Mutant Heart and Mutant Soul

by ZabuzasGirl

Heartbroken a young girl named Silverstream decides to run away from all she has known. She runs to an institute that takes in people like her with her gifts and abilities. Did I mention she's a mutant. Silverstream/Nightcrawler. Silverstream/Wolverine

2. Chapter 2

Mutant Heart and Mutant Soul Chapter 2

My first few weeks with the x-men went better than I thought. As I got to know my new friends better I started to grow more comfortable around them. Sometimes I even participated in training when the others were in the danger room. But I spent most of my time with Nightcrawler. He and I had become good friends in the few weeks that I'd been there. Nightcrawler even took me out to dinner once and a while although he had to wear a coat in order to hide what he was.

At one time after I had been there for a while the others were out doing their own things and I was home alone in the mansion. I was reading in the library when I heard something coming from outside. "Help, help me please." I put down my book and went over to the window. When I did the source of the problem became apparent. A large man a mutant by the look of him was lying flat down on the mansion steps. I could see that he was well muscled where I was at the window. "Oh my." I ran out of the library and headed for the front door. Once I was there I knelt by his side. "Sir, sir are you all right?" A small groan got out of him and he turned his gaze toward me. My eyes were soft when I spoke to him. "My name is Silverstream who are you?" "Sabertooths the name please I need help." "Let's get you inside and I'll treat your injuries." Fortunately the man was able to get up so I helped him get inside and into the infirmary. I sat him down on one of the beds and went over to a cabinet for some medicine to treat his wounds. "Where are you injured?" "Somewhere on the chest I think." "I have just the thing."

I then went back over to him with the medicine in my hands. "I actually don't need that medicine miss." "Nonsense." "I heal real fast."Just as I was about to put some medicine on his injury Sabertooth grabbed my arm in one of his large hands. He pulled me toward him. Sabertooth wrapped his arm around my waist so that I wouldn't be able to escape and he let go of my arm. Since the arm her had around my waist was restraining it and my other one. "What are you doing?" This guy seemed to suddenly have his strength back. Sabertooth chuckled as he felt me trying to get out of his hold. "There's no use struggling you're not getting out of this." "But you're supposed to be." "Injured ha! You think a small injury like that could keep me down. You obviously haven't been watching the news lately kid. No I was sent here to find and destroy this place thank you for making it so easy for me." I tried once again to break out of his grip but to no avail. A thought came to mind that one of the other might've returned back home by now so I opened my mouth to yell for help.

Sabertooth got wind of what I was about to do and stopped me in my tracks. He put a hand over my mouth to stop me from screaming. I tried to shake it off but he wouldn't let go. I now managed to pull one of my arms free and I used it to try to get his hand off of my mouth. "Oh no you don't you're not going anywhere except taking me to the control room. Or else I'll have to break that pretty neck of yours." This guy wasn't giving me any other choice now was he. I brought him to the control room with his arm still around my waist and hand still covering my mouth. Once we were there Sabertooth tightened his grip on my body. "Thanks very much girlie now I'll reward you by taking your life." He was about to break me in two when I activated my power. Even though Sabertooth was holding me from behind the light from my mark still reached him from where he was. "Ah!" He let go of me in order to shield his eyes from the light.

Unfortunately my new freedom was only temporary. I didn't get far when Sabertooth grabbed me again. This time he only took me by my wrists to keep me from running away. "Oh no you don't girly you're not going anywhere." "Let her go Sabertooth!"

I nearly jumped out of my skin. Sabertooth and I turned to where the voice came from and we saw Logan come out of the shadows in his costume. A large smile now appeared on Sabertooths face."Well, well, well if it isn't Wolverine." "Good thing I didn't go far to cool down. This is between you and I let the girl go." "Whatever you say pal." Sabertooth caste me one more look and threw me across the room. The impact knocked the air right out of me. Logan wasn't too happy with this. "So you're doing the dirty work for someone else now eh. You used to backstab people for fun. What turned you into a rat for hire?" "I've heard you'd gone soft. I was curious I think maybe I heard right." "All right you egg sucking piece of trash. You always liked pushing around people smaller than you. Well I'm smaller try pushing me."

