Welcome to the next chapter of 'Revenge'. I hope you like it. Please r/r!

Disclaimer: yeah, yeah, yeah, I don't own this, I don't own that. The only things I own are Vapor and Darkside… **cough** and Wolverine… **disclaimer holds gun against head** Ok, I don't own Wolverine either… damn. Can't I just own Hugh Jackman without the claws? **Disclaimer tightens gun** I'll take that as a no.

Enjoy.

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"Did you manage?" Ben Stryker looked up as Darkside entered the corridor. She shook her head.

"Trust me to pick the one that can turn me into a living ice sculpture." She sighed, flicking her hair out of her pretty face. Ben rolled his eyes and turned back to the circular shaped door. The bright lights of the corridor shone into Darkside's eyes and she squinted to see what Ben was doing. He was bent in front of the door, looking at a light blue crystal set into the heart of it. "What are you doing?"

"I'm trying to figure out how to open the damn door, what does it look like?" He snapped, prodding the crystal.

"What's behind it?"

"Cerebro."

"What's a Cerebro?" Darkside bent down beside him.

"It's a machine, connected to the brain waves of every mutant and human being on the planet."

"Can't we just hide from it?"

"No, duh. Even if we found a place to hide, Xavier and that egghead of his would be able to track us down. If I can find a way to destroy it, we could hide right under his nose, and he'd never find us." Ben sighed and stood up. "Stand back." Darkside stepped back as Ben pulled out a small black gun, holding it up to the lock. A bolt of black lightning crackled from the end, blowing the jewel out of its place. The doors hissed and opened slowly.

"Nice move…" Darkside grinned. The room beyond the door was huge and dome shaped, with a long thin platform leading down to a small table. On the table was a headset with tubes snaking into the small table. Lights lit the sides of the platform line a runway. "Wow…" Darkside followed Ben down the platform, their footsteps echoing off the vast, paneled walls. When she looked down from the platform, she couldn't even see the bottom.

Ben held the lightning gun up again, sending a wave of charged electricity towards the helmet, blasting the wires off the it. The helmet itself stayed relatively unscathed. He picked it up. "Let's just take this." He tossed the helmet into the air and caught it. "He can't exactly plug himself into those wires."

Darkside wrinkled her nose. "He could have picked a more groovy headset."

Neither of the villains saw the black cat slink around the door. It looked up at them accusingly, its dark green eyes narrowed. With a flick of the tail, it hid behind the doorframe as the dynamic duo left Cerebro, the doors sliding shut behind them.

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"What happened to me?" Scott Summers opened his eyes, the dark glasses once again covering them. "I feel like I got hit by lightning."

"You did." Logan shrugged. Scott looked up at him, frowning. "What you giving me the evil eye for? Its true."

"It is true, Scott." Ororo Munroe, better known as Storm, checked over Scott's burn marks again. "Did you see who did this to you?"

"It looked like a ghost." Scott rubbed his head. "It was a boy, but I could see through him. I tried to hit him but it was like hitting air."

"So it was this Vapor guy then?" Logan glanced at Storm. She brushed her long white hair off her shoulders.

"By the looks of it. But Bobby said that his attacker was a female."

"Its all the same with these new bad guys. They always come with an evil sidekick." Logan snorted, turning away to look at Scott's X-ray's. "Damn, he never broke a bone."

"Well, I don't know who this girl is, but I think we should never go anywhere alone from now on. You pee, I pee, got it?"

"Got it. But don't make me go with him." Logan nodded at Scott who scowled back.

"No one could fit in the same room as you with the size of your attitude problem." He hissed. Logan furiously ripped off one of the wires that were stuck to Scott's bare chest. Scott yelped.

"Stop it, both of you." Storm put her hand lightly on Scott's shoulder, sticking the wire back to his chest. "We need to work together. Can't you just put your differences aside for two minutes?"

"Hmmm… maybe one minute." Scott turned away from him, which was fine by Logan. The medical unit door opened and Bobby, Rogue and Professor Xavier joined them, Bobby holding Rogue's gloved hand.

"They've trashed Cerebro." Rogue said immediately, worry lines creasing her face. Bobby squeezed her hand.

"They can't get far." He replied reassuringly. "They obviously don't know the professor's power."

The black cat appeared, creeping into the room. She looked up at them all with her unblinking oval eyes.

"Ah, Josie." Xavier smiled at the cat. "Did you find them."

"They went towards the lift, but I'm afraid there was no way I could follow them in without them seeing me." The cat replied. Logan blinked at it.

"You can talk?" He asked quizzically. "What kind of mutant cat are you?"

"I'm a student." The cat's answered as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.

"What's your name? Pussycat Whilom?"

"For your information, you overgrown dog, its Josie." The Josie cat turned on her heel, tail in the air. Scott grinned.

"I like her." He ignored Logan's stony glare. "'Overgrown dog'… I can use that."

"As I was saying to Logan and Scott, we need to stay together from now on." Storm spoke up. "Are the rest of the students safe?"

