LOGAN:
I instantly regretted yelling at the girl, I hadn't meant to in the first place, but it just came out that way. I knew I shouldn't have yelled at her as soon as I'd done it, but now I regretted it even more, and strangely enough I wanted to apologize.
Xavier was watching me with a knowing look on his face and then I heard his voice in my head.
"Not now," He 'said'
I only nodded, The blonde kid Buffy spoke up, "So what're we gonna do?"
"We? Kid this ain't got a thing to do with you," I told her, though I could be wrong, from what she told me last night, she might be easily mistaken as a mutant, but if I could keep her out of it I would, but somehow I didn't think she was going to stay out of it.
Buffy raised a defiant eyebrow, "Scott is my cousin, Scott is a mutant, and I'll be damned before I let any shady government robots take him and shove him on an island somewhere, and if you tell me to stay out of it I will hit you, very hard,"
I had to give the girl credit she had guts, but I guess she had to. I only grinned halfway, "Didn't think that was gonna work,"
I heard Scott release a whoosh of breath, when I smiled at her; maybe he expected me to be angry, which if it were anyone else I would've been.
I flicked a glance to the other kid Xander I thought his name was. Before I even said a word he said, "Don't try it, I stay with Buffy,"
"Then its been decided but I have a feeling this could get very ugly," Xavier said.
"We've seen Ugly, trust me, we've seen the ugliest," Buffy said.
Xander only nodded.
"I do trust you," Xavier assured, "I trust that you can handle yourself fine, but you should both be very careful,"
"Always," Buffy said simply.
I couldn't help but grin, I wasn't sure if she realized at this point that Xavier knew about the whole Vampire Slayer thing but I figured she'd either figure it out or One of us would tell her but the one who seemed really clueless at this point was Scott, who was looking between, Xavier and Buffy.
"And after all that my question still wasn't answered," Buffy said, "What are we going to do?"
"There's not much we can do except try to protect the innocent mutants, and try to keep them away from this school," Xavier said.
BUFFY:
I nodded, but I felt like I should do something, though I had a feeling I'd be patrolling for more than vampires now, I'd probably be turned into some kind of vigilante. Great, I remember thinking, Now all I need, it a cape, a mask and Spandex, then I can go through my 'Power Girl,' stage all over again.
That night I went patrolling again this time accompanied by Xander and Logan.
"Oh, Oh I got one," Xander said, "If a crime fighter fights crime, and a fire fighter fights fires what does a freedom fighter fight?"
"Hmm." I thought for a moment, "Okay I got one, We claim to drive on the right side of the road, but everyone else drives on the other side, so wouldn't that make it the wrong side of the road?"
We both looked at Logan, Logan only shook his head.
"Oh come on," I said nudging him playfully with my elbow.
"Yeah we have to do something to pass the time," Xander said.
Logan only raised a single eyebrow.
Xander shrugged then shoved a Twinky distastefully into his mouth, causing Logan to shake his head again, "Oh I got a question," Xander said through the mouth full of twinky.
I winced, slightly as pieces of twinky spewed of out his mouth. He swallowed hard, then said, "In video games, for example Super Mario, what exactly holds those blocks in the air? Or the coins?"
I shrugged, I was stumped, plus unsure whether he expected an actual answer or whether it was part of the game.
"Okay Having your cake plus eating it too?, If I have cake, I'm going to eat it, so maybe it should be eating you cake and having it too." I reasoned.
"Okay I'm out," Xander said.
"Good cause I was running out too," I grinned.
I heard Logan sigh in relieve. Until Xander said suddenly, "Most colorful metaphor,"
"Your on," I said.
Then I heard Logan sigh again but this time in exasperation.
"Not the greenest pea in the pod," I said.
"A few arms short of an octopus," Xander said, which earned him odd looks from both me and Logan.and the Vampires passing us by.
I stopped in my tracks, I heard Xander say my name but Logan said nothing he could smell them. We both turned around, I called after them, which in Sunnydale wouldn't have worked, because they know me there, but in New York, they had no clue who I was. So the vampires being 'a few arms short of an octopus,' stopped in their tracks, turned and walked back over to us.
XANDER:
At first I didn't know what Buffy was doing but I soon I figured The four guys that had passed us, all Vampires.
"Hey guys," Buffy said smiling as they approached us, "I'm new in town I was looking for someone to show me a good time, My friend Xander here, well as you can tell, he's a few arms short of and octopus and."
"Hey," I said cutting her off, but she continued.
