"I can't beileve that man has asked me to recruit her!" Mystique yelled in her house; she shared it with the boys, it wasn't as fancy as the X-Men's house, but it looked normal and was clean. Lance was listening in, he laughed at what he was hearing, until Pietro showed up.

"Whatchahearing?"Pietro asked in his usual quick voice.

"What?" Lance snapped at him.

Mystique came out of the room and looked at the two boys that were in front of the door.

"What are you two doing?!" Mystique yelled at them.

"Who are we recruiting now?" Lance asked, not really caring that Mystique was angry, he wanted to met this new recruit as she seemed to  have managed to push Mystique buttons even though she wasn't there!

"You and Fred are going to Orlando, you will be recruiting this woman," Mystique gave Lance the picture.  "Get her to join us.  Oh, and try not to scare her away," Mystique changed in to Raven Darkholme and walked away.

"Wow, I haven't seen Mystique this mad before," Pietro commented.

"Yea........" Lance was still looking at the woman in the picture. She had dark blonde hair with blue streaks, her eyes were a cat green and she had very pale skin.

Pietro looked at the picture and then said; "You'll be looking for a tanned woman now, huh?"

"Nah," Lance walked off to find Fred and tell him the mission.

The woman in the photo was in the shade, watching the humans around her laugh, smile and speak to each other.  She felt ill, her head was killing her.  Her cat came up to her and purred, she smile and stroked it gently, feeling her bones through her fur.

"Blackie, one day ya won't be here, what'll I do?" The woman asked the cat who just purred and moved so that the woman rubbed her chin.

"Err........... Excuse me?" Fred said as the boys came up to the woman.

"Hello?" The woman stood up and picked up the cat.  She put Blackie into her shoulder bag and backed away.

"Maybe we should talk in private," Lance said and moved to and alley way, the woman followed and Fred stayed where he was, as if he was on guard.

"Who are you?" The woman asked him.

"My name is Lance.  Look, I know your a mutant, I am too, watch," Lance concentrated on his powers and his eyes rolled to his head.  The ground shook but then it suddenly stopped.  Lance looked surprised, he couldn't believe his power stopped for no reason.

"Ya could've just told me, you don't want people to think an earthquake is about to happen.  Believe me, I know,"

"That's what your powers are?" Lance looked shocked.

"I have control over the four main elements, but where did you come from? Who sent you?"

"Oh.  Me and Fred come from Bayvile, Mystique sent us, on Magneto's orders," Lance replied.

"Mystique must've been mad when she found out she had to recruit me, huh?" The woman had begun to stroke her cat again.

"Hell yes, she was almost screaming," Lance told her, with a small smile forming at the memory;  "So, will you join us? Be apart of the Brotherhood?"

"I don't know, there are X-Men there as well right?"

"How did.........."

"I have connections," The woman told him as they walked out of the alley way;  "Oh, call me Nichtoe,"

Fred looked at Lance and Lance gave him a nod.  This was one easy recruiting mission.

The trio returned to Bayvile, Nichtoe asking the odd one or two questions.  When they got there they noticed tension between the two women when they met for the first time in so many years.

"So, Mystique, decided to work for your own kind? And for once it ain't just for your own gain(!) A big shock there!" Nichtoe said sarcasticly.

"That was a long time ago, now I work for Magneto to enslave the humans as they would most likely do to us," Mystique told her.

They were in the entrance hall way; it looked clean and like a family lived there, not a group of mutants plotting world domination.

"Good to know.  What about Xavier and his X-Men?" Nichtoe asked her. Lance and Fred decided to leave.

"Woah! Guys, could you watch Blackie here?" Nichtoe gave Fred her shoulder bag;

"Be careful with her, she's old,"

"How old?" Fred asked her.

Nichtoe smiled and answered; "She's coming up for her twenetith birthday in three months time, so play nice,"

"We will," Lance told her.

"I ment the cat, but now that you mention it.........." Nichtoe started.

