Disclaimor: Sadly to say I don't own the x-men, I only own Wolverine, he's mine....hehehe ::gets elbowed by muse:: Ow! Ok OK!!! I don't own Wolvie either...*grumble*grumble* Yeah so don't sue. U wouldn't get a cent anyway.
Some of the text in this chapter was taken straight from the comics so don't sue! They're not mine.
Author's Note: This is my first Ult.X-Men fic, I have been reading the comics for awhile but I mostly write Evo. fics.
Summary: Ult.X-Men Universe. Takes place after issue 21 but without Jean and the pheonix thing at the end. Logan gets to talking with Kitty and a sidekick relationship ensues.
A/N: Ok, i haven't really been workin' on this fic, but after reading ish.#23 I got some ideas. The beginning of this is going to overlap what happened in issues 22-23 a little bit so bear with me here. Oh yeah, and Jean is just starting to have problems with her telepathy and seeing the pheonix and stuff just so you know, but she's not really gonna be present much if at all so it doesn't really matter. Alright i just thought i'd tell you some things that might help you to understand this better. I hope that helped. Please R+R. thnx!
My Second Shadow chp.3
The rest of the day went by rather quickly and Kitty hadn't ran into Logan much at all. She was now in the map room talking with Scott as he looked over a few things. She was practicing with her powers and getting rather good at it too.
"How do you feel about the name Shadowcat, Cyclops?" Kitty asked as she phased through the map that Scott was looking at.
"What?"
"I've been trying to come up with a cool super hero name like the ones you guys have, but it's really hard not to come off like some crap Saturday morning cartoon show. Do you think Shadowcat sums up my powers well enough or do you think I should go for something else?"
"I think you should be studying for your physics paper, Kitty." Cyclops retorted.
Kitty came up out of the map and stood beside Scott. "Tried that and it was death-by-boredom, Scotty. What are you doing here anyway? Some kind of geography homework?"
"No, Colossus and I might be going on a mission to the Savage Land tomorrow morning. I'm just refamiliarizing with the topography before we leave."
"The Savage Land's where Magneto used to live, right? I thought the place was some kind of disaster Zone now. It said on TV nobody's allowed in or out." Kitty looked up at Scott.
"Yeah, but the military have been in there for six months stripping the place apart and looking for anything bright and shiny they might be able to patent. Twenty-four hours ago, the Pentagon lost all radio communication and the Professor volunteered to send an X-team in to find out what happened."
Kitty smiled and dove into the map, phasing through. "Sound's cool. You think he'd let me tag along?"
"Not a chance." Cyclops frowned.
Kitty returned, upside-down from the ceiling, startling Scott. "C'mon, you've seen how good I'm getting with these phasing powers. I was running rings around you guys in the Danger Room this morning."
He looked up at her. "I couldn't care less. Your Mom specifically asked us to restrict your training to power control, Kitty. Missions into jungle hellholes are strictly off limits."
They continued to argue a bit more, when Wolverine stepped in out of the shadows. He was a bit drunk and began to argue with Cyclops. Logan was mentioning about Scott thinking he was better than him and everything. Especially since Jean was now with Cyclops. Logan began to insult him and make a few comments about Jean.
Scott got angry and punched Logan, knocking him down. They began fighting and Scott yelled for Kitty to get the Professor and have him put them both in detention before they trashed the place.
By the time the Professor had gotten there, Scott had blasted Logan through a wall although Logan hadn't been using his powers. Wolverine went berserk and unsheathed his claws, making a roaring leap towards Cyclops. The Prof. had stopped Wolverine in his attack with his powers and he fell to the ground unconscious.
"SCOTT!" The Professor called out. "What on Earth do you think you're doing?!"
Scott turned to the Professor, his face swelling with bruises. "Only trying to defend myself, sir."
"By throwing the first punch in a fight?" The Prof. scorned. "I don't care if he insulted your girlfriend, Mister Summers. This is not the Wild West and I will not tolerate these childish testosterone outbursts. Supposing he'd killed you?"
