Warning: There is a little bit of detailed gore in this chapter and if you're squeamish, read at your own risk.

I do not own claim to any of the X-Men or their universe (just my girl Mimik) and I make no money from this. Enjoy! ^^

After a couple of hours the lights flicker on and I start to hear the grumbles and moans of the other mutants as they all start to wake up.

After a bit longer a group of soldiers come in and stop right outside my cell.

I lie there waiting for one of them to say something to Wolverine, but suddenly that device in my neck starts emitting electricity and I fall off the cot, twitching, in shock. (No pun intended …)

The shock is very low, but it scared the shit outta me.

I look up at the soldiers, all of them hiding smiles, "What the fuck!"

The shocking stops and I get up and walk to the front of the cell, popping my claws and pulling back to hit the soldier closest to me.

The shocking hits me again but this time at full blast.

I drop to my knees, bent over in pain.

Deep laughter comes from the end of the hall as the electricity dissipates.

If this keeps up, I'm gunna develop a twitch…

The soldiers split and Wraith walks up and looks at me on the floor, "That is so much fun. This is definitely one of my new favorite toys."

He waves the little remote, "Get up."

I use a bar to pull myself up and I stand there glaring at him.

He smirks, "Do you know what today is?"

I look at the ground, trying to think, what the fuck is he talking about?

He crosses his arms, "Now don't tell me you've forgotten again. And the lab boys try so hard to make sure you remember the cutting board!"

Oh shit! That's what he's talking about?

Wraith sees the look cross my face and laughs, "There you go, see I knew you would remember! Now are you gunna be a good girl and come willingly?"

I back up and point my finger at him, shaking, "Fuck you! There is no way I'm going in that room again!"

Wolverine steps in between the cell bars and me and says to Wraith, "Leave her alone."

Wraith smiles, actually happy, and if I know Wraith, that isn't a good thing.

I back into the corner of the cell and watch as Wraith nods to one of his men.

They open fire and bullets tear into Wolverine, spraying the cell with blood.

A flash of a little girl, crying for her daddy goes through my head and then is gone.

I shake my head and watch in horror as Wolverine just stands there, a look of extreme pain on his face.

Jean is screaming for them to stop and the others are yelling as well.

Wraith signals for the men to stop and Wolverine drops to his knees, bleeding, mutilated, with holes going right through him.

One of the men opens the cell door and goes to move him, but he snarls and pushes the man back out.

The wounds are already healing and he stands up and looks at Wraith, "Obviously you don't know me very well, bub. I don't like it when sick fucks like you mess with kids. Now like I said, leave her the fuck alone."

Wraith just sighs and pulls out his modified Desert Eagle and aims it directly at Wolverine.

He smirks and pulls the trigger, hitting Wolverine right between the eyes.

He collapses and I run over and kneel next to his body, "Oh god, please don't be dead."

The wound bleeds a little and then stops and I can hear him breathing.

I slump in relief and then look up at Wraith, "Even if I go with you, you won't guarantee you won't hurt any of them, will you?"

He thinks on it for a second and then says, "If you promise to go willingly to see the good doctor and let him do his job WITHOUT knocking you out first, then I promise I won't hurt any of your little mutie pals until you get back. Deal?"

He holds out his hand and I get up and walk over to the door and then out to him. I look at his hand and then up at him and then I grin and stab that mother fucker right through the hand with all four claws.

He screams in pain and aims at me with his pistol, "You little bitch!"

And then all at once my head feels like it is going to split open and I scream, holding either side of it, and then collapse.

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Wraith is just standing there looking at Kim's unconscious body, "What the fuck just happened?"

The soldiers around him looked just as confused as he is.

One of the men asks, "Should we still take her to Cornelius?"

Instantly Wraith becomes serious saying, "Yeah take her to the lab, we'll have to explain to the Doc whatever the fuck that was."

Another of the men closes the cell door, "Are we just leaving him here?"

Wraith nods, "He's fucking useless anyways."

They walk away, dragging Kim's unconscious body between them.

I look at Beast and ask, "Vhat just happened?"

Beast shakes his, "I honesty have no idea Kurt."

Jean from the cell next door says, "Did you see her? I've never seen her so scared. What could possibly make someone like her THAT terrified?"

Iceman is pale and looks like he might be sick, "He mentioned a cutting board…"

"But she looked in immense pain ven he pointed his gun at her and it vould seem zat even he did not know vhat had happened to the fraulein."

Wolverine sits up, rubbing his forehead, "Did he get the kid?"

Beast nods, "They took her away not more than a few minutes ago."

Wolverine sniffs, "Did she cut him?"

