Vanishing Trick (Sinister & Ziggy)

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Ziggy had been in the place for a while. She wasn't sure really where about she was but it was definitely somewhere. People had been ok to her, didn't really make her life hard or anything. She was brooding a lot, contemplating what was going on, how to get out of it and if she should stay.

Some days she missed the others at school but then she remembered how horrible they had been to her recently. Even the Cuckoos had been stand offish. They hated her she was sure of that. Malik really hated her that was even worse. Oh well. No use dwelling on it. These were her thoughts and her memories. There was a lot to learn here, a lot to do.

Her parents were there being kept in relative safety, at least they were comfortable. She had seen them a few times from a distance and had managed to make sure they were ok. It wasn't the same, even they were not being as caring towards her. Her mother in particular had ignored her and carried on walking the one time she had managed to call out to her.

What was going on with people? She was getting bitter. Wanting to hate the world. She barely smiled any more. Just worked on various projects which came her way but even they were not holding her attention properly. They were easy!

Right now though, she was heading to the room she had been given. It was late, her work had got to a point she could leave it, she had fixed what she had discovered was slightly wrong from the night before. She just hoped that that morning she would wake up without feeling she hadn't slept! Stopping by one of the windows she looked out with a sigh.

Taking a few modules out in the form of a mini mechanical dragon she sent it flying in the hall. Nope, even that was useless! She looked at it and watched as the modules pulled themselves apart and float back to her. Closing her eyes she frowned deeply, she wanted to scream, hit or do something but all she did was stand there with her eyes closed and fists clenched to the point of white knuckles.

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Mister Sinister

"What a Sinister turn of events this was, eh?"

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Mister Sinister was in the works of a big plan. A huge one, in fact. Soon, the fact that he, Xavier, and Erik had been at odds would be nothing but past feuds. They would always be at each other's throats, sure, but at least Sinister will get something out of it now.


There were a few things that Sinister was doing to help improve such an event. One of which was learning about the Skrull threat that was plaguing... Supposedly everyone. One had tried to take over one of his clones and his brilliant mind flayed it immediately. It had almost every single memory of his to every near fault... He just couldn't access every corner of its brain, so he destroyed it... Then it came out green. It caused him a great deal of distress.


The other thing he was doing was proving that he was capable of caring for mutants... His pride and joy of this project was Ziggy Karst. She was a young mutant girl who was misguided at best. She had come here in search of her parents, and she was kept here where they are all living happily. After coming in contact with something called Mothervine, essentially the essence of mutants, he was in need of mutant DNA.


The halls were filled with elevator music, as they were at all times. It was kind of annoying to everyone around him, but Sinister found it to be just fine. He was strolling through the halls of his base when a module dragon almost hit him in the face. He'd move his head back and watch as they floated back into Ziggy's room. He'd stand in the doorway as she just stood with her eyes closed and fists clenched.


"If you believe that I cannot see you because of this, you are sorely mistaken." Sinister would say, his imposing figure taking up the entire doorway.

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Ziggy tried several breaths but it wasn't working. Yet, Sinister's words did help at least a little to bring a small twinge of a smile to her face. That bit of humour was enough to help her anchor to in order to try and pull herself from darkness at least a little. She took a couple more seconds before opening her eyes.

"No and thank you."

She turned to look at him, her palm opened up to allow the modules to continue floating in a juggling motion. Wow! Everytime she saw him he reminded her of Colossus and then there were the sentinels. So big yet only one of them was truly scary. The smile increased a little but the spark of happiness was not there.

"How are you doing? Plans going well?"

She still wanted to scream, still wanted to shout and yell but there was little point to it all. Little point as it wouldn't help her in any way. The tension in her increased as her modules started to fly more erratically.

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Mister Sinister

"What a Sinister turn of events this was, eh?"

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Sinister watched her clock him and make her own internal thoughts about him. He didn't really care much what she thought about him. Probably something about gothic Colossus... Which is funny, because he's been shown to be able to match Colossus in battle. Mostly because his power was overwhelming, but it is what it is, as the kids say.


"My plans are going splendidly, as long as you feel safe, for the time being. Though I would always love to monologue about them, they are top secret. The more that they are shared, the less likely they are to actually happen. Surely you can understand." He'd say with his signature smile.


"Speaking of which. How is your research? Is there anything you need procured for your experiments?" He'd ask.


He knew the struggle of not having the resources for what you were studying for. He dare not let a fellow scientist feel the same pain if he could help it.

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Ziggy tilted her head and listened to him and it made logical sense not to spread what his plans are. Inclining her head she looked out of the window once more.

"I don't think there is anything at the moment. I have been working on something in my head. I keep loosing track of it though. One minute I have the idea clear the next it goes."

She shrugged at what was going on.

"I think it might be something to do with not being where I am used to. Settling is ok but it will take time."

There was something in her mind and she took out some items from her pocket and attached them all together. Then held it up.

"This is part of the work, it should allow people to understand what it is like to be in someone else's shoes. Kinda like a allowing someone to feel relief from their own life or in other areas feel what a victim might feel. However, I am trying to figure out how the telepathy would work in sociopaths or others who don't share the same emotions. I have an idea... this is still only one part of it. I was hoping it would also allow others to experience being a mutant for a day. Or even... even somehow see if it could trigger any latent mutant DNA. That doesn't make sense the steps between... pretty much, though experiencing others and it making a person feel I want it to have some kind of way of tricking the person into actually believing what they are feeling. Thus it making them think they ARE that person even if it is for 1 minute. It could help a great deal but I am trying to master it so that it couldn't be used for too much harm."

