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Chapter four

Again the three companions found themselves traveling through the underbush on the side of the road, hungry and tired. They hadn't eaten for a little over twenty-four hours, and Gambit and Alex needed to get sleep soon or they wouldn't be able to even move their feet.

With Brian leading the way, they made into the woods yet again, for a good rest before continuing on. Huddled under the branches of a large evergreen, they fell asleep.

An hour into their nap the weather began to change dramatically. The most it been doing was raining rapidly, but now it would get much worse. Dark clouds charged across the sky like a herd of stampeding cattle. The temperature dropped from the low fifty's into the twenty's in the matter of an hour. With the threat of rain arriving, snow began to fall. The men lurking in the shadows took this as an opportunity to strike.

Alex was the first to wake. Her breath coming in short gasps, releasing clouds of white smoke. Moving closer to Gambit, and wrapping the cloak tighter around herself while she tried to wake him. "Gambit, wake up. It's snowing."

Gambit woke with a start when Alex began to shake him violently. Upon opening his eyes, he realized why. It had began to snow, and it already was creating a thin, white sheet across the forest floor. "What's going on?!"

Alex was waking up Brian now. He too wake up with the same enthusiasm as Gambit. "Come on, you guys," shouted Alex over their chatter, "It's Oregon and it's just beginning to get into the winter season. Of course, it's going to snow."

"Well, It's not especially good for our trip, Alex." complained Brian.

"You guys, be quiet." Gambit said while covering Brian's mouth. He had now stood up and was searching the woods for something.

Alex followed his eyes and actions trying to find out what he was looking for. Movements amongst the bushes caught her attention. "Gambit, I saw.....," but she didn't get to finish. A hand had shot out from behind her and placed it over her mouth. Unfortunately it wasn't Gambit or Brian.

"Make one move, and I'll slit her throat" exclaimed a cool, calm voice from behind her. As he began to move towards the right, he placed his other arm around her waist to keep her from moving, while his hand across her throat kept the knife steady.

"Hey, what you doing?!" shouted Brian, from where Gambit and him both stood wide-eyed and staring. They were slowly making the same movements her captive was doing, but not coming any closer, for fear he would harm her.

"I believe, that a certain rescue party of three, are trying to save her brother and rescue the rest of the mutants. Am I right, or not?" replied the man behind her.

"What's it to you?" questioned Gambit. He had placed an arm out in front of Brian to kept him from doing anything stupid. He kept a calm demeanor about him so he wouldn't lose his temper. The man had a knife across her throat, and he was doing everything in his power to not do anything rash.

"Well, one, we are in charge of the project. Two, no mutants deserve to rule upon this planet!" screamed the officer. By the tone of his voice, he had wanted to say that for a long time. During the commotion, at which the man was yelling at Gambit and Brian, more men had moved out of the shadows. Revealing that twelve men, including the man holding her were surrounding them.

"It still doesn't make sense that you are holding her captive." replied Gambit, who was now losing his temper. Brian stood glaring at the men around them, daring them to make a move. Alex knew they could take care of themselves. Gambit had his cards in his cloak pocket, which he was wearing, but she wanted to know why they wanted her. She could try to pull something to save herself, but her movements would catch the officer's attention, and he would surely hurt her.

"You see, this little princess," the officer began to exclaim while he began to explore body with his free hand around her waist causing Alex to let in a sharp breath. With those movements, fire erupted inside both Gambit and Brian's eyes.

"Hey, stop that!!!" shouted Gambit, stepping closer. Instintively the man behind pressed the blade closer to her throat allowing a trickle of blood to roll down the side of her throat. Alex didn't let out a whimper.

"Wow, aren't you a good girl. You didn't even scream." smirked the officer.

"You won't hear the pleasure of me scream." replied Alex through gritted teeth, but her remark only made the man from behind her to laugh.

"Believe me, girlie when I say that I will hear the pleasure of you scream, soon." laughed the officer. The mocking yet chilling tone of his voice sent a shiver up her spine. Gambit became even more irritated from the mans actions.

