An hour later, Rogue and Logan were sitting in the back room of the Silver Dragon going over the information they had received.
“You sure this info’s legit?” Rogue asked.
“Yeah, the info’s good. We were gonna make a move of the lab but...” Shockwave trailed off, looking at Logan.
Seeing him looking at Logan, Rogue rushed in to assure, “Its okay. He can be trusted, ya have mah word.”
After studying Logan for a minute, he asked, “How can you be so sure? The way I heard it, you was hired to kill him.”
“The people who hired meh were working fahr that lab. It was a set-up. Ah was ta kill him and then become their prized animal. Ah’ve got him in mah head, so ah know ah can trust him.” Rogue answered. “Besides, ah’ve heard the story of how Jessie and Chris met. She tried ta kill him.”
“He wasn’t her target, he just got in her way,” Shockwave said with a chuckle. “Fine Rogue. If you trust him, it’s good enough for me.”
“Ah do, Shocks.”
“Okay, like I was saying, we were gonna make a move on the lab, but before we had the chance to, Chris and Jessie were called home and we don’t move without them. But I guarantee you, the info’s good.”
“How can you be so sure?” Logan asked, chopping on a cigar.
“We’ve got someone on the inside.”
“And you sure they're not jerking ya around?” Logan asked.
“Positive,” came the one word answer.
“How? How can you be sure that this person isn’t playing ya? They might know you're a mutant and this all could be a trap, feeding ya the info just so their can capture ya,” Logan demanded.
“The information is good,” Shockwave barked. “We ain’t a bunch of amateurs, dressing up in black leather trying to change the world, and doing fuck all.”
“You wanted to know if ya could trust me, how do we know if we can trust you. For all we know, we could be walking into a trap that your informant is setting up,” Logan barked back.
“Ah trust them Logan,” Rogue interjected but was ignored amidst the testosterone battle going on.
“You want to know how we can be sure that our informant isn’t setting us up.”
“Yeah, how can you be sure? You trust this person so much, why?” Logan asked.
“We don’t trust him. Hell, we don’t even like him.”
“Then how can you trust the info he gives you?”
“Cause he doesn’t know he’s our informant,” Shockwave yelled.
“What?” Logan replied.
“We’re not Xavier, or the X-Men. We don’t play by your rules. The morals that Xavier preaches don’t mean shit to us. The reason we're so sure that our information is accurate is because the guys have no clue they're giving it.” Shockwave explained. “We grabbed some of the guards that work in the lab, ripped there minds apart, and took what we wanted. Then we put it back together and left them none the wiser.”
Logan and Shockwave stared at each other, sizing the other up.
“Man, ah miss Jessie. She’d have kicked the shit out of both of ya by now,” Rogue said. “Right, now we know the info’s legit, are you two done with the macho pissing contest? “
Logan grunted in affirmation. Shockwave nodded his head and had the grace to look guilty.
“Good, we need a plan. One with maximum amount of damage and casualties on their side and minimal on ours,” Rogue said. “Ah’m thinking chaos, destruction, bloodshed, and maybe some death.”
“I get nervous when she starts channelling Jessie,” Shockwave groaned.
Logan agreed, though he had no idea who Jessie was.
“Shocks, sugah, ah’m guessing that you’ve already got some plans in place,” Rogue said, taking charge.
“Yeah, we’ve got transport in place, a few nifty little gadgets designed to cause mayhem. We have the schedule for the place, what time the guards change, the Doctor’s routine. We also got post-operative plans in place. But Rogue, we aren’t gonna be much use to ya. We’re spread all over, most of us have been called back home. If ya get the prisoners out of the labs we can take care of them, but that’s about all we can do at the moment. We’re spread too thin.”
“We can take care of the rest,” Rogue assured him. “If you can look after the prisoners, meh and Logan can take care of the guards and doctors.”
“That’s fine with us. We have plans in place for the prisoners, they’ll be fine.”
“How do we get there? Ya said you had transport,” Logan asked.
Shockwave smiled. “You don’t think the X-Men are the only ones with a plane, do ya?”
“Let’s go,” Rogue said. “We don’t have a lot of time. Sandbank and Burton were supposed ta check in in a few hours. When they don’t, they’ll know something is wrong. Ah wanna hit them before they know what’s happening.”
“Everything’s ready at the hanger. The plane will be fuelled by time we get there. I’ll drive.”
Grabbing what they needed, Rogue and Logan followed Shockwave out of the bar.
*~*~*
Arriving at the hanger, Shockwave packed the car and led Rogue and Logan to the plane.
