Baxtalo wanted to curl up into a fetal position; it was one of his old reflexes from his days in the circus. He slowly tried to curl up, but something was holding down his arms and legs, and it made his chest start to hurt again, with something warm and wet starting to come onto it.

"Oh dammit. He's opened the wound in his sleep!" Baxtalo felt someone take something away, and that was when he remembered the fight in the park and Logan's claws ripping into his chest. Opening his eyes, Baxtalo found himself looking up at the one called Jean Grey.

"Get off of me!" he screamed, trying to slash at her face. She watched a bit sadly as he discovered that his hands and feet were strapped down to the bed he was in.

"Don't fight with me." She said seriously. "I'm just trying to bandage your wound."

"Get away you stupid slut!" he screamed, started to thrash around wildly. Jean backed away in fear, trying to calm him down as the bed started to move violently from his efforts.

"Give him a shot or something, Jean!" Hank cried, wincing slightly when he moved his arms, which were both in casts from Baxtalo's swords. She quickly grabbed a needle and injected it into Baxtalo's arm, making him fall still until he was completely under the medicine's effect.

"Oh my stars and garters! A few more minutes and he might have gotten free!" Hank said. Jean nodded faintly, applying the bandages to Baxtalo's wounds.

"I think it might have been better to take Sabretooth than this one!" she said.

***
"We have to go back and get him!" Sabretooth said, slamming his hand down on the table for emphasis. "The X-men have him as a prisoner in there!" Magneto was silent, looking down at the table.

"We can't go after him at their mansion." Quicksilver said. "It's heavily guarded."

"It could be a trap too." Toad pointed out. "It's not like they're going to hurt him anyway. They've actually got a moral code about something like that!"

"He's one of us!" Sabretooth said. "That means we need to go and get him back here!" Everyone looked to Magneto, who slowly raised his head.

"We can't risk being captured and then sent to the police." He said. He rose up a hand as Sabretooth opened his mouth in protest. "If we are caught by the authorities, our dreams will be destroyed. We have to wait this out."

Angrily, Sabretooth got out of his chair and stormed out of the room.

"Unus, keep an eye on him." Magneto said. "Make sure he doesn't leave the base for whatever reason."

***
"I really think we made a mistake capturing Baxtalo." Scott said. "Jean says he nearly escaped during one of his rages." Xavier sighed softly, looking out of his window at the grounds outside.

"There's something troubling that young man." He said finally. "Have you seen those scars on his face?" Scott snorted.

"Logan probably..."

"Those scars are old, Scott." Xavier said swiftly. "From glass smashing into his face." Scott cocked an eyebrow, looking at him seriously.

"You're thinking of recruiting him aren't you?"

"He has such pain inside of him, Scott."

"Professor, we have enough members in our team! We don't need a madman too!" Xavier gave Scott a reproving look.

"He needs our help, Scott. Magneto may have given him temporary help, but it has been mixed with venom that is slowly eating away at him." He said.

"He killed children with Sabretooth for fun!" Scott cried.

"Exactly!" Xavier said. "That is the venom I am talking about. Magneto has taken whatever has happened to him and twisted it so that he now thinks killing humans is a sport of some kind. I need to connect with this young man, Scott. Whether you approve of this or not!" Scott sighed, rubbing the back of his head slightly.

"Just be careful when you talk to him." He said finally. "Jean said that he goes wild when he sees someone standing over him."