Do you have any idea how good it feels to wake up safe? No let me rephrase that, do you have any idea what it feels like to wake up in Logan's arms? If you do Ah now have to hunt you down and kill you, sorry. But right now he had one arm rapped around my thighs and holding my but while the other is playing with my hair. Well to all those who SHOULDN'T know what it feels like let me tell you it's heaven. Ok Ah guess Ah should open my eyes now.
Her eyes opened slowly but she knew, he knew she was awake. He tried moving his hand but she growled a low territorial growl and he just smirked."Mornin' sugah." She said sleepily.
"Ah, Rogue your awake." Storm said. Rogue was startled to hear a woman's voice so she shot out of Logan's embrace. Her eyes were still glazed over in sleep and her surroundings were unfamiliar. She kicked off the metal ground while making a defensive growl and unsheathed her claws.
Meanwhile Logan was grasping desperately for her foot, and caught it before she hit her head on the roof of the jet. That's what set her off to unleash her claws, she didn't like to be in an enclosed space anymore and the restriction made her angry. He called her name and her vision cleared. There in front of her were her friends, the x-men, she was in the jet and about two inches form the roof of the jet. She saw their faces and them staring at her claws; she quickly retracted them and landed. Ashamed at her reaction she sat down in the empty chair and tucked her legs under her chin.
"Sorry, Ah didn't know if Ah was back there." She said softly. And then a warm welcoming hand snaked around her waist and in an instant she was back on Logan's lap with her hair hiding her face and Logan holding onto her protectively.
"Rogue it was quite all right, you did nothing but startle us. We have never seen this protective side of you or your rather new attributes." Xavier said calmly laying a hand on her shoulder.
"Do you mind telling us where you go those sharp bone blades from?" he probed
Marie looked at Logan who rubbed her back supportively.
"Ah got them when Ah absorbed Logan the first time. AH realized Ah had them after Ah had one of his dreams and they shot out of my hand. It took me a while to relax enough for them to go back in, and Ah never learned how to control them until we were captured and Ah realized these could help me. Strangely they heal pretty quickly after the go back in, not instantly but a few minutes later. Ah never told anyone because Ah thought you all would again, look at me differently and Ah didn't feel like being the lab mouse at the time so Ah just kept it to myself." She said gaining her confidence again. She stood up straighter and pushed her hair from her eyes.
"I see, well that is quite remarkable Rogue, well I will see to that you will have no testing done unless it pertains to your health or you choose to willingly." He said turning around. "It's nice to have you two home." He said.
Logan smiled at her courage and held her tightly, she responded with a smile and a light kiss on the cheek. Jean sneered so Marie deepened it and took pride in making Jean unhappy.
"What was that for?" he asked looking at her lovingly.
"For my mate who else?" she purred and 'Ro looked at her with a smile.
They landed and the first one out of the jet was Marie, she hated the close quarters. Logan laughed as her small for swam in the oversized army uniform as she ran into the mansion. He followed her as she stopped short of their room and ran into 'Ro's.
Ok, maybe she needs some space and she second guessed this whole mate thing. He thought sadly and walked into his room, smelled the scent of his room and took it all in and stripped. He turned on the shower, and he nearly jumped when he heard the door slam and Marie enter.
"Jesus Marie, have you ever heard of knocking?" He said grabbing a towel.
"Why do Ah have to knock to come into my room?" she asked while she stripped right in front of him, not showing any of the old Marie shyness. She walked right past him and into the steamy shower that was his.
"Hey that was mine." He said defensively.
"Sorry sugah, you googled at me which gave me free rights over the shower, you snooze you lose." She said with a devilish smile on her face.
"But that's not fair, you and your, and the nudeness..." he said stuttering.
"Life ain't fair baby." She said getting in the shower.
Chuckled and let her take the shower, he would get her back later...
later that night
Marie was thrashing in her sleep and laughing wickedly. Then her laughs turned to tears and screams.
"NO! No Ah'm sorry, so sorry." She said over and over again. Her second bone-shattering scream awakened Logan. He knew what she was going through and instantly crawled on top of her and held down her arms so if her claws came out she wouldn't hurt herself.
"Marie you need to wake up." He said in her ear. "Marie, baby wake up, your with me in the mansion, your safe." He said, still she whimpered and whined as if in pain. Finally he thought of one thing that might bring her out of it and connect to him.
He made a low growl in her ear and her eyes shot open and he let go of her hand as she nearly jumped out of bed and into his arms.
"Ah killed then all... their blood is on my hands, my clothes and in my hair.... And Ah liked it, Ah laughed, Ah enjoyed killing that doctor and the general...Ah sang while killing him because he hurt you...Ah'm a monster" She said wearily in his ear while holding on to him.
"Darlin' now you listen to me." He said holding her pale face in his hands. "They deserved everything each and every one of them got, if you wouldn't have done it I would have," he said rubbing away her tears. "They are the monsters, and you were brave and killed them to save me, me Marie. Look at me, you are my mate and you did whatever you could to keep us safe, just like I would have done and will do." He said and then kissed her softly.
"Are you ok now?" he asked and she nodded her head. He pushed her head under his chin and softly rubbed her hair and shushed her tears. Then he laid her down and held her through the night, and the rest of the night, neither had a nightmare.
The next day Rogue awoke to an empty bed and a note promising to be back. Chuck had sent him away again, not easily though. Rogue accepted it and even smiled when she noticed Logan had left his jacket for her to 'remind her of him' by. She loves this man.