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'It's okay.' Luke trotted up to Nikki's hand and nudged it with his head, 'But we gotta hurry up!'
Nikki walked a little faster behind Luke, trying not to get distracted by the windows they passed. Luke paused in front of an elevator and hit the button with his paw. The doors opened and he walked inside. Nikki followed Luke, a bit hesitant about the small space, but not wanting to let Luke leave him either. He sat down on the floor while the lift was on the move though, not liking the moving thing at all.
The elevator stopped and the doors opened up revealing a whole new set of hallways, metal hallways. Luke looked around until he spotted a door marked, 'Danger Room' and scratched on it.
Nikki saw the door and eeped. "Luke... do you really think that's a good idea?" He asked, feeling slightly anxious
'It'll be okay Nikki,' Luke smiled the best he could then turned back to the door when it slid open. Luke entered the room finding Logan, in his orange uniform, standing in the middle of the room.
'Sorry I'm late.' Luke sighed walking into the room.
Logan nodded then glanced at Nikki, 'Uh... there's an observation deck up the stairs there.' He pointed to an open door revealing a set of stairs.
Nikki, looked worriedly at Luke, and, seeing that Luke seemed pretty calm, turned and ran for the steps, nearly tripping on the second one as he went up in his haste to put as much space between him and Logan as possible.
Luke looked up at the glass observation room above them, 'You sure he'll be okay?'
Logan nodded, "Yup, perfectly fine. How 'bout you? Are you ready?"
Luke turned back to Logan and nodded.
"Good. Now we'll start out with a practice simulator then move up ta hand-to-hand combat."
'Okay.' Luke readied himself as Logan called out the simulator number.
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Luke barked and stepped back panting for breath.
"Ya givin' up?" Logan asked looking equally as exhausted.
Luke nodded and Logan dropped his guard and leaned against his knees as he panted for air.
"Good run." He grunted then grinned up at Luke who was lying down.
Nikki, who had discovered the intercom button halfway through the session and had had fun with that, called down. "Luke, are you okay?"
'Yea, fine.' Luke climbed to his feet again and shook himself.
Logan chuckled straightening up, "Ya got yer hands full, don't ch'ya?"
Luke tilted his head to the side and snorted softly, 'Nah, only sometimes.'
Logan nodded and began stretching.
Nikki crept down to the foot of the stairs and peeked out from the side, watching Logan next to Luke intently, in case anything happened.
Luke stretched himself out then turned towards the stairs, spotting Nikki he trotted over.
Nikki, watching Logan still, smiled when he saw Luke. "Have fun?" He asked, half serious about the answer, wanting to make sure that Luke was happy with what was going on.
Luke nodded, 'Yea, a little thirsty now, but it was a good workout,' He wagged his tail then sat down, 'Hadn't done something like that since I was a teen.'
Nikki sat on the stairs and patted Luke's head gently. "You trained with scary men?" Nikki asked
Luke laughed mentally, 'I had a sensei, he wasn't all that scary, and he was nice actually.'
Nikki gave him a look like he didn't believe that, but went back to Logan-watching.
'Still don't trust Logan?' Luke glanced over at Logan doing push-ups, then back to Nikki.
Nikki shook his head and shrank back against the wall. "He makes me remember bad things." He said quietly.
Luke snorted softly, 'Of Alex?'
Nikki nodded, rocking back and forth, and put his thumb in his mouth, whimpering softly.
'You need to forget 'bout those things,' Luke rested his chin on Nikki's knee, 'An' try to get to know these people... It'll be tough but, I know you can do it.'
Nikki hugged Luke. "It's hard." He sighed with his eyes closed. "It won't go away."
'I know.' Luke frowned.
Nikki sniffed. "Will it ever go away?" He asked plaintively.
'Not all of it, but you can try to put it all behind you,' Luke lifted his head slightly, 'You can try writing a journal, gt all the thoughts out of your head and onto paper. Then you might be able to sort 'em out better...'
Nikki titled his head, then smiled, although it was weak. "That sounds like a good idea."
'Okay... I'll see if Scott or Lance have any notebooks lying around.'
Logan, having finished his stretching turned to Luke, "Ya done in 'ere, Luke?"
Luke turned to him and nodded, 'Yep, let's go Nikki.' He turned back to Nikki and climbed to his feet.
Nikki slunk past Logan; eyes fixed on his feet, and practically leapt out the door when he got to it.
Luke shook his head then followed after Nikki, 'See ya around, Logan.'
Logan nodded then closed the Danger Room up as soon as Luke was out of the room.
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