Adjusting to base life

[Nightcat]

(It had been a few days since Liz and the others arrived at Omega base and she still had not left the room she shared with Christina. Every time she needed something she would just page Dr. Catoire. Finally, she felt like she need to see Chris. She felt as thought she had abandoned him. Opening the door to her room, she pokes her head out and looks around. Seeing that no one else is around she hurries down the hall until she finds Chris's room. Quickly, she teleports inside and lands in a chair next to him. He was still unconscious and Liz could tell that he was still fighting off complete possession. She felt horrible that he had been dragged into this mess. laying her hand in his head, she gently pushed her way into his mind and soon found what was left of his own mind. "Sitting" down next to it she smiled shyly.)

Liz: I am so sorry zat you got dragged into zis. You have to fight him off. I have seen vas he can do vith us. I vill be here no matter vhat. I made zat promise at ze start of all of zis und I do not intend to break it now.

(Chris's conscious "looked" up at her and smiled back.)

Chris: I know that I can't fight him off forever. But you know me Liz, I won't like it. The others will be here soon and then we can fight this off.

Liz: I vish I had your convidence. But you are right. Ve vill vin. Just concentrate on getting better, ok?

(Chris just nods and Liz with draws from his mind. Once out of it. she lays her head on the bed beside him and falls asleep.)

[Radar]

(Inbetween brief check-ups on Christina and Liz, and the discardment of two years of stored alcohol, Matthews Johnson had passed the days at Omega with the man he once hated.)

(Chaze had been admitted to Zero Sector when he first got to Omega and he had filled Matthews in on what had been going on. Matthews didn't know about the use of civilians to create Thetas. As far as he knew, only specialized soldiers deemed up to standards were taken for the Theta Program. But the previous day he had hacked Omega Base's mainframe and discovered the horrors that Smith let on. Half of all the test subjects didn't make the changes. They were the ones who were killed immediately afterwards. When all was said and done, that meant after one regular day, fifty people had been mutated and killed, while another fifty went on to become savage killing machines.)

(Chaze and Matthews sat in a small room overlooking the rest of the base. Chaze was trembling with anger before the Weapon X soldier as Matthews explained to him that Kutal had been the one behind the torture and raping of Liz. As Matthews finished, he got up out of his seat and walked over to the window. As he looked down at the rest of Omega, he sighed.)

Matthews: You'll be leaving to hunt down Magneto tomorrow. If you want, I can arrange for Thomas to be killed. I'll make it look like an accident.

Chaze: That's nice Matthews, but I'll do it. Besides, I gave him the chance to get out. He didn't take it. So, this is going to end on my watch.

(Matthews nodded and sniffed the air. Chaze only lifted his head. After a few long moments, he stopped trembling and calmed himself.)

Matthews: It's getting late, I should probably start my rounds.

Chaze: Don't you mean go see Christina?

(Radar sighs and starts out the room, but Chaze stops him.)

Chaze: Hey!

Matthews: Yeah?

Chaze: You never answered my question, you do like her don't you?

Matthews: (After a long pause.) I think she's interesting, and I'd like to get to know her is all.

Chaze: Matthews and Christina, sitting in a tree....

Matthews: Fool.

Chaze: Well, hey? Does this make us friends? You know, you helping me and stuff.

Matthews: No, I don't think so.

(Matthews leaves the room but calls back after himself.)

Matthews: But I don't think we're enemies anymore.

Chaze: (Muttering.) No, we're not enemies.

[Oracle]

(Christina is visited by her usual nightmare about her dad, but the vision of her in that dark tomb-like room with the sword being thrusted into her body comes back. Christina jerks up, almost falling out of her chair. She must have fallen asleep watching over ECKS. She looks at him and finds Liz is also there. The two are asleep, and Christina decides not to bother them. She rises from her seat and exits the room. She enters the hospital wing again to find something to change. She was still in her hospital gown, and she felt she didn't have to wear it anymore. Besides, gowns and dresses weren't exactly her style. She couldn't find the clothes she was wearing previously, but she did find a closet of military clothes. Better than what she had. She put on the smallest pair of camoflague cargo pants and a small plain T-shirt. She couldn't find anything to tie her hair up, so she just let her dirty-blonde hair fall behind her shoulders and down her back. She was getting bored just sitting around, and she felt the strangest urge to go look around.)

(Christina walks cautiously down the hallways, looking around and making herself familiar with her surroundings. She would hide herself around corners whenever soldiers came to pass and continued walking as soon as she was clear. She had turned the corner and saw a hallway leading to a door with an electronic keypad lock.)

What could be hiding in there?

(Christina approached the door and began to examine the keypad when she heard footsteps behind her. She realized she was trapped down this hallway with no where to hide. Her hand brushed against the keypad and she gets a premontion. She sees a soldier outside the door as he punches in the four-digit code to open the door. She saw it clearly. Christina quickly punches in the code and the door automatically unlocks. She enters the door and shuts it behind her.)

(The room seemed to hold the base's top secret items and plans. She approached a table and found files scattered across that ranged from mutant files to bird's eye view of Egyptian pyramids. But one object caught Christina's eye. She approached the object wrapped in a velvet wrap and untied it to see what was inside. Christina takes a few steps back and a deep breath when she looks and sees the sword from her premontion sitting on the table in front of her. This was the sword that would be used to kill her. She hadn't even told the team about that vision yet. And she probably wasn't going to.)

Smith: What the hell are you doing in here, mutie?!

(Christina turns around to see herself face to face with the man behind the whole operation. He must have been the one behind her and entered when she wasn't paying attention.)

