1. Scattered (1/2)

Summary: Now that the whole world knows of the X-men, only danger

will come. New evil plots will unfold around them, and even with new allies

and old friends, their troubles will only become more deadly. Anything and

everything can happen to the growing mutants, as they still have a long

road to become adults. But before that, they need to survive everything

that is thrown at them. They must push through the losses, enjoy the good

times, and fight for the world they want. None of it will be easy, but the

X-men have no choice but to fight. Disclaimer: I don't own any of the actual X-men Evolution

characters, they aren't mine.=============================================================== Now onto the beginning of... Shattered Future A front of thunderstorms started to concoct around the Xavier

Institute. It was not a mutant's doing, simply nature itself working

around. But some things weren't natural, or even close. Many things could

change a person, physically and mentally. Not many knew that better than the girl known only as the name

of the project that created her. And of course the number of tries it had

taken to make the perfect operative. X23 moved along the rocky road that lead to Charles Xavier's

mansion, easily sleeking into the shadows and bounding along the ground.

Her pace was a sprint, and rain started to pelt her tanned face. Hydra's renegade soldier was on a personal mission. It was

really on her own agenda, but the fierce and tortured fighter was doing it

for other reasons. It was because of her emotions. The emotions that bubbled

inside of her had been what Hydra had wanted to erase. Ever since X23 had

been raised and trained in a harsh manner, she'd been mainly serious,

angered, and fierce. It had been distilled in her not to care, or be

scared, or pretty much have a mind of her own. But the one man she'd been cloned after, Weapon X, no, Logan,

had changed all of that. No more was she the ferocious operative she had

been raised to be. Now, knowing that Logan actually cared and knew the pain

she was going through had been a modifier. His concern had given her more

of a conscious. The man had protected her, even after she had taken down

his whole "family" at the institute. And also the time they had found each

other near a Hydra base. He'd stuck by her then, and even though it had

been almost a few months since they last seen each other, X23 knew she owed

him this much. After the supreme mutant Apocalypse had been stopped, X23 had

come to realize something. Apocalypse may have been ultra powerful and bent

on crafting humankind into his own mutants, but now that he was gone, more

threats would arise. The X-men would never get a break, even soon. Any

followers of Apocalypse, mutant haters, or people with their own dangerous

agendas knew of the X-men. They knew their powers, their calibers, and

their potential. It was only a matter of time before the team of powerful

mutants was estranged because of intolerable dilemmas and fights. X23 just

hoped Charles Xavier knew what was coming. The X-men were on the brink of a war. And not just with the

humans.=============================================================== By the time X23 reached the grounds of the institute, it was

pouring down rain. Her dark brown hair slicked past her shoulders, and the

rain slid down her sleek uniform. In a matter of seconds she was inside the institute, undetected

and unnoticed. Her training had been very essential, and more than once it

had proven as a great asset. Looking around the room, X23 figured she was in the library.

She opened the door to the hall, and sniffed the air. A couple of close

scents caught her attention. They were all scents of the X-men teens. But

the person she was looking for was defiantly not a teen. Pinpointing any close students by acute smells and hearing, X23

maneuvered through the vast mansion without anyone seeing her. Finally she

caught his scent. Logan was close, and by himself. Tracking the adamantium mutant to the rec room, X23 sighed

deeply. There was a lot to be explained, and little time to do it. So she knocked on the door. "Come in, kid." Logan's recognizable gruff voice answered. X23

pushed open the door hastily. The man in front of her was in his casual clothes a T-shirt and

jeans, playing a game of pool. So far, he was faring well. "We need to talk." X23 barked sternly. "Hello to you too." Logan replied with a smirk. He easily

knocked in the nine ball with ease. "I can sense you're troubled. Hydra

after you kid?" "I am not a kid!" X23 retorted angrily. "Well that's what I'm calling you until you pick a proper name.

It's your life, your decision." X23 scoffed and folded her arms across her chest. "Hydra's not after me. At least not right now. They're after

you." Logan dropped his pool stick on the table, and turned to face

X23. "What?!" "And everyone else here." She added. Logan growled angrily,

slamming his fist on the pool table. It left a small dent. "Madame Hydra

did not parish in that explosion a few months ago. I didn't doubt her ways

of escaping even since that day. So I've tracked her. And now she had plans

to attack this place. I don't know what she wants, but all I know is you

need to be prepared." "Any idea when, kid?" Logan asked. X23 ignored his negligence

to her hatred of him calling her a kid. "Tonight." "Tonight?!" "Has your hearing weakened? That's what I said." X23 snapped

gruffly. Logan moved past her, and pulled her along after him. "Let me go!" "You need to get out of here." The larger man answered simply.

X23 smacked his grip away furiously. "Did you not understand?!" She cried out. "They don't want be!

I came to warn you! There's someone else!" "What do you mean?" Logan asked her gruffly. "You don't think Hydra would just attack the X-men, do you?!

Maybe if they wanted you or me, but they would do it a different way. Hydra

is working for someone! They're probably getting something in exchange, but

someone else wants the X-men split up or captured! Or...oh no!" "What is it?!" Logan demanded, looking concernedly at his

younger clone. "Unless Hydra only wants certain mutants. You have to prepare

everyone! If catches the X-men off guard, then the ones wanted will be

capture, but the other X-men will be in great danger! There's no telling

what Hydra will to do any mutants who stand in the way when they are not

the wanted mutants! Tell Charles Xavier!" X23 informed him, her voice

rising. Logan immediately took off out of the room, X23 trailing his heels. Only minutes later were they in front of Charles' door. Logan

flung it open, startling the telepath in his wheelchair. A blue furred

mutant on his feet and knuckles was next to him, looking uneasy. X23

slightly recognized the ape like mutant. "Logan what is it?!" The man asked quickly. "We gotta get everyone outta here, now! Hydra's planning a

capture and assault attack!" Logan blurted. Charles Xavier seemed to

slightly recalled Hydra, but he recognized the danger of the situation. But before he expressed his thoughts verbally, an explosion

rang out that shook the room. X23 grunted as she was thrown off her feet.