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"talking"

'Thinking'

Mental trips

Chapter 8 –Secret

Wanda's body was laying unconsious on the floor. Joseph didn't know why but the sight of her lying so helpless made him suffer. Before he knew what was happening, he found himself kneeling by her, picking her up and then racing to the elevator. He couldn't explain why, but he was truly worried. It made no sense to him, he had just met the woman, yet here he was worried sick.


At the X-mansion

Scott was waiting patiently by the door for the two new mutants that were to start teaching there. He had heard many good things about them from Professor Xavier.

Not much had changed in the few years that had passed by. Logan, Hank, Ororo and the professor still looked after all the students. The only diference was that the former students had become teachers at the institute, or simply educated people that fought in diferent ways for their rights. The new teachers were of course, Scott Summers and Jean Grey. The duo was not only known for being a great team but, as X-men and as a strong couple. The story of Rogue was long ago forgoten; the two were now officially an item.

The new recruits were also an important part of the team, now fully fledged X-men. Young crushes blossomed as pure love. That was the case of Ray Crisp and Jubilation Lee. Unspoken and old love still remained. Amara Aquila still felt strongly about John and Roberto still tried desperately to capture the girl's attention, but something always got in the way.

As Scott was about to call it quits and leave, a blond, blue eyed, winged angel apeared with beautiful, purple haired, Asian in his arms.

"Warren and Elizabeth I presume." Scott greeted as he shook hands with Warren. He nodded at Elizabeth.

"That's us, Luv." Betsy replied as she looked tenderly at her boyfriend.

Scott flinched at the girl's expression, but still donned his welcoming smille "Well let's show you around shall we?"

Back at the mysterious base

Wanda lay in the infirmary table in the subbasement. She seemed quite peaceful butinside her head, much was happening.

Kevin was trying to defeat her. He stood in front of her, carrying what appeared to be a sword. How could he do this? This was her head after all; shouldn't she have an advantage over him? Yet, it was as if her own mind was turning against her. All she could do was dodge the blows that were being inflicted upon her. She knew it was only a matter of time until the unavoidable happened. Her mind would die and her body would become but a shell for a parasite to habitate.

Sinister had her hooked into several machines. Her organs were begining to shut down; her liver and kidneys were already in very bad shape. Soon the heart and lungs would start to break down. Then, he could do nothing to save the young woman in front of him. To top it off, they now had other things to look out for. As soon as Wanda stopped fighting and Kevin took over, her body would begin to burn out, and in only a few days her body would die and he would infect someone else.

Mr. Sinister walked into the hallway and then hurried to the elevator. He pressed the button and in a matter of seconds he was on the third floor. He walked towards Lucas' room rather fast and opened the door to find him smirking at Vertigo, who was supposed to show him around the base.

"Lucas!" Mr. Sinister called in a firm voice "Could you come and help me out with something."

Lucas walked slowly towards Mr. Sinister with a less then pleased expression and said between grinted teeth "What is it?"

"I need your to save Wanda." Mr. Sinister admitted, a look of desperation crossing his face for a split second "We need to take him out of her body! Now!"

"Who? Do I look like the poster boy for good deeds? Who cares about some woman?" Lucas scoffed, ready himself to go back to his previous occupations.

Mr. Sinister grabbed hold of his arm and pulled him close. In his eyes determination could be seen, as well as anger.

"You will do what you're told! And you won't fuss or ask. You will obey me." Mr. Sinister uttered as his grip on the boy's arm tighten.

Lucas pulled his arm free and was about to tear Sinister apart with his telekinesis.

"You better watch your actions, Lucas, or I'll be forced to do something I really don't want to." Sinister warned.

Lucas couldn't quite tell if the man was bluffing. He had a straight face and did seem to have a few tricks up his sleeve.

"Daddy could be informed of your whereabouts... or I could make sure one of your... other selves took control... permenantly." Essex whispered with a scary smirk.

Lucas stopped and looked the man up and down. He tried to look inside his head, but every time he tried, scary red eyes fell upon him, and blocked his path.

"Lucas?" Vertigo shouted from inside his room. Her shrieking voice echoed, making his head hurt.

"I don't want to see you here when I get back!" Lucas yelled to her as he made his way to the elevator. He looked to the side and gave a haste thought. This will not end here! No one controls me.'

