Hellions
Bar Sinister, Krakoa, Hellions #1
Irene listened as they started to talk amongst each other, “Smile! This is going to be fun!” Grandfather had said, “You’ve been given the chance to give back… to this place… er…nation… that’s given you… well, everything!” Sinister had told them all as they gathered, “Through work, may you find your… your purpose.” he told them, “hard work… you know… feels good.” he said, starting to lose his attention.
“Psylocke. I’m bored. Tag in.” he had said, making Irene giggle at that as kwannon had spoken up, “We’ll travel to The Essex State Home for Foundlings outside Omsha, Nebraska.” She told them, “Once there we’ll find and destroy the clone farm Sinister built underneath.” she had told the team and listening Moppet, “they tell me it’s been made redundant by The Five.” he told them.
“And to be honest, I’ve let it go to the dogs.” he had told them, making her tsk, and he always told her to clean up and here he was making a mess, “It’s a complete teardown at this point.” he had told them, “Also– full disclosure– I’ve gotten a few notes that it’s an abomination against nature, decency… and if God exists, him too.” he said, making her having to muzzle herself, “Sorry. Continue.”
“This isn’t a simple demo job.” Kwannon had told them, “Sinister’s Marauders, minus our friend John here, have holed up inside, refusing all Krakoan Overtures to come home.” Kwannon had told them, “These are psychopathic mutant assassins. Be careful.” she had told him, “And I guess we’re not allowed to call them The ‘Marauders’ anymore.” he had told them.
“The overachiever Katherine Pryde stole the name.” Sinister had told them, making Irene grin at that as she watched, “No one engages the mutants unless I declare them hostile and give the order.” she had told them, “I’m your leader in the field.” she had told them all, “Is that understood?” she had said when there was a noise, “Grrr…” Wild Thing had said, “this one’s wild.” Greycrow told her.
“He ain’t gonna accept an alpha that can’t dominate him physically.” Greycrow said to her, making her put him down as an M in her mind like that absorption of Emma had taught her, “Could be a problem.” Greycrow had said as Kwannon got ready to fight, “I assure you it won’t be.” she had promised before Sinister had went and spoken up for them all for this little bout.
“Enough of that chit-chat!” Sinister had said to them, “Everyone good?” he had asked which was when Havok had spoken up, “I swore I’d only go back to the orphanage to burn it to the ground.” Havok had said, “Guess this works.” he said to them all, “Transport leaves in five.” Kwannon had said to them all which was when Irene had seen that Empath was stretching, “Hnnnn…” he said.
“Great to get away from these @#$%@#& trees.” he had said which was when Greycrow had got up into his face, “Listen. Very closely.” he had told Empath, “I think for a second you’re using your powers on one of us, at any time, for any reason… I’m gonna shoot you between the eyes.” he had threatened to him which had made Irene look in curiosity at what was being said.
“Sure, grandpa.” Empath had said to him, thinking he was joking but Irene could tell he wasn’t, “Haha. Understood.” Empath had said, “You’re a dirty man, Mister Sinister.” Nanny had said, “Hmmm?” he said, looking to her who popped up behind him, “DEAR GOD!” he shouted, being dramatic, “You scared me.” he told her, “I’m sorry, with the little mouth, you just look…” he had started.
“What do you want?!” he had demanded of Nanny, “I know how you LOVE your orphans. Yes, I do.” she had said, making Irene curious as she had leaned in, “If this is all about getting your hands on my Peter, your wrist will be slapped. HARD.” she had said, making Irene more curious as Grandfather started to look at her in confusion, “Flowery language.” he told her, “Flowery and vaguely inappropriate.” he said.
“I assure you, I want nothing to do with your…” he had started to say to her when he saw that Orphan Maker was standing in front of him, “Peter…” he had said as if he recognized the man, “Oh, this doesn’t feel safe at all.” he had went when she had heard Wild Thing starting to growl, “Grrrrrr…” he had went making Havok look at him in caution, “Uh, is this normal?” Havok had asked.
At that, Greycrow had put his hand on Wild Thing, “I got’im.” Greycrow went as Wild Thing snarled again, “Grrrrrr…” he went, the only warning he gave before slashing, Ow! Dammit!” he went, “Son of a @#$%&!” he shouted before throwing him to the ground, “Holy #@#$!” Havok had shouted out, “Healing factors.” Kwannon told him, “They’ll be fine.” which had relieved Irene a bit.
