Neverland
"I can't believe we lost them," Scott paced back and forth. The X-Men and Misfits were recovering back at the Institute.
"I can't believe we survived another Sentinel attack," Pietro grumbled as he put an ice bag on his head. "Talk about your disasters. And it's another one that made the news!"
"At least the press aren't blaming us, mostly anyway," Rogue told him. "But that still doesn't change the fact that Jean, Remy, Xi and Robertowere captured and taken to Neverland which is God knows where."
"This is all our fault. We shouldn't have been fighting among ourselves," Kurt sighed.
"Yeah I mean at least not while we were on the clock," Todd said. "Sorry."
"No, we're sorry," Kitty sighed. "We should have known you guys wouldn't have had a choice in the matter. I mean you guys were doing your jobs."
"And now we have a new job," Roadblock told them as he walked in. "The Press is in a state over the whole Sentinel Mess! The government is denying, but most folks ain't buying!"
"Translation?" Kurt raised an eyebrow.
"We're gonna track those Sentinels down," Roadblock told them.
"And Kincaid is gonna get thrown to the wolves huh?" Lance asked. "Fine by me!"
"If we catch him," Wanda corrected. "And if we find Jean and the others."
"If they're still alive," Logan frowned.
"Jean's alive. She's not hurt, not yet…" Scott spoke.
"How do you know?" Lance asked.
"I just do," Scott explained. "We have a psychic bond and it's been growing stronger lately. I know she's in danger but she's not physically hurt. But I don't know how long that will last."
"Hmmm…" Forge thought. "Psychic link huh?"
"What are you thinking about Forge?" Rogue asked.
"Well maybe this Neverland place can block mutant signatures…" Forge thought aloud. "But it might not be able to completely block personal ones."
"What?" Tabitha asked.
"Every living thing on this planet has an bio electric energy field all it's own," Spirit explained.
"You mean like an aura or the force?" Bobby asked.
"Something like that," Spirit nodded. "Sometimes individuals with strong connections to each other can sense the other's auras."
"You mean we can use Scott and Jean's psychic bond to find her?" Wanda asked.
"It's worth a try," Spirit said.
"I can hook it up to Cerebro within the hour," Forge told Xavier.
"Do it," Xavier ordered. "Kitty, Arcade help him. The rest of you try to get some rest. You're going to need it."
"Jean…" Scott's fists tightened. "Please be okay. I'll find you, I promise."
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"Where are we?" Remy groaned as he tried to sit up. He found his hands bound behind his back.
"Shut up, mutant," The voice of Kincaid chilled his blood. He looked up and saw that he, Jean and the other mutants were surrounded by dozens of armed guards and scientists in some kind of large holding area. "Welcome to Neverland. The first step in the final solution to the mutant menace."
"And you did it in early Nazi Germany, how charming," Remy sneered. He saw that the other X-Men had collars on and were being held separate from the other mutants. Many of the Morlocks didn't have collars on but were being held back with taser rods or whips. Mrs. Leech wasn't tied up and was holding onto her unconscious son with all her might.
"Isn't this a surprise," A tall blonde scientist sneered as he looked at the X-Men. "Looks like we got some X-Men in the bargain as well."
"We need them intact Dr. Lang," Another scientist told him. "They're obviously much more valuable than your garden variety mutant."
"Dr. Windsor is correct," Kincaid said. "The Leech boy we need. Our collar shortage is about to become a thing of the past."
"Collar shortage?" Jean frowned.
"Nothing you need to concern yourself with, mutant. Lang, how many dead mutants recovered?" Kincaid asked a guard.
"About seventeen," Lang said. "The Sentinel that retrieved them has taken the bodies to Section Five."
"Have the researchers dissect them immediately," Kincaid ordered. "And tomorrow pick seven of our new guests to test the Sentinel Mark III models some more! They seem to malfunction under pressure."
"How could you think of doing such a thing?" Jean shouted. "They're people!"
"Not our kind of people. More like demons. You X-Men think you're so special. That you're above us! I'm going to enjoy breaking your spirit," Dr. Lang sneered at Jean.
"Later Doctor," Dr. Windsor told him. "We need these mutants unharmed, for now. Put them in the holding center in the main lab."
"What about her?" Kincaid pointed to Mrs. Leech. "She's not a mutant."
"Put her in with them too," Dr. Windsor told him. "And take the boy to my lab. We can put him in my latest project immediately."
"NO!" Mrs. Leech tried to resist. "DORIAN!" They tore her son away from her. "DORIAN!"
"You don't know what you're doing!" Remy shouted. "That kid's powers will cause your reactor to explode!"
"I TOLD YOU TO SHUT UP, MUTIE!" Kincaid grabbed his gun and whacked Remy on the temple withit's handle. Remy collapsed on the floor.
"GAMBIT!" Jean cried.
