Escape

Spov (Storm)

With all the things I expected to do and see today rescuing Scott was not on that list. To say I wasn't shocked to see him was an understatement and I was over the moon that he was with us again. The school needed him and missed him nearly as much as Bella did. I knew she missed him more than she would let on because something was missing from her eyes after Scott died. The sparkle of life and energy was no longer shining in her eyes and I knew that was because Scott wasn't with her to enjoy her company and spend their lives together. She tried her damned hardest to move on, to try and accomplish Scott's dying wish in moving on, but she struggled with finding love again. How could she possibly move on when she had the best thing she could have wanted?

When I walked into the room it was a large open circular room with the kids being held in a massive cylinder of glass about 150 feet in diameter that was swinging above mine and Kurt's figures. Eight cages, eights students hanging via a metal chain, each student petrified and shivering with cold.

"Mein Gott" Nightcrawler whispered from my side, his mouth hanging open as he tried to regain his composure. I turned my attention towards him before taking a few steps to his side and clasped his hand in mine. He looked down at my hand and then up to my face with a comforted smile pressed to his features, as he was grateful for my comfort. The pair of us had grown immensely close in the short time that we had known each other. He helped me calm down when I panicked, he helped me rationalize my thoughts and he meant a lot more to me than anyone had ever meant to me in my life.

I turned my attention away from Kurt when I noticed a panel at the side of the room. I walked over to the switches, my cape flying behind me as I hurried over to the device. However before I could even reach the station Nightcrawler pressed his arms around my waist and pulled me behind him. I focused my eyes and noticed a figure was crouched down in front of us on all four with large dark eyes. He grinned a large smile while sticking his tongue out through his mouth sowing the charred and scared skin. I knew this man, gone up against him many times. Toad.

"Get the kids" Kurt whispered to me causing me to turn to look at him, a look of concentration spreading over his features causing me to look at him worriedly. "GO!" he shouted and we both ran in opposite directions. I ran around my protector and bolted towards the bank of switches. I noticed Toad leaping towards me and I fought back the erg to flinch away from him. But before he got to me I noticed Nightcrawler jumping into the air and knocking him away from me.

Toad jumped up at the ceiling, grinned and scurried up a massive corridor. Nightcrawler was standing next to me with his hand on my lower back as we looked at Toad. Nightcrawler looked at me gently before quickly following him- racing after him. When I reached the control box I flicked a switch and I could see a cage begin to lower. I hit another and this time the control box began to spark. I flinched away not wanting to burn myself and I could see that the cage had stopped. A cage holding Jones to his spot terrified.

I looked up again hoping that Kurt was all right, but Toad had grabbed hold of a large thick chain and ripped it from the ceiling. My heart was beating fast for the safety of Kurt and my students. I looked back at the control box hoping I could find the right switch.

"MUNROE!" Nightcrawler screamed at me. I snapped my head to his voice and I reacted too slowly as the chain hit me in the chest, sending me flying into the center of the room unconscious.

Tpov (Third Person)

Children were screaming as they watched their teacher fall to the ground. Toad and Nightcrawler were fighting each other, causing the students to panic even more, and they were leaping from cage to cage. Toad had climbed to the top of the room and he looked at a pin that was connecting the cage to the metal chain holding the students cells to the ceiling. He smiled as a plan began forming into his mind. He leapt onto the cage and yanked the pin from the cage. The cage began to fall and the girl named Jubilee began to scream. Night crawlers head snapped towards the falling cage and then went up in a puff of blue smoke. He grabbed Jubilee and safely returned her to the ground. Nightcrawler looked up to see Toad leaping from each cage and removing the pins from every cage all except one.

Nightcrawler teleported quickly from one cage to the next, returning the children to the ground safely, who were all huddled up together by the wall. He was exhausted and he had to place his hands on his knees as he got his breath back. The now empty cages were crashing around Storms unconscious body. He just prayed she was all right; if anything happen to her, he didn't think he would ever be able to forgive himself.

However there was one more cage left, holding the student Jones. Toad pulled the pin from the cage. But this time Nightcrawler was ready and he had had enough. Nightcrawler appeared behind Toad and wrapped his arms around him. BAMF! The two of them were teleported into Jones cage. But Nightcrawler quickly grabbed Jones and teleported them out of the cage. Nightcrawler still couldn't rest as the falling cage was heading straight for Storm's unconscious form. He moved his head to the left as if he was rolling his eyes and groaned slightly and vanished. Seconds later he crashed to the floor with his back to the cold concrete with Storm across his chest. He was breathing heavily and was trying to get his breath back. Storm started to wake up again and she looked up at Nightcrawler who looked down at her exhausted. She smiled as she saw the kid's safe.