"Logan well he's kinda grumpy, by the way, I'm Buffy.The Vampire Slayer," She said before producing a stake. The wide eyed Vampires seemed to take a second to comprehend everything she said, but both Logan and Buffy were on them Buffy fighting one, Logan had easily dispatched another and was fighting the third, and the last one unfortunately pounced on me and had me by throat repeatedly slamming my head on the concrete, which well, needless to say hurt.But the vampire turned to dust and Logan stood over me offering me a hand I took it and rubbed my head gently, no blood.
"You all right kid?" he asked me.
I nodded, "Thanks,"
"See that was easy and painless,"
"Yeah as easy as plugging the hole in the dike with a toothpick and as painless and sliding down a slip N side of razors into a pool of alcohol," I snapped in mock anger.
She winced, "Okay you win, that slip N Slide razor thing sounds painful,"
"Yeah and my skull hitting the pavement didn't?" I exclaimed rubbing my head.
"Well actually, it sound like someone dropping a metal bowling ball, onto a hard wood floor," she teased.
"What's that supposed to mean?" I demanded.
"That your head is harder than Cordelia's chocolate chip muffins?" Buffy said but it was more like a question than anything.
"You know that metaphor thing is more annoying than Mariah Carry hitting a high note after sucking helium," I said than paused, "I can't stop it's more addictive than heroine laced twinkies,"
"Jeez Xander you sound like a cigarette addict who didn't read the warning label," then Buffy realized, "Wow it really is more addictive than watching inbred families fight on Jerry Springer,"
"Would you two cut it out you sound like two five years olds who read one to many Dr. Suess books," Logan at that immediately stopped talking.
"See even Mr. I'm grumpier than the Grinch on Christmas, isn't immune, looks like we found his Kryptonite," I grinned, right before Logan smacked me hard over the head.
"Hey Ow, that hurt, Like I haven't been hit over the head enough?" I demanded, then paused, "But hey no more metaphors, I guess that worked.
"Better have," Logan simply stated.
"Wow, cure Xander and cure all of us, it's like killing the queen and the rest of the mound dies," Buffy said then quickly covered her mouth.
Logan narrowed his eyes.
"If you wanna keep that hand I wouldn't try it mister!" Buffy said playfully.
Logan raised a doubtful eyebrow.
"Trust me, you don't want to mess with her," I warned, remembering the time when I sneaked up on Buffy from behind, she'd punched me really hard in the stomach.
**Back at the Institute**
LILITH:
It was late, I knew it but I couldn't sleep no matter how hard I tried, I kept getting this nagging feeling in the back brain telling me not to sleep. I wandered into the kitchen, thinking that I should eat but by the time I got there I wasn't hungry, if fact I felt like something bad was about to happen and soon but at the time I just wrote it off as paranoia.
I heard laughter, then Xander, Buffy and Logan came into the Kitchen, Xander and Buffy apparently laughing at some funny joke, and Logan's face as blank as ever. Buffy looked at me in surprise, apparently not expecting me to be there.
"Hey Lilith was it?" Buffy said.
I nodded, but as usual I remained quiet Logan flicked a glance in my direction, then said, "What're you doing up?"
I only looked at him blankly, but Logan being as stubborn as he was waited watching me until I gave him a verbal answer. So I said simply, "Couldn't sleep,"
"Want a twinky?" Xander asked holding out a box that had two left, "They solve all problems,"
I quickly shook my head, Did anyone know what those things were made out of? I thought.
He shrugged, and headed out of the kitchen I guess back to his room.
"I beat I'm going to sleep too, tomorrow morning though, I'm on for the Sparring thing, it's an improvement from beating up an old British guy," Buffy said grinning.
I was confused at that but did want to know. She walked out of the kitchen leaving me with Logan, and much to my dismay he sat down across from me. I sensed that he felt guilty for yelling at me the other day, that he wanted to apologize but he didn't know how to begin.
I sighed and before he opened his mouth to speak I said, "It's okay,"
Logan smiled halfway, "Didn't even let me say anything."
"I knew it would be awhile," I said simply.
"Yeah well I'm not really good at apologies," he said.
"I know, I figured I'd end your suffering," I said carefully.
He smiled again, maybe he's not as scary as I thought, but still stubborn I noticed as he looked at me carefully.before he said anything, I again I stopped him.
"I'm fine," I told him, "I just couldn't sleep,"
He shrugged, "You know that's kinda creepy I was only used to the professor doing that, though I didn't need to talk at all with him,"
"I know, I don't actually speak to him, but my power is more like getting a series of feelings sometimes mixed with the thoughts behind those feelings, and I have to interpret them, that's why its harder to read some people, The Professor actually gets the direct thoughts," I explained.
