Feral Bonds Chapter 18
Happy freaking Halloween
It's disclaimer time: Don't own it now, won't own it in the future. Don't sue. Only thing I do own is Mark and the circumstances behind the story. (Here comes the ego talking) If you want to use any of this, ask. If you want to archive this somewhere else, just let me know before you do. (End ego talking)
The reviewer known as Me: Ick, that has to be one of the most disgusting pairings I've heard of yet. Well, except for a Kurt/Mystique I saw. To quote Kitty, "Ewwww."
Trunksblue: Yep, but it has a purpose. Might not see it for a while, but it does have a purpose.
Inuyasha0001: Thanks, I hope I make it interesting.
Kiki: Glad you like it.
Spoiler for Ascension in case you haven't seen it and personal comments.
AN: Jesus Christ. I just saw Ascension pt2. If that isn't the most depressing episode in the world, I don't know what is. Very cool, but depressing. Hell, I had to stop writing this chapter and start over, it had turned into a festering pile of angst. At least it shows X23 as an X-man as well as Rogue with flight. If they end Evo there, I'm gonna be disappointed.
End Spoiler & Personal Rant.
_Mansion_
Kitty led Mark out into the foyer. She took a quick glance around and saw X23 standing next to a group picture of the students in their school clothes. She just stood motionless with her hands at her sides, staring at the photo. Kitty took a few steps towards her before X23 seemed to shake herself and spun around. "Are you ready yet? You're wasting time."
Kitty mentally groaned. Then pointed at what X23 was wearing. "You totally can't go out wearing that uniform."
X23 looked down and grabbed a handful of the fabric. She gave it a single tug before looking back up. "I don't really give a shit what I wear. Let's get going."
Kitty sighed. "Well, the Professor will care. Wearing an X-man uniform out in public is like, a little obvious, don't you think?"
X23 narrowed her eyes and glared at her for a moment. "Fine. What do you plan to do about it?"
Kitty tapped her chin and got a look of concentration. After a few seconds, her eyes lit up. "I know, you can get something out of Amara's room. You're about the same size." Her eyes clouded over for a moment before clearing. "Well, after that, I guess we can get Jubilee to like take us to the mall or something."
X23 went real still for a moment. Finally shaking herself, she turned and started walking towards the stairs. "Fine."
Kitty grabbed Mark's arm and pulled him up the stairs to the New Mutant's hallway.
Mark walked behind her, occasionally looking at the doors they passed. Coming up to the area he fought in the night before, he started sniffing the area. X23 turned and looked at him. Kitty turned and tried to figure out what he was doing, the only thing she could feel was curiosity. Mark bent down to the floor and wiped his fingers along the wood. Bringing them up to his face, he took a deep sniff and scowled. Standing, he walked over and grabbed a door. He shook the door handle finding it locked. He frowned at it for a second before his claws slipped out of his fist and he ripped a hole around the lock.
Kitty started to reach out to him when X23 grabbed her shoulder and held her back. Kitty whipped around and looked at her questioningly. X23 sniffed the air and looked at the door intently, ignoring Kitty's look. Kitty started to struggle out of her grip when X23 bit out. "Wait."
Mark swung the door open and stepped in. Kitty realized it was an empty room that hadn't been used for a while. Taking a deep breath, a cloyingly sweet scent filled her nostrils. She waved her hands in front of her face in a vain attempt to clear the air. A few small thumps were heard from the room. She turned her head and once again tried to get answers from X23, who was still ignoring her.
X23 started scowling heavily and her eyes narrowed. Kitty looked back at the door and saw Mark walking back out of the dark room. She was about to ask him what was going on when she saw that he was dragging a body behind him.
Mark had his hand wrapped around the forearm of one of the soldiers from the night before. He looked at her blankly for a second before turning and walking down the stairs, the body scraping the floor behind him. Kitty shivered and closed her eyes for a moment. She finally walked over and glanced in the room and saw the rubble strewn across the floor and the hole leading to the roof in the back wall. Hearing footsteps behind her, she saw X23 disappear down the stairs. She dragged the door closed on the stinking room and chased after them.
X23 followed a few meters behind Mark, observing him. Taking a closer look at the corpse, she saw the way it's head flopped back and forth. Obviously he had broke his neck somehow, and by the scent, it happened last night. Her head snapped up when she heard a sharp intake of breath and a body hitting the floor. She saw one of the poorly trained children swooning at the sight of a corpse. -Truly pathetic.- She wondered what would have happened if the girl had seen the room. The soldier had somehow gotten his wrists slit and had bled out on the floor.
