I sadly do not own X men. I only own my original character.
(Logan's p.o.v)
I walked with Hank to the lab trying to cool off. With Frost's unwanted visit and the situation with the kid, I can't help but feel uneasy about all of this.
"What is that kid hiding?" I looked down as I thought.
"He did seem quite shaken by what Emma said." I nodded in agreement.
"She's after something. Mayberry Erin knows something about it but he ain't talkin'."
Hank nodded in agreement.
"I don't dispute that, but I don't think Erin would be apart of it, and if she can indeed locate Charles or Jean it would be foolish not to explore this option."
"Yeah, I know." I walked ahead, I need to get forge to finish Cerebro.
"Then where are you going." I turned around to face him.
"To put a certain genius back on Cerebro duty."
(Erin's p.o.v.)
I felt nervous after Logan and Beast left. The way Logan reacted to that situation scared me. Bobby and Kitty kept throwing me side glances as I paced around. Tired of being watched I went up to my room and sat down at my desk. This was starting to feel crazy, I got up again and paced my room. I need to clear my mind. I sat down on my and tried to relax. Chances are Beast has calmed Logan down by now so that's clear. What I need to do now is start making a plan. I had gotten so caught up in living here with everybody that I had almost forgotten what I wanted to do in the first place. The episodes were going by fast and things are about to speed up at this point. After the encounter with Emma Logan gets Forge to finish fixing Cerebro and then head over to Genosha after finding out that's where Xavier is. Nothing goes bad there but I might be able to find a way to talk to Magneto and maybe change his mind about the war early on. I know it probably won't work but it is worth a try. I sat there awhile thinking of all the things I could say to try to convince him. By the time I was done it was already time for dinner.
The dinner table was quiet tonight. It felt awkward and any attempt at small talk quickly died down. I picked at my food, trying to eat but still not feeling hungry. Bobby looked up from his food and stared at me like he wanted to say something before opening his mouth.
"So Erin, what was it that Emma wanted..." I sent him a harsh glare and he quickly shut up. I was trying to avoid the situation as much as possible so as not to make it worse. I looked back down at my food. Trying to look interested by the food on my plate. I jumped at the sound of fists hitting the table. I look up and see Logan glaring hard at me.
"Danger room. Now!" I nod quickly and scramble to get up. I follow behind him as he marches to the danger room. I have a hard time keeping up with his quick pace. By the time we make it to the my nerves are on edge. He walks to the center of the room before turning towards me.
"I want you to come at me with all you got" I nod slowly, not really sure about is.
"Logan I'm not to sure about..." He cuts me off quickly
"Is said now kid!" I say I quick prayer in my head and start running at him, I swing with my left temporarily catching him off guard. He blocks and grabs my arm, flipping me on to my back easily. I twist my arm out of his grip and roll away from him quickly. I get back on my feet and face him. I hold my arms up in defense waiting for him to make a move. He comes at me with a powerful punch that I dodge by the slightest hair. I'm barley able to steady myself again by the time he's sending a torrent of new attacks my way. I start backing away from when I lose my footing and fall backwards over my own feet. I roll out of the way as his punch connects with the floor where my face was just seconds before.
I get up and start running looking around the danger room for anything that would give me an upper hand in this fight. I see a loose cord hanging by one of the walls. I run towards it as fast as possible, Logan is close at my heels. The minute that I'm close enough, I grab on and use my momentum to kick of the wall flying the opposite direction of Logan who didn't have time to stop and crashed into the wall leaving a noticeable dent. This dude is insane! ******* frost! This is her fault that I have to deal with this mess. Logan stands up, shanking off the debris that was stuck to his shirt before charging at me again. I try to calm him down by holding my hands up as a sign of defeat but he doesn't acknowledge the sign. He growls and continues charging at me. I'm barely able to dodge his attacks and I don't know how long I can last against him.
