Never Forgotten – Chapter Five
"Ok you. Get ready, we are going out tonight." Scott said as he slid his arms around her waist from where he stood behind her. Then he kissed the curve of her neck gently as she gathered all of the papers together that she had just finished grading, before locking them in to the top filing cabinet beside her desk. It was only her first week as a teacher at the school but she loved the job and it showed.
"So where are we going?" Marie asked as she ran her hands over his and leaned back into his embrace taking pleasure in the emotion that always overcome her when she was in his arms.
"Well if I tell you, you might not want to go." Scott said into her ear with a smile.
"Scott Summers, you should know by now that I will follow you anywhere." She smiled up at him, letting her very soul shine through her eyes. And she would, if he walked through fire and needed her beside him she would be there. The same way he had never failed to be there for her. She wasn't sure when exactly it had happened or how, but Scott Summers had become all she needed to survive in this life and be happy. "So guess this will kind of be like our first date…I'm… I'm going to go… go get ready." Marie said in between the little kisses he was raining on her lips. As she started walking up the stairway she couldn't help but laugh a little at the situation. Here they were living with one another for almost three months now, yet this was going to be their real first date. When she reached the top of the stairs she turned her head to look back at Scott feeling his eyes still on her, and the smile that he gave her made her wonder how anyone could not love this man. He was the most honest man she had ever known in her life, in every sense of the word from what he said to how he acted. He never played games, or made her wonder if he really meant what he said the way Logan had. The whole time Marie took to get dressed it was all she could think about, Scott and their future together. Together, ever time the word went through her head she couldn't help but get a silly grin on her face. She looked at her self in the mirror and nodded in approval, at her appearance. She had chosen a cream colored silk dress came down around her ankles, with a fairly low curved neck line and a plunging back that hung down just above her derriere. She had decided to pull her hair up in a tussled look with a few platinum stands lose framing her face. For jewelry she had selected silver necklace with a single princess cut diamond and a set of earring to match. And of course she wore her bracelet that she kept on almost at all times now, except when on missions. She had heard him come into their room to change sometime ago and knew that he was probably waiting down stairs for her like a gentleman. And although she had taken some more time the usual to get ready, wanting this night to be perfect, she knew he wouldn't be angry.
"Ok, I'm ready." Marie said as she walked down the stairs towards Scott, he was wearing his black suit, with a baby blue shirt and as usually was more handsome than any other man Marie had ever laid her eyes on.
"Well then let's…" Scott was frozen by the beauty standing before him. She was a vision, he had never imagined what angels must look like, but now he would never need to, for there was one standing right before him. He had found an angel on earth, she was his. How he had gotten so lucky as to have someone like Marie in his life, especially after having someone like Jean, he didn't know, but he would never take it for granted that he was sure of. "Marie… you look…" he couldn't find the words, because there were none.
"You too." Marie returned the complement, sure he hadn't said anything, but the way he was starring at her now she was sure that he liked what he saw. They stood there for what seemed like an eternity, each memorizing the other, until this moment was forever burned into their minds. Then she felt his hand on her face, and she leaned towards him. Her lips brushed over his, only to come back once, twice, and then settled there for a gradually deepening kiss. The fact that they were supposed to be going out became nonexistent, thinking impossible, with such pleasure clamoring for notice. When a voice clearing their throat filled the room, reluctantly they pulled away from each other and to see who it was. They both smiled like school kids getting caught by the principle when Professor Xavier was spotted sitting not more than five feet away form them next to his office doors.
"You two kids have fun tonight." Charles said with a look of happiness on his face that hadn't been there in quite sometime. Something had been bothering him lately though he refused to admit it.
Scott nodded, and then looked back at Marie as if to tell her he was sorry he had made plans to go out tonight after all. Marie gave him a smile of understanding, he didn't know how she did it, but she always seemed to know what he was saying or thinking without him have to ever say a word. With that they left arm and arm, while the professor watched them make their way out of the mansion with a look of sorrow now upon his face.
