[X-men fic]After Awakening Chapter Nine
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This chapter contains: discussion of killing, and drunken fights.
After the Awakening
Chapter Nine
Wolverine
“I’ve been waiting for hours Cable,” He said when the other man finally decided to let him in to speak with him. He was slammed up against the wall by the forcefield Cable was using in place of his telekinesis now a days.
“Don’t start Wolverine,” Cable said angrily. “This is hard enough for me to do without you running your mouth.” Cable released him then and threw him two small flash drives. “The blue one contains information on Exodus’s mutant separatist operation and their plans to take over a small island nation in the pacific.” Cable looked grim as he went on. “You can turn it over to Storm to explain why you came to Providence.” He then shook his head. “The red one contains the coordinates of where my father will be in three weeks time which will be your best shot at him.”
“You really expect me to believe you want me to kill your father?” He glanced at the drives in his hand not trusting anything on either of them. “Sorry Cable I know you do a lot of things because of your time in the future but I can’t believe your want that.”
“I would prefer if you could take him alive but history says you don’t,” Cable said darkly. “And I’ve seen what would have happened if you don’t and it is bad enough that I know my father would want you to stop him by any means necessary.” Cable turned and began to walk out of the room. “I still have three weeks to change the future if I can but if Cyclops is at those coordinates in three weeks you will kill him.” He followed Cable out into the hallway but the other man just kept walking. “I’ve said all I’m going to Wolverine you should head back to Washington.”
He considered going after him and making him talk but that would only lead to a fight. He turned and headed back toward the area where his mini jet was stored. He would check out the data on the flash drives and then call in some favors he was owed. He had no intention of killing Cyclops just because Cable or history says he would. Once he was air borne the communication equipment alerted him to a call. He flipped on the autopilot before answering and wasn’t surprised to see it was Storm. “Logan, why aren’t you at the base?”
“Cable had intel for us and wouldn’t transmit it I had to come pick it up,” He said quickly. “I haven’t reviewed it yet but he said it had something to do with Exodus and his goon squad.” He had wanted a chance to make sure the information was what Cable said it was but that didn’t look possible now.
“Oh we are still on Genosha waiting for clearance to leave,” Storm said with a shrug. “Alex, sends his regards and would like me to ask you something.” He was curious what Alex Summers could possible have to ask him so he nodded. “He wants to know if you told Scott about that night in Mexico?”
He nearly choked but a glance at Storm’s face showed she had no idea what she was asking about. “You can tell him that I did,” he hadn’t planned on it but it came out. “I need to concentrate on flying so I’m going to sign off now.” Storm looked confused but did so he really didn’t need to be reminded of that drunken night where his temper got the better of him and he’d ended up revealing things to Scott Summers that the other man should never have known.
He guessed though that since Alex asked that meant Scott had already been to visit and revealed his relationship with Sam to Alex. He put it out of his mind and pulled out the blue zip drive and loaded in into the on board computer he might as well make sure Cable wasn’t setting him up with the team. A quick skim showed it was what he said it was so he pulled the drive out and replaced it with the red one. It had a time, a date and a set of coordinates a quick check on the navigation system showed their confrontation was going to happen in the middle of Washington DC on the national mall. He couldn’t see any confrontation there ending well for Summers so why would he ever be there.
He removed the drive and wiped all traces of it from the on board computers. The team would be able to see he checked the blue drive he would hand over but nothing about the red one. He sat back and stared at the passing scenery as the min jet’s auto pilot did the work taking him back to the XSE headquarters.
He closed his eyes and tried to get some sleep he had a feeling he wasn’t going to get much in the next few weeks. Thankfully years of experience had taught him how to force himself to sleep whenever he got the chance.
He was awakened by the alarm letting him know he’d reached the area where he’d have to resume piloting the Mini jet and request clearance to enter the US Capital’s air space. The mini jet was more than stealthy enough to sneak in but Storm insisted on proper protocol. He got the proper clearances though just like always he could hear the air traffic controllers making snide remarks about the mutie police in the background.
He kept his temper as he landed the jet and climbed out heading toward his private quarters where he could safely stash the red drive and then back to the main office to load the blue drive onto their mainframe. He made good time hiding the red disk and was just making it into the main room when Storm and the others got back from Genosha. He knew the main jet was faster than the mini jets but it still surprised him sometimes how much faster they were. “I was just about to load the data Cable gave me,” He said as they came rushing into the room. “I checked it out on the mini jet and it looks legit.” The others gathered round as he plugged the flash drive in.
