PART THIRTEEN

JOHANNA WALKED INTO THE ROOM THAT XAVIER DIRECTED HER TO. IT
WAS BARELY BIGGER THAN A CLOSET. THERE WAS A SHELF WITH
CLOTHES RESTING, NEATLY FOLDED. SHE QUICKLY CHANGES INTO A
LEATHER JUMPSUIT, IT FIT TIGHTLY BUT SHE COULD MOVE WELL
ENOUGH. THERE WAS ANOTHER DOOR ON THE BACK WALL. SHE OPENED IT
AND WALKED ONTO A TYPICAL NIGHTTIME STREET, SIMILAR TO THE ONE
ON WHICH SHE HAD BEEN ASSAULTED. REALISING THAT THIS WAS A
TEST SHE BACKED INTO THE SHADOWS AND PUT ON HER SUNGLASSES.
SHE SAW A FIGURE RUN PAST HER, THINKING THAT SHE WAS SAFE SHE
SAT COMFORTABLY IN THE SHADOWS. SUDDENLY A BLAST EXPLODED,
BARELY MISSING HER HEAD. SHE LOOKED DOWN TO SEE THE CHARRED
REMAINS OF A PLAYING CARD.(( ACE OF SPADES, I SHOULD PROBABLY
MOVE RIGHT ABOUT NOW!)) ANOTHER CARD WAS THROWN AND SHE DODGED
OUT OF THE WAY . THE CARD EXPLODED PRECISELY WHERE HER HEAD
HAD BEEN.((WELL I GUESS I'LL HAVE TO FIGHT, NO RELYING PURELY
ON STEALTH.)) SHE JUMPED ON TO THE ROOF OF A BUILDING, ONLY TO
BE TRAPPED IN A TREE AS THE SCENE CHANGED. SHE WAS NOW IN A
JUNGLE, VINES DROPPED FROM THE TREES AND FORMED A BARRIER,
HIDING HER FROM VIEW. SHE TRIED TO SQUIRM OUT OF THE TREE'S
GRIP, ONLY TO FIND HERSELF MORE ENTANGLED BY THE VINES AND
BRANCHES. SUDDENLY A RED BLAST SHOT FORTH OUT OF NOWHERE,
KNOCKING HER TO THE GROUND. ((HMM OK, AT LEAST I'M DOWN.))
-HELLO CYKE, I GUESS I HAVE TO FIGHT YOU .HUH.- SHE SAID,
WITHOUT A WORD SCOTT SHOT ANOTHER BEAM AT HER. SHE FELT A
SURGE OF PAIN THROUGHOUT HER LEFT LEG AND LOOKED DOWN TO SEE
BLOOD OOZING OUT OF HER SLIGHTLY CAUTERISED WOUND. ((OWW, THAT
REALLY HURT, AND I ALREADY HATE THIS GUY. THAT WAS MEAN. NOW
I'M MAD.))- YOU'RE GONNA PAY FOR THAT CYKE.- SHE SAID,
OBVIOUSLY IN MORE PAIN THAN SHE REALLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN.
HER FACE WAS RED, AND HER FISTS WERE CLENCHED IN AN
UNCONTROLLABLE RAGE. SUDDENLY DARKNESS SURROUNDED THE PAIR OF
ENEMIES. A QUIET "SNIKT" WAS BARELY AUDIBLE OVER THE POUNDING
IN SCOTTS EARS. HIS FIRST THOUGHTS WERE THAT WOLVERINE HAD
FOUND AND DISTRACTED JOHANNA, FOR HE HEARD HER SOFT CURSING
RING THROUGH THE DARKNESS. HIS NEXT THOUGHTS WERE THAT ONCE
LOGAN WAS DONE WITH HER HE WOULD DEAL WITH HIM. THESE THOUGHTS
WERE, HOWEVER, INTERRUPTED AS HE SAW A FLASH OF LIGHT IN THE
DARK SHADOWS THAT SURROUNDED HIM. THE LIGHT HAD BEEN REFLECTED
OFF METAL, HE KNEW THAT, WHAT HE DIDN'T KNOW WAS THAT IT WAS
NOT WOLVERINE. HE SUDDENLY FELT THE DARKNESS CLOSE TIGHTER
AROUND HIM, HE COULD NOT MOVE, HE COULD BARELY BREATH. HE
DIDN'T HEAR THE SOFT THUDS AS HER FEET HIT THE GROUND IN AN
IMPRESSIVE ARRAY OF ACROBATICS.

