What's gonna happen next between Logan and Lee? Guess ya just gotta read and find out! Remember I don't own the X-men only Ali, when she shows her face! I also don't own 3 Doors Down "Here without you."
This part of the fic is what comes about when you listen to "Away from the Sun" album by 3 Doors Down just a lil' too much. This chapter shows a little of Sabretooth and Birdie to it, as well as everyone else. (Yea yea, I gotta put him in somewhere! - -) Warning: Sadness Prevails! Plus a sneak peek at Katerina Victoria Creed!
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Jubilee yawned softly as she reached over, finding the remote to her stereo. Her whole body was aching from survival training earlier today. Creed had really whapped her good. Reaching over beside her bed she picked up the water bottle off the nightstand and took a drink.
Unfittingly she gulped it and winced as the air bubble went down with it. Heaving a sigh she pulled her battered body up out off the bed and headed into the bathroom, for a bath of course. She stripped down, scattering clothes all over the place before she turned on the bath and moved back into her room, hitting play. Her 3 Doors Down c.d. started to play loudly. She knew it would annoy the others, but hey, she didn't care. She liked her music loud. Moving back into the bathroom she cut off the water and slid down into it, wincing a little as the hot water burned her sore skin. She sighed as she submerged herself and closed her eyes.
Logan and Creed were both sitting out on the back terrace. They didn't speak to each other, though god knows what they could have said to each other. Both feral mutants had a beer in one hand and a cigar in each of their mouths. Their sensitive ears could pick up the music playing in Lee's room, and it made Logan shake his head. He tried to get Lee to act more responsible when he was here. He knew she was just a little hellion when he wasn't. Creed listened for a moment, and then he rose from his chair and walked toward the garage to get his Harley. Logan watched him, but said nothing.
Once out in the garage, Creed mounted the bike and sat there for a moment. The old Harley Davidson Softail Fatboy fitted him perfectly. He smirked a little before he started it up. The bike roared to life like an angry lion charging into hell. He pulled out and drove down toward the gates, which opened as he headed on threw without stopping.
Creed would drive for days before reaching the small cemetery. He dismounted the bike and walked over toward the headstone with the image of a sweet, innocent angel carved upon it. The headstone was marred by only one thing though it seemed fitting. A deep set of claw marks from Creeds own hand. An etched roughly was the words he would rarely say:
I love you.
Slowly he sat down on the stone bench, which had been placed at the foot of the grave. His feral lion like eyes just staring at the stone, for he believed he could still smell her. Still hear her voice and her heartbeat.
"Ya did it frail... Ya went the one place I can't follow… Ya escaped, lil' Birdie." His eyes stung at tears, which refused to fall. The words to the song which Lee had been playing before he left echoed in his mind.
A hundred days have made me older
Since the last time that I saw you pretty face
A thousand lives have made me colder
And I don't think I can look at this the same
But all the miles that separate
Disappear now while I'm dreaming of your face
I'm here without you, baby
But you're still on my lonely mind
I think about you, baby
And I dream about you all the time
I'm here without you, baby
But you're still with me in my dreams
And tonight, it's only you and me
The miles just keep rolling
As the people leave their way to say hello
I've heard this life is overrated
But I hope that it gets better as we go
I'm here without you, baby
But you're still on my lonely mind
I think about you, baby
And I dream about you all the time
I'm here without you, baby
But you're still with me in my dreams
And tonight, girl, it's only you and me
Everywhere I know, and anywhere I go
It gets hard but it won't take away my love
And when the last one falls
When it's all said and done
It gets hard but it won't take away my love
I'm here without you, baby
But you're still on my lonely mind
I think about you, baby
And I dream about you all the time
I'm here without you, baby
But you're still with me in my dreams
And tonight, girl, it's only you and me
Creed listened to the late evening sounds. Some tree forges struck up a soft chorus, and he managed a smile in the twilight. Yeah, there were times he had treated her so badly, but he still cared.
Somehow that little blonde telepath had reached him. She had uncovered a part of him he had not known existed. It was a dangerous game she had played, entering his head and giving him what he called "the glow".
She had been his salvation, and in a blink she was gone. He didn't remember all that happened. All he could remember was that punk brat, Graydon and Birdie reviling to him that he was his son and begging him not to kill him - but somehow he had gone unconscious. When he woke all he saw was red. The smell of blood. Not just anyone's blood, but Birdies blood. Creed blamed himself for her death.
He believed that he had been the one that tore her open in a rage. It was what Graydon had wanted. True to his word he had not killed Graydon, but another assassin had.
Though he did not regret the loss of his son, Mystique hadn't cared so why should he have? No, that had been a mistake. He shook his head. That punk got what he deserved. He stared at the headstone and cocked his head almost believing he could hear birdie scolding him. He smiled softly and wondered, just for a moment, about Kat. His daughter. She was so innocent and so tender, nothing in her eyes could change how she worshipped a man she did not even know.
He remembered the last time he saw her. It was just recently her "adopted" parents where holding her 10th birthday party. The little girl had come outside. She was growing to become quite beautiful even at this young of an age. Though she had feral lion like eyes and a thick mane of blonde hair like her father, and of course lets no forget fangs and sharp claws - but her most distinguishing feature was a set of lion like ears upon her head. He had made it a habit to stay away form his daughter. She didn't need to be tainted by the likes of him.
What had really gotten him was the presence of the ratty old lion he had given her long time ago before she was taken away from him. Apparently, she had never grown tired of it. When he had asked her adopted parents about it they had said that she kept it because it smelled of her daddy, and though she never knew him. She would when she caught his scent. Apparently, Birdie had also left the young girl a scrapbook where she had a lot of photos of Creed and herself. So the girl would know her parents.
Creed shook his head clearing his mind. He knew he needed to return to Xavier's before he was really missed. He snorted there was only two there that would even notice if he dropped off the face of the earth.
Marie and Lee.
He walked to the tombstone an knelt gently he touched the marble and reached inside his shirt pocket, taking out a yellow rose and gently layed it down on her grave before turning to walk back to his bike. He throw a heavy leg over one side and looked back one more time, before starting the beast and heading back to Xavier's
Once he pulled into the garage, he received a warm welcome home by Lee. He smiled some and wrapped his arms around her, hugging her. His nose-twitched a little. Of course, Logan's scent still covered her but he didn't care. She was what was bringing out the man in him. He turned with an arm around her and walked back toward the house.
A Glow from a cigar on the front porch is all that gave away Logans presence. Neither he nor Creed said a word. They exchanged looks as Creed walked past and into the house. Lee dropped back and looked to Logan before she moved to him, putting her arms around him. Her head pillowed against his shoulder.Yea I just had to do a chapter about tooth in here. Mores to come soon!Next Chapter Alikara makes her debu!