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Author's Note: rated PG-13 for some violence. This is my first fanfic ever! It's not the first one I've posted though cuz i hadn't felt like typin it cuz it's kinda long. oh yeah i almost forgot, Please Review, i am begging u! for Wolvie's sake please review! I wanna know what ya think!
Summary:This story takes place after 'On Angels Wings.' It's after Christmas and the only ones at the mansion are Wolverine and Kitty, they encounter Magneto and well...you'll just have to read and find out!



Protectors Chp4


It was now around 9am and Logan had woken up, partly from pain, and carefully got up so he would't wake Kitty. He covered her with the blanket that was around him and gently brushed his rough hand across her face. He took off the shirt Kitty had put on him and removed the bandage of his ninja shirt from his wounds. It hadn't really healed much and it looked infected and began to bleed once he removed the bandage. It hurt like hell and he grunted waking Kitty.

She looked at him startled and surprised he was up. "Logan! You're bleeding bad! We need to get that cleaned up"

"It's alright half-pint I can deal with it for a while"

"No you can't, come on, there's a stream over that way I saw when we came down here." She got up from the blankets and took his arm, leading him to the stream.

He stood there, half crouched over with his hand on his wounds and looked down at the blood pouring out of him. He had lost alot of blood and even though his healing factor was trying to make new blood, it hadn't been too fast at healing since his battle with Magneto for some reason. Logan started to feel dizzy and sat down on a rock next to the water.

"We need to get you home Logan, that wound looks like it's getting worse"

He just looked at her with glazed eyes as she took the bandage out of his hand and started rinsing it in the stream. Logan sat patiently, although in pain as Kitty washed his wounds out with the cold stream water as gently as she could.


At the mansion the Professor tried to use Cerebro to find Kitty and Logan even though it was broken. He was deep in thought and had somehow got into Magnetos mind. The professor saw Magneto fighting Logan in the back of the mansion from a few weeks earlier. He also saw Magneto enter the infirmary where Logan lay unconscious and inject him with a strange green liquid. The professor opened his eyes and gasped while he was knocked out of Magnetos mind.

Mentally he called *Ororo, Hank I need to see you at Cerebro immediately* They responded quickly and were up in a flash. Before any of them could speak, the Professor announced "I somehow managed to get into Magnetos mind and found that he injected Logan with something while he was unconscious a few weeks ago."

"What was it Professor?" Storm asked anxiously.

"It was some sort of serum to slow Logan's healing abilities incredibly. I found this and also that Sabertooth is working for Magneto and he has Sabertooth searching for Kitty and Logan to retrieve a disk they had recovered that Magneto stole from Cerebro."

Hank and Storm looked at Prof. X astonished until Storm spoke up. "Professor have you found where they are?"

"No Storm, unfortunately but I know Logan has fought off Sabertooth injured before and he is not afraid to do what it takes to ensure Kitty's safety."

"That is what I am afraid of" Storm whispered quietly to herself.


Down at the stream Kitty had finished re-bandaging Logan and pulled him to his feet. Kitty knew something was wrong with him, his healing factor had never been this bad.

"Come on Logan, you'd better put your shirt back on, it's freezing"

"Don't worry 'bout me, I ain't cold"

But that did worry her because she knew he probably wasn't cold due to fever and his wounds were most-likely infected. She guided him back to the makeshift camp and helped him get his shirt on. Then Kitty went into the woods and gathered some sticks to re-light the fire that had gone out during the night.

Logan sat up and listened to the woods. He heard a twig snap and birds flapping away, he was hoping the sound was only Kitty on her way back from gathering sticks. He sniffed at the air and *SNIKT!* "Sabertooth" He whipped around as Sabertooth crashed through the trees and leaped toward Logan. He dove sideways tearing skin from Sabertooths arm. Logan tried to get up quickly but his wounds began to ache and Sabertooth barreled towards him, slashing at his chest with his sharp claws.

Logan was on the ground gasping for breath as Kitty came through the woods carrying the sticks she gathered. She saw Sabertooth getting ready for another attack on Logan. Kitty dropped all the sticks except for a long, thick pointy one. She ran over to Sabertooth as fast as she could before he noticed her and jabbed the large stick into his back. She phased it into him so it would be more painful and let it go, only about an inch of the long stick appearing out of his body. He roared a long and painful roar that sounded like a lion and stumbled backwards away from Wolverine. Kitty knew that wasn't enough to knock him out and so did Logan, it was only enough to distract him.

Logan finally caught his breath and got up to ram his adamantium claws into Sabertooths gut. He punched him until he was unconscious and then wobbly walked toward Kitty. She gasped, glad he was still alive and ran over to him to help him stand up before he fell over.

"Jeeze Logan, look at you! Your wound's bleedin' again and now you have like deep gashes in your chest"

"Come on Kitty,..we need ta get..ta my bike."

"What?! Are you like kidding me? You can't drive that thing! You can barely stand!"

