NicoleR85: thanks! Its fun writing jelly Jean.
That night Kaitlyn tossed and turned, trying to doze off but it was proving difficult when her heightened hearing can pick up every little noise. She sat when a sound of someone having a nightmare reached her ears. The teenager got out of bed and followed it down the hall to Logan's room. She pushed open the door to see him tossing and turning just like she was a few minutes ago.
"Logan", she whispered, touching his shoulder, trying to rouse him from it "Logan wake up. You're having a nightmare" as he continued to mumble and shift about, she repeated her words much louder "Logan its just a bad dream, wake up".
What happened next was something she didn't expect. Logan sat bolt upright with a roar, stabbing her in the shoulders with his adamantium claws. Kaitlyn screamed. The mutant's face was one of horror when he realised what he had done. He quickly retracted his claws, lunging out of bed to grab her as she fell backward. "HELP! SOMEBODY HELP!" Logan yelled, carefully cradling Kaitlyn in his arms as she continued to gasp in pain "I'm sorry. I'm so sorry", he said, tears beginning to run down his face. She was the last person that he ever wanted to hurt.
"It's ok", the teenager gasped "I'll heal…I'll heal".
"Hey, hey stay with me Kait", Logan urged when her eyes started drift shut "please stay with me".
"I'll be ok", she whispered "can't get rid of me that easily".
"What happened?" Ororo asked, pushing her way through the students that had gathered in the doorway.
"I-I didn't mean to, it was an accident", Logan said hastily, still shaken by what he'd done.
"I know", the white haired woman said softly. She knew he would never intentionally hurt Kaitlyn, they were Mates after all. "We need to get her to the infirmary and get her patched up", she stated.
"Yeah, ok", Logan agreed. He stood up, gathering Kaitlyn into his arms properly and followed Ororo out.
Logan stayed firmly by Kaitlyn's hand while Ororo skilfully dealt with her wounds. "That'll stem the bleeding so her body can heal itself", she said.
"She's going to hate me", Logan mumbled.
Ororo cast a glanced at him "No, she won't", she assured him "it was an accident".
"I know but…"
"She won't hate you", Ororo repeated placing a hand on his shoulder.
"How can you be so sure?" Logan asked. Michael had loved Diana and yet he hurt her. Not physically but he hurt her nonetheless and she hated him for it. What he had done, that felt so much worse. How Ororo believed that Kaitlyn wouldn't hate him for that, he didn't know. He wouldn't blame the ginger if she never wanted to see him again.
"I just know", Ororo replied "and if you want confirmation, you can just ask her. She's awake". Logan glanced down to see that the woman was right, Kaitlyn was awake and looking at him. "I'll leave you to it", she said and left the room. Logan watched her go, not wanting her to leave.
He swallowed and looked back at Kaitlyn "Kait I…" he started.
"I don't hate you", Kaitlyn interrupted.
"Why not?" he asked, stepping back, letting go of her hand "I hurt you!"
"It was an accident", the ginger reminded him, slowly pushing herself into a sitting postion, wincing as she did so. Logan also flinched at the pain she was in, feeling terrible as he was the cause. "Besides I was the one who startled you, remember? Plus I also have a healing ability".
"I know but…"
"No but Mr", Kaitlyn said sternly "I am fine and given a little more time I'll be back to full strength. So don't beat yourself up over this or I might have to kick your ass, understood?"
Logan managed to crack a small smile "yes ma'am", he said.
"Good. Though I don't think my dad should find out about this", Kaitlyn remarked "he'd kill you for sure". Logan knew it would be unlikely that her father would succeed in doing that, doesn't mean he wouldn't try.
"Yeah...no telling the old man", he teased.
Kaitlyn laughed "better not call him that when you see him, he really will kill you", she said. The ginger laid back down, letting out a small groan. "Stop it", she scolded, seeing the expression on his face "I will kick your ass", she threatened.
"Ok, I'll stop", Logan said, putting his hands up.
A day later, Kaitlyn was waiting in the main hall for her father to show up. "I wish you didn't have to go", Faye stated, she and the others deciding to keep her company.
