Wyndemere: The Reception

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back above, in the mansion

<<Morgan was the first to arrive in the massive library....and observed what Adrian had uncovered. He was by far the most efficient of them all....save Alison...and he was the only one beside Alison who had actually done something concrete rather than trying to stand against HER. She wasnt sure what to make of this dark and mysterious young man...yet>>

<< leaning forward a bit and narrowing her eyes>>

<<in an icy voice>>: this leads to the catacombs that Alison "saw"? well there is no magick involved..i would have sensed it. this search and rescue operation should go easily....even with Haleigh and Cameron here....

<< she eyed Adrian with a detatched , lofty glare...looking him over with her icy violet eyes...she could sense the pheromones and other alchemy based power...it was as strong as his dark, twisted aura. she knew he was more than a mere pretty boy...and she wasnt sure if she liked the idea of another hot shot male in her presence...she already loathed cameron.>>

<<but even as she thought of this, Cameron at least was going through some major changes...changes for the better. >>

well...we should wait for Alison...she'll know what we can expect as we go down this passage.
 
Bane glanced up at Morgan as she entered the library and absorbed the discovery he had made. Surprise? he would wonder, though Adrian knew better than anyone just how far-reaching the stereotype of a celebrity and a man such as himself was.

From the very start of his career, Adrian had been underestimated and treated in a condescending, albeit loving manner. CEO's of companies and media advisors of entertainment tried often to spare him the intricacies of their businesses, but he'd ask anyway. And they would incorrectly surmise that Adrian wanted the information "just in case". But behind his stupid grin, he absorbed all. Though perhaps he was physically altered, that inborn intelligence of his never waivered. It was with this cold tenacity that Adrian made the discovery -- quicker than everyone else, and with a chilling certainty. That same process of observation and execution extended to Morgan -- a woman he would not call unapproachable, but distant and high in an arrogance she mistakenly found only in Haleigh and Cameron.

She doesn't trust me, he'd think now, watching her eyes. Because at the heart of the matter, Adrian wasn't a man to trust. He was the indulgence that ruined lives. The personified drug that required methodolical caution: only to be taken in small doses. Adrian had no moral framework, and people lost themselves around him as a result of his infectitious liberal attitude. They changed. Did things they'd never do.

Even at this moment, as two solitary figures in an otherwise empty room, there was no telling what would happen.

"Easy? You think so?" he asked. "Maybe it looks that way," Adrian said, motioning towards the metal door, which spoke for itself as a paltry obstacle, "But things have a way of surprising you."

Was it really the door, or something else, that Adrian was talking about?

He laughed to himself, a rich string of notes full of warmth and humor. How would that same baritone voice sound in the confines of a bedroom? Was the way he moved his hands so gracefully, long fingers dancing across the material of his suit in opening the coat a bit, similar to his caresses on naked skin? Did that athletic confidence, which radiated in his every stride, provide prowess in physical seduction?

Questions that would enter anyone's mind, when surrounded with the phereomonic presence of Adrian, an aphrodisiac in every sense of the word.

Yet they waited there, the both of them, momentarily cut off from the rest of the world and standing in grim silence.

And questions were left ultimately unanswered.
 
<< scoffing as Adrian almost seemed to be baiting her, Morgan waved dismissively as she turned her head>>

please....who do you think you're dealing with? I'm the strongest woman on this "team"...not to mention a teleporter...there are a NUMBER of ways for me to get past that door...and I've taken care of Helena once before...as has my MOTHER...she's only a resourcefull as she is because she has MysTech backing her. But I....well WE [ the original 6] brought down the consortium of Mystech and destroyed the functioning of the Citadle.

so youll pardon me if im less than worried about the machinations of some demented withered old bat who think's she's a female James Bond.

<<Morgan tossed her and exhaled haughtily at Adrian as she turned away and moved toward the door to examine it further>>
 
a private word

::Guardian waits until everyone begins to make their way toward the library...and at the right moment...she points at Haleigh and freezes her right in her step.....blink in front of her::


::with Haleigh completely immobilized in a temporal stasis field...save her head...Guardian stands before her...looking grim and unforgiving once more::

now, its MY turn to retort.

