A/N: As promised, a new chapter post a little faster than usual.

CC - well I had a great teacher when it comes to bouncing between two ferals. So glad you liked it.

Logan watched Greer who sat motionless on one of the hospital beds, rocking back and forth while her eyes stared blankly into space. She had been in that position for almost three hours, not once breaking out of it to eat, sleep, drink...Nothing...and it was unnerving him. For once he felt so... powerless.

He looked up when he heard the Professor wheeling down the hall.

"And how is our patient doing?" Logan shook his head as he gestured at Greer's almost catatonic like state.

'Not good Chuck... Not good at all... Hasn't moved since I brought her in here... Hasn't said a word either...'

"Yes. That doesn't surprise me. I have been doing my best to delicately see what I could but it is very unclear. I am fairly certain that Greer is simply in shock and her mind doesn't know how to cope with what is happening."

'And what is happening, Chuck?' The Professor's eyebrows furrowed before he carefully approached the shaking girl.

"Greer?" There was no answer.

"Greer..."

"Locked up... That's what I have to be... Locked up for the rest of my life..."

"Greer…Greer it will be alright We are going to help you through this." Greer heard the Professor's calm voice but it didn't help. All she could see was the damage that she had done. Remembering the mess around her, not wanting to believe that she had done... all of that... What was left of her bedroom had looked as if a wild animal had been trapped within them…

"No Greer! You must not think that. You must never think that." The Professor said wheeling himself around to face Greer, Logan now protectively at her side. But Greer wasn't listening. She noticed for the first time that once again her claws were covered in blood. Greer turned and looked desperately at Logan.

"Oh no! I hurt you! Logan I cut you…I hurt you!" Greer's voice was near panic as she withdrew from Logan as if afraid she would suddenly strike him. Logan spread his arms and kept his voice low and calm.

"No you didn't Tigger. See? Not a scratch." Greer slowed her hyperventilating enough to realize that Logan was right. There was no healing wounds, no claw marks on his clothes.

"But I remember…there was someone else there…I remember the blood…" Greer barely whispered that last part, simply staring down at the drying red on her claws.

"You didn't hurt anybody Greer. You must have scratched yourself when you were trying to escape." Xavier had read Logan's mind and they agreed it was best to keep Greer in the dark.

"But everyone…everyone saw me. They all know the truth now. That I'm some – some animal that belongs in a cage." Greer had her hands across her chest, grabbing her shoulders as her ears laid flat on her head.

"No one thinks that Greer. You need to give them more credit than that. They love you. They're your family." The Professor reached out to grab Greer's hand but she jerked away. Suddenly the room she was in, the brightness, the medical equipment and the looks on Logan and the Professor's face…it was too much, the room was too small. She needed to get out.

"I need some air..." she heard herself mumble but Logan put a hand on her shoulder.

"Not yet kid. You need to give this some more time. Just rest for now." Greer wanted to argue but dropped her head...all the fight she had just wasn't there. Logan and Xavier shared a look and silently left the room as Greer just curled herself up so her tail draped around her in the middle of the bed.

...

"You just going to stay in here?" Colton didn't respond as Jean stood in the doorway to the darkened security room. The infirmary was on the main screen.

"How can you not be in there?" she sounded disappointed.

"You saw what happened...the last thing Greer needs right now is me." Colton rumbled.

'Jean, can you meet us in Debriefing Room A?'

"You're wrong." Jean gave Colton a final look of disappointment before heading down the hall where Logan and Xavier were waiting for her. Colton stayed where he was.

"Tell us, what happened?" Jean looked pretty raw. After what had happened she hadn't been able to do anything but worry about her friend. But now she gave both Logan and the Professor nervous looks.

"We want to help her Red. Just tell us." Logan prodded. Jean took a steadying breath and nodded her head as she started.

"Greer she – she's been having problems sleeping. Nightmares. She had been doing so much better but...recently...Sometimes they're strong enough that she even projects them into my sleep. They're…they made her do horrible things Professor. Weapon X. And somehow that's still affecting her." As Jean spoke the Xavier remained silent and Logan simply did his best from tearing up the examination room. He knew things had been bad with Greer but…he never knew it was this bad.

