A/N: I had a wonderfully written story saved on this computer and then it got deleted. BY ME! Actually the chapter I had written beforehand was total crap so I deleted the whole thing and decided to start over. I would have posted the crap chapter but ff.net wasn't working on my computer for some time and then I reread the chapter and realized that it sucked. So, I hope you like this one!

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Logan flew the X-jet with ease. He found it a lot more peaceful to be by himself because usually there was a lot of commotion and he didn't have time to concentrate. Just then, he heard the common sound of a girl sneezing.

"Jesus!" Rogue whispered. Kitty still felt the force of her anger through the whisper.

"I'm sorry!" She replied quietly. "Something about the dust back here makes me sneeze."

Logan put the X-jet in auto pilot and began to walk slowly back toward the storage area of the X-jet. He unsheathed his claws and gave the air a quick sniff.

"Did you hear that?!" Amara cried. "He's gonna kill us!" The X-kids in the back pushed frantically away from the door.

Logan shrank his claws back into his skin. He recognized the scent of Kitty, then Rogue. He couldn't believe they snuck back there. He opened the storage door and looked inside. There was no one in sight.

"Aww Jesus," he said to himself. "I don't got time for this. I know you're all back here." He heard someone curse to themselves and Rogue emerged from behind a box.

"This was all Kitty's idea," said Rogue. "She dragged me." Amara, Ray, Lance, and Kitty emerged from hiding as well.

"Half-pint dragged you?" He said. "All of you?"

"Uh . . . yeah," replied Lance. Logan burst into a laugh that angered Kitty.

"Why is it funny?" She asked. "Just because you think I'm weak?"

"No," said Logan. "Anyway, you all are going to have to come with me then."

"We're not in trouble?" Amara asked.

"Oh yes you are, wait until we get back to the mansion," replied Logan. Angry glares were pointed in Kitty's direction. They all knew what was in store for them back at the mansion. A grueling Danger Room session with Logan was going to take place. They all sat down in the X-jet and Logan explained to them about The Black Manifesto.

"They're just some group of rebellious teenagers with a leader who's a little bit more powerful. You leave me to him," said Logan.

"So it's like the brotherhood?" Rogue asked. "No offense Lance." Lance rolled his eyes which caused a giggle to escape Kitty. Logan nodded and realized that they were close to their destination. He landed the blackbird and the X-men filed out. Logan split the team up with Ray and Rogue coming with him, and Kitty, Lance, and Amara going to free the captured.

Their 'base' was an abandoned building in desperate need of repair. The X-men walked into a big empty room. They did a quick search and found no door, no stairs, nothing.

"Are you sure this is the right place?" Lance said.

"Yeah, I'm sure," replied Logan. "Half-pint!"

"Yeah?" Kitty called.

"Check to see if there is anything below us," He ordered. Kitty nodded and phased through the floor. Kitty landed in an empty hallway. She was a bit confused about the entrance into this hallway. There was just a thick layer of concrete between the hallway and the room above. Kitty decided to do a little exploring. She walked down one end of the hall and found some stairs leading up. She looked up the stairs and saw that they led up into the ceiling. She walked up and when she didn't fit, she phased up through the ceiling. She ended up back in the room.

"Find anything?" Rogue asked.

"It seems that there were stairs leading down here but they were closed off by concrete," she explained.

"I could break through it," Lance smirked. He rolled his eyes to the back of his head but Kitty stopped him.

"No! It would be too noisy," she said. "I can phase everyone through." Lance nodded reluctantly and Kitty had everyone grab onto her. She phased them all through the ground and they ended up in the same hallway Kitty was just in. Logan told them to follow him and they did. They eventually reached a fork in the road and Logan stopped them.

"According to this map," he said with it in his hands. "The captured are to the left and Ogun's 'lair' is to the right." Kitty, Lance, and Amara went left while Logan, Rogue, and Ray went right.

"Damn!" Ogun cursed. Roulette and Ramrod looked startled.

"What is it?" Roulette asked, combing her blond hair back.

"They've got in," he said. He looked through the video monitor and saw a brown-haired girl phase through the ground. He let his mouth curve into an evil smile.

"What are you thinking about?" Ramrod asked. Ogun looked up at him.

"I've got an idea." He said. "Rhapsody, Beef, and Stinger, you take care of the three heading toward the captured. I want the Caucasian girl with the brown hair, you can release the captured kids, I've got something better to be planned." He laughed a wicked laugh. He sent Ramrod, Roulette, and Ruckus after the rest.

