Author's note: Regard that chapter as a "getting through" one. It doesn't happen much but it "builds up" the plot for the upcoming chapter in some points. In chapter 4 or 5 is a short jump in time and some guests will appear. One of them will mess something up pretty much. ; ) So, you guys are warned! Tanks again for all the reviews!!!! Hope you guys like that one here, too and I'm still not really satisfied with it. : ( Anyway, enjoy!

And I promise for the upcoming chapters: I'll have less scenes in the kitchen! LOL

Changes Sequel – II. Covenant Part 3

Sitting in the kitchen while it was raining on the outside, Jean had her eyes fixed on the small droplets on the window without even realizing that her best friends was speaking to her. Lost in thoughts she stirred the spoon in her coffee with her thoughts and nearly jumped off from her stool when Ororo nudged her. "Where are you, girl?" the woman asked her with a shake of her head and waited for a reply. "Did you listen at all?"

"No," Jean replied and blushed slightly. "I am sorry, but what did you just say?"

Sighing Ororo opened her mouth to begin again as the telephone down the corridor began to run and the redhead ran out of the kitchen. "I don't believe this! He's only gone for a week…"

"You know them by now, don't you," Scott said and turned the page while his son sat on his lap and sucked eagerly on his bottle. "Hey, not so fast!" he scolded him but the boy already began to cough. "Told you so…"

"It's for you Hank," Jean suddenly said and sounded more than disappointed while she handed him the receiver. Sitting down on her stool again she let out a sigh.

"Come on," Ororo tried to soothe her. "You said yourself they don't have a phone in that village."

"Right, why don't ya just use your powers? Saves money!" Jubilee suggested and received a look from the redhead.

"Maybe because it's not the same?" Jean shot back with a low growl.

"Wow! Now she already talks like him!"

"Oh, shut up, Jubes!" Ororo cried and watched how Hank put the receiver onto the table. "Something important?" she asked but he shook his head as the receiver began to beep once more.

Groaning the blue mutant picked it up once more. "Can't I just eat breakfast in silence for once?" he mumbled and pushed the speaking button. "Xavier's School for Gifted…," he began and narrowed his eyes. "It's not bullshit to say it every time again Logan and next time someone uses the phone not knowing that you try to call from Japan, I make sure that he or she makes it brief. Yes, I'll shut up now and let you speak to your wife," he grunted and handed the receiver over to Jean. "God is he in a good mood today…"

"Well, no sex for a week already," Jubilee whispered with a giggle and watched how Jean's face became immediately brighter as soon as she heard her husband's voice on the other side. "I'd bet you can already make plans to watch over their children as soon as he's back," she added with a wink.

"Because he was that nice to me I can assure you that I won't do it," Hank replied and got up to hug and kiss Moira. "Had a good night?" he asked her with a smile which she returned.

"Why didn't you wake me?" she asked in return and received a shrug.

"Because you looked so cute while you were asleep."

"Ah, please!" Kitty cried and covered her ears with her hands. "Not so early this morning…"

"When will you be back?" Jean asked and drew circles with her finger in the counter. "Well you said not longer than two weeks… I know, but I miss you…" Hearing the loud complaint of her children she couldn't hide your smile. "And before I'm attacked I better say your children, too…"

"Hank, better prepare for babysitting," Jubilee grinned and was slapped on her arm. "What was that for?"

"We ain't babies!" Jack growled and gave her a glare.

"In fact," the girl gave back. "You are!"

"That's not true!" Lily pouted and crossed her arms.

"Daddy calls mommy baby, too, and she isn't one," Rachel added and Jubilee burst out into laughter.

"That one was good, kiddo, I have to give ya that!"

Only shaking her head Ororo turned to her friend when she put the receiver down. "And? When will he come back?"

"He said he doesn't know. They got snow in the mountains and currently there is no way to get through to the city," Jean replied sadly and ran a hand though her hair.

"Hey you know that he'll fight through it if he has to," the weather goddess smiled and put a hand on her shoulder encouragingly.

"Mommy!" Rachel cried and pointed at the still laughing Jubilee. "She's teasing me!"

