Hope ya enjoy the chapter, even though it kinda turned out eh. Also I must make note of this: When Rogue absorbed Carol Danvers she got super strength and fight, but not invulnerable. I don't think I mentioned that. I didn't want her to have that, I know I'm mean, but she'll live. . . . or not. . . um forget that last part.
Disclaimer: I own nothing, I wish I owned X-Men, but I don't see it happening in this lifetime or the next.
Logan sat alone in the kitchen with his face resting in the palms of his hands. It had been bad enough with the nightmares of his past, but now new ones were emerging. He began to see people who looked familiar, but had no idea of whom they were or what their names were. 'Damn ya ta hell, Stryker.' He cursed to himself as he thought of the man that caused his life to be a living hell.
He had found a place that had accepted him, a place that he could call home with people he considered family. He lowered his hands to the kitchen counter and glanced down at them. 'When did that happen? I had promised myself when everythin' was fine here I would leave. Jean's back, the mansion's safe, Rogue and the others don't need me around ta protect them.' He thought to himself.
He sighed when he thought back to the files they had found just the other day. What if those mutants were still out there and hunting him down? 'Nah, I'm sure after Stryker got wiped out they stopped, but still. It's almost like someone set us up ta go there so that I'd find that.'He thought to himself.
'Yeah, it would be best if I took off. Can't let any of that shit hurt anyone.' He nodded to himself. He hadn't heard two people walk into the room, until they appeared beside him.
"Hey, Wolvie. How are ya doing?" Jubilee asked Logan as she took a seat to his left and Rogue to his right.
"I'm fine, kid." He responded
"Are ya sure? Ya don't look like ya are." Rogue commented as he turned around and was about to stand up from his seat, but Jubilee stopped him.
"As you always say 'don't lie ta me.' Now what is wrong?" Jubilee asked, demanding to know what was wrong with the older man.
"Well, might as well tell ya now. I think tomorrow I'm leavin'." He answered them. He didn't bother to look at either one of them, he knew they were both shocked.
"But you can't leave." Rogue protested.
"Yeah, who else is going to annoy Cyke to death and challenge him? I swear, if you never came around, he would have a stick even more shoved up his-" Jubilee was cut off by Rogue.
"What she will eventually get around ta sayin', is that we need ya around. Not just us, but everyone. It wouldn't be the same without ya here." Rogue told him.
Logan shook his head. "Ya don't need me here, ya both are safe and I don't want ta endanger that. I don't know if someone might come after me and I don't want one of you caught in the crossfire." He shot back as he stood up.
"You can't!" Jubilee cried as she hugged him. "You're like a dad to me. You know my parents were both killed. You're the closest person I have to a parent." She stated as Rogue hugged him too.
"That goes for all of us. Mah parents wanted nothin' ta do with meh. Like Jubes said, ya are like a parent ta meh. Now that Ah think about it, ya are a father ta all of the girls. Remember a month ago when ya caught John and Bobby in Lorna and Wanda's room?" Rogue asked as she looked at him.
Logan smiled as he remembered the scene. "Haha, yeah, I thought for sure Drake or Allerdyce were doing to wet their pants. I so wish I had a camera. Never seen two boys jump out a window and down the fire escape so fast in my life." Jubilee laughed.
"We need ya here. Ya are an important part ta our family." Rogue told him seriously as she took a step back away from him.
"Yeah, you're like the dad and then Mr. Summers is the cranky, but very concerned uncle. Miss. Grey is the aunt you won't lie to cause she will know and the one you can talk to about anything. Miss. Munroe is the role model aunt. Mr. McCoy, the big fury uncle that makes sure you are healthy. Mr. Wagner is the uncle the uncle that is very kind. Mr. Worthington is the uncle you want to suck up to so you can get money out of him. Miss. Braddock is the cool aunt. And of course, there is Professor Xavier, who is the grandpa." Jubilee finished.
Logan chuckled at the thought of Xavier being called 'grandpa.' He felt very touched that they had cared this much about him. He never knew this before. "Thanks kids." He smiled at them.
"So you're staying?" Rogue asked him.
"Yeah." Logan replied.
In the Rec. Room
Kitty stood before the boys. John, Bobby, and Piotr took up the couch, while Pietro, Remy and Jono each had separate chairs. "Okay, like, you guys know that we are throwing a party for Jean. I want you guys to throw a party for Scott. You guys better show him a good time." Kitty pointed her finger at them.
"How do you handle her?" Bobby whispered to Piotr.
"I heard that, Drake." Kitty glared at Bobby. "I'm serious. Miss. Braddock and Miss. Munroe already took Miss. Jean out to get the wedding dresses and for a girl's night out, same with Mr. Wagner and Worthington. They both deserve to have another party planned for them. Also." She added as she looked at Remy and then at the rest of them. "NO stripper!"
"Why did y' look at moi first when y' said dat?" Remy asked her as he tried to look hurt.
"Cause you're the oldest here and sometimes you act like you are the youngest." Kitty stuck her tongue out at him. "You guys also have to run this by with Mr. McCoy. He was in his lab and said he was really busy. Wanda and Lorna are out getting things for Miss. Grey's party. Rogue and Jubes went to find Logan and-" She began to say when the three entered the room.
