This is my first X-Men story so please don't freak out if I have something wrong please! Actually I might need some of your help. Just to let you know it all started with the scene with the sunflowers and a child running through my mind and to rest all sort of poppped up after I had the sunflowers down.
Nature or Nurture?
Logan sat in the back corner of the mansion garden thinking about nothing in particular. The sun was out and there wasn't a cloud in the sky. It was late summer and most of the flowers were gone except some of the hardier ones. There was a tree near him where he could smell a squirrel had a nest and there were several rows of sunflowers to his other side. He was starting to wish that there were at least some clouds to tone down the sun. He would rather be inside in a dark corner somewhere but he was trying to get away from the others for a moment.
His head jerked up when he thought he saw movement in the sunflowers. "Who's there?" he growled. There was no reply but he thought he could hear a kid laughing. He quickly stood up and peered through the stalks hoping to find the intruder but it seemed to start moving away from him. He started to follow it keen on catching it. But all he caught were glimpses of a white dress and red hair.
"Stop!" he growled again but the kid just continued to move away and stay out of his sight when all of a sudden the rows of sunflowers ended. He couldn't hear the giggling anymore and looked in vain for the kid but could see nothing but green stalks and yellow flowers.
He was just about to go looking in the flowers again when Storm called from the mansion, "Logan! Telephone!"
He turned towards the flowers one more time before heading back to the mansion to receive a phone call that would change his life forever.
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"Hello," said Logan into the phone wondering who in the world would be calling him.
"Hello? Is this Mr. Logan I'm talking to?"
"This is."
"Right. I am Mr. Howard Johnson of the Offices of John Sullivan and Sons of Michigan…."
"Wait, did you say Michigan?"
"Yes, you are correct. May I continue?" There was silence on the line so Mr. Johnson continued, "As I was saying, we were told in the case of one Ms. Lisa Cunningham's death that we were to contact you."
"She's dead? Why are you calling me? How did you get this number?" seethed Logan. He didn't want to think about this. Not now.
"We had a detective find you. Anyways, in the case of her death we were asked to locate you and to read you her will."
"Why would I be in her will? I haven't seen her in thirteen years."
"Will you stop interrupting me?! Let me get to the point!"
Logan was a bit taken aback by the tone and let the man continue.
"In her will she states to give you three boxes marked 'Logan', all her furniture, all her dishes, and her kid."
"K..k..kid?!" stammered Logan. This couldn't be right. Why would she give him a kid? They had something thirteen years ago but he had walked out because of his 'gift'. He hadn't even left a note but she wanted to give him her kid? Unless…
He sat down heavily on the nearest piece of furniture that happened to be the small table on, which the phone was on and teetered dangerously under his weight. He had a kid? How come she never said anything? Unless she didn't know herself at the time. He passed his hand over his face. What the hell was he going to do with a kid?
As he was thinking about all of this the lawyer had kept on talking, "…so we thought it better that we bring the child to you and all the documents. We'll be arriving in a weeks time and bring you all the inheritance."
"Sure," mumbled Logan still in shock of the idea of having a kid. Before he hung up he had just one more question for Mr. Johnson. "What's the name of the kid?"
"Eva. Her name is Eva."
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"But Logan that is terrific news," said Storm trying to lighten his mood.
He had gathered the others and told them about the soon-to-be new addition of the mansion. Now he was sulking because he didn't know what he was going to do with the kid. All he knew was that her name was Eva and that she was probably 12 years old if he did his math right.
"Yeah, terrific," muttered Logan, "And what am I supposed to do with her? I know nothing about kids."
"I'm sure you can figure something out," said Storm wrapping an arm around him in comfort.
"Well you act like a kid yourself. All you have to do is act yourself," muttered Scott under his breath.
Of course Logan could hear that and he gave a warning growl in Scott's direction. "I'd watch it if I were you One Eye."
Scott looked away as if he didn't weight the threat to be that heavy.
"We just have to figure what we going to do with her," said Professor Xavier. "I'm sure we could put her in the dorms with the other young girls."
"But how do we know she won't freak out when she gets a look at the stuff that goes around here?"
"Yes, we should take that into consideration. When she arrives we may have to explain to her about the special people in this school. Then figure out where to put her. In the meanwhile she'll have to stay with you Logan until we know how she takes it."
"Stay with me?" said Logan.
"Yes, since she will be your charge she'll stay with you. We'll have a bed put in your room for her."
"Won't she do better with Storm? What if I have a nightmare and accidentally slice her apart in the middle of the night?"
The Professor shook his head. "She's your responsibility. Have you had any nightmares since the lab in Canada?"
"No, but…"
"She'll be staying with you Logan. I believe it'll do you some good to have a chance to learn about your daughter."
And with that the Professor wheeled himself out of the room followed by Storm and Scott. Rouge sat a moment longer watching Logan before getting up and saying, "I'm sure you'll do a fine job Logan. I sometimes like to think of you as my own dad." She then too left him by himself.
He sat and shook his head. 'I highly doubt that kid,' he thought. 'I highly doubt that.'
I was wondering if you could help me! What is the name of the blue guy that first appeared in the 2nd movie? I really would like him in my story but I can't remember his name. Please tell me!