Chapter 8

POV: Mystique

"My mother, yah right; I happen to have a mother you know." Clover said looking at me with disgust. I simply sighed and brought up the obvious.

"I am a shape shifter you know. I could've given birth to you and left you or…" She didn't give me a chance to finish.

"Eww; I know where this is going!" Clover said aloud still looking disgusted. I sighed again, knowing this was hard for her.

"This is not hard for me! You're crazy! You told me we would train, nothing else like 'Oh, by the way I am your mother!' that never came up!"

"How else would you explain our mental bond?"

"I don't know…"

"Listen, I know this is hard. We will have plenty of time to figure this out but right know, let us train." I said as Clover settled down. She didn't look at my eyes which kind of made me sad inside but I could not show it because it would show I was weak. I would not expose a weakness, no one know who could be watching.

"Enough of this! Clover let us work on something else, perhaps a woodland creature…bah! No good, you have already been a rat; I doubt you can't be any other small animal. What about an insect?" I suggested but Clover recoiled when I said this. I didn't even have to pay attention to her thoughts because her face sold exactly what she was going to say.

"A bug? No way, I hate yucky bugs! No way am I becoming one!"

"Clover, say that an enemy has trapped you in a large room, and they are going to turn on the lights in ten seconds. I don't think changing into a dog will help you much in that situation. You need to think small. A fly, an ant or a cockroach maybe…"

"Forget it! There is no way I am becoming a cockroach or a fly or an ant!"

"Ok, if you die because of your ignorance; then I will not think of you nor will anyone care about you being too scared to save yourself!"

"You make a convincing argument…"

Just as she finished she began to shrink rapidly and tiny wings emerged from her back. Her eyes bulged out of her head and then she shrank more and more until she was the size of a thumbnail.

(Their, happy?) I could hear Clover thinking directly at me. I laughed.

(You sure have guts girl. But do you have wits?) I thought directly at Clover just before swatting the air and stomping my foot close to her. She flew up off the ground and started yelling threw her thoughts at me.

(What the hell was that? Are you trying to kill me?)

(I am not trying to kill you, but the enemy won't hesitate to. You have to think quickly and have sharp reflexes. There are far too many mutant haters that want us killed or to do tests on us.)

Clover retreated from her insect form and back to a human being, if you could call her that anymore. She eyed me angrily.

"Kill your own daughter huh? Is that you're parenting style or are you just crazy?" Clover asked me and I couldn't answer. She knew what I was trying to do; she is just finding a reason to not trust me.

"Clover, there are many mutant haters and thugs we have to watch out for…"

"Bring them on, or have you forgotten mother, I am a super spy, or was until I became a mutant…"

"Clover, I have had an idea to make a bomb…"

"You said you would train me! I never agreed to be inducted into you evil scheme!"

I looked at her intensely; it was her choice whether or not she wanted to help.

"I know, but hear me out. My idea is we make a bomb containing unstable mutant DNA and…"

"Put it in a well populated area and turn everyone mutant they will have to respect us."

I looked at Clover stunned. Had she been thinking this as well?

"Your Professor Charles Xavier believes humans and mutants can live together peacefully. We will always be the superior beings."

"If we make everyone mutants though, then we won't be so special. Some may even be more powerful than us."

"It is not a quest for power, it is making it equal. We just seem bad now because we are more advanced. When we are all mutants, we will understand each other more, and the more powerful ones will be the authority. What do you say? Do you like my little plan, or do you wish to purely train?" I asked Clover. She looked around nervously, thinking someone might over hear us.

"It certainly is an interesting plan, but how would we make the mutant DNA?"

"Something tells me we will get it soon enough…"

POV: Wolverine

I walked into the forest carrying an abundance of food for Sam. I still felt weird after Sam asked me to teach her how to survive in the wild. I thought to myself, how could an eighteen or so year old girl beat up the mighty Wolverine? I laughed silently and proceeded on into the forest. When I got deeper than and as far away from the mansion as I could without getting lost, I put the food down.