PART FOURTEEN

SCOTT AWOKE WHEN THE SOFT GREEN LIGHT FILTERED IN THROUGH THE
TREES. HAPPILY HE ATTEMPTED TO RISE, ONLY TO COLLAPSE FROM AN
INTENSE AMOUNT OF PAIN. HE WAS GREETED BY JOHANNA'S FACE AS
SHE SAID.- SCOTT, I'M SORRY I HURT YOU SO MUCH, BUT YOU KINDA
DESERVED IT. BY THE WAY DON'T GET UP.- SHE LIMPED AWAY
CHUCKLING QUIETLY TO HERSELF IN AN ATTEMPT TO HIDE HER PAIN.
WOLVERINE HAD PICKED UP HER SCENT AND WAS TRACKING THE
DROPLETS OF BLOOD THROUGH THE JUNGLE. HE HAD ALREADY SEEN
SCOTT, LYING HELPLESSLY ON THE GROUND. HE HAD SMILED AT THE
DAMAGE THE SMALL GIRL HAD DONE TO THEIR "FEARLESS LEADER".
HE NOTICED THAT SHE TOOK GREAT CARE AND WAS DIFFICULT TO
TRACK, LEAVING FEW BROKEN BRANCHES AND MAKING NO NOISE.

SHE SLOWLY CREPT THROUGH THE FOREST, NOT KNOWING WHERE SHE WAS
GOING.SHE LIKELY DIDN'T CARE. SHE WALKED SILENTLY SEEMING TO
TAKE IN EVERY SIGHT AND SOUND.SOUNDS THAT WERE FAMILIAR AND
THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE HEAVY WOLVERINE BEHIND HER. SHE HEARD
SOMETHING MOVE IN THE TREE ABOVE HER, AND LOOKED UP TO SEE
GAMBIT BEING PULLED INTO THE AIR, BY ROGUE. HE WAS DROPPED,
AND SHE SAW ROGUE FALL TO THE GROUND, APPARENTLY BY A SHOCK
SENT TO HER MIND. JOHANNA FELT THE SHADOWS SURROUND HER AND
BLOCK ANY ATTACKS TO HER MIND, AS WELL AS PREVENT JEAN FROM
FINDING HER. DISTRACTED BY THE BATTLE, JOHANNA FORGOT ABOUT
THE STRONG MAN SNEAKING UP ON HER AND SLIPPED UNKNOWINGLY INTO
A MEDITATIVE STATE. HE SAW HIS CHANCE AND POUNCED, CLAWS
UNSHEATHED, TO THE UNFORTUNATE WOMAN. SHE OPENED HER EYES
BEFORE HE REACHED HER, AND HAD TIME TO THROW HIM EASILY OFF
HER BACK. HE LANDED, AFTER DOING A FLIP, ON THE BALLS OF HIS
FEET, READY TO POUNCE AGAIN. SHE MOVED INTO AN AKAIDO FIGHTING
STANCE, DEFENSIVE. IMPRESSED AT THE WOMANS KNOWLEDGE OF
MARTIAL ARTS, HE SLOWLY BOWED BEFORE PROPELLING HIMSELF
THROUGH THE AIR AT HER. SHE SWERVED, USING HIS ARM TO THROW
HIM HEADFIRST INTO A TREE. THE FORCE OF HIS ATTACK WAS USED
AGAINST HIM, AND HE HIT THE TREE HARD.

BEFORE SHE HAD TIME TO TURN AND FACE HER ATTACKER, HE SLICED
THROUGH HER ARM. BLOOD SPILLED FROM THE LACERATIONS, GIVEN BY
HIS STRONG ADAMANTIUM CLAWS.


