He looked at her. Among the madness, he saw her. And then, with an
exhausted smile, Emma closed her eyes.
**********
And opened them again, as someone shouted her name. She closed them immediately, wincing. "Ow."
"C'mon let's get out of here." She struggled for a moment to place the voice as she was helped up. "Kurt, get Wolverine out of here. She can walk." There was a sound of air displacement and the smell of brimstone.
"Scott?"
"Yeah, it's me."
Emma cracked open her eyes, fighting past the pain in her head. "I thought I told you to get out and call the Professor."
"You did."
"Oh." She closed her eyes as they stumbled into the light. "Remind me to give you detention."
**********
"Ah, she awakens."
"Mmph." Emma mumbled. "Where am I?"
"You're home Emma. At the institute."
"Oh good." She went back to sleep.
**********
A few days passed and she was allowed to leave the infirmary. She was walking around the garden with her uncle. It was the middle of the day on a Thursday, so the institute was blissfully quiet. Charles was going over what had happened while she had been recuperating. They had traced the drug to the school's water supply, which explained why he'd only had control of the teenage mutants. Psion had been taken to a mental institution, unable to even string two words together.
She frowned slightly. "Is that what I did?"
"I believe so, yes."
"Wow." Emma sat down on a stone bench. "I don't even know really how I did it."
Charles stopped in front of her. "Don't worry about it. You did what was necessary to protect yourself, and others. And for what it's worth, I'm impressed."
She smiled wryly. "Thanks."
Her uncle tilted his head slightly. "You're thinking of leaving?"
Emma raised an eyebrow. "Always poking around in my head, Charles?" She sighed. "Yes. There's... just something I've gotta do. I'll be back though."
**********
"I don't understand."
Emma didn't stop packing. "I know you don't. I'm not asking you to. This is just something I have to do."
Logan stood and stepped towards her, away from the bed. "Does it have anything to do with the scar on your face? I've noticed you're not hiding it any more."
She turned around. "Yes. I've come to terms with it." She smiled sadly. "I need hope Logan. Some of what Psion said to me... It rang true." She paused for a moment, her eyes brightening with tears. "I just think, maybe if I can show them, change their minds... If I can convince my parents that they don't need to fear me, then maybe I'll be able to believe that we can live together. Mutants and humans. I..." A tear slid down her cheek. "I just need some hope."
**********
"Are you sure you don't want to stay a few more days?"
"Yes Charles. The sooner I go, the sooner I'll be back." She smiled at her uncle and Ororo.
"Ach nein! You're not leaving?" The three of them turned to see the approaching teenagers.
"I'm afraid so my blue friend." They groaned. "Gee, I didn't know I was so loved!" She chuckled. "Don't worry, I made Logan promise not to take it out on you in training."
"But don't worry, it'll be just like normal." The man in question leaned on the car and smiled mercilessly.
The good-byes were said quickly by the majority, and Emma and Logan found themselves alone.
He pulled her close. "I wish I could go with you."
"I wish you could."
"But I can't."
"Nope." She sighed and rested her head on his chest. "I'll e-mail."
"Yeah."
"And I'll call."
"You'd better."
"I'll miss you." She pulled back and looked up at him.
"I'll miss you too." He leant down to kiss her, his hands sliding around her waist.
"Oh man, that's sick!"
Startled, they both quickly looked over at a sour faced Evan and giggling Kitty, peering at them from between the stair railings. Emma raised an eyebrow as her hand began to glow with electricity. They left at top speed.
She let the energy dissipate. "I should go."
"Yeah, I guess." He didn't let go.
"You're making this very hard."
"Mmm."
She sighed slightly. "Come on, don't pout. I am coming back. I promise you, I am coming back." He let her go. And she opened the door, sliding into the driver's seat. Logan gripped the door as she started to close it. She looked up at him questioningly.
"Listen, there's something I wanna tell you. I... I think I love you."
A flush spread over Emma's cheeks as she smiled widely. "Now I'm definitely coming back."
Finis.
