Chapter 7: Rescue
Scott woke up first the next morning to look across at Logan who was still holding him in the bed but it was funny because Scott realized that his sunglasses were still on and Logan was well snoring. What made Scott's spine tingle was that he felt Logan's skin graze his as he began to move a little before he started to wake Logan up in alarm from something. "Wha…?", Logan mumbled as Scott's hand patted his face lightly until his eyes opened up to see Scott's expression, "What… Scooter?" "We need to get up!", Scott whispered loudly before he raised his voice, "If anyone comes looking in here we are toast!" Logan rolled his eyes at Scott before he gave him a irritated glance, "Pfft.. who cares? Let them see us I don't give a danm…". Logan snorted as he tightened his hold around Scott's torso, "Didn't you enjoy me last night?"
"Yeah but if the Professor sees us like this he will be…." But Scott was cut off by Logan's angered tone, "I don't care what he will feel or think! We are humans too!" Scott stopped to watch Logan continue in amazement, "Wouldn't he understand two people in love when he sees it?! I mean he is a understandable guy!" Logan growled angrily as Scott began to struggle in his grip but Logan immediately noticed and loosened his hold on Scott. He then looked at Scott's eyes deeply in confusion before asking, "You do love me don't you Slim….?" Scott's eyes locked on Logan's for a few moments and he slowly smiled tenderly at the man, "Yeah… I mean who wouldn't want to get closer to you…?" Logan looked confused by this reply before making Scott laugh as he continued, "I mean that I love you so much now that I can say so many great things about you.."
Logan's confused expression changed into a modest smile but his eyes never left Scott's, "Well how great am I?", Scott thought for a few moments deeply and fianlly he answered back, "Well... since normal people still fear us they wouldn't understand how normal we try to be...", he said lowereing his red eyes grimly before continuing, "But to me you are someone special... I know it sounds corny...but...", though Scott was interupted by Logan as the man said seriously, "No it doesn't...", Scott was suprised but then smiled and carried on by the encouragement, "Well... to me you've always been a mystery... heck I didn't even think you could feel or even fall in love.." It hurt Scott by the reaction Logan gave from his words, the man looked hurt but he didn't avert his eyes from his and kept listening while Scott thought of better words to say, "But ever since I met you there was this strange oura that attracted me, at first I brushed it off as mere curiousity but then it started to hit me as admiration..."
Logan's eyes started to burn into Scott's as the man began to smile again and chuckle nervously from flattery, though Scott kept going despite himself, "When I got to know you more I realized, beneath your cold loner acts towards others, that you hide something... and I knew out of anyone else what it was..." Logan's burning eyes suddenly grew colder and darker inside the pupils while his face contorted in apprehension but he waited for Scott's words to come in dread, "Logan... I feel the same way... and sometimes I do the same thing to hide it... but you and I both know that we can't keep it away forever..." Scott stopped for a minute and his heart dropped at the look in Logan's eyes, they looked angry and distrusting but Scott had to say what he has kept in for so long, "We are both affraid to let others inside us... because they might hate us and abandon us if we do, so we push them away..."
When Scott finally finished he felt Logan's arms retreat from his torso and saw the man get up from under the covers in alarm, Logan grunted as he got up before walking to the bathroom, slamming the door behind him without giving Scott a single glance back or saying anything. Scott sighed in worry, he knew he did it now... he may have lost Logan's trust forever but he got up to get dressed and waited for Logan to come out, the man didn't and Scott began to go over, knocking loudly before saying against its frame in concern, "Logan i'm really sorry it was none of my buisness... it's just that I felt that I could really connect with you from this and that maybe I could help..." As Scott gave up and leaned himself against the wall next to the door it started to open slowly until Logan's voice came out, "...Apology accepted..", before he started chuckling, "I'll be out and dressed in a few seconds..."
Scott smiled and as Logan came out ready before he told him that they had to meet up with the Professor and the team for a daily bulletin about any traces of danger towards society or a new recruit, Logan grunted in annoyance because he wanted to spend more time with Scott but he didn't argue and followed Scott to the meeting room. Though before Scott opened the door he felt Logan's hand stop him and the man turned him around, Scott's heart raced as he saw the man's eyes flamming before the man pulled him in for a quick deepened kiss, "That's my apology for being such a jackass from before..", Logan said as he smugly smiled at Scott's blushing face, "And when this is over i'm going to do more than just that.." Scott smiled back before replying huskily, "I'll be looking forward to it.." but he ruined the moment by turning around and entering the room to find everyone inside look up at their arrival.
