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Bar Sinister, Krakoa, During Fallen Angels #1
Irene was sitting on the ground with the cat while Grandfather was working on a new strain of DNA, while the one known as Psylocke was having a conversation with him, “Evolution is constant, Psyclocke.” he had told the woman, “Krakoa cannot change that. We are not the end of progress.” he had said, remembering what she was taught in genetics, “Apoth sounds like a Homo sapiens who has found the truth.”
He had went, “Should we punish him for that?” Sinister had asked, making Irene shake her head even if he didn’t notice, “You’re an assassin, yes?” Sinister had asked, “I imagine the spirit of Kwannon seeks a bit of warm blood. All this happiness must be difficult for you.” he had went, making her curious, “You have the dreams of a predator.” he said, making Irene curious what they were like.
“I just don’t know why you’re sharing them with me.” he had asked as Psylocke looked down to Irene who smiled at her, “I need passage out of Krakoa.” she said, looking back to Sinister, “And don’t call me Kwannon. It’s a Shackle. Not a name.” she had said which had confused Irene at what she had said while listening to their conversation.
“Speak with Magneto. He’s enjoying his self-importance while we mourn Xavier. Use his vanity against him. I always do.” Sinister had said which Irene had logged for later usage, “He told me no. Then he told me to speak to you.” She had said with a more irritated expression now, “So you want me to help you break the laws of paradise?” Sinister had asked of her.
“You constantly break the laws of nature, don’t you?” Kwannon had asked of him, making Irene chuckle, “My dear…” Sinister said, Grandfather and Granddaughter both knowing the same thing, “Nature has no law.” the two said in unison, “What was it like, the first time you killed someone? How did it change you, Psylocke?” he had asked and hearing that, Irene saw the signal and started a small drain.
“Sinister. I’m trying to prevent an apocalypse.” she had went, “Apocalypse is a blue man with a very bad temper. And none of my concern.” he said, making Irene silently chuckle at the thought, “You disturbed my work. Be mindful not to bore me, Psylocke. I asked you a question.” he said and hearing that, Irene had watched them, “Killing made me realize that life only matters when we choose to make it matter.”
“Where were you when Braddock was your puppeteer?” he had asked as Irene cut off, knowing that she was getting too close to too much, “Looking out of your eye-windows, watching her control your hands?” Sinister had asked of her, “I was burning. Screaming, but no one could hear me.” hearing that from her, Irene felt sad, wondering if Rogue felt the same way with Carol Danvers.
“You could kill her now.” Sinister had told her, “Punish her.” he said as Irene covered her ears, “You would get a few new scars, but I doubt she could stop you.” Sinister had told her, “How would you kill her?” Sinister had asked curious, “The same way I kill anyone.” Psylocke said, lifting a psionic blade towards the air, “Quickly.” She told The Scientist.
“Would you allow her to scream?” he had asked, more curious now, “Enough, Sinister.” Psylocke snapped towards him, “Help me leave Krakoa.” she had demanded towards him, “Oh, how this paradise would judge us, if it knew what we truly were.” he had said wistfully, looking down to Irene, “Passage granted. Go chase your Apoth, Psylocke.” he had told said to her, “But don’t do it alone.”
Seeing them and how they were done talking about the dark stuff she had went and taken her hands off her ears as Psylocke spoke, “No one here trusts me.” Psylocke had told him, “I’m sure someone else here needs something to destroy.” he had went towards her, “Find them.” he simply told her before seeing that there was a message for him, “My work calls. Thank you for not being boring.”
At that, the woman had walked away while she had went and headed towards others that could help her, as she was doing this, Irene had looked towards everything that was there before she had decided that this was enough, “I’m going to the other kids.” she had went, getting bored right now, “Have fun, and try to make a stooge.” he had went as she had left him for some fun.
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Akademos, Krakoa
Irene was walking through the area, looking around as she saw that there were more kids here than any that she had ever seen before, it was amazing and had made the young girl grin as she saw none other than Curse there as well, “Hey there Curse! Good to see you again!” Irene had went and as she had said that, the pink girl looked towards her as well.
“Hey there Irene.” she had went, the two of them had went and started to smile and begin to play, Irene grabbing a ball and tossing to Curse which had went and made the person behind them slipping on the ball that had been placed there and thus had made them slip and fall, making Curse laugh and Irene grin at the sight, neither one of them looking to see that Cable and Laura Kinney were talking to Psylocke.
