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Bolivar Trask was not a happy man, that was for sure, he paced the hangar where the sentinels were been repaired. They have sent ten of these extremelly expensive state-of-the-art robots to bring back a twelve year old boy and only six have come back and with the arm of another one as their precious prisoner. Trask was beyong anger. He turned and saw that Worthington had finally decided to arrive. He went directly to him
-"Is this what I ordered?"- He shouted at Worthington-"Because I can recollect telling you exactly what I wanted and it wasn´t this"
-"There must have been a mistake"- Warren Worthington II was puzzled but at the same time relieved, his son was probably still alive.-"Sir, these mutants are completely uncontrollable, there is no way to knowthe powers thateach one of them possess. We follow your orders, barely nothing had been made with metal"
-"I hope you don´t expect me to congratulate your men on following orders, look, we have a database full of information about the powers of most of those freaks and your son is one of them, you could have all the data we lack anytime"- Trask was shouting like a madman
-"Leave my son out of this, we have a deal"- Worthington´s face was now cold and serious, all business.
-"Deals can be changed, you haven´t keep up your part, I might not fulfill my promise of not attacking your angelic son"- Trask was sure that this statement would work wonders in this case.
-"This was a test, now we know that things must be changed, improved"- Worthington continued-"You will have your sentinels, sir. I do honour my agreements"
-"Good, I have been thinking about these robots, about possible improvements. I have decided to use them for something more useful that bringing kids to the base. I think we should talk, unless you want this project to continue without you"-Trask was pleased
-"There is no need of that, sir, just remember that my son has to be protected"- Worthington accepted
-"Whatever you want, as long as you provide me with the sentinels I want"- Trask´s face was brigthen up by a crooked smile.
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Mystique was tired of Juggernaut´s constant yapping and John´s remarks, both were bored and wanted some action. She was sure there was a lot of that coming but she wanted to see what was Magneto planning. He had been silent all day and she knew what that meant in the past. Only Xavier knew Magneto better than Mystique. She has even seen a nasty side of him when he left her in that truck but her revenge would have to wait, right now she needed him.
-"Erik"- She called him-"I do not like having him here"
-"Scott?"-Erik smiled looking at her-"Me neither, I do not trust him, but Charles loves more than any other of his students, I enjoy the fact of having him here and knowing the effect it has on my old friend. Besides Wanda likes him and she seems to be more relaxed"
-"I thought we were keeping Pietro to keep her happy"- Mystique knew him very well, she has seen how the man was impressed by his daughter but was not really interested in his son.
-"He is an arrogant, good for nothing little man"- Magneto admitted-"But she, on the other hand, can be the key to our success, the weapon I have been looking for. Isn´t life ironic, I wantedthat power all my life and here she is, my own daughter"
-"She won´t cooperate, you know that, don´t you?"- She looked over her shoulder, Wanda was talking with Scott
-"I am not stupid, my dear"- Magneto was certainly nothing of the sort-"That is the reason why we are keeping Pietro. You know nothing about the joys and responsabilities of parenthood, but sometimes, parents have to do things for the welfare of their children even when they do not want to cooperate. I am doing this for them, whether they want to be part of it or not"
-"You have not lost your touch, Erik"- She smiled
-"On the contrary, my dear"- He smiled back.
Scott was listening to Wanda but at the same time watching Magneto and Mystique talking, he wished he had Jean´s power in order to find out what they were saying, but by the way Magneto looked at Wanda and Pietro he could imagine part of the conversation. He grab Wanda´s hand and kissed it, he knew she was going to suffer just because she was powerful, something over which she has no control and that was not her fault.
-"Scott"- She said surprised-"Is there somethings wrong?"
-"I just want you to know that you can count on me, whatever happens I will help you"- Scott said sincerely
-"Thanks, I also have the feeling that maybe I will need your help"-Wanda confessed
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Jean had cried for a while, Logan was holding her, stroking her back while she let go of the pain she felt. Xavier touched her cheek and called her name again.
-"Jean, I know how you are feeling, we have missed you, we have mourned you but now we need you"- He said trying to sooth her with his voice
-"I am putting you all in danger just by being here"- She sobbed
-"There is an option, a path that I am willing to take with you, but the others, your friends, want me to explain it to you"- Xavier continued-"When you were a child and I went to your house you were already too powerful for your own good, such power cannot be controlled by anybody, it is just too much. I placed some mental blocks in order to protect you. I might not have acted in an ethical way but I just wanted to help you."
-"The blocks were broken when I died in Alkali Lake"- Jean was shocked but part of this information was not new, she has heard it in Logan´s memories before
-"Probably some of the blocks had already disappeared before that, but yes"- Xavier answered her-"Now, I can place those mental blocks again if you let me"
-"That will contain the Phoenix inside?"- Jean asked, she could feel Logan´s hand stroking her hair and back but she didn´t dare look at him, specially after all she had discovered about his feelings for her.
-"There is no guarantee, Jean, but without the blocks the power could take control over you"- Xavier explained-"You will be Jean Grey, just as usual, but you won´t be able to use all your power"
-"Promise me that you will teach me how to control itin time, Professor"- Jean pleaded
-"Of course"- Xavier knew already her answer and was relieved.
-"Then, do what needs to be done"- Jean said closing her eyes and letting Logan place her head on the examination couch.
-"I need to be alone with her"- Xavier told the others-"This might take some time, Logan you are in charge of the security, Storm, some parents will be calling, the rest of you should find all the information possible about the sentinels, time is not our ally right now"
-"I will check on Hank"- Moira placed a hand on Xavier´s shoulder to show him that she was proud of him.