Mark had just passed the kitchen doors when the sound of dishes and utensils clattering to the table and floor filtered into the hallway. The sound of footsteps running came and Ray stuck his head out. He stared at Mark for a moment before muttering, "That is so creepy." and drawing his head back in.
Kitty caught up to Mark and spoke. "Where are you going? And why with that.." She gestured vaguely at the body. "..thing?"
Mark just continued to drag the body behind him, but he did turn his head. "I know him."
Kitty step faltered. "From where?"
At that, Mark did stop. He was quiet for a moment, seemingly lost in thought. He finally looked between her and X23 before answering. "From home."
Kitty just looked at him blankly. Home? He didn't have a home. And certainly not a place with soldiers.
Mark waited a second for her to respond. Finally seeing that she wasn't going to, he started walking again. Kitty finally realized what he was talking about. The facility in Colorado they got him out of. X23 brushed past her and caught her eyes for an instant before continuing down the hall. Kitty shivered at the eye contact, there wasn't anyone home in X23's eyes.
_Garage_
Logan dropped the bag of tools onto the floor and spread out the drop cloth. Easing himself down, he started pulling the transmission off his blue bike. He had gotten the casing off and was about to start on the gears when he caught the sweet scent of decay. Furrowing his brow, he dropped the ratchet and stood. He scanned the garage and the part of the grounds he could see through the door, but couldn't see anything out of the ordinary. He had just about decided to go inside when the screen door popped open. he turned and saw Mark dragging the body behind him. He stiffened for a second before he caught another drift of the decay. He wiped his hands off and walked towards Mark.
Mark had obviously caught sight of him and had changed his course to intercept. Logan inwardly flinched when he saw Kitty and X23 walk through the door. Kitty seemed to be taking the past few days remarkably well, he had figured that she would have been a crying wreck by now, but she seemed to handle the blood and gore like an old soldier inurned to the horrors of war. He supposed that it had something to do with that mystical mumbo-jumbo Chuck had put into their heads.
X23 was taking the entire scenario about how he would have thought she would, stoic and unflappable. As he got closer, he noticed the utterly dead look in her eyes and something inside him shivered. He'd seen those eyes a hundred times, mostly on fellow soldiers back in ww2 after a particularly bad day, or week, or life. Something had hit her, and hit her hard in the past few minutes, and he didn't think that it could have anything to do with a dead body.
Mark met Logan in front of one of the Professor's cars. They stared into each others eyes for a moment, each daring the other to start talking. Finally Mark dropped the arm to the floor and spoke. "I know him."
Logan's eyes widened. This was good news, of a sort. They at least knew what they were dealing with. Mark leaned down and let a claw slip out. He grabbed the material of the BDU and tore the left sleeve off. He tossed the sleeve to the side and pointed to a tattoo on the bicep.
Logan turned the arm to get a better look, already half-knowing what he was going to see. The bicep came into full view and his guess was proved right. There it was, in all it's glory; the eagle, anchor, and earth symbol of the USMC. He squeezed the arm a bit and took a closer look, it seemed fairly fresh of a tattoo, maybe a year old.
Kitty spoke out. "He said that he was from his home." She pointed at Mark. Logan just nodded and turned back to the corpse. Quickly searching for some sort of ID, he noticed that there were no dog tags, no nothing.
Standing and walking over to the wall, he jabbed a button on the intercom. A few seconds later, Xavier's voice crackled out. "Yes Logan?"
Logan looked back at the three teens. Or two teens and one..whatever. "Got confirmation Chuck. It's the same group that ran the facility. Mark found a corpse and brought it to me. No ID, but it's got a Marine tattoo."
The intercom was silent for a second before Xavier's voice once again crackled to life. "I'll get in touch with some of my contacts and see if we can't start tracing them back to the source."
Logan glanced back at the three. "Sure Chuck. I'll get the kids over to the warehouse. Figure it out."
Kitty glanced at the thoughtful expression on Logan's face and started to fidget. Finally she reached out and grabbed Mark's arm. "Let's go." Mark turned and walked after her, leaving X23 and Logan alone. They just stared at each other for the better part of a minute before X23 just nodded and walked off in the direction the other two had left in. Logan just stood still for a moment before exhaling and starting to clean up his tools.
