A/N: Gah! I'm such an idiot! I kinda screwed up my plot somehow. Oh well. I can work around that.... I hope...

Toad was barely conscious, his eyes were unfocused but he still managed to speak through the blood and saliva in his mouth.

"Damia," he said. "You don't have to turn on your mates." He turned his head away and spat the blood out. "Magneto's an old fart, he won't know the bloody difference."

Damia shook her head at him. "You're delirious. I'm bringing you back to the mansion to get you patched up."

"I don't need a bloody doctor," Mort snapped groggily. "I'll be fine, quick healer."

"Mortimer, I-" Damia was cut off when the door opened and Mystique walked in.

Her yellow eyes stared at Damia as she said, "You're going to spend the night here. Now, let's go."

Reluctantly Damia stood and let go of Mortimer's hand. At the door she looked back again and she felt a tear slide down here cheek. Brushing it away, Damia followed Mystique.

The night she spent in the holding cell seemed to last forever. Damia had cried herself to sleep, something she rarely did. She had cried for Mortimer, for Professor X, for herself, for the widow who took her in. The tears just kept rolling and there was no stopping them until she hadshed the last of them and fell asleep.

The morning came and Damia was on auto-pilot. The whole helicopter ride to the marina was a blur, as was her drive back to the Xavier Institute. She snapped out of her daze when the wrought iron gates swung open and she drove up the gravel driveway.

"Where were you," asked Logan the moment Damia stepped through the door.

"I was trying to spring Rogue," Damia said as she dropped her bag of equipment on the tile floor and headed to her room.

Logan stepped in front of her. "That was a very stupid thing to do, kid."

"It was also a thing you would do," Damia said quietly.

"You're not goin' anywhere until you tell me exactly what happened," he said threateningly.

With a sigh Damia told him everything, omitting the parts about her and Toad. "He said that if I didn't betray you guys in our next battle then he'd find a way to get back at me," she finished. Logan only nodded solemnly. "How's the Professor," Damia asked.

"Same as when you left," Logan mumbled before leaving her in the hall.

Before she went to her room to take off her X-suit Damia stopped by the infirmary. She pushed the doors open and walked into the sterile smelling room. She made her way to the Professor's bed. He was still in a coma and in the same position as when Damia left.

"I'm sorry, Professor," she said quietly. "I let my feelings get in the way and now Rogue is still there. The world leaders are meeting tonight and Magneto's going to put his plan into action."

"We'll stop him," came a calm voice from behind her. Damia jumped and whirled around to find Jean Gray standing there with a wan smile. "Don't worry, Damia. The Professor will understand your situation when he wakes up." Damia could only nod in response as she looked back to the Professor. "Scott, Logan, Ororo, you, and I are all going to take a little trip to Liberty Island tonight.," Jean said suddenly.

Damia looked up so fast she could have gotten whip-lash. "We are? But how did you find out about Magneto's plans?"

Jean led Damia to another bed in the sick bay and Damia couldn't suppress the gasp. Before her lay Senator Kelly, he was sweating profusely and looked very ill. Jean read Damia's thoughts and answered her question. "He came to us last night and told us Magneto's plan. The machine you saw turns regular humans into mutants, the Senator was his guinea pig."

Damia shook her head and uttered, "That's horrible. I had no idea what he was doing with that thing."

Jean nodded gravely. "That's why we've got to get to Liberty Island tonight. We have to stop him from turning the world leaders into mutants and we have to save Rogue."

Hmm... what could Damia have been about to say when Mystique walked in?

Okay so this chapter blows monkey chunks but you know what? The end is coming closer. Can't you taste it!? Mmm... Toad. CHOCOLATE! I meant chocolate!!!