"Faye, I can't stay. But I'll come back to visit", the ginger promised "might not be for a while though, given that my dad wont want to let me out of his sight" she heard a car pull up outside "I'll see you guys soon, I promise". Kaitlyn picked up a small bag of things that her friends had put together for her journey home, pulled open the door and left.
"Kait!" Tony exclaimed, running up the path and hugging her tightly "I've missed you!" he pulled back to properly take in his daughter "are you alright? Did any of them hurt you?"
"One of them tried", she admitted.
"Was it you?" Tony asked Logan, noticing him standing behind the teenager "did you harm my daughter?"
"Dad!" Kaitlyn protested "Logan didn't lay a hand on me. in fact he's been the one keeping me safe".
"Its true. I looked out for your daughter", Logan confirmed.
"Good otherwise I would've killed you", Tony told him. Kaitlyn shot Logan a 'told you so' look. "Right, lets get going", he said "Not you", the man added when the mutant stepped forward "I'm grateful that you kept Kaitlyn safe but you can't come along".
"Dad, he didn't want to stay here if I wasn't going to", Kaitlyn told him.
"Doesn't matter, he's not coming with us and that's final", Tony said, firmly.
The ginger turned to Logan "I'm sorry, when his mind is made up that's it", she said.
"Don't apologise, I get it", Logan said. He honestly wasn't surprised that her father didn't want him to come along. Though it didn't matter, somehow he will find a way to be near her.
Kaitlyn then did something that surprised him, she gave him a hug "thanks for looking after me", she said.
"You're welcome", Logan said "take care of yourself, ok?"
"I will", Kaitlyn promised. Logan watched her get into the car with her father and Tony drove off.
"You, know while I'm glad the X-men had saved your life, there is no way you're setting foot in that school ever again", Tony declared as he drove.
Kaitlyn stared at him somewhat in disbelief "You can't be serious", she said "Dad, I might not be a mutant but at least there I fit in. And for the first time, I had friends. Real living, breathing friends".
"Mutants are dangerous", Tony stated "you avoid them. You don't make friends with them".
"How can you say that?" Kaitlyn demanded, angrily "I'm just as dangerous! Hell, I'm probably more of a freak than they are cos at least they're mostly human. I'm only half!" she threw open the door and jumped out, forcing Tony to stop.
"Where do you think you're going?" he asked.
"Back to the school! Where I belong!" Kaitlyn shouted before starting to storm off.
"Kait you're being ridiculous", Tony said, following her. The ginger rounded on him.
"Oh I'm being ridiculous!" she scoffed "that's rich coming from you. Your own daughter is a Nephilim and you're still too narrow-minded to even believe that at least some of the mutants are good!"
Tony opened his mouth to argue when a strangely dressed man floated down. "Well, that's humans for you", he remarked "too fearful of the unique and special. But with your help I can change all that".
"She's not helping you do anything", Tony said, firmly, pushing Kaitlyn behind him "just who the hell are you?"
"I'm Magento", the mutant replied "I'm the one who's going to change the world and Kaitlyn is going to help me whether she wants to or not".
"The hell she is", Logan growled, appearing out of nowhere.
"Ah, it's the Wolverine", Magneto said mockingly "your brother has told me all about you and the metal running through you".
"Logan!" Kaitlyn shouted as he lifted up into the air by the mutant's powers and thrown away like he was nothing. "You bastard!" she cried pushing Tony aside and blasting Magneto with golden energy "Dad, run!" she grabbed Tony's hand and they legged it back to the car.
The pair didn't even make it back to the vehicle when the doors where blown away from the chassis. Kaitlyn didn't even get a chance to erect a shield when she and her father were knocked out by one of them. Magneto picked her up, slinging her over his shoulder and took off. "KAITLYN!" Logan yelled, having just managed to get back to where they were "NO!"
Kaitlyn was brought out of unconsciousness when she was roughly jostled around. The ginger groaned, blinking several times to try and get rid of the grogginess she felt. "I'm gonna kill Magento", she growled "though first things first, where am I?"
