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Post by skybright on Mar 19, 2008 23:11:08 GMT -5
A phone call to the Mayor's office and a little wheedling from Daws revealed that Cole was planning on returning home early that evening, after a long day of meeting with various minor officials.
With that knowledge in hand, at about five o'clock Daws and Sid parked at a discreet distance from Cole's building and made their way towards the back service entrance.
Daws tugged her collar up slightly and pulled her lockpicks out of her coat, bending over the door handle. "Knew I'd be glad I picked this up." She remarked. "No pun intended."
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Post by Jordanna on Mar 19, 2008 23:14:48 GMT -5
Sid frowned, following after Daws a bit bewilderedly. "Ya really think we should be tryin' ta break into his place insteada knock on the front door, Daws? I mean, the guy's brain is gonna know we're comin' anyway."
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Post by skybright on Mar 19, 2008 23:18:29 GMT -5
Daws shrugged as the lock clicked open and she pocketed her lockpicks. "I don't mind knocking on the apartment door, sure -- but the guys at the front desk here have seen me before, and I'm kinda a hard face to forget. Last thing I need -- or you need, for that matter -- is word working its way back to Tiernan that we're paying the mayor clandestine visits at home. He's liable to get suspicious about that kinda thing."
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Post by Jordanna on Mar 19, 2008 23:23:01 GMT -5
Sid nodded morosely. "Oh, I get it."
They found a deserted freight elevator to take them upstairs, and Sid slouched a shoulder against the wall, frowning. "Ya know how I feel about mutants, Daws... but I gotta admit, Cole kinda gives me the creeps. I don't like the idea of anybody rootin' around in my head--'specially if he can't help it."
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Post by skybright on Mar 19, 2008 23:30:49 GMT -5
"Can't exactly argue with you there." Daws shrugged, burying her hands in her pockets. "I haven't really run into too many telepaths. Dunno if that's because they're rare, or if they just know better than to let people know what they can do. It can't be easy being a mutant who makes even other mutants nervous."
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Post by Jordanna on Mar 21, 2008 22:50:09 GMT -5
"I'll believe that," Sid murmured, as the doors of the elevator slid open.
The two cautiously made their way down the hall, stopping outside Cole's door. Sid raised an eyebrow at Daws.
"Ya s'pose he's seen us comin' yet?"
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Post by skybright on Mar 23, 2008 18:47:21 GMT -5
Daws shrugged one shoulder. "Probably. All the same . . ." She knocked firmly on the apartment door.
After only a momentary pause, the door opened and Cole regarded the pair without surprise. "Well," He remarked dryly, "There goes a quiet evening in. Good evening, Miss Dawson. Mister Rosenstein."
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Post by Jordanna on Mar 23, 2008 21:57:51 GMT -5
"Evenin'," Sid replied laconically, raising an eyebrow and glancing pointedly past Cole.
"Uh--ya prob'ly have it figured out by now that anythin' we have ta talk about is no subject fer public hallways."
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Post by skybright on Mar 23, 2008 23:46:27 GMT -5
"Obviously not." Cole stepped aside and allowed them to pass into the apartment, shutting and locking the door behind them.
"So." He turned and gestured Sid and Daws into the living room. "What is it you need from . . ." The politician stopped short with a faintly puzzled frown and shook his head. "No . . . it's not Tiernan this time, is it?"
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Post by Jordanna on Mar 24, 2008 21:14:31 GMT -5
"Well, it's kinda not... but kinda is." Sid shrugged, dropping onto the edge of an armchair seat, and his expression darkened a little more. "It's somethin' bigger than him--an' him puttin' his finger on it is the only reason we know about it."
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Post by skybright on Mar 25, 2008 0:04:49 GMT -5
Cole frowned and took a seat himself, leaning forward with a troubled expression. "Bigger than Tiernan . . . I knew he was agitated, but I hadn't quite expected anything like that."
He glanced up sharply at Sid and Daws. "Just how big are we discussing, anyway?"
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Post by Jordanna on Mar 25, 2008 21:33:57 GMT -5
Sid scowled. "We don't really know. It's got at least somethin' ta do with the government, though--an' it ain't pretty."
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Post by skybright on Mar 25, 2008 22:01:39 GMT -5
Cole flinched at all the stray mental images coming from the other two. "I'd . . . always hoped those rumors were just that." He said quietly.
"You and all the rest of us." Daws replied flatly. "But they're not. This lab Tiernan turned up is usin' a mutant for a guinea pig -- and we're gonna do something about it."
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Post by Jordanna on Mar 25, 2008 22:27:00 GMT -5
"We're goin' down ta try ta get that mutant before Tiernan can get to 'im," Sid rumbled darkly. "We know where the place is, but that's about all we know. Unless we can manage ta take away one of its guards on a little trip--an' you'd be willin' ta look into his brain for us."
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Post by skybright on Mar 25, 2008 22:32:54 GMT -5
Cole looked startled. "I . . . see." He fell silent for a moment, frowning meditatively.
Daws scowled. "I know that look. Before you give us any kind of runaround about how tough that'd be or the ethics of the situation or whatever else, think about one thing. Think about what you'd do if it was your sister trapped in there with those people."
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Post by Jordanna on Mar 25, 2008 22:35:31 GMT -5
" 'Cause every one of us is askin' that question about somebody we love," Sid added grimly. "An' we all get the same answer."
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Post by skybright on Mar 25, 2008 22:39:22 GMT -5
Cole smiled humorlessly. "Yes, I suppose we do." He spread his hands. "All right. Where is this place, exactly -- and how are we getting there?"
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Post by Jordanna on Mar 25, 2008 22:50:40 GMT -5
Sid shrugged one shoulder. "The rest of us are drivin' down to West Virginia, where that place is at. Major Vance is already settin' up the works. Fer you, though--we know your travelin's gotta be quick an' quiet. One of our guys got hold of a helicopter fer that."
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Post by skybright on Mar 25, 2008 22:55:12 GMT -5
Cole nodded. "I presume you're trying to beat Tiernan to the punch. I'll have Gloria clear my schedule for whenever you're planning to move -- I can make some excuse or another."
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Post by Jordanna on Mar 25, 2008 23:05:38 GMT -5
"We're tryin' ta get any more info we can taday, but we gotta take off about noon tamorrow," Sid replied. "You prob'ly don't need ta come that quick--won't be anythin' fer you ta do 'til we get our hands on a brain ya can pick."
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