"Yes, I told them to go down to the shelter on the ground floor." Xavier nodded. "They'll be safe there."

Logan looked around him. "Hey, where's the blue guy?" He asked.

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Kurt Wagner opened another oak door, peering through the crack.

'How typical,' he thought, 'I shut my eyes vor ten minuten and zhe next zhing I know I can't find zhe others.'

He shut the door and teleported to the next one in a puff of blue wispy smoke then looked down the corridor at the remaining doors he was yet to try. There must have been about 20 on that corridor alone. He sighed heavily and went to open the door. But his hand hit against something. He frowned, his yellow eyes blinking in confusion. Then a pair of dark brown eyes appeared in front of his own. He yelped, moving backwards as Darkside melted into view. Kurt took a step away from her and hit into something solid. He turned around and a hand clenched around his neck. He coughed and choked as Ben gripped Kurt's throat tighter, holding him nose to nose.

"You could have saved him." Ben hissed, looking into the terrified Nightcrawler's eyes. "You saved Xavier. You saved Storm. But you didn't save Jason." Nightcrawler tried to teleport himself, but he couldn't get enough energy as Ben was cutting off his air supply. Ben glanced up and down the hall, grinning. "And now, who's gonna save you?"

"Me." Ben turned his head, only to be met by a fist in the nose. He yelled and let go of Kurt, who rubbed his neck and teleported a safer distance away. Ben snapped his head up, holding his nose. Logan glared back at him, the blades sliding out from each hand again. Ben's eyes turned the most vivid red he had ever seen.

"You…" Ben whispered, his eyes flashing as he stood up. "From the dream…"

"I don't know what the hell you're talking about, kid." Logan held the blades up. "So I'll just kick your ass."

He lunged out, ready to plunge the knifes into any part of Ben he could manage… but he traveled right through him. He spun around. Ben's body had turned completely white and Logan could see through him to the surprised Nightcrawler hiding behind a bookcase behind him. Only Ben's eyes remained red, burning with hatred. "Oh, so now I see why they call you Vapor."

Vapor held up a small gun, pressing it against Logan's head. That too had turned white and transparent. But as he pulled the trigger, sending out a bullet of electricity, Logan ducked, taking another swipe with the blades.

"Don't you people ever learn?" Vapor asked mockingly as they passed through him. "Or have all those bumps to the head damaged the little brain power you had?" He lashed out, punching Logan on the jaw. Logan didn't even have time to move as Vapor delivered a fury of attacks. Nightcrawler stared forwards but an invisible foot kicked him back, smashing him into the bookcase he was hiding behind. Books cascaded down onto his head.

A spinning kick to the stomach sent Logan sailing through a pair of glass doors, showering him with sharp shards. Vapor walked forward ready to finish the job, but his shoulder hit a jagged piece of glass that still hung in the doorframe. He jerked as if he'd been shot and a long line of blood trailed across his shoulder.

"Can't walk through glass, huh?" Logan asked, grabbing the biggest shard he could find. "Ooo… I think I just found your weakness, pal." Vapor backed away, then fled through the opposite wall. Logan shook his head. "Why do the always run?" He turned to Kurt who stood looking slightly guilty. "Thanks for the help."

"Sorry…" Kurt twisted his tail in his hands guiltily. Something hit him in the back, sending him reeling forwards onto Logan.

"What the hell's going on?" Logan pushed him off.

"Vapor came viz a girl." Nightcrawler glanced around him. "She must be a chameleon."

Darkside appeared suddenly, punched Logan in the side of the head and camouflaged again, giggling.

"I can see that." Logan answered, the blades shooting out. His ears pricked up and he sniffed the air.

"Vat are you-"

"- Shh…" Logan held up a claw for silence. He stood statue still, sniffing the air again. Then he spun around and thrust his blades towards a wall. They plunged into something solid. Darkside screamed in pain and appeared, her body turning a variety of different colors and patterns. Logan pulled the blades out of her stomach and she collapsed onto the floor, blood soaking through her jumper. Kurt knelt beside her, pressing his fingers to her neck.

"She still alive." His still looked shocked that Logan had known where she was. Logan picked her up, slinging her over his shoulder. Kurt winced, actually looking sorry for her.

"Don't get too attached, Kurt." Logan shook his head. His blades returned into his skin, the gashes healing instantly. "Come on, we'd better get her to the doc. Maybe she can help us find this Vapor guy."

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Ta-daa! Ooo, I liked that chapter, even if I say so myself. Hope you did to.

Josie Cat was modeled off Hyperly Mad, a close friend of mine and the best CC/S writer ever. She's obviously not really a cat.

I hope Vapor and Darky aren't too Mary Sue. I tried to give them big weaknesses so they're not perfect. The people they are modeled off are perfect though ^^

Thanks so much to the people who reviewed. I really appreciate it. Its people like you who make writing fics worth all the writers block and broken nails I get from my damn keyboard…

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Taz