A/N ok for the record i hit writer's block so i started to read other stories to try and loosen it...i have but i felt i needed to get this little gem out of my skull. will return to my other stories soon.

AU ok just AU but to be fair... x-men movies 1-3 as well as the two logan stand alone movies but before DOFP and i have not seen 'logan' so not even playing there.

It had been five days since Chuck and Eric had collected him from the airport, Logan was still shocked and unbalanced. He was trying, even asking for Charles to give him a 'cliff notes' version of the two years during his self imposed exile, most things he was handling well.

As logan walked around a corner in the mansion he barely had time to avoid walking into the woman that was floating down the hall.

"Sorry J...Phoenix," logan apologised as he stood aside for the woman.

"I understand Logan," the woman replied with a caring but distant voice. "One day Jean Grey may return,"

And with that The Phoenix just continued to float down the hall. That had been one of the two things that shocked logan the most, when he saw Charles he was speechless but never questioned it past the 'what the fuck' him returning just felt right. When he learned that The Phoenix had returned Logan was almost giddy almost. Until Chuck made it clear it was NOT Jean.

The woman had very few human traits left, she was more a goddess of mortal flesh then a human, she was only there cause she felt a 'pull' to help the world and the family she tried to destroy. which naturally left more questions then answers.

And like he promised, Logan was trying with all his strength to...work through the situation. Besides he had a more important problem to deal with, Rogue was missing.

She took the cure...even after refusing it at first she went back after logan vanish and took the cure. Now people were searching for her seeing as the cure did not work, though it lasted differently for each person, Eric's power returned quicker then most, the fact was the cure does not last.

At first Logan was asking for any news every five minutes, to the point that Charles used the five year old girl threat again. So now Logan waited, only asking once every eight hours, the professor promised he would tell him the moment they had news. Logan made his way to one of the smaller offices where he found Chuck at the desk.

"Nothing new my friend no word at all." Charles spoke as Logan entered.

Logan grunted and sat in a chair.

"Where should we start today?"

"I am not sure, since japan I am getting more flashes but the more I try to remember...I get a massive pain in my head, it feels more physical than anything."

"hmm...maybe it is, but due to the Adamantium on your skull we will not be able to get a good look," charles replied as he thought about 'the bullet'

Logan spoke up breaking the professor's train of thought, "When did you find me?"

"About six months into your exile."

Logan looked ready to rage when,

"I could have used a friend,"

Charles shook his head,

"Not this time Logan, you needed to find yourself. You need the Wolverine, Logan and the Wolverine two sides to the same coin. He is part of you, to be whole you needed to stop fighting him and after Jean's death you needed time.

Logan thought about it over a few minutes.

"That is why Scott and I could never agree, He was very disciplined and for me to be effective I needed to be feral," Logan chuckled. "How long did you know? I never realised it till I went to Japan. I doubt anyone in this house realised it."

Charles smiled, "I let you in my house and the only thing about you I 'questioned' was your smoking."

Logan smirked,

"And for the record there was a couple others that understood you," Charles finished.

"Marie," Logan sighed. "I figure my leaving hurt her more then I ever thought..."

"We agreed you would not go down that road during our talks," Charles interrupted as he saw Logan's eyes start to turn dark.

"You said a couple who...?" Logan started to say when a knock at the door interrupted,

The door opened and Storm poked her head in,

"Sorry but she has asked for you both,"

The two men simply finished their talk and moved out of the office and made their way to charles's old office. That actually made Logan chuckle when he first returned, The Phoenix had claimed the Headmasters office as hers and made it into something a little primal. In the center of the room was Charles's old desk but now had several heavy comforters and quilts set up on it making for lack of a better word, a nest.

Phoenix sat in the center of her desk, though she did wear cloths when she floated around the school (no one knows why she just states that 'she knew to'.) while in this room she wore no clothes, a blanket up around her waist and her long hair hangs down over her chest.

Phoenix, acted strange for most specially with Charles and Eric she refused to look at them till THEY bowed their heads in respect, but Logan she would nodd in a manor stating,

'He killed me once'

The most amazing though was how she treated Storm, Phoenix actually treated Storm as both a friend and an equal. (nobody knows or asks about this habit)

The three stood in front of the being with red hair,

"You have a question?" Phoenix asked looking at Logan.

He smirked, shook his head softly then asked.

"You have returned, even Charles returned...what about Scott Summers, is it possible he is out there too?"

"Not yet," Phoenix replied. "He is linked with the woman Jean Grey, If one returns the other will as well."

Logan just nodded, Storm and Charles were wondering why they had not asked that question,

"How goes the search for the young woman?" Phoenix asked turning to look at Charles.

"Not well, until her powers return I don't feel I will find her not even with Cerebro."

"I agree, but I think even when her powers return...it will be hard. I sense there is another, powerful, masking and hiding her and until my powers return fully."

Charles looked to speak but held his tongue and waited.