"And what happened tonight Jean?" The Professor asked.

"I'm not sure. I mean it was horrible…one of the worst episodes she's had but she kept getting worse. I think she was trying to run away from something but she got tangled in her sheets. I went to help her but she was still…lost. Lost in her nightmare and she…" Jean couldn't tell them. She was afraid…afraid of what had happened and afraid for Greer.

"Go ahead Jeanie..."

"Colton must have heard me. One minute it was just me and Greer and the next he was there. He was trying to hold her…to bring her back, but for some reason when he got close to her she just lost it. I've never seen her like that before. Everyone started crowding into the hall but Colton just kept trying to get Greer to calm down. Eventually he called for Logan and when Logan got there he left and…well you know the rest." Xavier looked sideways at Logan who gave a slight nod of his head.

"Alright Jean…that's enough for tonight. I think it's best you slept elsewhere for the time being." Jean seemed shocked after reliving the episode and silently left the room.

"Professor…Greer will – will Greer - " Jean spoke hesitantly in the doorway.

"Don't worry about Greer, Jean. We are do all that we can to help her." Jean gave a sad nod of her head and left Logan and the Professor alone.

"What are we dealing with here, Logan?" The Professor said seriously as Xavier noted Jean head into the elevator.

"I dunno Charles. Weapon X has a pretty straightforward mandate: they make mutants into weapons. Whatever they did to Greer...somehow it's still affecting her." The Professor frowned in worry as Logan just kept replaying what he had seen. The bed, the torn sheets, the deep gauge marks in the floor...and Greer thrashing.

"And what about tonight?" The Professor asked.

"I think she was in such a state that when Colton came in and tried to restrain her that her senses just equated him to Weapon X. His scent just reminded her of that hell hole..." Logan was now frowning deeply as well. Charles sighed and rested his head in his hand. Neither had gotten much sleep.

"Almost all of the students are gone for the holidays. We will need to figure out what to do for Greer before they come back." The Professor's words shook Logan from his thoughts but all he did was nod.

There was something happening to Tigger...and Logan had no idea how to stop it.

...

Greer hadn't hadn't been able to fall back asleep. In truth...she didn't really want to fall asleep. Hank had promised her the medicine would stop any dreams but...it just wasn't worth the risk. Her sharp hearing had picked up everything that was being whispered in the Mansion. Words like "animal" and "afraid" sticking out the most.

SHe tried closing her eyes but that didn't stop her from reliving everything...just deepening her shame and gritted her teeth as she realized that from what she had seen...Her pillow had been torn open... but not with her claws... But with her teeth... Ripped apart viciously apart by her fangs... Like some blood thirsty animal…

Greer curled further within herself while her hands fumbled wildly to reach her furred shoulders as they started to tremble uncontrollably. "What have they done to me? What will they all think of me…" she whispered fearfully, feeling the tears welling up in her emerald eyes. Bringing her head to her knees, she sobbed softly.

For so long... she had tried to convince Colton... convince herself that weapon x didn't change them... didn't change her... But... from the look of things... All that had happened these past few months... Was she just lying to herself? Was it possible that...The answer was just too frightening to think about...

Apex watched warily from the security room. The claw marks on his chest and arms were slowly healing but that wasn't his focus at the moment aside from a slight itching. Greer was clearly distressed, never once uncrossing her arms that were wrapped firmly around her shoulders. He allowed himself to relax slightly when he realized Greer clearly wasn't going anywhere. His original concern would be that she'd take off...

Greer spent the rest of the night like that of until the need to talk to someone...anyone...her mind drifted to Colton but that just made her feel worse. But if not him then who...

Apex noted Greer reaching for her phone and made sure to pick up on the call. Who could she be calling? His eyes narrowing as he observed her more closely...

'Tensed...hackles raise and the twitching of her tail means she's nervous...Or frustrated...probably both. Her breathing's picked up...Could she be afraid?' Apex released a small growl. 'Who is she calling?'

Apex slowed his breathing when he heard a voice on the other end...

"Hello?"

