For One Night of Peace Chapter 6 A Strange Girl, a x-men: the movie fanfic

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Chica De Los Ojos Café: Yep, the professor let the puss out of the bag. Well, Rogue loves Scott and she doesn't want to admit it. And Scott loves Rogue and feels that he's betraying Jean. And Wolverine? No one can EVER pin down his feelings…

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Raniatlw: I used to be all Rogue/Wolverine lover. But he kept on leaving her and then liked Jean, and THEN I realized that with Jean gone (not that I wanted her dead) Rogue and Scott would make the perfect couple so, while I still like Logan/Rogue stories I'm starting to really like Scott/Rogue stories (as you can see since I'm writing one).

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A/N: For all of my readers I have a little note to leave. I haven't been updating because of a writer's block concerning this part of the story, so I decided to skip the time in Japan and get right to where they are about to break into the secret laboratory to save Wolverine. A new character will be introduced into this chapter as well. Also, I'm not good in faction scenes (I write romance for crying out loud) so please don't flame. I admitted that I'm not good so why review just to tell me that my supposedly action scenes sucked. Thank you for understanding and reading and I honestly hope that you enjoy this chapter.

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He kept hearing the screams, and it was causing him to grow crazed. Who was the person screaming and what were they doing to her? Even though Logan wasn't the nicest of people, he knew that females were to be respected—unless they were dangerous females with hard steel for fingernails and wanted to take your eyes out—yet that was another story.

Kicking at his cage he growled and tried covering his ears so he wouldn't have to hear her screams. It had been like this for a couple of nights now, and it was driving him insane. The person sounded young, too young to have to go through whatever was happening up in that room.

Looking up the stairs towards the boxlike windowless room, Logan narrowed his eyes, wishing that he had enough strength to break his cage. He didn't wish this for himself or for Quid; he had lost Quid's scent and believed that the other man must be dead because Wolverine could smell everything. No, he did it for this person, for this mysterious person. It wasn't in his nature to think of others, but he'd done it with Marie, and now there was this mysterious female who smelt of such fear that it was slowly driving him crazy.

If only he could get out…if only he could get to her…if only he could help her…if only…if only…

"It goes down tonight." Scott told them

A week had been enough for the X-Men to find out where the entrance to the secret laboratory was located. That, in itself, was the easy part. The hard part being—at least for Rogue—to keep her mind and hands off of her handsome colleague, especially since they slept cuddled in the same bed every night.

"Right." Storm nodded, going to ready herself.

Kurt did the same.

Rogue looked up at Scott and then back at her shoes. She still wasn't used to the fact that she could touch people and not zap their life out of them, yet she liked the fact that the voices in her head were heard only when she summoned them…which was nearly never. The only problem—if you could call it a problem—was the fact that she couldn't summon her powers if she wanted to. So, in a sense, she was defenseless and it irked her to think that her colleagues would be worrying about her safety while they should be worrying about how to get Wolverine out alive.

"Rogue."

Looking up, her brown eyes were trained on Scott. "Yes?"

For a moment he was hesitant, then he smiled tiredly. "Don't get killed." And with that he walked away, leaving the mutant with mixed feelings.

Scott silently praised Kurt for helping them get into the underground laboratory despite the fact that on his first attempt he hadn't known what the inside of the place looked like. He'd gone by himself that time just incase he got trapped in a wall, and since luck would have it he was successful, and was able to teleport them inside as well.

When the alarm sounded, alerting their presence in the building, Scott winced, yet Storm quickly told them that she could handle the humans coming to stop them, and they left her and her giant hail storm. Kurt had been the most reluctant of them to leave Storm on her own, and Scott knew that Nightcrawler had feelings for the white-haired beauty. Yet Kurt had left Storm to fend off her assailants, and Scott could still hear the sounds of the men's terrified screams as they tried running for cover.

As they kept running towards where Rogue sensed Wolverine was imprisoned, Scott couldn't help feeling jealous of the close connection Logan and Marie had that she could even sense him no matter how far apart they were. He wanted to believe that Rogue would be able to do the same with him if he were the one they were going to rescue, yet he doubted that it was so. The leader of the X-Men suddenly wondered if he would always be in the Wolverine's shadow.

Even though Storm was still holding off the men who had attacked them in the entrance, Scott could hear the sounds of many booted feet hurrying towards them, and he growled at the fact that it would be good to have Wolverine with them at the moment. The man was an animal, in both the good and the bad way, and he knew that they needed the man to be able to get out of there alive.

"He's in this room." Rogue exclaimed, reaching for the handle of the door and trying to open it. It was locked and Scott was glad for the fact that there was unbreakable glass built into the top of the door. That was Kurt was easily able to see what the inside looked like and in seconds he had grabbed Rogue and teleported into the other room. He dropped Rogue and in the blink of an eye he'd returned with Scott.

