Title: Save Me

Author: Tasa-chan

Email: chibi_soap@hotmail.com

Disclaimer: I own everyone in this chapter except Logan ^_^ yay

Feedback: Pretty please??

Rating: PG-13, may change later.

Warnings: language, descriptive (slightly) deaths...


Save Me 4

"I've been through the strangest of mazes
somewhat self induced hazes
I got through
now back to you"

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Cold. At least, colder than usual. She rolled over, seeking his warmth. Wanting, needing, his arms around her, to make her feel safe, and warm, and not alone.


He was gone.


Her eyes shot open at the realization. She sat up straight in bed and looked around. Nothing. Stillness. Her heart rate doubled as she called out, "Logan!" and fell off the bed, onto the rough, ice-cold cement floor. "Logan!?!" She cried louder, diving at the door and peering frantically out the little window. There was, of course, nothing there. "LOGAN!!!" she yelled as loud as she could. Receiving no response other than her own echo, she sank down to the floor.


"Logan..." he was gone. They'd taken him, probably for an examination. He'd come back in a little while, she told herself.


But he didn't.


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A loud sigh echoed through the walls. Kaylee twisted in the bed so that she could watch the door. Listening. Always waiting from him to return. She had spent countless days waiting for him, but her hope was fading. Everything was beginning to dissolve around her. She just, didn't care anymore. If she died? Oh well. No one out there really cared about her anyways. Her mother probably had forgotten about her already. And Logan.... well, he was probably long gone. Her eyes drifted closed, and she was on the edge of sleep when she heard it.


Her eyes opened and she strained her ears. She could swear that she'd heard shouting and feet pounding in the hallways... but it was silent now. Kaylee shook her head and closed her eyes when she heard them again, louder, clearer. She slowly sat up, listening. She could definitely hear it now. Men were screaming. Commands were being shouted. There were gunshots.

Slowly, she climbed out of bed and went to the door to hear better. A single person was running closer to her cell. It couldn't be....

could it?

"Logan?" she called out, hoping he would hear her. There was a pause, and the footsteps got closer. She heard keys and she was pushed back as the door was thrown open at her.

"Sorry!" A young man with said. "But, you've got to hurry... come on!" He shouted, reaching for her hand.

"But-"

"No time for explaining!" He exclaimed, pulling her with him down the maze of halls.

They stopped at the beginning of another hallway, and he peered down into the darkness.

"Someones coming..." Kaylee whispered, moving behind him. A woman appeared, with cropped brown hair. Ten or eleven others followed behind her, wearing confused expressions. A small girl was clinging to the brown-haired woman. She was maybe three or four at the most. The woman handed the little girl to Kaylee.

"Hold her, we need to take care of the guards." Kaylee nodded and adjusted the girl in her arms.


The woman went ahead with the man that had rescued her, and motioned for the rest to follow them. They all stalked through the twisted hallways. The two in front seemingly knowing their way around. A young boy whimpered behind Kaylee, and she turned to comfort him when the brown-haired woman yelled "Get down, quick!" Kaylee pulled the boy down with her, and shielded him and the little girl with her arms.


Kaylee glanced up to watch in amazement as every guard the man punched fell to the ground in spasms. Kaylee watched one guard fire at him, but the bullets seemed to freeze in mid-air, as did the guard who shot it.

"Thanks!" the woman said to a teen-aged boy kneeling in front of Kaylee. He shrugged and smiled a little, pushing some of his dark hair out of his eyes. The man looked at the frozen guard, tucked his longish, brown hair over his ear and then motioned for everyone to continue on.


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The woman in front pushed the door open, exposing them all to the frigid night air. They all slowly stepped out into the snow, cautiously at first, then beginning to pick up speed.

"Where are we going?" Kaylee asked the boy who had frozen the guard. He just shrugged and replied, "I don't really care, as long as its not anything like back there." She had to agree.


The group pushed their way through the trees. A boy who could alter nature stayed in the back and erased the footprints from the snow, and mended trampled bushes.


"I hear a road up ahead," someone in the middle shouted up to the two in front. "only two cars right now, but I don't think we should go out into the open." Everyone agreed, and the lot edged as close to the road as they could without being seen, then followed along side it. Common sense really, a road /had/ to lead somewhere.


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"But, Cameron!!" Kaylee insisted for the billionth time. "I /have/ to go back! You don't underst-"

"No way, Katherine." He cut in, earning a glare at him. "If you go back you could get captured again, lost, or killed! I couldn't let you go back there. We have to stay here until we're certain they've stopped looking for us! You go out there and they'll find you! You want to go back there?!"

