A/N: I'm soooooo sorry it took me so long to get a chapter done. Finals are a bitch. But I'm done and can go back to writing. So here you are. Keep up the reviewing, I love it!
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Chapter 48 – Deal and Trade
The door to her office opened and Emma stood, ready to greet her guest. Reluctantly and ever so cautiously, Caliban stood to his feet, his eyes still warily on his master. But Emma's attention was fully on the door in anticipation.
The disappointment was great when it was Remy who steppe through. He smiled at her but Emma glowered, hand on her hip, becoming angry once more. "Where are my guest?"
Gambit frowned. "Xcuse me?"
"My guest, I'm waiting for two of them along with Cain and Tabitha."
"Well, I saw no one out there and ya told me to meet ya in here."
She sighed. She had said that after all. But right now she wanted nothing to do with him…least not until tonight. "Fine, have a seat on the couch."
Gambit nodded and sprawled out giving her a smile that spoke words without saying them, causing Emma to shiver with memory. She turned her head to the door, pushing memories away as the doorknob twisted once more and Cain stepped through. Her heart leapt inside of her chest as the gray haired man followed behind him with his blonde accomplice, Tabitha entered last and shut the door behind her.
Her two employees took a seat on the couch near Gambit. Frost smiled and moved towards her guest. Caliban stayed in the corner, watching closely. "So nice of you to accept my invitation Mr…" she wasn't quite sure of his last name.
"Call me Erik, dear," he said with an English accent.
"Erik," she glanced at the blonde woman, dazzling looking and elegant, not to mention tall with chocolate colored eyes. "Who might this be?"
"This," he gestured at the blonde. "Is Mystique." Emma watched in awe as the blonde was no longer blonde, but started turning blue with nothing but carefully placed scales covering certain parts of her otherwise naked body. Her eyes were fiery yellow and her hair was short to her head and blood red.
"Impressive," Frost smiled and moved towards the couch. "Have a seat please."
Emma sat on the edge of the couch, nearest Gambit while her guest took a seat across from them. "Would you like anything to drink? Water? Soda?"
"No," Eric said with a wave of his hand. "We are fine, thank you. I must say though, you have a lovely facility here."
"Thank you. It's just the employees are a bit of a problem sometimes. They feel the need to step out of line."
"As most do," he nodded.
"But that's why I have my other employees like Strife and Caliban," she said with pride. "I'd love to give you a tour if you'd like."
"I'd love to see the place, but I am a very busy man. So, if you don't mind, can we get to the issue of this meeting," Magneto asked in the most polite manner. Normally Frost would be pissed with such a direct order aimed at her. But Eric's soft blue eyes and charming gentleman smile contradicted her anger and she nodded.
"Very well," she brought on her business voice. "I'm informed that you participated in the creation of something extraordinary, something that defies most human science and technology. The Cerebro."
"Yes," he nodded. "I helped a friend of mind create it. It's used to detect mutants."
"If you helped create it, then you know how to get around it. How I can get in and get someone without being detected."
He shook his head. "Even if you do get past Cerebro, you still have a school full of mutants to get past along with traps laid out and the X-Men."
Frost smiled coldly. "You leave that to me. Just tell me how I can get past this thing and get who I need and what belongs to me."
Eric sighed and rubbed his eyes. "And what do I get in return?"
Frost's smile widened and she snapped her fingers. Caliban came ove then holding a piece of crisp paper. He handed it to her and she handed it to Eric. It was a check containing a wholesome amount of money on it. Enough to make Eric's eyes twinkle at the prospect.
"For your cooperation and alliance in this, Magneto, I will give you that check."
"Very nice," he murmured to himself, handing it to Mystique whose yellow eyes even widened a bit at the size of the money.
"And I will also, as a bonus, give you Gambit, one of my own teammates," Emma bargained, gesturing her hand at Gambit like a show girl showing a display.
His red eyes widened and he shook his head. "Whoa, now chere."
Her hand flew out, hitting him across the face hard enough that her rings dug into his skin, drawing blood, and he fell off the couch. "SILENCE! You are part of my team therefore I can do with you as I please, Remy."
She turned back to Magneto as Remy cowered on the floor holding a hand to his bleeding cheek. She brushed a strand of blonde hair from her ice blue eyes. "As I was saying before I was so rudely interrupted. You will get al this for a little cooperation and if you'll lend us Mystique. Her talents would be greatly appreciated and she will be fully protected."
"No need to protect Mystique," he shook his head. "She will do what you need and then report back to me when she is through." He gestured at Gambit. "I will take him when you are finished as well."
"Thank you…now," she leaned forward. "About the Cerebro."
He smiled and glanced at the other mutants in the room. "I will tell you, but not with so many present."
"Very well," she turned to the others. "Leave…and take Gambit with you."
Strife helped him off the floor, more or less lifted him, with one hand and pushed him towards the door, following the others out. Emma Frost grabbed Caliban's hand. "He stays. You have Mystique present, I at least get Cailban."
"Fair enough," he nodded, watching the mutant crouch near Frost's legs. "Now what do you exactly need to know."
