Walking down the hall, I made my way outside, with me seeing everyone messing around while training. Rolling my eyes, I made my way to the tree line, with me sitting down against one of them and reading a book. Rogue was in a meeting with the professor, so I decided to leave them be and do my own thing, even if I only had one chain left.
Seeing a shadow of a figure in the tree, I raised an eyebrow as I saw it extend some claws. "Dakota, come on man, come join us!" Bobby called out, with me looking up at him, then back at the shadow, seeing the person was gone. Looking up at the tree, I saw that it was empty. Standing up, I looked around, with me moving deeper into the woods.
As I walked, I knew there were eyes on me, but I couldn't tell who it was. Walking over to a cliff, I sat down on the edge and started reading again. As I read, I heard claws sliding out, with me knowing that this person was a mutant. I took my hand and patted the edge next to me, not bothering to look back at them. After a bit, they started moving closer, standing right behind me.
Looking at the shadow once more, I saw that it was female, with me looking back at the book. "Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of men who follow and of the man who leads that gains the victory. George S. Patton." I said, turning the page. "You can have all the gun control laws in the country, but if you don't enforce them, people are going to find a way to protect themselves. We need to recognize that bad people are doing bad things with these weapons. It's not the law-abiding citizens, it's not the person who uses it as a hobby. Michael Steele." I said, seeing them putting the claws away from their shadow. "Weapons are an important factor in war, but not the decisive one; it is man and not materials that counts. Mao Zedong." I said, with them sitting next to me, with me getting a good look at them.
She is a Caucasian-mix teenage girl with tan skin and an athletic, well-fit built. She has long dark brown hair that she wears loose and comes down around her mid-back with green eyes. She was wearing a leather military jacket with tan accents on the upper arms of the jacket with form-fitting leather pants, black gloves and black combat boots.
She didn't say anything, with me looking at her, seeing her looking at the book. "Would you like me to read to you?" I asked, with her nodding her head, but was looking a bit mad. "Ok, this is my diary, it was given to me by a friend who held onto it, said that it would fill in the gapes of my memories." I said, going back to the first page.
"I have decided to start writing everything that I have done, because sixteen days ago... I accidently murdered my family. My powers allow me to absorb the life force from someone I touch, and I just so happened to awaken my powers when I was apart of a group hug, killing my mother, father, and my baby sister." I read, with me learning how it happened. "I was found by a women known as Mystique, she has the power to change shape of anyone. She took me in, telling me of how the X-Men would come for me, and use me as an experiment. I met Toad, he's disgusting, I'm the only one who cleans here."
"I start school today, its neutral ground for both the brotherhood and the X-Men, I don't like it. I met three of them. A man known as Wolverine, Scott, who is-"
The book was suddenly cut, with me staring at it with wide eyes. Looking at her, she was glaring at me, with me staring her down. "I hate that man." She said, with me looking at her claws. Holding my hand out, she looked at it, then back at me, still glaring.
"Let me see your hand." I said, with her relaxing a small bit and placing her hand in mine, claws still extended. "From what I learned, he was forced into a program called Weapon X." I said, with her making a fist. "There, he made his escape, killing everyone who stood in his way." I said, completely facing her, with her letting her other hands claws pop out, getting ready to attack. "You did the same, didn't you?" I asked, with her staying silent as I placed my hand on her sleeve, with me sliding it up, not seeing anything, but she yanked her arm back, covering it back up. "You tried suicide, didn't you?" I asked, rolling my sleeve up, showing her my cut down the arm, with her staring at it. "Your healing factor allowed you to heal, so there was no trace to it." I said, with her looking down at her arm. "Unlike you, I had someone who cared for me." I said, reaching forward and pulling her closer, with her placing her hands against my chest as I hugged her.
She fought against the hug, and she could of gotten out at any moment, but she started crying and hugged me back. Pulling back, I wiped her tears away, with one of them hitting my arm. I saw flashes of her training, her fighting, her getting away, her cutting herself over and over again, her killing, each of the memories, there was one person in each of them, a women who she ended up killing. Her mother.
"Laura Kinney." I said, with her looking confused. "I think that name fits you, don't you think?" I asked, with her frowning at that name.
"I killed someone with that last name, she birthed me." She said, with me nodding. "I killed her in a fit of rage, she was always kind to me, I was nine." She said, with me rubbing her head.
"Well, honor her name, by taking it up, because I have a feeling, that you were never given a proper name." I said, with her nodding her head and standing up. Walking over to the tree line, she looked back at me, then started walking away. "Angry girl, wonder why she's here, maybe its to meet Logan." I said, where I looked at the book, with me tossing it. "Oh well, not like I wanted to know my past anyway." I said, standing up and walking away.
Later that day
"I'm surprised that Logan left, and Laura never came to you?" I asked, following the professor.
"No, are you sure that you met with this girl?" Charles asked, with me nodding.
"Positive, she has Logan's powers, I've seen her memories through her tears." I said, confusing him. "I don't know how either, but as soon as her tears hit me, I saw everything about her. She was so sad, angry, she needs help!" I said, facing him. "She's out there, alone." I said, crossing my arms.
