The Forgotten Tempest

Hey everyone! I do know that it has been quite awhile since I wrote on this story however I am back and I plan to finish it very soon! Hopefully no one is too angry about the delay but I digress! Lets get on with the story!

Disclaimers: I am aware that I do not own any of the Marvel Characters, but I wish that I did. Please don't sue me.

Prologue

Logan sighed in agitation, as he waited patiently for his girlfriend to get out of the shower so he could stop talking through the door and he could finally get some sleep. Staring at the ceiling, he listened to her repeat the same conversation to him yet again. He glared at the door, where a thin stream of light peeked from under it. "Ro, darlin', yer starting to repeat yerself, ya already said that." He heard her yell over the running water of the shower,

"Say what?"

"I said yer repeating yerself." She paused a moment looking at the soapy luffa in hand a frown marring her face,

"What makes you say that?" she called back to him as she let the water from the shower head drizzle from her long white locks and down her back washing the soap suds away. Logan rolled his eyes at the closed door truly irritated now; he heard the showerhead turn off and the curtain pull open then closed. He could imagine her toweling herself frowning at the fact he had yet to answer her question and he chuckled to himself.

She was in fact frowning and toweling herself. She slung the towel to the floor truly agitated,

"Well? Are you going to answer me or what?" she demanded as she put lotion all over her body. She slipped into her underwear once she was well oiled. Realizing that Logan was not going to answer her with that tone of voice, she sighed in defeat,

"What do you mean by that Baby?" she asked sliding her shirt over her head. She looked at her reflection before brushing her teeth and washing her face. Logan chuckled at what he imagined going on in the bathroom to his left, "By now she should be brushing her teeth." He thought.

"Ro, ya already said you think Remy is screwing around with that ninja chick and so what if they are? How many times are you goin' say it darlin'. They two grown folks let them handle it." Ororo spit into the sink before speaking,

"But Logan, I don't want Warren to get hurt. Remy is like a brother to me, so I know almost everything there is to know about him. He will get tired of Betsy and she will probably go back to Warren and it will be a whole big mess on the team an~"

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, slow down there darlin'. Yer gettin way ahead of yerself here, ya don't know fer sure if the Cajun is involved with the ninja chick, or if she's even interested in him. And if she is, she's a big girl and can do whatever she wants. Just like pretty boy don't have to take her back if the Cajun drop kicks her ass to the curb. Let them handle it, is all I'm say Ro." He explained as he leaned on his side looking at the door. Ororo huffed as she snatched open the door wearing a silk night gown staring at Logan, who smiled at her,

"I'm the leader of the team and the head of the school; it is my prerogative to take care of things around here. I have to make sure everything runs smoothly or everyone looks at me to blame." She walked over to the bed with her hands on her hips as she spoke, glaring at Logan through low slits. "Why can't you see where I'm coming from on the situation, baby?"

He grabbed her pulling her on top of him holding her to his chest. They looked into each other's eyes both too stubborn to stand down. Logan sighed in defeat running his fingers through her platinum wet hair.

"I do understand darlin' but it's no use gettin' yerself worked up about it. Shit happens and you just gotta roll with the punches." She too then sighed realizing he was right. She laid her head on his strong chest and nodded her head against it,

"Your right baby . . . your right." Logan stroked her wet head the sensation making her sleepy. She closed her eyes slowly drifting to sleep. "Logan?"

"Yeah"

"I love you." He kissed the top of her head then continued to stroke her head,

"And I love you." He closed his eyes finding sleep was not very far as he continued to stroke her head. She dragged her fingers in lazy circles through the hair of his sculpted chest. Just as they were going to sleep they got a telepathic message from Emma.

All X-Men please report to the battle room.

Since Xavier and Jean's deaths, Emma had taken over as the resident telepath. Emma Frost, a well educated and talented woman who was not above manipulation to achieve any goal she set her mind. She grew up with Ororo, Jean, Hank, and Scott as one of the first students of Xavier and Erik. She stood in the center of Professor's X old office, clothed in all white, as she waited for the others to arrive. Her long platinum blonde hair in a high ponytail as she read over some documents in hand. Entering in first was Ororo and Logan in full battle gear.

"What is the situation, Emma?" Ororo said walking briskly coming to stand in front of her old rival. Emma looked at Ororo as a smug smile appeared on her gorgeous features as she admired Ororo. Unbeknownst to anyone but Logan because of his strong sense of smell, Emma had a strong attraction to the beautiful woman before her.

"I think we should wait until everyone arrives. That way I do not have to repeat myself, but only if that is okay with you of course?" Ororo snorted,

"It isn't. What's the situation?" Logan snickered earning him a heated glare from Emma. In which his snickers burst into full blown laughter.