Scott quickly looked through the unbreakable glass window in the door and noticed the many armed men that would have trapped them if it hadn't been for Nightcrawler's amazing ability. "I envy your powers sometimes, Kurt."

"I wasn't known as 'The Incredible Nightcrawler' in the Munich circus for nothing." Even though that sounded quite boastful, Kurt said it with a small blush, which looked odd against his blue skin.

"Logan!" Rogue's cry caught the men's attention and they turned to see her running towards a cage, in which Wolverine was held. The thin women went on her knees and reached out to touch Wolverine's hand. The man just looked at her as if he couldn't believe she was there. She smiled. "Are you okay?"

"Stripes?" Wolverine whispered, eyes widening as he realized that she was holding his hand and nothing was happening. Scott used his solar vision to burn through Wolverine's chains, and then to burn the cage's lock, weakening it considerably. It only took one of Wolverine's strong kicks to send the door flying in the other direction. Logan got out of the cage and pulled Rogue to her feet, holding her tightly. "How can you touch me?"

"Long story, Logan." Rogue whispered, hugging him tightly. "No time right now to tell you."

Scott forgot the danger that they were in as he watched Wolverine and Rogue with a sickening feeling deep within his stomach. He saw the love and tenderness they felt for each other, and his heart seemed to be breaking as Scott forced himself to watch them. Forced himself to see how much Rogue loved Wolverine. Forced himself to understand that when he was ready to see other women, Rogue would have already left with Logan.

A scream pierced the air.

Kurt twirled around at the echoing sound, horror on his face. "Was that Storm?"

Wolverine shook his head, letting go of Rogue and looking towards the stairs that led up to a mysterious looking room. "No. It's her." Without another word he hurried towards the stairs, claws appearing immediately as he began climbing.

The door that separated them from the armed men suddenly exploded and the soldiers entered the room in a brisk pace, shooting as they did. Scott shouted for Rogue to hide as he took cover and shot his solar beams towards the men. His concentration was horrible, for he was more worried for Rogue's safety than his own, and that cost him dearly because a bullet pierced his left arm, causing him to cry out in intense pain.

Ignoring the pain in his arm, Scott continued to shoot his solar beams, cursing because they were so outnumbered. He glanced over to where Kurt was, he smiled to see how the mutant was putting up his own, scaring the soldiers to no small extent. There was a strong blast of wind and the soldiers were all thrown across the room, landing hard on their faces.

Storm appeared in the doorway, her eyes completely white as majestic lightning began hitting selected soldiers. Kurt smiled with relief to see that she was unhurt before grabbing one of his knives and appearing behind one of the bigger soldiers, grabbing him from behind and stabbing him in the throat. He then teleported to the ceiling and was hidden in the shadows before any of the soldiers could figure out what had happened.

The violent and sudden noises from the upstairs room where their dark haired friend had disappeared into caused Scott to look up there and frown, wondering what in the world Logan was doing up there when they needed him down here helping them. They had risked their lives for him, and the ungrateful thing could at least help them! The Leader of the X-men then looked in the direction where Rogue was hiding. If something happened to her because Logan didn't know where his loyalties lay, well, Scott would kill him.

The moment he'd entered the room, Logan couldn't control the anger and hatred boiling inside. His dark eyes spanned the room and he realized what was happening, his animal instincts had taken over and he'd begun clashing everything in his way. There were a couple of men in the room, yet they weren't fighters. They were scientists, and it was most obvious because when they saw him they were tripping over each other trying to get to the backdoor first. He took out his fury on the machines, destroying them ruthlessly, showing the scientist in the room what he would do to them if they didn't get away as fast as they could. If he had had more time, Logan would have gone after them, yet he knew that the others wouldn't be able to hold off the soldiers for much longer.

Going towards the tiny cage in the center of the room, Logan looked down into the frightened face of the girl. She couldn't haven been older than twelve and she was the skinniest, most pathetic looking creature he'd ever had the misfortune to lay his eyes on. Yet there was something about this girl that seemed to call to him, and Logan used his claws to stab the machine on the side of the cage, causing the door to fling open.

"Come on, we don't have much time." He whispered, not understanding why he did that since he'd already made enough noise already that there was no way in hell that the soldiers didn't know he was up there. But there was something about this little girl that had him doing so. It was this little girl who had him bent on his knees, arms outstretched. "We have to leave now." Seeing her frightened glance towards his claws, he retracted them, silently berating himself for not having thought of doing that before. Obviously the child was terrified, and having claws outstretched towards her wouldn't help her any. "Trust me."

Her eyes seemed to be the largest thing about her, and at those words they grew. She hesitated for a moment before outstretching a trembling hand and holding his hand. Logan helped her out of the cage and picked her up bridal style, horrified to realize that she felt weightless. Her bones seemed to dominate her body, and stuck out at odd angles. Her cheeks were sunken in, and her skin was a very pale color. Yet there was something about those large doe eyes that held his attention for no explainable reason.