Sure. Sure.” Havok had said, sounding used to that, “Hey, how’d YOU get roped into this?” Havok had asked of Kwannon, instead of answering, she just looked at him for a bit before he gave up, “Oooookay.” Havok had said before Greycorw had thrown Wild Thing forward, “Get your rowdy ass on the plane…” he had said as Kwannon had waited for them to leave, leaving only the three of them there.
“Something on your mind, m’lady?” Sinister had asked, “The orphanage.” Kwannon had simply said, “You’re not telling me something.” she told Sinister, “Of course not!” he said, looking to a computer screen, “That’s what makes it fun, dummy!” he had told her, “But trust me that you’re all in for a very, very fraught adventure.” he said with a grin, “Super unpleasant.” he had told Kwannon, making Irene curious.
“And here you are, with no choice but to go.” Sinister had told her, “I’ll rest assured you haven’t forgotten THAT.” he had said, making Irene curious as she had watched them, “Now, be a dear and walk into hell for me.” he had told her before walking away while Irene had went and started to move and greet them, heading over to greet the team in her own little way before they went on to ‘hell’.
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Hanger Bay, Bar Sinister
They were starting to leave when Irene had went and approached them, “Hullo there!” she had said towards them, making them look to her, with curiosity and surprise, “Hi again Miss Psylocke!” Irene had said before Nanny approached her, “Hello little one, why are you here?” she had asked, before Irene could answer, she had heard the sound of a whistle, making her smile.
“Sorry, Grandfather is calling she had told them,” thank you all for the language in that conversation!” she had said, making them conscious at how they swore in front of a child as she had went and walked away from them, making them all the more curious, “I didn’t know Sinister had a granddaughter.” he had said, “Yeah, Malice kept an eye on her but she popped up every once in a while.” Greycrow said.
That was odd, so she’d been around, “I thought that she was still in England studying?” he had said as they had went and walked up, the others not knowing that he had a kid with him at all, the group all walking away from the question right now as Irene had went to go and deal with the situation that they were in right now as Irene left and got ready for her day.
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Akademos, Krakoa
The girl had laughed as she had went and skipped through before she had went and met up with Curse the two of them had went to go and engage in some card games with each other when she had seen that Maxime and Manon were going over to a tub, making her curious, “Hey Curse, I’m going to talk to the two of them.” she had said, “Sweet, I’ll join!” Curse said before Irene put her down.
“Nope.” she told her, “But I heard that there was a new exploding mutant being reborn today.” hearing that, Curse grinned, “Thanks!” Curse had said, the two knowing that she fed on that chaos and would love the opportunity which Irene took advantage of to go and see the twins, “Bonjour!(Hello!)” she had went, heading over to the twins who were at a tube, “Hello to you too!” Irene said to her with a grin to the girl in the tube.
“Привет.(H–Hi.)” The girl had said to her as the older kids had looked to her, “Hello there,” Manon had said as Maxime smiled, “Can we help you?” she had asked as Irene looked at them with interest, “Oh! Where are my manners!” she went before offering her hand, “Irene Essex! Good to meet you!” she told the pair, surprising them both at the name, “Irene…” Manon started, “…Essex?” Maxime had asked.
“Yup!” she had said to the pair, making the twins look to her, “And you?” she had asked, looking to the girl in the tube who was a little caught off guard by her lack of fear, “Natashia Repina.” she had said to her, making Irene smile wider, “I’m gonna call you Tashi, is that alright? You can call me Reenie.” she had said, making the two exchange another look, “Okay, Reenie.” Tashi said.
This made Irene giggle as she had went and hugged the tube she was in, surprising her, “You’re not scared of me?” she had asked, worrying that her appearance and her power would scare others away, “Why?” she had asked, honestly curious, “Because… my dreams can kill you… and…” she started to say, looking at herself which had made Irene give a comforting smile, remembering what she learned.
“Appearances don’t matter to people who care.” Irene had told her, always judging people by what she felt from them, not how they looked, “And besides, I’m a walking suitcase nuke, I could eradicate Krakoa if I got unstable.” she had told her, surprising Tashi as she had looked at Reenie, “But if you ever need to talk.” Reenie said, writing down her number and giving it to Manon, “Call me.” she said.