_Amara's room_
Kitty opened the door to Amara's room and slipped in, dragging Mark behind her. She flicked on a lamp and looked around the room with a clouded expression on her face. She shook her head and sat Mark down at the desk and told him to stay there. She started digging in the closet and occasional grunts floated out. Mark looked up from the desk when X23 silently slipped into the room. She froze for an instant when she saw Mark's eyes on her, but she continued to the closet. Standing behind Kitty, she remained silent while the preppy teen continued to rifle through the closet. She was about to say something when Kitty stopped suddenly and slowly backed out of the closet holding a leather halter and ring choker. A ghost of a smile crept onto her face and her thumb stroked the top. She grinned and turned around. She almost screamed when she came practically nose to nose with X23.
Taking a step back and putting a hand to her chest, she spoke. "You totally scared the heck out of me. Make some noise or something next time." X23 just let a feral grin slide onto her face. Kitty stared for a second before rolling her eyes. She looked down at the top and she held it out. "You should wear this, the outfit is incredible."
X23 took the halter and turned it over. She snorted and dropped it to the floor. "We are going into hiding, not starting a dominatrix club." She stepped past Kitty and grabbed a jean jacket, t-shirt and jeans. Showing them to her, she spoke. "These are inconspicuous."
Kitty rolled her eyes. "Yea, and boring as." her voice cut off when X23 stripped off the uniform. Kitty spun around and grabbed Mark's arm, turning him to face the wall, she dug her fingers into his bicep when he tried to turn back around. She called over her shoulder. "Like, what is it with you people? Adnamantium leach your modesty or something?"
X23 blinked and looked at herself. Raising her head and looking Kitty in the eyes, she spoke. "It's just a body. What's your problem?" She tugged on the jeans and buttoned them before sliding the t-shirt over her head. Reaching back and grabbing the jacket, she moved around a bit. "The fit is good. This will do for now. Let's get moving." A ghost of a grin appeared on her face. "Unless you want to stand there cutting his circulation off."
Kitty looked back and saw Mark rubbing his arm, again. She rolled her eyes. "Let's go Mark."
_Garage_
Logan tossed open the side door of the van when he heard the three teens walk out the door. He turned and leaned back against the van and just watched them. X23 still looked focused and whatever got in her way would have hell to pay. Kitty was more than obviously angry. -Who knows why with that kid anymore.- Mark was stepping carefully behind both of them, his face and eyes empty. He waited until Kitty tossed a bag into the back seat before speaking. "Xavier got these done for you while you were playing dress up." He handed X23 an envelope.
She growled before snatching it out of his hands and tearing it open. She dumped a wallet and palm pilot out into her hands. Flipping the wallet open, she flipped through the cards, verifying her new ID and bank cards before shoving it in a jacket pocket. She looked back up at Logan and gestured with the pilot. He nodded. "That's your copy of the records you need. You know, school transcript, history, that kind of thing. It also has the full text of the report you were reading earlier."
She nodded and dropped it into the leather pouch she was carrying. She grabbed the frame of the van and hopped in. Kitty and Mark soon followed and shut the door. Logan started the van and pulled out.
_Warehouse_
Logan pulled the van to a stop next to an old warehouse in the industrial section of Bayville. He hit a remote and the doors ground open. He pulled in and closed the doors. "Ok, everyone out. Say hi to your new home."
Kitty phased through the door and took a look around. There was a whole freaking lot of..nothing. The door opened behind her and Mark stepped out, quickly followed by X23. She turned to Logan. "Mr. Logan, there's like nothing here!"
Logan just looked around before turning to her. "It's a warehouse Half- Pint, what did ya expect?"
X23 looked off to the side. "There's a door." She then grabbed the leather pouch and walked off. Mark tapped Kitty on the shoulder and nodded towards X23. Kitty sighed. "Yea, let's go." She grabbed his hand and pulled him behind her.
X23 reached the door and used the key Xavier had given her to open it. She stuck her head in and flipped on a light switch. A hallway with five doors came into view. She took a sniff before heading to the nearest door and opening it. She tossed the pouch in and closed the door. She turned back to Kitty and Mark. "Settle in. Kitty, bring Mark out into the warehouse in an hour, training is going to start."
Kitty rolled her eyes. Logan caught it and laughed. "You kids have fun." With that, he turned and walked back to the van and left.
Kitty sighed and looked at Mark, who was just standing there looking at her. She grabbed his arm and dragged him towards a room. "This totally sucks." She swore she heard a snicker behind her.
