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*I can't see that thief

That lives inside of your head

But I can be some courage at

The side of you bed

I don't know what's happening

And I can't pretend*

 --Thief by Our Lady Peace—

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    ~Two years earlier~

 The yellow crayon rolled off the table and fell to the floor landing with a slight bounce before it settled next to the leg of the wooden chair. Two more crayons, pink and green, met the same fate as the yellow crayon as they too rolled off the table and fell to the floor. Madison set down her black crayon and reached for another color from the box pushing the black crayon off the edge as she did so. Her hand met an empty crayon box causing a slight twitch at the corners of her mouth. Carefully she felt around for another crayon on the table and found nothing but the paper she had been coloring on. Logan sauntered in on the scene and stopped dead in his tracks. A whole box of 24 crayons were scattered on the floor around the chair that Madison was currently seated in.

 "Wogan?" Madison squeaked in her usual tiny voice, "I can't find my crayons. Will you help me wook for them?" She said tilting her head to the side.

Logan raised an eyebrow, how did she know he had been standing there?

 "Sure darlin'," He said clearing his throat as he stepped up to the table, "Ya keep knockin' 'em off the table, darlin'." He chuckled as he bent down to retrieve some of the crayons. Madison smiled and hopped of her chair to help pick up the crayons. Her hands wandered over the floor blindly every now and then stumbling across a crayon she had dropped. Logan watched with slight amusement as she went in circles with her hand just missing the last crayon every time.

 "Almost darlin'," He smirked pushing the crayon into her path.

Madison smiled in triumph as her hand came across the last crayon and she stood up dumping the handful of crayons she had back onto the table. Logan sighed and picked up the two that had fallen back onto the floor then began the task of putting all the crayons back into the box.

 "What were ya drawin' there?" He asked casually glancing at the paper Madison had been coloring on.

Madison climbed back up into her chair and picked up the, "It's for you." She smiled holding out the picture in front of her.

 Logan furrowed his eyebrows and took the picture. Scribbles of every color filled the paper; there were even a few misshapen stick figures with their head's and other limbs separated from their bodies.

 Logan quirked an eyebrow at the picture, "Thanks darlin'." He said as he looked over the picture again. 

Madison smiled happily, "Can I have a Popsicle? " She asked hopping back off her chair.

 "Sure darlin', then we have ta go see Jean. Okay?" Logan said softly as he walked into the kitchen and grabbed a Popsicle from the 'fridge. Madison nodded as she took the frozen treat from Logan and grinned happily.

 Logan smiled sadly down at her and folded his arms over his chest; Jean had said she found something while checking Madison over. She thought that it might be a tumor of some sort and the reason why Madison was blind. It had only been a week and Logan had to admit he was already attached to the kid. So it frightened him that something could be wrong with her, something that could even take her life. Madison handed the stick back to Logan and wiped her hands off on her blue jeans.

  "Alright, let's go." Logan said taking Madison's hand.

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 "It's a tumor alright," Hank scratched his chin as he looked over an X-ray of Madison's head, "It would be best if we remove it, if it gets any bigger."

 Logan crossed his arms over his chest, "So yer gonna hafta remove it?"

Hank shook his head, "Not right now, we just have to keep a close eye on her for now."

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~Three Weeks Before The Present~

  "It's getting bigger," Jean said looking over the X-rays with Logan, "We're going to have to remove it."

 Logan stared at the X-ray then looked over his shoulder at Madison sitting on the medical table talking to Hank, aka Beast.

  "What happens if we don't?" He said turning back to Jean.

 "She will die."

 Logan frowned, "And if it's removed she'll be better, right?"

Jean sighed and looked Logan in the eyes, "Look Logan, I'm not going to lie to you. It'll be a difficult operation and she might not live through it. And if we're lucky she will and she'll be fine and maybe even regain her sight. But things could happen, if not treated right she could get an infection or there could be other complications."

 "This thing can kill 'er either way."

 "Yea," Jean said sadly, "I'm sorry Logan, but it's up to you whether or not we operate."

Logan looked over his shoulder at Madison again, "She'll be able to see again if ya do the operation?"

Jean reluctantly nodded, "It should."

 "Then do it." He said looking Jean in the eyes before walking over to Madison and Hank.

Jean sighed and looked back at the X-ray of Madison's head and frowned.

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 ~Three Days Later~

Logan sat with Madison on the medical table as they waited for Jean to come in. Madison clutched a teddy bear to her chest and began to swing her legs off the side of the table.

 "I'm scared." She whispered into the bear as her eyes began to water.

Logan looked down at her, "Don't worry darlin', you'll be fine."

 "Promise?" Madison squeaked as the tears ran down her cheeks.

  "I promise." Logan whispered wiping the tears away with his thumb.

Madison scooted closer to him and leaned her head against his chest, "Am I gonna die?" She asked softly.

Logan wrapped his arm around her, "No. Yer not gonna die." He said softly trying to keep the uncertainty from his voice.

Jean walked in and smiled sadly at the two then cleared her throat catching their attention, "Hey Maddy, I'm going to cut your hair now. Okay?"   

 Madison sat up and nodded then grabbed onto Logan's hand, "You'll stay with me, right?" She whimpered hugging her bear close with her other arm.

 "Yea darlin', I'll stay."

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 ~Now~

Logan backed up against the wall feeling slightly dizzy and overwhelmed by what was going on. Squeezing his eyes shut he grabbed his head in an attempt to stop the spinning. The high-pitched screech of the heart monitor suddenly stopped and was replaced with the sound of steady beeps. Logan's eyes snapped open at the sound. Suddenly Jean was in front of him a somewhat relieved smile on her face.

 "We brought her back but she has slipped into a coma." She reported sadly.

Logan brushed past her to the bed where Madison currently resided in, looking as though she were in a peaceful slumber.  

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