A.N.: This is my first fanfic and I started this without any huge plan, I just wanted to write. 'Peter' shows up in the next chapter. And in this fic Charles isn't in a wheelchair and Erik isn't a wanted criminal. Idk man thanks for even getting this far.
Erik and Charles had spent weeks, months, tracking down leads on a mutant experimentation lab. For months mutants had been disappearing without a trace.
The only reason they had been able to track down the missing mutants was by Hank painstakingly scanning the security footage of the towns the mutants had disappeared from. Eventually he had been able to track one of the vans that the mutants had unwillingly disappeared into without it disappearing into an area without cameras.
Every piece of footage that Hank had collected ended up the same. A young mutant being drugged then carried or dragged into the back of a waiting van, which then would promptly speed off. After hours of following the van through traffic cameras, it finally stopped outside of a unobtrusive brick building on the outside of a small Ohio town. There was a small loading dock in the back of the building that the van backed up to and opened the back doors into. Through the grainy footage Hank could barely make out the form of an unconscious child being quickly carried into the building.
Hank quickly called to the Professor mentally. 'Professor, I got it,' he told him eagerly. Within a minute Hank was joined by Charles, Erik, Alex, and Raven.
"Right here," Hank said, pointing to the screen. "It's a small town in the outskirts of Ohio. The building is registered under private ownership, so there's no official name, but it's been under their ownership for about 5 years.
"Jesus," Charles said in horror. "Think how many children they'd be able to capture in that time." It was unknown why, but only child mutants had been captured so far.
"I'll be damned if we let them get one more," Erik stated as they all nodded in agreement. "How quickly can we get there?"
Charles sat thoughtfully for a moment. "If we take the jet we can be there in a little over two hours. Let's get going. Hank, I trust that you'll pilot?"
Hank nodded hesitantly. "Yeah of course but we're just going to go crashing in? That doesn't exactly seem like the best plan."
"I'm sorry but I agree with Hank," Raven said apologetically. "I want those kids out just as much as you but charging in there without a plan isn't going to help them. They've been doing this for years. I'm sure they know how to handle mutants."
"Yes, Raven," Charles said already walking towards the jet hangar, "but I'll be damned if I leave those children there a moment longer than necessary. We can plan on the way there."
The three others quickly moved to follow him, not wanting to waste any more time. A few minutes later, Hank was starting up the jet.
Erik, Charles, Hank, and Raven could only hope they weren't too late.