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"No!" Sammy cried. "If you don't know what does happen if we get Marissa back, I'm not splitting up! I might not even see you guys again if we do,"
Sarah sighed. Sammy was right.
"All right," she said. "But stay with me at all times. I don't want you getting lost. Besides, this place gives me the creeps,"
"Okay…Did you have that nightmare last night?" asked Sammy
"Sort of, but it became more clear this time,"
"How was it clear?"
"Logan did try to save me,"
Sammy smiled a bit. Sarah was beginning to realize the truth of her past. After 15 years of nightmares, she will not have them anymore. Neither will Logan. The girls took each others hands and walked slowly down the hall of the base, hoping that they would find their flame throwing sister.
Back at the jet, after the X-Men had a brief summary of what their mission would be like; Storm noticed that the girls have been outside too long.
"Bobby, will you go outside and tell the girls to come back inside?" she asked
Bobby nodded, and went outside. Storm glanced at Logan, who was sitting in one of the seats with his arms folded. He was unusually quiet all day. She walked over to him and sat on the arm chair.
"What are you thinking about?" she asked
"What my life would be like if we live through this," Logan answered softly
Storm smiled.
"I know it is gonna be hard raising three teenage girls," she said. "But think about what they had to go through. Sarah being kidnapped when she was a baby, the discovery of their mutations, Hannah died unexpectedly; they had to cross the state to get to the mansion, and finding you in a tight situation. The only way they could be happy is you. They've been looking for you all their lives. Look how far they've come just to be with family,"
"But look what I've done to them," Logan said.
"Done what?"
"It's my fault they're in this. I gave them their mutations. I ruined their lives. They had to live with lies and secrets, and in danger because of me. If I just took Sarah with me, none of this would've happened,"
"It's not your fault. It's not Hannah's fault, it's not the girls' fault. It's nobody's fault, but Stryker's. He's the one who caused all this. Not you…I'll tell you what. If you need any help with the girls, I'm there for you. Know that,"
Logan nodded. Suddenly Bobby came in out of breath.
"Miss Munroe!" he cried. "The girls aren't out there!"
Meanwhile at the base, Sammy and Sarah walked silently past guards, guard dogs, and even Stryker's weird looking assistant. Marissa had to be here somewhere. But they had to move quickly. Who knows what could happen to their dear sister. But Sammy was not going to give up and nor was Sarah. They crept through the dark green halls that haunted Sarah's dreams both night and day. Soon, a sound crawled through their ears. Voices were heard that dripped with malice and secrecy. They turned the corner and saw a room with security camera monitors everywhere. Sammy gasped silently as she saw Stryker. Her sister gently pushed Sammy and herself against the wall, so they wouldn't be caught. Sarah, however, took a small peak to see what was happening. A soldier was at one of the monitors, but Sarah could tell that he was only staring at one.
"Sir there's someone coming up the spillway," he said
Sammy wanted to look as Stryker came to see who was on the spillway, but Sarah kept her arm against Sammy's chest to stop her.
"I'm flooding it," the soldier finally said.
Wait," Stryker stopped him
The girls wondered why Stryker told the soldier to wait. Sarah took a peak again. With her amazing eyesight, she let her eyes stretch to the monitors until they could see who was coming. A gasp escaped from her lips as she saw Logan on the monitor. He was looking straight into the camera, clearly angry, ferocious, and daring
"Well, look who's come home," Stryker said playfully
Sarah pressed her back against the wall and turned to Sammy
"Fox, I want you to fly around and see if you can find Fira," she whispered. "Once you do, get out of here. Do you understand me? Don't come back for me. I'll find a way out myself,"
"But Feline…" Sammy protested.
"No buts. Now go! Go! Go!"
Sammy hesitated before flying off and around the corner. Sarah sighed and turned around…only to face Stryker, who was smiling. He had soldiers pointing tranquilizer guns at her. Slowly, she held her hands up that were level with her head. Two soldiers took her arms and she started to struggle as they dragged her with them. She soon found herself in the entrance where they were captured earlier. As the spillway doors opened, Stryker turned to Sarah with a sickening smile.
"Where's your sister?" he asked
"Bite me Stryker!" Sarah spat at him.
But that only made Stryker smile even more. He turned to a soldier
"Private," he addressed
"Sir," the Private answered
"Search the halls and see if you can find a girl around the age of twelve flying around. If she's with the other one somehow, bring them to me. If not, kill her,"
"No!" Sarah struggled hard against the soldiers that held her. "Leave her alone. Leave my sisters alone. They're just kids. They're the ones with the future,"
"That was exactly what your father said fifteen years ago, and he failed. He was weak because you were weak. You were helpless, and he left you to die,"
"That's because you took our lives! You destroyed our family. You killed my mother! And you're gonna pay!"
"I'd like to see you try,"
"Watch me!"
In an instant, Sarah lifted herself off the ground, and kicked both the soldiers in the face. Soldiers started shooting their guns at her, but every time she made a move, they missed. It was hard for them. Stryker held them off.
