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Chapter 4: Stranger than you Dreamt
"What's up, pops?" the speed-mutant asked, high-toned voice speaking rapidly as was Quicksilver's way. Magneto smiled a benevolent smirk, and like a god brought forth the bounty of his good will.
"Son, your 18th birthday was last week. And I decided to get you something...special. Nadine?" He made the gesture with his hand again. From behind his broad shoulder poked two brown eyes, and Quicksilver jumped back. Suspicious now, he braced himself for what he feared might be another of his father's strange tests. His legs tensed, ready to run, and Pietro began eyeing different means of escape. He caught sight of Todd, looking with an unusual amount of stupidity at the face behind his father. And in a moment he understood why.
From behind Magneto stepped Nadine, black hair flowing and hips swaying from side to side as she moved. Her ripe lips were formed into the shape of an o as she eyed the room they stood in. These brown pools fell onto Pietro, and he felt himself go numb. Magneto chuckled at his son's reaction.
"Son, this is my gift to you. She's human, made to be subservient to mutant-kind, but I've quickened the process somewhat. I have trained her to obey the commands of only yourself and I. She will act as the maid of the brotherhood, and will be..." his grin deepened, "amusement for you."
Pietro's jaw dropped and his tongue slid forward, beyond the tips of his teeth. Nadine, seeing this, gently used her featherduster to push it shut. The speed mutant smiled with a dumb confusion at her.
The magnetic master's face became solmn. "She will do as it is you wish, under one condition, Pietro." The boy turned his eyes, attention caught. "At 7:00 every night you must place her in a cage that I will provide you with. Under no circumstances should she be let out of this cage. She must remain inside until 9:00 each morning, when she again may be released." He paused, letting that sink in, eyes scrutinizing his son. "Also," he continued, "If she begins to act strangely or speak differently, place her in the cell." Magneto's eyes narrowed. "Is this perfectly clear?" Pietro's head bounced up and down like a bobble-head doll. "Excellent. Then I will leave you two to get acquainted." And with that, he turned on his heel and left, heading towards where a black car was parked on the street corner.
No sooner had he disappeared into the vehicle than Nadine moved aside from the door, standing just to it's left. Pietro peered outside, watching his father go, then darted backwards suddenly. He let out a yip of surprise as several thick sheets of metal shot through the front door, lodging themselves just next to the staircase. In moments, a small steel cell had been built, a small glass window centered on it's door. Before Pietro hovered a pair of keys, and he stared at them in blank shock before shaking his head and darting a hand upward to pluck them from where they hung.
Confused and baffled, the speed mutant turned to look at his new french maid for answers.
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