"A … Name?" Kitty asked.
X23 nodded. "It's on those papers Logan gave me. My passport and ticket." She got up and crossed over to her dresser and pulled them out of the top drawer.
Kitty rose and took them from her with interest.
"I didn't say anything before… because it seemed like… kind of a big step." X23 took a deep breath.
"I guess it is." Kitty said sympathetically.
Then she smiled at X23. "I like it. It's a pretty name." She volunteered.
"I guess I need one, don't I?" X23 looked confused. "I mean, everyone else has one…"
Kitty nodded. "Or more…" She swallowed. "You might need new code name too."
X23 looked perplexed. "I didn't think of that."
"Well," Kitty jumped in. "If you like that name, then I guess you should use it."
She smiled. "I like it well enough." She said as though she had thought about it. "Logan said it came from the bible. And that he chose it just for me."
Kitty was caught with a half smirk hanging on her face. Logan, you weirdo! How could you do that to her? She wondered.
But she didn't let on what she was thinking.
"I think it suits you." She said softly, wincing at how true that was. "Lucy Logan."
Kitty took the news and slipped out of the room.
She found Kurt and Alistaire pouring over a pile of papers between them on Kurt's bed.
"X23 has a name." She announced with a smile.
"She does?" Kurt looked confused.
"Lucy Logan." She smiled. "Logan gave it to her."
Kurt burst out laughing so hard that he almost fell off the bed. He wiped at tears as he fought the laughter to explain.
"Logan used to tell me, if I ever had a daughter who passed for human that I should name her Lucy." He smiled. "It was supposed to be my little joke on the world. My revenge for all the jokes about my appearance."
"Er… Lucy?" Alistaire raised his eyebrows. "How is that…"
But Kurt interrupted. "After Lucifer, The Devil."
Alistaire shook his head. "This Mister Logan seems an odd fellow." He said at last.
"He is that." Kurt smiled. "That's who she is then." Kurt said to Kitty. "In every way that matters. She is Lucy Logan, Wolverines Daughter." He nodded. "No matter who she turns out to be, she is that as of now."
Kitty smiled. "I'm suprised, really…" Kitty smiled. "I like her. She's honest."
Kurt smiled. "Ja. And when she's frustrated with herself…"
"She looks just like him." She agreed. "I know."
Kurt looked considerate. "I think she means a lot more to him than we understand." He paused.
"How so?' Alistaire asked, finding the whole discussion fascinating.
Kurt smiled and looked for the best way to convey his message. "He told me… Right before I left, that… He trusted me with his life."
He looked up and met their eyes, looking from one to the other and then back down at the papers on the bed. "I wonder lately if he didn't mean her."
Kitty smiled and shook her head in awe. "Mister Logan rules." She decided.
"Yeah." Kurt admitted. "He does."
Alistaire had a sly little smile on his face.
Kurt didn't notice but Kitty did.
"What is it Alistaire?" She asked.
Alistaire sat, reserved but truthful. "I saw her watching Forge…" He smiled, enjoying the slight bit of gossip. "Is he aware that he might be getting this Mister Logan as say… something of a father in law?"
Kurt dropped his jaw and Kitty looked stunned as they processed the idea of explaining to Wolverine that his daughter was dating. And it was as though the wheels in thier minds were meshing together to realize that Forge might need to be aware of Logan.
"I'm not telling them!" They told each other in unison, blinking in suprise at each other.
And Alistaire laughed wildly.
Lucy had slipped down the spiral stairs quietly and crept up to the door.
She could hear Forge moving on the other side.
She listened for a long moment, just enjoying the sound of him and making him familiar to herself.
She opened the door and couldn't believe her eyes.
"Is that Alistaire's car?" She asked in shock.
Forge let out a big, wide smile. "Think he'll like it?"
She walked along, eyeing it from all the way around. "It's amazing."
"And it will run even better than it looks." He smiled.
The paint on the little car looked wonderful, glistening in the sun. All the lamps and windows were crystal clear but slightly tined to have a 'smoky' look.
"You even fixed the tires." She said in amazement.
Forge was impressed. "Wow. I didn't think anyone would notice that. My bots can create almost any kind of patch or repair for almost any type of material."
"And it makes that stuff from other stuff?" She shook her head. "That's cool."
He smiled. "Yeah." And he considered her. "I thought so too."
And she smiled back.
The little purple dragon sat staring down at the two of them.
He sighed contentedly, smiled and rolled over to sun his belly as he lay on the roof of the lighthouse.
He let his head fall back and he glanced down at them again. They were talking and laughing.
"Awwwww…." The dragon whispered under his breath. "Smoochie, smoochie…" Then he batted his eyelashes, grinned and rolled his eyes before going back to enjoying his beautiful seaside morning.