"Why were you and and that snake frost so buddy buddy huh kid?" I duck and roll feeling the air rush through my hair, my hat long discarded in some corner. "I let you on this team and you start keeping secrets?!" His fist lands an inch from my face causing the wall to cave in around his hand. See, this is why we can't have nice things... I decide to start fighting back with the little knowledge that I have from the training sessions Logan has been putting me through. I try to kick his legs out from under him but that doesn't work out to well and I only manage to make him stumble. By breath is coming in quick pants at this point and I don't know how much longer I can last. I see the next punch coming but I'm too exhausted to doge. I close my eyes preparing for impact but it never comes. I open my eyes to see his fist centimeters from my face. I let out a shaky breath not sure of what to do. He brings his fist down slowly and leans in, staring at me in the face,
"I'm going to forget that this one time, but if you end up betraying us, I won't show you mercy." I nod vigorously, relieved that he didn't pound my face in. He smirks and walks away, right before he walks out the door he looks back, "By the way kid, nice moves back there, though keep up with the training." He walks out and I sink to the floor exhausted. That was way to intense. I finally drag myself up and walk back to my room ignoring the looks I got from Kitty and Bobby on my way there. I took a quick shower and got ready for bed. The minute my head the pillow I was passed out.
(Logan's p.o.v.)
I have to say, Erin has gotten better since it started training him. Before, couldn't even react to slow or obvious attacks, now he's able to dodge a number of my punches. His defense is great but we need to work on his offense. I have to admit, I first brought him in there with the intention to beat the answers out of him, but I changed my mind thinking about how frost would just love to see the group fall apart. At that point I decided to continue to test the kid on his combat skills. He still needs work but he's coming along.
There's something not right about it though, I can't seem to get this thought out of my mind. Who's I was fighting him, I'd didn't feel like I was fighting a guy around Erin's age, more like I was fighting Kitty. He was too light, to feminine. Maybe I'm just over thinking all of this. I head over to where Hank is needing to talk a bit, work these thoughts out of my mind.
I found him sitting in front of computer looking up parts needed to repair Cerebro and the jet. I sit down on the desk next to him, he looks up at me,
"Hello there Logan, how was the training with Erin? Did you learn anything new?" He smiled at me expectantly, waiting for an answer. I looked away staring hard at the ground.
"I decided to leave the kid alone for awhile, this isn't the time for the team to be broken apart because of some snake driving a wedge between us." Hank got a weird smile on his face like he knew something that I didn't. "What?" He chuckled lightly.
"Nothing, it's just that you seem to be getting better at being a leader for the team. The old Logan wouldn't have thought this way and would have continued to attack first and ask questions later. You would make the professor proud." I huffed in disbelief.
"Proud. Right. Anyways, when I was training with the kid there was something that just wasn't right." Hank looked at me, his face serious,
"Do you think that he's hiding something else from the team?" I shook my head,
"No, it's just that when I was fighting him, It didn't seem right. Like something was off about the way he moved, it felt different then when I would train Bobby. It felt more like when I started training Kitty." Hank nodded his head while stroking his chin.
"Interesting, I might have to look into this in the future to see if there is anything to your suspicion." I nod my head in agreement. I leave the room, feeling like I needed a good nights rest after all the things that had happened today.
(Hank's p.o.v.)
I had to agree with Logan's suspicions about Erin. I too felt that there was something not quite right with that boy. When he first arrived here I didn't have time to do a full physical and ever since then he hasn't gotten sick or injured and there's been no need for him to come to the sick bay. But, for the short time he was here I was able to run one test and it shows that there is nothing wrong with his vocal cords,there is also no signs of trauma in his brain. To put it simply, if Erin wanted to speak, he has the ability to do so at anytime. The question in this point is why is he staying silent. Is there something he does not want to share with us or does he have another motive. He has been very well behaved and kind since he first arrived here but with this new development with Frost, it may be time to tell my findings to Logan. I didn't tell him anything tonight due to the amount of things that had already been piled on his plate today. I felt that anymore stress on his mind and he might have just snapped then and there. This will have to be something to be discussed at a later time.
I save all my work and head up to bed. There is much more work to be done, but for now my mind is exhausted.
I am so so so super sorry for not updating! I've been super busy with school and other things that I ended up not having time. I'll try to do better in the future!