"What were ya talkin' about?" Logan asked as he looked down at Kitty. He knew he heard his name mentioned and wanted to know what was going on.
"Oh, we are planning a bachelor part for Mr. Summers, and we want to make sure it is a lot of fun for him." Kitty explained.
"Well, I got some beer hidden in my room. We could use that." Logan suggested.
"NO alcohol!" Kitty yelled at Logan. "The last thing we need is for you guys to be wasted."
"So, then this is a party with no strippers or alcohol? Wow this will be so much fun." John said sarcastically.
"So ya want there ta be strippers there? Ah think Ah should mention that ta Wanda." Rogue teased, but seeing the look in John's eyes, she knew he began to regret saying that.
"Okay, it is better with no strippers." John took back his last statement.
We'll show the bloke a bloody good time. Jono said as he got up from his chair. Jubilee ran over to him and kissed him on the cheek.
"I know you never wanted any of that, did you Jonie?" Jubilee cooed as she hugged him.
Of course not. Chamber replied, getting a nasty glare from the men on the sofa.
"What about you, sugah?" Rogue asked as she came up from behind Remy and sat on the armrest.
"Gambit never wanted any of dat stuff in dere, unless Roguie-" He started to say, but Rogue covered his mouth and kissed the top of her gloved hand.
"Don't ya dare finish that sentence, swamp rat." She grinned as she pulled away from him. "Ah gotta go now. Ah'm supposed ta meet the Professor. I'll be seein' ya tomorrow night Cajun." She winked at Remy as she walked to the door to leave.
"I'ma go out ta Harry's tonight. See ya kids later." Logan waved to them as he left.
As soon as Logan left the Rec. Room, Pietro, Bobby, and John all turned to Remy. "Hey-buddy-old-pal-you-think-you-could-refill-Logan's-stash?" Pietro asked innocently.
"You guys stole from his stash?" Kitty asked, her eyes went wide. All the kids knew about Logan's not-so-secret-stash. None of them dared to go into the room, fearing Logan would smell them and know they had found it.
"We kinda took a few bottles and soon there were none left." Bobby replied softly.
Piotr shook his head. "You two should know better then that." He told him.
"Yeah, it was kinda during the time you and Kitty went on your date." John whispered just as Sarah walked into the room. As soon as she spotted Remy, she ran over to him and hopped in his lap.
"Good luck, mes amis. De Wolverine kill dis Cajun if he brought beer into here, and he can smell it too." Remy told them as he grinned down at Sarah.
"I woke up from my nap and no one was around. It's scary here when there aren't people in the mansion. I looked in Rogue's room and no one was there. I thought everyone left me" Sarah commented.
"No need to worry, petit, no one would ever leave y' behind." Remy told her as she rested her head against his chest, being careful to not poke him with her spikes.
"Yeah, we may leave Bobby here alone, but never you. And besides, you are so much cuter than him." Jubilee told Sarah, making the ten-year-old girl smile.
"I resent that. I am very cute. Ask Lorna." Bobby shot at them.
"Ask me what?" A female voice asked. Soon Lorna and Wanda entered the room.
"That I am cute." Bobby gave her his best puppy dog look.
"Of course you are." Lorna said as she went behind Bobby and kissed him. John got up from the couch and greeted Wanda with a kiss as well.
"Ewie." Sarah gave a disgusted look as the two couples kissed.
"Don't worry. Lorna and Wanda both had their cooties shots." Kitty joked.
"Good, cause I don't want any of their cooties." Sarah told them and as jumped off Gambit's lap. "Can you play house with me? Theresa and Rahne used to play with me, but they are at Muir Island." Sarah pouted.
"Aw, sure. We'll go play house with you." Kitty said as she took Sarah's hand in hers.
"I did have some plans with John, but playing house does sound a bit more fun." Wanda stated. John gave her a hurt look. "Come on, it will be fun. Besides, I'll make it up to you." She winked at him.
"Okay, let's go play house." John turned around to face the younger girl. Sarah giggled at him.
"Are you going to come too?" Sarah asked as she turned back to Remy.
"Sorry, not dis time, petit. Mebbe next time, non?" He told her. She sighed disappointedly.
"Hey, we'll come too, if that's okay with you?" Jubilee told the younger girl. Jono nodded in agreement.
"Yeah! Please come." Sarah said to them, getting excited. Remy smiled as he watched the little girl jump up and down, he hadn't seen her this happy in a while, even with her other friends. He got up from his chair and began to head for the door.
"You should join us, Gambit." Lorna told him. She and Bobby agreed right after Jubilee had. The little girl had nothing to do and she had to admit, this mansion was scary when there wasn't tons of kids running around.
"Love to, but Cyke wanted some progress reports on y'r Danger Room sessions." Remy explained, sounding very bored at the thought of writing the reports up. He didn't hear footsteps walking down the hall and stopping outside the room.
