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A Place in Time Chap. 4
Logan had been riding for about an hour. He thought he was going the right way 'Where the hell do I even start looking for her?' he thought to himself.
He stuck his nose in the air and took a whiff of the air there was a vague scent that smelled familiar to him " Ok now I've got something."
He got back on the bike and started it ' She's got to be on foot so she hasn't got that far ' he thought. He started riding towards the mountains in the distance. He thought if he could get up high somewhere he could see the surrounding area. Because he knew Alice would be leaving a trail of smoke and bodies behind her.
He had rode for a couple of hours when he made it to the top of the mountain. He parked the bike and got off and began to look around. The sun was beginning to go down and he thought to himself 'he should have brought a sleeping bag.' He started a fire and sat down and began to think of where he needed to go tomorrow. "Where would she head for first?" He had to think like her but she knew more about Umbrella than he did.
He found himself getting tired so he leaned up against a log that was behind him and fell asleep. She walked up to him and bent down in front of him. He opened his eyes to see her face she was looking at him with a look in her eyes. He said her name "Alice" and she put her hand on his cheek and leaned in and kissed him softly and passionately. He wrapped his arms around her and kissed her back he leaned back and looked at her face when she whispered 'Logan help me.' He awoke with a startle and looked around realizing it was a dream he shook his head back and forth. ' What the hell was that' he thought as he tried to compose himself. He threw another log on the fire and sat there for what must have been hours trying to figure out what had just happened.
He knew something wasn't right why would he be dreaming that unless she was in trouble. In the morning he would get an early start and he would search everywhere and anywhere he could.
Alice was just about to start her destructive attack on a facility she came upon. She had planted her charges and loaded her guns. She had a good feeling that this was going to hurt Umbrella because it was a main facility.
She took off running guns drawn and began to take the security out. Her goal was to get to the computers or to find anything that would show her where the hives were. As she made her way through the facility shooting, flipping in the air and taking out the security. She found herself in a computer room punching up file after file and downloading them on a flash drive. She took it out and stuck it in her pocket she turned to leave and there was a man standing there with a gun pointed at her.
" Hello Alice " he aimed the gun at her head " You know there is one way to stop you."
She cocked her head and smiled at him "Yes I do but the question is can you shoot that quickly and that accurately." Then she took off running towards the wall all the while the man was firing. She jumped and her foot hit the wall and she went into a backflip as she pulled her gun. While upside down in the air she fired a shot that caught him right between the eyes and he fell to the ground. Alice landed and pulled her other pistol and began to make her way out of the facility. All the while security was shooting at her she headed for the gate reached down for the detonator and blew the charges she had planted and the whole place went up. She was running when a guy behind some rocks stood up and took a shot, which grazed the right side of her head. It stunned her for a second she did a flip and fired two shots one caught him in the chest and the other got him between the eyes. As she landed another bullet caught her in the shoulder she turned and fired on that guy and hit him in the head. She grabbed her shoulder and ran down the other side of the mountain.
Logan had just woke up and was putting out the fire when he noticed way off in the distance black smoke. It looked to be about three or four hours away he took the canteen he had and went to the little stream and filled it up with water. He knew he would need it because it was nothing but desert between where he was to there. He got on the bike and started down the mountain as he rode for about two hours he was hoping to himself that this was Alice.
Alice was wandering through the desert about a hundred feet off the rode. She was trying to stay off the main search grid Umbrella would have going on for her. She knew they would think she had transportation so they would search the roads. She was out of water and she was losing blood she was beginning to stager back and forth but she knew she couldn't pass out. She found herself beginning to become weaker she pushed herself to the limit and then she collapsed.
She was laying face up in the sand watching the bird's overhead circling her. ' I'm not going to become bird food ' she thought to herself and rolled over and began to pull herself across the ground. Her thoughts went to Logan whose face popped in her head ' I'm sorry Logan ' she thought to herself. She was wondering was she falling for him why was she constantly thinking about him. Well this was not a good time to be thinking about things like this.
Logan had stopped on the side of the rode to check out how much further he would have to go. The smoke had disappeared now and he knew they had put the fire out. He didn't know exactly where he was going now. He went to get back on the bike when he heard a slight sigh he turned his ear in the direction it came from. He listened and didn't hear anything he shook his head and thought ' Your hearing things now.' He went to turn the key on the bike when he heard " Aaah" loudly coming from over the sand dune it was a female.
