I sat there in the window sill just looking out into the woods behind my home… or is this a home? I could not tell anymore. Being here made me feel weird, like I was forgetting everything about myself. I cant even remember mom or dad… did I have a mom and dad? Why was I forgetting so easily!?

I held my head in pain not liking this one bit, I was so afraid that I was shaking. The cold air in the room went straight to my bones that rattled in my body. I shook so much and shrived that my teeth chattered. My heart pounded in my chest so hard that I thought it would pop.

"Oh Devlin, again?" I turned my head in tears my head pulsing as I shivered on the ground. There standing in the middle of the doorway was Mr… er Dr. Rowner. He walked over to me lifting me in his arms frowning at me. "I thought I told you to keep the collar on your neck."

"S..sir it hurts to much… please cant I keep it off?" he simply chuckled at me putting it back on my neck the metal collar shocking me slightly as it snaps back in place the head ache leaving quickly replaced by a numb feeling in my head. I felt weirdly calm like always my head clearing of thoughts as I shrived a bit in the doctors arms.

"See? All better, now lets get you into bed." he chuckled a bit as he took me to my room passing the others full of children like me all wearing the collars looking numb and mindless. I hated wearing it it hurt so much to feel so… so numb. I kept trying to take it off using bobby pins or forks to pick the lock on them. Dr. Rowner placed me on the bed taking off my shirt as he chuckled rubbing my bare skin. I whimpered a little knowing what he was going to do as I closed my eyes wishing for him to be quick.

"Dr Rowner! You have a call from Johann." I looked back at the door in relief as one of the other doctors called him away. He growled in anger as he tucked me in kissing my cheek. I bit my lip tears welling in my eyes wanting nothing more to just sleep. He told me good night leaving the room as I pulled into myself hugging the pillow hard.

"I want to go home..."

/X-men\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\

I looked out at the endless rows of flowers seeing nothing but the soft silver petals flowing within the dark forest that made up the land around me. I could not move my arms or legs, I could only limp in the vines that encircled my body rapping around me in a tight embrace. The bark on the tree glowing a soft white just like the petals of the flowers that made up the glen.

My heart ached in knowing I was not meant to be here… at least not yet. I had work to do I had to be there for him but… I was trapped. No matter how hard I struggled in the vines I could not brake their hold they only grew in strength as my muscles ached along with my heart knowing my dear brother was trapped someplace horrid or worse.

How long have I been here now? A year, an hour? It felt impossible to tell. I had o need to eat or drink or even relief myself the tree sustaining me… but for what what!? Why? WHY!? Why is it keeping me here when he could be dead or dieing!? I cant leave him like this dam it! He is my brother my only family and this dammed tree is holding me down!

"Let me go! Dam it! Let me go he needs me! Hey!" no mater how hard I struggled the tree held me strong. I felt so much regret, regret from being separated from my dear brother, regret that I would probably never see him again and even more regret that I could not kill that dam monster that trapped me here and took him away from me. I limped in the vines as tears trickled down my eyes. "Mom… Dad… please… watch over him… keep him safe."

"They can not help him now." my eyes widened when I heard a voice, hope rushing through my heart at the sound of the familiar voice. There before my eyes was a small raven with bright blue eyes, the moment it fluttered down next to me a soft comforting wind blew around me caressing my skin as I calmed from just being near the bird.

"It's you… your back..." I was shaken out of my stupor as I struggled. "Please! Get me out of here, someone has Devlin! Please!"

The raven sighed as it lowered its feathered head as the hope deep within me faded away and all I felt was worry and fear. My eyes flared in anger as I thrashed in the vines. How dare he! The lying feathered bastard!

"You promised you would keep him safe! You promised me! you promised!" the feathered rat simply spread its wings and flew into the dark sky as I shouted at it in pure rage. My throat was sore as I finally stopped, just limping on the tree as tears fell down my face. "Devlin… please… forgive me."

I frowned but growled as I forced my hand out of the vines as I gave a one last ditch to save my little brother. I silently thanked my mother for her teachings and was so glad she never taught Devlin these spells. If he knew them he would have most likely ended up in my situation, trapped in this… limbo… bound to a tree for his crimes agents magics and the great woman that governed it all. I held my bloody hand up to the moon and begged.

