When they arrived at the institute Chris, Jean, Wolverine and Scott took Theressa to the med-lab. Meanwhile Storm took Mian, Andi, Mickey, Nethogent and Knole to the upper levels inside. After Storm made sure they were all right she went to see Xavier.
Storm knocked on Xavier's door and heard him say,
"Come in Orroro." She walked in and sat in the chair right across from his desk. "Good. You are back. What is the news?"
"Not good I'm afraid."
"Did you recover Andrea?"
"Yes but we almost lost Theressa. She could die at any moment. Jean, Logan, Scott and Chris are working on her now."
Jean had just put the I.V. in Theressa's arm when Xavier and Storm came in. Jean had sent Chris out into the hall because his pacing was getting on her nerves. Scott and Logan stood nearby if their assistance was needed.
"What happened?" Xavier asked Jean but Logan answered.
"She and I ran into Silver Fox. During the fight I was stabbed. When my healing factor revived me.When I woke up I found Silver Fox dead and Theressa with her dager in her chest."
Xavier nodded. He had known that Logan and Silver Fox were Theressa's parents long before Theressa did. Logan had asked him his thoughts on telling Theressa.
"How is she?" Storm asked.
"Well, her scar has turned a grayish white. I guess that means she's in pain and upset and scared. Her dagger wound is much worse than her gun shot wounds. I'm more worried about her heart than any thing else. If the dagger damaged her heart I doubt she will live off of life support and you know what that will do to her." Jean said.
"Yeah, she will go insane if she isn't able or allowed to use her powers or go on missions or carry out a normal life." Wolverine said. "I think she would rather be dead then go threw that."
"Any way, despite what knole did she is dying."
"Do what ever you can Jean to make her comfortable." Xavier said as he, Logan, storm, and Scott left the room. Logan stopped to tell Chris something.
"Yo, Chris. Um...she's not doing too hot but I think I might have an idea. It could save her. Let me talk to Jean and see if she will do it."
Chris nodded. His face was red and wet from the salty tears running down his face.
"If it will save her then do it, but if it endangers you or anyone else do not go threw with it. Do I make myself clear?" Chris asked putting his finger to Logan's chest.
"As clear as crystal." Logan said as he walked back into the med-lab. "Jeannie, I've got an idea. What if you replaced her heart with mine?" Jean looked at Logan shocked.
"Are you serous?"
"As serous as a heart attack. Just think. My healing factor will heal the heart and I'll live but Theressa doesn't have a healing factor like I do and she won't have a chance unless we do this. It is the only way that I can think of that she could live a normal life and won't end up insane."
"I don't know." Jean said.
"She's got more to lose that I do. She's got a family and friends and the X- men. You have to let me do this!"
"Let me talk to Chris." Jean walked out of the med-lab. Logan pulled up a chair next to Theressa's bed.
"Hey, kid. Your puttin' up a good fight. You'll be all right. I can promise you that. I will make sure to tell everyone that you love them if you don't live threw this. I don't know what I would do if I lost you and your mother in the same day. Then again we still have Chris and your kids but it wouldn't be the same. I would probably have to take over your class and I don't think your students are ready for that. You know having the Wolverine as a teacher."
Logan reached for her handand gripped it. In return Theressa gripped her father's hand. Logan looked at her face and saw tears falling out of her closed eyes and a weak smile on her lips.
My students are ready for anything. Even the Wolverine. Theressa said telepathically. Logan smiled.
"Are you sure about that because you know that I am the best."
You've told me that every day since I was fifteen. Don't you think it's time to give it a rest?
"Yeah, your probably right."
But if I live threw this I will be the best.
"You got that right. So I have to gloat a little because soon you will take my title." Theressa tightened her grip on Logan's hand.
;Dad, I'm scared.
"I know you are baby but I've got an idea that just might work. You just hang on. Daddy's going to save you."
MEANWHILE IN THE HALL:
"Chris, Logan thinks that he can save Theressa."
"How?"
"Heart transplant. He wants to switch hearts with her. His healing factor should heal the heart and he should be fine."
"What about Theressa?"
"There is a chance she could die during the surgery but she will die if we don't do something fast."
"What are that chances that she will live?"