He only nodded, then he froze I guess catching a noise. I didn't bother asking him what was wrong I felt it, there were intruders in the building. There was a 'snict' sound as Logan unsheathed his claws.
"Stay here," he said simply before going out of the room.
LOGAN:
I sniffed the air, they'd just entered the institute walking in through the front door not even trying to be sneaky, armed men dressed in black, stood at the entrance, probably waiting for orders.
"Halt!" out of them called out. Shining a flash light on me. I stopped in my tracks.
"Who the Hell are you?" I demanded.
He turned off the flashed light so I could see them again, he pulled out an object, a badge.
"Agent Sean Jackson of the MCA, Sir, We have Authorization from the federal government to retrieve and detain a select few mutants,"
I took in a deep breath, then I said simply, "Get out, come back, in the morning, and talk to Charles Xavier,"
"It's 0400 hours Sir, it is the morning, They need to be detained right now," he replied sharply.
He apparently had noticed my claws because his eyes would dart toward them every once in a while. "You're the one they call the Wolverine correct?" the Agent asked.
"Who wants to know?" I growled.
He flinched, "You are one of the one's we supposed to retrieve Sir, It would be easier if you came willingly,"
I laughed slightly, "Funny Joke,"
"Have it your way then," he pulled out a gun, and pulled the trigger, there was the muted sound of a silence gun, then a prick in my neck, then all went black, I remember the last thing I was thought was 'shit'
BUFFY:
I remember that, I couldn't sleep so I'd been looking out the window, and I saw them at first only a couple, them several. I ran down to Scott's room, Jean was already awake and attempting to wake Scott, she'd sensed them. Scott woke up startle to find us both in his room.
"What's going on?" He said rubbing his eyes.
"The MCA, they're here," Jean said.
At that, Scott jumped out of bed telling Jean to get the professor.
"Where's Logan?" he asked.
"Last I saw he was in the kitchen," I told him.
"Go find him, I'm going to get Orora," he said.
"Wake up Xander if its possible," I said before running down to the Kitchen.
I didn't see Logan but I saw Lilith pressed up against the wall, and three agents surrounding he try to coax her into to coming with them.
"Hey, I'm not letting you take her anywhere," I said.
One of them handed me a single piece of paper. I looked at it, it was an arrest warrant, it had several names on it, among them, were Xavier's, Scott's, Lilith's, Orora's, then one name that at first I didn't recognize, until I saw the name in parenthesis, it said, WOLVERINE (a.k.a. Logan). There were several other names I didn't recognize, but I was sure none of them were violent.(except maybe Logan, but only when he had to be).
"See previous statement, if you want her you have to go through me," I said then looked at Lilith, "What happened to Logan?"
"I'm not sure, I think they have him, I was mentally tracking him after he told me to stay here, but all of the sudden I couldn't read him anymore, not like he was dead because that's different," she told me he voice slightly panicked.
I nodded then slid over the top of the table which was in between, me and the soldiers and Lilith. As I slid over the top, I kicked an Agent in the back, but I was hit with a shock baton, by another one, then a felt a sharp pain in my shoulder, and all went black.
SCOTT:
I stopped at Xander's room before I went to Orora's. but he was already awake, Bobby, Johnny and Rouge were also in the room.
"What's going on? Where's Buffy?" Xander demanded.
"She went to find Logan, you guys stay here," I told them, then left the room before they could protest.
"Storm?" I called as I went into her room which was open, she wasn't there, "Storm?"
I hoped she'd gotten out and these people didn't get her, I decided to focus on finding Jean and the Professor.
I ran in the professor's office passing by several Agents who seemed to be standing around doing nothing. Jean was leaning on his desk head in hands, she didn't look up but she said quietly, "They took him, I was too late,"
I put an arm around her, "It's not you fault, Jean, these people are trained,"
I felt a pain in my back, the last word I uttered was, "Jean,"
JEAN:
"NO!" I screamed in anger, the men flew against the wall, at least four of them, six more came running down the hallway, I was also shot with a dart all went black.
When I awoke, I was sitting in the infirmary, Rouge stood over me along with Bobby, Johnny and that Xander kid.
"Scott?" I whispered.
Rouge looked away, "they took him,"
I tried to sit up but they pushed me down, "Lay down, you hit your head when they tranquilized you,"
"We've got to get them back, who else did they take?" I asked.
"Logan, Scott, Buffy, Lilith, Xavier, Orora, and a few of the other kids." Bobby told me.
"Buffy? Why Buffy?" I asked, "She's not a mutant,"
"They thought she was, I guess, I have no Idea why though," Rouge said.
Xander seemed to know something, but he remained quiet.
