Rogue was sore and starving. Over the last few weeks she had been beaten and starved, they tried to experiment on her but found it not worth the effort with how much she fought back. One of the 'doctors' had just told her she was being sold to some organization called Weapon X. She really didn't like the sound of that, especially with the way the doctor had been so excited about it. Absently, she wondered if this place had gotten something good for her. She liked to think that because of her one of a kind power that she was worth more than she was treated.

As punishment for her resistance to 'treatment' and as protection for the guards and doctors, she had been placed in a straight jacket with shackles on her wrist and ankles and a burlap sack on her head to hinder her escape or attacks. She couldn't help that she had a will to survive so strong that she was willing to kill anyone who threatened to take away her freedom. Rogue wasn't exactly sure how many people she had killed since she had been trapped here, but she knew that they had had to replenish their ranks because of her, and for that she was proud.

XxX

Logan wasn't happy at all with the way his life had turned. He had originally joined Stryker because he had no other option after he and Victor had survived their army issued death sentence. That day in Africa he wanted to leave, when Stryker had coated his bones in adamantium, he had wanted to kill everyone and leave. When Stryker had had the team start hunting down mutants he deemed dangerous, he wanted to leave. Why didn't he? Because he was undercover for a mutants rights activist by the name of Xavier.

Xavier had come to him before the trip to Africa and offered him the job. He had given him the whole sales pitch on his X-Men. They were basically super heroes in spandex. At first Logan had wanted to stay out of it, but he eventually had to admit Xavier had a point, so he stayed with Stryker. He hated every second of it, but he stayed.

Right now him and the team were on a pick up mission. He wasn't exactly sure why they all had to be there for a simple pick up, but Stryker assured him it was necessary. They had flown to some sort of mutant experimentation facility out in Montana to pick up this mutant. Logan sat between Victor and Dukes as usual. Over the years the Weapon X team had developed a sort of seating arrangement for when they left on missions. On one side of the plane sat Bradley next to Stryker with Logan between Dukes and Victor. On the other side of the plane was Zero, John and Wade who insisted he sit across from either Logan or Victor just so he could piss them off.

Logan had learned to ignore Wade years ago and had actually grown to like the man who insisted he be called Logan's younger, more handsome, brother. The reason he insisted upon this was because Stryker had actually given Wade, Logan's healing abilities. Now the mercenary was even more dangerous and that scared the hell out of him.

They landed about two hours from when they took off in a deserted part of the Rocky Mountains. Logan could see a small concrete building that stuck out of the side of the mountain. He wanted to go in there and get a layout for Xavier, but their prisoner was already waiting outside with six armed soldiers all pointing their weapons at the target. He really didn't get what was so bad about this kid. It had to be a kid, if not a very short and skinny man. They had him in a straight jacket with shackles and a burlap sack on his head. Was he really so dangerous. The guards were even leading it along with a stick that had a loop on it like an animal.

The closer they got Logan began to smell the sedatives they had administered the boy. They had gone all out on this one. A man in a white lab coat lead the charge and went right for Stryker. Logan noticed he was carrying folders and a brief case.

"Your prisoner." He said motioning to the heavily guarded boy behind him.

"Is all the extra security really needed?" Stryker voiced Logan's own thought.

"Trust me this.." He said looking for the right description. "..animal, is for more dangerous than it appears. Its killed at least a hundred of my men in the last few months." He spat in such disgust Logan was sure he wanted to spit on the boy.

"I guess we'll just have to break the mutant then, won't we Victor?" Stryker asked with a smirk.

Logan turned his head to see Victor smiling. Over the years that same smile had started to make Logan's skin crawl.

The doctor looked to Victor and then back to Stryker. "I wish you luck." He said. "It is best if you keep it sedated when you're handling it." The man said.

"I'll keep that in mind." Stryker said before he and the man traded brief cases.

Victor went forward to claim the mutant and pushed it toward the small jet they had taken. Logan and John followed them on to the plan as Victor sat the boy down next to where Wade would sit. He chained the mutants shackles to the floor and his straight jacket to the wall behind him.

Stryker finished up his business and returned to the plane with the rest of the team in tow. They all took their assigned seats and waited for Bradley to start the plane. Truth be told, Logan was a hard man, as hard as they come actually. But he just couldn't get used to the feeling of flight, so he tried to concentrate on something else.

"So what can this guy do?" Wade asked suddenly jabbing a thumb in the mutants direction.

