A/N: Just a little one shot, so far. Just to take a break from Horatio's sweet girl. Enjoy

Logan chewed on his cigar listening to the soft crunch of snow below his boots as he walked up to the bar in Laughlin city. Smiling grimly to himself he thought back to the task that was dropped in his lap by Charles.

"Logan if circumstances were different I'd send you with the others but they aren't." Logan cocked his brow at Charles. "What's goin' on Chuck?" The professor thought a moment before responding. "Remember when you met Rogue?" Logan nodded slowly. "That night in Laughlin, what's that got to do with anythin'?" Charles smiled a little. "There is a mutant... Who fights there. Against her will. You need to save her and bring her back here." Logan's head reeled. It was a her? "So I'm going alone.. Why?" Charles smiled again. "You know what to expect... And she's an animal mutant... You could get through to her better than anyone. Will you do it?" Logan sighed and nodded softly. "Yeah I'll do it Chuck."

Logan walked in, feeling the usual bloodlust from the crowd, hearing the savage hits of the fighters and the slams to the cage. He wondered if that mutant was fighting yet. He made his way to the cage trying to get a view of the fight. But before he could get a glimpse he heard a loud guttural howl and he knew, she was fighting. Logan pushed his way through the crowd to the cage. His eyes widened and his cigar almost fell at what he saw. A white wolf, larger than any normal wolf, was fighting a human man. Once the wolf put him on the ground and he was lead out, it shifted, into a lean muscled woman, white and blond streaked hair, and dark blue wolf eyes seeming to glow. She leaned against the wall of the cage and tossed back her drink. All Logan could see was that she made drinking a shot all the more sexy. Another man came into the cage and Logan, watching her as he was, saw the unmistakable plea and pain in her eyes. The bell rang and as she turned she saw him. Her nostrils flared taking in his scent. She knew he was a mutant. That moment of distraction cost her dearly. The man punched her sending her into the wall behind her. She slumped down hard just starring at him. Picking up on her cue Logan roared and busted into the cage. That startled the human. Logan snarled shoving the man into the cage. He snarled at the girl. "Go!" The girl snarled back and shifted, jumping to the top of the cage and out. Leaving Logan to fend for himself. Or so he thought. The wolverine got surrounded. He snarled. "Now listen to me, bub..." Before he could finish his sentence to the men he heard a howl.

The girl had taken her wolf form and dropped down from the roof. She growled and clawed at any man who got to close to Logan. Once they were knocked out the wolf bit Logan and grabbed him by the scruff of his collar picking him up. Despite his warning shout the wolf launched itself and him up, and through a hole in the roof that she had probably made. Logan shouted as they started to come down. At the last second she broke their landing and rolled pinning him. She roared in his face and shifted back to her human form, mostly. Her paws were still digging into his wrists. Logan just stared into her face and eyes, shocked and aroused. She stared back, with her blue wolfy eyes. "Why you save me?" Her words were slightly off, still understandable but she couldn't speak as well. And her voice was rough from disuse. Logan allowed a slight smile. "To help you." She snorted. "No one help me." Logan leaned up trying to move. She wouldn't let him. "I can. Come on. Would ya rather be stuck up here fightin' against your will?" She softened a bit and with a low growl hopped off him. "You like me. I still no trust you." Logan looked at his healing wrists and then at her. "That's fine. Ya gotta name?" He asked secretly looking her up and down. She was raw power and sex. Average height, face perfect and lips full and red. Full breasts gave way to a toned stomach and tiny waist. She was long waisted and had a perfect toned ass and rounded hips with legs that went on for days. She was in a word, beautiful. Her shrug brought him back to the present. "Cyra." Logan grunted taking a drag of his cigar. "Logan. Come on, I got a truck and some clothes for ya." He lead her to the camper back and held out some clothes that Rogue generously let him have for this reason. Cyra's clothes were torn and bloody, and she had no shoes. She hesitantly took the clothes and looked at him. He shrugged. "I'll be right-". He suddenly snapped his mouth shut. She had peeled out of her clothes right there in front of him and started to pull on the new clothes. He groaned and turned away before he saw anything more, or worse, jumped her right there. Cyra looked up at him and cocked her head at him. "Ready." Logan grunted and got her in the truck quickly and drove.

A few days of driving passed in silence. Logan had called Charles and told him that he was bringing Cyra back to the mansion and that they would be there in a few days. She finally seemed more at ease in Logan's company, but still said very little. All she asked was that he found an all talk radio station (not in so many words) so she could try to relearn to talk. But he was getting tired of the silence. He wasn't very talkative either but he was actually curious about her. A few hours into another night of driving on a deserted road, Logan spared a glance at her where she was sitting, curled up. "Ya know what ya are Cyra?" Cyra nodded starring out the window. "Mutant. More animal than human." Logan growled lowly shaking his head. "S'not true. You're a woman. Not just a wolf." She shook her head.

"Used to be normal. Talk good. But been wolf so long... More animal now." Logan growled again. "You're perfect. Beautiful. I'll teach ya to talk again. But you are not an animal." He couldn't believe he was saying that to her. Telling her a fact that even he himself found it hard to believe sometimes. But still he was right. She cocked her head to the side, her nose picking up on the change in his scent. Without responding to his spoken comment, which deep down she knew was right, she simply stated. "You want me." And with that, Logan slammed on the breaks.