Chapter 5: The Best Medicine is Revenge
The Secret Service Archives I & II were almost impossible to penetrate. The security was extremely high and inaccessible to mutants. Various screenings made sure no mutants would enter the building. Numbers III & IV however, were not as tightly secured and Mystique reckons she will have a shot at it. She becomes a senior member of staff with the highest clearance and can access all computer files in a nice office. The real person, unfortunately, had a freak accident involving four flat tires. Mystique takes the files with her and is out of the building before the accident has been called in. She walks out of the grounds, the alarm bells and "security breach" yells as background music.
Uncle Magnus had a lot to tell. Pietro has memorized the letter. It was extremely precious to him, a letter from his real dad. Pietro was becoming a bit of a loner, a sad one at that. His friends didn't know what was going on. He had told them a story about a sick aunt who meant a lot to him but he had only met recently. It wasn't a very good lie, pretty lame actually, but at least it explained the letter from Uncle Magnus. The letter contains a story of a nurse, the nurse. His mother had taken him and Wanda to the doctor because Wanda had been fatigued and dizzy. That morning her heartbeat had been rapid and it had cause Magda to panic slightly. Wanda needed medical attention. Because Erik had been out, Magda had taken Pietro as well. He had been running around the room during the consultation, driving the nurse crazy. To rule out anemia , they had taken a blood sample. The nurse had said that Pietro needed to give a sample too. Magda didn't want her to do so, but the doctor said it was just a precaution. If Wanda was vulnerable to something specific, chances were quite high he would be as well, so she had agreed.
The files didn't contain that much new information on the medical mutant experiments, nor could she find anything on the perpetrators. Mystique is not amused. She thought files from the Archives would be a gold mine of intell. It was a good thing she hadn't told him yet, she had wanted to get his hopes up, but had bitten her tongue just in time. It was worthless stuff, not even worth the risk she took to claim it. She swears loudly. She desperately needs another plan.
Pietro now knows the story of the nurse, the blood samples, and the beams that had been tampered with. His father's letter had been filled with hatred towards those responsible, and he feels it himself. The same need for justice, wild west take-it-into-your-own-hands justice, runs through his veins. He will find who did this! He will track down this nurse, this nurse Ratched, strap her to a chair, slice into her flesh and wait for all the blood to leave her body. He will burn her like she caused his family to burn. He will… Pietro's imagination runs wild with idea's and he cannot wait 'till the day his abilities will finally burst free.
Until that day comes, he can do some research. He realizes that Hank has contacts with the Health Department and wonders if anything could be found in Hank's data. Perhaps he has access to classified files. Whenever Hank is out of his lab, Pietro sneaks into it. It takes him a while to sort through the vast amount of information but not without results. He can access the lower level of personnel files. People Hank knows and is in contact with. Filliping through them eventually gives him what he needs. A face stares at him, a smirking brunette with her hair in a bun. He'd recognize her anywhere. Her contact information, professional only, is right there, on the screen. Pietro lifts his hand and makes the sound and gesture of a gunshot.
Hank enters the hallway to his lab and sees the door open. That's odd. Inside nothing has altered. Perhaps the cleaners forgot to close the door. He had some seniors do experiments before but they usually left quite a mess and had been identified fairly quick. There will surely be a reasonable explanation. His mind wanders for a second to the mystical shape shifter but he dismisses the idea straight away.
Her name is nurse Lovely. How appropriate. She will make a lovely target. Pietro has stored all the relevant data on his flash drive. The moment he is alone in the room, he uses it to devise a plan. She specializes in genetic research. Has a special interest in x-genes. Her research has helped with various breakthroughs. "All through my blood," Pietro mumbles furiously. She is making money out of it, and much worse, manipulating it, doing God knows what. Her day of reckoning should come.