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Post by tokra on Aug 1, 2010 18:11:38 GMT -5
He had to get started right away. Cain had to be stopped, and even though nobody's seen or heard from him in for months, it didn't mean he was just growing in power. He waited until the coast was clear, then headed down below the school. He had to see what made Cain, and then find out what breaks him.
He walked explored the lower area of the school until he came to the computer room. The repairs were complete and all the memory that was safely stored in Cerybro was back in the main computer. He walked up to the monitor and began to go to work. His first thing to look for was Cain, unfortunately he didn't know the last name. Everyone just knew him as Cain.
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Post by decemberfirst on Aug 2, 2010 15:37:27 GMT -5
Anya stood in the doorway silently and sighed. She stood barefooted and leaning against the doorpost as she watched him. After a while she shook her head, knowing that he probably had no idea what Cain's last name was, and that's what he needed. The only reason even Anya knew was because she happened to touch something that one of the X-Men had touched before her, so she saw a few of their memories. Cain was in those memories, and somehow his last name came up. She couldn't explain it, but she didn't intend on explain anything, especially when it came to her powers.
While she remembered those visions she stayed completely silent until she finally answered David's unasked question. As far as she knew, he might not even know she was there.
"Milena," she said simply, knowing he probably wouldn't have a clue what she meant by it.
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Post by tokra on Aug 2, 2010 15:46:40 GMT -5
He sighed as he tried looking through the files for anything that had the word "Cain" in it. Unfortunately there were well over a thousand files that had the subject on the word. He ran his fingers through his hair with aggravation. He didn't know what else to do, but suddenly jumped when he heard a voice speaking behind him. He quickly turn around and saw Anya standing there.
"Anya!" he breathed a sigh of relief, "Geeze don't sneak up on me like that, you'll give me a heart attack.
He stood there looking at her, wondering why she was here, but was also glad it was her and not somebody of the higher rankings. He knew she was in Paragon with a few others, and hoped that she wouldn't take advantage of him being in an unauthorized area without permission. But the word she spoke suddenly sunk into his head and his curious look grew even more curious.
"What was that word you said? Milena? What does that mean?"
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Post by decemberfirst on Aug 2, 2010 16:04:25 GMT -5
She smirked at his shocked face, and laughed slightly. Then she answered his question. "That's his last name."
Again, she could see his thoughts through his eyes. It was really starting to bug her, but she was getting used to it now. She hadn't gotten a chance to try out her mind reading on anyone else. After seeing what he thought, she narrowed her eyes at him.
"You know me better than that," she said, even though he didn't know she could read his mind now. "Just because I'm in Paragon doesn't mean I'm going to tell anyone about this." She wasn't really offended by it, but she still thought he was crazy if he thought she'd ever get him in trouble on purpose.
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Post by tokra on Aug 2, 2010 16:12:41 GMT -5
He was trying to figure out why she was there if she wasn't going to rat him out. Then it hit him, and he almost hit himself for forgetting. Their night at the beach, they had agreed to work together to find out about Cain. He must've forgotten after finally being reunited with his sister. Things were definitely crazy, but he still couldn't believe he had forgotten a night like that.
"Cain Milena...that's a pretty odd name."
He gave her an odd look, not because of what she said, but how the name sounded. He turned and began punching in the letters C-A-I-N M-I-L-E-N-A. The computer began it's search, and finally a file with face David had seen only once appeared on the screen. It was small, but maybe there was a hint or a clue inside he could see. He then stopped, realizing something he had missed about Anya's appearance.
"Wait a sec," he looked back to her, "How did you know I was thinking you might rat me out?"
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Post by decemberfirst on Aug 2, 2010 16:58:55 GMT -5
How could he forget about their deciding to work together to figure out Cain's weakness? How could he forget that night on the beach? Now that did offend her, even though not much ever hurt her feelings. Had that night only been special for her? Had he not felt how special that was...?
She managed to keep a smile on her face. She nodded when he said Cain Milena was an odd name.
Anya watched him type and walked over to get a better look. But then he turned back to her and asked how she knew he was thinking that before. She was hoping to avoid that question. She really wasn't sure herself. "Um... I'm not sure," she admitted. "It was just writen on your face, I guess." Only the second part was a lie, so she decided that she'd explain once she understood her new telepathic-like powers herself.
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Post by tokra on Aug 2, 2010 17:06:31 GMT -5
"Hey, I'm sorry I forgot about us. I've been busy trying to get my sister into the school and I completely forgot about everything else."
He really felt bad that he had forgotten, and he could tell she looked heart. When she walked over and stood next to him, he put an arm around her and gave him a small hug, hoping that would help make up for forgetting. That night was special to him in many ways, and as he started to think about it, he began to play it over in his head. The smile he had because of that night returning. When she said she didn't know about it, he could still feel she was hiding something but didn't want to push the issue. He turned back and opened the file on the computer screen.
"Great," he said with a sigh, "There's not much in here. Just his height, weight, what he looks like, like we need to remember that, but nothing specific."