In Rogue's room

Rogue was sitting in her room, her guitar in her hands. She was desperately trying to let all of her fear and negativity out and she knew no better way to do that, then playing. Well, she did know of another way, but killing him was out of the question, at least at the moment. All she could do now was wait, wait for Mr. Sinister to save her.

"Is it asking too much to be given time
To know these songs and to sing them
Is it asking too much of my vacant smile
And my laugh and lies that bring them..."

Rogue's powerful voice acompanied by the sound of her guitar made a spectacular mix that both moved and calmed the hearer. Her eyes were closed and her lips were letting all her worries out. Her mannerisms showed how passionate she was about music. She truly loved it, but ever since her powers manifested themselves, she had stopped. She had taken her guitar to the institute, but she was much to busy with school, X-men business and her feelings for Scott and then Remy to actually play it. It was funny, but coming here and "dieing" was the best thing that had ever happened to her. It had brought out a few old passions.

"...But as the stars are going out
And this stage is full of nothing
And the friends have all but gone
For my life my god I'm singing..."

It was then that clapping was heard. Rogue stopped playing immediately, and it was fair to say that she was upset. She found her music extremely personal. It was a ticket to see her bare soul.

"You are really good." Joseph commented with a genuine, honest smile.

"Can't grow up on th' Mississippi Delta, Sugah without learnin' the blues" (1) Rogue muttered, putting her guitar in its casing. "So... how long have you been there?"

"A few minutes..." Joseph replied as he started walking towards her slowly. "You really are remarkable. Have you ever considered becoming a professional?"

"Sure, but Ah stopped believing in miracles a long time ago." Rogue spoke as she too walked towards him.

They were only a few centimetres away from each other. They could feel each other's breath and scent. Rogue smirked. It had been a while since someone displayed their desire for her this openly. Joseph placed his hands in her hips and gave them a light squeeze. He then started to lean in. It felt nice to feel this way, this anticipation before a kiss. As their lips touched her eyes couldn't help but to close slowly.

It felt weird to trust, to fall into someones arms. Their tongues fought for control. As soon as they touched, her eyes snapped open. She couldn't do it, she couldn't, she wouldn't trust again. Last time she did something awful happened and she suffered, she cried. She wouldn't go back to being that pathetic child again. No, she wouldn't let the Remy story repeat itself. Just the thought of him send her crawling up the walls. She finally broke the kiss.

"Did I do something wrong?" Joseph asked as Rogue discreetly wiped her mouth and moved away from him.

"No Sugah, it's all me." Rogue answered.

"Ah'm worried about Wanda." She lied with a flirty smille "Maybe when this is all over."

"Ok." Joseph mumbled, looking rather upset as he walked away.

At the laboratory

Lucas was near the table were Wanda was lying on. He couldn't help but to notice the beauty that this woman possessed. Sinister had informed him of what he had to do.

"Ready?" Mr. Sinister questioned as he placed the liquid in the syringe, the label said arsenio. "This must be well timed. If any of us skip a beat Wanda will end up dead or another one of us will be possessed."

"I know! But if this bombs it won't be my fold."Lucas snapped and then added with a satirical tone "You were the one that conceived this brilliant plan."

Essex pulled the syringeout of the glass bottle and walked towards the girl.

"Why are you using glass material insted of plastic?" Kevin asked.

Essex pearsed the girl's skin with the neadle and slowly pushed in the liquid "Lets just say that is fortunate that she's asleep because this will really hurt. This substance melts through plastic."

As the last drops of the liquid were injected into Wanda's body, a loud beeping could be heard. She had now stopped breathing and her heart was beginning to stop beating. She was dead.

"Get ready and get it done!" Mr. Sinister shouted.

Seeing his host die, Kevin exited the corpse and got ready to possess someone else's body. He didn't have a lot of time. In his astral form, he had only a few minutes to find a body due to his lack of practice. As he exited, he found the only two males. He was about to possess the youngest, but he started to feel someone penetrating his mind.

He tried hard to block him out, but he couldn't. As he tried to enter his mind he found it confusing and even painful. It was too much information, too much noise. He was confused. It was then that he felt it; it was as if he was dieing. He tried to make a run for the other one's body, but it was no use. Who ever was making him hurt wasn't letting go. He felt himself getting weaker. He was dieing.

"Lucas!" Mr. Sinister warned as he looked at the clock, it had been two full minutes.

"Done!" Lucas assured as he ran his hand thru his hair.

