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Chapter Four

Logan was still cleaning. He had managed to get all the pieces of his pillow casing in one spot. All the fluff was driving him insane. He had gotten a vacuum cleaner from the storage closet and was now sucking all the fluff up. The claw marks in the floor would have to stay there. Five minutes later, he had the vacuum cleaner off when he heard the knock.

'Yeah, it's open,' he said as he made a pile for the mattress pieces. He heard the door open, but when no one said anything, he turned around.

'What do you- hey, who th' hell are you?'

'A-Are you Logan?' Hank asked.

'Depends on who's askin'.'

'We're new comers. Professor Xavier said we should ask you about our rooms,' Hank said.

Logan saw how him and the other guy's eyes were darting all over the place. He sensed they were nervous.

'I'll get ya, Charley,' he muttered. 'C'mon then.'

He went to the door and they both hurriedly got out of his way. He rolled his eyes as he walked down the hall to the third door from his.

'Here's one room. You can either be roommates or th' other can stay in th' room beside it.'

'Thank you,' Hank said.

'Don' mention it.'

Logan started to make his way to his room, but stopped.

'Oh yeah, if you happen t'hear anythin' from my room in th' night, noises or somethin', don' bother. It's not worth it. Ya hear?'

'Of course. We hear loud and clearly my good sir,' Hank replied back.

'Whatever,' Logan then went into his room.

'Well, he's a colorful character, isn't he?' Hank commented as LeBeau just stared at him.

Rogue had shown the others some rooms they could share. A lot of the other kids came out to see the newcomers. Because of the newcomers, there weren't any classes today, so everyone was being friendly to everyone. Afterwards, it was about lunchtime, so Rogue met Bobby by his room and went to Professor Xavier's office. Rogue and Bobby met Cyclops, Storm, and Nightcrawler by the elevator. Hank and LeBeau were already there. Logan finally trudged in about five minutes after everyone else. He had now changed into jeans and a white t-shirt. Once everyone was in the room, Xavier began.

'As you can see, we have two new guests. They are Remy LeBeau and Hank McCoy. I welcome them with open arms to the X-Men. They have not told me their powers yet, but perhaps they like surprising us. But, they do need aliases.'

'Oh, I'm Beast,' Hank said right away. Everyone looked at him. 'You'll see.' He assured everyone.

'People call me Gambit,' LeBeau said.

'Well, now since that is done, I'd like to introduce you to Scott Summers, also called Cyclops. Next to him is Ororo Munroe, also called Storm. You've already met Kurt, who deems himself as Nightcrawler. Logan is another whom you've met. He's known as Wolverine. Marie is called Rogue and Bobby is Iceman.'

While he said this, the two new ones shook everyone's hands. Both of their hands stung after Logan shook it, particularly Gambit's. When it was Gambit's turn to shake Rogue's hand, he winked at her and put on his most charming smile. Bobby cleared his throat and he and Gambit shook hands, but not for long. Gambit jumped back as his hand had icicles on it. Charles chose to ignore this and continued.

'Now, I have something to inform all of you on. I want you all to be on alert. There's nothing serious at the moment. However, I have a feeling that something is coming. What is it? I cannot say at this time. If there's anything unusual, just kindly report it in. It is just a slight precaution. Classes will restart as normal tomorrow. Any questions?' the Professor asked. When no one made a move to say anything, he said, 'All right. That is all.'

Scott went to talk to Professor Xavier more privately while Storm and Nightcrawler went to talk to the two new X-Men. Rogue went over to Logan.

'Everythin' all right?' she asked.

'Oh yeah. Don't trouble yerself, darlin',' Logan said, trying to sound off handed.

'You look like you could use some sleep,' Rogue persisted.

Logan knew she was just trying to be kind.

'I need some. But no sense in gettin' yerself all worried. Bobby looks jealous o'er there,' he said as he glanced in Bobby's direction.

Rogue smiled. 'S'pose so. You want to come down and have lunch with us?'

'Sure. What're havin'?'

'Somethin' fast food.'

'My favorite.'

Rogue broke into Scott's conversation with the Professor to tell them where they were going.

'It'll be okay, won't it?' she added on a side note.

'Since Logan is with you, I'm sure everything will be fine,' Charles said.

They headed to the garage.

'I think my favorite color's red,' Logan said as he spotted one of Scott's red cars. 'Get in.'

Bobby and Rogue got in the back as Logan took to the driver's seat. With no key, like many times before, Logan popped one claw out and put it in the ignition and it started right up.

'Where to?' he asked.

'The first fast food place we see,' Rogue said.

'All right.'

And soon, they were speeding away.

-Back at the Mansion-

'So, you have any medical labs around here?' Hank was asking Storm.

'Why, yes we do. Is that your biggest field of interest?'

'Ah, you must have seen some of my reports on television. I'm a scientist, if you don't know. I also have my Master's Degree in science, although I'm sure someone will try to take it from me now. I was a science teacher and was enjoying my time, even though I was a mutant. Then one day my secret got out and the people who once looked up to me quickly shunned me. So, it was by chance that I ran into young Peter's group and here I am,' Hank said cheerfully.

'Vell, vou're in luck. The Professor has this big medical ward. I'm sure it vill meet all of vour needs,' Kurt said. 'Vould vou like us to show vou?'

'And then how about lunch afterwards?' Storm suggested.

'Splendid,' Hank replied. The three of them left.

'So, when do Gambit get a suit like da ones dat you wear?' Gambit asked Scott when he was done talking to the Professor.

'If we don't have any spare ones, we'll order some. Should come in a few weeks,' Scott replied.

'What if Gambit want t'wear his coat?'

'Then that's fine,' Scott said, wondering why the Cajun was referring to himself in third person.

'So, who da leader of dis merry bunch?' Gambit asked, an answer already forming in the back of his mind.

'I am,' Scott said curtly.

'Really? Well, happy leadin',' Gambit said as he headed for the door.

'I have a bad feeling about him, Professor,' Scott said when Gambit had left.

'Don't worry about it, Scott. I'll check on him occasionally to see where his loyalties lie,' Xavier said as he tapped his temple with a finger.