The Epic of Leviathan (A Mutant's Ascension)

Chapter 172 - Infiltration (I)

[POV Reo]

"Can you tell me why, we are in this strip club? If you want I can show you all my moves, honey~. No need to watch these riff raff" Nemuri said looking at the topless stripper dancing in front of us. ??

"You can show me all your moves later and I would love to closely inspect them" I said with a grin on my face… this made Nemuri lick her lips seductively.

"Can you two perverts tell me then why the hell am I here?" Dora said with an annoyed look. This was the first time Dora has entered a strip club and she was immediately annoyed.

Dora huffed in irritation and picked up a glass and started to drink. A middle-aged woman walked out of the VIP area and my eyes were immediately focused on her. Both Nemuri and Dora noticed this and watched the woman.

"Who is she? Are you interested in her?" Dora asked with a bewildered look on her face.

"No you dumbass! Didn't you read the file Reo gave you… but I would have never thought that she was a woman of culture" Nemuri retorted looking intently towards the woman.

"Umm… well, I got kind of bored with that" Dora said meekly and looked away.

"How did you know that she was going to be here? It wasn't on the file" Nemuri asked me looking slightly confused.

"I tracked her phone" I said simply to which both Nemuri and Dora hummed in understanding. The woman left the strip club and the three of us silently followed her to the parking lot. As soon as she opened her car door she was hit by a stunning spell fired by me. We quickly entered the car and Nemuri Imperiused the woman. Dora revived the woman and without saying anything she started the car and drove towards her home.

The woman stopped in front of a two-storey house. From her file we already knew this was her house. I gathered all her information from SHIELD archives. Melisa Woods, age 36, Head of the SHIELD Recruitment Division was also a HYDRA Sleeper Agent… well she wasn't a sleeper Agent as she actively helped HYDRA to recruit new-blood into their ranks.

But Melisa Woods was just her false identity, her true name was Anna Vasili. Nemuri ordered the woman to enter the house and sit on the nearest chair and do nothing else. After entering her house, the three of us checked everything in her house and dug up everything she had. But my interest was something else. I wanted to implant Dora within SHIELD and this woman can easily do that.

We found a list of names inside her safe, we asked her what it was and she told us that it was the list of viable candidates for HYDRA recruitment. I didn't need Dora to be a HYDRA recruitment… I wanted her to be a normal SHIELD recruitment. I copied down the names and put it back where it was. Like Nemuri had said, this woman was a philosopher and had her own philosophical ways. We found that she had a room filled up with tied up men. I closed the room even before I could register anything.

Then, I started to modify Anna's memories of tonight but not before I entered Dora's name in her SHIELD recruitment list. Dora glared at me angrily when I wanted to put her name as Nymphadora… seeing her glare I decided to go with Dora Tonks. This made her smile happily. After altering the memories of Anna, all three of us left her house. I have already checked her house for surveillance devices but there weren't any so I wasn't worried about leaving digital proof.

After returning to Knox I decided to edit the profile I had made for Dora. After all, her name was Nymphadora in SHIELD Database and her ids were with the name of Dora. After I completed the edit, I showed a picture to Dora, it was a picture of a blond woman with black steaks in her hair.

"This is going to be your face when you are in SHIELD" I said to Dora who shrugged and changed into the woman of the photograph.

"So, what do I have to do there?" Dora asked.

"Whatever you want but I want you in a position where you will be able to gather information for me" I said and Dora nodded her head in understanding. She had her interview with Melisa Woods the day after tomorrow. I had to work a lot to prepare Dora's background.

Nemuri would have been much better than Dora but Nemuri needed to stay here and start our business. Dora might have some knowledge about business and politics but she can't be compared to Nemuri. Nemuri had never explored her talents when she was in the MHA world. Nemuri was already working on several shell companies to buy shares and businesses of various companies.

When Dora was still an Auror she had learned everything, she can about guns. She found them cool, she has also learned martial arts after new training programs for the Aurors were introduced. Dora might look like a happy girl who is also a clutz but she is really dangerous.

Next, I need someone in the brotherhood, I know the perfect candidate for this, Rumi. She has already made her name in the underground fight clubs. Rumi, was already approached by a toad looking guy but Rumi feigned ignorance and scoffed him away. Since then she was being watched by a woman, Rumi was sure that she was a mutant too but didn't say anything since the woman hadn't approached Rumi. I wanted Fleur to do this but she was busy working with Momo inventing who knows what… both of them are kind of scientist brained.

I have told Rumi to wait and watch for now… I am quite sure that the woman is Mystique and she would definitely approach Rumi in the near future. While Rumi was going to join the Brotherhood… I was going to join the X-Men. I have one year before the events of X-Men movie and about 2 more years to get an isolated place that is going to be safe for mutants. Because the more time I waste the more mutants are going to be experimented on and killed.

I don't care about the mutants but I will give them a chance for the sake of the mission. I am sure that some would happily take the chance and join me and what better place to get mutants other than Xavier Mansion. So, now, how I do join the X-Men?

I can't just walk in and ask them to let me join… this would raise several questions. It would be much better if they came looking for me. Now, how am I going to do this… I am not a true mutant so I don't think he would find me using Cerebro but I could use lightning to make them think that I am. But, I need to do more research after all the law of lightning is not my mutation but by innate ability. Or, I could go to a remote town or village and use my lightning powers.

I know that old fool keeps listening to humans who speak about mutants and stuff and I am quite sure that if I show my lightning then everyone will immediately think of me as a mutant with everything going on in the news. Mutant protests are going strong right now. I don't know what I should do so I decided to ask Luna.

Luna seemed to think for a few seconds then spoke to me "You don't have to do anything special. One of your bloodline powers is stopping others from finding you. You just need to let them find you… and they will come looking for you" Luna said and turned back towards the TV. Attila was also there watching cartoons with Luna, she was poking out her head from the pipe. Even though this scene was truly absurd… I decided to call this situation 'Just Luna Things' and decided to forget this.

I decided to put the plan into motion tomorrow, I trust both Dora and Rumi so I don't need to worry about them. Nemuri can easily manage everything here, Momo and Fleur will also help Nemuri if needed. SHIELD has already checked our property after Agent Hill had pointed them in the right direction. After they found that the whole land was empty they left.

The next day I took my bike and decided to head towards a small town, I am not going to try whatever Luna told me inside Knox. I arrived in New Platz and entered a bar. Everyone turned towards me but didn't bother when they saw someone young like me. After all, I used a glamour to make me look around 18 years old. After receiving my bloodline like the girls, I looked around 21 or 22 and I am going to stay like that.

I sat on the bar and asked for some water, the barman stared at me for a few seconds then handed me a glass of water. After drinking the water, I decided to order some food… I have already started wanting to be found, I didn't know if it was going to work or not. After finishing my meal, I paid the bill and left after asking the barman about nearest motel.

I arrived in front of the motel and sat on my bike enjoying the weather, that is when a car stopped in front of me. Charles sent, Ororo and Jean to find me? Looks interesting… both of them stepped out of the car and approached me.

"Hello, I am Jean Grey" the redhead introduced herself to me.

"I am Ororo Munroe" the white-haired woman introduced herself. I was completely slack-jawed. No way someone would introduce themselves to a stranger like this. So, I gave them the best American reply I could think of, at this moment.

"Yeah, good for you" I said and continued to stare at them…