He kicks solidly at the bag before him and sighs as it falls to the floor once again. I shake my head looking at him. "He won't let you back in the Danger Room either, will he?" I ask calmly.

"She's not ready for this Scott." He regards me.

"Logan, she can switch her mutation off and on at will, Carol hasn't made an appearance in months –

"A public appearance." He clips.

"What are you talking about?"

"Carol hasn't made a public appearance in months. She still surfaces at least twice a day."

I tilt my head. "Then why did you let her go?"

"She promised to call me if it got bad."

"Seems like she knew what she was getting into."

"Chuck still hasn't picked up sign of Jeannie." He continues.

I feel my gut clench. "What are you saying to me?"

"You know exactly what I'm sayin' to you OneEye." He growls. "I think Rogue took her. I can feel it in me. Somethin' is wrong."

"If something had happened the Professor would have told us."

"Would he? With as many people as she's totin' about Scooter, he can barely track her anymore. If Jeannie's out of it, he might not even notice 'cause she'd be along in Rogue's head anyways." His eyes meet mine. "Scott – if she's flittin' again – the professor probably wouldn't be able to find her anymore."

"I don't understand."

"He wouldn't know who to look for. This Phoenix he keeps talkin' about, Jeannie, Rogue, Carol. Hell, even one of the others could take control when she's like this."

"Just how many people does she have in her Logan?"

"Eight, last I knew. That's if you're countin' Marie and Rogue, and I always do. It'll be nine, maybe ten if she touched Jeannie. Depends on how well Jean and this Phoenix get along."

"The Professor said that Jean is the Phoenix."

"She is, same as I'm the Wolverine, and you're Cyclops. You're a little better acclimated to your other half then Rogue ever has been."

"Who's Marie?"

He grins. "Rogue is Marie. That's her name. Marie D'Ancanto." He pauses. "If you ever tell her I told you that, I'll slice your throat."

"So she has Marie, and Rogue, and Carol, and Magneto, and you, and apparently Bobby. Who else?"

"The kid who triggered her mutation, David. And when we were on our way to Alkali she drained Pyro; he was blowin' up cop cars."

"Why do you count some of them as one person, and others as two?"

"Depends on when she drains 'em. Whether or not they've come to terms with their other half. Far as Rogue herself, she's two because she needs them both. She needs to hold onto Marie in order to have some sense of her own identity. She doesn't much like Rogue."

I shake my head. "She is Rogue." I say calmly. "Why wouldn't she like Rogue?"

"Rogue likes the power. She is the power, really. She's the one who has all of the memories, experiences, feelings that all the others in her head have had. Marie is a twenty-one year old girl trying to learn about life on her own. Without the benefit of half a dozen men chattering at her incessantly."

I watch his face as it clouds over. "You really do love her, don't you?" I ask softly.

"Don't go advertisin' it just yet, but yeah. She brought me back from the edge. She needs me.