Stryker smiled. "This one is very special, limitless potential even. This mutant has the singular ability to absorb people." He was grinning like a mad man now.

"Absorb people?" John questioned.

"When the mutant makes skin contact it absorbs mutant powers, abilities and memories." It unnerved him that Stryker was positively giddy at the thought of all the possibilities that this mutant held. Wade glanced at the mutant out of the corner of his eye and scooted closer to John.

About an hour into their flight back Logan could tell the sedatives were wearing off as he began to move around a little. Stryker must have noticed too because he instructed Zero to administer the mutant more. Logan watched as he moved about the tiny cabin with the ready needle and positioned himself in front of the mutant he pulled the sack on his head up a little to gain access to his neck. Logan saw long auburn hair covering a slim pale neck and began to wonder if this mutant might be a girl.

XxX

Rogue felt really drowsy as she fought the effect of the drugs. She was vaguely aware of herself and something moving. Was she being transported? She felt the bag they had placed on her head move up and cool air touched her neck. They were going to drug her up again, well she would be damned if she let that happen. She bucked forward and came in hard contact with someone's head. She heard the sickening crunch of what she hoped to be a nose followed by a string of curses. She couldn't help but smile.

She shot forward so as to hurt whoever it was more but discovered that she was chained to the bench. She tried to kick out but her shackles were chained to the floor. They had covered all the bases, but she wouldn't give up as she struggled in her mandatory jacket.

XxX

Logan repressed a laugh as the blood gushed from Zeros nose. Wade however burst into hysterics as Zero sat down next to Victor and held his nose. "That was great!" Wade cheered as the mutant struggled in his or her restraints.

"Hold her down!" Stryker commanded from his seat on the plane. So it was a her, that was a surprise.

Wade stopped his laughing and ripped the bag off her head to reveal the face. Logan was startled to see a pretty little teen girl instead of a hideous hag. How had this girl managed to kill all those people? But one look at her eyes told him everything, they were full of searing hatred. He didn't really blame her for being so full of hate though, he would be too if he had been through what she had.

"Hey! You're pretty! And here I thought you were going to be ugly." Wade said as he cocked his head to the side. Logan watched with anger as his eye traveled downward. "Say, what's your cup size?"

The girl who had been trying to kill Zero by glaring at him slowly turned her head to face Wade with a bewildered expression. "Just sedate her." Stryker snapped.

"Right-o." He said. "We'll pick this back up later, preferably by candle light." He said and before she could draw herself from confusion, he jabbed the needle in the base of her neck.

It wasn't a moment before her eyes rolled into the back of her head and she slumped over. Wade, being the lunatic he was, put an arm around her shoulders and pulled her close so that her drooping head was leaning on his shoulder.

"What the hell are you doing?" Logan asked unable to contain himself any longer.

"I need someone to take my picture." He said digging a camera out from his pocket. Logan wasn't exactly sure why he carried a camera around like a fourteen year old girl. But then again when was it ever a good idea to try and figure Wade out. "This one's going right next to me and Bea Arthur." He said gleefully as he snapped several pictures of the two of them.

Logan rolled his eyes and ignored Wade for the rest of the flight which wasn't long. They landed within a half hour, Logan was pleased to see that Zero's nose was still bleeding and that despite his swears and vows, Stryker denied him retribution. Logan and Wade escorted the still drugged girl to the cells where all prisoners were kept. Stryker had told them to place her in cell seven. This was a good thing for Logan since in cell six was a fellow undercover X-Man, Gambit.

Gambit was many things, a charmer and thief were his most prominent attributes. He was also the sneakiest and sleekest bastard Logan had ever come across in his many years of life. Logan and Wade deposited her on the thin mattress of her chain link cell. She was still wearing the jacket and Stryker had told them to put the sack back on her head. Wade reached out and snapped a standard inhibitor collar on her before turning back to Logan.

"I totally call girls shower duty." He said.

"You know Stryker won't let you, not after last time." Logan said remembering the time Wade had tried to join in on the showers.

"Yeah, that's gonna be tricky." He said in thought.

As they left the cell, Logan slid his eyes to gambit who was laying casually on his own cot, feigning sleep. Logan was going to have a lot to tell Xavier tonight, he was hoping Gambit would have more to tell about the girl than he did.

A/N

Re-posting this story after a year. Updates will be once a day. Yes I do intend on finishing my other unfinished stories when inspiration strikes again. Hope to see reviews from people who have read this before and new people too.