Beast looks at the droplets of blood in the hall and says, "She stabbed him in the hand and then as he pointed his gun at her, she screamed and passed out from what seemed like a head pain."

"If zis pain and torture is ze same as vhat he plans for us, God please grant us her strength."

Iceman begins to cry again, "I don't want to be here anymore guys. All the screaming and the constant threatening, I can't take it. Maybe I should just try to escape and risk the stupid bomb."

Cyclops walks to the front of the cell and looks at the poor young man, "We'll get out of here Bobby. Before you know it you'll be back to doing that homework you love so much and I will personally give you lessons on how to fly the Blackbird."

Colossus comforts his friend and Iceman's crying quiets.

"I cannot vait to be able to feel grass again. It is such a simple pleasure ve easily take for granted."

Beast smiles at me and says, "If you like, my blue companion, when we get out of here, you can join us at our home. It is a safe place for mutants to come and learn how to control their powers and live among humans as equals. You wouldn't have to hide or be ashamed of who you are."

"Oh I am not ashamed Herr Beast. God haz made me zis vay for a purpose. I do hide to prevent ozers from being afraid, but I do not hide because I am ashamed of my looks."

Beast smiles, "If only we all had your point of view, my friend."

We sit and watch Wolverine finish healing and try to wipe off the blood from his face and arms, giving up when he saw the coat of red-brown painting the back of the cell.

And then we hear the door open at the end of the hall and we wait only to find that is a soldier passing out trays of poor food to all the mutants.

The X-men and I pass the time talking about we what have done for fun and such other light stories as to keep spirits up.

After what I believe is a day, they still do not bring back Kim.

I am worried for the poor girl, no one deserves such treatment.

She always try to act all tough and uncaring, but I see little cracks here and there in her shield that show a smile, or sadness, or even terror.

And even though she endures this torment she stays strong and deep down I believe she is still good.

At this thought I turn to Beast who is writing poetry on the wall with his spoon, "You offered a place for me in zis institute of yours, but if we get out would you offer Kim ze same?"

He stops what he's doing and looks at me, surprised, "Of course, any mutant is welcome, as long as they abide by our rules."

Cyclops huffs and says, "Do you really think she'll do that? She's a killer Beast, she belongs here."

I jump up and say, "How can you say such sings? Do you not see her fear and pain? How can you say she BELONGS here? She sacrificed herself for Jean and Storm's well being and even ze first time she met us she tried to free us. Vhat about zat bomb? She risked her life to stop zat too. And if you truly believe zat she is evil, zen I do not know if I vant to be a part of your team."

He just looks at the floor with clenched teeth and I sit down, my tail lashing in anger at his words.

Beast quotes a famous line saying, "The enemy of mine enemy is my friend."

I look at my hands and start to pray, for us, for safety, and especially for Kim.

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After two days (judging by the lights and the food trays), Wraith finally returns with Kim walking calmly behind him.

He opens the cell door, pushes her towards the door, she walks in and he shuts it behind her.

I walk to the front of the cell and Wraith looks at me as he walks away, smiling.

"Kim, Kim are you all right fraulein?"

She just stands there, no expression.

Wolverine gets up and stands in front of her waving his hand in front of her eyes, "The lights are on, but nobody's home."

"Mien God, what have they done to her?"

Wolverine walks her over to her cot and somehow gets her to sit, he sits next to her, trying to evoke any emotion from her, "Come on kiddo say something."

Sabertooth answers him as he walks up to the cell, "She ain't gunna do shit, Runt. The lab boys definitely fucked with her head this time."

"Vhat did zey do?"

Sabertooth doesn't look at me but says, "She had to have her memories fucked with, they were too close to the surface and so they had to repress them again before doing their tests on her. She woke up in the middle of them cutting into her heart and she didn't even flinch. They poked around too much in that green melon of hers and flipped the wrong switch."

He crosses his arms and says, "On a lighter note, the runt and I are going on a picnic."

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Wolverine has what looks like metal cuffs put on his wrists that cover his hands up so he can't use his claws and the he gets dragged out by three soldiers who follow Sabertooth down the hall and out the door.

The mutants wait and watch Kim who just continues to sit there, staring into space.

After a few hours of no change they feel the entire building shake and hear a crash outside.

The door opens and a few soldiers come in and check on the prisoners saying, "Remain calm."

One of them shouts and points his gun at the door, "Don't move!"

A flash of green goes by them and the soldiers looking are looking at their empty hands, shocked and confused.

One of them pulls out a small remote like device and holds a shaking hand up to his attackers saying, "I- I'll do it! Don't think for one second that I won't blow the brains outta each one of these muties!"

