Note: I've been trying to figure out how to put breaks in my work. I was using stars on Word, but they weren't showing up on FF, so I've had to use X's to break up the chapters. OK, back to the story. Enjoy XD!

Recap - Someone in the forest receives a call from the person who wanted Rogue kidnapped. The person tells the boss to back off and let them get closer to her and then they will take her. The boss agrees. Gambit awakes up first in the hospital and is greeted by Hank. Gambit is wondering if he did the right thing. Beast questions him nicely about why he helped Rogue out and what his involvement was. Gambit says he didn't try to kidnap Rogue, but only help out. Logan storms in and isn't as friendly at questioning Gambit. Logan wakes up Rogue with his shouting and she tells him that Gambit didn't try and kidnap her or hurt her. Rogue ends up lying for Gambit to save him from Logan, and he lies for Rogue, saying he's been sending her letters, but she burnt them. Storm sends Logan and the other X-Men upstairs to the meeting room. As they leave, Joseph enters hugging and kissing Rogue and telling her that he'll protect her. When he leaves Gambit acts jealous and Rogue act's mad at Gambit for flirting with her in front of Logan about the letters. In the corridor, Jean questions Scott about if anything happened in the forest, and he acts like he doesn't know what she's talking about. When Emma walks down the same corridor, Jean and Emma have a small stand down, which Scott breaks by motioning them to the meeting room. When Joseph enters the meeting room, Logan has a memory of how he found Joseph stroking Rogue's window. In the meeting, Kitty avoids telling the real reason why she and Colossus got into a fight with Lance and Scott explains how things got so out of control. They identify the new attacks as the Friends of Humanity, who have become public and Storm tells the X-Men not to go out, because she knows it's not safe. But she thinks of Evan and the Morlocks and decides to visit them.

Chapter 5

Storm climbed down the tunnel, hating the smell, sliminess but most of all the closeness of the walls. When she landed on the ground she began walking thought the inch of water, glad that she had he long leather X-Men all-fit boots on.

"EVAN." She called out. She kept going around in circles calling him name until a boy who was no longer a boy, but a man came out from behind a corner and said. "Auntie O? What are you doin' down here?"

"Evan. Thank God your safe."

Evan was surprised at how his auntie hurried to him, wrapping him in a desperate hug. She was careful, but still needed the hug. "Hay, auntie O, what's wrong?"

"Oh Evan I've been so worried." She pulled back and stood up tall, regathering herself. "Evan we need to talk. Something serious is happening up top."

"Is it about the disappearances or this new Friends of Humanity thing?" Evan took the mick while saying the name. He hated mutant haters as mutant as they hated him. If he had it his way, he would be up there fighting ever guy or girl who wanted to hut any mutant anywhere. They were such jerks.

"Yes. It is. Then you must have been watching the news. But how did you get it down here? Or have you been to the top?"

"No auntie O. Come on. I'll show you."

Evan walked back down the round tunnel he'd come from and Storm followed him. At first she thought they had come to a dead end seeing bars blocking the way of the tunnel, but then Evan removed them just by pulling them out. He let Storm go thought first before putting them back and they continued to walk, turning a few more corners, before they came to someplace dry.

"Evan...This is..."

"Home."

There was a large room now, with mutants who looked happy and friendly talking to one another and playing games. The room was lit by candle light and Storm saw that there was a poker table, normal tables and chairs, sofa's a large TV and even a refrigerator in the corner.

"Evan, how did you get all of this down here?"

"Don't worry auntie O. It's all legit." She looked at him then with suspicion.

"Evan, what is she doing down here?" Came Calisto's voice. She was walking towards them with two other mutants. Storm then noticed that other mutants were looking at her.

"Come on Calisto. She's a mutant too and you know she would never betray us."

Calisto looked at Storm and stepped up closer to her. "You don't tell anyone where to find our hide out, do you hear. We've seen you and your X-Men on the news causing trouble and we don't want trouble coming our away."

