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Disclaimer: not mine ect. …do I have to keep on writing this every chapter? Like the lawyers for X-Men are not gonna see the other disclaimers (lol).

Mystique was sitting in her office, in her personage of Principal Darkholm. She was looking over invoices for the next school year, when she was buzzed by her secretary.

"Ma'am, there are two men out here, asking to see you…Hey no! You can't go in there!…" A second later and Mystique's office door was ajar, revealing her two uninvited, yet expected guests.

"Welcome. I have been expecting you," she said to the visitors, "Leave us," she said, rather coldly to her secretary, who cowered and quickly backed out of the room.

Logan entered first, closely followed by Kurt, who's true form was masked by his hologram, as was the standard procedure when he went out in public. When the door was shut, Logan fell back to Kurt's side and, discreetly, allowed Kurt to lean on him for support and helped the fuzz boy to the nearest chair. Though Mystique was not the caring mother Kurt would have wished for, she still did possess the common ability to see when another was in discomfort. She noticed that her "son" looked, for lack of better word, horrible. Though his hologram masked some of the features that one would see on a less fuzzy mutant, one who could function in public without the use of a hologram inducer, but one could still plainly see that the boy was quite ill. The only thing was, she didn't really care.

"Mystique," Logan growled. Mystique, seeing no reason to continue her charade, morphed back into her genuine form.

"Hello muzzer," Kurt's voice was hoarse, but both of the other occupants of the room could tell that it was laced with hate, rather than love.

"You have come, I'm assuming, with the intention of gaining information on the whereabouts of your…friends?" Mystique chose to draw the less than comfortable visit out, as apposed to just telling the two what she knew they wanted. If that's what she wanted to do, so be it. Logan was not in the mood for games, but he would have to play hers.

"Let's cut to it. I don't wanna be here, you, if you don't already, shouldn't want me to be here, and I think I can speak for the kid and say he sure as hell doesn't want to be here." Logan did not want to prolong the visit. The kid had enough to deal with right now, and Mystique was not Logan's favorite mutant. "Tell us where they are and, in a few seconds, we won't be here," Logan said these words through clenched teeth.

"I will not tell you, you knew I wouldn't," Mystique replied in an idle manner, "Why come?"

"We-" Logan was interrupted by Kurt's coughing fit. Logan went over and, hesitantly, put a comforting hand on the boy's shoulder. When Kurt had composed himself once again, Logan addressed Mystique, still standing close to Kurt, but not with his hand on Kurt's shoulder.

"Can't blame a guy for trying and I thought we would get some worthwhile information," Logan said, trying to make her give him a reason…just one reason…She did.

"Idiot, you have no idea what you are going up against. You will never find you "friends" alive. Which may be for the best, for you might not want to after what is to happen is realized." Mystique's haughty reply gave Logan just the incentive he needed.

Logan, without a word, lunged at Mystique, bearing his claws. He did not slash her, but pushed her. She easily kicked him off.

"Stupid, what were you trying to do? Start a battle with me? Here? Now?" Mystique's voice reflected humor, she paused and thought for a moment, then looked at Kurt, "Perhaps it is my motherly instinct showing through, but I believe I will allow you to leave, unharmed. Take care of my son Logan, for you may very well be the only one left to." She sat down in her chair and motioned for them to leave, which they did, Logan helping Kurt.

When outside the school, Kurt stopped, leaned against a tree, and questioned Logan about what had just happened.

"Vhy did you give up so quickly? You could have killed her vhen you attacked her, but you didn't. Vhy?" Logan quickly glanced around to assure himself that no one was eavesdropping. Satisfied, he turned back to Kurt.

"The point was not to kill her, only to touch her." In response to Kurt's bewildered expression, Logan elaborated. "I was able to rub a radioactive ointment on her body that will act as a tracking device. We can use this," showed Kurt something resembling a Game boy in size and shape, "to track her. She'll lead us to the rest of them."

Kurt looked amazed at Logan's brilliance. Logan quickly put a stop to that, for it was false admiration.

"The Professor has been developing it over the past few months…though it might come in handy someday." Logan went to help Kurt continue walking, but Kurt refused. The two continued on at their slow, steady pace, on their way towards their car.

Pietro ran back to Mystique to report on what he had just heard.

"Yeah, they put some sorta weird tracking lotion on you, or something, and so now they think your gonna lead them straight to their friends. Yeah, like you'd be that stupid," Pietro's report confirmed Mystique's beliefs.

"No Pietro, they are right, I will lead them to their friends. They can all die together, witness to what they will be a part of creating." She smiled, playing what was to come over in her mind and relishing in what was to become of the X-Men, how they were to contribute to the destruction of the very race they fought to save…

You like??? The climax is coming and what climax could be complete without a battle to the death between the X-Men and (themselves?) that is the only clue I'm gonna give for the upcoming parts, but you won't have to wait long to read them. Try to figure out what I mean…You probably won't, because the clues I give don't really tell you what is REALLY gonna happen. You might not understand it now, but you will later (hmmmmwwaaahhhhh!!!) I'm about to link everything together, so stay tuned, keep R/R and above all ENJOY!!!