All hell broke loose the minute I charged Romulus. He was a lot faster than I had him pegged for, but not as strong as I thought. Me and Laura would divert his attention, get him to point his claws towards us, then Rogue would deliver some heavy punched to his back, stomach, or just grab his leg and slam him down. Hard. It only took him a few minutes to catch on though. When Rogue snuck up behind him again, he just kicked Laura in the chest, sending her tumbling, and then grabbed Rogue, tossing her away.

Laura jumped back, about to get him but he shoved his claws into her stomach, both hands in knuckle deep. He yanked his hands apart, shredding Laura, and tossing her aside.

I stepped forward, trying to slice his head off, but he batted my claw away, knocked my feet out from under me, and then stomped down on my sternum. It felt like a boulder falling on top of me, crushing my ribs like twigs.

He look down at me smirking, "Well then, what now?"

I groaned as my ribs started cracking, "Well, if I was you, I'd clench up."

"How-"

A fury of black hair and blue eyes grabbed Romulus by his legs, slinging him around, and then throwing him into the ceiling. Connor stood there, fuming, eyes wild.

I stood up, wincing as my ribs racking back into place, "Look, Conner-"

"I don't care if you told me not to come and fight!" He snapped, "And I know you're stronger than I am, you make it obvious every day, but that being said, you're my girl, and there is no way in hell I'm-"

I grabbed his shoulders, jumping up into his arms. I wrapped my legs around his torso, smashing my lips onto his I pulled away after a moment, panting, "Stop talking."

He stood there, staring at me as I clung to him, "Uh… okay."

I smirked, "Perfect, now duck."

"What?"

"Duck you kryptonian idiot, duck!" I ordered.

Connor's eyes widened, and he wrapped his arms around me, hitting the deck and Romulus sailed over where he had been standing, barely missing him.

I scurried out form underneath Connor, "Okay look, I love you to death, but in all seriousness, go hide behind Logan!"

I block Romulus' first attack, deflecting the second with my claws from beneath my wrist.

Connor spoke up, "Yeah, not gonna happen."

"I'm not going to put up with your macho man act today!" I snapped, taking a knee to the face. I grunted, spiraling back and barely managing to keep on my feet.

"Logan is glaring at me like he want's to kill me!" Connor snapped, "I am not going anywhere near him."

"Then just stay down!" I barked out, ducking under Romulus' swipe and lunging at his thigh. In one quick downward movement I sliced open his knee, tearing down deep into his ankle. He howled in pain, falling to the ground. I rolled out of the way of his desperate grabbing, standing up tall, and smirking at him, "Boom."

Before he could even ask, Rogue jumped down on top of him, putting everything she had into one punch, nailing his sternum. The sound that made was more of a symphony of cracks and snaps, with some background sound of squishes and gurgles. Rogue stepped away from him, "Shugah, we ain't gonna be able to keep him down fer long!"

I groaned, "I know, we need some way to stop his healing factor."

Connor spoke up, "Hey, didn't you mention some kind of magic knife, the Mariposa blade?"

"Maramusa!" I snapped, "And Cyclops has it! If you think he's going to trust me with it, you're insane! He doesn't even trust me to hold his coffee."

Rogue snorted, "Ah wouldn't either, if you slipped vomit inducing drugs inta mine."

"That was only one time-"

Romulus staggered up, turning to me with fire in his eyes. "You think you can beat me? The entire reason you exist is to serve me! You are nothing but an inbred little pawn, that-"

He moved to attack, but before he could, Laura descended on his head, with a fury I've never seen in my life. I've never even seen Logan be that angry. She sliced his scalp to ribbons, and shred his shoulders like confetti, blood pouring out like foam from a shaken can of soda.

He hit the ground, and Laura stepped off of him, "No one threatens my niece."

"Wow." I said, eyes wide, "I have one bad ass aunt."

Laura raised an eyebrow at me, "You're ability to joke under these circumstances alarms me."

I shrugged, "It's a coping mechanism I picked up from Spiderman. You remember, that time Logan needed a babysitter, you guys were all busy, and I still say I'm not the one who caused the subway car incident."

Rahne looked up from a nearly subdued Wild Child, "When the hell did that happen!?"

"Uh, about two years ago, I think." I mumbled. "Only one guy died…"

Rogue sighed, "Cause of death?"

"Adamantium blade to the throat." I shrugged, "Wasn't mine, but that's what the forensics on his wound said. And Spiderman said he was never babysitting for Logan again, after giving some huge hate speech about… what was it, killing?"

Dead Pool popped up behind me, "Hey! Helly, my main man, girl, psycho, killing machine, wanna be hobo-"

"The hell do you want?" I snapped.

He nodded, "Well, here's the thing, you all need to stop hurting Romulus, cause this is about the time he drops the bomb, aka, the life changing truth."

"Where the hell top you get this stuff!?" I asked, exasperated. "I'm not giving Romulus a chance to lie his ass off and get into my head, I need to find a way to kill this son of a bitch and fast!"