But Irene didn’t care about that as the two of them had went to play, only for them to see that there was another girl there who looked just like Laura Kinney only she had tear like tattoos on her face and a grin, “Hi there, I’m Gabby Kinney.” she had went and extended her hand towards the two of them, looking at that, Irene had happily taken her hand while Curse just looked.
“Hello there,” Irene had said with a grin, “I am Irene Essex, pleased to meet you.” she had said, making Gabby look at her in surprise, “Essex, like the supervillain?” she had asked of the girl which had made her glare at that, “He’s a scientist, not a supervillain like those losers.” she went towards her, “Really?” Gabby had said, “I thought that he stole DNA and made mad monsters?” Gabby had said.
“That’s not COMPLETELY true.” she had said, making Curse listen in with interest, “Sure he made some mistake and my favorite Aunt, but Grandfather at worse only made a laser cat recently.” she had said, making the two of them look with interest, “Lasercat?” they had asked in unison to which Irene had nodded “Lasercat, she’s hairless and has a visor just like Cyclops.” Irene said.
“Wow! What’s her name?” Gabby had asked of Irene, hearing that, Irene had grinned, “Her name is Hildegard.” she had told Gabby and Curse, making Gabby smile, “I bet her and Jonathan would be the best of friends!” Gabby had went, “Jonathan?” Irene had asked, not recognizing the name at the moment, “Yeah, the best Wolverine at what he does!” she had said.
Hearing that, Irene had smiled, “A REAL Wolverine?” she had asked, happy at the sound of that to which Gabby nodded while Curse watched, liking the sound of two animals, “What do you say, wanna schedule a playdate for the two Reenie?” she had asked of Irene who had looked confused, “Reenie?” she asked, “Yeah, because your name is Irene.” Gabby had said to her.
Hearing that, Irene smiled, “I like that!” she went when Curse spoke up, “But what’s your mutant name?” she had asked of the other girl, having heard that, Irene and Gabby had looked to her, “I mean, I’m Curse, Gabby here is Scout and your Grandfather is Mister Sinister, what’s yours?” she had asked of Irene, Gabby getting curious at what she would say as well.
Irene had considered that, what they could call her, before she had went and gotten an idea, “You can call me Conduit.” Irene had said, confusing the two of them, “Conduit?” Gabby had went, quirking her head to the side, “Yeah, because of what I can do,” she said making them even more confused, “Would you like a demonstration?” she had asked them, hearing that, the two of them had nodded, curious.
Irene had proceeded to put her hands on both of their shoulders and started the trick that she had taught herself, moving a bit of Gabby’s energy towards Curse, “Quick question Gabby, does your claws hurt?” she asked, making Gabby shrug as Curse all of a sudden groaned in pain as a pair of claws had popped out from her knuckles before the damage had healed up.
The two girls were amazed by this with Curse smiling at that, “Cool!” she went, slashing with the claws she now had, Gabby thinking the same, “Hey, can you do this with anyone?” Gabby had asked with interest as she wondered if she could get an awesome combo like that as well, “Yep!” Irene had told her, having tested it on Hildegard and a Cyclops clone to give her current ability.
As she was thinking about this, all three of them had started to head further into The Akademos habitat and smiled as she saw that there was so much and she had grinned at the sight, “This looks awe inspiring.” Irene, now Reenie said to them, “Yeah, this place is pretty cool.” Gabby said while Curse just looked bored at that, “I wish Grandfather would let me live here.” she told them.
Hearing that from the girl, the two had looked at her in interest, “Mister Sinister won’t let you live with others?” Curse had asked, hearing that, Reenie had shook her head hearing that, “No, he needs to keep my suit stable so that I don’t… cause an accident.” she had told them, hearing that, they had looked at each other in curiosity at that, “What suit?” Gabby asked, seeing nothing but a school uniform they made.
“This suit.” Reenie had told them as she had turned the image inducer off and revealing her uniform, seeing this, the two of them had looked at her suit in confusion and interest, “So this keeps you okay?” Gabby asked, “This controls my output as Grandfather says.” she had told the two as she gave a little spin, as she did so, Curse gave a smile as she had touched it.
The moment that she did, there was a warning, “Oh no.” Reenie went, opening the controls to try and fix it, “Reenie?” Gabby had asked as she had felt something, “Nonononono!” Reenie said as she saw that it was all failing, “Bollocks.” she had went as her powers went full throttle, absorbing energy from everyone around her, even The island dropping everyone there as even her image inducer went down.