"Are you sure?" Mr. Sinister asked as he got all the machines ready.

"Yeah... but if you want, we can wait and let the girl die just to make sure." Lucas suggested with a malicious smirk as he ran his hand over a few strings of Wanda's hair.

Mr. Sinister started to switch machines on. Lucas stopped his stroking and concentrated on what thoughts were in that man's head. He could see much, all the skeletons in his closet, but as the store was getting good, those eyes made their appearance again. Those red eyes. Before he knew what hit him, a psychic blast came his way, knocking him against a wall.

At that time in Rogue's room

"You sure have him wrapped around your finger!" Infectia spoke up as she leaned against the door frame.

Rogue looked at her. She couldn't quite say why, but she really didn't like this girl. It was an irrational hate, they never even spoke but... she just didn't like her, it was as if something was off.

"What's that?" Rogue replied as she perked an eyebrow, she made no effort to be nice, those

times were long gone.

"Tall, thin and beautiful. You know... Joseph." Infectia continued as walked closer to Rogue.

"In what way does mah life or who Ah'm with matters to yah?" Rogue demanded as she crossed her arms. She circled the smaller girl like an animal waiting for the right moment to attack.

"Nothing really." The girl murmured, a little of intimidation could be hear in her voice. She tried to hide it, to cover it up with a bitchy attitude. "I just wanted to know your secret. From untouchable to untouchable. I mean, I heard he wasn't the first one."

Rogue stopped. Her hands reached out to absorb her. She'd just knock this annoying little pest out.

"Wanda is in her room." Joseph announced as he stood at the door.

He looked from one woman to another. The silence and the tension in that room was enough to make his blood run cold. The two of them just stood there looking eachother in the eyes, mejoring eachother.

"Don't you want to see her?" Joseph added. The short time he spent in their presence seemed to him like hours.

Rogue smirked at the younger girl and said "Yeah Sugah, walk with me?"

Joseph smiled "Sure."

As the couple disappeared from her line of sight, Infectia's hands became fists.

'I really hated Rogue. How could she? How could she take control? Why can't I? And why do they keep plastering themselves at her feet? What is it about her that clouds men's thoughts like that?'

At Wanda's room

Wanda began to open her eyes. Everything hurt, her entire body was sore and it burned everytime she took a breath. But her head, it was clear of all forming thoughts. It was just her own. As a few seconds passed she could see the shadow of a person before her eyes.

"Hey sleeping beauty." She heard a man say.

She didn't recognise the voice. Her mouth moved but not much as a sound came out. The man placed his ear next to her lips and was able to decipher a few words.

"Who are you? What happened?"

"I'm the guy that performed your exocism."Lucas informed between laughs "But you can call me Lucas, beautiful."

"Why did you help me?" Wanda demanded as Lucas once again leaned in to hear what she was saying.

"Because I'm a people person." Lucas stated, slightly annoyed. The whole episode with Sinister was coming to his mind again. He disregarded it, and smirked. That bastard and his boss would pay, because now... he knew the secret.

A silent X-23 walked in, Rogue and Joseph right behind her.

"Sugah!" Rogue chimed in with a smille.

Wanda smilled at her friends' entrance, but frowned at the man standing by them. What was it about him that made her so uneasy? He clearly reminded her of someone, someone she didn't quite like, but she couldn't really say who it was. Wanda looked around the room trying to clear her head of such thoughts and came across the still smirking Lucas.

"I know who he reminds you of!" Lucas projected in her head.

Wanda looked to the side with a continuing frown.

"I'll tell you later." He insisted with a sujestive smille. "Alone."

"I'm going for a walk. I'll be back later for us to have that talk ok?" he told her. He leaned in a gave Wanda a peck in the forehead.

"Ok." Wanda croaked, watching the male exit her chambers.

"So... how are you?" Rogue questioned as she came closer and sat on the edge of Wanda's bed.

"Fine." Wanda muttered, looking blankly at Joseph.

Rogue gazed in the direction that Wanda was leering, and then stared back at her friend "He saved yoah life you know. He ran back to get you and carried you tah th' infirmary."

"Thanks." Wanda said, looking down.

'This story does not smell good.' She couldn't help but to think.

"What was all that about? What happened to you?" X-23 asked. She took a seat on the couch.

"A mutant tried to take over my body. But everything is ok now." Wanda scowled. Her mind was still somewhere else.