"Ah there you two are...", the Professor acknowledged as he saw them sit down, "We were just about to discuss an important matter, it seems that Magneto has a new plan in his agenda... he has found a new way of obtaining his dream by stealing the anti-virus to mutants...", everyone began to chatter quietly to each other while the Professor kept going, "But he is not just going to just steal it, he is going to discover and destroy its most needed ingredient... if he can do that there will be no way scientists can ever cure mutants who choose to become humans in their own free will..."But Scott immediately interupted Xavier as he listened in intently, "But Professor how can he do that? There are guards around every sector with anti-virus ammuniton and if any mutant that gets near or even spotted, they won't make it...", Xavier looked over at Scott impressed, the young man after all was bright strategy-wise but not extremly thoughtful, "That is a good point Scott but you forgot Magneto's secret weapon, Mystique..."
Scott's serious face and pride fell in defeat as the Professor continued, "She is the only one who can morph into anyone she pleases and since Magneto shares the same dream, she will stop at nothing to get what she wants..." Xavier looked around until his eyes locked upon Logan, who was glancing across at Scott in concern until the mention of his name, "Logan, since you have the unique sense of smell your presense may be required on this mission, you may be the only one who can stop Mystique...". Scott's disappointment vanished as he looked across at Logan before he too heard his name, "Scott, you, Storm, and Rouge will accompany him for support if it is needed, your pilot experties will be of great use..", Xavier smiled at him as he was shocked to hear Rouge's name before acknowledging, "Yes, Rouge has made a full recovery everyone, and she's glad to be back..." then Xavier looked over to where Rouge was sitting in her chair and smiled in greeting.
Logan and Scott looked over at her in hapiness, she was in better health and her sticthes were hardly noticible, as she noticed everyone staring at her, however, she started to blush and duck her head. "Well continuing on with this issue, I believe the anti-virus formula is to be located on the isolated island.. Hawaii... it seems like a perfect place but it is definitely hiding a secret in a factory and that's where you all come in... I want you all to get inside that factory and discover what the true secret is, once you do I want you all to get to it before Magneto does and keep it hidden..", Xavier looked up at the team proudly in confidence, "I know I can count on you, we need to succeed if we are to protect humans from our enimies and to preserve the hopes for mutants... good luck..." Everyone was then dismissed as they left the room, some went with the Professor to await further orders and the team headed their way to the plane.
As they all got inside and strapped in Scott asked if everyone was ready, while getting the ok to go especially Logan's growling 'Whatever', Scott began to iniciate the count down for lauch, "3,2,1.." then they were off. Scott took the handle bars to turn the plane and pushed the button to let out it's speed through theback fins to get to their destination in no time through its set coordinates. Logan was again holding on to his seat for dear life because he was not into flying as much as Scott but he was getting more used to it from their continuing missions plus he could trust Scott with his life, the young man was their leader and he was always confident and bright in their darkest hours, this was another one of Scott's endless traits Logan liked about him.
When a few hours passed they finally got to the island and Scott landed on a huge yet sturdy boulder, once everyone got out Scott stopped in front to see what they were up against with his binoculers. It was a lovely island indeed, its ocean was fresh and the breeze blew nicely, but Scott noticed a factory underneath tall palm trees on top of sand. It looked like it was part of a small city and Scott wasted no time before telling his team where it was, "Alright...", Storm along with Rouge came into view near him to listen up but Logan, as always, kept his back to him as he looked over the situation himself. "I see the factory but it's in a town, I think the best thing we can do is to walk through it to get to it faster without catching to much attention from anyone, if we do we can say we are tourists...", as he finished Storm and Rouge nodded in agreement but Logan just grunted as he turned around to answer Scott, "Why don't we just take a shortcut?", he asked with a sneer of a spoiled brat.
