Imagine that Rogue had a sister, Lyz. Lyz finds that she too is a mutant 2 years after Rogue was thrown out of her parents house. Rogue and Lyz don't know that they are sisters, it turns out that Rogue's dad had an affair. The girls did become best of friends and were as close as sisters could be. They often even pretended to be sisters.
Lyz backed away from her art teacher fearfully, she was upset that her teacher told her that her drawing pretty much sucked. All she did was push her hand away from her picture, she didn't mean to do, what ever it was that she did. Mrs. Newer didn't even act like she noticed anything happening, but Lyz felt the rush of, memories? And thoughts and even some sort of perspective? Maybe. Gosh! What if she was a mutant, like Marie?! Lyz pushed away from her table and ran out of class and out of the school. She stopped at her truck and jumped in fingering the silver pendent hanging around her neck that said 'Marie' in hieroglyphics, zooming to her house and grabbing some things, she left town, knowing that her mother was no more lenient than Marie's parents had been. If only she knew where Marie was.
Meanwhile at the mansion, Rogue and Bobby had been going steady for a couple of years, Logan had come and gone several times in that space of time and gave Bobby the what for as if he were Rogue's father or brother. Rogue only laughed with a twinkle in her eye, she had long since passed her childhood crush on Logan and now saw him as her best friend. She still wished that he would find someone and settle down here at the mansion, but that was very unlikely.
Lyz looked down at her gas, she needed to fill up. She pulled into the next gas station, she walked to the bathroom, all the while feeling the clerk's eyes following her into the bathroom, she walked out of the stall and started to wash her hands when the clerk walked in and started to feel her up. As soon as he shoved her against the wall and put his hand up her shirt, Lyz was flooded by memories and thoughts from the dirty clerk, she whipped around and tried to punch him, but he caught her fist and slammed her head into the wall. She heard the door to the station open and let out a scream, hoping they would help her. Next thing she knew the dirty s.o.b. was flung off of her. When she turned to thank her rescuer, she was shocked to see he had 3 metal claws coming out of each hand. Not sure what else to do she smiled at him.
Logan was on his way back to see Marie at the Mansion, her 19th birthday was in a few days and he made sure to be there for her birthday every year. He looked at the gas gage on Cyce's bike and decided that he would be nice and fill the tank, as he walked in to pay he heard an ear piercing scream. He immediately found the sound coming from the women's room, kicking in the door without a second thought, the sight before him made his blood boil. He grabbed the clerk and through him against the wall hard enough to make sure he stayed there, forgetting his claws were out he turned to the girl. Seeing her tentative smile he remembered his claws and pulled them in. "You okay?" The girl looked into his eyes and he felt like he had been kicked in the gut, God she looks lust like Marie, only with blue eyes.
"I am now, thank you so much! I didn't know what to do…" she stopped when she noticed how he was looking at her, not in a scary way, but like he just saw a ghost.
She sounds like her too; with out even thinking he reached out and touched her bruised cheek. He saw her flinch and put it towards her painful bruise.
Lyz flinched with the contact to her face; the rush of memories was immediate. Then the pain began, like hot lava was boiling in her skull, flooding out of her skull, it poured down her neck and through her body, arms, and legs.
Logan was surprised to see her bruise fade and her busted lip heal with his touch, "What the…? Are you-" Then she started to scream.
It hurt so bad, it burned. She felt him pick her up and put her into her truck and placed his bike in the bed before climbing into the driver's side. She didn't even care where he was taking her, it hurt so bad, she just had to be dying, with that last thought, she blacked out.
Logan called Beast and told him to ready a bed in the med lab; he had a patient for him. Luckily they were at a station that was only about 20 minutes from the school. He pulled up to the school he now considered his home, almost grateful that she had passed out. The girl was whimpering so bad, all he had done was touch her cheek. He stopped the truck and picked the now slightly heavier and seemingly dead girl and all but ran up the steps and into the school. Storm was shocked to say the least but quickly took stock of the situation and lead the way to the med lab.
Rogue was coming down the stairs when she saw the mayhem and followed Logan and Storm to the med lab. Rogue gasped when she saw the girl in Logan's arms, she new her! "Lyz! Oh my gosh! What did you do to her Logan?!"
Logan put the girl down and turned to look at Rogue, "You know her?"
"What did you do to her!?"
