*Must warn the free mutants in the mountains,  they are in danger. * Melissa said telepathically *I'm so very sorry. If I hadn't been such a pain in the ass for them...* If she hadn't been such a pain, they never would have beaten her as bad as they did. She would have been able to escape like the others had. Not had to be carried away like an invalid.<br/><br/>Melissa groaned painfully as they picked her up. Her exposed skin showed her bruises healing. All except for the ones around her throat.<br/><br/>========<br/><br/>Melissa woke several days later, her body nearly fully recovered. There were still marks around her throat and scars across her back, but she was fine otherwise. She groaned as she sat up, her body sore from not moving for so long. Melissa looked around as she slid her bare feet from the bed, her body now hidden beneath a hospital gown. "Can someone please tell me... Where am I?" She asked.