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Storm placed her overnight bag into the trunk of her car and thanked Moira for letting her stay over. As she drove off, she felt like someone was watching her. She turned on the music and found herself humming to 'The Night Before (Life Goes On)'.

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Victor Creed- also called Sabretooth- watched as his target drove off. "Toad," he said into his radio, "What's your status?"

"We're all set," Toad replied. "We just have two problems."

"Which is?"

"Two girls looking exactly alike are camping here."

"Not anymore we're not," a young female voice said.

"Hey, wait a minute," another voice, slightly different from the first said. "You're part of the Brotherhood."

"And if he's part of the brotherhood..."

"He has directions to the mansion! Get him!" There was a howl and

"I'll have to call you- oh my... one of them's a mutant!"

"Just keep them busy. I'll take care of the rest."

"We heard that Victor." The second voice said into the radio. Sabretooth was shocked at hearing his own name. "Bet ya' you didn't see that coming did you? I've done my research." There was a pause and a call for something. Victor couldn't catch it. "I better go help my sister. Hope I don't see you around."

Sabretooth hooked the radio to his belt and let out a feral growl. He'll deal with his target first, then he'd deal with the little parasite.

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"Alright, Toad," Crystal said to a tied up Toad. "My sister here hates secret plans. Especially, when they don't include her. Now, you'll yell us two things: How to get to the Xavier mansion; and who you're targeting."

Toad had made the mistake of confusing Hawk for Crystal when they were chasing him, and as a result, they managed to tie him up to a tree. "I don't think so," he said defiantly.

"Hawk."

"This is the song that doesn't end. Yes it goes on and on my friends. Some people started singing it not knowing what it was; and then they started singing it all over just because this is the song that doesn't end. Yes it goes on and on-"

"Stop!" Toad cried.

"See," Crystal said triumphantly. "She has powerful ways of persuasion."

"I'm still not going to tell you."

"Hawk."

"This is-"

"No!" Toad cried again.

"Then tell us who it is your targeting and how to get to the mansion," Crystal said raising her voice. "Otherwise my sister will be happy to sing all say long."
Toad remained quiet, obviously thinking Crystal was bluffing. Crystal looked at Hawk.

"This is the song that-"

"Okay! I'll tell you!

"Smart Toad," Hawk said mockingly.

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After five minutes, the girls learned what they needed. What! Hawk sent to Crystal. They're targeting Storm!

How do you know that? Crystal returned. Although Hawk was only human, the girls could telepathically send messages to each other. They believe it was thanks to Crystal's telepathy. They said they were targeting someone named Ororo Munroe.

Duh! Hawk rolled her eyes. Ororo Munroe is Storm's real name genius!

Well, gee, how was I supposed to know that.

Never mind that, what are we going to do?

I'm going to go and make sure everything's alright. You're going to stay and wait for me.

C'mon, Crystal, why can't I go with you?

You just can't. Question is what are we going to do with him?

I say leave him. Sabretooth is bound to come by here.

Crystal sighed. Fine. But you better hide near the mansion.

Duh! I'm not stupid Crystal.

Alright then, let's go.

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Storm was driving up into the driveway. She couldn't wait to tell the good news to the kids. Or Logan. For some reason she was really looking forward to telling Logan the good news. She was about to go up into the garage when a tree crashed into the hood, jerking her forward and hitting the wheel.

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Logan saw Storm's car heading toward the garage and was about to go down and meet her. He turned his back for all of a second when there was a loud crash. He spun around to see a tree on the hood of Storm's car. "Angel!"

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Storm was out for probably a minute before coming to. She looked into the rear view mirror to see that she had a nasty gash on her forehead. She knew an instant later that the gash was the least of her problems though. Her seat belt was jammed. As she struggled with it, another problem appeared before her. Sabretooth. an enemy she hadn't seen in a little over three years, had stepped out of the trees and started to head toward her. As she struggled, she realized she was in the exact situation Rogue was in when she first met her.

Sabretooth got within five feet of her when help arrived. Logan landed on his feet, claws unsheathed, behind Sabretooth. Colossus landed next to him. Angel swooped down, looped and hurtled himself at Sabretooth, Colossus right behind him. As the three struggled, Wolverine went to help Storm. He tried to open the door, but it wouldn't budge. He motioned her down and she complied, covering her head and neck. Logan tried to open it from the inside, and even though it wasn't locked, it still wouldn't open.

They were running out of time, Sabretooth managed to knock Angel out of the fight almost instantly. Colossus was still in the game, but Sabretooth was quickly gaining the upper hand. Wolverine was forced to open the door with his claws. After forcing the door open, he sliced through her strap and tried to help her out. It was then that she realized that her leg was caught. The slightest movement caused her pain. Wolverine quickly found the seat adjuster and slid the seat back. She grabbed the hand he offered-claws sheathed- and jumped out. She staggered a little as she put weight on her right leg and had to let Wolverine support her.

Sabretooth knocked Colossus out of the fight and turned to Wolverine and Storm. Storm called onto the winds and manipulated them to pick her up, and let Wolverine take on Sabretooth. Unfortunately, Sabretooth knocked Logan out the way he did when they were trying to rescue Rogue; he used the tree he knocked down, and whacked him on the head and chest. Storm brought down a lightning bolt on him, but it didn't have any effect on him. Then she noticed his clothes were insulated. "Great," she muttered.

Sabretooth threw the trunk at Storm, catching her in the abdomen. She fell on her right shoulder; there was a loud pop on impact and she cringed at the flash of pain. Dark clouds had started to form overhead, ready to unleash it's fury when it's mistress allowed it.

Sabretooth walked over and lifted the trunk that was pinning her down. Storm automatically bolted up, but a flash of pain caused her to stop and grab her side. She'd obviously not realized that the blow she took broke a rib. All of her pain was forgotten when Sabretooth grabbed her by the throat. The pressure slowly increased, like it had at the train station all those years ago. "Scream for me," he whispered, like he had at the train station. She never did and passed out a few seconds later.

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A hawk flew up overhead and saw Sabretooth walk off with a beautiful white-haired woman. Oh no, she thought. I'm too late.





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