Marie and Logan were at a forest clearing resting, they had been walking for hours and Marie hadn't slept for days and was on the brink of exhaustion. So they sat down and huddle close for warmth, and with Logan that was easy, he was a human furnace.

A rustle behind Marie awoke her from her dozing off quickly. She jumped to her feet and was instantly alert.

"Logan, did you hear that?" she asked as he was staring her down strangely.

"Marie, we are in the woods it's probably just a wild animal, now come here before you freeze your butt off." He said opening up his arms. But then he heard it and snapped his head around.

"Do you smell that mister we're-in-the-woods-it's-probably-a-wild-animal?" she said sarcastically

"It smells like-"

"Trouble." She finished and a huge blonde animalistic man shot out from the bush.

"Why wont the world just let us be." She growled making both Sabertooth and Wolverine look at her questionably. "Damn it, lets just get this over with." She said impatiently and unleashed her claws.

Sabertooth looked at her claws and smiled. "We'll look what the little lioness has acquired, but I still should show you some manners." He said, then Logan growled and stepped forward.

"Marie let me handle this you are way too tired." He said stepping in front of her.

But she just stepped in front of Logan and gave Sabertooth her evil smile.

"Ah'm waiting big boy." She said cockily and in an instant he hang lunged for her. But she was small and agile, she made a simple passing move and slashed up his side as she ducked past his blows.

He howled out in pain and gritted his teeth and Marie just laughed and crossed her arms as if she was waiting. This enraged Sabertooth and he lunged at her again, this time though she lost her footing on the ice and Victor pinned her to the ground.

Sabertooth looked back at the enraged Wolverine and then at Marie. "Such a beautiful lioness." He hissed and bit her collarbone, trying to mark her as his own. Marie howled in pain and flew in the air, surpassing he and dropping him to the ground.

"What do you want us and why the hell did you bit me?" she called from the air and blotted the blood on her chest.

"I don't want the puppy, just you kitty. All I ever wanted was you." He called out sending chills down her spine. "See I even marked you." He said pointing at her. Her stomach turned in disgust and her eyes filled with rage. He just laughed at her as a low growl emitted form her tiny frame.

She swooped down and pinned him against a tree, punching and breaking as many bones as possible. She slashed at his chest and imbedded her claws in his chest over and over. Finally when he was motion less she let him drop and spat on him.

"Ah'm no cat and Ah already have a mate." She said kicking him in the ribs. She turned around and fell to her knees, yeah maybe she should have let Logan take over because that had taken whatever little energy she had and pulled it into the negative.

Within in a blink of an eye Logan had her in his arms and was moving again, to another clearing, another campsite.

"Sorry Logan Ah guess Ah just did too much." She said weakly.

"No Rogue I think you did just enough." A powerful and refined voice said. Logan looked up to see the professor Xavier come hovering down the snow bank.

"Hey wheels." Logan said happy to see some help.

"Good evening Logan, looks like our little Rogue is completely out." He said pointing out the now sleeping form of Rogue.

"Yeah well she saved my butt more than once today, she should be exhausted." He said with some pride in his voice.

"Yes, so we saw you little escape." Storm said coming behind the professor. "The place is a blood filled horror movie Logan, did you really feel the need to kill everyone."

"Oh and now look, who died and became one-eye." He said sarcastically.

"No Logan unfortunately for you I am still alive." Cyclops said with Jean at his side as he came walking up.

"Logan really, those troops looked like they had been lined up and slaughtered, every one of them. One guy had his skin lying next to him and the supposed leader, well not even Stephen King would think if that in his worst nightmares. You became an animal and probably hurt Rogue." He said stepping forward and trying to take Marie from his arms.

"Back off one eye." He growled. He looked down in his arms at the sleeping form that was Marie in his arms, his beautiful warrior, she had done all that for him, to be with him. He didn't even deserve her, he thought as he kissed her head.

"Look it wasn't me Scotty boy." He said looking at Marie again.

"Well you cant mean Rogue did it? Rogue did do it? WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO TO HER!" he screamed and lunged for Logan's throat. "I swear to god Logan if you don't hand her over to us I will shoot your head off." He said.

"Call down Scott, Logan did not do a thing. She was merely backed into a corner. We all should know what happens when desperate, scared and powerful people do when they are cornered, anything." He said starting to hover back to the now visible jet.

"Now leave her alone Scott, she has been through a traumatic experience and she seems to be...peaceful in Logan's arms. Now let's go home." He said entering the jet, Scott followed him, mumbling something under his breath and keeping a close eye on Logan.

Storm and Jean tried to tell him to strap her in a chair, but his hold was tighter than any buckle. Besides they couldn't pry Marie out of his arms now. So she stayed asleep in his lap as they took off and headed home.

A/N: ANOTHER CHAPTER AND I STILL NEED MORE REVIEWS!!!! Yeah I know I am greedy but please!