Rogue, A.P., Kitty, and a few other kids from the mansion were sprawled out over the couches and floor in one of the rooms that qualified as a living room. All classes were over but, the thunder storm outside kept them stuck in the building. They were waiting for John and Bobby to stop arguing over what movie to watch.

Everyone was either watching them or drifting off to sleep. A.P. was sure the two were about to come to blows. She had never seen anyone argue so adamantly over Die Hard and The Fast and the Furious.

She hadn't seen Cole all day, but her mind kept drifting its way back to him. She couldn't figure out why he was back. The very thought of what he could be up to sent chills through her body. She was trying to avoid going to look for him until she figured things out. Only problem was her mind kept drawing blanks. The only way for her to figure things out was for Cole to tell her.

Her mind raced with thoughts she didn't want to think and possibilities she didn't want to face. She hadn't been able to sleep the night before because of it and it was starting to wear at her. She let her eyelids drift closed and gave in to sleep.

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Her jaw dropped. Why had Cole betrayed them? He was smiling at her and her eyes couldn't leave his. Completely oblivious to anything except Cole's evil stare, she didn't realize the scientists that were standing beside her. Snapping out of her trance when her feet were lifted off the floor, she started to struggle against the people carrying her. When she looked up she didn't see what she expected. The other prisoners weren't being carried back to the small black cells. They were laying on the floor with the other scientists hovering over them. A.P. looked at them with wide eyes. Her anger for Cole was replaced with fear and confusion. She was being carried farther away from the others. Her sight of them was suddenly blocked by a big steel door closing in front of her. Her struggling continued and was joined with screaming. "WHERE ARE YOU TAKING ME?!! WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO THEM?!!" She kicked and flailed to no avail. They were to strong and she didn't have the energy to fight them. Not wanting to give up, she fought with every thing in her until she was flung to the ground. The cold metallic floor below her did not offer a soft landing. Her back and her head slammed against the hardness creating an almost instant headache. With her hands around the aching part of her head her eyes traveled the room. It was small with one wall made up entirely of televisions. Her eyes quickly scanned over them she saw the small cell that she had spent countless nights and days in. The televisions that really caught her eye were the ones that the hallways she had been dragged out of, the scientists were leaning over the people that A.P. had failed to save. Her eyes fixated on the pretty blonde girl that was the same age as A.P. herself. The blonde's name was Sara. The girl's big blue eyes were glazed over as if the girl was in a permanently sedated state. There was a man looking down at her. A.P. watched him, horrified as her eyes spilled over with tears she didn't know she shed.

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She woke up with a gasp and quickened breaths. The boy sitting in front of her turned to her, showing off his acne covered face. "Chill out. Its just a movie," he quickly turned his attention back to the T.V. which was currently showing a flaming car that was, more then likely, in a post bomb experience. With her quickened breaths and her mind settling back on what had seen in her dream A.P. knew she couldn't wait any longer. She grew more anxious by the second. Unbeknownst to the others, who were engrossed with the movie, she slipped off the couch and out of the room.

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Xavier looked out the window of his dark office. Watching the storm outside helped him clear his thoughts. He knew that something was about to happen in the mansion and he was trying to pinpoint it. With a sigh he hung his head. This was a waste of time he knew exactly who was about to cause trouble. Turning his wheel chair he went to tell Scott, knowing that he wasn't going to make it to him.

When he was turned a flash of lightning lit up the room. Illuminating the devious face of Cole. He was lounged in a chair with his feet up on the professors desk as if the office belonged to him.

"What are you doing here Cole?" Xavier's voice was as calm as ever with no anger or surprise.

Cole smiled evilly, "What can't you just read my mind? Don't you always know what is going to happen?"

"If I already knew I would have no reason to ask you." As Xavier talked Cole stood up to kneel in front him, bringing the two face to face.

"You know," his voice trailed off as he paused to stare at Xavier, "I am very disappointed in you. I didn't think that we could pull it off, get in your school, get close to the students you have dedicated your life to, and," Cole's stare was intense staring right through Xavier's eyes, "bring it all down. All in the presence of a physic," anger seeped into Xavier's face.

He was not in his usually calm. He was outraged by what he had let happen. Leaning forward in his wheelchair he spoke, "I knew what you were trying to do. I know that I can stop it from happening."

Cole threw his head back in laughter at the angry comment, "How do think you can do that now?"

