It has Begun

Depending on my mood when I write some parts of this…they might be a little gruesome but I'll try to make it not so bad.

Logan fought against waking up. He was too peaceful in his sleep to want to face the world. At least…he was until he moved his arm and found that he was alone in the bed. He was fully awake in an instant as he sat up and looked around the room. It was empty. He got of and looked in the bathroom. Just as empty. He would have been fine…he would have been relaxed…of not for the fact that Grace's scent was weak in the room, proving that she had been gone a lot longer then maybe just a few minutes.

"GODDAMNIT!!!" Logan yelled, marching out of the room and taking the quickest way to the front doors, all the while sniffing at the air as he tried to pick up on where she could have gone. People called after him but he ignored them as he pushed open the doors and walked outside. The rain had long since stopped but the grass was still soaked as he marched across it to the gates.

"Logan!" Rogue called, grabbing at his arm with a gloved hand. He stopped and looked at her. "What is it?"

"She's gone!" Logan said. Rogue blinked, confused. "Grace."

"What? Where did she go?" Rogue asked.

"I don't…" Logan started then looked back at the school where the X-men were standing along with Magneto and Pyro. His eyes zeroed in on Kurt as he returned back to the door, grabbed hold of the blue and pushed him into the wall. "Where the hell is she?"

"What?" Kurt asked.

"Logan, what are you doing?" Ororo asked.

"He knows where Grace is." Logan said.

"I don't!" Kurt said. "Honest, I swear."

"Then you knew that she was going to leave." Logan said. Kurt didn't say anything. "Why did you just let her go?"

"I promised I'd do what I can to help her." Kurt said. "And she told me…she said that helping her would make sure that no one knew she was leaving. I do not go back on my word, even if it pains me to keep it." Logan closed his eyes as he forced himself to calm down from the frenzy he was in. He never managed it because the ground started shaking violently.

"What's happening?!" Rogue asked. Logan let go of Kurt and looked around. The yard was suddenly filled with people.

"Time to put whatever plan you lot came up with into action." Logan said. He turned to the younger bunch of the group. "Start rounding up the kids and try to get them to safe spots but do not let anyone actually leave. Get them into tunnels but not away from the school." Rogue, Bobby, Kitty and Peter nodded before running into the school to do as they were told. "Wings…" Warren looked at him. "Help them out."

"Ok." Warren said, following after the younger group.

"Now?" John asked.

"Fine, now." Ororo said. John chuckled and threw fire at the people coming up in front of them. One of them jumped in front and shot fire right back at them. "Ok…that's not working…spread out." They all took off in different directions as the crowd of people swarmed in on them. Logan's claws extended as he ran at the swarm and hacked his way through them. Ororo rose into the air and was shocked as one of the bad guys did the same. She got over it and they went at each other.

"Hey Scott!" Logan called. "How about one last fight, for old times sakes?"

"You read my mind." Scott said removing his glasses and shooting beams at people.

"Come on, come on." Rogue said, dragging some kids out of bed.

"Why is the ground shaking?" One of them asked.

"Because we're getting attacked again now come on!" Rogue said. She pushed the kids out into the hall and looked up to see black clad people come at them. "Hey you." One of the kids looked at her. "You're good with trees right?" They nodded. Rogue took off a glove. "Just a quick zap then go after the others." Carefully, the kid touched her hand then pulled away after a second. Rogue pushed them with her gloved hand then looked out the window at the trees.

Branches broke in through the windows and grabbed at the people, yanking them back out to do god only knows what to them.

"Alright, alright, let's go, let's go, let's go!" Bobby said, herding kids down the hall. Rogue put her glove back on and followed with them.

Logan got thrown into the school and instead of returning to the fight with the people outside, he shoved some kids into a hiding spot and ran in the opposite direction of the running ones. He found a few more of the black clad people terrorizing the kids on the inside.

"Hey bub…" Logan said, grabbing one and turning them around. "Hasn't anyone told you not to mess with kids?" He stabbed the man then stepped back. Logan's eyes widened as he watched the wounds heal over. "What the hell?" He grabbed the mask over the man's face and ripped it off to find that he was staring right back at himself.

"Hey bub…" the other Logan said. "Anyone ever tell you it's rude to stare?" A fist came straight at Logan's face but he came to his senses right on time and dodged it.

Ororo and her opponent went crashing through a window and the kids running around them screamed.

"Go!! Hurry!!" Ororo said, creating a light wind to push them all along and away from her fight. She shot her opponent away from the kids and then proceeded to usher them down the hall, leaving it deserted.

"Hey!" Ororo spun around to face the black clad adversary. The other person yanked off their mask and Ororo's eyes widened at herself. She had been fighting herself this whole time?

"Who are you?" Ororo asked.

"I'm you…bitch." The other Ororo said, shooting lightning at the real one, sending her flying through another window. "Just better." The copy flew out after the real one.

Logan's fight had been brought up onto the roof somehow. The four sets of claws slashing against each other like swords.

"Don't you ever…give up?" Logan asked.

"Do you?" The copy asked.

"No." Logan said.

"Then there you have it." The copy said, digging his claws into Logan's arm. The real one growled and shoved the copy away. His arm healed quickly and the fight was back on.

"Where is she?" Logan asked.

"Like I'll tell you." The copy said, smirking.

Grace groaned and rolled her head onto her shoulder before lifting it up and opening her eyes. She looked up at her arms chained above her head, making her body form a 'y'. She coughed and shook her head.

"Well, well, well…the captive finally awakens." Grace looked up at the man walking towards her. She instantly stopped moving at all, her breathing coming to a halt as she stared fearfully at the man. "What? No hey, hi, hello? Where are your manners young lady?" He put a hand on her shoulder. "After all…we want you to die with some pride." He punched her in the stomach. Grace whimpered and would have doubled over if it weren't for the position she was in. "Now come on…say hello."

"Hello…father." Grace managed to say.

"Good girl." Her father said, patting her cheek. "Now…let's have some fun before our guest is bound to show up."

"Guest?" Grace asked.

"I believe you know him well by now my darling daughter." Her father said. "After all…he did come so very close to fucking you a few hours ago." Grace stared at him before her eyes widened more then they did when her father made his appearance.

"He wouldn't…" She said.

"Oh I think he will come, my dear." Her father said. "I mean…he's oh so very attached to you. He's already killed about twelve or fifteen of my men just because of you." Grace closed her eyes. "Now…what do you say to that? Give him quite the show when he finally arrives."

"If he does…he will kill you." Grace said.

"Oh I have no doubt of that…I mean…if he manages to escape then by all rights, someone that strong can do just about anything then." Her father said. "But I plan on having my fun long before then." He pulled out a knife. "Let's begin."

Stopping it there. I decided against gruesome stuff. I started writing a bit but then I started feeling sick so I deleted it and changed it. Wow…I am going to make such heartache.