Never Say Never. Again?

[Chase Delacroix]

Chase entered the X-Men area of the Point, looking for X-23. He hoped he was right and she would be more receptive to spying on the Lotus.

[Laura Kinney]

Laura is sitting in one of the chairs in the briefing area. On a monitor in front of her is a feed of Isolde's cell. She's got her feet up on the console and is leaning back in the chair, snoring up a storm.

[Chase Delacroix]

Chase stepped into the room and rapped loudly on a table. Obviously, he kept his distance.

[Laura Kinney]

She snaps to being awake almost instantly, rolling sideways off the chair and landing on her feet next to it, one hand on the backrest of the chair as if she's about to hurl it at somebody. After a second she visibly relaxes, at least as far as she ever does.

"Chase! What's up?" If she's embarrassed about being caught off-guard (kind of) she's doing a good job of hiding it.

[Chase Delacroix]

He smiled on the inside at getting any sort of drop on X-23. "I've got the time and location for a meet between our assassin at large and someone giving her her next job. Problem is, it's in Crimea."

[Laura Kinney]

"Whoa, back up like three steps... This about the Embassy thing?"

[Chase Delacroix]

"I was worried they weren't done here, so I took Sphinx and scoped out Chinatown for a potential Lotus safe house."

[Laura Kinney]

"Dangerous, but you came back, so good job. Sphinx too, I hope."

[Chase Delacroix]

"Yeah, we didn't run into any danger. What we found had been cleared out. But not well enough. She left an impression on a notepad."

[Laura Kinney]

"Eesh. Sloppy. Or in a hurry. Everyone knows that trick."

[Chase Delacroix]

"Minamida helped fill in the broken Chinese, but she doesn't want or maybe can't have anything to do with following up on it. Not officially anyway, if I read between the lines properly."

[Laura Kinney]

"Sounds about right. This sounds like some black-ops shit and she's big on sticking to the rules on paper. So you got a lead on what they're up to?"

[Chase Delacroix]

"Only a time, a place, and a Russian name. It might be connected to their activities here and it might not."

[Laura Kinney]

"Russian, huh... Probably worth keeping tabs on, if you're up for it."

[Chase Delacroix]

"I am," he nodded resolutely. "Who should go with? Rozanov? She has experience."

[Laura Kinney]

"Hrm. Maybe. She's got a little much on her plate right now but you can ask her. If you do Sam's might want to come as well and you should ask her anyway."

[Chase Delacroix]

"Agreed. A telepathic shapeshifter would certainly come in handy."