"But-- ugh!! WHY don't you LISTEN to me for once?!" She argued back loudly, turning and heading for her cabin.

"Katherine! Listen to me! You don't-"

"Fuck off, Cameron!" She yelled back, slamming the door.

She looked around the small cabin and sighed. It had been at least four months since they had escaped. Four months. And still no sign of Logan. But, she just had this... feeling that he was still alive. That had been what she and Cameron had been arguing about.


Days after they had escaped, they had stumbled upon a summer cottage, practically out in the middle of nowhere. One of the mutants had used his powers to shut down all the alarms inside, and then they broke into the cottage. The group had stayed in that cramped little cottage for about a week until Margret, the brown haired woman, had arranged for her bother to come pick them up. Fortunately for the whole group, she was the manager of a nearby summer camp. Her brother came with a big van and they all managed to squeeze inside. It was pretty cramped, but it was better than walking.


They had arrived at the camp, worn out, hungry, and cold. They were divided into groups of four, given clothes, and assigned to cabins. It was just like being at summer camp, except it was winter, and they had to alternate cooking meals. At least they had blankets, and comfortable mattresses. Margret had become the leader, being the oldest of them all, and Cameron, the man who had saved Kaylee, had become the second in command.


"What's wrong Kaylee?" Darren asked from his bunk. Kaylee flopped down on her mattress and sighed again.

"He still won't let me go," she explained, pulling the blanket over herself. "he just won't listen to me. He thinks I'm gonna get captured again, or I'll get killed or something."

"Yeah, I understand what you're saying, Kaylee," he paused, "but what if that guy isn't alive anymore? Or, what if they shipped him off to another lab, or he escaped and is long gone, or something?"


Kaylee lay on her bunk in silence, thinking about what Darren had said. She ran a frustrated hand through her annoyingly short hair and whispered, "I don't know, Darren... I just don't know." The cabin went an uneasy silence while Darren toyed with the hem of the over-sized shirt he was wearing.

"You wanna talk about it?" Darren asked softly.

"No." she sighed. " Thanks, Darren, but I think I need to be alone for a while." she smiled at him, heading out to the washrooms down the pathway.


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She sat on the counter top, swinging her legs, looking down at the sink beside her. She breathed in slowly and counted to three. Her hand trembled as she turned the metallic knob slightly, releasing a tiny stream of water. It rose lazily to the air and hovered about, sparkling under the light. Kaylee smiled and looked at the open door, willing the water to go outside. It wobbled a bit, and shot out the door, hitting a nearby tree. Kaylee did this few more times, gaining precision and accuracy with each shot.

Finally, she reached down and turned the tap so that the water was streaming out faster. It got a little crazy, a few went flying into the wall and the shower stalls before she managed to get it under control.


She turned the tap off all the way, a smile spreading over her lips. "I'm doing it, Logan." she said in her mind, hopping off the counter and glancing in the mirror. There was a circular crack, with more cracks encircling it, almost like a drawing of the sun with the rays of light around the center. There was longer, straighter one that ran diagonally down, away from the rest. It was from the first time she was here, and another girl was washing her hands when Kaylee had come in. Kaylee traced the long one with her fingers and looked at her image in the mirror.

She frowned at the reflection staring back at her. Her wildly-cut hair sticking out in weird angles. She attempted to smooth it down, but gave up when it just bounced back into place. She reached back and ran her fingers over the brand on the back of her neck. It was almost healed now, but it would always be there, acting as a constant reminder of how foolish she had been. Her reflection glowered back at her and she stuck her tongue out at it. She turned to leave when she heard a bell ringing in the distance.

"Alright! Lunch time!" a young boy exclaimed, running past the open bathroom door. Kaylee smiled and went out to eat.


She walked slowly down the steps to the hall, enjoying the warming air around her, which was much more delightful than the frost-bitten air that was just starting to fade away.

"Kaylee, wait up!" Darren called out behind her. She paused, and waited for him to catch up.


He stopped running and breathed heavily, "thanks." Kaylee just laughed and started walking. She matched his pace pretty well, considering his legs were miles longer than hers. Kaylee looked up at the sky thoughtfully, and sighed.

"Somethin' wrong, Kaylee?" Darren asked her, looking down at her face as they continued walking.

"Darren," She stepped over a log and chewed on her bottom lip. "what do you think would happen, if someone ran away from the camp?"

Darren stopped dead in his tracks.

"No! I don't think so, Kaylee." He said sternly, "if you run away, then I'm the one they'd question! I'm the one they'd blame!" Kaylee frowned and thought about it. True, it wouldn't be fair to Darren if she left him to get in trouble.

"Alright, alright!" she moaned, stalking off to the hall. Darren shook his head and followed after her.


