CHAPTER 8: TRIP TO THE UNKNOWN

Charles got up holding his head; Ororo helped him onto his chair.

"Charles what do we do now?"

"Check on the students, please call Hank if anyone is hurt."

"Yes Charles."

As Ororo turned Paige ran in, "Professor, she's gone she's gone!"

"Yes I know Jean has been taken."

"No, not her it's Illyana."

"What they took her too?" Charles was confused he was not sure why Emma wanted Illyana.

"No she, she disappeared, suddenly, a mutant was after all of us and we fought, she got scared and did something then she was gone."

"Her mutation must have manifested, Paige please look for her in the mansion and I'll alert everyone to look for her."

"Piotr is going to be mad, I promised him safety for him and his sister and now Illyana is gone."

"Don't blame yourself, as you said her mutation has manifested, which is something you could not have prevented."

"Yes you are right, this is unfortunate, we just sided with Magneto and have anti-mutant groups after us and now Emma."

XxXxX

Hank and Forge came out of the Danger Room; their clothes were burned and torn.

"I am never ever going to test a new session on myself," Forge said.

"I agree, I did not realize that you put so many new weapons."

"That's the thing I didn't."

Paige came to them and asked them if Illyana was there.

"No she is not." Paige looked at them for a while.

"Wow the guys you fought must have been real tough."

"What guys?" Hank asked looking at her then at Forge.

"Well the one that attacked us and took Jean."

"Oh yes," Forge exclaimed as Hank looked at him, "What? This means my session worked it was probably one of them that messed with it."

Paige left them to discuss about their projects, she searched everywhere and hopped Illyana was hiding somewhere but nothing.

XxXxX

Logan walked into the mansion everything seemed normal he went to Charles' office.

Scott and Ororo were there, Scott seemed very upset.

"Where's red?"

"She has been taken," Scott said as he turned towards him, "and the Professor wants us to stay here instead of going to find her."

"Chuck, what do you mean she is gone what is going on? And who were the mutants that attacked the kids today?"

"A former student of mine named Emma frost took her, they are her students. Years back Emma left my institute and recently has formed her own in San Francisco, however she also belonged to an organization of mutants known as the Hellfire club, they took Jean because they want to capture the Phoenix and take over the world."

"Isn't that a bad thing, I agree with Scott we should go find her."

"Yes but she is not the only one missing, and we have students to take care of as well, Emma has many students and I don't one any of our students getting hurt."

"Who else is missing?"

"Illyana and I fear it is because of her mutation."

"Tin man ain't gana be too happy about this Chuck."

"Yes I know, why don't you and Laura try to search for her Paige has had no luck."

Laura left and searched for Illyana, but her scent stopped in the hallway then it disappeared, but another scent was there, she could not remember where she had smelled it before.

XxXxXxXxXxXxX

Julian and Sofia fought over their encounter with the X-men.

"I just don't get why you had to be picking on her, you almost died."

"That was your fault if you hadn't let the skunk absorb you a giant scoreboard would not have landed on my head."

"It didn't land on your head!"

"Yeah no thanks to you, if the freak hadn't pushed me out it would have."

Nori and the rest of the mutants watched them fight some even made bets.

"Awwww Julian the claw freak is soft on you."

"Shut up Nori!"

"No don't shut her up, she is right I saw the way she looked at you and then you got on top of her!"

Emma came in and managed to hear the last part of their quarrel.

"What is going on here?" she said as she turned into her diamond form.

"Julian here caused us our mission," Nori said before anyone else could answer.

"No I didn't, I almost got killed because of her," Julian said as he pointed at Sofia.

"Oh yea no wonder you decided to go for that freak."

"Enough! Who are you talking about?"

"Laura the claw freak, she saved my life and in the process we fell and I landed on her, nothing else." Julian said as his eyes turned green and he left."

"Miss Montenegro is there anything else I need to know about?"

"No that is it."

"Then I don't want to hear no more of your pathetic relationship, learn to control your jealousy."

"As for the rest of you, I am very disappointed, some of those members were new and they still managed to win."

"That's 'cause more showed up." Rockslide said.

"Go train and stop wasting time; you'll get another chance to prove yourselves."

Emma watched as they left to train, at least her plan was successful and she had been able to get Jean.

XxXxXxXxXxXxX

School finished and Kitty and Lance went to walk.

"Like Lance I missed you." Kitty hugged Lance and he hugged her back.

