The rain had quite suddenly stopped. After a quarter of an hour in the pouring rain it felt strange to Sarah not to have it lashing her face as they went. Magneto had merely laughed at her question, and sent them both hurtling out onto the road, he had let the baffled woman control the bike for the most part, only taking over to direct them deep into the forest that lay just outside of the city. Talking had been impossible thanks to the rain, so Sarah had had to keep all of the many questions in her head to herself.

Silence had engulfed Storm and Wolverine as they returned to the waiting Professor, who said nothing as they entered the van. Logan had been the first to break the silence, 'We go after her, we save her, then let her go, hide her, just don't let her stay.'

Storm nodded mutely, she had forgotten herself in the garage, never had she meant to say anything like that to Logan, but the anger and frustration had found their escape, and now she was going to have to live with what she had said. She had, after all, meant it. The Professor chose not to comment, both Wolverine and Storm needed time to calm down.

The hushed silence fell once more as the Professor closed his eyes. Headlamps flashed before his eyes, gloved hands gripping the motorbike in front of him, Magneto sat behind him. Suddenly trees, barely registering the flecks of darkened green became thicker as they entered a forest.

'Magneto's taken her into the forest nearby; he'll have something waiting for him no doubt to whisk them out.'

Suddenly the trees stopped moving in an incomprehensible blur and Sarah felt her feet hit the ground below her, steadying herself automatically after having come to a halt so suddenly. Magneto landed lightly behind her as the bike was levitated into the air, coming to rest on the back of a large pick up truck parked just ahead. The door of the vehicle opened, and a young man ran over towards Magneto.

'Everything ready I assume.' Magento asked, again not seeming to be fully concentrating on either Sarah or the young man in front of him, who spoke up, 'Yeah, everything's ready,' he turned to face the newcomer, 'You Sarah?'

No I'm just a random Magneto decided to pick up off the street, she thought, but nodded her head in reply nonetheless, clambering down from her bike, and then the truck, she managed to not quite slip as she jumped back to the ground. As her boots hit dirt Magneto came back to reality, 'Sarah get you and your bags in the truck right now. Don't try and get out. Pyro, it feels like we may have company.'

The first stab of fear ran through Sarah's mind, the speed at which everything had been happening had kept her feeling safe, the familiarity of the bike underneath her now gone, she was left alone with two people who had essentially captured her and taken her from her normal life - no matter how boring it may have been, it was still her life.

Magneto's voice thundered into her head, 'Now!'

The door sprang open once more and one of Sarah's bags was torn from her shoulder and dropped in the cab. Pyro turned towards her, in his raised hand a ball of fire.

'Alright, I'm going.' That guy looked too smug for his own good.

The cab was surprisingly large and comfortable; Sarah dropped the remaining bag on the floor and turned round to see what was going on.

The fireball in Pyro's hand had grown, he had moved to stand at Magneto's side, and both looked ready to spring into action at the snap of a twig.

'Is it the X-men?' Pyro muttered, glancing into the forest.

'Yes. They made the mistake of bringing their adamantium with them, now put out that flame, no need to let them know our exact whereabouts.'

Magneto couldn't help but be amused at the youngster's shift in attitude at the arrival of a woman. He highly doubted that Pyro would have said a word had it been a burly young man, let alone attempted to threaten them. Not that Sarah had been bothered, the look on her face had made it more than clear what she thought of Pyro. Magneto laughed to himself, the pair would doubtlessly provide a great amount of entertainment, especially when Sarah found her own methods of quenching Pyro's flames.

'Stop here, they are waiting not far ahead, it seems he doesn't wish to run.'

Storm and Wolverine left the Professor in the van and made their way through the dense trees. Wolverine immediately found the trail and disappeared into the darkness. Storm sighed and continued onwards, seeing a flicker far ahead in the trees she raised herself into the sky to bring herself closer to their target.

Wolverine felt at home in the trees, he knew splitting off from Storm without a word was stupid, but she would just hold him back. They had to get in and out quickly; god knows what Magneto was capable of. He should have lost his powers permanently, but with the recovery of Rogue Logan had suspected that Magneto might soon be back to his old tricks. Evidently he had been right, that was happening way too much lately.