"Maybe the professor will contact us by Psychic link?" I said hopefully, but I doubted it, they seemed immune to any of the professor's attempts to use his telepathy.
LILITH:
When I awoke I mentally scanned the place where I was before opening my eyes, Buffy and Logan were there. Along with four other armed men. I opened my eyes, we were in the back of a van, in a cage, on the other side there were the four armed men.
Logan was sitting leaned up against the side of the cage, his hands cuffed to the floor, and try as he might, he couldn't move his wrists, therefore his claws were useless right now. Buffy was also sitting her hands shackled behind her. Me I was hand cuffed with my hands in front of me, probably because I was the only one who hadn't caused any trouble.
"You all right kid?" Logan asked me.
I nodded, I didn't say anything, I couldn't I was terrified.
Though Buffy asked the question I was thinking, "Anyone want to tell us where we're or do we have to guess?"
One of the Agents spoke up, "There's a transport ship, leaving a port in Massachusetts, the ship will then take you to an Island in the middle on the Atlantic which is home to Alcatraz, the second one of course,"
"Massachusetts," I muttered under my breath, "How Ironic,"
"What do you mean?" Logan asked.
"Salem, Massachusetts 1692, several innocent people were tried and hung for witchcraft, I think another witch hunts been started," I said dryly.
"I assure you ma'am this is no witch hunt," the agent said.
"Well you're not the one in the cage," Buffy said angrily, "But your lucky I am,"
"No one's getting burnt at the stake, here," the agent tossed back.
"No one was burnt at the stake in Salem either, the Puritans hung them, they thought burning them was too Catholic, and too barbaric, They burnt them in Europe," I said slowly speaking to him like he was an idiot which is what he was I hate ignorance, there's no excuse for it.
"Smart kid aren't ya?" he grinned.
"Yeah she's smart, but you're apparently not the brightest candle on the menorah, because even I knew that, and I'm failing history," Buffy snapped.
"Like you said Ma'am I ain't the one in the cage," the agent said simply almost laughing.
Buffy's anger flew sky high at that point, I felt it I even jumped at that, they'd both been angry before, but thankfully Logan had been trying to suppress it. Though at this point Buffy didn't show any restrain.
"Three minutes," she snarled. Her face, like that of Satan himself.
I winced and put my head in my hands.
I felt Logan's gaze fall upon me, then I heard him say slowly to Buffy.
"Hey, calm down kid would ya?"
She flicked her glance to me, "Oh sorry sweetie," Buffy winced.
"Its okay," I said, but she was still angry, but I also felt her sympathy, which didn't male her anger much better.
"She okay?" the agent asked.
I could feel Buffy biting back a sarcastic remark. Another Agent said bluntly, "Don't worry about those animals.
I felt a burst of anger go through both Logan and Buffy, not to mention my own anger at that, but all of us with held our comments. Though it still felt like someone had just stuck and Ice pick through my head.
BUFFY:
I knew this was going to be a long trip. I wanted to tear that guys throat out, and I've never wanted to do that to any human before, not even to Snyder (Maybe permanently maim). I'm not even a mutant but I know what it like to be different, I mean, I can body slam a guy more than twice my size for crying out loud.
I had already broken the hand cuffs so they used shackles, then I tired to pick the lock with my bobby pins so they shackled my hands behind me, and took all the bobby pins out of my hair. If Willow were here, she could just whip up some, handy witch spell, that's Willow super Wiccan, well not really Giles freaks every time she uses magic without his supervision.
I wasn't really sure whether I preferred this to dealing with Angelus or not.Who am I kidding? I'd take just about any evil over Angelus, and these people aren't evil, though I hate to say it, they're just doing their job. But that didn't mean I wasn't gonna crack some skulls the first chance I got.
I had to lighten up the mood, I couldn't help it, "Hey Logan" I said then waited for him to look up.
"What?" he said.
"Wanna play most colorful metaphor?" I grinned.
"Don't even start, I'll strangle you myself," Logan replied.
I noticed Lilith looking in between the two of us, since she couldn't help but give a half grin, I figured my attempt wasn't making Logan mad.
"Does that mean you don't want to play?" I asked.
"You're lucky my hands are tied," he tossed back.
"See and I told Willow I'd take pictures, I bet she'd love to see this," I muttered, then just to annoy the Agents I said, "Are we there yet?"
I only earned an annoyed look from three out of the four soldiers.
Logan shook his head and Lilith remained silent. The truth is, I thought, if this place is really like a jail, I'm not sure how well Lilith's going to handle it, not that she's in capable, but.
Lilith looked up at me with a knowing look, for a moment we locked eyes, until she finally said quietly, "Don't worry about me,"
"I can't make you any promises," I said.