He got off the bike and ran up the dune and looked over and he saw a figure laying face up in the sand. He began to run down the dune.
Alice who heard footsteps in the sand coming at her thinking it was Umbrella used every bit of strength she had to grab her gun and sit straight up and pointed it at the Logan.
"Are you a mirage?" she was looking at him.
"Alice no it's me." Logan was moving towards her slowly.
She laid her head backward and looked up "Ha ha….aaaah." then she fell slowly to the side and landed on the ground.
He ran to her and looked her over grabbed her up and carried her back to the motorcycle. He knew he had to get them both out of there quickly. He started the bike and rode with her in front of him so he could hold her on the bike. This was one of those times he wished he had brought a communicator with him to get some help.
He found a dirt rode and took it, as they were driving down the rode Logan felt that his shirt was getting wet. He looked down and noticed all the blood on his shirt coming from her shoulder. He knew he had to stop soon and figure out how to stop the bleeding. As he drove up the rode more he spotted a cabin down in a valley. He turned the bike and went down the rode as he pulled up to the cabin he knew the bike had to be hidden so he drove right up the two steps in front of it and through the door. He turned the bike off and got her to the small bed inside and laid her down. Then he searched the place for something to tear and use for bandages. He found some shirts so he tore them up and since he knew his shirt was virtually clean he took it off and folded it and put it over the bullet hole. He tied the strips he tore around her to hold it in place. He then went over and got some water in a bowl and brought it back over and sat on the bed. He put a rag in the water and rung it out moving her hair he began to wipe her head to see if she had been shot in the head.
To his relief it was only a graze so he wrapped her head as he was wrapping it she opened her eyes " I thought I told you not to follow me."
"Yeah, but I never listen ask anyone." He finished wrapping her head and reached for the canteen. He then lifted her head up " You need to drink something" he poured some in her mouth. She choked a little but got some down and he laid her head down " I need to get you to Hank so he can help you."
She shook her head no " I'll be fine in a couple of days." and with that said she passed out again.
He didn't know what else to do because he couldn't move her the bleeding would start again, but she needed a more sanitized area to heal. He went outside and concentrated on Charles ' I need your help Charles please hear me.' He thought it over and over about twenty times by the end he was screaming it in his mind, when in his thoughts he heard a familiar voice ' Wolverine calm down I hear you. ' He told Charles where they were and about a half-hour later the jet was landing in a clearing.
Logan scooped up Alice and took her to the jet he just left the bike for now. He would explain to Scott where it was and he could get it later.
Hank took a look at the bandages " Your lucky you got a hold of Charles or she would have for sure got an infection."
Logan was pacing back and forth " I did the best I could is she going to be alright?"
" I do believe the bullet went through her shoulder and she's dehydrated." Hank looked down and the bleeding from her shoulder had started again " Storm we need to get back now."
Logan got concerned " Why what-" They he noticed hanks hand was soaked.
Storm landed the jet and Logan picked her up and took her straight to the lab. Logan walked out the door and was looking through the window when Charles came up behind him.
"Logan I told-" he stopped his sentence when Logan turned around and he saw all the blood on him.
" Charles do you mind I'm not in the mood for a lecture right now." Logan walked down the hall and went to his room. He went into the bathroom and looked in the mirror and saw all the blood on him. He knew her losing this much blood was not a good sign. He turned the shower on and got in he found himself thinking of her as he began to wash the blood off. He got out and got dressed and walked back to the lab.
Hank came out and informed him" The bullet nicked a major artery, I fixed it and stopped the bleeding, She has lost a lot of blood Logan. I also have her on a saline drip because she was so dehydrated the rest is up to her I've done all I can. The wound on her head is fine I cleaned it and bandaged it but she needs a lot of rest. The first twenty four hours is the hardest will know more after that."
" Thanks Hank can I go in?" Logan felt like he was about to pass out if he wouldn't have called for their help she could have died he thought.
"You did good Logan " Hank put his hand on Logans shoulder and motioned him to the door " Go on in and see her."