"I can assure you the X-Men do not want trouble either. The students were simply taking a day out when the brotherhood decided to cause trouble. Me and the students wouldn't dream of hurting any of you and would rather take the hit than you."

"You only speak for yourself. Not others. But... We'll trust you X-Men not to say anything if you do bring them down here. But nobody else comes down here except for them, do you understand me?"

"Yes, I do."

"Good. Now I'm guessing your here to talk about what happened with these humans on TV?"

"Yes. I'm here to talk about them, but also something more threatening."

Calisto nodded and she led Storm and Evan into a small room off to the side where nobody else could hear them or get scared by what was said. "What is happening up there?" Calisto asked.

"This threat, the friends of humanity, is new to us just as it is you. Some of my students recognised some of the members and I believe, you did too Evan." He nodded. I thought you may not know came to warn you that the streets will be less safe now that they are around and public. They may have more followers."

"That's understandable and yes, we do know. We'll be keeping a lower profile and only going out when absolutely necessary."

"There's more. I'm not sure how long you have had a television down here, but there are these reports of mutants going missing across the country and people turning up murdered."

"Yes, we know of them."

"Well, today, while the X-Men were out, one of our own, Rogue was left behind on her own in the mansion. We thought she would be safe because we placed the secretly up, but she was almost kidnapped by man who were covered from head to toe in black and who were also trained specialists who didn't leave anything behind. They even used a red helicopter and some sort of perfume to cancel out their scents so Logan couldn't trance them."

"Is Rogue alright? Did you get her back?" Evan asked.

"Yes, just barely. But still, there may be a connection to the people who tried to kidnap Rogue today and the people who are kidnapping mutants across the country. It's why I'm here. To offer you and all the Morlocks a place. It won't be safe on the streets anymore if those kidnappers are here and I don't want any of the Morlocks harmed in anyway, so please accept my offer."

"No!" Calisto answered.

"Please. Evan." Storm pleaded with Evan to help her. She'd explained the dangers. Why couldn't they see sense that they weren't protected down here?

"I'm sorry auntie O, but I agree with Calisto. We'll be safer down here and besides, our numbers have more than doubled over than past few weeks. There won't be enough room in the mansion."

"And there's the fact that that girl of your almost got kidnapped. You're home isn't safe." Said Calisto.

"It wasn't, but now all the X-Men are back home and not leaving the mansion. And Logan is going
to work on our security system."

"That's good. Wolverine's a nut case when it comes to things like safety. Thinks of everything." Evan told Calisto.

"Evan." Storm warned hearing him talk about Logan like that.

"I don't care if he's Instinet. The Morlocks stay where they are. Thank you for your concern and offer, but no thanks."

"Please."

"No."

"But...Why?" Storm was really struggling to get a grasp on this subject. "You'll run out of materials. Need to walk the streets. It won't be safe."

"You and you're X-Men will run out of supplies too, but will that stop you from going into town to get some more? This is our home now. We've worked too hard just to give it up. We have hidden well as you can see and we have our own security which not even rats can get past. We are perfectly safe here, but I believe it is you're X-Men you should be worrying about protecting. Not us. Go back to them and set up your securities. We will be fine on our own."

Storm was speechless. Every time she tried to get through to these people, they threw it back in her face. Not knowing what to do or how to get through to them she left as they asked with Evan leading her the way out. Before she left for good though. She turned back to Evan and said,

"Please Evan."

"Sorry auntie O. But we can still keep in touch." He pulled out a brick phone and gave it to her."

"Here. It's mine. I'll get a new one from the safe we've got and text you my number. If you need anything, then ring us. And if we need anything, then we'll ring you." Storm nodded her head in agreement knowing it wasn't what she wanted, but it was a step closer to it. She hugged Evan and then climbed the ladder up to the surface.

It was dark when she got outside. She didn't notice how late it was. She began walking away from the drain after placing the lid on it, unaware that glowing red eyes were watching her every movements.

"Alas, she is found."