I instantly regretted yelling at the girl, I hadn't meant to in the first place, but it just came out that way. I knew I shouldn't have yelled at her as soon as I'd done it, but now I regretted it even more, and strangely enough I wanted to apologize.
Xavier was watching me with a knowing look on his face and then I heard his voice in my head.
"Not now," He 'said'
I only nodded, The blonde kid Buffy spoke up, "So what're we gonna do?"
"We? Kid this ain't got a thing to do with you," I told her, though I could be wrong, from what she told me last night, she might be easily mistaken as a mutant, but if I could keep her out of it I would, but somehow I didn't think she was going to stay out of it.
Buffy raised a defiant eyebrow, "Scott is my cousin, Scott is a mutant, and I'll be damned before I let any shady government robots take him and shove him on an island somewhere, and if you tell me to stay out of it I will hit you, very hard,"
I had to give the girl credit she had guts, but I guess she had to. I only grinned halfway, "Didn't think that was gonna work,"
I heard Scott release a whoosh of breath, when I smiled at her; maybe he expected me to be angry, which if it were anyone else I would've been.
I flicked a glance to the other kid Xander I thought his name was. Before I even said a word he said, "Don't try it, I stay with Buffy,"
"Then its been decided but I have a feeling this could get very ugly," Xavier said.
"We've seen Ugly, trust me, we've seen the ugliest," Buffy said.
Xander only nodded.
"I do trust you," Xavier assured, "I trust that you can handle yourself fine, but you should both be very careful,"
"Always," Buffy said simply.
I couldn't help but grin, I wasn't sure if she realized at this point that Xavier knew about the whole Vampire Slayer thing but I figured she'd either figure it out or One of us would tell her but the one who seemed really clueless at this point was Scott, who was looking between, Xavier and Buffy.
"And after all that my question still wasn't answered," Buffy said, "What are we going to do?"
"There's not much we can do except try to protect the innocent mutants, and try to keep them away from this school," Xavier said.
BUFFY:
I nodded, but I felt like I should do something, though I had a feeling I'd be patrolling for more than vampires now, I'd probably be turned into some kind of vigilante. Great, I remember thinking, Now all I need, it a cape, a mask and Spandex, then I can go through my 'Power Girl,' stage all over again.
That night I went patrolling again this time accompanied by Xander and Logan.
"Oh, Oh I got one," Xander said, "If a crime fighter fights crime, and a fire fighter fights fires what does a freedom fighter fight?"
"Hmm." I thought for a moment, "Okay I got one, We claim to drive on the right side of the road, but everyone else drives on the other side, so wouldn't that make it the wrong side of the road?"
We both looked at Logan, Logan only shook his head.
"Oh come on," I said nudging him playfully with my elbow.
"Yeah we have to do something to pass the time," Xander said.
Logan only raised a single eyebrow.
Xander shrugged then shoved a Twinky distastefully into his mouth, causing Logan to shake his head again, "Oh I got a question," Xander said through the mouth full of twinky.
I winced, slightly as pieces of twinky spewed of out his mouth. He swallowed hard, then said, "In video games, for example Super Mario, what exactly holds those blocks in the air? Or the coins?"
I shrugged, I was stumped, plus unsure whether he expected an actual answer or whether it was part of the game.
"Okay Having your cake plus eating it too?, If I have cake, I'm going to eat it, so maybe it should be eating you cake and having it too." I reasoned.
"Okay I'm out," Xander said.
"Good cause I was running out too," I grinned.
I heard Logan sigh in relieve. Until Xander said suddenly, "Most colorful metaphor,"
"Your on," I said.
Then I heard Logan sigh again but this time in exasperation.
"Not the greenest pea in the pod," I said.
"A few arms short of an octopus," Xander said, which earned him odd looks from both me and Logan.and the Vampires passing us by.
I stopped in my tracks, I heard Xander say my name but Logan said nothing he could smell them. We both turned around, I called after them, which in Sunnydale wouldn't have worked, because they know me there, but in New York, they had no clue who I was. So the vampires being 'a few arms short of an octopus,' stopped in their tracks, turned and walked back over to us.
XANDER:
At first I didn't know what Buffy was doing but I soon I figured The four guys that had passed us, all Vampires.
"Hey guys," Buffy said smiling as they approached us, "I'm new in town I was looking for someone to show me a good time, My friend Xander here, well as you can tell, he's a few arms short of and octopus and."
"Hey," I said cutting her off, but she continued.