"What makes you think I did anything to her? All I did was pull some punk off of her and save her from being raped. I touched the bruise on her cheek and she started screaming."
"There are no bruises Logan," Rogue said in a smartass tone.
"She must be like you because she healed from it, then she started screaming and whimpering, finally she passed out and I brought her here,"
Suddenly the girl on the tale opened her eyes and sat up, scaring the 4 mutants around her. "Where am I? Marie! Oh my gosh!!! Is that you?"
Rogue smiled at her, "Yes, it is me. You are in the Xavier school for the gifted. You are safe here."
Lyz looked around herself, seeing the large man that saved her in the gas station and scuttled away, falling right off the other side of the bed. "Oohh…" Then her claws slid out. Looking down at them she was so shocked she couldn't even scream. Looking up she was shocked at seeing a large blue furry man looking down at her.
"Are you okay my dear. There is nothing to be afraid of here. We are all here to help you." Dr. Hank McCoy was not at all hurt by the look on her face, he as blue after all. He was, however, shocked by the sight of her claws.
"Doc, I'd wear gloves if I were you." Logan warned the Blue man while eyeing Lyz's newly acquired claws.
After many tests, Doc found some very interesting news. Charles called everyone involved to his office. "It turns out that Rogue's friend from home is more then a friend." With that statement everyone looked at Rogue with interest, Logan was the only one who spoke though, "Damn girl, next time you do something like that, call me first." Rogue reached out and popped him in the back of the head with her gloved hand. "That was not what I meant Logan," Charles said with a small grin, anybody else ever hit the Wolverine, and they'd be missing a hand, but Rogue gets away with it. "According to DNA, she is your half sister Rogue." Rogue was shocked. "She also has a similar gift to you. She absorbs people's talents, like art, or musical ability. She also gets memories," with that last word Logan flinched, another innocent girl that he inflicted his horrid past on. Rogue looked at him with worry in her eyes. "Apparently when she touches a mutant she absorbs their gift and apparently some of their characteristics, because she now has claws, which she swears she did not know she had, and x rays show that she also has a metal coated skeleton, much like you Logan. That must have been why she screamed, all that metal running through her body must have hurt very intensely."
Logan felt sick to his stomach, he couldn't believe he put that child through so much pain; not only his horrific memories and nightmares, but the actual pain of the metal and claws. Logan thought about the fact that this little girl was indeed important to Marie, her sister even. He wondered how she was taking this information; her father did cheat on her mother after all. Marie always was important to him, she was his best friend, his sister almost, his instinctual protective side was beginning to see this new girl that was so important to Marie as another charge. Someone else he would protect. Bobby was brought into the Wolverine's pack when Marie fell in love with him, and Logan was man enough to admit that Bobby made Marie happy. Logan took care of Marie and if that meant watching out for a popsicle and Lyz, then he would. Chuck? Logan asked mentally, you think Lyz could be roomed on the other side of my room? I think she would like to be close to Marie, and I would like to keep an eye on her. Figure I better help her come to terms with all the metal running through her body. Professor Charles replied that he thought that was a great idea. Storm soon left the room with a silent request from the professor to get the room ready.
Marie walked down to the med lab and sat with Lyz. They discussed everything that had happened while the 2 were apart. Lyz was shocked to hear about the times that Logan saved Marie. She also took stock on the warnings Marie gave her about his temper, there were many things that could set him off, "Kid, stop filling her head with shit. I ain't gonna rip your head off Lyz. I promise. Marie, could you give us a minute, there are some things I think your sister and I need to get out in the open." Marie gave Logan a strange look, and giving Lyz's hand a quick squeeze she left them alone.