Wolverine let out a roar and attacked Sabertooth head on. The two of them went at it hand to hand. Logan was attacking Sabertooth with his claws and Sabertooth was using his mutant strength. The shock of what had just happened was now starting to leave my body. I shook my head to clear my mind and I let out a large groan. Logan heard this and he turned his attention toward me for just a second, shouldn't have done that. This gave Sabertooth an opening and he used this to his advantage. He attacked Wolverine with his own claws and sent him flying across the room. Logan didn't land far from where I was. Logan let out a groan before everything went black for him. "Logan!" He couldn't hear me, he was out cold.

Sabertooth was now advancing on Logan flexing his own muscles as he did so. "Now then to finish the job." "No!" I wasn't going to let this happen. This time my mark activated on its own. The light was so bright that it made Sabertooth stop in his tracks. "What in the world!" While he was distracted I moved over to where Logan was on the floor and laid his head down on my knees. Sabertooth was now very, very angry. "Big mistake girlie now you're gonna have to pay with your life." "Want to bet." Out of nowhere an optic beam shot straight at Sabertooth and knocked him off of his feet. I turned in the direction of where the attack came from and saw Scott and the others standing right there. Nightcrawler transported himself next to the two of us and he knelt by our side. "Are you all right?" He said. I said "I am although I'm not sure about Wolverine." We both looked down at Logan and watched the blood coming out of his injuries. The other x-men came into the room trying to block Sabertooth in. Unfortunately this wasn't going to hold him for long. Sabertooth let out a roar and went right through their blockade. The others didn't even bother going after him they knew that he wasn't going to chance a fight while we were all there.

Instead attention was turned over to Logan and I. The Professor came over to us in his hover chair. "Are you all right?" "I'm fine but Logan." The Professor took one look at Logan's injuries and went into action. "Hank Jean take Logan to the infirmary now." Beast and Jean didn't hesitate they did what they were told. I went to follow them but I was stopped by Storm. "Hold on we need to know what happened here and since Logan is out cold you're the only one that can give us answers." She said. I closed my eyes and took in a deep breath. "I guess I don't have a choice now do I." So I told them everything that happened starting at the moment I heard Sabertooth moaning outside of the mansion. When I was finished everyone was quiet for a couple of seconds. Scott said "You shouldn't blame yourself for what happened Silverstream. People have been fooled a lot worse by him before." "But if I hadn't let him in." "Logan still would've fought him outside the mansion." Scott said. Jubilee said "Don't feel bad Sabertooth tricked me too in order to get to the Professor." "Thanks."

I then moved us to a different subject. "What about Logan will he be all right?" The Professor was shaking his head. "I don't know his healing abilities should keep him alive but he still needs medical attention. All we can do now is wait." Xavier said. Rogue said "What's bugging me is how Sabertooth knew that all but one of us would be here at the mansion?" "Hm good question Rogue a very good question."

Sabertooth had now returned to his hide out unscathed. It was his garage somewhere in a different town. A screen on a nearby computer turned on as soon as he entered. "Was your mission complete?" "Yes although it would've been better if the other x-men hadn't barged in." "No matter just tell me what you've found out." "The girl seems to be in her twenties and her only power is to make the mark on her forehead shine in blinding radiance. She nearly blinded me as I was fighting Wolverine." "No matter even though her power is simple her life layout is perfect for what I need."

Even with his healing abilities Logan was still recovering. This wasn't going to stop him from his regular work out. It had been a couple of days since the fight and Logan was still not fully healed. I was passing by his room and saw him practicing martial arts in his kung fu uniform, well part of it at least. His chest was bear except for the bandages that were still covering his chest. He was mostly healed except for a couple of cracked ribs. I raised an eyebrow when I saw what he was doing.

I said "Wolverine you're supposed to be resting. Even you can't heal this fast." "Don't bet on it Silver." "Sabertooth nearly killed you." "Someday I'll learn not to let my guard down." There was a crack and Logan bent and groaned in pain. "Oh no." I went over to Logan and gave him my arms to help keep him standing. The two of us looked into each other's eyes. "Silver." Once again I felt the same sensation that I had gotten before when I looked into his eyes. But this time it was stronger than it was before. "I've got to go Nightcrawler is waiting for me." "So am I." At those words I dethatched myself from his arms and walked out of his room. Logan watched me go with sad eyes.