The boys waved her off and went up stairs with the cat.

"Surprised she's still ticking," Mystique commented as they made there way to the living room.

"Yea, so am I.  But what about Xavier?" Nichtoe asked her again.

"He has more people.  Six students, including the two at the begaining and two mentors," Mystique replied, knowing Nichtoe wanted more information but wanted her to ask.

"Name them, and their power," Nichtoe told her.

Mystique sighed and knew what was going to happen.  "Cyclops can........."

"Skip those two," Nichtoe inturrupted.

"Fine.  Shadowcat, Kitty Pryde, can phase through objects,"

"Earthquakes can slow her down, she can't phase through that," Nichtoe pointed out.

"Lance has already proven that," Mystique said to her.  They sat down on a small sofa and she continude.  "Rogue can absorb mutants power by skin to skin contact,"

"Create a tornado then slam her into some rock or something, just to knock her out," Nichtoe added.

"Evan Daniels, Spyke, can create bone spikes through his skin,"

"Create a water blast to knock him out and to stop the bones from hitting," Nichtoe said.

"Kurt Wagner, Nightcrawler, can teleport, is almost invisable in shadows and has great aglilay," Mystique said, a sound of saddness came to her voice.

"Huh, well I............ That's your kid?" Nichtoe asked her.

"Yes, now, how could you beat him?" Mystique asked her.

"Earthquake, tremor, teleports and the rocks will come with him," Nichtoe told her.  "Thus the rocks will knock him out,"

"Good.  Storm can manipulate weather,"

"Wind include?" Nichtoe asked and Mystique nodded. "Damn, well a fire ball would stop her, but if she uses rain.............. Depends on how powerful she is,"

"Trust me Nichtoe, she is powerful, but she controls her emotions so her powers don't wreak havok on the earth, you would be more powerful, she has a limate you don't," Mystique told her.

"Alright.  Next?" Nichtoe asked.

"Wolverine, Logan, he can..........." Mystique started.

"Logan?" Nichtoe appeared to be shocked.  "Logan? As in the guy with the healing factor? Not to mention claws? The guy we were weary about?"

"The very same," Mystique told her.

"Oh my god!" Nichtoe exclaimed.

"I know you two were close before but..." Mystique began.

"I can't fight him, no way could I fight him," Nichtoe told Mystique.

"Why? He's your enemy,"

"He..........." Nichtoe stopped.

She wasn't about to confind in Mystique just because she was one of the Brotherhood  This was private, and the one incident that lead her to leave her current home and do some traveling.  She missed Logan. They shared a bond, even though Nichtoe was different from Logan, her temper was never shown, unless you seriously hurt her or someone she cares about, she won't hurt you.

"Well?" Mystique asked.

Nichtoe looked at her with confusion.

"Nichtoe, you must be willing to fight Logan.  None of us can, apart from Blob," Mystique told her.

Nichtoe nodded and was then told that they were off to see Magneto.

The whole group came with them and Nichtoe, wearing a black outfit, had a funny feeling that the X-Men were going to arrive.  Blackie stayed at the mansion, Nichtoe created a bed so that she could sleep next to the radator.  Nichtoe felt calm, unlike the rest of her group, who were wondering why Magneto sent for them.  They realised once they saw him and Toad was slammed into a wall.

"Those X-Freaks!" Lance shouted out in rage.

He took on Kitty and Kurt, Blob helped him take them out and then they worked with the others.  Mystique decided to fight Jean, she knew it would be difficult but it was easier than fighting Storm.  Blob had to take Storm out, she had hit him with some lighting bolts, but Blob was
unharmed.  Scott fought Pietro, but Pietro lived up to his name; Quicksilver and he was "Too fast" for Cyclops to hit.  Rogue charged at Nichtoe, who promtly used her power over the wind and slamed Rogue into a wall.  Wolverine was next to attack Nichtoe, but she didn't fight back.  Wolverine took off the black mask she was wearing (she was compeletly covered in black clothing) and looked at her with shock, but he shook his head and growled.  She changed into wind, with him and went to the roof.

