12.
Everyone was watching the TV screen unable to believe what they were seeing. The news broadcast all the information about the prison
breakout, there was a blond woman saying how Mystique and the rest of her fellow mutant criminals have slaughtered the guards, how they have
stolen information records, destroyed the building and escaped in the night. The images were disheartening. There were as well some images
from the battle of Alcatraz and how the island still looked like a wasteland after the Phoenix had burnt it. Kitty was on the verge of crying, she
was outraged, how could they show this on national TV like that?
-"People will hate us even more"- Kitty said trying not to cry
-"They have never stopped hating us"- Piotr laid a hand on her shoulder, he wanted to make her feel better but he did not know if he could touch
her without her permission, he was very respectful about such things, specially with his little girl who made the huge Russian melt everytime he
saw her. He have never thought about her as a girl until he fought beside her in Alcatraz, she was so strong and yet so pretty that from that fateful
day on he had been completely smitten with her.
-"We must get ready, and soon"- Warren knew that what was going to come after this was not going to be good
-"Where is the Professor?"- Kitty looked up from the coach where she was sitting between Bobby and Piotr to stare at the x-men that the kids
called "Angel"
-"He is trying to use Cerebro, the others are with him"- Warren tried not to move his wings, when he was nervous his wings usually started
flapping around like crazy-"Mystique and the others are free, this is just goint to get ugly"
-"We have the Professor, and Scott"- Bobby wanted to be optimistic-"We can beat them, we have done it before"
-"Yes, we even defeated the Phoenix"- Kitty grab Bobby´s hand
-"Technically speaking we did not defeat her"- Piotr did not like the fact that Kitty seemed more comfortable with Bobby than with him-"It was
Logan"
-"Then we can consider us lucky that we still have Wolverine on the team"- Warren saw that the huge tin man was jealous and that was just too
funny, How could such a big guy feel insecure? Women, they were the real next step in evolution, their powers were utterly unbelievable. Warren
smiled and decided to go down to see how the rest of the team was doing.
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Storm paced the corridor waiting for the Professor to come out of Cerebro, this was taking more time than usual, she knew that the system could
be dangerous for a telepath if his powers were not strong enough. Scott shared a look with her, they were both thinking the same thing. He had
not forgotten how painful it was for Jean when she tried to use Cerebro to locate Rogue the time Magneto kidnapped her for his plan in Liberty
Island.
-"Are you sure this is a good idea, Hank?"- Scott looked at friend
-"It is our best shot, Scotty"- Hank was as worried as the others but he knew the relevance of it.-"How are you feeling today after your
encounter with Rogue?"
-"Good as new"- Scott had so many questions, Ororo had told him a bried story about what had happened, the cure, the army that Magneto
had recruited, the Phoenix and her end. He could not understand how a being of pure power could die but Storm said it was too painful to recall
her last minutes. Scott was no telepath but he knew that there was something that she was not telling him. He gazed for a second at Logan. His
face showed that he had not much sleep last night and even with his healing ability kicking in, he definitely did not look as healthy and self-
satisfied as usual.
-"Why don´t you take a picture? It will last longer, bub"- Logan had noticed Cyclop´s eyes on him
-"Whatever, Logan"- Scott was not ready to forget that he did not like this man.
-"The breakout news are on every channel"- Warren announced to the group
-"Mystique on the loose, and I thought we were running out of luck"- Logan knew these were bad news
-"Do you think Magneto is behind all this?"- Warren looked at Storm, as far as he was concerned she was the leader of the team
-"It is hard to tell"- Storm answered while hoping Hank had something to add
-"I have called Trask, he is the person in charge of their capture. I do not trust him, he lied to me"- Hank added
-"How could you besure of that?"- Scott wanted to be back in the team, hopefully he could still be the leader as in the past
-"His answers had no sense at all. I have asked to watch the security tape but he said Mystique destroyed the equipment and stole the tapes"-
Hank continued-"I know she is smart, but she took all the information records, freed the prisoners and also had time to destroy the cameras….I
do not think so. Besides she would not care if she was being recorded on camera."