Sighing since she had to deal all alone with her children teasing each other constantly until one of them began to cry for a whole week now, the redhead gave the woman next to her a helpless look. "I hope you're right!"


While preparing a bottle for Jamie a few days later, Jean looked from time to time out of the window to have a better look on what her other children were doing. She smiled when she saw that the "gang", as her children, Isa and TJ were called by now, was still occupied with playing hide and seek. Nevertheless, she also heard TJ's loud complaint about no powers, since Jack had easily sniffed her out. Right now the girl was trying to slap the laughing boy, who quickly ran up the stairs of the terrace and was jumping of the banister next. The redhead inside could only shake her head. Again it was too obvious who was responsible for the feral side in the boy. Sighing she watched how Jamie began to suck on the bottle eagerly and looked at her with his green eyes. "Promise me something," Jean smiled at him. "Just be a bit calmer, okay?"

"Jean," Ororo suddenly said from the door and made her turn around. The weird look that was visible on her best friend's face made her heart skip a beat.

"Did something happen to Logan?" she immediately asked, but Ororo shook her head.

"No, no!" the weather goddess waved off. "But… There are two people at the door who are looking for you…"

"Two people?!" the redhead asked confused and began to walk towards the door.

"Yes. A man and a woman."

"Did they say their names or what they want precisely?"

"The woman said her name was Elaine and that she wanted to talk to you," Ororo replied and saw how her opposite's face turned completely pale. "Something wrong?"

Looking down in shock, Jean handed her the boy and had to support herself against the counter. "They found me…," she whispered and immediately began to shake.

"Who?" the other woman asked worriedly. "Jean, what's wrong all of a sudden? Do you know them?"

"Where are they now?" the redhead asked frightened.

"In the main hall." Shaking her head Ororo gave her a look. "Jean…what's wrong?"

"Make sure the children stay here," was all the addressed said and went out of the door towards the main hall. She had known since their trip to the park that they would find her sooner or later. The only problem, which scared her to death, was that she now had to face them alone. With Logan gone there was no one at her side that knew the truth, except Charles, and could help her against the two people she hated most in her life. Walking around the corner their voices reached her ears and she paused for a moment.

"Have you seen those children on the outside?" she heard Elaine asking. "This place is supposed to be a school and they play with fire… I told you it was wrong to invite this Charles Xavier to our home. You should have told him that he should stay away. God, what is taking her so long…"

Taking a deep breath, Jean made her way around the corner; trying to show as few emotions as possible, especially not that she was scared. "What do you want here?" she asked them darkly and crossed her arms. "How did you find me?"

Elaine turned around while the man next to her still leant against the wall next to the door. "Jean…," she said as if she was happy to see the woman in front of her. "It's so good to…"

Giving a short laugh, the redhead made a step back. "Don't give me the Oh it's so good to see you version, mother. Tell me what you want and then leave!"

"It's your own fault," the man said and came closer to put a hand on Elaine's shoulder. "We wanted to talk to you in the park but you just ran away with those children. Do you even know what it has cost us to find you? Of course we should have known that you've stayed at this school for all those years," putting as much disgust into the word school, he shook his head.

Looking to and fro between them with a cold look herself, Jean cocked an eyebrow. "Are we done then?" she asked and nodded, not waiting for any reply. "Good. I think you'll find your way out alone." About to turn around she heard Elaine making a step and addressing her next.

"Jean, we are worried," she said and met the redhead's gaze when she turned around. "Taking care of children and not having a real home…and then your disease…"

"I don't have a disease!" Jean nearly yelled in anger and gritted her teeth.

"You're still denying it then?" the man asked in disbelief.

"Jean, you've heard what the doctor had said back then… Denying it makes it only worse," the woman added.

"Leave!" Opening the door telekinetically with a loud bang that made both adults startle, Jean felt how a deep fury began to rise again. "I don't want to see you ever again. I have a family and a home and I am NOT sick as you might think. The only sick people I know is you!"

"Watch your words!" the man barked nearly as loud back as the woman had spoken to them. Not caring that Scott, Ororo and Hank had come closer to see what was wrong, he ran a hand through his hair. "We took you back in and that's how you thank us?"

