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Betrayal - REVIEW THIS STORY

Written by Valerie Jones
Last updated: 01/02/2007 02:01:11 AM

Chapter 7

Bishop came back to himself with a start. Gambit leaned against the doorframe, arms crossed.

"Dey ready, Bishop. Y' comin'?"

"Yeah." Bishop levered himself to his feet. He tried to push the visage of the past out of his mind, but Gambit's red eyes flashed as he turned and Bishop felt a chill.

He followed Gambit into the danger room. The program they'd pulled out of his mind was loaded and ready to run. So far all they knew about it was that it was designed to modify a danger room sequence. On the off chance that it was intended to turn the danger room into a weapon to kill them with, Bishop had insisted that only a minimum of people be present in the danger room when the program was run. Therefore, only himself, Gambit and Beast would actually be in the room. Everyone else was crowded into the observation booth, where Professor Xavier waited at the controls.

The heavy door slid shut behind him. Henry waited for them in the center of the cavernous room. Bishop heard his footsteps echoing as he walked toward him and realized suddenly that Gambit's didn't. It was unnerving.

"Well, gentlemen," Henry said as they approached, "are you ready for this?"

Bishop drew his weapon. "I am ready."

Gambit said nothing. Bishop could tell that he was very uncomfortable, but his face was unreadable. Not that Bishop could really blame him. If he *was* the traitor, he was effectively trapped.

"Very well," Henry said. "We're ready, Professor."

The professor's voice echoed through the danger room's sound system. "I am running the program now."

Several moments passed in silence. Bishop opened his mouth to speak, but Henry waved him off.

"It's probably going to take a few minutes. Remember, it's modifying an existing sequence. It has to update the code and recompile it before we'll see anything."

They waited in silence. Then an area off to their left began to shimmer with the familiar iridescence of an impending holographic projection. It solidified into a man. He was very old, with long gray hair pulled back into a neat ponytail. He was dressed immaculately in black and navy, with a long black cloak draped over his shoulders. The red eyes were keen and studied the trio intently.

Gambit's jaw dropped.

"Oh my," commented Beast.

Bishop simply stared at the hologram before him. His gun drooped in slack fingers. "Witness," he breathed.

 

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