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Post by Lex Luthor on Apr 1, 2012 3:28:33 GMT -5
Lex's office had become his sanctuary.
A place where he was all seeing, all knowing, all powerful.
He could change the fate of any mans life from this office. Super or no.
This was becoming more clear to him everyday.
His plans seemed to be coming together better than he ever thought possible. He had people on his side, so committed, that they'd all ready taken a bullet for him. Of course he promised most of these people they'd get a slice of the prize, and of course he never intended on giving any one anything.
Anyone, but Ms. Regina Wilde, whom he was owing more to every day. Her mind was like a machine, whirring and ticking away, he'd give her, her own damn country if she wanted it, and if he could get it.
First America, then the world.
That was the plan.
He looked down at his lunch, it was small by his normal standards.
A T-Bone steak, mashed potatoes, steamed vegetables, a white russian, a bowl of fruit salad, chips and some salsa.
He was feeling festive.
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Post by Regina Wilde on Apr 1, 2012 3:47:23 GMT -5
Regina wasn't thinking about owning a country at the moment.
She was in the bathroom adjacent to her office.
Lex had made it a priority that she was given a private bathroom.
She was glad for it.
It gave her time to relax, to think and to not be bothered.
Staring at the mirror she cycled through some images she'd taken in the past.
Charles Xavier, Erik Lensherr, Rogue, Scott Summers, Logan, John Wraith, Storm, Lex Luthor... it was all very quick, her skin moving in waves as she did so.
She finally settled on a familiar face.
Her own.
Her real face, dark blue, with yellow eyes and beautiful red hair. Her face.
She smiled gently and put her hands on her face, she hated hiding, she hated the face she had to wear every day. But it was a necessity, a tactical necessity. The face she created, Regina Wilde, made people want her, made people listen.
But they'll be listening to to this face soon enough, then mutants everywhere, not only in this reality, but all realities, will be free, they'll be safe, and the humans will not know what hit them.
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Post by Lex Luthor on Apr 1, 2012 3:49:28 GMT -5
Lex had all ready dug in to his T-Bone, when an idea hit him.
Tapping the intercom "Ms. Ditz"
"Mr. Luthor, please it's-"
"Don't care, you want to keep your job, deal with the nickname. Now Ms. Ditz, do you happen to know the location of Ms. Wilde at the moment?"
"Last I saw she was in her office."
"Get her for me."
There was an audible sigh from the desk and the line went quiet. Moments later, Ms. Ditz spoke again "I can't get a hold of her, she isn't answering her intercom or her phone, office or cell."
Lex groaned "Then go down to her damn office and get her."
Ms. Ditz stood up and headed toward the elevators and down one floor to where Regina's office was.
Straightening her far too short for a serious business skirt she knocked on Regina's door "Ms. Wilde?" No response "Ms. Wilde are you in?" Sighing she turned back toward the elevator and stopped, if she wasn't in, then she wouldn't mind if she used her private bathroom.
Throwing open the door, Ms. Ditz was faced with an image that stopped her cold.
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Post by Regina Wilde on Apr 1, 2012 4:21:26 GMT -5
Regina swirled around, quickly transforming back "Ms. Dieter-"
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Post by Lex Luthor on Apr 1, 2012 4:22:35 GMT -5
"You, you, you're one of them" she managed to say, her whole body beginning to tremble.
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Post by Regina Wilde on Apr 1, 2012 4:23:41 GMT -5
"Ms. Dieter I don't know what you saw" she tried to keep her voice from betraying her panic.
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Post by Lex Luthor on Apr 1, 2012 4:24:40 GMT -5
"What are you, a- a meta human? A mutant?" She didn't back away, but it was obvious that she was growing angry "I can't believe Mr. Luthor didn't see this, a freak on his payroll" she almost growled, her body still trembling "he'll hear of this."
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Post by Regina Wilde on Apr 1, 2012 4:27:11 GMT -5
Flipping forward, Regina grabbed Ms. Dieter's shirt and pulled her in to the bathroom and closing the door.
"He will not hear of this. You will not compromise my plans" she began as she transformed back in to her self "I am a mutant and I am proud" she raised her chin, her hand now firmly grasped on Ms. Dieter throat.
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Post by Lex Luthor on Apr 1, 2012 4:28:11 GMT -5
Ms. Dieter grasped at her throat "Please, Ms. Wilde, you're hurting me."
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Post by Regina Wilde on Apr 1, 2012 4:48:29 GMT -5
"My name" she leaned in "is Raven Darkholme" she stared in to her eyes, wishing a moment she was a telepath, all she would have to do is erase her memory.
But she wasn't.
So, very gently she placed her other hand on her neck, and with a small crack.
Snapped her neck.
As the woman dropped, she proceeded to run to the sink and rig it so water began pouring out on to the floor. She pulled Ms. Dieter body closer to the sink and stood up, transforming herself back in to Regina Wilde.
As she exited the bathroom, she made sure to stop and say goodbye as if she'd given Ms. Dieter permission to be there and was just saying I'll see you later.
She headed back to her office and went back to work.
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Post by Lex Luthor on Apr 1, 2012 5:06:29 GMT -5
About twenty minutes later, Lex looked up from his lunch to a clock on the wall, and frowned.
He hit the intercom.
"Ditz?"
Nothing
"Ditz?"
Again, silence.
He threw his napkin down and stood up, heading out of his office to find her desk empty. He decided that she was probably gone to Regina's office like he'd told her to, and Regina was keeping her.
He headed to the elevator and up to Regina's office.
Without knocking he entered.
He didn't have to knock, it was his building.
"Has Ditz been up here to see you?"
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Post by Regina Wilde on Apr 1, 2012 5:07:06 GMT -5
Regina looked up from a pile of paperwork "Yea, she was knocking on my door earlier, asking to use the bathroom, why?"
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Post by Lex Luthor on Apr 1, 2012 5:07:44 GMT -5
"That was twenty minutes ago, she was suppose to come up here to get you because you weren't answering any of her calls" he frowned.
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Post by Regina Wilde on Apr 1, 2012 5:08:32 GMT -5
"Maybe on the short elevator ride here she suddenly had to go" she shrugged "check my bathroom, might still be in there, she had Chinese for lunch after all."
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Post by Lex Luthor on Apr 1, 2012 5:12:30 GMT -5
"It's improper for a man to enter a ladies bathroom" he replied, reminder her of etiquette he never used and exited the office.
He knocked on the door of the bathroom and there was silence, so he entered, to find Ditz on the floor in a pool of water.
He moved over to the body and took her pulse.
Nothing.
Lex stood up and straightened his jacket, returning to Ms. Wilde's office "Inform security that Ms. Dieter is dead, seems she slipped in a puddle in your bathroom." His voice was calm.
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