All cats are gray in the dark

by ladymaja

Summary: Kitty (22 yo) is spending her summer vacation in Canada at Logan's cottage when suddenly she gets attacked and captured. In order to escape she's gonna need to take a helping hand from a killer.

Chapter Ten: Dead is just dead

"Arrrrrrrrggg! Grahhhhhhhh!" Angry screams are echoing in the hallways of the seemed-to-be abandoned military base. Victor's locked up in a cage. He's bleeding. He gets off the ground and dashes against the bars and fells on the ground again. He screams loudly, grabs the bars and shakes them furiously.

"Let me out!" He kicks the door. His ankle gets twisted, but it doesn't bother him. It'll heal soon anyway.

"I'll kill you! I'll kill you all!" he screams again and dashes against the bars once more.

A man walks in the room. He's wearing military uniform. His white hair is well-combed and he's smiling.

"Now now, Victor. Calm down! You're only hurting yourself. The cage is made of adamantium; you can't break out of here."

"Striker!" he growls. "Where is she?"

"Who? You mean the girl? She's in the pathology." Victor growls again this time more viciously and kicks the bars.

"Listen to me mother fucker!" he growls menacingly "When I get out of here, and I definitely will, I am going to rip your heart out through your throat!"

"First of all, I doubt you'll ever manage to escape again. Second. . . since when are you so protective? The only person you ever seemed to care about was your brother. And since he left the team no one mattered to you. You were even ready to kill him when I told you to."

"That's right. I hated him for leaving the team. I hated him for leaving me. I hated him because he left! But you know what? He didn't! He asked me to come with him but I didn't because I wanted to play the devil, I wanted to release the beast inside of me! I've listen to your lies and I let you control me! I was the one who turned my back on Jimmy! I should've left with him when he asked me! I would've never become so miserable if it wasn't for you. I would've never become a monster if it wasn't for you! You made me hate my own brother! You used me as a weapon, as a fucking dog! And now you dare to lay a finger on that girl. . . !" he would continue. So many thoughts are in his mind about her, but he just can't speak. Instead, all that comes out is a long grunt.

"You can blame me as much as you want. Nothing changes. The girl's powers are indeed interesting. It wasn't my intention to eliminate her. In fact I could have used her DNA. Or use her to find Logan since we find her in his territory. But that doesn't matter now. I'm gonna find him sooner or later anyway. And you. . . I'm sure I'm gonna figure out something for you. Even though your healing factor's not as strong as your brother's, there are some experiments my scientist would love to try on you. And since you're not working for me, there's no reason for us to hold back." he says in a disturbingly calm voice, and leaves the room. From the hallway he hears Victor's growly scream and smiles.

In the pathology room two men are standing next to a table. A young woman is lying on it. Her clothes are covered in blood and there's a knife in the middle of her chest.

"So can we still use her DNA?" asks the younger man.

"Don't be an idiot! She's been dead for 5 hours." says the older one.

"Yeah, but she was a mutant, I mean you can never know. . ."

"True. But she's dead. And dead is just dead. Still the Colonel wants us to dissect her."

"Like now? It's 10 pm!"

"Calm down! We can do it tomorrow. Just prepare her and you're done for today, okay?"

"Sure, you're the boss! Good night!"

"Night!" says the older man, and leaves the room. The younger one pulls the knife out and undresses the girl. He thinks she's hot. Too bad she's dead. He tosses the bloody clothes into the waste-bin, and he turns the lights off on his way out.

The only light in the room comes from the neon lamp from the hallway.

Her dead body's just lying there with the huge open wound in the middle of her chest.

Suddenly the wound starts to close up. After a few seconds it's completely gone. Her body quitters, her mouth open and her lungs fill up with air. Her heart starts to beat and her eyes spring open. . .