Ok, this fic is now taking an entirely new direction! Well, not really, but there's more action added- lucky readers you are! I'm not quite sure the next direction, but I still think I have the end in mind vaguely. If anyone's confused, the little numbers in the chapter mean astericks. My computer is still really evil.

"All right, so we know she's with Xavier." The burly man said, pacing back and forth, being watched fervently by three scientists and one of his top generals. His employees liked it when he paced. It meant he was forming a plan and wasn't angry at them. Of course, when he stopped pacing and turned to them, it meant trouble. "So how are we going to get into the mansion?" The man quizzed himself, "Full frontal force won't work on these people. I've seen it before. We can't slip in during night; they've got security. There must be some way that we can get in without disturbance. Some-"

Suddenly the telephone on the desk rang loudly, jolting everyone in the room. The man grabbed the receiver roughly. "What is it?!" he barked. Suddenly his expression changed dramatically. "You're sure? Positive? This is perfect. Well done." Putting down the phone, he addressed his workers. "It seems our telepaths have sensed someone in the mansion. Someone who can help us."

10101010

Jamie took a step backward, refusing to believe the words that came out of the professor's mouth. "No," he whispered, "No." The professor looked at Jamie sympathetically while Ororo reached out to touch the boy's shoulder. Jamie shied away as if her touch burned him. His eyes, wide with shock, now filled with tears. "No!" he screamed, and he ran out the door. The professor made a move to go after him, but Ororo shook her head. Xavier sighed.

Students, meet in the library. We have some matters to discuss.

With in minutes, all the students, save Jamie, were seated in the library, talking animately. As the door swung open and the adults walked in, silence covered everyone. The professor looked over all of his students, cleared his throat, and began his speech.

"As you all know, Chameleon has come into our midst." he began. "Now, I am aware that we were asked to report information to a certain group that claim to be helping her, but after what I viewed in her mind, I am in no position to tell them anything." The professor waited for that to sink in, and then continued. "You see, these people were- well they were using this mutant. From what I could understand and make out in her mind, they found her abandoned in the forest, and deceived her into thinking that they would help her. It seems that they performed countless experiments on her, and were going to perform lobotomies next."

There was a stunned silence as everyone was faced with this information. Logan clenched his fists in rage; he knew what experimentation was like. Rogue ground her teeth at the thought of being abandoned by those you love. Nightcrawler understood too well the idea of looking different and paying for it. Kitty burst into tears, remembering what it was like to be used by others that you trusted. Unfortunately, Xavier was not finished.

"I also have reason to believe that this mutant, against her will, was drugged and sent out on 'missions'. These were assassination missions. They involved the deaths of many innocent victims-"

It was quiet enough to hear the fizzle from the lamps around them.

"- Jamie's mother."

A gasp swept across the room, growing in volume and then fizzling out as mouths hung open. Finally Scott lept up. "I say we find them now and take them out!" he yelled angrily. Many the new recruits shouted their support for this idea, but the Ororo stepped in silently.

"We know nothing about where they are located, or how many branches there are. They may have other mutants on their side. You all remember how hard it was to disarm Chameleon."

The group grew silent at this. What were they going to do?

"I suggest." The professor said sadly, "That we prepare ourselves for attack and wait."

10101010

"Please Deidra, come out and talk to me." Toad pleaded, banging on the door of the bathroom again. It seemed that all the X-men were gone, or at a meeting or something. It didn't matter, but he felt funny standing in the hall of their institute.

"NO. You know what I did to Wanda. I can't believe you ever want to look at me again!" came the reply. Toad winced slightly. Yes, he did know the truth about Wanda's mother; she was killed by Deidra. But he also knew it hadn't been her fault.

"Aw, you know it wasn't you, yo? It was them, they did it. It wasn't you-"

Suddenly the door swung open wide. Toad was too surprised to even jump back, and it hit him, sending him sprawling across the floor. Massaging his head, he looked to see Deidra- or what used to be Deidra. She had cut off all her hair, shaved it off. In the florescent tint of the bathroom lights her skin glowed an eerie green, and her eyes blazed fiercely as she whipped her tongue about, tasting the air. Toad felt the word slip out of his mouth before he even knew he had formed it.

"Chameleon."

Deidra let out a heart-wrenching wail and jumped onto the ceiling. "Chameleon is dead." she hissed menacingly. "She was eaten by Viper." And in a flash she was out the window and gone.

101010

Jamie sat in the garden, sniffling back final tears. Suddenly a shadow fell upon him. Whirling around, Jamie started to scream, but it was too late...

10101010

"Jamie? Where are you?" Jean called, growing more anxious by the minute. A faint breeze caught a small piece of paper and sent it brushing up against the red-head. She looked at it curiously, paled, and ran back inside.

We have the boy.
Give up Chameleon.
We will kill the boy if our demand is not met.

Prepare for war.