"I'm not sure but even if she does, she has to be under care for at least three weeks. Which means she won't be able to do any activities during that time. I don't want to risk her having a heart attack."
"What are the chances that her body won't accept the heart?"
"Very slim. The transplant is coming from her father. It should take the heart since they are blood relatives but if you were to give her the transplant heart, the risks might be fifty, fifty. So what do you say, is it a go?"
Chris nodded his head and was about to follow Jean in when she stopped him.
"I can't let you come in. Why don't you go upstairs with the others? Tell Scott and Xavier I may need their help."
Chris sighed and went to do what Jean had asked. Jean walked back into the med-lab.
"Okay, Logan, it is a go. There is only one more person that I have to ask. Has she changed at all?"
"Yeah, she's awake, but is too weak to open her eyes or move. Although she did manage to grip my hand and communicate telepathically.
"Hey kid, can you hear me?"
Yeah? What's going on I heard Jean come into the room.
"I'm right here Theressa." Jean said as she rubbed Theressa's arm. "When Silver Fox stabbed you it went threw your heart. Logan thinks that if he and you switch hearts it might mean that you have a better chance to live."
No! I won't do it. I would rather die than put my own father's life on the line.
"Kid, listen to me. I have a healing factor and you don't. You have a alot more to lose than I do. You've got Chris, the kids, your friends, the X-men and your students. These are all the people who love and care for you. You have to do this."
You have a family too.
"Yeah, but remember the last time they thought we were dead? Who did they miss more me or you? You. They missed you more than me! They can live with out me but not with out you. Think of the kids. Think of your husband who is out in the hall pacing back and forth. He would be in here if his pacing wasn't so darn annoying. Come on you have to do this."
Jean what did Chris say?
"He said go ahead if it will save you."
Fine, but make sure Logan is awake before I am. I don't want to lose him if I live.
"I'm sure he will be."
Jean gave Theressa a drug, threw the I.V. that put her too sleep. Just as she had gotten Logan hooked up, Scott and Xavier came in.
"Jean there is someone here to see you." Scott said.
"I'm kind of i the middle of something."
"I think I may be of some assistance."
Jean looked up and saw the Beast standing next to Xavier and Scott.
"When the Professor notified me of the situation I came as soon as I could. What can I do to help?"
Storm knocked on Xavier's door and heard him say,
"Come in Orroro." She walked in and sat in the chair right across from his desk. "Good. You are back. What is the news?"
"Not good I'm afraid."
"Did you recover Andrea?"
"Yes but we almost lost Theressa. She could die at any moment. Jean, Logan, Scott and Chris are working on her now."
Jean had just put the I.V. in Theressa's arm when Xavier and Storm came in. Jean had sent Chris out into the hall because his pacing was getting on her nerves. Scott and Logan stood nearby if their assistance was needed.
"What happened?" Xavier asked Jean but Logan answered.
"She and I ran into Silver Fox. During the fight I was stabbed. When my healing factor revived me.When I woke up I found Silver Fox dead and Theressa with her dager in her chest."
Xavier nodded. He had known that Logan and Silver Fox were Theressa's parents long before Theressa did. Logan had asked him his thoughts on telling Theressa.
"How is she?" Storm asked.
"Well, her scar has turned a grayish white. I guess that means she's in pain and upset and scared. Her dagger wound is much worse than her gun shot wounds. I'm more worried about her heart than any thing else. If the dagger damaged her heart I doubt she will live off of life support and you know what that will do to her." Jean said.
"Yeah, she will go insane if she isn't able or allowed to use her powers or go on missions or carry out a normal life." Wolverine said. "I think she would rather be dead then go threw that."
"Any way, despite what knole did she is dying."
"Do what ever you can Jean to make her comfortable." Xavier said as he, Logan, storm, and Scott left the room. Logan stopped to tell Chris something.
"Yo, Chris. Um...she's not doing too hot but I think I might have an idea. It could save her. Let me talk to Jean and see if she will do it."
Chris nodded. His face was red and wet from the salty tears running down his face.
"If it will save her then do it, but if it endangers you or anyone else do not go threw with it. Do I make myself clear?" Chris asked putting his finger to Logan's chest.