"Logan well he's kinda grumpy, by the way, I'm Buffy.The Vampire Slayer," She said before producing a stake. The wide eyed Vampires seemed to take a second to comprehend everything she said, but both Logan and Buffy were on them Buffy fighting one, Logan had easily dispatched another and was fighting the third, and the last one unfortunately pounced on me and had me by throat repeatedly slamming my head on the concrete, which well, needless to say hurt.But the vampire turned to dust and Logan stood over me offering me a hand I took it and rubbed my head gently, no blood.
"You all right kid?" he asked me.
I nodded, "Thanks,"
"See that was easy and painless,"
"Yeah as easy as plugging the hole in the dike with a toothpick and as painless and sliding down a slip N side of razors into a pool of alcohol," I snapped in mock anger.
She winced, "Okay you win, that slip N Slide razor thing sounds painful,"
"Yeah and my skull hitting the pavement didn't?" I exclaimed rubbing my head.
"Well actually, it sound like someone dropping a metal bowling ball, onto a hard wood floor," she teased.
"What's that supposed to mean?" I demanded.
"That your head is harder than Cordelia's chocolate chip muffins?" Buffy said but it was more like a question than anything.
"You know that metaphor thing is more annoying than Mariah Carry hitting a high note after sucking helium," I said than paused, "I can't stop it's more addictive than heroine laced twinkies,"
"Jeez Xander you sound like a cigarette addict who didn't read the warning label," then Buffy realized, "Wow it really is more addictive than watching inbred families fight on Jerry Springer,"
"Would you two cut it out you sound like two five years olds who read one to many Dr. Suess books," Logan at that immediately stopped talking.
"See even Mr. I'm grumpier than the Grinch on Christmas, isn't immune, looks like we found his Kryptonite," I grinned, right before Logan smacked me hard over the head.
"Hey Ow, that hurt, Like I haven't been hit over the head enough?" I demanded, then paused, "But hey no more metaphors, I guess that worked.
"Better have," Logan simply stated.
"Wow, cure Xander and cure all of us, it's like killing the queen and the rest of the mound dies," Buffy said then quickly covered her mouth.
Logan narrowed his eyes.
"If you wanna keep that hand I wouldn't try it mister!" Buffy said playfully.
Logan raised a doubtful eyebrow.
"Trust me, you don't want to mess with her," I warned, remembering the time when I sneaked up on Buffy from behind, she'd punched me really hard in the stomach.
**Back at the Institute**
LILITH:
It was late, I knew it but I couldn't sleep no matter how hard I tried, I kept getting this nagging feeling in the back brain telling me not to sleep. I wandered into the kitchen, thinking that I should eat but by the time I got there I wasn't hungry, if fact I felt like something bad was about to happen and soon but at the time I just wrote it off as paranoia.
I heard laughter, then Xander, Buffy and Logan came into the Kitchen, Xander and Buffy apparently laughing at some funny joke, and Logan's face as blank as ever. Buffy looked at me in surprise, apparently not expecting me to be there.
"Hey Lilith was it?" Buffy said.
I nodded, but as usual I remained quiet Logan flicked a glance in my direction, then said, "What're you doing up?"
I only looked at him blankly, but Logan being as stubborn as he was waited watching me until I gave him a verbal answer. So I said simply, "Couldn't sleep,"
"Want a twinky?" Xander asked holding out a box that had two left, "They solve all problems,"
I quickly shook my head, Did anyone know what those things were made out of? I thought.
He shrugged, and headed out of the kitchen I guess back to his room.
"I beat I'm going to sleep too, tomorrow morning though, I'm on for the Sparring thing, it's an improvement from beating up an old British guy," Buffy said grinning.
I was confused at that but did want to know. She walked out of the kitchen leaving me with Logan, and much to my dismay he sat down across from me. I sensed that he felt guilty for yelling at me the other day, that he wanted to apologize but he didn't know how to begin.
I sighed and before he opened his mouth to speak I said, "It's okay,"
Logan smiled halfway, "Didn't even let me say anything."
"I knew it would be awhile," I said simply.
"Yeah well I'm not really good at apologies," he said.
"I know, I figured I'd end your suffering," I said carefully.
He smiled again, maybe he's not as scary as I thought, but still stubborn I noticed as he looked at me carefully.before he said anything, I again I stopped him.
"I'm fine," I told him, "I just couldn't sleep,"
He shrugged, "You know that's kinda creepy I was only used to the professor doing that, though I didn't need to talk at all with him,"
"I know, I don't actually speak to him, but my power is more like getting a series of feelings sometimes mixed with the thoughts behind those feelings, and I have to interpret them, that's why its harder to read some people, The Professor actually gets the direct thoughts," I explained.
He only nodded, then he froze I guess catching a noise. I didn't bother asking him what was wrong I felt it, there were intruders in the building. There was a 'snict' sound as Logan unsheathed his claws.