XXXXX

Hank had stepped out of the medical lab for a while saying he wouldn't be back for some time and Rogue was asleep in the bed next to him. Seeing this as an opportunity, Gambit found his ripped top folded up on the side and his trench coat that looked like it had seen better days. The shirt was covered in blood and he couldn't wear it. So instead he's opened a cupboard he'd looked in before and pulled out a plain black T-shirt. Quickly he pulled it on hoping the pain would go by faster. Then he pulled his trench coat on. He was ready to sneak out and leave, but he was tempted to take one last glace over at Rogue. She'd caused him so much trouble already, but he guessed he returned that trouble double as much. It was time to go before things got any worse. But a last final glace wouldn't hurt would it? She was twitching in her sleep as if having a nightmare. The movement seemed to get more violent as she began kicking her legs and grasping the pillow as hard as she could. When he looked to her face, it was scrunched up in a mix of fear and pain. Gambit moved to her side as she started to mutter "No." And scream a little.

"Rogue wake up." He called and gently rocked her. "It's just a nightmare Rogue wake up." But he was too quiet and Rogue got worse. Hitting his hands away and screaming into her pillow. Hank walked over to Gambit and Rogue hearing their distress. Gambit was back on his feet from Rogue's punch to his face and was now shaking Rogue more violently.

"Rogue, wake up!" He yelled. "It's just a nightmare. Come on cher, wake up."

With one final loud scream she seemed to wake up, breathing heavily and grasping hold of Gambit's arms as tight as she could as if scared she might fall back into her dream. Her eyes fluttered open and were watery. Gambit knelt on the floor so there faces were on the same level. He rubbed back her hair from her face which was wet from all the sweat she had, but that didn't matter. She looked into his eyes and he looked back, wanting her to know that she was safe because he was there. He was watching over her. That nothing was gonna hurt her while he was around.

"Gambit?" She asked in a broken voice.

"Oui, cher. It's me. I'm here."

Just then Logan and a few other X-Men came bursting through the door. "Hank, what happened? Grrr Cajun, what-" Logan yelled.

"Nightmare." He Hank answered.

Logan growled and his claws slipped out. "Back off Cajun."

Gambit wasn't moving. Not for Logan. In reply to his order he gave him darkened eyes, before turning back to Rogue who muttered something.

"What was that, cher?"

"Storm..." Rogue whispered. She'd closed her eyes, but had now reopened them. He saw her come back to consciousness through her eyes as they began to shine against the lights in the room again. "That's who ma nightmare was about." She still whispered.

"Storm?" Logan asked. He'd been busy planning security details that he hadn't noticed Storm had left. He turned back to the X-Men stood behind him. Storm wasn't there. "Anyone seen Storm lately?" He asked. They shuck their heads and Logan started to worry. "Search the mansion. See if you can find her. And Hank, make sure this one stays away from Rogue." He growled at Logan before taking off with the other X-Men.

Hank looked at Gambit and Rogue and saw that Rogue had only moved closer to him and not let go of his arms. Gambit was looking at him as if waiting for him to tell him to leave. Instead Hank pulled over a chair and let Gambit sit down on it. Gambit thanked him and learned that he liked the blue beast even more.

"Rogue, what happened in this dream?" Hank asked her. She was still closing her eyes for a long time then reopening and looking around for Gambit who she was holding onto.

"Ah...Ah don't know. It's...Ah...It's a blur really...Ah'm...Ah'm in the streets...And ah'm feeling sad. Late down. Hurt...Then something hits me from behind and...And all I can hear and feel is panic. Ah'm fighting, but ah can't get up. It won't let me get up. They're holdin' meh down and not letting go. They're hittin' mah. Tryin' ta weaken me. Ah try summunin thunder, but ah can't think straight. Ah can't move. Ah can't...Ah can't..." Rogue's voice suddenly changed into a smooth lusting voice that lost her southern accent and was replaced by old British. "Atlas, she is found. We shall be freed from the limit of night. It has been too long awaited weather witch, but now we have you...grrrr." Rogue grasped at her hair and rolled up into a protective ball. Gambit's arms went around her, one rubbing her back and the other pulling her hands away from her face. "Cher?" he asks, worried that she might be getting attacked. "Evan." She breathed almost with a sign of relief, her voice returning to her southern voice. "Evan's here. Evan's got me. The Morlocks have got me. Ah'm safe. The creatures won't follow us into the sewers. Ah'm safe. Evan's got me." Rogue passed out.