"Unless you want what your friend got I suggest you keep your mouths shut," One guard sneered.
"Take them away," Kincaid ordered. "And lock the rest of these freaks up!"
Two guards picked up Remy and dragged him as Jean, Roberto and Mrs. Leech were forced down the corridor. Soon they were taken to a large darkened lab. The guards removed the restraints from their hands but not the collars from the mutant's necks and shoved them into the large cell in the corner. "And stay in there freaks!" One guard snapped before they left.
"Is he okay?" Roberto asked as Mrs. Leech and Jean looked at Remy.
"Yeah I think so," Jean sighed.
"Don't worry," Remy came to. "Gambit's head harder than it looks."
"Welcome to the VIP suite," Someone grunted behind them. They turned and saw a young girl; seventeen with long dirty blonde hair, red T-shirt, a torn jean jacket and torn jeans. She was sitting in the corner of the cell on a mat near the toilet.
"Who are you?" Jean asked.
"Lisa Lizer. Who are you? You must be real important for them not to shove you in the pens."
"I'm Jean, this is Gambit, Sunspot and Mrs. Leech," Jean introduced themselves.
"The Pens?" Roberto asked.
"That's where they put most of the mutants who come here," Lisa explained. "Those mutants are experimented on, or if the guards get too bored they're forced to fight each other…Or worse forms of recreation if you get my drift."
"That's horrible," Mrs. Leech was shocked.
"At least here you get a toilet and a mat and you're fed more than once a day," Lisa grumbled. "Compared to the pens this place is a five star hotel."
"Why then are you in here?" Remy asked.
"What can I say? I'm a favorite," She grunted. "I don't want to talk about my powers but let's just say they got me in here. And I've been here for about…" She looked at the markings on the wall. "Six months…"
"What about your parents?" Mrs. Leech asked.
"Are you kidding?" She laughed. "Once they learned I was a mutant they couldn't wait to sell me out! Didn't even bother to ask what I could do…" She saw their stunned faces. "They had this test at school. Everybody had to take it since it was a private school. One of them religious institutions, ya know? I flunked. That's how I ended up here."
"We're X-Men," Roberto explained. "We were trying to save some Morlocks from the Sentinels."
"Nice job," Lisa said sarcastically. She looked at Mrs. Leech. "I take it you're one of the Morlocks?"
"Technically," She sighed. "I'm human but my boy, Dorian…He's a mutant."
"Wait, you're name wouldn't happen to be Leech would it?" Lisa asked.
"Yes, how did you know?" Mrs. Leech asked.
"Lady those jokers who run this place have done nothing but scream about how they couldn't find your kid for the past four months!" Lisa told her. "That Lang character once tore apart a whole lab because he was so impatient. I don't know what kind of sick project he wants to do but he really wants your kid to be a part of it. What does your kid do anyway?"
"He can shut down energy," Mrs. Leech sighed. "And mutant powers."
"No wonder they wanted him so bad," Lisa groaned. "There's a real collar shortage around here what with all the mutants trying to fight back and all. Not to mention the parts for 'em don't come cheap. And those power suppressors they got built into the walls ain't exactly reliable. There's been a few incidents but…" She shook her head. "More mutants than humans ended up dead."
"You don't have a collar on," Remy noticed.
"Like I said my powers…Don't work like yours," Lisa sighed. "I really don't want to talk about it."
"We have to save Dorian," Mrs. Leech worried.
"We will," Jean told her.
"Yeah right," Lisa snorted. "Listen Ms. X-Woman in case you haven't noticed, you're stuck in a cage in the middle of a lab that experiments on mutants. You're in the middle of nowhere and your powers are shut down. Face it, nobody's coming to the rescue here. You're just another lab rat waiting to be dissected and there's nothing you can do about it."
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"Why the hell do we always have to do this?" One of three guards grumbled as they went to inspect the bodies of the dead mutants and soldiers the Sentinel had brought back. "Why can't we get the prisoners to do this?"
"We used to before this incident," Another guard said. "It was before you transferred. Turned out one of the freaks could steal mutant powers from the dead. Thing took out ten of our guys and put four more in the Infirmary before we blasted it to pieces. It's safer if we do it."
"So just take a few muties with collars on and…" The first guard began to speak. Then he made an odd choking sound.
"You okay?" The third guard asked. The first guard just stood there. "Hey what…" He stepped closer and looked into his eyes. He realized that he was dead. "Holy crap but how…?"
The body of the soldier suddenly flung towards him. Something grabbed the other guard and knocked him down, killing him. The third guard shoved the dead body off just in time to see Xi reappear and stand before him. "Why you tricky little…"
Xi knocked the weapon from his hands. "You're dead you little…" The third guard snarled before Xi broke his neck.
Xi took the keys from the guard. "Don't count on it," Xi sneered before he turned invisible again.