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When Jean finally woke she had no way of telling if it were still night or now early morning. Due to the snow around the openings and the useless electricity either was possible. However the light's only slightly dimming shine told her the hours had not been flying by. Not to mention the limp hand resting in her own. Pietro was out like a light. And he was usually such a morning person.

Hearing an annoyed grunt she turned her head to the metal table that Mystique had earlier occupied, which was now the captor of another. The grunt was familiar to her ears. Slipping up off the floor she gently let go of Pietro's hand and laid the blue eyed boy on the ground.

Before going to the table she turned to make sure the others were accounted for. All of them were there and sleeping comfortably save for Scott, whose restless sleep was more than likely worry induced. She felt for him she really did.....if that had been......Pietro.

"Wolverine," She greeted the struggling man as coldly as someone of her kindness could. She felt she could no longer call him the more affectionate term of 'Mr. Logan.' "Anything you'd care to chit chat about?" she asked, the tendrils of betrayal and hurt crept into her speech and stung painfully at Logan's conscience.

Looking over at his......ex student perhaps? It hurt to think that he would no longer be teaching them. However he knew that he could not dwell on sad thoughts. What he saw of the White Queen's condition would not last and if he wanted to tell Jean the truth he would have to hurry. So he nodded.

"Ask away." He instructed and watched as Jean's face to on an angered look as if she thought he should know what her question was.

"Why?" she asked him.

Simple enough question right? Well it depended on what you thought of as simple. He could parry around the subject and risk drawing the White Queen's attention or he could hurry and explain as much as he could to the one person that may actually listen.

"For you." He told her quickly, "I did it for the all of you." At this he nodded to the students sleeping scattered on the floor. Jean crossed her arms.

"Oh really? Because guess who isn't here Wolverine?" She huffed at him.

'She spends way too much time with that Maximoff boy.' He noted irritably at the sudden change in her demeanor.

"That's right." She answered for him, "Rouge isn't here. Care to explain that?" she demanded of him.

"Out of all people you should know when to shut up and listen." He told her. This DID shut her up....now he could only hope she would listen.

"Magneto is growing in power. And I do not mean his ranks. He as an individual has learnt how to kill a number of people by controlling the iron in their blood. Imagine what you could do to a person with that kind of power." He told her.

She shook her head, "Where do you fit into this?" she asked though she felt that she should know the answer like when you still got excited over the end of a predictable movie or novel.

"Let's just say my students were my biggest weakness and his easiest targets." He told her refusing to meet her eyes. "He threatened to kill you all if I didn't give him a hand in his plans."

"And how has that been going, by the way?" she asked curious to know. A quick peak in his brain revealed that he had yet to lie.

"Magneto thinks he has me brainwashed. But I learned how to defeat his little obedience collars after watching them be assembled. I rigged the one I was wearing to only work for thirty minutes. Sorry about the attacking you thing, by the way." He explained.

"So Rouge......" Jean trailed off looking at Logan's sheepish expression.

"Has hopefully already come to her senses and flown away from where she was headed." He told the now happy looking girl.

"Why are you telling me all of this now?" she asked him, "Aren't we all still in some sort of mortal danger?" Logan nodded grimly.

"Sadly yes." He told her, "The goons of the Acolyte think that I am a perfect Magneto abiding brain washee. But Mags wasn't taking any chances. He was too smart for that. So he sicked the only telepath that could rival Xavier on me. Her name is Emma Frost better known as-"

"The White Queen yeah I know." Jean told him grimacing at the brief flashback to knocking out the blonde haired woman. Logan smiled at her face.

"With her unconscious as I saw her, she won't be able to know if I leaked information to you or not. I suppose Magneto didn't think she'd get taken out in battle." He informed her.

"Are there any other recruits we should know about?" Jean asked him knowing that he spoke the truth and having her mind constantly monitor and register his words and thoughts. If ever there was a time to use her powers it was now.

"None that I can tell you about for sure, Magneto still doesn't trust me, so he's been keeping all his newer recruits hidden. But I did over hear him talking to the White Queen about having someone break into the mansion. That's all I know about that. Be sure to tell Chuck to watch his back." He told her glancing around as if someone were watching them, though Jean could understand his paranoia.

"Just a few more things, Logan." She told him quickly and it lightened his heart to know that she could call him that.....he knew she believed him. "What were they going to do to Mystique?" she asked him gesturing to the blue skinned mutant and the table he lay on.

