In the middle of a snowy isolated area in the Canadian Alps, there was an underground facility. It was pitch-black, signaling the end of the day for the workers in the facility. On ground, there was only a single building that looked like a bomb shelter. It has the Roman numeral "X" etched onto its side. Underneath the gaze of the moonlight, a shadow appeared over the X on the building. Then, a snikt could be heard. Inside the building, there was only one person awake. It was a young, beautiful black-haired woman. Her name was Sarah Kinney.
"When will he get here?" she muttered to herself as she tossed and turned in her bed.
"RED ALERT. RED ALERT. INTRUDER HAS INVADED THE COMPOUND," Sarah heard a voice over an intercom before seeing a flashing red light. She waited for a bit before she heard footsteps marching very quickly pass her door.
"Now," Sarah thought to herself, grabbing her glasses and walking over to the door. She opened the door, looking around to see men with heavy black combat gear running in unison down the corridor.
"What's going on?" Sarah asked.
"Weapon X has attacked the compound," one of the soldiers told Sarah. "We must apprehend him at all costs. Please stay in your room, ma'am." Sarah nodded her head in response as she watched the soldier run off to his death. Sarah waited for all the soldiers to leave before she started run in the opposite direction. She ran for a bit before she found the door she was looking for. Laura tapped a password into the key console next to the door before it slid open to allow her entry. Inside the room, there was plastic crib, equipped with the latest medical equipment. All of the medical equipment were monitoring a sleeping baby girl inside the crib. Sarah made sure the door closed behind her before she walked over to the crib. She smiled fondly at the baby inside the crib.
"He's finally here, Laura," Sarah smiled at the baby, stroking the baby's cheek. "We can finally go home."
"I don't think so, Miss. Kinney," a voice said behind her. Sarah whipped around to see a bald man in a black tuxedo, aiming a gun at her, before hearing a gunshot. Her eyes went wide as she felt a bullet pierce through the right side of her body. Sarah screamed in excruciating pain, collapsing onto the floor, as blood poured out of here.
"I had such high hopes for you, Miss. Kinney, but it seems Rice was right," the man stated, walking over to Sarah. Sarah watched as the man aimed the gun at her head.
"Say hello to him for me," the man said. Suddenly, three metal blades pierced right through his torso. Blood splattered onto the floor as the man collapsed onto the floor, dropping the gun. Sarah smiled in pain as she saw the figure in place of the man. The figure was short in stature with a yellow cowl with long, black, wing-like ears that covered his face. He wore a yellow costume with blue shoulder pads and black triangles on the shoulders and his sides. The top of his costume didn't cover his arms, disconnected from the blue gloves he wore on each hand. A belt, with a red circle and a large black X on it, separated his torso from his lower body. The lower part of his costume was mainly yellow along with blue boots with a single black stripe running down each boot. Out of each of his gloves, three metal blades shone darkly underneath the continuous flashing red light. The six blades retracted into his hands as he knelt next to the heavily bleeding Sarah.
"Hang on, I will get both of you out of here," the man, in a gravelly voice, told Sarah. Sarah started coughing up blood before she smiled sadly at the man.
"it's too late for me," Sarah barely managed to speak before she shakily pointed to a briefcase on top of a table. "take that. it has everything you need to integrate laura into society."
"Don't talk like that," the man replied, moving to pick up Sarah. Sarah grabbed one of his hands before looking directly at him.
"Take Laura and RUN," Sarah ordered with as much force as she could muster. "they have a failsafe if you ever attacked."
"What do you mean?" the man responded before hearing an explosion. The man looked behind him to see something that Sarah couldn't see on the floor. He then looked back at her.
"I can't leave you here like this," the man stated, trying to think of a way.
"just take laura, please. forget about me," Sarah begged the man, wishing he would stop wasting time.
"But Laura needs her mother," the man responded before another explosion could be heard.
"no, she needs her father," Sarah replied before darkness started to encroach onto her vision. She shakily tilted her head to look at the crib one last time.
"i love you, Laura," Sarah weakly said before the life faded from her eyes. The man looked at Sarah's lifeless body before he dashed over to the briefcase. He picked it up before dashing over to the crib. He was surprised to see the baby fast asleep, unaware of her surroundings. The man gingerly picked her up with his free hand before he started running. As he ran down the hallway, there was an explosion right in front of him, nearly incinerating him and the baby.
"Dammit," the man growled, watching flames blocking his path. He then jumped through the fire, protecting the baby as much as he could. The fire incinerated his skin and costume. Looking down, he was glad that the baby was unharmed. He ran even faster, seeing masses of dead soldiers near a large metal door with a large gaping hole.
"Nearly there," the man muttered before he put more energy into his legs. He jumped through the hole, entering an elevator. The man quickly pressed the topmost button before looking through the hole to see the fire spreading very quickly towards the elevator. He breathed a sigh of relief as he felt the elevator go up. He braced himself as the elevator shook a bit as it went up. It then stopped before the doors opened. The man ran into the building before kicking the door open, exposing himself and the baby to the harsh Canadian wind. The man started trudging through the snow. He walked for a bit before seeing a large, black jet hidden within a forest of trees. Using the hand that was holding the briefcase, the man pressed against his ear.
"Ororo, open up the doors," the man ordered as he walked closer to the jet. The cargo door of the jet opened, allowing the man entry into the jet. He walked into the jet to see an African woman with white hair wearing a black costume with a yellow outlining only the top and a black cape with yellow outlines.
"Where is Miss. Kinney?" the woman asked.
"She's dead," the man answered her as he walked over to the woman. He handed the baby and briefcase to her before walking to the cockpit. He activated the jet before waiting for the woman to sit in the other seat. As soon as she sat down, the man pressed a button and pulled a lever. The jet roared to life before rising up into the air.
"What's her name, Logan?" the woman asked. The man looked at the woman as he pushed another lever forward.
"The name her mother gave her," the man replied, looking forward. "Laura Kinney."