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"What took you so long?" Sabertooth growled.
"She was in there chattin' it up with some old friends." Pyro jerked his thumb towards the door.
"Did you see Kitty? She looks great doesn't she?" Lance shoved his hands in his pockets.
"What were you doing talking to them?" He snarled.
"Relax Vic." She glared at him. "They were there. I couldn't just ignore them."
"Yes you could have."
"Not without sending up a red flag, which my wonderful sidekicks Ren and Stimpy managed to do in a heartbeat." She got into the car, crossing her arms with a frown.
They drove in silence. When they made it home, AJ stomped to her room, slamming the door behind her.
After a few hours, Pyro knocked on the door.
"Magneto wants t'see you doll."
She stormed through the building, stopping in front of Magnetos desk, crossing her arms.
"Pyro informed me about your encounter today."
"Really." She didn't seem surprised "That's a shock."
"Relax AJ, I'm not going to pry." He smiled smoothly. "However, you do realize that they're on to you."
"Yes. I almost had them off my scent until they stormed in there like idiots. Now they're onto all of us."
Magneto tented his fingers. "We'll go on as planned." He nodded. "The government buildings are starting to beef up security. If we don't do it now, it'll be much more difficult later."
"But what if they get in the way?" AJ shook her head. "You need to know that I wouldn't hurt them. They're not my enemy."
"I know." He nodded. "But you need to do whatever is necessary to accomplish our goal."
AJ nodded reluctantly. The whole reason why she'd joined Magneto was because of the mutant research act. It's one thing to sit by and have good intentions, and another thing completely to take action. Take things into your own hands and let the world know you're not going to take it.
She headed back to her room.
"We're gunna kill them you know." Sabertooth was waiting at her door.
She scowled at him. "I'd sooner get rid of you."
"Those are strong words for such a little girl." He said through barred teeth. "Black fox…"
"You really think so? Well let's just see how little I am after I put my fist through your face..." She took a step towards him, Pyro stepped between them.
"'Ang on there Sheila." He shook his head. "Think about what y'doin'."
"Yeah. We're not going to kill anyone." Lance shook his head.
"'Specailly not… Kitty…" Pyro grinned.
Lance gave him a swat. "The point is we're not against the X-creeps. Only if they get in our way."
She pushed past them, into her room.
Logan grumbled under his breath as Gambit and Bobby followed him down the road. They'd insisted on going with him back to the restaurant. Just in case something happened. Sure. He knew why they wanted to go back.
They could probably guess why he wanted to go back.
They took a seat, spotting AJ almost immediately.
She sat on the bar, making eyes at some guy in a business suit as he spoke intently to his colleagues.
Once his meeting was finished, he turned his attention to her, helping her down from her seat on the bar.
He pulled her down onto his lap causing her to let out a flirty laugh. Logan growled.
"Relax mon ami. She's jus' doin' her job." Gambit shook his head as he eyed a young blonde walking by.
Logan knew what he meant… that she was flirting to make tips. But something clicked in his mind. She was the bartender, not a waitress. So what was so special about this guy?
She whispered something to him before gently biting his earlobe. He eyed her with a craving look, running his hand up underneath her shirt, gently caressing the skin on her back.
"Does he look familiar to you?" Logan narrowed his eyes.
"Sure." Bobby shrugged. "He was on the news the other night… talkin' about the burned up government building. He works at one of the-" Bobby stopped talking.
The three men stared at each other for a moment before Logan looked back.
AJ's eyes darted away from them. She'd been watching them talk while the business guy whispered sweet nothings into her ear. She giggled, whispering something back. He looked at his watch and nodded before standing up and heading towards the door.
AJ pressed her lips together, clenching her fists with her chin up as she walked past them. Logan took her by the wrist.
"Look what they got you doin'." He chuckled.
She pulled her arm away with a frown.
"Not much different from before is it kid?"
She clenched her jaw, looking at the other two before her gaze fell back on him.
She didn't say anything. It was obvious he'd struck a chord.
"Is this guy bothering you love?" The business man furrowed his brow.
Logan stood up.
"Sit down." She spat before looking business man in the eye. "No. Let's go… tiger." She smirked.
He took her elbow, leading her out of the restaurant. She looked at him from over her shoulder before disappearing around the corner.
Bobby frowned. "Why were you so-"
Logan pulled some cash out of his wallet, slapping it on the table before leaving.
"Don't follow me." He growled.