"Wolver.......... Logan, you know me," Nichtoe said and moved backwards.

"I thought I did, but your with the Brotherhood," Wolverine told her, his claws were out and he came towards her.

"I didn't know you were here, how should I know that you were with the X-Men? I'm not telepathic!" Nichtoe exclaimed.  She then knelt on the hard surface and waited for Wolverine to kill her.

Wolverine sighed and kneeled down in front of her.  "Your right, you wouldn't have known.  But why the Brotherhood? You didn't believe that way before,"

"I don't actualy know.  I was lonely and they took me and Blackie in, I actually had a home, maybe they are right though.  But they could be wrong............. Darn it!" Nichtoe shouted and looked fustrated, she stood up and clentched her fists.

Wolverine stood up and put his hands on her shoulders.  "What's wrong?"

"Now I see both sides of the argument! I don't believe this!" Nichtoe sounded scared.

"Yea, so?"

"You don't get it.  Now that I see both sides of the argument I can't figure out who's right and whose wrong.  Its a flip of a coin," Nichtoe explained.

She moved her hands to his mask and pulled it down, she now saw his whole face and she decided to kiss him.

"Nichtoe......." Wolverine said softly.

He was nuzzling her and she kissed his neck.  They both snapped out of it when they heard a couple of shouts.

"Ugh..." Nichtoe rubbed her head and look at Logan.  He pulled his mask up and she put her mask on again.  "I'll loss," Nichtoe told him.

Logan looked at her and then slammed her into the ground, he knelt beside her and quickly kissed her through her mask and left.  Nichtoe was then picked up by Blob and brought back to the house.

"Magneto put us into a trap why?" Lance asked Mystique.

They were in the living room and all of them were on a seat apart from Fred and Toad.

"Arg, I think he was testing me," Nichtoe told him and rubbed her head. Blackie was on her lap and Nichtoe stroked her.

"He shouldn't have done that, yo," Toad said to her.  "If it was just you and Mystique you wouldn't have come back in one piece,"

"Aye, I know.  Thanks for coming with us guys," Nichtoe said and smiled.

"Why did you disappear with that Wolverine guy?" Pietro asked her.

"I wanted to fight him without disturbance, no one else would've gotten hurt if we had missed placed our attacks," Nichtoe replied.

"Yea, well, Nichtoe should be resting," Fred said to them.

"And you all have school, I don't want any of you lot late! I'm fed up with your teachers giving me grief," Mystique warned them.

"No worries Myst, I'll wake them up.  Easy as when you've got my powers," Nichtoe said and smiled evilly.

"Good," Mystique said as she left the room.

"I'm gonna hit the hay, ya know? My head is thumping............."Nichtoe picked up Blackie and went to her room.  The rest slowly went to bed.

The next morning the boys were woken up back having a bath of cold water, in their beds!  Nichtoe really ment it when she said that she would wake them up and Mystique, or Ms Darkholme for the moment, was grateful.  When the boys got to school they noticed the X-Men and decided to have a confrontation with them.

"Oh man, what do you guys want?" Scott asked them, annoyed that the Brotherhood choose now to confront them.

"Why were you there last night?" Toad asked them.

"Waiting for you, next?" Rogue replied, not really caring that they
were there.

"You had no reason to be there!" Lance shouted at them.

"Neither did you!" Kurt shouted back.

"Guys, calm down! Lets discuse this sensibly," Jean told them, she really didn't want a fight on her hands.

"Your Wolverine dude could've killed Fire!" Fred told her, unhappy that no one appear to care about Nichtoe.  That was the main reason of the confrontation.

"She desrved it!" Rogue snapped back.

"You were fine, she didn't throw you againist that wall very hard, yo," Toad snapped at her.

"Fred, is she alright?" Jean asked the heavy boy.

The whole group looked at her and Fred.

