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It didn't make any sense to Veil either - Jack was clearly alive, why would there be a death certificate in his file? She had heard of cases of people coming back from the dead, one of her teachers in school had been Jean Grey after all. Was that what had happened? She bit her lip slightly. Jack's powers made him deadly vulnerable to extreme cold. It made sense - he should have died when Sapphire froze them all. He shouldn't have been standing next to them, breathing. [color=935DB8]"... Does your father have a presence on Genosha?"[/color] Veil asked. She wasn't sure if he would. Mister Sinister wasn't a mutant. 

With what Callie said, Jack simply looked at the file name, shut it and put it back, [color=9C00FF]"I don't want to look at my mom's file ever, since if she wanted me to know what was in it she'd tell me."[/color] Jack wasn't too sure what Veil was potentially thinking or whatever, but he did figure he might as well answer her question. [Color=9C00FF]"Yeah, he's here... And usually I stay as far away from him as possible, that being because I want nothing to do with him."[/color] 

Callie nodded slightly towards Jack, it was his choice to and didn't want to pry any further into it since she felt like it was a family matter after all as well to. She looked at Veil for a moment biting her bottom lip for a moment, she didn't want to really suggest it but maybe Jack's father had more answers. [color=87d0f2]"I really do hate to suggest this, but maybe we should pay him a visit if he's here then? Or we can continue looking around at files."[/color]

[color=935DB8]"Do you... Do you think it's possible your father is involved in this?"[/color] Veil asked bluntly. She wasn't too certain what Sinister was capable of, but he was a mad scientist from what she could tell. And she knew that some parents would go to extreme lengths for their children. It struck her as a bit odd that Sinister was on Genosha though, as from what she knew, he wasn't a mutant - and had taken great joy in experimenting on mutants and harming them. 

He wasn't too sure whether or not his father would have done something. As far as he could tell, his father didn't really care much for him, and personally Jack hated him. [Color=9C00FF]"Honestly? I have no idea. Though I will say one thing... If he did have something to do with it it likely wasn't because he cared, it probably was just to see if he [i]could[/i] fix it or whatever, if he was involved. That's just what I think."[/color]

Callie leaned back and listened to Jack and Veil as she turned to look at Jack there was still a lot of questions about what had happened, if his father had a hand in it or something like that. [color=87d0f2]"So, what do you think we should do then continue looking around here?"[/color] Callie asked Jack.

[color=935DB8]"Have you talked to your mother about this?"[/color] Veil then asked, looking for more information. 

Jack at this point was getting a little annoyed with Callie and Veil. [color=9C00FF]"What do you think I've been doing on the island since waking up? I've been actively trying to get info the old fashioned way of asking people. And as I have said, absolutely no one will tell me anything. My mom avoids the question entirely and dances around it, and she was the first person I asked. The hospital as I've said before wouldn't tell me anything. As for my father, honestly would either of you want to go talk to him alone? And based on how everyone [i]else[/i] was reacting to me asking questions, figured that he probably wouldn't give me a straight answer either. So kind of have been actively avoiding him more than a little bit..."[/color] he commented, thinking now, before letting out a sigh. [color=9C00FF]"...But if you think that I should try talking to him, then I'll go. Just reminder that last time I actually had a talk with him, ended up with him messing with my head. I want to figure out what happened, especially now there are more questions than answers... And considering the fact that he's kind of the one person I've actively avoided, maybe I'll actually get a bit lucky and he will tell me the truth, but still seriously doubt it. This place probably doesn't have any more info anyway."[/color]

Callie crossed her arms and leaned back slightly as she listened to Jack and then looked at Veil and Jack as well to. [color=87d0f2]"He's got a place around here somewhere right? We could just sneak in and see if he has any kind of files or information there, or we can talk to him but it's up to you."[/color] Callie said, she didn't like the idea of talking with him or snooping around his father's place either, and last time they confronted him it wasn't really fun either.

[color=935DB8]"Your father is a sadistic torturer. I think we go in first and check the place out,"[/color] Veil argued. She didn't like the way Jack had snapped at them, as they were just trying to help, and Jack hadn't given them a complete list of strategies he had tried. Knowing that his mother danced around the question did help though - it meant that Renegade knew something. This wasn't a secret one person was keeping, it was some sort of collective group effort. [color=935DB8]"Is your mother the type to lie to you to protect you? Or does she lie to protect herself?"[/color]

[color=9C00FF]"Honestly, not a hundred percent sure... If I had to guess [i]probably[/i] a mixture of both. I mean she didn't tell me that Sinister was my father in the first place until I flat out confronted her with the fact that I more or less already [i]knew[/i] the answer and she couldn't hide it from me anymore... So it's a bit debatable... Though I would prefer the option you suggested about checking out the area and all first and not necessarily just talking to him. That would be nice... We should probably get going then,"[/color] Jack said, before he started leading the way back out of the hospital.

