A/N: Yay another chapter! If people are wondering, I try to write about three pages in Microsoft Word for each chapter. That's how I get the length. I don't know when my next update will be but I will try to stay with my stories. I plan to write more ahead on my other stories before I start posting them. It's unfair to you all when I get writer's block. Thanks for all the reviews! I know I don't reply but that's because I tend to leak more of my plans when trying to respond to reviews. I didn't want to spoil the fun so... sorry but no answers. Hope you enjoy this chapter. ~CRYTN0

Chapter 12

It had been three hours since the LeBeaus had arrived and left. They were now hard at work trying to decipher the location of Sinister's hideout. Though they seemed to have many sources, Logan still held onto a seed of doubt and worry as he stood on the balcony of his room.

Things had changed. It was now known that he had a daughter. Rogue was his daughter and on top of that she was supposed to be getting married. He had always felt protective of her and treated her like family but to know it was true, that she was his on flesh and blood, it hit him hard. He had a daughter and she was missing. His Rogue was missing. And he was the deciding factor in her engagement. An engagement he only found out about in the past twenty-four hours. Since the two had decided to hide their relationship, Logan didn't know if she was happy or if he was prepared to give her away right after he found out the truth.

But first things first, they had to find her before she was sacrificed to Apocalypse. According to Hank, Sinister might try using her blood to resurrect him and take control of the world. Storm had sent out a message to Jean, Scott, and Forge who were visiting Genosha in hopes to help the country and persuade Kurt to help them fight Sinister. After he had recovered, he had gone to check on Wanda and help calm some rebellions on the country.

Had it not been for his heightened senses, Logan would not have known of the younger man approaching him. The younger man who he had to decide whether or not should be married to his daughter.

"Y' know homme, she means de world t' moi. I wouldn't hurt Rogue in any way. She's changed me and I'm worried too."

"Yeah I don't doubt you bub, it's just a lot to take in. I didn't know the 'kid' was literally my kid. It changes things for me."

"Imagine what she would think. Dere be a lot dat goes on in mon chere's head and she probably be worried about what y' would have t' say about us getting married."

"I don't know yet. I just want to get her back before we start talking marriage here. It's a serious commitment and I don't want to lose her right after we get her back. I lost a lot of time to be her family. I want a chance to fix that with her first."

The ringing of Remy's cell phone interrupted Remy's reply but after a few moments of conversation on the phone he hung up and looked to Logan.

"Dey found her. Two hundred miles north of here in an underground storage facility. Energy readings lead dem to believe dat Sinister is about t' start a prime experiment so we don't have much time. Are Jean and Scott back yet?"

"Nope but like you said, we don't have the time. Tell Storm to get the team ready. I've got to make a phone call."

Remy left in a hurry without questioning Logan's motives. At the time he just wanted to get Rogue back. But in less than hour he would be berating himself for not asking Logan about his phone call and more importantly, not stopping him.

Logan picked up the phone and dialed a number he only used in dire situations as a last resort. He hated having to make the call but this was his daughter that was on the line. The answering of the phone settled his fate.

"Logan? It's been so long! You don't call, you don't write. How am I supposed to know you're even alive?"

"Listen bub I need some help."

"Oooh, who are we killing today Mr. Grumpy Pants?"

"We're getting my daughter back. You know where the Xavier mansion is?"

"You have family you haven't told me about! I've been an uncle all this time and you didn't tell me!"

"Just get to the mansion now. We're going to take Sinister out. He's kidnapped her to resurrect Apocalypse."

"A-Poc-Key-Lips. I think I found my new favorite word!"

Logan hung up the phone while shaking his head. This could do more damage than help but he was going to take that risk.

"Logan, are you coming?" Ororo appeared at the doorway to his room with concern etched across her face. His startled demeanor made it obvious that he had not picked up on her arrival. It had been apparent to her that since the announcement of his paternal position, Logan had been slowly drifting away from his old self. He might not have reacted strongly to the announcement but Ororo knew that it was bothering him.

And apparently he had picked up on her discovery. "It's different now, knowing I have had a daughter and wasted all that time. What made me forget Ororo? What could have been so bad that I repressed all those memories?"

"Her name was Ellen. The two of you were married and she was Rogue's mother. There was an accident and you were away. She was killed during a robbery at one of the local grocery stores. Rogue was only four and got lost in the aftermath. When you weren't there to claim her, the state put her in the foster system and S.H.I.E.L.D. covered up your relation to her."

"How do you…"

"I have talked to the Professor on several occasions. I'm sorry Logan", she whispered while approaching the distraught man. She wrapped her arms around him and held him close. Though Ororo knew she loved the man, she knew somewhere deep down that he still harbored feelings for his lost wife and that she could never hold a candle to a flame like that. "Let's go get your daughter back."

_Unknown Location_

Rogue had a plan.

It was probably the only thing working her way in this messed up kidnapping scenario. The meals were anything but edible, the water was shoved down her throat, and there apparently wasn't an end to the darkness. The only reason she was being kept alive was for her blood and inevitable death that followed.

But she had hope.

Because she had a plan.

It was true that she had tested each of her obtained powers against her bonds. It was true that each and every power had failed. But she hadn't used them together. The bonds absorbed the power and Rogue believed that if she forced enough power into the bonds, they would overload from power and break. The only problem was knowing how much power it would take.

And that is why the only hope she had could kill her.

The plan would require her to use all of the powers she had absorbed together against her bonds. It would far pass the Omega level of mutations but it was the only way to reassure that she used enough power.

All she needed now was the opportune moment.