-----Alcatraz Island during Phoenix Incident
The man frowned at the two mutants lying in a heap. The one looked so familiar... But he was supposed to be dead...
The man looked around. Nobody was looking. They were too busy running away. Maybe... He could just...
No. He had to run. They were mutants. They were freaks. They were...
"Nicholas! Run!" His friend called. The man looked up and saw a blonde man running over. The man nodded.
"I'm coming!" The man looked at the two on the ground again. He couldn't carry both. He bit his lip. What to do, what to do...?
"Screw it." He muttered. He lifted the smaller one over his shoulder and dragged the bigger one. Once to safety, he dropped them. He frowned. He knew the bigger one, he knew he did. It was his old friend. Sighing, the man ripped off his necklace and put it into his old friend's hand. After he made sure that they would live, he ran.
----Right Outside Alcatraz; Present time
John winced, feeling something being pressed onto his oh-so pounding head. With a groan, he opened his eyes. He hissed at the bright light. Soon, he saw his 'big brother' frowning.
"I don't even want to know where you got that cut on your forehead." He said.
"Fuck off Todd... God, what the hell happened? Where are we?" John asked, sitting up. He almost fell backwards, dizzy. "Okay, that wasn't a good idea..."
"We're right outside Alcatraz. Somebody pulled us both out." Todd replied, pressing a ripped cloth on the younger mutant's cut.
"Any idea who?" John asked, frowning in worry.
"Yeah... An old friend." Todd said, holding up the necklace that was placed in his hand.
"The dude you ran from?" John asked, frowning as he remained on the, uncomfortable, ground. Todd gave the boy a look that said 'he has a name stupid'.
"Yeah. Nicholas." The amphibian mutant said, picking the smaller one up.
"Oww... Don't do that..." John moaned as the dizzy came back. Todd snorted.
"Well, sorry, but we've got to get out of here before the humans come back." Todd told him. John scowled.
"And where, exactly, are we going?" He asked. Todd hesitated to answer him. With a growl, he grabbed Todd's head, forcing him to look at him.
"Where. Are. We. Going." He demanded. Todd hesitated again, but answered.
"... The Institute."