X-Men: Trinity

Chapter Eight: Infiltration

Two soldiers stand aside as another enters the dingy room in the underground facility. He walks up to Stryker, who sits in front of several monitors, typing in information. Yuriko stands to the slide, slightly behind him. "Sir." The soldier says. "The machine has been completed to all specifications."

"Good." Stryker answers. He looks at the surveillance monitor, watching the captured students. He sees a young boy; Artie touch the wall, only to be harshly shocked. The other children jump back at his yelp of pain and Artie shakes off the pain in his hand. Stryker lets out an amused chuckle at the sight.

The soldier looks at the screen. "If I may ask, sir, why are we keeping the children here?"

"I'm a scientist, Sergeant Lyman. When I build a machine, I wanna make sure that it's working."

The Blackbird sits in a snowy clearing. Inside, storm stands in front of the group, pointing to holographic images. "All right, this is a topographic map of the dam. This is the spillway. You see these density changes in the terrain? They're tire tracks." She explains.

"That's the entrance." Logan says.

Storm nods. "Mmhmm." She switches to a different image. "And this shows the depth of the ice covering the ground." A different image appears. "Now, this is recent water activity." Logan stares at the image with a contemplative look on his face.

"If we go in, Stryker could flood the spillway." Jean says.

Storm looks at Kurt. "Can you teleport inside?"

"No." Kurt says, shaking his head. "I have to be able to see where I'm going; otherwise I could wind up inside a wall."

"I'll go." Logan speaks. The others turn to him. "I've a hunch he'll want me alive."

"Wolverine." Magneto calls, getting Logan's attention. "Whoever goes into the dam needs to be able to operate the spillway mechanism. What do you intend to do?" He asks, walking towards the man. "Scratch it with your claws?"

Logan steps towards him. "I'll take my chances."

"But I won't." He says, turning to look at Mystique, who smirks.

Mystique is about to walk out of the Blackbird when a hand grabs hers. She turns around and sees Trinity.

Trinity looks at the blue-skinned woman. "Be careful." She says.

Mystique gives her a small smile before lifting her hand and caressing Trinity's cheek. "I always am." She says. "Once I'm in, it's you I'm worried about. Are you sure you can handle this elf?" She asks, letting her hand fall.

Trinity chuckles. "I can handle a few soldiers." She smiles at Mystique. "I had a good teacher." She says, making Mystique smile. "And my name is Dark Elf."

"Dark Elf?" Mystique asks. "Interesting."

"Just wait until you see me in action." She says. "Now go. If you die, I'm telling mom."

"If you die, your mother will kill me herself." Mystique says before leaving.

'Logan' walks through the dark tunnels of the dam.

A soldier watches Logan on the monitors. "Sir, there's someone coming down the spillway." He says. Stryker gets out of his seat and comes to look at the monitor. "I'm flooding it."

"Wait." Stryker says.

'Logan' looks at the entrance into the facility and holds out his arms. "Stryker!" He yells, his voice echoing through the tunnel. He steps closer to the entrance and sees a camera above it. "Stryker!" He calls again.