Woo! I love it when I get one of these flows of ideas, and end up writing several chapters at once!

Chapter 6: Captured

"This blows, yo," Toad grumbled, as he slumped against the side of the cell that he had been placed in. He would have tried to break out already, but his tongue didn't seem to want to extend. In fact, none of his abilities seemed to be working.

There were several other people in the cell, but they didn't seem to be very talkative. Peering through the steel bars that comprised most of the cage, he saw that the room was filled with similar cells. His attention was caught when he heard the familiar voice of Quicksilver, though it was noticeably slower than his normal cadence. In fact, he was speaking like a regular human now.

"Hey! HEY! I asked you a question! Where the hell are we!" he shouted through the bars. Todd noticed that Pietro had some sort of collar around his neck. And then he noticed something else. Almost every prisoner was wearing the same kind of collar.

A man walked across the room to Pietro's cage. He was obviously a guard, judging from his nametag, walkie-talkie, and nightstick.
"I'll tell you where you are. You're in the magical world of "Shut the hell up" land. Population: you," the guard said gruffly.

"Oh, and what are you going to do about it, normie?" Pietro shot back, assuming that the guard was a non-mutant. Of course, Pietro was known to be wrong.

The guard raised his hand, and blast of concussive force knocked Pietro against the back wall of his cell. He crumpled to the ground, staring at the guard in shock. "Now, keep your damned mouth shut, got it!" the guard growled, glaring at Pietro.

"You okay, man?" Toad said, walking over to the side of his cage.

"Just what the hell is going on here?" Pietro remarked.

"Hell if I know, man. But it sure ain't good, yo," Toad replied.

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Bayville, that evening...

The mansion was quiet, and everyone was asleep, save for the few mutants who didn't need sleep. Logan was on one of his late-night patrols of the grounds when an unfamiliar scent wafted past his nostrils. His eyes narrowed, and the faint "snikt" of his claws could be heard. "Come on out where I can see ya," he said in a low tone. A blow from behind sent the clawed mutant sprawling forward, only to be knocked back again by an attack from the front. Logan recovered quickly, and a smirk crossed his features. "That the best you got?" he chuckled.

"We're just getting started," a female voice said from the shadows. At those words, the blades of grass around Logan's feet began to grow and twist, snaking their way up his legs, and attempting to hold him in place. With a quick slash of his claws, he was free, and on the move. That is, until he was stopped by a powerful kick to the chest, which knocked him on his back. He tried to hop back to his feet, but found that he could barely move his limbs. He roared in frustration as he tore at the grass that was holding him down, but to no avail. The more he struggled, the more it grew, until soon he was completely bound.

The female descended from the branches of a tree, grinning at the sight of the mighty Wolverine tied up like a spider's meal. He two comrades emerged from the shadows, and the three of them advanced towards Logan. "Alright, you got me. What the hell do you three want from me?" he demanded.

"Who said we wanted you?" the female said, nodding to her yellow-eyed companion. He locked eyes with Logan, who immediately felt every muscle in his body stiffen. He could barely breathe, and his own gaze was frozen in place. The female removed a single seed from a pouch in her uniform, and let it fall to the ground. It immediately took root, and grew into a large black plant. She plucked a single bud from the plant, and crushed it over Wolverine's mouth. Three drops of liquid dripped down his throat, and he was out cold within seconds.

"Objective complete. Proceeding to phase two," the yellow-eyed mutant said into his headset, before silently moving towards the front doors of the mansion.

Inside the mansion...

Charles Xavier woke with a start, having felt the sudden surge of emotion from outside. Before he could reach to his bedside table and sound the alarm, he felt a sharp pain in the side of his neck. Reaching up, he pulled a small dart from his neck, and fell back into unconsciousness.

Slowly, the trio moved through the mansion, sticking to the shadows, and making their way towards the rooms of a select few students. Tossing and turning in his bed, Morgan tried in vain to get back to sleep. Every now and then, he would have trouble sleeping through the night. There was nothing that anyone could do about it, so Morgan just had to find something to do until the night was over. Tonight happened to be one of those nights, probably a blessing this time.

"And just who the hell are you three?" Morgan said from behind the trio. The largest of the trio, the other male, whirled around, and fired a small dart at Morgan from a sidearm. Of course, the dart never hit the young man. As the projectile flew through the air, the shadows themselves moved to block it, sending it clattering harmlessly to the floor.