PART FIFTEEN
WITHOUT THOUGHT, HER OWN HIDDEN CLAWS SLID FROM HER FINGERS.
THEY WERE NUMEROUS AND SPRUNG FROM EVERYONE OF HER FINGERTIPS,
AS HE ONLY HAD THREE ON EACH HAND AND WERE LONGER. HER CLAWS
WERE UNDETECTABLE AND FORMED BY AN ADVANCED FORM OF
ADAMANTIUM.HE SAW THE BLOOD TRICKLE FROM HER FINGERTIPS, AS
WELL AS HER ARM AND LEG. ((SHE'S INJURED BADLY. . . ))HE
THOUGHT.(( . . . GOOD.)) HE ATTACKED HER ONCE MORE, THIS TIME
SHE WAS PREPARED THOUGH AND STRUCK HIM FAST AND HARD. NOW
REVERSING ANY DEFENSIVE TACTICS TO OFFENSIVE. USING FORMS OF
JUJITSU AND NINJITSU AS WELL AS TAIKWANDO, TO DISABLE HER
OPPONENT. HE FELT A STINGING PAIN AS HER CLAWS TORE A HOLE
THROUGH HIS BROAD CHEST. FALLING TO THE GROUND, HE WAS
SUDDENLY AWARE THAT HE WAS HEALING VERY SLOWLY FOR SOMEONE
WITH HIS CAPABILITIES. THE SHADOWS DESCENDED ON HIM, RENDERING
HIM UNCONSCIOUS FOR THE TIME BEING.
JOHANNA, KNOWING THAT THERE WAS ANOTHER X-MAN OUT THERE
SOMEWHERE, HID OUT OF VIEW, FORGETTING TO REINFORCE HER
PSYCHIC SHIELDS. THAT WAS A MISTAKE. SHE WAS SURPRISED WHEN
SHE FELT A TAP ON HER SHOULDER FROM BEHIND. SHE TURNED AROUND
TO BE MET BY JEAN, WHO LIFTED JOHANNA INTO THE AIR, USING ONLY
HER TELEKINETIC POWERS.SHE THEN SLAMMED THE STUNNED JOHANNA
INTO THE GROUND, AS SHE COULD NOT ATTACK HER MIND, HER BODY
WOULD HAVE TO DO.*I'M SORRY IF I HURT YOU JOHANNA, BUT I
SIMPLY CAN'T LET YOU WIN.* JEAN SAID TO JOHANNA'S MIND AS SHE
SLOWLY LOST CONSCIOUSNESS.



PART SIXTEEN

JOHANNA WOKE UP, ONCE AGAIN, LYING ON A STRETCHER IN THE
MED LAB.- HOME AGAIN, HOME AGAIN, JIGGETY JIG. - JOHANNA SAID
WITH A LAUGH.- MAYBE I SHOULD MOVE INTO HERE PERMANENTLY.
- HER GIGGLES WERE RETURNED BY HANK AND SHE SAT UP. -WE COULD
HAVE A PROPER BED BROUGHT IN FOR YOU. -HE SAID JOKINGLY.- - YA
JUST IMAGINE THE COLOURS I COULD PAINT THE EQUIPMENT! -JOHANNA
SAID, A LITTLE TO EXCITEDLY , FRIGHTENING HANK BEYOND NO
MEASURE. - SO, HOW DID I DO?- SHE ASKED SUSPICIOUSLY.
-ACTUALLY YOU DID QUITE WELL, WE DISCOVERED SOME VERY
INTERESTING THINGS ABOUT YOUR POWERS. HOW DO YOU FEEL?- - MY
ARM HURTS, SO DOES MY LEG.- SHE CRINGED AS SHE ATTEMPTED TO
MOVE HER INJURED LIMBS.
-UNDERSTANDABLY SO, YOU SEEM TO HAVE A WEAKNESS AGAINST
SCOTT'S OPTIC BLASTS, AS WELL AS ADAMANTIUM. - AT THE MENTION
OF SCOTT'S NAME, THEY BOTH LOOKED OVER AT THE LIGHTLY COMATOSE
MAN LYING ON ANOTHER STRETCHER. - DID HE NOT WAKE UP?(( HE
MUST HAVE PASSED OUT AFTER I LEFT))- SHE SAID, SOUNDING MUCH
LESS CONCERNED(ACTUALLY SLIGHTLY CONTENT) THAN SHE SHOULD HAVE
BEEN. SHE FOUGHT BACK THE TINY SMILE CURLING SLIGHTLY AT THE
CORNER OF HER LIPS.-NO HE HASN'T, I'M QUITE CONCERNED, I FOUND
A SMALL DOSAGE OF POISON IN HIS BLOOD. I NOTICED SOME
ABRASIONS THAT LOOK ALMOST LIKE A CATS SCRATCH, ONLY DEEPER. I
HAVE NO CLUE AS TO HOW THEY GOT THERE, I WAS WONDERING IF YOU
DID, SEEING AS YOU WERE THE ONLY ONE TO ATTACK HIM. -HE SAID,
THE URGENT CURIOSITY IN HIS VOICE, LET HER KNOW THAT IT MIGHT
BE IMPORTANT SHE TELL HIM.




