Ch.3
Logan put down his drink, and looked at Bobby. "How long have you been here?" He asked.
"A couple years." Bobby answered.
Logan looked confused. "And your parents just sent you off to Mutant School?"
Now, Bobby looked kind of of embarrassed and kind of sad. "Actually, my parents think this is a prep school."
Logan nodded. "Oh, I see. Well, I suppose a lot of prep schools have their own campus, dorms, kitchens-"
"Jets." Bobby cut off. Logan nodded. "So, you and Rogue, huh?"
Bobby nodded. "Yeah. I mean, it's not what you think, but I'd like it to be, but it's just…" Bobby ranted and looked at Logan's waiting face. "It's just that's it's not easy when you want to be closer to someone, but you can't."
Logan nodded slightly, and Bobby looked down. "You know, I've seen how you look at Dr. Grey."
Logan looked at him with this freaky face. "Excuse me?"
Bobby looked down at his frozen treat, laughing on the inside. "Nothing."
They sat in silence for awhile, until Logan got a cruel idea, and smiled. "So, what do you think of Danny?"
It was obvious Danny did not like Bobby, and Bobby didn't really like Danny. It was actually kind of fun to watch.
Bobby looked startled. "Excuse me?"
Logan smirked.
Oh yeah, this would be fun.
"Danny, what do you think of him?"
Bobby looked back at his ice cream. "He's cool, I guess. Strong…" He trailed off.
"That's it?" Logan said with a smirk. Bobby nodded. "Oh come on, it's obvious you two don't like each other very much."
Bobby shrugged. "He's OK, but when it comes to Rogue…" He trailed off.
Now they were getting somewhere.
"When it comes to Rogue what?" Logan asked.
Bobby shrugged. "He's just overprotective. He doesn't like it when Rogue and I sit close together, or when I try to get closer to Rogue… I think he gets a sick satisfaction out of us not being able to get close. And him and Rogue know everything about each other. I don't even know her first name! It's kinda ridiculous, really.
"And his nightmares freak the whole mansion out. I bet you heard some kids were sucked into his nightmare."
Logan nodded.
"I was one of those kids. I don't remember any of it, but all I know was there was a lot of pain, fear, darkness… And I think he has too much power for his own good. I mean, a few days before you got here, he gained teleportation. Everyone knows to stay away from him, because when he's tired, he's mean. We know he doesn't mean to be, but he's scary when he's like it. I know he means well, but he needs a wakeup call."
Logan listened to Bobby rant. He knew all of that was probably true, but that was just the way Danny was. It wasn't his fault he was kidnapped and tortured, but nobody knew that because Danny didn't want anybody to know, for their own good too. Most of the kids would be scarred for life.
"I just wish I could figure out and see his mind, sometimes." Bobby said.
Logan shook his head, obviously disagreeing. "No, you don't. Danny's mind is a frikkin maze with too many twists and turns that could get you stuck in there. He won't let you get in there anyhow. He has too many secrets."
"I suppose you know them." Bobby said, rudely.
Logan nodded. "I do, and honestly, you don't want to know them. You don't want to know what Danny's been through, and you can't blame him for being protective of Rogue. She was probably the first one to show a bit of kindness to him in months after being on the road. He looks at her like a big brother would. You'd do the same thing."
Bobby gave him a long stare. "Why was he on the road anyways?"
Logan shook his head. "That is a secret I can't tell you."
Jones and Danny both looked up from the TV when they heard a noise. Danny signaled for Jones to stay where he was while he got up to look around the corner. He saw two people in camo uniforms coming in the mansion. Danny ducked back into the room and grabbed Jones, and covered his mouth.
"Stay quiet. I'm going to get you out of here." Danny whispered.
Jones nodded and let Danny pick him up. Danny turned invisible and intangible and flew through the ceiling. I hope Logan hears them, Danny thought because honestly, he was too tired to use telepathy.
Logan took another sip of his drink when he heard something. He got up and Bobby followed him with his eyes.
"What is it?" He asked but Logan quickly shushed him. Logan left to check on something, and Bobby looked out the window. He didn't see the soldier come in, and point a gun at him, but he did hear it when Logan came in.
Logan had the guy's hands behind his back. "You picked the wrong house, bub!"
In another part of the mansion, a guard busted in and a girl screamed. It was really high pitched, and everyone covered their ears. Her mirror shattered in less than five seconds.
Danny was running right past her room with a few kids when it happened. He fell down, while the other's stopped, and he accidently dropped the unconscious kid he was carrying. He covered his ears and grit his teeth, while a little blood started to trickle out of his ears.
Wolverine groaned and accidently shifted the guard to where he could shoot Bobby, but the cryokinetic thought fast and hid behind the counter. The shots fired everything and everywhere, shattering glass and making a huge mess.
Suddenly, the girl who was screaming was shot and she stopped screaming.
Danny shook his head, and grabbed the unconscious kid before running, the other kids behind him.
