“I don't know anything more. There is nothing else in my mind. So, stop violating it!” Pierce shouted in a rough voice.

His face had turned a sickly pale and he was sweating continuously even though his body was completely healthy.

The reason? His mind had just now been thoroughly searched by the combined might of Professor Xavier, Emma and Jean. Since he had received some training to resist telepathic attacks, they had to be quite rough in their search throughout his mind, the result being Pierce’s current state.

“How can you not have any information about the location of HYDRA's cloning laboratory and the rest of the clones despite having such a high position in it?” Professor Xavier asked in a assertive tone.

This was part of the reason why Pierce was looking so haggard. Despite being the one who was tasked to infiltrate SHIELD and turn it into a HYDRA asset, he had no knowledge about the location of Mr. Logan's clones and where they were made.

Much of the information we had obtained from him was regarding HYDRA spies in the SHIELD and the projects of the SHIELD which was secretly under HYDRA's control.

This information was incredibly useful for SHIELD but what we mutants needed to know urgently was the location of Mr. Logan's clones and how they had been made.

“I swear that I know nothing about the clones. They had shifted the clones as well as the entire laboratory after the Battle of New York. They had purposely the hidden that information from me since SHIELD already knew about the existence of clones at that point. All I know is that it is somewhere in Russia.” Pierce revealed everything he knew about the clones.

The brutal mind scan he had received at the hands of Professor Xavier, Emma and Jean had removed any trace of resistance from his mind. His mind had been violated so much that Pierce was ready to reveal everything he knew as long as he didn't have his mind invaded again.

“Director, this is the information be obtained from Pierce’s mind.” Professor Xavier handed Director Fury a rather thick report once he came out of the interrogation room with the girls.

“It seems that you are quite sad at the fact that you couldn't find the location of the Wolverine clones, Professor.” Director Fury commented upon seeing Professor’s expression.

“It is not like you don't know what the existence of mutant clones mean for us, Director. If this fact spread out in the public, we mutants would again be put in the same situation that we were in before. All our efforts would be destroyed.” Professor Xavier replied.

SHIELD had managed to hide the existence of mutant clones for now but if this information ever reached the ears of the government, the radicals would start calling for us mutants and our clones to be used as weapons. Everything the X-Men had worked for would be destroyed in just a moment.

“With the information you have obtained from Pierce, the SHIELD will soon start raids on HYDRA bases. If luck is on our side, we would find the location of the laboratory soon.” Director Fury assured us that he would try to find the laboratory as soon as possible.

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“By the way, how is the research on Wolverine's clones going? Have you found any weaknesses?” Director Fury inquired.

“We have found one weakness, Director. But it's useless. We won't be able to use it against the clones.” Professor Xavier replied with a sigh.

“Still, I need to know what it is.” Director Fury said, expressing his desire to learn everything about the clones.

“Let's just say that the clones have a very low shelf life.” Professor Xavier answered.

“Low shelf life? I don't understand.” Director Fury was puzzled by Professor's words.

“What I mean is that they can't live for too long. The ones Magneto had with him were only around 3 years old. And according to our research, they won't live for more than 2 years. Dear bodies will simply stop functioning after that time.” Professor Xavier explained what he meant.

“Indeed, this information is of no help to us. It doesn't tomato if the clones can only live for two or three years when HYDRA can create a literal army of them.” Director Fury said.

“Did you find anything else? Any behavioral patterns? Anything similar between the clones.” He inquired.

“Unfortunately, we couldn't find anything more. If there were any mental weaknesses, they had likely been erased by HYDRA's ruthless training and the chip implant in their brain. Honestly, the clones can be said to be just barely functioning as human beings. Their mind has been completely broken by HYDRA while their body is slowly shutting down.” Professor Xavier regretfully explained the clones’ condition.

“So, all we can do is tried to find the location of the clones. Something we have no clue about.” Director Fury said with a sigh.

“Actually, I might have something which can help.” I suddenly said, drawing their attention towards me.

“Then, why didn't you reveal it earlier?” Director Fury questioned.

“It's because it was previously only in development. I only completed it in the recent days and before I could tell you, you already know what happened.” I replied.

“So, what is this thing which can find the location of the clones?” Professor Xavier asked curiously.

“How about I show you directly? It's in my room at the X-Mansion.” I answered.

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“We are here now. Show us your mysterious project, Peter.” Director Fury ordered once we arrived at my room.

“Here it is.” I said as I showed everyone my hidden project.

It was actually a rather ornate looking compass glowing with magical runes.

“A magical compass? What can it do?” Director Fury asked me with a puzzled look.

“This is no ordinary artefact. It is a bloodline radar which can find someone if we have his blood within a range of 5 kilometres and even his direct descendant although only at a range of a single kilometre.” I proudly explained the function of the magical artefact.

“This is amazing, Peter. This compass would make it much easier for us to find the clones' base. When did even start on it?” Professor Xavier asked excitedly.

“It was soon after Magneto’s capture. The existence of Mr. Logan's clones unsettled me a lot. That is why, I started working on creating this artefact which would be able to track Mr. Logan's clones easily since they actually have his blood running through their veins.”

It was no easy task though. Bloodline tracking is a pretty obscure branch of magic meaning that I had to research for the artefact myself.

I couldn't even borrow a similar artefact since Ancient One had forbidden me from borrowing magic artefacts for missions. I could only use artefacts which I had created myself.

“Still, I have to thank you for your hard work, Peter. This magic fact will be essential in crushing HYDRA once and for all.” Director Fury said, thanking me for creating the bloodline radar.

“I thank you for your kind words, Director. However, it would still be a tough job for us to find the HYDRA base, although not as much as before.” I said, remembering how much big of an area we had to cover with a tracker of only 5 kilometres of range. At least, we knew that the base was somewhere in Russia. Otherwise, even the bloodline radar would have been useless.

“Let's just hope that it doesn't take us entire weeks to find the location.”