Author's Notes: I appreciate positive feed back, so I might type faster if
I get more feedback *Hint Hint* (oh BTW I figured it was best to leave out
the romance between Remy and Rogue because well that could make Remy more
of a felon then he already is.there's an age difference here to deal with
so its probably best to not even go there)
----------------- "I'll do that," Logan nodded.
Logan looked at her as if he wanted to asked her something but remained silent.
"What?" she asked him.
Logan shook his head quickly, "Nothin'"
Logan gestured for her to follow him, and he lead her into the kitchen.
"Want anything kid?" Logan asked.
"Nope I'm good, but that's not what you wanted to know, so what do you really want to ask?" she asked him, looking at him intently, as if trying to read him.
Logan blinked in surprise but nonetheless answered her, "You ain't mad at me or nothing are you?"
"Why would I be?" Cori asked him.
"Well I kinda left you there, I wanted to go back but.they wouldn't let me, I was kinda pissed about that," Logan told her.
"I told you to leave, I would've been mad if you had tried to come back, besides if I was mad at you why would I try to find you?"
"If you were plotting to kill me," he replied.
"Then you wouldn't have seen me, in fact the only reason you found me like you did is because I wanted you too,"
Logan snorted at that.
"What? You don't believe me? I've really had time to hone my feral skills, my powers actually mutated, and calmed down a bit, just a bit though," she grinned.
Her head turned toward the entrance of the kitchen. A girl stood in the doorway. She had long brown hair and two white streaks on either side, and wore a white night gown.
"Hey kid shouldn't you be sleep?" Logan asked without even turning to look at her, he didn't have to.
"Yeah, but I couldn't sleep," she replied with a southern accent.
"Rogue, Cori, Cori, Rogue" Logan said introducing the two.
Cori held out her hand to the girl. Rogue was about to decline, being that she didn't have gloves on, but Rogue noticed that the woman had black leather gloves on. They completed her all black ensemble. She wore a black leather trench coat, and tight black jeans, with a black halter top.
"Hey," Cori greeted her as Rogue took her hand.
"Hi, " Rogue replied, "If I'm interruptin' I could."
"Nonsense.we were just catchin' up.sit down," Cori said nodding toward a chair opposite her perch on the table.
Rogue wasn't really sure if her being here bothered Logan, but it didn't seem to bother his new female friend.
Logan continued on with their previous conversation, "What do you mean they mutated?"
"Just what I said.Mutated, Changed." Cori told him.
"I know what it means kid, I mean what kind of change." Logan asked sitting down with a beer in hand, He easily twisted the cap off of the beer, the jagged edges cut into his hand but the wounds quickly healed up.
Cori winced at that, "Just because you can heal, doesn't mean you have to slice your hands open, show off, would it kill you to use a bottle opener?"
Logan shrugged but noticed she didn't really answer his question, so he looked at her expectantly.
Cori flicked a glance to Rogue then back to Logan, then back to Rogue.
"I think he's waitin' for you to answer 'em," Rogue told her.
"Right.what was the question? I forgot in all the self destruction." --------------------Near by 9:55 p.m.---------------------------
"Are you sure we talkin' 'bout the same girl?" Remy asked.
"Well through all the torturing we did of Eckhart's goon I don't think he'd lie," Shalimar said.
"Kinda feel guilty," Brennan muttered, "I wonder why they gave it to her though of all people working for Eckhart?"
They stopped outside the large school, "Are you sure dat empath gave us da right address?"
"It's not the address that matters, Emma found her exact location using you and Brennan." Shalimar explained.
"Maybe she went to see Ol' Wolvy," Gambit said shrugging.
"Who?" Brennan asked looking at him oddly.
"Logan," he replied.
"Oh." Brennan replied nonchalantly, then he voice took on a worried tone."Oh.I hope he knows."
"If he don't den he about to find out, neh?" Gambit grinned.
Shalimar had already leapt over the fence and landed in a tree.
"Hey, Don't land on da ground cher, Dey got a motion sensor," Remy warned her.
"Great so now I'm a cat stuck in a tree?" Shalimar said.
"Until we find the outside power supply.hang in there Shal," Brennan grinned. ---------Inside---------
Cori rolled her eyes, "Genes do that when your a new mutant.New mutants have unstable genes because they were mutated unnaturally, so they just change."