Callie stood up from where she was as Jack answered Veil's question, she didn't really know Renegade all that well really so she wasn't sure if she was doing it for Jack or for herself either. [color=87d0f2]"Alright then, lets get going."[/color] Callie said as she started to follow shortly behind Jack out of the patient records room. [color=87d0f2]"Though what should we do if he somehow finds out we are snooping around his things?"[/color] Callie asked Jack and Veil, hoping that there wouldn't be a violent confrontation unlike last time.

Veil remembered the last time that they had descended into Mister Sinister's home - his secret base beneath that bar, where he had done horrible, horrible things. A chill went down her spine. [color=935DB8]"Let's hope we aren't there,"[/color] Veil said. [color=935DB8]"... Are there laws on Genosha against trespassing?"[/color]

[color=9C00FF]"Or more of run and hope that you aren't the slowest person,"[/color] Jack added as he listened to Veil's next question. [color=9C00FF]"Nope, there aren't any laws like that... Actually the only real important law is that you aren't allowed to kill anyone... Which honestly might not be any better since from what you know, with some of the things some people, like my father, can do likely would make you [i]wish[/i] that you were dead."[/color] They'd walk for a little while, but eventually they'd reach the one place in all of Genosha that he had avoided like the plague, Bar Sinister. Why the hell would he want to go there or talk to his father anyway? During their last encounter it was made very clear that they didn't exactly see eye to eye. [color=9C00FF]"Well, here we are..."[/color]

Callie followed behind Jack and Veil letting him lead the way as she listened to Veil ask what sort of laws this place for trespassing which was kind of surprising. [color=87d0f2]"So we can just go anywhere and they wouldn't bat an eye?"[/color] Callie said she was surprised about that as she looked up at Bar Sinister, gently resting a hand on Jack's shoulder. [color=87d0f2]"We got your back."[/color]

Bar Sinister wasn't technically part of Genosha - it was a smaller island, connected to the Genosha by means of a rope ladder. It was as extravagant and extra as anyone familiar with Mister Sinister would have expected, the small island looking like spikes of ruby, reminiscent of the gem on Essex's forehead. Veil raised an eyebrow. [color=935DB8]"This looks like a lair,"[/color] she commented dryly. [color=935DB8]"I'm assuming you've never been inside."[/color]

[Color=9C00FF]"Yeah, as I've said before, I tend to avoid this place as much as possible. Since I don't really want to talk to him. And it [i]definitely[/i] looks like a pair, of that we can agree on... Guess we should probably head inside right?"[/color] It was more than a bit obvious that Jack wanted nothing to do with the place, or his father really. His family was a bit screwed up after all.

[color=87d0f2]"It looks like he has a really big ego if he has a whole mini island lair to himself as well, and this totally doesn't look like a bar either just saying."[/color] Callie said, seeing the place in person it did look pretty intimidating as well to [color=87d0f2]"Well lets get going, we should probably go invisible again while we sneak inside."[/color] 

[color=935DB8]"He does seem to have a bar obsession,"[/color] Veil murmured, turning them invisible as they slowly descended into Bar Sinister. Inside, it looked like a maze of crystal caverns, but it was far from empty. All over the place were clones of Mister Sinister. They each had slight variations - one of them even looked more like a kangaroo than a humanoid - and were almost all drinking and chatting amongst each other. Veil's eyes widened. [color=935DB8]"....What?"[/color]

[color=9C00FF]"I've seen some weird stuff, but I think this one takes the cake... Also why the hell would anyone want [i]more[/i] of him? Then again, the name of the place makes more sense now, since he's decided that he's just going to surround himself with more and more versions of himself. Guess the bar name makes more sense now... But just snooping around or something isn't going to be easy with so many versions of him..."[/color]

Callie looked around the inside of the room seeing the many clones of Mister Sinister, and turned to look over at Jack his father in her opinion was really weird. [color=87d0f2]"Well I guess he doesn't have to look himself in a mirror anymore if there is so many clones of him, he clearly loves himself more than anything."[/color]

The Sinisters were chatting and mingling happily, not noticing the three invisible people talking in hushed tones. [color=935DB8]"Maybe this'll be to our advantage. It'll be easier to hide in a crowd - even if the crowd is all... well, him,"[/color] Veil pointed out. However, the place did make the hairs on her her arm stand up in warning. There had to be something more sinister here, something beyond dozens of Sinisters. 