He continued searching through the files, which only showed different articles that involved Cain over the past few months, even before he had attacked the mansion. There wasn't anything in the file he could use, but he kept searching. There had to be something inside here to give him a hint of at least where to go.
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Post by decemberfirst on Aug 2, 2010 17:11:58 GMT -5
Anya was relieved then but suddenly realized the rest of what he said. "You're sister? She's here?" she'd known something she'd touched had made her sense something about "Megs" but she'd just figured it was memories from David.
She hugged him back, seeing that that night really did mean something to him and she felt better. Then she scanned over the files with him, but couldn't find anything important. She sighed, too. "It was worth a shot, I guess. See anything worth noticing?"
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Post by tokra on Aug 2, 2010 17:19:29 GMT -5
"Yeah! Can you believe it?" he didn't mean to, but his smile and voice rose from his excitement, "Here I was trying to find her and she ended up finding me."
He quickly quieted, realizing his voice was carrying farther then he had intended. He clamped his lips shut, looking at Anya with a worried stare. When he was sure nobody was coming, he returned his focus to the screen. Anya mentioned that it was worth a shot and he couldn't help but nod. It looked like nothing was going to be found in the computer.
"Yeah, guess it was. Can't find anythi-" he then stopped, seeing something that caught his interest, it was a small part of the file that he had almost overlooked, but something about it caused him to look again. "Wait a sec...what's this? Cain had an affiliation with something before he went solo. Looks like he was part of the...Mutant Research Facility."
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Post by decemberfirst on Aug 2, 2010 22:52:35 GMT -5
"That's so great! I sure you've been dying to see her again," Anya smiled at him. Then she thought a moment, muttering quietly, "Now only if my brother would show up..." she hadn't really meant to say that out loud.
She glanced over them and started looking through the file beside him. She was bent over to see the screen better and her face was right beside his, almost resting on his shoulder. "MRF," she smiled still, but this time her tone was darker, more sarcastic. "There's a shocker."
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Post by tokra on Aug 2, 2010 22:58:05 GMT -5
"So that's what's been bugging you?" he looked to her curiously, "I didn't know you had a brother."
He looked back to the screen and looked over the information. Of course Cain would have been working for the MRF, it explained everything. When he felt Anya's head near him, he glanced at her. He could make out the curves of her cheekbone through her soft skin. Something caught his sense of smell from her. He didn't know if it was perfume or something she had used in the shower. Wow he thought to himself she smells great.
"Yeah go figure, and here I thought he was just doing some remodeling." he said, giving a small chuckle.
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Post by decemberfirst on Aug 2, 2010 23:03:45 GMT -5
She suddenly realized she'd mentioned her brother out loud and nodded. "Yeah, he lied to our parents. He brought me here when I was five, but then he took off for New York City. He's 25 now, and I haven't seen him in... well, a long time."
She felt his eyes on her then, and glanced into his eyes just quick enough to catch that he thought she smelled great. She chewed her lip, holding back a laugh and figured it might be best if she didn't respond to his thoughts that time.
When he chuckled, she nodded and stood up straight now, pacing slightly. "But does that help us any? The MRF isn't really much of a weakness... is it?" she cocked one eyebrow, a small smile still on her face, as she turned back to him.
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Post by tokra on Aug 3, 2010 10:37:14 GMT -5
"Maybe we can go looking for him once we're done with this."
He turned and looked to her with a smile, noticing her chewing her lip. She looked cute that way, and he watched as she started pacing. She was right, would just knowing where he his be anything special? Just because he was part of the MRF doesn't mean anything does it? Unless....
"What if that's what we're looking for." he sat there thinking, "The MRF has info on every mutant out there, so it's bound to have what we need if we want to find Cain's weak spot."
He turned in the chair towards the monitor again, closing Cain's file and opening a map. He punched in the info for the MRF. The world map appeared and closed in on an area in New York. The red flashing dot appearing to point out where the MRF building was. David's eyes lite up, but then turned mischevious, the smile showing the same emotion.
"Anya," he said, turning the look on his face towards her, "How would you like to do something really crazy?"
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Post by decemberfirst on Aug 3, 2010 14:06:03 GMT -5
"Maybe," she was doubtful that they would be able to find him. He was the kind of guy who liked to shut himself out of everything. The only person he ever really liked was Anya. You could only find him if he wanted to be found.
She turned and looked at him with a confused but curious look as he starting thinking out loud about the MRF. Then she walked back over as he turned back to the monitor and began entering information. Then he faced her and she avoided his eyes so she wouldn't read his mind again. That was still worrying her. Then she smirked as he asked her to do something crazy.
"Whatever it is, I'm in."
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Post by tokra on Aug 4, 2010 17:34:49 GMT -5
He smiled, standing up when she said she was in either way. He turned around and printed out the information to where the MRF building was, then took it and folded it up under his arm. He smiled and walked over to Anya.
"Come on, it's time we checked this Research Facility out." he gave her a small wink then started walking from the room. His goal was to go to the facility and get whatever information he was going to need to find out how to take Cain down for good. He didn't know what he'd find in there, but he didn't want to let others know where they were heading either. Chances are they'd tried to stop the two and he didn't want that.
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