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Their eyes met immediately; his showing some signs of confusion, hers showing an intense anger.
Logan kept his claws in, not wanting to threaten the girl in front of him. She, however, was shaking with her claws pointed at him. Her accusing finger and angry tone shot out.
"It's all because of you!"
Not knowing what to say, Logan just kept his stance still and wait to see how the girl would react.
"Now I'm a monster!" She screamed, and leapt dangerously toward Logan. Logan jumped to the side to avoid her claws, but instead of attacking, he just backed up.
"I don't know what you're talking about!" He was still confused as why the girl seemed so much like him. Surely, she wasn't like him.
The girl screamed and lashed out, swiping at air as Logan ducked and dodged. Thanks to his agility, he was able to avoid her, yet it seemed she was just warming up. Suddenly she stopped, and flipped into the air, pounding him with both of her feet to his chest. Logan growled angrily as he crashed into the closest wall, denting it. As he picked himself up, a small generator off to the side caught his eye. He didn't want to have to hurt the girl, but he still needed to escape with her without her. And she wasn't about to let him go.
"You've got it all wrong, kid! I had nothing to do with what happened to you. I don't even know who you are!" Logan yelled at her, hoping to maybe lower her fierce temperament
"Liar!!"
The girl hit Logan so fast that she was a blur. Her foot cracked against his jaw, and then against his stomach. She pivoted gracefully in an attempt to gain momentum to smash him right through the wall. The small window of time that was her spin was enough for Logan, as he ducked under her leg. Lashing out with his foot, he swept her off the ground. With even more grace, the girl balanced on one hand without even touching the ground, and delivered a powerful blow to his shoulder.
As the girl flipped onto her feet, Logan took the chance to jumped up and move toward the generator. Whether or not the girl knew his strategy, she followed him slowly.
"Whatever's going on in your head, I want you to think about this. Why would I have this done to you?" Logan shot out his adamantium laced bone claws. "From what I can tell, you're a lot like me kid."
Logan was never one to be sincere or understanding, so it felt awkward as he spoke. The girl seemed to listen though.
"Nobody should be put through what you had to go through. Especially not a child."
"I am not, a child!!!"
The girl ran forward and with her claws ready to strike. Her movement told Logan that the tormented memories and the angst within her blinded whatever good judgment she had. For a second, he couldn't blame her. All through the beginning of the past he remembered, he'd been an animal; an uncontrollably wild one. However, he'd never lost his childhood to the experiments that had been done to him. This girl was still a kid.
Logan drooped a little as the claws passed over him and sliced the electrical cords behind him. Then his claws shot out to block a second attack, and the two fighter became tangled in their weapons. It only took a glimpse into her tear filled eyes to cause Logan to take a turn down his tortured and clouded memory lane. A new anger filled him, but it took his years of training to restrain his berserker rage.
Only now it seemed the girl would break down and cry, and he'd be able to escape with her. But she continued to struggle against him, until a voice reached their ears.
"Get them under control!!" The voice demanded authority and action.
Having been in locked in personal struggles and their physical battle, neither Logan nor the girl had sensed anyone near them.
There was a click as a weapon loaded.
Then a blast surged against Logan and the girl. Then they were knocked into the generator.
Ororo had zapped him before. He'd been shocked by Ray. But it hadn't prepared Logan for the electricity that washed over him. There was a bright flash than seared over Logan and the girl, as both cried out and grunted. With his remaining strength, Logan wrapped his arms around the girl, and pushed off the generator.
Both products of the Weapon X project rolled onto the ground in smoke. Both were unconscious as the soldier who had shot them moved over to them cautiously.
"Um, Trask, are they alive?" He asked his boss quietly.
"You stupid fool! It doesn't matter! Just call for some help so we can bag both of these animals." Trask replied angrily at his employer. The younger man nodded quickly and took off to get some more soldiers.
Trask moved over to the two unconscious mutants, glaring at them and smirking.
"Wolverine and X23." He whispered.
Their claws had yet to slide back into their knuckles. Without any fear, he dropped down on one knee to inspect them. First, he touched the three claws that attached to the Wolverine's hand. "Ha, the wonders of adamantium."
Behind Trask, a single claw slowly slid out of X23's boot without a sound. Then her eyes fluttered open.
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They would never know. Her disguise, her façade, it would fool them all. Not even a powerful telepath could find the secret.
