Chapter 3:

Hank and Logan made their way up to the Fantastic Four's living area of the Baxter Building. They lived in the upper levels of the building with Reed's lab taking part of the lower levels. Sue and Ben where waiting for Hank and Logan to arrive. The Fantastic Four and X-men were on good terms most of the time, but not all. Of them all Ororo and Sue were the closest between the teams.

Sue and Ben had been quietly talking well they waited for the X-men to arrive. They stopped their conversation when Hank and Logan arrived. "Any news?" Sue asked when she saw them standing up to greet them. Ben and Logan locked eyes; a lot of the time when the Logan and Ben met they tended to fight. But, under mutual agreement they did not fight.

"No word yet," Hank told her. "The Professor, Rogue, Iceman and Gambit are at the mansion is case someone contacts us or Ororo herself returns. So far we have heard nothing. But, we are hoping that changes real soon," Hank told them.

"Yeah, yeah let's cut all this chit chat and do what we came here to do," Logan growled.

Sue shook her head not totally surprised at Logan's behavior. "Reed wanted to run some test to see if he could get any clues. He was going to see if there was any trace of radiation from teleportation or anything like that," Sue explained.

"With the history of the X-men and other superheroes it is not out of the realm of possibilities. Also there is a whole realm of possibilities with the wide variety of mutant powers that she could have been targeted by another mutant and teleported somewhere," Hank agreed. "Do you think he would mind if I joined him with his test?" Hank asked Sue.

"No need Hank," Reed told them stepping off the elevator. "I could not find any radiation but, I did find some flower pollen and traces of sleeping gas," Reed told them. "I know it is not much but, that is all I can tell you at the moment," Reed explained. He walked over to his wife and stretched an arm out and held the wallet in front of Logan for him.

Logan grabbed it and immediately sniffed it in hopes that he could catch a scent from it. He blinked then took another sniff. "Lots of flowers they over power any other smell on it," Logan stated.

"She did mention there was a new flower shop downtown that she was going to check out but, she did not mention its name," Sue stated.

"I will find it," Logan stated he turned and stalked toward the elevator. "Thanks for your hospitality and help," Hank told them. He gave them a slight bow before he raced after Logan.

"Good luck, and let us know what you find," Sue called after him.

"Will do!" Hank called out as he went to catch up with Logan. He knew the look Logan had in his eye when he took off, the one of pure determination. Hank caught up to him not too far away the Baxter Building.

"I got her scent," Logan told him.

"I will follow your lead," Hank told him. "If we find anything we will call the others for back-up. We do not know who we are up against it may is more likely a whole group of them then one person," Hank pointed out.

"Don't care, if I find them they are in major trouble," Logan stated as he started following Ororo's scent trail. He was off at a quick pace not even bothering to see if Hank was keeping up. Hank stayed on Logan's trail right up to where he stopped and entered a store. With a raised eyebrow Hank followed and heard the chime above the door. "She was here Hank and she did not leave by the front door," Logan told him. "There are too many flowers for me to know beyond that," Logan told Hank.

"May I help you gentlemen?" the lady behind the counter asks.

"Yes, we are looking for a friend of ours, she stopped by earlier," Hank stated. Walking up to the counter Hank pulled a photo of Ororo and himself out of his wallet. "Have you seen this woman?" Hank asked. Pointing to the picture, meanwhile Logan came up behind him with his usual tact.

"I am sorry I do not recognize her," the clerk stated. Logan took a deep breath and shook his head. He could not detect her lying. Her growled and stalked around.

"Did I say something to offend your friend?" she asked. She hid her anti-mutant feelings that she had. It boiled under the surface but there were enough plants giving off a variety of scents that stopped him from picking up her hatred. What Logan did not know is the woman did not see Ororo but knew where she was.

"Hank, we are leaving!" Logan shouted.

"Sensitive nose," Hank explained before heading out. When he got out he saw Logan taking his frustration out on a tree. "Logan, we need to regroup the others may have found some new information. Let us return to the mansion," Hank told him putting a big hand on Logan's shoulder.

