Author's Note: This chapter is rated for language.
Chapter Five
Protecting Him
Part One
Rogue grunted as she wrapped her arms over Logan's shoulders and tugged, barely budging his massive form. She glanced up, wanting help in moving the metal-filled body to safety. Cyclops was blasting his lasers at a woman with scales, who swiftly avoided being hit. Storm tussled with Mystique. Kurt appeared at her side, belting his tail at the blue shape-shifter. Off in the corner, Bobby held his hands against the ground, turning the floor into a thick sheet of ice. His assailants slipping and sliding, a few fell from their efforts of standing upright.
"Look's like it's just you and me," she muttered, heaving him inch by inch across the warehouse. "God, Logan, you way a ton!" He was a large man to begin with: muscular and tall. But the metal surgically implanted throughout his entire body weighted him down beyond Rogue's strength. She gasped, falling back onto her behind, her arms still securely clinging to him. "Damn it, you're going on a diet!"
The ground jolted from underneath her and she whipped her head around to stare wide-eyed at the man of stone. "God, not now," she grumbled, leaping to her feet, poised to fight. "Fuck off, Stoney, or I'll slice you to pieces!" She jerked back, shocked by her words. Damn you, Logan, for being in my head!
"And how do you plan on doing that, girly?" Stone lounged at her.
Rogue snapped her foot out, crunching Stone in the middle of his chest. He stumbled back by the force of the blow, his eyes flashing angrily at her. In a moment's breath, she pummeled her fist into his nose and slammed her palm under his jaw. With Logan's strength temporarily infused in her, her blows sent Stone lurching back. "Now why can I kick his ass, but I can't move you," she mused, glancing down at the unconscious man.
Stone launched at her again, smashing her into the ground. Her breath caught in her chest and she wrestled to breathe from under his crushing weight. He crawled off of her, hauling her by her hair to her feet causing her to howl. Like a rag doll, he began dragging her away, the heels of her boots scraping across the floor. Tears stinging her eyes, she wrapped her hands around his wrists, yanking herself up so that the pressure on her skull wasn't as fierce. She stared at Logan's still form, pleading for help she knew she wouldn't get.
Got to save your self this time, she lectured herself, but froze as a Cat Woman leapt from out of the shadows, pouncing on Logan, her nails the sizes of blades. "Logan!" That's it! She thrust her foot back, connecting with Stone's groin. She whirled around as best she could, ignoring the throbbing pain as her hair was violently twisted in his grasp.
"Let go of me, bub," she screeched, slamming her feet into his chest and, at the same time, shoving herself out of his hold. She sailed through the air, landing with a harsh thump. Dazed, she leapt up and sped over to where Cat was hunched over, flinging herself into the other woman and sending them both flying into a heap of packing boxes.
Cat gained the upper hand, pinning Rogue against her. She leapt from the pile and pounded up and over a railing onto a third story catwalk. "Enough of you, girl." She dangled Rogue over the side…and dropped her…
Rogue plummeted towards earth, her wails echoing throughout the warehouse. In a second that latest a lifetime she noticed Logan's body rapidly drawing closer – she would surely land on him; the sound her heart beating in her chest; and her desire to live swelled inside her.
Surged with overwhelming emotions of fury, fear, and regret, she came to an abrupt halt. She gasped, her face inches from Logan's pelvis. To her horror and shock she came slowly to the realization that she was hovering in mid-air.
Nightcrawler teleported himself to her with lightening speed. "Are you alright?" He wrapped his arms around her, plucking her from out of the air and placing her gently on the ground. "I think we zould go."
Bobby, Cyclops, and Storm retreated towards them. "Let's get out of here," Cyclops ordered, blasting his way through the swarm of mutants that gathered around them.
Storm lifted her head towards the sky. "Hold on," she instructed, wind picking up. Hail began to whiz from the sky.
Nightcrawler wrapped his arms around Wolverine. "I'll get him out." He vanished into thin air, taking the fallen X-man with him. He quickly returned, this time teleporting Rogue to the ship. "I'll be back." He went for the rest of the crew.
Rogue, still in shock, sat unmoving in her seat.
IMPORTANT: I know Rogue didn't just start flying in the cartoon, but I'm bothered that the movie-verse hasn't touched basis on it yet. So, I put it in myself.
End Chapter Five
Galzychld: Thank you very much! I'm sorry I didn't catch your review until after I submitted Chapter Four. And it bugged me, too, that Logan and her weren't closer in X2. I understand he left to find his past, but after he returned I expected more. I knew they wouldn't get romantically involved, but they still should've had a tighter bound. Kryptonite: I probably could have. /smiles/ WantingDreams: Yeah, I figured it had, but I guess I just had the urge to jump on the bandwagon. Swifty1125: I take it that means you like it. /smiles/ SouthernersCanWrestle: Thank you very much. I'm trying to aim away from the sappy because that's just not Logan.