I'm gonna try to get straight to the point with this one okay. Please Enjoy!
"You mind telling me why I'm here?" Logan asked.
"About a week ago the school was attacked by your arch nemesis Sabertooth. He and Mesmero took several of our students lives as well as kidnapping Scott, Kitty, Storm and Rogue. We're not exactly sure why they were taken but we can't find any of them. I can't get to them telepathically and Yukio doesn't have visions of them. The only one we know that's as good a tracker as Creed is you Logan."
"So you want me to find Victor? That's it?" Logan said.
There was something in his tone of voice that pissed Skyla off and she immediately started to go off on him.
"What the hell's up with your tone? " She yelled.
"Skyla." Xavier said calmly understanding her grief.
"Why am I the only one that see this guy as a total ass whole?"
"Look I didn't ask to be here princess." Logan said getting upset at her.
"No because you were to busy in Toronto drowning in self pity about all the people you let down. If you were here in the first place Logan maybe none of this would've happened. Look I get it you have your scars, your fears, your ghost, hell we all have our own ghosts to deal with but we still get up every morning willing to fight instead of run away with our tails between our legs. In this past week, I have lost more friends to my enemies than I can count and you're sitting here in front of us using a tone as if we've offended you by taking you from your almighty man cave to help save the lives of some of the people you called friends! Open your eyes Logan, Storm is gone! I need her back as soon as possible. So here's how this is going to work, you either help us out of the goodness of your heart or you become a slave of mine and I offer you up to Victor Creed myself. What's it going to be?"
Her blue eyes burned with anger as they stared back at him. Logan looked at her with that mean expression, he usually didn't take crap from anyone man or female but he admired her spirit. He could probably remember a time where he would've given up the world to save the people he loved the most. Like when Jean died, Logan smiled and told the professor,
"I like her."
Xavier gave a slight smile and asked Gambit to take Skyla out until she had a chance to calm down. Emma followed and said,
"I'll go Chaperone, make sure she doesn't kill anything."
Laura's eyes followed the three as they headed out, she understood what was going on through her mind. If Skyla hadn't been as personally connected to the people involved Laura might have taken Logan's defense but even she knew better than to go up against Skyla especially when she was angry. Xavier asked Laura and Bobby to retrieve Beast from his study and they left the room too.
"I must ask you to forgive Skyla she's quite emotional at the moment. You see her mother was taken by Sabertooth and she believes that he and Magneto will kill the rest of them."
"You don't believe her?" Logan asked sitting down in front of the desk.
"I believe she's on the right track but there's still the question of why. Magneto has once again become a threat and will try to go after the humans, I believe that is the reason why they were taken. Spreading Chaos and disaster around the world seems to be Eric's favorite past time lately. There aren't many of us left Logan, some are too young other's have their own crisis's to deal with, so there's only us which is why we need you back on the team. We need your help to stop Magneto."
"You want me to kill him?" he asked with a grin.
"I want you to understand something Logan, mutant's have fought too hard to be considered equal to human's. The president is now welcoming mutant's instead of shunning them. The people no longer look at mutants in judgment or in fear. What ever Magneto is planning he doesn't want harmony between the two he wants the humans to bow down to mutants. He will put everything we have accomplished up to this moment in jeopardy and that is why we need you to stop him even if that means having to kill him." Xavier said.
The last part of his sentence left a bad taste in his mouth and even Logan knew at that point how desperate they were getting. He suspected Xavier knew more about his old friend's plans than he was telling but he knew it was urgent. He used to teach in these halls, it was history of course, but nevertheless he had a connection to this place. He had a connection to everyone, the words of Skyla started to ring in his head; the people that were killed or kidnapped had once looked up to him or called him a friend. He couldn't walk away now even if he wanted to, he looked down at his pet who had been sitting by his side since he'd sat down and said to him,
"Look's like we've got some business to take care of."