Nightcrawler was waiting for me outside in his coat and hat. People usually freaked out when they saw what he looked like so he had to cover himself. Fortunately his tail was hidden inside of his coat. "There you are fraulen I've been waiting for you." "Aren't you always Kurt?" "You look wonderful." It's true I did look nice in a simple brown dress and with my hair up. "Thanks Kurt now let's go we're going to be late for the movie." Nightcrawler gave me his arm and transported us to the movie theater in the city. The movie we saw was a science fiction flick and it was about two hours long. It went on well after sunset. We came out of the theater close to eleven. The two of us were tired as we walked out of the theater together. "So how did you like it?" I let out a shrug at his words. "It was ok although it could've had some more action in it." "Oh I don't really know about that." "You're a monk Kurt of course you don't like that kind of violence." Instead of being transported the two of us started to walk back to the mansion under the moonlight.

Unfortunately we came to a little problem on our way back home, Sabertooth. Kurt was the first one to see him. Kurt saw movement in the surrounding trees and recognized him at once. "Get behind me." "Kurt?" I didn't respond to him at first so he pushed me behind him. "What is it?" "Sabertooth." My attitude now went from frightful to serious. "Where is he?" "That's what I'm trying to find out though I could use some light." "Coming right up." Light shined from my mark and into the trees but I made it into a large beam so that no one coming our way would really notice it. "I don't see him." "Trying looking around a little bit more." I did as he asked and it didn't take long for me to find what we were looking for because now in the middle of the light stood Sabertooth. A small squeak of fright got out of me when we spotted him. He was even scarier in the dark than he was in the light. My light went out when this happened and Sabertooth stepped openly into the moonlight.

Kurt didn't hesitate he jumped straight at Sabertooth. Just as Sabertooth swiped an arm at him Kurt disappeared in mid air and reappeared onto his back. "Silverstream run for help go." I was just about to do as he said when Sabertooth knocked him against a tree and Kurt hit the ground with a groan. "Kurt!" I went straight over to his side and knelt down to see if he was all right. "Kurt." Just as I was about to give his shoulder a shake when Sabertooth grabbed me from behind. "Ah!" Sabertooth held me tight in his arms. So tight that I had to gasp for air. "I've got a score to settle with you girlie." He started squeezing me even harder and I could feel my body beginning to break. "That is enough Sabertooth, Magneto wants her alive."

Out of the shadows came another mutant and I recognized her immediately. She was a woman I saw go into the movie theater with us. She then changed shape before my eyes. She transformed from a white skinned blond to a gray skinned redhead. "This is none of your concern Mystique." "If you're going to destroy her it is my concern. Magneto wants her alive Sabertooth." Sabertooth let out a frustrating growl but he loosened his grip on my body. Mystique moved closer to us as he did so. Her attention was no longer on me but on Kurt. She knelt beside him and was about to touch his face when I intervened. "Don't you touch him!" Mystique turned to me with a slight smile on her face. "Oh don't worry about him Silverstream no harm will come to him unless you do what we say." "You're not taking us anywhere!" "Want to bet." Mystique mow moved toward me a vile of something now in her hands. I figured out what was going to happen a moment before it happened. I kept turning my head so that she wouldn't be able to do it but she still took my face in one of her hands and put the vile under my nose. I didn't know what was in there but the smell of it knocked me out cold. "There that should keep her out for a while."

Sabertooth threw me up onto his shoulder. "What about him?" He was pointing one of his arms at Nightcrawler where he lay on the ground. There wasn't any hesitation when Mystique answered his question. "We take him with us." So Sabertooth lifted Kurt onto his other shoulder and the two of them went into the trees taking the two of us with them.

The next day in the early afternoon and Logan was in his room lying down on his bed looking out his window at the blue sky. Logan turned his attention away from the window and to a framed photograph he had in his hands. The frame had a picture of Kurt and me outside the mansion. He took one of his hands and gently rubbed the side of the photo that held my face. Thoughts of me were going through his head. But these thoughts were interrupted by voices coming his way. He turned his head toward the door so he could hear the voices more clearly. "Where the heck are Kurt and Silverstream?" "Who knows? Let them be alone for a change." Gambit and Rogue now passed Logans room and had moved on down a different hallway. Logan got a little bit angry when he heard this new piece of news and he let out a little growl. At the same time Logan brought out one of his claws and he used it to rip the photo of Kurt and me in half. He threw the frame and the half that had Kurt into a nearby garbage can. While he tucked my half of the picture into a side pocket of his costume as he left the room.