"She's alright, managed to pull a few jokes, but it was scary," Fred told her.

"I'm sorry, I didn't realise they were fighting......... Where were they? I don't think I saw them fight," Jean asked him.

"Fire moved them on to the roof, she said she didn't want anyone to get hurt incase one of their moves went wrong.  I think she was mainly talking about her own powers," Fred told her.

The bell rang and the group went to there classes.

"Fred, tell Fire that I'm sorry for what happend," Jean told him.

"Yea, sure," Fred didn't sound like he cared what Jean said, he wanted Wolverine to suffer.

After school Fred came back to get something to eat, then he went to look for Wolverine.   Vengenise was on his mind and he intended Wolverine to pay for what he did to Nichtoe. He knew that Wolverine could be in the mansion, so he waited to see where he was off to.  Blob waited for an hour and got hungry when he saw Logan ride out of the mansion to a bar.  Blob followed, he walked
and couldn't keep up with Logan's bike, but it didn't matter, he could take his time to create the perfect revenge plan.

Logan parked outside the bar, at the moment they would be allowing everyone in, as long as the folk underage didn't sit at the bar.  The place was fairly quiet at this time of day, but Logan wasn't
interested in that.  He saw Nichtoe sitting by herself at the connor of the bar, drinking a coke.  He walked up to her.

"Hey," Nichtoe said and moitioned him to sit.

"Sorry about last night," Logan said and sat down next to her.

"Its alright.  Magneto was testing me, I'm kinda glad the rest of the Brotherhood came though.  No offence," Nichtoe added quickly and sipped some of her coke.

"It wouldn't have been fair I guess, if it was just you and Mystique," Logan thought out loud.

"Yea.  Its odd, for guys that are ment to be........ In most people's eyes, evil, they worried about me.  Fred the most," Nichtoe told him.

The bartender came over and got Logan a beer. (AN. I don't care if he got water before, how likely is it for a 10 year old to read this?!)

"So, they are decent guys?" Logan asked her and looked into her eyes.

"Your making me feel uneasy........." Nichtoe said quietly and Logan stopped looking into her eyes.  "They are decent, once you get over Toad's smell and the fact that Blob could crush you if he didn't look where he was going, its all right," Nichtoe said and smiled; "There not evil, they're just confused.  They haven't exactly had the best life......... Don't start on about Scott, I know.  But these guys are dealing with their problems differently,"

"Your making it sound like I'm the bad guy," Logan said.

Nichtoe laughed; "Yea right," She kissed his cheek and said;  "Logan, be careful,"

Logan looked at her with confusion.

"Promise? I've got a feeling that something's wrong," Nichtoe said to him.

Logan nodded and they went back to talking about the Brotherhood and Sabertooth.

Blob waited outside in an alley.  He bought some food from a shop accross the road and carried on waiting.  He then saw Logan and Nichtoe come out of the bar together and saw Nichtoe give Logan a quick kiss, then Nichtoe left. Blob was mad, he couldn't believe what he saw and he subspected the worst.  Logan made Nichtoe kiss him and who knows what else!  Blob attacked Logan, knocking him off his bike.  Logan moved into the alley way, so that no humans could see them fight, but Blob was uncontrolable, he could've killed Logan if he wanted to, but due to Logan's healing factor he couldn't.  He did knock Logan unconscience and took him to a warehouse where he would take Nichtoe when he saw her and allow Nichtoe to beat him up as well.

Lance came down the stairs, Blackie followed him, when Nichtoe came into the house.

"Nichtoe, can you tell this cat to stop following me?" Lance asked her.

"How long has she been following you?" Nichtoe asked him and hung up her jacket.

"Half an hour," Lance replied and was next to her.

"She's thirsty," Nichtoe said and went into the kitchen, Blackie began to follow her.

"Oh," Lance said.

