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The Mission of Hellfire
Chapter 2: The Hellfire Club
Las Vegas, one of the liveliest cities in America, the perfect spot for clubs. It was a Friday night, and people were looking for the perfect place to party for the weekend. That was where the organisation known as Hellfire came in. The chairman of Shaw industries Sebastian Shaw owned a series of clubs both upper class and the dance and music clubs that teenagers would hang out in. In Las Vegas was the king of them all, a place where only the finest gathered, and obviously in Las Vegas it was a casino, where people gambled and bid for the finest of antiquates, jewellery and even just cars. Sebastian Shaw, a tall imposing man who walked with confidence, his hair was black and well cut, tied up with and 18th century style pony tail just like his clothes, in fact most of the guards and other important members of the club wore 18th century style clothing. Shaw walked through the casino, watching the card and poker games going on, showing a charismatic smile and nodding with respect to those who would come up to him and congratulate him on the party as well as his own business ventures.
He stopped for the rare journalists that would come up to him. Always answering his questions with a charming smile. Most of the questions revolved around the recent work that Shaw was doing with mutants, as well as his publicly revealing himself to be a mutant.
Shaw possessed a very powerful mutation, one that allowed him to absorb kinetic force in order to increase his strength. It could be the force of a punch, a bullet, knife or even energy itself it would only make him stronger. He wasn't the only mutant in the Hellfire club. His best friend and colleague Harry Leland was a mutant with an ability to increase mass, making even a feather weigh a ton, the short and slightly over weight man could be seen talking with a few of the waitresses. Another mutant was Trevor Fitzroy, a green haired man dressed in white clothing; he had the ability to absorb life energy and create portals. Shaw frowned as he laid eyes upon another more arrogant member of the club, though to those of the inner circle she was a terrifying woman. Her name was Selene a pale black haired woman wearing a revealing black costume that included opera style gloves, a cloak and a corset. She smiled as all the men looked at her amazing figure while Sebastian merely huffed.
"Mr Shaw, the PMC's have managed to retrieve the subjects and several have been put in the dungeon" A telepathic voice called in his mind.
'Thank you Tessa, now if you could gather the others in my office we can begin the meeting' Shaw thought.
Sebastian walked into his office and waited, Leland entered the room followed shortly thereafter by Fitzroy, Selene and Shaw's assistant Tessa a woman dressed in a similar corset to Selene with black armbands and strange black markings under her eye lids. As the others took seats with Leland helping himself to Shaw's scotch Sebastian tapped his finger on his desk impatiently.
'She's always late' he thought, growling in anger.
The door opened and the inner circle all glared at the woman standing before them. He outfit was just as revealing as Selene's and perhaps more (mainly because of her cup size) though it was instead white and she instead wore a white fur cloak. Her hair hung elegantly over her shoulders and she walked into the room with confidence, coating her lips with her white lipstick.
"Had fun with your toy boy Frost?" Fritzroy asked with a grin.
"Please he's eighteen there's just a four year age gap, I've left him with my girls to indulge himself" Emma Frost said with a smile.
"How goes the Cuckoos training?" Shaw asked, showing a genuine interest in the telepaths that Emma Frost had taken as her students.
"I think that in order to recruit more quickly we should have them each work individually on our new prospects"
"That is why I have gathered you all here, to my surprise Pierce's private army has done its job well, we have captured all but one of the prospects and from what Tessa has told me he wont be interfering" Shaw began to explain what had happened over the last 24 hours and how smoothly things had gone with the private military company the Reavers.
At first glance the Hellfire Club was just a simple place where people would gather but behind it in the Inner circle were much more sinister things. Each member of the Inner Circle took a name based on a chess peace, Trevor Fitzroy was the White Rook, Selene the Black Queen, Leland the Black Bishop, Emma Frost the White Queen and Shaw was the Black King and perhaps soon to be the lords cardinal of the inner circle. The titles were at times based on the actions and attitudes of the members and at times they were passed on to family members. Only Shaw and Leland had inherited their titles, Emma had worked her way to the top while Selene had been the Black Queen since the beginning of the club, which was ever since the start of the Eighteenth century.
