Umm, yeah. I, uh, I changed my OC's name. Serenity is now Selene. Yes. Umm, I don't have a good explanation to why I changed the name, except that I can make her a nickname out of Selene. Lene (pronounced 'lean') or Leanie (Leanny). Who can make a nickname out of Serenity! Renny? That doesn't even sound good. Yeah, so, read!
Me: You know, you kinda look like Hugh Jackman.
Wolf: (sighs exasperatedly) I AM Hugh Jackman.
Me: Really?
Wolf: Yeah, I am.
Me: Okay. You're now my husband.
Wolf: No! I'm way too old for you!
Me: (snaps fingers) So, were just friends?
Wolf: Yeah.
Me: Friends that like to kiss a lot?
Wolf: (sighs) Here's chapter 3, ya'll.
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The Trouble With Wolves
Chapter 3: Recovery and False Accusations
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Once the jet was off, Ororo ran out to get a stretcher. 'Mom…'she thought as she came back pulling a long board.
"Kurt, go to Jean and tell her to prepare the medical room," Ororo ordered, "Okay, on the count of three Logan and Scott. One, Two, Three!"
BLAMPH
Kurt disappeared, and the others lifted the girl onto the stretcher.
BLAMPH
Kurt found himself in the T.V. room. When she heard the BLAMPH sound Kurt makes when he disappears/appears, Rogue stood up first. "Hey, Mr. Wagner, you guys are back?"
"Yeah, umm, Marie, vhere's Mz. Grey?" he asked eagerly. "Calm down, suga. What's wrong?" "I need to vook vor her. Iv you zee her, tell her to get vhe medical vroom vready." He said, and BLAMPHed into another room.
Rogue, Bobby, Remy, Kitty, and John walked to the entrance of the garage, ready to welcome the new guest. Scott opened the door and before they could greet anyone, a girl on a stretcher was whooshed into the hall and down towards the elevator.
"Logan, what happened?" Rogue asked, catching up to them. "Not now, Marie," he said, "She needs help." The elevator door closed in her face. Rogue pushed the button to get on the other one. "What's going on?" Bobby asked her.
"I'm tryin' to find out." She said, getting on the elevator. When the door started to close, she held it open. "Aren't ya'll comin'?"
The others shrugged and went with.
Downstairs in the Medical Room…
BLAMPH
Jean coughed, waving her hand to fan the blue smoke Kurt causes when he appears and disappears. "Jeez, (cough) Kurt," she coughed, "as if my lungs need more smoke."
Kurt apologized silently. "Now, what is it that you need me for?" she asked. "We need you to help her." Sounded the cold voice of Logan. "Logan? Welcome back-"
"There's no time for welcome backs. She needs help; she was mobbed." Jean walked over to her without acknowledgements given to Ororo and Scott. "Okay, every male gets out. Ororo, I need some help with bandaging. Logan, you bring something for her to wear," she ordered.
Kurt BLAMPHed Scott and himself out of there. Logan walked out of the room and bumped straight into Kitty, knocking her down. "Kitty? Marie, I thought I told you not now." He said.
"You said 'not now' two minutes ago, so 'not now' was then not now." She corrected, confusing everyone but herself. "O…kay, whatever," he sighed, "But why are ya'll down here?"
"That's too obvious, Logan," Bobby mentioned. "W'at 'appened tah da gir' 's w'at Remy wan's tah know." Remy asked. "Yeah, what's up?" Rogue asked.
"Okay, ya really wanna know? Alright then.
"That girl is the mutant that's supposed to be comin' here from Orange County so we went to go get 'er and then this gang was runnin' after 'er because she stole one guy's surfboard or somethin' and then he ordered his goonies to beat the poor kid half to death then me and 'Ro came along and kicked the shit out of some of 'em then the leader started to choke her to death and she sorta got mad and nearly killed 'im by suckin' water out of 'im that's 'er power so 'Ro had to put the sleeper on 'er to make 'er stop killin' 'im and she took 'im to the hospital and I took 'er to the jet and we came back here as fast as we could so she could get some proper treatment." He finished quickly, panting deeply from the lack of air.
"Can you please say that again? We had no idea what you were sayin'," John said.
Logan sighed. "OKAY, this is what 'appened…"
Five Minutes Later…
The teenagers' mouths stood two inches of the ground. "Poor thang," Rogue sniffed, hugging Bobby.