::her cold, analytical voice tinged with hatred::

you know...when you were dead and gone, this time as it were actually started coming together. no where was that MORE apparent than the gala hosted by illustra, tempo and king enterprises. we didnt have to worry about your petty "power plays" and all the other nonsense you perpetrated which ultimately lead to Morgan losing control.

and as for you FORGIVING ME? your life matters LESS than a little bit to me. You never WERE an asset to this team..you ONLY stuck around to use US to advance your own pathetic agenda and you wound up DEAD. You havent changed anything but your body....and youre "forgivness" means NOTHING to me. I did everything i could...i warned all of you pathetic wretches...and none of you listend to me...even CAMERON and Alexis have admitted that. During the inferno...i nearly DIED saving the entire team from Morgan's wrath in Limbo....it was Ororo and my sister who pulled me back from the brink. I kept cameron ALIVE and he will tell you that himself.

Everyone knows that Ororo, Karen and Myself did EVERYTHING we could to save the six , and the city from Morgan....and Blaze...being the firey, passionate soul that she was...even though i SHOWED her her own death scene while we were on the west coast and TOLD her to stay back and let me take the risks...she chose to stand in the gap for Cameron as well....always trying to help build a bridge between Morgan and the others. WHAT DID YOU DO besides try to make it WORSE!? no one cares how you feel about Blaze. She was morgan's sister....and she was like family to myself and ororo....she KNEW who loved her and who truly had her back...and you CLAIMED to have loved her..yet you wanted to see her SISTER succumb to her dark soul...did you think how THAT would effect Blaze?? Morgan risked her LIFE more than once for Blaze....what did you do besides try to drive a wedge between them?

Blaze went to her death as honorably as anyone could...unlike you...who provoked yours into being. So again, your attempt to undermine me has failed...you're useless, worthless and living on borrowed time...and the ONLY person here who gives a damn about you IS my brother....and guess what?...HE is maturing....so how long do you think it is before he grows tired of your insipid ways and sees you for the truly amoral bitch that you are?

::Guardian gestures and releases her hold on Haleigh , letting her fall to the ground::

stay out of my way Haleigh...and keep AWAY from Morgan, Alexis and my brother. this team has suffered ENOUGH and we dont need you agrevating old wounds.

::Alison immediately turned and left Haleigh where she was. it was clear that Alison was unimpressed by Haleigh's earlier speech. and she said some harsh but true things....even the Powers that be had told Haleigh that she FOOLISHLY ignored Guardian's warnings about her death....and so for her to say she forgave alison...was nothing more than another ploy on Haleigh's part. it seemed that although she had a new body....she was still up to her same ways::

:: leaving the dining hall and making her way to the library, she found Morgan and Adrian...and the entrance leading to the catcombs as well. her high heeled boots clicking along the ground as she strode forward with confidence and cold efficiency::

good work Adrian...who knew you could actually be of some use?

::Alison said as she brushed past the tall, dark and handsome man::

and i see true to your snake like form...you've been trying to assess the best way to affect Spellbinder. Truly you will never learn.

::looking at the metal door::

Morgan, youll want to teleport us to the other side...and once we are there, cast a cloaking spell. that will definately buy us more time to locate the nerve center of the tunnels below.
 
:: Cameron watched Adrian and Morgan establish a rather comical rapport. If Adrian thought that he was going to be the man to dominate the mighty Spellbinder, than he had more than another thing coming. Prophet had learned that one himself. He turned his attention back to the door. How could they get to the other side? What if it was protected by some sort of magick? It was nothing that Mystech wouldn't have been able to do in the past, and nobody was quite sure the power scope of Helena. ::

"But what if -- "

:: Prophet was cut off short by the words of Guardian who lashed into Haleigh like one of Karen's Mystic Daggers. Cameron wanted to come to her side, but these were words that Haleigh was going to have to hear, understand and accept if she wanted any chance at continuing on with the Six and learning how to go down a path of pennance and redemption, a path that Cameron was beginning to walk down, and a path he didn't want to go off of. He stood silent until Guardian made her plans to get them to the other side. ::

"What if Morgan's magick alerts them to us right away? Mystech does have connections of the otherworldly kind. But I guess it's our only choice right now..."
 
