As the doors opened Wolverine and Jean both suppressed a gasp. Then on closer inspection Wolverine shrugged.
"she'll be fine." Mystique said without turning round. She was sat on the chair with her legs crossed and her arms resting lazily on the arms of the chair. She was watching the security monitors intently. "give her a minute or two and she'll come round."
Nightcrawler approached Rogan, who was still lead on the floor. "she's not breathing," he said turning a worried face up to Mystique then shifting his gaze between Logan and Jean. Logan stood over Rogan and peered hard at her face.
"she's ok," he said.
"how can you be sure?" Nightcrawler asked.
"trust me, you'll know if she wasn't." they all turned their back on the figure of Rogan on the floor. After a few moments there was a small metallic chink. "ok so what's the plan of action from here?" Rogan jumped up and bounced on the spot for a moment. Then swayed her arms slightly, testing her range of movement.
"you ok?" Logan said. He put his hand on her shoulder and applied a small amount of pressure. Rogan took the hint and stopped jumping around.
"I think so. Just a little bit stiff."
"so what's the plan?"
"haven't got that far yet." Jean said. They returned their attention back to the security screens in front of them. They scanned the monitors for signs of the Professor or Scott. They saw neither but they found the small group of students that hadn't been lucky enough to escape huddled in a group, locked inside a large cage. They experimentally stretched out a hand and the bars gave an electric jolt. They huddled together tightly.
A deep, throbbing hum, getting louder materialized in the air. "what's that sound?" Logan asked.
"its Cerebro. The Professor is close," Jean replied looking worried.
Mystique quickly hit a few buttons and on one of the screens a map of the base appeared. "Found him!" she exclaimed. Just to be sure she switched to display of a power grid. It showed most of the power being directed to one room. "I'm sure that's where he is. I can't think f any other reason why so much power would be needed in one room."
Behind her the group of mutants all leaned over her shoulder to get a look at what she was seeing. "A large portion of the energy from the dam has been diverted" she pointed to the screen "to this chamber," she pressed a few more buttons and the picture on the screen changed again. This time to the image of the children. "and there's the children."
"I'll get them," Storm said "Kurt, will you come with me?"
Nightcrawler nodded. Jean glanced around the room.
"where's Logan?"
Everyone spun round and looked around the room. Everyone that is except Rogan. "relax he's probably off hunting for Stryker." Rogan straightened up and turned round to face the others "there's no point waiting for him. He'll be gone to long. If we wait then by the time he gets back it'll be too late."
"Rogan would you go after Logan? Just make sure he doesn't get himself killed." Jean turned an oddly parental eye towards Rogan. She nodded silently and they made to leave. "Storm, take the children down the spillway and meet us at the jet." there were nods and when they exited the room Jean followed Magneto and Mystique and Storm went in the opposite direction. It wasn't until she had gone a few steps that Storm realised Rogan hadn't moved. "you ok?" she asked. Rogan stopped staring blankly at the wall in front of her and turned towards Storm. She had an odd expression. It was mildly amused. "Yeah I'm fine. Just still feeling a bit wobbly and I need to try and figure out what way Logan went." she sniffed at the air as though trying to prove she was actually doing something.
"As long as you're okay." Storm and Kurt turned their backs on Rogan and walked resolutely in the direction of the children.
"and she fell for it." Rogan said under her breath. She waited until she was sure everyone was out of sight and earshot. Then she changed. she became less human looking. She didn't change her appearance completely. She just looked less human. Her skin again took on a blue tint. Her hair seemed shorter and redder. She turned and went back into the control room. She sat in the chair Mystique had vacated and put her feet up on the desk and waited.
Further down the hall, Mystique stopped. "I have an idea," she said. "if we can find the main power centre we can divert the power away from cerebro. I think I know roughly where it is. If I can't find it then I could probably divert it using the main computer system. If not stop it all together I can lessen the power supply and delay the inevitable."
Jean nodded "if you think you can do that then its probably wise."
Mystique turned on her heels and ran back towards the main control room. When she reached it she ducked inside quickly.
"well its about time you got back here," Rogan stood up as Mystique entered.
"sorry. It took me a while to think of a good enough excuse to get me away."
Mystique threw herself into the chair and hurriedly began tapping away at the keyboard. Rogan watched the screens eagerly. Blue print like plans flashed up in bursts.
"It's no good. I can't find it." Mystique huffed.
"they've got to be somewhere." Rogan bent down so her head was at the same level as Mystique's.
"Well they're not on this one."
Mystique stood up and they both headed for the door. When they had closed the door behind them they nodded at each other and headed on different directions. Mystique stopped to rip a couple of wires from a power supply panel before running along the corridor to catch up with Magneto and Jean.
Rogan stalked down the corridor. She knew exactly where Logan was so didn't need to think too hard about it. This allowed her time to try and figure out where her the plans were.