"How sad. So, is she hot?" John asked. Kitty punched him. "She needs intensive care and you're wondering how good she looks?" Logan ignored both.
"Okay, now Rogue, do ya have clothes that she can borrow? She looks about yur size." Logan asked, scratching his head in discomfort. Girl's clothes aren't the type of thing he has a profession in. "Yeah, come on, suga."
In the Medical Room…
Ororo sat down, wiping sweat off of her brow. Jean cut the last bandage gauze and placed it on the last open wound, which was a leg wound. "All done," she said, wiping imaginary dust off of her hands, "All of her wounds should be healed in about one month. Now don't bother me; I gotta date with Jack tonight." And she walked out of the room without another word.
Ororo ignored that curt comment she made and walked up to the girl. "Mom…" she thought aloud, "Why did she call me 'Mom'?"
Logan burst through the door ten minutes later. "I got clothes!" he exclaimed happily. She turned around and held her hand to her mouth in ridicule shock. "Wow! Great job! Now if you wanna wake her, I suggest you keep shouting." She said sourly. He took that as an offense.
"What's yur problem?" he asked, injured from her tone of voice. "Oh, I'm sorry Logan, it's just that everything has gone wrong. Jean's acting like a total bitch, ignoring everyone, even the professor, just because she knew what she did to Scott was wrong and felt no guilt, and then the new student gets nearly killed, I haven't had a good night's sleep in days, and then I ran out of chocolate because the bloody teenagers won't keep out of it…"
Logan only sighed and hugged her, enjoying the scent of rainforest that fumed off of her. "Well, I don' know about the Jean thing, but the girl'll get better, get a little sleep, and I can buy you all the choco- Wait, did you say bloody, 'Ro?" Her face turned a shade darker. "Well I didn't mean to. I watch too many movies with British actors, I guess." She chuckled into his chest.
"Well, I think we should let her rest and go and get some bloody breakfast," he impersonated with the British accent, making her laugh. "Okay, dahling, and maybe 'ave a spot o' tea, too," she joked, and walked out of the medical room with him.
When they left, the girl opened her eyes once again. "Mom…" she rasped.
Breakfast
"So, Ms. Munroe how's the girl," asked Kitty, spreading butter on some toast. "She's alright," she sighed, sitting down and grabbing some orange juice, "Two weeks, and she'll be in you and Rogue's room, and in another two weeks, she'll be fully healed."
Logan couldn't find a seat next to Storm, so he leaned on the counter, drinking coffee and glancing at her every now and then. 'Would Storm get into a relationship? Has she ever had one? Would she go out with me?'
'Yes, yes, and you'll have to ask her.' answered Professor X. 'Chuck! My mind! No reading my thoughts during 10am to 3pm. That's Logan thinking time.' The Professor chuckled thoughtfully. 'I'm sorry, Logan. I won't interrupt Logan Thinking Time anymore. Couldn't help myself.'
Logan rubbed his head, mortally embarrassed for the first time. The Professor knew he had a thing for her, even when he was so called "into Jean". It was a cover up.
"I tink Mr. Logan's catchin' fleas," Remy whispered to Rogue after watching him scratch and rub his head for five minutes straight. "I'll show you fleas, you little runts!" he snapped, unsheathing his claws.
Remy was first out the door, followed by the others, screaming. Wolverine ran out of the kitchen shouting, "I'll get ya! Can't run from the nose forever, runts!"
Storm, however, acted as if nothing happened. "That was a very derogatory response coming from one such as Remy," she replied calmly over the screams of teenagers and a hairy angry wild man with claws. "Quite," said the Professor, finishing his plate of breakfast.
Danger Room, Two weeks Later
Sweat trickled off of the oldest teens' faces. All were exhausted from Logan's intense teachings. He set the level to 4, which was extremely difficult for the teens. It's like slicing through butter for the X-Men.
"Hank, training is over," whispered Logan into a small walkie-talkie like speaker. "Got that, over."
"Alright, I need to talk to ya guys." He said, and each huffed and puffed their way to him and sat down. "Alla ya'll suck. Yes, it's true. You need to get in better shape. Bein' skinny or lean doesn't mean yur in shape. You have ta have stamina and a couple o' muscles on yur lanky arms. Kitty I don't know how many times ya got shot 'cuz yer weren't payin' 360 degree attention, and Bobby, don't freeze up John or he'll die. John, stop burnin' stuff for fun. Cajun, ya need to look at everything yer throwin' bombs to or yu'll blow a hole 'n me. Rogue, use the martial arts tactics I showed ya since ya can't suck up anyone's powers righ' now.
