Kurt caught up to her while she was walking to fourth period. "We have to go," he told her, dragging her down the hallway.

"What are you talking about? Let go Kurt." She tugged her arm away but he only gripped her arm tighter as he looked around the hallway. "Is there anyone around?" he asked.

"No. Why-"

Red smoke burst in front of her eyes and for a second the only feeling she had was of Kurt's hand, but then her feet touched ground and she held her arms out to steady herself.

"What the-" She stopped as she looked around, realizing that they were in the entrance hall of the mansion. Well… in the pieces of the hall. The front windows had been blasted out and the shattered glass littered the floor. One of the two doors lay crooked on its hinges. Dirt and snow that had been tracked in showed numerous sets of footprints.

Kurt's hand settled on her shoulder and she prepared herself as they teleported again, arriving in Ms. Xavier's office. Everyone was there, well, almost everyone. Quinn franticly counted heads and found, to her horror, that there were a couple people missing: Rogue, Kitty, Wolfsbane, Ms. Dugan, Kitchie… and Mark.

Dread settled in the pit of her stomach and she covered her mouth with a hand, worried that she was going to be physically ill. Everything seemed disjointed and the room seemed to tilt in every direction, not allowing her to ground herself and stay focused. Mr. Xavier was talking sitting behind his desk, talking, but Quinn couldn't hear a thing. This was too much like her nightmares and she pinched herself, trying to see if she'd wake up. It didn't work and she pinched herself again, hard enough that her short nails drew blood.

Then a gloved hand touched hers, moving it away from her arm, and everyone came into focus. She looked up at Caim, who merely pointed at Mr. Xavier, who was still speaking.

"-we will find where they are and we will get them back. If we understand her intentions correctly, no one will be hurt. I want my X-Men to meet me downstairs and the rest of you I simply ask to remain in the mansion." He rolled away from his desk and Quinn stepped up to him. "Why do you only want the X-Men?" she asked. "Can't we all help?"

Mr. Xavier met her gaze. "They've been doing this longer than the rest of you and I need a small, well organized, well trained group right now."

"Aren't we all trained?" Quinn snapped. "If not, then what the hell is the point of all our training missions?"

"Miss. Morr, we are wasting time talking. The sooner that the X-Men get assembled the closer we will be to getting out friends back."

"You're missing two members-"

"I am aware of that. Now please, let us work." He moved around her and out the door. The X-Men followed and Quinn crossed her arms, holding herself back.

"Arguing with him will only piss you off," Caim told her quietly. She glared up at him and he looked away. "You know I'm right." He stuck his hands in his pockets and walked out into the hallway. "Store up your energy for later," he called over his shoulder. "We're getting on that jet one way or another when they leave."

AN: I know that this chapter and the last have been short, sorry. I've been writing in a notebook and it gives me a false sense of the length of the chapter...

Enjoy though!