Arriving (OPEN)

[X23]

Laura knew how to keep a low profile when she wanted to. It was something she'd learned to do so long ago. The past almost seemed like a different life time, but then it was. She had returned to New York after seeing a report about giant robots. Laura believed it had something to do with mutants since the reports were so vague. It was time for her to return to the Xavier Mansion and face her demons. Even if it meant talking to people she really didn't want to.

Stepping off the train she smelt the air, definitely New York. All the smells bended together, but it didn't matter for her. She could track anyone, even in the Big Apple. Her mission today was to head back to the mansion. Smirking Laura wondered what he would think of her return. It didn't matter, she wasn't here for him, she was here to find out what was going on. If mutants were getting attacked in New York, it wouldn't be long till it spread across the world.

She walked up the stairs to hearing the street sounds of New York. It was so weird being back here, after what she did, but life went on. Laura walked through New York wondering how people could be a bibulous to the danger around them. At any moment danger could strike and they wouldn't even know it.

Laura stopped at a mother playing with her 6 year old child. How she missed her mother. Even if she hadn't known the truth for so long, Sarah still took care of her for the most part. She clenched the locket Megan had given her before they had split.

[Pietro Maximoff]

::Pietro had come to Manhattan on an errand of preparation. Ever vigilant, ever adaptable, he had had taken on the task of managing supplies and scouting information for their nearing battle with Project Wideawake and their sentinels.

Having finished with one stop, he found himself on a street corner near the train station, mentally navigating the fastest route to his next stop.::

[X23]

Laura found herself looking around at everything around her. It was always good to be aware of her surroundings, to know if anyone was following her and knowing the fastest ways out of danger.

As she looked around she saw a man with jet white hair. Her radar of mutant went off. Continuing toward the mutant she wondered if he went to the Xavier Mansion. Smelling the air she got a whiff of the Professor. Yeah definitely from the mansion.

[Pietro Maximoff]

::As Pietro settled on a route, he became aware of a peculiar sensation, that of being watched. His head whipped around, to see who might find him so interesting. Paranoid as always, he assumed it was his resemblance to Magneto, which had caught the attention of one of these passersby.::

[X23]

Laura continued up to the mutant wondering if he'd recognize her likeness to Weapon X. She needed a way to the mansion without anyone thinking she was there to engage a fight. Laura just wanted to speak to the Professor about the resent activities going on.

Shifting her duffel bag slightly on her shoulder she made herself known to the mutant by making eye contract. Stopping a few feet in front of him Laura didn't know if she should have spoken first or not. She didn't like to speak, but she didn't know any other way to get his full attention. "You know the Professor?" Laura didn't find any reason to beat around the bush.

[Pietro Maximoff]

::Pietro's eyes narrowed briefly. Though he appreciated candidness, in light of recent events, he was not in the business of taking anyone from the street back to the mansion with him.:: "Who wants to know?"

[X23]

Laura didn't want to tell him who she was. If she did, he might get more defensive then he already was thinking she intended to harm the Professor. "I need to speak to him" She told him glaring at him for not answering her question.

[Pietro Maximoff]

::Pietro returned her glare with an icy look of his own. He did not care for her attitude, and he did not appreciate being ignored. With recent events, he had no reason to trust her.:: "That you need isn't my concern."

[X23]

Laura was fighting real hard not to threaten him with one of her claws. "It concerns all of us, if the robots are after mutants" She hoped that would spark his interest to know her intent was about the giant robots spotted in Central Park.

Giving a sigh she decided to give him something. "Laura" She told him her first name hoping that would gain some of his corroboration. Laura was trying to learn how to be nice or at least semi-nice.

[Pietro Maximoff]

::One silver eyebrow rose towards Pietro's hairline at the mention of "giant robots." However, that alone would not placate him. She had given a name, but it could be false.:: "What is it you want with him?"

[X23]

Laura was slightly annoyed by all his questions, but she would answer them if it would help her speak to the Professor. "If they are attacking us, I want to fight" She told him being completely honest toward him. She was a weapon and fighting was what she was made for. If something posed a threat to her she wanted to destroy it.

[Pietro Maximoff]

::That was an attitude to which Pietro was sympathetic, if only because it was similar to his own. Anything worth protecting was worth fighting for, or dying for. Still, he was not in the business of simply taking individuals back to the mansion without checking them first, so he pointed at a delicatessen on the street.:: "We can talk in there."

[X23]

"Alright" She said following him across the street and into the store. Laura didn't know what he wanted or why he couldn't just take her to the Professor, but she humored him.

[Pietro Maximoff]

::Once in the delicatessen, Pietro took a booth isolated from the few other patrons. When she sat, he crossed his arms over his chest, watching her carefully.:: "Where do you come from?"

[X23]

"What do you mean where do I come from?" She asked mimicking his every move. Laura took in all the surrounding people calculating the quickest way to exit if need be along with knowing how many people were in the delicatessen. She always had her eye on someone making sure they weren't going to threaten her.