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"Uh, I'm here to see Magneto…" Colossus said nothing, but stepped to the side to let him in. Pietro's eyes burned, trying to adjust to the bright lights in the room. Pietro looked around what he assumed was the rec room. The last time he was here they had just moved in and there were nothing but boxes everywhere. Now, there was a large plasma TV in one corner that Sabertooth was watching from his seat on a large black sofa. He was watching Jerry Springer and he squealed with delight as two midget strippers beat the crap out of each other. Colossus walked over a long glass table with four metal chairs. He sat down and continued to read his copy of the latest Harry Potter. Both Sabertooth and Colossus acted like Pietro wasn't even in the room. Pietro's gaze turned to the other person sitting at the table right next to Colossus. Gambit was playing solitaire, his haunting red and black eyes lazily looking at each card until he looked up and saw Pietro.
"Well, well, well, look what the cat dragged in," he said, evilly grinning at Pietro.
"Ha ha," he replied sarcastically.
"Magneto is none too pleased with you, you know. You're an hour late," Gambit taunted, glad he had someone to torment besides the other Acolytes.
"Can you just tell me where I'm supposed to go?" Pietro asked the frustration creeping into his voice.
Gambit pointed to a door on Sabertooth's side of the room, "Go straight through there. And try not to drip water everywhere," he laughed, nudging Colossus to join him. Colossus looked over the top of his book and gave Gambit a look that very clearly said, 'Touch me again and it will be the last thing you ever do." Gambit took the hint and grumpily went back to playing solitaire.
"So, this is what the famous Acolytes do all day? Really impressive guys," Pietro said loudly, as he walked over to the door. Sabertooth, Gambit, and Colossus just glared at him in response. Snickering to himself, he opened the door and went off to meet with Magneto.
The door led to yet another hallway to Pietro's dismay. This one however was brightly lit and made of stainless steel. Pietro sighed for the umpteenth time and made his way to the large steel door at the very end of the hall, leaving a trail of water behind him. There were other doors in the hallway, but knowing his father's elaborate manner no simple door would be suitable for the self-proclaimed "master of magnetism". He also noticed that besides doors there were security cameras placed in various positions on the walls that were following his every move. He knocked on the giant steel door and the familiar sound of his father's cold, unfeeling voice greeted him.
"Come in." Pietro wondered if he should knowing that no good would come out of this, but he decided he had come to far to turn back, so when the door slid open sideways with a futuristic clicking sound he entered.
"You're over an hour late and have managed to trek water everywhere. Explain yourself." Magneto was sitting in a large metal revolving chair at a long metal desk. In fact the whole room was made of metal; even the fire seemed to have something metallic about it. Pietro stood before the desk awkwardly; feeling like he was back in Elementary school and the teacher was scolding him for throwing things at people.
"Well?" Magneto's eyebrows arched, waiting for Pietro's explanation.
"Uh, I, uh, couldn't get here on time because of the rain. And there's water everywhere because my clothes are wet," Pietro finally answered weakly. He wondered to himself why Magneto always had this effect on him. Most of the time it seemed like nothing could shut him up, but when it came to talking to his father, he was at a loss for words.
"My time is valuable Pietro, let's try to not waste it. Now what I wanted to see you about was the Brotherhood's new mission." Pietro rolled his eyes before he could stop himself.
"You're not rolling your eyes at me are you Pietro? This involves the Brotherhood directly which you are a part of, now you better start taking this seriously because this mission is very important and there will be no mistakes, or there will be severe consequences." Magneto was using his powers to make the collection of pen knives on his desk levitate in a circle, and Pietro wondered if he was going to throw them at him.
"Yes sir," he replied, eying the pen knives nervously.
"That's better, now the Brotherhood's new mission is to infiltrate Xavier's mansion and live as X-Men until I learn all of Xavier's plans…" Magneto lowered the pen knives taking Pietro's shocked expression as awe and smiling at his own sheer brilliance, "It should be easy enough, even for mutants such as you five, but with Xavier's bleeding heart how can it fail?" Pietro didn't say anything, he just stood there with his mouth open, staring at his father with utter disbelief.
"Good, I'm glad you agree with me. Now go inform the rest of the Brotherhood and get to it. Give me daily updates on this comlink. You should be able to figure out how it works," Magneto said, using his powers to send the comlink over to Pietro who took it and exited the room quietly. Once the door slid shut behind his son he called Mastermind who was standing unnoticed by Pietro in a corner of the room.
"Mastermind?" Magneto asked, placing his hands together thoughtfully, and staring off into the distance.
"Yes Magneto?"
"Follow him, and make sure everything goes as planned."
"Yes Magneto."