sorry its been so long since ive updated school is starting and the boyfriend went to college so its been a stressfull few weeks. anyway i hope you enjoy and im hoping to update untitled, emotion commotion and maybe quoth the beast pretty soon
Chapter Four
Rouge drew in the light dust with her gloved finger. Last night's conversation had gone long into the night as the older mutants explained that the escape would be dangerous and possibly fatal if they were recaptured. But despite that everyone had agreed to help. They couldn't talk about their plans once they were out for fear that they were being listened to. Logan just said he had friends who would help.
A shadow fell over Rogue's drawings, "Can Remy join you, cheri?"
"I guess so, I ain't doing anything."
"That'll be fine with Remy. He ain't in the mood for doing much right now."
Rogue finished a spiral and cleaned her glove from the dust. "Where're you from?"
"New Orleans. What about you?"
"Mississippi, I got shuffled around in foster homes."
"Don't know your parents?"
"No, don't really want to neither. Most of the people I was with treated me right. I just happened to get put in a mutant hating one last time."
"Remy got jumped by a couple of hommes(1) and they handed him over to the police for the cash reward. They weren't too gentle about it either."
The younger mutant almost laughed, for some reason Remy struck her as a sweet guy, she found it hard to imagine him fighting against three or four guys. After stifling her laughter she tapped his coat pocket, "You wanna play cards?"
"Sure, but just to let you know Remy cheat." Remy said with a sly grin.
"Well that makes two of us."
Logan chewed on a toothpick as he leaned against the barrack wall. He was watching the young group of mutants as they passed yet another day in the camp. With a sigh he turned away to look at Gar, Kurt and Remy, "It's gotta be Friday."
"Friday? There's gonna be a blizzard on Friday."
"Exactly, they won't suspect that we'll try it in a blizzard and the wind will cover our tracks. We can't wait until spring, by that time these new kids won't be ready like they are now."
"What do we tell them? I don't know if we can be ready that fast."
Logan laid a finger to the side of his nose, "I talked with our new friend. He said he'd arrange for supplies to be left in the woods about ten miles from here."
"Don't know…" Remy said as he swept away a game of solitaire. "It gonna be dangerous in the snow storm. We gonna be cold 'till we get to those supplies."
"We'll take our blankets with us."
Kurt leapt to the floor lightly as a cat, "My only worry is Rahne, she's still weak and getting dizzy spells. I don't think she can run that long."
"I can carry her; I'll stay warmer that way too." Gar offered.
Logan nodded, "That'll be our best bet. You sure you can handle that? We might have to lay low for a few days before we can even get all the way there."
"Let's just do it ja? If I start thinking on it too much I'm afraid I'll back out."
Friday came and the blizzard howled its fury as promised. The group stayed holed up in the barracks after breakfast. They had been hoarding food and any kind of other supplies since their arrival. Now they packed it into their bags carefully so it wouldn't spoil or be crushed. Logan had stolen a lighter somewhere along the line and Remy had scrounged some fire-starters and some flares.
"Are you sure we can get all of the collars off?" Holly asked as she shivered from the harsh wind that crept through the walls.
"Sure as I'm standing here. And if not I can cut 'em off." Logan replied he was pacing up and down the length of the room with a scowl.
Remy held out his royal flush causing Kurt and Rogue to groan unhappily. Shade was dozing on his bed while Wanda and Pietro played a clapping game with Rahne and Todd. Raven was sitting on her bed with her eyes closed in meditation. Gar was on the floor asleep, his chest rising and falling lightly with each breath he took.
Logan paused his pacing and sniffed the air. "The kid's coming." he growled.
Moments later, as predicted, the door swung inward letting in a burst of cold air. Gar yelped in surprise, and dove for the door to slam it shut. Jason shouldered it back into place and grinned sheepishly, "Sorry 'bout that," He pulled the pack from his shoulder and set it on the floor, "I brought you your lunch and some extra food."
Logan searched through the new supplies then gave Jason a wary look, "Why're you doing this kid? They find out and you're not going to see much of anything but stone walls for the rest of your life."
Jason fiddled with the top of his baton, "Promise you can keep a secret?"
"We're mutants, mein Freud(2);" Kurt said with a toothy grin, "Secrets are our specialty."
The young man smirked and straightened his back, "The thing is… I'm a mutant too."
"What?!"
"You've got to be kidding."
"How's that even possible? They test for the X gene at any job interview." Remy's voice cut through the clamor causing everyone to look at Jason while he searched for an answer.
"I'm not really sure. I know I am a mutant but I've never tested positive for the gene."
"What're your powers, kid?" Logan asked.
"I… I see things when I'm fighting. I can tell what people are going to do next. I've got enhanced senses and my body reacts without me even thinking about it. I've been street fighting ever since I was old enough to run."
Raven opened her eyes, "Maybe your abilities only made small changes and the X gene is mostly dormant and that's why they can't detect it."
Jason shrugged, "All I know is I am one."
"And you're gonna stay here? That's suicide kid."
"I can't just disappear; they'll go looking for me."
Remy rubbed his chin, "What if we made it look like you got caught in the crossfire when we escape? They'll assume that animals ate your body and you can come with us."
"Whoa there Cajun, I'm still not sure we can even trust this guy."
"That's a lie and you know it, old man."
Logan growled angrily, "What makes you say that?"
"Because if you didn't trust him you would've run him through already."
Raven picked at her food trying to calm the tight muscles in her stomach, in an hour they would be breaking out of the camp, if things went well they would be on their way to the supply pick up point in a few hours. She sighed and began to wrap her leftover food in a piece of cloth while the guards had their backs turned.
"You should eat." Rogue murmured.
"I'll be fine. I need to meditate some more to calm my nerves."
"If you say so."
The sorceress smiled at her friend then glanced down the table at the rest of her companions, they were all eating in their usual silence but Kurt was not kicking Gar under the table or trying to make someone laugh by wiggling his ears. Everyone's attention was on their plates as they ate or wrapped the leftovers as she had been doing moments ago.
"You lot are awful quiet." a guard said making Raven jump.
Gar bit his lip so hard he drew blood in his effort not to speak. He wanted so badly to attack the guard now and get his revenge for the months of beatings and abuse. Kurt's tail gripped his clenched fist under the table and his friend's yellow eyes showed sympathy and similar anger. In half an hour they would have their revenge. They just had to wait.
Logan fastened a pack to Remy's back making sure to tie it down fast so they wouldn't lose their precious supplies. Everyone else had already been fitted out and they were checking each other's straps. Kurt was staring at a map of the buildings to find a good place to teleport himself, Holly and Amanda inside so she could try to disable the defense systems. They were the only two without packs to make it easier on Kurt.
"It's almost light's out." Xian whispered, his blue eyes flashing with excitement.
"Everyone remembers the plan?"
"Keep the guards distracted and wait for the signal from Kurt or Amanda that the defenses are trashed." Todd recited. "And leave no one behind."
"Good. Holly, you're changing into Jason to get access to the control room. Once you're inside let Kurt take care of anyone who's there. You need to keep watch while Amanda works, understand?"
"Yes sir."
"Good, are you all ready?"
The group nodded.
Logan nodded to Remy who knelt on the floor and jammed his knee down on one of the boards causing it to flip up. He reached inside and pulled out a remote control with several buttons on it. He handed it to Logan, who put his finger over the red button. "You sure you're all ready?"
"Just get on with it." Gar pleaded, his eyes fixed on the device.
Logan jammed his finger down on the button.
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