***

Scott and Jean were taking the young boy they had rescued earlier home. He told them his name was Jacob. He had bubbly attitude and was enjoying Scott and Jean's company. He was young enough that he was barely fazed by the incident. "So you two are married? Do you have kids?" Jacob asked.

"Yes we are married. But we do not have any children yet, but, we hope to someday," Jean told him smiling. As she placed her head against his shoulder, as they walked. Jacob was in front of them leading them to his house.

Jacob was skipping ahead just being a kid. He smiled at Jean when she stated one day she they hope to. "I bet they will be nice," he told her as he hoped over a crack. Jean smiled and Scott pulled her a little closer in response to Jacob's words. Up ahead there was a young woman who seemed to searching for something frantically. Jean picked up her distress and turned to Scott.

"We found Jacob's mom," Jean told him. Jacob had been watching where his feet where going. Then he looked up and spotted the woman.

"Mom!" he shouted. Then he took off and she had just enough time to turn around to catch him in mid-air.

"Jacob! Thank god your save!" she exclaimed she held him tight. Then put him down checking him for any injuries. "What happen?" she asked when she was satisfied he was unharmed.

"They helped me," he told her pointing to Scott and Jean. The woman looked up and saw Scott and Jean. She seemed to be looking through them for a moment before smiling.

"Thank you, when Jacob did not come home after school we were so worried!" she told Scott and Jean. She was dressed in a blue shirt and blue jeans. She had a pair of sneakers on her feet. She had obviously been worried her black hair stuck in many directions due to constantly being rubbed and grabbed.

"We are just glad we could help," Scott told her before he and Jean made to leave.

"Wait!" the woman called out. She took Jacob by the hand and walked up to them. "If you and any of the other X-men ever are in the area and need help let me know," she told them. Scott and Jean's faces reflected their surprise that this woman knew they were X-men. "My ability is to see how a person sees themselves. You both see yourselves as X-men so that is how I know. Just ask for Cathy Nibbles," she tells them before she ushers Jacob inside.

Scott mind immediately started to think how a power like that would be a benefit to the X-men. "Scott, don't," Jean told him. "At least to after we find Ororo," she added.

"You know me too well," he told her with a smile as he kissed her head.

***

Earlier in the X-mansion"

Remy, Rogue and Bobby along with the Professor were looking for any clues to the whereabouts of Ororo. Remy was using his hacking skills to see if he could find anything in the FOH computers while Rogue and Bobby were looking though for any snippets in the news that might help. Rogue groaned in frustration and threw the paper she had down on the table. "Nothing! No dang nab hint!" she exclaimed in her classis Southern Drawl. Her yellow gloves had ink smears from the papers she had been reading.

Bobby gave her a sympathetic look from the computer he was on before turning back to it. She turned to Remy where he was still working. "Find anything Swap Rat?" she asked. She turned and saw his back stiffen. "Remy?" she asked a little worried.

"Mon Dieu!" he exclaimed as he pushed himself back from the computer. "Chere come look at this," he told her. Confused she looks at the monitor and gasp in surprise. On the monitor were plans for what looked liked a new police station. That included two underground cell levels. But, the plans where not for the city or state, they were for a Kelly Sticknim. "It is being built for the FOH," Remy told her. Bobby looked over to see what was bothering the two Southerners and saw the plans and walked over and looked at the plans closer.

"Could Ororo being held there?" he asked.

"No, it is being built still," Remy told scrolling to the top of the page that projected finished construction to be in another year. "But, it is not under the FOH it appears to be under one of their member's names. There are plans for a completed project on here but, so far I have not managed to crack the code for that," Remy explained. "Kitty is better at this cyber hacking then moi," he admitted.

"Well you did find this, which is a good start," the Professor stated rolling in. He had picked up the strong emotions and how come to investigate what had caused them when he saw the monitor.

"That is about all we found," Rogue muttered.

"Maybe the others found something," Bobby suggested. No one answered him they all were looking at the plans that Remy had found. The Professor was staring at them intently, studying them.