"Me too Kit, I'm glad we are together, listen I'm sorry about everything, I'm not good at this."

'It's like ok silly I get it you don't want your friends to know, like they can be total jerks sometimes."

"Yeah, but they are my family." They hugged again and after awhile they returned to school.

"Kitty, don't get mad or anything but is there something between you and Colossus?"

"Like no Pete's just a very nice guy." Kitty said as she kissed him good-bye and left to find Piotr.

Piotr waited for Kitty he sat on one of the steps drawing as always, for some reason he felt like something was wrong.

Kitty showed up, "Like hey Pete lets go before we get in trouble."

"Kayta I forgot to tell you that I brought my motorcycle."

"Like that's fine Pete, let's just get home."

As they rode on his motorcycle Kitty held onto Piotr, she was glad he let her borrow his helmet or else he would know how red she was from how turned on she was from touching his muscles. Piotr wished he had turned into metal he could feel Kitty holding tight onto him and he liked it but he felt it was wrong.

XxXxX

Everyone sat in the rec room waiting for Piotr and Kitty to come home. Kurt grew anxious and decided to look for Kitty, he poofed out of the room and back.

"She is not in her room," he said disappointed, but then in walked Piotr and Kitty.

"Piotr-"before Charles could finish kitty cut him off.

"It wasn't his fault, I told him to wait for me Professor I deserve to be punished.

"And you will half-pint but this ain't about that." Piotr looked around the room everyone was there except Illyana.

"She is gone, I am sorry we are doing the best we can to find her. We both knew that she would have mutant powers and they have manifested."

"Were did she go?" Piotr asked trying hard not to turn into metal and punching a wall.

"I got it!" Laura said, as she sniffed to were Kurt was, "you took her!"

"Vat are you crazy, vhy vould I do dat?"

"Her scent stopped in the hallway and is mixed with the smell you make when you teleport."

"Wait if she is telling the truth?" Prodigy said, "Look you said that her powers barely manifested what if Illyana can teleport like Kurt but because she does not know how to do it she got stuck."

"Stuck were?" Piotr said.

"Oh my god ve have to get her out." Kurt said as he panicked.

"Were is she?" Piotr said.

"In another place, when Kurt teleports he passes through another dimension, we learned this from one of Forge's experiments."

"Well then tell him to bring her back."

"I've not going back there, no way, there are monsters there!" Kurt yelled as he remembered the dinosaur looking creatures.

"Illyana! this all my fault." Piotr fell to his knees.

"Kurt please, she is in danger and she is just a child."

"Fine but I am not going alone."

"Who said you were bub, I'm going with you."

"And so am I," Piotr said as he got to his knees.

"I know that you all came from a fight but will some of you be willing to go with them."

"Chuck we will be fine." Wolverine said.

"No I'm going too, and so is swamp rat." Rogue said as Gambit smiled.

"Aw chere you just made Remy's day you want him to be wit you."

"Maybe we can leave 'im dere." Rogue said.

"I am going too." Laura said and everyone turned to look at her.

"No you ain't kid, you're staying here."

"No I have more fighting experience than anyone else, and I can live through anything so I'm going."

"So am I," Bobby said and kitty and Warren also decided to go.

"Very well, Forge get them ready."

They got into their uniforms, the others watched, as they got ready to leave. Stormed hugged Logan, he watched stunned.

"Please try not to be the hero and get everyone back safely." Logan smiled.

Jaime watched Laura he also wanted to hug her but she was in fighting mode and was afraid of her reactions.

"Laura hurry up so we can watch some TV ok."

Laura liked Jaime he was always trying to make her feel like a person she nodded and they got ready to leave.

"Ok this will only allow you to be in the other dimension for half an hour so you have to move fast."

The team held on to each other and Kurt teleported.

XxXxX

To Laura it looked as if they were in a volcano.

"Everyone stay alert they can come out any second." Logan took out his claws.

They looked around, slowly form the shadows; the beasts began to come out snarling.

Illyana stood on top of a rock, "Piotr, Piotr!"

But before they could react, the creatures attacked and a shadow took Illyana.

Piotr tried so hard to get her but there were so many creatures, they all ran after her as they fought, "Illyana, Illyana!"

Laura threw two creatures into the lava she was the fastest and best fighter it was her mission to get Illyana and when she saw the opportunity, she ran.

"Laura, come back, Laura." She ignored Logan and everyone else; she had to save her. She reached the top and what she saw made her stop, she never expected to see what she saw.