Logan's POV

I silently pulled my jacket over my shoulders as I gestured to Selina to cover the other side of the door as I made my way to my own side. Selina perched herself on the floor, both of us waiting as I had no doubt that they'd barge their way in, seeing as they were here to nab Selina and had no qualms to be covert about it. I realized how handy Selina's night vision would really be as my sense of smell could only go so far. If given the choice, I'd much rather be able to plainly see in the dark versus only smelling them. The door burst open just as expected, my fist colliding into the man's chest as Selina's head collided to the side of the man's head. A large metallic *PANG!* echoed through the room as we both looked at each other for a moment. I knew exactly why that happened and I wasn't about to let that on to Selina just yet, but my suspicions were correct. Her entire body must have been laced with adamantium and either this guy had a metal plate in his head that she just crushed with her skull or the guy was a cyborg.

We didn't have time to revel in this however as we both forced our way outside, sliding to avoid a barrage of gunfire from men that hid themselves behind car doors. Selina perched herself in front of me as I realized she was using her own body as a shield for my own, and I let her for now…still not ready to reveal my own mutant self to her quite yet. She was too much of a loose cannon to let on with that secret.

"Since you're so adamant about me not killing anyone…," she said as she gestured towards my bike and another couple of crotch rockets that were parked near it and I cocked my head at her as she leapt to her feet and ran for the bikes. I growled as I ran after her, not appreciating the lack of coordination as I threw my legs over my bike, waiting for her to get on behind, before noticing that she took it upon herself to hop onto the black crotch rocket instead. She smirked over at me with a shrug.

"I'm tired of riding bitch," she said simply as the black bike roared to life beneath her and she peeled down the dirt road, heading directly towards the woods. I followed soon after, not being able to deny the fact that losing them in the woods was the best plan we would have. I smirked to myself as I saw Selina take off down the road as fast as that bike would take her, this woman only continued to surprise me. I kept my sight on the woods to the side of us looking for the best opportunity to take this shindig off road. I whistled to her, which caused her to look behind her, her blonde hair getting violently tussled about from the aggressive wind speeds. I gestured with my head towards the woods as she nodded once and yanked the handlebars to the right, as both of us gripped harder, ready for the ride to get rougher.

It didn't take long for the HAMA vehicles to be on our heels as the terrain started to slow us down, but the cars would have a much harder time of it then our bikes. Selina and I both ducked and swerved our way through the woods, bullets beginning to fly as the goons were growing impatient at our constant avoidance. I growled as I felt one bullet fly into my shoulder and gripped the handlebars tighter in an effort to control myself. I glanced over just in time to see a bullet land in one of the tires of Selina's bike which caused it to flip over forward, Selina's body colliding and rolling on the ground. To a normal human, she would have just broke every bone in her body. It put a few things in perspective; considering I wouldn't have been there to save her from this…I shook my head violently from side to side, choosing not to mull it over as I yanked the handlebars of my bike to the left to race towards her.

I watched as Selina stood, her hands held out to either side and I knew she was about to unleash her fury, despite my best efforts to talk her into never doing it again. Could I blame her really? If she were anything like me, releasing the rage, going "berserk"…was just part of the territory. As I neared her, I watched as one of the SUVs was suddenly barreling towards me, but Selina released her claws and slammed them into the side of the vehicle as it passed her, nearly ripping the entire side of the car off and ending at the back where the gas can resided. The spark that ignited from her claws caused the car to ignite in flames as she started to run away. My eyes grew wide, realizing what was about to happen as I turned the bike around and came up behind Selina, grabbing her as the SUV exploded, sending bits of metallic debris everywhere.

Selina maneuvered herself so that she was sitting in front of me instead of behind me, which made me sit back, a bit surprised as I cocked my eyebrow at her.

"Tired of riding bitch, huh?" I asked her and she smirked rolling her eyes as she held onto the belt at my waist for leverage, leaning to one side to see the vehicles heading towards us.

"Shut up. Easier to see what's coming versus craning my neck," she said as she narrowed her eyes into the night sky.

