00038. Fixing Laura’s issue and a job offer.

00038. Fixing Laura’s issue and a job offer. AnnouncementSo I was on the front page for a day and got a ton of new readers it looks like. I have no real idea how this site works, but welcome all of you new people. Here is the newest chapter and again no action! Sorry I just love to write long dialogue filled chapters.

As Sarah and Laura came out of the portal, Laura instantly stepped in front of her mother with her claws out. Ezekiel was the first to react and said, "The apple really doesn't fall far from the tree, does it?"

They had stepped out of the portal into the loading dock area of the facility. In front of them was the entire staff of the base, all the guards were bound and on the ground in front of them. The higher ups, Stryker, Sutter, Rice, Kimura and all of the scientists were bound up away from the guards. Standing in front of Laura and Sarah was Logan, Magneto, Xavier, Kaecilius along with Ezekiel who was smiling at them. A few feet behind Ezekiel was a random set of chairs.

Ezekiel stepped forward as he said, "Please stand down, we will not harm you."

Laura quickly glanced at her mother who nodded her head, before she looked back at Ezekiel and said as her claws retracted, "You don't smell like anything."

Logan spoke up and said, "I told him the same thing, he said it has something to do with him being a clone of the original or something. Doesn’t make sense if you ask me, everything has a smell."

Laura stepped a little closer to Logan and began to sniff him. As she did, he stepped forward a little and sniffed her also. They walked in a circle around each other for a moment before they stopped almost where they started. After another pause, they both nodded to each other. As Laura started to move back to her mother she said, "You smell like smoke."

Logan grunted before he said, "Helps to dull the senses."

Ezekiel stepped forward as he clapped his hands and said, "Congratulations are in order, you rescued the princess successfully."

Sarah looked a little confused as she asked, "What do you mean by that?"Fôll0w current novÊls on n/o/(v)/3l/b((in).(co/m)

Ezekiel spread his hands out gesturing to the area around them, "This place is like a dungeon."

He pointed to the guards before he then pointed at the other people and said, "Evil minions here, and boss monsters over there."

He then pointed at Laura and said, "The little princess who was trapped in the bottom of the dungeon and needed to be rescued."

Everyone waited for a moment before Sarah asked, "What does that make me?"

"Ehhh, you can be the princess's hand maiden I guess. I just had you marked as a hostage before."

Ezekiel turned around quickly and said, "Speaking of which you still have five more hostages to recuse."

Sarah was left speechless for a few moments as another portal opened up and Logan and Kaecilius went through it. She finally spoke up and asked, "Is this just all some kinda game to you?"

Before Ezekiel could speak Xavier held up the tablet he was holding and said, "Well he did make it like a game."

Sarah walked closer to look at it as Laura followed closely guarding her mother. Sarah picked up the tablet, looking at it for a few moments before she handed it back to Xavier and then looked at Ezekiel as she asked, "What is wrong with you? You really made this into a game?"

"Well how else can I justify giving them each a reward if they didn't do anything to earn it?"

Sarah wanted to reply but was too stunned to think of anything. After a few moments, Logan carried out a closed container filled with silver liquid. When he set it down next to Ezekiel he said, "We could use a hand with the others."

Magneto said nothing but just closed his eyes for a few moments before the hospital gurneys came out of the portal one by one and came to rest next to the container Logan sat down.

At this point Sarah finally asked, "Do we have to stay here or can we leave?"

"Unfortunately we still need to sort some things out, fix Laura's trigger scent issue so she doesn't kill someone by accident. We also need to collect the hidden agents who are watching people's families."

Laura and Sarah immediately looked at Ezekiel as Sarah asked, "What do you mean by agents watching people's families?"

Ezekiel laughed and asked, "You did such a great job of sneaking Laura in and out of here. Did you ever stop to wonder how you were caught?"

Sarah thought quietly for a few moments as Kaecilius came back through the portal and closed it. She spoke up and said, "I thought I missed something when I was covering up everything."

Ezekiel shook his head and said, "No you did everything perfectly, you just didn't account for your sister's boyfriend. He is a sleeper agent meant to watch your sister in case you share something you shouldn't be. He reported what you did to Stryker."

