~Her Almost Sacrifice~

Joss reached for her phone for the hundredth time that night. Both Logan and Scott had been calling or texting her on a very normal basis. In the three months they'd been gone she hadn't gone a single night without talking to Logan, until the last couple of nights. Hearing a knock on her door she answered it and smiled seeing big white wings fan out behind the first man she'd ever truly dated. Five months her and Warren had tried things out, but he couldn't shake the feeling she loved someone else. He thought it was Nathaniel she was in love with but it hadn't been him at all. Warren pulled her into a tight hug with his wings wrapping around her too. "I missed you Jojo." Warren said quietly and Joss hugged him back burying her face in his chest. "Come on in Warren." She said stepping back, her hair was longer now nearly to her waist. "You okay, Wagner told me Scott and Logan got tossed for not taking their heads out of their asses." Joss shook her head. "They seem to be getting along out there, in the world. They usually call me every night. But the last two its been dead silent." She sat on her bed curling up her knees to her chest and pulled the covers around her. "I'm sure he'll call princess." Warren said moving and sitting on her bed with her wrapping his arms around her to comfort her.

For the first time since she stopped hearing from Logan Joss fell asleep with Warren holding her. When she woke he was gone but he'd left a note telling her to relax and eat something. Getting up her phone rang and she answered it without checking it. "Logan, Logan is that you..." She asked worry enveloping her tone as she spoke. "No my sweet angel, Logan is a little tied up at the moment..." Nathaniel said softly. "What did you do... Where are Logan and Scott..." Jossalyn's mind reached out to her father and her friends letting them hear the conversation as well. "My Angel, don't worry yourself with those two Neanderthals." Rachel walked in and saw Jossalyn's stricken look and held her close. "Nathaniel, I will do whatever you want as long as you give Both Scott and Logan back to the X‐Men." Joss stated softly Rachel made an angry face but Jossalyn put her free hand up to stop her. "Ah thats what I was hoping. Meet me at my old Lab tomorrow at noon, You can bring two people to help Logan and Scott back to the mansion." Nathaniel said his voice holding victory as he spoke then he hung up.

"You are Not doing this Joss." Emma said shaking her head. They where all sitting in the war room talking and planing. "Emma this is not your choice. Its mine. I have a plan one that will work but we can't tip Nathaniel off." Josssalyn stated looking at her friends then to her father. "Da, you said you trusted me no matter what any situation. Let Me do this." She pleaded tears falling down her cheeks. She hadn't let go of the dog tags since she got the phone call. "I trust her Emma, we let her have point on this one." Joss stood up and let her anger take hold, she could not be weak, she could not waver. "Rachel and Laura, your my two seconds..." Joss laid out the plan for them neither of her friends liked it but they all knew it would work.

At eleven fifty five Joss was standing where Sinister's old lab used to be, now only a pile of rubble stood there under their feet. When Nathaniel walked up with Scott and Logan she almost broke but she learned well from another of her friends. "Wow Nate, not like you to be late." She snarled softly. Wade had taught her hand to hand, and sword fighting, the katana he bought her was at her side. "Send them Over," She said standing. Logan looked at her as him and Scott walked towards them. "Five Minutes Nathaniel, if one of your men strike I'll take them out." She said her face hard then she turned her back and looked at Logan. "Are you okay..." Jossalyn asked cupping his face softly. "I'm fine kid, what are you doing." Logan asked holding her close. Joss looked down tears on her cheeks. "I'm, I'm sorry." Jo let Logan kiss her. While he was doing that she stuck her katana in his stomach and backed up. Laura and Rachel went after her all at once. "YOU BITCH!" Laura screamed her own claws unsheathing, In seconds Jossalyn was on the ground near death and Nathaniel was screaming as Rachel and Laura fought off his men. Logan was already healed, he and Scott joined the fray and beat Sinister and his men back.

Rachel rushed over to her friend when the fighting was done. "Joss, Joss talk to me." She begged softly. Shaking her head she looked at Logan. "She's supposed to be able to heal." Logan went to get close to her but Wade jumped out of a tree. Walking over to Jossalyn he pushed Logan out of the way and rubbed her forehead. "We need to get her back to the mansion Now." Deadpool said he looked at Logan and heard the other growling at him. "Stuff It Teddy bear, she needs help." Wade picked his only friend in the world up and started towards the blackbird. "She'll explain when she wakes up." He said to the question on everyone's faces. Scott wasn't a big fan of Wades either but he knew better than to piss the Merc off.

