An Ice Heart Can Be Thawed (x-men fanfic)

***Chapter 5***

"Sedate and detain as many mutants as possible." Stryker informs us. I am non-fazed. Stryker has had me kill plenty of mutants before, even though I am one. The helicopter lands and I slip off it. A giant mansion looms above me. "Blizzard, take the first floor." Stryker yells. "Yes, sir." I respond and walk through the front doors. A pissed off man with metal claws yells, jumping from the balcony above. I move out of the way and his claws stick into the floor. I freeze them so they'll stay. "Logan!" A voice says to the right of me and I turn. I am surprised at what I see. "Bobby?" I ask. "Winter, is that you?" He whispers. I know I am angry, but I follow the rules and hide it. I walk forward and when they try to move back I put a giant ice wall behind them. "Shouldn't you remember the sister you abandoned?" I snap. "Sister?" A tall boy beside him questions. "Oh, haven't you heard? Bobby had a little sister who he let get taken away and trapped in a freezer tube for ten years." I tell him, sarcastically. "Blizzard, have you cleared the first floor?" Stryker asks in my ear piece. "Yes, Mr. Stryker, all clear." I reply. "You work for William Stryker?" Bobby asks. "No, you sent me to work for William Stryker." I correct him. "What's holding you up?" Stryker asks in my ear. "I have some loose casualties but I'm dealing with them, sir." I answer. "Hurry, we need help carting them out." He orders. "How can you help him hurt your own kind?" The man with the claws asks, still stuck to the ground. "If you hadn't noticed, I have no choice. If I don't listen they blow my brains out and choose another unlucky freak like myself." I respond, shrugging, then I focus back on my brother, the tall boy, and the girl beside them. "I have orders to tranquilize you, but being the nice sister I am, and not wanting to doom my twin to Stryker's tools, unlike what you did to me, I'm going to help you." I tell them. "What happened to, 'I'll get my brains blown out?'" Bobby's friend (the tall boy) questions. "Oh, I almost forgot." I scold myself. I make an ice mirror and an ice knife in my hand. "What are you doing, Winter?" Bobby exclaims. I ignore him and cut into my neck, barely making a face. I stick my fingers into the hole I just made and pull out a little glowing device. "Tada." I joke without humor. "You're bleeding." Bobby points out. "No, I'm melting orange juice, Sherlock." I retort, freezing over the gaping hole in my neck. "Did that hurt?" The girl speaks for the first time. "Yes, it did." I answer. "Okay, tell me, is there any secret passageways in Freak Mansion?" Bobby nods and points down. "Jolly great. Where is a doorway?" I demand. "A few minutes down the left hall." He tells me. I unfasten the guy with claws from the floor and run in the direction Bobby told me. Soon I come to a door. "Um?" I ask. "It's usually unlocked." Bobby mutters, trying to open it. "Is it powered by electricity?" I question. The man with claws nods. "Then it won't work. Stryker disabled the power. I guess I'll have to go under." I say to myself looking at the crack at the bottom of the door. "Under? You do realize that the only thing that will fit under there is a small mouse?" The tall boy says, matter-of-factly. "Exactly." I respond. "Ugh." I yelp and began shrinking. 'What the hell?!" The tall boy yells but the man with claws tells him to shut up. I shrink until I'm a white mouse and easily slide under the door. I grow back into my normal self and unlock the door manually. "How'd you do that?" The girl wonders. "I can turn into any winter animal." I answer, continuing to walk down the hall. "Man, your sister is freaking cool." The tall boy whispers to Bobby and I smirk silently. I turn my nose into an artic fox's and stop by a ladder. "I smell gas. The garage is directly on top of us." I mumble and crawl up. Cars upon cars are spread out in a room as big as a house. "Mr. X is a rich dude I see." I retort and slip into the driver seat of a red car with yellow streaks "We don't have a key. Plus, this is Cyclops' car." Bobby says and I roll my eyes. I inspect the key hole and then press my hands together. I reveal a clear key. "It won't work, it'll just melt." The tall boy notes. "It's made of an ice I created myself. It won't melt and it is very strong. It's the same ice I froze claw man here to the ground with." I tell them, handing the man with claws the key. He gives me a glare and starts the car.