Logan headed down to the control room to see if I was down there with Kurt. The only person he found down there was the Professor. "Charles have you seen Silverstream and Nightcrawler?" "No Logan I'm sorry to say I haven't. Why? Is something wrong?" "I don't know. They didn't come back last night and their beds haven't been slept in." "You're probably worrying over nothing Wolverine." Jubilee had entered the room without them noticing it. Xavier said "That maybe true but it won't hurt to check.' The Professor brought his hands to his temples and activated his power. Xavier used his power to search the area for any sign of Kurt and me. But what he got was unexpected. His eyes widened in shock when this happened. Logan and Jubilee looked at him with questioning looks on their faces. "Well?" Logan said. The Professor said "I'm not sensing anything." "What!" Logan was furious. "What do you mean you can't find them?" Jubilee said. Charles said "I'm saying that either someone is blocking them from me or they're dead." "They are not dead!" Logan had his claws out and he was shaking with fury.

The Professor had seen this kind of mood from him before so he quickly went to calm his fury. "Calm down Logan I'll keep looking for them. In the mean time you two should head down to the danger room for some practice. This is going to take a while." Logan didn't want to leave but with a reassuring look from Jubilee he did what he was told. Although he didn't go to the danger room with Jubilee he went outside to get some air. He didn't bother to change out of his costume. You see Logan wasn't just going outside to get some air. He was out there to try and find out what happened to Nightcrawler and me. Logan went into the forest area to try and pick up our cent from last night. It wasn't long before he found the spot where the two of us were ambushed. As soon as he came to that spot he used his sense of smell to find out what happened. He gave the ground a little sniff. "They were here all right and so were two others." He gave the ground another sniff to find out who they were. When he did a look of disgust appeared on his face. "Sabertooth and Mystique it was a stinking ambush."

Logan let out a growl and got back up onto his feet. "Those punks are gonna pay." Logan ran off into the woods following the scents of the two of us and our kidnappers.

Everything was such a blur around me I could hardly see a thing. It wasn't long before my sight came back into my eyes and I could see everything clearly again. Although I had a major headache I figured it must've been from the stuff that lady put under my nose. Lifting up my head I got a clear look of what was around me. I was in a large glass cell in a room surrounded by other cells and metal. Next to me was another cell and inside of it still unconscious was Nightcrawler. "Kurt." I moved over to the side of my cell and next to his. "Kurt." I banged on the glass wall in between our cages to try and wake him up. At my second bang a moan got out of his body and I could see some movement coming from his eyes. "Kurt." A moment later Kurt opened his eyes and he caught sight of me through the glass. A small smile formed on his face when he saw me. "Hey." "Hey."

Nightcrawler started to get back up onto his feet and he let out another moan as he did so. "Slowly you were knocked out." "I can see that." "Where are we?" "I don't know. I woke up not long before you did." Nightcrawler moved over to the glass wall that was between us and he tried to punch his way through. "Ouch!" Kurt pulled his hand back and shoo it in pain. "What's this stuff made of diamonds?" I put my hand on the glass even though I wasn't able to reach him. "Easy Kurt we'll get through this." Kurt put one of his hands against the glass next to mind and he completed the sentence for me. "Together." We both smiled at each other through the glass and looked into each other's eyes.

Just then the main door to the room that we were in opened and we saw the person responsible for our kidnapping. I didn't recognize him but apparently Kurt did. "Magneto." "So you remember me Nightcrawler." Magneto was standing in the middle of the doorway where we could see him. "Happy to see me again Nightcrawler?" "Can't say that I am." Magneto now turned his attention toward me. "Ah and this must be Miss Silverstream a pleasure to meet you young lady." Magneto made a slight bow toward me as he said this. I leaned harder into the glass wall to be closer to Nightcrawler. "Kurt who is this guy?" Kurt did the same thing I did by moving closer into the glass. He said "He's called Magneto a warlord among mutants and his mutant power is magnetic. He can create energy fields and control any type of metal around him."