A flash of lightning lit up the room and a boom of thunder shook it. "We will stop you Cole."

A look appeared on Cole's face that made Xavier's heartbeat quicken. With his smirk still in place Cole spoke in a low, quiet voice, "What about him?"

Fear stabbed through Xavier and flashed in his face, but he was unable to act on it. The second Cole finished a hand gripped his throat, a needle sunk deep into his neck, and the last thing he saw was Cole's evil smile.

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Walking at a brisk pace down a hallway A.P. was about to give up her search for Cole. He was no where to be found. Hardly anyone that she asked even knew who he was let alone where he was. She silently cursed her visions for not coming when she wanted them to. They had showed her where Cole was when she didn't want to know but now that she was looking for them they showed her nothing.

When she was about to turn around and make a detour to the kitchen she heard someone come around the corner. She turned hoping it would be Cole. But her eyes weren't met with the blue ones she was hoping for. She was met with bright green ones instead.

"Stretch," she hoped he didn't hear the disappointment that was apparent in her voice. She guessed that he didn't when he ran over to her and put his hand over her mouth, "SHH!! I think Magneto is here," his eyes search the hallway and examined everything except A.P. herself.

"Who?" she asked in a quieted voice. Watching him with amusement as he slowly backed around the room like a person slowly walking around a haunted house in a horror movie.

"Magneto, a bad mutant that has a secret plan," he continued his charade around the hall.

"A secret plan to do what?" a smile was tugging at the corner of her lips.

"I don't know that's what I'm trying to figure out." A.P. mouth formed a silent "o" and she went along with him.

"Have you seen Cole?" she whispered.

Stretch's eyes widened, his face turned to her, and A.P.'s face brightened with the thought that he knew where Cole was. "Is he with Magneto?"

Her features dropped, once again disappointed. "Never mind then," she turned and walked to the kitchen, leaving Stretch to stalk the mansion.

Sitting down with a sigh A.P. was eating something she had grown fond of during her time in the mansion. Crispy M&M's. She had never heard of them before she came to the mansion and she had eaten them almost every day. But they didn't seem to taste very good when she would rather be talking to Cole.

Her search to come up with answers had gotten her nowhere. With all of the feelings of anxiousness and frustration boiling up inside of her, she was sure was going to explode if she didn't do something. Putting down the blue bag of M&M's she decided to go for a walk. And if she happened to run into Cole, she would be ready.

Nothing interesting was going on that night in the mansion as far as A.P. could see. The movie's audience had thinned more people were deciding to go to sleep in their rooms. Everything was the same except the occasional boom of thunder of flash of lightning from the storm.

A.P. had stopped not long into her walk to watch the storm. The big glass doors in front of her provided a good and dry place to watch the different colors of lightning light up the sky. But then something outside caught her eye. Something was moving. She squinted her eyes to see through the dark. But as the lump she saw came closer and closer toward her she saw it was a boy.

What was he doing out in a thunder storm? She questioned herself. While she was debating if she should run into the storm to see if he needed help, his small pale face turned to her. It wasn't unhappy or begging for help in any way, instead he seemed to be enjoying himself out in the rain.

A.P. crossed her arms over her chest and leaned on the door frame watching him, "Freaky mutant people," she said to herself. "What is he doing?" she added with a puzzled face when he raised his arm over his head. The boy looked up at the sky and moved his hand as if he was trying to move it out of his way.

With her brow knit in confusion she looked up at the sky. Her breathe caught in her throat and a smile found its way to her lips when she saw a patch of stars move come through the clouds and become visible in the storm. Looking back at the boy she saw he was still moving his hand around at the sky. She watched until he looked back to her and motioned for her to look up. She laughed when she saw the stars spell "HI" in the midst of lightning and rain. She waved to him as she smiled.

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Jean and Scott walked into their room. Their conversation was of nothing important, they just wanted to be with each other. Jean stopped in the middle of the room and turned to Scott with an adoring smile. He opened his mouth to talk but was interrupted by a knock at the door. He sighed and faced the door, only to see it had already been opened.

Two figures were briskly walking toward them. Jean got a worried look on her face, "Hey what's wro-," she was cut off by a sharp pain in her neck. The couple dropped to the floor in unconscious heaps.

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I love this chapter basically because it brings me into the next chapter which I can't wait for! Do you guys like this one enough for me to continue?