Thread: Imperceptible Importance of Impact *X-Men/Avengers* (AsianPsuedonym & Defiant)

Rogue shook her head silently and she slinked through the corridors of the Hydra facility. Lao backing her right flank. She knew the necessity of having them both, and the necessity of her being there. There were the forerunners. Loa having the ability to move through walls like Shadowcat, or, at least destroy them in Loa's case. Another reason why Loa was present was her ability to destroy things on a molecular level, no traces of this Hydra test serum would be left once Loa was through. Rogue however, while her power was just as needed, was still the most experienced of the two. She had been running with the X-Men since shortly after her arrival at the Institute, against Logan's approval of course. She supposed she had kinda been inducted into it. As they crept down the hall to the lab Rogue looked to her companion and held up a hand for them to stop. This isn't right... there's been no guards patrolling the halls of a Hydra base... she whispered looking to her. Loa nodded her head at Rogue. This place should have at least a few guard patrolling the halls. Especially around the labs... Rogue finished. Alright. We'll keep moving but stay alert. I have a bad feeling about this. She said. Rogue unbuttoned the forearm arm piece of her gloves and she tugged on the finger tips pulling the gloves half off, exposing her hands, before buttoning them to their respective sleeves. The two women carried on through the halls watching each others six and taking great care to watch for Hydra guards now. It was when Loa suddenly dropped to the ground as they passed a hallway that Rogue suddenly realized why she had such and uneasy feeling. Her first instinct was to check on her fallen friend. Rationally however Rogue kicked into action. She moved against a wall and slid into a small alcove near a door. She glanced towards the fallen girl. Loa was not bleeding and the red patterns on her skin, which were markers of her X-Gene, were still present. She could even see the steady rise and fall of her chest, out but not dead. Hydra's using trancs, that means they haven't weaponized the serum yet... She thought to herself. A hydra cronie walked down the hallway Loa and she just passed when Loa went down. He checked the fallen mutant before reaching to radio his status. Rogue quickly sprung to grab the guard. Her uncovered hand touched the open skin of his cheek for a split second and her was down, out for the count. Rogue sighed softly to herself. That was way to close. she said to herself, quickly dragging the unconscious guard to the alcove she had been hiding in. She shook her head then before proceeding to move on to the labs, knowing the team was right behind her. Alright Hydra let's find out where you hide your experiments.... she said. Rogue found the doors to lab and she glanced around before crouching low and moving to open the door. She stayed low and peered around the room from behind a table. There were two lab technicians but no guards. She quickly moved and dropped the techs with a single touch just even long enough to register a few faint memories, and long enough to send them off for a nap. She stood then and glanced around the labs. She moved to one of the computers in the lab. She quickly tapped on the keys before placing a drive into the side. The files were loaded and then consecutively wiped from the database, the direct uplink to Hydra's system making this possible. She took lot of the room before moving to the heavy standing metal cabinets. Inside appeared to be test copies of the serum as well as mutant, super soldier and hulk DNA samples. They were certainly busy she said before glancing to the computer. It was when she heard her name being called that she whipped around. She moved quickly to the door her hand held out inches from a face she thought she might have known but also was not expecting. I wasn't aware the X-Men were collaborating on this mission. she said warily. But you know my name so I'm going to guess you know what will happen if I touch you. she said eyeing him suspiciously trying to calculate his movements with no information to register. However, Rogue was still confident in her ability to take him down.