Kate Pryde smiled to herself slightly as the helicopter came down, the wind stirring the hair of her companion. Her own silvery metallic form was largely unaffected, though she used her holographic systems to make the illusion that she was fittingly messy. "Hope that the Weird Happenings Organization knows what it's doing, transporting him like this," Rachel murmured, her red hair falling into her eyes. "It's a combat chopper," Kate noted, "armed and shielded. Of course if the Marauders hit it, all bets are off." "Which is why I'm shadowing them once they leave," Britannia said, standing nearby. Lisa Garrison had her helm off, her blonde hair flowing in the breeze and dressed in the stylized union jack designed mystical costume. "You sure you're going to be all right?" Rachel asked her, feeling a flash of concern for her teammate. Since they still didn't know each other all that well she was a bit surprised that she felt that worried, honestly. "Widget," Lisa nodded to Kate, "rigged me up a holographic cloaking system, just for this mission. They'll never know I'm there." "Here they go," Kate called their attention to the scene not far away. Dani Moonstar and Rahne Sinclair escorted the bound Bezerker over to the vehicle, both of them very wary as they passed him over to the government troops. He was loaded on, the door slid shut then with a almost eerie silence the copter was off. "The pilot's nervous," Rachel softly murmured, accidentally catching a stray thought from the man at the controls. "I'm off," Lisa pulled her helm on after giving the vehicle a chance to get some distance. Britannia smoothly rose as she added, "I'll use the radio if the Marauders hit, but Rachel, could you maintain a telepathic link as well?" "No problem," Rachel reassured her. Pressing a control on her wristband Britannia seemed to become almost semi transparent.. then she was simply gone, only the soft noise of her passage through the air remaining. "Don't worry too much," Kate calmly offered as they walked back into the Muir Island Research Station, "the suit's forcefields should protect her." "I guess I just don't like the idea of one of us shadowing them all alone," Rachel conceded, using her keycard to open the door. "I don't entirely disagree," Kate agreed, "but the cloak gets less effective with the more people it covers. Pete made the best decision he could, just sending one of us." "I know," Rachel sighed, "but I still don't like it." "That's one of the things I love about you," Kate murmured as she looked down at her adoringly, "your compassion." "Kate," Rachel blushed. The two entered the main meeting room where various team members waited, curious to see what might happen. Lisa's elven lover Llyan paced in one corner while Dani and Rahne sat at the table, drinking coffee. Jackie Crighton was by the main screen, the helicopter and Britannia represented by glowing icons as Pete smoked away, watching for trouble. "Grr." Lockheed the dragon grumbled softly, landing on Kate's shoulder smoothly. "Rahne, did you scent anything unusual on them?" Pete asked thoughtfully, the black haired man stubbing out a cigarette. The redheaded werewolf shook her head. "No," Rahne said, "though my senses in my human form aren't much better than yours." "You're worried about something with the WHO copter?" Kate asked, frowning slightly as she walked over to the table. "Just running through the possibilities," Pete admitted, "thinking of how I'd try to pull a breakout for someone like Bezerker." "Like replacing a member of the police?" Dani asked, her long black hair flowing down her back. The native American woman was in her team uniform, as was Rahne, the similar clothes making them look even more like a couple. "I actually pulled that stunt a few years back," Pete said mildly, "when I had to help bust a Black Air operative out of the United States facility, the Vault." "So what do you think they'll try?" Jackie asked, her white hair shining. She smiled, "Assuming they're as evil minded as you are." "If they really intend to bust Bezerker out they'll have to hit the copter on the way there," Pete said as he considered the problem, "the WHO secure facility is a too tough nut to crack. The biggest question is where they'll try." "Not over the water," Rachel said flatly, "too risky." "So somewhere over Scotland," Rahne mused as she looked up at the map on the video screen, "or on the way over England?" "Too bad there's no way to narrow it down much," Dani frowned, "even knowing the copter's route won't help us much." Kate stopped, the oddest look on her face. "Rachel," she said softly, "when you said the pilot felt nervous, did you think it was unusually so?" Rachel blinked, then her eyes visibly widened a little. "Oh hell," she muttered before asking, "you don't think...?" "You think they got to the pilot somehow?" Pete figured it out a second later. He turned and studied the screen once again before asking, "Is the pilot following the flight plan WHO sent us?" "No," Jackie realized as she used the keyboard to run a quick comparison, "they're veering off to the left." "Sorry Kate, but it's days like this I wish we had a jet," Pete growled softly, glaring up at the two slowly moving blips. Kate wasn't really offended, she understood what he meant. As a teleporter she could get the team wherever, but they couldn't do things like tail an adversary as a group. Instead they had to wait until they got somewhere before they could act. "Britannia, do you read me?" Jackie decided to risk breaking the radio silence, picking up a headset and speaking into a microphone. "Yes?" Britannia answered crisply. "We believe that the Marauders may have compromised the helicopter pilot," Jackie reported their speculations grimly. "Crap,." Britannia said softly. There was a moment of silence, "Then tailing them still makes sense, I think." "Just be careful," Jackie cautioned softly. "If anything does happen with the 'copter," Pete spoke up, "do not engage whoever might be attacking, just radio us your location. If this is the Marauders doing, trying to stop them on your own would be just foolish." "Understood," Britannia answered before signing off. Jackie seemed to disappear, then in a burst of speed returned dressed in her new team uniform. It looked much like her old Spitfire costume, with a simple gold bodysuit and bright red gloves and boots. In addition she wore a simple black jacket with red flame trim over it, an 'X' patch on the shoulder. Seeing the curious glances of her teammates she smiled, "I figure if there's any trouble, I'd better be dressed appropriately." "Looks good," Kate gave her a thumbs up. "M'lord," Llyan bowed to Pete, the willowy figure laying a hand on the sword she wore at her side, "if these foul brigands do attack, I wish to join the battle." Pete reflexedly opened his mouth to protest, then closed it thoughtfully. He had run into the sidhe in battle once, and barely lived to tell the tale... more importantly, Llyan had a very personal stake in any fight. "All right," he said, "but you obey orders in the field, Llyan. I don't want a Marauder dead because he looked at Lisa wrong." "As you wish," Llyan bowed once again.
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