"What kind of name is Wolverine?" I chuckled, slightly wincing.

"It's a codename. I don't condone on having a little kid knowing my name." He growled.

I turned my gun in my hands for it to be seen. Wolverine didn't really seem to care, though.

"Professor only wanted me to see if you were alright." He mumbled. "Professor?' Why wouldn't I be alright though? It's just a bump on my head." I felt the bruise. The swelling had gone down, but it was still fresh.

"We didn't know what Mystique had injected you with." Wolverine turned on the lights in the room, blinding me for a second. I looked up, puzzled. He growled with impatience and continued. "Those medics weren't who you thought they were. Mystique was among them and she stuck a syringe in you," "What? Where?" I sat up and searched my arms frantically.

Wolverine smirked and poked my shoulder. "He says it doesn't seem like anything dangerous was put in your system, but maybe something was taken out." He half mumbled, half sighed to himself.

I looked down at the small pin point on my forearm, somehow I knew what she poked me for. The knowledge was there, I just didn't acknowledge it. 'They took some of your DNA.' a voice in my mind stated.

"Gah! Get out of my head!." I yelled, my temples aching. White noise filled my ears and I began screaming in frantic agony.

Security burst through the door. Wolverine hit them across their heads and walked away.


"What happened, exactly?" Rogers asked, pacing the floor and rubbing his chin. "He just came in to see if I was alright, then left to tell the 'Professor'." I explained for the hundredth time.

"Alright, alright. I think it's enough interrogation for tonight. Go brush your teeth, then lights out." Natasha chuckled, directing him to the corridor.

After most everyone had left, Loki sat down next to me and handed me some tea. "So, if she was a shape-shifter... How did you know she wasn't me?" He pondered.

I took a sip of my tea, still reading the book on my lap. "Easy, I didn't."

Loki's eyes were confused for a moment before he gathered his mind. "But, you tried to kill 'me'."

"Yeah, I know." I nodded my head.

Loki slowly got up and backed away from the couch, into the hallway.

"Hmm." I glanced around. 'Nobody to bother.'