Greer's heart skipped a beat when she heard that familiar voice. Apex on the other hand couldn't help but notice how relaxed her posture suddenly became.

"Oh thank god...I was so afraid you wouldn't pick up..." He heard her exclaim. There was a pause on the other side of the line.

"Greer? I... I don't believe this..." The voice didn't sound happy and Apex looked in concern as Greer's ears lowered. The voice seemed to sense it too as his tone suddenly became more lighthearted.

" I love you and everything but really 5 am is a little pushing it..." Apex raised an eyebrow, "Who was this person?"

Greer clutched the edge of her tee harder.

"Yeah I know. I'm sorry...But... I just need someone to talk too... I know it's early but Gabe...Please..."

There was a pause on the other side from the one called Gabe, a name Apex was trying to put a face to. 'She seems to trust him, more than Logan... Or Jean...'

"Could be a relative..." he concluded seeing that was the most logical explanation. Who else would Greer trust more than the X-Men?,

"Unless..." Apex tensed up as he heard an intake of breath from the other side of the line...

"OK sis... What seems to be the problem that couldn't wait till a civilized time?"

Apex relaxed. He was right. Relative of Greer's... Her brother...One of the humans. He shook his head, that piece of information still unsettling to him.

Greer bit her lip as she considered if this was a good idea, feeling as if the weight of the world was trying to crush her.

"Gabe... I... I scare people..." she said finally. Her throat suddenly deciding to constrict just from the very thought of trying to describe to Gabriel what she had done. She paused, trying to be less vague and actually tell him what happened but a sudden wave of anger stopped her when there was a scoff from him.

"Greer you're just over reacting... What could you possibly have done to..."

"I almost attacked a friend..." Greer chocked remembering how Jean had literally plastered herself to the wall trying to get away from her. "And I think I attacked a teacher..." she said softly remembering the sensation of tearing through flesh...

"What do you mean you think?!" Gabe asked in confusion.

"There was blood... Everywhere... In the room, on the floor... Even on my... hands..." Greer confessed shakily before casting her eyes away from her claws... She could still smell the dried blood on them... She could practically still taste it in her mouth...

There was a pause on the other line.

"Oh..." was all her brother could muster, his lighthearted tone completely gone followed by a deadly silence causing panic to well up in Greer's chest.

"Is he... Is he scared of me too? No Gabe... Not you too..." she thought fearfully as she gripped the phone tighter. "Gabe... Gabe are you still there?" she called desperately. Her phone threatening to crack from her iron grip. There was a cough.

"Yeah I'm still here..." came a forced reply, and Greer tried to ignore the discomfort in her brother's voice.

"Gabe, you have to help me..." she pleaded.

"Help you? Greer I... I don't know how... Look... Why don't you ask that professor guy, he might know what to do." came his frustrated reply causing Greer's heart to sink and a second wave of fury to wash over her.

"I called you because you're the only one who understands me Gabriel..." she said slowly, hearing the hint of growl at the end of the line.

"Well I'm sorry if I don't know what to say OK? Look I need to get up for class in a couple hours..."

"DON'T HANG UP ON ME..." Greer snarled fiercely "Don't you dare hang up on me you ass. You are the reason I'm in this mess in the first place..." Her blood now starting to boil at critical levels. Greer continued, an irrational fury making her say things she'd never thought she'd say.

"YOU were the one who got kidnapped by MINOS not ME. YOU!"

"Greer I..."

"I could have easily just let him take you but no. No, I went after you..."

"Greer please..."

"I went after you...That must have been the single stupidest thing I could have ever done..."

"Greer..."

"If I hadn't gone after you... If I hadn't tried to save you...I wouldn't be having these nightmares...I wouldn't be hearing these things...I wouldn't be..." It was only now that Greer realized she was crying."I wouldn't be... I wouldn't be a... a..." and then she broke down sobbing...

Back in the surveillance room, Apex tried his best to absorb whatever that had just unfolded in front of him. He looked away uncomfortably...He felt out of place watching Greer like that...He felt out of place learning what had happened to her. For the first time, this was information he wished he didn't gather and he tried his best to block out the rest of the conversation between Greer and this Gabriel.