<<Standing there with her arms folded..Morgan shot a look of annoyance Cameron's way...BUT it was a legitimate concern...she she fixed her glare..only so slightly>>

<< in an icy voice>>: well, i could force the door open. I'm strong enough to do it...or ALISON could force the door open with her tk.

my teleporting power ISNT magick...and if i cast the cloaking spell NOW then there's no way they would be able to visually detect us once we are on the other side. two of us has psi screens...so if they have any psychic hounds...that would LESSEN their chances of finding US...but you are a mutant...and THAT would make you the easiest one to spot.
 
Haleigh narrowed her eyes as Alison froze her... she listened... as there really wasn't much choice for her at this point. She let Alison's speech run her course... Her eyes showing her amounting anger. Alison unfroze her and walked off, and Haleigh stumbled forward to keep from falling... and then walked quickly after Ali, following her into the library, catching the woman by the arm and spinning her around. It was clear at this point that she didnt much CARE who saw them fighting or if the others heard. Hales had made an attempt to be discreet but now her patience was wearing thin. Alison was too stubborn and pushy to listen, but Haleigh's voice rose, ensuring she would be heard even though they were only two feet apart.

"DON'T you walk away from me damn it. Its ironic that a SEER would have trouble recalling the past... but let me refresh your memory. If it weren't for me, YOU and MORGAN wouldn't have found out about Blaze being ALIVE and with Mystech until it was TOO late... I PROVED my self that night, I EARNED my place on this sad excuse for a 'team'! You must have ALSO forgotten the fight with Kelly... when you lay on the floor in the smoke, coughing, close to asphyxiation... and I could have LET YOU SUFFOCATE, and left you to die... but I DIDNT. I reached out to you and helped you... and what is the thanks i get? You STILL treat me like something stuck to the bottom of your Jimmy Choos. And Now.... you're telling me you did everything you could to warn me?? THE HELL YOU DID! You took Blaze aside and SHOWED her what she was in for... but you DIDNT give me that luxury. Blaze KNEW what was to befall her, and she made the CHOICE to keep going. YOU LED ME TO SLAUGHTER, you selfish snob! YOU LISTEN TO ME, Alison Marble. I'm BACK. I'm PART of this team... I've suffered RIGHT ALONGSIDE YOU... and there are no threats and no insults you OR Morgan can throw at me to make me leave. I don't CARE if you still hate me... I dont have to prove anything to you and its not YOUR forgiveness I need. Do us both a favor and STOP hounding me for once..."

Haleigh looked around..."What's this?" she saw the whole in the floor and Morgan was talking about her or Ali trying to force it open. She walked over to look down at the door... and then looked back up at Morgan, who'd stopped talking. "Or... you could let me open it... since this is right up my alley." she offered, kneeling down to get a closer look at the keypad. She produced from her pocket a small grey card that looked like a credit card with a Mystech logo. She had picked it up off the foyer floor, left behind after the disappearance of the wildpack. She swiped it through the side of the keypad, and entered a sixteen digit number followed by the enter button. A few seconds later she pressed a four digit code and pressed enter. The small red light on the keypad changed to green and Haleigh turned the handle. The door unlocked and Haleigh pulled the heavy metal door upward, revealing their passage to the underground tunnels. Haleigh looked up at the group, gesturing like Vana White.... her mood slightly better now that she'd accomplished something.

"Voila."
 
:: Cameron looked at Morgan who seemed to have some concerns of her own as they began to figure out a way to get around the door and still remain undetectable. ::

"I would say go without magick and go with brute force.. I would bet that Helena and her goons are expecting us to use our powers and magick.. meaning that the less we use the better. I think you should you should force it open.."

:: It was a good idea. Mystech security and technology was almost tailor made to reinforce itself against magick and mutant ability and the group would most likely gain more ground using their human abilities rather than their superhuman abilities, and plus it might either turn Adrian on or scare him away from her. ::

"Cast the cloaking spell first of course.. Once we are inside we can figure out what to do from there..."

:: At that very moment, Haleigh used her Intelligence to figure out a way to get the door open, probably very much to the dismay to Morgan and Alison ::

"Or we could do that..."
 
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