Chapter Two: The Adamantium Woman

     One Week Later…

"So, what did she say her name was?" Jean Grey asked, looking seriously at Logan.

"Which one?" Logan asked. "Her real name or her code name?"

"Her real name, please Logan." Mary Anne Stevens, Jean's new assistant, replied.  "And stop making jokes, please Logan."

Mary Anne was a mutant girl of about 22 or 23 and her code name was "Aqua". She could manipulate the water and even turn herself into water. She was very good at what she did and her vast medical knowledge made her useful to Jean.  Logan liked Mary Anne, she was nice and all and pretty, but she had a habit of being way too serious in Logan's opinion.

"She said that her real name was Anastasia Riverson."  Logan said, coolly. Damned Bitch. He thought to himself. She's as big of a bitch sometimes as Cyclops is a dick.

Aqua's eyes widened in absolute shock. "Anastasia Riverson?" she asked. "Are you sure that's what she said her name was?'

"Positive." Logan said.

"Mary Anne, what's up?" Jean asked.

"Hold on a second." Aqua said, going over to a computer and typing in something. A few seconds later, some stuff appeared on the monitor and Aqua started to lecture.

"Anastasia Riverson, codename: 'Tigress'" she said. "She was a student here until about 2 or3 years ago. She was suddenly attacked by Sabretooth and then, no one ever saw her again. She was presumed dead, but I don't think that's the case. She couldn't have died. She can't feel physical pain, for one thing. She heals rapidly. And then, there's the condition of her skeletal system."

"What's wrong with it?" Logan asked.

"Nothing…except that it's just like yours." Aqua replied. " There's adamantium surgically grafted throughout the entire system. Now, since she is unable to feel pain, there is a distinct possibility that she could never feel what happened to her. Which would explain why she said that when she extracts her claws, she couldn't feel them coming out. However, whether or not she can feel emotional pain is unknown. She never bothered to tell anyone if she couldn't feel emotional pain. Until we know otherwise, I'm guessing that she can. Anyway, I know for a fact that she couldn't have died. Her skeletal system is far too tough and she heals too rapidly. So, she had to have simply vanished…I wonder why she came back."

"You're not the only one." Logan said. "It's been a week and yet I can't get her out if my head."

"Why not?" Jean asked.

"It's her scent." He replied. "It's lingering in my mind and I can't do anything about it."

    "Do you know why?" Aqua asked.

"No" he said. " I don't know, but I'm gonna find out."

He got up and turned to leave the room.

"Where are you going?" Jean called after him.

"To find her before she drives me nuts!"

"But Logan, you don't know anything about her!" Aqua cried.

"So? That's never stopped me before!"

With that, he left the room and a little while later, he left the school.

And little did he know that Tigress was watching him the entire time from the safety of a tree.

"Oh, how I'm gonna love driving you crazy, Wolvie" she purred to herself. "This is gonna be one fun game." She smiled to herself and decided to follow him.