Sarah felt like she had been struck by lightning. Electricity ripped through her metal bone frame, treating her like a lightning rod. She jumped up, claws extended, and yelled as one last bolt made her jump forward.

"Zat was interesting." Said a voice behind her. She spun around to see a young girl, no more than twelve, smiling behind her. She had long black hair with a bright yellow steak in it, and one of her fingers was hovering above the spot Sarah had been before.

"Who the hell are you?" Sarah asked, completely taken aback.

"My name is Shock." The girl said, smiling. She had a French accent which was clearly real, not a fake accent you could get if you went to France for a year and tried to talk like the people there. "You a Sarah, no?" Sarah gaped at her.

"How'd you know my name?"

"I told her, duh." Another girl, brown haired girl came up behind her, and Sarah realized there were about ten or twelve children in the room. These were obviously the kidnapped mutants the X Men had been sent to rescue, but with none of the older X Men around Sarah had no idea what to do.

"Where are Angel and Glow?" Sarah asked, looking around. They were in a large room with stone walls and no windows or doors. The ceiling was high and appeared to have no panels or ways to get in, and Sarah wondered how she got in the room at all.

"Your friends?" Shock looked scared. "Zey were not here an hour before zey were called to ze labs."

"The labs? What are the labs?" Sarah asked. The brown haired girl who was obviously a mind reader answered.

"We have no idea. My name is Lydia, nice ta meet ya." She looked the same age as Shock, though she sounded older, slightly more mature than her friend. Sarah noticed the other children were starring at her, keeping their distance from her and the two girls. Lydia nodded sadly. "They have been to the labs, but I still can't get a hold of one of their thoughts long enough to read it. They don't talk either."

"At all. Zey don't even look at us anymore." Shock agreed. Unlike Lydia she seemed angry with the other children, glaring at them as if it was their fault they were so withdrawn. Sarah suddenly felt a chill run down her spine, and turning away from the children she grabbed Lydia.

"Where are the labs?" she demanded. Lydia looked at her calmly.

"Don't know. Ya can't get outa here anyway, so it doesn't matter." But Shock seemed to perk up at that.

"Not true!" she cried, grabbing Sarah she pulled her over to one wall, which seemed to be a bit different form the others. It still looked like stone, but Sarah could see a faint line in the shape of a doorway in the stone. Shock suddenly kicked a small stone, which slid back a little bit. Sarah suddenly saw a little control panel where the stone had slipped away.

"I can't touch it," Shock said. "I might blow it up wiz my shocks. But maybe you can, no?" Sarah nodded and bent down, picking up the small panel. It wasn't connected to anything, but as soon as Sarah lifted it up they all heard a loud alarm go off. Sarah immediately put the small box back, but the alarm continued to sound.

Then, to Sarah's bewilderment, the outline of the door started to glow. Suddenly the stone inside seemed to just disappear, and a bunch of burly men in black suits rushed in. Sarah growled and flung herself at one, driving her claws deep into his chest.

The man didn't flinch nor bleed, and Sarah stared at him in amazement.

"They're healers, like you. Ya can't hurt'em!" Lydia called. Just then one walked forward and grabbed her, another catching Shock as she tried to get away. Once the men got them both girls seemed to give up, having seen many kids struggle in vain before being hauled away. Sarah stabbed at them again and again, but their wounds only healed, and she was ignored.

Finally Sarah swung at one man, taking his head clean off. The body fell instantly, and it seemed to make her presence known. Two men instantly grabbed at her, but Sarah dodged and evaded them. Then they seemed to forget about the two girls, and as Sarah ran to the other end of the prison the men followed her, leaving Lydia and Glow alone.

"Get out of here!" Sarah bellowed, dodging another man and taking his head off. She had killed two, and was on the run from at least eight more. She caught a glimpse of the terrified girls running out the door before her view was blocked by on of the bigger men.

Sarah found herself in a corner, and before she could react one pulled out a large needle, stabbing it into her arm. Though she ripped it out, the room suddenly became foggy, and she was unable to resist as two men grabbed her arms and a third picking up her legs, carrying her out of the room.

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Well, hoped y'all liked the chapter, I'll probably post another soon. Please review, thanks to those who already have, a whole bunch of you. I feel so great when I get another review, and it makes me eager to finish the next chapter and see whatcha think of it.