He could still hear bits and pieces but he no longer wished to catalog or analyze it. Apex didn't need to anyway... The person on the phone, Gabriel, was now doing a significantly better job of comforting Greer who was now telling him about the ordeal she underwent during her time at Weapon X... something Apex didn't need to hear. Something he didn't want to be reminded of...

Flipping off the screen, Apex sat in the darkened

As he readied himself to leave, a single line from Greer caused him to stop and slowly sit back in the chair, "As if I can still hear them in my sleep…" for some reason that gave Apex pause…

...

"Greer, it would be best if you would relax before we begin." Greer gave Xavier a look of trepidation as she tried to calm herself. She wished there was something she could do about her tail but as always...it had a mind of its own.

"Professor, if you don't mind, I'd just like to get this over with." Greer had finally relented to her brother and Xavier's request to try and scan her mind. Greer had felt terrified at the thought but eventually had agreed when the promise of being allowed outside of the infirmary was offered. Even though it had just been a day...Greer felt the need to get out of there.

"Greer, this is only for me to be certain that you will not be a danger to either yourself or the rest of the Mansion. I won't be digging any deeper than necessary. Now are you sure I cannot put the mental blocks back -"

"No." Greer fought back the snarl that wanted to accompany her refusal. She might have argued with Colton about it, but Greer didn't want to feel caged anymore...not even in her mind. Xavier had been surprised by her response, assuming after everything that had happened she would welcome it, but knew better than to push.

Xavier gave her a slightly worried look before closing his eyes.

At first, Greer could just see darkness. But soon her mind was flooded with images...as if a movie had suddenly been turned on but at double speed.

She had trouble deciphering what she was seeing...except that it was everything she was trying to forget.

Images kept flashing by...Stryker...of Creed...of Jamie...she could feel her breathing picking up...oh god...she had killed Jamie...blood...why was there blood on her hands...

'Greer...I need you to stay focused.' She could hear Xavier's voice and tried to regain some control...

Colton sitting outside of the cage watching her...

Tigra...Stryker...doctors...people hurting her...her head hurt...

'Greer, stay calm...I'm almost there.'

Things were getting worse...voices...she heard voices...god why did her head hurt so much...

'Greer? Greer I need you to wake up!'

"Greer!" Colton was standing over Greer as she had started convulsing, blood beginning to run from her nose. His hands on her shoulders trying to calm her, Xavier looked horrified.

"What did you do?!" Apex didn't even look at Xavier for an answer, his focus on trying to stop Greer from convulsing. Only a few seconds later Hank ran into the room and attempted to get to her.

"Stay back!" Apex roared at Hank, placing himself between the doctor and the shaking tigress, but Hank spoke in a calm but urgent tone.

"Colton...let me help her. I need to help her." A moment passed where Xavier was calling out for Logan to get to the infirmary, unsure of what was about to happen, before Apex gave a small nod of his head and Henry got to work.

"Greer? Greer can you hear me it's Doctor McCoy." Hank was trying to shine a light in her eyes but Greer's struggling was already slowing as Hank injected her with something.

"Voices...I hear voices..." was the last thing Greer muttered before she finally passed out.

Xavier looked up at Colton, the look on his face clearly going from concerned...to fury.

"Colton...what is it? Colton!"

But Apex was already at the stairs, not stopping until he reached Greer's room. Quickly entering, he didn't even verbally acknowledge Logan who had followed him in, likely on Xavier's orders.

"Kid, what are you -" Apex held up a hand to silence him, Logan being aware enough to realize he was looking for something. The two shared a nod as Apex began moving around the room making as little noise as possible. Finally, Apex came to Greer's bed and stopped. Logan noticed and stopped moving as well. Both breathed as little as possible.

Crouching so that he was even with the remains of the bed, Apex extended a claw and made a small hole in the wall that Greer's bed rested against just adjacent to where her head would rest. Reaching inside, Apex withdrew a small device that now outside the wall the pair could clearly hear. It was a recording of Greer's voice and what it was whispering…

"I know what this is. They use it for conditioning." Apex turned to see that Logan's claws were already out but Apex told Logan what he already seemed to know. "This is Weapon X."