Logan walked through the door and saw her lying there and walked over to her he picked up her hand
" Don't you die on me." These feelings that he was feeling, he was trying to fight them back but it wasn't working.
Hank came in to the library to inform everyone on Alice's condition. He told them that the first twenty-four hours was going to be hard and that she might not make it because of the blood lose. They couldn't give her blood because of the virus in her blood.
Storm looked at Hank " Well then were not going home right now were going to stay."
He turned around to Storm " I don't think you could get Logan out of that lab right now even if you blew it up."
Logan had been in the lab for hours when Jean came in " Logan you need to go get some air, stretch your legs you've been sitting for hours I'll stay here with her." She motioned for him to get up and go.
" My back is kinda stiff, but I'll be right back." He got up and walked down the hall to the gardens outside and lit a cigar.
"Logan" he heard from behind him " Where's my bike at?" Scott was walking up and when Logan turned around he saw the look on his face " Hey man don't worry about it now."
"I can tell you where it is" Logan took a puff off his cigar and blew it out. He was really not in the mood for this.
Scott put his hand on Logans shoulder and Logan was wondering what the hell was going on because they never liked each other that much.
" You care for her a lot don't you?" He took his hand off Logan's shoulder.
Logan breathed out a deep breath " I don't know what I feel right now, except numb."
Scott rolled his eyes at Logan " Look you just chased a woman you hardly know, that you didn't even like in the first place for two days across a desert, I don't know what you'd call it but I would call that love."
Logan put his hand over his mouth and ran it down his chin then he scratched his head and looked at Scott
" I think your right I'm in love with her" He realized what he had just said " Damn I'm in love with her" then he face palmed and shook his head.
" Welcome to the wonderful world of love Logan" Scott laughed and turned around and walked back down the hall.
Logan stood there for a minute 'Could I be in love with her?' he thought to himself 'All these feelings I've been feeling, trying to shove them down not wanting to feel them. And why did I go after her Scott's right I barley know her. And why am I standing here trying to rationalize all this? I know what I feel and I know how I feel so that should be enough for me right?' Then he said out loud " Logan if you answer yourself back your crazier than you thought." He put his cigar out and walked back to the lab.
There was nothing to do but wait and wait was what Logan was doing he hadn't left the lab in almost twenty-four hours. Charles came in to tell him he needed to go get some sleep as he argued with Charles about leaving Alice started to convulse and thrash around.
Charles yelled for Hank while Logan was trying to keep her from ripping out the stitches in her back by holding her down. Hank came running through the door just as she began to scream "AAAAAHH" she ripped out her I.V. and everything in the room began to shake and float in the air.
Logan looked at Charles with a horrified look on his face just as Alice sat straight up her pupils enlarged and she blew everything through the wall. That was including Charles, Hank and Logan, Logan crawled over to Charles " Are you ok?"
Everyone came running into the debris to help. Scott and Jean helped Charles back into his chair. Hank and Logan stood up and looked around.
"What the hell was that?" Logan walked into the room where Alice was laying back on the bed.
Hank not knowing what just happened walked into the room behind Logan " That's peculiar?"
Logan shot him a look " You think." He turned to see if everyone else was ok then he walked over to the bed and looked down at Alice and put his fingers on her cheek and ran his hand down it.
Her eyes shot open and she began to look around at everyone's faces when she got to Logan her face softened and she smiled a little " Hiii."
Logan put his hand on hers " Hi yourself " he smiled at her " How are you feeling?"
"Like I've been shot" she looked around the room and noticed it was in disarray, then she noticed the huge hole in the wall " What happened there?" she motioned to the wall with her head.
Logan turned and looked at the wall then back to her " Nothing."
Alice was glad to see his face she thought she would never see his face again. She had these feelings surfacing in her that she hadn't felt in a long time. She didn't know how to feel about that.
Hank looked at everyone standing around " Why don't we let her get some rest now."
As they all started leaving the room Alice grabbed Logans hand " Stay with me." she didn't want him to leave she knew she only had a little while longer before he would be leaving going back to his own time.
