Time has a funny way of always working against you. No matter how well you plan things it just never seems to work out for the better. The same goes with women. No matter how you try, you just can't seem to include girls in your plans with out something going wrong. And today it was Remy's turn to see how wrong it could go.

"Dad?" Wanda asked questionably. "Daddy where are you?" Wanda called out louder into the steal room. "Hello?" She cried out. "Someone?" She asked her breath began to quicken, her heart began to race. "DADDY!" She screamed again, the whole room shook as a blue lighting rift tore out from her body scorching the steal walls.

The young little girl began to cry as she collapsed to the floor, her energy already spent. "Daddy, why did you leave me?" She whispered as she was lost to the darkness.

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"The prisoners escaping, you hear me she's escaping." A man yelled out as he ran down the halls of the asylum, his white lab coat trailing behind him.

"You twp split up and find her, she can't of gotten to far." A second man said as he ran the other way to the control tower.

Keep running. Don't look back. Wanda coached her self on. Don't look back.

Ignore the pain.

Fight it.

You' re stronger then this. You can win. Don't let them catch you, or it will all be for nothing. Fight it Wanda.

They had drugged her. They had given her more then the normal amount this time. Way more. She didn't want to go. She didn't want to go through it again. She couldn't take it anymore. She hated it, she hated them. She hated him.

Wanda willed away the burning feelings in her eyes as she tried to ignore the pain shooting through her legs.

Freedom.

She thought to replace the pain within her legs. Carry me to freedom she told them.

Hope.

She had been hoping for so long that she would escape and get out of there. Day after day, night after night. If they didn't drug her and cut her open or leave her to starve then they wouldn't leave her alone. A chill ran down her spine. She hated it when they looked at her. Like she was a piece of meat, when they weren't having fun with trying see how far they could go with out killing her, they were having fun with trying to break her, break her spirit, taint her body. She raked her hands all over body as if she was there again.

There lying on the cold hard floor while they got their kicks. They laughed, all of them while one after they other took a turn, all she could do was will herself not to cry and go some place else. That's all you could do. That's all everyone did when they were there, when they knew they were coming. And she swore she burn it down to the ground. And she would get her revenge upon the man that put her there, there into hell.

She began to feel sluggish as she raced through the swamps, until she came to a small pool of water. Without thinking she dove in, every open wound, gash and or cut screamed out in pain, and so did Wanda. She swam. She swam as fast and as hard as her broken body could, until she came to the other end. Soaking wet and broken she climbed out of the water and onto the shore.

"Hey?" A male voice called out.

Oh no, Wanda thought in a panic. They found me, I failed." Wanda whimpered as she collapsed into the mud, being lost to the darkness.

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Rogue snapped her eyes open and looked around the room, her hand was still hovering over Wanda's face. She removed it quickly and brought it closer herself and let out a small shiver. Her gaze then fell on Toad, and she let on a slight smile as she walked over to him, "Thank you." She whispered to him. " I will save you for her." She told the boy as she walked out of the room, leaving Remy to stand and ponder the weird transaction.

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"I'm so happy I could cry." John declared as he began to run down the hill.

"Wait you fool." Creed growled as he jumped John, tackling him to the ground.

"No!" John let out in a panic, he was so close and yet so far. Why do you hate me God? John asked himself in his head, why?

"Are you insane?" Creed demanded, Piotr rolled his eyes and John let out a small laugh.

"Do you really need to ask that?" Piotr asked as he pushed Creed off of John, helping the bent out of shape Aussie back up to his feet.

Creed growled in response, not really seeing that a real answer was needed. "Listen to me you little red headed buffoon." Creed growled out at John, it was meant to be a threat but John just laughed.

"Red-red he-read headed buffoon, of Creedy that is-" John lost himself into a see of laughter and rolled over onto the ground.

Creed continued to growl but this time it was Piotr that spoke up, "Listen Pyro, this mission is important, we have no time to waste with your inability to focus right now. I am aware that you are hungry but right now you need to focus or it will be you that tells Magneto that we lost her again because you could not focus!" Colossus roared out, his eyes were in deep slits, John cowered, Piotr very rarely yelled at him like that.

"Okay, mate. I ain't hungry anymore. See?" John told him spreading his arms open to show him, why John didn't know. "Now, can you put me down?" John asked timidly. It was then that Piotr realized that he had John by the neck and had lifted him a good two feet above the ground.

"Sorry." Piotr said dumbly as he dropped John onto the ground.

"Think nothing of it mate." John said rubbing his butt, which had fallen hard on when he was dropped by Piotr.

"Awe are we better now?" Creed said in a way to friendly voice. John was scared but still nodded, "Good then let's GET BACK TO WORK!" Creed shouted, John jumped; now he wasn't so scared.

They then walked down the hill and right up to the front door. "So" John started, he looked to Piotr, "Do you want to ring the bell or should I?"

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"Any luck Jean?" Kitty asked timidly, the telepath had been racking her brain trying to boost her powers so that she would get a signal from Max. Jean sadly shook her head, "Don't worry Jean, we'll find him." Kitty told her sweetly. Jean smiled and returned to concentrating on finding Embers.

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Pietro was grinning like an idiot, this was just, this was just, oh my God Pietro just couldn't believe it. Electra had lost Cooper, it was just too good to be true, it was just, perfect. Was all the speed demon could come up with, it was just perfect. Pietro was now starting to love his life.

