When I wake up, my first thought is of Marie. I hope she made it
alright, that she really absorbs powers like Chuck thought, that she
doesn't hate me for letting her get hurt and for touching her. Chuck
said she hated it when she absorbed people. I just hope she's healed.
There is no one is the room with me, or so I think, because I don't smell anything. When Jeannie speaks, though, I realize that my powers just haven't returned yet. I can't smell anymore, not like I could.
"Logan, how are you feeling?"
"How is she?"
"Rogue is completely healed, and she broke her conditioning. She's talking with the Professor now. How are you?"
"I'm good. I need to see her." I sit up, but dizziness won't let me do any more than that.
"You're not going anywhere. Your powers haven't returned yet, and you're still healing from being absorbed."
"How long have I been out?"
"Just two days."
"Two days!"
"You're lucky it's not three weeks, like the first person she absorbed. Maybe you did retain some healing ability after all."
"Jeannie, I ain't kidding. I need to see her."
"I'll talk to the Professor. It wasn't your fault, you know." She closes her eyes, and she wouldn't hear it anyway if I said she was wrong now, so I wait. "She's coming."
No more than a minute later she was there, panting as she came into the room. "You're okay! I just wanted to thank you so much. You helped me beat it. I couldn't have done it without you," she spills it all out, almost in a sob, her eyes huge.
I start at about the same time, "I'm sorry I let him hurt you like that. I just wish I knew what they did to you when you in there." Rage creeps into my voice the way sobs creep into hers.
"It's okay, I just want to forget. The Professor said I could stay, and I accepted. I'm only seventeen, not too old for school."
I forget my rage and look at her, hardly believing. "You're staying, even after what I did?" I realize what I was about to say, and tone it down, a lot. "Good, I'm glad."
She's not leaving, and I'm still too weak to. "Marie, what is it?"
"I don't know. I...I'm sorry for everything." She leaves, and I'm very confused. One, how did she break the conditioning so easily? Two, what is she talking about, she's sorry? Three, what is it about her? She was an enemy just a little while ago. Even so I feel like I have to protect her, more than I feel of my students. It's not love – I've experienced that before - and she's just a kid anyway. It has something to do with innocence, her sense of innocence lost. By now everyone knows I'm just a big softie inside, but what's going on? No one does this to me, least of all an enemy. Not that she is one anymore. I don't get her at all. I'll have to talk to her later. One battle and I'm turned on my head. Speaking of which, not having a healing factor is a bitch.
There is no one is the room with me, or so I think, because I don't smell anything. When Jeannie speaks, though, I realize that my powers just haven't returned yet. I can't smell anymore, not like I could.
"Logan, how are you feeling?"
"How is she?"
"Rogue is completely healed, and she broke her conditioning. She's talking with the Professor now. How are you?"
"I'm good. I need to see her." I sit up, but dizziness won't let me do any more than that.
"You're not going anywhere. Your powers haven't returned yet, and you're still healing from being absorbed."
"How long have I been out?"
"Just two days."
"Two days!"
"You're lucky it's not three weeks, like the first person she absorbed. Maybe you did retain some healing ability after all."
"Jeannie, I ain't kidding. I need to see her."
"I'll talk to the Professor. It wasn't your fault, you know." She closes her eyes, and she wouldn't hear it anyway if I said she was wrong now, so I wait. "She's coming."
No more than a minute later she was there, panting as she came into the room. "You're okay! I just wanted to thank you so much. You helped me beat it. I couldn't have done it without you," she spills it all out, almost in a sob, her eyes huge.
I start at about the same time, "I'm sorry I let him hurt you like that. I just wish I knew what they did to you when you in there." Rage creeps into my voice the way sobs creep into hers.
"It's okay, I just want to forget. The Professor said I could stay, and I accepted. I'm only seventeen, not too old for school."
I forget my rage and look at her, hardly believing. "You're staying, even after what I did?" I realize what I was about to say, and tone it down, a lot. "Good, I'm glad."
She's not leaving, and I'm still too weak to. "Marie, what is it?"
"I don't know. I...I'm sorry for everything." She leaves, and I'm very confused. One, how did she break the conditioning so easily? Two, what is she talking about, she's sorry? Three, what is it about her? She was an enemy just a little while ago. Even so I feel like I have to protect her, more than I feel of my students. It's not love – I've experienced that before - and she's just a kid anyway. It has something to do with innocence, her sense of innocence lost. By now everyone knows I'm just a big softie inside, but what's going on? No one does this to me, least of all an enemy. Not that she is one anymore. I don't get her at all. I'll have to talk to her later. One battle and I'm turned on my head. Speaking of which, not having a healing factor is a bitch.