"Change how?" Logan asked stubbornly.
Suddenly the lights went out, in fact all the power went out.
"I'm guessin' your genes didn't mutate so you could do that huh?" Rogue asked smiling half way.
"Nope." Cori said slowly, her eyes quickly adjusted to the dark, just in time for the generator to kick in, but her eyes re-adjusted again.
"I'll tell the prick Scott to see what's wrong in the morning," Logan muttered.
"Your so sweet Logan, I'm sure he'll do it if you call him a prick." Cori rolled her eyes at him again.
"He will." Logan said.
Cori's head snapped up, as did Logan's.
"What?" Rogue asked.
"Shh!" Logan told her.
Rogue nodded, then there was a 'shnict' noise as Logan unsheathed his claws. Cori stood up her eyes turning feral yellow.
"What?" said an approaching voice as they became visible, "Dis Cajun ain't welcome here no more?"
"You weren't welcome here in the first place.don't you people ever knock you, crazy Cajun," Logan muttered.
Brennan and Shalimar appeared behind him, but Gambit continued to be the spokes person.
"Been a long time, Ma Cher," Remy observed, "You look good."
"Thanks, you too." Cori said cautiously because she was wary of Brennan and Shalimar, mainly because of the fact they worked for Adam Kane.
"Really?" Remy cocked his head to the side, "Well in dat case."
"What the hell do you want Gambit?" Logan asked cutting him off before he went any farther.
"To talk to her." Shalimar answered for him.
"And you would be.?" Logan asked her.
"Shalimar Fox." She said stepping up beside Gambit, "Nothing personal she just has something we want."
"Da key word was tact, Chere," Gambit whispered.
"Your Idea of tact bores me," Shalimar told him.
Cori already didn't like Shalimar so her tone with the woman was sarcastic and some what cynical, "And what might that be Blondie?"
Shalimar narrowed her eyes, and Brennan put a hand on her arm.
"Cori, we just want the key that's all." Brennan said gently.
"The key to." Cori wrinkled up her head in mock confusion.
"What are you guys." Logan started.
"Cut the crap! you know just what key we mean., Iit's the only key you have that can unlock the safe that happens to contain a mass murdering virus," Shalimar snapped.
"Hmmm.Car keys, club keys, house keys, register keys, Nope, no key to a mass murdering virus.Sorry can't help ya." Cori said.
"Logan, she works for the GSA.you the people that." Brennan started.
"I know who they are," Logan snapped.
"She never escaped.and now she has the key to a virus that could take out two big continents," Brennan continued, "One of them anyway."
Logan looked at Cori for an explanation, "Okay Kid now your turn to do some explainin'"
"Okay fine yeah I do work for the GSA still, but it's not like I lied I do work at a club too." Cori said.
"And this key?" Logan asked.
"I don't have it, and Adam Kane is not going to get it," Cori said.
"Oh and you'd rather Eckhart have it?" Shalimar demanded.
"Adam is no better than Eckhart," Cori argued.
"You can't even compare him to Eckhart, Adam is a good person, he helps people, kind of like the guy that runs this place," Shalimar said.
"I've heard a few things about Xavier and from what I've heard he's a good person, Adam is not, Adam's the one that invented the sub-dermal governor and the stasis pod," Cori all but growled.
"Well it's not like he knew Eckhart was gonna use them as a weapon, and I don't even no how you can even compare the two." Brennan shook his head.
"Because Eckhart doesn't try to disguise himself as being the good guy, he's not and he never will be but neither is Adam!" Cori replied, "Adam hasn't even told you everything I've heard things.I seen files on some things Adam has done and.That's one of the reasons I came here, to talk to Logan." Cori said.
"What? Why?" Logan said breaking his silence.
"Adam Kane is the one who made you like you are now.he did the operation that grafted the metal into your bones.he."
Logan was silent absorbing all this information.his face was cold and unreadable, "Kid if your Lyin' to me."
"She is." Shalimar snapped, "Adam had nothing to do with."
"Then ask him.let your little empath at him.or let Xavier read him I don't care but if we want to talk about the truth let's make sure you find it out.But I can't stay here I have to go." Cori muttered.
"Chere.if you even try to walk out of dis room." Remy said charging a card, "We'll being cleanin' you of da wall."