"When I get close to you, I will kill you." glared Gambit. Brian was becoming impatient with this man standing behind Alex and wanted some answers, but really inside he was trying to make some time for Gambit or himself to form a plan.

"What do you want with her?!" screamed Brian over the sound of the thunder that had formed sometime during the quarrel. The snow began to pelt down in small balls of ice.

The officer yet again began to move in the direction of the road. Gambit and Brian were unable to move with the arrival of the other officers, who were preventing them. "Like I started to say. This girl has mutiple powers, if you didn't already know. Fortunately for her, she has the ability to become the most powerful mutant on this planet and lucky us, we have an new invention or medication, you could call it, and she gets to try it out. And if it goes right, we'll be able to controll her."

With the mention of the plan for Alex, she began to try to wiggle free from the officer's grasp, but he just gripped her tighter causing her to gasp with pain. She raised her head and forced eye contact with Brian, who was looking even more worried with every minute that passed. Then came the moment when she turned to Gambit. His eyes ablaze, and staring at the man. When he felt a pair of eyes on him, he looked to Alex and found himself becoming depressed. She knew deep in her heart that they wouldn't be able to rescue her and she would have to go with this prevert. She turned her gaze to the ground, to not let Gambit see her fear.

With a signal from the man behind her, four officers from behind the boys went forward pressing the butt of their gun into the back of their legs causing them to fall to their knees. One man gripped their arms and pulled them behind their back. Two officers stood to the sides of Gambit and Brian to cause them from pulling something. Gambit turned his head to the destressed Alex, who had her head bowed staring at the ground.

Upon seeing the reaction Gambit had on Alex, he realized that they must have something between the them. With a smirk, he moved forward with a reluctant Alex stuck in his arms. Upon reaching the boys, he kneeled down, causing Alex to fall onto her knees. He grabbed her hair and caused her to make eye contact with her best friend Brian. "Why don't you say good bye to your dear friend?" he smirked to himself.

Alex stared at the face of her best friend, and began to cry. The tears were slow and torturing to Brian. Alex was like a sister to him and he didn't want to lose her. There was just too many officers around. Brian began to word "I'll save you" when he felt himself start to break down. The officer holding his head forced him to look at the ground.

"Now, how about your boyfriend?" joked the man from behind her. Alex had heard what he said but she had made no attempt to correct it. Upon looking onto Gambit, she was sure the flood gates from behind her eyes would burst any minute. Sure enough, they did. Gambit was being held down by about two more people than Brian. He still was struggling to free himself, but he stopped when Alex looked at him. He couldn't help her, he felt helpless. She needed help and comfort. He prayed over and over again that once he got free, that he would spend all his time, never eating or resting until he found her. Uponing thinking this, he began to wonder if he truly did care for her. He certainly would be lieing if he said he didn't.

"Tell me, what are going to do when you know that you won't be able to save her from me?" asked the man, while Alex and Gambit continued to stare at each other. Upon recieving no reaction from either, he rose with Alex in his arms. "I would continue to think to yourself, about the worst possible torture and then picture it happening it to her. Because I won't hesitate to listen to her scream, while she gives me pleasure." laughed the officer. Upon hearing what the man said, Gambit went into anger overload. He tried to throw off the men holding him down, but failed.

The officer holding Alex was now walking towards the road, where Gambit and Brian could barely see a van waiting for departure. Before passing out of the undergrowth, where Gambit and Brian wouldn't be able to see them anymore, the officer turned around and signalled to his men. "Kill them."

"Nooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!" screamed Alex as she was unwillingly dragged away. Just before her captive sent a blow to her head, so he could carry her easier. She could hear the faint voices of Gambit and Brian calling her name

Oh, cliffhanger. What's going to happen? While this means that you have time to guess and me time to write the next chapter. Warning the next chapter may contain a rape scene. Be careful.