Author Note: This is my first story so please be gentle :). All rights go to their respective owners. I also apologise for any mistakes I have made, I have proof read my work and they are not intentional. :)
It's Always You
Chapter 5
Alina was sitting on the couch in the Man in the Black Suit's office, she never bothered to learn his name. She reclined on the leather couch her legs crossed at the ankle and peering at the small chip in her red nail varnish on her ring finger. Charles sat on one of the chairs in front of the desk taking excitedy with the agent opposite him. Alina merely stayed to give Raven some time with Hank and she also didn't have to talk to Moira.
"Hank turned that radar installation into a transmitter, it designed to amplify brain waves so it could enhance your telepathic powers help us find other mutants for our division." the Agent said, this caught Alina's attention and she sat up a little straighter to hear where this conversation would go.
"What if they don't want to be found by you?" Eric said as he entered the room.
"Eric," Charles said with slight surprise, "You decided to stay,"
"If a new species if being discovered it should be by its own kind. Charles and I find the mutants, no suits," he said directly
"First of all that is my machine out there, second of all and much more importantly this is Charles' decision. Charles is fine with the CIA being involved. Isn't that right? "
Alina could taste the testosterone in the air, the competiveness was filling the room, in a suffocating manner.
"No, I'm sorry but I agree with Eric, we'll find them alone"
"What if I say no?"
"Then good luck using your installation with out me"
"Let's got find Hank" the agent said standing, Eric smirked in triumph, following the man to the lab. Charles extended his hand to Alina who took it. Charles kissed the back of her hand and led her after the other two men.
"I call it Cerebro" Hank said coming out from under some complicated looking wireing.
"You uuhhh"
"As in Spanish for brain" Hank stuttered
"Oh Yes" Charles smiled, he looked like a child on Christmas,
"Forgive Charles, languages where never is forte" Alina smiled from her position on a barrier with Raven.
"So, the electrodes connect Charles to the transmitter, when he pick up a mutant his brain sends a signal through a relay and then the coordinates of their location are printed out here" he said pointing to a computer like instrument.
"You designed this?" Raven asked
"Yeah" he said sheepishly placing his hands in his lab coat pocket. Charles put the weird hat like contraption on and Eric who was circling him commented
"Oh what an adorable lab rat you do make Charles"
Alina sniggered behind her hand, as Charles turned to her
"It really suits you darling" she smiled continuely, he frowned and turned back to the front of the 'radar' "Don't spoil this for me"
"Oh, I've been a lab rat, I know one when I see one" he smiled at Alina who had stayed in the position she was in when she arrived, while everyone walked around.
"Okay," Hank said checking the wired on the well for a lack of a better word hat. "Are you sure we can't shave your head?" he asked. This made Alina laugh even more.
"Don't touch my hair" Charles said with immense seriousness.
Alina moved over to the coorinate printer and watched Hank flick switched, lights flicker and nozzles turn. Everyone, stood in anticipation Raven stood next to Alina, the lights flickerd again. Charles screamed making the two girls jump in fright and grab a hold of each other.
"its working" Hank smiled, Charles chuckles and everyone's smiles grew.
When Charles had finished they all made their way back to the rec room to find out where Charles and Eric where to go.
"A Strip Club" Eric smiled with glee.
"Get your mind out of the gutter Eric" Charles smiled, Alina wasn't happy. She crossed her arms in disapproval and sat back sipping her coffee. Charles sensed herannoyance and placed a hand on her knee, stroking it lovingly
"Don't worry Princess, I'll keep an eye on him"
"That's what worries me" she said smiling over the rim of the mug in her hands.
"Okay, the second is a taxi driver, that will be slightly more difficult," Hank said
"The third is in solitary, the fourth is in an aquarium and last but not least a bar in China Town" Hank handed the list to Charles and the two men, with a look of childish excitement grabbed their coats. Charles pressed a kiss on Alina's head and squeezed Raven's shoulder before running out after Eric.
"I swear he'll never grow up" Alina said letter her head fall back on to the coach.
A few days later the new recruits were in the rec room with Raven, Alina and Hank. Alina sat in the corner bored out of her brain, while Raven with all her charms kept everyone entertained, while Charles and Eric wlaked around planning whatever it was they were planning. Frankly Alina was getting sick of it so here she was on mutant sitting duty.
"We should think of code names" Raven suggested, Alina looked up from her book intrigued to where this was going. "We're government agents now we should have secret code names. I want to be called Mystique"
"Fitting" Alina agreed from her spot next to Hank
"Damn I wanted to be called Mysitque" Alina raised her eyebrows at the boy, who seemed to be the joker out of the group. She laughed "Well tough I called it" she said turing into the young boy Sean.
"Wow" went through the room
"And I'm way more mysterious than you" she smiled turning back to herself, everyone clapped. Alina knew that raven was enjoying the attention so put her book down and engaged into the conversation.
"Darwin what about you,?" she asked
"Well Darwin is already a Nickname and you know it sort of fits. Adapt to survie and all" he said getting up off the couch " Check this out" he said placing his head in the fish bowl and growing gills. He lifted his head at bowing to the applause.
"What about you," he asked pointing to Sean
"I am going to be" he said in a deep voice "Banshee"
"Why do you wanna be named after a wailing spirit" Hank asked
"You might wanna cover your ears" he said standing up, everyone looked around, covering their ears. Taking in a large breath and whistling until it broke the window.
