Phoenix: Take THAT! Society is a penguin filled cheese burger.

Skye: We're feeling rebellious. Prepare for some sexy time. XD. All you Borat fans know what I mean. ;) You'll notice that there are still some secrets that Elska is keeping from everyone. We also apologize for the agonising wait.

Elska's attention was instantly drawn to the woman who was blue with red hair and yellow eyes. The blue woman stared up at her. So did the man wearing the cape. The other two, who looked like perfectly regular people kept their gaze on Logan and Storm. She recognised the one wearing the cape from when she was sixteen. Her youngest brother had been talking to him behind the house once about Elska's mutation. She had briefly spoken to him about it and after promising to come back for her, he had left. Only he hadn't come back from her. He had left her there.

"You," Elska said.

Logan and Storm looked up at her.

"My dear," Magneto held out his hand to beckon her down. "We come only to talk with you and Charles."

Elska hopped down the stairs quickly and pushed Logan's hands down by his sides to prevent his claws poking someone's eye out.

"About what?" she asked, malice in her voice. She sensed Logan stiffen beside her. She never had malice in her voice. "If this is about the whole 'I'll come back for you thing' you can forget it."

"It isn't," he said.

Elska studied him.

Two arguments and Logan almost beheading Mystique later, they were down in the infirmary with Xavier, Magneto, Logan, Storm and Mystique. They were sitting on plastic chairs around Xavier's bed. Elska quickly discovered that Xavier could not read Magneto's mind whilst her was wearing his helmet although she couldn't remember how she found it out.

"We come bearing bad news, I'm afraid, Charles," Magneto said. "We wanted Hybrid-"

"Elska," she said.

"-Elska to join the brotherhood. We sent Sabretooth to talk to her about it, but unfortunately he did not do as I asked. Instead he attacked her and he left us this message."

Magneto pulled out a tape recorder and set it down at Xavier's foot.

"I must warn you, it isn't the most pleasant of recordings," Magneto said before pressing the little green button.

"I'm leaving this message as a good bye note, Eric. Everyone can see that the Brotherhood is going downhill and I'm not gonna be around to see that happen. As for Ellie…there's no way you're getting her on your side. And I know that you've taken this to her, so this is for you Elska: you may not want to join the brotherhood, but you will be mine…perhaps with the right incentive. If you go into Pyro's room now, you will find a note on his bed giving you further instructions. And Ellie…"

Elska listened, her every breath ringing loudly in her ear, her heart pounding in her head.

"…don't keep me waiting. We wouldn't want anything to happen to your dear cousin, would we?"

Elska was half prepared to bet that he didn't even have John but was horrified to hear John's strained voice in the recording mumbling "No, Ellie…stay away…he's…" she never caught the rest of it as a loud roar from the tape made everyone jump.

"That is where the recording ends," Magneto said. "You may be thinking that this is a plot to get you on my side, Elska but I can assure you, never would I dream of playing a trick on you to this level and certainly I would never wish to hurt you."

"You didn't care the last time, though, did you? When you left me there, alone."

Elska was staring at the ground. She had talked in monotone, just in case her temper decided to flare up against him for no apparent reason.

"I think we all know what the letter might say," said Storm. "But we should still go up and check."

Elska stood up at once. So did Logan.

"I'll come with you."

Elska couldn't find it in herself to protest so she allowed Logan to accompany her. Neither of them said anything. If she had just told him sooner, maybe he could have prevented this, could have perhaps killed Sabretooth. Or maybe Magneto should never had tried to get her on his side. Granted, Sabretooth would have probably found her anyway under some strange and a million to one circumstance.

There was indeed a not on John's pillow. Logan stood, alert, at the door as she picked up the note and read it.

The warehouse behind the train station, 11:30 PM. Don't keep me waiting x.

The extra little kiss at the end made her want to rip the letter in two, but she restrained herself. She handed the letter to Logan and checked the time on John's bedside table. It was only ten past nine in the morning. They had plenty of time to work on a plan.

"You're not going," Logan said, pocketing the note.

"That's not for you to decide," she protested.

"Don't tell me what's for me to decide and what's not!" he said, raising his voice a little. "I'm a hundred years older than you!"

"That doesn't mean you can tell me what to do."

Logan seemed to think for a minute and swallowed his retort.

"Let's just see what Xavier thinks," Elska said, pushing past him.

He moved with her so that he could walk beside her. She took a deep breath which might have been mistaken for a sigh. She knew it was dangerous to argue with Logan but Sabretooth kidnapping John was dangerous even more so. She didn't doubt that the professor would have a plan but she knew there would be a massive risk involved and she was afraid that someone other than herself might get hurt.

Logan obviously sensed this and put his arm around her. He squeezed her shoulders momentarily then let go. They sat down around Xavier's bed again. Logan gave him the note. He read it quickly the passed it to Magneto. Elska noticed that his helmet was now off.

"Logan, I want you to trace John's scent, find out if he really is at this warehouse with Sabretooth," Xavier said. "But wait here until we have a rough idea of what we're doing."

He stared at Magneto for a few seconds as Mystique read the note which was handed to her by Storm.

"Mystique?" Magneto said, staring at her.

The blue woman stood up and concentrated on Elska for a moment then she started to shrink, her hair lengthened and turned dark brown, her eyes became softer and turned an olive-green colour. Her skin turned pale with flushed cheeks and before she knew it, Elska seemed to be staring at herself.

"I won't need to use your powers so I won't be needing to see them in action," she said. Elska was startled to hear her own voice talking to her.

"This isn't gonna work," Logan said.

"The longer you continue to be pessimistic, the less time Pyro may have," Magneto said, "and the more danger this school may be in."

"I can still smell that it's her. Victor knows her scent. You send her in there in a disguise, she'll be ripped apart by him and you know she will," Logan said. "He's too fast for her."

Mystique glared at him.

"He's right," Xavier said.

Mystique turned back into herself and sat down again.

"It doesn't matter how much time we have, we must come up with a plan," Storm said.

Skye: :O I hate myself for ending the chapter there. Once again, we apologize for that wait.

Phoenix: But maybe we would update if you reviewed? Even just to tell us what bit of the chapter was your favourite.