"Stay here," he said simply before going out of the room.
LOGAN:
I sniffed the air, they'd just entered the institute walking in through the front door not even trying to be sneaky, armed men dressed in black, stood at the entrance, probably waiting for orders.
"Halt!" out of them called out. Shining a flash light on me. I stopped in my tracks.
"Who the Hell are you?" I demanded.
He turned off the flashed light so I could see them again, he pulled out an object, a badge.
"Agent Sean Jackson of the MCA, Sir, We have Authorization from the federal government to retrieve and detain a select few mutants,"
I took in a deep breath, then I said simply, "Get out, come back, in the morning, and talk to Charles Xavier,"
"It's 0400 hours Sir, it is the morning, They need to be detained right now," he replied sharply.
He apparently had noticed my claws because his eyes would dart toward them every once in a while. "You're the one they call the Wolverine correct?" the Agent asked.
"Who wants to know?" I growled.
He flinched, "You are one of the one's we supposed to retrieve Sir, It would be easier if you came willingly,"
I laughed slightly, "Funny Joke,"
"Have it your way then," he pulled out a gun, and pulled the trigger, there was the muted sound of a silence gun, then a prick in my neck, then all went black, I remember the last thing I was thought was 'shit'
BUFFY:
I remember that, I couldn't sleep so I'd been looking out the window, and I saw them at first only a couple, them several. I ran down to Scott's room, Jean was already awake and attempting to wake Scott, she'd sensed them. Scott woke up startle to find us both in his room.
"What's going on?" He said rubbing his eyes.
"The MCA, they're here," Jean said.
At that, Scott jumped out of bed telling Jean to get the professor.
"Where's Logan?" he asked.
"Last I saw he was in the kitchen," I told him.
"Go find him, I'm going to get Orora," he said.
"Wake up Xander if its possible," I said before running down to the Kitchen.
I didn't see Logan but I saw Lilith pressed up against the wall, and three agents surrounding he try to coax her into to coming with them.
"Hey, I'm not letting you take her anywhere," I said.
One of them handed me a single piece of paper. I looked at it, it was an arrest warrant, it had several names on it, among them, were Xavier's, Scott's, Lilith's, Orora's, then one name that at first I didn't recognize, until I saw the name in parenthesis, it said, WOLVERINE (a.k.a. Logan). There were several other names I didn't recognize, but I was sure none of them were violent.(except maybe Logan, but only when he had to be).
"See previous statement, if you want her you have to go through me," I said then looked at Lilith, "What happened to Logan?"
"I'm not sure, I think they have him, I was mentally tracking him after he told me to stay here, but all of the sudden I couldn't read him anymore, not like he was dead because that's different," she told me he voice slightly panicked.
I nodded then slid over the top of the table which was in between, me and the soldiers and Lilith. As I slid over the top, I kicked an Agent in the back, but I was hit with a shock baton, by another one, then a felt a sharp pain in my shoulder, and all went black.
SCOTT:
I stopped at Xander's room before I went to Orora's. but he was already awake, Bobby, Johnny and Rouge were also in the room.
"What's going on? Where's Buffy?" Xander demanded.
"She went to find Logan, you guys stay here," I told them, then left the room before they could protest.
"Storm?" I called as I went into her room which was open, she wasn't there, "Storm?"
I hoped she'd gotten out and these people didn't get her, I decided to focus on finding Jean and the Professor.
I ran in the professor's office passing by several Agents who seemed to be standing around doing nothing. Jean was leaning on his desk head in hands, she didn't look up but she said quietly, "They took him, I was too late,"
I put an arm around her, "It's not you fault, Jean, these people are trained,"
I felt a pain in my back, the last word I uttered was, "Jean,"
JEAN:
"NO!" I screamed in anger, the men flew against the wall, at least four of them, six more came running down the hallway, I was also shot with a dart all went black.
When I awoke, I was sitting in the infirmary, Rouge stood over me along with Bobby, Johnny and that Xander kid.
"Scott?" I whispered.
Rouge looked away, "they took him,"
I tried to sit up but they pushed me down, "Lay down, you hit your head when they tranquilized you,"
"We've got to get them back, who else did they take?" I asked.
"Logan, Scott, Buffy, Lilith, Xavier, Orora, and a few of the other kids." Bobby told me.
"Buffy? Why Buffy?" I asked, "She's not a mutant,"
"They thought she was, I guess, I have no Idea why though," Rouge said.
Xander seemed to know something, but he remained quiet.