-WELL, I REMEMBER THE SHADOWS, IT WAS DARK, I DON'T THINK HE
COULD SEE ME , OR ANYONE ELSE FOR THAT MATTER. I ALSO REMEMBER
DOING THIS. -SHE SAID AS HER CLAWS SPRUNG FROM HER FINGERTIPS.
AFTER HANK HAD RUN SOME TESTS, HE DISCOVERED THAT THE POISON
HAD COME FROM TINY SACHETS IN HER FINGER TIPS.
AFTER SHE RECEIVED THIS INFORMATION SHE ASKED.- HAVE YOU SEEN
LOGAN YET?- -NO, HE USUALLY DOESN'T COME IN AFTER A SESSION,
UNLESS HE IS VERY BADLY HURT.WHY?- HE ASKED.- WELL YOU MIGHT
JUST WANT TO, I THINK I GAVE HIM A NICE LITTLE WOUND.- SHE
SAID, MORE WORRIED ABOUT LOGAN THAN THE STILL COMATOSE SCOTT.
- YOU NEEDN'T WORRY ABOUT HIM JOHANNA, HE HAS A HEALING FACTOR
AS YOU DO, ONLY MUCH STRONGER, HE HEALS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AND
HIS BODY REJECTS MOST POISONS.- HE EXPLAINED.- HE LOOKED
PRETTY HURT THE LAST TIME I SAW HIM, I'M GOING TO GET HIM,
JUST TO MAKE SURE HE'S OK.- SHE SAID, STILL WORRIED.
- JOHANNA, YOU REALLY SHOULDN'T WALK. - HANK SAID, KNOWING
THAT IF SHE DOING SO WOULD CAUSE EVEN HER TERRIBLE AMOUNTS OF
PAIN. -OK- SHE SAID CALMLY.* LOGAN, COULD YOU COME TO THE MED
LAB PLEASE?* (( SURE THING KID . . . JOHANNA?)) * YES IT'S ME
AND NO I CAN'T DO THIS WITH EVERYONE, JUST YOU AND JEAN* A FEW
MOMENTS LATER, LOGAN WALKED INTO THE ROOM.

-HEY KID WADDYA WANT?- LOGAN SAID IN HIS USUAL GRUFF VOICE.
- LIFT UP YOUR SHIRT FOR A SECOND?- SHE SAID AS A SMILE SPREAD
QUICKLY ON HIS LIPS.
-I KINDA FIGURED YA LIKED ME KID , BUT WITH HANK HERE? - HE
CHUCKLED. AN ANNOYED JOHANNA SHOOK HER FIST AT HIM. - IF YOU
DON'T SHUT UP AND DO IT I'LL GIVE YOU SOMETHING TO LAUGH
ABOUT, AND DON'T CALL ME KID.- SHE SAID STERNLY. -OK NO NEED
TA THREATEN ME KID, YOUR CLAWS HURT. -HE SAID LIFTING UP THE
RED AND BLACK FLANNEL SHIRT HE WORE. ACROSS HIS CHEST WERE
FIVE LONG DEEP CUTS UNMISTAKEABLY MADE BY JOHANNA'S CLAWS.
- LOGAN, ARE YOU ALRIGHT?- WAS JOHANNA'S NEXT QUESTION.- YOU
MEAN THEY'RE NOT HEALED YET? SHIT. -HANK TOOK A LOOK AT THE
CUTS AND NOTICED THEY WERE HEALING, BUT AT AN ABNORMALLY SLOW
PACE FOR LOGAN. HE TOOK SOME SAMPLES AND DISCOVERED THE POISON
IN JOHANNA'S CLAWS WERE INDEED THE CAUSE. UPON INSPECTION OF
THE CLAWS THEMSELVES, HE UNVEILED THAT THEY WERE AN ADVANCED
FORM OF ADAMANTIUM THAT HADN'T BEEN HEARD OF YET.


