Over the next couple years life was rather dull at the base, at least until Stryker started making the team kidnap their own kind. After the first one was taken Bradley left, then John, eventually Fred joined him, and all that was left were Victor, Dinah, Zero, Wade, and Stryker himself. Victor and Dinah's relationship had developed greatly over the years and finally in the summer of the sixth year Logan had been gone, Dinah gave birth to a little girl she named Emma Mati Creed. She had light blonde hair and metallic grey looking eyes.

Stryker didn't entirely like having a small child running around his base but he didn't have much of a choice because he knew if Emma was to leave, Dinah would too and if Dinah left, Victor would not be far behind. So he dealt with it and kept his mouth shut, he actually kind of liked when the little girl would come visit him in his office and demand he tell her a story.

Victor played with the child whenever possible, especially when he, Emma, and Dinah were alone in their room, only then did he show the side of himself that no one except his girls saw. Whenever he went out on missions he would be sure to bring back something for his little girl and would smile at the excited look she always got on her face.

Dinah was glad that Emma got along with everyone at the base. She chided Wade and Zero when they tried to teach the young girl to wield weapons, saying she was too young for that, but five minutes later she would catch them doing it again.


"Emma! Come here!" Dinah yelled down the hall of the base as she looked for her child. Victor had gone off on a mission as well as Stryker and Zero so she was left alone with Emma and the captured mutants. She looked all over the base until she saw the little girl sitting on the floor in front of a cage with a thin girl with pale blonde hair and blue eyes. "Emma, what are you doing in here?"

Both girls looked up at her and she laughed lightly to herself, "sorry, I forgot that your name is Emma as well. Has she been bothering you?" Dinah asked as she knelt down next to her daughter in front of Emma Frost's cage.

Emma smiled, "no, she has been keeping me company, though I do find it funny that both our names are Emma."

"don't worry, I have a way to solve this, Mati," she looked down at the young girl who looked up at her with a smile, "see, now when you two are together I'll call you Emma and her Mati."

"why are you going to call her Mati?" Emma questioned, her head tilted slightly to the side.

"it is her middle name, it was my grandmother's name, she was from Greece."

"oh I see, it's a nice name."

"thank you, so what is your power? It must be a good one if Stryker has you trapped here."

Emma thought about telling her but then decided to just show her instead so after a moment of silence her skin turned sparkly and glittered in the light, "I can make my skin as hard as diamonds."

Dinah smiled, "it's beautiful, too bad you're stuck in here." Emma smiled as well but then looked down at Mati and gasped. Dinah looked down as well to see her daughter's skin now looked like Emma's. "Mati, how long have you been able to do this?"

Mati looked up and her and smiled and the two women watched as her skin changed back to normal before the little girl looked at another of the mutants who was slowly freezing her entire cage. She stared at the girl for a moment before Dinah gasped and had to let go of her daughter who was slowly growing colder as ice started to creep out across the floor around her.

"Mati you must stop!" Dinah said and the little girl stopped immediately, the ice disappearing. "listen to me Mati, you can never show this to anyone other than me, daddy, and Emma, at least not while we live here. If Stryker sees this I'm afraid to think of what might happen to you."

Mati was silent for a few minutes before she nodded and crawled into her mother's arms. Dinah then looked to Emma, "please don't tell anyone about this, not even your sister."

"how did you know I had a sister?"

"I'm a seer, now, I'm afraid we must be going but don't worry, you'll be free in a couple days, all of you will." Dinah replied before standing up and walking out of the room, Mati waving at Emma over her shoulder.


A couple days later when Victor returned from his latest mission he walked into his and Dinah's room to see Dinah packing. "Di, what are you doing?"

Dinah looked up at him, "I have to get Emma out of here, she isn't safe anymore."

"what are you talking about?"

"the other day I found her talking to Emma Frost, one of the captured mutants and when Emma showed me her power Mati copied it perfectly, then she copied a girl who could control ice! If Stryker finds out about this you know what he'll do to her."

Victor looked frustrated for a moment before he moved to help her, "I'm coming with you."

"no, this is your chance to finally face Logan after all these years, you need to stay and take care of this, you won't get another chance Victor," Dinah said as she looked into his eyes and he knew she had seen all possible outcomes of this situation.

He nodded, "alright, I'll stay but I promise I'm going to find you after I settle things with my brother."

Dinah smiled, "that's all I wish for. Now, help me finish this before Stryker gets back."

They moved quickly and Victor helped them into a black truck, "don't worry about telling me where you're going, I'll track you down."

Dinah nodded and hugged him tightly. Victor leaned down and took in her scent of vanilla and apples one more time before he pushed her into the truck and watched them drive away.


Later that night Stryker called Victor to his office, "where is Dinah?"

"I don't know sir, I haven't seen her since before you sent me to deal with Logan." Victor lied easily, doing whatever it took to protect his girls from the man sitting in front of him.

"well then, it would seem our little seer friend has disappeared along with your daughter. I wonder what finally spooked her into running like the rest of them," Stryker said , muttering the last part to himself before motioning Victor to leave. The feral got two inches from the door when Stryker said, "oh and be prepared, Logan will be coming to visit tonight."

Victor nodded and walked out of the room, moving to a hiding place above the room they kept Wade in where he could see the action go down.


Dinah drove until she could no longer ignore her fatigue and stopped at a small motel. Once she had put the truck in park she looked over at her sleeping daughter and sighed, she knew that after this night things would calm down for a little while before a man named Erik Lehnsherr came to steal Victor away from them.

She also knew that the next time she saw Logan, he would not even remember her name. He would be at a strange school full of mutants that worked to use their powers for good. She knew all these things would happen but for now she needed to deal with the present so she gently picked up the sleeping girl and walked into the motel, hoping that Victor would find them soon.


Hey guys, sorry about the major time skip and the kinda weirdness with Dinah and Victor's relationship, I couldn't think of anything to happen between then and when Logan shows back up. Oh and with the whole Emma talking to Emma thing, I didn't quite realize what I was doing until AFTER I already wrote it. Thanks for all the support, it's been really helpful! ^^
~NightStalker