Part 10:

Scott went to the Professor's office the next day. Logan had given him a list of some ten possible students who he thought could have been behind the body switching.  He had been nervous about facing Logan as he knew that he would have seen the scars. He had expected questions to which he wasn't ready to answer but more than anything; he had feared his mock. But Logan had done neither. He hadn't even mentioned it but his tone had been softer and he hadn't called him One-Eye or said insults. He had called him "Slim" though but it had had a loving undertone and Scott found he liked the name. He had wondered yesterday why Logan had come back. It hadn't been for Jean, he had seen that. Could it have been for Rogue? Possibly. He had seen the great love they both bore for each other. For some reason the thought of them together bothered him and he felt a sense of jealousy like none other he had ever felt.

" Logan," a joyous voice said and the object of his thoughts ran into his arms.

" R…Marie," Scott said as he closed his arms lightly around her clothed form. They used to hug every time they met? Well, of cause they hugged but in what way? Was it like father/daughter, friends or…more?

" Ah´m so glad you're back. Ah have missed you so much," Rogue said as she drew back.

" I missed you too, kid," Scott said in what he hoped sounded like a Logan response.

" Will you stay?" She asked and looked with big green eyes at him.  So she had green eyes. And pretty too. Scott could understand why Logan would find her attractive.

" I'll think about it," Scott said and in that moment the bell to class ran.

" Got to go. Love you," she said as she gave him a quick hug and left. Great! She loves him, Scott thought darkly. Rogue turned questioningly around as if waiting for a response and Scott forced his lips to move;

" Lov` you too, kid," the words brought a bitter taste to his tongue and a tear to his eye. Rogue smiled back at him and left. In that moment Scott wanted to kill her and instantly felt guilty over the thought. Logan was not his to feel possessive towards. His feelings and thoughts were in turmoil as he walked and before he knew it he had reached the Professor's room.

" Scott, you have found something?" Xavier asked as Scott entered. It wasn't really a question but Scott answered anyway.

" Yes, since Logan has the most contact with the students now he found some he thought could be possibilities. I ran them through the computer and found five I think it could be," Scott laid the list with names on Xavier's desk and he read them.

" Sarah," Xavier said as he saw the first name on the list.

" Yes. I consider her a possibility. She has a terrible temper and fights with everyone, especially Ororo. We know almost nothing of her past and she has never told us about her powers. We can see that she grows bones outside her body thereby her codename Marrow but other than that…"

" Yes, you are quite right but I would have expected a direct attack from her and not this."

Xavier looked at the paper again. " Emma Frost."

" Yes, she is a quit young woman but her hate towards me she has never hidden. She is sneaky and would do something like this. We also know little of her background."

" True, but she hasn't got telepathic abilities so powerful as to do something like this," Xavier protested.

" We think she doesn't. As you said yesterday; the person behind this would hide his/hers true potential," Scott said, trying to convince him. Something in him told him that Emma Frost was the person they were looking for.

" If it is her how you do suggest we proceed? It is after all you…and Logan who has to decide this."

" I think your idea was the best. We'll let her believe she failed and if she is as set on revenge as I think she is; she'll try again. And after that…." Scott gave Xavier a questionable look. In colors! He had had color visor ( in other than shades of red) for over 24 hours now yet he couldn't get over the miracle of colors. Last night he had been afraid to go to sleep, fearing that it had all been a dream and he'll wake up and see only red. He had to admit that he enjoyed Logan's strong body and color vision and a small voice in his head wanted to keep it. But his heart won out. Logan had never done anything to deserve to be cursed with those glasses as he was and he knew Logan was going crazy with those glasses on and without his usual strength and senses. He had been in Logan's world only a day yet he began to understand Logan's arrogance towards the world. A man who was almost immortal was bound to feel some sense of superiority against the world. But then Logan wasn't like that. He might be arrogant but he was never the one to point out others weaknesses.

" After that I will take care of her," Xavier said sternly. He was after all the world's most powerful telepath. She couldn't possibly be more powerful than him.

TBC