The group trekked through the woods, Laura sniffing each tree as she passed it suspiciously. Psylocke saw this, whispering to Rogue "never saw Logan get so up close and personal like that. What's her problem?"
Rogue slapped Psylocke's stomach, saying "don't call it a problem. If anything, she'll probably know danger before any of us do."
Deadpool watched as Laura continued sniffing, before she turned around and started sniffing the ground. He said "what is it, Lassie? Trouble at the old mill?"
"She's not a dog, Wade. Don't treat her like it." Gambit said as he sat back, twiddling his staff. Rogue then looked with concern as Laura continued sniffing ahead, saying "Laura. Honey, is there a problem?"
Laura looked up to the path ahead, her pupils dialating to their fullest potential. Rogue reached out to hold Laura before, Whooossh! Laura ran off at a high speed into the wood.
"Holy fuck! Laura!" Rogue called as she tried to catch up, Psylocke, Gambit and Deadpool following. Gambit groaned as they ran, saying to Wade "see, this is what you get when you treat a kid like a pet!"
"You think this is my fault?!" Wade said. "If anything, it's the fucking soccer mom over here for talking about the kid having problems!"
"Fuck you, Wade!" Psylocke said as their continued their futile effort to keep up with Laura, who grabbed a branch and hoisted herself into the trees, vanishing among the branches and leaves.
Rogue stomped on the ground in frustration. "Shit, shit, shit, shit, shit!" she said rapidly, before hitting a tree next to her, splintering the bark to pieces. Psylocke's eyes widened at this, before saying "come on! We gotta find her before she finds Sinister!"
SNAP! went a twig from a nearby bush, prompting the group to tense as they faced it. Gambit pulled out his staff as Psylocke and Deadpool pulled out their swords. Rogue placed her hand in the air to hold the attack, slowly heading to the bush to investigate.
"Laura? Is that you, sugar?" she asked, her eyes widening as the shadow revealed itself to them.
Laura ran through the forest as fast as she could, following the scent into the bushes as she sniffed the air ravenously. She inhaled the smell heavily. It seemed new, but somewhat familiar when she sniffed, continuing to climb through the woods and running into a glade.
She lifted her nose up into the sky, continuing to sniff the scent as it became stronger. "Logan?" she said to herself, before shaking her head. There was some resemblance to her father, but there was something different about it. She then looked to a tree, seeing markings on the branch.
Laura felt the five deep gashes in the tree, before turning to face another tree that was also covered in claw marks. The marked trees led a trail further into the wood, where the scent was growing. Laura exhaled heavily as she walked up to the next slashed tree, her nose twitching as she began feeling the scent.
"AAAAAAGGGGGGHHHHH!" a voice cried from the glade. Laura quickly turned to hear the familiar voice, her eyes widening as she said "Rogue!"
"Take this, you fucks!" Gambit said as he swished his staff, prompting a resounding CRACK! from the soldier's neck as his head twisted a three-quarter-turn. He went to untie Rogue, before being hit in the head by another soldier. As he landed next to Rogue, she said "watch out, honey!"
As Gambit rolled out of the way, Rogue lifted her leg up, kicking the soldier in the groin. The soldier yelped and clutched his privates, before Psylocke landed on his back and wrapped her arms around his head, twisting it back to dispatch the soldier.
Gambit tore the ropes binding Rogue to the tree as she punched another soldier and lifted one over her head, throwing him onto the ground and pressing her foot to his neck as she said "you messed with the wrong X-Men, motherfucker!"
"Lower your weapons!" an armed soldier said as he aimed his rifle, before Deadpool jumped over his head and swiped his katana across the man's armor. As the Kevlar armor was split in half, Wade saw the large Green Lantern logo on the man's shirt.
"Oh... you're gonna be sorry you wore that today!" Wade said, before running the katana through the soldier's throat and dragging it down from his neck to his groin. Psylocke said "good job, guys. But they're still coming from all corners."
"Come on! Back-to-back!" Rogue said as they all stood in a circle, ready to take on the emerging soldiers. Suddenly, everyone looked up and froze as they heard a voice not unlike that of a wild beast.
RRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!
"Holy fuck! It's The Wolverine!" one of the soldiers said, before two sharp blades ripped into his chest, spilling litres of blood down his shirt. The other soldiers gasped in shock, rapidly firing their rifles as Laura held the man up as a shield.
When the corpse was finally dismembered beyond repair, Laura dropped the body and ran towards the soldiers at full speed, her claws tearing out of her knuckles and shoes as she leaped into the air to tackle another one of the soldiers.
"Grrrrrrggghh! Gah! Rrraagghh! AARRGGHH!" Laura shrieked as she continued ramming her claws into the soldier's chest, staining the dirt and leaves with crimson blood before slamming the sole of her boot onto the man's face, spreading the innards of his skull onto the ground.
She leaped up again, kicking her foot up into a soldier's crotch with her foot claw unsheathed. "EEEEEEEEEHHHH!" As the man squealed in agony, Laura leaped up onto his shoulders and drove her claws into the soldier's neck, tearing his head from his shoulders as his spinal cord came with it.
Rogue watched in disbelief as the soldiers continued to surround Laura, who hit one soldier over the head with the previous soldier's detached spine, ramming it into another's eye before ramming her claws up the throat of her next victim.
HACK! SLASH! SKINT! HACK! SLASH! SKINT! went the sound of her claws as she tore her way through the soldiers, leaving inhuman piles of flesh and blood in her path. When she came to the final soldier, she tore the gun from his hand, shattering it over his face as his broken nose began spilling blood, before jamming her claws into his eyes and through the tree behind him.
Laura panted heavily as she drew her claws out of the man's face, retracting them back into her bloodied fists as she laid back on the floor. She turned to see Rogue, Deadpool, Gambit and Psylocke staring in shock, sighing as she tried not to look them in the eye.
"Laura..." Rogue said, as Laura turned in shame. "Laura... that... that was... fucking incredible! Wow!"
"Really?" Laura asked, as Rogue nodded, saying "why the fuck not. You were fucking amazing, sugar!"
"Maybe not amazing enough, comrade." a deep voice called from the darkness. The group drew their weapons as the figure walked out to face them.