Disclaimor: I do not own the X-Men, so don't sue me, but i do own Zero, she's all mine so don't even think about it. ;-)
Summary: AU story, after a while of living in the mansion, Logan and his daughter try to work on the family they've got, and Logan decides she's in need of a mother. Storm just so happens to fit that description.
Light In The Dark chp2
Zero stopped in the grocery store and picked up the usual kinds of foods; bread, milk, cheese, meat and the occasional snack or junk food. When she was finished, she proceeded to check out and head back to the truck with her groceries.
While she was loading the food in the back of the truck, a guy around his twenties came up to her. He was tall, with dirty blonde hair, scruff on his face, and a bit of a beer gut. He had on faded blue jeans and an old brown flannel shirt with holes in it. She turned and glared at him for staring at her. He just looked at her and smiled. He was seriously starting to creep her out. She just ignored him and continued putting the groceries in the truck.
"Need any help with that?" The man asked in a kindly voice.
Zero didn't expect the strange man to sound so nice. She shook her head without looking at him. "No, I got it." She finished with the food and started to push the empty cart out of the way.
The man scratched at the scruff on his chin and looked at her. "Hey, you Logan's girl?"
Now Zero was getting curious. 'How the hell does he know my Dad?' She thought. She stared at the man pointedly. "And how the hell would you know?"
The man grinned and stuck his hands in his pockets. "The name's Greg. I work at the gas station down the road. Yer Dad's come up a few times, talks ta me once in a while. Y'look jus' like him. Got his attitude an' all." He smiled.
"Oh, ok then, Greg from the gas station." Zero still found the guy quite creepy and started to get in the truck. "Well I better head home, wouldn't want my Dad gettin' worried about me now. He can have quite a temper sometimes if he thinks somethin's happened to me." She directed her last words at the man and grinned at him. "Y'have a nice day now."
The man's eyes went wide and she took off, leaving a cloud of dust from the truck's tires.
When Zero got home, Logan was out on the porch, fixing the door. She pulled into the driveway and began unloading the truck. Logan stopped what he was doing to help her with the groceries.
"Hey darlin'." He reached into the bed of the truck and pulled out 8 bags of groceries.
"Hey Dad." She smiled and grabbed 6 bags herself. "What were ya doin' to the door?"
Logan stepped up the stairs to the porch and opened the door for Zero to get in. "Jus' fixin' up some rusty hinges. This place needs some work ta be done so I figured I'd get a head start."
They put the bags on the counter and began putting the food away. "I hope ya don't plan on doin' all this work at once. We jus' moved in here yesterday."
Logan half-smiled. "Better ta get it done now." He reached in a grocerie bag and pulled out a 2 liter bottle of soda. He lifted up the bottle and quirked an eyebrow, looking at Zero. "Dr. Pepper?"
Zero was putting away some milk and meats. She looked up. "Yeah, it's my favorite soda. B'sides I tried ta get ya some beer but y'know they said I wasn't old enough." Zero smiled.
Logan shook his head and pointed a finger at her jokingly. "Don't be such a smart-ass."
Zero laughed and finished putting everything away. "Hey Dad, y'know a guy named Greg that works at the gas station down the street?"
Logan looked up. "Yeah, why?"
"He came up to me when I was puttin' the food in the truck. He said he knew you and asked if I was yer daughter."
"Yeah I talked to him a few times before we came up here. When I used ta come for a few weekends. I told him I was movin' up with my daughter." Logan replied.
"He's kinda creepy." Zero said, putting the empty plastic bags in a cupboard.
Logan grunted. "He didn't touch you did he? 'Cos if he did I'll-"
Zero cut him off and put a hand on his arm. "No Daddy, it's ok, he didn't come too close."
Logan nodded. "Good."
"I jus' think he's creepy is all. Somethin' about him didn't smell right."
"Hmm.." Logan thought for a moment. "Speakin' of smellin', I oughtta start trainin' ya how ta use yer powers better."
Zero just looked at him. "I know howta use my powers." With a sharp *SNIKT!* her organic metal claws popped out from her knuckles on her right hand.
"I know that darlin', now put them things away." Logan chuckled.
Zero sheathed her claws and stared at him with her blue grey eyes. "So..what then?"
"I mean yer senses. We gotta work on that. Trackin' an' all. C'mon, let's go outside."