Magneto smiled and let out a small chuckle when he heard what Nightcrawler said about him Magneto said "You forgot to mention one thing my friend. I've been using my powers to make life better for mutants." "Lies!" I was surprised of Kurts tone when he said that. I had never heard him like that before. I turned to him with a look of concern in my eyes. He gave me a look of reassurance when he saw that I was starting to get a little bit upset. Kurt turned his attention back to Magneto just a second later. "You've destroyed villages, murdered countless humans, and have destroyed many air force and military bases." My eyes widened at his words. I looked at Kurt again through the glass. "He's that powerful?" Kurt just nodded in my direction he wasn't going to take his eyes off of Magneto.

I was now looking at Magneto with frightened eyes. A moment later two other mutants came into the room behind Magneto. I recognized them immediately they were Sabertooth and Mystique the ones that kidnapped us. My reaction was moving into a position to defend myself. Nightcrawlers expression was now one that I had expected out of him. A look of surprise and excitement now appeared on his face. Nightcrawler moved to the front of his cell leaning against the glass with his hands. What he did next surprised me even more. "Mother!" My position faltered and my head snapped in his direction when he said this. Mystique just smiled and moved over to his cell. Nightcrawler moved farther into the front of his cage ready to meet Mystique and I only moved farther into the back of my cell. I didn't trust this lady for a second.

Magneto pressed a couple of buttons on a nearby computer and the doors to Kurt's cell just opened right up. Kurt stepped out of his cell and moved toward Mystique. In the mean time somewhere outside Wolverine had finally found Magnetos secret base. The base was well hidden inside a mountain and its entrance was camouflaged behind some vines and branches that were in front of it. Wolverine verified that it was the right place by the smell of it. "They were here all right." Wolverine got rid of the vines and branches that were hiding the door. Once that was done Wolverine tore down the door and went inside.

"She's your mother?" I was outraged at what I was seeing. Him the offspring of this shape shifter. Nightcrawler turned to me with a happy expression on his face. "Yes but I thought she was dead." The smile on Mystiques face grew even bigger and she rubbed the side of one of her hands against his face. "Dear little Kurt I've been wondering what happened to you." I was shaking my head with a look of complete disbelief on my face. "I don't believe this, this just can't be happening." "Oh but it is." Magneto moved closer to the front of my cell. I was really starting to get irritated. I said "What do you want with us Magneto?" Appeals of laughter got out of Magneto his body shaking from the force of it. Through gritted teeth I said "Funny is it?" Magnetos attention now finally stopped. He said "Silly girl I have no need for Nightcrawler no I only wanted you."

I narrowed my eyes when I heard this out of him. "But then why?" "Why did Sabertooth bring him here? Quiet simple actually. Mystique just cares for the boy it's as simple as that," he said. I said "Magneto listen you don't need me my power isn't as great as most mutants." "True your mutant power is simple but powerful used the right way," Magneto said. I really didn't like this was going. I said "And what is that exactly?" "Join me help me bring order to this world and its people. Don't you see mutants should be the rulers of this world human life must be destroyed?" "No! This is not the way!" My outburst made Magneto very angry and the attention of the others now turned back to us. Magneto now flew even closer to my cell in anger. "Of course it is the humans must die in order for the rest of us to survive. Now I will ask again are you in or out?" I didn't hesitate when he had finished him question. "Out."

Magnetos eyes narrowed when I said this to him but I just glared right back in order to show that I wasn't afraid. Eventually he straightened back into his full position."Very well then if you're not with us you are against us." Magneto now lifted up his hand and turned it into a fist. As soon as this happened metal came up from beneath me and wrapped itself around me. The metal kept me where I was standing so I couldn't run away. Magneto lifted up his arm and so I slammed against the back of my cell the metal still wrapped around me. Nightcrawler didn't like what was going on there. "What are you doing to her?" he said. Mystique just put a hand on her sons shoulder. "Then let her go if she is of no further use to you than there is no need for her to be here." "Exactly." At that same moment smoke came out from small holes that were around me. I started coughing as soon as this started to happen and the gas was starting to fall in around me. "No!"

