Kitty shivered as Sheik Abdul Basir wrapped his arm around hers as he prepared to give her a tour of the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia. As they left the main ballroom, Kitty looked back over her shoulder at Senator Kelly, who had a worn out, tired look on his face. She felt sorry for his loss, however, she knew all she could do was to help him find justice.

"You will enjoy this tour of the Embassy, my dear."

"I'm sure I will Sheik Abdul." She smiled at the older man like the cat that had just eaten the canary.

In another part of the Embassy where Gambit was attempting to break into the Embassy, safe the lights came on in the room. Gambit turned to find himself face to face with a young blonde in a maid's outfit.

"What are you doing there?"

"Well, you see, mon cher, I'm the locksmith here to fix the lock on the Embassy safe."

"At this time of night? I may be a blonde, but I'm not a fool."

As she turned to leave, the Cajun pulled her into an embrace and looked deep in her big blue eyes.

"I would never take you for a fool, mon cher."

As his eyes mesmerized her, he leaned forward and kissed her passionately. As he pulled away, she went limp in his arms and he laid her on the couch before heading back to the safe. He removed a ring with a spike on the back from his ring finger.

"Who was that, Gambit? I heard a voice."

"Just a maid, Cyclops. She has been taken care of."

"Did you kill her?"

"Of course not, mon ami. What type of man do you think I am? I charmed her with my Cajun charm."

"Right, now hurry it up and get your ass out of there. According to Archangel, Shadowcat's locater shows she is on the move."

"Will do."

Placing his ear to the safe, Gambit turned the knob and tried a few different combinations. On the fourth try, the safe opened. Gambit had always been an expert when it came to picking locks, so this was a breeze for him. He opened his bag and began to empty the money and jewels from the safe into his bag.

"You see Ms. Kelly this Embassy is so large that we employee a number of your country's citizens."

"That is so fascinating. Tell me, Sheik Abdul, what part of the Embassy are we in now?"

"This are the personal area living quarters and such that is off limits."

"Which is your room?"

"It's right here."

He opened the door to a room with a dresser, nightstand and large king size bed with white satin sheets. Atop the nightstand sat a bottle of champagne in ice, along with two glasses beside the tub of ice. The Sheik walked over and poured them both a glass of champagne as he handed her a glass.

"Sheik Abdul, I couldn't. I'm underage."

"I will not tell if you do not." He gave her a wink.

Kitty found herself a bit worried, for she had no chance to drug the Sheik's drink. The Sheik, however, had no trouble as he had slipped something extra into her drink. After a few moments, she began to get woozy and the Sheik caught her in his arms.

"Don't worry, my dear. I shall see you're taken care of." She saw a wicked smile as it crossed his face before she passed out.

On board the Blackbird, Archangel had set the jet to auto-pilot and stood over the computer console at the back of the jet when she noticed a drop in Shadowcat's vitals.

"Archangel to Cyclops, we have a problem. Shadowcat's heart rate and vitals have dropped."

As he heard this, Wolverine who was hidden behind his image inducer as a waiter, passed off his tray of drinks to the woman who attempted to take a drink from it as he dashed out of the ballroom.

"Damn it! Iceman, back Wolverine up." Cyclops didn't need visual conformation. He knew that Wolverine would go to the aid of his young lover.

"Gambit, are you in position?"

"Of course, mon ami."

Having memorized the layout of the Embassy, Wolverine made his way to the Sheik's bed room easily. He kicked in the door, which caused the Sheik to look up from where he had ripped open Kitty's dress to see this waiter who stood in his doorway. The Sheik looked on amazed as the image of the waiter vanished and replaced by the appearance of a man in black fatigues and combat boots.

"You're going to die for this bub." Wolverine snarled as six metal claws popped out from where they were housed in the wrist of his gloves, three on each hand.

"I think you are mistaken, my friend, for it is you who shall die this night. Guards, kill this intruder!"

Wolverine turned to find two guards who stood in the doorway with their guns drawn. Without a word, they both opened fire on the X-Man.

"Cyclops to Gambit, you're up"

Gambit quickly rushed in to the main hall of the Embassy, making sure he tripped the alarms as he passed through. He found a number of guards at the top of the stairwell with their automatic weapons aimed at him. Three more guards covered his rear escape route.

"Freeze! Don't move!"

"Wouldn't dream of it, mon ami."

Gambit held pressed the button on the detonator that he had hidden in his hnd. The guards at the top stairwell were sent flying. The three guards behind him were knocked to ground while the diplomats in the ballroom started to flee in panic. Gambit just smiled to himself as he pushed a button on his belt and Nightcrawler teleported him safely to the Blackbird.

"Get rid of this fool." The Sheik spoke in disgust.

"Might want to make sure the body is cold first, Sheik."

"By Allah, it is not possible!"

"Body armor." Wolverine tapped his chest.

"Do not make the same mistake twice! Aim for his head, you fools!"

"That's good advice."

Two shots rung out as bullets penetrated the back of the two guards' heads. Sheik Abdul looked on in horror as the guards fell dead and Iceman came up behind them.

"Now, what should we do with you?" Iceman asked with a cold smile on his face.

"You will do nothing."

Senator Robert Kelley came up behind Iceman and grabbed the .45 from his left hand then pointed the weapon at Sheik Abdul.

"What is this about, Senator Kelly? This does not look well for relations between our countries."

"You know what this is about. You raped my Kelly, just as you were about to rape Katherine here."

"Even if what you say is true, it makes no difference. I have diplomatic immunity."

"It's just been revoked." The Senator took aim and shot, hitting the Sheik right between the eyes. Wolverine watched as the Sheik fell dead to the floor before he picked Kitty up in his arms and summoned Nightcrawler, who teleported them both to the Blackbird.

"It's over Senator. You've had your revenge. What now?" Iceman asked the other man.

"There is no now. I have nothing left to live for." The Senator said as he placed the gun in his mouth.

"Consider the gun a going away present, Senator." Iceman pressed the button on his belt as he vanished in a dazzling blue light as he heard the gun go off.

Later that night in the war room at the Xavier Institute, Charles Xavier, in a blue house robe and slippers with a cup of coffee held in his right hand, watched the news on the monitor. The news that is reported is the death of Senator Robert Kelly and Sheik Abdul Basir in what appeared to be a murder suicide. The explosion at the Embassy is being covered up for whatever reason. At that moment, Scott walked up behind Charles.

"Tell me, Charles. Karen was not Senator Kelly's daughter, was she?"

"What are you asking, Scott?"

"She was your daughter. Charles, tell me I'm wrong."

"Some things are better left unsaid, Scott."

"And sometimes saying nothing says everything, Charles."

Scott turned to leave but stopped and turned, looking over his shoulder.

"Hank said Kitty should be fine. The Sheik drugged her drink with Rohypnol, the date rape drug. She will have a nasty headache in the morning, but that should be all."

"I'm happy to hear it. Good night, Scott."

"Good night, Charles."

As Scott turned and left the room, Charles watched the news as a single tear fell down his cheek.