When I woke up next, I was shocked. I thought I was dead but I wasn't. I was in a cell, tied up. There was a boy next to me that had a cloth over his eyes. My vision was a little blurry for a few moments until I could see everything clearly. The boy was in a cell right across from me.

"Who are you? Where am I?" my voice quavered.

"My name's Scott. Scott Summers. You're at The Island of Alkali Lake. What's your name?"

"My name's Scout. Scout Howlett."

The boy smiled a little and said, "Cute name. What do you look like?"

I look at him confused and ask, "Why do you wanna know what I look like?"

Scott sighs but answers anyway. "Because…I wanna see if your voice matches your appearance. I can't see as you can tell and I would like to know what my new friend looks like. We can be friends, right?"

"Definitely. Well I have brown hair, dark brown eyes, I'm kinda short, I'm a tomboy, I hate girly things at all costs, and everyone says I look like my dad."

Before our talk can be continued, my mother walks in with the man Stryker. He opens my door and lets her in. All he says is, "You get a few minutes." And he left.

The first things that came to mind came spilling out of my mouth. "Mom, what's happening? Where's daddy? Why am I chained up? What's going to happen to us?"

All these things were being asked but my mom shushed me. "Scout, listen to me. We are here because it was the only way to save my sister. I would've left you with your dad but I knew it wouldn't be safe. I took you with me so you wouldn't get hurt. Your father is on his own, now. It is most likely we will never see him again. I'm sorry, sweetheart. I tried to get them to unchain you but they say they need to experiment on you. See what powers you have."

As she was explaining this all to me, I was crying. Not because I was scared but because I wouldn't see my dad again. I felt safe with him but now that I was taken away from him, I felt vulnerable. I felt broken.

We were there for months. I lost track of how many but over that period of time, Scott and I grew close. I had a lot of experiments done on me. I recently had one done and it felt like I was gonna die. They threw me back in my cell and tied me up.

My hands were chained above my head as my feet were dangling a few inches off the ground. I was still weak so I kept my eyes closed and the loudest I could talk was a little over a whisper. I wanted to sleep but since Scott thought I might have a concussion, he kept me awake. Even if we were in different cells, he kept talking to me, asking a question every now and then to make sure I was still awake and responding correctly.

He was telling me some stories of when he was a little boy, some were funny and some were sad. We were talking when we heard yelling. Everyone stopped what they were doing in their own little cell and listened. There was a lot of screaming and banging. It kept getting closer to us.

All of a sudden the door busted open. I couldn't move since I was tied up so I quickly whisper over to my friend. "Scott, who is it?"

He looks over at me and whispers back, shocked, "It's the Wolverine!"

My eyes go wide and I hear the sound of claws. It sounded like he was running down the aisle, breaking everybody out of their cell. I was at the end and when he got to the end, I kept my head down, wondering what he would do.

I heard him breathing heavy and I thought I heard my mom with him. I hear cell my door being ripped open and it banged against the wall. I keep my head down and I see a pair of feet slowly making their way towards me. They stop right in my line of sight and that was when I shut my eyes, tight.

I hear him yell, breaking my chains and catching me before I hit the floor. He slowly lowered me to the ground and let me sink to my knees, as did he. I slowly look up and I'm met with the pair of brown eyes that has protected me my whole life. My dad quickly wraps me in a hug and starts rocking me back and forth.

He starts to whisper in my ear. "Scout. Thank god you're alright. I thought I lost you."

I wanted to cry as he hugged me tighter, securely in his arms. I open my eyes and see my mom makes her way toward us. She joins the two of us and soon, I'm in the middle of my mom and dad as both their arms wrap around my body, protectively.

We stand up and all the mutants are in a group. My parents stare at each other when my mom realizes my dad is offering his hand to her, with his other arm around me. She takes a hold of his hand and he starts to lead us to the way out.

The doors open and a man walks in. I could only see the outline of him though. My dad started to get ready to fight him. "Ok. Kayla, I need you to get these kids out of here. Find another way out."

My mom starts to follow his orders when he suddenly pulls her back. I don't think he meant for others to hear but I heard him whisper to my mom, "If anything happens to me, promise you'll do everything in your power to protect Scout."

I see my mom nod her head as she ushers everyone out. I stay in my spot and stare at my father. "Scout, go with your mother. Whatever you do, stay safe and stay strong."

I whisper an ok, knowing he heard me. I followed everyone and grabbed the arm of Scott. I knew he didn't know it was me but I felt one of his hands run through my hair and I heard him ask, "Scout? Is that you?"

"Yeah, it's me. Don't worry. We'll get out of here. Together."

He nods his head and we both follow my mom. We head for the opposite direction and when we were about to cross a large room, there were people above us, shooting. We all went back and hid behind the wall. We were trying to figure out a way to get out of this.

That was when I heard Scott speak up. "I can help. Let me at 'em."