Nightcrawler was about to transport into the cell to help me when Mystique used a small device to bring a shock to his system. This device knocked him right out. My vision was blurred because of the gas but I could still see what was going on outside of the cell. "Kurt." It was the last thing I said before I passed out myself. As soon as my head fell forward a smile had appeared on Magnetos face. "Very good." He then turned to Mystique. "You can take your son to a different part of this base Mystique we don't want him interfering in this." "Of course Magneto." Mystique lifted Nightcrawler up onto her shoulder and carried him out of the holding area. Magneto then turned to his other cohort Sabertooth. "Now my friend how about you dispose of our little friend here." Sabertooth let out a huge grin exposing his fangs as he did so. "With pleasure my lord." Magneto pressed a certain button that was close to my cell and it opened right up. But first the knock out gas had to be sucked into the holes where it had first come out.

Sabertooth moved closer to me as this event was happening and Magneto used his magnetic powers to get rid of the metal that was wrapped around me. Once these pieces were gone I hit the floor with a thump and a groan. Sabertooth started laughing as he was moving closer to me and Magneto moved backwards to watch what was going to happen. Sabertooth cracked his knuckles before reaching down to grab me. "Now to finish what I started." Just as he was about to grab me something happened.

There was a huge roar and then out of nowhere Wolverine came jumping through the doorway and attacked Sabertooth. "Don't you touch her!" Wolverine and Sabertooth were now locked claw to claw with each other. Since I was no longer breathing that knock out gas I was starting to come around again. Leaning on the wall I was slowly getting back up onto my feet again. I was making my way toward the door when Magneto used his power on me again. "Oh no my dear you're not going anywhere." "Oh yes she is!" Wolverine swiped at Magneto with his claws. This released Magnetos hold on me since I was distracted. Magneto turned his attention away from me and over to Sabertooth where he was lying down on the floor. This gave Wolverine the chance to get me out of there. He ran over to where I was and ripped off the metal bars that were keeping me connected to the wall. I fell into his arms still a little weary. The gas still hadn't lost its affect on me. I let out a deep sigh when I felt his touch. "Logan." "Sh it's all right you're going to be ok now I'll get you out of here."

Wolverine ran out of the holding area carrying me in his arms. It wasn't long before I finally came completely around and I could finally have complete control of my senses again. Wolverine took a little break from running to catch his breath as I came around. A small groan had gotten out of me. Wolverine's attention now turned over to me. "Silverstream?" He set me down on my feet. Logan still held me in one of his arms and he brought his free hand to the right side of my face. There was a look of concern in his eyes. "Silverstream are you ok? Don't worry I'm here." Finally I opened my eyes and looked around me in confusion. "Kurt." Then I caught sight of Wolverine right in front of me. A look of surprise now came upon my face. "Wolverine what are you doing her how did you find us?" "No time for that now I have to get you out of here." Wolverine took my hand and he started to lead me down another hallway when I finally remembered something. "Kurt! Oh my god Mystique took him away just before you came," I shrieked.

But Wolverine didn't stop at my words. "We'll come back for him later but right now I just need to get you out of here." "No Wolverine I can't leave him here," I said. Wolverine said "We don't have much time for this." "And I say we do." I pulled my hand out of his grip and stayed where I was. This stopped Wolverine in his tracks. He turned toward me with a certain look on his face saying that I shouldn't argue at the time. But he was stopped when he saw the look on my face and the tears that were coming out of my eyes. "Logan please." That did it for Wolverine. He said "All right we'll split up you go down one hallway and I'll go down the others." I just smiled and nodded my head at what he said. Next moment the two separated and went down different hallways.

During this time Magneto had rounded up some of his other followers in his control room and was telling them about the situation. "Use any means necessary to capture these two but remember I want them captured alive," he said. Mystique said "But sir we don't really need them we're strong as we are now." There were murmurs of agreement among the rest of them. Magneto knew that he was outvoted so he had no choice but to agree. "Very well then just see that they don't escape. Now go!" Without another word Sabertooth and Mystique now left the control room at a run followed by the others that were there.

I wasn't having much luck finding Nightcrawler in this place. Every time I came to a room I couldn't find any sign of my friend. Unfortunately at one point I made a wrong turn and found myself facing a young man and another one that was a giant. "Get her." I creamed and ran for it with those two chasing me close behind. "Please let Logan be having better luck than me."

