Eric wasn't on life support, but he wasn't waking up. He wasn't responding to anything. He was in perfect health, there wasn't any perminent damage, but considering his age, it was taking a while to heal. I stood by his bed staring down at him.
"Did he tell you anything?" I asked looking at Charles. Charles shook his head. "Did you read his mind?" He shook his head again.
"With him being like this, I don't know what I'll find. I may find something I don't want to know about."
"What if you pick up something to do with us?" Logan asked crossing his arms.
"Now that would take all the fun out of it," I said looking up at him. Logan rolled his eyes. I turned my attention back to Charles. "If you don't do it now, it may be too late." Charles stared at me. I walked over to him and knelt down in front of him offering to him to read my mind. He needed to see what I seen, needed to know what I knew. He put his hands on the sides of my head and closed his eyes. I felt him inside poking around for the experiences I had while I was gone.
I could see flashes of the memories. Flashes of faces. Everything that had happened to me in the passed month flashed in front of my eyes within seconds. Charles sat back in his chair crossing his fingers together in front of his face thinking about what that could've meant.
"Are they after you?" Charles asked looking ta me. I shrugged.
"I'm not sure, but they knew how to keep me locked in. I would say they were just for that. But they could've been after Eric and trapped me in there so I couldn't help him. Gambit and Colossus just up and disappeared."
"What about Sabretooth?" Logan asked standing behind me.
"Eric sent him away when he found out I was coming. He's not willing to lose him. It's odd though. Something didn't feel right in there the entire time I was in there. I can't really explain it, but I didn't like it. Charles, you're going to have to put chivalry aside and read his mind. He can tell you more than I can. We need to know who it was so we can prepare ourselves for the worst case scenerio. Eric can get mad all he wants."
Charles knew I was right. This could very well be a matter of life and death. It didn't matter who they were coming after, but it was clear that they were trying really hard to keep us there. Who knew where Colossus and Gambit disappeared to. Maybe they had been captured. Maybe they had been killed. I had seen Colossus just moments before I broke out of my cell. I knew they were being controlled mechanically, but that didn't mean anything. Maybe after we escaped, they had used up their purpose. Or they had went to whoever had been controlling them.
Too many possibilities.
"Whatever is going on, we need to figure it out. Whoever this was knew what they were after and was very good at covering their tracks. They were good enough to trap me and Eric both. That isn't an easy thing to accomplish. But they had managed to use Eric's powers. Could you imagine what would happen if they got my powers? Or yours? Not to mention half the children's powers."
"I understand what you're saying. I'll do it." Charles wheeled his way into position and put his hands on Eric's head like he did me and closed his eyes. It took a few minutes for Charles to go through the memories. Once he was done, he sat back. He put his hands together and took a deep breath. His eyes seemed troubled. He was squeezing his hands together so tight they were turning white. Something told me it wasn't good whatever it was that he found.
"Well?" Logan pushed.
"You're not going to like this, Kat. They're after you. They just have to be." I narrowed my eyes at him.
"How do you know? What did you see?"
"Your people." I wasn't sure what hit me first, but the last thing that hit me was confusion. Why would they be after me? It wasn't time for the cleansing yet. Even if it was, why would they try to hold me prisoner?
"Gambit and Colossus was being controlled by something mechanical. My people doesn't use that. They're strictly traditional. No technology. So whoever it is, got to my people. They're using my people against me." Panic suddenly flew through my body. My shaky hand covered my mouth. What had they done to my people? I looked up at Logan sheer terror in my eyes. "I have to go. I have to see if they're okay." I turned to walk out, but Logan stopped me.
"I don't think that's a good idea. Whoever this was, was able to find where your people are hiding and capture them. They'll expect you to go there. They'll be waiting."
"Good." I started walking out of the room again.
"I'm coming with you," Logan said following me. I wasn't about to argue. I knew he was right. I knew they were going to be there waiting on me. They went through a lot of trouble to trap me. They were going to go through a whole lot more to get me again. I could only guess at what they wanted me for. Most likely my powers. Sure I was thinking just a little too highly of myself, but with powers like mine, everyone would be after them. And if they had found a way to take the powers from mutants to use them against someone else, they were probably goin gto try to take my powers.
Not good.
Not good at all.