Hearing footsteps coming towards them from the door where the scientists had escaped, Logan put down the girl and used his strength to push a couple of the mangled machines in front of the door, blocking their entry. Yet, knowing that that wouldn't hold them forever, he picked up the girl and hurried out of the room.

Rogue looked up in time to see Logan racing down the stairs with a young bony child in his arms. The girl looked so pathetic and helpless that Rogue's heart immediately went out to her. Rogue saw Wolverine as he hurried towards her and tried leaving the girl with her, but the younger girl didn't want to let go of him.

"I'll come back." He whispered, and with that the young girl reluctantly let go and Logan gave Rogue a smile before extracting his claws and hurrying back to help Scott, Storm and Kurt as they fought off the soldiers.

Scott said something to Storm, and she nodded, beginning to rise in the air. Rain clouds covered the ceiling and lightning and thunder crackled in the air slightly as it began raining torrentially, soaking all those below. Thick fog covered the distance between their heads and the ceiling, hiding Storm from sight.

Rogue pulled the whimpering child close to her, trying to keep themselves dry but it was impossible. They shivered as their clothes soaked through and clung to their bodies. The elder woman stifled a gasp as she saw the bony skeletal figure of the child, and she grew angry at the thought that other human beings would allow a child, mutant or not, to grow this horribly thin because of starvation.

Suddenly something appeared in front of them and the girl screamed in horror. Hurt covered Kurt's face for a second, but then it was replaced with understanding.

"Cyclops says I must take you to the jet. We must leave at once!" He explained rapidly in his thick accent, raindrops skidding down his smooth blue skin.

"Can you take us both at the same time?" Rogue asked, standing up rapidly since she realized that there was an inch of water covering the ground by now. She frowned slightly, helping the younger girl up. Was Storm trying to drown them?

"I can only take one person at a time." Kurt replied with deep regret. "And we must hurry!"

"Take her first then. I can take better care of myself." Rogue decided rapidly. She noticed that the girl shook her head violently, whimpering in fear. The elder woman couldn't help feeling bad for both Kurt and the child because the child was traumatized, frightened, and Kurt was hurt at her fear of him.

"I won't hurt you." Kurt said in a soft voice, looking at the girl in her eyes.

Something about his eyes must have caught the girl's attention, because she stopped squirming against Rogue and just stared at them before hesitantly reaching out her hand and touching his skin. The odd part was that Kurt jumped slightly at the touch, yet in seconds he was back to normality and the girl had allowed him to grab hold of her and in a blink of an eye they were gone.

Turning back her attention to what was happening; Rogue ducked as a soldier noticed her and began firing in her direction. She cried out as the bullets pierced the boxes she was hiding behind and she threw herself on her stomach, inching away as quickly as she could.

"Leave her alone!" She heard Scott's voice call out, and the anger in his voice caused her skin to crawl. The young woman had never heard fury like that in his voice. There was a larger explosion of solar power than she had ever seen before, and she covered her eyes since the blast hurt her eyes slightly.

By the time the glare left from the explosion was lessened enough to open her eyes, Rogue felt a hand on her arm and she saw Scott helping her to her feet. "Are you alright? Were you hit?" He asked with a tremor in his voice. The young woman was only able to shake her head no before she felt arms go around her from behind and in a blink of an eye she was inside of the X-Men jet, in the company of the strange little girl.

The next second Scott appeared.

Rogue hurried towards him and wrapped her arms around him, burying her head in his chest and crying. She was so happy that he was there, safe and sound that she didn't notice his wound until he stiffened and winced. The young woman pulled away, not noticing that Nightcrawler had reappeared with Wolverine and then disappeared once more. All she noticed was that Scott had been shot. "Are you alright?" She then growled at herself. "Of course you're not alright. What an idiot I am! How did you get shot? Why am I asking these stupidly obvious questions?" She knew that she was rambling, yet she just couldn't get herself to stop.

Yet a small smile appeared on Scott's face as he used his good arm and gently lifted her chin so that she was looking at him. "Calm down Rogue, I'm alright." He seemed amazed at something, but suddenly he winced.

Rogue was surprised to feel the girl softly push her away. The elder woman watched as the child silently motioned for Scott to get on his knees. He was bleeding and in pain. The bullet was still wedged deep into his flesh, and the wound would grow infected if they couldn't get it out and disinfect the wound on time.

The girl looked at Scott and placed her bony fingers over his wound, causing him to wince and cry out in pain slightly. Rogue was about to tell the girl to stop it when she noticed Scott's amazed expression and realized that the blood-covered bullet was now resting in the girl's palm.