"Mother of Darkness

Mother of Light

Gide his soul in you through flight

wish of love and love of life"

"Goddess of the Moon, hear this plee, please save him… that's all I ask."

/X-men\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\

I sat on the bed looking out at the forest with a sad frown on my face. How long has it been since I came to this so called 'orphanage'. I had to be seventeen by now or maybe sixteen, but I am still as skinny as the twiggy boy they kidnapped in the night. I saw my reflection in the glass seeing my blue eyes shinning a bit like they always did. The doctors called them my baby blues, their little pet name made me scowl knowing they could care less about me or any of the other kids here.

Actually they were kind of nice to me… except for the fact that they knew what that monster Dr. Rowner did to us each night. It made me sick hearing the others crying as their beds rocked in the night. Their collars… our collars, keeping us controlled like sheep.

I wanted to run but I would not get far with the dam collar strapped to my neck. No matter how hard I pulled it only got tighter like some dam finger trap. I did manage to have it glitched to the point I could tap it in the right places to have it brake open. Sadly when I did manage to get the dam thing off my head would feel like it would explode.

It felt as if my whole body was burning from the inside, the only time the pain would end was when I put the thing back on. I had to find a way to keep it off without getting sick but I had no idea how to make it happen… then again.

I got up from my bed and started to pack some clothes into a pillow case, I had once shot at this and I was going to take it. This was it! My heart pounded in my chest as I moved about my room my plan coming into my mind as I worked through it. I had an idea that could work but it was a long shot and I had doubts but I spent to long in this hell to give up that chance.

I may have been made slow and week by the collar but taking it off would make me sick after a few short seconds and having it off makes me sick to my stomach so the only way I could get away in time I had to do something tricky. First I would need to find the key the doctors used on it to take it off, second was simple but hard at the same time and could be tricky.

I walked down the halls seeing my fellow… I guess I should say prisoners, walking the halls most of them slowly and painfully so. They looked like zombies their collars strapped to their necks sedating them so the doctors could test on them. Their far away looks made my heart shake a bit, all going through the same thing as me, wishing to runaway or… or find another way to leave… a darker way.

I was bumped out of my thoughts by my one friend in this place my fellow captive who went by Thorn. He looked down at me and smiled a bit his eyes baggy and his hair over grown hiding his sad eyes half way at least. I bit my lip not able to look at him right now, he is very nice to me but I cant afford to bring him with me or anyone else. He smiled at me patting my shoulder in sympathy.

"Hey man, it looks like you were… it.. last night." I frowned nodding, It meant the one who was the Dr.'s play thing that night. It was a sad day in hell that we made a name for it or even acknowledged it. I sighed nodding hating that it was so obvious to everyone in such a horrible way. We would look more exhausted, having a haunted look in our eyes and a slight shutter in our arms or legs. "Its alright Dev, we all went through it… it gets easier… kind of."

"Look I don't want to talk about it Thorn, I don't think anyone here wants to talk about it." I said it quickly my voice a bit cracked from the emotions rushing through me. The more I talked to him the more I wanted to tell him my plan and bring him with me… but there was a high chance we would get caught. He sighed and nodded at me as he patted my back.

"I get it… its just… I hate seeing everyone like this." I bit my lip, unlike most of the kids or teens trapped here Thorn was the less jaded one. He would try his best to make us happy in any way he could even if he knew it would not work he still tried and you could not find people like that every day. "hey why don't we just… I don't know… go outside for a bit, toss the football around?"

"Thorn..." I shivered at each word his kindness biting at my soul which screamed at me to tell him my plan and have him join me in escaping this hell hole. "Sure..."

"Awesome!" he smiled at me making my soul crack. I had to keep my lips shut or no one will be able to get out of here. I followed him if only to make him feel a little better knowing he would do the same for me. We walked through the white halls making our way to the lawn as the guards kept an eye on us as we tossed the foot ball around. Because of the collars we could not run or jump to well so the game was no more then tossing the ball while sitting. Despite the moment restriction we smiled and tossed it regardless. "This is great but I wish I could show you my real moves. I was unstoppable on the football field."

