The men kept dragging us away while I could hear my father calling our names. We were on a pier, racing to a car by the water. We were right next to it when I heard dad call us, sounding close. We both turned around and saw him running toward us, not far behind.

The men shoved us in the car, Mariko, who was weaker, went in first. I on the other hand put up more of a fight. I tried to cause a distraction so dad could get to us. I was hitting the man who had the gun, which wasn't a very smart idea. He got tired of it so he ended up punching me in the face, causing me to fall and him throwing me in the car.

I knew dad was right there when the man, who hit me, went flying away from the car and dad stood right in front of the door. He tried to grab me and I tried to reach out for him but the person who was driving, sped away, making the door close. I looked behind me and saw dad running after the car, calling our names, leaving me to call out, "Daddy!" knowing he heard me.

The passenger leaned back to us and stuck a needle in the back of my neck. I felt dizzy in a second and I couldn't see straight. Everything was blurry and I could hear Mariko yelling at the men in the car in Japanese. Last thing I saw was them, sticking her with a needle too. Before I passed out, I felt my hair turn purple, hoping my dad would find us soon.

When I woke up, I realized we were back at the house where we met Mariko. They took us to a room and closed all the doors. I turned to face whoever was in there and saw it was Mariko's father. He simply looked at us and talked to her. He kept talking to her in Japanese and I didn't understand anything. When he pulled out a sword, I ran towards a door and opened it. There were men guarding it and they just closed it.

Mariko's father glared at me and continued to talk to his daughter. They started fighting and when he was about to hit her, Mariko grabbed his hand so he wouldn't touch her. She looked very brave but scared at the same time. He started to drag us towards the door when we were met with people who were dressed in black and pointed arrows at us.

Men grabbed us and led us outside. Mariko was fighting back along with me, punching anyone we could reach. Someone came out of the shadows and started talking with Mariko, making her stop and talk back, leaving me confused. He grabbed her hand and led her to the car.

We drove for a while, it was nearly midnight. I knew something was wrong and had to go back to that house. They wouldn't turn around so I did the only thing I thought I could do. I opened the door and jumped out. I heard Mariko yell my name but they didn't stop. They kept going until I couldn't see them anymore.

I walked the opposite way we were going, the way we came from. I headed back to the house and saw a car that wasn't there before. I heard yelling and crashing in a room so I ran towards it. I opened the door and found something that had me turn my eyes and hair dark blue.

I saw Yukio battling Mariko's father, keeping him away from my father. Dad was lying on a table, bleeding, trying to grab something that was in his heart. I saw him rip out a small electric bug thing out of his body and saw him having trouble breathing. I let out a loud sob, understanding what was happening. "Daddy!"

He turned to me and his eyes widened only a little as he tried to control his breathing. "Scout, get out of here! Now!"

That was the last thing he said before I saw him stop breathing completely, his eyes party still open. Mariko's father, Shingen threw Yukio on the floor and started walking towards my father. I immediately put up a force field around him, running at him. I jumped on his back as I heard Yukio call out, "Sukauto!"

Shingen quickly threw me on the ground and stabbed me in the shoulder with his sword. I let out a cry of pain. Yukio came and grabbed a sword. They both started battling again but soon, she was on the ground, knocked out. I ran to her, and jumped over her when Shingen launched his sword at us. I shut my eyes, and gripped onto Yukio's shoulder's waiting for it.

But it never came. When I looked up, I saw three claws holding the sword back. "Don't hit my friends. And nobody touches my daughter!" Dad threw him across the room and got up, stalking over to him. "Where's Mariko?!"

"She's gone! The Viper bitch took her! With my father's obsession of mutation, it's his mistake. Like you and those two girls! That ruined this house."

Dad and Shingen started swinging their own weapons at each other. They ended up going outside in the storm. I started to shake Yukio, trying to wake her. I continued to hear them yelling and metal clanging against metal. I wanted to be by my father's side so bad but I knew he had to do this alone. Yukio opened her eyes and looked around to find dad gone.

"You're father, where is he?"

"He's taking care of Shingen, don't worry."

She pulled me into a hug and whispered, "Thank goodness you're ok Sukauto. Anata wa shin no senshida. It means 'you are a true warrior."

"Thank you, Yukio. That means a lot coming from you."

I felt someone come in the room and when I turn around, I find my dad standing there with a small smile on his face. I run and jump in his arms, hugging him tightly as I cried. "Don't you ever do that again! I thought you were actually dead!"

"That's why I told you to leave the room, sweetheart." He turns to Yukio gives her a soft smile. "Told ya you were wrong. Here, let me look at ya." He examines her face, looking at the cut she had on her face the turning to me, looking at my shoulder.

Since we were already in a doctor's room, he grabs something and wraps my shoulder up. Yukio reassures him about her face. "It's nothing. I'm fine. Don't worry."

"Kay. Thank you. Both of you." He gets up, grabs a piece of paper and walks out of the room. I follow him and he steals a motorcycle. He starts it and turns to me, waiting for me to get on. I hopped on and we took off.

As we were driving, I felt like it was before everything happened and it was just the two of us. We drove up a mountain and stopped at the edge. We saw a small town below us with many lights and then a large building behind everything. We went down further into the town and stopped again. I leaned over and sensed something. "Dad, something's not right. There's a lot of people here. Somebody brought back up. They knew we were coming."