"Don't mind me, just act like I ain't even here." Logan said between laughs. Emma looked at him in disgust before turning back to Ororo, who looked some what disinterested,

"Clearly." Emma said smugly rolling her royal blue eyes. Both women turned their heads as the younger team mates entered into the room. Emma turned to Ororo, who was watching the others enter. "She is absolutely ravishing. I wonder why she is with that idiot Logan? Heaven only knows." Emma noticed Logan watching her a knowing smirk on his features. To save face, she gave him a curt nod and a smug smile before beginning,

"Listen up everyone," Emma began grabbing everyone's attention, "I have roused you all from your slumber to inform you all that Magneto is wreaking havoc once again. I was awaken by shrills of the Cerebro alarm." She paused a moment walking over to the professor's old desk, she leaned against it placing her arms across her chest, "Magneto is attacking an old power plant in the northeastern parts of Europe, yes, it is an across continent battle. The power plant is off the coast of the small country of Latavia in the Arctic Ocean, if the plant blows up the residue could travel the 25 miles and affect those countrymen, do keep that in mind as you do battle. I have already sent the schematics to the computer of the Blackbird and bid you good luck and farewell."


The battle commenced on the roof of the treacherous power plant in the middle of ocean, that was minutes away from exploding. The X-Men were losing the battle but things were beginning to take an unexpected turn. Multiple Man had a dozen of copies of himself all over the roof attacking various X-Men.

Jubilee and Shadowcat teamed together to battle the copies. Jubilee used her powers to blind or knock them senseless as Kitty phased through them pulling them through the ground where they became stuck. When the copies gathered their sight back they looked astonished at the girls as the girls slapped each other a high five running off to take care of more of them.

Psylocke flowed through the copies with grace as she kicked, punched, and swayed through the hordes of Multiple Men. She threw her psychic knives at their heads causing them to collapse to the ground unconscious before they were dragged back to the main source, the original Multiple Man.

Pyro and Iceman stood toe to toe glaring at each other. Iceman took his ice form, while Pyro ignited his palms with fire.

"Make a move." Pyro taunted as his fingers twitched in anticipation for the battle to begin.

"Ladies first." Bobby shot back the steam radiating off his ice covered body. Pyro grimaced as he shot a streaming flame at the Iceman. Bobby limberly dodged the flame doing a back hand spring running to take cover behind a cooling unit. John sent a flame so hot it melted the top of the metal device he was hiding behind. Iceman created an ice slide gliding around his ex-best friend's head before sending a stream of ice at his upper body pinning him to the nearby wall. Iceman stopped to take a look at his handy work before finishing the job.

"You need to chill." Bobby taunted again freezing John's whole body to the wall aside from his head.

"I'll get you for this popsicle! This isn't over!"

"I think so." Bobby said running toward his next opponent.

Logan was slicing through the Multiple Men sending them back to the original copy. Logan looked up when a scent he thought long dead invaded his nostrils. Sniffing deeply he found the source of the stench and he snarled.

"Haven't seen you in awhile runt, how you been?" Sabertooth growled at Logan taking a menacing step towards the Wolverine.

"Didn't I already kill you?" Sabertooth roared as he charged the smaller man crashing through the roof landing on top of some canisters. Wolverine unsheathed his claws in a crouched position ready to attack. Sabertooth released an animal like roar as charged Wolverine again but this time the shorter man was ready. Wolverine dug all six claws into Sabertooth causing the other feral man to howl in pain. Sabertooth head butted the smaller man knocking him senseless, and then grabbed him by his neck slinging him into different walls before throwing him over the railing. He looked over to see if his rival was anywhere insight but Logan was nowhere to be seen.

"I know yer still alive, Wolverine. I can smell ya." Suddenly three claws shot through the metallic floor beneath his large boots. Sabertooth roared an animalistic roar as the claws were turned back and forth before withdrawing.

"Yer right bub, I am still alive." Logan jumped back over the railing landing a solid kick to Sabertooth's sternum sending him over the edge and into so nuclear waste down below. Wolverine looked at the mutant sloshing around in the bright green toxins before climbing back up the stairs to join the others.

Callisto tracked Storm finding her in the middle of the battle helping Shadowcat fight off some Multiple Man copies. The evil mutant used her lighting fast speed to get to the weather woman punching her in the stomach sending her reeling back clutching her wound as she gasped for air.

"You thought you got rid of me that easy on Alcatraz?" Storm looked up at the beautiful woman glaring at her a smirk on her pretty features. God I just won't to knock that stupid grin off of her face. Ororo thought as gathered herself.

"Something like that, yeah. I thought I did get rid of you. Too bad your still here to grace me with your unwanted presences."

"You will pay for that chica!" Callisto yelled as she darted over to Storm slapping her across the face and back handed her sending her into an unsuspecting Jubilee. They landed in a heap of tangled legs and arms. Callisto laughed loudly looking at the X-Women tangled together. She stopped laughing when Psylocke kicked her in the mouth.

"Hey Callisto. Missed me?" Psylocke asked as she gave Storm a hand off of the ground, which she took gratefully.

"Thanks." Psylocke merely gave Ororo a nod before turning back to her old teammate.

"Traitor!" Callisto bellowed in anger pointing at her old friend. Callisto wiped the blood from her mouth with the back of her hand. The two of them ran at each other fighting to the death.

Storm flew up from battle noticing Magneto in the distance watching her. She flew to him her eyes questioning him,

"Why are you doing this Magnus? There are innocent people twenty-five miles away from here. The blast may not travel to the city but the deadly toxins will, please don't do this." She asked her voice strong yet pleading with him at the same time. He smirked at her basking in her beauty.

