He needed sleep before he went in there. But first, a beer. He went down to the bar and ordered a beer. He found a table in the back and sat down. The bar wasn't too crowded at this hour of the day but he still attracted the attention of a leggy blond. She made her way over to his table and sat down.
"You look lonely," she remarked.
"Not interested," he told her gruffly.
"That's OK. I'm not selling tonight. I'm just observing that you look lonely."
He ignored her as rudely as he could.
"Girlfriend not coming?" she asked.
He glared into her eyes.
"She must be something special, this girl. She has you tied up in knots."
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He continued to ignore her.
"If she's so special, why are you sitting here. Go get her."
He got up from the table and glared down at her.
"Stay out of my life Mystique," he growled.
"Can't fool you, Wolverine," she purred. "Truce?"
"Why would I want a truce with you?" he asked
"You need to get a certain person out of BioGen. I'm interested in getting her out as well. The information in her head is as important to me as it is to you."
"I don't believe you," he said. "I've trusted you before and been burned."
"I can tell you now you won't get in without me. The place is tighter than Fort Knox. I can get you in. You will have to get the good Doctor out alive. I can't help you there."
"Does Magneto know what you're doing?"
"He knows but he won't get involved."
"Yeah, sure," he said sarcastically.
"Eric has no intention of interfering with your mission. Dr. Dempsey, although she is human, has information that will advance his cause tremendously. He has no intention of jeopardizing her reception when she delivers this information to the world. It is too important for all of us. He realizes that the world views him as a terrorist and for her words to be taken seriously by the world, he must disassociate himself from her situation."
What the hell did Kate know that Magneto wanted her to speak to the government? It had to be more than mutant experimentation. There had to be more to the story. He weighed his options. Mystique would be an asset that could come in handy. But could he trust her? She was devoted to Magneto. It would be just like her to double cross him as the worst possible moment. He needed her to get in if the security is as tight as she claimed. He needed to be stealthy going in or Kate was dead.
"Alright," he said. "I agree but if you cross me, I'll cut you from neck to crotch and feed your innards to the sharks."
"Fair enough," she agreed.
They returned to his room to look over the floor plan. She knew the compound well. She had replaced a guard on the night shift several weeks ago. She refused to tell him why she had been positioned at BioGen but Logan could figure it out for himself. Magneto found out about the experiments and was trying to stop the project and free the mutants. Logan could agree with the aims Eric was after but he had to take exception with his methods. Eric didn't hesitate to kill, even when he was not threatened. His aim was to replace Homo Sapiens with Homo Superior. Logan would prefer that nature take it's course. In a few hundred years, mutants would be the dominant species. Inter breading was already spreading the mutations, the increase in the number of mutants was evidence of that. All they needed to do was wait.
Mystique pointed out the back entrance to the labs and showed him the best route to the high security labs. It was different than the route he had figured. She informed him that there were areas of the floor that were pressure sensitive and would not allow him to pass unnoticed. She didn't know exactly where Kate was being held but she was sure she was somewhere in the basement. Logan asked her to let him in the building and get out of his way. Mystique agreed to this.
They decided to go tonight.