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Mister Sinister

"What a Sinister turn of events this was, eh?"

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Sinister stood and watched what she was presenting to him with intrigue. There was something in what she was saying. Obviously there was an altruistic note that made him internally groan, but there was something there nonetheless. A device that could give the experience of something to someone else.
This had the potential to have a higher addictive property than any drug that man could create. Mutant supremacy at its finest.


While that was something for a later date, the more important thing to note was the ability to possibly awaken latent mutant genes. Could this enhance removed relative X-genes? This could be a new wave of mutants that had been untapped. Even more, it could be more mutant DNA that he could experiment on. He wouldn't lie, he had often done experiments with Terrigen Mist in hopes of revamping to eradicate the Inhumans and also awaken more X-genes in people... All to no avail.


"Miss Karst, I do not think this is too far fetched of an idea. Perhaps my notes on this subject will help you connect the current state to its destination?"

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Ziggy frowned at the thought of seeing someone elses work on similar ideas. There was something that even she knew wouldn't be good at the outcome. She held up a single finger and placed the item back in her pocket before retrieving something else that looked like a single leaf. It looked so real and she spoke quietly. She flicked it up into the air and it turned into a group of modules which made her sigh, her form becoming a little more moppy than ever.

"That might help. If there is anything that could help get this work moving then reading some research might be it. My concentration though... still might not be back."

Taking the modules from the air she once more placed them into her pocket and retrieved a different device which she placed on her temple.

"Do you think Professor Xavior is a good man?"

Yes, the question was out of the blue but there was something that was still bothering her.

"It's just there are somethings that I did that I didn't like doing. I just can't figure out what it is that I am missing."

Wow, her mind was all over the place. She looked to a wall and a series of numbers appeared. There was a frown on her face as she read them.

"Sorry. It has been a stressful few weeks. I think I just need some rest."

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Mister Sinister

"What a Sinister turn of events this was, eh?"

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Essex would shrug and begin to walk away when she said that the notes wouldn't bring her focus back. He couldn't relate, but he also wasn't in a position to just kill her and move on. He needed to prove to others, and himself, that he could care for mutants in an objective sense. He didn't need to be emotionally attached to them, he just needed to be the objectively nice to her.


He'd nearly choke on air when he was asked if he thought Professor Xavier was a good man. What kind of question was that? Of course he didn't think he was a GOOD man. He thought very few people on this planet were good. So many things could be attributed to that man that were considered bad. Hell, you could even argue that he was worse than Magneto. The being said, the heart is what makes a man truly good or evil. He knew Professor Xavier's heart, and it was in a place that would generally be conceptualized as right.
Though, honestly, Sinister had zero stock in whether or not some cut rate pacifist was a good man.


"I shall answer your question as a courtesy, but know that I am not generally the man to ask when speaking on the general idea of morality." He would say, turning back around to look at the girl, "I do believe that Professor Xavier is what some would call good. Though there are also many who would call him evil. Honestly, there are very few people the general population would consider good. Everyone is the villain in someone's story..."


He'd let out a booming laugh, holding his hands to his stomach as he did so, "But, then again, who am I to say? I am a monstrosity to mutants, humans, and cybernets alike!"

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Ziggy thought about his answer, there was a truth and observation that someone closer couldn't see. Then again this was Sinister who just wanted to manipulate and interfere with everything and anything. He had her hostage. He had her parents and brother... there was only one thing left to do.

"You are a person who is able to look at things from a different perspective. If you are a monstrosity then so are all the others who wish to persuade, tamper and cause a change in a person's free will. That is life. So we are all monsters."

With that she looked back to her work.

"I think I will go see my family this afternoon. Then I might be able to focus more on what I really need to do."

Glancing at Sinister she smiled. Today she was going to relax and take things a little differently. Today she would enjoy a day with her family.

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Mister Sinister

"What a Sinister turn of events this was, eh?"

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Mister Sinister was taken aback by the words of Ziggy. They were kind, and though it wasn't meant to be, it was likely the nicest thing someone had said to him in ages. Not that he felt anything for that, but it was odd that someone thought of him in such a way. He'd look down for a moment and chuckle again. It was kind of funny that someone as smart as him was able to see his genius. He was someone of a scientific brain to bounce ideas off of. He would be remiss if he didn't say it was refreshing.


It mildly annoyed him when she wanted to go visit her family, but he knew that he shouldn't care at all. She was his guest, not his subordinate. She needed to have full reign over what she did. Unlike Marvelous, she didn't really want to leave. So he would just nod.


"Take as long as you need. You do not have to answer to me in such a detailed sense."

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Ziggy nodded and walked past Sinister. She had work to do, some of which would be different to what she had always done. So she headed over to her family. It wouldn't be the last time Sinister would see Ziggy that day. The reprucutions would be unspeakable perhaps to all. Or perhaps things would plan out better than anyone would expect.

All that mattered at this point was Ziggy leaving that building and reappearing elsewhere. The location would be only known by a few. Perhaps enroute she would cause a few little problems for Sinister. After all, glitches did happen and she might as well be a little gremlin for a few minutes.

Why would she care? The person who abducted her family, made her hit the boy she loved and wanted things from her that she really wasn't happy giving. A deep anger boiled inside her. She wasn't welcome anywhere! They only wanted to use her for her brain, gifts and capabilities. Not her personality!

So off she went to a location where she could cause some damage as she left. The damage to both Sinister and someone else.