CHAPTER 8

            Pirate had gone to bed at eight. She was completely wiped out. She was really excited too because she got to room with rogue who's room was next to Logan's. However, when 12:00a.m. rolled around, Pirate found herself wide awake. "Darn you Richard!" she cursed. She was so used to having to help him to bed that she woke up at 12:00 automatically. Well, she could always go down to the kitchen!

            When she entered the kitchen, she had expected to be the only one up at this ungodly hour. She was pleasantly surprised, however, to find Logan sitting at the table staring out into space. "Nightmares again?" she asked. "Yup. Geez! How much do you know about me?"

"You'd be surprised." She replied mysteriously.

"So what's keepin' you up?" Logan asked.

"It's a long story." She sighed.

"We're gonna be up a long time."

            Pirate gave in and explained to him how she had met Richard and how he "abused" her. When she was finished all Logan could do was say "I'm sorry."

"Don't worry about it." she reassured him. "But there's something important I need to talk to you about."

"Shoot." Logan said.

"Did the Professor tell you about my dream?" Logan nodded. "Ok, well did he tell you who the 'secret army' is being led by?" Logan shook his head. "It's being led by a man named William Stryker. Does that name ring a bell?" Logan furrowed his brows in concentration, trying to conjure up some memories. "Yeah, it does, but I can't remember who he is."

"Well, let's just say you and I want revenge on the same guy." Pirate hinted.

"What do you mean?" Logan asked bewildered.

William Stryker is the man who sent men to kidnap me. Those men ended up killing the closest thing I ever had to a mother. William Stryker is also an expert at welding adamantium." Logan's eyes widened. "He gave you the skeleton and claws." Pirate finished. Logan couldn't believe it. This Stryker guy was going to pay.

            Pirate thought Logan had gone into shock or something because he wasn't moving, just kind-of staring. But then he gave her his little smirk that she knew so well. "I say it's time this Stryker guy got one serious but whooping… X-men Style."

"Sounds good to me!" Pirate agreed and they went to tell the team and the Professor.