"Thank you" she whispered tenderly

"Anything for you Miss Storm" He said smiling at her she smiled in return and planted a kiss on his cheek.

Bpov (Bella)

My small group and me were cautiously walking through the large compound. The lighting was poor and I was struggling to see exactly what I was trying to find but everything in my body was screaming out to me that something was coming. Something was going to happen and I knew it was not going to end well. We headed into another corridor with a large door down the end, a small memory engulfing me, a memory I though I had forgotten.

"I want you to try and locate Tyrone," I whispered to my friends, turning to look at them over my shoulder.

"What about you?" Edward replied with concern etched into his voice. I just turned to face him fully seeing that he was clinging onto Talia's hand as he too could sense the unease I was feeling.

"There's something I need to do," I said to him gently, turning my gaze to each one of them a small smile pressed to my lips.

"Bella I really have to protest anythi…" Jasper started, about to tell me that this was a bad idea, all the experience, everything he had learnt as he fought in the Civil war and the vampire wars was screaming out to him to not let me go. I just shook my head at him, interrupting what he was about to say to me.

"Not this time Jasper" I said weakly before bringing in a huge lungful of air and turned away from them. I walked up the long corridor by myself knowing that the Cullen's were watching after me, knowing why I needed to do this on my own. I turned back around briefly and noticed that the Cullen's had indeed stayed true to my command and I couldn't help but smile. I crept into the room in front of me and snapped my body behind a control panel as I noticed a young woman standing by the wall waiting for someone. I tried to creep a little closer to try and figure out who she was but at that moment Stryker walked into the room and stood right in front of the woman who was waiting for him.

"Did you set the charges?" Stryker said to the woman, his large body blocking any of the remaining light. I tried to quietly creep even closer and had to withdraw when my foot knocked something on the floor.

"Of course" Amy replied, nodding her head towards her master who was smiling over at her. But that's when something caught my attention. I was looking at charts of certain human vitals during experiments. I could see various equations and mathematical simulations as if someone was planning something. My gaze continued onwards to a trolley that held torturous medical equipment. But before I could comprehend what I was doing I was standing right in front of the glass tank that was filled with amber liquid. I knew this object. This was the one thing I could remember from the time before. This was the place I became the Wolverine. I lifted my head and noticed Stryker looking up towards me, a smile pressed to his features before he turned to Amy.

"You know what to do" I watched as she nodded her head towards him before jumping down the steps into a crouch. She held out her arms and she spread her fingers wide, he hands twitching and her eyes trained solely onto me. Her bones began to crunch as the fingers on both her hands extended. I watched, as she became an animal, the only thing I could do was gawk at her. She was showing me her true Mutant form as she gracefully pulled her long spindly fingers into the air, showing me that her fingers had transformed into Razor sharp Adamantium claws. A gift I knew someone very close to me had, but I could not remember his or her face. The next thing I knew she was right in front of me, and she swiped her claws to my face, leaving a large gash on my cheek.

I pressed my hand to my cheek before I unsheathed my own Adamantium claws. I swung my arm around for it to contact with her head, but she ducked my move and pressed her foot to my stomach. I stumbled back at her move and I had to regain the breath into my lungs. She leapt at me and this time I blocked her parry as I brought my hands and claws up to meet her and she pushed hard on my bones. I knew this was a battle of Adamantium against Adamantium. The toughest fight I will have to fight.

She moved to slash at me again and this time it was my turn to duck and I rolled out of her way and she stumbled forward and hitting into a cluster of power cables. This in turn lead to a shower of sparks to shower over at her due to her over extended move. I charged at her this time, forcing my hands to her shoulders meaning we crashed through walls, glass sheets, equipment and things. X-ray and diagrams were scattered over the floor, dust and dirt were covering my form as we fought. We were a close match but Amy had the advantage of speed and she wasn't tired like me. I was being torn to shreds and my uniform was barley able to stop her nails from penetrating the leather and scratching my skin to pieces.

She was kicking and punching. I was blocking and swiping, barely able to inflict the damage she was doing to me. We scuffled back into the room, blocking and ducking, punching and twisting but she drop kicked me into the weapon X tank, causing it to smash open, my back arching at the pain as the liquid began to fall over the floor and over my feet. I was sprawled over the top of the tank and dazed as pain clouded over my eyes. A huge glass sheet was protruding from my back and I had to prevent myself from crying out in agony as I removed the object from my form. I could feel the blood dripping down my back and my regenerative properties were struggling to heal me. I could feel my body betraying me, getting heavier and heavier, weaker and weaker and I knew I couldn't beat her with hand-to-hand combat. I started to look around my surroundings to try and find a way to stop her.

