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Sarah walked through the quiet halls to the kitchen where Bobby and Logan were sitting at the counter eating ice cream and drinking Dr. Pepper.
"Why are you up?" asked Logan as he looked at Sarah
"I should be asking you the same thing," Sarah griped
"I'm not the one with a curfew,"
Sarah rolled her eyes
"I had a nightmare. Happy? I just came downstairs to get a drink. Is that a crime?"
Logan just gave off a shrug.
"Any soda left? Or did the overgrown bear took the last one?" asked Sarah
Logan gave off a growl. She was really grouchy when she wakes up.
"It's up in that cupboard," Bobby answered
Sarah looked up and reached for it. But it was too high. She was about to climb onto the counter, when she was lifted off the ground. Logan had gotten off of his seat, and put Sarah on his shoulders.
"Um...thanks?" she said
"No problem...shorty," Logan grinned
"This doesn't change anything. And I'm not short,"
Sarah opened the cupboard and got a Dr. Pepper out. Logan put her down and she grabbed a seat.
"How long have you been here? You and your sisters?" he asked
Sarah raised an eyebrow.
"Do you really want to have a heart-to-heart talk with me? I just met you," she said
"Just curious,"
"I was just here for a day. This is our second night."
"Ah, I see. Bobby says his parents think this is a prep school. What about yours?"
Sarah was quiet at the question. She tilted her head back, and drank her soda all the way down, never taking a moments rest until it was gone. She slammed it down letting out a gasp for air. Logan just looked at her wide-eyed. This kid had some emotional problems
"They abandoned you guys?" he guessed
"No!" she yelled
"Did they try to kill you or something?"
"No!
"Then what? Are you all alone now?"
"Yes!"
That struck Logan hard. The girls were orphans. He shouldn't have dug in to find the answers. He put a hand on her shoulder.
"Sorry. How'd they die?" he asked
"That's for me to know and for you to find out. All that you can know is that we're trying to find someone who's been gone for a long time. End of story. Now let me drown my sadness in ice cream complete with chips,"
Logan raised an eyebrow.
"You eat ice cream with chips?" he asked
"Yeah. You got a problem?" Sarah glared
"Hey. Just asking,"
Sarah rolled her eyes and continued dipping some chips into the ice cream Bobby was eating in. Suddenly, her ears perked up. Something was lurking in the mansion. Logan heard it too. He got up.
"What is it?" Bobby asked
"Shh." Logan whispered
Logan listened harder and went out of the kitchen to take a look. Sarah heard something else coming from outside and looked out the window. Helicopters were coming towards the mansion.
"Uh, Bobby...I think its World War three outside," Sarah said nervously.
Bobby looked out the window with Sarah in awe. Suddenly, they heard a yell, and looked behind them. A soldier was being held by Logan, and he was struggling.
"You picked the wrong house, bub," Logan growled
Sarah smirked, and was about to congratulate the side-burned man, but heard an ear splitting scream. She and Bobby both covered their ears, but Logan and the soldier couldn't. The soldier started shooting his gun, but the two teenagers got down from behind the counter, as Logan fought. The scream had stopped, and Logan let out a yell as he stabbed the soldier with his claws. The soldier dropped dead, and Logan, panting angrily, looked back at the kids peaking over the counter
"You all right?" he asked
They both nodded. Sarah started running out of the kitchen.
"I have to get Marissa and Sammy!" she yelled
Logan tried to stop her, but Sarah was too fast. She took the elevator, and when she got up, every mutant student was running around in their pajamas going through hidden tunnels.
"Sammy! Marissa! Where the heck are you?!" she screamed
Meanwhile, Marissa and Sammy were running hand in hand down the halls.
"What's going on?" asked Sammy
"I don't know! But we have to find Sarah!" cried Marissa
"Okay but hurry...Agh!"
Marissa stopped and saw Sammy on the ground unconscious with three tranquilizers in her neck. She looked up and saw two soldiers with guns and flashlights. Angry, Marissa raised up her hands, and BAM! Fireballs came out of her hands as quick as lightning and burned the soldiers. Sarah came running down and stopped as she saw the soldiers burning in flames and running away. Sarah went wide eyed at her sister.
"Marissa, you are one heck of a mutant. I'm glad you're my sister," she said
"Thanks," smiled Marissa
"What happened to Sammy?"
"She's out cold. Where's Logan? Maybe he can help,"
"How should I know? I don't watch the guy every minute. Come on, help me with her,"
Sarah and Marissa put Sammy's limp arms over their shoulders and dragged her with them down the halls.