She noticed them right away, but she had to finish her job. She had to get the business man to take her up to his office so she could knock him out and prepare. The man she'd taken to seducing worked in the next office they had their sights set on. Once she'd heard him gloat about that, there was no way she could turn down his invitation. No matter what that meant.
Especially since tonight was the night.
She got dressed, all in black, meeting the guys outside.
"Alright. Let's do this thing."
She climbed in the passenger seat. Sabertooth started the car, zipping away.
About ten minuets into their drive, he looked into his rear view mirror. His eyes darting from the mirror to the road.
"What?" AJ sat up. She could tell something was wrong.
He stepped on the gas, ignoring her question.
They arrived at their destination, parking discreetly down the road. AJ pulled her black leather gloves on as she walked down the ally. She climbed up the back of the building, creeping over to the camera that was pointed downward. She ripped it off the wall before climbing over to a window. She lifted it quietly. The window she'd opened while in the man's office earlier that day. She carefully snuck her way back downstairs through the interior of the building, opening the back door for the guys.
They made their way through the building, going to their separate tasks. AJ slunk along the wall, taking out all of the security cameras as she went.
"Vacation?" She dropped to the ground, crossing her arms as she looked back. She could tell they were standing there.
Rogue shook her head "Why are you doin' this AJ? You don't have t-"
"But I do have to do something." She shook her head "I can't just sit there while they let this happen!"
"Is that what you think we're doing?" Kitty shook her head.
"I just don't think a strongly worded letter to the president is going to cut it." She shook her head. "Maybe they'll listen now."
"Now that you've destroyed their offices! They'll re-build!" Rogue shook her head.
"You need to go." AJ frowned. "I don't want to hurt you."
Gambit extended his staff, in a ready stance. Ready to pounce. Pyro gave him a grin as he stood upright. "Oy mate! Y'startled me!"
He crossed his arms. "Y'here t'help out?"
Gambit grinned slightly. "Now y'know dat ain' gunna happen."
Pyro shrugged, his eyebrows perking up slightly "Just an idea."
Gambit's eyes darted towards the contraption he'd been fiddling with when he walked in. It was a bomb.
A wall of flames burst from around the corner followed by a large blast. AJ pulled the two girls away, moving them down the hall with her. "Pyro gets carried away."
"AJ we can leave right now." Kitty shook her head.
The ground began to shake and the walls grew a thin, icy frost.
Rogue pressed her lips together. "Look at what they're doin'. They're tryin' t'turn you against us."
AJ shook her head. "You have to get out. My instructions are to get rid of you if you're in my way."
"Well we're here." Rogue crossed her arms. "What are you gunna do."
AJ clenched her jaw. Before she had a chance to answer, there was a loud crash. Logan went tumbling through the wall, lying between AJ and the other girls.
She looked into the hole he'd just created. Sabertooth growled at her. "Take them out."
Logan jumped up as Sabertooth lunged at him. The girls coughed at the drywall and plaster dust floating through the air.
AJ took Kitty by the hand, pulling both of them out of the way, one at a time. "Please… go…"
"Logan!" Kitty gasped, looking past her. Logan was now pinned down, struggling to hold Sabertooth's razor sharp claws away from his neck.
"Stop!" AJ grabbed him trying to pull him off Wolverine. He smacked her away sending her flying, falling to the ground. AJ shouted again. "Stop! Listen!"
They could hear it. A ticking. Pyro started the clock.
"We have to get out." She stood up pulling Sabertooth off Logan. "Go!"
Rogue grabbed AJ by the arm "Come with us."
Her eyes darted from Rogue to Kitty "I… I can't."
Logan squared his jaw "If y'ain't with us kid… you're against us."
She pressed her lips together. "Then I guess next time you should avoid me."
She spun around and raced outside.
AJ slid into the drivers' seat, stomping on the gas. "Why's she driving?" Pyro whined.
"Shut up." She shook her head, trying to focus on the road. She weaved through traffic with ease at extremely high speeds.
"Impressive." Lance said with a nod, looking over his shoulder out the back window. "I think we lost them."
"I don't think they were following us to begin with." She said, glancing in the rear view mirror with a frown.
"Yer lucky, Raggedy Anne." Sabertooth growled "Because if they were… I'd rip you in two."
AJ took a hard left, causing the burly man next to her to smack his head against the window. "I'd like t'see you try Vic."
When they got home, they scattered. No one wanted to talk tonight.