There is so much snow on the ground that I have barely had time to think because of trying to get my car out of the five-foot pile. I love and hate winter. Otherwise, sorry about updating late. I have the next chapter already typed up, it just needs a little revising, so it all depends on how many reviews I get.

I don't own X-Men because Stan Lee is awsome. :)


As I entered the piece of sophisticated machinery, I felt the walls. They were a solid metal with some sort of cloth lining in them. The lining acted almost like a projector, showing details of battle. I looked at the people within the chamber and smiled at them. They all seemed like very fine competitors within the mutant race. I stared at Logan, the one that I had a faint bond with since we were both connected to the government.

They all stared at me. Some of the mutants, I had never seen before and I was curious about their names. A boy made entirely of ice came up to me to shake my hand. He attracted me, like water-to-water and I politely refused his handshake, for fear of ripping his arm off through my own mutant ability. He introduced himself as Bobby and the girl was Kitty.

Once I was introduced, I was told to participate in their teamwork activity. The simulation turned on and I looked at all of the robots surrounding me. I looked over to Bobby and he was freezing the robots as Kitty fazed through them and busted them from the inside out. I looked at the busted pieces of ice and stole the water from them, leaving the pieces of metal. I swirled the water into the air and hacked through the six robots in from of me. They fell to the ground, lifeless and I moved on to help Storm.

Storm was not having any difficulty with her share of the robots, but she had more than I had. I raced up to her, slashed the robots in half with my water and continued toward Logan.

Logan was battling a few robots with his claws and I pushed against his back, looking at the group of robots encircling us. He turned his head toward me and nodded. I did the same, almost reading his mind and he grabbed my hands. He swung me around as I kicked all of the robots with water, embedding it into their surface and then making them fall to the floor. Logan looked at me as I ran off.

I met up with Bobby and Kitty again. They were struggling with the robots they were facing and as Bobby froze the robots, I grabbed the water and froze more, bringing them to a halt. After they stopped moving, Kitty fazed into Bobby's. I took her example and closed my hand, shattering the ice.

The simulation seemed to stop and everybody congregated into the middle. I stood, my breath heavy because I was exhausted. Logan nudged me. "It's nowhere close to being over," he whispered.

I looked at him with water all around my shoulders. We heard a groan behind us and I turned. The biggest robot of all was standing before us. Logan's claws were ejected and they shined against his face. Bobby and Kitty were the first to attack. She jumped into the machine but it did no harm. Bobby froze the foot to the floor, but the robot was too strong and merely pulled, shattering the ice. Logan watched the children and then nudged me. Storm was watching at Kitty and Bobby.

"It's your turn kid," Logan said.

I continued to look at the robot and then ran forward. The water around my shoulders moved toward the robot and it entered the robot through the metal. I focused and then the robot collapsed.

The simulation ended and Logan came up to me with the rest of the team. "Nice one!" Bobby shouted, holding up his hand for a high-five. Again, I denied him because of the water-to-water effect. Storm patted my shoulder and I whipped the sweat off of my forehead. I took in a deep breath to replenish my lungs and the doors opened, showing the Professor.

He accelerated his wheelchair toward the center of the room and smiled. "That was very nice teamwork everybody," he complimented.

Logan patted my back and I smiled. Nobody in the government had ever given me a compliment. I had gone through plenty of simulations for the government using real mutants, and they had never given me a compliment to my face.

The other mutants left me with the Professor. "Those robots," I said. "I have seen them before. They are Sentenials, right?"

The Professor looked at me and nodded. "What do you know of the Sentenial Project?" he asked.

"I don't know much. That project was not mentioned to me often. I worked in a different field," I admitted.

"What did you do for the government?" he asked me.

I stopped looking at the Professor and faced the floor. "Do you really want to know?" I asked. I could feel the water in his head moving in a nodding fashion. I then looked at him, regret and sorrow piercing into his eyes. "I collected mutants."

The Professor looked at me and nodded, accepting it quickly. He accelerated his wheelchair toward the door and left me alone. I sat in the room as the door closed. I placed my head between my knees and sighed.

I felt something move in front of me and lifted my head. Robots surrounded me.

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Logan drifted into the halls and heard noises in the simulation room. The door was locked and he looked at the chart on the side of the room. Nobody was scheduled to be in there training with another adult. He remembered that Scott went to the store for groceries. Storm went outside to water her plants. The Professor was teaching a lesson in his office.

He pressed the button for the door to open. He waited, nothing happened. Something screamed behind the door and he punched it. He pressed his nose to the door, sniffed and knew who was behind the door.

"Twelve!" he screamed as he ejected his claws and sliced a giant 'X' into the door. The door fell apart when he kicked it down and Twelve was bleeding while fighting the top simulation level.

Logan sprinted over to Twelve and grabbed her. "Are you okay?" he asked as the largest robot appeared.

Twelve looked at the robot, breathed in a deep breath and collapsed. Logan felt her body lose life and he placed her on the floor quickly. His claws ejected once more and in a few seconds, the robot was laying on the floor, decapitated.

He grabbed the girl, looked into the room that oversaw the simulator. Nothing but a few shadows were in the room.

Logan ran out of the simulator, Twelve in his arms barely breathing.

"Help!" he shouted. Her arms went limp and her heart stopped. He could feel nothing in her body and he stopped moving. He laid her on the floor and looked at her, dead.

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I was no longer in that room. The one I had been forced to battle in. I saw him…in that room, watching. He started it with his powers. I know he did.

I can't feel my arms anymore. I…it's hard to breathe…

I can't feel…anything…

There's somebody here. I can feel his arms.

Maybe I can wake up.

I can't move…

I ended up liking the ending to this chapter as I wrote it. Please review.