Seeing this, Irene had went and engaged the failsafe instead, shutting down all of her ability instead before she had went and accidentally blew up the island, seeing that she wasn’t getting anything from anyone else, Irene had taken a breath before she saw that Gabby was waking up along with the others that were around them, “I’m sorry.” she said to them, “I’m so sorry.” Irene said.
“Ugh…” Gabby went as she had seen that there was something off, “Red hair?” Gabby had said when she noticed that there were some familiar eyes there as well, “Eep!” she went, spooked, “Sorry, gotta go! Tah!” Irene had went as she went into the brush, trying to hie as best as she could in the brush, scared at that would happen when she broke the rule that her Grandfather had made
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Bar Sinister, Krakoa
Irene was in her home now, taking a breath as she had went into the container that was designed so that she couldn’t hurt anyone else before she had went to switch out into a functional suit and image inducer, Irene had good control of both of her abilities, but when she got too emotional that was not always the case as Irene had went and changed to her spare.
It was a full body replica of her grandfathers, minus the cape and she could only change her hair and eyes, but it was good enough for Irene as she had left the isolation chamber and found that Gabby and Curse were at the front door, “Hi Reenie!” Curse had went when they saw her approaching, “That was cool!” she said, probably still feeling the affects of the absorption.
“Are you okay?” Gabby had asked her, noticing that she was looking a little more different than before, looking like she was more flora and a few characteristics from the others that were there, but not the hair and eyes from before, “Your hair and eyes, they looked different before.” Gabby had said, hearing that, Irene had fallen back to the cover that she made up a while ago.
“Whenever I overuse my mutation, it make my hair and eyes change color.” she had lied towards the two of them when she heard a noise, it was a growl which she looked at, “Is that who I think it is?” Irene had asked of the two as the Wolverine that was in Gabby’s backpack started to climb out, “Yep, meet Johnathan!” Gabby said with a grin as Hildegard started to walk in, causing a squee from the two visitors.
“Is this Hildegard?” Gabby had asked, thinking that the visor was absolutely adorable just like she had thought with a Cyclops visor over her hairless head which had made them smile at the image as Hildegard and Johnathan had went and approached Johnathan, the two of them sniffing each other before the cat had went and rubbed into the side of the Wolverine.
“Awwww!” all three girls went as they had seen that the two of them were being buddies, “Can’t believe that Psylocke took Laura and Cable with her on her mission.” Gabby went, upset at the fact that she wasn’t brought along, “Really?” Irene had asked, “Really, I saw her talking to the two–” “Would have thought she would have gotten a bigger team to smuggle out.” Irene had said to them.
That had peaked both girls interest, “You knew?” Curse asked, schemes already in her mind as Irene nodded, “Me and Hildegard listened in on her and Grandfather's conversation.” Irene had told them with a cheeky grin before pulling out a remote, “Want to see Hildegard shoot a beam and chase it?” she had asked them, “Yes!” Curse had said to her while Gabby was more interested in what she said.
“Wait, so your grandpa just lets you listen in on his secrets?” Gabby asked, “And make my own,” Irene had told them with a smile, “Like how I know how to tap into his bugs and see everything.” Irene had said, “Wait, everything?” Curse asked with Gabby curious, “Everything.” Irene said before heading over to pick up a pair of tablets, “Here you go.” she told them, “For mischief and secrets.” Irene told them.
The two looking at them and smiling at the sight before Curse asked a personal question, “Why aren’t your parents taking care of you?” Curse had asked, making Irene frown, “They’re SUPER busy,” Irene told them, “Traveling, adventuring, saving people, so Grandfather, his clones and Aunt Claudine took care of me.” she told them, “Claudine and the chauffeur clone being my favorites.” she told them.
Gabby looked curious at that, “Miss Sinister? I thought your gramps and her tried to kill each other… like a lot.” she had said to Irene who nodded at it, “Yep, but they have a truce on monthly lunches and my birthday.” she told the two of them when Irene saw that her sensors were going off, “Someone’s approaching.” she told the two of them before getting into his ability tools “Here you go.” she said.
Irene had tossed the pair of them Nightcrawler bombs, “Basically silver slippers, think of a place and throw them.” she said, at that, the two looked in interest at that, “Can we meet later?” Gabby asked as she had picked up Johnathan, Irene nodded at that, “Yes please!” she went, Curse giving another hug at that before the two vanished, just as Mystique had appeared.