"Really, you got to play for real?" I asked a little amazed since most of the kids here were brought at young ages.

"Yeah, I was not always in this place, I kind of just got here remember?" I blinked and face palmed feeling stupid. Thorn only came here about a year ago but to me my sense of time was all messed up. The only way I knew what day it was when the doctors and caregivers would tell us happy birthday. He saw me regretting asking as he chuckled tossing me the ball as it landed at my feet. "It's not a big deal man, its hard to figure these things out when you don't have a calendar or watch."

"Thanks…" I sighed shaking my head, Thorn was to forgiving and kind to me… if he knew what I was going to do without him or the others he would despise me. He saw the look in my eyes once again and chuckled looking around as he walked over to me and whispered something in my ear.

"Hey can I tell you something?" I nodded feeling a cold chill down my spine when his breath touched my ear. "I'm planing on getting out of here tonight."

"What?" I asked biting my lip as he chuckled softly nodding to me as if he just said he was going to steal cookies not run off like I was planing on doing.

"Yeah, I got a plan ready and everything. I'm even going to tell everyone about this place and what they are doing to all of us…" I felt tears in my eyes falling because of what he said. I was about to run off without him and tell him nothing but he just told me on his own… some friend am I! "but there is one thing missing in my plan Dev."

"W.. what is it?" he pulled away from my ear smiling from ear to ear as my eyes watered even more then they did before.

"You..." I broke down crying into his chest as he blinked and hugged me not sure why I was balling on his shirt. "Dude whats wrong?"

"I'm evil..." my voice cracked as I felt my heart ache from my stupidity.

"What? Why would you say that?" I sniffled as I broke away and bit my lip only for him to turn my face to his as he smiled "you were going to run without me huh?"

"…." I looked in shock as he chuckled patting my shoulder.

"It's ok Dev, I get it. This place would have made me do the same thing, in a way I am going to the same thing. I can only bring one person with me with the plan is going to be pulled off. But I'm going to go to the police the moment I find a town. I'm not going to let that sicko so called doctor get away with what he did to you last night or anyone else." I teared up as I felt something odd… well seen something odd actually. A thin light around his chest that made me feel… I.. I cant describe the word. It was safe but also warm and inviting. "come on I'll tell you the plan tonight in my room. Come by after the guards finish the rounds."

He stood up but I quickly pulled him into a hug squeezing him tightly in my arms not wanting to let him go. He was so kind to me and wanted to help me just as much as he wanted to get out of here… when I was going to leave him and everyone else just to be out of the nightmare… I am a monster. He chuckled patting my back as he pulled away.

"Trust me man, we'll get out of this I have been practicing it ever since they got their grubby hands on me." I smiled wiping a tear from my eye as the doctors came over to us glaring, I just wanted to smack them so hard for bothering to inspect us for hugging. Thorn told them it was nothing just a bit of male bonding. They frowned but nodded as they made us go back inside. I turned back looking at the large line of trees. How he intended to get through it all I had no idea. My plan was foolish, I was just going to take the collar off at times to rest hoping it would be enough to out run them.

Thorn took me to the side of the hall and told me to wait for him in my room that he would come at midnight to get me. I went to my bed room and lied down the whole time my head was spinning. This was it, I was going to be free of this place in only a few hours.

I thought about why Thorn chose me of all the other captives, he is very nice to me but we are not that close… were we? Sure I liked him, he was like the only thing in my life now that reminded me of my family, hell I could not even remember my brother's face anymore. I knew he was tall and bulky but so was Thorn when I thought about it. He had a lot of resemblance to my brother actually. The same short hair, the same tired look in their eyes. I wounder if he went through what we were going through.

I shook my head and cleared it laying on my side not wanting to think anymore about all this. My brother was gone just like my mom and dad… I was alone. I had to deal with it like a man… right? At least that s how I felt. After looking at all of the other kids in here I just wanted to forget that and get out of here. I didn't need a family or friends I just needed to be free. My eyes closed slowly to tired to deal with my own thoughts.