"My God, you look more beautiful than ever. Why are you with that brainless brute? We can be so good together."

"Erik please,"

"Please what Ororo? You and I belong together. I have no intentions of allowing this power plant to explode. I just wanted to get your attention and I think I have."

"Erik, this is crazy. I'm with Logan."

"But you belong with me and I will never stop until you choose me."

Archlight was knocked across the battlefield by the handsome Gambit. He had a glowing card between his index and middle finger preparing to toss it at her but she slapped her hands together sending Gambit flying into Colossus, who was in his metal form duking it out with Juggernaut. Colossus turned around to see Gambit in a heap in front of him. He grabbed the Cajun by his collar holding him in the air as he stomped his foot sending a tremor at the unsuspecting Archlight.

She tried to send a shockwave back as she sailed across the roof but misfired sending it at Magneto and Storm above. They were caught in the shockwave and knocked to the far side of the roof far away from the battle. Ororo hit head first onto the edge of the power plant roof while Erik fell on his side breaking a couple of ribs in the process.

Erik hauled himself to his feet staggering over to Ororo, who was unconscious. When he reached her, he saw that blood flowed freely from her head.

"My, God!" He exclaimed. He lifted her into his arms carefully turning back to the battle. "BROTHERHOOD! ENOUGH!" as quickly as the order was given the fighting stopped. The many copies of Multiple Man flowed back into his body, leaving the roof somewhat bare. Logan looked up to see Ororo's once white hair a pink tint as she hung motionless in Magneto's arms. Erik looked down at Ororo then back to the others who were waiting to see what was going to happen next.

"We shall finish this, another day. Right now, Ororo needs help." Just as he finished his statement the building began to implode. The roof concaved in on itself in areas as it rumbled a forewarning of the power to be released. Magneto looked around frighten expression on his handsome face.

"Everyone to the Blackbird!!!!" Logan shouted as he made his way to Magneto and Storm. Erik took to the skies with Ororo still in his arms. Logan looked up at them, "You need to get your people to the Blackbird before they get killed and give Storm to me so we can take off."

"No . . . I can stop this but still . . . get to the Blackbird." Logan looked at him strangely as he waited for him to deliver storm to him.

"What are you still doing here?! Move it ingrate!"

"Not until you give me Storm!" He shouted.

"I can't!" Magneto proclaimed as he glared down at his rival. Wolverine unsheathed his claws,

"Wanna tell me why, bub?" Erik looked at Logan rage filled his eyes, as he was questioned by a lesser mortal in his opinion.

"Because if I move my hand the blood will run from the makeshift tourniquet I made out of her iron and the heat from my Magnetic powers is the only thing keeping her from going into hyperthermia." Logan gritted his teeth as he sheathed his claws. Standing to his regular height,

"If anything happens to her . . . I'm going to tear you limb from limb. You understand?"

"Understood, Wolverine. I would not be able to forgive myself if something were to happen to her. Now if you would be so kind as to aboard the plane so that I may concentrate it would be much appreciated." Wolverine growled but backed down as he ran in the direction of the X-Jet. Colossus and Iceman looked up as he entered the jet looking for Storm, but it was Gambit who,

"Where de hell is Stormy?" he asked glaring at Logan, who ignored the angry Cajun. Logan took a seat at the controls and started the jet. The machine hovered above the ground over the dark blue waters below.

"Wolvie, what are you doing? What about Storm? We can't just leave her."

"Yeah, you might not care about petit but I'll be damned if let ya leave her behind mon ami!" Gambit exclaimed reaching into his pocket pulling out a card preparing to blow Logan's head off.

Logan sat the controls awhile longer before he punched a nearby wall of the plane leaving a dent in the metal. He looked over his shoulder at Jubilee then at Remy who was fuming,

"She's with Magneto."

"Have you lost your mind Logan?" Kitty asked from her seat beside Jubilee. The glare Wolverine sent Kitty was enough to silence her.

"Magneto is keeping her alive with his powers so I had to leave her with him."

"Yeah, and where is he?" Callisto asked her blood boiling from having to share a space with the X-men growing tired of all their whining. Logan pointed through the windows of the jet. There in the very distance was Erik with Ororo in his arms.

Magneto took another look at Storm before building his energy. Beads of sweat formed on his brow as he concentrated on power plant. He reached out with his powers disengaging the metal pillars holding the crag above water. The tall building began to topple over falling toward the water but not fast enough. The powerful blast sent Erik and Ororo sailing across the air into the murky waters below.

Everyone on the jet was quiet their breaths caught in their chest. Gambit was the first to speak,

"I . . . do not . . . feel her mon ami? I can't feel Stormy." A tear fell down his cheek. Logan looked with his mouth agape at the scene that took place in front of him. The scene was solemn and quiet as the grieving began for both sides. Bowed heads and silent prayers were uttered as the Blackbird hovered about the sea.


I hope you enjoyed the rewrite and expect an update soon.

gracefulraven,

out!