Chapter 28
Leon studied the woman before him, who seemed more like a beast than a human. He could see the truth in her heart—she had been isolated from the world for too long, and her altered genes meant she was no longer fully human, destined to live as a beast.
A beast, when freed from its restraints, eventually goes mad.
She needed something to keep her tethered, and Leon was the one holding that tether. He nodded. "Alright, from now on, you'll follow me."
With that, Leon now had a female version of Wolverine at his side—and she didn't look half bad, either.
"What about this guy?" Pietro asked, nudging the unconscious man at his feet.
"That's Scott. He's not a bad guy," one of the little boys whispered timidly.
"Ah, I see," Pietro responded, his tone a bit sharp. "So, the teachers and professors were all captured? Looks like this military colonel was pretty tough."
Pietro didn't know Scott personally, but he had heard of the famous mutant Professor X. Even so, the colonel couldn't have anticipated that such a powerful group would launch a sudden raid on the base. He was captured before he even had a chance to react—a defeat that, in Pietro's eyes, was simply bad luck.
At that moment, Natasha spoke up. "They'll be here in about an hour at most. We need to leave."
She was referring to the X-Men from the Mutant Academy. With their students, teachers, and professors taken captive, there was no way the X-Men would sit idly by. Natasha had sent a signal to the academy, but it had been intercepted immediately. The base's network had been breached, meaning the X-Men were likely on their way.
Given the speed of their Blackbird fighter, they would arrive soon.