"That awesome fortress was probably a distraction, let's look for something unassuming." Mikhail said.
"You have a point, though I'm not the puzzle sort."
Vic scoffed, "Think Indiana Jones. Look for a random door or something."
"I thought we were looking for so called bad guys, not relics."
"Some like to hide," Vic laid on his shoulders like a scarf, "This has been a fun day so far."
"We're going to have to trick our way into more missions more often." Cain nodded.
"H3ll yea, Mik can finally use those legs of his and his we get to see his powers," Vic smiled.
"I am enjoying myself." Mikhail nodded in agreement.
"Alright, clues guys, I'm just the truck here."
Victor sniffed about, "head north. It's probably deep in here."
"Alright." He nodded and head as directed.
X
"Are you others ever going to catch up?" Pete asked to Logan, Hank, and Scott over the ear piece. Still tracking the three foot steps.
"We aren't that far from you, be patient," Hank told him.
The metallic Russian huffed.
X
Soon the footprints lead Piotr to a door in the middle of the forest floor. Thankfully the others had finally made it over.
"Seems they have already made their way inside." Pete looked for means to open the door.
"You're a regular silver bloodhound." Logan said.
"I make good habit of keeping tabs on my brother."
"You're certainly good at it," Hank inspected the door before opening, "Let's find them."
X
"Hey, we are behind enemy lines, by the rules of checkers, should we get to be kinged?" Cain chuckled as he and the two others delved deeper into the bunker.
"In chess we would be at check."
"Oh I love games." He chuckled.
"Perhaps we should wait for our brothers a little," Mikhail looked at the doors while pushing into one room, "I found something important."
"What?" Vic hurried in.
Cain basically busted the door frame out to get in. "Looks like where all their cameras link up.
"Seems promising." Mikhail smiled, "Why do they have a camera in the restroom?"
"Maybe they're pervs like Cain."
"Eh, scat and water works really aren't my thing. You being an animal, I would of thought that stuff more up your alley. Don't cats like pissing on things to mark them?"
"Some boy cats do. Most just rub against things to say they own it. Specifically their heads. But then again Victor is the first boy cat I've had and he tends to just say what's his so." The Russian shrugged.
"I am not a cat," he flipped Cain off.
"Sure kitty kitty." He scratched under Vic's chin.
Victor whine purred at the scratch, "You're a d*ck. Where are more people to play with?"
"In the conference room looks like." Mikhail smirked.
"Just angry because I know just how much of a puss you are. Come on, let's find you some mice to catch." He headed out the remains of the door to the observation room.
X
"Clearly they were here," Hank saw what was left of the door frame .
"I can understand having to bring your brothers along, but, why did we have to bring Cain?" Scott asked.
"...why did we have to bring him?" Logan looked to Pete.
"Don't ask me, I don't know."
"One of the cameras is blocked, let's see what's there then branch out."
"Where are you three now?" Scott sighed into the earpiece.
There were no answers, come to think of it, all the ear pieces didn't seem to be working.
"Let's just go." He sighed.
Pete didn't like this disconnection at all, and was more than eager to locate his brother.
X
"You got your accessory bag Kitten?" Cain looked to Vic after using the urinal.
"You're funny," he quickly grabbed his things.
"Do you have snacks in there? I'm hungry," Mikhail complained.
"As long as we eat outside of the bathroom, didn't your mamas teach anything about germs."
"I had no plans of eating in the latrine," he rolled his eyes and flushed the toilet.
"You about done in there Kit?"
"I'm done," he stepped out, and washed his hands, "Come on Mik."
"Give me a minute please."
"Not ready yet?"
"Unlike Victor I don't wear the toilet," he finished, "They're attempting to change my medicine to a two in one so I don't have to take multiples," he flushed and stepped out to wash his hands.
"And that means what?"
"Means my stomach is unsettled," he walked out.
"Here," Victor handed him a bag of fish crackers.
"Thank you."
"Where's my snacks?" Cain looked to Vic.
"Since when did you decide to start eating again?" He reached in and tossed him another bag of crackers while taking out some carrot sticks and a couple juice boxes.
"Since you said snacks." He smiled at the bag.
"You owe me food."
"Then it's settled, Cain is buying us breakfast," Mikhail smiled.
"Are you three actually eating?" Storm stared at them as they exited the restroom.
"I carried you, consider this fuel." He told them. "And hello." He waved at her.
"Well, at least we found you," Scott commented, "Now we're looking for the head. We are underground so try not to destroy too much."
"Mm hm," Victor crunched loudly.
"You knew who you were bringing along before we got here." Cain pointed
"That doesn't stop us from expecting better." Pete looked to him.
"I think they want us to split up and meet in the middle," Mikhail said.
"I agree, let's go," Victor smiled, hurrying out of the group.
"At least one of us adults should be watching them." Logan sighed.
Pete was already on it, doing his best to keep Mik in sight.
X
The internal soldiers heard the commotion and we're exiting the rooms for combat.
"See, good thing we came to help you by the book sorts out, this place is chocked full of bugs to squish. I mean people to subdue." Cain snickered.
Victor smirked, choke slamming several men. Mikhail was exploring a bit more deeply after knocking several people out.
"This is not going exactly to plan..." Scott said, using a small blast of his eyes to make the roof fall in on a few people.
"Well, things are going better than expected." Logan shrugged, punched some guys.
Mikhail happily skipped down the hall, singing to himself as he inspected rooms and used his power to turn their guns acidic, burning through their gloves and forcing them to be dropped.
Pete was busy with a group that wasn't getting the hint. "Stay down, and I will stop hitting you."
Mikhail sung along to the music from his headphones as he turned back to the room, eyes black. Suddenly all the militia in his sights simply disappeared.
Pete caught a glimpse of this in the corner of his eye. "Brother...you did not...erase them? Did you?" He looked almost sick.
"You insult me. I'm not so dumb as to do that right in front of you," he shook his head.
"That is comforting, but what have you done with them?"
"Put them in a holding cell," he pat his taller younger brother's hand.
"Ah, that was quite an ingenious thing brother. " Pete nodded, smiling some and pat Mik on the head.
"You're no fun," Victor complained, now without a punching bag
"I wasn't done crushing things." Cain groaned.
"Then let us find something else to crush," Mikhail called to them. "Come, come," he skipped ahead, still singing along to his music.
"We are getting to the core of things," Scott wiped his brow, "Might be done by brunch."
X
While searching for more mayhem a latch clicked sending Mikhail through a passage with a shout. The shaft was unbelievably long, and dark, it lead down a few stories with a few twists that had Mik bumping and thudding about. "Oww!"
Pete's head snapped up, he looked around. "Mikhail?..." His brother was instantly in a panic, tossing the man he was beating aside and into a wall. "Where is Mikhail?!"
Cain looked over with a shrug. "Ask kitty."
"Not my name," he pointed, "He was skipping over there a second ago."
"But you answer to it." Cain snickered as Pete rushed to where Vic pointed. But the shaft has closed up, allowing Pete to run right over it and continue down the hall.