Disclaimer: I don't own X-Men:Evolution or it's characters. Just my OC, Molly Callum/Creature and any original characters/background characters that may pop up from time to time.

WARNING: THIS STORY MAY BE PTSD TRIGGERING!

(I don't know how others react to mentions/descriptions of it or characters in stressful situations, and I've learned a lot about triggers the past few years, so I just thought better safe than sorry. Just thinking of my readers.)

AN: I should be ashamed of myself, but mostly I feel bad for making y'all wait a year again. Life, lack of motivation and writers block killed this thing, but inspiration and hard work resurrected it. XD I will try to do better, but hopefully there will be no more year long waits. If there are, you can revoke my fangirling privileges and lock me away! LOL! Seriously tho, I gotta do better. My (adoring) public is counting on me! ;) (Kidding!)
Enjoy!

"No, no, no, NOOOO! NOOOOOO!" Molly was violently thrashing around in her sleep, kicking up the blankets and hitting the headboard, her entire body twitching, flailing and kicking without rhyme or reason in unconsciousness.

"Molly! Molly, it's okay! You're safe! It's okay!" Kitty, who had been sleeping in a spare bed in Molly's room the entire week,
jumped out of it and held Mollys shoulders, trying to wake her up.

Molly blinked silently, now awake. She sat up, feeling shaken up, but not physically damaged. "I'm sorry. I can't believe it happened again," Molly apologized, putting a hand to her head and wincing with her eyes screwed shut a moment.

In the week following the run in and horrible experience with The Splicers and their front of The Sharing,
Molly had started having some worse-than-usual nightmares. They always started with screaming and ended with Molly shaken and left with graphic imagery. Trying to slice you open against your will normally did stuff like that to you. After things went from bad to worse, Kitty volunteered to start sleeping in Molly's room.

The bedroom door was flung open to reveal Remy. "I heard you yelling again," Remy went over and sat on the bed, hugging Molly around the shoulders.

"I know. Sorry. I wish I could stop this," Molly said, looking like she was on the verge of tears.

"I know. I think it's time to start looking for a good therapist," Remy said, "I'm serious."

"Yeah. I mean, it's still stressful and that's part of it. We're still looking for all those people they captured.
Maybe the experience isn't the only reason I'm having nightmares," Molly said. It didn't take much coaxing to convince the team that the innocent mutants taken by the Splicers needed to be found and set free.

"Maybe, but things like that can mess you up," Kitty said, "It's okay if something that traumatic gives you nightmares. You don't have to make excuses for it."

"Mm," Molly said, "Can everyone try and go back to sleep now? I think I'm feeling better."

"We're going to take care of this. Promise, Molly," Remy kissed the top of her head, going back to his room.

Kitty hugged Molly before going back to her own bed.

Molly woke up. Sitting up, she saw the room was empty. Molly got up, locked the door and got dressed, then quickly doing her hair.
She went and brushed her teeth, then going to Remys room.

"You're up," Remy got up from his bed, putting down the book he'd been reading, "I went in and checked on you a few times.
You missed breakfast...and lunch." Remy pulled her into a hug.

"I'm not surprised. Sorry I woke you up last night," Molly apologized. They headed out the door and started going downstairs.

"I was worried. This has been hard on you. The least I can do is offer you some support," Remy held her hand for a few moments until they reached the stairs.

"Thanks," Molly said.

They made lunch and a snack down in the kitchen. Afterwards, Remy leaned over and kissed Molly gently and carefully.
"What was that for?" Molly questioned.

"Just a little reassurance," Remy stroked her face.

"Mm. I like that," Molly moved her chair closer to snuggle.

The moment was quickly ruined by The Brotherhood boys suddenly entering the room, having free access to the mansion.

"Ummm...hi," Molly waved, reluctantly untangling herself from Remys embrace.

"What are you all doing here?" Remy couldn't seem to hide his slight disdain. Molly knew he didn't like their privacy interrupted for petty, silly reasons.

Petty and silly could, most times, describe the boys and their antics.

"It's been a while. We _missed you_, Sexy," Pietro said mockingly, hugging Molly, which made Remy leap out of his seat practically to strangle the younger boy. Fortunately, Pietro sped a few feet out of reach.

Molly rolled her eyes at Pietro.
"Hey, wait. I thought you were totally over me."

"I was," Pietro said, "Than I realized that _I_ could be the first man to get a girl away from the famous ladies man, Gambit himself.
I like a challenge."

"The very idea of that is laughable," Remy said with a smirk, "Besides, my girl knows what she likes, and it's not skinny _boys_ with big blabber mouths." Remy put his arm tightly around Molly, biceps bulging while his hand reached around to play with the ends of her hair.

"So, anyway, why are you here?" Molly was skeptical. The boys didn't want something for nothing, not ever. It just wasn't in them, as sweet as they could be sometimes.

"We need a place to stay for a couple weeks," Wanda said, "The boarding house is being thoroughly exterminated because of a really bad roach infestation."

"Uh, well that's not up to us, that's up to the Professor and the other teachers," Molly said, "I mean, obviously,"

"Well we _know_ that," Pietro said, "That's why Lance is upstairs talking with them."

"Be nice," Freddy said, then to Molly he said, "Anyway, if we can't stay here, we're not sure what we're going to do."

"We've got the room," Remy said, "But Professor Xavier always has the last say."

The kids sat at the table with Molly and Remy so they could wait.

"Okay," Lance entered the room, "We can stay, but if anyone starts getting out of line, we're going to be out on the street. So _don't_ mess this up."

"Well...this is going to be interesting," Molly said, then gulping apprehensively.

"Hm. Scott knows, right? If not he's gonna-" Remy said, interrupted by

"THEY'RE staying with us for HOW LONG?!" Scott yelled from upstairs.

"-Have a coranary," Remy finished with a smirk.