Taking a cigar out of one of his back pockets, Logan popped it into his
mouth and lit it. He took a deep inhale and let out a cloud. He was on his
way to the Professor's office. It had been a long, strange day, and he had
been anxious to find out what Xavier wanted. He knocked on the door, just
as it swung wide open.
"You finally decided to show, huh, Logan-san." Gabby stood at the door, a big grin on her face. Her braces flashed in the dim lighting.
"Come in Logan.........but put out the cigar. Smoking STILL isn't allowed on school grounds." Xavier wheeled out from behind his desk, where a computer screen was glaring in black and green.
"What the heck is going on?" Logan crushed his cigar out regretfully. He was probably going to have to have a smoke later. He wasn't in a good mood, like before.
Gabby let herself fall into the chair at the computer. "I don't know what the professor wants you here for, but I'm helping him do some hard core hacking." She reached for a pen and started to scribble something on a random piece of paper she grabbed.
Gabby bit the pen, and nodded. "Here, Xavier-san. I got the first few passwords down. I only have a few more.........unless they updated their firewalls again. Then it'll take at least a couple of hours more."
"Hacking?" Logan jumped in, confused as ever.
"Thank you Gabrielle. Yes, hacking. I'm afraid Gabby has some skills that not even I can conquer." Xavier looked at the paper. "How she does this is a mystery to me."
Gabby shrugged, embarrassed. "It gets easy once you get the knack of it all. 'Sides.........I've worked with computers for ages. Hacking just becomes a skill after so long."
".........Yea.........anyway. What did ya want, Professor?" Logan shook away his confusion.
Xavier pointed at Gabby. Startled, her eyes widened. "Wha-me? What did I do?"
"You will explain what you've been doing. Logan has the right to know. So do a few others, but we'll get to them later." He wheeled back behind the desk to see what she was doing. Surprisingly, she had typed this entire time.
Gabby raised her arms in defeat. "Alright. Logan, get your butt over here."
Logan strolled over, grumbling under his breath. He stared in shock at the computer. Thousands of words, numbers and letters were scrambled across the screen. Gabby typed quickly, adding on to the already growing number.
"Ok..here I have hacked into the government's first few firewalls. Basically, what I'm trying to find out," type, type, type. "Is what they're planning to do with us mutants. A-ha!" Gabby deleted a few things and a new screen popped up. "Got through. This isn't as hard as I thought it would be."
Logan stared at the screen. "What the government is trying to do.........what would they WANT to do?"
Gabby ran her fingers through her hair. "Plenty. Last year I did some research for Xavier and I found out about some sort of plan to arrest any known mutants in a special jail. Their names were included. Each and every one of them moved by the time they were looked for, thanks to Professors quick thinking." Gabby sighed and typed in a long password, hitting enter and getting admitted right away. "Today is my lucky day or something........."
Gabby barely ended before her face filled with worry and confusion. She typed as fast as she could; concentrating so hard that Logan half expected to hear her brain clicking.
She stopped as soon as she started, leaning back in the chair. "Professor.........?" She said weakly.
"What is it, my dear?" Xavier leaned towards her. Her face was white, and she had begun to shake.
"I got in." Gabby buried her hands in her face. "They're planning to.........arrest some more mutants. But it'll be worse.........o gawd, o gawd........."
Logan looked at the screen. It was all 0's and 1's. He, of course, understood nothing. Gabby looked at the screen again, her face filled with anger, pain and fear.
"I'm changing it." Gabby began to type furiously. "I'll change it, and they won't be able to do anything for a while."
Xavier stopped her. "What is so bad? What are they doing?"
"It says here, right here." She pointed at a few lines. "It talks about a certain drug, and a kind of mental institution. They're trying to change mutants, or at least use them as a weapon. Fools. No matter what they try, they won't get far." Gabby started to type again. "I'm putting at least five viruses on this page! And changing everything they're trying to say.........no one will ever be able to interpret this." Gabby sighed. "This will take only a few minutes. Maybe it's best if the both of you go to sleep. I'll leave and lock this door if you wish, Xavier, when I'm done."
Xavier looked at her face and nodded. "Just go to bed as soon as you can. Don't worry about the lock. Logan, you can leave as well."
Logan shook his head. "Nah, I'll wait for Furry here. I'll take her to her room."
"Very well. Good night, both of you." Xavier left and closed a door behind him.
Gabby typed faster the second the door clicked shut. "Logan you can leave, it's alright. I can go up the stairs myself."
Logan just shook his head and lit another cigar. Gabby eyed it for a second, but soon turned back to her work. Ten minutes later, her typing slowed and stopped. Logan stood up and brushed himself off.
"Done?"
"Done."
"C'mon. I'll take you upstairs." Logan offered her his hand, and she took it, heaving herself up with difficulty.
"Thank you Logan-san." Gabby smiled, tired.
"What the heck is with this 'san' thing? It's confusing me." Logan sighed as he opened the door and closed it quietly behind the two of them. "Unless yer Japanese or something?"
Gabby smiled, laughter dancing in her bright brown eyes. "Yep. I'm a Japanese, Spanish Polish-American!" Logan looked at her, startled. "And I studied Japanese throughout high school. For fun."
Logan stopped walking, suddenly. Confused, Gabby stopped as well, looking at him. "What?"