Logan walked around to the other side of the bed and sat on it. He leaned back and put his arm out and Alice moved in and laid her head on his chest. He put his arm around her and all the pain she felt went away. She felt safe in his arms 'Am I falling for him?' She thought to herself 'He's strong and stubborn as hell, cocky, funny and not to mention handsome with a body to match. Leave it to you Alice to fall for a guy that's not even in your own time period.' She let out a frustrating "Aaah."
Logan looked down at her " What's the matter?" he thought maybe he had hurt her by having his arm around her so tight so he let go a little.
" Nothing right now but everything later" she didn't want to think about what was coming in the next few days she wanted to stay in this moment right now.
Rogue was standing in what was left of the hallway with Jean " Are they even going to tell each other how they feel?"
Jean smiled at Rogue and rubbed her forehead with her fingers " I don't know Rogue it's just sad watching them knowing that in a few days he'll be gone back to his own time."
" I hope they figure it out before then." Rogue and Jean both walked off down the hall.
Alice woke up and rolled over and put her feet on the floor she sat on the edge of the bed starring at the destruction of the room starring her in the face. She knew she had done it because nobody could blow a room up like her. She felt a hand touch the bottom of her back and begin to move back and forth.
" Mmmm that feels good" she began moving her back up and down on both sides.
" What are you doing?" Logan sat up and turned to look at her.
" I think I'm ready to get up today" She smiled at him but she didn't know how long she could be on her feet but she needed to try.
Logan gave her a ' I don't know if you should ' look then he saw the determination in her eyes " Ok just for a few minutes." She went to stand but he stopped her "First let me get Hank in here to stabilize that arm." He got up to go get Hank as he left the room Alice closed her eyes she knew now she was falling for him.
Logan came back with Hank and he tied a sling around her neck " Try not to move it to much or you may rip the stitches out."
She smiled at Beast and in a soft voice " Ok Hank." Hank turned to Logan " Don't let her over do it."
Logan nodded his head " I won't " and he wasn't going to he didn't even want her to get out of bed.
Logan helped her outside and they sat on the brick wall that they had their first conversation on the night they met. They sat there in silence for a while and everything they were both feeling could be felt in the air. Logan moved over and slipped his arm around her waist and she leaned in and put her head on his shoulder and they both just sat there neither one said a word.
Alice didn't want to tell Logan what she was feeling because she didn't know if he felt the same way. And Logan didn't want to tell her how he felt because he didn't want to get hurt again if she didn't feel the same way. So they both kept it to themselves and just enjoyed they're time together.
Logan helped Alice back into the lab and he left to go talk to Hank. Jean came into the room and sat down in the chair " Alice I know you have feelings for Logan and I know he has feelings for you." She straightened herself in the chair " I want to tell you something about Logan and me. Logan had feelings for me before I married Scott. I'm telling you this because I think you need to know I broke his heart in his own time. Every woman Logan has ever fell for has either died or left him for someone else."
" Why he's a great guy" Alice couldn't understand why no one could see how gentle and loving he was.
" I don't know I myself was infatuated with the bad boy image but I went for the good guy, Scott." Jean walked over and put her hand on Alice's " If you have feelings for him you need to tell him."
Alice looked up at Jean "I don't just have feelings for him I'm in love with him. I don't know how it happened it just did." Alice wasn't sure what to do now.
Jean smiled a little smile at Alice " You need to tell him because I now he feels the same way about you. But you to need to get this out before time becomes an issue and both of you lose out because neither one of you said anything."
Alice nodded her head yes she knew Jean was right. What if she never told him how she felt? She wanted him to know that somewhere across time someone deeply loved him even though they couldn't be together.
Jean left the room and walked down the hall ' Well that's one ball in motion now it's time to talk to Logan'
She knew how Logan was with his feelings so she had to use kid gloves with him.
She found him sitting outside "Logan can we talk?" she walked up and sat next to him.
He looked over at her "Yeah Jean what is it?" He really didn't want to talk because he was trying to think of a way to get Alice to go back with him.
" Logan look I know you have feelings for Alice and I know she has feelings for you. You need to talk to her about it and tell her how you feel." He stuck his hand up "Stop right there Jean I'm glad you are so concerned about my feelings but it's really non of your business." Logan put his hand down and looked at the ground " I'm sorry Jean It's just that I'm in love with her."
Jean smiled at him " Well now that you've told me maybe you can go tell her before it's to late."