As it turns out he was Wolverine found Nightcrawler not long after the two of us went our separate ways. While he was going down a certain hallway Wolverine had caught Nightcrawlers scent. This stopped him in his tracks and one sniffed confirmed that he was right. "Nightcrawler." He brought out his claws and used them to bring down the door. Right on the other side of it was Nightcrawler and he was still unconscious from before. Wolverine went over to where Nightcrawler was laid. "I could make a couple of women real sad right now. But if there's one thing I can't stand it's seeing Silverstream cry." Wolverine lifted Nightcrawler up onto his shoulder and carried him out of there. Unknown to him a couple of mutants were lurking in the shadows and had heard everything. These mutants were Mystique and an old woman called Granny who had the power to make illusions and control peoples actions with her words. Mystique said "So he loves the woman." She then turned to Granny. "You know what to do." The old woman nodded in understanding.

Back with me I had come into a dead end and those two mutants who were called Pyro and Juggernaut had cornered me in that spot. Not only that but three other mutants had joined them making their number now five. The Juggernaut was laughing a little bit as they were pushing me into a corner. "We've got you now." "Don't count on it bub." Juggernaut ran right for me and I did something they didn't expect out of me. I jumped into the air, did a flip right over the Juggernaut, and landed safely on the other side of their group. They didn't know I could do that so I took them a moment to recover from it. It didn't take long for that to happen at all. "I don't know how you did that kid but you're not going to get out of this one," Juggernaut said. Pyro brought fire to his hands in response to his partner's words. I gulped and took a couple of steps backwards when Pyro did what he did. As I was thinking that things couldn't get any worse they just did. Mystique and Granny came out of a hidden doorway and joined the other group.

Just as we were about to fight Wolverine finally popped into view still carrying Nightcrawler on his shoulder. "Hey Silverstream come on let's get out of here we're going home." I smiled and nodded my head at his words. Unfortunately we were stopped by an outburst from Mystique. "Oh no you don't you're not leaving this place." She then turned to Granny. "Do it." Granny nodded her head and did her thing. She held out her arms toward Wolverine and activated her mutant power to control Wolverines mind. She planted these words into his head. "You keeping me from what's mine."

Immediately after Granny said what she said something happened. Wolverine took Nightcrawler from his shoulder and threw him onto the ground. Wolverine looked down at Nightcrawler with a snarl on his face. Logan repeated what that old woman planted in his head. "You keeping me from what's mine!" Wolverine now brought out his claws and at the same time I had finally figured out what was going on. "No!" Just as Wolverine was about to kill Nightcrawler I stepped in and knocked him right off of his feet. He quickly recovered and immediately got back onto his feet as soon as he hit the floor. When he did he found me standing over Nightcrawler with my arms opened wide at my sides. "Fight it Wolverine don't let them control you!"

Mystique wasn't going to stand for this. She gave Granny a signal and she went to work again. She implanted a new thought into his mind. "She's making you love her making you weak." What she said surprised me and I nearly dropped my arms at what she said. Barely above a whisper had I said "He loves me?" Wolverine was now coming at me hands into fists and his claws coming out of his knuckles. Right when he was just a couple of feet away from me Wolverine seemed to stop in his tracks. He was fighting that old woman's control. Logan sheathed his claws and brought his hands to his head in agony. "I can't," he said. The strain was too much for him and he collapsed onto the floor with a yell. Running to his aid I knelt down at his side gently taking his head in my hands and holding it there. While I was doing this the other group of mutants surrounding the two of us. Juggernaut said "It's over kid you're not going anywhere."

Unknown to the rest of us Nightcrawler was now waking up. Leaning on his elbows he shook his head to clear up his mind. It took him a couple of seconds to figure out what was going on. When he saw that Wolverine and I were surrounded he sprang into action. He transported into the circle just as Pyro was going to fry the two of us. "I don't think so." Nightcrawler took our hands and transported the three of us out of there and I made the distraction of blinding our attackers. In only a matter of seconds we were back at the mansion and away from our enemies.

