Redemption
Chapter 1
Claire opened her eyes and looked around her.
"That was stupid of them," she smiled to herself rolling
quietly off of the bed, landing in a crouch.
Moving quickly she slipped out of the door and moved to an indent in the
hallway, listening for any signs of life nearby.
Knowing that the coast was clear she sprinted down the
hallway, slamming against the wall at the top of the stairs.
She had been unable to leave this place up until now.
She moved and lunged over the side of the banister, landing silently
on the balls of her bare feet on the marble floor of the entrance hallway.
The X-men were not as infallible as they thought.
She didn't know where she was going as her legs moved quickly over the ground,
putting miles between herself and the Mansion.
After she had met them she had gone soft, and it had almost
gotten her killed.
She knew that Charles was still missing, she knew that she
was the only one who knew where he was, and still she ran, taking her secret
with her.
Back at the mansion Hank came into the lab, balancing a cup of coffee on top of some paper work, however it all went crashing to the ground when he looked at the empty bed that Claire used to occupy.
He bounded over to the wall, hitting the alarm with a sense of dread in his
chest.
In minutes Bishop and Cable, the mansion's self-declared security guards were in the lab to see what had happened.
Hank pointed to the empty bed, a fretful look on his face, "it seems that my
patient has sought an early release."
Bishop made a quick sweep of the room on an off chance that
she was still there, but came up empty handed just like he knew he would.
The large blue man looked at the clock next to his desk, "Anywhere between 30
to 45 minutes I would guess. However given the fact that Claire's already
heightened abilities have been jump started by Cortez I would hazard to guess
she could already be halfway to New York City by now."
Cable nodded, knowing that Hank was right, he had scanned for her when the
alarm had first gone off but came up empty handed.
