You would think tracking a big giant black plane would be easy….not one bit.
It took Shay some time to get a lock on its coordinates then said signal went out and then appeared again.
As soon as she finally made it to where they were by foot, since its in the middle of some god forsaken woods, Logan almost skewered her to death.
Not the welcome committee she was hoping for.
"So let me get this straight. Magneto told Stryker everything about the school and Cerebro, now Stryker who also has Scott and Xavier as well as the Children I couldn't evacuate is hunting us down. Did I miss anything? Shay asked as she rubbed her temples.
"That's about it." Logan replied.
"Now we have that cleared, I have some info as well to share too." Shay said as she sat down on a log.
"Oh really now…" Magneto said as everyone stared at Shay.
"Yes really. I have my own network of information as well. My sources have told me that Stryker has been manipulating the president and was also behind the whole assassination attempt. Stryker has been on the move here in the last year or so and what he has been doing so far is only the beginning." Shay said as she sat there.
"What do you mean manipulating the President?" Jean asked.
"Manipulating as in giving false information. The president has been blind all these years. Stryker is a very dangerous man and someone that the world can do without."
"How is it you know this information?" Storm asked.
"When this is all over, ask Charles." Shay simply replied.
While everyone was asleep, Shay was sitting on the log she that was by the Blackbird. The cold didn't really bother her. All she wanted was some silence to collect herself. She thumbed the pendant that she wore that was given to her by Remy before she was forced to leave her home. It was silver locket that had a rustic design to it. Inside it was a photo of her and Remy.
"Who is it from?" Logan asked as he sat down next to her.
"That special someone that disappeared that I told you about." Shay said, not taking her eyes off the locket.
"You seem scared of something." Logan said as he watched Shay carefully.
"I think Stryker may have been after to me as well and he may have something to do with the disappearance of Remy." Shay said trying not to get emotional.
"Is that the person who gave that locket to you?" Logan asked.
Shay just nodded. The emotions she buried from his disappearance started to surface.
"When I was living in New Orleans, Remy begged me to leave the city I grew to love because Stryker was in the area and he wanted to keep me safe. So I left. Months later after arriving at the school, I found out that Remy disappeared without a trace. I went back to look for him and I couldn't find any trace of him. I never gave up looking for him, even when I returned to the school. I only found out recently, after connecting all the dots, that Stryker may have Remy and that scares me to the very fabric of my being." Shay explained.
"You sound like you two were very close." Logan commented from simple observation.
"You could say that. My past is like any other mutant's past. Rejected from the people you call family and that creates a hole in your heart that can never truly be healed. You can say Remy taught me a lesson in never really giving up and that there's beauty in being different as well."
"We'll find him Shay. I promise we will find him." Logan told her giving her a comforting pat on the back.
"Thank you Logan. I know Charles has wanted you to try and figure your past out on your own all, but I may be able to find out about you past. I have connections outside the school that I still maintain every once in awhile. I can ask them if they know anything because for some reason the two of us are connected to Stryker. Well you more than me." Shay said with a small smile.
Shay, Storm and Kurt Wagner were running through what looked like holding cells, trying to find the remaining kids that were taken.
"Divergent, we found them." Storm yelled to Shay.
Divergent, that was her X-Men codename so to speak. Shay was always different when she saw things and as well as she acted on them.
"I'm going to check this cell. Its closed for some reason." Shay said as ran to it.
The door wouldn't open so Shay took a playing card from one of her holsters and made the card razor sharp. She slashed the sharpened card at the hinges and cut the hinges off.
The door practically fell, almost landing on Shay. What she saw almost made her have a heart attack.
Held by chains, battered and bruise to almost none recognition was Remy. He was out cold and she could tell he had been tortured.
"Storm get over here now!" Shay yelled as she took the same sharpened card and cut the chains, catching Remy before he hit the ground.
"Oh my god, is he?" Storm asked when she arrived.
"No, he's barely alive." Shay said in response.
Storm was on one side and Shay was on the other, trying to carry and not injure further, of Remy.
'I found you, I finally found.' Shay kept saying in her head.