/X-men\\\\\\\\\\\

I awoke in a gasp covered in a cold foreboding sweat. Something did not feel right to me, not right at all. I quickly crawled off the side of the bed and climbed into my wheelchair. How long as it been since I first lost use of my legs, to need this chair to be mobile when my dear students could be dead or dieing. How I wished I could move if only for them without this horrible limitation.

I quickly opened my mind searching for any signs of distress among the students and yet all seemed well. Was I awoken from my sleep from a simple nightmare? No no I felt a true call for help was I not? Then again it was just a feeling however I did not get as far as I was now on leaving an unsettling feeling to the wind. I made my way out of my room looking around the halls not feeling anything different or seeing any disturbances.

Every student was safely within their own rooms which brought a slight smile upon my face. It made me feel elated to be helping them within my care. I hopped… well knew they would grow into well mannered adults.. alright I hoped they will. They are teenagers after all, there was a lot of room for error. I had a lot of faith in them however, they grew together as a unit and there was no doubt… little doubt in my mind that they would grow well.

I sighed after looking through the halls twice seeing no strangeness except for a few odd crumbs… I will have to speak to the suspects about eating food in the halls… other then that I found nothing… or so I thought. I was making my way back to my room when I found an odd sound coming from the window overlooking the grounds. I followed it to find a sight I was not expecting.

"Strange..." it was an odd sight to say the least. Some small shadow hanging in the shadows tapping on the window sill ever so gently. I came closer to the window and looked out seeing nothing, I frowned and opened the window only to get a face fool of feathers followed by a loud frightening raven. It flew into the room landing on my bedroom door staring down at me with some of the bluest eyes I have ever seen.. I chuckled softly shaking my head to the nonsense of it all. "am I suddenly Edger Allen Poe? Hmm.."

'Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,

Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore,

While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,

As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.

"'Tis some visitor," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door-

Only this, and nothing more."

as I recited the old treasure the raven seemed to like it hopping down from the bedroom door and landing on my lap. Odd for a raven but this line of strangeness was not absent here in my school. I gently ran my hand on its back as it let out a soft crow. Something however made me feel a tinge of fright.

When my hand touched the raven's soft feathered back I felt an image being run through my mind, two boys running through a large forest away from a large blue flame. The image did not stop there it showed the poor boys being burned alive before my eyes. I felt my heart aching as the raven let out a harsh cry and flew right back out the window from once he came.

"No..." I quickly made my way to the elevator wanting to waist no time with this. If what I felt was not some illusion then it could only mean one thing. I went down to my office and found what I was looking for. I held up the helmet full of wires and placed it upon my head turning the great computer on. I scanned the world searching for those boys and to my surprise and relief they were alive and sleeping. I sighed in relief however my vision still persist and since they were both student candidates I ran them through a background check both of them very interesting to say the least.

The first boy was named Thaddeus 'Teddy' Woods, who was reported dead and killed by his parents no less. It seems someone has been lying in that family, the other a young Devlin Mercer had no family left his parents presumed dead and his brother missing. Such sad lives for two young men, but both having something in common. However I had no time to dwell on it, they were in danger and it was my responsibility to rectify it.

I first had the computer locate them and thankfully there was one person close by who could very well help them for me. Or at least get to them before I had a team prepared in time. I used my phone and dialed his number hoping he would pick up. He was a bit hard to get a hold of sometimes however my luck and the teenagers he answered. It will be up to him to bring them from that cruel fate.

"Hello Logan its me Charles."

/X-men\\\\\\\\\\\

I smiled… or was it smirking? Heh, I head no idea but I loved it! This was it I was going to leave this fucking hell hole and be free again. Its been a while since I was kidnapped by these monsters, being tested on like some kind of lab rat! I'll make them pay for it once I get to the police. They will rot in jail for every kid they made suffer I swear it to god!

The wind picked up outside the window shaking from the force of the gale. It was a cold night and I hoped Devlin would be able to follow me with that dam collar. The thing was the only thing keeping the poison from reaching his kidneys sending small electric shocks through his body meant to keep it at bay the same happening with mine. The cocky fuckers were smart but I was smarter… I mean more smart…. shut it!

