Chapter two

On arrival at the military facility everyone was on edge. I noticed that it looked more like a camp, a hording facility for electrical goods of some sort. All of the buildings seemed to have one floor except for one; witch was the central executive that seemed to run all the others. They where put into teams as always. Rogue who was not really seeing the point in separating off in to teams as they all would only be separated from one another after all just stayed quiet. Knowing that it was always his plan… to pick them off one by one. Shadowcat and Nightcrawler as team one, team two Cyclops and Jean, three Storm and Jubilee, team four being Iceman and Beast leaving Rogue and Wolverine as team five.

They weren't even there five minutes before the fighting started the usual suspects seen around Pyro, Gambit Colossus, Toad, Quicksilver, Scarlet which, with some unfamiliar faces that Rogue hadn't seen before. Sabertooth jumped Logan as him and Rogue had rounded a corner in the control building. Rogue carried on walking knowing that Logan could defend himself, She didn't even turn to see if her needed any help. She headed straight for their original destination, the control centre. They had to evacuate everyone from the building and the surrounding buildings.

Silently wondering as she walked down the long corridors if people outside where okay. Ever since she knew they where going to go on a mission she had gotten a weird feeling. A feeling of dread. A feeling like she knew something bad was going to happen. She just hoped that it wasn't anything horrible. She didn't know if they could deal with fighting off the brotherhood and having to save someone's life.

Taking a deep breath and letting out a sigh Rogue hadn't realised that she had started fidgeting with the edge of her gloves. Man these halls make me nervous where the only thoughts running though her head as she carried on though the puzzle of what seemed to be this military base.

As she walked down a hall she heard people coming for the other direction. Heavy echoing footsteps that she presumed to be a brotherhood member. She carried on with caution on a sort of high alert to any danger that she may be in. Then they just seamed to stop.

"…Unit three…we have a man down." Said a Panicked voice from a guard of this facility far from a brotherhood member. The voice came from around the very coroner the footsteps had stopped and the very corner that Rogue was heading for. She had just heard the footsteps stop. Thinking fast she rushed to help the solider that was down. She then ran around the corner to help but instead she found herself having to halt and be faced with 7 guards and a gun 2 inches from her Head.

"Wat the..." she couldn't finish her sentence because of the general saying

"Halt mutant!" The guard that had the gun to her head had motioned for two other guards to come closer and restrain her. Rogue noticed that she was at the end of the corridor and that there was a big round metal doorway standing just feet away from her. She noticed the remaining officers looked like they where obsessed with the door that rested in front of them, excluding the one that was trying to save a fellow officer.

Having no choice but to comply with what they wanted Rogue did not put up a struggle as the two guards bounded her hands behind her back and used force to make her sit on the floor. The three guards where then watching her very closely for any sudden movements or any signs that she might try to escape. After 10 minutes Rogue was getting annoyed with the fact she had a gun to her head and decided to do something about it.

"Look ah don't know why y'all think I'm gonna hurt ya…" She said with a sigh trying not to sound annoyed or pissed off at the same time. They all seemed to turn around for a moment to look at her. Most of them if not all of them gave her a do you think we look like idiots look. "Look I'm an X-men sent ta help you guys out!" She was offered a laugh and then was hit around the face with the gun by the general.

"Shut up mutie! We don't wanna hear it!" Not believing that he had just hit her round the face with his gun she was in shock. She could feel the slow dripping of blood down her lip and she could taste blood in her mouth. She knew that he had cut her lip clean open with that one swing. The pain made her head spins like she was suffering one of Vertigos ticks. But it was her eyes that told the story she looked like she would kill the guy the moment she got her hand on him and if she had her hands free now she probably would have.

"Awww look she's bleeding! Not so tough now are you?" Said one of the other officers by her side. The general garbed her by the chin roughly with his hand to observe his handy work.

With both fear and a hint of a smile she felt the pull of her mutation as he did this. He stumbled back as his legs nearly gave out from beneath him. Regaining his balance again he snarled more like shouted.

"You fucking bitch!" He managed to hit her twice as hard as the first time around making her neck twist nearly ungodly around and her head cream even more with the violent pain that was inflicted on her. Against her will she let out a high pitch scream of pain. After that all she felt was pain.

Control room

"Hey Boss did you just here that?" said Psylocke as she jumped sharply off of a control panel that she was sitting on no longer bored with just sitting around and waiting.

"Yes Betsy I did" He said with an annoyed voice because she had not shut up for the past ten minutes about anything. " And I will tell you like I told you a minute a go! I am busy!" Came the sharp reply that would send fear into anyone's heart at that moment. Magneto turned away from looking at the screen to glance at the door band then back to downloading the files he needed.

"But boss it sound's like someone's being hurt…"

"Look if you are so worried about it check it out just leave me be." Was the Sorely pissed off reply once more. But this time it was more of an order and a threat all in one with the same cold and uncaring voice that he always used.

Instead of pushing her luck she shivered remembering what had happened last time. She did a mental scan letting out a loud gasp making Magneto turn to look at her with chillingly cold features because she had yet again interrupted him. She just stared at the door as if she was trying to see through it.

"Well…what is it? You mean to tell me that you have interrupted me once again for no reason! Do you need to be reminded that I do not accept disobedience especially on missions?" Was the far from angry voice headed at Psyclocke. She regained her breath and tried to speak, she had felt the pain…Rogues pain. Turning to look Magneto in the eyes she said with a shaky voice.

"Its rogue…" Pause "She's bein' beaten up by three guards out side that door magneto we have to do somethin' she's barley breathin'!" With that Magneto flicked his hand and the door were ripped of its hinges to reveal all the gauds over a very bloody looking Rogue. Psylocke didn't see a small smirk that appeared on magnetos face but it didn't stay when he saw the guards.

"Maybe you should try picking on someone your own size?" Were the last words of wisdom that the guards would hear before being killed by metal pellets and Psylocke went running to aid Rogue.

"DOWNLOAD COMPLETE" Flashed on the control screen and a famine voice saying that it was successfully downloaded broke the silence that had now filled the room. Magneto levitated the disk to him and a very large looking box more like a crate was floating behind him and Psylocke. He bent to pick up Rogue, who was now well and truly unconscious.

Quicksilver appeared at the side of his father and said with his usual hyperactive speedy voice "We-have-to-get-out-of-here-now-there-are-bombs-all-over-the-place-set-to-go-off-in-5-mins."

"Get the others ready" With that Quicksilver was gone from sight. When they arrived at the meeting point everyone was there already. Many of the brotherhood where helping wounded people walk to where Magneto was. If Rogue had of been awake she would have noticed that these people where prisoners of this camp. Magneto waved his hand and opened a portal that would transport the brotherhood back to base as well as an unconscious Rogue, who didn't have any choice in the matter…