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Nick, Julien, and Kieran were sitting on the floor around a board game.
"Do you think LoAna's coming back to finish the game?" Nick asked.
"Na," Julien said as he cleared the bored.
"This is so boring," Kieran moaned, "I don't know why Virginia can't just let us help plan whatever she's doing."
"Have you seen her this afternoon? She seems like kind of stressed," Nick said, "I thought the whole we stopped the Phoenix thing would have made her a bit more happy."
"Jus cause we stopped de Phoenix doesn't mean we sav'd de future," Julien said, "she's jus cautious, ain't no reason ta worry bout 'er. 'sides prett'y soon we'll ba long gone."
Kieran glared at him.
"Ah meant outta tis town," Julien said as he looked at Kieran, "Ah been tinkin we head out ta de west."
"Why?" Nick asked.
"Cause if we gotta live in tis time, Ah'm tinkin we live it in style, we go ta Vegas for a bit and get some spendin cash," Julien answered.
"How's that inconspicuous?" Kieran asked.
"Hey, it ain't our fault, we can't go home," Julien answered with a smile glancing at Kieran.
"You're gonna shut up or I'm gonna shut you up with my fist," Kieran threatened.
"Jus sayin, we make de best wit what we got," Julien said.
"I'm like surprised that you don't wanna live in style, Kieran. You never lived in the mansion like the rest of us did," Nick commented.
"You," Kieran said as she stood up, "are all idiots!"
Kieran walked to the door and thought stressfully, "Boys!"
"Ya knaw ya should jus relax, Kieran," Julien said, "We jus talkin, dere ain't no way Virginia's gonna let us go ta Vegas."
"We're just having some fun," Nick said.
"You two have no idea what's really going on," Kieran said as she walked out the door and thought, "No one really does."
The door slammed. Nick and Julien stared at the door for minute.
"She's angry," Nick said, stating the obvious.
"Na duh," Julien replied sarcastically.
"Now what?" Nick asked looking around the room for something to do, "TV?"
Julien shrugged.
Kieran walked into the kitchen and grabbed a soda.
Rogue and Kitty walked in. Rogue motioned with her head to Kieran. Kitty nodded.
"Follow ma lead," Rogue whispered to Kitty, low enough that Kieran couldn't hear her.
Rogue walked over to the fridge and opened it. She grabbed a can of soda and dropped it on the ground.
"Ma bad," Rogue mumbled as she leaned on the ground and picked the drink up.
Kitty took a few steps into the room and waited. Kieran looked at Rogue for a moment, giving her a 'whatever' look. Rogue stood up and held the can out towards Kieran. She snapped the lid open and it started to spray out all over Kieran.
"Sorry," Rogue apologized.
"Yeah, you ought to be...shoot," Kieran said and added mentally, "I have enough problems as it is."
Rogue picked up a napkin and handed it to Kieran. Kieran glared at Rogue and snatched the napkin from her. She started to wipe off her shirt. Rogue motioned her head towards Kieran, and Kitty walked up behind Kieran who wasn't paying any attention. Kitty reach out intangibly and grabbed the metal chain that held the dog tags. When her hand was away from Kieran's head she became tangible again. Then, she dashed out the room.
"Ah'm just gonna go," Rogue said.
"Whatever," Kieran replied.
Rogue walked out the kitchen.
"Ugh," Kieran groaned, finishing wiping off her shirt.
Kieran leaned over and threw the napkin in the trash. She stopped and looked around. She reached her hand up to her neck to feel for her dog tags. Her eyes widened as she grasped nothing, but air.
"Those idiots, I'm gonna kill them!" Kieran exclaimed as she stormed out the room.
Rogue and Kitty ran into Logan's room. Logan wasn't in it.
"You know as soon as she finds out that it's gone, she's like gonna come after us," Kitty said.
"Ah know," Rogue replied as she looked around Logan's dresser, "help mah look for it."
"How do you like know he's not wearing it?" Kitty asked.
"I don't, but he's in the danger room right now, and I'm pretty sure he takes it off when he trains," Rogue answered.
The girls started digging into his dresser draws looking.
"Do you see it?" Rogue asked.
"No," Kitty said walking across the room. She opened the draw by the nightstand and found something metal hanging on a chain.
"Found it!" Kitty shouted, overly excited.
Rogue walked over to Kitty.
"Where's Kieran's?" Rogue asked.
Kitty dug into her pocket and pulled out the dog tags.
"Here," Kitty said handing the tags to Rogue.
Rogue held both sets of dog tags up, one in each of her hands. The words Wolverine were imprinted on both of them. Rogue switched from the 'Wolverine' tag on each chain to the other tag dangling down and looked at them. She saw that they both had Logan imprinted on them.
"They're the same," Rogue announced.
"So did she steal them or do you think he just gave them to her?" Kitty asked.
"Ya see the way Kieran acts around Mr. Logan? Ah don't think he eva gave 'er anything except maybe a good beatin up. Ah think she stole it," Rogue said.
Kitty grabbed the dog tags that Kieran had worn away from Rogue.
"The only difference is…this one's like a lot older and more beaten up," Kitty said.
"Yeah, well now we have proof, but…" Rogue began, but was interrupted.
The door opened. Kieran was standing in the hall looking at them with a scowl on her face.
"Give that back!" Kieran demanded walking into Logan's room.
"It's not yours," Kitty replied, "unless you know something we don't."
Kieran stared at kitty and then said walking closer to her, "I was wearing it, it's mine."
"How'd ya get it?" Rogue asked.
"I…it's none of your business," Kieran replied.
"Yeah, well, we'll just tell Mr. Logan that you stole it from him from whenever you come from," Kitty said.
"Give it to me, now or else," Kieran threatened.
"What ya gonna do?" Rogue asked, "Blue us to death."
"I'm gonna…" Kieran started as she reached out her hand and tried to grab the dog tags from Kitty who had turned intangible, "…I don't need some fancy powers to get to you, I can always just…"
"Mr. Logan," Kitty said, "Hi,"
"That's not gonna work," Kieran shook her head.
"Oh, isn't it?" Logan asked from the doorway where he stood.
Kieran turned around and looked at him.
"What is going on in my room?" Logan asked stepping into his room.
"Nothing…I…," Kieran began.
"Here this is yours," Rogue said as she handed Logan his dog tags, "by the way, she has ya tags from the future."
Logan held the tags in his hand and looked at Kieran. Kieran turned around and swiped the tags from the future and darted for the door.
"Kieran..." Logan said.
She ran past him and down the hall.
"Ah don't think she's tellin us everything bout 'erself. She's hidin somethin, ah know it," Rogue said.
"Yeah she is, just not what you think she's hiding," Logan thought.
Logan looked towards where Kieran had run.
"Just get out of my room, I'll deal with her," Logan said.
Kitty and Rogue walked towards the door.
"You know when we confronted her, she never did actually deny stealing it," Kitty said.
"All that work for nothing," Rogue mumbled, "she better get caught ."
Rogue and Kitty walked out the room.
"How did she get my dog tags?" Logan wondered.