The Good Samaritan: Options

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Sharon discusses her options now.

"Thanks for getting me out of there." Sharon rubbed her wrist, but the redness from the cuffs was already fading quickly. "And who hired you? I suppose I should be thanking them as well..."

Rogue gave Sue a look. They hadn't really discussed this far as to what they'd do.   "Our employers wanted to make sure you'd get equitable treatment," she started slowly. "You can thank them yourself later if you'd like....but now that we're away from pryin' eyes and ears, wanna tell us what really happened?"

Rogue hit the image inducer button, shutting it off. "An' Ah assure you. We are on your side."

Sharon frowned as the woman in front of her suddenly changed faces. It was subtle, but still clear. Folding her arms, she spoke up: "I want to know what is going on first. That is not just a small toy you shut of!"

"Actually they are pretty small," Sue pointed out as she shut off the image inducer, her previously brown hair reverting to her natural blonde and her face appearing as her own, "We found out about your situation the same way that the did," she said indicating the direction they had just come from, "we figured that you might end up in trouble when the video got posted online so came down to make sure you were ok."

"Tell me more. I'm getting the feeling that is not half of it."

"No that's pretty much it," Sue replied demurely, "We arrived but found you had been arrested and SHIELD had arrived so we had to find the footage and arrange for it to be posted online. The rest, well you know. We'll arrange for a lawyer to file the paperwork to dismiss all the charges against you and take care of any paperwork so you won't have that to worry about."

"Unless you want the fun answer: we're mutants too," Rogue said bluntly. "And in our role, we jus' wanna make sure that y'all are taken care of, and know that there's others out there who help too. Ah would've done the exact same thing if'n Ah was in your shoes. Can't stand idly by while someone needs help."

"Okay..." Sharon was still pretty doubtful, but willing to go along with it for now. "So now what? The police here will probably hate my guts and I'm not even sure I still have a job. I'm open to any idea's..."

"If you want to get out of the city we can put you in touch with people who have a system set up to move mutants who eed it out of harms way and to somewhere safer for them." Sue replied with a sad smile, "If you want a clean break they can even set up a new identity for you."

"Or if you'd like, you can check out where we live," Rogue offered. The look of 'what now?' on Sharon's face was a familiar one. "At the end of the day though, it's all about you, sugah, and what works best for ya."
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Earlier musings about it maybe being time to move on from Rapid City popped up in her mind and she leaned forward, interested. "What kind of place would that be? You've got me curious." She glanced back and forth between the two women.

"Well, a kinda mutant sanctuary near New York," Sue informed her, "mainly a place where we can be around people who understand the issues which we go through and provide a sense of community for one another. In the end of the day, everyone needs somewhere they feel they belong."

"And sometimes, you jus' need to kick a baddie's ass, or save someone who needs it.‎" Rogue grinned. "The job satisfaction sure is pretty high."

"New York, he?" Sharon was quiet for a bit, thinking through her options. "Why not? At the very least, it'll make a good starting point for whatever is coming next."