Chapter 8:- An Old Friend
A.N:- I know this chapters very short but real life has interrupted me, I have a horrendous cold and an essay on Augustus' reorganisation of the roman empire due in that is refusing quite forcibly to be written, so I've had to keep this brief, in defence the next chapter will be far longer and trust me its worth the wait! lol. I hope you enjoy and please keep reviewing. Thanks
The two mysterious figures walked quickly through the abandoned theatre, passing row upon row of derelict and dusty seats. They headed straight toward the old stage, front and centre of the theatre. Baby followed to the measure the instructions she was given, she pounced onto the front of the stage and her controller took the longer more sedate approach walking up the stairs to the left of her. She waited patiently till he led her through the moth eaten curtain that had seen a great many theatrical performances. The area behind it was as dim and dusty as the rest of the theatre, the remnants of ancient set designs littered the walls, but the central area was in stark contrast to this, for starters it was immaculately clean but more importantly it contained a state of the art laboratory. It was still very dark in the room the only light offered was from a burning Bunsen burner and a small desk top lamp. It gave the room an eerie feel and the white sheen of Baby's eyes was even more pronounced in the darkness.
The mysterious man broke the chilling silence "sit down" he commanded abruptly. Baby willingly complied and he strapped her down to the chair as if unsure of her allegiance. He remained in position leaning over her, his foul breath hitting her full in the face. His face appeared harrowed only enhanced by the flickering flame of the Bunsen burner reflecting off his glasses. "Long times no see Baby" he said moving away from her to sit at the chair behind his desk. "I'd love to speculate as to how you got to know Mutant X but speculation really is unnecessary, as your going to tell me everything I want to know" he smiled slightly. "It's a good job I'm observant though!" he retrieved Baby's com-ring from his pocket and rolled it around between his thumb and index finger. "If I hadn't noticed this Mutant X trademark I'd never have known and I'd be in deep trouble right now"
Baby remained silent waiting the inevitable questioning. The man dropped Baby's ring onto the desk and starred intently at the framed photo on his desk. He ran his fingers lightly across the glass upon the depicted woman's smiling face. "Soon my love, very soon" He turned back to Baby and began his interrogation of her.
"How do you come to be working with Mutant X? I know Lexa joined them but how did you come to be embroiled with them" he asked.
Baby answered in a monotone voice devoid of emotion. "Adam found me after I ran from the dominion, he realised Shalimar was my sister. Took me in and got Lexa in too" she said giving an extremely brief description of her past.
"Hmm Adam always was do-gooder, so he knows what Eckhart did. I bet that went down well!" he smirked.
Baby interrupted "You mean what you did" she said with no trace of sarcasm apparent.
He looked at her searching for any outward sign of subordination. He saw none. "Indeed" was his only response.
"Is Mutant X's mutant database still intact?" he asked eagerly focusing in on the information he needed. "I know you had problems with the dominion"
"yes" was her abrupt response
The man broke into an all out grin "Excellent. You have offered me the perfect opportunity to get what I need."
Baby made no response to this
"A straight switch, you for the database then the information I need will be at my finger tips." He grinned at the photo again. "I'll be coming for you soon" he said talking to himself, not noting Baby's continued presence.
He walked back to Baby and continued to garner as much information on Mutant X as he could. Before setting his plans into action he wanted Mutant X to stew for a little bit longer.