"If I stay here.The GSA will be on this place like ants on sugar.every mutant in this place will be takin' into their custody.they have a tracking device in all their 'employees'" Cori told them.
"What're are you talkin' about ma petite?" Remy asked.
"Just what she said, She's not lyin' about that.We gotta get her out of here." Shalimar said.
"Easy way to do dat," Remy muttered.
Remy grabbed her by her arm and twisted her around, so she pinned up against him. He then reached in her jacket pocket, and pulled out her car keys.
"Hey wolvy.Wanna go for drive?" Remy said tossing the keys to Logan.
"Let me go now, Remy or I'll shatter your face," Cori said.
"I like em feisty," Remy smirked but didn't take any chances. He let her go and she headed for Logan.
"My keys?" She said.
"Don't think so kid.Let's take a ride." Logan said turning her around toward the door. ----------------Somewhere on Main street 10:15 PM---------------
CORI:
Guilt had time to set in, not only did I feel bad that I couldn't give them the key. I felt bad that Logan was blaming this on himself. Though one thing I could say I was honest about was that I didn't trust Adam anymore than I trusted Eckhart. Maybe less, because at least I know what to expect from Eckhart, but Adam Kane was unpredictable.
"Kid you look tired you should get some sleep," Logan told me.
Though he tried to keep his voice calm, I knew he wasn't. I could literally smell the tension. Every emotion has a smell I discovered and I learned how to tell the difference between them all. Most ferals never went that far with their feral abilities but my feral powers have changed into something beyond feral.
"I told you I don't sleep," I replied.
I watched the buildings go by, it seemed as if we were sitting still and the world moved around us. Maybe that was just my insanity setting in.
"Still have nightmares?" Logan asked.
"You still have yours?" I asked him.
"Do you always answer a question with a question?" He asked me.
"Do you?" I replied.
He laughed at that.
"I always will have nightmares." I told him in all honesty.
"About?" he asked me.
Tactless, granted at least he knew how to cut to the chase. I had expected that question but not so soon. I swallowed hard, pausing for a beat before answering him.
"He killed my sister, that bastard murdered my sister, I was living with her, when they came." -----------FLASH BACK-------Albany, New York Apr. 29, 1995---------
Cori was in the kitchen with a knife in hand, the cutting board was in front of her and on it an onion.
"Toni! Is this minced?" Cori called into the living room.
Toni came into the kitchen, her short dark hair clipped to her chin, and her eyes bright blue. She was about three inches taller than Cori.
"Half that size sweetie but that'll do, put it in the spaghetti sauce, and make sure you put the knife in the drawer when you done," Toni told her.
"All right, all right jeez you tell me that all the time," Cori said rolling her eyes.
"And yet you fail to actually do it," Toni muttered.
Cori stuck out her tongue at the woman. She was eight years older than Cori, making her twenty-three.
Cori scraped the onions into the large pot of sauce, then put the knife on the counter. She cleaned the cutting board and stuck it in the cabinet. She walked out to the living room.
"So what is this movie?" Cori asked.
"My fair Lady." Toni told her.
"Ugh.why did it have to be a musical love story?" Cori asked.
"Hey its a good." Toni was abruptly cut of by the sound of shattering glass.
A small object landed on their floor.it looked like a grenade but it spewed smoke.
"Come on into the kitchen now!," Toni yelled, pushing Cori toward it.
Cori listened running inside the small apartment kitchen, several people jumped into the window chasing after Toni who'd attempted to follow Cori.
"Toni!" Cori yelled as she attempted to run toward her.
Several GSA agents filled the kitchen, one with a small flame thrower.
Cori filled with that primal fear, as she pressed her back to the wall or the kitchen. Through the flames, she saw one of the agents pick up the knife she'd left on the counter and stab it through her sister's neck.
"Toni!" she yelled tackling the one with the small flame thrower.
She fought her way through the masses of people, she felt the crack of bones beneath her hands, the snapping of necks. By the time she'd gotten to Toni she'd left a trail of dead people and Toni was dead. ----------------End--------------
"That was the first time I'd ever killed anyone, the first time I'd seen someone murdered." Cori went on to tell Logan."Not something you forget.no matter how many times you kill or see someone killed."
Logan swallowed hard and shook his head, the smell of anger now coming from him.
