CHAP11

It was pitch black outside, and the fog was thick over the land like a blanket.

Aurora maneuvered her way over the sticks and stumps with her friends close behind.

The path was unfamiliar to her, since she had only traveled it once, but somehow she

knew it well. They had teleported to the church Kurt had found her in, and were now

following her to their destination. Maybe the rest of the X-men were slacking on bringing

the professor back, but they sure weren't. Images flashed through Aurora's mind. The

man she had maimed, the gunshot to the shoulder, stumbling into the church, being

rescued by Kurt..it all came flooding back to her. Kurt looked at her and tried to read

her expression. Her eyes seemed hollow, empty. Her once ocean blue eyes seemed to

have become a dull gray color.

"what?" she asked, noticing him staring.

"nothin'." He mumbled, and continued following her. The night air was cool, and

crisp. Rogue glanced over at Remy. She found herself really looking at him for the first

time. He looked over at her and smiled. She scowled at him and he turned away. She

smiled contently to herself.

"are we almost there, man? My legs are gettin' mad tired." Said Toad.

"I..I honestly don't know. I wish I did. I know I didn't travel too much farther

than this, though. Now listen up everyone. There WILL be guards, but if I got by them

alone, then we all can get past them. Rogue, you take out the two at the main doors once

we arrive. We'll go in after you. There are surveillance cameras, so we won't have much

time to get the professor and the others out."

"so we're just gonna grab Magneto and the professor and bounce, right?" asked

toad.

"no Toad. We're getting EVERYONE out. No matter what."

Meanwhile back at the institute, Logan began to get ready. He had told the

children to go to bed and then planned to find Xavier himself. He knew Aurora was right.

'Maybe if I just quietly get the directions from Aurora and sneak out

to find the professor, nobody else will wake up an' worry.' He thought to himself. He

walked to Rogue and Kitty's room in search of Aurora.

"GONE!! SHIT!!!" he exclaimed at sight of the empty room.

"those crazy kids..." he flew out of their room and into his to finish suiting up. He had to

find them, before they got themselves killed.

"there it is." Said Aurora pointing to the white building hidden in the back of the

woods. Aurora looked up to the purple sky that she had looked upon the last time she had

been near this place. She closed her eyes and shuddered.

"you okay, Chere?" asked Remy, tapping her shoulder.

"yeah, yeah of course." She wiped a tear from her eye. Kurt took her hand in his.

"it's going to be okay..I'll protect you.." He said, touching her pale face.

"alright, guys. What we have to do is get into the main laboratory. That's where

the main computer system is. All of you take care of the guards while Kurt and I hack

into the system and open all the cells. Then you all have to get the prisoners out. Okay?"

she looked into all of their eyes. They were ready.

"let's go."