Xavier looked outside and witnessed the dramatic change in the trees. They were all dying and at once he knew what was going on. Xavier sighed and said,
"Be careful around Skyla, her powers are very strong and she's just learning how to control some of her newer ones. Any great emotional imbalance in her and she'll start an earthquake."
"She can do that?" Logan asked actually surprised.
Xavier only nodded and Logan let out a low whistle, he walked out of the room as he told Xavier he was ready to take orders when ever he was ready to give them. Skyla had killed all the trees that stood in front of the school, her arms were crossed and she had been staring out to the forest but she was fuming and in a moment to control her emotions she began to kill them all. Her eyes had turned all white and she watched the life being sucked away from them. Gambit and Emma had stayed behind her letting her deal with what ever she was feeling by herself. When he felt that she'd killed enough of the trees he walked up to her and pulled the one white strand hanging in front of her face behind her ear. Gambit remembered when she'd lost control, a friend of hers in Africa was killed by a tribe fighting her own tribe over a sacred jewel Gambit said needed to be hidden away safely. When the arrow went through her friends chest, she only had time to grab her as she fell. Skyla new immediately that she was dead and in that moment she lost it, the ground began to shake as the tears ran down her eyes. Her eyes were white like they were now but some how back then they seemed more evil, more angry, they held more hate than he'd ever seen before. Her hair even turned shock white like Storms. The world around them began to die and the cracks in the ground that was caused by her quake were flashing fire. It took all of Storms ability to calm her down and return her to normal. Skyla had used too much of her energy that day and was in a mini coma for about a week. It was the scariest thing that Gambit had ever witnessed but Storm was the one effected by it the most. She had no idea what Skyla was capable of which is why she decided to rejoin the X-men in the first place. Storm felt that if Skyla was around people that were mutants as well who could help her control her powers accidents like that would never happen again.
"Don't you think you should stop Cherie?" Gambit said looking into her eyes.
"Why it seems fitting? The only thing this place represents is death." She said annoyed.
She didn't even see him, he may have been looking her in the eyes but it felt as though she were looking straight through him. Like she was searching for more of the earth to kill, she was so angry with Logan and for more than just the tone he used. She hated how she would lose her cool around him and act like a child, she hated that Laura was closer to him than she was. She hated him period. She believed at that moment that she would've been better off never knowing who Logan was in the first place.
"Kamaria, you need to stop. When the students come back they'll want to see all the green from the trees and grass."
"What makes you think they're coming back Remy?" she said using his real name just as he had used hers.
Her eyes returned to the beautiful blue they were before but the greenery didn't return.
"They will Cherie, they still love the school and that's reason enough for them to want to come back. Even they're smart enough to realize that not everything in life is danger free especially when we're going to school with you." He said joking at the end.
He let his forehead touch hers and he looked her in the eyes. His eyes were a burning red and she loved it, the uniqueness of it made her like him. Plus his accent was hot, she smiled at him unable to stay angry when he nuzzled his nose up against her. The grass began to regrow as well as the trees coming back to life. Gambit looked around and smiled,
"Good Girl." he said.
"One more thing," he started again.
Skyla looked up at him waiting to hear what he had next to say, what she didn't know was that Gambit had seen Logan walk outside, he'd been talking to Emma. He was going tell her that he was going to help find Storm and the others. Gambit looked at her with a grin and said,
"You need to tell him before we leave."
Skyla looked back and saw him standing at the front entrance then looked back at Gambit with a serious look.
"Not a chance." she said.
"He needs to know and as long as you harbor any feelings of resentment everyone around you is in danger. I don't need to remind of what happened last time." He said flicking at the white strand on her hair.
He didn't need to remind her but that didn't mean she wanted to tell him the big secret. Storm had gone out of her way to keep it from him, for what reason she didn't know but she didn't think he needed to know. Gambit, unable to kiss her because of Logan, patted her on the head and walked away. She was smiling because of the pat but when she turned around the smile had faded. She walked up to Logan with her arms crossed. Her leather jacket and all black outfit made her seem threatening, Logan had no clue just how much though. Logan said,
"I'm helping you find your team."
