They departed as the sun fell low in the sky, landing the jet several miles from the base and making their way on foot. They sighted the dam just as the sun was peeking over the horizon, golden rays beginning to filter through the rich green of the pine forest and glinting off of snow ( Read more... )

[ooc; This is set during the AU Timeline Plot.]
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It was no secret that Erik had a certain amount of distaste for mercenaries: people with no loyalty to anyone. Or, if anything, loyalty that was cheaply bought and sold ( Read more... )

The sun was just coming up, tinting the sky a brighter blue than it had been minutes before, when Aurora came back to the mansion. Her shoes were in her hands, high heels that would have been a pain to run in. They had been her favorites when she worked in the Hellfire club, the best to make her legs look perfect for the clientele. That felt ( Read more... )

When Victor suddenly jolted awake to find himself back in the mansion, he was in the worse mood he had ever been in. What the fuck was that shit? He was still floored and offended over everything that went down. Seeing his old squad again, together and wrecking havoc, tossing shit eating grins at him was enough to infuriate him all over again. How ( Read more... )

She couldn't remember falling asleep. Since arriving in 1985, she hadn't even closed her eyes. There was far too much to be heard, even when it seemed no one was close by, she could still hear the whispers coming through the vents, which had travelled through the pipes from unknown room outside where she was being held captive.

Bella's eyes flashed ( Read more... )

Somehow someway the mansion has changed yet again. Calendars up on the wall says 1985. Something seems amiss though. Downstairs an army has just broken through. This is all familiar. Another attack. Another break on the house ( Read more... )

[Takes place during the party]

Bella and Victor had set out to find something a little stronger to drink, and what they found was easily defined as the motherload. It was in one of the smaller studies that they unlocked a cabinet and found six or so unopened bottles of different variaties of rye whiskey and scotch. She glanced up at her accomplice ( Read more... )

It was pretty much a spur of the moment decision. He had been downstairs in the kitchen eating breakfast when the mysterious little smile curled into his lips. Charles got up, placed his dishes in the sink, and went in search for the perfect partner in crime.

Kayla.

The professor remained vague at first, telling her that he needed someone to go " ( Read more... )

She'd spent the first week learning every bit about the mansion where she stayed, both inside and out. The second was reserved in getting to know some of the people inside it. Not everyone. Just a few. It was more her style to remain unseen, or as much as she could given the circumstances ( Read more... )