Home… it has been so long since I been here. Just on the border of Mexico and Texas, it was a small farm where my parents raised me for only a few short years. Those years may have been short but they were fun. I'll miss them so much but I was not here to grieve. I was on a mission… to find their journals.

"Hey, you alright Jamie?" Devlin asked me putting his paw over my shoulder. I smiled up at him and nodded, so long as he was with me I would be fine… I think.

"Yeah… thanks for taking me here Dev, it wont be for long I just got to find their things." he shook his head pulling me to his fuzzy chest in a hug.

"It's alright Jamie," he said softly as I felt tears dropping from my eyes not able to take it anymore… I hugged him tightly crying into his furry neck. "we can stay for as long as you need."

"Thank you." I squeaked out trying to keep calm and not burst into tears. I couldn't help it, I wanted to cry so badly that it made my eyes burn. I missed them so much, I was kidding when myself to try and not feel bad being here. I wanted to curl up into a ball the moment my feet hit the hot desert dirt. This place brought up so many memories that it made my head hurt.

"Its no problem at all, I know you need this so I am here for you Jamie. Through thick or thin, I promise." I had to smile at that, even when he decided to sleep in Logan's room he was still so nice to me. We hardly see each-other through most of the hard things in our lives but its fine since he still spends time with me. I would not have it any other way really.

We walked into the barn and he smiled. It was a nice place but covered in a thick layer of dust from no use. It didn't really matter if it was up kept to me since we did not grow anything despite it being a farm. I seen a few people come by every now and again but they never looked like farmers. Some wore lab coats just like my parents and others wore weird clothes you would see in spy shows and movies.

I walk to my parents room as I took a deep breath then entered seeing it full of their stuff just like it was before I left save for a spider web in the corner of the room that I left, no need to send the thing out of its new home. It would make more use then my parents will now that they are… gone.

I closed the door already having looked in there before I left for the institute. I was thankful the professor was kind enough to let me spend one last night here before I left… I just.. I didn't want to leave without saying goodbye to them. I went to my room and sighed shaking my head, it was so dusty just like everything else… if mom saw that she would have tanned my hide.

"Jamie? You OK?" I turned my head seeing Devlin as I let out a deep sigh.

"Yeah just a lot of memories… and dust..." it looked like he was about to say something but all that came out was a sneeze. I chuckled as I looked through my pockets giving him a tissue for him to wipe his… huh… do I call it a muzzle or snout? I am not to smart with dog anatomy…. I mean wolf!

"Thanks man, sorry about that yeah there is a lot of dust. How long has it been since you came back?" I shrugged.

"Not to sure, I don't keep track of time and dates, I keep a journal for all that but I left mine at home." Dev chuckled rubbing his neck.

"Yeah I am not to good at it ether." he admitted to me. Honestly he was good at those things, he even keeps schedules and what not. But I didn't call him out on it, I knew he was just trying to be nice to me and comfort me which made me feel nice. He is a good guy and very nice. "so where should we look first for your parents journal?"

"Well…. The one place I could never get into." I walked Devlin out of the barn and into the front lawn. There close to the house was a bunker that I could not open. Not even the professor could open it at all it being locked like a bank safe if not a military level one. Devlin frowned as he looked it over.

"Hmm…" he tapped his claw to his chin as he looked at it in deep thought only to chuckle and shake his head. "Nope no good there is only one way into it that I can think of."

His claws flared with his dark fire as I stepped back nervous and a little afraid. His claws seemed to grow in the flame as he was ready to cut the door open wide which I had no doubt he could. With one swift motion slashed with his claws at the door cutting it open as the metal melted away into black goo. The smell was horrible like rotting skin and rust. But not all of it being the door…. Something was not right inside the bunker.

I took a breath as I covered my noise going inside slowly and carefully getting away from what was left of the door stepping over the gooey mess. I stepped inside frowning seeing it was a huge dark hall that stank with death… something inside me wanted to run out but something else cried out to see inside. The smell reminded me so much of when mom and dad died… the fire that took their lives in the barn… the smell… the same smell that Devlin made in the forest… the smell he made with the door… it was death…

I shrived as the smell got worse and worse as we neared another door. But this one was different. It was not locked and looked like one of the metal doors from the institute. I put my hand on the activation pad as a voice spoke in a robotic tone.

'User Jamie Madrox, welcome home'

"Home?" I frowned as the door opened to a hideous sight. On the ground were hundreds of lab rats all ravenously chewed up and in pieces all over the ground. I felt sick just being in that room, the sight of it making me shiver in total fright. The lab was a huge room full of lab rats on each corner of the room. There were mazes and liquids all around the room with needles and a bunch of horrible things to test on them. The only other thing in the room was a large glass case in the back of the room a name on the door itself as I got close dusting it off. "… Iron Tail..."

I frowned as I spotted a switch on the wall as I flipped it on but nearly screamed as Devlin caught me and help me close to him… there in the glass cage was a very skinny and dead rat… but… but the rat… it looked like Devlin… just a rat with white fur… what was that thing!? What did my parents do to make this!?

The creature was naked and a guy very obviously, it looked like it had not eaten in years and was sure enough dead. It did not move one inch as Devlin held me close to him not sure what to do about this anymore then I did. I was so confused so scared, I just wanted to get out of there and forget finding the journal and go home… but things changed with one soft dry voice.

"Master… Madrox..." my eyes widened as I turned to see the large rat like man look up at me with broken tired eyes.

/X-men\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\

I stood near the institute with a happy smile on my face. I slowly caressed my son's face the purple fire flowing around his skull kept him together as he smiled at me softly. Today was the end of his former parents who dared harm him and let him die. My dear boy is so beautiful now and he will look ever more handsome with their blood dripping down his fangs.

"Come my boy it is time, time to consume… soon the dark one will awaken and this world will be turned to ashes… when that day comes I want you to be stronger then anything else in this miserable planet. Stronger than that fullish demi-god, stronger then the goddess herself, stronger then even him… for soon, heheh you my dear boy… you will consume him." my child smiled softly as it opened its mouth and to my hearts purest joy he spoke his first word.

"….consume..."