PART SEVENTEEN

- JOHANNA, YOU DID VERY WELL FOR YOUR FIRST TRAINING SESSION,
AND YOUR POWERS ARE VERY INTRIGUING. HOWEVER, YOU DID INJURE
SCOTT QUITE BADLY, LUCKILY HE IS AWAKE NOW. HOWEVER, HE IS
CONVINCED THAT YOU ARE A DANGER TO THE TEAM, AS WELL AS
YOURSELF. YOU HAVE AN INCREDIBLE CONTROL OVER YOUR POWERS. I
FIND MYSELF WONDERING WHERE YOU RECEIVED THIS TRAINING.- THE
PROFESSOR ASKED. -I WASN'T TRAINED PREFACER, I TAUGHT MYSELF.-
SHE ANSWERED.- INTERESTING, TO BE HONEST I DON'T KNOW IF WE
CAN ACCEPT YOU AS A STUDENT, MOST OF OUR OTHER STUDENT'S ARE
QUITE AFRAID OF YOU. THEY BELIEVE YOU TO BE DANGEROUS, AS DO I
I'M AFRAID. HANK IS THE ONLY ONE WHO SEEMS TO TRUST YOU.- HE
SAID AS SHE REALISED WHERE THIS WAS GOING.- HMM LET'S SEE,
TRUST, YOU DON'T TRUST ME. WHILE EVERY NIGHT YOU ATTEMPT TO
SCAN MY MEMORIES, WITH OUT MY PERMISSION! I TOLD YOU I WAS NOT
COMFORTABLE WITH PEOPLE BEING IN MY HEAD AND YOU IGNORED MY
WISHES! YOU CAN'T TRUST ME, HOW THE HELL CAN I TRUST YOU!- SHE
SAID AND STORMED OUT OF THE ROOM, VIOLENTLY BUMPING INTO, THE
NOW RECUPERATED, SCOTT ON HER WAY OUT.- PROFESSOR?- SCOTT
ASKED. -SHE'S BLOCKING ME FROM HER MIND, GO AFTER HER SCOTT.
SHE COULD BE DANGEROUS.- SCOTT IMMEDIATELY LEFT TO FIND HER.

PART EIGHTEEN

JOHANNA RAN THROUGH THE HALLS, TRYING TO OUT RUN SCOTT. SHE
HAD ONLY BEEN THERE A COUPLE OF DAYS AND LETS FACE IT, SHE WAS
LOST.(( OK WHERE THE HELL AM I?)) SHE THOUGHT WHILE TURNING A
CORNER, SHE FOUND HERSELF IN FRONT OF A LARGE METAL DOOR. SHE
KNEW SHE DIDN'T HAVE SECURITY ACCESS TO THIS ROOM, SO SHE
OVVERIDED THE CODE AND WALKED INTO THE ROOM. THE ROOM TURNED
OUT TO BE A HANGER, SHE SAW THE SMALL JETS AND WAS THINKING OF
TAKING ONE, WHEN SHE NOTICED THE GIGANTIC VESSEL STANDING IN
THE MIDDLE OF THE ROOM.((I'LL BET THIS'LL PISS THEM OFF.)) SHE
THOUGHT AS SHE STEPPED ABOARD THE LARGE CRAFT. THE EQUIPMENT
WAS NOT ONLY ADVANCED BUT , SHE DISCOVERED, NOT HUMAN.
(( SHI'AR TECHNOLOGY??)) SHE THOUGHT, UNSURE UNTIL SHE WALKED
INTO THE COCK PIT, SHE FOUND HERSELF SURROUNDED BY CONTROLS
SHE HAD NO CLUE HOW TO WORK.- WELL THE X-MEN CAN DO IT, WHY
CAN'T I.- SHE SAID TO NO ONE IN PARTICULAR, CONSIDERING TO HER
KNOWLEDGE, SHE WAS THE ONLY ONE THERE.

-WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?!?- SAID FORGE, WHO WAS GETTING TOOLS
IN THE BACK OF THE JET. AS THE SHIP BEGAN TO TAKE OFF HE RAN
TOWARDS THE COCKPIT, NOT SEEING ANY OF HIS TEAMMATES ON THE
WAY THERE, HE REALISED THAT SOMETHING WAS AMISS. HE RAN INTO
THE CONTROL CENTER OF THE JET,TO FIND A YOUNG WOMAN WHOM HE
HAD NEVER MET, SITTING AT THE CONTROLS.- WHO THE HELL ARE YOU
AND HOW DO YOU KNOW HOW TO FLY THIS THING?!?- HE SCREAMED
ABOVE THE MUSIC THAT SHE HAD BLARING OVER THE PORTABLE CD
PLAYER JUBILEE HAD MADE THEM BUY.HE REACHED OVER AND TURNED IT
OFF.

-I'M JOHANNA, YOU'RE FORGE RIGHT?- HER QUESTION WAS ANSWERED
BY A NOD, SHE CONTINUED.- NICE TO MEET YOU FORGE, I'M , OR
WAS, THE PROFFESORS MOST RECENT TEST SUBJECT. I PUT SCOTT IN A
COMA AND CHARLES TOLD ME THEY COULDN'T TRUST ME, SO I LEFT.-
SHE STILL HADN'T ANSWERED ONE OF HIS QUESTIONS AND HE REALISED
THAT SHE WASN'T GOING TO. - SO YOU STOLE THE BLACKBIRD??- HE
ASKED UNDERSTANDING WHY THEY DIDN'T TRUST HER. - YUP, THAT'S
PRETTY MUCH IT.- SHE SAID. - YOU CAN HAVE IT BACK WHEN WE GET
WHERE WE'RE GOING.- HE WAS CONVINCED SHE WAS BAD NEWS, BUT HE
DIDN'T SEE HOW IT COULD HURT TO DROP HER OFF SOMEWHERE,
CONSIDERING THE DAMAGE WAS ALREADY DONE.- OK WHERE ARE WE
GOING?, I'LL HAVE TO RADIO THE X-MEN, SO THEY DON'T WORRY.- HE
SAID AND SHE SMILED.((ALWAYS GOOD TO GET WHAT YOU WANT))
- WE ARE GOING TO CANADA.- SHE SAID.