I watched her as she prepared to pounce on my and end my extremely long life but just as she jumped I rolled out of the tank and grabbed the power cables that were withering and sparking in the air. I tossed them to the floor and watched, as the ground became a surge of electricity and hitting Amy. She screamed as she fell backwards into the tank. Withering with the impulses but she still managed to get back up again. I rolled my eyes and brought in a lungful of air as I stumbled over to another structure, a grey material substance seemed to be bubbling and boiling in the vat. I looked at her as she charged towards me. I picked up the leaver and stabbed her right into the stomach. I watched as her eyes went wide, her mouth moving in large circles as the material flowed into her body. Her body became heavy and the silver substance evacuated her form via her nose and the corners of her eyes. She fell to the ground with a loud thumb and she didn't get back up again.

I stumbled over to her, my mouth hanging open as I tried to get in the necessary air I needed. My body was screaming at me, telling me to lie down and let it recover but I had to keep moving. My face was dirty, my suit was ripped and destroyed and I wearily walked from the room but I couldn't stay upright anymore and I collapsed to the ground.

Tpov (Third Person)

The loud hum of Cerebro seemed to increase as the Mutants in the prison room managed to get up from their position and started to walk forward. Jones was hugging a few of the students closer to him as he made sure he was alright as he watched Storm and Nightcrawler look each other. She looked up at him after they had searched each other and smiled up at him

"Time to go" She said gently and lovingly as she looked up at the man who was slowly meaning more to her than life itself and he beamed over at her. They looked over at the students and held out their hands and lead them from the compound and hopefully towards safety. However as they walked from the room the loud hum of Cerebro exploded into their minds leaving them stumbling and clutching at their skulls in distress.

A young man of 27 was stumbling around corner after corner. His clothing barely able to keep him warm as the biting chill snapped at his skin. A pair of glasses pressed to his features in fear of releasing the intense power that his form possessed. But at this moment in time he was on a mission. He had been pulled away from his lover for almost 7 years and he was desperately trying to get back to her. He was withering with pain, scrunching up his face as he tried to get past the red he was seeing in his eyes. He was falling on to the wall before pushing himself upright and then collapsing onto the other wall. He needed to find Bella, he needed to find her and he hope to god that she was not in as much pain as he was at that moment.

Bpov (Bella)

I was exhausted. My body was betraying me, I was weak, I was tired and my head was killing me. The deep throbbing of Cerebro hit me hard and I clutched at my head in hoping that the pain would lesson and leave my already painful body alone. I was withering on the floor as I tried to lesson the pain. Nothing seemed to help as I tried to adjust how I was sitting. My claws were retracting and reforming as the throbbing exploded over the whole of my form and as it clouded my vision. I could faintly hear the sound of footsteps against the concrete as someone came closer to me. I tried to release my claws but they wouldn't budge from underneath my skin.

"Wolverine?" A voice whispered. I recognized the voice as Stryker and I opened my unfocused eyes to see his foot standing right next to me. I grabbed out towards him, begging for him to help me.

"How does your head feel? Like there is someone else inside?" He snarled at me happily as his crouched down next to me. I tried to scream at him but my mind would not work or focus. I just continued to look at him as he pressed his hand to my cheek and move the long mahogany hair from my face. I tried to recoil from his touch but my body would not obey my instructions. "Mortality had never really been an issue for you, Wolverine. How does it feel to know that you're finally dying?" He said before kicking me away from him and sending me sprawling against the cold floor. A whimper exploded from my lips as I landed on a large wound on my back. MY stomach on fire as the tender skin ripped open again. I feebly tried to clutch at my head as the unbelievable pain exploded over the whole of my body. Bruises were forming over my body from where Amy had hit or kicked me. The wounds were open and bleeding as my body tried tirelessly to try and regenerate itself, but my body was unable to heal itself.

"Why did you come back? Looking for answers?" he stated to me, coming to stand over me once again as he asked so many questions. All he could do was look at my clouded eyes as I struggled to focus them at him.

"You cut me open… and took my life…" I said through gritted teeth, trying to push through the pain that was engulfing my mind

"Oh but I could have reunited you with someone from long ago" He smirked, I had no idea who to process the information, my mind was not working, not being able to process the new information

"Who am I…?" I managed to chock out, grimacing as I squirmed closer to him, withering into a different position.

"You are a failed experiment. You should be thanking me. You were nothing when I found you. Now you are the ultimate weapon Wolverine" He smiled causing my heart to shatter. Everything I thought I was, everything I had done was nothing in comparison to what he had planned for me. I was nothing more to him than an experiment. The one man who knew all the questions I wanted answers to. He knew everything about me and here he was, killing me slowly. I pressed my head to the cold floor and closed my eyes as I struggled to breath. I felt my body go heavy and I could feel unconsciousness taking me. Today was a good day to die.

