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Deadpool: And nothing's changed from the last chapter, he still doesn't own anything in this here fic except his OCs

Me: Aha! Got you (ties up Deadpool with special anti-teleporting rope), let's see you try and get away now

Deadpool: Err, you might wanna rethink that one boss

Me: Why? It's not like you did anything yuo shouldn't havbe before I caught you

Deadpool: Yea,a bout that...

Me: Oh, no, you didn't download Y2K inot Iron Mans armor again did you?

Deadpool: Not exactly, think bigger, and bright green

Hulk: HULK SMASH PUNY TELEPORTING MAN!!

Me: WHAT DID YOU DO?

Deadpool: I dyed his hair bright pink

Me: YOU WHAT!?

Deadpool: But he was just lying there all alseep, come on, it was perfect

Me: Just shut up and teleport, I'll kill you later, slowly (both teleport away)

Chapter 3: Claws for concern

Clone walked down the corridor, stopping when she heard voices coming from Kitty and Rogues room, Kitty and Jubilee were trying to convince Rogue to take a quiz in one of their magazines. As X-23 walked in, no-one paid any attention to her. Unsure of what to do she walked over to where the girls were sitting on Kittys bed

"C'mon Rogue, it'll only take a minute" Kitty said

"I'm not taking one of those girly-girl quizzes, end of story" Rogue said, skulking out of the room, annoyed at their constant nagging

"What is the quiz about?" X-23 asked in her emotionless tone

"It's a compatibility quiz, to see what sort of guy's best for you" Kitty replied

"Sort of guy?"

"What guy you'd be best dating" Kitty told her

"Oh, may I see it?" X-23 asked, Kitty handed her the magazine. She picked up a pen and circled her answers for the questions in the quiz before handing it back to Kitty, who quickly checked through it to see what her result would be

"O.K, according to this your ideal type of guy likes metal music, plays an instrument, and is insightful and thoughtful" Kitty replied

"Is that good?"

"Depends, I think Rogue's got some metal CDs if you want to listen to them" Kitty said, standing up and going over to Rogues side of the room. As she did she accidentally knocked her dresser, causing her music box to open and start playing. As soon as she heard the music she reacted like had the last time she'd heard a music box play. She leapt from the bed, grabbed the box and hurled it to the ground, smashing it to pieces. Kitty turned around to see her beloved music box lying in pieces and X-23 glaring hatefully down at it, like it was responsible for some personal insult

"What the hell did you do that for?" she yelled, running over and picking up the pieces, hoping she could get it fixed, after a close inspection she realised it was beyond repair, having been smashed into firewood

"I…I" X-23 stuttered, unable to explain why she'd done it, not thinking Kitty would understand, and not fully understanding why she'd done it either

"Look, I don't know what they taught you in the test tube but in the real world you don't go round breaking peoples stuff" Jubilee said, leaping up form the bed and going over to stand face to face with X-23

"Jubilee, don't…" Kitty said, knowing there was probably a good reason she'd broke the box, with her past at HYDRA Kitty thought it was a miracle X-23 was able to act like a human at all

"It's not like anyone wants you here anyway, you're a weapon, all you can do is kill and destroy, so get lost, freak" Jubilee yelled. At the X-23s expression turned to one of anger and she extended her claws and swung at Jubilee, who closed her eyes. Kitty ran to stop them but saw she needn't bother, X-23s claws had stopped just in front of Jubilee's face, just.

"I'm sorry about your box" X-23 said before turning and leaving the room before either Jubilee or Kitty could say another word

Outside a taxicab pulled up in front of the Institute and a woman with blond hair and green eyes got out, she walked up to the door and knocked on it. Wolverine opened it and let her in

"He's…he's returned?" she asked

"Sure looks like it" he replied, standing aside and allowing her to come into the Institute

"So, what're you up to now? I hear SHEILD gave you amnesty in exchange for telling them everything you know about HYDRA?"

"Yes, is it true that she's here?" Dr Risman asked anxiously, scanning everyone who passed the two adults as they walked down the hallway, as if she expected X-23 to suddenly appear in front of her

"Yea she's around here somewhere, I could probably find her if you want to see her" Wolverine said

"No, after everything I've done, after my part in what HYDRA did to her, I don't deserve anything from her, let alone forgiveness" she told him as he opened a door and they walked inside Professor X's office. Professor X was sat in his chair with Storm, Beast and Scott also present

"This is Dr Deborah Risman, Doc, this is…"

"Charles Xavier, Scott Summers, Ororo Munroe and Hank McCoy, SHEILD's got files on all of you" she interrupted, Wolverine made a mental note to bring up harassment in his next conversation with Nick Fury

"It's a pleasure to meet you doctor, from what Logan has told me it seems we could have a little vampire problem soon" the Professor said to Dr Risman, trying his best to keep a unbiased opinion, he knew she was the main reason Wolverines clone was free but he also knew she was the one who'd created her, he felt the two things cancelled each other out. Just.

"Logan's filled us in on most of the details, I'm assuming crucifixes and holy water won't be much help" Storm said, trying to break the tension

"No, he isn't a vampire, he doesn't sleep in a coffin and he can get into someone's house quite easily if they don't invite him in. I've seen him fight when he was training X-23 a few times, she wouldn't be half the weapon if she'd been taught by anyone else" she said grimly

"She's a child, not a weapon" Wolverine snapped at the doctor, a little more harshly than necessary, he was used to hearing it from SHEILD members and government agents, not the person who'd helped X-23 gain her freedom

"Sorry, force of habit, I'm not really sure if I can help you, I worked in HYDRAs labs, not their sparring room" she told them

"Anything you can tell us would be a big help doctor Risman, maybe if we work together we can create a tranquilliser that can affect him" Beast said

"Perhaps, I'd be happy to do anything I can to help" she replied

"Very well, Beast, take Doctor Risman down to the underground level and get to work, Storm contact Archangel and see if your nephew is free to join us here, Logan and Scott, secure the mansion, above all we need to protect the students, all of them, not just X-23" the Professor told them, everyone immediately left the room, throwing themselves into preparations for the visitor they were likely to get in the next few hours

"It's an honour to be working with you Dr McCoy, I'm a big fan of your work" Dr Risman said to Beast as they headed down the corridor

"Oh…thank you" Beast replied, thankful she couldn't see him blushing under his fur as they passed two of the Wildcards in the hallway

"Who's she?" Bryce asked Holly, who shrugged

"Beasts me, but mister McCoy seems to like her" she replied

From one of the trees, hidden from view by the red leaves, the assassin watched the mansion, now a imposing silhouette against the angry grey clouds the filled the sky above and behind it, he was ready to attack them now but he decided to wait, a thunderstorm was due to hit in a few hours. And from experience he knew that revenge was a dish best served cold.

In chapter 4 – Hellblade finally makes his move and seems set on cutting a bloody path through the X-men to get to his target

(both teleport back in)

To be continued, all reviews are hapily accepted and greatly appreciated, and if I survive long enough to change my name and re-locate to nice and scenic Antartica, I'll see you all at the next chapter (both teleport away again)