"Sarah? Marissa? Is that you?" said a voice
The girls turned around and saw Rouge in her black nightgown with Logan, Bobby, and Pyro.
"Yeah it's us," shouted Marissa
Logan and the others came rushing up to Marissa and Sarah. He looked at Sammy
"What happened?" asked Bobby.
"She's stunned," explained Logan as he took Sammy in his arms. "Come on. We have to get out of here,"
The mutant group ran through the dark halls, and Bobby opened up one of the secret tunnels
"This is it!" he exclaimed
Logan handed Sammy to Bobby while the others got in. Rouge turned back
"Logan!" she cried
But Logan had already closed the door while they ran. Sarah and Marissa stayed behind. They put their ears to the wall and listened.
"You wanna shoot me, shoot me!" they heard Logan cry.
"Don't shoot him!" shouted a familiar voice. "...Not yet...Wolverine? Well I must say this is certainly the last place I'd expect to find you. How long has it been? 15 years? You haven't changed one bit. Me, on the other hand...nature."
"It's Stryker!" cried Marissa
"What's the four eyed geek doing here?" growled Sarah. "And how does he know the Wolverine?"
"I bet he has something to do with this,"
Rouge and Bobby came running up panting.
"Sammy. What'd you do with Sammy?" asked Marissa panicked
"She's with Pyro. Don't worry. Stand back," Bobby said
Bobby pushed the girls aside, and opened the door. There was Wolverine looking at the girls uncle, with soldiers around him
"I didn't realize Xavier was taking in animals, even animals as unique as you," explained Stryker
"Who are you?" asked Logan
"Don't you remember?"
Logan started moving towards Stryker. Bobby put his hand on the wall and created a block of ice separating Logan and Stryker.
"No! No!" shouted Logan as he put his hands on the ice.
"Logan, come on! Let's go!" urged Rouge.
Logan didn't listen to them. He put a hand on the ice on top of Stryker's shadow.
"Logan..." Bobby said
"Go! I'll be fine!" Logan ordered
"But we won't," Rouge protested.
Logan looked back at them. He knew Rouge was right. He ran with them through the tunnel, up a ladder, and entered the garage. They went to a blue car. Marissa stopped.
"Jaguar. That's a nice car," she commented
"Don't even think about it Fira!" shouted Sarah as she got in.
Bobby held Sammy, as Marissa sat in Pyro's lap, and Sarah sat in the middle (She hated that!) Logan started the car and went straight on the road.
"What the heck was that back there?" asked Pyro.
Logan hesitated.
"Stryker. His name is Stryker," he answered
"Who is he?" asked Rouge.
"I can't remember,"
Marissa looked at Sarah. She had her eyes closed, and was sighing. Pyro moved up to the front to the radio.
"I don't like uncomfortable silences," he said
"What are you doing?" asked Marissa
Pyro turned on the radio and NSyncs "Bye, Bye, Bye" came on the radio. Everyone groaned in disgust. Pyro tried to change the station, but out came what looked like a cell phone.
"I don't think that's the CD player," said Pyro
Sarah pulled Pyro back as Logan took it out of the radio.
"Where we going?" asked Marissa
"Storm and Jean are in Boston. We'll head that way," explained Logan
Bobby looked out the window.
"My parents live in Boston," he said
"Good,"
Logan stepped on the gas and a little while later he pulled over to an empty parking lot by a pond.
"Let's all try to get some sleep. I'll stay up," ordered Logan.
Everyone got comfortable and slept on. Everyone that is except Sarah Marissa and Logan. They were still awake. Marissa was staying up to see if Sammy would wake up. Sarah didn't because she was afraid she might wake up screaming again. But they didn't know why Logan wouldn't go to sleep. Suddenly, they heard a groan, and a faint sound that sounded like "Ow". Sammy was opening her eyes.
"She's waking up! She's okay!" Marissa cried.
Sarah gave a smile, and ruffled her sister's hair as Logan turned back.
"Hey kid," Logan greeted
"What happened?" asked Sammy
"You got sacked out. There were soldiers, guns, oh, some people were there too," said Marissa hinting that Stryker was there.
Sammy went bug eyed.
"Oh," she said in realization.
"All right, go back to sleep you three. Sarah you too. I know it's the weekend, but that gives you no reason to stay up past 3 am," Logan ordered
"You are not my father," Sarah said with attitude. "Therefore I can do whatever the heck I want!"
"Fine! But don't come crying to me when you say that you're too tired!"
"I don't cry. I complain!"
(Wow. Logan and Feline are really not liking each other at the moment. Update now!)