princess moon shadow - thank you for the review, and I'm glad you're still reading, and enjoying!

luna lovegood22 - she's been genetically created - a Frankenstein of sorts - so in terms of physique and fighting skill, she is perfect. In terms of personality, she's not - she's missing a few key qualities in humanity. I had been hoping that the other chapters explained that, but obviously not clearly enough. I shall certainly work on that - let me know if I'm succeeding, or not.

As far as X3 goes, it's not the main focus of this story. I'm using some of it, as you've, I'm sure, noticed, but I'm also making a few changes to it - I'm sure you've also noticed that too.


The job that Magneto had in mind involved rescuing Mystique. Apparently, she had only gone and gotten herself caught whilst breaking into the FDA. Which was incredibly careless in Billie's eyes. Especially as now Billie was going to have to stick her neck out.

Except, that didn't seem to be exactly what Magneto had in mind.

Mystique was being held in a mobile prison, which Magneto had managed to find the location of, courtesy of Callisto, and now he was standing in the middle of the road, waiting for said prison.

Billie was bored. From the looks of things, Magneto had it all under control as he sent the various accompanying vehicles flying across the road. Billie watched them blankly. The men dying inside the cars had no effect on her – they were doing their job, albeit badly seeing as they were now dead, and that was just one of the risks they faced.

Magneto ripped the door off the trailer of the truck, using it as a ladder into it. At the far end, smiling smugly was Mystique.

'About time.'

Frankly, Billie wanted to slap that smug smile off her face. Instead, she watched as Magneto bent the bars back and freed the female mutant. Using his powers he then picked up a clipboard and gave it to Pyro who started reading a who's who on the other occupants of the mobile prison.

As the last one was freed -Juggernaut, one of the fallen guards regained consciousness long enough to pick up his gun, firing at the party. Mystique jumped in front of Magneto saving him from the bullets.

Billie's eyes widened in surprise as she fell to the ground withering around, until she became human. 'There's a cure?' Her question remained unanswered as Magneto swept out of the trailer leaving a shocked Mystique lying on the ground.

At any other time, Billie would have smiled at the sight, but frankly, she was in shock over the fact there was something that could change a mutant into a human. She stormed after Magneto, 'how long have you known there was a cure?' She demanded.

Magneto turned to answer her, only he stopped, his eyes settling on something on Billie's shoulder. Billie looked around, seeing the same expression on every one else's faces, and looked down. Sticking out of her shoulder was a solitary syringe. She glanced down and flicked it off her as if it were nothing more than an annoyance.

Magneto sighed, 'it's a shame to loose two good mutants in one day.' He turned and started to leave, but Callisto stopped him.

'She still has the same power signals.'

Magneto stopped and turned back, 'you really are something else.'

'You were going to leave me?' Billie asked incredulously.

'I'm sorry, my dear.'

Billie fought with every inch of her being not to slam her fist through his face. That wasn't part of the plan.

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'You were going to leave me too, weren't you?' Billie asked Pyro when they returned to the forest.

Pyro shrugged, 'you weren't affected.'

Billie took a step towards him, closing the gap between them, 'that is not the point,' she spat at him.

'You cannot possibly be trying to convince me that you have some feelings for me.'

Billie glared at him, 'I don't like being used.'

'Like you weren't using me?' He scoffed, 'you'd known me for what? All of an hour before you jumped me. I wouldn't be surprised if you've done that with everyone you've ever met.'

He was rewarded for that remark with a very vicious slap to the face. Billie turned on her heel and stormed off, back to the pool.

She walked out so that she was stood in the middle of the water on the water's surface. If she had to power to destroy things with a look, there would be a plenitude of trees missing from around the pool at that point. True, she had, in the past, slept with men to get what she needed, whether it be temporary asylum, or closer to a target. And she couldn't say that what had happened with Pyro had been nothing short of lust. She was a teenager, after all, and she did have desires, occasionally.

So why was she so pissed off?

She didn't have time to contemplate the answer as there was a small puff, a whiff of brimstone and a hand clutching her wrist, before she blinked and was no longer standing on water, but in some aircraft. With lighting fast reflexes, she turned around and hit at the mutant who had transported her, sending him flying into the wall.

'Billie!'

Billie turned back and sent her fist into the side of Logan's head. For any normal person, the force from the impact would probably have knocked their head off. Not Logan.

She watched as he cricked his neck and returned the glare she was sending him. 'Did no one ever teach you that you shouldn't hit your parents,' he asked her.

'You are not my father,' she shot at him.

'I think that you'll find that the DNA results will tell you otherwise.'

'I think you'll find that taking me against my will makes you nothing more than a kidnapper,' she retorted.

'SIT YOUR ASS DOWN, RIGHT NOW!' He bellowed at her.

Billie folded her arms under her breasts and glared defiantly at him, not moving from the spot.

Logan threw his hands up in the air, 'we save your ass and this how you behave.'

'I didn't need saving, Logan.'

'You're seventeen – you don't know what you need,' he turned around and stormed off to what Billie assumed was the cockpit – not that this aircraft was looking familiar to her.

'Es tut ich Leid,' Kurt offered, holding his hands out as a gesture of goodwill.

'Did you actually have any choice in the matter?'

'Ich wurde gefragt, habe ich eingehalten.'

'Is there a reason why you speak to me in German?'

'Because, mein freund, you understand what I say, and it is nice to be able to speak in my native tongue.'

'You could have just asked me, you know?' Said Billie as she sat herself down in one of the chairs.

'Asked you what?'

'Wenn ich gerettet werden wollte.'

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It didn't take long for Logan to re-emerge from the cockpit. 'There's been a slight change of plan,' he announced, more to Kurt than Billie.

'What's happened?' Kurt asked.

'The professor – he's picked up something at Alkali Lake.'

Billie's eyes narrowed at the mention of the name, something which Logan didn't fail to miss. 'You're staying on here,' he told her.

Billie shrugged. She'd see about that.

Although Billie didn't have a clue where they were, or how far from the Lake they were, it didn't take long for her to feel the jet loosing altitude. The jet landed smoothly and the back dropped down as Storm emerged from the cockpit.

'Stay here,' Logan repeated, before leaving.

Billie waited exactly thirteen seconds before ignoring Kurt's protests and following.

The area was covered in thick fog and she could barely see more than a foot in front of her – nothing short of the small rocks and pebbles which were floating around. Billie frowned. She could sense something here – something powerful – something that could easily match her in terms of power.


Alreety, lets get Jean back to the lab, and then I think it's time for a little bit of history, and some ice cream!

Thanks for reading - lemme know what you think!