Kitty opened her eyes in horror. She realized that the whole place was rigged with traps. Lance screamed in agony as one of the projectiles from the wall punctured his uniform and leg. He rolled his eyes to the back of his head and sent a rather large tremor throughout the hall. The trap was disabled. Kitty ran up to Lance and helped him up.

"Can you walk?" She asked.

"Not really," he said. Kitty helped the injured mutant continue on.

"Amara, I want you to stand guard," Kitty ordered. "If anyone comes around, I need you to protect us." Amara nodded nervously, unsure if she was able to perform such a task.

Rogue lost her balance when Lance's tremor took place. The slight discombobulation triggered a set of traps in front of them. Blades began to erupt from unnoticed slats in the wall. Rogue leaped out of the way from a blade heading her direction. Logan threw out his claws and began slicing blades that were a threat. Rogue and Ray ran through, dodging the blades as they came around. An unsuspecting blade came down and sliced Rogue's arm. She let out a yelp of pain that caused Ray to grab her. He managed to get through with her in his arms. She got up to her feet and winced at the pain.

"Thanks.." She said.

"No problem." Ray replied. Rogue held her wound to try and stop the blood loss. Logan finished his slicing and growled.

"I should have known," he growled. "A place like this. It was obvious that it was rigged."

Kitty was helping Lance walk on his good leg. He stopped her and then tried walking by himself. Surprisingly, he was able to walk with a limp.

"This is all my fault," Kitty said. "I'm so sorry I dragged you and Amara into this." She sat down next to the wall and buried her face into her knees.

"Kitty," said Lance. "It's ok. It's not your fault. You had no idea that this place was going to have traps." He gave her a hug and she threw herself onto him.

"Uhh.. Guys?" Amara called. "I'm sorry to interrupt this romantic moment but we have company." Amara let out a scream as she was struck by a yellow blast. Kitty got up fast to aid her hit team member. Another yellow blast was emitted from a girl who looked like she fell out of the eighties. Kitty phased through it. Two other people came from the shadows in the hall. A muscled blond male and woman with light blue skin and blue hair.

"I'm Stinger," said the girl from the eighties. "This is Beef," she pointed to the blond male, "and this is Rhapsody," she pointed to the woman. Lance let out a little laugh.

"Beef," he snickered. This angered Beef. He clutched his fist and ran toward Lance. Lance used his power and Beef lost his balance. Stinger shook her head in shame.

"You are such an idiot," said Stinger. "I'll do it then." She shoved her hands forward and they began to glow a bright yellow. She unleashed her bio-electric blast at Lance. It struck Lance and he let out a yelp. Amara got up holding the spot where she got hit. Rhapsody began to sing a melody and Kitty was caught. She was dazed and began to hallucinate. Amara quickly fired up and threw a fire ball at Rhapsody. Her singing stopped abruptly when she was hit. She slammed into the wall and slumped into a crouch. She was unconscious. Stinger hit Amara again with a blast and Amara screamed. She flew and was knocked unconscious right by Lance. Kitty tackled Stinger to the ground. Lance used his power and caused the ceiling to crack. Kitty noticed this and gave Stinger a sweet smile.

"See ya!" Kitty said. Kitty launched herself off of Stinger and phased through the falling rubble. The rubble fell on Stinger and she was out. Kitty turned around to face Lance but met Beef instead. He raised his hand and smacked Kitty down the hall. Beef picked up Stinger and Rhapsody and went away from Lance and Amara. Lance tried to move to go after them but a pain shot up through his leg. He was aching all over from Stinger's blast. He turned his attention to the unconscious Amara. Her eyelashes fluttered and she was slowly coming to.

"What happened?" She managed to ask.

"They took Kitty!" He cried. Amara was wide awake now.

"They did what!?" She said shocked. She got up and headed down the hall.

"Amara!" Lance called. She stopped and looked at Lance. She realized her mistake and helped Lance up. They struggled down the hall since Amara was partially wounded as well.



Rogue ripped off a piece of the fabric on her leg and wrapped it around her arm to stop the bleeding since she would need both of her hands if she was to fight. Logan suddenly stopped and sniffed the air.

"Someone else is here," he said.

"Who?" Ray asked.