"Sam are you their! I have some food! Are you ready to train?" I called. I noticed a twig snap and I turned around. A human-cat hybrid was leaning against a tree. She was smiling at me.

"Hi Logan, could you have brought more fish next time? Or even sushi?" She asked still smiling.

"Have you regained your sanity?"

"Kind of…"

"Ready to head to the mansion?"

"No way! I need you!"

"No, you don't need me. You need the Professor so he can help you better understand you powers, and you probably will need Beast, because of his furry appearance, maybe you have something in common with him…"

"Tempting, tempting, you sneaky dog. Even the Professor doesn't know every power in the world."

"I know, but he is a good friend to have…"

"Is that all he is? A friend?"

"I guess in you situation, yes."

"I aught to go back to the mansion to see Beast; you are right that we may share the same genes that made us mutants…"

"Good, come on, I will take you back." I picked the furry Sam up off the ground and carried her back to the mansion, why I carried her I don't know.

POV: Beast

Alex came rushing into my office quite suddenly. She looked out of breath.

"What is the matter Alex?"

"Sam is coming back."

"What? Are you certain?"

"No doubting it. From my readings it looks like…"

"Your readings?"

"Oh, I can sort of tell what power a mutant has as well as locate them. And I located Sam to be coming out of the forest with another mutant that we both know."

"And who could that be Alex?"

"Wolverine."

I stared at her.

"Wolverine? What could he have been doing with Sam?"

"I couldn't get into his mind that well, but I think he was helping her."

"Helping Sam; that certainly is a relief."

Just then I peered through the window just in time to see Wolverine carrying Sam out of the forest. He seemed like he was enjoying himself, and that is when I noticed Sam. She was consumed in a green the shade of and olive, just a tad darker. She was also looking for feline, as she had a tail following behind her.

Logan made his way up to the mansion. I ran down to the entrance and saw Sam smiling. She must've been having a riot.

"Sam! Where have you been? We have been worried sick! I can see your mutant side making an appearance right now…" Alex said as she made her way to Sam. Sam brushed her off as though she was inferior.

"Alex, you don't need to worry about me, I am strong!"

"Wolverine, how long have you known Sam was out their?"

"Just last night, she asked to be left alone. She is a psychic you know."

"Oh really? We aught to do some tests then!" I said grabbing Sam by the arm and dragging her off to my lab. I yanked her into the room and plopped her on the table. I then took a blood and skin sample.

"Remarkable! Your DNA's mutant make up is nearly, if not identical, to mine!" I said shocked at the result. She just shrugged.

"Alex could've told you that. Her mind is heavily guarded, but I know she is holding something back." Sam said to me. I nodded and continued to stare at the strand of DNA on my computer screen. She appeared to have animal like abilities including speed, heightened senses as well as being psychic.

"Doesn't take a genius to figure that out."

"Please don't read my mind."

"Sorry, I am just getting used to it; these thoughts are just flying a me. I…I can't stop it." She said as she glanced at her catlike feet. Which were perfectly made for running; her hands mean while remained mostly human, retaining their opposable thumbs.

I concluded my tests and let her go. I made my way to the professor's room. I was called in telepathically and entered to find him concerned and thinking rather hard.

"Sir, May I ask what you are doing?"

"I am attempting to find out Magneto's location but to no avail. I heard you have results though."

"I do indeed. Sam is into her mutation pretty well now. She has a cat-like appearance but with human characteristics. Did I mention she is also a psychic?"

"I knew that the other day from Diana. Is her mutation in any way similar to yours?"

"Yes, it is nearly identical…"

"Beast, there is more to this, I can tell."

"I feel for her, we share the same or similar mutations. I…wish to help her. On my own. And the best part is they were already balanced fighters to begin with, so they don't need much training."

"Good point Beast. Very well; see to it that they have training sessions off."

I exited the office after the conversation ended. I headed back to my office, anxious to investigate her mutation further.