"Magneto's got this doctor guy working for him. If he's a mutant or not I don't know. But he's found a way to use other mutant's powers by extracting the X-gene form their blood and putting it into that of a humans. It's how Magneto plans on spreading his army. Making humans think they've suddenly become mutants, and then generously offering them a haven with him, in exchange for their help. Mystique was going to be his first victim, but he didn't get the chance from what I can see. If he had succeeded he probably would have killed her. That was why he wanted me to kidnap Rogue. And can you imagine more than one of her?" He asked and by his tone Jean knew he wasn't meaning it in the joking way. If Magneto had that ability then he would be going after the stronger mutants......that would mean....

"You better protect that boy." Logan's voice broke gruffly through her thoughts s he sent a glance towards Pietro. "And while I know that Chuck's afraid of training him, you'd rather have him powerful and on your side than having him go off on his own because he felt betrayed that you didn't tell him the extent of his powers. Both him and his sister could be in some real danger."

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"Logan," She began slowly, "Will this be the last time I ever get to see you?" She asked him, thoughts of life before trouble had brewed came rushing into her mind, as unexpected as water being dumped over your head and as sad as visiting a grave.

She nearly cried when Logan nodded his head, "I don't want you, or the other's to think that I betrayed you. I couldn't live.....or die if I knew that was what you thought of me." He told her.

"I swear Logan; I'll make sure no one thinks of you as anything more than one of the bravest most self-sacrificing people I know." Once again they loped into a comfortable silence as Jean walked over to the boards covering the broken stone. Pietro had had to meld them to the wall seeing as nails couldn't exactly crack the stone. An embarrassing feat on Mystique's behalf.

"Is the avalanche over you think?" she asked him. He nodded at her listening for any sound of snow outside.

"It should be by now." he told her as she walked over to him. Surprising him by unhooking his confinements.

"I sense two more people's minds present. One of them could be the White Queen you're talking about. If she comes here, I don't want her to find you." Before long Logan was free, and so was one of the boards blocking their make shift exit. "So I would leave now Logan." She told him sadly.

Reaching forward she gave him a tight hug and pulled away. "If there's anything you want to say, say it right now." She told him, causing him to pause and look at the sleeping members of her party on the floor.

"Tell the kids I'm going to miss them, tell Ororo and Hank to never change, and tell Chuck....that I said thank you....for everything." He looked at the ground once more, "Just in case." Whispered before looking at her.

By now she was crying, not even trying to hold in the tears. 'Yeah," she repeated red eyed, "Just in case." She knew, and he knew, that the White Queen was looking for him. That she must of heard something. "Goodbye." She said to him. And as she watched him run out the opening, she had this weird feeling that it would be the last time she ever saw him alive.

She bowed her heads, when suddenly two arms wrapped around her waist and a head was placed on her shoulder. She smiled through the tears.

"Were you asleep at all?" she asked to the person, a smile on her face.

"Nah." Pietro told her, "And the strange thing is....I believe him too." He spun her around softly and hugged her. Looking down at her he swooped down and caught her dry lips with his own, wiping her tears away with his hand. "It'll be okay." He told her. And she wondered if it would be, and she wondered if she would ever cry again with him around. Gaining the strength she needed she nodded at him.

"We better get going not that the avalanche is over." She told him as she walked back over to their friends, surprised to see him shake his head no.

"I'm going to contact Storm and her come over here, that way we can check out the house and stuff." He told her, his mind averting back to the task at hand. "Plus if Rouge comes back we should be here. Not to mention that if what you said about the White Queen is true we might have company...." He trailed off and she nodded knowing where he was going with this.

She nodded, "Then we stay." She said, not quite sure what words to follow it up with......if there were any.

DigitalAngel4U: Okay sucky I know and short, but colorguard is eating away at my existence immensely and I'm pressed for time. Not to mention the action scene I had in mind didn't seem to fit for this chapter, which explains it's shortness and yeah Reye....hmm breaking into the mansion wonder who that could be lol. Well I'll try to put another one up when I have the time and next chapter I'll get more into Rouge's powers etc. And notice how I keep changing the spelling of her name. It's been a while since I updated and I forgot my incorrect way of spelling it! So let me know how you want it spelled and I'll do it like that! I hope you enjoyed what I wrote and let me know what you think! Good or bad, all is welcome!