Chapter 30 - Retrieval Part 1 (2/2)
*Sniff* Logan sniffed the air again as he moved into the dark room. The rest cautiously came behind him; they could tell something wasn't right in the room. It felt like something was watching them. Logan walked into the corner on the other side of the room, before crouching down and picking up a small strand of hair that was on the ground.
While Logan was doing this, Scott looked around his hand resting on the visor sitting over his eyes. Rogue pulled off the gloves on her hand and also scanned the room. Jean raised a hand to her temple and started to concentrate hard, trying to find anything in the warehouse.
Just as she felt like she brushed up against another mind. *Sniff* Logan's nose twitched once again. *Snkit* *Snikt* Claws exploded from his hand as he turned around quickly. But he wasn't quick enough, it wasn't just his claws that were popped, another set from above gleaned in the moonlight.
”Raghr!” A shout from above announced the presence of the person dropping from above. Nobody had time to react as the body fell atop Logan who was trying to turn around and 2 sets of claws dug into his back. ”ARGH!” Logan screamed out in pain as blood was spilled.
*Rip* The claws were pulled out just as fast as they went in, and went to plunge back in. Before that happened though, her body stopped mid motion. Jean was reaching her hand out towards the attacker. *Clank* The dial on the side of Scott's visor was turned as he trained his eyes on the frozen person.
*Boom* A red blast of energy rocketed out and slammed into their body flinging them off towards the opposite wall. *Crash* Crumble* The wall crumbled as the person's body hit it. The red beam died down as Logan quickly got up and looked at his assailant.
Even after such an attack they weren't down for the count. ”Grrr.” Actually they were just more pissed off. Growling at the ensemble of people that gathered around her in a semi-circle, Laura's blades gleamed in the light and looked deadly.
Everyone but Logan gasped as they spotted the claws. ”Aren't those your gimmick old man?” Rouge commented from the side as she got in a defensive stance. ”Grrr.” Logan just growled a response, his eyes not leaving her figure.
”Not anymore it looks like.” Scott replied instead, his hand still resting on his visor. Laura also didn't take her eyes off Logan. For her, everyone else was sending signals of a slight threat, while Logan was a major problem.
Though when she looked at the Red haired Girl, she also felt a certain threat, but it was obscured, suppressed. Her eyes drifted to Jean for a second before moving back to Logan. While they were having a staring competition, Jean spoke up as a voice of reason.
”We mean you no harm; we just want to talk to you.” Laura registered her words but she didn't believe them. Looking at their fighting prowess, they might be people sent by 'them' for retrieval. At least they didn't send 'her'. She couldn't kill her with that unbreakable skin.
Seeing her like a cornered animal Logan made an assessment. She wouldn't come without a fight. If they took her down and got her back to the mansion before talking to her, maybe they would get somewhere. She wouldn't come without a fight.
Deciding that, the smile on his face grew. He was itching for a fight. Even if there was a chance this was his daughter, he wanted to see what she was made off. *Snikt* As if sensing what he was thinking, ever so slowly a pair of claws popped from Laura's feet. Rouge raised an eyebrow. ”Well that's new.”