"Say it," Phoenix spoke.

"I came to that thought last night I do believe there is a very powerful telepath involved, someone that knows me and cerebro and I fear they are using that knowledge to block me from remembering who they are."

"Possible, Dr. McCoy and the other one is waiting outside for you Professor," Phoenix spoke and went quiet.

Storm opened the door and sure enough Hank was waiting, he smiled and gave a grandiose bow when he spotted the woman in her nest. Eric did not speak, head bowed not looking at the Phoenix.

It was no secret, she did not like but did respect Charles Xavier, she HATED Erik 'Magneto' Lensherr, and refused to answer anything he asked. Charles quickly leaves the room followed by storm, before Logan could leave,

"Your worried?" Phoenix asks. But Logan does not reply at first. "When I mentioned regaining my full power your eyes narrowed."

"Last time you were at full power...I had to put a blade in you, I did not enjoy that kill." Logan replied calmly.

"I was out of control," she replied never opening her eyes. "I could not remember if I had ever felt so many emotions before, but the most uncontrollable were Love Lust and desire, those emotions she felt for those she cared for especially lust for Summers...I...did not...I could not control it it was to much all at once,"

"And this time?" Logan asked.

"I am taking my time to learn I won't let my power or freedom take over again...it made me act...less than what I am."

"Take your time, if is was possible I would hate to have to do it again," Logan replied as he moved for the door.

"But you will," Phoenix spoke stopping him. "If I ever became out of control again you would take the responsibility upon your self again.

"I am tired of waiting," a large man growled as he got up from his chair. "I'm going to have my fun."

"Hey man we are only supposed to watch her, no touch." his partner a much smaller man shouted.

"You heard them, she had never been touched, besides no one is around," the large man replied as he unlocked and threw open a door.

In side was a woman in her early twenties laying on a mat asleep,

"Bitch wake up," the big man shouted and slapped the woman.

"Wah the hell," the woman replied slapping back and shaking the streaks of white hair from her eyes.

The big man wasn't phased by her slap as he punched her hard knocking her down before getting on top of her.

Marie was not scared as it was clear what this guy wanted (he started to rip her shirt open) but before her fear of being raped could sink in something happened that scared her more. her skin tingled in a way that it hadn't in years.

Rogue returned, and she gave a growl she had not heard in a long time and grabbed the mans face in her hands, the moment she grabbed the mans eyes went white which was new to her. But then she felt the pull of his mutant powers into her and tried to let go, but she couldn't. she ended up basically sucking everything from the guy and he finally released her (she never realised he had grabbed onto her).

"You," the smaller man shouted. then at the wild look in her eyes turned and ran.

Rogue was quickly chasing him and running faster then she thought possible, he ran for a stairwell and started going up. rogue was moving two or three steps at a time in her feral pursuit, the small man went through a door and out onto the roof of a building, leaping into the air he started to take flight. That is till Rogue leaped and grabbed onto him, again his eyes went white and she could not release him. crashing beck not to the roof but all the way down to the ground they landed in a very rough manner It took Rogue a while to regain her barrings and push the very cold body off of her.

She did not even have to ask she knew he as well as his partner were in fact dead, she stood up and looked around to get her bearings when a massive amount of pain hit her head causing her to scream.

Found her

Logan woke with a start, the voice was not loud or panicked but it still startled him but shaking it off quickly Logan dressed and left his room. It was the dead of night, so Logan moved quickly and quietly down the hall and met Storm coming down the stairs from her attic loft. Both made they walk in silence down to the closed door that led to Phoenix's nest, the door opened by it self and they found the woman floating naked arms out and hair suspended on a wind.

"Her powers returned in great force, there...was a struggle...someone is blocking me from her," Phoenix spoke.

"She is now moving at great speed," Charlie's voice came over a loud speaker.

"She has landed," Phoenix spoke. "I have lost contact."

"She is unconscious," Charles added.

"New Orleans," Both Phoenix and Charles said at the same moment.

"Why did I never learn to fly this thing," logan growled as he sat in the pilot seat of the Blackbird.

"Pick up you no good," storm growled as she sat next to him. "Hello Remy? no...Listen lady you tell Remy his sister Stormy is calling, You wanna know who I am...remy? Its Storm, need a favor, are you in New Orleans?...Yes I am on my way, no it's not a visit...shut mouth open your ears, there is a girl, mutant and very powerful very dangerous and in even greater danger...I will send you my file on her...find her and don't let anyone but me get near her."

"Sure we can trust this guy?" Logan growled.

"I can trust Remy,"Storm replied as she finished the preflight and takeoff.

"You two stay here," the woman with snow white blonde hair spoke as she walked into a back alley of the 'French Quarter.'

She smoothed down her simple white dress and fixed a fake yet friendly smile as she approached the young woman that was curled into a ball hiding behind a dumpster,

"Are you alright child?" she asked and held out a hand palm up.

