Chapter 30 - Retrieval Part 1 (1/2)

Laura's eyes snapped open. *Sniff* And her nose twitched. Springing to her feet she turned in a certain direction and continued to sniff the air. A confused look appeared in her eyes as she smelt something familiar, almost like herself, but different.

The smell was getting closer and closer to her position, but it wasn't alone. *Sniff* There were a few other people with it. Narrowing her eyes, her body began to fade into the shadows the warehouse provided.

In the darkness that suddenly sprouted the only thing that could still be seen where her glimmering eyes that had turned slightly red as the stared towards the door. Her heat beat gradually grew slower and slower. She was waiting to see what happened.

Whatever that smell was, that was coming closer, her instincts were telling her that it was dangerous. They flared as they felt an alpha predator closing in. It wasn't something she had felt before, not like this anyways.

Outside the warehouse, a block or two away a small group of people were slowly making their way around. They all wore specialized gear that hid their identities with an interesting color pallet. In the lead was a man in a yellow, black and blue gear, The Wolverine.

Behind him trailed Scott, or Cyclops, Jean or Marvel Girl, a name in progress, and finally Anna Marie or Rouge. ”You sure your fine Jean?” Scot asked in worry as he looked at Jean next to him. She had been quiet since she talked to the old woman. Jean didn't reply as she was inside her own thoughts.

”Of course she's not fine, Idiot, she just found out an old friend is missing and could be in trouble.” Rogue who had found out what happened in small snippets of conversation rolled her eyes at Scott for the stupid question. Scott choked on what he was about to say and instead stayed quiet. He didn't know what he could say to Jean right now.

While they were talking Logan spoke from the front. ”Hey red head…” Jean looked up at Logan. ”…I know you're worried about your friend. We can look for him after this mission is done. I'm sure the professor can help you with cerebro. I need you head in the game for this mission.” Jean felt slightly annoyed about his words, but in the end she agreed, the professor could find anyone on earth, if anyone could find him, it would be the professor.

'But what if they couldn't find him?' That small thought passed through her mind and she grimaced. 'NO!' She shook her head, she couldn't think like that. To take her mind off Peter, she decided to throw herself into getting this mission done.

Looking on from the front, Logan gave a small nod as he saw the determination come back to her face. ”So you sense anything? The professor said they would be around here.” Jean sent her mind out to probe the people around; she couldn't find anything so they keep walking around looking.

As they passed by another block, suddenly Logan stopped. *Sniff* His nose twitched as he turned towards a certain warehouse. ”You don't have to look anymore, red head. I think I found them.” Jean gave him a quizzical look, so did Scott and Rogue.

But after seeing him in action so many times, they didn't question him and followed as he led them towards a warehouse. Stepping up to the door Logan gripped the handle and slowly opened the door. The rest tensed as they prepared for a fight just in case.

Opening the door the dark warehouse unveiled in front of them. There was no one inside, and nothing to show that a person had been living there. The food scraps that were in the warehouse were usually taken by Peter when he left, and Laura didn't use anything when sleeping. So it didn't look like anyone lived there.