A/N: Well, that's it guys. Thanks for all the reviews, they kept me writing! And as to Emma's return... Well I guess that's up to you, If you want another, let me know and I'll see what I can do. =]
**********
And opened them again, as someone shouted her name. She closed them immediately, wincing. "Ow."
"C'mon let's get out of here." She struggled for a moment to place the voice as she was helped up. "Kurt, get Wolverine out of here. She can walk." There was a sound of air displacement and the smell of brimstone.
"Scott?"
"Yeah, it's me."
Emma cracked open her eyes, fighting past the pain in her head. "I thought I told you to get out and call the Professor."
"You did."
"Oh." She closed her eyes as they stumbled into the light. "Remind me to give you detention."
**********
"Ah, she awakens."
"Mmph." Emma mumbled. "Where am I?"
"You're home Emma. At the institute."
"Oh good." She went back to sleep.
**********
A few days passed and she was allowed to leave the infirmary. She was walking around the garden with her uncle. It was the middle of the day on a Thursday, so the institute was blissfully quiet. Charles was going over what had happened while she had been recuperating. They had traced the drug to the school's water supply, which explained why he'd only had control of the teenage mutants. Psion had been taken to a mental institution, unable to even string two words together.
She frowned slightly. "Is that what I did?"
"I believe so, yes."
"Wow." Emma sat down on a stone bench. "I don't even know really how I did it."
Charles stopped in front of her. "Don't worry about it. You did what was necessary to protect yourself, and others. And for what it's worth, I'm impressed."
She smiled wryly. "Thanks."
Her uncle tilted his head slightly. "You're thinking of leaving?"
Emma raised an eyebrow. "Always poking around in my head, Charles?" She sighed. "Yes. There's... just something I've gotta do. I'll be back though."
**********
"I don't understand."
Emma didn't stop packing. "I know you don't. I'm not asking you to. This is just something I have to do."
Logan stood and stepped towards her, away from the bed. "Does it have anything to do with the scar on your face? I've noticed you're not hiding it any more."
She turned around. "Yes. I've come to terms with it." She smiled sadly. "I need hope Logan. Some of what Psion said to me... It rang true." She paused for a moment, her eyes brightening with tears. "I just think, maybe if I can show them, change their minds... If I can convince my parents that they don't need to fear me, then maybe I'll be able to believe that we can live together. Mutants and humans. I..." A tear slid down her cheek. "I just need some hope."
**********
"Are you sure you don't want to stay a few more days?"
"Yes Charles. The sooner I go, the sooner I'll be back." She smiled at her uncle and Ororo.
"Ach nein! You're not leaving?" The three of them turned to see the approaching teenagers.
"I'm afraid so my blue friend." They groaned. "Gee, I didn't know I was so loved!" She chuckled. "Don't worry, I made Logan promise not to take it out on you in training."
"But don't worry, it'll be just like normal." The man in question leaned on the car and smiled mercilessly.
The good-byes were said quickly by the majority, and Emma and Logan found themselves alone.
He pulled her close. "I wish I could go with you."
"I wish you could."
"But I can't."
"Nope." She sighed and rested her head on his chest. "I'll e-mail."
"Yeah."
"And I'll call."
"You'd better."
"I'll miss you." She pulled back and looked up at him.
"I'll miss you too." He leant down to kiss her, his hands sliding around her waist.
"Oh man, that's sick!"
Startled, they both quickly looked over at a sour faced Evan and giggling Kitty, peering at them from between the stair railings. Emma raised an eyebrow as her hand began to glow with electricity. They left at top speed.
She let the energy dissipate. "I should go."
"Yeah, I guess." He didn't let go.
"You're making this very hard."
"Mmm."
She sighed slightly. "Come on, don't pout. I am coming back. I promise you, I am coming back." He let her go. And she opened the door, sliding into the driver's seat. Logan gripped the door as she started to close it. She looked up at him questioningly.
"Listen, there's something I wanna tell you. I... I think I love you."
A flush spread over Emma's cheeks as she smiled widely. "Now I'm definitely coming back."
Finis.
A/N: Well, that's it guys. Thanks for all the reviews, they kept me writing! And as to Emma's return... Well I guess that's up to you, If you want another, let me know and I'll see what I can do. =]