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Post by Mankoi on Dec 2, 2014 17:30:55 GMT 1
Ororo eventually returned to fetch Sophie.
"Come with me. Doreen took care of him. We have him well restrained. We're going to try to figure out what he wants. You should be there.
Paul was, indeed, very firmly strapped down in the next room, with a golden mutant performing some type of laying on of hands, though it certainly seemed to be healing his wounds, even if it did nothing for his scars. Doreen was watching over him carefully, with Jean and Scott also present in the room.
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Post by JaccusRed on Dec 2, 2014 18:11:22 GMT 1
Paul opened his eyes blinked several times glanced around assessing the situation with a mildly curious expression. Then looked up to speak to the Golden mutant then apparently thought better of it and leaned around them to look at Jean and Scott. "Is my bag nearby?"
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Post by Maiyrhia on Dec 2, 2014 18:44:17 GMT 1
Sophie followed Ororo into the room, putting her empty ice cream tub and spoon back in the time warp, more for somewhere to stow it than for any other reason. She remained silent as she walked in, picking up whatever she could by listening quietly. This was the man who they thought was after her? She wondered why - who could possibly want to hurt her? It was hardly as if she had any special powers that someone might be after...
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Post by Mankoi on Dec 3, 2014 1:06:53 GMT 1
"We have your things," Scott said. "And we found this picture on you. Who hired you?"
Jean hadn't said anything yet, she was just staring at him and frowning.
"Nut?" Doreen said to Sophie, snapping open one of the many pouches on her built and removing a walnut from it.
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Post by JaccusRed on Dec 3, 2014 1:17:57 GMT 1
"A woman who claimed to be called Fiona Chillingworth." Paul said quickly. "Can I have a drink? There should be a bottle near the top of my bag."
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Post by Mankoi on Dec 3, 2014 3:55:48 GMT 1
"I'll have someone get you some water from the kitchen," Jean said, walking over and unclasping his helmet, pulling it off his head. "There, much better. Why don't you tell me where you got this?"
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Post by JaccusRed on Dec 3, 2014 5:05:12 GMT 1
"The post office, although I'm guessing that's not the answer you're looking for. My employer left it for me to pick up, said something about not taking it off or I'd be detected." Paul really didn't see the point in concealing anything at this point. He wasn't getting his information so there was no reason to protect Fiona, she'd known to much about Hydra for his liking anyway, although he did believe her about it's existence, it connected to many dots to be a lie.
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Post by Maiyrhia on Dec 3, 2014 11:37:51 GMT 1
Sophie shook her head at the offer of a walnut. "You had a photo of me, I'm guessing from the fact that they brought me in here. Why? What did you want with me...?"
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Post by JaccusRed on Dec 3, 2014 12:10:09 GMT 1
"Nothing. Look it's really very simple a woman I didn't know offered me information of incredible value to me and, to an even greater extent, the world to spy on you and report everything back to her. I asked her why she wanted it done and she gave me an answer far too convenient a motivator to be accurate. I did need the information however and I didn't see the harm since if you were innocent you'd either have nothing to hide or I could neglect to report anything you did want to hide. Although for the record I apologise, I wouldn't have taken the job but this information is worth my life ten times over." Paul said, his expression looking thoughtful as if he wasn't paying a lot of attention to what he was saying. Actually he was wondering about a back up plan, he had two so far. He could track down Chillingworth and get the information from her another way but he got the impression she had the resources to stay hidden... maybe he could get the tech to trace a phone call to her using the number he had, but she probably had a way around that if she was willing to risk calling him. Plan B he could track down his team, who he had to suspect contained a Hydra agent based on the information at hand, and see what information he could get from them, assuming he could figure out who it was.
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Post by Maiyrhia on Dec 3, 2014 18:05:25 GMT 1
Sophie's lip trembled in fear before she got her emotions under control. "Who... what does she want with me?" she asked quietly, not really expecting anyone to answer the question.
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Post by Mankoi on Dec 3, 2014 19:44:14 GMT 1
"He's telling the truth," Jean said, as Kurt appeared suddenly in front of Paul and put a glass of water to his lips. "He doesn't know anything. His phone has contact information, but it's probably worthless."
"I'll get Kitty on it," Scott said.
"He's also very concerned about something called Hydra," Jean continued.
"Aren't they those Nazi nutballs who made Lockheed as some genetic experiment?" Kurt said. "They've been gone for decades."
