Sarah followed Logan into the building, Scott had been able to open the door with no problems. It looked like a post office, and it was empty. On the back wall were rows and rows of small square boxes, and several tables were in the middle of the room. A large counter was on their left, though no one was in sight.

"Stay alert." Scott said softly. Logan rolled his eyes, but said nothing. On their right was a large steel door, and the was where Scott went first. He opened it quietly, listening for an alarm or footsteps. Then he looked in, and waved for the others to follow.

It was a small room, white and gray suites hanging all around the walls, and face masks on shelves above them. In one corner there was an open box of heavy metal clubs, and in a case there were hand-guns and ammunition. Sarah noticed when no one was looking angel slipped a gun into her pocket, winking at her.

"What're ya thinking?" she whispered. "I'm not gonna use it, jus for a bluff if need be. My wings ain't gonna scare'em." Sarah nodded as Scott pointed to two doors, also made of thick heavy metal.

"Logan, you and your group search that one. My group will take this door." He said, motioning Logan to go through the left door. The adults nodded at each other and then opened the doors. Sarah, Angel, and Glow said goodbye, wishing each other luck. Then Sarah and Glow followed Logan and Kurt, while Angel went with Storm and Scott.

Sarah and her group found themselves in a hallway, an open doorway at the end. They could just see the edge of a staircase slanting down to the left. Logan was in front, and he cautiously crept towards the stairway. Sarah was behind him, then Glow, and Kurt brought up the rear.

Logan reached the stairway and peered around the corner. Suddenly an extremely loud crack sounded, and Logan seemed to jump backwards. But a large red hole had appeared in his chest as he fell backwards. A large man appeared, a gun in his hand. He was grinning, and aimed it at the three in the hallway. But with a loud bamf Kurt disappeared and reappeared on top of the guy, kicking him in the stomach. The guy gasped and tried to spin around, but he tripped and fell on Sarah.

Then he went limp and fell on the floor, apparently asleep. Sarah looked down, her eyes wide and left-hand claws extended, covered in the man's blood.

"I, uh, oh shit." Sarah backed away from the man, Glow was just staring at him. Kurt smiled weakly.

"Are you alright?" he asked.

"Course she is," Logan grunted, sitting up and rubbing his chest, which was completely healed. A bullet lay on the floor beside him.

"I just- I mean" Sarah stammered. Logan got up and walked over to her, putting his hand on her shoulder.

"The first time's the hardest." He said. "But remember, it's you or them, and you have every right to defend yourself." Then he walked around the man on the floor and down the hall, vanishing down the steps. Kurt took one last look at the man and ushered the two after Logan.

They traveled down several flights of stairs, ignoring the couple of doors they saw on the way. Scott had told them that the children would probably be at the very bottom of the building, so they didn't waste time checking every room on the way.

Suddenly an alarm sounded, causing everyone to hold their ears. Up ahead they heard footsteps rushing down the stairs. Logan cursed.

"Damn, either they found the dead guy or One-eye tripped a switch." Sarah and Glow spun around, looking back at the stairway above them. They could hear shouts and guns being loaded. "Come on, girls, we gotta get out of here." Logan grabbed them and shoved them further down the stairs, ahead of him and Kurt. Glow already had an energy knife and a whip ready, and Sarah's claws, clean of blood, were ready.

The group ran down as fast as they could, but the footsteps behind them were growing louder, and they could hear what the men were saying if they listened hard enough. Then, ahead of them, they heard footsteps coming up the steps.

"Logan! There's someone ahead of us!" Sarah said.

"Quiet, get ready ter get used to killing, kid." He growled, and then pushed them forward again. Suddenly they saw a figure ahead, streaking up the steps. Glow raised her knife as Sarah prepared to leap forward, but the figure called out.

"No! Sarah, Glow! It's me!" To their amazement Angel grabbed them and pulled them downstairs. Logan and Kurt followed.

"How did you get here?" Kurt asked. Angel didn't answer, but kept running. Her wings were gone so she could get down the narrow steps. They had run down two more flights before the men caught up with them.

Logan and Kurt immediately spun around to face the men, taking them by surprise.

"Kid! You and your friends keep going. Angel, you better know your way back to Cyclops!" Logan shouted. Sarah, Glow, and Angel hesitated, but Logan yelled again as he took out a couple men. "GO!" he roared. Angel grabbed her friends again and they ran, hearing gunshots behind them gave them extra speed.

"This way," Angel said, pulling them through a door. She slammed it shut and turned to them. "We 'ave a problem." She said.

"No kidding," Glow grumbled. It was pitch black in the room, but Glow's weapons cast a yellowish light, so the three could see each other. Glow quickly made a ball of energy with a stick sticking out of it. She held it up high, so they could see a larger portion of the room. There was nothing, it seemed like an empty room.

"I lost Scott and Storm when we were jumped by the thugs." Angel said. She walked over to the far wall, followed by Sarah and Glow. There were three doors, mad eof wood instead of steel. Angel looked at them, then cursed.

"I came through one of these," she said. "But I'm not sure of the one. Was too damn dak in here ta tell."

"Then lets go through one of them," Glow said. "If you don't recognize the room, we go through another." Sarah nodded.

"Let's start on the right," she said, walking over to one of the doors she opened it. Suddenly Sarah felt like something grabbed her and started pulling her into the door. She cried out, but the force was too powerful, and it sucked her in. Glow dropped her energy light and everything went dark, though Sarah could hear her friends yelling. Suddenly she was tossed up into the air, and she landed on the floor hard, and didn't remember anything after that.

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