Chapter 2

ESCAPING

Jean sat down in what was left of Cerebro. She put on the slightly burnt helmet and switched on Cerebro. She started looking for Professor Xavier's mutant brain wave patterns.

"I found him!" Jean yelled happily, "He's in the Sentinal facility!"

The other X-Men start to board the Velocity when Jean told then to stop. Xavier was talking to her.

*Jean don't leave. DO NOT LEAVE, NOT YET*

Jean told the other what Professor Xavier told her.

Don't leave? Professor what are you up to? Jean thought

Professor Xavier walked into the prison room where all the captured mutants were held. Spyke, Beast, Rouge, and Blob were all in extremely strong electrified cages. Magneto was off to the side in an air tight cage with an oxygen tank. The cage was designed to let off a poison gas if the person on the inside tried to force his way out of the cage . Magneto was yet still knocked out, near dead. Where was Wolveine. Professor Xavier rolled over to the prison guard.(No one knew he was Charles because of the helmet. Beast suspected due to the wheel chair but kept quiet.)

"So where is that Wolverine guy?" Charles asked the guard.

Every one looked up at the sound of Xavier's voice and the question.

"Oh, he's locked up," the guard said in a strong British accent, " In fact he's directly below us."

The Professor Xavier touched the guard's head and put him in a strong coma. The guard dropped to the ground. Xavier took the guard's keys. He started unlocking all the cages. "Be quiet," Professor Xavier said, "You don't want us to get caught now do you?"

"I'll carry Magneto," Beast offered.

Then Xavier consentrated on contacting Wolverine below.

*Wolverine, it's me Charles. I am directly above you. Can you climb up the wall and make a hole in the ceiling to get here?*

*I'll try Chuck*

Xavier made contact with Jean. *Jean now, come now. You must land in the hole that Magneto made earlier today. We'll all be waiting.*

Wolverine got to his feet and quietly placed his claws into the wall climbing up four or five feet at a time. He finally reached the ceiling and cut a hole in it. He pulled himself up, happy to see Xavier waiting for him.

"Let's go." Charles said.

The crew quietly made their way through the facility to where Magneto made the hole for the X-Men to fall earlier. Professor Xavier wiped the mind of every human that walked by.

"Wow Chuck," Wolverine said, "I never knew that even when you are in complete control of your powers they grow more powerful every day. You have proven it so, though."

"Yes, indeed," Xavier murmured.

They arrived at the meeting place.

The X-Men Piled into the Velocity. Kurt looked out of his window as they blasted off. He looked into the sky. Blue. He loved the sky and looked there for comfort. He was so frightened. What was life going to be like, what was school going to be like with everyone knowing. Kurt hated how everything went against his liking. First he was born a "blue furred freak", then Kitty starts dating Lance, and then the Institute blows up and humans know about mutants. Kurt looked at his appearance and made up his mind about something important. He really liked Amanda, but only as a friend, and with everyone knowing about mutants people would rag on Amanda for dating a blue furred mutant freak. He really did like Amanda but his heart was with Kitty. Kitty could relate to him now, that is being a mutant, but Kitty's heart was with Lance and she could relate to him just as well.

Is life supposed to be this awful? Kurt thought