I know yer guys can do it. Now go hit the showers or somethin'. Class dismissed til next Wednesday."
Everyone except for Wolverine ran out of the room yelling, "Freedom!"
"I swear Logan's trying to kill us," Bobby huffed after icing some ice packs instantly for the others.
"Yeah. Hey, Bobby, shoot my legs," John said, lying on one of the couches. Rogue, Remy, and Kitty sat on the others, rubbing their numb aching bodies with the ice packs. Bobby used a finger to ice John's legs. "Thanks buddy."
All was well in the Mansion…until…
"I called 'You Got Served' next, Remy," Kitty shouted.
"No, Ah called 'Princess Dairies'!" Rogue said to her.
"Hey, '2 Fast 2 Furious' was next, Rogue!" Bobby said.
"Remy wanna watch 'Beauty and the Beast' again." Remy retorted.
"We've seen your Lumière the Candlestick impersonation so many times!" Everyone shouted.
"Well I wanna watch 'Harry Potter 3'!" John whined loudly.
In the next room, Ororo sat grading papers. Logan, who had nothing else better to do, was the same room, drawing on the chalkboard. "'Ro, just give me the word, and they'll all be quiet when I finish with 'em." He said, focused on the animal he was animating. "No, Logan, we want them alive. But, dear Goddess, I've never heard such whining before." She sighed, finishing the last of the papers. "What are you drawing?"
Logan chuckled. "A monkey." He replied childishly, adding the finishing touches. Her white eyebrows disappeared into her white bangs. "That's not bad. You should teach Art here, too."
"Hmm…"
The shouts grew louder.
"Damn runts."
In the Entertainment room, five kids were arguing loudly.
"'You Got Served'!"
"'Princess Diaries'!"
"'2 Fast 2 Furious!"
"'Beauty and the Beast'!"
"'Prisoner of Azkaban!'"
"How about 'Napoleon Dynamite'?" asked an unfamiliar voice. Everyone turned their heads to the inside door. And there stood Selene. She looked at them with her bluish-green eyes, blinking a couple of times.
"Hi Lene," Kitty and Rogue greeted warmly, walking towards her. Bobby smiled, but John and Remy blinked to see if the sight was real.
"Hi, Kitty and Marie," she replied, "umm, did you want to watch the movie?" "Oh, oh yeah, let's watch your choice." Rogue said, helping her to the couch since she wasn't fully healed. "Leanie, aren't you supposed to be in bed recovering?" Kitty asked.
"But, I didn't want to be alone. When I heard you guys upstairs, I couldn't help myself, so I took a good thirty minutes to get down the stairs just to hang out with you two, and meet the other people, of course."
"Okay, well, this is Bobby, ma boyfriend," Rogue introduced, holding his hand. "And the two with their tongues out of their mouths are Remy and John, from left to right." Kitty added dully. "Hi." She said.
"Hey, welcome to the family," Bobby greeted, but the other two just stared. "Okay, well, since Leanie just got in here, with a great deal of pain no doubt, I say we watch whatever she wants." Kitty said.
"I agree." Bobby said. "Me too!" John and Remy finally spoke.
After the Movie…
"That was so funny," laughed Kitty. "Yeah," agreed the others. They had gone through the entire supply of popcorn, sodas, and chocolate, and had no remorse of it.
"So, what are your powers," asked Selene.
Bobby pressed his fingers against an unopened bottle of Pepsi and chilled it instantly. "I'm a mobile freezer, but can freeze things so much quicker." he said, opening it and drinking its contents.
John took out his new lighter and set it aflame. Then, he took the flame in his hand and manipulated it into the shape of a heart and blew it at her. "I can manipulate fire, but I can't create it." He replied, hoping he would impress her.
Remy felt an odd feeling coming from his best friend, but he ignored it and pulled out a card. "Oh! Magic tricks! Awesome!" she joked lackadaisically, earning the laughs of the others.
"Har har, ver' funny. Remy's a boom mak'r. Remy can blow up tings with the touch of a finger." He said, allowing the card to explode in his hand so no one would get hurt. "Ah," he said, flapping his hand, "Too much."