Happy freaking Halloween
It's disclaimer time: Don't own it now, won't own it in the future. Don't sue. Only thing I do own is Mark and the circumstances behind the story. (Here comes the ego talking) If you want to use any of this, ask. If you want to archive this somewhere else, just let me know before you do. (End ego talking)
The reviewer known as Me: Ick, that has to be one of the most disgusting pairings I've heard of yet. Well, except for a Kurt/Mystique I saw. To quote Kitty, "Ewwww."
Trunksblue: Yep, but it has a purpose. Might not see it for a while, but it does have a purpose.
Inuyasha0001: Thanks, I hope I make it interesting.
Kiki: Glad you like it.
Spoiler for Ascension in case you haven't seen it and personal comments.
AN: Jesus Christ. I just saw Ascension pt2. If that isn't the most depressing episode in the world, I don't know what is. Very cool, but depressing. Hell, I had to stop writing this chapter and start over, it had turned into a festering pile of angst. At least it shows X23 as an X-man as well as Rogue with flight. If they end Evo there, I'm gonna be disappointed.
End Spoiler & Personal Rant.
_Mansion_
Kitty led Mark out into the foyer. She took a quick glance around and saw X23 standing next to a group picture of the students in their school clothes. She just stood motionless with her hands at her sides, staring at the photo. Kitty took a few steps towards her before X23 seemed to shake herself and spun around. "Are you ready yet? You're wasting time."
Kitty mentally groaned. Then pointed at what X23 was wearing. "You totally can't go out wearing that uniform."
X23 looked down and grabbed a handful of the fabric. She gave it a single tug before looking back up. "I don't really give a shit what I wear. Let's get going."
Kitty sighed. "Well, the Professor will care. Wearing an X-man uniform out in public is like, a little obvious, don't you think?"
X23 narrowed her eyes and glared at her for a moment. "Fine. What do you plan to do about it?"
Kitty tapped her chin and got a look of concentration. After a few seconds, her eyes lit up. "I know, you can get something out of Amara's room. You're about the same size." Her eyes clouded over for a moment before clearing. "Well, after that, I guess we can get Jubilee to like take us to the mall or something."
X23 went real still for a moment. Finally shaking herself, she turned and started walking towards the stairs. "Fine."
Kitty grabbed Mark's arm and pulled him up the stairs to the New Mutant's hallway.
Mark walked behind her, occasionally looking at the doors they passed. Coming up to the area he fought in the night before, he started sniffing the area. X23 turned and looked at him. Kitty turned and tried to figure out what he was doing, the only thing she could feel was curiosity. Mark bent down to the floor and wiped his fingers along the wood. Bringing them up to his face, he took a deep sniff and scowled. Standing, he walked over and grabbed a door. He shook the door handle finding it locked. He frowned at it for a second before his claws slipped out of his fist and he ripped a hole around the lock.
Kitty started to reach out to him when X23 grabbed her shoulder and held her back. Kitty whipped around and looked at her questioningly. X23 sniffed the air and looked at the door intently, ignoring Kitty's look. Kitty started to struggle out of her grip when X23 bit out. "Wait."
Mark swung the door open and stepped in. Kitty realized it was an empty room that hadn't been used for a while. Taking a deep breath, a cloyingly sweet scent filled her nostrils. She waved her hands in front of her face in a vain attempt to clear the air. A few small thumps were heard from the room. She turned her head and once again tried to get answers from X23, who was still ignoring her.
X23 started scowling heavily and her eyes narrowed. Kitty looked back at the door and saw Mark walking back out of the dark room. She was about to ask him what was going on when she saw that he was dragging a body behind him.
Mark had his hand wrapped around the forearm of one of the soldiers from the night before. He looked at her blankly for a second before turning and walking down the stairs, the body scraping the floor behind him. Kitty shivered and closed her eyes for a moment. She finally walked over and glanced in the room and saw the rubble strewn across the floor and the hole leading to the roof in the back wall. Hearing footsteps behind her, she saw X23 disappear down the stairs. She dragged the door closed on the stinking room and chased after them.
X23 followed a few meters behind Mark, observing him. Taking a closer look at the corpse, she saw the way it's head flopped back and forth. Obviously he had broke his neck somehow, and by the scent, it happened last night. Her head snapped up when she heard a sharp intake of breath and a body hitting the floor. She saw one of the poorly trained children swooning at the sight of a corpse. -Truly pathetic.- She wondered what would have happened if the girl had seen the room. The soldier had somehow gotten his wrists slit and had bled out on the floor.