"I don't know," he replied. "Someone unfamiliar." Rogue felt a peculiar itch in her nose. She sneezed and it echoed throughout the hall. It became very quiet. There was a noise that sounded like it was from far away. It increased in volume and Rogue realized it was the same sound that came from her sneeze. It finally reached them except it was multiple times louder. The sound cracked the walls. The cracks began to give birth to vines that were growing at an alarming rate. All of the sounds that were being created were being played back louder. Rogue covered her ears and dodged through the thorny vines. A vine managed to grab hold of her leg. It wrapped tight and the thorns ripped through her skin.

"Help!" She called. She clawed at the vine trying to unhook herself. Logan roared and he cut through the vines to aid Rogue. He cut the vine around Rogue's foot and she fell to the ground. He pointed to a man with long hair. His mouth was open and Rogue instantly knew he was the guy who was playing back all the sounds. Rogue nodded and Logan and she took off after him.

Ray was dodging vines not looking behind him. He felt something hit his head. He looked at the ground and saw that it was a gambling chip. It said "BAD LUCK" on it. He looked up at the thrower and met eyes with a beautiful girl. She gave him a smile and then Ray felt sharp pain in his back. He realized something began to grind itself into Ray's back. He felt himself being raised off of the ground. Ray's anger grew. He charged up and zapped the blond hair girl. She fell to the ground and Ray tried to suppress the pain by grinding his teeth. Logan saw the vine in Ray's back and cut it. The electric mutant fell to the ground panting. Logan pulled the vine out of his back and Ray screamed in pain.

Rogue was about to tackle the sound maker when she felt something hard hit her in the head. She fell on the ground clutching her head and looked at her attacker. She saw a rod raise up and about to pound her again. Rogue rolled out of the way as the rod smashed into the ground. Rogue flipped to her feet and began to fight the mysterious man. He swung his rod again and Rogue kicked it. She looked away as it flew from the man's grip. She finally got a good look at him. He had scraggly black hair and smelled like plants. He looked really dirty and had dark brown eyes. He looked seriously evil. The man slammed his fist into Rogue's stomach and she backed up and coughed. She dodged another punch and countered his attack. She tackled the man and placed her bare hand on his face.

Ray didn't know what to do. He was surrounded by the growing vines and Logan was busily cutting them all up, trying to find the controller. He also was feeling dizzy because of the constant noise. All of the sudden, the vines stopped growing, shriveled up, and died. The noise also stopped. Ray saw Rogue get up off a man.

"Nice work," said Logan. "Did you get the sound guy?" Rogue shook her head no. Logan growled in response. Ruckus came from the shadows. He replayed Logan's growl so loud that all three of them were knocked over. Ray got up, electricity flowing. He shot a spark at Ruckus. It hit Ruckus caused him to stumble backward. A dead vine strangely came back to life and wrapped around Ruckus' leg. He lifted him up and slammed him into the ground. He hit the ground with a sickening thud. Logan and Ray looked at Rogue. She shrugged and made a crooked smile. The tired and wounded X-men trudged on forward. Rogue stole a little bit of Logan's powers to heal herself. Ray managed to partially ignore his wound, but still needed help from Rogue when the pain would get too intense.

Amara was literally dragging Lance down the hall until she reached a door with an electronic lock.

"Damn," said Amara. She approached the door and saw a keyboard with a screen.

"Are you supposed to enter a code?" Lance asked. Amara nodded as she placed Lance down. She walked toward the door.

"Let's see.." She said. She observed that the door was made of metal. She fired up and the whole hall lit up. Lance watched in amazement. Amara pressed herself onto the door and the metal began to sizzle and melt away. Soon, an Amara-sized hole was in the door. She grabbed Lance in her human form and carried him through it. They were in the cell block. Amara walked through the doorway to where the captured were being kept.

"Amara!" Tabitha yelled. "I am so glad to see you!" Amara dropped the injured Lance on the ground. Amara hugged Tabitha through the bars.

"Can you stop having lesbian sex and get us out?" Roberto demanded. Tabitha glared at the Brazilian boy.

"I'm not letting you out," demanded Amara. She turned on her heel and noticed a sparkle on the ground.

"Oh my gosh!" Amara exclaimed. "The key!" She grabbed it and let everyone out, except Roberto.

"Hey!" He demanded.

"I'll let you out under one condition," she said simply. "You have to carry Lance." After a long time of arguing, Amara let Roberto out and he proceeded to carry the injured mutant.

"Jesus, you're heavy," said Roberto.

