One of these days I will remember that I am able to write and update, and I will not have to be sitting in the house and suddenly remember about a chapter. I apologise for the lengthy wait. Truly. In hope you can all bear with me (in any of my stories for that matter)
Wrong Side of Right
Chapter 10
The motorbike roared up the drive of the Institute and skidded to a stop at the steps. Logan was off it and striding towards the main doors before the echoes of the engine had even died away.
"Mister Logan!" Kitty cried as soon as he'd strode through the door, she was beside him in an instant, panic and worry in her eyes "Miss Munroe said you'd be here tomorrow!"
"Where's Stripes, Half-Pint?" Logan growled, his expression had softened slightly when he'd seen the frantic girl, but tension was still high.
"She's still in the med lab" Kitty said, walking quickly to keep up with Logan's long stride "Miss Munroe's there with her." Logan grunted, and didn't speak again to Kitty as he quickly put distance between the two of them and entered the elevator down to the basement alone. His hands clenched and uncleanched repeatedly as the elevator descended, and several times Logan had to stop himself from ripping the 'slow' metal box to shreds. When the descent had finally finished, her was out of the elevator and down the corridor, pushing open med lab doors swiftly and pausing for a moment to take in the extremely strong scent of disinfectant and the loud and steady beeping of the many machines that covered the room.
"Logan," Ororo said, standing from her seat beside one of the beds
"I go away for a month," Logan started, striding over and giving her a look before turning his attention to the bed the weather-witch had previously sat beside "What the hell happened?"
"We had a problem with the baby," Hank explained, appearing at Marie's side and taking up one thin arm, injecting something into a vein there "Rogue's powers are unable to harm the foetus because it's immune to them."
"And?" Logan growled, his eyes narrowing slightly as he looked at the blue doctor "And why are you here anyway?"
"We're not sure what happened," Elena said, also walking over "We think the baby's immunity stopped working. Rogue's powers started to drain it."
"You think?" Logan echoed, sitting down in Ororo's vacated seat and taking one gloved hand in his and looking at the pale face of the unconscious female
"It's hard to tell what happened, Logan," Ororo clarified "There was a moment where the baby was no longer protected from Rogue's powers, and was being drained by her abilities."
"What's happening with the baby?" Logan asked, having felt the effects of Marie's powers several times, he understood the feeling, and knew the possibility that the shock could have killed the baby
"It's still alive, and fairly well," Elena assured him "Not perfect, but better than we'd have thought it would have been. The immunity to Rogue's powers appears to be back, but we need to be careful."
"Logan," Ororo said quietly, one hand resting on the Canadian man's shoulder, making him look up into the unusually worried face "Rogue and her baby could be in serious danger if the baby's immunity stops working again. If it kills the baby, it may well kill Rogue as well."