Zero sighed and followed Logan out into the back yard. He stood near the edge of the yard where the woods began and she walked over to him. Logan put his hands on her shoulders and stood her directly in front of him, facing her towards the opposite direction.
"Ok, now close yer eyes."
Zero turned around and looked at him. "What?!"
Logan turned her around again. "Jus' close yer eyes darlin'."
Zero closed her eyes as he had told her and waited.
"Now," Logan began. "Take in a deep breath through yer nose."
Zero breathed in all the scents around her.
"Ok, whaddaya smell?"
"I smell you." Zero replied, laughing.
Logan chuckled. "Ahright darlin' that's good."
"Dad, I know what you smell like, I don't think this is gonna help me. Can I open my eyes now?" She asked impatiently.
"Jus' wait Z." Logan paused. "You keep yer eyes closed and count ta ten slowly. I'm gonna head inta the woods and you try an' track me by my scent."
Zero sighed. "Hide an' seek Dad? I'm 17 fer cryin' out loud."
There was no answer.
"Dad?" She asked again.
Once again, no answer.
Zero opened her eyes and turned around. No one was there. "Damnit." She mumbled. "Ok, all I gotta do is follow his scent, that's it. This shouldn't be too hard right?" She thought to herself aloud. She sniffed the air and began to pick up on his scent. Heading into the woods, she tried using all her senses to locate Logan. 'Damn, I hope he's not movin' around.' She thought. 'I'll never find him that way.'
Going deeper into the woods, she continued to follow his strong scent of cigars, leather and other things that could only be her dad. Walking further and further, proved to get Zero more frustrated and she felt that she had been going in circles. Trying to run in order to stay with his scent occupied her attention and she wasn't looking where she was going. All of a sudden she felt the ground sink quickly beneath her as gravity dragged her down. Zero began falling until she hit something not so soft. She landed in a heap on the hard ground of dirt and rock. "Dad!!!" She yelled, from the 15 foot hole she found herself in.
Logan's ears perked at the sound of her voice. He was sitting on the opposite side of a fallen tree, surrounded by leaves. He immediately got to his feet and ran to where he heard Zero yelling.
When Logan got there, he found himself looking down into a hunter's trap with his only daughter trapped inside. "Zero! Y'ok darlin'?!"
Zero got to her feet and brushed the dirt off her clothes. She wiped the dust from her face with the sleave of her shirt and looked up, using her other hand to block the bright sun. "Yeah," She coughed from all the dirt and dust. "I'm okay. Jus' get me out!"
Logan looked around for something to anchor himself to, so he could reach her. "Don't worry, I'm gonna get ya back up here." He found a large root from a tree poking up from the dirt and laid down on the ground, wrapping his feet around it. Logan edged closer to the hole and reached down as far as he could. "Grab my hand darlin'!"
Zero stretched her arm out, but she couldn't reach his hand. She jumped up but couldn't get a strong enough grasp. "I can't reach!" She then got an idea. She unsheathed her claws and plunged them into the dirt wall within the hole. Zero began climbing up quickly but her claws were tearing away from the soft dirt. She almost fell, then she pushed off the wall with her feet and launched herself into the air. She reached for Logan's hand and he grabbed onto her wrist firmly.
"Gotcha!" He tightened his feet on the tree root that kept them both from falling back into the hole and pulled her up.
"Phew!" Zero sighed, leaning up against Logan, exhausted from the effort. "I thought I was gonna be stuck down there." She smiled at Logan but his eyes were transfixed on the hole. "What is it Dad?"
"Grrrr.." Logan growled. "Damn poacher's traps! We're lucky it wasn't a steel trap. The damn thing woulda taken yer foot off."
Zero sighed. "C'mon, let's go back huh Dad?"
Logan took his gaze away from the hole and looked at Zero. "Yeah, yer a filthy mess anyways. We better getcha cleaned up." He smiled lopsidedly and put an arm around her shoulder.
"Hey, I was close ta findin' you right?" Zero asked, grinning.
Logan chuckled. "Ya did alright kiddo. We c'n still work on that."
Zero laughed and shook her head.
When they got back to the cabin there was a car in their driveway that hadn't been there before. Standing beside the car was a tall thin woman with mocha skin and long, silky, white hair.
Logan and Zero both recognized the woman. Zero yelled out, "Storm!!!"