"My concern is, you allowed her to approach you, knowing that she was an intruder." He said, facing me. "She could of killed you-"
"I trust my judgment, I knew I was safe, I could feel it, she wasn't going to hurt me." I said, with me closing my eyes. "She wanted me out of the way, not dead, but out." I said, frowning.
"I see, if it isn't you she's after, then it is someone else-"
"Logan." I said, remembering her saying she hated him. "She's after Logan, she got upset once I mentioned him to her!" I said, with him nodding.
"I'll keep an eye out for her, and I'll go with your judgment as well." He said, with me smiling.
"Thank you, please, don't do anything that might upset her!" I said, with me taking off.
Later, after dinner
Walking outside, I had a plate wrapped up, with me walking over to the tree line. Reaching the trees, I looked around. "Laura, are you out here!" I called out, but didn't get a response. "We had some left over dinner, so I thought that you would want some!" I said, with me getting no reply. 'What am I thinking, she's probably long gone by now, looking for Logan.' I thought, with me turning around, only to jump a bit once I saw her staring up at me with her glair. "We need to put a bell on you." I said, smiling at her. "Here, I brought you some food." I said, with her looking at it and sniffing it. "Its meatloaf." I said, with her taking it from me and removing the wrapping on it, where she used her claws to cut it and eat. Rolling my eyes, I stopped her, with her looking at me. "Here, let me." I said, taking a fork and knife and cutting her a slice, with me holding it out to her, with her staring at it then up at me. She ate it, where she took the fork and knife and sat down, with the plate on her lap.
"Don't think that this makes us friends." She said, with me smiling at her as she ate.
"I'm not looking for your friendship." I said, with her looking at me in confusion. "You kind of remind me of my sister, I don't know why, because she died before she could really get a personality, but you scream little sister to me. Her name was Laura." I said, with her staring at me as she ate.
"I'm not calling you brother." She said, with me nodding.
"I'm ok with that." I said, with me sitting in front of her. "So, what brings you here?" I asked, with her looking up at me.
"Him quas here ho kill Hogan!" She said, with me frowning at her.
"And now?" I asked, with her stopping.
She swallowed, with her looking at me. "I'm here for answers, and I'll get them from him later tonight." She said, with me smiling as she wasn't here to hurt anyone.
"That's good to hear, knowledge is power!" I said, with her rolling her eyes as she finished eating and passed the plate back to me. "Would you like more?" I asked, with her shacking her head. "Ok, when Logan gets here, I'll inform him that you're here, would you like to come in?" I asked, with her looking at the Institute, then looking back at me and shacking her head. "I see, well, you see that window, the one with its light off?" I pointed out, with the light off while the others were on. "That's my room, the window is open if you change your mind." I said, standing up with the plate. "I guess I'll see you tomorrow!" I said, waving at her as I walked off.
Later that night
Walking down the hall, I was hungry, like I could eat anything at any moment. Leaning against the wall, my chest started hurting. Looking down, I saw the last chain eating its self, eating the holder to the chain. Looking at forward, I saw Bobby on the floor, with me making my way over to him. Stopping next to him, I saw a small black device on his head, with me knowing that someone had infiltrated. Stumbling on, I stopped at a corner, where I saw Rogue.
Making my way over to her, I fell into her arms, with her catching me. "What's wrong, are you hurt?" She asked, with me nodding. "What happened?" She asked, with me looking up at her.
"Intruder." I said, with her eyes widening. "We need to find the professor." I said, where she moved me over to her shoulder, and started dragging me away. "First floor." I said, with us making our way down stairs, with me holding onto the railing. We started heading over to the professors office, with me trying to open the door, but it was locked.
"Lets try the study room!" Rogue said, with her dragging further down the hall. Once we reached the door, I tried opening it, but it was locked as well. "Where is he?" She asked, with me looking up at her. The door was suddenly yanked open, with us seeing Scott and Ray, about to blast us. "WAIT, ITS US!?" Rogue yelled, stepping in front of me.
Scott grabbed her and pulled us in, with me hitting the floor. "What happened, did you see who did this?" Scott asked, with me looking at him as Rogue moved me over to the couch.
"I didn't see them, but I know whos doing this." I said, looking over at the professor. "Her name is Laura, she's... Complicated to describe." I said, rubbing my head.
"Whos Laura?" Rogue asked, with me looking at her.
"She's a weapon, or was as she defected from the same group that Logan was apart of." I said, with their eyes widening. "We met this morning, she said she wanted answers from Logan, and that she wanted everyone out of the way. She doesn't want to kill us, but removed from the equation." I said, where Logan stepped in.
"So, you faced the girl?" He asked, with me shacking my head at him.
"No, but I know what she can do." I said, looking at him. "She's strong, stronger than you think she is." I said, with me looking at the others. "Go with him, she wont hurt me." I said, confusing them.