"Don't worry.  I have to get her an actual bowl at some point," Nichtoe told him as she poured water into a clean ceral bowl and put it onto the floor; "Just hope Peitro looks before he runs,"

Lance laughed at this thought and Blackie lapped up the water happily.

When Logan woke up he noticed he was in a warehouse and his hands were chained behind his back.  No way could he use his claws to cut himself loose, he'd have to wait.  He remembered coming out of the bar, Nichtoe kissing him and then being attacked by Blob.  Logan had learned the last time that he and Blob fought that he could not defeat him, but why did Blob give an unprovected attack?  Then he remembered Nichtoe's warning, she must have something to do with this! He
thought.  He sat quietly after he tried to get out of the chains grip.

"Nichtoe?" Blob called into the house.

He had just arrived back home and wanted to let Nichtoe see what he had done.

"What are you shouting out for Blob?" Peitro asked the bigger boy as he came down the stairs.

"I need to speak with Nichtoe," Fred told the white haired boy.

"She in the back, playing with Blackie," Peitro told him and went to sit in front of the television.

Fred walked out side to see Nichtoe floating on her back, with Blackie curled up on her stomach.  Fred coughed and Nichtoe opened her eyes and looked over at him.

"Err...... I need to show you something," Fred told her.

"OK.  Blackie, go and see Quickie," Nichtoe told the black cat, who just stared up at her in confusion;  "OK, plan B,"

Nichtoe picked the cat up and took her to Pietro, she sat next to him and curled up.  Nichtoe then followed Blob to the warehouse where Logan was held hostage. Nichtoe entered the room by herself, Blob said she had to be alone. When she saw Logan chained she gasped and realised that he would be angry at her due to her warning. Logan looked up at her and growled.  His teeth were showing and Nichtoe was scared, esspeacially when she saw that his claws were out. She moved closer and melted the chains away from him, Blob then came in to see why he smelt smoke when he saw Logan free.

"What are you doing?" Fred yelled at her, ready to fight Logan again.

"I don't know bub, but I ain't through with you!" Logan snapped and prepared to pounce.

"Stop it!" Nichtoe shouted, the two looked at her; "Please, stop it..........."

"Nichtoe, what's going on?" Blob asked her and came slowly towards her.

"Fred, Logan is not my enemy, he knocked me out because I asked him to.  If you guy's saw us both still standing with no wound to speak of, I doubt that Magneto would be very pleased with me," Nichtoe told the boy.

"Then why didn't you tell me?" Fred asked her.

You had nothin' to do with this have ya?" Logan asked her.

"No Logan, I didn't, I think I should be hurt that you would think that, but I don't.  Blob, no way on earth would I have told any of you guys.  That's just what Mystique needs to get me kicked out and pretty much killed," Nichtoe said, she crossed her legs and floated.  "Huh, either way I would have been in trouble,"

"I won't say a thing," Fred promised her.

Logan looked surprised at what Fred just said, he then realised that the Brotherhood were decent people, at least around they're own lot.

"Thanks Fred.  Ya better get back, Mysti will kill you when she gets back and your not there," Nichtoe warned the boy.

"I'll see you at home," Fred said and walked away.

"Your right," Logan spoke once Fred was gone.

"About what?" Nichtoe asked him.

"About them being alright," Logan said.

"Oh, yea.  Sorry about what Blob did, how did he find you anyway?" Nichtoe asked and stood up as they were leaving the warehouse.

"He waited outside the bar.  He saw us both come out and once you were gone he decided to attack," Logan replied.

"Well, that's a first.  He thought before he attacked," Nichtoe told
him.

"I'm guessing he didn't expect you to let me go," Logan said.

"Next time we have to be more careful............... If there's a next time," Nichtoe added as they entered the silent street.

"They'll be a next time," Logan brought her closer to him and they kissed.

Once they broke off he kissed her neck and then whispered into her ear where they would met again.  Skye nodded and stepped away from him, she changed into wind and went back home.  Logan walked back to find his dented bike.  He cursed Blob and went back to the mansion to fix
his bike.

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