CHAPTER 9. SINISTER PLANS

PART 1. MOIRA MCTAGGERT

MOSCOW – RUSSIA

CIA operative Moira McTaggert is on assignment in Moscow. She is walking up the street and enters a hotel. "Rochelle Kingston…I have a reservation…"

"Ah yes Mrs. Kingston…Your room is ready…" The man snaps his finger. And the bellhop takes her bag.

The Bellhop looks at Moira after entering the elevator, "It gets cold in Moscow…The coldest day on record is June 22, 1941…"

"Ya mehr vidnet'sya keuldin…" She replies in Russian. The bellhop hands her an envelope.

"Do not open until you are in your room…"

Moira tips the man and then opens the letter. It says the contact will meet her in her room an hour after she arrives, she checks her watch; it is 12:40 PM.. Moira takes a shower to kill time then she unpacks a communication device to contact her handler. "One thirty-nine and fifty seconds…" She says looking at her watch. The picture on the wall moves and shifts then the woman in the picture sitting at tea makes a noise clearing her throat.

Moira gasps, "Moira McTaggert…" The woman in the picture speaks in Russian.

"Da!" Moira walks up to the painting.

"Place your hand on the picture…"

When she does Moira is sucked into the picture. She is now sitting across from the woman. "Sorry about the cloak and dagger Agent McTaggert…"

Moira looks around, "How is this possible?"

"I am a Mutant…I use Dark Matter to do some very interesting things…I am known in the Mutant Community as Darkstar…This is the information you have been looking for…"

Moira takes the envelope and looks at her, "Why are you helping me?"

"I am a KGB agent…But I am also a patriot for my country and a member of a Mutant organization known the Soviet Super Soldiers…Sometimes I must protect my country from itself…My time is up and I am needed elsewhere…When you leave here check out immediately and head for the airport…Gate 32…My comrade Nikolai Krylenko will fly you back to the States in a private Jet…Tell him Laynia sent you…One other thing…Do not open that until you are safely in the air…Dasvidaniya Moira McTaggert…"

When Moira exits the painting she calls a cab then she checks out of the hotel. She places the large envelope in her satchel before going downstairs. When the cab arrives it takes her to the airport. There is a tall man with brown hair sitting by the waiting area reading a paper. "Are you Nikolai Krylenko?"

"That depends on who asks…"

"Layina sent me…"

"Then yes I am Nikolai…Come we must hurry…"

When Moira is on board she impatiently waits as Nikolai gets permission to taxi and take off. When the plane is in the air she opens the envelope. "Project Omega Red…" She reads how Dr. Nathaniel Essex headed up a Russian program to create a super mutant named Omega Red. A US – Canadian Organization uses a Canadian mutant program named Weapon-X to stop Omega Red as the Russians lost control of their living weapon.

"Weapon-X members Jon Logan…AKA Wolverine…Uncharted regenerative abilities of self healing and recovery subject may be older than first theorized…heightened senses of smell, hearing, and sight…retractable bone claws…Personal notes subject is perfect for Adamantium bonding process…Weapon-X subject Victor Creed…AKA Sabertooth…"

After reading the Weapon-X report Moira reads documented evidence that Nathaniel Essex was born in the year 1841. There is even a part of his journal in the file Darkstar gave her. There are pictures in the file of dead Nazis at death camp in Poland. There are pictures of a man named Erik Lensherr and a Jewish woman named Ruth. Then she reads something called project Reaver.

"FOH…" Moira reads, "The Friends of Humanity…Greydon Reed is the perfect candidate for project Hate storm…Subject must be led to believe that it is all his idea and allowed to operate as he wishes…Subject Robert Kelly…is perfect for implementing Mutant Registration Act…registration act can be used tract Mutant candidates for super-mutant programs…" Moira closes the file, "My God…" She gets up, "Excuse me how much longer?" She asks walking to the cockpit.

"Another two hours…May as well get some rest…"

"Do you know what is in that file Darkstar gave me?"