"Your turn" he said pointing to the ebony woman. She took of her jacket
"My stage name was Angel" she said while Banshee whistld in apresiasion
"Because of this" she said revealing her wings
"You can fly" raven said looking at Alina who smiled, she knew what all the people in this room did although it was slightly more impressive visually.
"and um..." she said before spittign toxic fire out her mouth and onto the statue
"Whats your name?" she pulling her jacket back on and pointing to Hank who shrunk back into the sofa. Alina put a comforting hand on his shoulder.
"How about big foot" Alex Summers 'suggested'
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"Well you know what they say about guys with big feet" Raven smirked "And yours are kinda small" the crowd oohhhed with the 'burn'
Darwin changed the subject,
"Alex, what is your gift what can you do"
"it's not umm, I just cant do it" he said sheepishly "I cant do it in here
"Can you do it out there"
"Come on" every one encouraged "Alex" they chanted unitl he stood up and then they cheered
"Get down when tell you" he said stepping out the window. Alina was pulled by a happy Raven.
"Get back" he said to everyone who was peering out of the window " Get Back, Oh whatever" he said as he started spinning his body to create rings of energy cutting the statue in half everyone clapped as Alina re took her seat.
"What about prissy pants" Alex said pointing to Alina on the sofa. She looked up at his as he climbed back into the room.
"I have a name"
"Alina come on show them please"
"Fine, who wants to be my voulenteer" she said taking Alex by the arm before he had a chance to protest
"Look at me" she commanded, his head snapped to hers immedietly
"I want you to do the fandango, while singing tsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini by Bryan Hyland" and sure enough that is what Alex started to do. Everyone laughed at Alex, Alina took pity on him and allowed him to stop
"So you can tell people wat to do"
"Pretty much "
"How about Marionette" Raven suggested, to Alina who looked in her direction
"If you must" she agreed, as the blonde threw her arms around her.
"Let's Party"
"I'm not getting involved" Alina said picking up her book and taking a seat in an arm chair in the corner out of the way of chaos. The new recruits were yelling as Alina sensed Charles, Eric and Moira come round the corner.
"What the hell" Moira asked as they came into the court yard, with the broken, window, statue and blaring music. The three stood at the door well window and Alina bit her lip in laughter at the look on their faces, and turned the music off making them stop.
"What are you doing?" she asked. They all stood in a line, Alina rested against the shelf where the jukebox was situated.
"Who destroyed the statue"
"It was Alex"
"No Havok" Raven said, Alina rolled her eyes and made her way forward "We have to call him Havok. That's his name now," she said jumping out of the window
"And we were thinking you should be Professer X and you should be Magneto"
"Exceptional" Eric commented
"Alina?" charles questioned
"What?" she smirked crossing her arms "I'm named after a wooden puppet of the Virgin Mary"
"I expect more from you" he said looking between Raven and Alina, unlike Raven who was frozen on the spot. Alina was not taking this lying down and stormed after him.
"What was that supposed to mean Charles"
"You are an adult"
"And they aren't. I came here to help you, not babysit a bunch of mutants for you" she yelled after him "They were blowing of steam, having fun, not that you would know what that is like, you'll be a balding professer by the times you hit 30" she screamed in anger.
"I'm so disappointed in you" he said turning away "Eric, Moira and I are leaving for Russia in an hour"
"Fine don't expect me to to still be here when you get back the Charles"
"I need to go Alina" Charles said turning back to her
"I'll never come first, will I? First it was you degree and now it's this" Alina said sadly
"Alina do not make me feel guilty"
"I'm not, I'm telling you the truth" she said, she rasied a hand to his cheek and stroked it softly. "I'll stay with the others until you return and then I am going back to New York"
"Alina please"
"I'm sorry I cant do this anymore" she said pressing her lips fiercely to his. Charles wrapped his arms around her waist pulling him to her until it was impossible to fit a sheet of paper between their bodies.
"We'll be back soon" he said pulling away and walking solemly back towards the corridor to Eric.
Alina turned around tears still falling thick and fast down her face back towards the rec room. Raven was still looking dejecitdedly out of the window, all of them had heard the argument between Alina and Charles. It seemed to have put a read dampener on the mood.
"Alina, you can't leave" Raven cried, as soon as she was back in view
"I can't be second best, I'm always second best, to this or that, an exam or a paper, thesis or mutants "
"But he loves you"
"There becomes a point where that isn't enough anymore"
"Please"
"I'm not changing my mind Rae, now lets get this mess tidy before they get back. Try not to kill each other" she smiled as she made her way to her room, to cry out her emotions.
Alina dried her tears and went back to the rec room, she saw an agent making funny flapping faces at the window.
"Come on let's see the foot" Hank got up and went over to the window
"Oh look it's the Professors bitch, trust me honey I'd make you scream my name"
Hank pulled the blind and it covered the window.
"Alina?" Raven questioned
"I'm fine, I'm going for a walk" she said grabbing the gray pea coat she had left in the room
"There just guys being stupid,"
"Guys being stupid I can handle, I've been handling it my whole life but I would much rather have a whole bunch of guys stare at me with my clothes off than the way they look at me"
"At us"
The occupants of the rec room, stopped what they were doing to listen to small explosion type noises coming from outside. Just as one agent was dropped ooutsie the window, Alina came running back into the room and shoved a broom through the door handle, breathing heavily.