"I'm not scared of Wolverine, sir." Scott replied, looking at Logan, still on the floor.
The Professor wheeled over to them. "Well, you should be, Scott. Because tonight's the night I put Magneto through his psychic rehabilitation hour and, if I'd already left, you'd be on the floor in pieces."
Scott frowned.
"I'm placing you both in cerebral detention for the night to think about what you've done and I'm slowing time down to an eighth."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
The next night Professor Xavier had sent Wolverine to go with Cyclops to the Savage Land, replacing Colossus. Neither of the two were happy about this and had to try very hard to get along.
They got out of the jet and started looking around the area where the marines were.
Cyclops looked over at Logan. "Well, what's the verdict, Wolverine?"
"The marines are dead all right, but it wasn't no animals that killed them. The entire troop was taken down before anyone could fire a shot and their bodies were dragged away."
"Direction?"
Logan sniffed the air. "North."
They took off into the jungle of the Savage Land and Cyclops tried having a conversation with Wolverine and maybe find something they had in common.
Logan was getting annoyed with Cyclops by this point, and he had no idea why Scott actually cared. "Summers, would you do me a favor?" Logan asked. "Would you stop trying to find something we got in common, 'coz I ain't ever gonna like you, bub."
"What?" Cyclops was surprised.
Wolverine put up a hand to silence him, and tucked the orange light stick he was holding, under his belt. "Shut up a second!" He listened carefully as the wind blew. "Stand still and don't make a sound..."
A second later, a T-Rex came out of the jungle, chasing after a smaller dinosaur. It stepped right over Cyclops and Wolverine, who were standing still as stone. As the humungous creature passed by, Wolverine watched on.
"That was a dinosaur, by the way."
"Really? I hadn't noticed." Cyclops retorted.
All of a sudden they heard screaming coming from the bushes behind them.
Logan popped his claws and stuck them in the face of whatever was coming out of the bush. "KITTY?!"
Kitty stopped dead in her tracks, staring at Wolverine's claws. "Oh my God! I just saw a spider the size of a dog and freaked out for a second. I'm totally sorry, Wolverine. I'm cool now. Seriously!"
Cyclops glared at her, after getting over the initial shock that it was Kitty. "How the heck did you get here?"
"Uh, I hitched a ride in the back of the Blackbird and stayed intagible for the whole trip, Cyclops. You know, so Wolverine wouldn't pick up my scent or anything?" She smiled sheepishly. "You angry?"
"No, because you're heading back now to sit in the plane with the cloaking device on, Kitty. Like I said, your Mom made it clear she didn't want you on these missions and, quite frankly, we're all a little scared of her." Cyclops pointed to the direction of the Blackbird.
"Oh, c'mon, Scott. I won't tell her if you don't..." Kitty begged.
Cyclops began getting angry. "Kitty, this isn't the Danger Room, honey. Whatever Magneto left behind here's just taken down a hundred Special Forces guys and disappeared with their corpses. Go back to the plane and watch some DVDs or something. I think Storm's got all those Adam Sandler ones under her seat."
Kitty's face got serious and she pointed a finger at Scott. "You gonna make me?"
"Absolutely."
Kitty's eyes got wide at the sudden gruff voice behind her that belonged to Wolverine. "Okay, but I want you to know I think you're treating me like a child and I'm really not happy about this." She began to storm off, back to the jet.
"Don't let the bedbugs bite, sugar-plum." Wolverine teased.
All of a sudden Wolverine froze and got a whiff of an unsettling scent. "Kitty don't move!" He yelled.
Cyclops saw the serious stone look in his face and didn't budge.
Kitty heard some rumbling noises and the ground under her feet began to shake.
About twenty or so, smaller dinosaurs, about eight feet in height, came charging through the trees. Another T-Rex was on their tails and this created a dangerous stampede.
"Ahhhh!!!!" Kitty shrieked and started running towards Wolverine and Cyclops.
