~Serenity Howlett~
As Serenity slept in her bed at the Premier Hotel where she worked for the past 5 years, her dreams wandered into her past. Back to the times when William Stryker had tried using her as his own weapon. She tossed and turned as the memories faded in and out. Almost any knight she dreamt about the past it was a guarantee that she would wake up and stay up. That nights memories, however, were memories she wanted to remember. It was when she had finally escaped from Stryker and Three Mile Island. It was not long after Wolverine, Sabertooth and Stryker's creation destroyed the plant. Stryker had rebuilt it, and was using it now as a grounds for keeping Serenity there, with little chance of escaping.
"Serenity, you have been chosen for the next mission." Stryker said to her as she looked into a mirror at her 9 year old self once again. Another flashback... she thought. "What is the mission Mr. Stryker?" Serenity asked in her young sweet voice. Stryker turned to her and smiled. "Today you are going to help us retrieve something we have lost. We are going to find your daddy." Serenity watched as her younger self began dancing around the room in glee.
Stryker held out his hand and Serenity took it and followed him. "You know your fathers name don't you Serenity?" Serenity nodded "James Howlett, why Mr. Stryker?" Stryker meerly smiled again "Just making sure you remember it." They were in the main study room now. This is where Stryker had taught Serenity about her powers and helped teach her how to use them. "Mr.Stryker, am I going to live with my daddy now?" Serenity asked in a cooing tone. Stryker looked down at her with a frown "Something like that Serenity. Something like that."The two watched on the computer monitors "Any word of him yet Planting?" Stryker said to one of his hench men, who shook his head in response. Stryker looked back down at Serenity, then over to the think tank "Ready to go into the tank now Serenity?" Serenity looked up to him and nodded her head as she began stepping forward. As she was just a few feet from the tank, she pulled out the sidearms from one of the guards. She flipped them around and held them upside down, pinky's on the triggers.
She looked at Stryker with a frown. "You're not my friends, you're the bad guys. You killed my mommy!" she yelled at Stryker as she backed up and close to one of the exits. She pointed the guns at Stryker. He smirked "What aree you going to do, shoot me?" he asked almost chuckeling. Serenity nodded "Yes, just like you shot mommy." With that her little pinky's squeezed the trigger and each bullet found its way into each of Stryker's legs. Serenity turned and ran from the Three Mile Island plant, and began the swim for shore.
Serenity woke up to the sound of her alarm clock and went to her closet and packed her hiking bag with her clothes and other belongings. She went down to the lobby were Maurice, her manager was at the front desk. As she walked out the door she said boldly "I quit." She went around the back and took out her 1978 Harley and started off for the institute. If it weren't for the dream, I wouldn't have remembered Stryker telling me of the school. Time to find my daddy. she thought as she pulled up to the front gates.