“Hello Mrs Darkholme,” Irene had said with a smile, “Grandfather isn’t home right–” “I know, Irene.” Mystique had said, looking down at her, “Know what?” she asked, tilting her head ‘innocently’ while Mystique had just glared towards her, “Cut it missy.” she told her, “And show me my granddaughters real face.” Mystique had told her, making Irene take a nervous gulp before nodding.
Irene had run this scenario through her head so many times, how she would tell them, but them finding our and demanding it, Irene only got nervous as she turned the image inducer off, showing her real face to her grandmother, a little embarrassed as she had looked over her features before giving her a smile, “You take after your mother mostly, good.” Mystique had told her.
Irene had been surprised by this, “Do you not like my eyes?” Irene had asked of her, upset if she didn’t when Mystique saw her face, “No, they’re beautiful.” she had told her, liking them more on Irene than the thief anyways, Irene had smiled at that, “Yours too.” Irene had said to her, making Mystique smile at that, “This place is beautiful,” Mystique had said to her, “Could you give me a tour?” she asked.
“Of course!” Irene said with a smile, taking her grandmother's hand and dragging her along, “First off is the DNA room!” Irene had said pointing her towards every single person that was there, including some that Irene kept secret, “Here is yours, and here’s Grandma Irene, and here’s Uncle Kurt, and here’s–” Irene had continued while Mystique kept her eyes on the one that mattered to her plans.
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Krakoa, X–Men #2
Irene was smiling as she had taken a bite of her favorite snack, she was happy right now as she had heard from the Hatchery thanks to her snooping that Rogue was awake and fine after having absorbed The External, she was so excited, Irene had wanted to go over and see them, Grandfather being busy talking to Psylocke and her team when Irene felt a rumble.
Confused, the young girl had looked and saw that there was another landmass that seemed to be crawling over to it, curious, Irene had went to see what it was as she had approached the coast where she saw that Krakoa and the island were starting to attach to each other, making her curious as she had went and stepped onto the other island, making her smile as she did.
Curious, Irene had started to walk towards the jungle where she saw that there were animals here that could be interesting for Grandfather when she had noticed that there was someone approaching the area as well, “Hello, little one,” they said, a pure white boy with pure black eyes and a strange symbol on his torso, “I am looking for The Blue God.” He had said to her.
Hearing that, Irene pointed, “He’s over that way, hard to miss compared to everyone else.” she had said, “Thank you little one.” The person had said to her before he had continued to walk away and towards where she had pointed, Irene had nodded at this but decided to ignore that for now as se had went and headed deeper into the jungles there when she had seen someone.
“Hi Cable!” Irene had went, waving towards him, Cable seeing her as well and looking surprised, “What are you doing here?” Cable had asked of her, “I saw the island mixing together and thought to explore.” she had said as Rachel Summers and Cyclops had went and approached them, “Come on, let’s get you back.” Cyclops said with a smile, “I can handle myself.” she told him, slapping his hand away.
Cyclops looked surprised while Rachel looked confused, “Cable, you know her?” she had of her brother, “A version of her,” Cable said as he looked at her, “This is–” “Irene Essex.” She said, offering her hand, “But you can call me Reenie.” she had told the three of them, making Cable smirk while the other two looked at her with worry at the mention of the name, “Mister Sinister is your–” “yes.” Reenie told Rachel.
“It’s not safe here, Reenie,” Cyclops had said to her, making Irene blow a raspberry, “You shouldn’t be here alone.” Cable had chortled at that, “Don’t worry dad, Irene can handle anything,” Cable had told his dad, “The version that I met could kill a Hulk easily, and she didn’t even have to touch it.” that had made the two of them had looked surprised at the admission.
“Have fun, and please, be careful not to leave too many bodies.” Cable had told her with a grin that she had returned, “Tah!” she had told them before walking away from the three of them, “Nathan–” Cyclops had started, “Sorry dad, but spoilers.” Cable had said as they had went and walked away, the other two looking back, worried and curious at what exactly it was that The Young Cable knew.
Cable still remembered when he had first met Irene, she was older than most of them and still looked so young, having absorbed somebody’s healing factor years ago, she was one of the best at their infiltration missions and a great teacher, Cable had only hoped that this version that he had met would grow up to be as fantastic as the one that he had grown up around.