"Kitty lookout!" Wolverine yelled, diving towards her and tumbling with her to the ground, as the T-Rex stepped where Kitty had been.
Cyclops couldn't see what was going on, through the herd of dinosaurs that were still rushing to get away from the gigantic tyrannosaurus. "Kitty!!! Wolverine!!!"
Wolverine got up off the ground and Kitty got up after him. "Oh my God! That was soooo close!"
Wolverines's ears perked as he sniffed the air and slowly turned around. There was a raptor standing behind him, sniffing at his back. "Run." He mumbled to Kitty.
"What?" She turned around, just noticing the raptor.
"RUN!" Wolverine yelled, as he and Kitty took off running.
Cyclops finally caught sight of them and the deadly dinosaur on their tails. He was in the clear, so he clicked on his visor and blasted at the creature.
Kitty was scared out of her mind, not having any idea what was going on, and kept on running.
"Kitty wait!" Logan yelled after her, but she couldn't hear him anymore. He started heading after Kitty.
"Wolverine!! Wait!" Cyclops called after him, but he wouldn't listen.
"I'm goin' after Kitty! Just head back to the Blackbird and we'll meet you back there!!" Wolverine yelled back and continued into the jungle.
Cyclops sighed angrily and figured it wasn't worth arguing with Wolverine right now. He checked around for more dinosaurs and headed back to the jet. It was getting dark, but atleast Wolverine had the light stick, so they would be able to see. As much as Cyclops didn't like Wolverine's methods of doing things, he knew that Logan would be the best one to find Kitty quickly and bring her back to the jet safe.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Wolverine continued walking, catching Kitty's scent and following it to a clearing. There was a downed tree near the far edge of the clearing and he headed towards it. He heard some heavy breathing and figured it was Kitty, although he couldn't catch a scent because the wind kept changing direction.
As he got closer to the log, he jumped over it swiftly, hearing a gasp from behind.
Kitty smacked Logan on the arm. "Geeze Wolverine! You scared me." She whispered.
"Why are you whispering?" He asked, confused.
"Shh!" Kitty hushed him. "I think one of those dinosaurs is back there." She said, pointing out over the tree she was hiding behind.
Wolverine peered through the darkness, but couldn't see too much. Incase Kitty was right about the dinosaur, he didn't use the light stick he had under his belt. "Hmm..could be. The wind keeps shiftin' and I can't catch a scent."
Kitty huddled closer to the log and stayed low to the ground.
Wolverine kept staring out into the dark, keeping silent. He took in a sharp breath and Kitty turned her attention to him. "What is it?" She whispered quietly.
"You were right about the dinosaur." He replied gruffly.
Kitty's eyes went wide and she suddenly was getting scared. "What do we do?"
Logan started getting up very slowly and quietly. "Keep low to the ground and come with me." He whispered.
They both got up as careful as possible and headed into the jungle. Within seconds they heard heavy footsteps behind them.
"Kitty run!" Wolverine started picking up the pace, keeping Kitty infront of him so he could keep an eye on her.
Kitty tried moving faster. "Where?! I can't see, it's too dark!"
Wolverine took a chance and pulled out the light stick, bringing attention to themselves. He looked around, the light having actually made it a bit harder to see beyond it's own glow. "There!" He yelled, as they kept moving. Logan pointed to a small cave.
Kitty ran to it and Wolverine yelled for her to quickly crawl inside. The opening was small and she was curious how Wolverine expected to get in. She followed his orders and got inside.
"Whatever happens, stay in there!" Wolverine yelled, as he heard the dinosaurs approaching.
Kitty got nervous and huddled into the corner of the low ceiling cave, intently peering out, but unable to see what was going on.
As the raptors got closer, Wolverine realized they were circling in on him. When one of the dinosaurs was in sight, he tossed the light in the cave for Kitty and told her to shut it off and stay still.
Logan unsheathed his claws as two of them attacked. One from infront of him, and another behind. Before the one at the front got too close, Wolverine pounced on it, slashing with his claws. The one from behind leaped onto his back and began to dig into his flesh with the talons on its feet. Logan roared out in pain, spinning around and slicing through it's neck.