-"True enough, maybe Trask has the tapes, but I thought you two were working buddies"-Logan commented
-"The president is an honest man, Trask not so much"- Hank said-"Specially after Alcatraz, in fact he was the one who came up with the idea of
using the cure in weapons."
-"Warren, we need to know if the rumour after the cure hidden in Worthington Labs is true"- Storm ordered the Angel-"Could you do some
research?
-"I will do something better"- Warren was happy to help-"I will find out if the cure still exists and I will get a copy of the tapes, the security
systems in the prison were developed by Worthington Labs, all the cameras send a copy signal to the central building."
-"Wings, you rule"- Logan was proud of the young newbie
-"I hate that nickname"- Warren faced the Wolverine, who smirked in return
-"Okay, Angel, fly away, kid"
-"I see you still have your special charming personality"- Scott commented. He was tired of being there not doing anything. He looked at the
door of the Danger Room, maybe he could do some exercise, his body needed to get fit to be able to fight again. He got inside and checked the
controls, he wanted to program some simple routine and he searched the list of exercises that have been programmed on the last weeks. Scott
saw that Logan had been using the Danger Room at least twice a day, always the same program. Curiousity was too strong. Scott programmed
the machine so he could watch on the small screen the recording of Logan´s last session.
-"Scotty-boy has decided to do some exercise in the middle of the crisis"- logan snarled
-"Leave him alone"- Hank advised him.-"just imagine how hard it must be to wake up and found out what has happened"
-"Living it was not a holiday either"-Logan replied
Kurt wanted to say something to stop the tension in the corridor but then the door opened, Xavier came back a little dizzy and slightly paler.
-"Professor, are you okay?"-Storm ran to his side-"I knew it was just too much for you right now"
-"Have you managed to find him?"- Hank was at his side too holding him
-"Yes, bad news is that he is with Mystique."- Xavier felt his knees bending and he was thankful to have Hank´s strong arms to prevent him from
fallin on the floor. He had forgotten how painful it was too use Cerebro-"I have not been able to locate Erik, but the odds are against us, if Pietro
is with the Brotherhood …"
-"His daddy will find out about his existence in no time"- Storm completed his sentence
-"And about the lady in red too"- Logan added. His senses were going crazy, telling him that there was danger coming towards him. He looked
around, there was nothing remotely dangerous in the corridor. Logan was tired, he shooked his head and then he heard someone who came
running to him.
-"How could you?"- Scott was behind him, anger in his face and his voice-"You killed her! That is how you help her!"
-"Wait Scotty-boy, you do not understand"- Logan did not want to fight Scott, that was the first time in years he wasn´t crazy about the idea of
punching his face.
-"There is nothing to understand, you killed her"- Scott removed his glasses and shot an optic blast at Logan who was carried by its power
several feet away. His body fell the floor in a cloud of smoke
-"Scott, stop it right now!"- Storm was torn between her two friends, she knew Scott was in pain but Logan was not the one to blame-"He did it
because there was no other way"
-"There must have been another way"- Scott was distraught-"There must have been a better way"
-"You weren´t there, one-eye"-Logan struggled to get back on his feet
-"I should have been"- Scott cried out angrily-"I loved her, you just wanted to win her, you wanted to show that you could get her"
-"You are right, you should have been there"- Logan extended his claws-"You should have been the one who had to face her and decide what
to do, I would have loved if you have taken that responsibility, but there was no one else to do the job, you were sleeping a nap then"
-"Stop!"- Xavier had had enough macho moment-"I will say this for the last time, leave it and learn to work together. We are a team."
Logan´s claws disappeared but the looks they exchanged were not too "friendly".
(I hope the story is not boring you so far...It is hard to manage so many characters and try to make this go somewhere, the pace is slow but I know where I want to take the plot and without all these chats I will nevermake it) Thanks for the reviews )