Ch.2
Hey, it's Sabrina. I've been at the Mansion for a couple weeks now. I think I'll actually miss it when I have to leave. I know it's better than any of those crappy schools for humans. God, who am I kidding?! I love it here! My home away from home. It's like that sappy cliché; home is where the heart is. It figures that the one school I can make friends in is (as far as I know) the one school I'm not allowed to be in. Trust me. I've been sent to all boys school before. Let me tell you, not pretty. Some of those guys were WAY to excited to have a girl on campus, if you know what I mean. Well, they've been very respectful to women since my stay there, that's for sure. But hey, I got some friends out of this one. Most of the others were a little wary of having a human around at first. Psh, like I could do anything to them. I mean, it's not like I can walk through walls here! But everyone kind of came around. I have a sneaking suspicion that it's a little because Rogue and I hit it off so well. God, that girl is friends with everyone! But I think by now some people like me for me. Things would have worked out so much better if I was a mutant. But life doesn't work out that well for people like me.
I stood in the hall with my friends. Logan walked up and picked up one of my bags.
"Ready to go?" he grumbled.
I nodded. Rogue and Bobby hugged me. Pyro kissed my cheek. In a friend way, we're not like THAT, geez. We'd gotten along pretty well after the squirt gun incident. Kitty, Peter, and some other people gave me their email addresses and made me promise to write. I waved good-bye to everyone, hugged all of the professors, and kissed Xavier's cheek. The others watched while I whispered something to him. He nodded solemnly. I walked out with Logan trailing behind me. We walked in silence for a few minutes.
"So," he started suddenly," what was that you were telling the professor?"
"Just telling him I had left my lab work in his office," I replied.
He nodded as we hopped into the car and started down the way to the train station. Might as well be the road to hell I was so excited.
Logan forced me into the seat.
"Now, you stay on the train," he ordered. "If you don't I will personally find you and that will not be a fun experience for either of us. Understand?"
I glared at him.
"Aye aye Cap'n," I mocked.
I hugged him tight, surprising him. He hugged me back.
"I'm gonna miss you kid," he muttered.
I poked him in the chest.
"It's SABRINA! Got it? SA-BRI-NA!"
"Okay SA-BRI-NA!"
I glared at him. He glared right back at me but he couldn't hold it. He cracked a grin.
"Be nice in your new school and try not to kick anyone's ass. I'm not sure they can handle you," he joked.
"Well, that's their problem," I smiled back.
There were a few mutants who hadn't liked my human-ness at ALL. I had been forced to teach them not to pick on the Homo sapiens. After all, some of us humans bite back. Literally. I mean, you don't pull fangs on black belts. We don't take it kindly. I watched as he got off the train. He looked back at me and waved goodbye. I waved back and he climbed in the truck and drove away. Well. There goes the last trace of my home.
Damn train. I swear these things NEVER leave on time. If it doesn't go soon I'm going to break my promise to Logan and just leave. Seriously, what the flip is the delay? I bounced up and down in my seat until this old hag starts glaring me. This lady was scary, like the witch from Hansel and Gretel. I think she's gonna curse me if I don't sit still. I craned my neck and tried to see up front. Some old dude with a funny cape was making a scene. I giggled. What mental asylum reject wears a cape? No, really, what the fuck? The guard got all up in his face and started yelling at him. Guess he didn't have a ticket. I watched intently. You never know when you'll see a guard up and do some Harrison Ford move straight out of The Last Crusade. How awesome would that be? The old dude started to look bored. Suddenly, he waved his hand at the guard and the poor sucker went flying! Then the doors went flying (and I mean FLYING) and some werewolf looking freak stomped up tossing some other guy behind him. Whoa. You know, I hadn't really expected to see mutants again so soon. The only difference between these guys and my friends was the stupid outfits and you know, Storm has been known to rock a cape. Plus, another obvious difference was that these guys were bad guys.
"Sabrina Lee? Would you come up here please?"