"You took me back in?!" Jean asked aloud with a short laugh. "If I hadn't acted as if I was fine again you'd have let me rod in that psychiatry. You never cared that those people there made me sick, that they forced me to take one pill after the next, you never gave a damn!"

"Jean, this isn't true," Elaine replied as calmly as she could. Then to the man next to her, "I told you it was too early to take her back home. It's even worse than back then…"

"Worse?" the redhead asked through gritted teeth. "You want to know what is worse?" Making a step forward with furious eyes, she didn't see how her friends turned their heads to each other as some objects began to shake violently. "It is worse to have a family that pretends to love you, but in fact they don't care. Since you threw my father out you did everything to prevent him from seeing me!"

"Because he never understood that you're sick!" the man shot back. "Stop talking to your mother like that!"

"Who are you to tell me what I have to do, Richard?!" Jean yelled and a vase crashed against the wall.

Seeing it the man only smirked at her arrogantly. "So you are not sick, hm? What was that then?" he asked and nodded the shattered object on the ground. "What kind of person are you to have children knowing that you are a complete psycho?"

"Richard!" the woman next to him tried to intervene, when Jean's eyes began to glow.

"I am NOT a psycho!" the redhead hissed completely outraged and every window in the mansion began to vibrate.

"Jean," Ororo said frightened and saw how the Professor approached. "We have to do something, she's getting too furious!"

Seeing the man and the woman, Charles' face turned into a mask. "I knew this would come…," he mumbled more to himself and turned around the small group to face the adults. "I must ask you to leave!"

"There is the right man," Richard spat and pointed at the furious redhead. "Look what you've done! It's even worse than before!"

"How could you not tell us that she was living here?" Elaine asked him in anger.

"After what you've done to her?" the Professor gave back. "I had to protect her from you!"

"Protect her FROM us?!" the man shot back furiously. "People have to be protected from her! How can you allow her to take care of those children or even go out?"

"Shut up!" Jean roared and covered her ears with her hands crying. "Make them go…"

"Go!" Charles said again and moved over to the door to make his demand more clear. "You are not welcome here. So please leave voluntarily or my people will make you go!"

Hearing their thoughts, which rushed like a wave over her, Jean backed off crying and looked at them in despair. The thoughts she heard too clear in her head were so full of shame, hatred and disgust that it made her sick. "Stop it…," she pleaded barely audible and shook her head.

"See?" Richard asked while he turned to the Professor. "She needs help! She is sick!" Looking at Elaine next he gave her an angry look. "I told you to send her back to the psychiatry. At least she was locked in there! She can't even take care of herself!"

About to touch Jean's shoulder, Scott froze when the redhead's head shot up in anger. "I can't take care of myself?" she asked aloud and more and more objects began to float. "Do you even know what I had to do after you just throw me out of my home without any money or food?! Do you?!" she demanded to know crying. "I had to sell myself to survive so don't give the shit that I can't take care of myself!" Staring at her in shock, Scott exchanged a look with the others. "I can't even tell you how much I hate the two of you for what you've done to me!"

"Hate us?!" Elaine asked her in shock. "Jean I am your mother!"

"You don't even deserve to be called a mother!" Jean shot back and shrieked when Richard was suddenly about to hit her. Closing her eyes and waiting for the pain, it didn't come. Slowly opening them again, she stared at the man in shock.

"Do ya ever dare to lay a hand on her once, bub, and you're dead," Logan growled and pushed the man roughly away. "You alright?" he asked her and positioned himself in front of her. Crying even harder, the redhead wrapped her arms around his waist and buried her face in his chest.

"I know you…," Richards suddenly said while he eyed Logan suspiciously. "You were in the park, too… Who the hell are you?!"

"Her husband," the mutant grunted and laid an arm around his wife's shoulder protectively. "And if I am not mistaken I heard Chuck telling ya to leave, right?"

Snorting in disgust, the man took Elaine's arm roughly. "I swear to God, Jean," he hissed and met the redhead's gaze. "Those children will not stay with a sick psychopath like you, mark my words! We'll do anything possible to take them home with us!"

"So that you can do the same to them you did to me?" Jean asked through gritted teeth and full of hatred. "I'll kill you if you ever lay a hand on them!"

