Having briefed the team the Blackbird was now on its final approach. Bishop had managed to identify a landing spot that was not too far from where they thought the distress beacon would be situated. They had agreed that there was no need to make it too obvious what they were up to as they looked to investigate just what was going on. Logan was now pacing around the back of the plane like a caged animal.

"Not so far from the truth my dear" came Emma's mental voice. Scott schooled his face to show no reaction to her words. It came as second nature when you were dealing with someone like Emma. He knew that there was no love lost between his wife and the hairy Canadian and most of the time he would be in agreement with what ever opinion Emma was voicing but he understood that Logan was worried about one thing and one thing only - Kitty.

Pacing between his seat and Bishop, Logan unconsciously clenched and unclenched his fists as he fought the urge to pop his claws in time with the motion. He could not believe that Kitty had been missing and he had not noticed. There were too few of them now, and the loss of even one should be felt by all of the community. There was no way that they could afford to loose any more, Magnetos daughter had seen to that. Were it any other member of their family he could have accepted that he had not noticed, but this was Kitty. He had thought of her as his daughter for as long as he could remember, he had always believed that he would know when she was in trouble but he had not. A lot of the anger he felt just now was actually directed at himself and his lack of awareness. As he reached Bishops station the large stoic man turned to look at him.

"We will land in two minutes Logan - I should belt in were I you"

"Yeah well you 'aint me bub" Logan growled back " You think that I'm gonna be phased by a little bit of a rough landing. You forgetting who you talkin' to?"

Bishop had turned back to his screen seeming to ignore the man who stood behind him but chose to answer " Hardly, but it will delay the search should we have to wait for you to heal"

Logan growled his frustration. He knew that Bishop was right and hell the man was showing a lot more patience than he would have done had their positions been switched, but damn it all Kitty could be down there - injured, or worse and these fools wanted to take their time and plan a strategic landing.

Without a thought his metal claws shot from their sheaths with their distinctive SNICK " Damn it, why are we wasting time. Before he could voice his opinion Emma's cool tones rang out "Oh for gods sake Logan - get a grip. Do you know how much it costs to repair the inside of this thing every time you loose your temper"

Logan's head snapped towards the front of the jet showing his predator like senses as he focused on the woman who sat there dressed immaculately. Stalking towards her as if he was stalking an item of prey the rumble of his growl increased as he drew closer. 'Cost of the plane, she wanted to talk to him about the cost of the plane, lets see what the cost will be to get blood out of her damned clothes' he thought. Scott rolled his eyes as Emma poked at the Wolverine. It was as bad as having children sometimes. Sending a mental message to his wife to stop he moved to try and calm down his volatile team mate.

Damn it Emma for once just let it go he sent mentally while out loud he spoke to Logan "Enough Logan, take you seat and everyone buckle in. This is likely to be a rough landing"

Scott kept eye contact with Logan ensuring that the man took his seat. As he sat down Scott recapped the plan " When we land, Logan and Bishop will will scout ahead, the signal is coming from a clearing about 5 minutes north of where we will land. Storm, Rouge air con. The rest of you divide into teams of three and sweep the area. No one, but no one should progress into the clearing until I give the all clear. Any questions?"

"Yeah - any signs o' life down there?" asked Remy

"Negative" this came from Bishop

"What happens if we turn anyone up while searching?"

"Unlikely but hold them for questioning, I want to know what is going on down there" Scott answered

When no more questions came Scott turned to Storm. "Take us down 'Ro, lets see what we have down there"