"How can you still work for that son of a bitch?" Logan demanded.
Cori had a single tear in her eye, "Because I have nothing left."
----------------- "I'll do that," Logan nodded.
Logan looked at her as if he wanted to asked her something but remained silent.
"What?" she asked him.
Logan shook his head quickly, "Nothin'"
Logan gestured for her to follow him, and he lead her into the kitchen.
"Want anything kid?" Logan asked.
"Nope I'm good, but that's not what you wanted to know, so what do you really want to ask?" she asked him, looking at him intently, as if trying to read him.
Logan blinked in surprise but nonetheless answered her, "You ain't mad at me or nothing are you?"
"Why would I be?" Cori asked him.
"Well I kinda left you there, I wanted to go back but.they wouldn't let me, I was kinda pissed about that," Logan told her.
"I told you to leave, I would've been mad if you had tried to come back, besides if I was mad at you why would I try to find you?"
"If you were plotting to kill me," he replied.
"Then you wouldn't have seen me, in fact the only reason you found me like you did is because I wanted you too,"
Logan snorted at that.
"What? You don't believe me? I've really had time to hone my feral skills, my powers actually mutated, and calmed down a bit, just a bit though," she grinned.
Her head turned toward the entrance of the kitchen. A girl stood in the doorway. She had long brown hair and two white streaks on either side, and wore a white night gown.
"Hey kid shouldn't you be sleep?" Logan asked without even turning to look at her, he didn't have to.
"Yeah, but I couldn't sleep," she replied with a southern accent.
"Rogue, Cori, Cori, Rogue" Logan said introducing the two.
Cori held out her hand to the girl. Rogue was about to decline, being that she didn't have gloves on, but Rogue noticed that the woman had black leather gloves on. They completed her all black ensemble. She wore a black leather trench coat, and tight black jeans, with a black halter top.
"Hey," Cori greeted her as Rogue took her hand.
"Hi, " Rogue replied, "If I'm interruptin' I could."
"Nonsense.we were just catchin' up.sit down," Cori said nodding toward a chair opposite her perch on the table.
Rogue wasn't really sure if her being here bothered Logan, but it didn't seem to bother his new female friend.
Logan continued on with their previous conversation, "What do you mean they mutated?"
"Just what I said.Mutated, Changed." Cori told him.
"I know what it means kid, I mean what kind of change." Logan asked sitting down with a beer in hand, He easily twisted the cap off of the beer, the jagged edges cut into his hand but the wounds quickly healed up.
Cori winced at that, "Just because you can heal, doesn't mean you have to slice your hands open, show off, would it kill you to use a bottle opener?"
Logan shrugged but noticed she didn't really answer his question, so he looked at her expectantly.
Cori flicked a glance to Rogue then back to Logan, then back to Rogue.
"I think he's waitin' for you to answer 'em," Rogue told her.
"Right.what was the question? I forgot in all the self destruction." --------------------Near by 9:55 p.m.---------------------------
"Are you sure we talkin' 'bout the same girl?" Remy asked.
"Well through all the torturing we did of Eckhart's goon I don't think he'd lie," Shalimar said.
"Kinda feel guilty," Brennan muttered, "I wonder why they gave it to her though of all people working for Eckhart?"
They stopped outside the large school, "Are you sure dat empath gave us da right address?"
"It's not the address that matters, Emma found her exact location using you and Brennan." Shalimar explained.
"Maybe she went to see Ol' Wolvy," Gambit said shrugging.
"Who?" Brennan asked looking at him oddly.
"Logan," he replied.
"Oh." Brennan replied nonchalantly, then he voice took on a worried tone."Oh.I hope he knows."
"If he don't den he about to find out, neh?" Gambit grinned.
Shalimar had already leapt over the fence and landed in a tree.
"Hey, Don't land on da ground cher, Dey got a motion sensor," Remy warned her.
"Great so now I'm a cat stuck in a tree?" Shalimar said.
"Until we find the outside power supply.hang in there Shal," Brennan grinned. ---------Inside---------
Cori rolled her eyes, "Genes do that when your a new mutant.New mutants have unstable genes because they were mutated unnaturally, so they just change."
"Change how?" Logan asked stubbornly.
Suddenly the lights went out, in fact all the power went out.