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Post by JaccusRed on Dec 3, 2014 20:04:37 GMT 1
Paul looked confused for a few seconds, then thoughtful, then curious, all the while looking at Jean. "All right I think I can speed this up." said Paul focusing on the point in his memories just before his capture thinking through the important context of the situation, then he moves through his memories from then to now glossing over the time captured so as not to relive it and leaving out any mundane days.
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Post by Mankoi on Dec 3, 2014 23:15:27 GMT 1
"Judging by the memories he's showing me, they may have gone into deep cover as S.H.I.E.L.D. agents. This Fiona woman accused Sophie of being a Hydra plant in the facility. Which is obviously untrue," said Jean.
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Post by JaccusRed on Dec 3, 2014 23:22:50 GMT 1
"You can see how it would be a convenient motivation for me if she thought I was struggling with the ethics of the job. She underestimated the value of what she was offering if she thought I needed more motivation however, but I agree with you if she's a Hydra agent I'll eat my left foot.
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Post by Maiyrhia on Dec 3, 2014 23:42:36 GMT 1
Sophie had only one question: "What's Hydra?"
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Post by JaccusRed on Dec 4, 2014 0:29:17 GMT 1
"If what my employer says is correct they were a Nazi deep science organization that went rogue. After they were defeated by Captain America they were supposed to have vanished or died or something but apparently they infiltrated the group founded to hunt them down and protect people from them i.e. S.H.I.E.L.D. Fast forward to now S.H.I.E.L.D is the most powerful and trusted international espionage and Law enforcement agency in the world, pledged to defend the innocent... and it apparently has a load evil mad scientists and psychopaths out for world domination hidden amongst it. Oh they also captured me during an assignment, tortured and experimented on me and, I have to assume, have set my own Agency on a man-hunt for me." Paul explained, adding the last part as a bitter after thought.
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Post by Mankoi on Dec 4, 2014 15:18:06 GMT 1
"Which means she isn't Hydra," Jean said. "Or Hydra no longer cares about capturing you. She was right, if she was interested in capturing you, she'd probably already have you. She's probably a mutant too. That's why she didn't come here herself."
"He's a mutant!" Doreen said. "I saw him teleport."
"Hey! That's my thing!" Kurt said.
"Afraid not," Jean said. "He's not a mutant. It's a kind of magic. This helmet isn't as strong as Magneto's. If he was a mutant, the professor would have noticed him, even with it on."
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Post by JaccusRed on Dec 4, 2014 15:36:08 GMT 1
"Glad we got that settled... any chance I can get out off this chair now?" Said Paul hopefully.
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Post by Mankoi on Dec 4, 2014 15:42:01 GMT 1
"Sophie?" Scott said. "What are your feelings on this?"
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Post by JaccusRed on Dec 4, 2014 15:55:48 GMT 1
"I'm not dangerous to you I swear, even if I still had a chance of completing the job, which I don't, all that would happen is this Fiona women knowing how you like your eggs in the morning."
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Post by Maiyrhia on Dec 4, 2014 21:41:02 GMT 1
Sophie hesitated, then nodded. "All right..." She didn't sound at all certain, and took a deep breath before continuing. "I've got nothing to hide from your... uh... employer anyway. Like you said, except my eggs." She hesitated, then managed a weak smile. "Scrambled, by the way."
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Post by JaccusRed on Dec 4, 2014 21:53:29 GMT 1
"I'll remember that." said Paul grinning. Before turning to the others "You heard the lady, straps off please." still smiling.
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Post by Mankoi on Dec 5, 2014 3:43:54 GMT 1
Jean waved a hand through the air, and Paul's restraints undid themselves.
"The good news is that it seems like this Fiona lady can't get to the mansion herself, for whatever reason," Scott said. "If she's a mutant, maybe she's one of the ones we've seen flickering around Sophie. Which means the mansion is at least safer, unless she manages to get a mole in here. And that'd be hard with Xavier around."
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Post by JaccusRed on Dec 5, 2014 13:54:58 GMT 1
Paul stood up stretching. "She specifically said 'she' couldn't go here but that could have been a turn of phrase..." Paul put in. "I still need her information, I might feed her false intel see if she buys it, and if not or if she doesn't give me enough back I'll do my best to track her down. If I do that I can see if I can get what she wants with you out of her, I could even bring her back here for interrogation."
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Post by Mankoi on Dec 5, 2014 16:36:37 GMT 1
"You might take your phone to Kitty," Kurt said. "On the off chance that she can trace the call from before."
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