"We skipped your room........." Logan began to laugh, and stunned, so did Gabby.
"Oops."
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"You finally decided to show, huh, Logan-san." Gabby stood at the door, a big grin on her face. Her braces flashed in the dim lighting.
"Come in Logan.........but put out the cigar. Smoking STILL isn't allowed on school grounds." Xavier wheeled out from behind his desk, where a computer screen was glaring in black and green.
"What the heck is going on?" Logan crushed his cigar out regretfully. He was probably going to have to have a smoke later. He wasn't in a good mood, like before.
Gabby let herself fall into the chair at the computer. "I don't know what the professor wants you here for, but I'm helping him do some hard core hacking." She reached for a pen and started to scribble something on a random piece of paper she grabbed.
Gabby bit the pen, and nodded. "Here, Xavier-san. I got the first few passwords down. I only have a few more.........unless they updated their firewalls again. Then it'll take at least a couple of hours more."
"Hacking?" Logan jumped in, confused as ever.
"Thank you Gabrielle. Yes, hacking. I'm afraid Gabby has some skills that not even I can conquer." Xavier looked at the paper. "How she does this is a mystery to me."
Gabby shrugged, embarrassed. "It gets easy once you get the knack of it all. 'Sides.........I've worked with computers for ages. Hacking just becomes a skill after so long."
".........Yea.........anyway. What did ya want, Professor?" Logan shook away his confusion.
Xavier pointed at Gabby. Startled, her eyes widened. "Wha-me? What did I do?"
"You will explain what you've been doing. Logan has the right to know. So do a few others, but we'll get to them later." He wheeled back behind the desk to see what she was doing. Surprisingly, she had typed this entire time.
Gabby raised her arms in defeat. "Alright. Logan, get your butt over here."
Logan strolled over, grumbling under his breath. He stared in shock at the computer. Thousands of words, numbers and letters were scrambled across the screen. Gabby typed quickly, adding on to the already growing number.
"Ok..here I have hacked into the government's first few firewalls. Basically, what I'm trying to find out," type, type, type. "Is what they're planning to do with us mutants. A-ha!" Gabby deleted a few things and a new screen popped up. "Got through. This isn't as hard as I thought it would be."
Logan stared at the screen. "What the government is trying to do.........what would they WANT to do?"
Gabby ran her fingers through her hair. "Plenty. Last year I did some research for Xavier and I found out about some sort of plan to arrest any known mutants in a special jail. Their names were included. Each and every one of them moved by the time they were looked for, thanks to Professors quick thinking." Gabby sighed and typed in a long password, hitting enter and getting admitted right away. "Today is my lucky day or something........."
Gabby barely ended before her face filled with worry and confusion. She typed as fast as she could; concentrating so hard that Logan half expected to hear her brain clicking.
She stopped as soon as she started, leaning back in the chair. "Professor.........?" She said weakly.
"What is it, my dear?" Xavier leaned towards her. Her face was white, and she had begun to shake.
"I got in." Gabby buried her hands in her face. "They're planning to.........arrest some more mutants. But it'll be worse.........o gawd, o gawd........."
Logan looked at the screen. It was all 0's and 1's. He, of course, understood nothing. Gabby looked at the screen again, her face filled with anger, pain and fear.
"I'm changing it." Gabby began to type furiously. "I'll change it, and they won't be able to do anything for a while."
Xavier stopped her. "What is so bad? What are they doing?"
"It says here, right here." She pointed at a few lines. "It talks about a certain drug, and a kind of mental institution. They're trying to change mutants, or at least use them as a weapon. Fools. No matter what they try, they won't get far." Gabby started to type again. "I'm putting at least five viruses on this page! And changing everything they're trying to say.........no one will ever be able to interpret this." Gabby sighed. "This will take only a few minutes. Maybe it's best if the both of you go to sleep. I'll leave and lock this door if you wish, Xavier, when I'm done."
Xavier looked at her face and nodded. "Just go to bed as soon as you can. Don't worry about the lock. Logan, you can leave as well."
Logan shook his head. "Nah, I'll wait for Furry here. I'll take her to her room."
"Very well. Good night, both of you." Xavier left and closed a door behind him.
Gabby typed faster the second the door clicked shut. "Logan you can leave, it's alright. I can go up the stairs myself."
Logan just shook his head and lit another cigar. Gabby eyed it for a second, but soon turned back to her work. Ten minutes later, her typing slowed and stopped. Logan stood up and brushed himself off.
"Done?"
"Done."
"C'mon. I'll take you upstairs." Logan offered her his hand, and she took it, heaving herself up with difficulty.
"Thank you Logan-san." Gabby smiled, tired.
"What the heck is with this 'san' thing? It's confusing me." Logan sighed as he opened the door and closed it quietly behind the two of them. "Unless yer Japanese or something?"
Gabby smiled, laughter dancing in her bright brown eyes. "Yep. I'm a Japanese, Spanish Polish-American!" Logan looked at her, startled. "And I studied Japanese throughout high school. For fun."
Logan stopped walking, suddenly. Confused, Gabby stopped as well, looking at him. "What?"
"We skipped your room........." Logan began to laugh, and stunned, so did Gabby.
"Oops."
((Thankies, everyone, for reading. This is going to be fun. I love writing stories..So I'll be able to write them fast. Review, please!))