Morgan grinned maniacally. "You're in my world now, so don't think that a little dart gun is going to help you. Now get out, before I throw you out," Morgan said. Alone, he didn't look terribly imposing. But right now, he was definitely in his own element. And under these circumstances, he could be one of the most terrifying people that you'd ever meet. The one who had fired the dart at Morgan grimaced, and ran towards the boy, leaping through the air to send a flying kick straight at his chest. The look of anger was replaced by one of shock as a shadow fashioned itself into a tendril, wrapped itself around his leg, and tossed him back towards his comrades. "You little worm!" the male said, getting to his feet. He was about to rush forward again, when the yellow-eyed mutant held up his arm, holding his comrade back.

He stepped forward slowly, and locked eyes with Morgan. Like what had happened with Wolverine Morgan felt his whole body tense up, and then he felt a sharp pain in his neck. The larger male had fired another dart, this one finding its mark. Morgan felt his muscles loosen as the yellow eyed male broke his gaze, and he felt himself slip into unconsciousness. Before he completely succumbed to the effect of the dart, he managed to get out one last use of his powers. Before the three could stop him, Morgan had slipped into the shadows, and had re-emerged somewhere else in the house, which turned out to be about six feet above the floor of Kitty's room. The resulting thud woke Kitty from her slumber, and she sat bolt upright, quickly covering herself with the sheets.

She noticed the white-haired boy laying on the floor, and was about to berate him for being a pervert, when she realized that he wasn't moving. "Morgan?" she said, poking him with her foot. "This isn't funny!" she added, kicking him in the side. When he still didn't move, that's when she started to worry. She quickly pulled on some clothing, conveniently located on a chair close to the bed, and turned the boy over onto his back. That's when she noticed the dart protruding from his neck. "Oh my god." Without another word, she ran from the room, and tried her best to wake up the other students. Before she got very far, however, she saw the yellow eyes peering at her from down the hallway. She felt her body tense up, but managed to phase through the floor before anything else could happen. Oh my god, there's someone up there and they got Morgan and now they're alone with all the other students! What do I do! she thought to herself, panicking. "Okay, get a hold of yourself. Just find the professor! That's easy enough!" she told herself, trying to calm her nerves. She phased through another few walls, until she found herself in Xavier's room. The professor was laying on his bed, and looked as though he was sleeping, until Kitty noticed the small dart clutched in his hand.

"Oh no. No no no! They got the professor too!"

She ran out of the room, heading for Storm's room, hoping that they hadn't gotten to her yet. Fortunately, they hadn't foreseen Kitty being awake, and so hadn't though to immobilize the other instructors. "Storm, wake up! It's really important!" Kitty said, shaking Ororo. "Kitty? What time is it?" she mumbled, still half-asleep. "I don't know, but it doesn't matter right now! There's someone in the mansion, and they got Morgan and the Professor! Come on, you have to get up now!" Kitty pleaded, helping Storm sit up. At the mention of both the Professor and a student having been harmed, Storm was suddenly wide awake. "What? Kitty, go back to the professor. I'll sound the alarm, and deal with the intruders," she said, getting out of bed. She reached for a switch behind the lamp on her night table, and soon an alarm was sounding throughout the mansion. The auto-defense systems turned themselves on, an immediately targeted the three intruders. "Dammit! We've been discovered. Let's get what we came for, and get out of here!" the large male said, running down the hallway towards Kitty's room. Even as the turrets emerged from the floor, they were crushed into scrap by thunderous kicks from the male. He kicked in the door to Kitty's room, slung Morgan over his shoulder, and made his way back to the others. With another powerful kick, he knocked a hole in a nearby wall, creating an escape route for the three of them. Once they were out of the mansion, the plants that covered most of the grounds moved to cover their escape. Within moments, they were gone, leaving not even a semblance of a trail.

So, what happens now? You'll just have to wait and see!

In case it wasn't clear what each of the three, I'll give you a brief description.

The girl can control plants. She can force them to grow, and to bend to her will.
The larger guy has really powerful leg muscles, so he kicks hard, and leaps extremely long distances.
The man with the yellow eyes can paralyze people by making eye contact.

All three of them were created by me.

I know what some of you are thinking. How the heck could they beat Wolverine so easily, right? Well, the thing about Wolverine is that while he's really strong, he's still susceptible to a well coordinated attack. If it were one on one, he would have taken apart all three of them. But because they were working together, they were able to take down even Logan. He's good, but he's not unbeatable.

Anyways, as long as I keep getting ideas, I'll keep writing them down for you guys!

Until next time,

Stay Snazzy!