Chapter 1: Freedom

Twin sisters were stuck in cages in a huge lab. One was being injected with a strange serum as her slimmer sister watched with a pained expression. This routine was all that weapons Y and Z knew. The two adolescent females were the second attempt at the weapon X program that had failed so many years ago. Both were mutants with special powers. Both had the ability to heal any injury in seconds and turn into wolves. The scientists would try experiments on weapon Y and, if the experiment worked out without a problem, then weapon Z received it too. Today the lab workers were trying out a rage inducer, which would cause the person injected to become overly angry and animalistic when in extreme life and death situations. These rages were hard to be controlled and it took a lot to get the injected person out of them. As the lab techs watched, weapon Y suddenly started to shake violently. She finally roared in fury and slammed into the cage wall, intent to get to the techs. She lashed out snarled and bit at them. Unfortunately, the rage inducer had worked too well. One of the techs grabbed a tranquilizer gun from under a desk and quickly forced the female into submission. Weapon Z watched her sister carefully. But her head whipped around when she heard the lab techs' whisperings. "Weapon Y is too dangerous to be kept alive. We can keep its sister for further testing, but Y just can't be kept here." The head lab technician said angrily. "Such a loss to lose another weapon, just like the other one." This comment made weapon Z curious. Another weapon had been made before them? She had never heard about this. But then she finally realized what they had just said. They were going to kill her sister. She looked over at Y, who was still tranquilized. She decided then that tonight was finally the night to escape.

A few hours later, all was quiet in the lab. Weapon Y was still out, even though the tranquilizer had worn off an hour ago. Z was carefully studying the lock on her cage. It was a regular lock but it gave off a serious electrical shock to anyone who tried to pick the lock. But Z had been studying it for months. She was glad now that she had thought ahead. She carefully pulled a piece of insulated wire from under one of the panels in her cage. Carefully she inserted one end into the lock and then put the other end into the monitor next to her cage. She smirked as the lock slowly lost the faint buzz it held when armed. The young teen then inserted a small nail that she had found a week ago and kept into the lock. By that time Y was starting to stir. She gave Z a confused look but one glance at what her twin was doing silenced her. A soft click made Z smirk. She carefully opened the door to her cage and stepped out. She quickly went to her twin's cage and repeated the process. Weapon Y quickly scrambled out of the cage. The two girls crept stealthily along the hallway, pausing only long enough to look for some clothes in the techs' locker room. Both quickly threw on t-shirts and jeans that fit them reasonably well before quickly leaving the room. They spied a scientist at the end of the hall and quickly went the other way, using their senses to lead them to an outside door. An alarm sounded the instant they opened the door. But luckily, by the time the large guard got to the door, the girls were already out of sight and free in the wilderness. Sabertooth let out a frustrated growl but slowly a smirk made its way onto his face. "These girls will lead me right to my enemy, and then I will have made two victories with one hit!" He said smugly. His evil laughter rang out over the cold night, but the girls were already too far away to hear him.

Two Years Later…

Professor Charles Xavier sat in Cerebro after a telepathic alert signaled a new mutant had been discovered. He blinked in surprise when the machine suddenly picked up a second mutant next to the first one. Professor X quickly put on the helmet and pinpointed their exact location. "Odd," he murmured to himself, "They are near Mt. McKenna but I have never picked up any mutants in that area except for Logan." He shook his head to clear it and tried to figure out a little about the two mutants. After half an hour of reaching into what he could of their minds he had found out that they were 16 year old twins. It confused him that he couldn't find out anything else. 'Oh well' he thought with a sigh. He then telepathically called out to 7 of his X-Men in various areas around the mansion. 'We have two new mutants I need you to go pick up' he mentally informed them, 'I will tell you more when you get to Cerebro.'

The Professor could pick up the confusion and excitement of all his friends and students even before they got to Cerebro. He turned to face them as they came in. Storm, Logan, Scott, Jean, Rogue, Kitty and Kurt all stood right inside the door. "So what's the info on these 2 new kids, Chuck?" Logan asked gruffly. "All I could find out was the fact that they are 16 year old twins, nothing else." Xavier said with a sigh. This shocked everyone slightly. The Professor was always able to tell gender, age, and ability. Logan had been the only exception to the age rule. What also shocked them was the fact that the two were twins. "Take the X-Van since the jet is still in repair, but be careful." Charles warned. "We don't know what these two are capable of or what their intentions are." He gave Logan the coordinates, who frowned when he saw them. "This is near Mt. McKenna though." He said with a slight hint of confusion. "Why have we never picked them up there before?" "Who knows?" The Professor said with a sigh. "The point is that they're here now and we must make sure that they are alright and not in need of help." Everyone nodded and, after changing into their X-suits, went to the garage to get the van. Logan sat in the driver's seat while Scott sat in the passenger's seat. Jean sat with Storm in the next row of seats while Kitty, Kurt and Rogue sat in the back row. "Everybody ready to leave?" Logan asked whilst starting the van. A chorus of 'yes's' drifted to him in the front seat. He quickly pulled out of the garage and onto the driveway.

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They had been driving for hours and were just now getting to the coordinates that Prof. had given them. The sun was just beginning to set as they got to within a mile of the coordinates. Wolverine had put down all the windows and was allowing his gaze to sweep the woods around them. The others were also looking out their windows at all the trees. Suddenly, before Wolverine could react, two figures appeared on the road in front of them. Wolverine hit the brakes hard but it was inevitable. Everyone screamed as the car slammed into the two teenaged girls that had run into the middle of the road. They all sat there for about a minute staring in shock before wrenching off their seatbelts and getting out of the van. They weren't expecting the shocking sight that greeted them. The girls were gone! Kurt and Kitty exchanged confused looks while Jean closed her eyes, trying to get a fix on the two girls. "Did they teleport or something?" Storm asked in confusion. "No," Jean answered with still closed eyes. "They just ran away from us." She opened her eyes with a smile. "We found them." Wolverine got back into the van and pulled it over to the side of the van. He got out and locked it before joining the others. He carefully looked at the ground before finding a trail. Wolverine looked up at Scott, who nodded. Paying careful attention to the trail, Wolverine started to follow the almost nonexistent trail left by their quarry.