"Danny, your ears!" Jones said.
"I know! Don't worry about it!" Danny shouted back, and came to one of the secret tunnels. He opened it up and ushered them inside. "Wait here, until someone gets you. I need to go help the others."
The kid's nodded and Danny shut the door after giving them the unconscious kid, and ran off.
The guard started to beat Logan and scratched his face. As Logan was pinned to the counter, his cut healed and his claws came out. He pushed him and the guard off the counter and pinned him to the fridge with his claws. When Logan's claws came back, the guard dropped down dead.
Bobby was staring fearfully.
"You alright?" Logan asked. Bobby nodded. The two walked out and they saw many guards coming in.
"Stay here." Logan said, and walked forward while his claws shot out. He started to silently kill or seriously wound the men.
Kids started screaming and running. Danny was quick to intercept them and lead them to many of the secret tunnels that connected to each other and directed them where to go to wait for help.
When the little girl, who gave the ear piercing scream earlier, was about to be taken by the soldiers, Pete came in. As he did, his skin was coated over by metal. The soldier's shots were futile. The two guards were thrown through the wall.
Logan, as he ran down the hall, was shot with three darts but he quickly killed/wounded the two men. As he did this, Bobby went into the elevator and more soldiers came.
Pete came out of the wall with the girl, and kids started coming around the corner.
"This way!" Pete said and they ran down the hall.
Logan took the three darts out of his chest, but the wound did not heal. He saw another kid on the ground, by the name of Jack.
Bobby came out of the elevator, and spotted his friend.
"John! Hey, where's Rogue?" Bobby asked.
John looked around. "I don't know."
Bobby looked around, as well. "I got to find her!"
John ran down the hall after his friend, shouting at him.
Kids ran up to the secret door as Pete came up. He gave the girl to another kid and opened another door. Danny came around the corner with another group, and Logan came with Jack.
"Hey, take him. He's stunned." Logan said, handing him off to Pete, and started to take off.
"Hey, I can help you!" Pete shouted.
Logan turned back and pointed towards the tunnel. "Help them. Danny, you're with me."
Danny nodded, and turned to Pete. "There're more kids in different parts of the tunnels. Find them."
Pete nodded and Danny ran off in the opposite direction of Logan.
Logan waited by a corner, and when a soldier's foot hit the ground next to him, Logan was quick to stab it and then kill him, as Logan ran around the corner. There were a few shots, but they quickly stopped and a flashlight rolled around absently.
Rogue ran through the halls, when she heard Bobby call her name.
"Bobby!"
The two, plus John, watched as Danny ran by them.
"Danny, where're you going?" Rogue asked worriedly.
"I'm searching for more kids!" He answered.
"You'll get hurt!" Rogue shouted.
"They can't touch me, remember? And there's a secret door in the next hall over!" Danny shouted. Rogue nodded and watched as he changed into his wolf form, which was midnight black with a white ear, tail tip, front left paw, and back right paw. But they headed off in the direction they were told, but were stopped by guards who were coming through the window. They ran in another direction.
Pete and the kids ran through the tunnels. The group was bigger than before, thanks to Danny's quick thinking. They ran down another hall and exited into a forest, and headed for the safe house.
Rogue, John, and Bobby ran down the stairs. They were running by the front doors when they were opened, and a ton of guards came filing in. Logan jumped down from the banister and he quickly took them out.
"Let's go." He said and started to lead them out, when helicopter lights shone in. Logan led them in a different direction.
Bobby showed them to a secret door, and the three teens went in first, but Logan quickly shut the door, as guards came around the corner.
"Logan!"
"You wanna shoot me, shoot me!" Logan shouted, but they were cut off by another voice.
"Don't shoot him!"
Logan stopped advancing, as did the soldiers.
"Not yet." The figure said, walking around the corner. "Wolverine? Well, I must admit; this certainly is the last place I'd expect to find you. How long has it been? 15 years? You haven't changed one bit. Me, on the other hand… Nature." Stryker said, coming to the front.
Logan's claws just sunk right back into his hands, and he did not know that the teens he just sent off were planning on coming back.
"I didn't realize Xavier was taking in animals, even animals as unique as you." Stryker continued.
Logan was absolutely confused. "Who are you?"
Stryker smiled an insane, crazy grin. "Don't you remember?" He said.
I wish I didn't, you frikkin fruitloop!, Danny's voice came into their heads, and at that moment, a black wolf came into view and attacked Stryker.
Logan was shocked to say the least as Stryker screamed and Danny attacked. The soldiers shot the darts, but it didn't have any effect on him. Logan couldn't even move.
Get out of here, Logan! I'll be fine! You don't want to know Stryker, trust me! Get out!, Danny practically screamed, and Logan didn't get to see what happened next, because a wall of ice appeared and separated them. It was obviously Danny's doing, with the urgency in his voice.
