BACK AGAIN
By the time Ah wake up it must beh late in the afternoon and Ah hear a gruff, "Ya up?"
"Well good mornin' ta ya too, Mr. Grouch."
"Are ya hungry darlin'?"
"Yeah a lil. What'cha got?"
"Caught a rabbit."
"Sounds alright, just let meh get dressed. Could ya'll toss meh mah bag over there by ya?"
"Sure, here ya go darlin', just make it quick, we need to be heading-"
Snikt.
"Logan, what's wrong?"
Then he just signaled for meh ta beh quiet and stay here. Ah just nodded in agreement. Right as Ah had finished gettin' dressed though, Ah heard some whisperin' and then a crack from a twig.
Ah turn 'round just before one of these guys try ta take a swing at meh. Ah ducked down and kicked his legs out from under him. Ah stand up and take account of mah surroundin's. There's 'bout six of them, well minus the one on the floor yellin' out curses. Ah guess Ah used a lil of mah super strength in that kick, whoops. Ah just step back cautiously, Ah'm not sure if they know if Ah'm a mutant or if they just wanna mess with meh 'cause Ah'm a girl. Nobody says anythin', they just continue ta circle meh. Ah decide ta continue the helpless damsel routine while wonderin' where Logan ran off ta. There's no way these guys could'a taken him on.
"What ya'll want with meh?"
"Calm down sweetheart, we don't want to hurt you."
"Then what do you want?"
"Well seeing how women are pretty rare around these parts, we just thought we would take you
with us."
"And how do ya'll expect ta do that? Where ya'll wanna take meh?"
"Like I said, we don't want to hurt you. But we will if we have to. You are coming with us, like it
or not. There's a settlement we took over from those filthy mutants this morning. We can make
sure your safe."
Settlement of mutants. What have they done. Oh no. Well, they must think Ah'm human.
"What's in it for ya'll?"
"You."
"No deal, sugah. Ya'll need ta learn how ta treat a lady."
So Ah start puttin' all those fightin' moves momma taught meh and the moves Ah learned fightin' with the X-men. Ah didn't kill any of 'em. But just as Ah dropped the last one Logan struts in.
"'Bout time sugah. Where have ya'll been. Ah had ta take down these guys all on mah own."
"There were a lot more outside, darlin'. You learn anything?"
"No, but Ah'm 'bout to." So Ah walked over an' croutched down next ta the one with a broken leg, whose the only one who isn't unconscious, and Ah touch 'im with mah bare hand.
"Logan, one of them said somethin' 'bout takin' down some mutant settlement this mornin'.
They did it. They rounded 'em all up and are takin' them ta some sort'a camps. We gotta do
somethin'. We should'a nevah left."
"That's why I wanted to walk, darlin'. We all knew it was coming. I thought we would see them.
I tracked there scent this way, I'm betting they wanted us to come over here."
"Ah don't know sugah. These here are only lackeys. Ah don't know what they were plannin'. But
they didn't know Ah was a mutant. Logan, we gotta do somethin'. Ah can fly us up there. Ah
know there's light out, but if'n Ah stay in the trees, Ah think it's worth the risk."
"It's risky."
"Yeah, but Logan they're all family. We can't just leave them behind, sugah. Ah'm goin' even if
it's without ya."
"Ok. Grab our stuff so that they can't link us to the cave, I'm gonna go check outside and make
sure it's clear."
"Way ahead of ya."
With meh flyin' we made it there in record time. Logan came up with the plan. We didn't want them ta tie us together, 'cause we were both lucky 'nuff ta be able ta pass as humans. Ah dropped him off on the east side and hid mahself on the west side. Ah waited for his signal as he started fought off some guys at the front gates after he drove one of there own trucks threw it. Ya gotta know this man lives for this stuff. So Ah'm in the back tryin' ta release everybody but they'all got some sort a'power inhibitor collar on their necks. Ororo tells meh that I can't bust them off without doin' some sort'a permanent damage, that Ah gotta get the control to it. They are all a lil worse for wear but Ah unlock all their doors, leavin' a lotta guards unconscious 'long the way until Ah find the controls. Finally, the tables have turned. Ah turned them all off with just a switch, then Ah set off ta help Logan. Ah get out there and just as we're all fightin' for our lives, Ah finally reach him. But his eyes look right past meh as Sentinels come flyin' up towards us. There had ta be at least a good three dozen of 'em all headed towards us from the south. That is when we'all gotta a lil overwhelmed. Ah tried ta help as many mutants as Ah could get out through the west entrance, the way Ah got in. Cyclops was leadin' the way, so Ah had ta make back ta Logan. That's when things got really tricky. There was a handful of us left tryin' to give the others time ta get out'ta here. Ah saw Kitty, Jean, Bobby, and a few others Ah hadn't quite met. But where is Logan? That's when Ah heard him.
"JEAN!"
He was makin' his way over ta her, but it was too late. The sentinels were overwhelmin' us, but the ones she was fightin', they caught on ta her abilities and changed tactics. Watchin' this in action, Ah ended up gettin' caught mahself. Stupid, stupid, stupid.
"WOLVERINE!"
He turned and saw meh, but he looked like a deer caught in the headlights or somethin'. But that's the last thing Ah saw before the lights went out.
When Ah came to they had one a'those collars on meh. Ah was in a white room all bah mahself, tied down ta some bed, but still in an upright position. Boy did Ah feel nauseous. Nobody would say two words ta meh when they came inta the room though. They just kept runnin' these weird tests on meh. Ah felt like a pin cushion. Finally they stopped and dragged meh ta this cell. None of us were allowed ta talk or they would come and use some stun guns on us. Everyonce in a while ya could hear screamin' from those rooms they brought meh from when Ah first got here, but Ah would hardly see whoever they brought back, if they brought them back. Other screams would beh from nearby, where the guards would rape some of the women. They never did it ta meh though. Don't know why, 'cause Ah would see some of'em starrin' at meh that way and make leud comments. Finally Ah figure out what's wrong. Ah'm pregnant. They probably made some hands off rule for meh, 'cause they think of it as some sort'a experiment. Ah gotta get out a'here. Ah can't seem ta get a break though.
Now Ah've been here for 'bout four months. The nausea gone, but Ah started showin' so one of the women they drag meh ta see once a month gave meh some scrubs ta wear. They also started givin' meh extra helpin's of whatever greul they give us. Tonight was different though. They must'a found anothah settlement 'cause we're fillin' up fast. They always tried ta make sure Ah kept a solitary cell though, but Ah guess they had no choice. They threw this guy in here with meh after they hurt him pretty badly. Ah tried ta help him ta lay on the cot they got in here fer meh. He was so bloody, so Ah tried ta clean him up as much as Ah could. Ah didn't exactly have a first aid kit. Ah had ta laugh though 'cause right before he fell asleep he looked up at meh with the most amazin' eyes and muttered, "Un ange."
