31 : making an end

Logan and Rogue walked through the halls of Strykers base. Rogue was gasping for air but Logan showed no sign of being tired. Footsteps were heard in the distance. Logan ran faster and rogue followed him as good as she could.

They entered a room. Stryker was in the middle of it, flanked by Deathstrike and Vincent.

"You know what to do" Strykers voice is the only thing heard in the room.

Both Deathstrike and Vincent give him a silently nod. Stryker backs through the door and shuts it. Leaving the four mutants behind. Rogue looked at Logan but before she could do something, Vincent shot a wave of water at her and she flied against the wall.

She used John's power to manipulate the fire that burned the candles and shot it at her ex-boyfriend. After that, she used the power borrowed from Magneto and used the metal in his body to move and slam him against the wall.(A/N : a little like in X2...when Magneto escapes...the part with the guard? Yeah...that's the one)

"You've grown stronger." he said while cracking his neck "But you have to do better then that."

She smirked and shot another ray of fire from her hand. Vincent blocked it with a shield of his own power. She stopped with her attack and the two looked at each other. The glares were equal to each other.

Vincent shot another ray, trying to catch Rogue of guard. She received the full blast and crashed into the projection screen. Sparks fly, but hardly in a romantic way.

Vincent pulls away from rogue's deadly touch. He slashes -- misses-- and hits a cluster power cables in the ceiling. They twist and writhe under the water, small electrical sparks fall to the ground. Rogue tackles him and they crash through a glass wall. X-rays, diagrams and equipment shatter.

In the mean time, Deathstrike and Logan are a close match but Deathstrike is much faster, Logan is being torn to shreds by her lightning-fast hands. She spin kicks -- knocking Logan into the weapon-x tank. It smashes open.

Fluid spills across the floor. Logan's sprawled on top of the broken tank -- dazed, nearly unconscious. He can't beat her hand- to hand and knows it. His claws are ready to attack and death strike

Rogue stands up, cracking her neck, she smiled at Vincent. He growled in anger and shots another wave of water at her. She blocks it with her own shield of fire and used magneto's power to shove him across he room.

She tapped into Logan's power and combined it with Johns ability to make things out of the fire and created a pair of fire claws at her knuckles. Proud at her work, she smirked and looked at Vincent with flames in her eyes.

Vincent's eyes widened at the claws and he shot water at her to extinguish them immediately. Rogue did a somersault to dodge it and landed behind him. She plunged her fire claws in his back and his eyes widened.

Logan watches-- as the tank that once gave birth to him, becomes the sarcophagus for Strykers latest creation. He had grabbed one of the equipments to pump death strike full of adamantium, making her body heavy and drop in the tank that was situated in the middle of the room.

Rogue is gasping for air and Logan looks at her worried. They both heal immediately and Logan runs out of the room in an attempt to follow Stryker.

They ran down the hall and hoped they would find an exit soon. Rogue smiled, she had killed her former boyfriend who had hurt her so much and she didn't feel any pity for him.

Nor did she feel any sadness for him. He had been her friend, but a horrible friend at that. Logan stops with running and breaks her thoughts. He grabs her shoulders and looks her in the eye.

"You should go to the jet now. Or to Jean or Storm. I don't want you to see what I'm about to do to Stryker."

"Logan...I'm not a little girl anymore."

"I would feel better if you would go to Jean or Storm."

Rogue sighed and looked Logan in the eye. He was looking quite serious so she nodded softly and gave him a kiss before leaving him alone in the hall. She ran to the end of the hall where she saw the x-men standing in front of a large door that doesn't seem to open.

R&R please