Logan stayed longer than he normally would have. More worried for Marie than he had been in a long time.
He watched as she visited Gambit's grave every day. And he watched her as she finally started to reemerge back into her world.
Watched as she finally allowed other people to look after her son as she started to go on missions again.
The Professor had told her he didn't expect her to join the team again so quickly.
"I have to, I need to." she told him urgency in her voice.
So she did.
She even went back to teaching.
But Logan noticed something wasn't quite right with Marie. She seemed to be planning something, acquiring information. But about what he didn't know. He saw that she was on the computer more than usual and late at night she was always in the danger room doing what kind of scenarios Logan had no clue. Marie always locked the doors when she was inside.
But he would find out several days later...
Logan was returning back to the sub-basement where the mansions "extra curricular activities" were based since he had left his leather jacket there after the just completed mission. On the way down in the elevator he could vaguely pick up two peoples voices. One pleading one screaming.
When the elevator door finally slid open he heard the conversation clearly. Thanks to his extra sensitive hearing.
Normally he wouldn't have put his nose into it but one of the voices was Marie's-the screaming one. Making his way closer to were the voices were coming from he paused outside the doors where the X jet was housed. The doors were slightly ajar. He peered inside.
Scott obviously still hadn't changed out of his uniform, Marie obviously had. She was now wearing all black.
What Marie was wearing seemed to be a sort of one piece outfit. It was very formfitting, almost like a second skin. She also had some sort of black utility belt around her waist. Logan also noticed she had a hood that wasn't on at the moment but from what he could make out it looked as if it would cover her hair and most of her face. Almost like a ninja uniform.
She was definitely up to something.
"No Scott you're not stopping me!"
"Rogue you can't do this!" he grabbed her from behind stopping her from walking away from him.
"Like hell I can't!" she spun around and kicked Scott in the shoulder. The impact caused him to let go of her and she started walking toward the jet again.
"If I knew telling you who was behind the bombs at the hospital was going to put you into revenge mode I would have never told you!" He said raising his voice in anger and regret. "I thought you were better than this. Who do you think you are... Wolverine?"
Logan grimaced at those words when he heard that but continued listening and watching.
Marie stopped at that and turned around.
"If you didn't tell me I would have found out anyway, the Friends of Humanity had their stench all over the cursed event!" and then she walked right up to Scott and put her face into his. She started speaking so softly that Logan almost didn't even pick it up "And if I was Wolverine, I would kill you were you stand," she then grabbed Scott's hand "not do this."
Scott started to look confused but not for long, Logan watched as both Marie and Scott's veins started pulsing as she started to drain him of his energy. She didn't let go until Scott slumped to the ground.
She closed her eyes quickly and pulled out a pair of ruby lens quartz glasses out of her pocket, which told Logan she had been prepared for the scenario of Scott coming upon her. Discovering her. At any other time he would have been thoroughly impressed, but now he was only concerned.
He watched her as she got down on the floor and whispered to Scott.
"Sorry Scott you were so busy trying to stop me that you didn't even notice I wasn't wearing my bracelet." her voice was so cold and distance. It almost didn't sound like her.
He then watched as she looked around her and then slowly dragged Scott's still body to the changing room.
When Marie came back and noticed that Logan was in the front of the jets open door, blocking her way, she didn't seem the least bit surprised.
"How long ya been here Logan?" her voice was still almost entirely emotionless.
"Long enough to know that you are about to do something stupid."
"Oh, really! That coming from the Wolverine!" she started approaching him slowly, "Get out of my way Logan!" she said to him through clenched teeth.
"You know I can't do that!" he looked at her, determination in his eyes. "What do you think you are doing Marie?"
She just stared at him impassively.
"You above all people should know what revenge looks like!" she paused, anger now burning in her eyes. "Why didn't you tell me about the Friends of Humanity?" she started to shout loudly "Why didn't you tell me how they murdered Remy!"
"I didn't know Marie!"
"And if you did?
"I would have told you!"
He watched her as one lonely tear made it's way down her face.
"They must pay for what they did! ...I am truly sorry Logan but not even you will stop me!"
She looked up at him and with a flash of the wrist threw something on the ground in front of him. Some sort of gas started billowing around him. Logan dropped to the ground and started coughing.
"Sorry Logan." he heard her say... then his world went dark.
After waking several minutes later to the now jet-free basement and taking the unconscious Scott to the med lab, Logan informed the Professor. Xavier didn't seem at all astounded, he told Logan it was probably better that no one else knew for the time being.. Logan then went back to the hanger.
And he waited for her.
The sound of the hanger doors opening broke the silence, causing Logan to look up as the air vehicle which was on the platform slowly lowered down into the room.
When Marie descended from the jet the first thing Logan noticed that she was crying. He rushed to her. Wrapping his arms around her she started to cry even harder.
"I'm so sorry Logan." her voice was slightly muffled "I'm so sorry." she repeated.
She looked up at Logan.
"I couldn't do it, I planned this for months. I even managed to acquire this," she backed away from him and pulled out a small black object. Logan could tell right away that it was some sort of small bomb.
Marie then explained to Logan that she found out about a secret meeting that the friends of humanity were having.
"One that all the leaders would have been at," she looked back at Logan, the tears slowing down somewhat and her voice regaining a little more control. "Some of them were ones that were behind the explosion that killed Remy... It would have been so easy to plant this bomb and just murder them all!... but I couldn't do it."
"Of course you couldn't darlin'."
"I wanted t'do somethin', anythin'!" She pulled herself out of Logan's grip and started pacing. "I hurt so much Logan! More than I have ever in my entire life!"
She then stopped in front of him. And started to shout so loudly that it hurt Logan's ears, but he didn't stop her. He knew this was something Marie needed to do. Something she probably should have done a long time ago. Get her emotions out, and try to start the healing process.
"It should be me that is dead Not him! it should have been me! If only I had been there maybe this would have never happened!"
Logan took hold of her again and hugged her. He then let her cry in his arms soaking his shirt with her tears.