Kitty clutched her knees to her chest in the dark cave and closed her eyes. She was scared to see what was happening outside but she could still hear all the fighting and it rattled her nerves.
After slashing a few limbs from the raptors, there were only a few left that would still attack Wolverine. They continued clawing at his chest and stomach although he didn't let up. When he got a chance, Logan took one last pained effort and made a break for the cave entrance.
Kitty jumped slightly and opened her eyes. Wolverine was trying to get in, but the opening was too small. She had no idea if it would work, but she quickly got to the entrance, grabbed his arm and tried phasing him in.
She took in a deep breath, thankful that her plan had worked. She looked at Logan as he dragged himself to the wall and leaned against it, holding onto his stomach. "Oh my God Wolverine, are you okay?"
Logan grunted. "Yeah, I'll be fine."
Kitty peered out the entrance of the cave and saw large, taloned feet walking by. "They're still out there?"
Logan nodded. "Yep. It doesn't seem like they're plannin' on leavin' either. Looks like it's gonna be a long night."
Kitty reached for the orange light stick that Logan had tossed her before, and turned it on. She looked at Logan, noticing there was blood all over his uniform and slashes on his chest.
Wolverine saw her staring at him. "It's not as bad as it looks." He grinned. "It'll be all healed up by mornin', atleast."
Kitty looked away and shivered, before turning out the light. "Man, it's cold out here."
Logan grunted.
Kitty huddled closer to Logan and leaned against him. He groaned softly as she hit a sore spot near his ribs.
"Eh, sorry." Kitty smiled apologetically, and moved away a little.
"It's okay." Logan smiled and motioned for her to lay back against him. He put his arm around her and she shivered again. "It's gonna get pretty cold tonight, y'better keep close."
Kitty yawned and pulled up the zipper on her sweatshirt.
Logan tried staying awake to keep watch, as Kitty soon fell asleep. He wondered about Scott and figured he'd hear it from him as soon as they got back.
A/N: so whaddya think? please review if u want this story to continue. *BAMF*
Some of the text in this chapter was taken straight from the comics so don't sue! They're not mine.
Author's Note: This is my first Ult.X-Men fic, I have been reading the comics for awhile but I mostly write Evo. fics.
Summary: Ult.X-Men Universe. Takes place after issue 21 but without Jean and the pheonix thing at the end. Logan gets to talking with Kitty and a sidekick relationship ensues.
A/N: Ok, i haven't really been workin' on this fic, but after reading ish.#23 I got some ideas. The beginning of this is going to overlap what happened in issues 22-23 a little bit so bear with me here. Oh yeah, and Jean is just starting to have problems with her telepathy and seeing the pheonix and stuff just so you know, but she's not really gonna be present much if at all so it doesn't really matter. Alright i just thought i'd tell you some things that might help you to understand this better. I hope that helped. Please R+R. thnx!
My Second Shadow chp.3
The rest of the day went by rather quickly and Kitty hadn't ran into Logan much at all. She was now in the map room talking with Scott as he looked over a few things. She was practicing with her powers and getting rather good at it too.
"How do you feel about the name Shadowcat, Cyclops?" Kitty asked as she phased through the map that Scott was looking at.
"What?"
"I've been trying to come up with a cool super hero name like the ones you guys have, but it's really hard not to come off like some crap Saturday morning cartoon show. Do you think Shadowcat sums up my powers well enough or do you think I should go for something else?"
"I think you should be studying for your physics paper, Kitty." Cyclops retorted.
Kitty came up out of the map and stood beside Scott. "Tried that and it was death-by-boredom, Scotty. What are you doing here anyway? Some kind of geography homework?"
"No, Colossus and I might be going on a mission to the Savage Land tomorrow morning. I'm just refamiliarizing with the topography before we leave."
"The Savage Land's where Magneto used to live, right? I thought the place was some kind of disaster Zone now. It said on TV nobody's allowed in or out." Kitty looked up at Scott.