[color=9C00FF]"You know, this is kind of one of my worst nightmares in a way,"[/color] Jack commented, before walking along a little ways. Glancing around, he saw some stairs that were heading downwards, [color=9C00FF]"...That looks like a place to start,"[/color] he said to the other two, heading down now. There were several different ways to go, and as he started wandering along, before coming to a door. He listened to see if anyone else was inside, and upon hearing nothing, he opened up the door and stepped inside. Walking in, a [url=https://starwarsblog.starwars.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/bacta-tank-luke-han-leia.jpg]tank[/url] was immediately in view, and he walked up to it, and he got a little weirded out. Why? Since he quite literally saw himself in the tank. [color=9C00FF]"...What the hell is going on?"[/color] He had been a bit weirded out before, but this was just insane.

Callie followed behind Jack and Veil, looking at the Sinister Clones one last time before heading down the stairs and into the room in front of them. She approached the tank seeing a literal clone of Jack inside of it this was a lot weirder than anything that she had seen, she wondered why Jack's father had a clone of him in the first place. [color=87d0f2]"Okay I knew he was really weird but why would your father have a pickled version of you here?"[/color]

[color=935DB8]"What the hell?"[/color] Veil asked. [color=935DB8]"Your father has a... a fucking clone of you..."[/color] She shook her head slightly, thinking through what they had seen and uncovered - Jack's death certificate, the fact that he should have shattered from the instant freeze, no one telling him what had happened, and now a clone floating in a tank... [color=935DB8]"I think you're a clone, Jack... I think the original you died and your father... he made a spare."[/color]

The idea was crossing Jack's mind too, before Veil even had responded with her own thoughts. Despite it making sense, his brain was not wanting to accept that fact, at all. [color=9C00FF]"No, no way... I wouldn't be able to remember everything or whatever right? I mean some things yes, but I remember everything up until we all got frozen, and then immediately after waking up, so how could I remember all of that too then?"[/color] at this point he was kind of just sort of fishing for an excuse or an explanation, that much was obvious, and it was also obvious that he was starting to freak out a bit now.

Callie was thinking the same thing as well to, looking at Jack for a moment she had no idea how or why Jack still had all of his memories up until now. [color=87d0f2]"I have no clue how you have your memories still to be honest either.."[/color] Callie said as she started to look around the room, before finding a notebook on a nearby counter, she wasn't sure what was in it as Callie came back setting the notebook down. [color=87d0f2]"Maybe this could have some answers?"[/color] She said to Jack and handed it over towards him.

[color=935DB8]"I don't know either,"[/color] Veil admitted. Not everything about her theory added up - how did Jack have his memories? She knew stranger things had happened. There was also just a lot that they didn't know about Mister Sinister and what he was capable of. 

Glancing at Callie when she handed him the notebook, he flipped it open in order to see what was in it. There were a bunch of very detailed notes, and none of them were helping everything that was going through his brain. They more or less [i]proved[/i] Veil's theory, that he [i]had[/i] been cloned, and the notes spoke of everything from the cloning to more or less resurrecting him. So was he really him? That was a question he wasn't sure he wanted to know the answer to that question, but it was a new one that wasn't going to leave his brain any time soon. Another thing in the notebook seemed to be a spell of sorts from something talking about retrieving a lost soul, whatever that meant. [color=9C00FF]"...You're right..."[/color] he said to Veil, before handing the notebook over so that they could see what was in it. [color=9C00FF]"I'm not really me... The real me died... There is something wrong with me then..."[/color] Yeah, the conversation they had a little while ago with regards to trusting the Hellfire Club and there maybe being something wrong with him and that being why he didn't trust them was starting to come back to haunt him now.

Callie reached out and gently rested a hand on Jack's shoulder and looked at him. [color=87d0f2]"You are still you, just in a new body you still have all of your memories before being frozen."[/color] Callie said trying to reassure him, as she went and took a look at the notepad and skimmed through it none of it really made sense at all. [color=87d0f2]"Do you want to investigate here more or something?"[/color] Callie asked Jack.

[color=935DB8]"... Spark Plug's right, you're still you. You have the same thoughts, experiences, and feelings. A body's just a thing."[/color]

[color=9C00FF]"See, you say that but it still doesn't seem like it. Since remember our conversation not that long ago? I told you that I didn't trust what was going on here in Genosha, you asked me if the problem wasn't necessarily what was going on with that, but if it was me or that there was something wrong, with me. Guess what, think we just found out what,"[/color] he said with a bit of a shrug, before moving away from the two of them, [color=9C00FF]"Let's get out of here... I want to get the hell out of this place and fast... I hate it here and it is just too creepy..."[/color] His brain was starting to shut down, usually how he processed things or coped with things, so he really was not wanting to talk about any of this anymore.