Logan regained his bearings to at least realize he couldn't help Danny this time. "NO! NO!"
He tried to break the ice, but the secret door opened up. "Logan, come on, let's go!" Rogue said.
"But Danny-"
"Danny will be fine. He's untouchable remember?" Bobby said. Logan looked at the ice once more.
"Logan." Bobby said.
"Go, I'll be fine. I have to get Danny." Logan said.
Rogue shook her head. "But we won't, and Bobby's right. Danny can meet up with us."
Logan gave one last look before following the teens, hoping his decision was right.
As they left, the ice was shattered by a bomb and it revealed Stryker and his men, looking for Logan. Danny was held in-between two men in the back, with ghost proof cuffs. Upon seeing their prize gone, Danny smirked.
"Hey Stryker, the Wolverine got away again. How does it feel to lose him twice?"
Stryker, furious with the insult, walked up to Danny and slapped him hard across the cheek, but Danny didn't make a noise, just kept smiling.
"I'll make sure I get him, and you won't get out either." Stryker hissed.
Danny glared at him. "We'll see. It'll take a lot more to break me this time. It wasn't even you who broke me last time. You, more or less, gave me back my spirit and let me escape."
Stryker glared at him with such hate and fury, that it was almost tangible. "We'll see, Weapon W."
Logan, Rogue, Bobby, and John came out of a hatch and ran to the nearest car.
"Get in! Get in!" Logan said.
"I'm driving!" John said, but Logan pushed him out of the way. "Maybe next time." John was forced into the back with Bobby.
As Logan tried hotwiring the car the old-fashioned way, Bobby told them something that's not so shocking. "This is Cyclops's car."
Logan looked at the ignition. "Oh yeah."
His middle claw came out and he stabbed it into the ignition. He turned it on and they were out of there, and Logan was seriously hoping Danny got out of the mansion.
Institute
Stryker's men exited into the halls of the lower level. Sergeant Lyman entered last.
On the Road Again
"Who the heck was that back there?" John asked.
No one answered for a moment, before Logan did. "Stryker. His name is Stryker."
Rogue was the one who dared to speak up, but then again, she doesn't fear Logan. "Who is he?"
Logan looked conflicted. "I can't remember."
Institute
Two men rolled something down the hall and in front of Cerebro's doors. They set it up, and it looked like a gun of some sort. Sgt. Lyman looked into the scope as the elevator opened up, and Stryker came out, followed by two guards who were holding Danny, who was struggling with an iron will.
Danny saw the gun set up. "You won't get that door open with some petty gun. I hope you know that."
Stryker turned to the three way hybrid. "Who said I was going to do it by force." He said and started to walk forward. The guards moved to the wall.
"Sergeant." Stryker said, and Lyman walked up. "Most of the mutants escaped through a series of tunnels that weren't in our schematics. We have several in custody."
Stryker heard Danny cuss loudly in the back, and smiled.
"How many?" He asked.
"Six sir, seven with the weapon." Danny, once again, shouted another profanity, that was surprisingly worse than the last one.
Stryker turned to him. "Are you upset Weapon W?"
Danny rolled his eyes. "What do you think? Are you brain-dead?"
Stryker glared, and Danny was briefly electrocuted, but it didn't faze him, he just absorbed it. Danny had this evil smile on his face that made you want crawl under a rock and hide.
"Yeah, sorry. That won't work again. I've gained a few tricks since however many months ago." Danny taunted.
Stryker continued to glare. "We'll see how well you do once we get back to the base."
Danny glared. "I already told you. You won't break me as easily."
Stryker gave him a hard look. "Yes, you were so quiet and obedient back then. I wish you were like that now. I should've given you a tamer DNA."
Danny's hard gaze met Stryker's. "It wouldn't have worked. The DNA was already there, just like the ghost. I would've died but the wolf decided he's had enough."
Stryker chose to ignore him and turned back to Cerebro's doors. He walked up next to the man operating it. He nodded, and the man started it up.
The scanner on Cerebro started to scan one of the gun's pieces. It took awhile, but the doors finally opened.
"Welcome Professor."
Stryker smiled and walked in. "Take what we need, gentlemen."
The Road
Rogue grabbed Logan's dog tag from her wrist, and handed it over. "Here, this is yours. I'm sorry, but Danny had the other."
Logan took it in his hand, and gave her a silent thanks. John suddenly leaned forward, towards the radio. "I don't like uncomfortable silences." He said.
Rogue looked confused. "What are you doing?"
John turned on the radio and Bye, Bye, Bye by N'Sync Plays came on. They all groaned. John pressed another button, and a fancy phone came out. "I don't think that's the CD player."
Logan took it, and examined it. "Sit back." He said and John went back to the back. "Where we going?"
"Storm and Jean are in Boston. We'll head that way." Logan answered.
"My parents live in Boston." Bobby commented.
"Good." Logan said and hit the gas.
FUN!
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