Mystique sat quietly in the wheelchair, carefully manning the XM Velocity. Not that she cared if she crashed and burned all the X-men with her, but it would ruin her plan. As much as she hated them, it was much more fun to be hidden among them. They could keep no secrets from her now, and even though they didn't know it, she was in control.
She had to admit, it was good to be Charles Xavier.
Behind her, Jean Grey was fidgeting under the stress.
"Professor!" She blurted a little loudly, immediately blushing in embarrassment at her boisterous call. In a lower voice, "We need to go back and save the others!"
Mystique laughed on the inside, but made sure to keep a serious face on the outside.
"I know you want to go back to save Scott, Jean, but that will endanger us all. You can go by yourself if you prefer, but don't expect us to follow. We'll try to rescue them when the time is right." Mystique responded bitterly.
And after you all see your precious home in rubble, she added in thought.
Jean was taken aback with her mouth open in shock. She closed it and then silently stared out the window as a tear formed in her eye.
I always enjoy making little girls cry, Mystique thought with a smile, keeping her face forward. She knew, because of her remark, that most of the X-men behind her were all surprised by the crude remark to Jean. It didn't matter though, since none of them knew it wasn't really their dear Professor speaking.
"Professor, are you feeling okay?" An annoying Valley-Girl voice asked Mystique in a whine. Kitty's voice really irked her when she whined, which had been about once every our since her mentor had been "acting strangely".
"Kitty, if I told you to shut up, would you listen?" Mystique asked in Charles' voice politely. Kitty gasped at the question with an offended look.
"Professor!" Kurt called from the back, not believing what had just been said. Having made a snide remark to both X-men who had tried to talk to her, Mystique refrained from giving Kurt one. He was here son, and even though most doubted her love for him, it was real.
If she would have showed love for Kurt with the Brotherhood, they would have made fun of her or thought she was weak. Unless she decided to throw them out the window. If she'd done it back when she was with Magneto, he would probably think she wasn't good enough to fight the X-men if she loved one of them. And if she'd ever shown her love for Kurt in front of his friends, they would've either believe it was a lie or a trick. It was truly though for her to love, but that was something she kept to herself. For all the mean things she did to others, she made sure never to harm Kurt. Or Rogue, for that matter.
Being Rogue's friend was both enjoying and tough. Rogue was perceptive a lot of the time, and one slip up could lead her to accusations and questions. But it had been good so far. Rogue had become great friends with the Risty Wilde she knew. Though the real Risty was off somewhere in Britain, probably unaware that she was having an identity crisis in Bayville. But it had been a few months since Mystique had posed as her, but she was still hoping to reconnect with Rogue.
"Oh no! Look!" Kitty's squealing voice broke Mystique away from her reverie. Mystique then smirked venomously as all the X-men and Fred and Todd looked down at the ground below them through the windows. Sure enough, the Xavier mansion was in rubble. Just as Mystique had planned.
"Oh no! What about the students?" Jean asked urgently, as Mystique landed the aircraft. "They were on a mission hours ago! They probably came back!"
Good thinking, girl. I'm sure they were probably blown away. Mystique smiled at her thought. She didn't really care about the New Mutants, but they were still X-men. It had been easy to manipulate them and send them off. Then all she had to do was set the mansion to activate Defcon 4 and then the self-destruct mechanism. It had all played out after she'd left.
"Bobby, Amara!" Jean screamed the New Mutants' names as she ran from the XM Velocity. The others were right behind her as well. Mystique waited patiently as they all scattered off into the rubble in search of their teammates. They were so wrapped up in finding them that they hadn't noticed their Professor hanging back in the jet.
Once they were out of sight, Mystique morphed into her usual blue skinned and black outfit halter, skirt, and boots self. She brushed her bright red hair back casually, as she removed a cell phone from her only pocket. With another glance toward the mansion, she speed dialed Irene Adler's number.
There wasn't even a ring on the other end. Irene always knew when Mystique was going to call.
"Hello, Raven." Came a soft voice on the other end.
"I've finished the first segment of my plan, Irene. Now, I need to know what visions you have of Rogue. Do you know where she is?"
There was silence on the other side of the line for a second.
"A great power rests close to Rogue."
"Is she in danger?" Mystique asked worriedly.
"Her powers will be abused. A transformation of her powers will take place. It is all someone else's plan."
"Are you sure?"
"Raven, you know I only see pathways, probabilities. But right now, I'm afraid Rogue may be in for a rough ride." Irene replied in her soft tone.