At Lucas' room

Lucas entered his room and lay down on his bed.

His room had the same struture as the others did. The walls had vertical stripes in three colours, a dark blue, white and another shade of blue in between, same as the drapes. At first it seemed strange, but then it started to seem rather beautiful. The furniture was all in black metal and antique looking. The bathroom was all dark blue with antique facilities in white. The walk-in closet was nothing more then a big metal shelving unit.

He closed his eyes and an internal debate was heard. All personalities were clashing with each other. It was a real war inside the body of a young man. Lucas fought long and hard to maintain control.

"Lucas you have no right! If you want to tell her for her own sake is one thing but to manipulate her to do your dirty work is wrong! You can't do this to her!" David shouted.

"Calm down David! You're acting as if I'm doing a bad thing when really I'm not. I'm doing this girl a world of good. I'm offering her the greatest gift a human being can offer another, the gift of truth." Lucas argued.

Ian frowned; he didn't understand what they were fighting about. Wanda had to know what was happening. They all agreed on that so what difference did it make as to why they were telling her?

Later on at Wanda's room

Wanda couldn't even eat, nor rest. She considered the fact that Lucas was a liar, a manipulator. Maybe he knew nothing? He could be just bluffing, trying to get something from her. But if she was really being manipulated and he was indeed pulling something, then she might as well see what it was. The wisest thing she could do was play along, but keep her eyes wide open.

Knock knock

"Hey gorgeus." Lucas greeted as he turned the knob and poked his head in. "Interested in having that litle chat we talked about earlier?"

"Very much." Wanda nodded as she got out of bed and put on her robe. "So who is it? The man that Joseph reminds me of?"

Lucas smirked as he walked to meet her, when he was too close for Wanda's comfort he stated simply "Change!"

Wanda perked an eyebrow. "Excuse me!" she asked, rather confused.

"Change." Lucas repeated, he then leaned in and when his lips were about to touch her ear, he whispered "I have something to show you."

"Where are we going?" Wanda questioned as she walked towards her closet.

She couldn't hear a reply from Lucas. So, she hurried taking her robe and and her pyjamas off. She then slipped in a black, long, velvet skirt and a black lace corset with a satin bottom and her army boots.

"Lucas?" Wanda shouted as she was turning around.

"Very nice!" Lucas said, smirking and looking her up and down.

Wanda glared at him and was about to let him have it. However, he interrupted her, telling her to hurry up. After that was said and done, he left. Wanda sighted and followed him.

"This better be good Lucas." She told him as she closed the door behind her.

"It will be worth it." He assured her, smirking, as he headed for the elevator.

When the two of them walked in, he pushed the bottom button that led to both the infirmary as well as the lab. They walked out silently and headed towards a silver door at the end of the corridor. Wanda placed her hand on the knob and tried to open it.

"It's locked!" Wanda pointed out, placing her hands on her hips as she turned to face him.

Lucas closed his eyes and a litle boy took his place. He looked incredibly sweet and he smilled adorably at Wanda before concentrating and making a flame apear on his palm. He placed his palm inches away from the metal door and soon enough, drops of liquid metal started to run down the solid surface. Ian burned all around the knob and then pushed the door open. The child closed his eyes and again, Lucas was standing by her side.

He approached a desk that had to belong to Essex and opened the top drawer. He pulled out a file and threw it at Wanda. The label said X-23, and within it described the entire cloning process, along with notes made by Essex about the girls' performance and psychological profile.

"What does this..." Wanda began.

"Have to do with Joseph? More than you know." He stated as he punched away on the doctor's computer.

He grinned in triumph and turned the monitor. On the screen was a picture of Joseph and next to it, a picture of her father. Wanda frowned, obviously confused.

"Joseph is your father's clone, beautiful."

"What? How did this happen?" Wanda demanded, nearing Lucas.

"Well I doubt that Magneto gave him the DNA. Not only because I think he wouldn't like to lose the franchise in that whole metal controlling area, but also because he really insn't a giving man as you well know." Lucas answered, smiling maliciously to himself.

"What? How dare you criticize my father! You don't even know him!" She shouted. She quickly turned away towards the door.

"I know that he had a man named Jason Wyngarde mess with your mind, making you think he was father of the year. But come on Wanda, if you look deep inside of yourself, you can see the truth." Lucas insisted. He stepped away from the computer and began walking towards her, placing his hand on her sholder "You can see what he did, why he did it and how that made you feel."