He sighed and took a deep breath. "I know,..you gotta drive it"

"What?! Are you serious? I can't even drive a car!"

"It's okay,..I'll help..but we gotta get outta here now. Sabertooth is gonna..be up again..soon"

"Oh man! We're like gonna die!" Kitty sighed as they got to Logan's Harley.


She helped him up as she got on the bike infront of him. She was so scared she'd get them both killed!


"Don't worry half-pint,..all ya gotta do is steer...I'll do the rest" He kick started the bike and they took off, wobbly at first through the woods.

Kitty quickly got the hang of it and she started to like it, then she was forced to remember what had happened as Logan's warm blood seeped through her jacket (actually Logan's jacket) from his chest. She was hoping he could manage to stay awake 'till they got back to the institute.



About an hour later Professor X, Beast and Storm were upstairs trying to repair Cerebro when they heard the familiar rumble of a motorcycle. All three jerked their heads up and quickly went downstairs and out the door. Storm called out "It's them!" stating the obvious just to break the silence.


Kitty looked at all of them coming over to her and Logan. She was so relieved they were back to safety.

"Professor! Logan's hurt bad, I think he's unconscious!"

Hank rushed over to Logan to help him up, the rest of them would have done it in a heartbeat but Beast was the only one who could lift him. Kitty looked at Logan as Beast started to carry him into the mansion.

"Professor, he's lost alot of blood, we need to get him to the infirmary now!"

"Alright Hank" The Prof. nodded to Beast to start taking Logan to the infirmary.


"Kitty? Are you alright?" Storm asked noticing the blood on the back of the jacket Kitty had on.


Kitty was still watching Hank carry a lifeless Logan upstairs. "Yeah, I'm okay,..it's Logan's blood" She answered sadly.


Storm moved toward Kitty wrapping her arm around the girls shoulder. "Come on Kitty, let's get you cleaned up."


Kitty just nodded and walked off with Storm as the Professor went up to check on Wolverine. As the Prof. entered the room Hank had already cleaned Logan's wounds and was now bandaging him up and plugging him into tubes and various equipment to monitor him.

"How is he Hank?"

"The bleeding has stopped and his breathing is getting better,..and his pulse is a little stronger." Beast's voice was grim.

"We've just got to hope that whatever Magneto injected him with is wearing off" Professor Xavier left the room and Kitty came up to him.

She reached into her pocket, she was still wearing Logan's blood-soaked jacket, and pulled out the disk. "Here Professor, this is what Magneto took."

He took the disk and looked up at her.


"Please Professor, don't be angry with Logan for just leaving and taking me with him. I made him take me, he wasn't gonna let me ya know?"

The Professor saw how worried she looked and knew it wasn't Logan gettin in trouble she worried about.

"Don't worry Kitty, I'm not mad, I know he was just trying to help by getting the disk back, he thinks it was his fault."

She nodded, tears begining to form in her sad blue eyes. Then she turned away and headed toward her room to change her clothes and take a hot shower.

The Professor went back into the medlab. Logan was awake, barely but he was awake. He mentally told Kitty and she rushed in. Professor X informed Kitty and Logan of how Magneto injected Logan with the serum.

Beast then stepped in with good news. "I'm glad to inform you that it seems the serum is indeed wearing off. I tested some of Logan's blood and the cells are already starting to repair themselves."

Kitty perked up "That's great! Ya hear that Logan, you'll be ok in no time!" She carefully hugged him and he smiled and nodded weakly.

Beast then butt-in by saying "Although his healing factor is coming back up to speed it is still working very slowly and we will have to keep an eye on you Logan"


Kitty looked up at Hank then returned her gaze to Logan.


He noticed she looked worried and let out "Don't worry half-pint, I'll be ok" weakly.


She stared at Logan and all the tubes still sticking out of him, and at his bandages and sore muscles. Xavier noticed Logan was very tired and told Kitty he needed to rest. Beast stayed close by to keep making sure he was ok.



By this time it had gotten pretty late and the Professor was at Cerebro looking over the disk Kitty handed him that Magneto had taken. After leaving Cerebro the Prof. heard a noise. Down the hall in the medlab, Kitty had snuck in and was talking to Logan. Prof. X stayed in the doorway listening where Kitty couldn't see him. Although Logan was unconscious she talked to him soothingly assuring him he would be ok. Actually she was more like telling him he had better be alright because she didn't know what she'd do without him. The prof. felt a warmth come over him as a tear fell down his cheek. He realized, as he quietly went back to his room, how much Logan had meant to Kitty and how much she ment to him. Kitty did have a father, he was more of an Uncle figure to her, a protective uncle.


Kitty had stayed by Logan's bedside the entire night, she fell asleep on the bed next to his. Beast would check in every few hours that night just to make sure Logan was still stable, not bothering to wake Kitty.




Authors Note: I will finish ASAP, cuz my damn sister is always on the flamin' computer!