"Do you have any ideas, Logan?", Scott asked as his red eyes behind his visor squinted at the man in annoyance, "As a matter of fact I do, there's a cutt off road that leads to the factory, I think it's for cargo drivers without having to wait in traffic and it will also get to the factory faster...", Scott hated this sometimes, the man always seemed to argue with him and he couldn't help but agree, "Alright, we will try your way Logan but if we can't then my way it is...", Scott replied back smoothly to annoy Logan in revenge before they both traveled down the boulder along with a sighing Storm and Rouge behind. As Logan walked beside Scott, glancing at the young man for a few minutes to see what he was thinking, Rouge interupted, "So how are we going to get inside? You said there are guards right... with that terrible anti-virus stuff blocking everywhere...." Scott kept watching from a distance in front of him in thought as they traveled down the road until he replied, "There is one way, it's through the windows... since either you and Storm can fly you can get past them without being noticed and knock the guards out...but we need a distraction..."
Scott knew that they would probably need Kitty for this mission since she can't be touched by the needle's chemical if she just used her power, but then Scott knew he didn't when he looked over at Logan smirking devilishly. As Logan noticed he stopped dead in his tracks, "O no! I'll kick some guard butt... but i'm not good with being bait..!", Scott kept looking at Logan desperately as the man's anger rised, "Logan please, your the only one of us who can take a few of the needle's formula inside you without being throughly affected! Please we need your help!" Logan knew this mission was important and when he saw Scott's helplessness he gave in angrily, "Alright bub! But you better take those guards out before they really get me mad!"
Scott gave a appreciative smile before he gave Storm and Rouge the signal to move in, once the two guards who blocked the front door didn't notice they both flew in quietly. After a few moments the front door suddenly exploded as a few guards came flying out on top of each other unconscious and the girls took their guns, destroying them. As the two guards out front got out of the way in time to see who did this Logan growled and ran after one of them fast while Scott stayed behind and aimed at the other from a distance, Logan practically jumped on the man and clawed at his gun until it fell in strands, malfunctioning. As the guard ran away his comrad aimed straight at Logan bu before he could get a shot Scott shot carefully at his visor and exploded the guard's gun before the man ran after in defeat.
The girls signaled them that it was ok to go inside and of course the factory was huge, there were hooks that passed them by as they traveled down, carrying large cylinder-like shapes that contained toxic wastes to separate places apparently to scientists or researches in facilities. Scott realized it first and decided to split them up and warned them to be careful but Logan didn't seem to happy about it, as Storm and Rouge left in approval Logan kept following Scott until Scott looked back and noticed before saying, "Logan! What're doing? You're supposed to be looking somewhere else!" Logan stared at him angrily before muttering, "I don't like your idea... I think this might be a trap I can smell Mystique and Magneto's scents, it's faint but they're definitely here...we should stick together.."
Though Scott believed him he still couldn't take any chances, it was now or never, "I'm sorry Logan but orders are orders, we need to get to the anti-virus before Magneto! If you want to stick together that's fine but it's not going to help in our search much!" Scott knew he could make Logan reconsider and the man growled, "Alright Slim, but be careful ok? I'll meet up with you when im done...this doesn't seem right...", as Scott nodded Logan turned around and headed to his own area while Scott continued until he reached a room that was labeled 'Chemistry Lab' before he opened it and went inside. It had many tables and Scott had to work himself through them, each table had vials or papers on top that contained information about different types of formulas as Scott read them before putting them back down. What got Scott's attention though was a huge desk far off in the front of the room, it had only one vial and inside glowed something red, beside the vial a few papers were written and Scott went over immediately to read them.
"An unharmful yet edible chemical that was created specificly for mutants by scientists, it is able to reform a mutant's DNA pattern thus reversing their genetic powers...", Scott muttered to himself as he kept reading aprehensively, "Once the chemical reaches the structure it immediately forms around it until after a few days it takes affect, unlike the anti-virus this chemical is slower but still cures the mutants..." But Scott stopped suddenly as he heard a crash of glass that came from within, after a few moments Scott saw a figure come into view and it appeared to be a woman covered in a lab coat while she also wore glasses, she stopped sudenly in alarm from the sight of him, "Who are you?", she asked before she looked at him closely then said, "You're not supposed to be here, this is a restricted area... how did you get in!?"