Mark had just passed the kitchen doors when the sound of dishes and utensils clattering to the table and floor filtered into the hallway. The sound of footsteps running came and Ray stuck his head out. He stared at Mark for a moment before muttering, "That is so creepy." and drawing his head back in.
Kitty caught up to Mark and spoke. "Where are you going? And why with that.." She gestured vaguely at the body. "..thing?"
Mark just continued to drag the body behind him, but he did turn his head. "I know him."
Kitty step faltered. "From where?"
At that, Mark did stop. He was quiet for a moment, seemingly lost in thought. He finally looked between her and X23 before answering. "From home."
Kitty just looked at him blankly. Home? He didn't have a home. And certainly not a place with soldiers.
Mark waited a second for her to respond. Finally seeing that she wasn't going to, he started walking again. Kitty finally realized what he was talking about. The facility in Colorado they got him out of. X23 brushed past her and caught her eyes for an instant before continuing down the hall. Kitty shivered at the eye contact, there wasn't anyone home in X23's eyes.
_Garage_
Logan dropped the bag of tools onto the floor and spread out the drop cloth. Easing himself down, he started pulling the transmission off his blue bike. He had gotten the casing off and was about to start on the gears when he caught the sweet scent of decay. Furrowing his brow, he dropped the ratchet and stood. He scanned the garage and the part of the grounds he could see through the door, but couldn't see anything out of the ordinary. He had just about decided to go inside when the screen door popped open. he turned and saw Mark dragging the body behind him. He stiffened for a second before he caught another drift of the decay. He wiped his hands off and walked towards Mark.
Mark had obviously caught sight of him and had changed his course to intercept. Logan inwardly flinched when he saw Kitty and X23 walk through the door. Kitty seemed to be taking the past few days remarkably well, he had figured that she would have been a crying wreck by now, but she seemed to handle the blood and gore like an old soldier inurned to the horrors of war. He supposed that it had something to do with that mystical mumbo-jumbo Chuck had put into their heads.
X23 was taking the entire scenario about how he would have thought she would, stoic and unflappable. As he got closer, he noticed the utterly dead look in her eyes and something inside him shivered. He'd seen those eyes a hundred times, mostly on fellow soldiers back in ww2 after a particularly bad day, or week, or life. Something had hit her, and hit her hard in the past few minutes, and he didn't think that it could have anything to do with a dead body.
Mark met Logan in front of one of the Professor's cars. They stared into each others eyes for a moment, each daring the other to start talking. Finally Mark dropped the arm to the floor and spoke. "I know him."
Logan's eyes widened. This was good news, of a sort. They at least knew what they were dealing with. Mark leaned down and let a claw slip out. He grabbed the material of the BDU and tore the left sleeve off. He tossed the sleeve to the side and pointed to a tattoo on the bicep.
Logan turned the arm to get a better look, already half-knowing what he was going to see. The bicep came into full view and his guess was proved right. There it was, in all it's glory; the eagle, anchor, and earth symbol of the USMC. He squeezed the arm a bit and took a closer look, it seemed fairly fresh of a tattoo, maybe a year old.
Kitty spoke out. "He said that he was from his home." She pointed at Mark. Logan just nodded and turned back to the corpse. Quickly searching for some sort of ID, he noticed that there were no dog tags, no nothing.
Standing and walking over to the wall, he jabbed a button on the intercom. A few seconds later, Xavier's voice crackled out. "Yes Logan?"
Logan looked back at the three teens. Or two teens and one..whatever. "Got confirmation Chuck. It's the same group that ran the facility. Mark found a corpse and brought it to me. No ID, but it's got a Marine tattoo."
The intercom was silent for a second before Xavier's voice once again crackled to life. "I'll get in touch with some of my contacts and see if we can't start tracing them back to the source."
Logan glanced back at the three. "Sure Chuck. I'll get the kids over to the warehouse. Figure it out."
Kitty glanced at the thoughtful expression on Logan's face and started to fidget. Finally she reached out and grabbed Mark's arm. "Let's go." Mark turned and walked after her, leaving X23 and Logan alone. They just stared at each other for the better part of a minute before X23 just nodded and walked off in the direction the other two had left in. Logan just stood still for a moment before exhaling and starting to clean up his tools.