Dead Pool sighed, "Look, I like ya Helly, but I really want a reappearance in this Fanfiction, and if I don't keep the ball rolling here, Imaninja41 is going to be so pissed at me, it's not even funny."

"You bet your ass I will, now get to the good part!"

"Then why don't you just write it out, ya ginger midget!" Dead Pool shouted.

"What?" I asked, not sure who he was talking to.

"Not now, ya loveable sociopath you, I'm arguing with the author!" Dead Pool sassed. "Now, get this story rolling ginger!"

"Ugh, fine."

Romulus suddenly lashed out, his fingers wrapping around my throat tightly, pulling me into his chest, facing everybody as he dug into my neck with the tips of his claws, "If anybody tries anything, we'll find out if cutting off her head will kill her, understood?"

There were two loud *snikt* sounds, as Daken finally stood up, and Logan started stepping forward. But before anyone could do anything, Omega Red suddenly broke away from Armor, thrashing around wildly with his claws.

Daken started walking towards me, "Logan, you take care of Omega Red, I'll get Mio."

Logan grabbed his shoulder, "Do you think after everything you've put her through, I'm just going to let you have a grab at her?"

Daken whirled around to glare right at Logan, "I'm not going to lose her to him."

Logan held his gaze for a moment, before I interrupted, "Hello, being held by a mass murdering sociopath over here!"

Logan nodded, "Don't make me pick up your slack."

Daken walked over slowly, until he was ten feet from Romulus, all of my sisters hanging back at about fifteen feet. Romulus dug his claws in further, "Not one more step Daken, you know I could have five of her if I wanted to."

"Oh come on, no one can have my unique charms." I snickered.

"This wasn't part of our deal Romulus." Daken snarled.

"Our deal was canceled the minute you betrayed me." Romulus bit back, "I'm collecting what you owe me, before it get's ruined any further!"

"Mio was never supposed to be yours, you agreed she was mine!" Daken argued.

"Am I the only one who realizes this is still American!? No one owns me!" I growled.

Romulus shook me back and forth violently, making my head snap back and forth. Great, now I'm dizzy. "Silence! Men are talking right now."

"Well, screw you too!" I snapped. "Further more, will someone please tell me what the hell is going on!? What deal!? And so help me God, if I'm not brought to light on this right now, I'm going to grow feet claws, through pure willpower, and slice your tentacles off!"

Romulus chuckled, "You've got wit, I'll give you that, but your skills are sorely lacking. How many times are you going to count on your daddy to save you?"

"I can fight my own fight, old man." I growled.

"Then why are you always needing backup? Madripor, New Hampshire, Dark Avengers, Hydra, even when you lived in Japan. You're rack sheet is nothing but a cry for help."

"I didn't need anyone's help when I lived in Japan!" I protested, "I fought by myself, and I accepted victory or defeat by myself. I never asked for help fighting!"

Romulus looked at me curiously, "Your mental shields are still in tact after all these years? I would have guessed that by now they would have worn down."

"Mental what?" I asked, "I ain't got any mental shields, Frost read my mind every time I walked into her class."

"Your mental shields were not meant to keep anyone out." Daken piped up, "They were just put there to bury your memories."

I stared at Daken for a few seconds, "Daken, whatever the hell is going on, you better tell me, right now."

Daken held my gaze, "Romulus had an amateur telepath suppress a lot of your memories when you were younger."

"… How young?" I mumbled. This couldn't be true, it just couldn't. What memories? Nothing is missing from my mind! Everything is accounted for, every day of my life, nothing is missing from my memories.

I could smell the emotions rolling off of Daken, his pheromones having been long forgotten. Shame, anger, and an protective instinct. "You were ten years old."

Dead Pool suddenly shouted out, "Yeah! That's the secret! Keep going shark fin, let all the truth out."

I snapped out of my emotion fueled trance, "Now is not the time, nor the place."

I brought my knee up, and then dropped my ankle down like a sledge hammer onto his groin. He roared, slashing my throat to ribbons and throwing me right at Daken, sinking down to one knee. Daken caught me, sitting me down, "You okay?"

I laughed, blood spurting from my mouth, and flesh ripping around my throat. I managed to talk around it, "I don't care if he's a feral, a telepath, or a human. A male is still a male."

Amber laughed, "First lesson Wolverine ever taught us, anatomically, all men have one weak spot."

I held up my fist for her to bump as all my sisters suddenly charged Romulus, "Wanger shot!"

She bumped is with her fist, "Wanger shot!"

Daken stared at me, "He taught you both to kick a guy's nuts?"

"How else are really small girls supposed to beat really big guys?" Amber asked.

I rolled my eyes, "Yeah Amber, it's not because of hardcore training, or hours spent perfecting every punch or kick, or the thousands of laps run around the danger room, or the thousands of times you get your ass handed to you by every sparring partner he sets you up with. It's just that one crotch shot that defines a female fighter."

Amber groaned, "It was a joke, you stupid feminist!"