When they got back to the Mansion Jossalyn was rushed into surgery, Laura was beating herself up for nicking Jo's lung when they fake fought. Jo could heal faster than normal but slower than Logan, so it took her a few days before she was awake and able to move herself. When she finally did wake up she was alone in the med room. Standing up hurt, her muscles hurt but she figured having adamantium claws digging through her muscles. Walking slowly she went to the elevator then made her way slowly to the kitchen. "Dork where do you think your going." Jossalyn turned her head hearing Wade's voice. "To find something to eat." She stated and felt his arms around her to help her. "No you are going to your bedroom little sister." Wade said, his voice soft and caring. The insane mercenary wasn't kind or caring to anyone but this little woman was his sister in his heart. The only person who cared enough to go after him and save him when he needed help, and he'd lay his life on the line to protect her now. Jo grumbled. "D I'm hungry..." She said keeping her eyes which had yellowed out gone what Deadpool called 'feral' proving she was more animal than most thought. "I will get you food Jojo," Wade said picking her up and laying her on her bed. "You just stay here." He walked out of the room knocking on Logan's doors across the hall. When the animal answered he smirked and his 'smart ass' came back out. "Hey you ass ugly rabid dog, she's awake and in her room. I'm going to go get her food." He walked away waving as he heard a shink of claws.

Logan walked across the hall and into Jossalyn's rooms. "Hey Kid." He said gruffly seeing she was standing up again he knew she was more like him than Laura was. "Lay back down." Logan said softly picking her up and sitting her on the bed again. "Logan let me get up I've been in bed for too long." Jo said getting back up stopping herself from falling into his arms. "I need to walk or something Logan I just can't lay in bed any longer." She looked up in to his eyes fingering the dog tags he'd given her. Wolverine nodded his head and felt her take his hand as they walked out of her rooms. "Don't do anything that stupid ever again Kid." Logan said squeezing her hand. "I can't promise you that. I will do anything for the people I care about, I'll even die if that's what it takes to make sure that the ones I love are safe." Jo shook her head and looked at the floor as they walked. Logan growled at her answer, and when they where outside she sat down on the grass pulling him down with her.

"You can't ask me to do that Logan, you can't ask me to walk away when people I love are in trouble or danger. You can't ask me to walk away from my unfinished business with Nathaniel." Josie said looking him in the eyes. "You've always tied up your loose ends Logan, let me do the same. I do know I'm older than everyone thinks, That Nathaniel had me for much longer than people believe he did. But I don't remember anything but that cell, and I don't know how much time I spent there day after day, year after year with no one but him for company." Logan was leaning against a tree listening to her, he knew how she felt, knew what it was like not to remember your past completely. "Kid I will never stand in the way of you working on that, just like I know you won't stand in mine nor will anyone here. Because they may not understand what I went through but they know its my life to live." He nodded his head and pulled her against his chest sighing when she was there. "But don't ever come up with a plan where you might end up dead Kid." Logan whispered softly in her ear. "Because if I lost you Jossalyn, I would go off the deep end." Tilting her face up Logan kissed her on the lips.

Jo and Logan just kept kissing her hands going to his face his arms wrapping securely around her waist. When they finally broke apart Joss's breath was uneven and she was wincing a little because of the bruises on her chest that used to be open wounds. "Maybe we should go inside." Jo said smiling as Logan stood up in one easy fluid movement with her nestled in his arms close to his chest. Lifting her head and kissing him on the cheek she snuggled in letting herself be wrapped in his soothing scent. "I've been dreaming of your arms and scent and eyes since you saved me." Jo confessed and heard Logan's voice rumble in his chest before she comprehended what he said. "I've been seeing your green silver eyes since I saved you." She smiled she did have odd eyes. When they got to her room there was food with a note from Wade. 'Hey Mutt Man keep your hands off of her long enough for her to eat something, She doesn't need some horny hound humping her before she eats.' Logan growled and crumpled up the paper and went to beat the crap out of Deadpool. "Logan stop." Jossalyn said quietly holding him back. "As much as I'd love to see you and D go at it, and I would love that, I'd rather you stay here with me." She said sitting on her bed and digging into her meal. Logan looked at the door. "Fine but if I stay you spill about your weird relationship with that psychopath." He said sitting on the bed and eating some of the food with her.

Jo wondered where to start. Deadpool had never been on the team but he had lived in the mansion for a while. "Well Wade came to us about three months after I came here. You where already gone, but he had taken a job to kill Dad..." She heard Logan growl and put her hand on his thigh rubbing softly. "Then he met me, he blames me for this next part. See after getting to know me and realizing we where so much alike, then testing his DNA against mind he found out genetically we could be siblings. If I didn't have so many other DNA samples shoved into who I am genetically..." Joss took a deep breath. "So Wade found he had a problem, After he saw our DNA was so close he thought of me as a little sister. After a while someone else was hired to take out Dad, and ended up nearly killing Angel instead. See Angel and I were dating, and The hit man decided to take out Da when he was helping me with someone, Angel saw and flew in between Dad and the gun." Joss snuggled into Logan and he stopped her for a moment. "You and Warren.." He said slowly a growl to his voice. "Not important to the story at hand." She answered re-wrapping his arm around her and nuzzling her nose into his chest. "So anyway, someone then hired a hit man to kill me, as I was acting as Da's bodyguard for the time being. When Wade found out someone had put a hit out on me he went ballistic. Ever since then he's been uber sweet to me, for him, and hates anyone who he thinks will do me harm." She shrugged her shoulders and arched her eyebrows. "And considering you and he have history, and he knows your sordid romantic history, he thinks your going to break my heart. There for to him you must be annoyed at all costs." Logan shook his head, he'd known Wade for a long time. In all the time they'd known each other he'd never known Wade to care for anyone but himself.

