Chapter 4

All was quiet in the Blackbird, except for the gentle beeps and buzzes of the control. Everyone was asleep. All but two, being Logan and Alexis.

"Say kid, why don't you get some sleep?" He said as soothingly as a brutish man could.

"Ha! What makes you think I'm actually tired? I'm no wussy! Besides I don't like to sleep." Wolverine just looked at her realizes that this girl was more complicated than she seemed. He didn't have time to think about that though, the on board computer indicated that they had arrived.

Almost instaneously, the clouds parted, revealing the dilapidated Weapon X compound. It stuck out of the thick forest like a sore thumb. Pieces of the building were strewn about rotting in their place with age. Both winced at the flood of the excruciating memories and luckily Logan managed to land the plan, but it was rocky at best. Quietly, the two exited the jet, careful not to wake the dozing X-Men. Neither of them wanted the X-Men butting into their business. It didn't concern them.

"Home sweet home." Alexis mumbled morbidly, hopping out of the plane. The moment her feet touched the ground, she began to crumble clutching her head. Images flashed, pain flooded her senses. She was in shock and muttered to herself. "No, please, not now…"

Wolverine saw this, but trying to reach he was halted by the memories spilling unwillingly into his head. The force was overwhelming, even Jean was forced to clutch her head in pain as some of the memories slithered into her mind.

The memories were so intense; it drove Wolverine into a beastal frenzy, his eyes fogging over to a blood red. He ran madly inside the compound, tearing at anything that stood in his way. In his mind's eye he was randomly slashing at all the people who put him through such torture. Even amidst his violent fury he smelt the nostalgic scent of a person well known by him.

"Sabretooth." He roared. The mutant appeared to answer his call. More memories swarmed inside Wolverine's mind, this time, going back to his love, Silver Fox. He saw her die at Creed's hands. "Yer gonna pay fer killin' her Creed!" he bellowed and lunged at Sabretooth.

Alexis was quick to pull herself together realizing Wolverine had disappeared into the ruin of the compound. She could hear his battle cry. 'Great' She thought 'The man can't even handle a few memories!' and ran in to handle the situation.

Upon her arrival, she was awestruck at the raw savagery of the fight. The two slashed to kill, their mouths foaming with rabid insanity. Alexis had never seen anything so animalistic. The X-Men, finally shaken to join the two, gasped in horror at the sight. "Wolverine! Stop!" shouted Cyclops as a beam of ruby red hit Sabretooth with a force to knock him through a rotting wall. Wolverine didn't calm down, he jump right after Sabretooth, claws slashing, roaring in rage.

Suddenly, the whole compound shook from an explosion from inside. The two fighters paused long enough to hear and echo though the halls. Alexis ran into the maze first, Wolverine, Sabretooth, the X-Men brought up the rear. All were intent on finding the source of the commotion.

An odd door, with a computer on one side of it looked as if it was the only thing standing. Alexis sniffed the flat screen and touched it. Something scanned her hand. "We all have to do it, I think…" she muttered doubtfully as Sabretooth pushed her out of the way. His hand was scanned, and it was finally Wolverine's turn. Once the three were examined, a small crack in the door spread, smoke pouring from it. The three entered.

The room was very dark, very still. As the X-Men were about to proceed, the gargantuan doors snapped shut, locking them out, and the three inside. Distant pounding on the entrance was just audible to them.

"This doesn't concern them," said a subdued voice. Creed's face broke into a savage grin.

"I remember you," he growled into the darkness. There was movement to the left. But a huge computer screen lit up, with the face of the man who was responsible for all their lives' miseries.

"YOU!" snarled Wolverine. He took a step forward. "What the hell is goin' on here!?"

"Nothing that you shouldn't already know about after reading the letter," said the head of the Weapon X projects. He seemed to be looking straight at them. "And I expect you have no idea what is going on?"

"Cut the crap gramps!" Creed bellowed. "You'd better tell me some answers or I'll gut ya like I did way back when."

"You are all needed…" began the head of the 'X' projects. A camera came crashing down from the ceiling, just in front of Wolverine. He jumped back as the equipment shattered. A figure in dark clothing and cropped hair fell from the roof, hovering a foot from the wreckage, then flying close to the screen.

"I want answers now, Professor," the unknown woman snarled at the screen.

"Ah, Raven, always impatient," the Professor laughed hollowly. Suddenly, the screen began to crackle, then explode, right in Raven's face. "Too bad," said the Professor as his face appeared on another screen. Smoke consumed the figures on the floor.

"Too bad my ass!" Raven snapped, appearing from the ashes of the old monitor, this time landing in front of Alexis. "Why the fuck am I here?"

"You are all here for the same reason," the Professor stated. The four waited in silence. "But that is for the four of you to figure out on your own."

"Fuck you!" Alexis cried angrily. To this the aggravating man viewed on the screen smiled.

"Dear Alexis Boredov, still a live wire I see." Alexis' face suddenly went very hard,

"That is not my name. My name is Mayve. There is nobody named Alexis Boredov. NOW QUIT FUCKING AROUND! Tell us what the hell we gotta do!"

"It will all be answered soon I expect," the Professor drawled. "I will give you a clue. This is the tenth facility of Weapon Projects in the World." Sabretooth's mouth dropped. Wolverine's mind raced. He had always figured there had been this only one. "And the only way to know where all of the rest are, you will have to dig deep inside you memories."

With that, the images flickered and vanished with the sound of laughter echoing away. The huge door behind the four opened and the X-Men ran inside.

"What happened here?" Inquired Cyclops looking at all the rummage. Raven immediately disappeared into the smoke. Storm and Gambit examined the smoking computer, while Cyclops and Jean walked over to the small group of three.

Jean was lost in thought, something was here. "Scott I sense as strong mental energy here." Soon Jean found herself flying backwards, Storm quickly caught her, gently letting her down back to the ground. Mayve lightly sniggered as Jean looked around at the unknown assailant.

"Can't even hand a puny telepath-" But before She could go on with her mockery, Raven appeared behind her and slapped her upside the head. Mayve took a few steps forward in surprise.

"Who you calling puny, Boredov?" Raven growled at Mayve, who was rubbing her now rather abused head, grinned and went on to say,

"Please, call me Mayve! I think I'm going to like you!" In response Raven rolled her yellow eyes.

"So what exactly are we going to do now?" Raven pondered loudly. Sabretooth snorted,

"What the fuck do you think we're going to do? We're going to find the fuck and make the last hours of his life a living hell!"

"We gotta find the little shit first Creed. Which ain't gonna to be none to easy." Wolverine spoke up. Creed's lips curled back, showing his fangs.

"Then we get goin'!" he snapped in the little man's face.

"Where the fuck do we start!?" Raven said angrily at Creed, who turned and growled. "We don't have any friggin' leads!"

"Ahem," Mayve cleared her throat. The three bickering mutants turned and gave Mayve an evil look. "If you had just settled down, we could have been gone by now."

"What the hell are you talkin' about?" Sabretooth growled. Mayve smirked.

"What do you think? I already know where the first friggin' place is! You guys should have asked me, then we'd be gone."

"Maybe next time," Raven snarled at the smart mouthed girl as she walked by. "You should think to raise your voice."

"So, lets get goin' kid!" Wolverine growled at Mayve as he went after Raven. Mayve skipped behind him, pigtails flapping back and forth. The X-Men, left sorely in the dark went on to follow the three. Sabretooth hung back, unsure to go to the side of the angels. He then reluctantly went after the odd group.

"The second this is over," he growled to himself. SLICE! His razor sharp claws slashed through a wall. He laughed loudly as he exited.