Emma smiled coldly. "Anything to get me back my Tristian."
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Chapter 48 – Deal and Trade
The door to her office opened and Emma stood, ready to greet her guest. Reluctantly and ever so cautiously, Caliban stood to his feet, his eyes still warily on his master. But Emma's attention was fully on the door in anticipation.
The disappointment was great when it was Remy who steppe through. He smiled at her but Emma glowered, hand on her hip, becoming angry once more. "Where are my guest?"
Gambit frowned. "Xcuse me?"
"My guest, I'm waiting for two of them along with Cain and Tabitha."
"Well, I saw no one out there and ya told me to meet ya in here."
She sighed. She had said that after all. But right now she wanted nothing to do with him…least not until tonight. "Fine, have a seat on the couch."
Gambit nodded and sprawled out giving her a smile that spoke words without saying them, causing Emma to shiver with memory. She turned her head to the door, pushing memories away as the doorknob twisted once more and Cain stepped through. Her heart leapt inside of her chest as the gray haired man followed behind him with his blonde accomplice, Tabitha entered last and shut the door behind her.
Her two employees took a seat on the couch near Gambit. Frost smiled and moved towards her guest. Caliban stayed in the corner, watching closely. "So nice of you to accept my invitation Mr…" she wasn't quite sure of his last name.
"Call me Erik, dear," he said with an English accent.
"Erik," she glanced at the blonde woman, dazzling looking and elegant, not to mention tall with chocolate colored eyes. "Who might this be?"
"This," he gestured at the blonde. "Is Mystique." Emma watched in awe as the blonde was no longer blonde, but started turning blue with nothing but carefully placed scales covering certain parts of her otherwise naked body. Her eyes were fiery yellow and her hair was short to her head and blood red.
"Impressive," Frost smiled and moved towards the couch. "Have a seat please."
Emma sat on the edge of the couch, nearest Gambit while her guest took a seat across from them. "Would you like anything to drink? Water? Soda?"
"No," Eric said with a wave of his hand. "We are fine, thank you. I must say though, you have a lovely facility here."
"Thank you. It's just the employees are a bit of a problem sometimes. They feel the need to step out of line."
"As most do," he nodded.
"But that's why I have my other employees like Strife and Caliban," she said with pride. "I'd love to give you a tour if you'd like."
"I'd love to see the place, but I am a very busy man. So, if you don't mind, can we get to the issue of this meeting," Magneto asked in the most polite manner. Normally Frost would be pissed with such a direct order aimed at her. But Eric's soft blue eyes and charming gentleman smile contradicted her anger and she nodded.
"Very well," she brought on her business voice. "I'm informed that you participated in the creation of something extraordinary, something that defies most human science and technology. The Cerebro."
"Yes," he nodded. "I helped a friend of mind create it. It's used to detect mutants."
"If you helped create it, then you know how to get around it. How I can get in and get someone without being detected."
He shook his head. "Even if you do get past Cerebro, you still have a school full of mutants to get past along with traps laid out and the X-Men."
Frost smiled coldly. "You leave that to me. Just tell me how I can get past this thing and get who I need and what belongs to me."
Eric sighed and rubbed his eyes. "And what do I get in return?"
Frost's smile widened and she snapped her fingers. Caliban came ove then holding a piece of crisp paper. He handed it to her and she handed it to Eric. It was a check containing a wholesome amount of money on it. Enough to make Eric's eyes twinkle at the prospect.
"For your cooperation and alliance in this, Magneto, I will give you that check."
"Very nice," he murmured to himself, handing it to Mystique whose yellow eyes even widened a bit at the size of the money.
"And I will also, as a bonus, give you Gambit, one of my own teammates," Emma bargained, gesturing her hand at Gambit like a show girl showing a display.
His red eyes widened and he shook his head. "Whoa, now chere."
Her hand flew out, hitting him across the face hard enough that her rings dug into his skin, drawing blood, and he fell off the couch. "SILENCE! You are part of my team therefore I can do with you as I please, Remy."
She turned back to Magneto as Remy cowered on the floor holding a hand to his bleeding cheek. She brushed a strand of blonde hair from her ice blue eyes. "As I was saying before I was so rudely interrupted. You will get al this for a little cooperation and if you'll lend us Mystique. Her talents would be greatly appreciated and she will be fully protected."
"No need to protect Mystique," he shook his head. "She will do what you need and then report back to me when she is through." He gestured at Gambit. "I will take him when you are finished as well."
"Thank you…now," she leaned forward. "About the Cerebro."
He smiled and glanced at the other mutants in the room. "I will tell you, but not with so many present."
"Very well," she turned to the others. "Leave…and take Gambit with you."
Strife helped him off the floor, more or less lifted him, with one hand and pushed him towards the door, following the others out. Emma Frost grabbed Caliban's hand. "He stays. You have Mystique present, I at least get Cailban."
"Fair enough," he nodded, watching the mutant crouch near Frost's legs. "Now what do you exactly need to know."
Emma smiled coldly. "Anything to get me back my Tristian."