There is a naked man of Arab decent strapped to a metal table in the cold, sterile room located inside the underground medical ward of the Xavier Institute. Dr. Hank McCoy stood over him in a white lab coat and glasses and sliced into him with a small surgical knife as he screamed out in pain.
"Still not got the information out of him, Doc?" The man known as Logan asked as he entered the room.
"Oh, my stars and garters yes, Logan. He gave up the information practically right away. However, he has functional kidneys he will not be using. Therefore, I will be taking them to sell on the black market."
"Nice way to make a few extra bucks, Doc."
"Logan, could you take this to Charles?" He picked up a tape recorder off the table, Dr. McCoy handed it over to Logan.
"I tell you, Doc, here is a real beast." Logan looked down at the man strapped to the table with a huge grin on his face.
As he exited the medical ward, Logan could hear the man as he screamed which echoed down the hall.
An hour later inside the war room, the X-Men, all dressed in black fatigues, are gathered around a round table. Seated with them in a brown jacket with matching slacks and white turtleneck is Charles Xavier. Sage stood over at the computer console, Sage punched in a code and the face of an Arab man appeared as a holographic projection above the table.
"This is Sheik Abdul Basir. During his last visit to the United States, he raped the teenage daughter of my friend, Senator Robert Kelly. This rape led to his daughter, Karen, committing suicide. This mission is personal to me. Karen was my goddaughter. Abdul used his diplomatic immunity to get away with this heinous act."
"How do we know Kelly will not just hand us over to the Government once we have served his purpose, Chuck?" Logan asked in a serious tone.
"I know he can be trusted."
"And this is supposed to comfort us, mon ami?"
"This is my team, Remy. If you or anyone else dislikes my decision, you know where the door is."
"How will we get close to Sheik Abdul, or would you prefer I take him out from a distance?" The X-Men's sniper, Scott "Cyclops" Summers, asked as his lips formed into a cruel grin.
"Not this time, Scott. I want him to suffer so I'm sending Kitty undercover. She will pose as Senator Kelly's niece to get close to Sheik Abdul Basir."
"Now wait just a minute, Chuck." Logan shot up from his chair.
"What's the matter? Afraid your little girlfriend might be attracted to the rich son of a bitch?" Robert Drake spoke to the other man in a cold tone.
"Shut your mouth, Drake, before I shut it for you." Logan pointed a finger at the other man.
"Any time you feel froggy, old man, just jump."
"Ignore him, baby. You know it's you I love." Kitty smiled to her lover as she spoke.
"I'm with Logan on this. I feel uncomfortable sending Kitty in alone on this." Emma Frost, the X-Man known as Archangel, spoke out.
"Have none of you seen the Petite fight? She can hold her own."
"Thank you, Remy." Kitty smiled across the table at the other man.
"None of you will be too far away at any point of this mission. For now though I need to debrief Kitty for her part of this mission, so if you will excuse us."
As the X-men started to file out of the room, Kitty took Logan by the hand. "You trust me, don't you, Logan?"
"With my life and my heart, darling. I may not say it enough but I love ya."
"I love you, too." Logan took Kitty in his arms, he kissed her passionately before he turned and left the room