Tricity opened the door to the War Room and patiently waited for the others to arrive as she sat at the head of the long table in one of the leather chairs. She mentally turned on the computer equipment, which in turn started the air conditioning. The coffee maker also bubbled to life and she couldn't wait to have a cup.

"I hope he's true to what he says..." Tricity said, speaking of Tattoo.

Kaine walked around the corner of the lower mansion when he saw the open door to the danger room and tricity in side he stepped in and said "Hey tric hows it going i havent talked to you in ages" he said walking in to the room "We the only ones here for the meeting so far" kaine said in a tone of disaprovment that the others were'nt here allread "Coffee" he said sitting down on the desk looking at the coffee pot the shadow around it sprang into life and lifted it and poured it into two cups what disapeared into the shadow and apeared next to kaine and one next to tricity.

"There you go. Good news. I've past my pilots test acording to the danger room and ive done extra training on evasive manouvours sorry if i've been hogging the danger room, So any news on those sub lessons ive been bored and need stuff to kepp me ocupied

"I've only called the meeting a little while ago. Plus, I don't know where all the X-Men are." She took the coffee with appreciation and a smile. "Thanks. Congrats on passing the test. We def need a driver and pilot. I can't do it anymore...I should be having the baby any day now, so I'll have substitute lessons ready for you."

She took a sip of the drink and then turned to him. "How are you doing since...?" Tricity was referring to the Whitmore incident.

"Fine, To tell the truth I feel guilty for being so ussless i barely did anything, I still havent found out everthing i did that night." Kaine drank his coffee and looked at Tricity "Thanks the lessons will keep me busy. So whats this meeting about then" Kaine said adjusting his boots so his knife sat more comfortably against his ankel

Tricity shook her head at Kaine. "Don't worry about what happened, alright? About the meeting...there's a man named Tattoo who formerly, or not so formerly, worked for Whitmore and Fusionist. He's here at the mansion and has told a few of us that they are kidnapping mutants off the street and experimenting on them. They're also auctioning the mutants off to the highest bidder." She paused and sighed. "Hopefully we can come up with a few ideas. A young girl named Ruby is sitting in on the meeting to help us understand Fusionist and Tattoo more. She was once in their labs, unfortunately."

"Why is he here he should be strung up and shot" Kaine said with pasion he had been to whitmore labs and they werebad enough Kaine drank his coffee trying to calm him down

"Your seriously not thinking of letting him in are you"

"Well, actually...yes. But with constant surveillance. Why would he be giving all this info to us if he didn't mean to help out? I don't know." The others began coming in and Tricity said hello, ushering them to their seats. "So...is everyone briefed? Any questions?"

((I love NPCing Ruby.))

Ruby's fox ears were flat on her head as she walked in and sat towards the side. She wanted to help them understand Fusionist better but at the same time she didnt want to relive it all over again. The thirteen year old's fingers drummed nervously against her knee.

"Miss tipper how much do you all need to know about tattoo...do I have to tell you everything that he has done," Ruby asked in a pained voice. "Because I really dont want to relive every needle, and every scapel he used on me."

"I don't think that'll be necessary," Mike said, reassuringly, looking to Tricity for confirmation. "Just... give us the highlights."

Fade scuttled into the room, she had followed Tattoo, but wanted to be in on the meeting. However, she was not sure if Tricity wanted her to come to the meeting or continue watching him. She turned visible and let go of the ceiling with her feet and hung there on her hands before letting go and landing on her feet with a slight thud.

"Miss Tipper, do you want me to continue watching him or join on in the meeting?" She wanted to make sure.

"What fade is the constant survelience on him? No offence but this is screwed up you let a known villian in to the school and you expect a 16 year old to follow him I knows shes an Xman but shes still a kid?"

Kaine felt strongly on this issue if they let a known ex-associate of whitmores in who was next.

"No offence to you Fade but we need better survelence on him than a sixteen year old kid."

"How much surveilance were you under when you were a bomb about to go off? If you dont have a better idea, let's move on with the meeting," Mike shot back. He'd seemed visibly agitated since the talk with Tattoo, and only grew more so as time went by.

Ruby meekly nodded at Mike. "Umm Mike before I start telling you about Tattoo I have to tell you I think Emmy is out with Johnny again cause I cant find her anywhere." Ruby sighed

((Tattoo elaboration will begin in next post))

Mike closed his eyes, taking a deep breath. "Wonderful... wonderful. I'll track her down after the meeting. Any idea how long she's been gone?"

Tricity sighed. "Of course...so many people out of the mansion today. All right, let's figure out what we're gonna do. Like I said downstairs, just keep an eye out on Tattoo. Try to be discrete as well."

She turned to Kaine to explain the decision. "Look, Fade isn't an X-Man, but her mutation is very helpful to us right now. She's capable of doing this job."

After a quick nod to Fade, Tricity turned to Ruby. "I want you to explain everything you know about Tattoo and Fusionist now that everyone is here, please."