Disclaimer: Marvel Entertainment owns everything, with the exception of Cat who is my own creation. This is a work of fanfic, no copyright infringement intended.

Author's note. This story takes place in the altered reality ruled by Magneto and the HOUSE OF M, created by the reality-warping powers of the Scarlet Witch. As such, the histories and affiliations of some characters may have changed significantly. Weapon XXXC is mentioned briefly in House of M 6# as a SHIELD agent, but no further information was given. Laura Kinselly in the normal universe is X23. as I can't see the pro-mutant government of Magneto permitting the Weapon X project to continue, so in my mind Laura is older, a relic of the originally Weapon X project, which was allowed to continue with it's work for longer, as the government was ultimately anti-mutant. She's the best parts of the mutants the project used bonded together. Excessive memory tampering means she has even fewer memories of the project than Wolverine, and no idea why she has the name Laura Kinselly.

Part 2 Weapon XXXC

"Scott Eaton, 28 years old, shot in the chest at point blank range last night."

" Detective, " Shaw glanced at the young woman and her colleague. "Had I wanted to know that I would have merely read the daily Bugle. What I want to know is what that has to do with SHIELD?"
"The guy was a writer."

"Equally in the Bugle."

"He was writing a book on the Weapon X Project." This time it was her colleague, a young black mutant with an M tattooed over one eye, who answered. Lucas…Bishop that was his name. they'd met, a few months ago, when they were investigating the Children of Xavier.

" We think that he may have asked some of your agents for information."

Shaw smiled. " And it is your belief that one of them killed him." Shaw asked, leaning back in his chair a smile spreading across his face. It made Lily uncomfortable, which made her mad as she was fairly certain that this was the effect he was going for.

"We weren't thinking that." Detective Lily Rush continued, inwardly cursing him.

"that is fortunate Detective, as not only were all the mutants he requested to speak to on the Helicarrier last night, they all either refused to speak him, or sent him off with a flea in his ear."

" This was found by the body," Lucas Bishop said, leaning in, before either party could get more defensive.

He held out a plastic bag to Shaw.

"Umm a Weapon X guard's dog tag." Shaw observed shortly.

"Alone with many photos and documents related to the case. They had been rifled , like some one was searching for something. As a result we are reopening the investigation into Weapon X"

Shaw's eyebrows rose a few centimetres.

"That will not be a popular decision."

Noticing the look that passed between the detectives he continued. " For the sake of interdepartmental co-operating I will allow you to interview the agents in question."

"Oh, well thank you." Lily said retrieving the plastic bag and began to retreat.

"However" Shaw continued, making them both turn. " If anything happens to upset them…" he let it hang.

"Care to explain this?"

Cat looked up form her mug of hot chocolate, to the bit of paper that Wolverine was dangling in front of her.

"It's next week's duty rota," she replied coolly, while inwardly cursing. She'd hoped that he wouldn't have a chance to look at it, until after this shift, by which it would be too late to change.

"Yeah. But what I want to know is why you're doing Elf's shifts."

Cat shrugged. " Rach' is in town for a week. She and Princess Elizabeth are trying to sort out the mess left over the incident in Britain few months back. Kurt wanted to use some leave up."

Wolverine nodded. "That's fine. Cept your still doing your shifts with Mav."

Cat dropped her gaze and said nothing.

Wolverine slid into the seat opposite her.

"How long?" He asked.

Cat considered lying, but decided against it.

"A couple of days, and they're getting to worse." She gazed up into her commander's eyes.

"What's going on? Something's changed. It's not just me. Natives restless, so Kyle. Even Wilson picked up on it. It's not been this bad since-"

The bell rang and the two mutants got up.

Captain Greycrow had eyes like snakes', grey and cold. They rested on the two officers, looked Lily up and down and then rested on the pad of paper.

" Can tell you this." He said, without looking up. "You're in for a long wait."

"Why's that?" Lily couldn't help asking.

Greycrow's cold eyes rested her mockingly.

" Hear that bell? That's the shifts changed. This is only level two. Means agents have to come in their own time. Most of these are on shift."

"Can you tell us who might be available?"

Greycrow glanced at the list again.

"Cat and Wolverine just went on shift, it'll be 12 hours before you can speak to them. Same with Wildheart and Maverick." His eye moved down the list. "Deadpool won't be available for 6," his eyes paused on a name near the bottom of the lift. "Weapon XII is on shift, but Weapon XXXC might be available."

Can you get hold her?" Lily asked eagerly.

"Sure," Greycrow said with a smile. "If…"he continued as the two detectives moved out. "You don't mind waking her up."

He turned his attention back to the monitor beneath his subordinate's hands.

"Excuse me?!"

Greycrow ignored the question.

" Her quarters are Deck 4, room 284." He turned his head to a subordinate. "Take them there."

"I don't really see how I can help you Detective." Laura Kinselly, a.k.a Weapon XXXC walked over to the table with coffee in her hands. " I didn't even speak to Mr Eaton."

She sunk into a chair, placing the cups on the table.

" He wanted to talk about the Project and I didn't want to."

"How old were you when they took you?" Lily asked gently.

Laura laughed. " I was born in the project. I'm a created mutant. The best bits of everyone in the project combined.

"Maybe" she said gazing into the swirls of her coffee mug "that's why I don't remember much."

"Can you tell us what you do remember?"

"I Remember Cat…"

Weapon X facilities the past.

The room was darker than it should be. Always when she had woken up before the room had been bathed in red and green light. Or at least she thought so. She couldn't really remember it. A woman face swan into view. She seemed familiar, though she looked more like corpse than a person.

"Mama?" she asked uncertainly.

The woman shook her head.

"Come on Kiddo, we've got to get out of here."

Laura's head felt like it was stuffed with cotton wool. She couldn't remember how to walk and so she had to lean on the woman.

They moved though the dark room.

In the doorway was another person who she recognised, but by scent not by sight. The guard. His face was torn off and his head was almost separated from his shoulders.

SHIELD headquarters, the present.

"So Cat was heavily involved in the riot there?" Lily asked, slightly confused.

"You're kidding right?" Laura asked. "She and Wolverine were the leaders."

TBC