Electra had messed up, now making his fathers precious Electra a failure. Losing one of the two things he had to gamble with to make his plan fully work. And she lost him, oh this was just priceless.

He looked down at the folder on his desk, Alex Cooper. What ever am I going to do with you? He thought as he skimmed through her files, no where in there was their any evidence that she was a mutant.

Pietro continued to skim through the file when all of a sudden he heard something clanking around above him, "What the?" Pietro wondered as the thudding sound scrapped along above him and into the next room. "Embers." Pietro declared as he took off running out of his office and into the hallway.

"I'm gonna get you Embers." Pietro shouted as he listened for anymore sounds in the air ducts. In the distance he heard Max speed up, "Ha." Pietro said as he took off towards the sound, unfortunately he lost him into the sealed med lab. Fiddling with the key pad Pietro finally opened the door only to loose the trail. "Damit."

That was too close, Embers thought to himself as he tried as hard as he could to make little or no noise. Now if he was correct then the shaft to the right would lead to the prisoners holding cells, if he was right though.

Embers looked down and saw Pietro looking around for him as he watch through one of the screens, shit, shit, shit. Embers thought as he froze, and with all his might he tried to be as quiet as he could.

"Hey you." Pietro called out, Embers watched carefully. A nameless guard ran up to Pietro, "Double the guard around the prison cells." Pietro ordered.

"Yes, sir." The guard saluted and obeyed Pietro's orders without question.

Embers gulped and started up again when he saw Pietro take off in the opposite direction. Yes, score, Embers thought. As he continued on his way to the prison cells.

Unfortunately unknown to Embers Pietro had run to the other side of the room and had entered the air ducts, secretly trying to beat Embers to the prison cells.

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"Are you crazy woman?" Remy asked Rogue as she was about to open the front door. Rogue glared at Remy.

"Let meh go." She ordered him.

"You're gonna go out de front door and get us killed."

"Trust meh." Rogue told him as a blue charge began to illuminate from her hands.

"Remy would luv ta p'tite but no." Remy told her as he pulled her away from the door. Just then the door was viciously broken down, as the smoke cleared Remy could clearly see Sabertooth was the on that had broken it down. "Merde."

"Ya know mate, that really wasn't what I had in mind." John said as he coughed some smoke, he then looked up to see Remy. "Lebeau! Oh my God I though I'd have to be stuck with these two forever, but now you're here, we finally found you." John screamed out as he charged Remy and wrapped him in a huge hug.

"Uh John." Remy tried to speak but his air supply was being cut off thanks to John's bear hug of doom.

Remy heard Sabertooth growl and looked over to Rogue, "Hey watch it." Rogue screamed as Sabertooth grabbed her arm. "Let meh go." She ordered, Sabertooth laughed and yanked at her hair.

"Right, I don't think so." Sabertooth told her as he tightened his grip.

Piotr looked around, "This seems almost too easy." He said to himself.

"Have it your way sugah." Rogue said as she sent Sabertooth reeling backwards with an energy blast.

John's jaw dropped as he looked over to Rogue, instantly releasing Remy. "Did she? Is she?" John was at a lost for words, the only person he knew of with power like that was Wanda. This could be bad he thought.

Piotr transformed into his metal form and charged at Rogue, but not before she paralyzed him and sent him back through the door, a few items in the room began to have a life of their own, John flipped open his lighter and began to create a fire creature but Rogue sent it back him instead chasing John outside as well.

"Bloody hell." John shouted as he created a second creature to protect himself. "Make it stop." He shouted out loud.

Rogue laughed evilly and suddenly two brilliant red wings sprouted from her back and she took to the sky, she twirled in the air and proceeded to fling John's body into Piotr's, the fire creature disappeared as Sabertooth was added to the mix. An evil smile played on her lips as she landed to the ground.

Remy stood there in amazement; that was some power. "Now Ah'll show ya." Rogue declared as she stretched out her hand to lift a near by metal bench to throw at them, the familiar blue light emitted Rogue's hand and the bench, she prepared to throw it when suddenly it dropped from the sky, landing right in front of St. John.

"Mommy." John said in a high pitch squeal.

"What the-?" Rogue said in surprise, apparently Wanda's powers had timed for Rogue.

"Merde." Remy stated, "Time ta go." Remy declared as he grabbed Rogue's arm and they took off into the swamps.

"What the-?" Rogue said in surprise as she let herself be lead for a moment.

"Can't y'put dose t'ings away?" Remy asked, regarding her wings. Rogue glared at him and tried to remember how to do so.

"Ah don't remember." Rogue shouted to him.

"Well dat's jus great." Remy declared as he leapt over a log into a puddle of mud, Rogue following.

Wow, he's grumpy. Rogue heard Alex state, she smiled as she heard the other girls voice in her head. They continued to run, Rogue's wings continuously snagging and slowing them down.

"There they go!" John shouted, as him, Piotr and Sabertooth took off after them. The three of them started running, "Why is Remy running from us?" John asked, his question directed mainly to Piotr.

"He's changed sides." Was all Piotr said as they continued to chase after them.

Authors Note: I have nothing to say other than I am sorry this took so long to post.