"Then what? Are you gonna bail on us again?" She asked, there wasn't a rude tone in her voice it was an actual question.
"Why are you so angry at me, kid? Sabertooth's the one you should be focusing that anger at so stop blaming me."
"You have no idea what we've been through, my mother and I, because you left. If you did you would've stayed and I wouldn't have to learn from everyone else how much of a dick you really are; I'd find that out on my own. For years since I came here, I've had to learn from Rouge who the legendary Logan was. The same guy that saved her from Victor Creed but when ever we needed you the most you never showed up. Not for mom, not for Rogue and certainly not for me." She finished with her eyes looking down.
"What's your deal with me kid? I don't even know you and you want me to be your savior. Trust me you don't want me to be your hero. Besides who is your mother?"
"I'll give you a hint."
Her eyes went white and she raised her hands, the roots of her hair began to turn white as the greenery around them became like a forest. Flowers were growing every where and the sun was shining in the sky when it was foggy out before. Logan looked around at what she had done to the front of the school and then back at her. Skyla stopped the growth and returned the front yard to the way it was before and the fog came back as well. Logan's eyebrow arched and he said,
"You're Storm's kid?"
"And you're my...Father." she said.
There was spite in the word father but Logan was confused he didn't remember ever sleeping with Storm. Sure he'd had a crush on her but he'd spent most of his time chasing after Jean. He loved Jean, but it made since why she blamed him so much, she thought that he was her father.
"I hate to tell you kid but me and your mother never had a relationship like that."
Skyla scoffed,
"Oh you big idiot, don't you remember when you two were kidnapped by that Sinister guy? He used Storm's egg and your cells from the Weapon X program when he had you two captured. Nine months later I happened, it's like how Laura was born. You treat her like your daughter why am I any different? I have black hair like you, I have blue eyes like you and mom. What other proof do you need?"
"That's impossible," he said in disbelief.
"Storm told me he never injected her, that he missed in the confusion." he finished.
Skyla sighed frustrated and brought out her claws like her fathers. She rarely used them but after her first encounter with Victor's Adamantium claws she had her skeleton and claws made just like his. Her claws were only a last resort mostly because it was painful to bring them out. Her healing factor kicked in when she pulled them back but it didn't stop the pain. Skyla was too angry at the moment to really care about the pain. She didn't even flinch when they came out. Logan looked at her shocked and said,
"Shit. You're my kid."
Skyla pulled them back almost ashamed that she'd showed him but she had to admit it was a relief not to keep it a secret. Skyla felt sick for a second and she couldn't look at him, she cursed under her breath tears running down.
"Damn it, it's all you fault! I just want Storm back."
Her fists tightened and she closed her eyes to keep the tears from running down more. She did look like Storm but her attitude was just like his. She hated him and he knew it but for some reason he was happy, perhaps knowing he had another daughter made him feel better. Logan walked up to her and wrapped his arms around her. She heard him sigh as he placed his hand on the back of her head.
"It's gonna be okay kid. We'll find her."
Skyla wrapped her arms around him, it was the first time she had been embraced by her father. For a moment she felt safe, but she wanted her mother back more. She wanted her family together even if Storm and Logan never hooked up she wanted him to at least be around. She was twenty-two and only knew her mother like the back of her hand. Finally coming in contact with Logan terrified her because she didn't want him to leave no matter how much she hated him. His hug was warm and comforting she couldn't help but calm down. When he let her go she dried her eyes and looked up at him,
"I can track Sabertooth, that's one thing we have in common. I'm sure I can follow his scent or pick up a trail. " he answered.
"You should tell the Professor than. You can't go by yourself." Skyla said.
"Don't trust me?" Logan said with a smile.
"That's not it, it could be a trap."
She raised a good point but he also couldn't track with everyone else following behind. There had to be a way to locate Creed and the other's without getting caught.
The Next Chapter will be up later today or tomorrow hope you liked it. Stay tuned to see how The x-MEN find their friends.