Wanda closed her eyes but the images keeped pushing through. Images of her in a picnic with her father turning into ones were she sat in a cell, being fed not the best of meals. Images of that day, the day she let it all go, it was the day she comitted murder.

She was coming home from school; it had been a hard day. Six year old girls could be very cruel with each other. She was so upset she couldn't see the trail of destruction she left behind. As soon as she got home, her mother walked up to her and as she closed the door, millions of objects began to shine blue and smash against the wall. She was scared, so scared that she didn't realize that where she went the chaos followed. She ran to the one place that she thought everything would be good. She ran to her mother, but as she hugged the woman pieces of broken glass flew her way, piercing through her mother's flesh.

Everything was coming back to her, the fear, the guilt, the sense of lonliness, the burning hatred and the abandoment by her father and brother. Tears were falling from her eyes. She had relived in just a few seconds, her years of torment. With the sadness came the same taste for revenge. How dare he plant false memories in her mind, for what? Was it to stop her? The scarlet Witch wouldn't be stopped. And her brother, Pietro, how she loathed him; He would pay, that worthless twit. Once again he had sided with father against her. They would pay, now more than ever they would pay. Both for what they did to her in the past and for playing with her head, because this wouldn't go unpunished.

Wanda wiped her tears and turned to Lucas with a perked eyebrow.

"What do you want?" Wanda sneered as she looked the male straight in the eyes.

"What?" Lucas replied, taking a step back.

"If there's something I learned a long time ago is that, there isn't such a thing as a free lunch." Wanda grumbled, taking a step forther and placing her ands on her hips.

"Now you offended me. Here I was, just trying to show you the path of truth and you..." he then placed his face in his palms. He tried to hide the smile he couldn't help but show.

Wanda sighed, first thinking that he was full of crap, but as a few seconds passed by she began to wonder.

"Lucas..."

"Never mind!" He scolded, turning around "The important thing is that you know the truth. Sinister isn't a nice guy. He doesn't help people, he uses them. Now... he has something big over my head but I decided that you knowing the truth is the only way, for me to get my freedom back."

Wanda frowned "What do you mean? What are you talking about?"

"Wanda... what he did to you is far worse than anything he can do to me. He robbed you of something..." Lucas turned around again for dramatic effect, but then reversed as the sound of an infant's cries was heard.

Wanda frowned, more confused than ever. She approached the source of the sound. It came from a transparent crib. There was an infant inside. As Wanda's eyes lay upon it, she recognised herself and John in it as any mother would. He had thin, fragile red hair, sapphire eyes like her own and a small nose. His skin was milky white and he was thin but well taken care of.

Wanda's hands began to shine a dangerous blue and several objects began floating.

"He had no right. No right!" She screeched.

The baby was now screaming and his litle face was turning red from his effort. Wanda looked down at the being she had sentenced to death years ago. How she hated him. But with that hate she felt something else, something strange. She felt like killing him because of what is father had done to her, but she couldn't help but to want to hold him in her arms and comfort him. She wanted to whisper that all would be alright and just hold him until he felt sleepy again.

Lucas watched this with morbid coriosity. It seemed fascinating to him the way maternal instinct kicks in at the weirdest times. It made women do the strangest things. He watched as Wanda's hands became fists. She really hated the child. He could see it in her head back when she was at death's door but now, she was confused. Would she have the courage to kill her baby now that it was before her eyes?

Minutes later

Rogue was just lying in her bed. Wanda had been acting strange and her reaction to Joseph didn't seem natural either, something was definitely wrong.

Knock Knock

"Come in Joseph." Rogue called from her laying position.

"So... Wanda is all better now." Joseph said as he seated himself on the edge of her bed.

He ran his hand up and down, from her knee to her mid thing. He smilled shyly as he looked in her eyes. Rogue began to shake slightly. This felt wrong, was it right to play with someone else's feeling like this? She had flirted with many men after Remy, but never actually went beyond that. It was hard to explain the why, but she felt she was betraying him. She hated herself for thinking this way too; after all they weren't together anymore. He was with his fiancée and not to mention that when they were together he didn't have this kind of consideration for her.

'Remy... that whore!' She shouted in her brain.

In a spur of the moment, more to prove to herself that she had moved on than anything, she took Joseph in her arms and kissed him with all her might. Joseph responded with caresses and kisses of his own.

