On the journey from New York to Washington, Haylie had a lot on her mind. Like how they found her in the first place. Or why the hell the people who seemed to hate mutants wanted to recruit her to the military. But, then again, she was a walking weapon. So... scratch that second part. Once the car pulled into the base, however, she was shaken from
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"You're new,"Nicky looked at her cautiously. He didn't want trouble with the guards but he didn't want anything to happen to her.
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"Kinda obvious, don't you think?" She replied slowly, giving the kid the once-over and arching a brow, confused. "Aren't you a little young to be livin' here?"
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He patted Razi's head rubbing between his oversized ears. "Have you met any of the others yet?"
Nicky wondered if he was the first she'd met. It was interesting seeing the reactions the other members of the team could cause.
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"You'd be the first, kid." Glancing down at the dog, she tilted her head and offered her hand for the animal to sniff.
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"Stand down soldiers and return to your base immediately." Pulling rank Ethan took little pleasure in seeing them all scatter, after they'd saluted their superior and uttered quick apologies with a sir, yes sir thrown in.
Waiting till they'd gone Ethan addressed Collins. "I am Captain Sykes, military personnel incharge of this camp. You must be Collins. If you'd like to follow me I'll take you to your accomodation quarters and give you a tour."
As ever Ethan was polite, texan drawl tugging at his words but very much to the point.
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"Which are you, Captain?" She asked, her stunningly green eyes meeting his directly. She wasn't intentionally trying to appear standoffish; it just tended to happen with her. Haylie blamed it on being a New Yorker.
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With a cursory glance towards where the soldiers from earlier had gone. "Apart from them. I did not choose them."
Hopefully that would keep her satisfied.
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Pausing to consider how that sounded, she looked back at the Captain. She held up a gloved hand before he could speak. "I don't need powers to do that, either."
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"Little excessive, don't y'think?"
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"Seein' as I just got here and this place is huge? I haven't the slightest damn clue." Ah, sarcasm. It was a beautiful thing.
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So, being bored was the lesser of two evils.
Watching some new chick be 'escorted' onto base was almost the highlight of the day. And that told him that holy shit, he needed to get a life. Stat. As it was, just watching was fine -it wasn't like he was hiding in bushes or anything, leaning against a wall was more than fine for seeing what was going on.
He couldn't help but chuckle when the female lost her cool with the guards and mouthed off though.
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The last thing she wanted to do was play the "mutant" card, but she could only be pushed so far. And with all the energy building up in her body, right now was a bad time to be upsetting her.
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The first few weeks of Pyro's stay at the lovely camp had been spent in and out of the brig before he really just got bored with it all. "Best thing to threaten them with is ratting to Sykes that they were trying to get their freak on, while on duty."
See, Pyro could be helpful, he could be considerate -he was still bored out his mind.
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The soldiers' uncomfortable response to the threat was enough to cause Haylie to grin. "I think I can take it from here. You're dismissed. I suggest y'start attendin' sexual harassment seminars while you're at it." She waved off the soldiers with her gloved hands and glanced over her shoulder at Pyro. "Thanks."
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He approached the woman looking friendly enough, but also with a nice healthy dose of caution. Not all who showed up at this camp were sweetness and light and the impression of the military guards escorting her only added to the warning bells set to go off in Bradley's head at a moment's notice.
"Everything all right over here?" He asked, directing his question towards Haylie.
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"Oh, sure. I was just politely askin' these idiots to back the hell off." Sarcasm. Another trademark trait Haylie boasted.
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He addressed the soldiers. "Fellas, why don't you leave the nice lady alone? Unless you'd like to be without use of any of any electronic for the next week and a half." Sure, compared to the rest of the team, his powers were a joke, but he could still make life fairly uncomfortable for anyone who liked the modern comforts of things like electricity or telephones.
When they backed off, not without much grumbling, he turned to Haylie. "I'd apologize for your first impression of the camp, but unfortunately, there's worse than the likes of them around here."
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"Name's Haylie. Thank you for that. Nice to see chivalry ain't completely dead."
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