The poison was strong but flawed, it was made with a certain agent that made it susceptible to intense heat. If I could get us into a make shift sauna before the poison made us kick the bucket. It took a lot of sneaking around to find this out but it was worth it. How I was going to make a sauna or find one I had no idea but first I got to get out of here.

The plan was simple but despite that it will work it has to. I tested it once and it was possible, it could work but I was not going alone. Devlin is a good kid and he looks strong enough to run through the forest into the town. The other guys and girls here are to young to make the run it would not be smart to drag them along.

I looked out the window and smiled, it was time. I pulled the collar and then grabbed a bobby-pin poking it on the side of the collar until I heard a snap. The collar fell off me landing on the ground with a loud clang or was it soft? My mind was rushing along with my heart.

I stood from the bed and rubbed my arms the ink black tattoo's that covered them pulled out of my body in two long vines that snaked down to the floor and pierced the tiles cracking them with ease. A chuckle came out of my mouth as the vines grew and grew becoming as thick as my arms. They were long and black as coal on them grew long throned flowers that bloomed royal blue. Small powder exploded from the Lilly like flowers in thick clouds of pollen. This was my chance, with the flowers blooming and their pollen spreading all throughout the room I rushed the door with them bursting it open as the thick cloud of blue spread through the halls the guards quickly coming after me only to inhale the cloud and cough falling onto the ground.

I loved this power it made it so much easier to sleep in alleys without having people steal from me, hah who would be stupid enough to pickpocket me when the pocket is covered in sharp pointy thorns. The sleeping powder is awesome too it could knock just about anyone out, except for me… why am I here barging!? Dam it I got to get to Devlin!

I quickly made my way through the halls using my vines to knock the guards away from me the thick cloud of blue getting closer every second. I kicked down Devlin's door and used the vines to wrap around the bars of his window bending them slowly. I had to bar the door again before the cloud could seep into the room my head already spinning and pulsing from not having the collar on. I had to tough it out though if we were going to make it at all. The bars finally bent after a minute of pulling I broke the window and turned to Devlin but… his eyes. He looked so scared and confused… I didn't get it at first but then it hit me… they didn't take him when his powers kicked in. I grabbed his arm and lifted him on to my back him being to stunned to understand what was going on. I leaped out of the window the leafs crunching under my heel as I ran past the trees looking back only once to see my vines growing and spreading the powder through the building. I had one hour until the flowers wilted and the pollen would be spent and were-off.

I shook my head the feeling of the poison flowing through me as I lifted Devlin up and placed him on a tree stump messing with his collar until it broke and fell off. He looked at me like I killed someone, it was kind of sad. Did he really not know about why they took us? I didn't have time to think about it or even explain to him about this. I lift him back up on my back then ran through the woods leaving the collars behind as the poison made its way through my body.

I panted heavily but then something did not seem right. I looked behind me only to gasp and run faster. There behind us was a raging fire burning badly in the direction of our prison. The trees around us lit up like it was suppose to burn. Dam it this was bad! The others! those… those fucking monsters burned them alive!

I felt hot tears running down my eyes as I ran until my legs gave out and I fell. Devlin laying next to me as my vision started to fade, this was bad… very bad! Devlin's eyes were wide and just staring something was off about him, the poison was not meant to stun him like that and I doubt he was still confused about what was happening. I reached out to him as I started to see black feeling my body heating up from the flames that roared around us. Dam it… I tried right? I tired…

"D..Dev… run… please..." my voice felt so heavy like the words were taking so much effort to be spoken. Dam it I never felt so week… then again I have but… I guess…. It does not matter anymore. I let my eyes close giving up. I did my best this time, I tried harder then I did with… with her. I tired… I… tried…

/X-men\\\\\\\

The moment I got the call from Chuck I knew he was going to pull me away from my vacation. The guy knew how to get on my nerves but its not like I got a chose in this. Some kids were in deep shit and it was my job to pull them out of it and hose them off. Its a thankless job sure but its a job, at least I get these vacation days, there is just so much bratty punk teenagers I can take before I start to claw out their spines.