Crap. Bad guys that were looking for me. Geez, now what did I do? Well, whatever it was, Sabrina Lee did not go down without a fight. I slipped out of my seat and hid behind a metal compartment, knowing that they wouldn't notice that in all the confusion. I heard him move along the aisle. He was checking everyone's face to find me. This would have to be good. I had finally recognized this guy as Magneto and if he caught me in the middle of this heap of metal I was done for. The good thing was I wasn't wearing any metal at all, so he couldn't sense me that way.
"She's not here. We need to check the other compartment," I heard him say.
I held my breath and gripped the heavy wooden tool I had found on the ground as he stepped around the door. Then I slammed it into his head. Poor guy never saw it coming and he crumpled into an unconscious heap at my feet. One down. Who knows how many more to go. I tossed the tool on the ground. Damn lucky it was finding that thing. Let's hope the rest of my luck is as good. I ran down the aisle and found the animal guy blocking me.
"Nice try," he sneered," but you aren't going anywhere."
I darted my eyes to the left.
"Oh yeah? Try me."
I grabbed a passenger's steaming cup of coffee and threw it in the bad guy's eyes. He screamed in pain and I ducked underneath his flailing arms and made a break for it. I hitched a ride in the back of a truck that was just pulling out of the station and I was home free.
I jumped out of the back of the truck while its owner wasn't watching and darted into the 7/11 we had stopped by. We had driven for miles and I was pretty sure we hadn't been followed, but I still remembered the right way to run away. It was best to break up my trail a bit so it wasn't so easy to follow. Plus, I had to get a call to the school and tell them what had happened. Maybe someone could come pick me up. I put a quarter in the pay phone's slot and dialed Logan's cell.
"Hello?" I heard him ask.
I sighed in relief. The reception wasn't great, but at least I had gotten a hold of him.
"Logan, it's Sabrina," I said.
There was a pause.
"Sabrina?" he asked slowly, "why are you calling? You're still on the train right?"
"Actually, we had a visitor," I said grimly," Magneto showed up and tried to kidnap me."
"What?! Holy crap, are you alright? Where are you? Did you get away?"
I rolled my eyes.
"Duh, obviously I got away, I'm able to call you aren't I? I knocked him unconscious, slipped past Sabertooth, and hitch-hiked on a truck. I'm at a 7-11 in the middle of nowhere. Have the professor find me and come pick me up?"
He sighed frustratedly.
"Sure I'll be there as soon as I can," he said.
"Oh, and Logan? Hurry. I don't know if they can find me too, but I don't really want to find out."
Dammit, where is he?! I called half an hour ago! Just how far did that truck take me? It couldn't possibly take this long. Great, now the guy at the counter is giving me funny looks. I glared at him and he looked away. That's better. I hear a noise outside. Logan? I take a look and jump up and down with relief. It's him, yay! About time too! A jet suddenly lands in the parking lot as he walked up to me in the store. My stomach sinks as I see who the new arrivals are.
"Oh crap," I whisper.
Logan's eyes widen and he spins around just in time to see himself climb out of the jet. I grab his arm and duck behind one of the aisles.
"Shit, that's Mystique! What now?" I whisper.
"You stay hidden and I'll kick her ass," he decides.
I gave him a weird look.
"No really, what are we going to do?"
He glared at me just as a set of claws burst through the cereal boxes by my head.
"Crap!" I screamed as I threw myself out of the way.
Logan jumped up and ran around the aisle. I stayed down and ran behind a different aisle. I stood up next to the slurpy machine to see what was going on and came face to face with one of the Logans. He held his hand out.
"Come on, we have to get out of here while she's out," he said.
I nodded and walked towards him. He turned to look at the guy cowering behind the counter. Then I pushed the heavy slurpy machine right on top of him! Heh heh. Never even saw it coming. I knelt by the unconscious "Logan" and watched him morph back into Mystique. The real Logan ran up behind me. He grabbed my hand and pulled me out the back door.
"How did you know it was her," he asked wide-eyed.
"I could just tell," I smiled at him.
He looked away as if he was hiding a blush. I smiled again. That was cute. I didn't think big gruff guys like Logan even could blush. I'll just let him think I didn't see that. We jumped on Logan's (Scott's) bike and snuck past the jet. Logan told me that he was taking me back to the Mansion so they could protect me. I grinned. I was going home.