He went out in the open with my Aunt and he removed the cloth over his eyes. Red lasers came out from his eyes and destroyed everything. He quickly put it back over his face and asked, "Did I get 'em?"

"Yeah." My Aunt turned to everyone and ordered, "Let's go."

"I can't go." I quickly turned to my mom, shocked.

"Kayla, come on!"

"I have to stay here. You take them. Go." I don't move at all and stare at my mother. She sees me and yells, "GO!"

I follow what she told me and follow everyone else. We run down a hall and hit a dead end. We didn't know which way to go but Scott somehow knew. He told us all to go left. We kept going until we saw a light. We ran faster toward it and we came outside.

We saw a chopper there and a man stepped out. I think we all heard him in our heads when he said, "It'll be alright, everyone. My name is Charles Xavier. I'm a mutant like all of you." Then he said out loud, "You're safe now. Come. We must go."

Professor Xavier had us all by the chopper, waiting for the others. I was getting worried for my mom and dad when I didn't see them in the chopper. I didn't say anything to anybody and just walked out. I started looking around the island for a few minutes until I heard sirens. Police sirens.

I ran in the opposite direction so that I was away from everything, hoping I could find my parents. I was walking when I saw someone walking by themselves, getting ready to leave. I saw my dad alone but I didn't see my mom. I started running to my dad as I called out to him.

He slowly turned around and I leaped into his arms, thankful he was ok. When I threw my arms around him, I felt him jerk, like a shock of electricity went through him. I pulled away and he looked like he had a shocked expression on his face like he remembered something.

He was staring at the ground for a few minutes and then he looked up at me. It looked like he had tears in his eyes as he whispered in a hoarse voice, "Kid?" I didn't even get to say anything since he pulled me in for a hug so fast. He hugged me tightly, like he was afraid if he let go, then he would never see me again. Like I would disappear.

We both pulled away and I asked him, "Daddy, where's mom?"

He looks down for a minute until he kneels in front of me with his hands resting on my shoulders. He looks me straight in the eyes and says, "Scout…your mother…" it sounds like he tries to hold back a sob. "She's dead."

He looks at me, waiting for my response. I start shaking my head and slowly backing away from him. He quickly stands up and starts to walk toward me. I run backward, away from him, almost yelling, "No. No, you're lying! She's not dead! She can't be. She's waiting for us. I know it!"

I look all around the space where we were and look around for any sign of my mother. I didn't see anything. I felt tears running down my face as I sit on the ground and silently cry to myself. I didn't notice anybody in front of me until they spoke. "Scout?" I look up and see my father. It looks like he wants to cry but is trying to keep it together. He pulls out something out of his pocket and slowly placed a necklace around my neck. But it wasn't any necklace. It was my mother's silver heart locker. I look at my father as he explains, "Before she died, she asked me to give this to you."

"What am I gonna do now?" I wonder out loud. "Mom's gone. Where do I go?"

He looks a little offended as he responds, "You'll stay with me."

I shake my head a little. "You've changed. You're not like you used to be. You're more violent and…" I trail off not wanting to tell my father that he can scare me and is more dangerous.

He gives me a soft look and whispers, "Come on, I'll take care of you."

I think it over a little. He is really protective of me and he won't let me go. I'm his daughter; he won't let anything happen to me. Besides, we've been separated for months and we just got each other back. I couldn't leave him like that. He's all I have left. And I'm all he has left. I look at him with tears in my eyes and ask, "You promise?"

"Yeah. Yeah, I promise." He says it with so much sincerity in his voice.

"Ok. I'll stay with you. You gotta make sure you keep that promise though." I agreed in a whisper.

"I will. One thing you should know darlin' is that you can trust me. You know that. You've known me your whole life. I ain't gonna let nothing bad happen to ya. I'll always be there for ya." My dad reassures me with a small smile.

"That's what mom said." I feared as I looked away.

"Well, let me tell you something. I ain't your mother, now am I? No, I'm your father and I'll always be there for you whenever you need me. Always." I look at him as he added that one last word. "Besides, I'm the Wolverine. Nothing can kill me. I'm stronger than anyone and if anybody comes after you, they'll have to go through me first."

I smile back a little and look at my necklace. It brings new tears to my eyes 'cause I know that it will always remind me that my mother is dead. But it will also remind me that she will always be watching over me.

I look at my dad and he's waiting for my next action. I didn't really know what to do so I stared back at him. My dad wrapped his arms around me, protectively and tightly. I squeeze my eyes shut, keeping the tears in my eyes, not letting them flow.

We pull away and he wipes my tears away. We hear the sirens getting closer and my dad pulls me up to my feet. He gives me a small nod, signaling for me to follow him. I give him a small nod back, saying I'll always be by his side. He grabs my arm and we both start running. I knew that this was only the beginning of a new life. And it was gonna start with just my dad and I, first.