Linus ~ Mission Impossible

[M]

M had called Linus here for a very important reason. She had a mission for him.

Her eyes glanced around the ceiling of the room, the intricate paintings of heaven and hell right above her. M breathed in the aroma of incense that burned above the fireplace. It was sandalwood, her favourite.

She moved towards the window, watching the sun begin to rise. M had called this meeting very early in the morning indeed.

[Linus Nefarious]

"yes my near equal" Linus said as he strutted in an upper middle class style through the door way. He was as pleased as punch by the way his game was going and the idea of a mission was simply mouthwatering.

"I hear you wished an audience with yours truly" He smiled "and of course your wish was my command"

[M]

"Punctual as always." M turned to greet him, "Goodmorning, Linus. I trust you had a lovely night." Her voice was toned perfect, letting the aristocrat in her shine. "I can see you're going to have a great deal of fun with this mission already."

"I trust you've heard of the seer, Brandi Monsoon. It would support our mission to have her on our side. Her powers grow daily, and with the right training could very well equal to ours or even surpass it. We have to make sure she never uses those powers against us. I don't want her dead, I want her on our side."

Picking up a folder, she passed it to him. "This is everything I could gather on her. General information such as name, age, family, basic history. Other notes are areas where she's found most, who she is friends with, her influences. I've also included some of my visions concerning her."

M took a seat, neatly sweeping her skirt to one side, drops of rubies at her throat; the very picture of wealth. "The reason I want her now, is because of a vision I had last night."

She thought back to it and explained part of it to Linus.


Brandi stood in the middle of a battlefield. Spells were shooting everywhere, death and blood filled the senses, yet all the magic that passed around Brandi seemed to disappear... into her.

"It is not natural, that level of intake. None of it appeared to effect her in any way. I saw a killling curse and she held out her hand to it and it simply flowed into her."

[Linus Nefarious]

Linus persed his lips. Brandi Monsoon a person of fame. A person everyone knows. Its not natural to harbinge such tellent and such power. At this point Linus would like to say sure no problem but... an old saying. "you often meet you're destiny on the path to avoid it" He said with a marcarb little smile.

"you may notice her powers may seem simmilar to mine and quite possibly my presence could trigger them it's best if you send someone else on this journey to ensure that atleast the worst cannot happen" but ofcourse this would be if Linus was trying to be helpful. If he was looking to avoid the loss of life.

after all M probably already knew everything he was going to say. He couldnt pretend to be in a room with less powerful people anymore. "It shall be a problem but a fun one" He said picking up the prfile. "but you do realise the process of charm and harm it only works if the other person has perfect trust of me... if her powers are as seerful as you say I will need to block them befor she meets me.. but if we try another aproach lets say the old harm someone close to her I doubt that will end well for the person harming... kidnapping is a desirable option but when she comes to find me no doubt it would be a game of cat and mouse her walking only where she can tell the future and me trying to get her to walk to me incase i walk into her vision" He knelt back in his chair and realised he'd been ramblin "Oh sorry um.. what option have you devised for me?"

[M]

M closed her eyes for a moment and saw what Linus might say.

Then he spoke...

"Thank you for taking this on, Linus." She smiled. "She's tougher... emotionally. The backlash to us in blackmailing in any way, I'm sure you've realised won't work. However... her powers are at a low at the moment. I've been able to put up enough of a blockade to drain her a bit."

"To be honest. My option is thus : I want her isolated. She's been drifting away from friends, they've left the school or moved on. She's got no contact with her band. Her family is out of country as always. They never seem to be home much. In other words, she's almost isolated. We just need you to go and charm her. Be her friend, support her. You're good at that... or at least pretending to be." M smiled knowingly at Linus.

"As for your powers triggering hers. She's young and inexperienced. There is that risk. but, with any luck that won't happen."

[Linus Nefarious]

He cocked an eyebrow at her with a half smile. "That doesn't sound to ellaborated to me" "you're cool and calm and above all calculating you know what's going to happen and you can form a destiny to prevent or cause thus which most people don't have""yet... you are from here relying on luck" He put the eye brow lower again and smiled.

"I on the oher hand rely on uncertainty in my certainty everything goes wrong and thats the way I like it" "you wont set me on her and expect just small game will you?" He cockilly lifted his fingers to his chin "I require a bit more to sustain me sadly and that might jeprodies you're precious plan"

"but away with the chit-chat where can I find her?"

[M]

Mag smiled, "sometimes I prefer to just let things happen instead of guiding them. Because I've had cases where forcing someone down a path has caused everything to go... haywire."

"I don't expect a small game from you. I expect a rather elaborate game indeed. As long as she is on our side, I'm would say I don't care what you do." M narrowed her eyes at him,"but I have a feeling that if I say that, all hell will break loose."

M stood up, "You may find her at Hogwarts, 7th floor if you hurry."