The Whole Story Explained

"I don't believe this!" Pietro whispered. "Logan fooling around with some other guy's wife? And he has the nerve to lecture us on our love lives? Can you believe the utter gall of the man?"

"Shut up!" Kitty hissed as she tugged on his arm. "They'll hear us."

However Kitty lost her balance and they fell forward with a yelp. Logan glared at them. "What are you doing out here?"

"I think its pretty obvious what they're doing," Jinx folded her arms.

"I think the question should be what intentions you have for Jinx!" Pietro said defiantly. "You…you philanderer!"

"Now just wait a minute…" Logan snapped.

"You have to admit he has a point," Althea popped out her head from a nearby tree. She was holding on to Todd.

"How long have you been there?" Logan snapped.

"Not long after I found Pietro and Kitty here," Xi made himself visible. "I find it odd though you would do something so dishonorable."

"So would I!" Rogue appeared out of another bush. "Logan would never cheat on another guy!"

"I dunno Cherie," Remy came out with her. "Amor makes a man do strange things."

"Oh please!" Kurt popped out with Amanda.

"Mr. Logan doesn't seem to be that type of guy!" Amanda protested.

"Hey! Any guy can be that type of guy!" Lance appeared from some more bushes. "Trust me I know!"

"Speaking from experience Alvers?" Scott growled as he walked out of his hiding place.

"You wanna make something out of this?" Lance snarled.

"ENOUGH!" Logan shouted. "ALL OF YOU!"

"Is there anyone in this mansion that's not here?" Jinx shouted. "Come on out all of you!"

"Well Sam's with Tabby," Jamie came out. "And the others are trying to listen in on the other adults. But I can get them with this communicator." He showed them.

"Okay I was hoping to talk about this in private but since that's not gonna happen I want everybody in the living room in ten minutes and I will tell all of you the whole damn story!" Logan roared. "But first I want to talk to Jinx alone! GO NOW!"

"Sheesh! For an adulterer he's so touchy," Pietro grumbled as he walked away.

"DON'T CALL HIM THAT!" Rogue shouted. This started off another round of bickering.

"You can't keep anything secret in this joint," Logan groaned.

"And I thought ninjas were good at getting out information," Jinx shook her head. "Are they all gone?"

"Not quite," Logan stomped over and revealed one of Jamie's clones. "GET OUT OF HERE!" The clone faded away.

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"All right I'm glad all of you are here," Logan stepped into the living room where all the students were assembled. Storm and Jinx were there as well. "I'm gonna tell you all the whole blasted story so that no stupid rumors will go all around the mansion. But some things I am gonna say now stay right here! Get it? So don't go blabbing your mouths off to anyone! Especially our little guest that's locked up down below!"

"So what's the story?" Bobby asked.

"It all started after I escaped the Weapon X project," Logan sighed. "I had no memory of who or what I was. I was confused. When Charles found me I was out of it a little. He knew he couldn't completely fix me on his own so he called in for help. A few old friends of his. James and Heather Hudson were both doctors experienced in dealing with mutants and worked for the Canadian government. They helped me get my head together, deal with a lot of stuff in my head."

"Charles was also helping the Hudsons establish something called Department H," Ororo continued. "It was supposed to be a secret program dedicated to helping young mutants develop their powers for good."

"Wait a minute," Todd held up his hands. "Let me get this straight, these guys were going to run the X-Men at first?"

"That's news to me," Scott folded his arms.

"Not exactly," Logan said. "It was just going to be a school with no military applications whatsoever. Unfortunately the Canadian government muscled in and put someone else in charge, a certain General Chasen. He wanted to use Department H to train mutants for government service, to be a branch of the Canadian Army. And he wanted me to lead it."

"So why didn't you?" Lance asked.

"Two reasons," Logan sighed. "Number one is that Chasen is an opportunistic jerk who cares more about what mutants can do and how he can use their powers rather than helping them. He even tried to make Charles and Ororo stay against their will. Didn't work. I don't like being used."

"And let me guess, this Heather is the other reason?" Xi asked.

Logan took a breath. "I grew…attached to her. But I as much as I loved her I knew she loved James even more. So I never told her how I felt."

"So you didn't do anything," Pietro felt disappointed.

"Told you!" Rogue said triumphantly.

"So you left because it would be too painful to be around the woman you loved who was in the arms of another man?" Amara sniffed. "That is so sad!"

"Well let's just say I didn't want to give into temptation," Logan sighed. "But yeah you got it."

"Oh that is so romantic!" Amara squealed.

"It's stupid that's what it is," Fred grumbled.

"Shut up! What would you know about romance?" Amara snapped at him. "Oh how could we have ever doubted you?"

"I didn't," Rogue said smugly.

"Oh quit being a teacher's pet!" Jean snapped.

"Okay who else gets the irony of Jean's last statement? Raise your hands," Lance called out. Quite a few shot up. Jean looked like she was going to kill Lance.

"Long story short I resigned," Logan interrupted before another fight broke out. "Chasen however wasn't happy about me going. And neither was James. He took it as a betrayal of our friendship and my country."

"It wasn't exactly the most diplomatic of departures," Ororo said. "Although I do admit I enjoyed it when you sliced Chasen's tie off. Then Logan and I went with the Professor to found the Xavier Institute. The rest you know."

"So that's it?" Pietro said. "That's boring!"

"It is not!" Amara snapped. "It's romantic and tragic! Imagine leaving your true love behind!"

"A-hem!" Jinx glared at her.

"Oh…" Amara backpedaled. "Sorry Jinx I didn't mean it like that."

Xavier wheeled in with Hawk. "Logan, I take it you've informed everyone about the history of our guest?"

"And then some," Fred remarked.

"I didn't have a choice!" Logan snapped. "The CIA could use these kids to help gather intelligence. They could find anything out!"

"That reminds me," Kitty turned around at Lance. "What did happen with you guys today?"

"Yeah it was something you and Pietro would find embarrassing right?" Peter grinned.

"It's no biggie," Hawk said. "It was just a typical Cobra attack that went wrong."
Of course what Hawk said was only a half-truth. The day was a lot weirder than that. A lot weirder.

So what did happen to the Misfits that day? And what will happen to James? Find out in upcoming chapters!