Chap 3

Chap 3

I don't own X-Men, NSync, or Little House on the Prairie. Yeah that's right, Little House on the Prairie. Oh and sorry if it bugs you, I got a little quote happy on this one.

After god knows how long, Liadan finally felt like she was out of tears. So, she got up wearily to wash the salty wetness from her face before putting on a fresh chemise and going to bed.

The house was quiet, most everyone was asleep already. Liadan let the soft sounds of the house settling and the wind outside her window lull her to sleep. But just as she was drifting off, she rolled over to touch the wall to make sure everything was all right. It's not as if she wanted to spy on her friends and family, but she wanted to make sure they were all sleeping soundly. She sent her power out, tingling into the wall, and felt the awareness of the school wash back into her. Xavier and Scott still weren't home, but her mom and Rogue were both asleep in their beds. She cracked a painful smile when she felt Logan's not-too-amused presence down in the kitchen with a cocky and nervous Bobby. She could only imagine the sort of trouble that little idiot would get in with Rogue's protector.

But then, just as she was pulling her hand away to go to sleep, she felt something out of place. A few someones who shouldn't have been there had gotten in without tripping the security alarms.

"Shit!" Liadan said aloud, springing from bed and grabbing a long skirt off the floor to pull on under her short nightgown before tearing out of the room. She paused for a moment to look around, then ran down to the teacher's wing.

"Mom!" She yelled, not bothering to knock on Gwynne's unlocked door. "Hurry, get the kids and get to the woods!" She demanded breathlessly. "Use the servant's passages." Liadan had been really excited to learn that the school was actually a really old manor that had just been extensively remodeled by Xavier. Now she was eternally grateful that the old servant's hallways acted as an escape route outside.

"Liadan!" Gwynne sprang to full worry mode. "What's wrong?"

"Intruder alert." It was the only thing she could think to say while throwing shoes and a jacket at her mother.

"Now go!" Liadan pushed Gwynne down the hall.

"But baby! You can't-"Started Gwynne who finally realized her daughter didn't intend to go along with her. But Liadan cut her off.

"Don't worry about it mommy. I can't get hurt. So please just get out safe ok? I'll meet up with you at the safe spot. I gotta go."

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Liadan made it down to the kitchen quite quickly, and managed to avoid the infiltrators. She was just rounding the corner when she saw Bobby's shocked face staring at a very bloody and very dead man in what looked like S.W.A.T gear. Logan's beserker scream still echoing off of the walls

"Liadan." Logan acknowledged her with a brisk nod, quickly entering business mode.

"Let's go." She replied in kind. And with that they were off, running through the mansion, trying to disable as many soldiers as they could to give the kids more time to get out.

Oh fuck! I'm hit...he is so dead!Liadan let out a guttural scream and charged the man who had been aiming for an eight year old boy near the library. The man was stunned. She had taken six of the darts and she still wasn't out! That was when she learned that drugs really didn't work on her.

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"Go, I'll be fine!" Logan shouted gruffly.

"But we won't." Rogue pleaded.

"Come on." Liadan jerked her head back to the hidden corridor.

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John moved to open the driver's side door of the car Logan picked out. "I'm driving."

"Maybe next time." Logan quirked with his upraised eye brow.

"Scoot babe." Liadan half smirked at the fire bug and took ownership of the passenger's seat.

Liadan zoned for a few moments, contemplating her healed injuries.

…"I don't like uncomfortable silences." John reached over everyone to turn on the radio.

"What're you doing?" Rogue tried to push him off just as NSync blared from the speakers.

"YES!!" Liadan screamed out the lyrics before Logan snapped the radio off while glaring at her.

"Hey, I liked that song." She answered his look indignantly "And I think you should watch the road Mister!"

"Whoa there half-pint, you don't get to tell me what to do."

"Yeah? Well I think you should put your seatbelt on Pa!"

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"Sooooo…." Liadan swung her arms awkwardly in front of the Drake residence. "This is your place huh? And…your parents hate us? Cool."

"I'm gonna go try to find us some clothes. You want anything Liadan?" Bobby asked.

"Nah, I'm good." She replied before wandering into the kitchen. Logan was rooting around the fridge and she giggled from the island where she sat on a bar stool. He was taking a swig when Liadan saw a family enter the room and everyone froze. Thank god Bobby came down stairs quickly.

"Bobby? Aren't you supposed to be in school?" Asked a woman who was obviously Bobby's mom.

"Do you know him?" Asked his dad.

"That's-Professo Logan. Mom, Dad…there's something I need to tell you."

"Yay!" Liadan cried "Finally the truth!"

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"Well, that was awkward." Liadan was not too happy with Bobby's parent's reactions.

"What exactly are you a professor of Professor Logan" Queried Bobby's dad. He seemed fond of asking about Logan.

"Art." He deadpanned back flawlessly.

Liadan abruptly and purposefully tripped so no one would think she was grinning from the man's comment.

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"Drop the knives!" Shouted a member of the police barricade.

"I can't." Logan was not amused."Look-"

Logan fell. Rogue screamed. The police looked ready to take her out too if she didn't get down so Liadan pushed her.

She felt numb. This must be shock. Then she felt a burning pain in her gut and heard another shot echo through the air. And then she fell.

On her side supported by her hands she gasped. She moved her lips but no words came out, only strangled grunts. Rogue was still screaming and now Bobby was shouting as well. She could see Logan to her left as her arms slowly sunk to the porch. The bullet was pushed from his forehead, and he was regaining consciousness, just as she was losing it.

It was black for a span of time. Then Liadan could hear shouting and flames. She felt a different kind of pain in her stomach and tried to open her eyes. After several attempts she was successful and regained sight just as Rogue was absorbing John and the Blackbird was hovering.

"Shit. What the hell is going on?" She demanded. Logan quirked an eyebrow and the rest looked stunned as they hurriedly jumped on board the jet.

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AN- Sorry this one took so long. I'm not really gonna edit it right now 'cause I wanna start up w/the next few chapters soooo…yeah. All movie quotes I got from IMDB so blame them if they're wrong, this is my favorite, but I don't own this one, go figure.