Stars: Wolverine, Shadowcat, Nightcrawler, Sabertooth
Appears: Xavier
Cameos: Rogue, Jean Grey, Cyclops, Spyke

Summary

Wolverine is in a dark lab suspended in a tank of green fluid. He pops his claws and slices his way out of the tank and escapes into the woods. Everything is foggy and disconnected, like he's been drugged. He sees a man in dark clothing standing above him and then he's attacked by Sabertooth. He wakes up in his room and jolts out of bed, realizing that it was all a nightmare.

Kitty wakes up to her alarm and phases her hand through it to turn it off. Back in her room, Kitty is on her bed writing a letter to her parents. Mostly she complains about how crowded the mansion is, and how she can never find anywhere where she can be alone. She settles into the kitchen where Logan is reading the newspaper. She writes about how he's a loner and never wants to talk to anyone. Then the other X-Men burst into the room making tons of noise.

Downstairs, Kitty finds Spyke "spyking" a poster to the ceiling. Kitty argues with him over it being everyone's space and he tells her to deal with it. Kitty writes about Scott and how sometimes he tries to be so responsible and others he's a total teenager. Scott revs his car and takes off with his stereo blaring, almost causing Kitty to fall from the tree. She notices Logan and Xavier in a courtyard nearby and writes about Xavier keeping everything together at the Institute.

Xavier talks to Wolverine about his problem. He reads his mind to find out that the nightmare is really suppressed memories of how Logan got his adamantium, and that Mt. McKenna has something to do with it. Logan gets up to leave but Xavier stops him, tells him he knows he's headed to Mt McKenna to find out what's happening there. Logan walks away as Xavier asks if he wants company, but Logan declines.

Kitty is hiding in the Blackbird trying to finish her letter. She writes to her parents about Nightcrawler and how he's always popping in on her and startling her.They head up to the cockpit and find out that Logan is flying the jet. Kitty tries to stop Kurt from going up to him, saying he's been acting wierd all day. When he puts his hand on Logan's shoulder, Logan pops his claws and swipes towards his head. Kurt stammers and ports back to Kitty. Wolverine follows him back and asks why they're following him, he keeps grabbing his head and groaning. Logan freaks, mumbling to himself about having to take them back, that they have to get away, that there's something in his head and he can't control himself or be trusted. He closes the door and locks himself in the cockpit. Kitty asks Kurt if he can port them to the ground but he says they're going way to fast and to high up. Kitty says they're stuck on the flight.

Logan lands the jet in the mountains and begins hiking up the peak.They follow Logan up the mountain. The Scientist talks to Sabertooth about the chip that's controlling Wolverine. The scientist gloats, tells Wolverine it's time that he starts serving him. That his "enhancements" were quite a financial investment. Sabertooth comes in and tells the scientist that they're ready to begin training. The scientist pulls up some monitors with images of Kurt and Kitty on them and says they have test subjects. Wolverine howls no.

Kurt and Kitty spot Wolverine up on the mountain, but as Kitty waves to him, Sabertooth walks up to stand beside him. They both start after Kurt and Kitty. The two kids run, but Sabs and Logan catch up to them quickly. Kitty tries to dodge Wolverine, but trips and ends up sliding down a slope. Kurt has to port away from Sabertooth and they end up going off in opposite directions. Wolverine catches up to Kitty and she tries to talk to him. She's beggining to get through with him when the scientist cranks the dial up to 60%. Wolverine starts chasing her again. She gets away by phasing through a rock face, but almost plunges into a ravine on the other side. Meanwhile Kurt is looking for Kitty in the woods. Sabertooth drops down on him from above and Kurt runs, he ports just as Sabertooth catches up to him again.

Kurt and Kitty port into the lab ahead of Sabertooth. Kitty runs ahead to find Logan, while Kurt takes on Sabertooth. Logan makes his way into the lab and the scientist turns up the controls to 100%. Logan drops and the scientist sends out these huge droids to catch him. Everything starts shorting out and there are some explosions as Kitty phases back out of the panels. Wolverine has regained control and starts after the Scientist. Later as they're waiting, Logan staggers up to them looking not so good.

Back at the mansion Logan comes to in the med-lab. Xavier tells him that he's alright and Logan asks about the kids. Xavier tells him that they're fine and Kitty's been in every hour to check on him since the surgery. That they removed the chip. Wolverine says he's going to find out someday who had it done to him. Meanwhile, Kurt is holding everyone out of the dining room as Kitty sits inside finishing the letter to her parents. She writes about how even though the place is crowded, she'd miss bumping into everyone if they weren't there. That it's all a part of being a family.