The food was gone and Logan put the plates on the bed side table. Logan got back into bed with her and moved kissing her until she couldn't breath. "Lets just make one thing clear. You, Are, Mine. I'm not going to be second fiddle I'm not going to let some other guy walk away with my girl." Joss nodded her head and then kissed him again wrapping her arms around his neck. "Since you know I've no attraction to Scott what is this all about." She asked softly laying her head back down on her pillow. "This is about you and Worthington ." Joss sighed softly. "Logan its over between me and him." She said shaking her head. "You say that but does he know it. Kid, I've got you in my arms and all I want to do is make this bed messy, if he's had you god knows he wants you back now." Joss shivered when he spoke his voice getting a needy husky edge to it. Logan lifted her head and kissed her deeply. Jo just kissed back and tried to keep up but He seemed ravenous.

Moving her head she put her lips to his ear. "I'm yours James, no one can take me from you because I don't want to be taken." Logan stilled for a moment looking into her eyes, which were now feral yellow. "I tried Angel, it didn't work because he kept trying to change me." She shrugged. "Even if he wanted me back Logan I'd never go." She kissed Logan, this time making the animal of a man slow down. It wasn't long before they where both naked and under the covers. Joss couldn't keep track of Logan first his hands where between her thighs his fingers thrusting in and out of her as she moaned and writhed trying to get more. Then his head disappeared under the covers. Jossalyn nearly screamed when she felt his tongue where his fingers had been. "Dear god Logan..." She moaned out. Sure her and Angel had sex before but he wasn't nearly as enthusiastic about it as Logan was. Joss's whole body started to shiver right before she came, she'd stopped counting a while ago. When Logan's lips met hers again she kissed him deeply and let out a sigh when he thrust into her. Logan felt her legs wrap around his waist and growled in appreciation. Joss whimpered a little as Logan moved faster, she hadn't had sex in months and Logan was bigger than she'd had before. "Slower Logan..." Joss begged softly in his ear. When he heard her he slowed down and she peppered his face with kisses. Jossalyn felt like time stopped moving around them because she lost track of the time. When she felt the familiar tightening in her lower abdomen and her toes curling she knew she was close. Logan felt her body tensing as well and moved faster, Logan growled as he came hearing her moan his name out and feeling her nails run down his back.

He fell off to the side making sure not to put his full weight on her newly healed body. Logan laid there his arms stretched out to the sides of him as he let himself enjoy the relaxing after sex feeling. Not just 'after sex' but after amazing sex. Joss shivered when he moved off to the side then stretched out on the bed before curling into Logan's side laying her head on his chest. Three months was way longer than she had waited with Angel, but she guessed having Logan get thrown out of the house was the reason for that long of a wait. One thing had been bugging her for a while though lifting her head, her now long curly honey colored hair was spread across Logan's chest, his fingers playing with it as she looked up at him. "Where did you and Scott go..." She asked her voice breaking softly at the end, she knew but she wanted to hear him say it. "We went to Jeanie's grave." He said quietly looking her in the eyes. "I had to let her go, before we got this far Kid. Couldn't keep a dead woman who never chose me in my heart when I had you standing in front of me." Logan caressed her cheek softly as tears spilled out of her eyes. She expected him to still be in love with the infamous redhead who was her genetic mother. But he'd gone only to say goodbye, to free his heart for her. Lifting her head she kissed him on the lips then nuzzled her face back into his chest. "I was afraid you went because you where still in love with her." She said softly not wanting to keep anything from him. "I'm not going to lie to you Josie. I'll always love Jean, but every night me and you talked, I realized that I am in love with you, and I don't want my past with a woman that never really wanted me enough to screw up my now with you." Logan kissed her forehead softly and pulled a warmer cover over them both as she was shivering. "You're still week Kid, I should have waited..." He shook his head brushing his fingers through her hair again. "Go to sleep I will be here when you wake up." Joss's eyes where already starting to fall closed against her will. "Keep talking to me...please." She asked in a sleepy voice. Logan smiled and did as she requested, feeling her press her ear to his chest more as she fell into a deep and relaxed sleep. Wolverine fell asleep not long after she did, the first peaceful sleep he'd had in a long time.