The Hellfire Club had remained in the shadows, running crime while Shaw was even a provider for Trask's sentinel project. They had employed private military companies, common criminals and had made a name for themselves in the under world and the political world.
Sebastian rose from his seat and walked towards the bookcase, he pulled out a book and suddenly the case opened like a door, revealing a set of spiral stairs. The Inner circle followed him down the staircase until they reached a dungeon of sorts. Inside the numerous cells were various mutants; notable ones included the Morlocks and even the members of the Brotherhood and even the student body of the institute. Selene licked her lips in delight as the clubs masked guards began to brutally punch Blob, who was now just a man with a ton of fat and muscle.
The inner circle members stopped when they reached the cells of X-23, Cyclops, Jean and Rogue and Iceman.
"Are these the ones?" Leland asked.
"Yes they are the most notable ones, the Boston boy may not look like much but I believe he has the most potential next to Jean Grey" Sebastian explained.
X-23 had been pinned to the wall, her blood running across her arms and onto the floor. Whenever she would drift unconscious the two guard beside her would shock her. Rogue merely looked at her bare hands, having been told by one of the guards that she could now touch. Cyclops was just chained to the wall, with numerous bruises on his chest while Jean was beside him, trying to reach out to him with her hands.
A smile spread across Emma's face as she walked into the cell. She trailed a finger across Scott's chin.
"I had always thought the visor he wore was a bit goofy, but I must say you have quite a good catch here Miss Grey" Jean looked at her with a frown, not liking the way she was touching her boyfriend.
"I'll enjoy taking him away" she added with a smile as Jean thrashed around.
"So your girls will get the other ones and…" Selene said, pausing with a hopeful look at Shaw.
Shaw sighed, "Very well you can have the others, just try not to break them too badly" he said.
"It's good to know that Pierce was good for something" Fitzroy said.
Shaw nodded his head; he never really did like the machine obsessed human Donald Pierce. The man was rich and had been making several breakthroughs in cybernetics but he only saw them as a military invention. While Shaw favoured brute force he also knew that a fortune could be not only selling them to the military but also to hospitals which would boost Shaw's status as a business man and philanthropist. But it was Pierce's inventions and not his.
"I need to pay those private mercenaries for their help, I expect you to begin straight away Emma" Shaw said as he walked away but turned around to add one more thing "I want you to make sure they are completely devoted to the club, make them forget their old lives because who ever breaks first will be the one to kill Xavier and anyone else who cant be broken" he said and walked away leaving Emma to her work.
'Don't worry Sebastian darling, they wont even bat an eyelash when we say the name Xavier, they'll be completely devoted to the club, the dreams of the club will be theirs and they will only scoff that fool Xavier' Emma thought before cupping Scott's face with her hands 'But this young man here…will only be devoted to me!'
Jean widened her eyes in both shock and anger as Emma pressed her lips against Scott's. Before she could yell out one of the guards smacked her round the back of the head.
Bayville, the Xavier institute
Police had managed to keep everybody out of the mansion grounds; many voiced their outrage as a black helicopter flew over the mansion. Fury twitched his toothpick and turned to the back of the plane, seeing Soldier pressing his gun against his forehead. It was a habit of his, an oath of sorts that he would complete the mission. As Soldier holstered his weapon Nick gave him a two-fingered salute. Soldier merely gave him a nod of recognition before he jumped out of the chopper. Without a parachute he fell towards the woods, he grabbed one of the branches and swung off it, landing smoothly on the grass without any damage.
Soldier looked towards the ruins of the institute with determination underneath the mask. He had chosen his mission and he would carry it out. The mission had begun but a grander adventure beyond his duty was just beginning.
Next Chapter 3: The missions begin
Next time Soldier meets up with Wolverine, Emma begins her telepathic seduction while the thrid member of the team up is introduced
See if you can guess who it is :)