Scott fell heavily to the floor as Jean was putting Logan down. She dropped him, and Kurt leaped to Scott's side.
"Oof!" Logan landed hard, then retracted his claws as Jean sheepishly said, "Sorry, love."
"He'll come around soon. Remy, help me get him to the medilab." Kurt and Gambit carried Scott out, Logan's hot eyes following them.
"Come back for Wyngarde," I called. Keeping Charles' body drugged was the best way of stopping Mastermind for now. We could not keep hitting him, after all, once we had left.
"Still think you shoulda let me take care of him my way." His voice grated over my raw nerves, and I struck out.
"You will do nothing to him, Logan, or you will answer to me." I gathered my power together, ready to blast him with a flood if I had to.
He shrugged and lit a cigar. "I keep my promises."
I sighed. "If you're not doing something else right now, get into your uniforms. We have a date to keep with the mutants who did this to us, and I for one am looking forward to teaching them how wrong they were to think they could destroy us so easily." I released my power slowly and tried to ease the tension in my body as well.
I stayed with the unconscious body of the professor as Rogue left, and then Jean and Logan, holding hands. I tried to concentrate on the battle ahead. Could we count on aid? I hoped so. Currently, our core group was wounded, and I was not sure we could still work together as a unit. Logan was probably going to rage out once we got there. Someone would have to make sure he didn't murder Scott. Scott was a wreck. Jean was an unknown quantity. Kurt had to stay here to monitor Xavier/Wyngarde, though I wished he could come along so that we could talk. I was not sure what effect these weeks had on Remy and Rogue, though I assumed it was not good.