"As clear as crystal." Logan said as he walked back into the med-lab. "Jeannie, I've got an idea. What if you replaced her heart with mine?" Jean looked at Logan shocked.
"Are you serous?"
"As serous as a heart attack. Just think. My healing factor will heal the heart and I'll live but Theressa doesn't have a healing factor like I do and she won't have a chance unless we do this. It is the only way that I can think of that she could live a normal life and won't end up insane."
"I don't know." Jean said.
"She's got more to lose that I do. She's got a family and friends and the X- men. You have to let me do this!"
"Let me talk to Chris." Jean walked out of the med-lab. Logan pulled up a chair next to Theressa's bed.
"Hey, kid. Your puttin' up a good fight. You'll be all right. I can promise you that. I will make sure to tell everyone that you love them if you don't live threw this. I don't know what I would do if I lost you and your mother in the same day. Then again we still have Chris and your kids but it wouldn't be the same. I would probably have to take over your class and I don't think your students are ready for that. You know having the Wolverine as a teacher."
Logan reached for her handand gripped it. In return Theressa gripped her father's hand. Logan looked at her face and saw tears falling out of her closed eyes and a weak smile on her lips.
My students are ready for anything. Even the Wolverine. Theressa said telepathically. Logan smiled.
"Are you sure about that because you know that I am the best."
You've told me that every day since I was fifteen. Don't you think it's time to give it a rest?
"Yeah, your probably right."
But if I live threw this I will be the best.
"You got that right. So I have to gloat a little because soon you will take my title." Theressa tightened her grip on Logan's hand.
;Dad, I'm scared.
"I know you are baby but I've got an idea that just might work. You just hang on. Daddy's going to save you."
MEANWHILE IN THE HALL:
"Chris, Logan thinks that he can save Theressa."
"How?"
"Heart transplant. He wants to switch hearts with her. His healing factor should heal the heart and he should be fine."
"What about Theressa?"
"There is a chance she could die during the surgery but she will die if we don't do something fast."
"What are that chances that she will live?"
"I'm not sure but even if she does, she has to be under care for at least three weeks. Which means she won't be able to do any activities during that time. I don't want to risk her having a heart attack."
"What are the chances that her body won't accept the heart?"
"Very slim. The transplant is coming from her father. It should take the heart since they are blood relatives but if you were to give her the transplant heart, the risks might be fifty, fifty. So what do you say, is it a go?"
Chris nodded his head and was about to follow Jean in when she stopped him.
"I can't let you come in. Why don't you go upstairs with the others? Tell Scott and Xavier I may need their help."
Chris sighed and went to do what Jean had asked. Jean walked back into the med-lab.
"Okay, Logan, it is a go. There is only one more person that I have to ask. Has she changed at all?"
"Yeah, she's awake, but is too weak to open her eyes or move. Although she did manage to grip my hand and communicate telepathically.
"Hey kid, can you hear me?"
Yeah? What's going on I heard Jean come into the room.
"I'm right here Theressa." Jean said as she rubbed Theressa's arm. "When Silver Fox stabbed you it went threw your heart. Logan thinks that if he and you switch hearts it might mean that you have a better chance to live."
No! I won't do it. I would rather die than put my own father's life on the line.
"Kid, listen to me. I have a healing factor and you don't. You have a alot more to lose than I do. You've got Chris, the kids, your friends, the X-men and your students. These are all the people who love and care for you. You have to do this."
You have a family too.
"Yeah, but remember the last time they thought we were dead? Who did they miss more me or you? You. They missed you more than me! They can live with out me but not with out you. Think of the kids. Think of your husband who is out in the hall pacing back and forth. He would be in here if his pacing wasn't so darn annoying. Come on you have to do this."
Jean what did Chris say?
"He said go ahead if it will save you."
Fine, but make sure Logan is awake before I am. I don't want to lose him if I live.
"I'm sure he will be."
Jean gave Theressa a drug, threw the I.V. that put her too sleep. Just as she had gotten Logan hooked up, Scott and Xavier came in.
"Jean there is someone here to see you." Scott said.
"I'm kind of i the middle of something."
"I think I may be of some assistance."
Jean looked up and saw the Beast standing next to Xavier and Scott.
"When the Professor notified me of the situation I came as soon as I could. What can I do to help?"