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The Scarlet Wish

2.

Xavier walked to the Blakbird, Moira followed him in silence.

-"You can say it aloud"- Charles told her

-"I thought that reading a mind without permission was considered rude"- she said

crossing her arms before her.

-"You are so worried I could not help it. I am a telepath after all"- He smiled asking for

her forgiveness-"Everything will be alright, Moira, I have to get back to my students,

my place is there, helping them. I appreciate all that you have done for me, really"

-"I guess I have gotten used to have you around"- she accepted-"They seem to have

been through an ordeal, when Storm told us about Jean´s death…poor Logan"

-"He is crying for her inside loud enough for anyone to hear him….not only telepaths."-

admitted Charles-"I do not know if he will let me help him but I have to try"

-"There is also those reports about the cure"- She reminded him-"Hank did not want to

tell me much, he does not trust me as he trusts you but he seemed to be worried"

-"There is never a moment of peace, always so much to do"-Charles walked closer to

Moira and touched her cheek with tenderness-"Maybe one day"

-"Your X-men are waiting"- she told him walking a few feet away-"If you need me…"

Charles got inside the jet, where Logan and Storm where getting it ready to fly back

home. Logan could not prevent himself to have another look at the unfamiliar face. It

was so strange to know that this man was Charles Xavier, a man he respected and

admired more than anyone else, and at the same time to feel so utterly confused by the

fact that he looked totally different and that he was walking

-"Enjoying the use of your legs?"- asked Logan, Storm eyed at him with a murderous

look

-"I do actually, thanks for asking"- Said Xavier-"How are the classes going? Did you

hire new teachers?"

-"Yes, well, Hank is teaching …Jean´s classes, when he is not busy with his new duties.

Bobby does the teaching then"- Ororo could not help looking at Logan while she

mention her lost friend- "we also have a new family member"

-"A guy who flies"- added Logan avoiding Storm´s eyes

-"He has wings, Warren Worthington III"- finished Storm-"he is teaching maths"

-"Wings? Interesting"- commented Xavier –"And you Logan?"

-"Danger room sessions are my thing, Chuck"- he answered looking at the clouds

before them-"could not resist all that fun"

-"I feared that you might be interested in running away as usual"- said Xavier-"I am

happy to see that you have found a reason to stay"

-"I found that reason a long time ago but I was blind to see it then, I am not making the

same mistake again"- said Logan-"She might be dead but her dream is not, as long as I

can fight for it, and ´Ro, you can say her name without looking at me, I won´t break

down and cry, I promise"

Storm could not believe her ears but when she saw his smirk she felt relaxed, maybe,

after all, things were getting better.

-"And Kurt has returned" – added Logan-"he is helping with the physical part of some

classes and he teaches religion and ethics"

-"Logan is trying to beat him in a drinking match"- commented Storm half angry, half

amused-"poor Kurt"

-"Storm, he knows more about it that you can imagine, after all he is the nightcrawler"-

laughed Logan.

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The nurse came to check on John as she usually did every morning, John Doe had been

in a coma for about a month after he was found in a road, half naked and unconscious

near Alkali Lake. He was rather attractive, despite the burn marks and the damaged his

body has suffered. After some weeks his face has returned to normality and he was

more than merely attractive. The nurse Jones has been interested in him from the start.

He looked so manly and at the same time so lonely in that white bed, without a name or

identity. Nobody has came to see him, he was nobody but for the nurse he was

everything, the reason she went to work with a smile on her face. That morning she had

used a new lipstick, she knew he was not going to see it but still, she wanted to look

pretty for him.

His hand started moving, the nurse was so surprised she was rooted to the spot. John

Doe raised his hand and touched his face, searching for something near the area of his

eyes. The man stopped the search and he started screaming without opening his eyes.

The sound was terrible, loud and full of the deepest pain. The nurse covered her ears.