CHAPTER 5
"I called both Wolverine and Psylocke," Kristina said as Kitty entered her office, still dressed in her battle gear. "They are both taking flights out today, and they should arrive here in Washington tonight. Logan's flight from Vancouver should arrive about 30 minutes before Betsy's from London. They are both scheduled to fly in to BWI Airport."
"Good, good. That will give them the night here to get rid of the jet lag before we go full bore into our mission."
Kristina looked at the woman across from her. She had seen Kitty in her battle gear before, but never took the time to appreciate it until now. "So, will I have something like that," she said as she nodded her head toward Kitty's body-hugging outfit.
"Yes, in fact, that is one of the main reasons I needed you down here right now. Before we get started on it, however, we need to try to locate where Sabretooth is. Kris, go over to your government computer there in that office and see if you can get any unusual reports about crimes in the area of Fort Lee since yesterday. Meanwhile, I will call some contacts I have at the fort to see what they can give me."
After about 40 minutes of searching through files and transmissions on the government computer, Kristina couldn't locate much about any crimes in the area of Fort Lee. She took her findings over to Kitty, who was just getting off the phone.
"Any luck, Kris?"
"Not much. The only thing I could get was that a Ford cargo van was stolen from a warehouse about 10 miles from the fort about 5 hours before the breakout."
"Ford van. Hmm, that might be important. This guy I know at the fort told me that someone told him that he saw Sabretooth get away in a van driven by someone else. I think we might need to pay a visit to the fort once Wolverine and Psylocke are here."
"Yeah, I will follow up on it."
"Okay, Kris, I think it is time to see what your strengths and weaknesses are. I have seen your files, and I have seen you training in the gym. I think you have potential. Why don't you go get changed and we will see what you can do."
Kristina nodded her head and headed for the Dressing Room. Once there, she slipped out of her business suit blouse and skirt, and put on her exercise clothes. They consisted of a FBI standard issue gray sweatshirt and sweatpants, and white Nike exercise shoes. Kitty was waiting for her as she left the Dressing Room and headed for the Action Center.
"Let's get some stretching in first, to see how limber you are. I know you competed in gymnastics when you were in college, so you should have some flexibility in you."
Kristina, a former balance beam and floor exercise participant, had just missed out on being on the 1992 Olympic team, finishing fourth in the competition for the three positions to the Olympics. After failing to make the team, Kristina had since then limited her gymnastics skills to her training in the martial arts, something she had loved since she was a young girl.
After stretching, Kitty put Kristina to the challenge to see how good her reflexes were. Kitty would toss a tennis ball from a variety of angles and speeds, including phasing the ball through her, to see how she reacted at unexpected attacks. Next, Kitty put Kristina to the test to see how good her martial arts were. Kristina, a recent black belt martial artist graduate of the highest degree, threw and kicked some combinations and spins at Kitty, who, of course being the highly skilled ninja that she is, dodged them all. Kitty praised her for her efforts, and reminded her that a "normal opponent" wouldn't have had a chance with Kristina's moves. Finally, Kitty tested Kristina's strength by having her attack the punching bag located in the room they were in. Kristina's results came out pretty good for her woman her size and stature.
After some cooling down stretches, Kitty decided it was time. "Okay, Kris, it's time to fit you for your own battle gear, and to give you a code name. Let's go over here," she said, pointing to a bulky contraption in the far corner of the room. "Thanks to Shi'ar technology, we can design the best protection for you. Now, stand on the foot prints there on the machine. I got a question for you, Kris. What's your favorite color?"
Kristina stepped on to the footprints and faced Kitty. "Red. Why?" Suddenly, a blinding light covered Kristina, and, then just as quickly, disappeared. "Okay, Kris, you can get off there now. You have just been scanned into the computer system," Kitty said, pointing to the screen next to where Kristina had been standing. "It is analyzing your complete skeletal system, looking for places where you might have any weaknesses, and coming up with what should be a perfect battle gear suit, your "suit of armor", if you will, for you. Now, while it is completing the process, what code name would you like to be known as?"
"I don't know. I never thought about it before. Um, how about Government Girl or something like that? Oh, I got it! How's this? G-Woman. You know, like the G-Men from the gangster movies."
"Interesting, but since you are going to be our communications expert, we should think of something else. Let's see, what about Radar?"
"Well, I guess that could work, for now. Radar it is then!"
"Okay, it's done," said Kitty, pointing to the screen. "Here it is, your suit of armor."
Kristina took it and looked it over. It appeared to be dark like Kitty's, but it had a dark red area of color by the neck of it.The words'United Nations Bounty Hunter' were printed in whiteletters on the left side of it, and a square strip of material with a government badgeimprinted on it appeared on the right side. She held it up to admire it, feeling the material in her hands."It looks like it is loose-fitting," she said to Kitty, kind of dejectedly.
"Wait until you try it on. Then you won't be saying that."
Kristina went into the Dressing Room and took off her sweat clothes. She had on beneath them a lace Wonderbra and black bikini briefs. As she put the battle gear on, she felt its warmth and smoothness of the material against her. "It feels like silk against my skin," she said to Kitty, who was entering the room. As she zipped it up, she suddenly felt that smoothness press tighter and tighter to her body. "Whoa! What's it doing!," she exclaimed.
"It is adhering to your body, becoming one with you" replied Kitty. "The material may feel soft, but it is some of the strongest material in the universe. It will absorb the impact of a bullet fired at close range, and you won't even feel it. If someone attacked you with a knife, and it touched your gear, it would break the blade and it wouldn't even pierce your skin. Take a look in the mirror, and see what else it did for you."
"Whoa! No way. They have never looked that big before.", she exclaimed, admiring the sudden increase in the size of her breasts.
"It takes what you have and enhances it, um,slightly. If you wore that upstairs, I bet you would get some attention, especially from guys like Mulder."
"Yeah, I see what you mean. Wow! He would die to see me in this.", Kristina giggled, putting a hand to her mouth as she admired herself in the mirror. She slid her hand down her chest, noticing that the zipper was now gone from the material, leaving a seamless uniform over her body.
"And, we came create all sorts of accessories that you may need for this outfit. Hats, gloves, boots, belts, and such." Kitty glanced down at the watch on her wrist. "It's starting to get late. What time did you say Logan's plane was to arrive?"
"About 6:00, with Psylocke arriving 30 minutes later."
"Let's get some accessories created for you, and thenchange and get ready to meet them. I'm sure they will be anxious to be filled in on the details of this mission."