"Yes I do…My team tried to stop Omega Red…Bastard took over the country and tried to launch nukes at the US…It was my idea to leak the information to the American and Canadian governments…They sent in Weapon-X and the Weapon-X team took that crazy son of bitch down…Get some sleep you will need it…" Moira does and is awakened two hours later, "Here put this on…" Nikolai says handing her a parachute.

"Why?"

"Just in case we are being tracked by Essex Corporation…They have eyes everywhere especially in your government so I would be very careful about who I showed that too…You may want to consider making copies." They ditch the plane and it crashes in a secluded area. "Well Agent McTaggert this is where we part ways…"

"Why? I mean…"

"I have my own mission…"

Moira stares at him, "You know I cannot allow you to operate on US soil…"

"We are on the same side Agent McTaggert…My people just gave you a huge crumb…Allow me this small kindness…"

"What is your mission?"

"I am looking for a Russian Agent…A traitor…He killed a friend of mine…I wish to bring him in…"

She sighs, "Good Luck…"

"To you as well…"

PART 2. REVELATION

LANGLEY VIRGINIA – CIA HEADQUARTERS

Moira makes copies and hides it, then she heads home to shower and change. When she leaves her apartment several CIA agents are waiting for her. "What is this?"

"Agent McTaggert we need you to come with us…"

They take her to a black-site, where the director of the CIA is waiting, "Agent McTaggert you went dark…You failed to check in care to tell me why?"

"Director McCone I felt my mission was compromised…"

"Why?"

"Is this off the record…" He switches off the recorder, "I have proof that the head of the Essex Corporation has been experimenting on both humans and Mutants…I also have evidence that he has been funding hate groups…Like the Friends of Humanity and he is manipulating the upcoming Presidential Election…"

"Where is this proof?"

"I hid it…"

"You are coming with me…"

They recover the original information and head for Washington to see the secretary of defense. "I'm glad you bought this to my attention…" They don't know that the Secretary of Defense is working for Essex. As they speak with the Secretary, he pushes a button on a device in his drawer after opening it. The Reaver team replaces Director McCone's guards.

After driving for a mile the driver stops the car. "Why are we stopping?" The driver shoots McCone in the chest. Moira screams as her door is opened by another agent.

Domino is in a tree and shoots at the ground, the bullet ricochets off the ground and hits the man in the head. There is a clunk sound and his hologram goes down revealing his cybernetics. "Oh my God…" The same bullet bounces off his cybernetics and hits the next agent is his chest disabling his power supply to his cybernetics. Then there is a flash of light and Azazel appears. He stabs one of the Reavers in the chest and vanishes. When he reappears he takes the arm off another. Before he can kill the last Domino shoots him with a dart in his neck.

"Who are you people…"

"Call me Domino this is Azazel…And we just saved your life little lady…"

WASHINGTON DC – INNOGERATION OF PRESIDENT ELECT ROBERT KELLY

"I Robert Kelly…" he says after placing his hand on the Bible, "…solemnly swear to faithfully uphold the office of the President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability preserve protect and defend the constitution of the United States. So help me God…"

Later President Kelly is pulled to the side to speak with the Secretary of Defense. "Mister President I am sorry to darken this great day for our country, but we just received word that an Agent named Moira McTaggert killed Director McCone…We believe she is working with a covert Mutant group led by Charles Xavier…They have a base in Upstate New York his family Estate…"

He sighs, "Go in quietly…I want this handled discreetly…Taken them alive if you can…"

"Yes Sir…I will get my best man on it…"

XAVIER MANSION

After recovering the copies Moira is taken to Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters. "Moira McTaggert meet Professor Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr…" Domino says.

"Professor Xavier…I read your Thesis on Human Genetic Mutation…"

"It's nice to meet you Agent McTaggert…" They go to the study and Moira shows Charles and Erik the information she has. Meanwhile Beast plugs his computer into the Reaver they bought to the Mansion.

"Fascinating…"

"I told you Charles…We need to strike and strike now…"

"Erik please…Now if we show this to the right people they can take down this Nathaniel Essex…"

Erik shakes his head, "There is an old saying among my people quoted around the world…There is a time for all things under heaven…This is the time to fight…"