Not that I would hurt them that is, Chuck would make my head implode or worse. So I had to pick up my crap and make it back on the road looking for two kids who Chuck was planing on helping out by cramming them inside the mansion. Just what we need… more bratty kids.

I finished packing my things getting onto my bike as I looked out at my campsite. Something about the woods made me relax, no screaming brats, no hormones raging though my nose to irritate me, just perfect and now I got to leave it… I growled revving the engine on my bike driving out of the woods and into the highway.

"You better pay me extra for this Chuck!" I road for about an hour as I got a bad feeling in my bones. I stopped the bike for a second and sniffed the air frowning at the familiar scent… "Fuck!"

I revved the engine as I road faster smoke rising into the sky in a huge pillar. The kids were in bigger shit then I thought.

/X-men\\\\\\\\\\\\

I limped there staring at Thorn not able to move something wrong with my body. My bones felt like they were burning and my skin felt worse like I was melting into Thorn's back as he ran. The moment I saw those… things on his arms and the weird blue smoke something in me burst through. It felt so bad like my body was exploding deep inside me. I could not move, think or even speak. All I could do was stare blankly as my brain boiled in my skull.

We fell onto the ground when Thorn collapse, he stared at me as I laid there staring back. He gasped his four head sweating his eyes looking frightened and full of worry. I wanted to help him but my own body screamed in pain. What was happening to me? Why was I feeling like this? Was I dieing!?

"No..." I felt tears running down my cheeks the feeling of them like cold ice water compared to the burning in my body. I did not want to die! I did not want this to end so early! Not after getting so close to leaving this place! I want to go home! I want to live! "I WANT TO LIVE!"

I felt the fire in my body explode out of me in a huge pier reaching high into the sky. I stood there burning from the inside out the flames bursting out of me in a tower of fire. I felt so.. free, as if all my troubles were gone burning inside the fire along with my body. The flames grew and grew until they finally stopped, they burned softly on my arms and shoulders in soft candle flames.

I looked down finding my hands were different, on the tips of my fingers were thick black claws that looked thick and strong. I stared at them for a moment as I heard coughing on the ground. There on the ground was a thick bramble of vines holding Thorn inside. I grabbed the vines pulling them out to get to him only to find him shaking and a little chard.

"No..." I whimpered a little as I pulled him close to me wishing he would be alright hoping he will be pull through. I looked around me in a panic my breath hitching and something on my head folding back. This was not right everything didn't make sense!

"Hey you OK kid?" I looked behind me in tears, there stood a bulky gruff man. I gave him pleading eyes full of cold tears.

"Please… help him."

/X-men\\\\\\\\

I smirked at the hospital building looking out at the people I knew that were within, seeing the two boys with my mind's eye. Those cheeky little brats have done well, they escaped using their powers well. I knew they would escape but I didn't know how, oh how good it was of my new friend to tell me so. I looked to my shoulder and smirked at the little black raven sitting there above my collar.

"All that you said has come true, so it will be him to hold the key am I right?" the bird nodded its feathered head a sullen look in its bright blue eyes. "having regrets little one?"

"…." I chuckled at it's silence.

"Come now, is the song bird tired of singing?" the raven simply rose into the sky fleeing rather then speaking. "fine suit yourself, I have what I need."

I smiled at the building as I pictured them there sitting in the hospital one under a blanket hiding his new found body parts and the other slightly chard. It made me smile seeing them in there knowing they were the strongest, the most powerful of all the rejects I had. They can run and hide all they want but the serpent has its eyes on them now. Soon it will slither its way into their home and bite!

"See you soon, little boys. Hail Hydra." I turned my back on the hospital and the brats, my green hair flowing in the wind behind me. Soon, so soon the key will be mine along with ultimate power. All from two little boys. How fun it will be to tare it from their hands and the best part will be seeing their faces as I killed them both!

/X-men\\\\\\\\\

(Writer's Notes)

Hello readers, names Vex and I hope you like this remake of my brother's story Azure Flame Wolf! Please Let us know if you like it so far and what you think of the new beginning. Also we would like to thank the following people for allowing us to use their OC's

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