"Save your bullets!" he shouted. "Nothing that powerful can harm her. Yuriko, give me you tranquilizer gun, but give me the syringe I gave you for emergencies!"
Yuriko took out a gun quickly, and loaded it with a greenish liquid into a clear bullet. She gave it to Stryker. Once he had it in his hands, he carefully aimed it at Feline and shot her. Sarah didn't have time to react, as the bullet hit her in the thigh. She let out a cry, and bit her lip as blood poured out. She waited for it to heal, but it didn't. What was happening to her? She looked at Stryker in disbelief. He had his dark eyes narrowed at her.
"Sergeant," he said. "Take two of your men, and take her down to the abandoned levels. Leave her there. If she tries anything, shoot her,"
Sarah just stood there, watching as more soldiers came in, this time with Logan, in the metal cuffs that bounded Sarah earlier. It was the last face she saw before, blackness consumed her.
Sammy flew slowly in the middle of the air whispering Marissa's name, hoping that she would get an answer. But she could only hear her voice echo through the hallow halls of the underground base. Suddenly, she heard steps coming down the halls quickly.
"Marissa?" she called out.
"Sammy!" shouted a familiar voice
Sammy turned around to face the X-Men running toward her. Sammy dropped down, as Logan engulfed her with a hug, as she bursted into tears.
"I wanna go home," she cried. "I wanna go home,"
"I know," Logan whispered caressing her back. "I know you do. We're gonna be fine. Where are Sarah and Marissa?"
"I don't know! Marissa was captured and taken away, Sarah went after Stryker and told me to not come back for her and get out when I got the chance, and IT'S NOT MY FAULT! IT WAS SARAH'S IDEA! NOT MINE! I don't know where the heck they are, and I'm afraid something bad happened to them! It's not fair!"
"It's okay. It's okay. They're gonna be fine. Don't worry. We'll find them. Come on munchkin,"
Logan lifted Sammy into his arms carefully, and carried her all the way as they came to a stop where two soldiers were trying to pry open a door. Without them realizing, Jean used her powers to pull them away from the door, and controlled them as they fought desperately to fight back. Magneto used his powers to pull open the doorway, where everyone found Mystique hacking into the computers Sammy and Sarah saw earlier. They went inside quickly.
"Have you found it?" asked Magneto.
"A large portion of energy from the dam has been diverted to this chamber," Mystique said while typing something on the computer
Logan put Sammy down as they continued to talk about the situation they were in. They both gazed at the security monitors. Logan's eye caught one in particular. He saw Stryker walking through the halls. Sammy didn't notice this as she realized something.
"My watch!" she shouted.
Everyone stopped talking, and looked at Sammy in confusion
"Your watch?" asked Kurt confused
"My watch; Marissa was in Tech Ed last year. She was so good she developed sort of a mini walkie-talkie inside these watches, so that we can contact each other when we're lost. I just can't believe I forgot about it,"
Without another word, Sammy raised her right wrist and pressed a button, and a voice came on
"Password please," said a robotic female voice
"Peter Pan," Sammy said.
"Password confirmed. Welcome Back, Sammy."
Sammy pressed another button, and out came a tiny microphone.
"Please state the name of your contact," the female robotic voice said again
"Marissa," Sammy said. "Codename: Fira"
"Contacting Marissa. Codename: Fira."
There was static for a bit, and then everyone heard a voice.
"Sammy?" Marissa's voice came on
"Marissa! It's me!" shouted Sammy with happiness.
"Where are you? I hate this place! It's dark, it stinks, oh! And I found the other kids. They're all right. We're all fine…for now,"
"Is Sarah there?"
"Sarah? She'd be the last person I'd see in this dump. But why, is she okay? When was the last time you saw her?"
"About half an hour ago. She's not with you?"
"No,"
"Well okay. Help's on the way. The X-Men are here. I'll try to contact Sarah. Hang in there, sis,"
"All right,"
Sammy turned off the microphone and pressed another button. The voice came on again
"Please state the name of your contact," it said.
"Sarah," Sammy said. "Codename: Feline,"
"Contacting Sarah. Codename: Feline"
There was more static, until it stopped. Sammy thought Sarah wanted her to talk first so she spoke.
"Sarah, are you there? Come back," she said.
No answer came on. Sammy tried again
"This is Fox to Feline. Do you read over?"
Still no answer
"Do you read me Sarah? Come in…Sarah!"
Still no answer. Sammy turned off her watch
"I don't know why," she said. "But she won't respond. I think she's in trouble,"
Sammy turned around to face Logan, only to find that he wasn't there anymore. Her eyes trailed to an earpiece on the floor.
"He's gone," whispered Jean, who was watching.
So Sammy went with Jean, Magneto, and Mystique, so she could be safe. She was worried about her sisters, and she was wondering where Logan had gone. She looked at Jean, and she could tell she was thinking of something else. She was about to ask, until Jean pushed Magneto and Mystique forward as a blast of energy hit the wall that was between them. Sammy ducked with Jean, and saw Scott! It was Mr. Summers!