To be continued...
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This chapter contains: discussion of killing, and drunken fights.
After the Awakening
Chapter Nine
Wolverine
“I’ve been waiting for hours Cable,” He said when the other man finally decided to let him in to speak with him. He was slammed up against the wall by the forcefield Cable was using in place of his telekinesis now a days.
“Don’t start Wolverine,” Cable said angrily. “This is hard enough for me to do without you running your mouth.” Cable released him then and threw him two small flash drives. “The blue one contains information on Exodus’s mutant separatist operation and their plans to take over a small island nation in the pacific.” Cable looked grim as he went on. “You can turn it over to Storm to explain why you came to Providence.” He then shook his head. “The red one contains the coordinates of where my father will be in three weeks time which will be your best shot at him.”
“You really expect me to believe you want me to kill your father?” He glanced at the drives in his hand not trusting anything on either of them. “Sorry Cable I know you do a lot of things because of your time in the future but I can’t believe your want that.”
“I would prefer if you could take him alive but history says you don’t,” Cable said darkly. “And I’ve seen what would have happened if you don’t and it is bad enough that I know my father would want you to stop him by any means necessary.” Cable turned and began to walk out of the room. “I still have three weeks to change the future if I can but if Cyclops is at those coordinates in three weeks you will kill him.” He followed Cable out into the hallway but the other man just kept walking. “I’ve said all I’m going to Wolverine you should head back to Washington.”
He considered going after him and making him talk but that would only lead to a fight. He turned and headed back toward the area where his mini jet was stored. He would check out the data on the flash drives and then call in some favors he was owed. He had no intention of killing Cyclops just because Cable or history says he would. Once he was air borne the communication equipment alerted him to a call. He flipped on the autopilot before answering and wasn’t surprised to see it was Storm. “Logan, why aren’t you at the base?”
“Cable had intel for us and wouldn’t transmit it I had to come pick it up,” He said quickly. “I haven’t reviewed it yet but he said it had something to do with Exodus and his goon squad.” He had wanted a chance to make sure the information was what Cable said it was but that didn’t look possible now.
“Oh we are still on Genosha waiting for clearance to leave,” Storm said with a shrug. “Alex, sends his regards and would like me to ask you something.” He was curious what Alex Summers could possible have to ask him so he nodded. “He wants to know if you told Scott about that night in Mexico?”
He nearly choked but a glance at Storm’s face showed she had no idea what she was asking about. “You can tell him that I did,” he hadn’t planned on it but it came out. “I need to concentrate on flying so I’m going to sign off now.” Storm looked confused but did so he really didn’t need to be reminded of that drunken night where his temper got the better of him and he’d ended up revealing things to Scott Summers that the other man should never have known.
He guessed though that since Alex asked that meant Scott had already been to visit and revealed his relationship with Sam to Alex. He put it out of his mind and pulled out the blue zip drive and loaded in into the on board computer he might as well make sure Cable wasn’t setting him up with the team. A quick skim showed it was what he said it was so he pulled the drive out and replaced it with the red one. It had a time, a date and a set of coordinates a quick check on the navigation system showed their confrontation was going to happen in the middle of Washington DC on the national mall. He couldn’t see any confrontation there ending well for Summers so why would he ever be there.
He removed the drive and wiped all traces of it from the on board computers. The team would be able to see he checked the blue drive he would hand over but nothing about the red one. He sat back and stared at the passing scenery as the min jet’s auto pilot did the work taking him back to the XSE headquarters.
He closed his eyes and tried to get some sleep he had a feeling he wasn’t going to get much in the next few weeks. Thankfully years of experience had taught him how to force himself to sleep whenever he got the chance.
He was awakened by the alarm letting him know he’d reached the area where he’d have to resume piloting the Mini jet and request clearance to enter the US Capital’s air space. The mini jet was more than stealthy enough to sneak in but Storm insisted on proper protocol. He got the proper clearances though just like always he could hear the air traffic controllers making snide remarks about the mutie police in the background.
He kept his temper as he landed the jet and climbed out heading toward his private quarters where he could safely stash the red drive and then back to the main office to load the blue drive onto their mainframe. He made good time hiding the red disk and was just making it into the main room when Storm and the others got back from Genosha. He knew the main jet was faster than the mini jets but it still surprised him sometimes how much faster they were. “I was just about to load the data Cable gave me,” He said as they came rushing into the room. “I checked it out on the mini jet and it looks legit.” The others gathered round as he plugged the flash drive in.
To be continued...
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