Sighing, Elaine shook her head. "Do you start with that again, Jean?"

"Start?! How often did I tell you, how often did I came to you and begged you to help me?" Jean yelled at her crying even heavier. "You never believed me! Your own daughter, but this sick man!" Cocking an eyebrow at Richard, Logan began to think hard.

"You are sick, really," the man laughed derisively, since everyone was staring at him and then at Jean again. "We go!"

Watching them turning around, Logan made Jean look at him. "Did I just get this right and this bastard touched you?" he growled, but one look was enough to answer his question.

"No!" Jean shrieked and grabbed his arms sobbing. "Please, just let them go!" Burying her face in both hands she shook her head. "I only want them to leave…"

"Jean," he roared in a strong fit of rage. "This son of a bitch touched ya and ya just want me to let him go?!"

"What did you just call me?!" Richard barked at him and turned around with clenched fists.

"A son of a bitch, ya fuckin' asshole!" Logan shot back and glared at the man full of hatred, seeing that this one came closer. "If I were ya I'd think very carefully about my next actions, bub…" Growling he already went into a position to attack as Richard suddenly froze and looked at all of them in an odd way.

"I'm sorry again for the interruption," he said and turned around. "Come on, we go."

"Yes," Elaine nodded, behaving as oddly as he did.

Only staring at the couple in a confused way the mutants watched how the door was closed calmly. "What was that?!" Ororo asked and looked at Charles, while Jean clung to Logan crying who was as stunned as the others.

Moving closer to them, Charles looked at the picture of misery in Logan's arms with sympathy. "I erased every memory that had to do with Jean and made them believe they were mistaken about the address…"

"Does that mean they don't recognize Jeannie as their daughter anymore?" Logan demanded to know while he rocked her slowly back and forth.

"Yes. They never had a daughter with that name," the Professor explained and the man nodded. "When did you arrive?"

"Only a few minutes ago. I came in through the backdoor and heard her yellin'," Logan replied and stroked through Jean's hair soothingly. "You alright?"

"No…," she sobbed and clung even more to him.

"Jean…," Scott suddenly said calmly ad came a bit closer. "What did you mean with you had to sell…"

"Leave it!" Logan immediately growled warningly and cut him off; still remembering Jean's and his conversation in the hotel on their family trip. She'd said back then that she didn't want anyone else to know the truth about her past and he'd make sure it would stay that way.

"But…"

"No!" he hissed once more and pulled Jean with him. "Come on, we go upstairs!" Briefly stopping to take Jamie from Ororo he didn't react to the woman's confused look and only wrapped an arm around his wife to bring her into "safety".

Watching the couple Scott ran a hand through his hair and still had problems to understand what was going on. "What was this?!" he asked Charles, who still looked grimly and only waved off. "What did she mean with…?"

"Scott," the man replied and moved his wheelchair towards his office. "You heard what Logan said… Just leave her alone."

"So you know what's wrong all of a sudden?" Hank asked while Charles moved past him.

"Yes, I do…"


Upstairs, Logan went over to the bedroom after he'd placed Jamie into the cradle and sat down on the bed. Jean's desperate and heavy sobs only fueled his anger to extreme levels. If it was up to him, he'd first chop off this Richard guy's dick before he'd kill him slowly and painful. Reaching out he stroked over the red head's back soothingly, while she had her legs pulled close and the arms wrapped around herself. "Why did ya never tell me, Jean?" he asked calmly and bent down a bit. "Why did ya never tell me that your father abused ya?"