Manon and Maxime as well as Tashi nodded at this, the three of them liking her as a child, Tashi because she seemed to be honest with everything she said, while Manon and Maxime remembered her from their old reality, she grew up to be The Third Sinister, a Neutral that had worked with Mutants as a sort of geneticist doctor, she did her heroics, but it was more anti-hero than hero when she did.
The problem was though that they remembered what their Irene had looked like, and she looked nothing like this one, the hair and eyes were wrong, and she wore a version of the Sinister Suit with a X in the diamond and a lab coat inspired by the originals cape, it was honestly surprising for the two of them to see the woman that they considered a big sister so young and not the one they knew.
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Bar Sinister, Krakoa, Hellions #4
Irene had found herself back in Bar Sinister, “What’s wrong, Grandfather?” she had asked, looking at his expression, she saw that he looked quite upset, “I want you to watch out.” he had told her, making Irene curious, “For what?” she had asked him, “For Nanny.” He had told the younger Essex, making her curious, “One of your new Hellions?” she had asked as Sinister looked behind him.
“Yes, she might think you’re an orphan and might try to take you, like she did all the others.” he had told her, confusing Irene, “But I’m not.” Irene said, “I’m just an unwanted experiment you made.” Irene had said, being blunt which surprised Essex, “What brought that up?” he had asked of her, “I mean the experiment part is true, but why are you unwanted?” he had asked of her.
“You have trackers on me, you tell me!” Irene had told him before she had moved away, heading upstairs before she had seen that Nanny was watching them, “Hello there sweetie.” Nanny had said, which only made her glower, “If you’re gonna give me a pet name, it’s Moppet or Irene, nothing else.” Irene had said to her, making Nanny chuckle, “Okay, Moppet.” Nanny had said to her.
“I just wanted to tell you, if you ever need a place away from Sinister…” “I have plenty.” she told her, “But I’m happy to chat.” she said, smiling at her before she had went and walked by, Sinister getting a little nervous at that as he had watched his granddaughter leave to who knew where, Nanny watching her as well and wondering who this poor little orphan was that knew so much.
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Irene had found Havok crying on the steps, making her look at him weirdly, “Are you okay?” Irene had asked of him, making him look up, still crying, “I’m fine…” he had said but Irene didn’t believe him, “Are you?” he had asked her, making Irene curious, wondering if she let it slip, “What do you mean?” she had asked of him, worried she let something slip, “I mean your Sinister’s Granddaughter–” he went.
Hearing that, she groaned, “It’s DOCTOR ESSEX!” Irene had told him, making him flinch a little at that, “And yes, his clones treat me like a princess and I can wipe out the planet if I get out of control!” she had told him, making Alex curious before Irene had went and gotten up, “Well this wasn’t fun, see you later.” she had said, giving a wink towards him which made him think of someone as she left.
The whole situation was off to him and as Alex watched, he figured that the best person to ask was the pair and since they were in Otherworld, the best person to ask about it was one of their friends and it seemed that there was a few who would have an idea if what he was thinking was right anyways, so Alex went and called their friends to see if it was possible.
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Irene’s Room, Bar Sinister
Irene was with Hildegarde and felt in the mood to sketch, she had pulled out the sketchpad that she had for other timelines, having seen the memories of Maxime and Manon of a version of her in the future, she had started this little project after Aunt Claudine introduced her to some people from another universe, making her get interested in making all of this.
As she had went and read through the memories once more, she was a little shocked at the image that she was making from the twins memories, it was awesome, it was of her as the new Dr. Sinister, not a Mister or a Miss, but a doctor that was a neutral, helping mutants alike and doing her own genetics, it was amazing, but as she finished putting in the coloring, Irene wanted to get dressed up.
Irene had went and fiddled with her image inducer, going through and making an older version of herself and making the uniform, it was awesome at the sight of herself, giving a little twirl to herself before she had heard the sound of a knocking, hurrying, she had went and disengaged her image inducer before she had went and seen that one of the Quiet Council members entered.
“Hello Miss Munroe!” She had said, bowing to her with a smile before she had went and sat on her bed and closed the book, “What can I do for you?” she had asked, “I just wanted to meet you.” Storm had said, “Alex had told me about you and I wanted to visit.” she had said to her, making Irene a little tense as she remembered the list that Sinister had given to her.
