Kim got up and began to pace the room. She felt like she was being watched somehow.
Paranoid she shrugged it off.
"Get a grip girl" she said aloud, trying to calm herself.

Looking around her room, it was large but sparse. All it had was a bed, a small unit and the bathroom area. Curiously she went over to the small unit and opened up each drawer.

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(Barrr-ump)

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After showing Lucifuge his room, Icefire approached two mutant guards and said, "Guard these doors. If anything sounds, looks, or feels suspecious, alert me and Magneto. Understood?" The two guards nodded and Icefire continued to walk through the hallways.

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I was cured all right.

Lucifuge stepped inside with a slight murmer of approval. Simple. No different then his other room.
He slumped down, lighting up a cigarette just to one side of the door.
"Well ... I'm here..."

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"Rock N' Roll is the only relgion that never lets you down!" ~ Lemmy Kilmister

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Tempest found nothing in the small bedside unit. Bored, she got up and began to pace again. She was sure she'd been here for hours. definetly felt like hours she mused to herself.
She realised she was actually hungry, she'd left Apocalypses stronghold so quickly she hadn't had time to eat or drink anything.
She decided to try her luck and began to bang on the room door.

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Dani considered Icefire's question. "Give me a day," she said finally. Scaling down electronics was a tricky business - there was a limit to how small one could make things. Sure, she could stack molecules on top of one another to make a physical replica, but then nuclear forces might begin to override the electromagnetic ones.

After Lucifuge had been deposited in his room, she left Icefire and Magneto, heading for the computer lab. On her way downstairs, she passed by Tempest's room, where the guards stood unperturbed by the banging on the door. It didn't sound motivated by anger, though.

She stopped and called through: "Oblige me and make this quick. I have work to do." It was, she realized, the first direct contact she'd had with either of the mutants, even though this one couldn't see her.

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Tempest heard the voice. at long last someone answered me
"Don't much like talking to a door, but" she paused feeling a tad ridiculous
"Listen, can we talk face to face please..this is off putting. I promise I won't do anything I'm not supposed to"

Kim waited for a response, hoping the door would open.

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Icefire heard the banging on the door in Tempest's room and went towards it. Dani was already there. Icefire asked Tempest, "What do you want?"

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I was cured all right.

Kim rolled her eyes why won't you just open the door? and sighed
"I need something to do. I'm bored and I haven't eaten all day."
Taking a few steps back from the door she spoke up "You know..you can open the door. I won't bite"

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Icefire called one of the mutants and said, "She's hungry. Get her something to eat." He turned towards the door and said, "Well, what can I do? You are a prisoner. Don't expect to get luxuries from your jailors."

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I was cured all right.

Tempest stood with her hands on her hips and replied
"I'm not expecting luxuries. I just want, need something to do. I thought you wanted information. We gonna swap notes under the door, or are we actually going to communicate like adults?"

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"Information can wait," Icefire said coldly. "When the time comes, we will ask of you and your knowledge. Fine, tell what you want to do and I will consider it." He grew tired of talking with this mad lady and did not regret the decision on putting the HALO on her.

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I was cured all right.

Kim smiled slightly, sensing his frustration.
"You know what I want. I want to see John. I get to see him, I'll give you all the information you want."

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Icefire saw the mutant coming, carrying a plate of chicken legs, green beans, and a roll along with a cup of wine, and said, "Try this: when we ask your for information and get sastifactory answers, you can talk to your brute of a boyfriend." He took the plate and the cup from the mutant, thanked him, and opened a small latch in the door. He tucked the food through the latch, locked it and said, "Bon appetit."

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I was cured all right.

Kim took the tray and spoke through the door toward Icefire
"Define 'satisfactory' ?" she asked before continuing
She looked down at the cup of wine and curled her lip in disgust before a smile crept back and she walked back to the bed and sat down. Putting the tray to one side.
Rummaging through the bag she brought she found a small bottle, she opened it and sniffed it. A smile of real pleasure on her lips.
"That'll do nicely"

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If Tempest had said anything, it was useless. Icefire was already gone into his chambers. Based on his team's performance eariler, he was able to group them into teams where they could support each other more easily. With that in mind, he began formulating possible tactics.

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I was cured all right.