Smith: Get away from there and follow me. Don't understand why you're just waltzing around the base anyway when you should be in a detention cell under lock and key.

(Smith grabs Christina by the arm and begins to drag her out of the room while Christina tries to release herself from his grasp while yelling at him to let her go.)

[Radar]

(Matthews walked down the long corridor, idly tossing his rubix cube up into the air and catching it. He was on his way to see Tina Anorak and thank her for her navigational skills when he heard Christina cry out. He stopped short and took a brisk step to the wall. He placed his ear on it and listened as he determined Christina's postion in the facility. She was close and she was with someone, that much was obvious. But he didn't know if he should interfere or let the situation resolve itself. He was about to resume his trip to see Anorak, but something inside of him made him want to save Christina.)

Matthews: Oh dammit. Damn women are going to be the death of all men.

(Radar shoves his rubix cube in his pocket annoyingly and starts towards Christina's voice. As she and--Smith--leave the corridor leading to the secondary Archives, Matthews grumbles under his breath.)

Matthews: Damn women. Look at Juliet, getting Romeo killed and all. And what about Helen of Troy. Oh yeah, big war over her crazy @$$. And then what about....

Smith: Johnson, what are you doing here?

Matthews: Sir. I've been sent by Doctor Catoire to retrieve Christina. We're about to start the cathode tests.

Smith: The cathode tests? What the hell is that? I've never heard about that?

Matthews: Well, sir, that's because it's brand new and especially designed for Christina. Sir, she won't be able to be locked up for a good long time afterwards. She'll be extremely out of her element sir.

(Christina shot Radar a look, but he didn't see it. Smith looked at the Captain suspiciously, but Radar could tell by his differed voice pattern that he had bought it. He released Christina's arm and she unknowingly took a step towards Radar.)

Matthews: Thank you sir. I'll escort this one down to the labs asap.

Smith: You do that.

(Smith took one last menacing look at Christina and then turned away. As he rounded the corner, Radar glanced at her.)

Matthews: You should be more careful about where you go. You won't be able to avoid the detention cells forever.

(Radar shook his head and started walking away.)

[Oracle]

(Christina remains in her spot as she watches Radar walk away for about a second or two. But then she runs after him and keeps with his pace.)

Christina: Hold up... I know my powers lead me to nothing but trouble. But how is it that whenever I'm in trouble, you always show up? If I didn't know any better, I would think you are keeping a close eye on me.

[Radar]

(Radar scoffs, stops, and looks at Christina.)

Matthews: Even if I wanted to, I can't. Blind remember.

(Matthews hopes the little joke will be enough to make her leave him alone, as he starts down the hallway again.)

[Oracle]

(Christina rolls her eyes at his joke and continues to follow him.)

Christina: But still, you haven't answered my question. How is it you are at the right place at the right time? Why are you helping me? I guessing you just made up those tests just for Smith to let me go. Why did you do that?

[Radar]

(Matthews continues and the two round a corner.)

Matthews: Maybe you need someone to look after you in a place like this. God forbid you go and get yourself into any more dilemmas, but you need to be more careful. If you were then I wouldn't have to be around at all. Would that please you huh? If you stay out of trouble, you wont' have to see me at all.

[Oracle]

Christina: Okay, I'll try... But like I said, my powers lead me to nothing but trouble. So I'm not making any promises.

(Christina continues to walk down the hallway when she thinks back to what she saw in that room. That was the exact sword she had seen in her vision. She was sure of it. And it's because of her powers that the sword will be used to kill her. Nothing but trouble.)

[Radar]

(Matthews watched her go and sighed heavily. He removed his green shades and slipped them into his pocket. He thought about her and how he was starting to feel towards her. As he started away, he heard something echo down the corridor. He stopped and listened. He heard nothing, and shook his head when he heard it again. He made it out to be someone whispering his name, but couldn't sense anyone besides that. In an instant, he subconsciously felt like he was being watched and grabbed the walkie-talkie from his belt. As he prepared to speak into it, he heard chatter about the guards at the front gate being found dead. He listened for more info but just then the com went out.)

Matthews: Oh I don't like this.

(A heavy footstep echoed behind him and he spun locating a single man standing farther down the hallway. The man was shrouded in shadow but Matthews instantly knew who it was.)

Scorpio: It's been a hell of a long time Johnson. We still have a game to finish.

[Wolf]

(Chaze had just come from the armory. He was about to be shipped off to the savage lands along with Dom and TC. As he made his way to see Liz, he caught a strong scent that smelled like vinegar and acid. He thought about the Chemistry he had taught himself and realized he was smelling a compound poison. He slowed his speed and crouched down. As he neared a corner, he shed his clothes. As he transformed to his wolf form, he listened as he heard a familiar voice and another voice, malvolent and slightly amused.)

Radar: What are you doing here Deschain?

Deschain: Isn't it obvious. I'm here to kill you.

Radar: Maybe you've forgotten, but you're in a Weapon X base and there's soldiers around every corner. You're as good as dead if you kill me.

Deschain: You're weak Johnson, you always were. I'm here to prove that once and for all.

Radar: Make a move.

(Wolf could sense that someone was going to draw a weapon and he didn't want his inside helper to die. He dove out from the cover and drew his Baretta firearm. He aimed for the stranger.)

Chaze: Freeze!

Deschain: How very cliche.

(Deschain snarled and the walls around him crumbled together as Wolf fired and Matthews drew his gun and fired too. But as the smoke cleared, Deschain had disappered.)