When Oppurtunity Rings...Someone Better Answer

Revolution sighed heavily.

"I got an idea," she said.

"Yes?" asked Adam.

She rolled her eyes at him. Nothing like the condenscending 'I'm just listening to you so you don't throw me across the room' tone.

"What about the new clinic?" she asked "The one you've been having me run nineteen thousand security checks on."

"I don't know," said Angela "I'd hate to put the other workers in danger."

"You won't have to," said Jax, her bright eyes lighting up "We'll stock it up for you."

"I don't know," Angela exclaimed again "They would have to at least have some medical training."

"Well...You'd have Lux and you, Angela." said Adam.

Anyone could see the wheels turning in Adam's head.

"And My girl Mckenna," said Lux smiling.

"So what's the plan?" asked Brennan.

"Don't look at me," said Revolution "I'm just location scout."

Jesse laughed and kissed the top of Revolution's head.

First Steps

Adam was musing, and he suddenly stood up and asked for silence. "I like the idea of using the clinic, but not just now," he said. "This kind of set up must be built brick by brick. Cat can´t just change sides all of a sudden, they´ll never buy it."

"You have some idea bouncing around this brain of yours, haven´t you?" anticipated Donna.

"Always, GryphonLady," he smiled. If he could have his way, Donna Gryphon wouldn´t be working for Cascade PD anymore. Alas, nothing was perfect. "Jesse, Riley, Brennan, Cat, Blair and Donna, how do you feel about painting this town red?"

"A night on the town?" Jesse was puzzled.

"With a love quarrel, a very public one, please," completed Adam. "Cat, I need you and Brennan to fight. Loudly." He turned to Brennan and Cat, placed his hands on their shoulders. "I need you to do something very difficult. Are you up to anything?"

They looked at each other, then back to Adam and nodded. The older man went on. "Brennan, I need you to slap her."

"Oh, no, man... Wait a minute..." the elemental started, only to be stopped by Cat´s hand on his chest.

"That´s OK. I think I know what he wants." Cat was actually smiling. Adam´s idea was very clever indeed.

"Donna, Blair, Jesse and Riley, you´ll interfere in the quarrel," he instructed. "I want you to come this close to really painting this town red. Blood red." And he drew his fingers together to less than a millimeter.

"You did it when we were in college, you brat!" exclaimed MacGyver with a smile that lit up his entire face. "Your study group seemed to be falling apart with dissent only to work as a symphony orchestra when we were in the laboratory!"

"That´s exactly what I want!" Adam laughed loud. Mac was one of a kind, one of the few minds he actually respected. And they went way back. "I want Lareou and his New Chaos to think we are fighting amongst ourselves. I want his arrogance to take over. That will be his undoing.

Donna was excited with the plan and it showed on her flushed cheeks. "I´ll drop a word, just casually, I´ll be out tonight with the others when I call Cascade´s safehouse. Windbagman will surely find out," offered Donna.

"And I´m sure the New Order will have Cat under surveillance," that was Jim Ellison, the detective.

"I´m counting on it. Tomorrow, we will take the Cascade Group to the clinic." Adam was in full strategist mode. There was nothing more fun than to set a plan in motion. "We will, apparently, show them around and organize things so a new director, Makenna, can take the Underground Health Care over, so Angela can step up to Allison´s job." He turned to Cat. "We will turn on you, then, Catherine. I´m sorry, but we will turn on you hard."

Cat lowered her eyes and smiled faintly. "No problem. I know it´s just for show."

"It is, be sure of that," he reassured her, knowing how sensitive Cat was.

MacGyver, uncharacteristically talkative, raised his hand. "If this New Order is so well connected, then your clinic must be overflowing with spy devices."

"And you´re counting on it, too!" Jax McManus butted in.

Adam smiled broadly. Enough of just reacting to Lareou´s antics. Mutant X, the Ring, the Cascade Group, that is, the Alliance, was biting back. "Cat, that´s when you´ll contact the New Order. If you haven´t been contacted by them yet, that is." He looked at his army, ever the strategist. "Shalimar, you, Jax, Jim, Sam and Cory, keep an eye on our party animals here." He turned to Donna, Blair, Revolution, Jesse, Brennan and Cat. "Ladies and gentlemen, don´t you have to get ready to have fun?"