Hey there again! Before you get started, I'd just like to thank my two lovely reviewers :) They are awesome! And you are also awesome since you're reading the second chapter. So enjoy and please read and review!

Chapter 2: Really Alone

My boots thudded on the tar (déjà vu much?). I strode along the road, carelessly near the middle. I didn't care. I didn't care if I got hit by a car, or if I died. There was no point, not in life, not in my very existence. If I disappeared off the face of the earth, no one would even notice. I was just tired of it all. "Jinx may as well take me back," I muttered.

A voice came from behind me, "Who's Jinx?" I slowly turned around. Logan was standing there, arms crossed.

"You-you don't..." I stuttered, blinking hard. He gave me an intense stare.

"Well, if I did, I'd be a hypocrite," he said.

"You- you were also imprisoned?" I asked.

"Yeah," he answered and I thought I could see a flicker of sadness in his eyes. I focused.

"Jinx was one of the test subjects for the cure. His power manipulates the human mind, in any way you can imagine. The cure just amplified his power. He went from class 2 to class 4 in a day," I told Logan. For a moment I thought of the lab. If I did go back there...

"He twisted the humans' minds in an instant. And somehow, the manipulation of their minds turned his own into something so despicably evil," I said. I could practically see the gears turning in Logan's brain. "I've heard someone's been gathering mutants in the south somewhere. I'd guess that's him. Magneto is also probably with him," I mused. Logan was giving off waves of intenseness. "Uh, are you okay?" I asked.

"You need to come with me," he ordered, grabbing my wrist. I dug my heels into the tarmac.

"No way. Not until you tell me what's going on!" Logan pulled my arm.

"There's no time for that. We need to let Storm know. The school could be under threat!" he exclaimed. I decided it was time to demonstrate my very special power, the power of not budging.

"Hell no! I don't know who that is or where he/she is or even if I can trust you!"

I regretted it the moment I said it. Logan's eyes iced over visibly and his grip on my wrist tightened. Before I could move, he had slung me over his shoulder and was marching back to the Jeep. "Let me go you ass! Jinx will be coming for me! I need to keep moving!" I shouted, pounding his back.

"You can't take me hostage in my own car, put me down!" He ignored my protests. I managed to land a reasonable blow on his spine.

He flinched slightly before telling me gruffly, "Stop struggling. We're going to be moving, at least for a while." Logan tossed me in the back of the Jeep, locked the passenger doors and hopped back in the front.

"AND NOW, TO TOP IT ALL OFF, YOU DRIVE MY CAR TO A PLACE I DON'T WANT TO GO TO!" I screamed. I was in full fury-mode now.

"Shut up," Logan said, rather too calmly. Strange, he had seemed like the type to have a huge temper. I smirked a little. My guess was that he was close to blowing a fuse.

"And if I don't?" I asked rather meanly. He held up a hand and 3 shiny claws slid out of his knuckles. I stared. "So where are we going then?" I asked.

The water coursed over my body. I sat in the corner of the shower. You might have gathered that I like showers. People don't normally sit in them. But I'd read once that running water, besides making you want to pee, can help stimulate thought.

I needed that, since I had so much to think about and all that. Originally Logan and I had just stopped at this hotel to try and get some food. But night had descended quickly and I knew Logan would be tired. I was just like him to insist on not letting me drive.

I was already getting a pretty good idea about his personality. I didn't like it. And now we had to stay in this crappy place. There was a knock on the bathroom door. "You going to stay in there forever?" Logan asked roughly.

"Yes," I called back crossly. Just thinking about him made me mad. My neck gave a twinge of pain. I pulled at my collar, trying to take some of the pressure off but I couldn't get any relief. All these emotions weren't good for me, not with my power.

I mentally shuddered. Losing control in this sort of place would hurt people, a lot of people. I breathed deeply and stepped out of the shower, turning it off as I went. My hands automatically wrapped a fluffy towel around me and I hurriedly dried off.

Once I had my clothes back on, I unlocked the bathroom door and came out. Logan was sprawled out on one of the beds, half-asleep. Driving must have tired him out more than I originally thought. As he saw me come out, he slowly stood up and stumbled to the shower, managing a cold glance at me despite his exhaustion.

I sighed and collapsed on the other bed. I heard the shower start up. The pitter-patter of the water was soothing. I could feel myself drifting off into a doze, and I didn't really mind. Except I don't want Logan to get any sexist ideas about me being vulnerable.

It was another one of those surprise thoughts. But it was true. The last thing I needed was some macho idiot trying to protect me. I sleepily crawled under my duvet. Better. And I let myself go.

My eyes snapped open. For a second I marvelled at that. It wasn't normal to be awake so easily for me. A rumbling snore came from next to me and I nearly jumped out of my skin. Of course I had forgotten about Logan.

That also explained me waking up so easily. I hate snores. Another long one came out of Logan's mouth. I covered my ears with my pillow but it didn't help. Logan gurgled deep in his throat as the snore subsided and I struggled with the urge to wake him like he had wakened me.

Enough is enough. I threw my duvet off and headed for the door. I needed to find somewhere quiet to sleep. A glint in the dark caught my eyes. It was the Jeep's keys. My mind drifted to thoughts of the car.A reclining seat was always comfortable enough.

Suddenly it jolted through me. The keys! I could escape! I pictured the open road, me speeding along it. Logan would be mad, but it wasn't like I was going to see him again, not if I took the Jeep. Before I had time to think it through, I grabbed the keys and slipped out of the room.

So? I hope you enjoyed it.