After some time, Rogue, Ray, and Logan reached a large room. There was a limited amount of light but they could tell it was some sort of arena.

"Is it me or do you feel like something's about to happen?" Rogue asked. Ray groaned. His back was beginning to have pulsing pains. He was not in the mood to fight anymore. Logan sniffed the air viciously.

"It smells like Half-Pint," he said.

"Why would Kitty be here?" Rogue asked. She was soon answered. The lights brightened and they were able to see the whole arena. In the middle of the room, a trap door opened and a cage rose out of it. There seemed to be a human inside of the cage curled up. That human was Kitty. She was unconscious and was chained to the cage. Rogue ran up to the cage and placed her hands on the bar. Pain began to shoot up her arms as she let out a blood curdling scream. Her scream was amplified to an amazing force.

Rogue's scream echoed throughout the hallways of the chasm. Amara stopped in her tracks.

"Was that Rogue?" She asked.

"It sounded like it," said Lance.

"We need to help her!" Amara cried. "Bobby, is there anyway you can slide us through here faster?" Bobby nodded and began to freeze the floor of the hallway. The kids jumped on the ice slide and began to slide at an amazing speed as Bobby continued to create more of the ice slide.

"Rogue!" Ray shouted. He grabbed her jolting body off of the cage as her hands began to smoke. Her scream was amplified once more. The amplified sound woke Kitty up. She sprang awake not knowing where she was. She saw Rogue and Ray on the ground with Rogue looked very drained. She saw Logan behind them.

"Half-pint!" He called. "Get out!" She tried to phase out of the chains but it didn't work. She tried again but her powers were gone.

"I can't get out!" She cried. She felt herself getting weaker. Seven figures entered the room on the far side behind Kitty. One of them, Logan identified as Ogun.

"Ogun!" He growled. Rogue looked up and saw the seven mutants. Logan growled and he launched himself toward Ogun. Stinger shot a blast at Logan which knocked him back. Rhapsody began to sing and she possessed Logan, allowing him to take all sorts of beatings. Ogun stood and watched his former adversary being beaten down.

"Ray, I have to," said Rogue. She struggled to her feet and ignored the pain in her hands. Just then, Amara and her company arrived.

"Kitty!" Lance called as he saw her in the cage. She was barely moving she was so weak. Lance concentrated on his power and the ground split all the way up to Kitty's cage. The cage split open and Kitty was free of her chains. She felt herself growing stronger. Lance managed to stand up as Kitty ran toward him. All of the sudden Kitty stopped and her eyes began to glow red. She picked up a piece of the concrete rubble from Lance's earthquake and threw it at Lance. It hit him square in the face with tremendous force. Rogue winced at the sound of the concrete hitting Lance's face. Blood erupted from the kid's facial region. Rogue looked in horror at Kitty's hatred filled eyes. She look past Kitty saw that Ogun seemed to be controlling her. Rogue went after Ogun in rage. She jumped in the air toward him only to be knocked away by Beef. Rogue flew sideways and crashed into the ground with a horrific thud. Ray turned around at Amara.

"We need to stop them from attacking Logan!" He called. "I'll try and distract Kitty, you try to stop them from killing Logan!" Ray turned toward Kitty with determination. He didn't like the fact of fighting his own but he had to save his teammates.

Jubilee saw the light blue skinned mutant singing and powered up a paff in her hand. She let one sail across the room and it connected with her face. Rhapsody let out a wail and she fell to the ground, her singing abruptly stopping. Logan realized what was happening and was filled with rage. He began slicing at the attackers causing them to collapse with wounds. He finished them off and turned over to Ogun.

Ray's hands began to electrify as the possessed Kitty ran toward him. She walked up the air over and let herself drop. She kicked him hard and Ray flew forward on his face. He flipped himself up and fired a shock at Kitty. It hit her chest sending her backward. She phased into the ground and Ray tried to locate her. Kitty phased up behind Ray with him not knowing. She tapped him on the shoulder and he whipped around. She punched him in the nose and sickening crack followed. Ray fell to the ground and Kitty kicked him hard in the ribs. The pain was way too much for him to handle and he was out. The last thing he remembered seeing was Kitty's wicked facial expression and hearing her hyenic laughter.

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A/N: That was a REALLY long chapter and I know it's not that amazing but I have goodness in store for later. Thanks for the reviews! And I apologize for some character for being Out Of Character. I apologize.