How would you know? You've never tried it before.

"How do you know Victor?" Leah asked.

She saw Logan's eyes go dark with anger as he said, "He's my half-brother." Leah was taken back from the hateful look that burned in his eyes and quickly became quiet. "Do you know why Stryker kidnapped you?"

Her blue eyes quickly fell to the ground. "He's my uncle," she said shamefully. Leah kicked a pine cone in front her. "He wanted me because I'm a mutant. Stryker ran some test on me. I'm not sure what kind though." She kicked another pine cone and huffed in irritation. "Some uncle he turned out to be," she hissed. When she lifted her head back up, she saw that Logan was watching her. "Why do you want to find Stryker and Victor?"

"It's complicated to explain. I've had a past with Stryker and his little team," Logan explained with a bitter voice. "Since I left the team Victor has become a monster." He turned his head away. Leah watch him swallowed hard, showing anger, discomfort and sadness. "He killed my girlfriend."

That sentence hit Leah like a semi-truck. "Why?" she whispered, almost unable to be heard.

"He wanted my attention," he replied and shock rippled through Leah's body. Logan's brown eyes went back to her to see a couple of tears trickling down her cheeks. "You know him, don't you?" She nodded and slid down the tree to sit on the ground.

Leah brought her knees up to her chest. "And to think, I thought Victor was changing," she said with a saddening voice. I should have known, Leah thought. She closed eyes for a second, trying to clear her mind. Opening her eyes, she rested her chin on her knees. "They'll come after me once Stryker orders the them to."

Logan walked over to her and held his hand out. Leah stared at the hand for a brief second and then took it with a smile. He helped her up to her feet. "Then run. Get out of here. Do whatever you have to. Change your name, and appearance," he stated. The thought of her having to change everything she was almost a painful thought. "If you want to escape your uncle, you have to run." Even if she didn't want to, she had to change for her freedom.

She began to play with the end of her white shirt. "And what about Victor?" The question took Logan off guard. Looking down at her, no answer came from his mouth. "He's not that much of animal, you know..." She placed her hand on her hurt shoulder. "He helped me. There's a little hope of humanity left in him whether he shows it or not. I can see it." Letting her hand fall to her side, she smiled at Logan. "Thank you for saving me. You don't know how thankful I am," she said with a bit of redness showing on her cheeks.

He nodded. "You're welcome. There's an interstate not but ten miles that way," he said, pointing north. "Good luck."

She smile and thanked him once more before waving goodbye.

If it wasn't for the fact that hospital shoes were thin and cheap, the long walk so far wouldn't have been that horrible. She wasn't sure how far the interstate was but it wasn't close enough. Darkness was slowly engulfing the world as daylight began to vanish. It started to get cold and Leah wished she had a jacket on instead of her thin t-shirt. Her shin abruptly hit a small tree stump. This had be fifth time so far that she has hurt herself. Cussing under her breath, she continued to walked.

When the sky final went dark and the moon came out, she found a patch of moss. Her shins, and ankles screamed in pain. Leah knew it was best to stop walking now since she couldn't see in the dark. She had dirt on her knees and hands when she kept falling. Leah rubbed her hands over her pants – attempting to get the dirt off. A smile tugged on her lips. She could sleep in peace tonight without worrying about Stryker. Curling herself into a ball, she slowly fell asleep.

Leah wasn't quite sure how long she was asleep, but it was still dark when she was woken up by rain pouring onto her heavily. Quickly picking herself up and tripping in the process, she scrambled to get under a tree. The tree branches didn't do much good blocking the rain though. Grumbling with annoyance, she hugged herself to get warmer. The moonlight shown just enough light for her to see that she was covered with mud. "This is just great," she said with a small voice.

Leah suddenly felt something breathe hot breath onto her neck. Gasping, she whipped around to see a pair of eyes staring down at her. "You're a real nuisance, you know that?" a voice growled.

"Victor," Leah breathed as he stepped out of the shadows. She gulped when she saw the angered expression on his face. And then all of it came back to her: the fear, the need to runaway, and sickening feeling in the bit of her stomach. He was going to take her back. "Please don't take me back," she pleaded as she slowly back away. "If you let me go, you'll never see me again. I swear."

He cocked his head a little to the right. "Who said I was done with you," he said and ran a finger nail through her hair. A smirk played on his lips. Leah wanted him just as much as he wanted her, but she needed to run. Freedom was more important.

Or was it?

Author’s note: Oh my God! I’m so so so so sorry that I haven’t written in this story in months! My summer has been CRAZY!! I have help with a wedding, I went to Las Vegas, I had to help another person with another wedding, baby sit my cousin most of the summer, and on top of all of that, I’m currently working. Again, I’m sooooooo sorry that I made you guys wait this long for another chapter! :(