X - Angel

Chapter 22

As the wall's started to fall in even bigger chunks around them, Warren distinctly saw an eerie blue tinge absorb into the confined space around them. With this image, came a fealling of sheer weightlessness, as Piper, began to slowly move upward's, from his grip.

She still held him close, but he could see her brow furrowing, as she set up the anti-gravitational guard against them both. Her hair began to stand on end, alike to his own. He watched as massive boulder's dropped from above, and bounced off from the field. Then, after a while, all went black.

Logan knelt over Cabbie, as she tried to regain her breath. "Thanks." Logan said as he smiled at her, she was about to reply, when an almighty 'Crack' could be heard, and half the ceiling collapsed down upon them. Logan instinctively shielded Cabbie from the falling rubble, pulling her underneeth him, as the rock's fell down upon his back, displacing numerous amounts of his bones.

Jean, and Scott huddled themselves into a corner, as Jean still held up the protective Coccoon around themselves. They watched, as large portion's of rock fell into the Lake.

Xavier, Ororo, and Kurt, watched in horror from the X-Jet, as a whole segment of the island slid down into the water below, taking away most of the rock's from which they had unwittingly known to have fallen against Logan.

The Wolverine was the first to recover, as he found his strength, waiting a few mintues after his bones had replaced themselves into their proper joints. Pushing away some of the lighter stones, that layed upon his back. He looked down to see Cabbie below him. She had a graze to her head, and lay with her eyes closed.

"Camelia...?" He whispered, checking her pulse, and patting her lightly on the cheek to rouse her. She gave a little groan, as she pulled her head up.

"Wolverine?" She moaned, as she rubbed her face with her hand.

Dust filled the air, and both of them, were covered in loose dirt. "Are you okay?" Logan asked her, as he pulled away some of the rock's from her stomach. Mystique was no where to be seen.

"No..." She winced, as she tried to move. "It's my leg..." She said. Logan looked down, to see her leg had a large cut in it, and blood was seeping through her trouser's. "I'll be alright... it's probably just broken." She gave a brave smile. "...Thankyou."

Logan gave her a slight grin. "Call it even." He tried to stand to his feet, but found the floor to move, and stayed still. "What do you reckon?" He asked looking down at her.

"Could risk it, I suppose." Cabbie said, wincing again, as she pulled her leg to sit up. "Eww..." She commeneted looking down at the lasseration.

"Here... take off your Sweater." Logan said, moving himself slowly down beside her.

"Excuse me?" Cabbie asked sounding insulted, not undertsanding.

"I'm going to wrap it around the wound. Slow the bleeding." He replied, and held out his hand. "Your sweater?" He asked impatiently.

He watched as she pulled it over her head, to reveal a strappy T-Shirt, with a star on it. "Cute." He commented, as he wrapped the jumper around her leg. Her eyes watered, but she had to clench her teeth, to stop from crying out. "How's that?" Logan asked, once finished..

"Better,... I think." She said, and took a look behind them, as to where the open Sea could be seen. She squinted her eyes to focus on an object, in the distance. "What is that?" She asked, looking hard.

Logan looked over her shoulder, as he helped her get to her feet. "I think... that's the X-Jet." He said, and within no more than a second, Nightcrawler appeared.

"Elf, take her back to the Jet will you? I'm going to carry on looking." Logan said and began to walk on.

Kurt gave him an annoyed look. "Professor Xavier said, that about Two-Hundred yard's up the tunnel, there is a room to your right. You may have some trouble getting into it though." He explained. "Warren, and Piper should be in there."

Logan nodded, and was about to leave when Cabbie called out to him. "Logan?" He turned around. "You alright?" She asked concerned.

"Fine." He shot her a smile, to make her blush, and then in the blink of an eye, Cabbie found herself in the Jet, being set down into one of the chair's. She was relieved to see Xavier's face, for he had known that she had stolen onboard the jet.

Jean sat with her head against Scott's chest. They were unscaved, but their entrance had been cut off, and they were stranded. Jean let down the Coccoon type guard, and looked around.

"Jeez... it's like an Earthquake hit this place." Scott gasped, struggling to his feet.

"It did... in a sense." Jean turned to look at him. "It was a Mutant..."

Scott stood next to her. "Are you hurt?" He asked, placing his arm around her shoulder.

She shook her head. "No... I just hope John wasn't hurt, that's all." She admitted.

Scott gave her a reasurring hug. "I'm sure everyone's fine." He made Jean smile, and gave her a kiss. "Have you tried to reach the Professor yet?" He asked.

"I was just going to." Jean replied, and concentrated on her telepathic abilities. "Charles?"

"Yes Jean, I'm here... I thought I'd lost you for a second." Came Xavier's reply.

"Our entrance is caved in. Is there any other way out?"

"I could see if Kurt was willing to try... are either of you injured. I have temporarily lost all contact with everyone." Xavier replied.

"We're both fine. We just want to find Piper and Warren and make our way home."

"I'll see what I can do." Xavier ended, and Jean turned back round to Cyclop's.

"He's working on it." She gave a little smile, and sat herself back down, on the floor.

Logan ran up the tunnel, carefull in some places where to put his footing. Soon enough he came across the large steel door, and pushed at it to open. It was jammed shut, from the cave in on the other side.

Flicking out his claw's on his right hand, he stabbed though the metal, and continued to claw his way through, untill a section big enough for him to climb through emerged.

Some of the smaller rock's, tumbled their way out of the hole in the door, as Logan frantically half pulled away, and half destroyed the solid matter, barring his way in.