"Rogue. Rogue. Wake up, please. Rogue." A hand came on Gambit's shoulder.

"Let her sleep. Something tells me she'll be alright now." Hank moved over to the communicator on the wall, pressed a button and began talking into it. "Logan."

"Yeah."

"I do not believe Storm is in the mansion."

"No one can find her and I've tracked her scent to outside. She took the air after that."

"Rogue has told us about this dream with Storm in it and she believes that Storm has been attacked, but is now with Evan and the Morlocks."

"What? How could she know that?"

"I do not know Logan, but it seems that Storm is safe, but hurt. Perhaps you should gather a time to go down into the sewers to look for her and Evan."

"Yeah. I'll do that. I'll leave you in charge. But you're not to leave that Cajun alone with Rogue for one second, ya hear."

"Yes Logan. I hear you."

"Good. I'll take, Scott, Emma, and Kurt. Jean can stay here and keep in contact with us if there is any problems."

"Good idea." Hank moved away from the wall and started to check up on Rogue's physical health again. Gambit didn't let go of her even when she loosened in his grip. "I believe you can leave her to sleep now Gambit."

"Non, I wanna be there just encase she has another nightmare. Ah'll be able ta wake 'er up faster then."

"You seem to care about Rogue a lot. First you say you saved her from these kidnappers and now you're by her side after a terrible nightmare. Yet you are dressed and seem ready to escape through the closest window. Why so?"

Gambit wasn't sure what to say. He liked the furry beast, but he didn't trust him. He didn't trust Rogue with his secrets so how could he trust him.

"Ah've got stuff to do. Places to be...She deserves a break from everything. Deserves someone to look out for her."

"And you think you'd be that person." Gambit looked up to Hank with dark eyes. But Hank smiled. "Well, as long as it stays that way. But be careful Remy." Gambit felt strange and listened more carefully to Hank as he used his first name for the first time. "Rogue has a lot of trust issues which I'm sure you've gathered. If you are not going to be here, then let her down gently or else she and others might become hurt. And most likely Logan would hunt you down and kill you." Gambit smiled a little at that. It seemed amusing to hear it from Hank's lips. He nodded to Hank and Hank smiled, walking out of the med lab. His smile turned into a grin as he realised something.

"I thought Wolvie said not to leave me alone with her."

"I think you'll be alright for a few minutes alone. And what Logan doesn't know, won't hurt him." The cleaver beast said and finished walking out of the med lab. Gambit turned back to Rogue and seen how her face had lightened. He knew that the nightmare had past and she wouldn't be having another anytime soon. He hoped. But he didn't want to let go, so stayed close to her and rubbed the side of her check with his glove.

XXXXX

"Errr, well, isn't this...charming?" Said Emma.

"Quit your wining." Logan growled as he started to paste the tunnels. Emma, Scott and Kurt followed behind him.

"How we going to find Evan, Logan?" Scott asked.

"Emma. Can you reach him."

There was a moments silence. "No. I can't sense anyone in the tunnels."

Logan raised his eyebrow. "That's imposable. There're lots of Morlocks down here last time."

"Maybe they moved. If we walk a little more, Emma might be able to pick something up." Scott said.

"I doubt that." They all looked up to a smaller tunnel. Evan jumped down to their level. "We've set up panels that deflect physics. You here for auntie O?" He asked looking at Logan.

"What happened porky pine?"