"Go!" shouted Sammy to Magneto and Mystique. "We'll take care of him!"
Sammy and Jean got up and started running toward Scott, holding their hands in the air to hold him off. But no matter how hard they tried he still tried to blast them. What was going on? Had Mr. Summers gone mad? If Logan was here to see this he'd say "Yes" but that wasn't the point. Something was wrong, and they had to find out what it was. Mr. Summers crashed into the wall, and fell down to a lower level. Jean and Sammy ran toward the edge.
"Scott!" shouted Jean. "Scott?"
Meanwhile…Storm and Kurt were searching the halls, when they heard small voices.
"Help us!"
"Help!"
"Storm! Logan! Jean! Anyone?" shouted Marissa's voice. "Someone please, get us out of here!"
Storm looked around and found an opening that was barred. It overlooked the prisoned children.
"Marissa?" Storm called out.
"Storm!" shouted Marissa with happiness. "Help us out of here!"
"Okay, we're coming,"
Marissa watched as Storm went away. She was about to call her back, when BAMF! Kurt appeared and frightened the other children.
"It's okay," Marissa reassured them. "He's a friend. He's here to help. Don't worry, we're gonna get out of here, quickly and quietly,"
Quickly and quietly indeed. Back with Jean and Sammy, they searched everywhere looking for Cyclops.
"Scott!" Jean called out.
No answer came for Jean. But every minute, Sammy's heart was beating faster, knowing that something was behind them. Without Jean knowing, she turned around to find Cyclops preparing himself to kill them. Jean sensed it, and before Scott could shoot them, they used their powers to hold back the heat of the lasers.
"Scott!" shouted Sammy. "Don't do this!"
But Scott wouldn't listen. Then something happened. Sammy sensed Jean getting stronger, and stronger, and with a push, she, Scott, and Sammy were flown back high in the air. Luckily, Sammy had the ability to fly, so she kept her balance in the air. The explosion ceased, and she saw Jean lying on the ground in one corner, unconscious. She flew down beside her and started crying.
"Jean," she whispered. "Please wake up. Please,"
Sammy continued sobbing, until she heard hurried feet. She looked up and saw Cyclops coming toward them. She started screaming in fright, thinking that he was going to kill them.
"No, no, no," Cyclops bent down beside her. "Sammy it's okay, it's me,"
Jean stirred and woke up facing Scott. She smiled with tears in her eyes
"Oh Scott," she whispered, hugging him. "I thought I lost you,"
"Jean," Scott whispered. "I'm so sorry. I could see you, but I couldn't stop myself. I tried,"
"I love you so much,"
"I love you,"
"Scott…something's wrong,"
Logan walked silently, looking around. Sammy said she thought Sarah was in trouble, and he was going to find her. He heard distant moans, and soft cries of pain. He followed the sound slowly, but when it grew louder, he started to run down steps. There he found Sarah lying on her side, clutching her thigh.
"Sarah!" he shouted as he bent down.
"Logan?" Sarah asked softly. "That you?"
"It's me kid. I'm here. I'm right here. Come on, let's get you up,"
"I can't,"
"Why?"
"Every time I move, it hurts,"
"What hurts kid?"
Sarah slowly turned over to her other side, and Logan saw a bloody wound that stained her black tank top and hands.
"What happened?" he asked putting his arms under her.
"I don't know. I should've healed up, like I was supposed to,"
"Let's get you out of here," Logan picked up Sarah, and let her rest against his shoulder. "Jean will patch you up in not time. Just hang in there, kid,"
"Wait," Sarah tugged at his uniform. "Don't you remember?"
"Remember what?"
"This place,"
Logan looked around as Sarah dropped her head against his shoulder. His eyes wandered against the base of a wall beside a tub of water. Three markings of claws were dented in the concrete. And he remembered. Logan coming into the lab, where he found his baby girl in the arms of Stryker crying and screaming. Logan was clearly angry at Stryker, and he could feel something for the first time in a long time. Guilt. He felt it was his fault he left. He closed his eyes in shame as he heard Stryker come in.
"The tricky thing about Adamantium is," he said. "That if ever manage to process its raw, liquid form, you've gotta kept it that way,"
Logan didn't respond to anything as he held Sarah tighter.
"Keep it hot. Because once the metal cools, it's indestructible. But you already know that,"
Stryker stopped as he saw Sarah in Logan's arms. He smiled.
"I see you have found her," he said. "After all these years, you've finally remembered your promise to her. You also probably know about your wife. She was a very lovely person Logan. I'm going to miss her,"
Sarah growled in anger, and released her claws. But once it cut through her skin, blood started to flow out. She yelled out in pain.
"What did you do to her?" Logan asked.
"It's only temporary," Stryker explained. "But, unfortunately, she won't live for the whole process. She'll be dead in a few hours,"
(Review please! And I'm sorry about not updating! I was soo busy!)