"You haven't completed them yet?" Remy heard a male voice from behind him and slowly turned to see Scott and Jean standing there. "I told you I needed them by-" Scott began to say, when Jean placed a hand on his arm.
"Honey. He'll give them to you when he is done. You said you didn't need them until tomorrow." Jean calmed down her future husband.
"Just make sure they are on my desk by tomorrow evening." Scott told Remy as he led Jean to the garage area. They had plans to go to the movies and afterwards.
"We're going to go play, have fun, daddy." Sarah called to Remy as she and Kitty walked down the hallway. Bobby had to hide a grin that appeared on his face when Sarah called Remy 'daddy.'
'Mon Dieu, never gonna get used to being called dat.' He thought to himself as he watched the younger mutants walk down the hallway and into the elevator. However, Jubilee stayed behind.
"That reminds me. Do you know what you're going to get Rogue?" Jubilee asked him, folding her arms over her chest.
"Quoi?" Was the only thing that came out of his mouth. He was confused on what Jubilee was talking about. 'Get chere what?' He thought to himself.
"You do know in three weeks is Rogue's birthday, right?" Jubilee asked and got her answer as soon as she saw Remy lose his normal poker face and looked surprised. "She never told you? Yeah, its going to be her birthday soon. We're going to throw her a surprise birthday party. I think by then Jean and Cyke should be back from their honeymoon." She told him.
"Guess I'll have to go gift shoppin'." He said to Jubilee with a grin. He already had something in mind.
"I can't believe she never told you. Did you tell her your birthday? Which I don't think I've ever heard it either. I know John, Bobby, Wanda, Lorna, Kitty, Pete, Pietro, Jono, and all of the teacher's birthdays." She mused to herself. "But I don't know yours."
Remy shrugged. "Like to know dat question myself, petit." He told her as he turned to leave. 'Know how to find out, but dere ain' no way in hell I'm askin' him dat question.' He thought to himself.
Professor's Office
"This isn't workin'." Rogue sighed in disappointment as she leaned back into her chair. The Professor had told her to try to concentrate on herself without her powers, what it would be like to feel a person. Normally during these lessons Logan would be next to her and when she was ready she would put her bare hand on his. Every single time she would end up absorbing him.
"It takes time, Rogue. We've already made progress with keeping the psyche's in your head away from your normal thoughts. I believe your mutant powers have something to do with your mind, though I could be wrong. That is why I would like Dr. McCoy to check on you tomorrow and give you a body scan. It might be able to help us discover how to control your powers." Charles Xavier explained to the frustrated girl in front of him.
"What's the point? Ah've been stuck like this, Ah'm probably gonna get stuck like this for the rest of mah life. Ah just want to be able to touch someone without harmin' them. It may sound stupid ta a lot of people, but ta meh, I've dreamt about it. One of the simplest things in the world, and Ah can't even have it." A tear rolled down her cheek as she got up from the chair. "Thank ya, Professor for ya'r time." She tried to fight back the tears in her eyes as she left his office.
Charles shook his head and sighed. He felt terrible for her. She was right, being able to touch someone is something that everyone takes for granted. If they were in Rogue's shoes, they would probably be the same. "I'll find a way to help her." He vowed to himself silently. 'But then again, I was never able to help Scott control his optic blast. I've been failing my students.' He thought to himself.
"I will make it up to them. I will help them find a way to control their powers." He told himself.
Midnight at the Mansion
Cerebro never detected the intruder hoping along in the trees, or even when he or she jumped along side the building and grabbed the fire escape. They carefully opened the window, making sure they did not make a sound.
They crept inside the dark room and heard a soft snoring noise from the bed. A silent SNIKT sound was heard as they walked closer until they peaked down at Logan's sleeping form. The intruder raised the two claws that had come out of their hand above the Canadian.
Logan was awoken, but kept his eyes shut. He could smell a different scent in the air and the breeze from the open window. He waited two seconds before he sprang up from his bed, his own claws unsheathed. Instead of striking a person, he struck the air. No one was in his room.
He pulled the sheets off of him and looked over at the open window. He slowly got to his feet and walked over to it. He gazed outside, trying to see if the scent he smelled went outside. Oddly enough, the scent seemed to disappear. A low growl came from Logan's throat as he closed the window and locked it, before heading off to bed.
A few feet away, the intruder glared at the shut window. "You're going to pay, Weapon X." A female voice vowed.
End of Chapter 7
Special Thanks to: loneraven (hehe, can ya guess who the last person was?), Chica De Los Ojos Café( Davie gets even more complicated later, the boy just doesn't wants to be different than other villains), firestorm13 (haha, he was too distracted by Rogue, and Wolvie gets even more shockers), Nightcrawler03(there will be), dawn1(no need to worry, there will be plenty of Romy moments later), enchantedlight( glad ya enjoyed it :), Crystalwish (they will be back, ill try to add more romy and jott), and sakura5tar (yay, glad ya like it so far, and I got very special plans for remy and rogue's big date :)
Next Chapter: first battle of the story :) can ya guess with who? and a few people get injured from the fight, ain't sayin' who. A bits of romance added in :)