Logan looked at the plane in shock. “When ya said ya had a plane, this wasn’t what I was expecting.”
“What, you expecting a state of the art jet that’s all flash?” Rogue asked with a laugh.
“Wasn’t expecting this,” Logan repeated. “It looks like an army cargo plane.”
“Its suppose to,” Shockwave told him. “There’s an army base not far from the lab. Planes fly over all the time delivering supplies; they don’t think anything of it. So even if we are spotted, no one will think anything of it.”
“We ready ta go?” Rogue asked.
“Yeah. Everything’s been loaded on to the plane,” Shockwave said. Handing her a black rucksack he told her, “These are electronic disrupter devices. Once you're in range, set them off and they will knockout any and all surveillance equipment. It’ll also disrupt their communications.”
“Thanks,” Rogue said, taking the bag off of him. The three of them climbed into the plane.
“You coming with, Shocks?”
“Yeah. I’m gonna take care of the aftercare.”
Logan noticed a few more people on the plane.
“What’re they doing here? Who’re they?” he asked.
“Clean-up,” Shockwave answered. “They're gonna make sure any prisoner we... you rescue are taken care of properly. Buckle up, we’re about to take off.”
Logan looked at him in disbelief. “With what? There’s no seatbelts, hell, they are no seats.”
“Then hold on tight,” Rogue giggled. “Not ta meh,” she cried when Logan grabbed hold of her.
Once they were in the air, Logan turned to Rogue and stared at her intently.
“What?” She asked, aware of his gaze upon of her.
“How do you know them?”
“Who?”
“The Dragon Samurai's” he replied.
A smile lit up Rogue’s face. “Ya finally figured out who they are then.”
“Yeah. Ya gonna answer me, darlin’?”
“Ah’ll tell ya anything,” Rogue returned.
“What’s ya real name?” Logan asked.
“'Cept that.”
“Why not?” Logan asked in frustration.
“Cause that girl don’t exist anymore, she hasn’t in a long time. Rogue is who ah am.”
“Fine, then answer how ya know the Dragon Samurai’s,” Logan asked again.
“A little over two years ago, just after ah had started mah illustrious career, ah was hired ta kill a woman, a mutant. Apparently, she could cause more trouble than you. Anyway, ah tracked her down ta a bar in Chicago and ah waited til she was alone, then ah attacked. Back then ah was as arrogant as you could get...” she trailed off seeing Logan’s smirk.
“Ah know shocking init? Ah was convinced that with mah mutation ah could put anyone down.”
“So what happened?” Logan asked gruffly.
“Ah attacked her, and she kicked mah ass in under a minute, knocked meh out cold. Ah woke the next day locked in a cell. After ranting and raving at her, she opened the cell door, threw the money ah’d been promised if ah killed her at meh, and told meh the person who hired meh was dead and ta get the hell out of there and go home.”
“What’d ya do?”
“Ah refused. Ah wanted ta know who she was. Ah’d seen a lot at that point, but ah’d never seen anyone move like her. Eventually she realized ah wasn’t going anywhere, that ah was gonna continue on the path ah was on.”
“What did she do?” Logan asked.
“She trained meh,” Rogue answered. “She knew ah wasn’t gonna stop, so she decided that if she couldn’t stop meh from being an assassin, then she could make sure that ah knew what ah was doing. It took over six months, but she taught meh everything ah needed ta know.”
“Jessie?” Logan asked, but already knew the answer.
“Yeah, Jessie. Well, Jessie and Chris. Though you might know them as Shadow and Inferno,” Rogue told him.
“I’ve heard the names and some of the stories that go with them. They’re said to be insane,” Logan said.
“Oh, that they are,” Shockwave interjected. “You two ready? We're nearly there. We’re getting ready to land.”
“Yeah we’re good to go,” Logan said.
*~*~*
After the plane landed, Rogue and Logan hiked the short distance to the lab. Standing behind some trees, they observed the lab they were about to attack.
Taking a deep breath, Logan asked, “ya ready darlin’?”
“Yeah sugah ah'm ready. Let’s go,” Rogue answered.
Logan grabbed hold of Rogue and pulled her to him. He crashed his lips to hers in a lip-bruising kiss, only breaking the kiss when a lack of oxygen became a problem.
“Let’s do this,” he said, leading the way, Rogue following behind.
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Author's Chapter Notes:
Thanks to CaffineYankee for the speedy beta. Here you go White Dove I promised you a new chapter at the weekend, and for once I'm on time. There is a couple more chapter's to go before this is complete.