Rebekah

Cyclops starts to lecture me but Beast stops him.

"We'll have time for that later. What have you found out, Panthera?"

Okay, I'm in trouble. He's referring to me by my codename.

"Basically, you can't stop it unless you find a way to catapult one or both of us back home. Seeing as neither of us know exactly how we got here and I didn't really notice any wormholes under my bed, your guess is probably a lot better than mine."

"Er…"

I roll my eyes at Angel.

"Wormholes? Come on, it's basically the excuse for every single sci-fi story out there. It's sort of like… You know the sheet diagram they use for spacetime? A wormhole is basically a pinprick in the sheet."

"Huh?"

Magneto, still chained up with plastic cuffs sighs.

"A wormhole Angel. Ask your hairy friend."

Beast shakes his head.

"No time. And then there's what to do with Isaac…"

Cyclops nods.

"He needs to be tried. Send Panthera back…"

I leap up.

"Don't you dare! Don't you DARE! It's my fault anyway!"

Everyone stares at me.

"Come on, surely you worked it out. You've been drugging me as it is. Repressing the instincts. Isaac copied that and no one knew it. And it was amplified by Wolverine and Sabretooth's natures. It's our own fault. He just went to the pack leader who seemed strongest. It's what wolves do."

Everyone stares at me.

"What?"

"Drugging?"

Beast, Cyclops and Professor X exchange slightly embarrassed glances. I sigh.

"Seriously, it was just a minor anaesthetic. It meant I wasn't hunting you all, pouncing on you and trying to rip your throats out."

And then I blink.

"Why isn't Isaac in here anyway? This affects him as much as it does me?"

Logan winks.

Isaac

Logan strolled out of the room and sat beside me.

"What's going on?" I asked

"The good thing is they aren't going to lock you up."

"It wouldn't have mattered anyway. I would have escaped sooner or later."

Rebekah came out accompanied by Storm and Cyclops. She was led away without a word.

"Rebekah saved your hide back there. She said that she'd been drugged since she got her powers so that she'd stay in control. She thinks you've been copying her undrugged nature and that's why you've been so vicious. Being around her is making you go crazy. We might have to start drugging you as well."

I remained silent. Speaking wouldn't get me anywhere here.

"But we both know that's not what happened don't we?" Logan said. "Deep down you've always had the ability to be a killer. Your powers just brought that out."

"So do you think I shouldn't have got these powers?"

"We don't get to decide who gets special abilities and who doesn't. It might make it easier if we could though."

"Well one ability I picked up is the ability to jump start mutant powers. I just don't know how to control it yet."

"Really? We could use that. Say, if you were given the chance, would you join the X-Men again?"

"I doubt that's going to happen but perhaps. I'm definitely not going back to Magneto."

"That won't happen anyway. He's firmly locked up in a secure plastic prison in the sublevels."

"Did you search him?"

"Yes we did. Why?"

"Did he have a small medallion around his neck?"

"Yeah but it was silver so we didn't confiscate it. He said it was his mother's."

"It's a S.O.S signal. It's to call the Brotherhood."

"What!" Logan said jumping up. There was a loud explosion. The earth trembled for several seconds.

"I've got to go," Logan said.

"Logan, aren't you forgetting something?" I said gesturing at the inhibitor collar.

"Isaac, you know I can't do that. You're not trusted yet."

"Do you trust me?"

"I can't be sure yet."

"Give me a chance to convince you."

Logan's claws slid out. Like lightning, Logan sliced through the collar. It clattered to the floor.

"Kid or no kid, if you turn against us I will gut you," Logan said with a solemn face.

"I'm not a kid," I replied moving towards the door.