"Yeah, but the military have been in there for six months stripping the place apart and looking for anything bright and shiny they might be able to patent. Twenty-four hours ago, the Pentagon lost all radio communication and the Professor volunteered to send an X-team in to find out what happened."
Kitty smiled and dove into the map, phasing through. "Sound's cool. You think he'd let me tag along?"
"Not a chance." Cyclops frowned.
Kitty returned, upside-down from the ceiling, startling Scott. "C'mon, you've seen how good I'm getting with these phasing powers. I was running rings around you guys in the Danger Room this morning."
He looked up at her. "I couldn't care less. Your Mom specifically asked us to restrict your training to power control, Kitty. Missions into jungle hellholes are strictly off limits."
They continued to argue a bit more, when Wolverine stepped in out of the shadows. He was a bit drunk and began to argue with Cyclops. Logan was mentioning about Scott thinking he was better than him and everything. Especially since Jean was now with Cyclops. Logan began to insult him and make a few comments about Jean.
Scott got angry and punched Logan, knocking him down. They began fighting and Scott yelled for Kitty to get the Professor and have him put them both in detention before they trashed the place.
By the time the Professor had gotten there, Scott had blasted Logan through a wall although Logan hadn't been using his powers. Wolverine went berserk and unsheathed his claws, making a roaring leap towards Cyclops. The Prof. had stopped Wolverine in his attack with his powers and he fell to the ground unconscious.
"SCOTT!" The Professor called out. "What on Earth do you think you're doing?!"
Scott turned to the Professor, his face swelling with bruises. "Only trying to defend myself, sir."
"By throwing the first punch in a fight?" The Prof. scorned. "I don't care if he insulted your girlfriend, Mister Summers. This is not the Wild West and I will not tolerate these childish testosterone outbursts. Supposing he'd killed you?"
"I'm not scared of Wolverine, sir." Scott replied, looking at Logan, still on the floor.
The Professor wheeled over to them. "Well, you should be, Scott. Because tonight's the night I put Magneto through his psychic rehabilitation hour and, if I'd already left, you'd be on the floor in pieces."
Scott frowned.
"I'm placing you both in cerebral detention for the night to think about what you've done and I'm slowing time down to an eighth."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
The next night Professor Xavier had sent Wolverine to go with Cyclops to the Savage Land, replacing Colossus. Neither of the two were happy about this and had to try very hard to get along.
They got out of the jet and started looking around the area where the marines were.
Cyclops looked over at Logan. "Well, what's the verdict, Wolverine?"
"The marines are dead all right, but it wasn't no animals that killed them. The entire troop was taken down before anyone could fire a shot and their bodies were dragged away."
"Direction?"
Logan sniffed the air. "North."
They took off into the jungle of the Savage Land and Cyclops tried having a conversation with Wolverine and maybe find something they had in common.
Logan was getting annoyed with Cyclops by this point, and he had no idea why Scott actually cared. "Summers, would you do me a favor?" Logan asked. "Would you stop trying to find something we got in common, 'coz I ain't ever gonna like you, bub."
"What?" Cyclops was surprised.
Wolverine put up a hand to silence him, and tucked the orange light stick he was holding, under his belt. "Shut up a second!" He listened carefully as the wind blew. "Stand still and don't make a sound..."
A second later, a T-Rex came out of the jungle, chasing after a smaller dinosaur. It stepped right over Cyclops and Wolverine, who were standing still as stone. As the humungous creature passed by, Wolverine watched on.
"That was a dinosaur, by the way."
"Really? I hadn't noticed." Cyclops retorted.
All of a sudden they heard screaming coming from the bushes behind them.
Logan popped his claws and stuck them in the face of whatever was coming out of the bush. "KITTY?!"
Kitty stopped dead in her tracks, staring at Wolverine's claws. "Oh my God! I just saw a spider the size of a dog and freaked out for a second. I'm totally sorry, Wolverine. I'm cool now. Seriously!"