All the color drained from Sarah’s face as Ezekiel talked. When he finished she quickly said, "We need to help my sister!"

Sarah glanced back at Ezekiel and said, "That doesn’t sound ominous at all. Are you trying to scare me into working with you or something?"

"Not at all, if I wanted to do that I would just show you a vision of the future. But the last person I did that to had a slight mental breakdown. So I am trying to hold off on doing that to people now."

Sarah said in a flat tone, "You are not very funny, you know that right?"

Logan moved a little closer as he said, "It wasn't a joke, Mystique the person who he is talking about. She has been seeing the Professor for a while now to help work through what she was shown. She still isn't fully one hundred percent back to normal and it's been well over six months since it happened."

Ezekiel had a small frown on his face as he said, "It was an honest mistake, I thought she could handle it. I am being careful now and don't plan to show anyone the possible future unless I absolutely have to."

Sarah still looked skeptical but asked, "Hypothetically what is your short term solution?"

Ezekiel smiled and said, "You could come work for me, while Laura could join a small group of kids who are currently being taught in a private school type of setting. As for the work you would be doing, I need some help and you are one of, if not the leading specialist in the field of genetics and cloning."

Ezekiel held up his hand as he finished and then said, "Or you and Laura can go to Xavier's school. I am sure he could give you a job teaching there and Laura would be around other kids with special powers."

Sarah watched Laura for a few moments before she asked, "So those are the only two options you have for us?"

Ezekiel nodded and said, "Well you could just leave and go do whatever you want. I would even give you money to live a decent life with Laura. But just so you are aware the people who funded this project are still out there and if you showed up somewhere. Well they would definitely come looking for you and Laura."

Sarah frowned slightly as she said, "I thought you were taking care of the people behind this place."

Ezekiel shook his head as he said, "I am, but it will take time. This is just one of their operations and I currently don't have enough information or manpower to completely take them down. We targeted this place because of the technology it holds and because this operation is not part of the main group."

"So me and Laura would have to hide all the time if we don't pick one of the options you gave us?"

Ezekiel laughed and said, "No matter what, you will have to hide your identity. We plan to make it look like everyone involved here was killed. While the general public won't know about your involvement, the people who backed this place will."

Sarah let out a sigh before she said, "So carrot and the stick, or just the stick if we go out alone?"

"No, I would do my best to watch out for you both. I can hide your digital footprint easily, but your actual one I can't do much about. You would need to change your name, dye your hair, live in an out of the way place, you know spy movie type of stuff."

Sarah gave Ezekiel a flat look as she parroted, "Spy movie type of stuff, really?"

Ezekiel gave a cheesy smile as he said, "What? I am not a modern day spy so that is the best advice I can give you. If you want real advice I will let you talk to a spymaster for advice. But he might not help you because he is super paranoid and has issues making new friends. Plus that guy is a creep, he likes to show up at peoples homes and wait for them in the dark to make him look all mysterious and shit."

Sarah just stared harder at Ezekiel the longer he talked. Ezekiel smiled awkwardly as he scratched the back of his head. He let out a breath then said, "Alright maybe he wouldn't be the best person for you to talk with."

Logan, who was standing close by said, "You know, Peg could probably teach her the basics."

Ezekiel nodded a few times as he said, "Yeah... You're right, that could definitely work. I just thought she might be out of practice compared to modern day standards."

Sarah looked between the two of them and asked, "Who are you talking about and why would they be out of practice?"

Ezekiel smiled before he said, "Someone you will meet, depending on what you decide to do. I would like to mention that if you pick the first option, you will get to work with some of the smartest people on the planet. And I will also pay you ten million, when you finish the project I need help with."

"I will be working with Reed Richards?"

Ezekiel shook his head as he said, "Someone just as smart and we will leave it at that."

Sarah looked back at Laura as she said, "Let me think about it for a while."

Ezekiel started to turn around as he said, "I will give you a few hours to think it over, by then we should be finished here."

Sarah didn’t reply but nodded her head slightly as Ezekiel walked back over to Xavier and Magneto.