Lyz couldn't help but be a little fearful of the large man, what if it hurt her like that every time he touched her. Logan smelled her fear and sighed, "Okay, first of all, you have a power similar to Marie's; she has a little me in her head as she calls it." Lyz just raised her eyebrows. Logan let out a small chuckle, "I know it sounds crazy, but when Marie touches someone, some of their conscious stay behind, thus, she has a little bit of me in her head. She uses it in combat, lets me take over. She also took on my temper, luckily she didn't get the claws or half of the school would be dead." Logan chuckled again, "I was wondering if you also get those bits of others stuck in your head." "No, I get memories, talents, thoughts, and apparently other mutants give me characteristics," Lyz gave a humorless laugh, "I guess I know that I should not fear you, but it hurt, all that metal, uhh! What if that happens every time I touch you?" "I hope it doesn't, because you're going to be stuck with me for a while," looking at the floor Logan explained why, "you see, some times my basic instincts are activated, and I have a hard time controlling them. So, I have asked that your room be next to mine so that I can keep an eye on you. Sorry if you don't like that, but I like to keep my charges close. Marie's room is on the other side of my room from yours. I figure you would like that you were close to her, but I also can't give up my spot in between you two." Lyz looked at Logan until he met her eyes, "Why me, I mean, why do you feel so protective of me?" "I don't know, Marie is the only other one I felt that with." "and you view her as a… a sister?" Logan smiled, she must be sifting through his memories, "Yes, Marie is the only family I have. I kind of took Bobby under my wing because Marie loves him, and he is good for her." Lyz looked down, she never felt loved or protected from anyone but marie. Her mother was a no good whore, literally, who decided her 14 year old daughter should start helping bring some money in. Soon, Lyz was forced to have sex with her mother's clients 4 days of the week. She was glad to get away, Marie never knew, she knew some thing was wrong, but she didn't know everything. "So what does this protection entail, what do I have to give back?" Logan was taken aback, he sensed something laced into those words, "Nothing, just know that I am here for you if you need anything, someone gives you trouble, come to me. You go on a walk, I want to go too, I will be overbearing until I know you can hold your own, sorry. Like it or not, I'm here." Lyz looked into his hazel eyes, her blue eyes conveying her confusion, shaking her head, she mumbled, "men always want some thing," Logan narrowed his eyes, "Get to sleep, I'll be back to help you to your room in little while." Nodding her head Lyz watched him walk out of the med lab.
"Marie, I need to talk to you, now please." Marie looked at her friends in the rec room and grinned; rolling her eyes she gladly followed Logan to his room. As soon as he shut the door Marie squealed and through herself at him, wrapping her arms around his middle. "I am so glad you're back, and thank you for bringing Lyz here. She was my best friend back in Mississippi." Logan grinned at Marie's reaction to his return, she always held herself together until they got somewhere private. She knew he didn't like to show emotion in front of people. "Yeah kid, I'm glad to be back. Missed you." Logan wrapped his arms around Marie's shoulders, pulling close. "How's the popsicle?" Marie laughed, "He is doing fine, he had classes today, he'll be back tonight. You gonna behave?" Logan grinned and nodded his head, they both knew he no threat to Bobby, hell the ice man was nice enough. "I have some questions about the girl down there. Who beat on her, how bad, and how close were you two?" Marie looked down, "Her momma was whore, and she had customers from all over. I didn't know anything until we were 15, she told me not to tell anyone. I think it was mostly her Momma, sometimes a customer would grab her, but she promised me they never touched her." Looking up into Logan's eyes, "Some times I wonder if she didn't lie to me about that. I think they where touching her and that she didn't want me to know. I didn't know then, but I assume now. We were best friends, practically sisters, did you see that pendant around her neck, I left that with her before I left." Marie's eyes were starting to fill up with tears. Logan squeezed Marie tighter, "Hey its ok, she is still alive and she is here now. She is safe and so are you. I asked that her room be put on the other side of mine. I am going to take care of her, just like I did you. I promise. I was thinking about sticking around for a while anyway. This just gives me an excuse." "You're going to stay!" Marie was so excited; he never stayed for very long. "Sure kid, I gotta make sure she feels safe here."
"Lyz, you ready to got to your room, or you want to eat first, supper is being served right now." Logan was getting ready to bring Lyz up to her room, but she might be hungry, using his healing always made him hungry. "I think I better eat, but is everyone going to be in there?" Logan grinned, "Don't worry, I'll stay with you, maybe Marie will be there." Lyz just nodded her head. Logan helped her off of the medical bed and waited out side of the lab while she changed her clothes. The doors opened and he noticed her clothes smelled like Marie. "Marie give you something?" Lyz looked down at her outfit, "Ha, Yeah, we always wore the same size. How did you know? You have all of her clothes memorized?" Lyz teased. Logan growled out a laugh, "no, along with these instincts and claws, I also have increased senses, I can smell, see, and hear better than most, you didn't get that from me? Marie did, a little bit, no where near as sharp as mine, but they are there." " I don't know, guess I didn't pay much attention. Things sound louder and smell stronger, but I just figured it was the atmosphere of the med lab."