"He isn't my father," she replied through heavy sobs completely disgusted and had to cough. "My so called mother began to date this asshole after she threw my father out…"

"Hey, come here," Logan said and pulled her over into his arms since she'd to cough heavily again. "Ya need to calm down first. I don't want ya to choke yourself…"

Clinging to him she buried her face in his chest and wrapped her arms around his waist. "I hate them so much…," Jean sobbed after a moment and pulled a face. "Because of them the others now know what I am…"

"Which is?" he asked and stroked through her hair again. "Ya ain't this person anymore, darlin'. Ya only tried to survive on the streets and you've been a kid back then…"

Sitting up a bit she shook her head in pain. "You haven't heard their thoughts, Logan…," she said in barely more than a whisper. Noticing her hurt and suffering look his heart contracted painfully. Not able to hold his gaze the redhead looked down ashamed. "You haven't heard it…"

He couldn't help but look at her for a while before he sat up a bit to pull her close. "Ya know nothin' can change the way I think or feel about ya. I only don't get why ya never told me what this asshole did to ya…"

Resting her head on his shoulder tiredly, Jean wiped her tears away still sniffing from time to time. "Because I was over it… I was over it until I saw him again…"

"Did he rape ya?" he asked carefully and his heart began to hammer in his chest.

"No…not that." She shook her head. "I think he thought I wouldn't notice because of the pills they gave me…"

"What about guys in that psychiatry?" Logan asked after a moment and looked down on her while he still held her close. "Did anyone of them…"

Playing with his shirt absently, the redhead avoided his gaze. "Two had tried…," she replied barely audible.

"Bastards!" he growled and narrowed his eyes in hate.

Heaving a deep breath, Jean ran both hands through her face and sat up while she straddled him. "What about you?" she asked and met his eyes, entwining her hand with his as he reached out to touch her. "Have you found out anything at all?"

He nodded. "Yeah."

"Itsu's?"

Again Logan nodded but broke eye contact. "Yeah. Kawashima didn't know it. He went with me to a man to a neighboring village, who'd lived in Jasmine Falls before and who'd buried her. He told us then that she had a deep cut on her lower abdomen…"

"Those bastards…," she cursed through gritted teeth. Touching his cheek Jean pulled him close next.

Just holding each other for a while Logan gave her a serious look all of a sudden. "We need to sit down and talk…"

"About what?"

Sighing he leant his head against the wall behind him and just looked at her. "I need to tell ya some things…"

While her heart was in her mouth all of a sudden, Jean looked down. "You're…you're not got to leave me, are you?" she asked and raised her head only a bit since she was afraid of what he might say next.

"No!" Staring at her as if she had lost her mind, Logan cocked an eyebrow. "What makes ya even think that?"

"Because you sounded so determined and serious all of a sudden…," she replied barely audible.

Only shaking his head he pulled her into a kiss. "Nothin' can make me leave ya, Jeannie. I told ya before that I'd only leave if ya wanted me to…" He stroked over her cheek gently and smiled a bit when she leant into him again.

"I don't want you to leave ever," she mumbled into his neck and he had to chuckle.

"Well that's good to hear…"


Still playing the game on the outside, Jack didn't notice how Ororo beckoned them to come back inside for dinner first. Occupied with running around and trying to find a good spot to hide while it was Isa's turn to look for the rest, he nearly bumped into Laura, who was standing next to the stairs which led up to the terrace and back door. "Watch it!" he growled and wanted to run past her when he heard a growl from her. Narrowing his eyes he saw how the girl obviously went into a position to attack him. Not knowing what was wrong all of a sudden, he startled when she extracted her claws on both hands and went into a deep crouch; her coal black eyes burning into him. First making few steps back, the boy suddenly paused and began to growl back, not realizing that he had popped his claws in both hands, too.

In the meanwhile Isa had left the pond and began to look for her friends in the garden. She laughed when she saw TJ's glowing yellow eyes staring at her through the thicket. "Gottcha," she giggled and clapped both hands together.

"How?" the girl pouted and came out of it with a disappointed look.

"Your eyes," Isa laughed and took her hand to look for the others, just to let out the same shrill shriek as the girl next to her when they past the corner and saw the fight.

Inside the kitchen no one was aware of it until Logan suddenly stormed through the room and nearly smashed the back door to pieces when he opened it in a rush. "What was that?" Ororo asked the others since she'd only seen a shadow moving, but heard her daughter crying aloud all of a sudden. "Jesus, what's going on there?!" Getting of her stool she was greeted by TJ running towards her sobbing aloud and clinging to her legs while Isa threw herself at her father not minder crying.

"What's wrong?" Bobby asked worriedly and quickly checked if the girl was hurt when she wrapped her arms around his neck sobbing. He exchanged a questioning look with the weather goddess but she could only shrug.

