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Title: Blow after Blow

By: Nianna

Summary: What happens when you lose all your loved ones? Logan is soon to find out

Chapter Three

Bobby and Scott sat on Bobby's bed; both had the same expression on their faces, sad and lonely, both staring at the same place on the floor. Ororo peeked around the door and then turned back to Kurt.
"They're still there," She said softly, as Kurt and her started to walk outside. Bobby and Scott had been in that room for two hours now, and by the looks of it, neither had even moved the slightest.
"I wonder where Logan is." Kurt replied. "He can't run from his problems all the time...soon they will catch up with him. I just hope he manages to get back to his friends before anything does happen."

Logan tried to shield his eyes from the sudden bright light, but his arms were bound tight to a metal table. He groaned slightly, and Magneto's head came into his vision.
"The animal is awake," Magneto announced.
Logan's body hurt all over, and he tired to pull away from the bonds holding his feet and hands down, but to no avail.
"Don't worry, we will soon let you go" Magneto continued "But we are still looking here..." Magneto moved out of Logan's vision, and he felt one of his hands being held up slightly, his wrist pressed hard into the metal barrier, but he did not have enough energy to stop whoever was holding it up. "Now I wonder what we could do with these" A voice drifted around the room, before Logan fainted again.

It was while Ororo was teaching that the message came. 'X-men to my office...now!' The Professor's voice seemed rather frantic, unusually. Ororo looked around the class, and chose one student to watch the class while she went to the Professor. She was the last person to arrive and sat down quickly at the back.
"I have found Logan," Xavier said, "Magneto has him."
A gasp circulated the room., with a hiss of "I knew it," from Scott.
"What does he want with him?" Kurt asked.
"I'm not entirely sure... but I know one thing... Logan has been experimented on."
Ororo stood up, "I'm not letting anyone else die," She said loudly, "We have to go get him!" Scott stayed silent, and the Professor's eyes kept lingering on him.
"We must think this out... Magneto is very dangerous." The Professor said quietly, once Ororo had sat down again. "And we do not know what state Logan is in… he could be very dangerous."

Bobby stood in the doorway of Rogue's bedroom, his eyes glancing around the room. He moved forward and picked up one of the many pictures on her bedside table, one of him and Rogue laughing infront of the school. He remember that day so well. Rogue had persuaded Logan to take the picture, and then Bobby had to take one of Logan and Rogue.
Bobby let go of the picture, letting it drop back down, and moved over to Rogue's wardrobe. He gently touched one of her jackets, black, as most of her clothes were. Bobby didn't cry... He couldn't... He had already cried enough...

Professor Xavier looked up as Bobby entered his room, and smiled. He already knew what Bobby wanted to talk about, but Xavier decided to let him say it.
"Professor..." Bobby started, and then stopped, already fighting to hold back the tears. He bent his head, "Please, Professor, I would like to leave." He said in a rush.
Xavier looked at Bobby, with a sorrowful expression on his face. "Bobby, maybe it would be best if you stay... it would help," He said quietly.
"But everywhere I look around, I'm reminded of Rogue... and I just don't want to be!" Bobby said
"Please, just give it a couple more days" Xavier said softly, "And always remember you can talk to anyone in this school."
Bobby nodded, and walked out of the room, shutting the door behind him. He leant against and stared up at the ceiling. He didn't really want to leave... well, he didn't think he did... He just wanted to 'forget' Rogue.

Xavier watched the X-men file into the Blackbird. His eyes followed Bobby, as he ran to catch up with them. He turned away from it all, and rubbed his chest. He had been having dreadful pains recently but he didn't want to worry anyone... they all already had too much to think about.

Scott started the engines. As soon as they got into the air, he punched in the co-ordinates, and then left the plane on autopilot. Swivelling around on his chair, he turned to face the others.
"So, we know what we're doing then?" He murmured, just trying to continue with the normal procedure, and looked around as everyone's heads nodded, apart from Bobby, who was staring out the window, at the school.
"Bobby?"
Bobby jumped slightly and glanced around nervously, clearing his throat "Err... yeah, yeah, I know what I'm doing," He muttered, and gave a timid smile.

The cell and the lab were deserted. All that was left was Logan, his body lifeless, still strapped down to a metal table.