Concentrate

Author: Kryptonite

Rating: PG-13

Disclaimer: I do not own X-men. There I said it, can I go back to typing now?

Summary: Another short chapter, back at the camp, at least a week after the last chapter. Tommie gets to be a hero… again. Or is it 'as always'?

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" Good god, what's that noise?" Sarah shrieked, clapping her hands over her ears and effectively dropping the pickaxe she was holding. A light started flashing from the guard tower, drawing the prisoners' attention.

" It's the alarm!" Tommie shouted, realizing in an instant what was going on. The guards shouting confirmed her statement.

" To your barracks! Now! First person to leave gets shot!" Everyone dropped what they were doing and ran. When the guards told you to do something you did it, no question.

" Oh god, I wonder what's happening?" Sarah whispered, echoing everyone's feelings. The machine guns that the soldiers were so famous for suddenly went off, sounding above the alarm.

" Sarah get everyone in here ready to fight. But you don't attack unless they do."

Sarah latched on to Tommie's arm before she could move. " Who's they?"

" Whoever the guards are firing at. I'm gonna try to get the kids over here."

" What? Why?" This was another person, an older man who used to be able to control small animals.

" Because if the people the guards are shooting at are trying to hurt us, the kids have no way to protect themselves. Not to mention our barracks are bigger and we can fit a dozen little kids in here with us. I'll be back." Yanking her arm out of Sarah's grasp Tommie ran out the door, staying as low to the ground as she could, focusing on the children's' barracks.

The little kids were huddled in the back corner of their too-small confines when Tommie came in. Putting a finger to her lips, Tommie motioned for the kids to come closer. They all obeyed instantly, a few weeks teaching them quickly to listen to the older people.

" When I tell you, you're going to run to the adult barracks, okay? Just run as fast as you can and don't worry about anything else." The really little kids, six and seven, sniffled, trying not to let the tears in their eyes fall.

Going to the door, Tommie glanced out but ducked back in, motioning the kids to the back of the room. Waiting quietly behind the door, Tommie watched as the unsuspecting guard burst through the door, gun at the ready. With a quick shot to the back of his knee, Tommie got the guard to turn around as she dropped to the dirt floor, foot coming up in-between his legs.

Swinging her foot around as the guard doubled over even more, Tommie managed to hit him hard enough in the face to force him to run into the wooden walls, knocking himself unconscious. Standing at the door, Tommie motioned for the kids to run, sending her powers out ahead of them, acting as a shield.

" Go! Run!" She shouted, getting the kids rears in gear as the started running for the other barracks. Watching to make sure that everyone was getting there, Tommie slowly let her mutation shrink back in on itself, but then… one of the girls slipped, the shield passing over her as it shrank and kept up with the other kids.

Noticing two groups of people, guards and others she had never seen before Tommie made a split decision. Racing out to the crying little girl Tommie managed to avoid not only gunfire but also what looked like laser beams. Falling to the floor with the girl in her arms, Tommie passed out, having not been able to duck all the bullets, one lodged in her side.

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A/N: I know I said that it would be a while before they got 'rescued' but I had the idea for this and I haven't had any others (I even waited a few days to see if any would come) so I wrote this down. I know Tommie comes off as a real hero in this but she's supposed to be. Tommie is supposed to be the 'main' character in this story. Tell me what you think, have a good life.