Neb: Vibrant has now made an ally with a girl called X- 23, she like Wolverine can heal and grow claws, but you all probably know that, this is after all fanfiction for a TV series we've all seen and I do not own. I do not own X Men Evolution.

"So let me get this straight, your called X-23, a weapon made by Hydra cloned from Wolverine," Ricky summed up. He sat in another cave hole hidden with the mutant from any surviving Hydra members that would be out for blood. He was in his shaking mode from over using his power again.

"Quiet, some one could hear you," she grunted as she peaked out of the cave.

"I don't sense an-anyone," Ricky grinned as he rested his head against the stone wall.

"Don't use your powers, it's killing you," she growled at him.

"I'm sorry, it's just been a while sense I last used this power," he chuckled.

"Are you kidding me, quit smiling so much," she growled as she continued to sniff around expecting Hydra agents to show up.

"Your paranoid, you know they can't get the drop on you thanks to your strong sense of smell," Ricky explained. "Yet you still expect them to. Why is that?"

"You don't know what I've been through, your not like me," she yelled at him as she held her claw to him once more. Ricky just smiled, if his life was going to end here by the hands of an insane mutant girl, he might as well not give her the satisfaction of fear. Besides, whining like a coward never got him out of any situation before, so why should it start now.

"I've been through it when I was younger," he grinned. "Every day I looked up I saw my father pointing a gun at me calling me a freak. I sat in my orphanage expecting my mother to come in screaming monster at me. I hurt my little sister when I was young and I almost hurt my little brothers the second time around. Yea, I'm not a hand crafted weapon like you were suppose to be for them, but being a lock pick for people who's suppose to call you son wasn't fun either." She eyed him for a second as she contemplated whether she should care about what he said or not and then drew back her blade.

"Fine, your life sucked also, but yours got better," she growled.

"Your young, a kid," he replied. "My life sucked when I was young and I'm sure it can get better, but you have to make yours better to."

"I will try, after I get my revenge on Hydra," she growled.

"Th-th-the-then," Vibrant stuttered, but he felt his body shaking again. He had tried breathing exercises to calm himself down, but that didn't seem to work like when he was first in this forest.

"What keeps happening to you," she grunted. "Stop using your power!"

"I-I can't," he grunted. "I don't know how to shut off sensing things. Hell, I'm weakening myself every time I use my power on too many people." He rolled over on his side hoping to get some rest, but with his constant shaking it wasn't working. He turned his head back to X-23 who had a look on her face of wondering what she should do. "D-don't worry about me, I'll eventually calm down," he grinned. "Go get some sleep."

"What if Hydra comes," she grunted.

"Then I'll sense it," he reasoned and she stared at him for a second and then nodded. He saw her lay down near the fire he made with his powers, something she also yelled at him for, before rolling over and closing her eyes. "Perhaps this is my shot to have a little sister again, that leaves my own sister back at her home with good people and me helping out someone who's been through a lot. What am I saying, jeez all of this helping people ideas is turning me into Summers." He actually wondered what happened to the other X- Men and Brotherhood mutants who were on Magneto's paradise. He had no doubt that Mystique and Magneto survived, but what about the others.

They probably did, at least Sabertooth and Wolverine given their healing factor. Kurt can teleport and Kitty can phase through things, yea with that batch of mutants they should be fine. It was funny, not one of the Brotherhood mutants made him consider they would be of use to helping the others survive. Maybe he was wrong, but the fact is he couldn't escape with the X-men and the Brotherhood. If it wasn't for Magneto's upgrade he would have died in the atmosphere crashing down towards Earth. He guessed it was good to know his evolution would be that powerful, but how will he reach his peak of power again.

Perhaps he shouldn't think of that right now, maybe if he would start breathing gently instead of so hard, he would calm down.

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Ricky opened his eyes and saw he was now laying next to X- 23, she had tears streaming down her face, but she was asleep. "When did this happen," he wondered. The fire was out, so they probably rolled next to each other on instinct to keep warmth. At least they were familiar with that form of survival. The dried tears on her face was probably a nightmare or a flashback. Despite that, his big brother instinct must have kicked in down the line, because he had his arm wrapped around her. He moved his hand off and wiped some of her tears and then smiled once more.

Vibrant wasn't shaking anymore, so he could probably try using his powers once again. He closed his eyes and sensed the area around him. No Hydra agents, no Lilly, and no Lady Vampress. They were safe for now. He leaned up and grunted as the feeling of sleeping on a hard surface struck him. He stretched for a second and tried to shake his body to get it moving again. He grinned once more before deciding he was going to grab more firewood. As he stepped out of the Cave he felt strong presence. Ricky grunted as he felt his body being pulled forward.

"Shit, not again!"