A/N: SORRY SORRY SORRY I went on vacation again, I really meant to get another chapter up but there was never time…fortunately my house was not surrounded by torch-and-pitchfork-bearing fans when I got back! *phew* Yeah, the last chappie was a bit Evo-ish, but I like the evil path so I though I'd use it. Logan is acting very Evo-ish, too, but maybe that's not such a bad thing. Anyway. I could have watched X2 on the plane coming back but the effing sound wasn't working, so the DIDN"T PLAY IT!!! Grrrr. Ok on w/ the story…
Jean led the way down a ladder into the hangar. Kurt was already outside the jet, and Sabere nearly fell off the ladder in shock as Kitty Pryde dropped smoothly through the bottom of the jet. Both looked far from at ease, which certainly meant bad news was in store. As the hangar door-slash-basketball court closed overhead, the side door opened and admitted Xavier and Scott.
"Okay, the available gang's all here – now tell us what the hell is going on." Logan folded his arms and glared at Kurt. Sabere was relieved to note that she could no longer sense even a hint of the emotions around her.
Kurt looked squarely at Jean. "The base was completely empty. Either it has been abandoned for some time or it was never in use. Everything was in its place, nothing broken or dirty, no missing equipment, nothing."
"And before you say anything," Kitty broke in as Jean started to say something, "we checked underground and through walls, everywhere. We even took the jet over, like, a fifty-mile radius to look for other islands, and used all the scanning we had to check for anything under the water. There's nothing around for miles."
Jean closed her mouth and frowned. "I have no idea what this means…I'm sure you went to the right base, and I believe that you examined everything, but it makes no sense…"
Xavier shook his head. "Maybe your visions of Stryker and his plans were somehow coming for the future."
"Or there really another base under the water that the scanners couldn't pick up," Sabere suggested. "They'd build their base to be invisible to sonar and stuff, so it's entirely possible they went right over it and missed it."
"I don't like it," Logan growled. "I told you we needed to update the scanning equipment."
"No one likes it," Xavier sighed. "As for the equipment, we do have a budget, and only so much of that can go towards high-tech jets. We'll just have to watch our backs for a while, or at least until we get reports of the drug taking effect elsewhere.
"And here, life goes on, so Sabere, I believe you have a training session to finish, and Kitty has classes. Thank you for your help, both of you." Xavier, Scott, Jean, and Kitty left the hangar, leaving Sabere alone with Kurt and Logan. Sabere's stomach growled, and she wished she had eaten more at breakfast. Before all our food is drugged…
"Okay, elf, since you're here, we might as well run you through the path, too," Logan announced.
"What's the point? It takes me less than a second to get through – I bet I could finish before you'd even started timing me."
Sabere chuckled, but Logan glared at both of them before heading towards the door. "There may be a time when you won't be able to teleport your blue ass to safety, so I suggest you run through like normal mutants."
"Ha…normal mutants…" Sabere really did laugh at that. "So we have normal mutants and – "
"And smart-aleck women and blue elves – "
"And wolverines who can't take a joke," Kurt finished, grinning.
"Just get in the elevator," Logan groaned, pointing the way with three claws. "And I'd avoid trying to joke, since I know something you might not want around the school…"
The trio crammed into the elevtory, and Sabere blushed beet-red. Logan laughed triumphantly. "You might want to try to control that, it'll be a lot easier to deny the facts when you don't look like a high-schooler caught in the act by her parents."
"If you think she's red now…" Kurt joked, and Logan laughed harder. Sabere reached around him, trying to smack Kurt, but he teleported out of the elevator, making both of the lose their balance and collapse. So when the door opened aboveground, Kurt found Sabere sprawled in a very undignified position on top of Logan, who appeared to be greatly enjoying the whole thing. Kurt grinned, then promptly turned his back and, with all the airs of a soap opera actor, said "And here I thought you cared!"
Sabere, however, wasn't paying attention. She was watching a truck roll down the driveway to the back of the school – the truck that would bring in a fresh supply of food for the students.
Kurt and Logan watched its progress as well, all of them thinking about what could be in the truck's cargo.
"I'm sure it's all fine," Logan said uncertainly. "And if not, we'll deal with it. Right?"
"Sure." Sabere decided that she wasn't really hungry anymore.