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Lizz shrugged hearing Mtystiques announcement and started back towards their waiting transportation. Wasn't much of a test as far as she was concerned. Looked like a standard let's make a deal set up that turned in their favor. She fell into step next to Albel and heard his comment about boring. "I'm sure the next one is going to be more of a challenge." She said with a shrug.

Conner saw Victoria playing with the seat and mirrors as he walked towards her. AS he closed with the convertible he realised that he was going to have to walk over to the other side to get in, even though he had a sudden temptation to slide across the bonnet of the car, TJ Hooker style. He walked arounf the back and, gripping the latch end of the door, he vaulted over the door and into the seat.

"I'm back." he said with a little flourish and dumped the bag at his feet. "Let's mush." He added and grabbed the fleece from the bag anf pulled the store tags before putting it on, immeadiately feeling warmer in the night air. He grabbed the gloves, notepad and pencil and stuffed them into severel pockets followed by his roll bag of gear which he unrolled and attached to the belt loops of his cargo's so they were unrolled and within easy reach.

((Yay!))

Not that she was comfortably seated in the driver's seat, Victoria relaxed a bit and twiddled her thumbs just as Conner reappeared via jumping over the passenger's side door. "I can see that," she responded, glancing at him before eyeing his purchases carefully. Seeing as he was ready to go, she shrugged off her curiosity, shoved the key into the ignition and gave it a sharp turn. The car purred into life and she grinned excitedly in response.

"Seat-belt," she reminded him as she strapped herself in as well. Waiting for him to follow suit, she eagerly laced her fingers on the wheel before turning to ask him a question.

"Brotherhood house now, right?" she asked.

"Roger," said Victoria with a nod, turning her attention back to driving at least semi-responsibly as she pealed out of the parking space. Flicking on the turn signal and applying the break and then gas when needed, within a space of about thirty second, the duo was safely on the main road and out of sight of the Mega-Mart.

Though everything looked differant at this time of day, Victoria knew thanks to their relation to the mall, that the Brotherhood's home-like structure was not far off. A seven minute drive if someone responsible like Scott or Morgan was driving; four and a half if she pushed the speed limits just a little.

"So," asked Victoria, as the odometer read '60' in a 55mph zone. "You want me to drop you off nearby, no? Then what do you want me to do? Drive around in little circles until you give me the signal to pick you up?"

At this bit of information, Victoria set her jaw and glared back at Conner for an instant but did not say anything. Some hours ago when she first said 'I'm in', she had assumed that meant she could tag along on his stake-out. Apparently not, she told herself, before turning her attention to the near empty roads ahead of her again. Victoria would do what Conner wished and drop him off near the Brotherhood mansion, but she could not promise that she'd go back to the X-Mansion directly after.

Biting her bottom lip to keep from smirking, the young mutant pulled off the main road with no trouble, and started heading down into Bayville's residential area. The houses were nice...at one point she supposed, which meant they were nearing where the Brotherhood slept at night. Slowing down, she pulled over before stopping the car completely.

"Is here good?" she asked, evenly as she shut off the motor. "The Brotherhood mansion is about three blocks down. There's a sign outside the driveway," she added. "So I doubt you'll miss it."

Conner opened the car door and got out. "Here's fine Victoria. I'll see you back at the mansion and hopefully we can come up with a good plan." He said and put on his climbing gloves. He walked around the back of the car and got onto the pavement. "I'll see you later." He added and instead of walking down the street he approached the nearest house. He looked around to see if anyone was watching and then got grip on the brick I'm as light as a feather, I'm as light as a feather he intoned in his mind to help activate his powers. He felt a slight changeof gravity and pushed off from the floor and scaled the side of the building quickly and quietly.

Conner heaved himself over the guttering and laid hiself out on the slanted roof tiles to recover from using the harder of his gravity shifting abilities. He recovered quickly, stood up and walked up to the apex of the roof and got his first look of the brotherhood house, though it looked fairly opulant for it's name. From his vantage point he could see a surrounding forest and figured that it would be best to use the arboreal cover to shield his movements.

He crept to the edge of the roof and dropped down into the garden, reversing his gravity to cushion his controlled fall, and ran for the tree edge. He pushed a further ten feet in before climbing the nearest tree and running from branch to branch the rest of the way. A quick patrol of the House showed that most of the lights were off but he didn't figure a lot of people in this house would be early sleepers. He settled down in an old birch tree that had a good vantage point of the entrance, he had a good view and doubted anyone but that barmy Aussie would know he was there.

Ellen walked home cautiously, all too aware of the men who lived on the way to her house. Fortunately, she was able to keep them at bay with her powers; they always chose to work with her when she was in danger. Feeling relieved but not at all pleased, she flew home, glad her power was still cooperating. Finally arriving home, she froze, eyes wide as she found herself looking at the convertible the two teens had been in. With minimal effort she hid behind the tree in her front yard, carefully looking around the plant to see if the driver had spotted her. Fortunately, it seemed that was a no. Smiling weakly, she decided to head back into her house, when she noticed someone running off toward the strange house nestled in the trees. This time her curiosity got the better of her, and she followed the shadow, staking her own route. Her clothes hid her among the bushes, and she was relieved her ensemble was all black. Eventually she spotted the shadowy figure, able to discern by its body shape that it was the boy from earlier. Her powers seemed to be working with her, as she was able to successfully send a telepathic message to the teen.

"What are you doing?" Ellen asked mentally, her voice sounding urgent and worried, "if these guys find you you're gonna get hurt!" She knew what happened to people snooping around the house, and it wasn't pleasant.