"Do you know where she is, Destiny?" Mystique asked, addressing the other woman by her codename. "Can I save her?"
"No, I don't know where she is."
Mystique knew Irene had neglected to answer her second question. She just hoped Rogue wasn't in any real danger.
"Thank you Irene." Then she hung up, and ducked down as Kitty phased through a large chunk of rubble, dashing wildly towards the jet. By the time she got inside, Charles Xavier was wheeling towards her.
"Professor, come quick! There, like, a jet down in the ocean!" Kitty blurted, then raced off again. Mystique took her time as she followed, pondering what it the jet could mean. As she moved around the rubble, she found the others all standing at the cliff and peering down into the ocean.
As Mystique joined them, Kitty pointed a shaky finger. "Look!"
Sure enough, the X-jet was submerged beneath the ocean waves, barely visible beneath the deep blue waters. Mystique simply figure the New Mutants had tried to escape and failed. It did not matter to her.
But as the others watched the jet, they didn't notice how the Professor's eyes flicked into black slits over yellow. With another blink, they were back to the normal brown over white.
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"Um, hello? Um, Miss, are you awake?"
A soft and slightly scared voice of a young woman reached Rogue's ears, breaking through her cluttered mind as she recovered from a rough sleep.
"Where am Ah?" She asked dully, looking around the room. The room was empty of light except for rays of moonlight that spilled through glass windows located on two walls of the room. Rogue looked around at her new surroundings quietly.
It was a mostly empty room. Not quite a cell, but definitely far from away nicely furnished room back at the mansion. A chair, a rug, a few windows, and a book were the first things that caught her eye. Rogue couldn't find the ceiling through the shadows though.
Finally she remembered someone speaking to her. There, sitting in a chair with her legs folded underneath her, was a girl looking to be in her late teens. Dirty blonde hair that fell in curls reached down to her shoulders. Piercing emerald eyes shoed through a few locks that hung in front of her face. She wore dark blue jeans and a bright purple blouse, as well as some bracelets similar to Jean's on her wrists and ankles. A smile curved up on the girl's lips.
"You're awake!"
"Yeah," responded Rogue in a dazed voice as the girl hopped off the chair and moved over toward Rogue. "Where am Ah though?"
"Well actually," the girl started exuberantly, but then her voice dropped to a sad toned. "I'm not sure. I was kidnapped only hours ago, and then I woke up here. I tried that door, but it was too thick and powerful."
Rogue glanced at the door, and noticed large dents in it, looking like someone had almost punched right through it.
"Are you a mutant?" Rogue blurted in a whisper. The girl nodded hesitantly, looking like she knew how most mutants were treated.
"Are you one too?" She asked excitedly.
Rogue nodded bleakly. Ah can't believe Ah've met someone who almost is as giddy as Kitty, she thought, amused.
"So, how did you get here?" The girl continued. Rogue gave her a confused look.
"Ah, Ah don't remember."
The last thing she did remember was being angry at her friends. Really angry. But why? Rogue couldn't remember. Then she was flying away, confused and scared. All the personalities inside of her had started nagging and screaming and fighting their way through her conscience. There was nothing more after that.
The girl noticed Rogue's deep thinking, and then smile.
"Well, that doesn't matter. If you're a mutant, then you probably have a really powerful power! Now we can both escape! I couldn't do it alone."
"Were you the one who punched through the door?" Rogue asked, and pointed at the dented door. The girl blushed, and nodded. Truly, Rogue was starting to like this girl. She reminded her of Kitty. Kitty reminded her of her all her friends. But that reminded her of the anger. Something was wrong.
"Ah'm Rogue."
The girl smiled and shook her hand.
"Nice to meet you." And then her grin got wider. "Carol Danvers."
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A/N: Whew! The last chapter. And it seems that's there's lots of loose ends. So I guess there's going to be a sequel. Yay! Yay? What do you think? Thanks to all the reviewers as well! And expect the sequel to be a little shorter, but mainly wrap up all these plots. Logan and X23, Mystique and the X-men, Rogue and Carol. I might also follow some of the episodes, as I did earlier in this story. Thanks again, and I hope I some of you will continue with this story. I'm not sure how long the sequel to take, since I'm trying to finish some of my other stories. I'm guessing around a month or so. Well, that's a wrap I guess! By the way, the title is possibly, "Trapped Forever". It could change. Thank yous again to all the reviewers!