Logan looked up to see a drunk man stagger in.
"Get behind me Reba, you're gonna be okay" he said
"Okay…" she rushed behind Logan as her father came closer to them.
"I don't know what you're after bub… but you decided to break into the wrong place." Logan said in anger.
"I want my daughter" he said
"Your kid's stayin here with us…" Logan said angrily
"You can't keep my daughter from me."
"You have no legal say on where she stays… your nephew Bruce Wayne does, and he gave Logan custody of her" Xavier said
The students began to gather at the door behind Xavier.
"Get outta my way"
"Make me"
"Listen asshole, your gonna move or else…" Rebekah's father pulled out a gun
"Oh, I'm so scared of that thing"
"You will be asshole, you will"
"Call me asshole one more time"
"Ass…"
Logan pulled his claws
"Oh shit!"
"You might want to leave now… otherwise I will call the police, you are trespassing on the grounds of a school with a gun, drunk and breaking your restraining order. I would have to, otherwise I cannot be held responsible for Wolverine's actions" Xavier said
"The cops have already been called." someone said
Everything settled down quickly after her father was taken away.
"Reba, are you going to start talking to people now…"
"I don't know, Logan…" she said
"It'll take time, just so you know, it feels good that you are willing to talk to me" Logan smiled slightly
"Bye, Logan, I'm going to go work on my homework" she smiled and walked away.
Xavier approached Logan
"Logan, Mr. Wayne brought something to my attention. At Rebekah's age and in her condition she needs a guardian that can give her their full attention and I cannot do that" Xavier sighed "but you can"
"Chuck, I can't do that, you know about me and what I've done, what about Sabertooth?"
"Do not worry about Sabertooth, you know what Rebekah can do… and if he does strike, I know you can protect her." Xavier smiled, "you are already giving her the attention and such that she needs if you are to take custody of her that would only mean that we were giving you say in what goes on in her life." Xavier said "it would make your hold on Rebekah official and give her the protection of having a custodial guardian on campus, should this happen again."
"Maybe you're right Chuck, but I'm still not sure about this."
"Bruce Wayne is sure enough to give you that custody" Charles smiled "I'll let you think about this"
"Rebekah, deserves someone who can give her more than I can"
Charles shook his head
'If only he knew how much he did give her' Charles thought
Rebekah returned with her book in her hand and sat at the kitchen table to work. He could feel her projecting an emotion to him, one he never expected, love.
'She… she cares about me' Logan thought
"Yep," Katherine said "I knew that for a while now… she looks up to you Logan, you just have to see what you're giving her… confidence… showing her it's okay to express her emotions. Someone is there that listens to her and won't hurt her for expressing her emotions."
Rebekah sighed as Katherine left
"She knows… she knows about my past, my dad." Rebekah whispered "How… how does she do that, why?"
"She wants to know you, we all do, Reba… we care about you,"
In Gotham, Detective Ellen Yin had found herself with strange abilities… after the chemical incident things had been changing for her. She knew the chemical was taking effect, but what it would do to her, she couldn't know.
She began to reflect back on that moment in time.
*****
"Wait, you said you wanted a cop, I am a detective… take me and let these people go!" she said sharply
"A detective eh…" the man was interested "let the rest go, this one is more than enough leverage to get what we want, otherwise… she gets a breath of this junk. I hear it kills"
Ellen felt a cold chill go up her spine… was this guy really going to kill her. She couldn't think about that, but she did manage to save several lives.
The container broke and the gas went everywhere, but luckily the other hostages were long gone.
She began to cough hard and the men decided to try and take that opportunity to escape, but were quickly foiled by the Batman.
*****
Ellen sighed, it was a relief when the Batman assured her that the gas she wasn't deadly, but that it was a mutagen, she feared that she would end up like Ethan Bennett… or worse.
To Be Continued…