Rogue looked with a start as she had not heard the woman in white approach, "Stay back,"

"Please come with me I can help," the woman replied and curled her fingers and that's when Rogue noticed the woman wore white leather gloves.

Rogue let out a scream and grabbed her head, the white lady narrowed her eyes and forced to keep her smile on her face at this, but was fully distracted when a card landed in her open palm. Confused at first she turned the card over to see a jack of clubs, then the card began to glow with a VERY familiar red-purple light...just before it exploded in her face.

"Emma Frost," a male voice with a thick cajun accent spoke as the woman came back into view, she had leaped back almost to her two companions, the diamond crystal skin smoking from the blast before she changed back to flesh and looked at the new man.

Black suit with a heavy leather trench coat, she would know those red on black eyes anywhere, he was not looking at the furious woman in white, he was kneeling and placing a glowing (red/purple) blanket over the now unconscious Rogue. Now a very little known fact is the charge pattern of 'Gambit's' preferred attack is actually red and purple with there being more red then purple. Emma knew this she also noticed that the charged blanket was more purple then red, it was reversed.

That is when she noticed that Remy Lebeau's back hand was actually touching and charging the wall behind him,

"get back" she shouted "no you fools he will blow up the whole building." and she started to back away pushing her companions with her.

Gambit finally looked at Emma and just smiled, and detonated, but instead of the whole building going it was basicly a large silent flash, and then he and the girl were gone.

"Damn it," Emma cursed. "we need to get away,"

Rogue was laying on a mattress, he body hurt and she felt a hand using a wet rag to wipe her brow. She also realised then the clothes she wore were tore beyond repair and offered no modesty. Panic struck her hard and she lashed out slapping the hand away. Opening her eyes she saw a man giving her a smile and she just punched him before he could speak, the fact that he basically flew across the room startled her and she jumped off the bed. Staying in mid air as she hovered.

"Easy, chere. Gambit a friend he mean you no harm," and he spoke a few words in french she did not understand.

Remy kept his smile on his face and his body relaxed, but he was worried no where in Stormy's file mentioned super strength or the ability to fly, he did remember the details that her powers would give her the powers of any mutants she touched so that was his guess.

Rogue stayed in the air but was unable to speak as he body was wracked with pain and she fell from the air, right into the arms of the man. He held her close in a way to make her feel more covered and kept his eyes locked with hers, At first she struggled first with being held and then her natural fear of touch.

"Easy, easy chere, Gambit come prepared look," Gambit showed he wore gloves and a set of grey overalls. "Relax gambit just waiting for Stormy."

Rogue froze at the name Stormy,

"Yes Gambit knows Stormy here look," and he pulled out a picture from a pocket.

Rogue took the old picture and saw this man smiling as he waved and next to him stood a much younger (and sprouting a mohawk) Storm.

"Stormy asked Gambit to find you, asked that I take care of you till she gets here."

Rogue tried to release herself from his hold but her legs gave out again,

"Let gambit help," he picked her back up and carried her to a door.

Inside was a clean bathroom with large tub and separate shower.

"The belle needs a shower yes? Gambit a gentleman, can help if you need but if not," and he held her with one arm as he opened the large shower door and put a chair into the shower. "You sit there and wash yourself."

Rogue looked at him and slowly crawled from his arms and went and sat on the chair, then closed the shower door. "out." was all she said.

"Gambit leave the door open you need anything you call Gambit waiting."

Gambit moved so he could not see her. nor her see him and pulled out his phone and sent a text, ' BIG TROUBLE, MOVE.' and sent it to his sister.

Gambit heard clothes hit the floor and the shower turn on, he waited.

Realising her clothes were trash,

"Do ya, A'h could use clean clothes," she shouted out of the bathroom.

"Gambit have some, want me to bring them in?" he replied.

A grunt was his reply and he took it as a yes so very slowly peaked into the door,

there wrapped in just a towel was the most beautiful woman he had seen in a long time, maybe ever. Her brunette hair with the white streak was like a siren's call and her eyes...

"Here you go," he placed them on the sink and turned to leave.

Gambit waited till she stepped out fully dressed, he had gotten her form fitting leather jumpsuit much like her old X-Man uniform, only in a strange green and gold/yellow pattern that actually looked really good on her. a brown leather bomber jacket knee high boots and a pair of Light brown gloves to match. He knew she would be very guarded with any skin exposed thanks to Storms message. She looked even better than he imagined despite the short amount of time he had to get her the clothes.

"Anna Marie," she said as she stepped slowly from the bathroom. "But I normally go by Rogue,"

"Remy Lebeau," he replied with a over acted arm sweep and bow, flashing a Devil-may-care smile. "Gambit,"

A/N Rogue is going to go through a transformation, from the weak child she was in x 1-3 to the bad ass mississippi warrior we love her for without having to be trained by the brotherhood first.

edited 4/30

find a problem let me know if it is gramer placement or spelling i will fix it. if it is plot...50/50