She was there… It was her, he could smell her, see her beauty, and almost touch. "Marie." he said as his fingers curled into two tight fists and remembered the way her soft body had felt against his. All the while as she kissed him, it was all he could do not to gut the son of a bicth when he heard him say her name, her real name. And now as he watched the bastard kissing her he felt his claws coming out slowly, so there was no sound to alert the prey that they were about the meet their fate. But before he had a chance to move there was the sound of a voice and then they were gone. He had always known that she was his that they were meant to be. It had been two years now since he had looked upon her since that night he had left. But now he was back and even though the last thing he expected to see was that she was with HIM… Scott Summers, there they were arm and arm. He knew was going to get her back; he had already gone too long with His Marie.
Flashback To Two Years Ago On The Night He Left
Logan had heard her crying, and instantly went to her room to save her from whatever nightmare of his or some else she was reliving, it was never her own. As soon as he walked in the room and saw her standing there in nothing but a towel with her hair damp there was nothing he could do. The Wolverine in him was let lose at the site of his mate looking so willing. He walked straight over of to her and grabbed her bare arms with his gloved hands and went in for the kiss. Then suddenly he stopped deciding to wait, he needed to tell her the truth, and he was too impatient to "teach" his Marie that her place in this life was to be his. Sure Logan had been attracted to the lovely Dr. Jean Grey, but he had always known that it was Marie that completed him. She had been his savior from the lost lonely life he seemed to have been doomed to. But it wasn't until the lost of Jean that the Wolverine inside of him started to demand he take claim to his Marie before it was too late. Before he lost her and couldn't bring her back.
"Logan… what are you doing?" Marie asked Logan with fear in her voice, as a look of worry washed over her face. Why did he just try to kiss her, this should have been the happiest day of her life, she had waited so long to have Logan want her like this, but there was something in his eyes. Something dark and shadowed, something that made her shivers in fear.
"You know that I love you." Wolverine said confessing everything, he knew his Marie and that would be the first thing she would question after he marks her forever, and then she would try to leave. But he had to make sure that couldn't happen, he would never let her go, for eternity she would be his now.
"Logan?" Marie asked in barely a whisper, questioning if it was really him standing here in front of her still looking into his eyes.
"I can't do this holding in a secret. You need to know the truth." He started as he, watched her face start to show fear. But it didn't make him waver the slightest in his resolve; she had known there would be consequences if when she took his tags, and now she was going to have to live with them. And for that reason he really didn't care about the pain she was going to go through.
"What secret? What truth?" Marie asked now with some what of a shaky voice.
"When I am not with you I ache for you. And I always will, our beings are chained and united for all time and I have sworn never to let go." He added now seeing the tears now running down his Marie's face, making him momentarily unsure of what he was about to do.
"Logan? Please you're not making any sense." Marie said with tears steadily streaming down her face, touched by his words of love, but more scared and confused now than when this had all began.
"But you need to learn. There are consequences for your actions. And now there's a price to be paid." Wolverine stated.
"I don't understand… what actions… what price?" she said as she looked down at her hand holding his, now certain that this was something she didn't want to hear.
Lifting his right hand to her chest were the tags had rested against her when she had wore them Wolverine continued, "When you took my tags… when you took my tags, and you made sure that I would come back for you…. Do you remember that Marie? Making me promise to come back for you. "
"No. I didn't make you promise I…" she almost whispered in disbelief, as her heart started to crumble, tears still rolling down her face. He wanted to repay her for making him come back here, for taking away his freedom.
"But you did Marie, It was an unspoken promise but one never forgotten none the less" He said moving behind her and wrapping his arms around her, only to keep her there with him, not to comfort her from the pain she was already feeling. After having his arms gently but securely around his beautiful mate he went on "A promise so strong in your heart that I heard it in mine." He said in her ear, placed a kiss atop her heard.
Marie felt her legs getting weak, her head was spinning, her body was shaking, and heart was shattered, as she watched one of his nine inch adamantium claws slowly unsheathed itself from his right hand. He was… god she couldn't even think it, it hurt so badly. "I'm…. I'm sorry I just..." She said thinking out loud in a quivering voice.
"No! No your not sorry... you wanted me, you still want me. You will always want me just the way I want you. " Wolverine replied as he brought her hand left to his mouth and kissed it lightly to quick for her skin to react, then replaced back around her delicate waist. "And now that the promise has been made, now that that you are mine… I have make sure that everyone knows who it is you belong to."
"No, Logan….no… Please… you don't have to do this" Marie cried softly as she started to crumble to the ground her legs unable to hold her any longer as she watched him raise his unsheathed claw to rest upon where her heart was beating. Then slowly he applied pressure puncturing her skin and causing blood to flow. "Logan… Please…" she sobbed to shocked to be able to move as she felt the burning pain of where his claw started to slid down her.