The ginger looked around and found she was in some enclosed space. The bottom was flat and there were two metal poles with curved handles. It appeared to a machine of some sort, a machine that she was cuffed to. "What the hell is this thing?" she asked before it shook again making her grunt in pain as she hit the curved wall. She then remembered Magneto's words about changing the world and her 'helping' him. "Oh, this must be what he's gonna use", she stated "Well, he's not using me that's for sure".
Kaitlyn tugged the cuffs and hard as she could and they snapped. She laughed "looks like Magento knew bugger all about how to hold a Nephilim", she said "and now to get out". The teenager felt the walls of the thing she was trapped in. She could probably punch through it easily enough but that wouldn't destroy the machine. If I used enough a big enough energy blast it should work she thought, it might also cause her to pass out but it was the only thing she had that would both get her out AND destroyed the machine as well.
The ginger closed her eyes and focused. Golden energy wrapped around her hands. It quickly intensified the harder concentrated. Suddenly the entire thing exploded startling Magento who was currently moving the machine into place underneath the Statue of Liberty's torch. Kaitlyn screamed as she fell, though she did manage to land a blast of energy on Magento, sending him into the river.
"Its Kait!" Tony exclaimed pointing at his daughter who was now freefalling through the sky. He'd joined the X-men purely to save his kid, nothing else. Besides there was no way he was going to stay behind even if he didn't have any powers.
"Storm can you…?" Scott/Cyclops asked.
"On it", the white haired woman replied and took off into the sky using her powers. She grabbed the teenager and flew back down. Ororo/Storm handed Kaitlyn to Tony.
"Dad", the ginger whispered, tiredly "you're with the X-men".
"Only to come save you, that it all", Tony said.
"Does it change your mind about them?" Kaitlyn questioned, resting her head against his chest.
Tony looked around at the X-men, specifically focusing on Logan "Yeah, I think it does", he admitted.
"I'll do an I told you so dance later", Kaitlyn mumbled, her eyes closing "once I've slept for a week or more".
It was a good few hours later when the X-men's aircraft touched down close to the Stark home in Malibu. Tony walked down the ramp first, followed by both Kaitlyn and Logan. "I knew that story", the ginger said to the mutant "the one about the moon and her lover".
"You've heard it before?" Logan asked, wondering if that meant some part of her life as Diana…and yes he was sure that's who she used to be though he didn't know how it was possible. Reincarnation perhaps? Sounded a little far fetched but then again he'd been around for a very, very long time.
"Yeah I don't know where I could've heard it from but I'm pretty sure someone once told me that story", Kaitlyn replied. She looked at the place that was her home for the last 13 years "God I've missed that place", she remarked.
"Looks roomy", Logan commented and she laughed.
"Honestly, its much more space that we'll ever need", Kaitlyn admitted "I'd be just as happy with a little two story home in the suburbs but Dad just wants the best for me".
"That's what all father's want for their daughters", Logan agreed. They stood there in silence before Kaitlyn spoke up.
"Well, I guess this is it. At least for a while. Thank you for everything Logan. For looking out for me…for protecting me".
"You're welcome", Logan said "hey, wait!" he called as she started to walk towards her father.
"What is it?" Kaitlyn asked going back to him.
Logan took off his dog tags and held them out to her "I want you to look after these for me", he said.
"Your dog tags? But why?" Kaitlyn questioned, taking them.
"It'll give me a reason to visit", Logan answered.
"You'd visit just to get your tags back?" the ginger queried "I'm hurt Logan".
"I wouldn't be stopping by to get them back, not for a while at least. I'll just want to know that they're in good hands", Logan said "which I know they are".
"So…its just the tags you'll coming to see then?" Kaitlyn asked, tiny bit disappointed.
"No, I'll be coming to see you too", Logan replied "as long as your dad doesn't mind".
"Well, I want to see you again so he's just gonna deal with it", Kaitlyn stated, making chuckle. She looped the dog tags around her neck. "I'll look after them", she promised.
"I know you will"