Author's Note: So....how'd ya like it?? Was it good? Ok? Did it suck? If ya want more, or if ya wanna say what ya think, jus' review! *BAMF*
Summary: AU story, after a while of living in the mansion, Logan and his daughter try to work on the family they've got, and Logan decides she's in need of a mother. Storm just so happens to fit that description.
Light In The Dark chp2
Zero stopped in the grocery store and picked up the usual kinds of foods; bread, milk, cheese, meat and the occasional snack or junk food. When she was finished, she proceeded to check out and head back to the truck with her groceries.
While she was loading the food in the back of the truck, a guy around his twenties came up to her. He was tall, with dirty blonde hair, scruff on his face, and a bit of a beer gut. He had on faded blue jeans and an old brown flannel shirt with holes in it. She turned and glared at him for staring at her. He just looked at her and smiled. He was seriously starting to creep her out. She just ignored him and continued putting the groceries in the truck.
"Need any help with that?" The man asked in a kindly voice.
Zero didn't expect the strange man to sound so nice. She shook her head without looking at him. "No, I got it." She finished with the food and started to push the empty cart out of the way.
The man scratched at the scruff on his chin and looked at her. "Hey, you Logan's girl?"
Now Zero was getting curious. 'How the hell does he know my Dad?' She thought. She stared at the man pointedly. "And how the hell would you know?"
The man grinned and stuck his hands in his pockets. "The name's Greg. I work at the gas station down the road. Yer Dad's come up a few times, talks ta me once in a while. Y'look jus' like him. Got his attitude an' all." He smiled.
"Oh, ok then, Greg from the gas station." Zero still found the guy quite creepy and started to get in the truck. "Well I better head home, wouldn't want my Dad gettin' worried about me now. He can have quite a temper sometimes if he thinks somethin's happened to me." She directed her last words at the man and grinned at him. "Y'have a nice day now."
The man's eyes went wide and she took off, leaving a cloud of dust from the truck's tires.
When Zero got home, Logan was out on the porch, fixing the door. She pulled into the driveway and began unloading the truck. Logan stopped what he was doing to help her with the groceries.
"Hey darlin'." He reached into the bed of the truck and pulled out 8 bags of groceries.
"Hey Dad." She smiled and grabbed 6 bags herself. "What were ya doin' to the door?"
Logan stepped up the stairs to the porch and opened the door for Zero to get in. "Jus' fixin' up some rusty hinges. This place needs some work ta be done so I figured I'd get a head start."
They put the bags on the counter and began putting the food away. "I hope ya don't plan on doin' all this work at once. We jus' moved in here yesterday."
Logan half-smiled. "Better ta get it done now." He reached in a grocerie bag and pulled out a 2 liter bottle of soda. He lifted up the bottle and quirked an eyebrow, looking at Zero. "Dr. Pepper?"
Zero was putting away some milk and meats. She looked up. "Yeah, it's my favorite soda. B'sides I tried ta get ya some beer but y'know they said I wasn't old enough." Zero smiled.
Logan shook his head and pointed a finger at her jokingly. "Don't be such a smart-ass."
Zero laughed and finished putting everything away. "Hey Dad, y'know a guy named Greg that works at the gas station down the street?"
Logan looked up. "Yeah, why?"
"He came up to me when I was puttin' the food in the truck. He said he knew you and asked if I was yer daughter."
"Yeah I talked to him a few times before we came up here. When I used ta come for a few weekends. I told him I was movin' up with my daughter." Logan replied.
"He's kinda creepy." Zero said, putting the empty plastic bags in a cupboard.
Logan grunted. "He didn't touch you did he? 'Cos if he did I'll-"
Zero cut him off and put a hand on his arm. "No Daddy, it's ok, he didn't come too close."
Logan nodded. "Good."
"I jus' think he's creepy is all. Somethin' about him didn't smell right."
"Hmm.." Logan thought for a moment. "Speakin' of smellin', I oughtta start trainin' ya how ta use yer powers better."
Zero just looked at him. "I know howta use my powers." With a sharp *SNIKT!* her organic metal claws popped out from her knuckles on her right hand.
"I know that darlin', now put them things away." Logan chuckled.
Zero sheathed her claws and stared at him with her blue grey eyes. "So..what then?"
"I mean yer senses. We gotta work on that. Trackin' an' all. C'mon, let's go outside."
Zero sighed and followed Logan out into the back yard. He stood near the edge of the yard where the woods began and she walked over to him. Logan put his hands on her shoulders and stood her directly in front of him, facing her towards the opposite direction.
