It's a shame really, that I must repeat a disclaimer..... so I'm. Either get the hint from the past chapters or get some meds for short term memory loss. Not an insult to people who read my fics and like em, just the stupid corporate money monkeys that might wanna sue me. Plus, to add injury to insult over my Brotherhood withdrawls, This Saturday will finally be a episode featuring the Brotherhood, and Pietro's sister the Scarlet Witch, and I'm going to be away for the weekend at a wedding, where I'll be the only teen present..... *bangs head against the wall till he passes out*

Todd stared up at the ceiling of the spare room he and Fred were sharing for the night. He couldn't help but wonder why things had to happen like they did. It seemed like less than an hour ago, he and Fred were looking for supplies to build a shaving cream balloon launcher to use on the X-Men, and now they were sleeping in the X-Men's Mansion, while two of their members were struggling to hold onto life. Todd cursed Mystique and Magneto for entering their lives, though in Pietro's case, that had been unavoidable. The small teen struggled hard to hold back his tears. Just when he had gained a second family, another chance, here he was losing them again. Except, it wasn't quick and painless like the car crash that had killed his parents. From what he had managed to understand, his friends weren't just dieing, they were facing a fate worse than death. Todd thought of the monsters he faced down in the basement. They were just like the monsters that came to him in his sleep. His secret demons, of the pain and torment of his past, coming back and attacking him. Except these demons weren't only in his head, they were real, and they were hurting his friends. And deep down, it was his fault. He found the box, he called out for all his friends to come and see.... and now they're dieing. With that final thought, Todd could no longer hold back tears, and started to sob.

Fred was heavy in most things, but tonight, he was not a heavy sleeper. He trying to comprehend just what was happening. The very thought that this was nothing more than a bad dream was over powering, his brain refusing to let the truth of the matter enter. He was just about to fall asleep, when he heard Todd. He knew the smaller teen was crying. Fred wanted to go and try to comfort and cheer up his friend, but that just doesn't happen. All his life, he was taught that only the strongest win. Showing compassion and kindness were signs of weakness. Fred refused to think of himself as weak. He continued to lay there, his back to Todd, listening to the choking sobs of the poor boy. Fred thought of all the times he and Todd had teamed up, not only in battle, but to pull pranks on anyone they could find. They had been a good team. They were great friends. Friends.... the very thought of the word brought the Blob's thoughts to his two other friends down in the lab, dieing. He thought of how he had been powerless to save them, too weak to stop all the bad things. Then he thought of what life would be like if the same things happened to Lance and Todd. The very thought sent a chill right down his spine. With a heavy sigh, Fred sat up. He looked across the dark room, at the now huddled form of Todd, hugging his knees to his chest in a corner, crying. He got up and moved over to Todd, kneeling on one knee. "What's wrong buddy?" he asked, trying to sound tough, but still nice. Todd wiped his eyes, not looking at Fred. "Oh hey. Sorry man. Pathetic of me to cry huh?" he mumbled. Fred shrugged. "Not really, some real scary stuff happening. You afraid?" Todd shook his head. "Not of dieing no. Just, thinking. If I had just kept my big mouth shut, none of this would of happened," he choked. Fred looked at him confused. "What do you mean?" Todd looked up at Fred with wide, bloodshot eyes. "You know what I mean man. It's all my fault this all happened. Pietro and Tabitha are dieing because of my, yo. I found the stupid box, and now everyone is paying for my stupidity. Makes me wish I had died in that car crash with my parents," he sobbed, grabbing his knees tightly. Fred looked at his friend, shocked. "You can't really believe that man. This isn't your fault. It's that Umbrella company's fault, and Magneto and Mystique. Those two screwed with us enough, and trust me little buddy, you, me, Lance, and even Pietro and Tabitha are gonna hunt down them all, and make them pay. Nobody messes with the Brotherhood. We're a team, we're a family, we're friends. I may not the smartest little buddy, but trust me, I know we're gonna be ok," said Fred, placing a large hand on Todd's shoulder. Todd looked up again, smiling a little, sniffling. "Your right man. When we find those guys, we're gonna go mid-evil on their asses yo," he said. Fred nodded, and stood up. "No point in sleeping. Might as well go see how things are with the others. You wanna come?" asked Fred, already walking towards the door. Todd shook his head. "Nah man, I'm sorta bushed, and well, let's just say I'm not in a good shape to go walking in front of the X-Geeks." Fred shrugged, opened the door, and left. The door was left ajar just slightly, enough so Todd had some light, and could see a little bit of the hallway. He sighed, and went back to his sleeping bag on the floor. The small teen got in, and curled up, his back to the door. He had just closed his eyes, starting to doze off, when a shadow blocked the light from the door. Dark red eyes stared into the room, at the small form on the floor. A dark green clawed hand entered through the crack of the door, opening it slightly, very quietly, and the dark figure slipped into the room, it's breath hissing a little, as it closed the door.