Spov (Scott)

I was frantically shuddering around corner after corner, stumbling further and falling closer and closer in the direction Storm had told me Bella had left. My vision was failing, my heart was shuddering in my chest and time was against me. But I had to keep pushing on, I had to keep going because I had no idea how much time Bella had left. I pressed my hand to my skull in attempt to clear my vision and was disappointed when nothing happened. I pressed my glasses further up my nose to make sure I wouldn't bring the whole compound down before I continued forward. But suddenly a huge weight was lifted off my shoulders and the throbbing in my head vanished completely. I stood their unable to find the reason why it had suddenly gone away. I shook my head before I looked further down the corridor before I sprinted from my spot and down the corridor. When I rounded the next corner the sight that I was greeted with stopped my now forever beating heart.

Lpov (Logan)

I looked at Jean as she clung onto her head as the last few throbs faded from her head. Her beautiful features and long red hair, just made me want to hold onto her and never let her go. Bella was right; I was falling for our new team member. She was funny, bright, caring and she was so clever. All the things I looked for in a woman. Maybe it was time for me to leave behind the lonely days I lived and maybe settle down and start a family. But would I be able to prove to her that I loved her. Would I be able to tell her, and did she even feel the same way I did. We had known each other for only a little while, but in that time we had spent nearly every single waking moment with each other. Storm and Nightcrawler had grown close and I knew that the woman I had called to be like my sister was finally loosing her heart, to no one more worthy.

I helped her up and placed my hand on her cheek and neck, concern written all over my face.

"You ok hun?" I asked her soothingly. She looked up at me and smiled the most beautiful smile that took my breath away.

"Come on, we need to find the Professor" I grinned, while grabbing her hand and charging down the cold and dark corridors.

Mpov (Magneto)

I levitated into the middle of the room and began adjusting the properties of Dark Cerebro. Instead of it killing mutants it was time for me to get my revenge and wipe out every last stinking human from this planet.

"How does it look from there Charles? Still fighting the good fight? Because from here it doesn't look like they are playing by yours," I bellowed from the middle of the room. Ceiling panels, metal braces, tubes, wires everything was beginning to swirl around my form and began settling into there new home. When I finished I landed back on the platform and walked over to my friend.

"Maybe it's time to play by theirs," I whispered before striding from the room.

Spov (Scott)

I took a few more cautious steps into the room, looking around at my surroundings as I moved closer to her. It seems Bella had got herself into a pickle and she definatly didn't got down without a fight. A body of a young woman lay in a tank of water broken and not moving. Power cables were withering and sparking with life and there was a huge hole in the wall to our left. I rushed over to Bella's side when I knew everything was safe and I could see through my visor that she was lying on her side. A pool of blood lying by her back. I could see her chest rising and falling weakly and I had to double check she was still breathing. I had hoped for a better reunion. Reunions where the pair of us spotted each other from a distance and ran towards each other but for normal life things are different.

When I reached her side I dropped to my knees and pressed my hands to her shoulders to roll her over. I faltered slightly when I noticed her front was just as wounded as her back and I had to try and prevent the tears that were welling up in my eyes as I looked at her. I moved my arm so her neck and the bottom of her head was resting in the crook of my arm and I lifted my hand to her cheek and wiped away the dirt from her face and moved her fringe from her eyes. I smiled a loving smile down at her as I took in the sight in front of me. She hadn't changed a bit, her hair had changed a little and her features were more prominent and sharp than they used to be but she was still beautiful. My memories had not given her justice and looking down at her now made me forget all the problems and worries we were facing. Looking at her now made my heart explode with joy as I felt her body pressed to mine, feeling her warmth against my cold skin, knowing that she still loved me and wanted to spend the rest of her life with me. It was A life reunited.

I pressed the back of my hand gently to her cheek and rubbed the skin gently and I was over joyed when I watched her groan and move her head towards my touch. After all these years she still reacted to me the way she always did.

"Bella?" I whispered lovingly, that single word not having escaped my lips for so long but the way my lips moved seemed to bring back so many memories. She brought in a huge lungful of air again and a frown invaded her beautiful features as she found it difficult to breath. Her eyes flickered a few times before they opened fully and focused up at me. I looked into her deep chocolate brown orbs and I could see the Bella I knew and missed so much. A smile pressed to my lips and I watched as confusion radiated from her features, as she couldn't understand how I was holding her in my arms

"Scott?"