A/N: Hey! I'm back. I can see some 'o ya liked the last chapt. Thanx for reviewing! And just like I promised, all the mystery in the last chapt will be revealed in this one. Well, readers, here it is!

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"Holy shit," Logan exclaimed. "She's got it all and more!"

With her attractive grin, the teen turned to him, "Jealous, Metal Man?" looking at the rest, she added, "Ironic, isn't it? One little girl kicked a whole team's asses."

"What can we say?" Scott asked. "None of us have got more than two abilities. It's only natural when you use almost every trick against us."

"Listen," Jean said gentler, changing the subject. "We didn't come here to fight. We just want to help you and bring you to a, well, you could call it a haven for mutants. You'll be safe there with the rest of us."

Staring intently at Jean, the mutant eventually retracted her metal. "I've got a better idea. How about we not fight anymore, you take your little league and leave, and I'll continue my hunt."

"Hunt?" Storm couldn't help asking.

"It's personal."

"But you're taking innocent human lives!"

"'Innocent', huh? Well, you can waltz over to that Adamantium Enforcer's facility and say it to that bastard's wretched face!" The four were shocked. She knew William Stryker's men! Well, that explained the metal spikes and claws. Scott was the first to find his voice.

"Look, what you have in mind isn't worth it."

"No?"

"He's right, little girl," Logan added. "Killing people won't make it better. It'll just make you angrier."

"Right. Now, let's just talk about this, "Jean put in.

The girl glared, "No, thanks. I got a job to do and I'm gonna make sure it gets done." With that, she kicked off the ground and into the sky. Before Storm or Jean could pursue her, they heard a Southern accent.

"You ain't getting' off that easy!" Rogue's now-recovered figure sped behind the teen and removed a glove. Without further ado, she grabbed the girl's bare arm. She obviously felt the drain and tried to push Marie's hand away. But the twist was that Rogue felt the same. Like they were both­ losing their energy! They soon began to slowly, but surely, lose altitude.

"What's happening up there?" Ororo frantically demanded. "Logan, what's happening up there!"

Eyes glued to the scene, Logan vacantly replied, "I dunno. I…think…"

"What!"

"I think they're both taking each other's powers."

"Well, that's not good," Scott said to no one in particular. Soon enough, the girls came into everyone's view. They were free-falling, the X-Men panicked. "Oh, God! Jean! Use your power, catch them!" Jean didn't stir. "Jean!"

"HUH?"

"Catch them!"

"Oh!" raising a hand, Marvel Girl concentrated on the falling mutants, still clinging to one another's skin, unable to let go.

They slowed down just before they made impact on the ground. When they were safely on the street, the four made their way over. The two were pale-faced and unconscious. Scott and Logan immediately pulled the two apart.

"How the hell can that happen?" Logan pondered. "I mean, wouldn't they just trade off powers or something?"

"Obviously not, Logan," Jean answered.

"C'mon," Scott interrupted. "Let's get them and the other X-Men back to the jet." Calling to Piotr and Kitty, they went to gather up the team.

BlackBird

The team were heading back to the mansion when an angry voice—more like, 'thought'—screamed in Scott and Jean's minds. (Scott only 'heard' it because his mind is connected to telepath Jean's.) Both hastily covered their ears in reaction.

"OWW!" Scott cried.

"Sounds like our guest is awake," Jean pointed out.

"Thanks for letting me know. I never wouldda guessed," her fiancé snapped a little fiercer than he meant to. Jean understood.

"I'll go talk to her."

"Good luck," Storm said as she co-piloted the jet.

Back of Jet

The mutant paced angrily around a cell-like room which nullified her powers. It was more like a corner with a power-nullified gate. When she saw Jean, she approached the 'gate'. "You sure got a funny way 'o treatin' strangers."

"Well," Jean said calmly. "You didn't exactly make things easy for us." She just heard a low 'humph' from the teen. Jean grabbed a chair and sat next to the 'cell'. The girl slid down the wall to the floor with her arms crossed. "You know," Jean said after a moment. "I think we got off on the wrong foot here. My name's Jean Grey. Or, if you prefer my codename, I'm Marvel Girl."

