"Great, X-Geeks, you let him go

"Great, X-Geeks, you let him go!" Lance yelled.

"We, like, didn't do anything!" Kitty yelled back.

"You phased him out of Fred's grip!"

"So? You were holding him hostage, ya know?"

"Kids, calm down." Logan stepped in the middle of everything. "X-Men, let's go."

"Fine by me," Rogue said. She turned her back on her former colleagues and followed Logan and Kitty out. Logan grabbed Kurt and threw him over his shoulder. He put the blue elf in the car and sniffed the air.

"Rogue, you and Kitty stay here." Logan took off down the road. He stopped quickly to get something decent on and took off again. He followed the scent of Rob until he hit a hotel room. He walked up to the desk.

"May I help you?" the clerk asked.

"Yeah, has Robert Lewis registered in this hotel?" Logan asked. He could smell Robert standing nearby, he just couldn't find him.

"I'm sorry sir, that is privileged information." Logan looked at the clerk and swore under his breath.

"Look, this is important." Logan said.

"I'm sorry, sir. Mr. Lewis has asked us not to disclose information about him," the clerk said.

"Bitch, but smart kid." Logan muttered under his breath. The clerk looked at him in alarm. Logan looked around the lobby. There weren't any guards at the staircase, but then again, it was a hotel. He quickly turned away from the desk and sniffed. Robert was close. He could sense him leaving the hotel. He quickly followed him out of the hotel.

"Who are you and why are you following me?" a voice called out from behind Logan. Logan turned around. There stood Robert Lewis.

"I'm here to protect you. I'm guess you can't get away." Logan said.

"The blue-devil's powers already wore off." Robert said, "Who are you?"

"I'm Logan." Logan said.

"You were walking around with big knives coming out of your hand about half an hour ago. You're not just Logan." Robert said.

"The kids call me Wolverine, Robert." Logan said.

"Don't call me that. That brings back to many memories." Robert said to him, harshly. "I go by Rob. My old friends used to call me Loner."

"Rob it is." Logan sensed that the kid didn't want him to call him Loner.

"Why are you following me?" Rob asked again.

"To tell you the truth, kid, you're to damn important to us to lose. The Brotherhood wants you and we want you. If you join the Brotherhood them Magneto will probably use you for one scheme or another and our entire organization will go down. Anyway, there's probably somebody in the X-Men you'd like to meet."

"You want me?" Rob knew they wanted him, but he'd never had somebody go right out and say it to him. "Who's that?" he said, referring to the statement.

"There's a girl in our organization that's got powers just like yours." Logan said.

Rob took a step back. "There's another like me? How do you know my powers?" Did this Logan know the hell he went through? He couldn't touch anybody without his gloves on. He had to wear long pants and a shirt in the boiling weather when he was back at home. He couldn't get close to anybody. One of the reasons his grandparents kicked him out was because he refused to kiss his grandmother goodnight and they said that he was disrespectful.

"I saw you use them. Listen, I'll make a deal with you. Spend a few days at the Institute and if you don't like it, then you can leave and we'll stay out of your life."

"I guess that's ok. What's this girls name?" Rob asked.

"You'll find out, she's waiting in the car." Logan said.