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Kaylee listened to her three roommates breathe heavily. She could hear a person in the cabin beside hers snoring loudly. She held back a giggle and silently slipped out of her bed. Slowly, without as much noise as possible, she pulled her bundle of clothes and non-perishable food wrapped in a comforter out from under her bed. Kaylee looked around her cabin, silently saying goodbye to everyone. She crept to the door as silently as she could. She pushed open the screen door, and stepped outside. Kaylee let out the breath she hadn't even realized she'd been holding.

"Kaylee?" someone whispered, causing her to nearly jump out of her skin! She heard someone climb out of bed and walk towards her.

"D-Darren..." she stuttered helplessly clutching her wrapped-up clothes and food to her chest. Darren spotted the bundle and sighed.

"If you're leaving... then I'm coming too," He whispered in a firm voice. "I don't want you to go alone. I don't want anything to happen to you."


Kaylee started at him silently, watching his dark hair blow in the wind.

"I can help you, Kaylee," he offered, "If you'll let me." Kaylee looked at the ground and sighed.

"I just... oh, fine!" She couldn't say no. Not to him.


Kaylee turned and started walking towards the path that led the way to the road, Darren following beside her. Neither of them talked the entire long walk, until the got to the quiet, dark dirt road.

"Which way?" She asked quietly, even though they were pretty far from the cabins, there was that girl with the enhanced hearing...

"You mean you were planning on going alone, without even knowing which way to turn at the end of the driveway?!" Darren exclaimed, disbelieving her senselessness.

"Well, uh... well... you see..." Darren shook his head and quickly decided to turn right.

"I wasn't planning on leaving tonight!" She called after him, running to catch up to his fast-paced stride.


The two walked in silence for a long time. Finally, Darren sighed, jerking Kaylee from her thoughts.

"Why are you so concerned about this guy anyways, Kaylee?" He watched her look at the ground silently for a few meters before answering in a quiet voice, "Because it's my fault he went there in the first place."

They both went silent again.


"You planning on walking the whole night, or you wanna stop?" Darren asked, with a quiet yawn.

"Well, I was going to walk until I was too tired," she replied, glancing sideways at him. "but you look like you'll fall over if you don't get some rest."

Darren laughed at that, and smiled. "Why, I didn't know you cared!" Kaylee smiled shyly at him and answered back, "Well, I do."

A few minutes later, a cracking tree branch to their right caused Kaylee to snap around and look into the darkness uneasily.

"Did you hear that?" she whimpered. Darren shook his head.

"Hear what?" Kaylee turned back around and continued walking. A shuffling sound behind them made her quietly whine and latch onto his arm.


"Hey, what's the matter?" Darren asked, confused. Kaylee just shook his head, telling him not to ask. Darren grinned a tiny bit and pulled his arm from her grasp, and wrapped it around her shoulders.

"Don't be scared, I'll protect ya," he told her. Kaylee went noticeably stiff in his arms.

"What?" Darren inquired.

Kaylee closed her eyes and leaned closer to him. "The... the last person who said that..."

"That guy again?" Damn it, he shouldn't have said that he'd protect her, it just made her sad. He really wasn't good with comforting people.

"Yeah."

The two walked in silence again, trekking down an old road. Darren yawed again and Kaylee looked up at him.

"You wanna stop?" She asked him, looking back to see how far they'd gone, but couldn't see anything but darkness.

"Yeah, I guess." Darren agreed. He turned and walked off the road towards the trees. "You bring any blankets with you, Kaylee? It's awful cold tonight." Kaylee followed him into the trees.

"I only brought one." Kaylee confessed, looking at the things in her arms. Darren sighed and shook his head.

"You use it, I'll be fine." Darren told her, making himself comfortable in the fresh spring grass. Kaylee unrolled her clothes and food from the comforter and laid it down on the ground beside him.

"I think it may be big enough to share..." she suggested quietly, avoiding his glance. She settled herself down on the comforter and continued, "I mean, if it doesn't make you uncomfortable."


Darren was watching her in the darkness surrounding them. Her glanced at the comforter, then back up at her. "Alright."

He crawled onto the blanket, careful to not get it dirty with his shoes. He shifted around and closed his eyes. He felt Kaylee pull the edge of the comforter over them both and settle in close to him. There was an awkward silence between them as they both lay there. Opening his eyes again, Darren hesitantly reached out for her in the dark. Kaylee inched closer, and he wrapped his arm around her. She rested her head against him, relishing his warmth. His head leaned on her shoulder, and he closed his eyes again. He drifted into a nice, peaceful sleep.


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Lyrical quote: "Dust to Gold" by The Tea Party

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