"Humph. What kinda handle is that?"

"My mentor gave it to me. May I ask your name?"

After a pause, the girl said, "Savage."

"'Savage'? That's an interesting name." Savage said nothing. "Why do you do what you do, Savage?"

"Why do you think?"

"I can understand your anger, but--"

"No, you can't. You can't begin to imagine what hell it is to--to--"

"Savage, Logan knows what it's like. He has adamantium on his bones, too. He went through the same thing you did."

"No, he didn't." Savage bolted to her feet and paced around quickly and furiously. "He hasn't been the way he is since birth! He hasn't had DNA of other mutants locked onto his own and possess every last mutation on the planet! He doesn't have more than just a few claws! He only has metal on his bones, not every bit of his body! And he doesn't have to remember it all! The pain, the horror, the…EVERYTHING! Ever since I first felt life in me, I have been cursed with those burdens!" she came to a halt and locked her pained, brown eyes onto Jean's wide, green ones.

Eventually, Jean found the strength to speak, "You…you mean to say that right after you were born, Stryker did all that to you?"

Savage turned away, "One, Stryker's dead, remember? This happened just a few mere days ago in a facility in Rochester. Two," she took a deep breath and turned back to Jean, "I was never born, Miss Grey. I was…created."

Jean gasped, "You mean you're--"

"A science experiment gone terribly wrong."

"Will…will you tell me about it?" Jean asked in a voice so weak with shock that it was just barely above a whisper.

Savage sat back down, this time completely facing Jean, "Some scientists—a man named Jason the 2nd among them—who studied the same as Stryker decided to attempt to create a 'Multi-Mutant', a super-soldier to hunt down and kill mutants with its extreme, limitless, and terrible powers. If the first experiment was a success, they would make--"

"Hundreds more?"

"Thousands. In order to make that possible, they would need a sample of DNA from every mutant recorded. I don't know how they got the DNA, but I do know that's what made me. As soon as I was declared a living organism, they performed the adamantium procedure and gave me more than what Stryker did his last two experiments. Then they got the idea they could command and control me like some slave. I grew angry. I don't know why I didn't kill them for their abuse, but I just up and bolted outta there, of course, dragging a few human heads out with me. It was later that I realized what they'd done to me. That made me more furious. I headed back to the base, but it was deserted. I knew they'd be looking for me. So I went looking for them, and not to pose a warm welcome. I'd been hunting down humans ever since, searching for those who'd destroyed what life I had."

"But they gave you life."

"They didn't have to take it away. But they did."

After a pause, Jean comforted, "With us, you'll be safe. No one with use you as a weapon or anything. No one will find you, I promise. You can have a new life. With us. You'll be loved with us. You've just got to give us a chance." Savage said nothing. She merely closed her palms together and leaned her forehead against her fingers and shut her big, chocolate-brown eyes. "Savage? It's okay to cry. We all do, every now and then."

With a sad smile, Savage rose her head and opened her eyes again, but did not look at Jean. "I can't cry, Jean." She looked directly at her. "I don't know how. It's one thing Jason never gave me: emotions…save for anger and hate."

"I think you've just made a new one, Savage," Jean softly said. "I think somewhere in your heart, you can love, too."

Blankly, Savage replied, "Thank you…Marvel Girl." They shared a smile. After they fell into silence for a moment, she added, "Alright, I'll stay with you and your friends," she hastily added, "but only for a little while."

"Very well. Savage--"

"Jadaiuss." Savage suddenly said.

"What?"

"My name's 'Jadaiuss'."

Jean smiled, "Alright. 'Jadaiuss', then. Welcome to our family."

A/N: Okay, that's it for now. I'll update as soon as I can. And incase you're wondering how Savage's name is pronounced properly, it's Ju-Dī-us. Sorry, I couldn't help but make up a crazy name. anyways, tell me how ya'lls like it. The chapt, I mean. L8erz!