Although before we were back there our friends were worried sick and looking for us back at the mansion. They were all in the control room arguing what to do about the three of us. Jubilee was the one most upset by it because she let Wolverine out of her site instead of helping him with his plan even though she didn't know what it was at the time. Jubilee said "This is my entire fault if I had just gone with him instead of going to the danger room we would know where they were right now." Storm put a comforting hand on the young ones arm. She said "Now, now Jubilee don't think like that it wasn't your fault at all. You didn't know what Logan was planning to do." "But if I had just stayed with him," she said. Cyclopes said "You would've gotten hurt or missing like the others must've been." "Scott is right Jubilee you cannot be blaming yourself for what had happened here," the Professor said. Intent on changing the subject Xavier quickly went to make plans to create a search party got for the three of us. He said "Now then we need to make some plans for their return."

Just then something came up on their radar. This caught the attention of its inhabitants immediately after it sounded. "Someone's on the grounds." Xavier went over to the main computer in his hover chair. The Professor now used a voice command on the computer to get what he wanted. "Computer give us a visual on the grounds outside the mansion." The computer did as it was told. Cerebro showed the others what they wanted to see in a matter of seconds. What everyone saw on the holographic screen caused them all to gasp. There on the front lawn was Wolverine, Nightcrawler, and myself. Jubilee was now beside herself with amazement. She shrieked "Their back, I can't believe it they're back." She ran out of the control room following not far behind by everyone else that was there. They were all just equally amazed of what they had just seen as well as Jubilee.

Outside of the mansion the three of us which were Wolverine, Nightcrawler, and I were just getting back up onto our feet. We were just starting to make sense about what had just happened to the three of us. But there was one thing that I was certainly sure of and that was Nightcrawler being alive and safe back with us again. Immediately after I realized this I turned to Kurt and gave him a very big hug. Nightcrawler did the same for me we had no words to express what we were thinking and feeling at the time. After a few moments of the two of us embracing each other like this Nightcrawler finally spoke up in what he thought was a sense of humor. He dispatched himself from me and looked down with a smile on his face. Saying softly "So what did I miss?" That earned him a laugh and another hug from me.

Wolverine was watching our actions in silence and with a blank expression on his face and eyes. He was about to turn and walk away when something else seemed to catch his attention including the attention of Nightcrawler and myself. Jubilee had just burst through the front doors a look of pure glee on her face and the rest of our friends had followed her close behind. In a matter of seconds the three of us were surrounded by all of our friends. Rogue said "You guys nearly scared us half to death." "Yeah next time you should tell us when you're going to get into trouble," Gambit said. Then with a chuckle he added "That way we can all come out and join you." "That's right you can't keep all the fun to yourself," Jubilee said. This got plenty of laughter out of the rest of us.

Xavier came up to Nightcrawler and me in his hover chair. Our attention turned to the Professor when we caught sight of him. "Professor." The three of us smiled at each other. Xavier said "I'm glad to see the two of you back safely. We were starting to get a little bit worried." "And with good reason to be Charles." Attention was now turned over to Wolverine when he said this. He said "Charles they were captured by Magneto and his group." Many eyes narrowed at what he said. Obviously Magneto and his group were well known among others. Jean said "What did he want?" "He was after me," I said. Rogue said "But why?" "Somehow he seemed to know about my power and wanted it for his own uses." Beast was nodding his head in agreement to what I was saying. "Makes perfect sense, if my calculations are correct your powers would've fitted perfectly in his own plans." The others were nodding their heads in agreement to his words.

At the same time my stomach let out a huge growl of hunger. The Professors eyes lit up in understanding. "How selfish of us here we are telling you our worries while you're standing out here probably starving. Come inside and we'll all have an early dinner." That is just what we did we all went inside and had the dinner that Jean had made for us. After dinner was finished everyone went to do their own thing. Instead of reading the bible with Kurt I went to go see Logan in his room. I didn't get a chance to thank him for saving us from Magneto and his followers. When I got there I couldn't hear anything, all was quiet behind his door. I gently knocked on his door. "Logan, Logan are you there?" I waited a couple of seconds not trying to seem impatient. But after a little while I decided to open the door and go inside. "I didn't get to thank you for saving us back there."

Just as I was about to say something else I saw something that stopped me in my tracks. I then screamed and ran out of the room to find the others. What had startled me was very serious, Logan was gone.