Kitty snuck out of her room, trying not to wake Rogue. Risty was no where's to be found. Kitty shrugged, figuring she just went to the bathroom. She secretly hopped Kurt or Mr. McCoy weren't wandering the halls. The young teen girl had just slipped through the door, and closed it quietly, when she turned and bumped into something. She fell down, letting out a small shout, covering her face. "Whoa, I know I'm not the greatest looking guy, but no reason to scream," grunted a voice. Kitty looked up, seeing Fred standing there. She let out a frustrated sigh. "What are you doing Blob? You scared me half to death." Fred shrugged. "I was going to check in on Lance and the others. Make sure things are ok. What are you doing out?" he asked, getting a slight smirk. Kitty got up and crossed her arms, turning her back to Blob. "None of your business. You're a guest here, you have no right to ask what I'm doing in my own home." Fred chuckled and was about to give a comeback, when the sound of shattering glass filled the mansion. "What the heck?" yelled Fred, running to the stairs, towards the sound, with Kitty following him close behind. When they reached the top of the stairs, what they saw turned them both pale. The whole lobby was filling up with zombies. The number was nearly countless. "How'd they get past the security?" screamed Kitty. Her eyes filled with fear as a huge dog leapt from the wriggling mass of undead bodies, lunging right for her. She closed her eyes, waiting for the painful bite, but it never came. The next thing she heard was the found of something getting hit very hard, and the death yelp of the dog. She opened her eyes to find Fred standing in front of her. His hand was covered in the dog's blood. He had back hand the mutt across the room. "Quick run!" he yelled, pushing her toward the hallways. Kitty turned quickly, and bumped into something once more. Though, this time it wasn't something as friendly as Fred. She looked on in horror into the dark red eyes of some weird lizard creature, that just had to be the hunter that Chris had told the group about. The creature hissed, revealing a mouth filled with very sharp teeth. The Hunter then grabbed Kitty by the arms, it's claws pinching into her skin, and it opened its maw, leaning forward, about to consume her head. She closed her eyes and screamed. "Oh no you don't," yelled Fred, as he used both of his mighty hands to hold open the creatures mouth. The teeth were unable to puncture his impervious skin. The creature hissed madly, releasing Kitty, and gripping onto Fred's hands with it's claws, it's sharp clawed feet kicking at his stomach, only resulting in his overall's getting shredded. Fred grunted, and use his full strength on the creature's jaw. The next sound was a high pitched howl, and a sickening crack. The body of the Hunter crumbled on the floor, it upped jaw hanging loosely to the side. Fred and snapped it's jaw clear in half. The creature's blood poured freely from it wound.

"We need to get out of here," yelled Fred. Kitty shook her head. "No, we gotta warn the others. The security isn't on, and odds are everyone is still asleep and sitting ducks. I'm gonna phase through the walls and warn everyone. You better go get Todd," yelled Kitty, disappearing through the wall of the hallway before Fred could protest. The large teen looked down on the body of the Hunter, then at the mob of zombies filling the lobby, and making it's way up the stairs. He quickly charged down the hallway. He got to the doorway of the room he and Todd were in, and turned the knob. It was stuck. He kept trying, but the door wouldn't budge. Out of frustration he growled, and threw his weight against the wooden door, breaking it down. The next thing he knew, something with very red eyes was launching itself at him. He felt the impact of the creature on him, the force was enough to knock him off his feet, crashing into the opposite wall. The monster howled and leapt into the air, landing onto the large boy, slashing it's claws at him wildly. The creature was in a frenzy, the death cry of it's companion obviously having scared it. Fred gritted his teeth, trying to get a hold of the vicious monster, when there was a flash of motion beyond it, and then a loud crunch. The Hunter fell dead onto of Fred, it's skull caved in. Kitty stood there, holding a bronze statue. "Oh my god, are you ok?" she asked, her eyes opened wide. Fred nodded, then quickly got up rushing into the room. "Todd! Where are you man?!" he yelled searching the room. It was torn apart. The windows were shattered. Kitty ran to the window, but saw nothing on the ground, but hundreds of zombies. "Where the heck are all these things coming from," she cried, turning to Fred, who was on his knees. In his large hand was a very tiny object. It was Todd's studded leather bracelet. He never took it off. It had been ripped off, and there as a light trace of blood on it. Fred just stared at the little object, tears filling his eyes. "I should of stayed.... he was too small," he muttered. Kitty tugged on his arm. "Fred, snap out of it. Todd probably got out, but even if he didn't, I really don't think he'd want you to stay here and die," she screamed. Fred leapt to his feet, letting out a loud earth shattering scream. "MAGNETO YOU GOD DAMN BASTARD! I'M GONNA RIP EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THIS CREATURES APART, THEN I'M GONNA DO THE SAME TO YOU!" he screamed, and raced out of the room. Kitty chased after him. The hallway was already filling with zombie's and zombie dogs. Fred merely yelled, running down the hallway, crushing anything that got in his way. Kitty ran behind him, jumping over the crushed bodies of the zombies and dogs, still moaning and kicking with their broken limbs, the sickening cracks and crunches filling her eyes. Fred had just reached the end of the hallway, when something grabbed the side of his face. There was sudden rush of feeling, and the world became nothing but darkness for him.