Getting out of Akali Lake and back to the mansion was too much for Shay to handle. The Blackbird had a malfunction and Shay was able to get it started, thanks to the handy knowledge in technology from Tony, get them out there. Jean was trying to go outside and move the Blackbird to safety but Shay was able to stop Jean by locking the hatch so she couldn't go outside.
After take off Shay couldn't stop to take a breather. She had to stabilize Remy the best she could.
Storm had called Hank to meet them in the basement of the Mansion to Shay take care of Remy.
So there she was. Three days after the Akali Lake inciden she sat there in the infirmary watching over Remy, waiting for him to wake up so she could see those beautiful red eyes of his.
The children that Coulson was watching over were returned and repairs to the mansion commenced, but Shay never left Remy's side.
"Shay you need to go and take a breather, take a walk outside or something. Your not doing him any good by not taking care of yourself." Hank told her as he check Remy's vitals; knowing Shay already did it an hour ago.
He sometimes forgot about Shay's medical background.
Shay just stayed silent as usual since they returned. What happened at Akali Lake had made her think deeply and do some soul searching.
"Shay?"
"I know Hank. I have to go and meet someone. I will only be gone for thirty minutes. Please call me if he starts to wake." Shay said before she stood out of her chair.
"You will be the first to know." Hank told her.
Shay drove to a nearby café where she was supposed to meet a certain someone.
As soon as she stepped into the Café, she saw Director Fury siting in a booth toward the back waiting for her.
"Been waiting long?" Shay asked as she sat down across form him.
"Not too long, though with the hell you have been through this past week, I knew you might be a little late." Fury said as a Waiter brought them their coffee and left.
"Thanks for the coffee." Shay said as she took a drink, "thank you for shielding those children too."
"Call it repentance for spilling your secret to your brother." Fury simply told her.
"How was clean up work at Akali Lake?" Shay asked before taking another sip of her coffee.
"Slow. We found Stryker's body yesterday. He was crushed by the water's impact. We were able to get some data off the computers. We found out that he was after you to get back at Tony for cancelling a weapons deal as well as a partnership. He some how tracked you when you lived in New Orleans." Fury explained.
"And all the information about him trying to start a war was forwarded to the president? "Shay asked.
"Yes it was. I told him in person that mutants trying to be peaceful should be simply left alone. I also have something you requested that we gained." Fury said.
Fury slid a folder that had TOP SECRET in red stamped on it.
"You wanted a copy of this. The Weapon X Project files." Fury told her.
"Thank you Fury. I don't say this very much, and you can ask Tony this too, but you're a life saver." Shay said as she leaned back in booth.
"You should talk to you brother. He's changed a little. He may come around now that he has had time to accept you."
"I wouldn't be surprised if he just simply forgotten me all together. No matter how much he hates me or fears me and so forth, he will always be my brother and I will always be there for him." Shay said before getting up.
"I will relay that to him when I see him next time." Fury told her, " Contact me if you ever need anything Shay."
"Will do." Shay said as she collected her coffee and the folder and then left.
It was close to evening when she made it back to the mansion. After parking the car she borrowed, she went inside and found Logan in the kitchen drinking a beer.
Shay dropped the folder in front of him before going to the fridge to grab a water bottle.
"Is this what I think this is?" Logan asked.
"No one deserves to be left in the dark and not know their own past. What you make of the information and how you choose to accept it is what defines you Logan." Shay said before leaving a stunned Logan.
After leaving Logan with the file about his past, Shay went straight back to Remy's side and stayed there, resuming her vigilance.
After hours of seating there gently holding his hand in hers, she finally looked at her watch to see it was almost 3 a.m.
She laid her head down on the edge of the bed and rested her eyes. Shay suddenly felt Remy's hand that she held tighten its gripe on her.
She snapped her head up and saw Remy start to wake up slowly. Shay used her free hand to gently cup the side of his bruised face.
"Please wake up Remy." Shay said to him.
That's when his red eye met her green ones.
"Shay? Thus mus be a dream." He said weakly and slurred.
"Its no dream. I finally found you Remy. I finally found you." Shay said as tears of happiness spilled down her cheeks.
Remy tried to smile at her before grimacing in pain.
"Just relax and rest. I will be here when you wake and I always will be ere for you."
Author's Notes:
Nest chapter is the last one.