PART NINETEEN

SCOT HAD REACHED THE HANGAR JUST AS THE BLACKBIRD TOOK OFF HE
WAS STILL OUT OF BREATH, AND HE WAS FURIOUS. SHE HAD STOLEN
THE BLACKBIRD!! FORGE, WHO USUALLY STAYED IN THE HANGAR, WAS
NO WHERE TO BE SEEN. HE COULD ONLY ASSUME HE WAS THE ONE
FLYING THE JET. BEFORE HE COULD TELL PREFACER XAVIER WHAT HAD
HAPPENED, HE HEARD FORGES VOICE OVER THE RADIO.- SCOTT, ARE
YOU THERE?- SCOTT RAN TO THE RADIO.- FORGE! WHERE THE HELL ARE
YOU?(HE THOUGHT FOR A MOMENT) AND HOW ARE YOU FLYING AND
TALKING AT THE SAME TIME?- HE ASKED , IN A PANIC. HE HAD A
VISION OF THEIR VALUABLE JET CRASHING INTO THE ATLANTIC, AND
HE CRINGED AT THE THOUGHT.- WE'RE GOING TO CANADA, I'LL BE
BACK IN A FEW HOURS, AND I'M NOT FLYING.- SCOTT WENT PALE.-
YOU MEAN YOU HAVE AUTO PILOT ON RIGHT?- HE ASKED, HIS VOICE
SHAKING , THE CRASH PLAYED OVER AND OVER IN HIS HEAD.- NO,
JOHANNA'S FLYING, AND DOING PRETTY GOOD TOO.- SCOTT WAS NOT
RELIEVED, THE GIRL WAS DANGEROUS.- BE CAREFUL FORGE, SHE IS
DANGEROUS.- HE SAID.- LISTEN CYKE, I'M SORRY I PUT YOU IN A
COMA. I DIDN'T MEAN TO. YOU'LL HAVE TO TAKE MY WORD ON THAT,
WHICH, CONTRARY TO POPULAR BELIEF, MEANS SOMETHING TO ME. YOU
CAN MISTRUST AND HATE ME ALL YOU WANT, BUT LET ME GO HOME,
THEN I'LL LEAVE YOU ALONE.ONE LAST THING BEFORE I KILL THIS
TRANSMISSION, THIS IS NOT FORGES FAULT, I KINDA KIDNAPPED HIM,
HE HAD NO CHOICE IN THE MATTER.- JOHANNA, HAVING TAKEN THE
RADIO FROM FORGE, AND HANDED HIM THE CONTROLS, SAID. HE WAS
ABOUT TO RESPOND WHEN HE REALISED SHE HAD SOMEHOW DESTROYED
THE RADIO.- HOW DID SHE KNOW HOW TO FLY THE JET??- HE SAID TO
HIMSELF AND RAN TO TELL XAVIER WHAT HAD HAPPENED.


AFTER SOME EXPLAINING AND RECORD CHECKING, THEY DISCOVERED
THAT JOHANNA'S PARENTS HAD BEEN KILLED IN H.A.M. PROTESTS. HER
FAMILY AND FRIENDS HAD LATER DISOWNED HER, LEAVING HER ALONE.
THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT HER, SHE HAD
PRACTICALLY DISAPPEARED, TWO YEARS AGO. - CHECK ALPHA FLIGHT
RECORDS, SHE'S CANADIAN AIN'T SHE?- LOGAN OFFERED. ALPHA
FLIGHT KEPT RECORDS OF ALL KNOWN MUTANTS IN CANADA. AFTER
HOURS OF LOOKING THROUGH THEIR FILES, THEY CAME ACROSS THE
FILE OF A MUTANT UNDER THE NAME ESEL, SHE WAS THE SAME AGE AND
ORIGIN AS JOHANNA, THEY CONSIDERED THE POSSIBILITY THAT THEY
WERE ONE AND THE SAME. THEY READ THE FILE, DISCOVERING THAT
ESEL'S REAL NAME WAS ANDREA. THEY WERE ABOUT TO GIVE UP WHEN
LOGAN NOTICED JOHANNA'S NAME HIDDEN IN THE PARAGRAPH. THEY
SCROLLED DOWN AND DISCOVERED THE REMAINDER OF THE FILE WAS
INFORMATION ON THE GIRL. APPARENTLY SHE AND THIS ANDREA PERSON
WERE BEST FRIENDS. ALPHA FLIGHT HAD NO IDEA SHE WAS A MUTANT
BUT THEY TOLERATED HER BECAUSE ANDREA WAS AN INCREDIBLY
POWERFUL MUTANT. NONE OF THEM LIKED HER OR TRUSTED HER, SEEING
AS SHE WAS A HUMAN, WHO KNEW ALL ABOUT THEIR OPERATION AND HAD
ACCESS TO THEIR TOP SECRET PROJECTS AND INFORMATION. SHE ALSO
HAD BEEN KNOWN FOR STEALING THEIR JETS AND PLANES WHENEVER SHE
WANTED TO UPSET ANYONE. APPARENTLY HER FRIEND , WHO LEFT ALPHA
FLIGHT AFTER A FEW MONTHS, THOUGHT IT WAS FUNNY.