"She's already hurt you-"
"No, she hasn't." I said, shacking my head. "I don't know what's going on, but I'm extremely hungry." I said, with them looking at the others.
"You said you met Laura earlier, what else did she say?" Scott said, with Logan looking at them.
"She doesn't have a name, unless she picked one up in order to blend in." Logan said, with them looking at him.
"I gave her that name." I said, with him looking at me. "She liked it, so don't call her X-23, just call her Laura." I said, with him frowning.
"You bounded with her, someone who has explosive anger." Logan said, with me nodding. "Fine, but once I've got them out of here, I'm coming back for you!" He said, where the others started following him, with Rogue looking back at me.
Looking to the door that we came in, I saw the door open, with Laura walking in, sniffing the air, where her eyes laid on me. She walked over to me, with her stopping beside me. "You going to let me place this on you willingly?" She asked, showing the small device.
I held my hand out to her, with her placing it in my hand. Tossing it aside, I still held my hand out to her, confusing her. "I need your help, I'm hurt." I said, with her scuffing at me. "Please, I need you to take me to the medical wing, underground." I said, with her grabbing my arm and yanking me up, with her dragging me out.
"Which way?" She asked, with me smiling as I was going to be ok.
Later
Walking into the medical wing, I stood at the door as she removed the covers off the bed. Seeing her look at me, I knew she wanted me to walk over to it. Taking a step forward, I lost my balance, with me knocking over a tray, sending everything onto the floor. "You're not looking well!" She said, with me looking at my chest, seeing that the chain holder was almost gone.
She grabbed me and lifted me up, with me leaning onto her. Looking her in the eyes, I watched as her eyes turned from green to blue, bright blue. "I'm... Hungry." I whispered, with me grabbing her by the sides of her face and brought her to mine, where I started kissing her. She didn't fight back, she was as still as a rock. Breaking the kiss, I started sucking away her life force, because I could feel a lot of it within her. She was a battery for it, she had a long life ahead of her.
Pushing her over to the bed, we both fell on it, with her arms wrapping around my neck as she started kissing back. Feeling her legs wrap around me, I started to feel pain in my back, lots of it. Rolling off her, I fell onto the floor, with me groaning in pain. Reaching my for my back, I felt thin cuts, scratches, maybe claw marks my shirt was destroyed.
Hearing a groan with tearing, I looked over my shoulder at an older Laura, who was looking herself over. She sniffed the air, before she jumped up and slashed at the roof twice. The floor gave out, with Logan falling down, and her going up. Rolling only my back, I moved over to Logan, with him standing up. "Logan!" I called out, with him looking at me and helping me up.
"What are you doing down here?" He asked, helping me up to the bed and laying me down. "Did she hurt you?" He asked, with me shacking my head.
"She's... Older." I said, hearing Rogue scream above, with me feeling her pain before it vanished. "She's... Family." I said, pulling out the device I used to communicate with Captain Marvel. "Give this... To her, for her to... call me." I said, closing my eyes and losing all feeling in my entire body. She'll run.
The next day
Opening my eyes, I saw Logan standing there in his gear. "Morning sunshine." He said, his arms crossed and smiling down at me. "You have a good dream?" He asked, with me looking down at my chest, seeing that the chain was now way longer that what I remembered it to be.
Sitting up, I looked at him. "How is everyone?" I asked, with him closing his eyes.
"They are fine, no one was hurt, some did get a beating." He said, shacking his head. "Funny story, she want around, telling everyone that she was going to put the device on them so that she could have a private conversation with me, but when they started fighting back, she stopped asking." He said, with me laying back down. "Looks like she got your back." He said, rolling me over, with him looking at my back. "Finger nails, if I didn't know any better, I would say that you two had a lot of fun, because her clothing was destroyed as well." He said, with me groaning.
"No, I was extremely hungry, to the point that I took her life force, making her age and I started feeling better, way better!" I said, with him grinning.
"Good, which means that you can join me on my exercise, outside." He said, with me looking at him in disbelief, then sighed.
'Walked into that one.' I thought, sitting up. "How is she?" I asked, looking at him. "Laura?" I clarified, with him sighing.
"She's on the run, just like you said, but if she ever needs you, she'll call." He said, making me smile. "That was the same communicator that Marvel gave you, wasn't it?" He asked, with me shacking my head.
"My spare, I tampered with it so that it would call me through the one I call Marvel." I said, smiling as I had the help of Beast. "I'll go get set up, I'll meet you outside." I said, with him walking away, where I stood up and started leaving as well.
Later
"Alright everyone, the course has a new objective today!" Logan said, with everyone groaning, with me taking note of the bag of balls that he dumped out. "Its called, Dodge ball." He said, with everyone cheering.
"Alright, I rule at this game!?" Bobby said, with everyone picking up a ball.
"Oh, and extra credit for anyone who hits the Ice Cube." Logan said, shocking him, with me hitting him in the face before he could run, with everyone looking at me.
"What, Extra credit!" I said, grabbing the ball, with all of us chasing Bobby, who ran for his life.