Nathan sat, his back pressed to the wall, and he looked-- straight at the baby, who was sleeping quietly. Right. There were diapers. The security system was back in place the way it had to be.

And he had the baby.

Now was the time to start keeping some promises.

He dialed the number, wedged the phone between his shoulder and his ear, and ( waited for someone to pick up. )

The compound had been found with some ease.

The baby was inside.

You could tell by the large quantities of mutants, grouping up and ready for a fight just outside.

Luckily, Xavier knew a better entrance...

( In which 'sneaky' gets a whole new meaning. )

The jet was hidden amongst the foilage-- pretty much untracable. Unless you knew where to look.

As far as Cable went, it was... fitting.

( Xavier brushed the leaves aside, revealing the Blackbird's sleek lines. )

It was substantially less cold in Texas.

( So Cable sat down by the side of the road. )

It was cold, but the sky was clear. The trees were packed heavy with snow, the animals were hidden safely in their nests...

( And Cable ran. )

Everything had led up to this.

The ... distraction of his death (unplanned or not). The tracker (and message) he´d planted on Typhoid. The return of his powers. The teleportation harness, purposefully misrouted to his store.

All of it dating back, unwittingly or not-- to a single choiceBut that was life ( Read more... )