Professor Xavier was in the lab with Hank and Lance. Forge was studying the virus samples. Suddenly, a sudden feeling of fear overwhelmed the Professor. He instantly sent out a mind probe, and saw Kitty and Fred fighting the zombies. "Beast, collect everything you can, we have to leave. The zombies have made it into the complex," he ordered. Lance jumped to his feet. "What? How did any of those things make it past your security?" he yelled. "I don't know. We don't have time to find that out," yelled the Professor. Forge and Beast quickly grabbed a mini lap top, and stored the samples in a briefcase. Professor X took the burdens from them, holding them on his lap. Beast then moved to the tables where Pietro and Tabitha lay. He took them both in his arms. Forge had just opened the doors, when a large Hunter lunged forward. Forge barely had time to dodge, but luckily the Professor was ready. He used the full force of his mental powers, and used it to overload the creatures brain, causing the back of it's head to explode, dropping the monster dead instantly. "Head for the docking bay of the X-Jet, It's the only way out," yelled Xavier, as he sent the same message out to all of the students in the building. The older man didn't know how many creatures were in the building, but could only hope his pupils were trained enough to escape this horror.

Roberto and Amara had just gotten the message and rushed into the hallway. The last thing Amara saw was a pair of clawed hands. The Hunter's razor sharp nails ripped open the young girl's face, knocking her back on top of Roberto. Her eyes were worthless, and she sobbed out in pain, trying to crawl away from her attacker. Her motions merely pinned down Roberto, how was trying to move out of the way. Out of desperation, Amara turned her full body into extremely heated flames. Unfortunately, this was unexpected to Roberto, who was unable to use his powers to save himself from the flames, and was given severe third degree burns all over the front of his body. With all his strength, he kicked the young girl off of her, only to turn to see the Hunter leap high in the air, and slash down with it's claws, ripping the young boy's head clear off his body, sending his body crumpling to the floor, lifeless. Amara was still engulfed in her own flames, and was tossing fireballs blindly. The hallway was quickly filled with fire. The Hunter screamed in pain, the flames scorching it's hide. The poor girl was unable to keep up with the assault, the pain and blood loss too great, and she soon was unable to remain protected by fire. She fell to her knees, and awaited death, crying openly. The injured monster hissed and leapt upon her, using its claws to rip her open savagely, sending her blood and flesh sizzling into the flames. The monster had just started to feast on it's kill, when the roof collapsed from the flames, crushing the monster to death.

Sam, Ray, and Jubilee were running down the corridors, with Ray using his powers to fry every zombie and dog that came into their path. Though, just as they turned a sharp corner, they came ran into Fred, literally. The large teen's body filled the hallway. "What the hell?" cursed Ray, charge up, ready to fry the boy to ashes so he could pass. "Ray don't!" yelled Kitty. She and Rogue stood there. "He's out cold, Rogue here jumped him," muttered Kitty. Rogue put her hands on her hips, glaring at Kitty. "Like it's my fault. There are all these freaky monsters in the hallway. It was an accident." Ray shook his head angrily. "Well, why are we standing here? Let's get to the X-Jet!" Kitty stood in front of him. "We can't just leave him here," she yelled. Ray pushed her aside, running forward. "It's him or us," he yelled, turning back, which was a big mistake. Out of an open door way, a zombie lurched out, reaching for the teen boy. Ray shouted, and used his powers to fry the monster, but was too late, and only ended up having the body fall on him, sending both of them tumbling down the stairs, right into the mass of zombies. Ray tried to get up and run, but was instantly seized by the hands of the undead attackers, dragging him down, using their teeth to rip the flesh from his arms, neck, and sides. His screams of pain echoed up to the other members of the X-men, sending chills deep into their souls. It was just then that Fred sat up, holding his head. "Oh man, what hit me..." he grumbled. Kitty and Sam helped him to his feet. "No time to explain, we gotta go!" she yelled. Just then, the wall behind them opened up. All the teens turned and yelled, and the young Jamie, jumped back, screaming. "Oh man, Jamie, you scared the shit outta of us man," moaned Sam. The young boy stood there trembling. "You guys did the same. Come on though, I found these secret passages. We can escape!" exclaimed the young boy. The other teens nodded and joined the young boy in the passage, with secret door closing behind them, their last chance to survive.