Title-On Your Doorstep
Chapter-03
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Since it was getting dark already, Elsie and Rogue had a hard time seeing the intruder outside the window. Logan on the other hand, could see the man very cleary and was visibly tense.
"Elf get over here!" He called out to Kurt in the other room.
Kurt hopped off the bed quickly, and from the tone of Logan's voice, he knew something was up. Kitty and Bobby curiously followed into Elsie's room, anxious to know what was going on.
As Kurt neared the window, looking from it to Logan, he finally asked, "What?"
"Get me down there, now." Logan gripped Kurt's shoulder, preparing for the 'port.
Rogue looked at Logan, worried that he might do something rash. "Hey mebbe-" Before she could finish her sentence, Logan and Kurt were gone, a puff of smoke and the scent of brimstone the only trace they were in the room.
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In less than a few seconds, Kurt was back, without Logan.
Elsie walked up to him. "Kurt..."
The blue furred boy shrugged sheepishly. "He made me come back."
Elsie sighed. "Dammit!" She turned back to Kurt. "Take me out there."
Kurt shook his head. "I don't think he would-"
"Do it!" Elsie was growing tired of arguing.
Rogue nodded at Kurt. "G'won."
He sighed, taking hold of Elsie's hand......then they were gone.
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Outside, by the time Kurt and Elsie had gotten out there, Logan had the stranger pinned to the side of the house. He had his left forearm across the other guy's neck, and his right arm was poised back in a fist, ready to strike.
"Grrr...what the hell d'ya think yer doin' bub?!" He growled in the man's face.
"Logan don't!" Elsie called out, rushing toward them. She had recognized the man as soon as she was close enough.
Logan glared at Elsie and Kurt. "Elf! I told ya-"
"It's my fault, I made him." Elsie frowned and sighed, shifting her eyes to the man pinned to the house. "Let 'im go, it's just my deadbeat neighbor."
Logan's brows furrowed, glaring at the man who wreaked of alcohol and had the most drunk grin on his face that he had ever seen. He grunted. "What the hell're you doin'?"
Elsie shook her head. "He can't even talk when he's this drunk. Sometimes he wanders around here at night, nearly passed out. Really scares my ma when she sees him pass the window." She sighed sadly, gently putting her hand on Logan's arm that was still ready to strike. "Don't...okay?"
He finally let his arms drop, and Elsie's neighbor dropped to the ground, passed out now. "Hmph, well how 'bout I jus' take him back in his own yard now?"
Elsie turned to Nightcrawler. "You take him."
Kurt nodded, kneeling beside the man as Logan backed away. In a few seconds, the neighbor was gone, and Kurt was back where he was before he teleported.
Logan seemed disappointed that he didn't get to have any action and reluctantly allowed Kurt to take them back inside.
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It was late now, and everyone had settled into their sleeping spots, some of them not too happy with the arrangements.
Logan lay in bed, staring at the ceiling with his hands behind his head. He thought about what was going on in this universe, about earlier, about Grace. Logan couldn't stop thinking about Elsie's mother. 'She's so beautiful.' He thought to himself. 'But she has a husband, and she really cares 'bout the guy, I can tell.' Logan grunted, shaking the thoughts from his head.
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Meanwhile, in Elsie's room...Rogue was lying on her cot at the far end of the other girl's room, near the other window. She missed life in their universe, somewhat atleast. She felt like more of an outcast than back home, since there weren't even any mutants here. 'Atleast Elsie can accept us.' She thought. 'She's not even a mutant...so I guess there's hope for homo-sapiens yet.' Rogue smiled to herself, rolling onto her side and falling asleep, somewhat hoping to wake up in the x-mansion.
~~~~~~TBC...
Chapter-03
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Since it was getting dark already, Elsie and Rogue had a hard time seeing the intruder outside the window. Logan on the other hand, could see the man very cleary and was visibly tense.
"Elf get over here!" He called out to Kurt in the other room.
Kurt hopped off the bed quickly, and from the tone of Logan's voice, he knew something was up. Kitty and Bobby curiously followed into Elsie's room, anxious to know what was going on.
As Kurt neared the window, looking from it to Logan, he finally asked, "What?"
"Get me down there, now." Logan gripped Kurt's shoulder, preparing for the 'port.
Rogue looked at Logan, worried that he might do something rash. "Hey mebbe-" Before she could finish her sentence, Logan and Kurt were gone, a puff of smoke and the scent of brimstone the only trace they were in the room.
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In less than a few seconds, Kurt was back, without Logan.
Elsie walked up to him. "Kurt..."
The blue furred boy shrugged sheepishly. "He made me come back."
Elsie sighed. "Dammit!" She turned back to Kurt. "Take me out there."
Kurt shook his head. "I don't think he would-"
"Do it!" Elsie was growing tired of arguing.
Rogue nodded at Kurt. "G'won."
He sighed, taking hold of Elsie's hand......then they were gone.
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Outside, by the time Kurt and Elsie had gotten out there, Logan had the stranger pinned to the side of the house. He had his left forearm across the other guy's neck, and his right arm was poised back in a fist, ready to strike.
"Grrr...what the hell d'ya think yer doin' bub?!" He growled in the man's face.
"Logan don't!" Elsie called out, rushing toward them. She had recognized the man as soon as she was close enough.
Logan glared at Elsie and Kurt. "Elf! I told ya-"
"It's my fault, I made him." Elsie frowned and sighed, shifting her eyes to the man pinned to the house. "Let 'im go, it's just my deadbeat neighbor."
Logan's brows furrowed, glaring at the man who wreaked of alcohol and had the most drunk grin on his face that he had ever seen. He grunted. "What the hell're you doin'?"
Elsie shook her head. "He can't even talk when he's this drunk. Sometimes he wanders around here at night, nearly passed out. Really scares my ma when she sees him pass the window." She sighed sadly, gently putting her hand on Logan's arm that was still ready to strike. "Don't...okay?"
He finally let his arms drop, and Elsie's neighbor dropped to the ground, passed out now. "Hmph, well how 'bout I jus' take him back in his own yard now?"
Elsie turned to Nightcrawler. "You take him."
Kurt nodded, kneeling beside the man as Logan backed away. In a few seconds, the neighbor was gone, and Kurt was back where he was before he teleported.
Logan seemed disappointed that he didn't get to have any action and reluctantly allowed Kurt to take them back inside.
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It was late now, and everyone had settled into their sleeping spots, some of them not too happy with the arrangements.
Logan lay in bed, staring at the ceiling with his hands behind his head. He thought about what was going on in this universe, about earlier, about Grace. Logan couldn't stop thinking about Elsie's mother. 'She's so beautiful.' He thought to himself. 'But she has a husband, and she really cares 'bout the guy, I can tell.' Logan grunted, shaking the thoughts from his head.
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Meanwhile, in Elsie's room...Rogue was lying on her cot at the far end of the other girl's room, near the other window. She missed life in their universe, somewhat atleast. She felt like more of an outcast than back home, since there weren't even any mutants here. 'Atleast Elsie can accept us.' She thought. 'She's not even a mutant...so I guess there's hope for homo-sapiens yet.' Rogue smiled to herself, rolling onto her side and falling asleep, somewhat hoping to wake up in the x-mansion.
~~~~~~TBC...