August 15th cont.
Oops, my bad, I forgot to tell you about my trump card. You see the entire time I was never really alone. You know that last entery I made, well, I conviently placed it in front of the Professor's room before I joined the others. Hehehehe! So yeah, the entire time I was waiting for the Professor to track down my signal. Which he did only AFTER my escape with Logan. Great timing, no?
So anyway as I was saying the Professor dealt with the monster and left me with everyone else. The first thing I did was relax, I mean I still had a ton of adrenaline. I made my way to everyone ( that is my friends) and broke the braces. As I did each one of them began to relax and slowly opened their eyes. Each time I got the same question " What Happened!" DO YOU THINK I TOLD THEM THE TRUTH?
Probably the only variation was Bobby demanding if Rouge was alright. It didn't take long for us to find out. I guess the monster's hold on her was broken when the Professor zapped him because as Bobby was asking I heard the familiar groan. Turning around I saw Rouge blinking her eyes and looking around the cavern.
" Where... How?" was all she could stutter before Bobby rushed to her side.
" Rouge, Rouge, look at me. Are you alright?" he demanded gently. The tenderness was touching.
" Bobby?" said Rouge confused, " How? Where are we?"
Bobby looked up at me in confusion. Shrugging I mouthed " The Professors on his way."
Bobby nodded in understanding and set to distract Rouge. Jubilee approached me, suprisingly quiet.
" You...You did all this?" she said gesturing to the fallen soldiers and the creep who lay against the wall.
Sheepishly I nodded, my normal behavior reasserting itself.
" I'm impressed," was all she could say.
Suddenly Kitty cried, " Oh my...,"
Jubilee and I turned in the direction she pointed. There in the corner sat Logan. He was crouched tight into a ball staring at us with a murderous stare.
" LOGAN!" Rouge cried out. Pushing herself from Bobby she darted toward the figure.
Thankfully Logan let out a growl so fierce that she froze in place, startled. Slowly I came up beside her.
" Logan," se gasped upset, " Logan what's wrong with you?"
The only answer she got was a deep growl from him. The others slowly moved toward us curious about what was going on. It made Logan growl darker and fiercer then before.
" Everyone stand back," I said finally. Looking at Rouge I continued, " It's the only way."
Silently she nodded understanding. Taking Bobby's hand she stepped back and everyone else followed suit. This left me almost alone with Logan. I decided that the best policy was to do what I did the last few times. Cautiously I stepped towards Logan and despite how fiercly he growled I didn't back off.
In thebackground I thought I heard Jubilee say, "Is all he ever does is growl?"
I had difficulty holding back a laugh from imagining Rouge's laser gaze. Logan looked at me cautiously. I could hear him sniff and try to make out my smell. However, I still refused to back down. Slowly I made my way to him, step by step by step.
" Logan," I said cautiously, " Logan, come onI'm not gonna hurt you I said."
I could see Logan's body tense as I talked but he still let me approach. Then ever so carefully I extended my hand towards him palm up.
" Take my hand, Logan," I said hearing Rouge draw in a breath, " Logan, take it. I swear I won't hurt you."
Then suprisingly, as though I could feel his apprehension I said, " And you aren't going to hurt me."
That seemed to be what did it. Logan looked at me and I saw the glimmer of hope in his eyes. Softly I lowered myself right next to him with my hand held out. Cautiously he stretched out his and then as a new found relief rushed through him he grabbed onto it. He grabbed on so hard that I think he was afraid I'd disappear. Then for the last time I felt the old pulling motion and Logan collapsed holding tightly onto my hand. So that's how they found us. The X-men I mean. They found us all around Logan with him clinging tightly to my hand.