Daken sighed, "Dear God, what the hell has Wolverine done to you?"

I glared at him, "More importantly, what the hell has Romulus done to me? What the hell did her mean by mental shields? Daken, what did you lie to me about."

He raised an eyebrow, "Besides the usual?"

"Yeah."

"Just get Emma Frost to unlock your memories, I know you'll figure it out." Daken said, standing up. "Now, my work here is done, and Romulus isn't going anywhere anytime soon."

I looked over at Romulus, surrounded by all of my sisters, using claws, fangs, super strength, and god knows what else to tear him limb from limb. "Did I mention I love my family?"

Daken snorted, "Yeah, whatever Mio. Do me a favor, no matter what the hell you see in your memories, just deal with it. Don't try to track me down or anything, got it?"

I stood up also as he walked away, "Daken, you need to get back to Donna."

He shook his head, "She doesn't-"

"You love her." I stressed, "And I smelled her when she came into my apartment, she loves you too. Find her, stand up for someone other than yourself for once in your life, and God Almighty, be a man instead of a child for once."

He whirled around, grabbing me by the front of my shirt, "You need to shut your mouth."

Amber stood up awkwardly, "Yeah, I've got my own daddy problems, so I'm… just gonna, uh, walk away from this one."

"Whatever Amber." I waved off, then spoke lower so only Daken would hear "Look Daken, I get it what you're going through here, I really do. I went through the same thing when I got out of Hydra and into the Dark Avengers. You're world get's flipped, and you don't know who to alley yourself with, because you feel like the minute you do, you're gonna get flipped again, and look at that, you're helping someone do something that's not only morally wrong in your book, but it's gonna back fire on you. So you spent the last few months of your life doing things only for you, that I'm pretty sure you never believed in anyways. Like taking over Madripor."

He glared at me, "I wanted to take-"

"If you cared about Madripor so much, then why haven't you been there since you first left?" I asked, "It was something to kill time. Not something important to you. But here's the deal Daken, you've tumbled across something that just might be worthwhile, but you're still shaken up about Romulus betraying you. You need to snap out of it before Donna is gone." I sighed, and Daken let my shirt go, my words sinking in.

"I'm not gonna tell you want to do, because if I do, you're just going to do the opposite for the hell of it, but I will say this. Donna is probably the only woman is the world who would ever put up with every piece of your personality, and quite possibly, she's your equal. So if you miss out on her Daken, you're never going to be happy, and you'll have no one to blame but yourself. I've been down the self hatred road Daken, and despite you being a absolutely despicably excuse of a human being, you shouldn't be subject to that."

He met my gaze, "Despicable excuse, huh? You might wanna hold off on that accusation."

I nodded, gesturing to the gaping hole in the wall for his to walk out of, "Then go prove me wrong." He started walking away, and I called after him, "By the way, don't be so shocked when you catch her scent, and if you don't man up about it, I'll… well, I'll tell you what I'll do once you find out."

He glared at me over his shoulder, not really understanding that, and then left without a word.

Logan walked over to me, Omega Red's head dangle from his fist, "Hey ya wanna burn this?"

I shook my head, "Nah, you go ahead, it's you he kept smacking around."

Logan nodded, "Now, what to do about that bastard?"

We both stared at Romulus, he had already lost one arm, and his left leg wasn't looking so good. My family is so bad ass. Dead Pool spoke up again, "I know what's gonna happen, Imaninja41 is gonna make us all want to kill her!"

I glared at him, "Who the hell is-"

Romulus suddenly threw Laura off of him, backing up, and took out what looked like a detonator, pressing it. The area around him suddenly lit up in bright purple and blue lights, and a figure stepped out of them, with six arms. "Master, quickly!"

Romulus turned through all the turmoil, glaring right into my eyes. "Another day Mio Akihiro! You can't run from me forever."

I met his gaze, "I'll be waiting for you, Romulus."

He stepped backwards, and the man with six arms dragged him into the lights, then they vanished, as did the lights.

Amber stared at the area they used to be in, "Well, who the hell was that?"

Laura didn't budge, standing tall. "Someone we're going to have to kill."

Amber looked down at Wild Child's unconscious body, "So, what do we do with my half brother?"

Logan spoke up, "S.H.I.E.L.D. can find a suitable prison for him."

I nodded, "Yeah, I need to come back to Utopia X with you."

"Why?"

"I just need to talk with Emma Frost for a little. Mind to mind so to speak."

Amber piped up, "I'll come with you guys."

"Whatever." I mumbled, not really wanting to spend any time with her.

Conner cleared his throat, "Uh, Mio? Are you going now, or are you coming home for the night?"

"Now, why?" I asked.

He shrugged, "Well, because I think your grandfather is gonna kill me."

Logan glared at him, "I trust me, I want to." He stepped around me, grabbing Conner's shoulder tightly, "But I think that a little talk will be fine. Mio, go to the Black Bird."

I walked away, carelessly tossing a "Don't hurt him."