As Remy runs through the dim-lit corridors he tries to reach out to his sister, a thought that is so strange to him, to have blood relatives to truly be part of a family tree. Some fam'ly, unknown mo'der devil poppa and.. well mebbe a good sister. In the deepest parts of his soul Gambit has always felt a dangerous undercurrent which he tried to resist, an almost instinctive longing for pain, for desolation, now realizing his lineage his dark emotions begin to make sense. In a strange way it is almost a relief to finally understand why he has always felt tormented at war within himself to rise above what cruel genetics he had been born with. Perhaps his real mother had been an innocent party for there is definetly some good in his sister. If it wasn't for her selfless display to save Rogue, Remy would end the Essex family tree for good. He senses them just a few rooms down and curses to himself at his weakened state, his body is well past the point of exhaustion, days of exposure have clearly taken there toll on his increasingly gaunt frame, what healing had begun to take place has been undone in this mad dash to save the woman he loves and atone for the sins of his father. As he stumbles towards the door he wills his hands to charge to the full extent to blast through to help a sister he didn't know existed before today. As he charges the door he backs around a corner to stay clear of the blast, he senses a presence behind him and whips around to face his new opponent only to come face to face with Logan.

"Good to see ya Cajun. Sinister close?"

BOOM! The door explodes throwing fractions of it everywhere.

"Jus' ahead mon ami follow de fireworks." With that Gambit takes off towards the gaping hole where the door stood followed closely by Wolverine, Psylocke, Storm and Cyclops. As the run into the room they are greeted with the sight of Clarice kneeling before Sinister, as she rises to face them her eyes glow a distant yellow color.

"Destroy them my child, destroy them all." Sinister cackles as he presses on a small keypad.

"I shall my father."

BLINK

Gambit hears Storm cry out in pain as Clarice stabs her in the back with her knife. Before Gambit can react she is gone again. Waves of guilt sweep over Remy at the sight of his beloved friend lying wounded on the floor, but there is no time to give it a second thought, as he rushes towards Sinister.

"I saw to it that she was fashioned better than you my son, she will listen to her father."

"Don' 'dink of moi as your son!" Gambit screams as he strikes at Sinister with charged fists, they seem to just bounce off his flesh but he succeeds in knocking the keypad to the floor before Sinister blasts him through a wall, Gambit crashes into lab equipment on the other side and slumps to the floor.

BLINK

Clarice tries to attack Psylocke but she doesn't anticipate the swiftness of the ninja and is quickly taken out with a powerful telepathic blast. Cyclops throws blast after blast at Sinister holding him off while Wolverine gathers up Storm and Gambit.

"Let's go one-eye we got our own to take care of!" he shouts as he runs towards the door, it's very unlike him to run from a fight and Logan has to fight against his urges to slice and dice Sinister up right, but the sight of blood staining Storm's uniform forces him to remember this is a rescue mission, revenge will come later.

"Psylocke get the girl don't leave her behind for him!"

"No… you shall not take my precious experiments from me…" Sinister cries weakly as they retreat from the room. Cyclops shuts him up with a final blast across the mouth.

"Some other time Sinister."

Jean where are you?

Nearing the Blackbird, we'll hold it for your team, everyone else is aboard Rogue is in bad shape Sinister performed some sort of operation on her and her body is beginning to go into shock we need to get her to Beast now

Be prepared for more wounded Storm has been stabbed and Gambit looked near death even before the beating he just took also we are carrying one more the girl Jubilee spoke of it appears she is Remy's sister or at least that is what Sinister claims

We will be ready for you

Back at the mansion….

"Beast, Dr. Reyes, get the unit ready we have 5 wounded at least 3 critically." Bobby, who is usually the one to try and lighten up the situation is all business that more than the words he says, spurs Beast into action in preparing the med bay. He and Dr. Reyes are ready and standing in the hanger when the Blackbird lands….

Good? Bad? Let me know…next up…Wounds…