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Blinded:

Lance woke up to alarms blaring and loud yells. The labs were under attack. Hopefully it was the X-Men. He tried to use his powers again but was met with the same results as every time before. He sank back down against the wall and grudgingly waited for a rescue.

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The door was ripped off of it's hinges and he looked up at the face of an angry Wolverine. The man helped him up and scanned over the bruises.

"You ok kid?"

"I'm fine. You took your time."

Logan explained, "We couldn't find you. Telepathic scramblers cover this place. Where's Scott?"

Lance shrugged, "A recovery room somewhere."

Logan growled, "Recovery room?"

"They 'cured' him."

The two ran to rejoin the others. Lance received a huge hug from Kitty along with a small kiss.

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Lance scanned across the courtyard. Essex was there with Jade.

Storm called across angrily, "Where is Scott?"

Essex laughed, "You won't find him. You won't even get past Jade Onyx. He powers are much stronger now, all thanks to Mike Rotch."

Lance laughed. It was too funny. The idiot had thanked his crotch. All the X-men except Storm, Jean and Wolverine were laughing.

Wolverine smiled, "Oh really. How interesting." Essex went red.

Through his laughter Lance managed to choke out, "I... can't... believe... you... fell... for... that."

Wolverine looked at him, "Nice to know you weren't being a docile prisoner."

Essex sighed and looked at Jade, "Get them."

Jade ran forward. The X-Men really struggled with all the powers she had and she was beating them. (Imagine the fight with loads of powers including Scott's and Lance's.) Essex had run off. They were loosing when a small chain necklace with a green stone became visible. Lance remembered what Essex had said.

"Go for the necklace. It contains power energy power to give her the abilities she has or something."

Kurt teleported next to her and grabbed it, ripping it off and causing her to loose her powers. Jean knocked her out.

They regrouped to try and work out where Scott was. Wolverine sniffed and began to walk off. They followed him into the building and down to a smaller lab. In here they found Essex with a gun at Scott's head.

Lance and the team blanched. Scott looked terrible. He had cuts and bruises all over his exposed torso, arms and legs. His lip was split and he had a nasty black eye. There was nothing covering his eyes. Scott looked broken. He hadn't gone down without a fight.

Jean gasped, "Scott."

Scott raised his head.

Essex smirked, "You coming here was pointless. He's no longer a mutant. He's just a useless, blind freak. I don't need him. In fact..."

Essex pulled the trigger...