In the hallway

Wanda was walking furiously and had a killer look in her eyes. It was obvious to all that looked at her that she was up to no good. Lucas smirked, all was perfect, and he was actually getting to like this girl. She was so angry, so full of hate and had such thirst for revenge. He had finally met his match and she looked good.

As Wanda passed X-23's room she hexed the door open startling the girl within it.

"What the fuck..." X-23 demanded as she got to the door.

"Move! I have something to tell you." Wanda urged as she simply moved on.

Once again as she was approaching the planning room, she hexed another door, this time it was Rogue's room. Wanda's eyes widened as she looked at her friend's company. Joseph was with Rogue and he was very comfortable, missing his shirt and shoes and having his pants unbuttoned. Rogue was also barefoot and her was lipstick smeared.

"You might want to put that on hold for now!" Wanda roared as she kept going until she reached the planning room.

As she hexed the door open she found who she was looking for.

"Good! You're here! I have a mission for you, X-23, Rogue and Joseph. You need to eliminate this individual. Ms Marvel a no good do gooder." Mr. Sinister said without even turning around, simply tossed a file at Wanda. "We will receive a nice sum for this one.

Wanda was about to say something, to scream and hex this being to death. But as she opened her mouth nothing came out. She tried hexing the man but her powers's weren't respecting her will. She stopped and then as if by some divine intervention she understood what was happening. Lucas.

Lucas took the file from her and started to drag her out by the arm. Wanda fussed and tried to break free but his hold on her was more than physical. As the pair left the room they found both girls and Joseph in the hallway.

"Rogue, X-23 how nice of you to meet us here. Let's go to Wanda's room." Lucas stated as he keeped on dragging Wanda by the arm.

As he was about to pass Joseph he grabbed hold of his arm and glared at him in a way that screamed "Get your hands off her!" Lucas looked at Joseph's and with a malicious smirk, he telekinetically sent him through a door, knocking the wind of him. Then he just kept on going until he reached Wanda's room. As they got there he let go of her and held the door open for the other two. Noticing this, they walked in faster; the noise of the closing door seemed to have freed Wanda of his power.

"Pray for your miserable existence!" Wanda shouted as she hexed him as hard as she could against the wall.

"Calm down there mommy!" Lucas mused as he glared at her "You know, I honestly thought you were smarter than this. I guess I was wrong much to my disappointment."

Wanda freed him of her hold.

"Mommy?" X-23 repeated as she looked from Lucas to Wanda "What the hell is going on in this joint? Why did you tear my door down? What the fuck is going on?"

"Yeah... Someone want to clue us in here?" Rogue questioned as she crossed her arms.

"Never do that to me again! Or I WILL kill you, get it?" Wanda threatened as she paced back and forward.

"Fine, but you were about to make a mistake. A big one. Imagine that you do it. You kill Sinister and the Nasty Boys and daddy wannabe. What next? Go to Bayville? How? You have no money, no nothing! No I take that back, you have a child with the need to eat every now and then!" Lucas said as he walked towards Wanda in a menacing way "Think!"

X-23 hurried getting between the two of them and unleashed her claws. She stared hard at Lucas. "Want to clue me in?"

"I... found something about you. All of you. Sinister isn't the nice, helpful guy he led you to think. He played you." Lucas laughed.

"Hey, we knew what we were getting ourselves into, he never hid that he planned to send us on missions and do stuff for him..." X-23 ranted out with a frown.

"He's not talking about that." Wanda interrupted as she took a seat on her couch "Don't you guys think it was a bit strange that he knew what we were going through when he "helped" us? And why did he pick us?"

"Coincidence and... because we are powerful." Rogue answered as she took a seat in Wanda's bed.

"Because with X-23 came the Intel about clones, because with you came power in the form of a mutant that could be manipulated, paid to play the part they wanted and because with Wanda came her baby." Lucas informed as he looked at the girl with white bangs.

"What?" X-23 asked, the veins in her neck pulsating.

"Is true, the proof is in the lab, I just came from there. And... exorcist over there saw it in Sinister's head." Wanda said her face in her hands "He was there. All alone. Crying. He is... so litle and fragile..."

Rogue looked at her friend with a deep frown, Wanda had lost much but never once had she looked like a victim, but now, it was hard to see her as anything but. She looked confused, hurt and even violated.