"She got attacked by something. I don't know what. But it clawed her really bad. She's back with the Morlocks being cleaned up. How'd you guys find out she was attacked?"

That was a good question that had been in the back of Logan's mind. How did Rogue know Storm was being attacked? "Rogue." He told truthfully."

"Rogue? How does that work?"

"I don't know, but I'll find out later. For now I wanna know what attacked Storm and where I put my claws."

"You see, there's the thing. I tried attacking it, but my spikes just didn't do anything. I mean it. I stabbed one right through the heart and she pulled it out as if it was nothing."

"Hold on, she?"

"Yeah. It was a woman. She had long ginger hair and dark eyes and her skin was paler than Rogue's make-up. She looked normal, but there was something about her. Something...cold. The way she looked at me when I climbed out of the sewer after hearing auntie O's scream. It was..."

"Sounds like you're firends turned into a love sick puppy." Emma whispered to Scott, but didn't make it that secrete, so that Evan snapped out of his day dream and looked to her.

"Who's she?" He asked.

"That's Emma. Emma Frost. She's new to the X-Men. So you wanna show me where this thing attacked her or what?"

"Yeah. This way." Evan led the way down tunnels explaining more of what happened. "I was just saying goodbye to her and was walking back to the Morlock's base when I heard her scream. When I climbed up the ladder, the girl had came out of a dark allie and clawed aunite O across the face. She had her pinned. She wasn't moving and there was blood pouring from her face and neck. The girl had claws like sabre-tooth's. Auntie O's got this big claw mark down one side of her face and neck." Logan growled, not liking the sound of this at all, and not liking hearing Storm hurt. "I yelled at her, but she just smiled at me and didn't move off Storm. Then she did something completely weird and freaky. She started to lick the blood off auntie O's neck."

"What?"

"Hey, how do you think I feel. I actually saw it. It was discussing. The woman actually looked like she enjoyed it. When I threw a spike at her, it hit her in the heart. She just stood up and took it out of her like it was nothing...And then she healed. A bit like you Logan, but much faster. She came at me and started attacking me. She was fast like quicksilver and strong like blob, and she seemed to be able to fly. I managed to get past her and to auntie O, but I saw that there was more of her kind watching from down dark alleyways. There was no way I could fight them all, especially if they all thought like sabre-tooth and had your healing powers. So I jumped back down the sewers with auntie O, thinking that down there I could lose them and have the other Morlocks help fight me off... But they never followed. It was like they couldn't go underground or something and they just fled."

"Fled? Just like that?"

"Yeah, it was really wired. But the woman who attacked auntie O, she was saying stuff like they'd finally found the witch who could block out the sun. And that they'd waited centuries to find her."

"Centuries. They're immortal?"

"I guess so, but the woman didn't look a day over twenty. Here we are. Me and some of the other Morlock's checked it out, but couldn't find anything. Good luck if you can."

"You just haven't got the nose for it porky pine." Logan said as he climbed the ladder. A few minutes later, after Evan had pointed out exactly where the woman had Storm pinned, Logan admitted that they didn't leave a scent behind.

"Nothing. Whoever these people they know how to clean up after themselves." Logan growled.

"So what now?" Evan asked. Truthfully, Logan didn't know. He was worried about Storm and Rogue. That was two of his X-Men that had almost been kidnapped in one day. He wasn't sure if they were the same people who tried to kidnap Rogue, but the ones who tried to take Storm seemed to be more of a threat. If Evan was right and they were immortals, then it was going to be almost impossible to kill them. And if there was an army of them then that would make it even harder. But then there was that point that they couldn't go underground. That he might be able to use. But for now he'd left the other X-Men defences and wanted to get back to them. Storm would be better off with the Morlock's underground for now, especially while she was recovering from her attack. Logan growled not liking one bit how bad things seemed to be getting.

"Take care of Storm for us. If you need any medical equipment then let us know. We'll come back for her soon, but for now, I really wanna get those defences put up around the mansion. Come on. Let's get moving."