"Thank you." He whispered, tearing the sleeve of the shirt to be able to bandage his arm properly. Rogue hurried to help him apply pressure to his wound and she tied the material around it, stopping the flow of blood.

The girl looked up at Scott with large eyes and then reached for his other arm, opening it and placing the bullet there as if giving him a keepsake. She then hurried behind Wolverine and peeked out at Scott with that somber look of hers.

Rogue wondered if the child knew how to smile.

Wolverine frowned slightly. "If she's magnokinetic, why didn't she free herself?"

Scott's eyes were on the girl. "I think she's more than that." He looked as if he was about to say something else, but then he noticed that Storm and Nightcrawler had both appeared and his eyes rested on Storm. "Did you do it?"

The dark beauty smiled, hurrying towards the pilot's seat. "Did you know that water and lightning don't mix well? The combination is quite shocking."

Shaking his head at the pun, Scott returned to 'leader' mode. "Everyone in their seats, now. This is going to be a clean and quick getaway."

Rogue hurried to do as told and in seconds they were in the air and heading towards home. Storm had put on the heat since everyone except herself were soaking wet and practically freezing. But now they were nice and toasty. Rogue looked around the inside of the jet and saw Kurt sitting next to Storm as she flew them home. A small smile appeared on the younger woman's face as she enjoyed the comfortable companionship those two shared. They shared an intimate smile, not knowing that she was watching them, and the sight of their shy affection caused Rogue to sigh.

Her eyes then rested in Logan's direction, and her smile grew rather cheeky. He was sitting on the other side of the jet, next to the young girl, who had rested her head on his shoulder and had her eyes closed. Logan looked so awkward that Rogue would have laughed if she wasn't so tired.

And last but not least, she looked at Scott, who was sitting next to her staring straight ahead of him, his body tense for no good reason. A slight frown rested on her face at his mood's sudden change, yet she sighed and shook her head before resting it against his shoulder, in the same fashion as the little girl with Logan. Rogue felt Scott stiffen in surprise before going completely relaxed and even placing his arm around her shoulder. She could feel the change in him completely as he returned to being her Scott. Her Scott. With that thought, a small smile appeared on Rogue's face as she closed her eyes and promptly fell asleep in his warm and loving embrace.

Scott couldn't believe it. Rogue was sleeping snuggled against him as she had begun doing at night ever since her mutation problem had gone away. She acted as if Wolverine wasn't in the jet with him, as if her personal hero wasn't watching her pay attention to another man. The woman hadn't even been like this with Bobby while around Wolverine, and they had been going out together!

That thought caused Scott to smile warmly as he began to feel his heart softening once more at the possibility that…that maybe Rogue…We'll have to see.

Once more Scott's thoughts returned to the quiet child with them. She hadn't muttered a word during their whole trip, and her eyes were frightening sometimes, because he could see hurt and pain in them. And worse, he saw fear. Yet, she seemed to feel safe with Wolverine and visibly preferred him to the others. What is it with Wolverine and young girls?

Scott remembered how she'd taken the bullet out of his flesh and a confused expression crossed his face. It hadn't felt as if the bullet had shot out, it had felt more as if his body was spitting out the bullet, and that didn't make sense. If she wasn't a magnokinetic, what exactly was she? And what had those people been doing with her?

Shaking his head of those thoughts, the leader of the X-Men decided that Xavier would know what to do with the child and how to best help her. So with that weight lifted from his young shoulders, the young man allowed this thoughts to return to Rogue, who was sleeping so peacefully against him. She acted as if she belonged to him, belonged with him. At that wonderful thought he smiled and kissed the crown of Rogue's head before closing his eyes and promptly falling asleep with his head rested against hers.

Logan watched them in silence. They were in love, whether they realized it or not and even though he didn't exactly like One-Eye, he could tell that the guy loved Marie—maybe even more than he had loved Jean. The dark haired man watched as they slept snuggled together, heads inclined towards the other. Well, I don't think I can kill him now that Stripes has gone and fallen in love. He sighed in disappointment, yet was reluctantly happy to know now that when he left, Marie wouldn't be alone anymore. Also, he wanted to know how in the world she could touch people now. What had happened to her mutation?

Feeling the head of the girl leaning against him beginning to slide, Logan softly pushed it back into a comfortable position, suddenly wondering where this softer side of his had come from. He decided that it was because the girl looked so fragile that she would break in half if you breathed hard enough in her direction. Bastards. How could they do this to this child? And what was it with him and young girls?

With a snort and shake of his head, Wolverine spent the rest of the trip in thoughtful silence.

I UPDATED! Okay, the next chapters are going to be all Scott/Rogue! I swear they will! I have to get those two together and to admit that they are in Lurve! Lol. I hope that I haven't lost all of you wonderful people because of my slow updates but I just couldn't come up with an idea for Japan—as I mentioned above. I hope that you can forgive me and leave me a review!