Okay, I know it's been a while but here's chapter 3. You'll learn the rest of the kid's names in this chapter and a little of why Kasie's so cold to everybody.

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Chapter 3

The Not-So Distant Future

"Exactly how do we know this girl is telling the truth?" Logan demanded after Ororo had taken Kasie to a room.

"Don't even try to deny it, Logan, you believed her as well," Professor Xavier said. He wheeled over to the window and gazed out at the yard. He sighed and rubbed his temples. Kasie was still blocking him. "She won't let me in."

"So?" Logan asked as he pulled out another cigar. He lit it and put it in his mouth.

"Logan," Professor Xavier said exasperated. "What have I said about smoking in the mansion?" Right then Logan's flame went out. He stared at it. "No, I didn't do that."

"You're welcome, Professor," Kasie's voice echoed around the room.

"Damn, I don't believe it," Logan said.

"Logan, go talk with Scott," Professor Xavier said.

Logan scowled. He knew that Scott would simply get angry at him. But the professor had told him to. So Logan left the professor's study and climbed the stairs. He reached the second floor and turned to walk down. Someone phased through the wall. Logan stepped back, expecting it to be Kasie. Instead, Kitty was in front of him.

"Oh, hi, Mr. Logan," Kitty said.

Logan stared at the girl. He couldn't help thinking about how Kasie was her daughter. That she would be dead in twenty years. That he would be dead in twenty-two years.

"Uhh… Mr. Logan?" Kitty waved her hand in front of his face.

"Sorry," Logan said. He continued to walk on. Then he turned around to Kitty. "And next time, half-pint, please use the door."

"You got it, Mr. Logan," Kitty said. She turned down the hall and down the stairs.

Logan walked down the hall until he reached Scott's door. He knocked and waited for a minute. When Scott didn't answer, Logan tried to open the door. It was locked. He swore.

"Need a hand?"

Logan swore and turned around. Kasie stood behind him, her arms folded. Logan regained his composure.

"I thought you were up in your room!"

"Please," Kasie scoffed. "I've been locked up for months at a time, trapped by four walls of adamantium and metal. Not to mention a shield placed over the entire housing area to keep me from using any powers except healing. But that only worked in the rooms." She looked into space for a second, remembering the building. Then she went back to Logan. "Anyways, do you think I'm going to allow myself to be contained in a room when it isn't locked?"

"Sorry," Logan said.

"Don't be," Kasie said. "You weren't one of the idiots who kept me in there." She turned to the door. "Do you need me to get you in there?"

Logan nodded. Kasie made herself invisible and then leaned through the door. Scott was sitting on his bed, staring into his hands. Kasie stepped through the door completely and walked so that she was in front of Scott. Then she reappeared.

"Don't you know you're not supposed to be in here!" Scott shouted.

"I'm not like them," Kasie said calmly. She stared at him. Scott got off his bed and glared at Kasie. The glasses became a brighter red. "I'm different."

Scott stared at her. "Who are you?"

"It's a long story, but Logan and I have to talk with you."

"I don't want to talk with Logan."

"Scott, this is important," Kasie warned. She sat on her heels as she got down to the ground. Scott sat back on his bed. "Listen, I know what happened to her. But listen." She looked harder at Scott. "Don't go to Alkali Lake alone, alright?"

"Why would I go there!" Scott shouted. "Jean died there!"

"I know, Scott," Kasie said. "But just think about what I said." She got up and left Scott's room. She opened the door to see Logan standing there.

"What was that, kid?" Logan asked.

"I can tell him not to go to Alkali Lake alone," Kasie said. "That doesn't mean I don't want him going."

"You make absolutely no sense," Logan muttered.

Kasie grinned before staring outside. She saw the yard where she knew Professor Xavier, Scott, and Jean's memorials would be placed. Unless she could stop it. She turned back to Logan. "You fought." Logan raised an eyebrow at her. "You fought Magneto until he stopped you. Justin and Cody stayed with you. But Magneto pushed you aside and went on his rampage."

"Why would he let me live?" Logan asked.

Kasie sighed. "All the questions in the world. And to that one I don't know the answer." She sighed again. "I can only guess. I suppose it was because he wanted to watch you suffer. He wanted you to go through the pain of losing your wife. Maybe he knew the scientists would take your kids and that you would go with them than stay behind."

It was Logan's turn to sigh. "If that's what he thought, he's right."

"Even if it would be painful?" Kasie asked.

"I would go with my kids until hell itself stopped me."

Kasie smiled and walked away to leave Logan in his thoughts. A few students were walking past her but she hardly registered them. She didn't even want to talk with them. Most would be dead in twenty years. A girl phased through her.

"What the…?" Kasie asked. She never had someone phase through her. It was a far different feeling then phasing through something.

"Oh, I'm sorry," Kitty said. She turned around to face Kasie. "I'm Kitty." She extended her hand. Kasie shook her hand. "Are you new here?"

"Uhh… you could say that," Kasie said.

"Sorry I walked through you," Kitty apologized. "It's a habit."

Kasie nodded her head slightly to accept it. "It's alright, though. I do the same thing a lot." She motioned to the stairs. "I need to go. See you around."

"See you," Kitty said, smiling.

Kasie walked back up the stairs to her room. She sighed again. It was hard for her, having not seen her mother for five years. Soon she got to her room and went in, closing the door. She didn't want anyone to see her in a weak state. She walked over to her bed and pulled out a picture from her pocket. She unfolded it and smoothed it out on her bed. Smiling back at her were her friends from before the rampage of the mansion.

Zack, who was her half-brother, was fifteen in this picture. His sisters Brenda and Carley were thirteen. Brenda and Carley stood with her, Bree, Adriana, and Mia. The four of them were ten when this picture was taken. Twelve year old Justin and Cody, who was eleven, stood with Todd and Bobby.

Kasie sighed again. She had rarely gotten to see them once they were taken to the scientists. At first, she was in a room with her sisters and could see her brothers about once a week. But when she was about fifteen, the scientists saw that the more she got to see her sisters and brothers, the more she fought when she didn't want another test and they wouldn't allow her to see them as much. It was because of that Kasie had become hard and cold. She needed her sisters, they kept her happy. The scientists did, however, permit her to see Justin. And it was because of that the two made a plan and Justin was able to break her out.

Kasie put the photo back in her pocket and lay down on her bed, staring at the ceiling. She breathed heavily and thought of her sisters. She knew they were taking care of each other. But it was Justin she was worried mostly about. The scientists knew a lot and she didn't doubt they would find out it was Justin who had messed with the locks and alarms on her room to get her out. It'd always been a fear of hers while they planned, but Justin assured her he would take care of himself.

Closing her eyes, Kasie thought, "Please get them all out of there soon, Justin. At least you need to get out. Just stay safe."

So if you didn't follow it, Bobby's kids with Rogue are Zack, who'd be 21 in Kasie's time, then Brenda and Carley who are twins, now 19. With Kitty, there are the quintuplets. And Logan and Ororo have Justin, he's eighteen, Cody, 17, and Mia, 15. If you're still confused, then just email me.

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