All the X-Men are standing at the fronts of their cells gripping the bars tightly as they strain to see who the obviously mutant assailants are.

The soldiers slowly begin to back up as the mutants come into view. Iceman was the first to express his surprise, "Quicksilver! Scarlet Witch! You have no idea how glad we are to see you two! I totally forgive you guys for being jerks!"

Quicksilver, a lean, white haired guy with a green suit on smiled at the poor kid and said, "We may not see eye to eye, but we would never turn our backs on our brothers and sisters at a time like this."

Beast brings the focus back on the scared and angry soldiers, especially the one with the remote by saying, "If we could save the pleasantries for a later time, we still have this current issue to that is a little more in need of your attention."

The woman Iceman called Scarlet Witch, a dark haired woman dressed in all red, holds out both of her gloved hands and suddenly they begin to fill with little metal devices.

The X-men touch their necks as they feel a quick sharp pain come and then go.

The soldiers' eyes go wide and they drop the remote and run to the opposite end of the hall where Quicksilver catches them and throws them into empty cells, locking them in.

He holds up a card key and then runs down the hall, opening the doors within a matter of seconds. They all rush out, glad to be free.

The other mutants that were not among the X-men ran out the door taking their chances with trying to escape on their own.

Nightcrawler teleports across the hall into the other cell, where Kim still sat staring into space, he gets her to stand up and walk out of the open, blood covered cell.

Scarlet Witch looks at the two colorful mutants and asks Cyclops, "Friends of yours?"

He nods, "We met them here, and they're coming with us."

She watches Kim for a second and then says, "Let's hurry and get you guys outta here, I can only assume what you've been through."

Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch lead them out of the barracks and into the main courtyard which now looks like a battlefield lit up by the lights of the facility because night had fallen.

Mutants of all varieties were fighting and rounding up the soldiers across the facility, some escaped but most were thrown into a small warehouse to be guarded by a few larger mutants.

The X-men look around at the chaos and Jean asks, "How did you know to find us?"

"I asked them for a favor."

They all turn to see Wolverine, cuts healing in random places on his body, but no worse off than when they last saw him.

Jean smiles, "So you did have a plan!"

He nods, "And the other people I asked to step in should be here at any time."

Cyclops turns to Beast and says, "We need to find the Professor."

Beast looks at Kim, "She said he would most likely be located in the labs, but we have no idea where that would be."

Cyclops clenches a fist and looks over at the warehouse full of captive men, "Let's go ask."

They walk away and slowly the fighting dies down as the last of the soldiers and scientist are caught.

Nightcrawler stands near the others, holding Kim's shoulders as so to direct her when to walk when needed.

He looks across the court yard and a movement catches his eye and he points, "Is zat ze Colonel?"

Suddenly Kim's head snaps to that direction, her claws emerge and before Nightcrawler could stop her she runs off towards the man trying to sneak away.

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Red, pain, blood…

It's all I see and all I want.

I run across the space quickly charging at the pathetic coward as he tries to hide in the shadows.

Roaring, I jump on him, pinning him to the ground.

He yells and tries to struggle, but I stab him right through his right shoulder, pinning him down.

He shouts and then stills, a smile creeping over his face.

He uses his good arm to hold up the remote he pulled from his pocket and presses the button.

I feel the pain and hiss, but I don't move and he goes wide-eyes as he begins to feel the electricity coming into him through my blades in his shoulder.

I lean in close and whisper, "How does it feel?"

He yells in pain and then presses the button again and throws the remote.

His face a mixture of hatred and pain, he looks up at me and says, "Go on, do it. Be the good little weapon that you are and do it."

I can smell the stink of fear roll off him in waves even though he doesn't show it.

I grin and say, "You should suffer, as I have. I should make you feel every pain you have ever caused to me or anyone else."

I pause and look at my free set of claws, raising them to his face; I revel in the new wave of fear rolling off of him.

"But as much as I would like to, the thought of letting you live any longer makes me sick."

I pull my arm back, aiming the claws at his throat.

Something touches my arm and I see Nightcrawler standing there, holding it with both of his hands.

I growl at the blue furred creature and say, "Get away from me!"

A determined look crosses his face and he says, "If you kill him now fraulein, he wins. Don't let him make you into a monster."

I snarl at him and throw him backwards, leaving four shallow cuts across his chest, "I already am a monster!"

I turn quickly and stab Wraith through his neck, severing his spine.

His blood sprays into my face and I stab him again and again, feeling the life drain from him, until I am just cutting into his mutilated corpse.

Someone drags me off of him and this time I let them.

I sit there for a moment just staring at the mass of flesh in front of me, breathing deeply.

I can now feel the tears running down my face washing away streaks of sticky blood.