Cyclops glared at her, after getting over the initial shock that it was Kitty. "How the heck did you get here?"
"Uh, I hitched a ride in the back of the Blackbird and stayed intagible for the whole trip, Cyclops. You know, so Wolverine wouldn't pick up my scent or anything?" She smiled sheepishly. "You angry?"
"No, because you're heading back now to sit in the plane with the cloaking device on, Kitty. Like I said, your Mom made it clear she didn't want you on these missions and, quite frankly, we're all a little scared of her." Cyclops pointed to the direction of the Blackbird.
"Oh, c'mon, Scott. I won't tell her if you don't..." Kitty begged.
Cyclops began getting angry. "Kitty, this isn't the Danger Room, honey. Whatever Magneto left behind here's just taken down a hundred Special Forces guys and disappeared with their corpses. Go back to the plane and watch some DVDs or something. I think Storm's got all those Adam Sandler ones under her seat."
Kitty's face got serious and she pointed a finger at Scott. "You gonna make me?"
"Absolutely."
Kitty's eyes got wide at the sudden gruff voice behind her that belonged to Wolverine. "Okay, but I want you to know I think you're treating me like a child and I'm really not happy about this." She began to storm off, back to the jet.
"Don't let the bedbugs bite, sugar-plum." Wolverine teased.
All of a sudden Wolverine froze and got a whiff of an unsettling scent. "Kitty don't move!" He yelled.
Cyclops saw the serious stone look in his face and didn't budge.
Kitty heard some rumbling noises and the ground under her feet began to shake.
About twenty or so, smaller dinosaurs, about eight feet in height, came charging through the trees. Another T-Rex was on their tails and this created a dangerous stampede.
"Ahhhh!!!!" Kitty shrieked and started running towards Wolverine and Cyclops.
"Kitty lookout!" Wolverine yelled, diving towards her and tumbling with her to the ground, as the T-Rex stepped where Kitty had been.
Cyclops couldn't see what was going on, through the herd of dinosaurs that were still rushing to get away from the gigantic tyrannosaurus. "Kitty!!! Wolverine!!!"
Wolverine got up off the ground and Kitty got up after him. "Oh my God! That was soooo close!"
Wolverines's ears perked as he sniffed the air and slowly turned around. There was a raptor standing behind him, sniffing at his back. "Run." He mumbled to Kitty.
"What?" She turned around, just noticing the raptor.
"RUN!" Wolverine yelled, as he and Kitty took off running.
Cyclops finally caught sight of them and the deadly dinosaur on their tails. He was in the clear, so he clicked on his visor and blasted at the creature.
Kitty was scared out of her mind, not having any idea what was going on, and kept on running.
"Kitty wait!" Logan yelled after her, but she couldn't hear him anymore. He started heading after Kitty.
"Wolverine!! Wait!" Cyclops called after him, but he wouldn't listen.
"I'm goin' after Kitty! Just head back to the Blackbird and we'll meet you back there!!" Wolverine yelled back and continued into the jungle.
Cyclops sighed angrily and figured it wasn't worth arguing with Wolverine right now. He checked around for more dinosaurs and headed back to the jet. It was getting dark, but atleast Wolverine had the light stick, so they would be able to see. As much as Cyclops didn't like Wolverine's methods of doing things, he knew that Logan would be the best one to find Kitty quickly and bring her back to the jet safe.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Wolverine continued walking, catching Kitty's scent and following it to a clearing. There was a downed tree near the far edge of the clearing and he headed towards it. He heard some heavy breathing and figured it was Kitty, although he couldn't catch a scent because the wind kept changing direction.
As he got closer to the log, he jumped over it swiftly, hearing a gasp from behind.
Kitty smacked Logan on the arm. "Geeze Wolverine! You scared me." She whispered.
"Why are you whispering?" He asked, confused.
"Shh!" Kitty hushed him. "I think one of those dinosaurs is back there." She said, pointing out over the tree she was hiding behind.
