Disclaimer: X-Men, and X-Men the Movie do not belong to me. It belong to Marvel and a bunch of other people, I am not making any money off of this fic.
Chapter Six
Logan raced down the hall like a madman. Without thinking to use the knob, he slashed the door with his claws, making an opening big enough so he could get in. He flew through the control room, and went down the stairs two at a time.
Rogue dodged just in time to avoid a shot, while Remy took out the laser with an exploding card. She ran backwards into him.
"Logan!" She exclaimed in surprise.
"What the hell do you think you're doing?" He yelled.
"I was just…" she began.
"You're not supposed to be in here. You could get yourself killed. This is dangerous and…"
"Look out!" Remy screamed.
A big chunk of rock fell from the ceiling right at Logan. Rogue knocked him out of the way and grabbed it in midair. She hurled the boulder to the floor. It split into two perfect halves. "Stop simulation!" She shouted. "Logan, are you alight?" She landed carefully on the floor, rushed over to him and pulled him to his feet.
"What the--" he gazed at her, stunned.
Remy let out a whoop. "Nice going, chere!"
Logan shook himself out of his fog, remembering his purpose for being there. "Are you crazy?" he cried. "This isn't just some game! You could have gotten seriously hurt."
"But my powers…"
"What is they disappeared? You have no way of knowing how long they'll last."
"I don't care," she said quietly. He ignored her.
"What if you lose them in the middle of a battle? How are you supposed to protect yourself then, huh? Tell me that." Rogue's eyes filled with hurt. "I didn't mean it that way…"
"Yes, you did!" She cried. "You do think I'm useless, don't you. Well, I'm sorry you've had to baby sit me all this time. But I can take care of myself. I don't need you." She glared at him and stomped away.
Logan ran after her and grabbed her arm. "Rogue, I'm sorry. I really didn't mean that. I just don't want to see you get hurt, that's all. We'll talk to the professor about this. He can probably take care of that. Just don't be mad at me, please."
Rogue hid a smile. Logan groveling was totally out of character. She sighed. "Fine, I forgive you." She hugged him.
"Come on, let's go find the professor." He headed out ahead of them, so they were unable to see the blush that creeped up his cheeks.
Remy put his arm around her. "Ah think you were doin' great, chere," he whispered in her ear. Rogue just shrugged off his praise. But inside, she was beaming.
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"I don't think Logan's angry, do you?" Storm commented sarcastically.
Cyclops rolled his eyes, even though she couldn't see them. "I know, he's just so cheerful," he replied with equal sarcasm. "That guy is going to kill us all one day."
"Scott," Jean warned him. "Logan's just frustrated. We should be helping him, not fighting with him. He's a part of the team and our friend, too." Cyclops coughed. "I'm serious. Don't you agree, Professor?"
"Hmm?" Professor X looked up startled from his desk. "What did you say, Jean?"
"Never mind." The four X-Men exchanged looks. It wasn't like the professor to ignore an argument. Normally, he would be the first to jump in and try to keep the peace.
"Is everything all right, Professor?" Beast spoke up worriedly. In all the years he had known him, he never looked quite as preoccupied as he did at that moment.
The professor rubbed his forehead. "Yes, I'm just tired. I'll look with Cerebro later. Don't you all have other things to do?" he asked when they made no move to leave.
"Um… well… I…" They all stammered at once.
"Why don't you go down to the dining hall and get better acquainted with the students?" He suggested to Beast. "And weren't you two planning on going out to dinner tonight?"
Jean blinked at him. "What…?" She put her hand to her mouth in realization. "Oh right! We have reservations for," she glanced at the clock, "two minutes from now. In the city, too. We're never going to make it in time."
"We'd better get moving then before they give someone else our table." He was out the door like a shot.
"Heaven forbid we be a little late. It's not such a serious offense it…" Jean heaved a sigh and rushed after him. Storm and Beast exchanged a look, their hands covering their mouths to hide their laughter.
"I'd guess we should head to dinner as well," Storm said.
"As Shakespeare would say, 'Once more into the breach!'" Beast quoted.
"What does that have to do with dinner?" Storm asked, perplexed.
"I don't know, I was just suddenly in the mood to say it. It's probably because there was a question about it on Jeopardy the other night." Beast grinned, which was rather unnerving with his pointy fangs.
Storm shook her head and punched him in the shoulder lightly. "Come on, let's go." They left the office, closing the door gently behind them.
Professor X followed them with his mind, until they were out of hearing range. "Fancy seeing you, Cain," he spoke up. "To what do I owe the pleasure?"
A tall, muscular man with a metal dome over his head stepped out of the shadows. "How did you know I was here? You can't use that psychic crap on me anymore. And I'm no longer Cain Marko. I'm Juggernaut. "
The professor smiled pleasantly, as if there wasn't a 200-pound, give or take a few, super-villain out for his head. "Perhaps I cannot, but we do have security cameras, you know." He pointed to a small television screen hanging in a corner of the room. "I may be crippled, but I'm not blind, you know. Lucky for you, I turned the alarm off when I saw you. It was actually quite amusing to see you try to squeeze through the window. I must remember to have that replaced."
Juggernaut growled. "I should have killed you when I had the chance. Well, brother," he sneered, "I'll not make that mistake today."
TBC
Hello, hello! I know I said a couple of weeks, but it turned out to be more than a couple of months, due to school, other series I must finish, writer's block, etc. I'll try to put the next chapter up sooner. And, I've started to do something new: previews. This small teaser continues right after this chapter left off. The new chapter is actually part of this one, but I split it up so I could get a chapter out faster. Bye!
Chapter Seven
"By all means, brother, try." The professor's voice was cool, but he was frowning inside. He didn't know what he did to make his brother hate him so. Well, he did, but it really was due to Cain's personality that it affected him so much. Frankly, at the risk of sounding childish, he had started it. Cain had bullied him since they day they met.