"Maybe the professor will contact us by Psychic link?" I said hopefully, but I doubted it, they seemed immune to any of the professor's attempts to use his telepathy.
LILITH:
When I awoke I mentally scanned the place where I was before opening my eyes, Buffy and Logan were there. Along with four other armed men. I opened my eyes, we were in the back of a van, in a cage, on the other side there were the four armed men.
Logan was sitting leaned up against the side of the cage, his hands cuffed to the floor, and try as he might, he couldn't move his wrists, therefore his claws were useless right now. Buffy was also sitting her hands shackled behind her. Me I was hand cuffed with my hands in front of me, probably because I was the only one who hadn't caused any trouble.
"You all right kid?" Logan asked me.
I nodded, I didn't say anything, I couldn't I was terrified.
Though Buffy asked the question I was thinking, "Anyone want to tell us where we're or do we have to guess?"
One of the Agents spoke up, "There's a transport ship, leaving a port in Massachusetts, the ship will then take you to an Island in the middle on the Atlantic which is home to Alcatraz, the second one of course,"
"Massachusetts," I muttered under my breath, "How Ironic,"
"What do you mean?" Logan asked.
"Salem, Massachusetts 1692, several innocent people were tried and hung for witchcraft, I think another witch hunts been started," I said dryly.
"I assure you ma'am this is no witch hunt," the agent said.
"Well you're not the one in the cage," Buffy said angrily, "But your lucky I am,"
"No one's getting burnt at the stake, here," the agent tossed back.
"No one was burnt at the stake in Salem either, the Puritans hung them, they thought burning them was too Catholic, and too barbaric, They burnt them in Europe," I said slowly speaking to him like he was an idiot which is what he was I hate ignorance, there's no excuse for it.
"Smart kid aren't ya?" he grinned.
"Yeah she's smart, but you're apparently not the brightest candle on the menorah, because even I knew that, and I'm failing history," Buffy snapped.
"Like you said Ma'am I ain't the one in the cage," the agent said simply almost laughing.
Buffy's anger flew sky high at that point, I felt it I even jumped at that, they'd both been angry before, but thankfully Logan had been trying to suppress it. Though at this point Buffy didn't show any restrain.
"Three minutes," she snarled. Her face, like that of Satan himself.
I winced and put my head in my hands.
I felt Logan's gaze fall upon me, then I heard him say slowly to Buffy.
"Hey, calm down kid would ya?"
She flicked her glance to me, "Oh sorry sweetie," Buffy winced.
"Its okay," I said, but she was still angry, but I also felt her sympathy, which didn't male her anger much better.
"She okay?" the agent asked.
I could feel Buffy biting back a sarcastic remark. Another Agent said bluntly, "Don't worry about those animals.
I felt a burst of anger go through both Logan and Buffy, not to mention my own anger at that, but all of us with held our comments. Though it still felt like someone had just stuck and Ice pick through my head.
BUFFY:
I knew this was going to be a long trip. I wanted to tear that guys throat out, and I've never wanted to do that to any human before, not even to Snyder (Maybe permanently maim). I'm not even a mutant but I know what it like to be different, I mean, I can body slam a guy more than twice my size for crying out loud.
I had already broken the hand cuffs so they used shackles, then I tired to pick the lock with my bobby pins so they shackled my hands behind me, and took all the bobby pins out of my hair. If Willow were here, she could just whip up some, handy witch spell, that's Willow super Wiccan, well not really Giles freaks every time she uses magic without his supervision.
I wasn't really sure whether I preferred this to dealing with Angelus or not.Who am I kidding? I'd take just about any evil over Angelus, and these people aren't evil, though I hate to say it, they're just doing their job. But that didn't mean I wasn't gonna crack some skulls the first chance I got.
I had to lighten up the mood, I couldn't help it, "Hey Logan" I said then waited for him to look up.
"What?" he said.
"Wanna play most colorful metaphor?" I grinned.
"Don't even start, I'll strangle you myself," Logan replied.
I noticed Lilith looking in between the two of us, since she couldn't help but give a half grin, I figured my attempt wasn't making Logan mad.
"Does that mean you don't want to play?" I asked.
"You're lucky my hands are tied," he tossed back.
"See and I told Willow I'd take pictures, I bet she'd love to see this," I muttered, then just to annoy the Agents I said, "Are we there yet?"
I only earned an annoyed look from three out of the four soldiers.
Logan shook his head and Lilith remained silent. The truth is, I thought, if this place is really like a jail, I'm not sure how well Lilith's going to handle it, not that she's in capable, but.
Lilith looked up at me with a knowing look, for a moment we locked eyes, until she finally said quietly, "Don't worry about me,"
"I can't make you any promises," I said.