_Amara's room_
Kitty opened the door to Amara's room and slipped in, dragging Mark behind her. She flicked on a lamp and looked around the room with a clouded expression on her face. She shook her head and sat Mark down at the desk and told him to stay there. She started digging in the closet and occasional grunts floated out. Mark looked up from the desk when X23 silently slipped into the room. She froze for an instant when she saw Mark's eyes on her, but she continued to the closet. Standing behind Kitty, she remained silent while the preppy teen continued to rifle through the closet. She was about to say something when Kitty stopped suddenly and slowly backed out of the closet holding a leather halter and ring choker. A ghost of a smile crept onto her face and her thumb stroked the top. She grinned and turned around. She almost screamed when she came practically nose to nose with X23.
Taking a step back and putting a hand to her chest, she spoke. "You totally scared the heck out of me. Make some noise or something next time." X23 just let a feral grin slide onto her face. Kitty stared for a second before rolling her eyes. She looked down at the top and she held it out. "You should wear this, the outfit is incredible."
X23 took the halter and turned it over. She snorted and dropped it to the floor. "We are going into hiding, not starting a dominatrix club." She stepped past Kitty and grabbed a jean jacket, t-shirt and jeans. Showing them to her, she spoke. "These are inconspicuous."
Kitty rolled her eyes. "Yea, and boring as." her voice cut off when X23 stripped off the uniform. Kitty spun around and grabbed Mark's arm, turning him to face the wall, she dug her fingers into his bicep when he tried to turn back around. She called over her shoulder. "Like, what is it with you people? Adnamantium leach your modesty or something?"
X23 blinked and looked at herself. Raising her head and looking Kitty in the eyes, she spoke. "It's just a body. What's your problem?" She tugged on the jeans and buttoned them before sliding the t-shirt over her head. Reaching back and grabbing the jacket, she moved around a bit. "The fit is good. This will do for now. Let's get moving." A ghost of a grin appeared on her face. "Unless you want to stand there cutting his circulation off."
Kitty looked back and saw Mark rubbing his arm, again. She rolled her eyes. "Let's go Mark."
_Garage_
Logan tossed open the side door of the van when he heard the three teens walk out the door. He turned and leaned back against the van and just watched them. X23 still looked focused and whatever got in her way would have hell to pay. Kitty was more than obviously angry. -Who knows why with that kid anymore.- Mark was stepping carefully behind both of them, his face and eyes empty. He waited until Kitty tossed a bag into the back seat before speaking. "Xavier got these done for you while you were playing dress up." He handed X23 an envelope.
She growled before snatching it out of his hands and tearing it open. She dumped a wallet and palm pilot out into her hands. Flipping the wallet open, she flipped through the cards, verifying her new ID and bank cards before shoving it in a jacket pocket. She looked back up at Logan and gestured with the pilot. He nodded. "That's your copy of the records you need. You know, school transcript, history, that kind of thing. It also has the full text of the report you were reading earlier."
She nodded and dropped it into the leather pouch she was carrying. She grabbed the frame of the van and hopped in. Kitty and Mark soon followed and shut the door. Logan started the van and pulled out.
_Warehouse_
Logan pulled the van to a stop next to an old warehouse in the industrial section of Bayville. He hit a remote and the doors ground open. He pulled in and closed the doors. "Ok, everyone out. Say hi to your new home."
Kitty phased through the door and took a look around. There was a whole freaking lot of..nothing. The door opened behind her and Mark stepped out, quickly followed by X23. She turned to Logan. "Mr. Logan, there's like nothing here!"
Logan just looked around before turning to her. "It's a warehouse Half- Pint, what did ya expect?"
X23 looked off to the side. "There's a door." She then grabbed the leather pouch and walked off. Mark tapped Kitty on the shoulder and nodded towards X23. Kitty sighed. "Yea, let's go." She grabbed his hand and pulled him behind her.
X23 reached the door and used the key Xavier had given her to open it. She stuck her head in and flipped on a light switch. A hallway with five doors came into view. She took a sniff before heading to the nearest door and opening it. She tossed the pouch in and closed the door. She turned back to Kitty and Mark. "Settle in. Kitty, bring Mark out into the warehouse in an hour, training is going to start."
Kitty rolled her eyes. Logan caught it and laughed. "You kids have fun." With that, he turned and walked back to the van and left.
Kitty sighed and looked at Mark, who was just standing there looking at her. She grabbed his arm and dragged him towards a room. "This totally sucks." She swore she heard a snicker behind her.