"Two SUVS, one Hummer…V formation, gaining fast," She said simply as we passed a rusting sign that I am fairly sure stated: 'Danger: Active Mine Field'. I decided to plunge through the gate and not say a damn word to Selina, knowing we'd both be fine and these assholes chasing us wouldn't think twice to follow us.

As we entered the minefield, I used my senses to weave us around as many mines as I could keep track of before the goons whipped out the heavy artillery, sending a barrage of automatic fire at my bike, causing both tires to blow from beneath as we both rolled to the ground. Selina rolled over to her side just as her face met straight on with a land mine as she let out an audible gasp.

"Holy shit!" she bellowed as she slowly sat up, her eyes scanning our surroundings as I lay on the ground several feet from her.

"Are we in a damned mine field?!" she yelled, her eyes widening as she looked over at me and I shrugged, feigning innocence.

"Yeah, that's weird…you'd think they'd have a sign up or something," I said, raising my eyebrows as we both instinctively covered our heads, the first of three vehicles exploding near us as it hit a land mine. I whipped my head up to see where the other two vehicles were, seeing the remaining SUV starting to move around the outer skirts of the field as the Hummer began barreling right for us. Selina gasped again as she stood up, having only taken one step before she realized she stepped right onto a land mine. I could tell she stopped breathing as she glanced down and then over at me with a grimace.

"Selina?" I asked, realizing then what had happened. I glanced over to the Hummer getting closer and closer and I leapt to my feet. I had no idea how advanced her healing factor was, but I knew damned well mine could withstand a blast from a land mine and then some and so I ran towards her and shoved her off the land mine, placing my own foot atop it before it had time to go off.

Selina's body landed on the ground with a grunt and she sat up wide eyed and stared up at me.

"Are you insane?! I can heal, if and when and there will be a when, Logan…that mine goes off!" she yelled as she stood up, glancing over at the Hummer as it drew closer to us.

"I'll be fine, Selina!" I yelled at her, holding my hand out as if to ask her to let me concentrate. The timing had to be just right as I watched the Hummer get closer and closer. Right as it neared me, I let up on the land mine and started to dart to my left, the force of the impact sending shards of metal and debris into the back of my body, deep gashes and blood splattering everywhere as I landed on the ground with an audible thud. I heard Selina let out a shrill scream as I felt her body kneel down beside me and turn me over to survey the damage.

"Oh my god…you fucking idiot!" she screamed as the sound of the other SUV exploding in the background remained but mere static noise to what had currently transpired. Her hands shook as she roamed them over my body, a groan starting to escape my lips as I saw her look around in a bit of a panic. I knew what was going through her head. She knew if I were a human, that I would need to get to a hospital stat, but if she were to drag me through the minefield not knowing where all the mines lay, I wouldn't survive even the backlash of another explosion.

As she stood, looking around trying to plan what to do next, my body was almost completely healed and I slowly rose to my feet. I rubbed the back of my neck and picked at a bit of the dirt that had gotten into my eyes as I walked up behind her.

"You know, the longer you stand here stargazing, the more I'm going to bleed out," I said simply and she whipped around so fast I thought she was going to trip on herself. She grabbed my shoulders and started turning me around to look at my shirt that was now littered with holes, the skin beneath it completely healed. She seemed relieved and then turned angry, all within a blink of an eye.

"Are you…kidding…me?" she said slowly as her hands grabbed for my shirt, lifting it up to see that I was completely fine in every regard, save for a little dirt and grime.

"Woah, Darlin', at least take me out to dinner first," I scoffed as she gave me a hard shove, my eyes immediately darting down behind me to make sure she didn't just shove me onto a land mine.

"Why the hell didn't you tell me you had a healing factor like me?!" she bellowed, as I rubbed the back of my neck and held my hands out to either side of me, seeing no use in hiding it.

"I couldn't trust you. I still don't trust you, but I wasn't sure how powerful your healing was and you're of more use to me in one piece versus a million." I said, as I raised a single eyebrow at her, awaiting a response.

"Oh? Well I am sooo happy that you have a use for me, which warrants a rescue that was unnecessary. If I can re-grow limbs…I'm pretty sure I can survive an explosion," she said, crossing her arms over her chest in a huff and I narrowed my eyes in thought before pointing at her.