Scott stood still in alarm, he didn't expect this in his plan but he could not fight or harm a normal citizen, "I'm sorry ma'am it's just that..." he thought quickly for a moment until he found an idea, "I was supposed to wait for my friend here, he too works in the chemist lab and well he wanted to show me how you all are making a cure for the mutants...", Scott stared at the woman seriously hoping she would take the bait and luckily she did, "Very well but I need to see that chemical you are looking at... I need to research on it some more since I created it.." Scott looked at her for a few more moments before he grabbed the small vial but stopped, he then looked back up at her in suspicion, if she created it wouldn't she know what's its name is or how it works? Then something hit Scott before he asked her a question, "Well alright but let me ask you one question..." The woman sighed while she let one her foots tap in impatience before replying, "Fine..", "Could you tell me how it works? How it actually cures the mutant's DNA structure?"
The woman's eyes shot up in suprise from the difficult question but then they squinted as she angrily asked, "Why should I tell you? What can you possibly do with such valuable information?" then her face morphed into a sneer before Scott replied, "Because I deserve to know first, unlike you... Mystique..!" The woman's expression formed back into shock before her eyes were half-lidded in a sinister manner and she began to laugh loudly, "My, my! Know doubt you are bright Scott!" Then she morphed back into her old form, she was very slender and blue with golden eyes like Kurt and she had a manner of a sexual being, "But of course i've should of expected such a thing from the Professors favorite pet!", she spat before reforming into a tiger and pounced at him in an instant.
Luckily Scott was ready because he grabbed the vial and jodged out of her way in time as she crashed on top of the desk in a mess, she growled angrily as she got up ready for another strike. Scott couldn't fight back because he would destroy the room and possibly create a huge explosion from the chemicals that surrounded them, instead he could only keep out of her way and defend himself in frustration. He thought of calling for help and Logan could come to his aid since the man had incredible hearing but Scott couldn't risk the mission and kept on fighting, Mystique had a few advantages though, she got him cornered and gave him a gapping wound on his back from her sharp claws which caused he to fall over in pain. As he fell he noticed something he could use to fight back with, it was a fire extinguisher and it was un-used and as she got close enough he blasted her in the eyes.
She roared loudly in pain until she reformed crying in agony as the substance burned her eyes and as she fell in defeat Scott towered over this time in triumph, "Well Mystique, you have weapons but I have brains..", he said chuckling before something else happened in a flash. Scott saw metal pieces that were once holding the wall together being removed by an invisble force and before Scott could stop or even know how it was happening one of the bigger pieces was flung straight from behind him until it collided with the back of his head with incredible force, it knocked him out cold as he fell to the floor but he was still conscious as he hit the floor. He felt someone approach his falling figure and he squinted up with all the strength he could muster, he saw a figure of a man in a caped costume judging by the shadow and the man kneeled down to give Scott a better look at him.
The man was about the Professor's age, he had white thick hair along with blue eyes that only held coldness within them as they stared down at Scott, it was Magneto and he smiled down at him smugly, "Well, well, well..", Magneto said slowly before continuing, "I would never expect to catch you... this is a prize indeed, with you I can bring the x-men to their doom... but first", Magneto then reached for the vial that was securely kept in Scott's hand and retrieved it into his own. He then looked over at Mystique who had already gotten on her feet while rubbing her eyes trying to see the two figures across from her, "Magneto? Is that you...", she asked in admiration as he rescued her, "Yes, now let's go... we got what we needed and we are going to take him with us...", he said as he pointed down at Scott before finally saying, "I've got plans for him...".
Mystique nodded as she got close to Magneto, then Magneto used his powers to create a mobile force-field around them securely and he picked up Scott's now unconscious form in his arms. Logan made it to the place he and Scott last talked after he finished his search in the engineering room to no success at finding anything and he was glad to see Storm and Rouge too but he then grew worried when Scott didn't come back. He then used his amazing smell to sniff out Scott's scent but to his horror his also smelled Magneto's and Mystique's with it, Storm and Rouge also had worried expressions on their faces but were startled when Logan suddenly growled loudly, "We got to go where Scott went! I think something happened!.. I told him to be careful...", he said as Storm and Rogue joined him. Suddenly as they kept running Rouge asked Logan loudly, "Logan what are we going to do?!" , Logan glanced back at her and her heart raced from the sight of Logan's eyes, they burned fiercely like an animals as he heared his response, "We are going to rescue Scott whatever the cost may be!"