I turn to see Wolverine staring down at me and I open my mouth to say something and stop. I can't and won't explain my actions; he didn't know him, like I did…

He offers me a hand, a look of understanding on his face.

I hesitate and then take it, letting him help me to my feet.

I look over and see the X-men standing near other mutants, most of them with looks of horror or disgust on their faces.

I retract my claws and jump as a hand is placed on my shoulder and I look to see Nightcrawler, looking sad and pained, but not disgusted like the others.

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Wolverine smiles as he hears the sound of a helicopter descending and then landing in the middle of the facility.

He nods at me and then walks away, towards the chopper.

I walk over slowly watching as the black, military grade chopper opens and a handful of men in black military outfits and guns come out and line up in formation.

I stop and growl as I see the emblem on their uniforms, they're S.H.I.E.L.D.

Another man steps out, he's African American and one eye is covered by a black eye patch and I snarl as I see him.

That is the head of S.H.E.I.L.D, Colonel Nick Fury. He tried to acquire me for his own purposes once, but the "Boss" had high enough connections that even Fury couldn't have me.

Wolverine walks up and greets him and Nick says, "It would seem that your friends have everything under control Logan."

Wolverine looks out at the group of mutants guarding the warehouse and the group standing off to the side, waiting for him.

He shrugs and says, "At least you can take the men in the warehouse in and lock them up. I didn't think Magneto would send half the Brotherhood out when I asked him for his help."

Nick scans the courtyard and his eyes rest on me, "Well we can do that, and I'll get to get something I want from here as well."

Wolverine follows his gaze and he holds up a hand, "Hold up a second, Fury. You told me you'd let all the mutants involved Project X go. ALL OF THEM."

Nick frowns, turning to the shorter, gruff man, "You don't expect me to just let her walk outta here? Do you have any idea how valuable she is? And how dangerous?"

Wolverine looks at me and says, "It would seem like she doesn't want to go with you. And if she doesn't want to go, then I'm gunna make sure she doesn't."

Fury glares at Wolverine for a moment and then raises his hands in surrender, "Fine, take her."

He signals for his men to spread out and says, "Go round up the men locked in the warehouse and then we need to check the facility, for anything that can be salvaged."

The men head over to the warehouse and the mutants move away, joining the X-men and the others that are standing there.

I gnash my teeth, the adamantium make a grating metal sound. "I don't think so Fury! You are not going to get any of the info on me or the others! You can just go fuck yourself if you think you're going to use anything in there to duplicate this shit!"

I run into the lab building, running past Beast and Cyclops carrying somebody between them.

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Fury runs a hand through his graying hair in frustration as he watches Kim tear into the labs, most likely to destroy any equipment or files she could find.

Beast picks up the old bald man that he and Cyclops were carrying out from the labs in his arms as Cyclops walks over to Jean and hugs her, "We found him."

Tears run down their faces, Cyclops turns to Quicksilver and his group of mutants, "Can we go home now Pietro?"

The speedy mutant nods and signals for some of the mutants to go and retrieve their jet.

An explosion shakes he ground and they all turn to see the entire lab building and main building go up in flames.

Nightcrawler runs over to the others, holding a hand over the bleeding cuts in his chest and says, "Kim vent in there! Should ve not try to help her?"

Cyclops shakes his head and watches Nick Fury and his men put the captives in cuffs and load them into their helicopter, "If she's not back by the time we leave we're leaving her behind."

Nightcrawler watches sadly as the burning buildings crumble a little, "Zen I hope she returns quickly…"

After a couple minutes a large black jet comes into view, hovering over the large courtyard before landing.

Quicksilver leads the others into the jet, as well as some of the captive mutants that they convinced to join their cause instead of fleeing into the snowy forests of the Canadian mountains that surrounded the facility.

Beast carried the unconscious Professor into the jet as well, leaving only Wolverine and Nightcrawler, both watching the buildings, waiting.

Scarlet Witch stands at the top of the ramp leading into the jet and says, "We need to leave guys. We need to get your Professor back to your med lab and then we need to get these poor mutants back to our father."

Wolverine grunts and turns to join her when Nightcrawler grabs his arm, "Vait! Look!"

He turns and looks to where the blue man was pointing to see someone emerging from the flames of the lab building.

Kim looks burnt and tired; she slowly walks over to them, her tail dragging in the dirt behind her.

She's clutching something to her chest tightly and as she comes closer they see that they're thick files, slightly brown on the edges but otherwise kept safe from the flames by her hands and arms.

When she reaches Wolverine she stops and looks up from the ground at him and says, "It's over…"

Nightcrawler catches her as her knees give way and she passes out, physically and emotionally drained.