"Good point," I said and she left out an audible growl in fury as she threw her hands into the air.

"Shouldn't you be hissing at me versus growling or are you more tiger than domesticated house cat, because I haven't had a good record with tigers," I said, just loving to push this woman's buttons as she glared at me, her hands going to her hips.

"I'm guessing the whole…sniffing thing is actually a power then? Super human…canine-like, sniffing, hmm…Fido?" she said, jutting her chin out in challenge toward me.

"It is, actually," I said as I stepped closer to her, sniffing the air.

"Is that Alpo in your pocket or do you normally smell like liquefied dog muck?" I asked, a mischievous grin spreading across my face as Selina turned with a flourish of her hair, narrowing her eyes and walking her ass straight out of the minefield. I stood dumbfounded for a moment, still stuck in the middle of the field as I looked around. Touché indeed, kitten.

"Very funny!" I shouted towards her and as she slipped through the gate and sat her ass on the ground; I had a feeling she wasn't coming back.

"Go ahead, Spot…sniff your way out. I'll be waiting," she said with a smile, pretty damn proud of herself as she then decided to lay completely on the ground. I clenched my fists and growled as I began my slow and steady walk for the gate. It had to have taken me a good ten minutes before I crawled through the gate unscathed. Selina slowly sat up, stretching her arms with a yawn.

"Oh hey, I just thought I'd take a nap while you-," she started to say as a mound of dirt was suddenly launched into her face. She sputtered and looked over at me where I had started to dig a hole with my hand.

"What the hell is your problem?" she asked and I stood up, dusting my hands of the remaining dirt debris.

"Oh, me? Well, all these references just had me reaching into my inner canine, just had the sudden urge to dig a hole," I said as I walked past her with a grin, eyeing what seemed to be an abandoned shack in the distance. Selina sighed as she wiped the dirt from her face and rose to follow me. As we approached the shack, I rose my chin to the air to get a good whiff in an attempt to detect any unwanted persons residing inside. Satisfied that I didn't smell anything out of the ordinary, I lightly pushed on the door to allow us entry as the door came off its hinges into my hand. I looked down to it and cocked my eyebrow, idly tossing the door behind me.

"Wow, compared to the motel, this place is the Taj Mahal," Selina said behind me, sarcasm highly evident in her tone. Suddenly, a rat scurried across the floor, making a hurried escape out the door that was now gone. Selina jumped back with a gasp and I had to chuckle as I turned to look at her.

"Say, aren't you supposed to chase and eat those things? Chop, chop…you have a job to do." Selina glared at me and put her hands on her hips.

"Is this how it's going to be with us? A constant battle of wits to see who can make the best feline vs canine joke?" she asked and I turned my gaze skyward in thought.

"Isn't that how it's supposed to be? Dog chases cat, cat runs up a tree?" I asked with another sly grin as she stared on at me unenthusiastically.

"Cat scratches dog's eyeballs out," she said as I held my hands up in mock defense.

"Fair enough," I said simply as I found a corner of the shack with a pile of hay in the corner that would have to serve as our make shift bedding arrangements for the night. I gestured towards the area with my arms as if making a grandeur gentlemanly gesture. She sighed as she immediately plopped atop the hay, raising an arm to drape across her forehead.

"If we could manage to make it through the night without more HAMA up our asses, I'll be completely shocked," Selina said as I positioned myself on the hay next to her.

"Unless they tagged one of us with a GPS tracker, I doubt they'll actually manage to find this place tonight," I said truthfully, as I scooted closer to Selina, knowing that the night would bring cold and our body warmth for one another, especially for her, was going to be crucial. Selina lifted her head up and looked at me over her shoulder.

"Woah, mind your red rocket there, buddy," she said as I narrowed my eyes at her.

"I don't have a-," I started to say before she cut me off.

"Goodnight Logan!" she said as she plopped her head back down to the hay and scooted a little closer to me. I gritted my teeth, making my jaw crack as I decided to let it go for now as I too plopped my head to the hay. Settle down, claws…settle down.