“Okay, Miss Munroe.” she had told her, making Ororo smile, “You can call me Ororo or Storm.” She had told her, making Irene grin, “Okay Stormy!” she had told her which had made Storm lose her smile for a bit, “Please don’t call me Stormy.” she said, “Why not? It’s a nice nickname.” Irene had went and Storm had muttered under her breath, “Not another one.” which had confused her.
“Another one?” Irene had said to her, “Gambit calls me Stormy.” she had went ahead and told her, “Then you’re Stormy from now on!” Irene had went and smiled towards her, making Stormy smile towards her, “So why are you here?” She had asked Storm, hearing that, Storm had gotten to the point, “Alex had told me about you and we were all a little surprised that you exist.” she said.
Hearing that, Irene had smiled at that, “Of course!” she had went ahead and told the older woman, “I have been on this earth for Ten Years now!” she had said, making Storm to the calculations, “What about your parents?” Storm had went ahead and asked her, “I’ve met them,” she had went ahead and told them, “And I would love to be in their lives, but…” she said before thinking on it.
Irene had no idea on what to do, what to tell her, what to do, it had went and made her start to think and cray, “Are they here?” she had went and asked of Ireen, “Not in Bar Sinister, but they are in Krakoa.” she had went and told her, hearing this, she had started to think on this before coming with an idea, “How about we go and meet them?” she had asked of Irene, “Sorry, but we can’t.”
“They’re not on the island right now.” Irene had went and said to her which had made Storm more curious as she had went ahead and made the thoughts in her mind, “If you want, me or any others in the council would be willing to listen to you.” She had went and told her to which Irene had smiled nad nodded at that, liking the option, “Will do! I already talk to Grandm– Mystique.” she said.
Hearing this from the girl, Storm had went ahead and smiled at that, happy to be there, none of them being stupid enough to trust Sinister with a child after everything that they had been through with the man and there was no way in sanity that they would just leave her to his devices as it were, “Well me and Jean and Kurt would be happy to listen as well.” Storm had told her.
Irene had went and smiled at that, “I’ll remember that.” Irene had went with a smile before she had went ahead and started to get to work on her sketching again, “I’ll be happy to call you guys!” she had said with a smile before she had went and made her own image which was of the ones that Cable had given to her which was interesting as well as she saw in his mind.
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Krakoa
Irene had went ahead and had started to skip through the island as she had started to… Irene was confused, what was she looking for again? Then she saw that Random was there, seeing him, she remembered what she was doing and headed over, “Hello there Mr. Random!” she had said, surprising him, “Uh, hey?” He said, unsure what was going on, “I heard you were one of the best mutant bounty hunters!”
That made Random grin, “Oh,” he had started, grinning at the sound and liking it as they had went and had laughed at that, “Glad to hear that!” he had said, offering his hand to which she had taken and as he took her hand, she had went and laughed at that sound of that with her going ahead and taking a drain of Random, making him a little wobbly before righting himself.
“Well, I better go and play Mutantball.” she had said to him, running as fast as she could as the ability had gotten registered into her box, once it was and she was out of sight, Irene had went and used the protoplasmic body she had now absorbed to change herself and turn herself into the version that she had seen in their memories before she had went and transformed herself before pressing a button.
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Sinister Space
Irene had went ahead and walked into the little pocket dimension that she had went and… l liberated from a rival scientist, as Irene had walked in, she had went and checked herself in the mirror, having removed the image inducer and had gotten a coat that her grandfather had tailored years ago, giving herself a look of the outfit, she had to admit that Irene looked great.
Her hair was just like her mothers when she wore a bomber jacket, it had made her smile and laugh at that before she had went and walked over to the the data that was there before she had went and sent out the data that she had went and looked it all over, making her smile as she saw that the little test that she was making was nice, right now, she was Doctor Sinister and started to make the combos.
Irene had looked it all over and liked the combinations that she had been finding, the best that she had liked was Rasputin, but the one that Polaris had made recently with the data that she had seen, this added with the information her aunt made during the Mothervine incident had let her discover that there was a possible version that she could make and made her interested as she started to try and become Doctor Sinister.