"You already know ours," the girls said together.
"Yeah." John cleared his throat silently, about to speak. That is, until Remy asked his question, "So, Remy wan' know 'bout yo' power." John eyed his best friend, for the first time, distastefully.
"I can do this," she said, and she held out her hand, but nothing came. "Oh man…" She shook her hand a little, but nothing prevailed. "Well, my power is to create water and manipulate anything that has water in it. But, I have absolutely no control of it. It comes when I don't need it and it doesn't when I do. I-" she stopped when her finger shot a little water bullet at a nearby cacti plant, and shot a hole through it, tipping it over and breaking the whole thing. "Oops."
"Its okay, John and Remy will clean it up." Kitty said.
The boys didn't mind at all. Both left hastily to get a broom and a dust pan.
Selene suddenly remembered the woman she saw in that room two weeks ago and asked, "Where are the other mutants? There are some adults here, right? Can I meet them?"
"Oh my, Ah just rememba'ed that the Professor went on that trip with Jean, so he doesn't know you're up yet, but he'll be back today. We gotta tell Logan and Ms. Munroe."
"Another trip, goody," Bobby said cheerfully. Remy walked over to Selene, but John succeeded in asking first, "Do you need some help?" She looked at Remy, then at John. "Remy was just abou' to ask you da same tang."
'Oh man.' "Well, Remy, John did ask first, and I only need a little help, but thanks anyways." She reassured. He nodded and walked off.
John helped her off the couch and wrapped her arm around his shoulder. 'She is hot, yes!' he thought, helping her to the classroom.
Remy looked behind him at them. John was helping her to the room. He looked back ahead. There was that feeling again. Remy felt an anger surging through his being at an alarming rate. He had clearly shown John that he saw her first and that she should be his with manly instinct, but it seems that John had not taken him clearly or seriously. It seemed that John wasn't the best friend he thought he was. Remy was completely and utterly jealous, for the first time in his life.
They arrived to the classroom and found Logan drawing a picture of Ororo sitting on a desk. She looked over at them and said, "I hope you fixed whatever you broke-" She stopped when she saw her and Logan looked over at what made her so speechless.
Selene stared at Ororo for what had to be five minutes. Her eyes were large and she had the happiest smile on her face. "Mom!" she exclaimed, ending the dead silence scaring everyone in their, and ran excitedly to hug Ororo, with intense pain aching throughout her body, but this soreness was uncared by her.
"Mom?" the others asked. Ororo didn't say anything; she was too speechless. 'Ororo had a kid?' Logan thought.
"I missed you so much! When you left, dad kicked me out, and he wouldn't let me say goodbye to Tom or anything. I told you he hated me! And he's using Tom like some kind of slave! I had to live on the street for nearly four years! Why did you leave me?"
"I- uh" was the only thing that came out of her mouth.
"Mom? Are you okay?" she asked, checking her forehead for a fever. Ororo felt a sudden tiredness and fainted. "Mom!"
Logan ran over to them, as well as the teens. He picked her up and said, "She's just tired. I'll take her to her room." He walked out of the door. Kitty and Rogue pulled Selene to the side. "What's the matter with her? She acted as if she didn't remember me," she told them. Both girls looked at each other. Storm's been living at the Mansion since she was young. How could they tell their friend that Storm may not be her mother?
"Umm, Lene, I- uh" Rogue started, but didn't finish.
"Selene? I see that you're up. Follow me; I'll give you some answers." Spoke the Professor, who stood at the door with Jean leaning on the other side.
In the Professor's Office…
"That is my mother! How could you not see! We nearly identical!" Selene yelled at him when he explained that Ororo was not her mother.
"I'm sorry, Selene. You two have very similar, uncanny looks, but for all we know, it could be just a coincidence," he said calmly.
Selene pulled a picture out of her shoe and handed it to him. "How could you not tell me that is my mother?" she asked angrily.
The Professor's astounded face pleased her. "It can't be," he said to himself, holding his forehead in disbelief, "Ororo's lived here since she was a child. She was never married or has birthed a child."
"What are you talking about? My mother's name was Elonlia, not Ororo." She corrected.
Logan, I need you right now, sent the Professor. Logan was there in a flash. "You may leave, Selene. Do you mind if I borrow this picture?" She nodded respectfully, and left.