"I'm guessin' your genes didn't mutate so you could do that huh?" Rogue asked smiling half way.
"Nope." Cori said slowly, her eyes quickly adjusted to the dark, just in time for the generator to kick in, but her eyes re-adjusted again.
"I'll tell the prick Scott to see what's wrong in the morning," Logan muttered.
"Your so sweet Logan, I'm sure he'll do it if you call him a prick." Cori rolled her eyes at him again.
"He will." Logan said.
Cori's head snapped up, as did Logan's.
"What?" Rogue asked.
"Shh!" Logan told her.
Rogue nodded, then there was a 'shnict' noise as Logan unsheathed his claws. Cori stood up her eyes turning feral yellow.
"What?" said an approaching voice as they became visible, "Dis Cajun ain't welcome here no more?"
"You weren't welcome here in the first place.don't you people ever knock you, crazy Cajun," Logan muttered.
Brennan and Shalimar appeared behind him, but Gambit continued to be the spokes person.
"Been a long time, Ma Cher," Remy observed, "You look good."
"Thanks, you too." Cori said cautiously because she was wary of Brennan and Shalimar, mainly because of the fact they worked for Adam Kane.
"Really?" Remy cocked his head to the side, "Well in dat case."
"What the hell do you want Gambit?" Logan asked cutting him off before he went any farther.
"To talk to her." Shalimar answered for him.
"And you would be.?" Logan asked her.
"Shalimar Fox." She said stepping up beside Gambit, "Nothing personal she just has something we want."
"Da key word was tact, Chere," Gambit whispered.
"Your Idea of tact bores me," Shalimar told him.
Cori already didn't like Shalimar so her tone with the woman was sarcastic and some what cynical, "And what might that be Blondie?"
Shalimar narrowed her eyes, and Brennan put a hand on her arm.
"Cori, we just want the key that's all." Brennan said gently.
"The key to." Cori wrinkled up her head in mock confusion.
"What are you guys." Logan started.
"Cut the crap! you know just what key we mean., Iit's the only key you have that can unlock the safe that happens to contain a mass murdering virus," Shalimar snapped.
"Hmmm.Car keys, club keys, house keys, register keys, Nope, no key to a mass murdering virus.Sorry can't help ya." Cori said.
"Logan, she works for the GSA.you the people that." Brennan started.
"I know who they are," Logan snapped.
"She never escaped.and now she has the key to a virus that could take out two big continents," Brennan continued, "One of them anyway."
Logan looked at Cori for an explanation, "Okay Kid now your turn to do some explainin'"
"Okay fine yeah I do work for the GSA still, but it's not like I lied I do work at a club too." Cori said.
"And this key?" Logan asked.
"I don't have it, and Adam Kane is not going to get it," Cori said.
"Oh and you'd rather Eckhart have it?" Shalimar demanded.
"Adam is no better than Eckhart," Cori argued.
"You can't even compare him to Eckhart, Adam is a good person, he helps people, kind of like the guy that runs this place," Shalimar said.
"I've heard a few things about Xavier and from what I've heard he's a good person, Adam is not, Adam's the one that invented the sub-dermal governor and the stasis pod," Cori all but growled.
"Well it's not like he knew Eckhart was gonna use them as a weapon, and I don't even no how you can even compare the two." Brennan shook his head.
"Because Eckhart doesn't try to disguise himself as being the good guy, he's not and he never will be but neither is Adam!" Cori replied, "Adam hasn't even told you everything I've heard things.I seen files on some things Adam has done and.That's one of the reasons I came here, to talk to Logan." Cori said.
"What? Why?" Logan said breaking his silence.
"Adam Kane is the one who made you like you are now.he did the operation that grafted the metal into your bones.he."
Logan was silent absorbing all this information.his face was cold and unreadable, "Kid if your Lyin' to me."
"She is." Shalimar snapped, "Adam had nothing to do with."
"Then ask him.let your little empath at him.or let Xavier read him I don't care but if we want to talk about the truth let's make sure you find it out.But I can't stay here I have to go." Cori muttered.
"Chere.if you even try to walk out of dis room." Remy said charging a card, "We'll being cleanin' you of da wall."
"If I stay here.The GSA will be on this place like ants on sugar.every mutant in this place will be takin' into their custody.they have a tracking device in all their 'employees'" Cori told them.
