I sincerely apologize for not updating in so long! I have been extremely busy, and frankly, had lost time to complete my stories. But now it is summer so I have all the time in the world :) I know that for my story, I had sort of been following the movie plot, but I am not going to do that anymore; I am now going off all my own ideas now haha. I hope you enjoy this, sorry if the new chapter is a little confusing because I am trying to get back into the swing of things with this story. PLEASE R&R TO TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT MY STORY!

Mystique and Ororo traveled the barren corridor of Stryker's 'prison', wariness evident in their posture. Mystique stopped walking as soon as she heard footsteps in the distance, placing a hand in front of Ororo to stop her in her tracks.

Pulling Ororo with her behind a wall, she glanced at Ororo. Ororo seemed to know what Mystique was thinking, because she nodded at her as if to give her permission.

Mystique's body soon morphed into a form that Ororo was beginning to despise: Stryker. Grasping Ororo's arm, Mystique pulled Ororo with her out into the open and continued to walk down the hallway, head held high to try and fool the guard that was walking passed.

As soon as the guard was out of sight, Mystique soon morphed back into her original form, releasing Ororo's arm. "We need to plan an escape route out of here."

Ororo nodded in agreement. "Do you know the fortress well enough?"

Mystique nodded. "For the most part." She had them turn down another hallway. "I've had time to wander around... if I'm right, we should be arriving at an exit shortly. There's civilization not too far from the fortress, so you'd be able to find your way back."

"What're you going to do?" Ororo questioned her used-to-be enemy.

They came across a door and paused in front of it. Mystique looked down. "Get out of here. Maybe go back to Erik. It's not like I have anything better to do." She grasped the door handle. "This will lead you to the forest. You'll walk straight through it for about ten minutes before you come across a clearing that leads you to a road. Follow that down to the town."

Ororo nodded, understanding. Mystique opened the door and walked outside, with Ororo following her. As they exited the building, Ororo smiled. She couldn't wait to get back to the mansion. Back to her friends. Her students. Logan. She turned back to Mystique, who was staring off into the distance. "Thank you."

Mystique just nodded, but was taken aback when Ororo pulled her into a light hug. After a couple seconds, she embraced back, but both women froze when they heard the sound of clapping not too far away.

"How touching." A voice boomed. Mystique and Ororo turned in the direction of the voice to see who it was. Stryker appeared out of nowhere, with countless guards suddenly surrounding the two mutants. "You didn't think that it would be that easy to escape, now would you Ororo?"

Ororo gritted her teeth. "I was hoping it would be."

Stryker chuckled and then turned his attention to Mystique. "And you... I knew you were up to no good. I suggest that you get out of here before I change my mind about killing you for disobeying my orders, Mystique. You'll be dead in time anyways when I get my way."

Mystique glared at him, her yellow eyes piercing his. She gave a slightly wary look to Ororo, but begrudgingly walked away and into the forest, never looking back.

Ororo suddenly felt uneasy - her only ally was now gone, and she was back in the captive hands of Stryker. She thought about trying to use the elements to throw off the guards that were currently pointing their guns at her. But those guns could kill her in an instant... and she was completely surrounded, with no help.

All she could do was glare at Stryker and clench her teeth as he chuckled at her compromising position. "You are going to help me with my plan whether you like it or not, Ororo." He motioned a guard over, and mumbled something in his ear. Suddenly, the man's gun was pointed towards her and seconds later, she felt a prick in her neck. Feeling her neck, she felt a dart sticking out of it, and she suddenly felt the world spin.
Collapsing to the ground, she could still hear Stryker's voice. "The Professor has kept your powers in check... I will not. I will activate them and use you as my secret weapon. Sweet dreams, Storm. Because you are about to create a whirlwind of catastrophe to the mutant world."

Sorry this chapter is so short, I promise to write more once I get out of this temporary writers block!