"How?" he asked the Professor a couple of minutes later, after hearing the situation. "I don't know, but this will definitely need some further investigation. When Ororo wakes, we will get some facts from her. In the mean time, I will have Jean read her mind to get a physical description of it. I don't know what to do now.
This is Ororo, and this is her mother. Now, tend to the children please. It's about time for dinner. You can cook, since Ororo's sleeping, right?"
Logan looked at him. "If the kids like a can 'o beans."
"Get them to help you."
"Since I know ya won't let me outta this one, fine." He replied, and walked out.
The Next Morning…
Ororo woke up to the smell of French toast and eggs and screamed her head off when everyone was piled in her room, completely surround her large four-poster, looking at her.
"Good morning, Storm," Kitty said, handing her a cup of fresh brewed coffee. She took it gratefully, sipping the overly sweet drink with gratitude.
"We made you breakfast," Bobby said, carefully setting the tray of food in front of her. She looked, and in surprise, it looked appetizing. "Thank you," she yawned, stretching her arms.
"Uhh, 'Ro, these are for ya," Logan muttered, turning beet while handing her freshly picked blue tulips, her favorite flowers. "Oh, Logan, that's so sweet." She patted his hand. "Yeah, whatever," he muttered, annoyed from the looks the teenagers were giving him.
"Is it possible for Logan to give a woman flowers," Remy whispered to Rogue. "Is it possible for me to kick your teenaged ass?" Logan retorted. "Logan! No obscenities in this room," Ororo snapped. "But-" The sound of a lighting bolt erupted from the outside.
"Next topic," Kitty said quickly. Ororo looked around, but there was no sign of her. "Where's Selene?" she asked.
"She's, umm, she is outside. She's really upset from what happened yesterday," Logan told her. He explained the situation of what happened in the Professor's office after she had fainted calmly and carefully. "Oh my," breathed Ororo, looking at her double, "This can't be. How? I've never had any children. And, this is me."
She took a go while looking at the picture. Suddenly, she looked up and said, "Kids, go retrieve Selene for me. We need to talk." When the students left, she got up and started to pace.
"Logan, this is me. I don't know how, but if we took a DNA test, I would come out to be her mother. This is not a coincidence how much we look alike. Can you tell me there's another person in this world that looks exactly like me, white hair and blue eyes?"
Logan shook his head.
"We have to run some tests, talk to her father-"
"But, 'Ro, didn't you hear her when she said that he kicked her out? That must mean he's one of them who hate us. How can ya sit in a room with a person that hates yer guts because ya were born with a special defect? How?"
"I'll manage to those I pity. That's not important to me. What's important is getting to the bottom of this."
Both heard a large bumping sound, and then Kitty ran through the walls, followed by the others who barged in through the door. "Storm, Logan! She's gone!" Rogue exclaimed.
"What!"
"She ran away!"
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Intense, huh? And if your wondering why my sorry ass hasn't gotten to the RoLo-y goodness, just wait. There will be plenty in the next chapter, okay? How about we let Wolverine thank you guys for reviewing.
Wolf: Okay. To a rolofreak1990, Hazel just wanna say thank ya and there will be about 90 percent of me an 'Ro in tha next chapter. Daughter of Wolverine, Hazel says that yer tha best and to keep reviewin'. Havana girl, she says thank you and she's mixed with a lot of ethnicities and stuff like that; oh, and she hates Jean, too. Holy moly, kids these days with their names.
Me: Hey, their names are cool.
Wolf: Yeah, but what happened back in tha day when ya could say yer real name?
Me: Time fly's, now continue.
Wolf: Right. Umm, FlyHigh4Life, Hazel says she glad yer likey her story. And she hopes ya review it more. Totally-fearless, she says she will as soon as she comes back from her father's house. And thank ya. To Ebony L., she says that she glad ya likin' it and she doesn't like Jean. Scott's okay, but Jean should die. And finally, thank heavens cus' I can't take anymore weird names…
Me: Stop that and be nice.
Wolf: Whatever. To lacroix, Hazel says she'll ease up on the Elf's accent for ya. And that tha next chapter, me and 'Ro are gonna get real close. And she's glad ya like tha OC character. Well HazelEyed Freak, don't ever ask me ter thank reviewers again.
Me: Ignore him. Hope you enjoyed and review!