"What're are you talkin' about ma petite?" Remy asked.
"Just what she said, She's not lyin' about that.We gotta get her out of here." Shalimar said.
"Easy way to do dat," Remy muttered.
Remy grabbed her by her arm and twisted her around, so she pinned up against him. He then reached in her jacket pocket, and pulled out her car keys.
"Hey wolvy.Wanna go for drive?" Remy said tossing the keys to Logan.
"Let me go now, Remy or I'll shatter your face," Cori said.
"I like em feisty," Remy smirked but didn't take any chances. He let her go and she headed for Logan.
"My keys?" She said.
"Don't think so kid.Let's take a ride." Logan said turning her around toward the door. ----------------Somewhere on Main street 10:15 PM---------------
CORI:
Guilt had time to set in, not only did I feel bad that I couldn't give them the key. I felt bad that Logan was blaming this on himself. Though one thing I could say I was honest about was that I didn't trust Adam anymore than I trusted Eckhart. Maybe less, because at least I know what to expect from Eckhart, but Adam Kane was unpredictable.
"Kid you look tired you should get some sleep," Logan told me.
Though he tried to keep his voice calm, I knew he wasn't. I could literally smell the tension. Every emotion has a smell I discovered and I learned how to tell the difference between them all. Most ferals never went that far with their feral abilities but my feral powers have changed into something beyond feral.
"I told you I don't sleep," I replied.
I watched the buildings go by, it seemed as if we were sitting still and the world moved around us. Maybe that was just my insanity setting in.
"Still have nightmares?" Logan asked.
"You still have yours?" I asked him.
"Do you always answer a question with a question?" He asked me.
"Do you?" I replied.
He laughed at that.
"I always will have nightmares." I told him in all honesty.
"About?" he asked me.
Tactless, granted at least he knew how to cut to the chase. I had expected that question but not so soon. I swallowed hard, pausing for a beat before answering him.
"He killed my sister, that bastard murdered my sister, I was living with her, when they came." -----------FLASH BACK-------Albany, New York Apr. 29, 1995---------
Cori was in the kitchen with a knife in hand, the cutting board was in front of her and on it an onion.
"Toni! Is this minced?" Cori called into the living room.
Toni came into the kitchen, her short dark hair clipped to her chin, and her eyes bright blue. She was about three inches taller than Cori.
"Half that size sweetie but that'll do, put it in the spaghetti sauce, and make sure you put the knife in the drawer when you done," Toni told her.
"All right, all right jeez you tell me that all the time," Cori said rolling her eyes.
"And yet you fail to actually do it," Toni muttered.
Cori stuck out her tongue at the woman. She was eight years older than Cori, making her twenty-three.
Cori scraped the onions into the large pot of sauce, then put the knife on the counter. She cleaned the cutting board and stuck it in the cabinet. She walked out to the living room.
"So what is this movie?" Cori asked.
"My fair Lady." Toni told her.
"Ugh.why did it have to be a musical love story?" Cori asked.
"Hey its a good." Toni was abruptly cut of by the sound of shattering glass.
A small object landed on their floor.it looked like a grenade but it spewed smoke.
"Come on into the kitchen now!," Toni yelled, pushing Cori toward it.
Cori listened running inside the small apartment kitchen, several people jumped into the window chasing after Toni who'd attempted to follow Cori.
"Toni!" Cori yelled as she attempted to run toward her.
Several GSA agents filled the kitchen, one with a small flame thrower.
Cori filled with that primal fear, as she pressed her back to the wall or the kitchen. Through the flames, she saw one of the agents pick up the knife she'd left on the counter and stab it through her sister's neck.
"Toni!" she yelled tackling the one with the small flame thrower.
She fought her way through the masses of people, she felt the crack of bones beneath her hands, the snapping of necks. By the time she'd gotten to Toni she'd left a trail of dead people and Toni was dead. ----------------End--------------
"That was the first time I'd ever killed anyone, the first time I'd seen someone murdered." Cori went on to tell Logan."Not something you forget.no matter how many times you kill or see someone killed."
Logan swallowed hard and shook his head, the smell of anger now coming from him.
"How can you still work for that son of a bitch?" Logan demanded.
Cori had a single tear in her eye, "Because I have nothing left."