"She is ready," Magneto announced to Mystique. They were watching a young girl of 15 years old. "But she is only a child." Mystique objected. Magneto glanced at her and said, "You're getting too attached. It's for the best, Mystique. For the future." Mystique left the room.

"Do you understand your objective?"

The girl answered Magneto with a nod. "I must infiltrate the Xavier University and turn the X-men against each other." She looked more like a robot when she said this. Magneto smirked and said, "Remember what they did to your father, Rachel. Let that guide you." Rachel's eyebrows furrowed. Rachel followed Magneto out of the room.

**********MEANWHILE****************************

"Logan, Scott has to leave for a while. He has to regroup his thoughts and just be alone. So, now it's just me and you." Storm told Logan as she sat down next to him on the window sill of his room. Logan just stared out the window, not at anything in particular. Maybe he was hoping to see Jean, walk up to that front door, perfectly safe. "Logan?" Storm put her hand over his. Logan could feel a tear come to his eye. He turned his head away from Storm. "Logan, we've got to move on. Jean wouldn't want us to just sit around crying." She put her hands on his shoulders. Logan looked to Storm. Tears were in his eyes. His voice was shaky, "But it hurts so much." Storm couldn't help, but hug him as to hide her own tears.

Rogue walked in. "Oh! I'm sorry." She began to walk out, when Logan called, "No wait! Come back. Please, Rogue." She turned back to him and walked toward the two. Seeing their tears she ran to them. Logan hugged her. Rogue was concerned to make sure that her skin wasn't touching his. He cried and she hugged him.

"Thank you, professor." A woman said. She was about 5'5" with black hair that fell to her mid back. Professor Charles Xavier smiled as he hired a new mutant doctor. Of course he felt the pain of the loss of Jean, but knew that they had to live on. Storm had just walked in. "Oh, Storm. This is the new doctor, Violet Cusack." Storm looked the new doctor over and then shook her hand. "And this is Storm, one of our X-men." Charles explained. He continued, "Storm, would you please show Miss Cusack to her quarters and then give her a tour of the school?" Storm nodded. She walked out with Violet following her.

"Will you be okay, Logan?" Rogue asked as she was walking out. Logan sat on his bed now. He sighed and said, "Yeah, kid. I'll be fine." She slowly closed the door. As she did, Bobby was walking toward her. "Rogue, did you meet the new doctor?" he asked. Rogue raised a brow, "Who is it?" Bobby grabbed Rogue's gloved hand and dragged her down the hall, where Violet was meeting all the kids. "Miss Violet, this is Rogue." Bobby announced. Rogue shook her hand with a smile. "Hello, Rogue! I'm Violet. I'll be your doctor now. I'm sorry to hear the bad news of Miss Jean." Rogue frowned a little but said in the most cheerful way she could, "I'm glad you're here, Violet. By the way, don't touch me." Violet raised a brow. "Cause if you do, you could die." Then Rogue walked away to her room. It's not that she didn't like the woman, she just loved to say that to people and get their reaction. "If you touch Rogue's skin, she will steal your power and energy from you. It's her mutation." Storm smiled. Violet nodded, relieved that the girl didn't hate her.

That evening, Rogue, Kurt, Bobby, and Kurt's cousin Kori were sitting outside on a picnic blanket. "Rogue, you are so cool!" the young 15 year old Kori exclaimed. Her hair was short and blue, except for the white strip in the front that she dyed. "She's a big fan of yours, Rogue." Kurt laughed. "I never knew I had a fan club." Rogue smiled. Bobby kept quiet. "Do I smell peanuts?!" Kori shouted. Suddenly she teleported, like Kurt. "Short attention span. poor thing." Kurt shook his head.

Logan was searching for something to eat in the kitchen. He opened up the food cabinet. Kori was in there chomping away on peanuts. Logan raised an eyebrow. "Want a peanut?!" Kori asked squeakily. Logan closed the pantry door and walked out the kitchen.

Rogue and Bobby decided to take a walk. They were on the edges of the Xavier property. "How is Logan?" Bobby asked. Rogue looked up at Logan's window and said, "Not good. He hasn't left his room in two weeks. I saw him in the kitchen a few days ago, but he quickly ran back to his room. I don't think he's eating. Storm's been trying to keep an eye on him. It's weird. Not even Scott was this bad." "Some people handle death better than others. Logan is just one of those unlucky ones that have it more difficult emotionally." Bobby said. They continued walking. "Do you think he'll ever be okay again?" she asked as she grabbed his hand. He smiled at her hand in his and answered, "I'm sure he will."

Just then Rogue and Bobby spotted a girl on the property they have never seen before. She had orange hair that reached to her lower back. She was about 5'6" in height and looked to be 15. "Who is that?" Bobby asked. Rogue started to drag Bobby saying, "I don't know, but we're gonna find out."

As they approached her, Rogue shouted, "Hey, you!" The girl turned her head and saw Rogue and Bobby running to her. She took off as fast as she could to the front door. Rogue was right behind her. When Rogue and Bobby entered the university, they couldn't find her. Rogue ran up the stairs. There she was! That girl was running down the hallway. "Stop!" Rogue yelled. The girl obeyed and turned around. She ran to Rogue. Rogue's eyes were wide open. The girl kicked Rogue in the stomach, pushing her to the floor. She went to slam her fist down into Rogue's face, when Rogue quickly rolled away.

Logan heard some shouts from outside his room. He stood up and walked to the door. He opened it to see Rogue in a fight with some girl he had never seen before. "Rogue, stop!" Logan yelled. Rogue looked at Logan. She realized how stupid she was for fighting this girl. That's when the girl revealed her Wolverine metal claws and started to run at Rogue again. Logan unleashed his claws and stopped the girl. Their claws clashed. Logan quickly hit her on the back of the head, knocking her out cold. Rogue stood in shock of what she just saw. "A kid. They did it to a kid." Logan picked up the girl and walked to the medical room. Rogue followed, "I'm sorry, Logan." He didn't answer.

When they entered the room, Violet was looking over Bobby's files. Logan laid the girl on a table. "Check her out, will ya?" Then he walked out. Violet stood up and walked to the girl. "Who was that?"

Rogue looked at the girl and replied, "That was Logan. He isn't well now. It's best if he sees as little of you as possible. You know what I mean?" Violet nodded. "And who is this? I didn't see her photo in any of my files."

"That's what we're trying to find out. She just appeared on the property and ran in here. She might be violent, so be careful." Rogue warned. She left the room.

It was 8pm, an hour from Rogue's battle. Storm barges into Logan's room. "Logan! I can't take it anymore! Just get out of bed! Go outside! Get some air!" She walked to the side of the bed further from the door. When she saw, Logan, she gasped. "Logan?! LOGAN!"