Chapter 23

Derek got on the motorcycle, drove away from the mansion, and drove the same trail Angelina did. However, as he left a couple of students were eavesdropping his conservation.

"I'm really starting to get annoy with those two running away from us!" yelled an anger Logan as he was pacing Xavier's office.

"Logan, calm down." Marie said as she grabbed Logan's hand with her gloves hand, "I'm sure that Derek went to find her. Right, Charles?" she asked.

Before the old man, could even answer a couple of students come in.

"Professor, we have some news about Angelina and Derek." Said a boy who looked like to be 12 years old.

"What is it Eric?" asked Jean.

Eric told the teachers what they heard from Derek. Professor Xavier thanked them and told them they can leave.

"I'm going to call Drew and see if he can tell me the coordinates where Derek is headed." Cole said as he exits the room to call Drew on his cell.

Storm came back in holding files of paperwork in her hands. She dropped them on Xavier's desk with an irritated look on her face.

"I have found these in Angelina's room." Storm said, "You're not going to like it."

"What does it say?" asked Marie.

Xavier sighed, "I'm afraid you're daughter is putting herself at risk, Marie. She is going to be used just like Logan was going to be when he was experiment by Stryker."

Logan stared at the old man, "Do you mean….?"

"Yes, Logan. Angelina was trained to be a weapon to destroy and kill people including the government that didn't support children being used as experiments." Strom answered this time.

She looked at Marie who's face was expressionless. She didn't like to see her ex-student be this way. Especially, since she just realized that her daughter was trained like a solider since she was kidnapped at the age of 11. And that they escaped but kept training and fighting to save little children who are also being trained and abused just like they were.

"Marie." Jean asked interrupting Storm's thoughts, "Do you remember Angelina having nightmares about….you know, ever since she came back?" Jean asked.

"I'm not sure." Marie whispered, "I remembered her screaming in the middle of the night but that only happens if she saw a scary movie before going to bed. But not about General Zeke or her friends or that place that nearly killed my daughter!" Marie yelled. She cried softly in Logan's arms as he pulled her into his arms.

Cole came back inside as he closed his phone.

"Angelina is already in the island." He said, "Derek is still close from here but we got to move if we're going to follow him."

"Very well, we will take the X-jet. Logan, Scott, Jean, Strom go and Marie are you sure you want to come?" Xavier asked.

Marie nodded, "I'm positive."

"Charles, we have to get more people in this fight. I know Zeke's guards; they won't stop fighting until we give up or die."

"I will call for the teenagers X-men." He answered back.

All of the adults were walking towards the jet and talking at the same time.

"We need to get there before Zeke turns Angelina into a full weapon." Cole said as he was walking near Logan.

"Wait!" Logan yelled as the others stopped. Everyone turned to him as he face Cole, "What do you mean by full?"

Angelina was on a rooftop waiting to see Zeke come out of his "chief home". Her eyes moved around the whole place; it was a big island….a place that no one knew about. Finally, Zeke came out of his "house" and walked towards a warehouse that Angelina was on top of. Angelina noticed that two of his bodyguards were blocking the door; she scoffed at this and jumped off the roof. She landed onto the ground and stared at the two big men.

"Hello girly-girls. How's it going?" she asked before she punched both of them in the faces.

She smiled as she opened the door and went inside. As she did, the place looked was filled machinery. She didn't like this feeling: of fear….that was all she could feel right now. As she was walking around, Angelina tried to find out where Zeke was but instead found a medical room…..where Angelina was trapped inside a tank when she was a young girl. As she walked inside, she touched the cold and metal equipment that was left on the table.

Meanwhile, Derek got off his motorcycle and took off his helmet as he saw another motorcycle near by. He smiled as he knew that it was Angelina. He too, also had night vision so he used his ability to see Angelina's tracks.

He started running in the dark forest. The wind was blowing around him making his heart face, but didn't even sweat or lose his breath. He darted between the trees, jumped over rocks, and roots expanding from the ground, and ducked from the branches. He kept running and running as if he didn't care if someone was watching him.

Derek suddenly stopped when he noticed the island with an abandoned warehouse across from him. He looked around to see if there was a better way to get there than swim in the cold ocean. But there wasn't. He sighed as he dived into the shivering ocean and swam, holding his breathe, in the water. By the time, he got there he saw guards walking around. Derek looked both ways and ran really fast to climb the rocks above him.