Chapter Twenty One: He doesn't deserve her!
Heya guys, here's another update where things are gonna get real messy between our beloved feral brothers, you know I'm evil ;-}
Orangeporqupine- Thanks from Aks lol
Dark Phoenix- Glad you liked it ;-}
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"Scott!" Jean shot out of her drug induced coma screaming, her chest heaving violently and her mouth desperately gasping for air. She ran her bewildered eyes around while her hands touched the surface beneath her. Her fingers could feel soft mattress under them instead of that hard steel experiment table of Sinister and the white square resembled Hank's medlab, not that goddamned personal hell of Sinister she had been thrown into. But how's that possible? Was it some another goddamned manipulation of Sinister?
"Scott!" she screamed her lover's name again, her mind still struggling to trust her vision.
One of Hank's new nurses, Christine hurried in. "Oh god you're finally awake, I just call Dr. McCoy."
"Jean!" Scott stormed in right after Christine's exit as he heard his lover's scream for him. A wide relieved smile touched his lips.
"Scott.." she quickly tried to get off the bed and jump into her fiancé's arms but her weakened feet staggered as they touched the floor. Scott surged forward and caught her in his arms before she stumbled down to the floor.
She buried her face into his chest and sobbed loudly. "S-Scott I-"
"Shhh..calm down baby, I'm here now." he stroked her hair.
Hank hurried into the lab as he saw Christine's message on his phone. "Oh thank goodness you've finally come round!" he surged forward to examine Jean but she shakily tightened her her arms around Scott even more with a loud sniffle. Both men dumbfoundedly looked to each other. It wasn't the first time when Jean'd survived a dangerous mission but they had never seen this strong and fearless woman act so weak and vulnerable before.
Scott rubbed her back gently. "Calm down baby, it's just Hank, he's just trying to do a small check up on y-"
"N-No! t-tell him to go away, tell him to go away!" she stammered against Scott's clothed chest. The fear of those monsters in white coats was still present in her eyes
Hank sighed and turned to Scott. "You'd better stay with her for a while, I'll be back later." Scott nodded and tightened his arms around his lover.
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A week later
Aks's feet halted themselves before the closed door of Logan's room as she heard him growl on the phone.
"-Don't lie to me Marie, I can hear it in your voice, how long have you been crying?"
Aks's eyes narrowed. What happened to Marie?
"-It's because of that swamp rat, isn't it? Just tell me once darlin' and I'm gonna come back there and knock some goddamn sense back into that flirtin' Cajun!" Aks rolled her eyes. Why the hell are these two brothers always ready to rumble?
"Ya sure, darlin'? Always remember, just one call and I'll be there for you." he cut the call with a low growl.
Aks's hand hesitantly reached up to knock at the door but before she could do so, he opened it himself. "Come in."
Slightly embarrassed, Aks followed him in. He sat on the edge of his bed, running his angry eyes all over the floor. She had no idea how to start the conversation. Biting her lip, she rubbed her hands together nervously. "So-"
"It was Marie." he smelled the upcoming question already. "She tried to hide it a lot but I know she was crying and it was because of that goddamn Cajun." another stiff growl hidden behind his words.
"How are you so sure? How can you-"
"Because I always knew he wasn't the right guy for her!" he almost snarled at her. She winced a bit at the harshness dissolved in his sentence. "That swamp asshole doesn't deserve such a nice thing like Marie."
Aks sighed and walked to him. She sat besides her friend. "You're saying that because we all know how much you care about Marie. If you think she needs you there, then I think you should go back to her."
"That's what I said but she said no." he shot up and ran a hand through his hair. "Marie's already seen a lot because of her skin in such a small age. But even after going through the worst times of her life, she has love and concern for every single person she knows and cares about. She's even cared about a lonely son of a bitch like me since she met me in that bar and that's what makes her so special to me. I really want to know what is givin' her bad times so I can kick its ass hard."
Aks got up with a short smirk. She put a hand on his shoulder and made him face her. "I'll talk to her and try to find out what's bugging her."
Logan mentally shuddered at the intimate touch. "Thanks." that was the only word he could let out at the moment. Aks gave a welcoming smile but the touch was gone as quickly as it came and he could smell the damned reason.
"What the hell are ya doin' here?" Victor growled through his strait glower at the unignorable proximity between his Mate and his runt brother.
"We were just talking about Marie and Remy. By the way," she walked over to her Mate and straightened the collar of his leather jacket. "Ready to go?"
"Yer goin' somewhere?" Logan raised a eyebrow.
"Yeah, 's an urgent shit from Fury. I'm leavin' Aks in your care, think ya can manage that?"
The lower feral nodded.
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Her muffled screams and panted gasps jerked Logan awake. His eyes widened as he hurried into her room. She was fighting a nightmare again.
"L-Let her go..k-keep your hands away from her!"
They'd started with the death of Meera and the poor girl struggled with them everyday until a week ago. Maybe Victor's absence'd brought those dreams back.
He hastily approached her struggling frame. He thought about waking her up but he was sure that would keep her awake for the rest of the night because of her goddamn 'I-Cannot-Sleep-Once-I-Am-Awake' habit so his hand hesitantly reached over to stroke her sweaty forehead. Her face momentarily flinched but soon relaxed under his touch. His hand now trailed down to wipe the warm drops of sweat off her left cheek. She exhaled softly and pressed her cheek into his palm after murmuring some very low, unrecognizable words. He tried to slip his hand out from under cheek but those flinching pupils behind her closed lids halted him. Look like he'd have to stay on the snoring cat's bed for a while.
He lazily occupied 'Victor's side' and leaned his head against the headboard. He once against looked down at her. She was calm now and whatever she was dreaming about was probably gone. A messy lock was blocking his view. His fingers unconsciously advanced to tuck it behind her ear. Now, as his fingers tried to retreat, she murmured something again. Her scent was now sweetened by a pleasant dream. Logan never tried to name it but it was very similar to wild roses and it was always high like it was right now whenever she and Victor... No, he didn't need to go there.
On the other hand, her continuous mumbling was giving him a strong itch to find out what she was dreaming about now. Only the thought of going so close to the woman he was so 'ferally' attracted to was enough to raise his heartbeats. Like a moth to a flame, Logan's ear subconsciously went close to her trembling lips.
"Oh Victor..."
He suddenly pulled away. He now knew very well what was going on behind those closed eyes and for a very fucked up reason, he didn't like it. His animal spirit snarled at the mental image.
*He doesn't fucking deserve her!*
Wolverine couldn't even imagine them both together now. The girl deserved something better than this damned pregnancy thing Victor'd put her in. He was even sure that...she would choose him if he came into her life before Creed. Sitting beside her and not being able to pull her slumbering body into his arms was getting harder and harder with each passing second. Before his damned critter could make a fucking mistake he would regret for later, he somehow pulled his hand out and hurried out of the room angrily.
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Okay so I need to clear something here before upcoming updates. Whatever Logan's feeling for Aks is just purely feral attraction of Wolverine towards a beta female of his kind. It's not love and I am NOT going to present it like love either because Aks is VICTOR SABERTOOTH CREED's Mate and it's their story, not Logan and Aks's.