Wolverine peered through the darkness, but couldn't see too much. Incase Kitty was right about the dinosaur, he didn't use the light stick he had under his belt. "Hmm..could be. The wind keeps shiftin' and I can't catch a scent."
Kitty huddled closer to the log and stayed low to the ground.
Wolverine kept staring out into the dark, keeping silent. He took in a sharp breath and Kitty turned her attention to him. "What is it?" She whispered quietly.
"You were right about the dinosaur." He replied gruffly.
Kitty's eyes went wide and she suddenly was getting scared. "What do we do?"
Logan started getting up very slowly and quietly. "Keep low to the ground and come with me." He whispered.
They both got up as careful as possible and headed into the jungle. Within seconds they heard heavy footsteps behind them.
"Kitty run!" Wolverine started picking up the pace, keeping Kitty infront of him so he could keep an eye on her.
Kitty tried moving faster. "Where?! I can't see, it's too dark!"
Wolverine took a chance and pulled out the light stick, bringing attention to themselves. He looked around, the light having actually made it a bit harder to see beyond it's own glow. "There!" He yelled, as they kept moving. Logan pointed to a small cave.
Kitty ran to it and Wolverine yelled for her to quickly crawl inside. The opening was small and she was curious how Wolverine expected to get in. She followed his orders and got inside.
"Whatever happens, stay in there!" Wolverine yelled, as he heard the dinosaurs approaching.
Kitty got nervous and huddled into the corner of the low ceiling cave, intently peering out, but unable to see what was going on.
As the raptors got closer, Wolverine realized they were circling in on him. When one of the dinosaurs was in sight, he tossed the light in the cave for Kitty and told her to shut it off and stay still.
Logan unsheathed his claws as two of them attacked. One from infront of him, and another behind. Before the one at the front got too close, Wolverine pounced on it, slashing with his claws. The one from behind leaped onto his back and began to dig into his flesh with the talons on its feet. Logan roared out in pain, spinning around and slicing through it's neck.
Kitty clutched her knees to her chest in the dark cave and closed her eyes. She was scared to see what was happening outside but she could still hear all the fighting and it rattled her nerves.
After slashing a few limbs from the raptors, there were only a few left that would still attack Wolverine. They continued clawing at his chest and stomach although he didn't let up. When he got a chance, Logan took one last pained effort and made a break for the cave entrance.
Kitty jumped slightly and opened her eyes. Wolverine was trying to get in, but the opening was too small. She had no idea if it would work, but she quickly got to the entrance, grabbed his arm and tried phasing him in.
She took in a deep breath, thankful that her plan had worked. She looked at Logan as he dragged himself to the wall and leaned against it, holding onto his stomach. "Oh my God Wolverine, are you okay?"
Logan grunted. "Yeah, I'll be fine."
Kitty peered out the entrance of the cave and saw large, taloned feet walking by. "They're still out there?"
Logan nodded. "Yep. It doesn't seem like they're plannin' on leavin' either. Looks like it's gonna be a long night."
Kitty reached for the orange light stick that Logan had tossed her before, and turned it on. She looked at Logan, noticing there was blood all over his uniform and slashes on his chest.
Wolverine saw her staring at him. "It's not as bad as it looks." He grinned. "It'll be all healed up by mornin', atleast."
Kitty looked away and shivered, before turning out the light. "Man, it's cold out here."
Logan grunted.
Kitty huddled closer to Logan and leaned against him. He groaned softly as she hit a sore spot near his ribs.
"Eh, sorry." Kitty smiled apologetically, and moved away a little.
"It's okay." Logan smiled and motioned for her to lay back against him. He put his arm around her and she shivered again. "It's gonna get pretty cold tonight, y'better keep close."
Kitty yawned and pulled up the zipper on her sweatshirt.
Logan tried staying awake to keep watch, as Kitty soon fell asleep. He wondered about Scott and figured he'd hear it from him as soon as they got back.
A/N: so whaddya think? please review if u want this story to continue. *BAMF*