"Oh…," Hank made and stared at the heavily breathing boy as Jack entered the kitchen covered in blood and still with a feral look in his eyes. "I think that explains everything…" With widened eyes he scanned the clothes of the boy that looked as if they'd lost one round against a shredder. "What happened to you?"

"He had a fight with that mean girl," Lily explained as she entered the kitchen, followed by Rachel.

"A fight?" Scott asked and gave him a proper look. "If he looks that worse what does she look like?" Watching how a deep cut on the boys arm and cheek began to heal he turned around a bit and whistled when a more than only pissed looking Logan reentered the kitchen. "I wouldn't like to be in your shoes now…," he added with a look on Jack, who only glared at his father.

"Go upstairs!" was all this one hissed angrily and crossed his arms. "And you can bet your butt that you gonna stay inside for the rest of the week!"

"But she attacked me!" Jack defended himself aloud and received another glare.

"I don't give a shit!" Logan shot back aloud. "I told ya not to use your claws against anyone else ever! You did it so deal with the consequences! And now get out of my sight and stay in your room!"

Clenching his fists while his eyes turned black in anger, Jack began to pant when tears filled his eyes. "She used them against me! I only…," he began when his father narrowed his eyes growling.

"Go…upstairs!" he said even louder and the boy turned around just to give the trash can a hard kick on his way out, nearly causing it to empty its contents on the clean floor. "That's two weeks!" Logan barked angrily and only heard how the door to the West Wing was slammed shut by his son. "God dammit…"

"What happened?" Ororo asked him worriedly and pulled TJ up into her arms.

"What happened?!" he grunted and gave her a pissed look. "My son and this copy thought it'll be nice to make ground meat of each other."

"And where is Laura now?" Hank asked him with a look out of the window.

"Hidin' on a tree," came the growled reply before he heaved a deep breath. "Sit down and eat," Logan said more calmly towards his daughters and went over to the fridge to prepare a bottle for Jamie.

"You're not mad with us, daddy, are you?" Rachel asked shyly and received a cocked eyebrow from her father while he froze in his movements.

"Why should I be mad with ya, pum'kin?" he asked and she shrugged. "See? Now eat somethin'. I'll be right back."

"Isn't Jean coming down to eat?" Ororo asked him in surprise but he shook his head. "Why not?"

"She has her reason, okay?" Logan gave back and left the room with the bottle in his hand.

"Jeez, is he grumpy again today…," the weather goddess sighed and sat down on her stool again.

"Isn't he always grumpy?" Scott asked her with a raised eyebrow and briefly turned his head towards the window. "What about Laura? It's already getting dark on the outside…"

"I don't want her inside," Lily said and gave him an angry look. "She attacked Jack."

"Well, but as far as I've heard he," the man began when a growl could be heard from the backdoor and a dirty and bloody Laura stood in the entrance. "I don't have to say anything else, do I?" he asked with a shocked look at the girl, whose eyes were fixed on Lily and Rachel. Seeing it the little redhead jumped of her stool and began to run away quickly, accompanied by a frightened cry. Upstairs she ran into her father who was just about to go downstairs again.

"What's wrong now?" he asked her in confusion since the girl clung to his legs with a firm grip.

"Did something happen?" Jean asked and came out of the bedroom with Jamie on her arms who was sucking on the bottle. "Sweety, what's wrong?"

"Is it her again?" Logan growled and pulled his girl up into his arms while he tried to soothe her.

"Yeah," Rachel cried into his neck and wrapped her arms around his neck firmly. "She's scary…"

Sighing in frustration he gave Jean a look. "I'll bring a tray up for ya later, okay?" he asked her and she nodded before she disappeared into the bedroom again.

"But Logan…," he heard her saying before he was about to close the door. "…let her live, okay?"

"I'll try," he replied with a grim look on his face.

Okay, that's it. I know it doesn't happen a lot, but I had to deal with Jean's parents and explore the relationship between the kids and X23, since it will change in the next chapter. I know this one was short, but, hell, I still have writer blocks when it comes to Changes. LOL Hope you liked it and please review!!! See ya!