Someone comes in the middle of the road and glares at us. Dad carefully and slowly get off while whispering, "Go. Get inside the building, find Mariko and do everything you can to protect yourselves. Make sure you're not seen and be careful."

I nod my head as I get off and run in the woods, behind the houses. I heard lots of yelling but I never looked back. I kept running until I was inside. I saw many guards waiting by the door and I pretended to be a lost child. I started to 'cry' and walk past them. They looked worried but suspicious at the same time. They came over to me and followed me when I went back in the woods. The moment we were out of sight, I flew behind them, broke one of their necks and kicked the other in the hhmm hhmm's, letting them fall down and pass out.

I took one of their outfits and pretended to be a guard. I walked inside and started looking for Mariko. I kept my head down whenever I felt someone coming near. I got to the top and found her, looking down outside, staring at something. I quietly made my way next to her and saw what she was looking at.

There was dad, on his knees with many arrows in his back attached with strings, causing him to stop. Soon, he fell to the ground, passed out. I couldn't help but yell for my dad. Mariko looked at me, shocked to find me there. The guards came and tied me up, chains holding my hands behind my back. Viper came and leaned down to me. "You know, I should kill you now! But you're just another weakness to Wolverine so I have to keep you alive. For now. After that, you'll be nothing but a scared, worthless child with nothing."

After that, she left me alone in a corner to get my dad. Mariko was sent somewhere upstairs with the man that came for us at the house and took her here while I jumped out of the car. I knew that everything she said…was not true. I might've thought it was when I was stuck at 14 years old but now I know better. I know I have a family, a home, my father is proud of me, so is Storm, Scott, and Bobby. I would always have them for as long as I live.

They dragged dad up where I was but set him in a chair that was made out of the same thing that his bones were made of. Adamantium. He woke up and started looking around. His eyes met mine and they showed worry and a small bit of fear.

Viper came and talked to him, the same way she talked to me. I couldn't hear what they were saying but I saw dad get his claws out and then all of a sudden, a huge metal samurai started to move. He walked in front of my dad and got out his own sword. He raised his sword and it glowed red. He brought it down but at the last second, Mariko jumped in front of it, protecting dad and I put up a force field around them.

Instead of cutting off dad's claws, he broke the chair and dad was free. He quickly ran over to me and cut my chains. He pushed me towards the door. "Get Mariko and get out of here! This is gonna get a hell of a lot worse and you don't want to be here for that." I was about to object when he cut me off. "Listen, Kid. This is something I don't even know how to fight. And if I don't have any clue about it, then you sure as hell don't. Now go!"

I didn't want to but I grabbed Mariko and she followed me. Dad did to but only for a little bit. The metal Samurai followed us as well. He turned around and tackled the Samurai, both of them falling down. Mariko and I looked over the edge and saw him ok but the Samurai was getting ready again. He yelled for both of us to get out of here but we stayed.

The Samurai raised the sword and cut off dad's right hand claws. I yelled out, just as he did. He fell down the circle that went to the basement. I called out for him as the Samurai jumped down too, chasing after him. I started running down the stairs as fast as I could, following them. Seconds later, all the power went out.

I started walking carefully, not wanting to trip and fall or get hurt. I felt my eyes turn a new color. Green. Worried. I put up a force field around myself so nobody could sneak attack and hurt me. I kept going when I heard them falling down even further. I looked and saw they were at the very bottom and something smashed open the wall.

I was guessing dad was hanging onto something out there so I decided to move more quickly. I ended up running as fast as I could down there. I heard dad cry out in pain once more and when I looked, I saw the Samurai cut his other claws off. I tried to run faster, ignoring the sounds around me. I finally got there and saw that it wasn't just a robot.

It was Master Yashida who we all thought had died. He had dug something into dad's cut open claws and drilling into them. He was yelling out in pain but yelled for me when he saw I was running towards them. I was about to attack Yashida when he quickly turned around and threw me against the wall. I hit my head hard and was dizzy and everything was blurry when my body made a loud sound with the floor.

I saw Mariko coming behind him, making sure I was alright first. I lay there, unmoving for several moments, trying to regain my strength. I saw dad was getting pale and I was losing him. Mariko threw some on the cut off claws at Yashida and hit him in the head. He turned to her, shocked, letting go of dad. "Mariko, it is me. Your grandfather."

"I buried my grandfather."

Yukio came beside me and helped me up, being careful and gentle. Mariko stuck her grandfather in the throat with one of the claws. As he was dying, dad got back up and started ripping the metal apart. He might have lost his metal claws but he got back his bone claws. They came out and stabbed Yashida. He dragged him to the opening in the wall and threw him off the cliff.

Dad turned to us, breathing heavy, trying to keep his balance. "You alright?"

We didn't answer and he collapsed. He fell to the floor, unconscious. I was still injured but I ran toward him, calling for him, trying to wake him up. I started crying, thinking I lost my father for good. Mariko and Yukio came next to me, Mariko grabbing dad's arm, whispering his name. I now had blue and green eyes and hair when I felt myself dozing off.

I remembered the sword wound I took at the house, battling Mariko's father. The contact my head had with the wall and the floor made it all the worse. I was zoning in and out. All I could understand was Yukio noticed and tried to keep me awake while I was lying beside my almost dead father. In a few seconds, I was out.