Potential Power

Shikon had only been on the asteroid once before this time. He was just a child when he had somehow appeared there over night after his orphanage burned down. Shikon had heard stories of how mutants would come to the asteroid and leave with their powers multiplied exponentially. If was true then Shikon planned to find what caused the accelerated powers and maybe even use it on himself. He had for the longest time thought he was the strongest; but that was proven wrong in the fight with the X-Men. While he could hold his own against most of them he realized that they were stronger together and therefore he needed to be stronger.

Shikon turned down another hall and found a red door. He slowly opened it. Inside were things he had come to know as imaginable things. There were all sorts of technology he had no clue of what they did. As his smiled faded he closed the door hearing footsteps somewhere in the hall. It would appear I am not alone here he thought as he set himself flat against the wall at the corner of the hall. If there was going to be a fight he was going to get the jump on them.

Shikon saw the person come into the room and instinctively went into his fighting stance. When he saw it was Rachel he sighed and relaxed leaning against the wall. "Great this is just what I needed. Haven't seen you around in awhile. Still festering with hatred toward me or have you gotten over it?" Shikon more or less ignored Rachel his search was important. He needed to find out all he could. "Step aside Rachel. Or come with me. I don't really care what you do anymore. All you have to do is help me or stay out of my way." Shikon put his hands behind his head and sighed again. If he knew Rachel like he thought he did then there was about to be a fight.

Shikon pushed off the wall with his elbow. And flashing a devil's grin he shoved his hands in his pocket and popped his neck. "This is your only chance to make this option and to choose which path you will take. Make sure you choose wisely. I'm a lot stronger than I was when we were first fighting. I also know a lot more about you and your family." Shikon gave Rachel a half glance with his cold ice blue eyes.

Shikon smirked. "So you want in on it do you? What makes you think that I would trust you after our last encounters? What's stopping me from walking back out that door and continuing on my own?" Shikon took a step towards Rachel. He was after all the power that was locked up here somewhere. As he thought about it he realized more and more her company would be nice, and not to mention he could keep an eye on her. "Well....I guess you can come along for the journey. Who knows maybe we'll become friends."

Shikon chuckled as Rachel went through the innocent routine. "Well Rachel if you really must know...I know that some where on this giant rock there is a way to gain power. There is a machine I know of that increases your powers ten fold. The only problem is finding it. I have no clue where it might actually be." Shikon walked to the door and held it open for Rachel. "You still interested?"

Shikon watched Rachel as she spoke. There were gears turning in that head of hers. She was already planning something. "I know it's here cause I've seen it before, many times I had wondered what it did but now I know. And as to your last question it's simple: I have no clue if it damage me or not. I'm not desperate Rachel. I just want this power for a few reasons. If I were to get it well..." Shikon smirked "Well you'll just have to find out when we get there." Shikon started to walk down the hall "You coming or not?"

Shikon chuckled at Rachel's mention of Lakai. "I suppose you could say that's one reason why I'm doing this. If you really intend on pushing for answers well you'd have to trade me something. Nothing is free in life. Surely you of all people know this." Shikon rounded a corner and jumped back slightly and throwing his arm out to stop Rachel from moving.

Half a second after he jumped back several lasers shot into the ground leaving singed marks. "Seems like my old Master left some stuff in store for us."

Shikon chuckled once more. "Oh no dear child. It's not a [rice I'm looking for. I have enough money to last me a lifetime. I seek knowledge. If you have knowledge to trade then I will also trade you some knowledge in turn. I have a vast quantity of Dragons in the world, and I'm sure you would be surprised by what I know."

Shikon turned the corner and continued to walk down the hall. All the excitement was building. There were only a few rooms left on this floor, and if it wasn't here then surely it would be on the next floor.

"Ah. By Dragons I mean my spies. I span 42 different countries with thousands of spies. I know so many things that could bring a country to its knees in seconds. I've even went through the trouble of having rumors spread about me just being a very stupid Brotherhood leader who can be easily manipulated, but what none of these people realize is that I am deadly accurate, nothing has kept me from learning anything I want to know. Anyone who thinks I am an unintelligent person would find themselves on the wrong end of the sword if you catch my drift."

Shikon motioned for the stairs and climbed them as quietly as a predator stalks its prey, and as he did so he continued to speak; "I know many things about boundaries, and believe me I won't cross yours anytime soon. No need in provoking a fight. Anyways on the topic of my master, well he was more of a father figure. He taught me everything I know about my powers, he was also the one who took me in after I burned down my childhood orphanage. He was always telling me that it wasn't my fault and that I couldn't have known what I was doing, and well, I always believed him. I never thought twice about anything he told me. I looked up to him as a hero. And one day I will unite all the mutants together and we will not be ignored, looked at as freaks, or targeted for death anymore. We will all live in peace. I want to continue my master's work because only comes through strife, and if I can cause a big enough strife for the world to where they have to accept our help to save all the world then we will all know a peace the likes of which the world has never seen."