gentleman to check on me sleeping.' She sat on the floor and waited. After about an hour she heard someone putting a key into the file room door. 'Out of time, gotta go, Kitty.' She phased through the floor and landed in the middle of an empty lab. 'Kitty Pride, you did it now. How am I gonna get back?' She moved through the lab and tried to stay in the shadows, afraid that Jimmy might spot her on the surveillance monitors. She made her way out into the hall and tried to recall the layout she had seen. 'Didn't expect to get lost, so I didn't check for stairs.' She wandered for a little while peeking into doors as she went. Few were marked with what they led to. As she walked she began to get nervous and think she might never find her way out. She suddenly felt a pain in the back of her head and then everything went black.
Midnight came. Adam knew that Marie was due for her break. He looked around the room and saw her putting her tray behind the bar. "If you will excuse me gentlemen, I have a date." He smiled as he stood and left his table. Gambit watched as he strode over toward Rogue.
"Are you ready to go?" Adam reached out for her hand before she noticed him there.
"Go? Where are we goin', suga'? Ah only have a 20 minute break."
"Well, for our second date, I thought we would take a walk. It's a beautiful night." Adam smiled at her and folded her arm in his before she could protest. He led her outside and they began to stroll to a small lake that sat behind the club.
"Mah, it's very pretty here." Marie saw the lake surrounded by wildflowers and on one side was a quaint gazebo. She knew that's where he was taking her.
He led her in and sat beside her as she gazed out over the water. Soon he slid closer and put his arm around her. Noticing her reaction he leaned in and whispered in her ear, "Why so tense? I won't hurt you." He began kissing her neck as he turned her toward him. Before she could react, his lips covered hers in a hungry kiss as his arms pulled her tight against him.
With strength that surprised him, she pushed him far enough away to break their liplock. "What's the rush, suga'? Ah ain't goin' nowhere."
When he answered she saw dark desire in his eyes. "I've been watching you since you got here yesterday. It's taken since then to get you out here. I think that's slow enough." He moved back in to recapture her lips.
Rogue played along as far as she dared then began to push him away again. "Ah let you kiss meh. Ah don't think we should take it any farther, just now." She pretended to fight more when he kept kissing her as she tried to speak. "Ah don' want this to be too rushed. Ah get off in 2 hours."
"Good, then we'll have all night." He continued his advances on her.
She tried to keep him talking. "Oh, but we can't go to mah room in the club. Rosie will be there."
He sat back and smiled, "No she won't." He laughed when she looked surprised. "She'll be with LeBeau."
"Well, then Ah guess Ah'm on mah own for the night."
"No, I'll be there when you get off." His smile almost frightened her.
She pushed him away and stood. "Ah have to get back." Walking away quickly, she soon felt his arm around her waist again. Just before they reentered the club he stopped her. When she looked at him, he didn't say anything.
He pulled her into a deep kiss then stepped away and said, "I'll see you at 2." He turned and left her there as he returned to his poker game.
"That's not behavior modification, that's complete behavioral reversal. Ah sure am glad, Evie isn't here to see this," she whispered to herself as she tried to regain her senses to get back to work.
TBC