"Ok, now close yer eyes."
Zero turned around and looked at him. "What?!"
Logan turned her around again. "Jus' close yer eyes darlin'."
Zero closed her eyes as he had told her and waited.
"Now," Logan began. "Take in a deep breath through yer nose."
Zero breathed in all the scents around her.
"Ok, whaddaya smell?"
"I smell you." Zero replied, laughing.
Logan chuckled. "Ahright darlin' that's good."
"Dad, I know what you smell like, I don't think this is gonna help me. Can I open my eyes now?" She asked impatiently.
"Jus' wait Z." Logan paused. "You keep yer eyes closed and count ta ten slowly. I'm gonna head inta the woods and you try an' track me by my scent."
Zero sighed. "Hide an' seek Dad? I'm 17 fer cryin' out loud."
There was no answer.
"Dad?" She asked again.
Once again, no answer.
Zero opened her eyes and turned around. No one was there. "Damnit." She mumbled. "Ok, all I gotta do is follow his scent, that's it. This shouldn't be too hard right?" She thought to herself aloud. She sniffed the air and began to pick up on his scent. Heading into the woods, she tried using all her senses to locate Logan. 'Damn, I hope he's not movin' around.' She thought. 'I'll never find him that way.'
Going deeper into the woods, she continued to follow his strong scent of cigars, leather and other things that could only be her dad. Walking further and further, proved to get Zero more frustrated and she felt that she had been going in circles. Trying to run in order to stay with his scent occupied her attention and she wasn't looking where she was going. All of a sudden she felt the ground sink quickly beneath her as gravity dragged her down. Zero began falling until she hit something not so soft. She landed in a heap on the hard ground of dirt and rock. "Dad!!!" She yelled, from the 15 foot hole she found herself in.
Logan's ears perked at the sound of her voice. He was sitting on the opposite side of a fallen tree, surrounded by leaves. He immediately got to his feet and ran to where he heard Zero yelling.
When Logan got there, he found himself looking down into a hunter's trap with his only daughter trapped inside. "Zero! Y'ok darlin'?!"
Zero got to her feet and brushed the dirt off her clothes. She wiped the dust from her face with the sleave of her shirt and looked up, using her other hand to block the bright sun. "Yeah," She coughed from all the dirt and dust. "I'm okay. Jus' get me out!"
Logan looked around for something to anchor himself to, so he could reach her. "Don't worry, I'm gonna get ya back up here." He found a large root from a tree poking up from the dirt and laid down on the ground, wrapping his feet around it. Logan edged closer to the hole and reached down as far as he could. "Grab my hand darlin'!"
Zero stretched her arm out, but she couldn't reach his hand. She jumped up but couldn't get a strong enough grasp. "I can't reach!" She then got an idea. She unsheathed her claws and plunged them into the dirt wall within the hole. Zero began climbing up quickly but her claws were tearing away from the soft dirt. She almost fell, then she pushed off the wall with her feet and launched herself into the air. She reached for Logan's hand and he grabbed onto her wrist firmly.
"Gotcha!" He tightened his feet on the tree root that kept them both from falling back into the hole and pulled her up.
"Phew!" Zero sighed, leaning up against Logan, exhausted from the effort. "I thought I was gonna be stuck down there." She smiled at Logan but his eyes were transfixed on the hole. "What is it Dad?"
"Grrrr.." Logan growled. "Damn poacher's traps! We're lucky it wasn't a steel trap. The damn thing woulda taken yer foot off."
Zero sighed. "C'mon, let's go back huh Dad?"
Logan took his gaze away from the hole and looked at Zero. "Yeah, yer a filthy mess anyways. We better getcha cleaned up." He smiled lopsidedly and put an arm around her shoulder.
"Hey, I was close ta findin' you right?" Zero asked, grinning.
Logan chuckled. "Ya did alright kiddo. We c'n still work on that."
Zero laughed and shook her head.
When they got back to the cabin there was a car in their driveway that hadn't been there before. Standing beside the car was a tall thin woman with mocha skin and long, silky, white hair.
Logan and Zero both recognized the woman. Zero yelled out, "Storm!!!"
Author's Note: So....how'd ya like it?? Was it good? Ok? Did it suck? If ya want more, or if ya wanna say what ya think, jus' review! *BAMF*