"What? This... this can't be..." Rogue spoke as she looked at Lucas "How? What? Why do they..."

"Everything you've done, everything you did here, everyone they collected play a part in their plan, everyone has a part, a role to play." Lucas continued as he leaned against the wall "X-23 is a clone, with her information they would know how to make one of Sinister's boss lackeys. Not to mention she is supposed to play a big part later, too bad I couldn't see what it was before he cut me off."

"Joseph!" Wanda scowled with disgust.

"What?" Rogue exclaimed. She was now more lost than ever.

"Joseph is my father's clone. Sinister found a way to clone him and age him to his twenties I guess." Wanda murmured. She got up and walked towards Lucas slowly. "What about my baby? Can you tell me what Sinister wanted with him?"

"No idea, sorry babe. But like I said Sinister or his boss cut me out before I found that much." Lucas assured, rubbing his head, he had banged it rather hard against the wall. "Anyways, Wanda, we do this, we have money, we can go to Bayville and... do what we wish."

"Yeah because I'm sure that Sinister would just let us go if we ask nicely." Rogue said rolling her eyes at the man's statement.

"We can always kill our way out." X-23 suggested as she looked at her claws "After all, that is one of our jobs."

"But what about his boss? If he is this powerful to pull this scam and to know the things he does, don't you think he might be a problem?" Rogue pointed out. She stood up and tried to knock some sense in her friends.

"I don't think he will be a problem. But we need to do this the smart way. We wait, do this mission, get paid, take our stuff, the baby, leave no trace of this place and then leave and never come back." Lucas offered as he positioned himself in front of Wanda, looking in her eyes. "Then we can go any where and do what ever we want."

Wanda smiled up at him and the turned to face both her friends "I'm doing this, and I hope I'm not the only one..."

Two days later

The girls were near the cliff. The plan was simple, Joseph caused a plane to crash and they waited for this mysterious nice woman to prevent everyone from death. Like a play well reversed a boing was twirling and falling from the sky. A small figure could be seen beneath it. Rather small to their own sight.

They could see flowing blonde hair and a thin spandex outfit that showed of the woman's curves. She flew under the plane and held it in place with her bare hands. The plane didn't automatically stop, but began to slow down and was about ten meters from the ground. She had it under her control. She set the large object gently on the ground and ripped the door open alowing the many people inside to exit. Thanks and crying could be heard, everyone was alive.

As the people began exiting the plane and heading their own seprate ways, the blonde super hero began to fly away, towards the nearest town, but as she was right above the cliff a blue light sorounded her. Her powers began to fail and she began to fall. Where she hit the ground a considerable hole could be seen. She slowly began to rise. As she was halfway through it, she felt a powerful blow against her ribcage. She could actually feel it, for her this was beyond strange, after all she was invulnerable.

She went into a fetal position, she no longer was used to physical pain. It had been so long sense she had her powers. She felt another person near her, again her body began to glow blue and she was tossed in the air like a rag doll. As she was high in the air she could see the face of her attackers. They were mere children compared to her. Maybe twenty one, not even that.

As she fell she observed the younger girl. She unleashed a claw and as she was going down it slid through her shoulder. Drops of blood began to fall, she didn't understand, nothing could hurt her and yet there it was, a large wound.

She then saw the third one coming near. She was smirking. She simply held her face and then she expirienced the worst pain ever. Everything hurt and burned, she could feel herself getting weaker. She was dieing.

"Rogue!" X-23 shouted after seeing that the other girl wasn't letting go.

Both women were like two sides of a mirror. They cried and screamed. X-23 tried to break them apart but as she grabbed both their wrists she felt herself being pulled too. She immediately let go and stumbled backwards.

"What the hell is happening?" Wanda whispered to herself, her hands glowing blue as she summoned her power to end this madness.

(1)Rogue in xtreme x-men #4

Well that was it for now. I'm truly sorry for not updating sooner but I had exams and I had a lot to study. Hopefully I'll be going to college this year. I'll try to update regularly. In case you are wondering, the song that Rogue was singing was Lacuna Coil's Stars. Anyways, what about this chapter, I personally think that this chapter was strange once again. No one got the prize :P But new questions raise. What is X-23 big part in the big master plan? And Rogue's? And Wanda's baby?

Review and let me know what your thoughts on the chapter and story are.

Lots of love

Anna