Logan didn't know if it was the smell of her pain or the smell of her blood that cause him to come to. But to look down and find blood being drawn from her at his own hand, while she begged him to stop was more than just terrifying. He instantly retracted his claw, gathered her in his arms and carried he to the bed. He looked her over to find that he made a good gash three inches long above her heart. Although it was nothing life threatening he pulled at his glove and reached for her face, but stopped when she flinched away.
"Don't… don't touch… touch me." She said in between heart wrenching sobs. After all of this, after he deliberately cut her with his claw. Marie still was unwilling to let him get hurt by her skin, even if it was to undo the very damage he himself had done to her.
"Marie… I… I…" there was nothing he could say, and after what he had done to her has wasn't surprised she didn't want him to touch her. So healing her was not an option either. He had hurt the one person, who had truly loved him for no reason. Why… Why would he? He couldn't remember. But he wouldn't let him self do it again. With that he stood from the bed and walked to the door, he only paused for a moment on the way out to say "I'm sorry." And then he was gone, out of the mansion, out of the state, out of Marie's life so that he could never hurt her again.
End Of Flashback And Back To Present Date
He had never wanted to come back again after the memories of that night had resurfaced to him mind. Because he knew, he knew that the Wolverine in him was right, she was his and his alone, and all it would take was one look at her to be reminded of that fact. And after seeing her with that dick tonight he had confirmed what he had already knew to be true. He had to reclaim her as his own. And nothing short of dying would stop him.
"I know you are there Logan you can come out now." The professor stated as he turned to face the shadows behind the stairs where he knew Logan had been hiding.
"So, what the hell is so important Chuck that you had to call me all the way back here to see that?" Logan said in almost a growl as he walked out of the shadows to stand beside the old man in the wheel chair.
"Despite what you may believe Logan, I didn't call you here to prove to you the Rogue was indeed happy with Scott. Although I do hope that since you did happen to see them together that you no longer believe she is with him out of pity." Charles said as he turned his chair towards his office and made his way in motioning for Logan to follow. "If you would please shut the door."
"So why the hell did you call me back for?" Logan asked now a little hot tempered at the fact that he had just proven his point. Marie was happy, truly happy, and it hurt more than he could imagine because he was not the one making her that way. Someone else had taken his place, and he had sat back and let them for fear of the Wolverine in him hurting her again. And of course the one man to take his place had to be the Dick, Scott Summers. The good guy Jean had called him, the only man he had ever lost anything to.
"Logan, I fear I have made a discovery that will change all of our lives as we know it." He then paused and gestured for Logan to have a seat. Once he was seated in front of him he continued. "I was working with Cerebro few days ago the same day I requested you to come back. For a week now I have been tracking a mutant… A mutant wee all know to be dead. Her signal is strong and unmistakable and near Alkali Lake where she was last seen." Charles let a slow shaky breath, as he watched Logan face change when the realization hit him.
"Jean." Was all Logan could get out of his mouth. "How?"
"I don't know Logan. But I am positive it is her. As you know a lot of things have changed around here. So we must be careful with this information until we can fully understand the situation. What I would like you to do is to go to the last place I located her signal and see what you can find there. Then report everything to me." Xavier handed Logan the map and location of where Jean's signal was last spotted.
Logan flipped through the information that Wheels had given him and then stood. "I'll leave right away." Was all he said as he headed for the door.
"Logan, I know what you thinking. And you may be right. Jean coming back, it will have an effect in Scott and Rogue being together." Charles took a breath and pushed back the same feelings of sorrow that he had been fighting the past few weeks for all of his children. First for Logan for not having the strength to stay and tell Rogue how he really felt which may caused him to lose her forever. Then for heart breaking decisions Scott was going to have to make when Logan returned with Jean. Next was for Jean who sacrificed so much for all the people she loved only to be given so little hope when she finally returned. Finally for Rogue who seemed to only live a life of being left by the ones she so deeply loved, her friends, her parents, John, Bobby, Logan and now possibly Scott. "But I wouldn't get my hopes up to much Logan. Scott choice may surprise you."
"Not if I have anything to say about it." Was all Logan said before he closed the door behind him not giving Charles another glance.