A/N: Hello there! Welcome to another short update for this ongoing story. It's been a while, but I've got tons of things on my project list. And not enough time or energy. So please, forgive me, and enjoy this little number.
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Logan followed Scarlet's scent because he lost track of her and Victor somewhere along the way. She smelled different, there was something off about her scent that he couldn't place. But he didn't like it.
Lightning flashed across the sky when he emerged into a clearing with a lake. Scarlet was standing in the water, waist deep, looking up at the sky. Victor was on the shore, watching her with a grim expression on his face.
"Maria!" Logan called out as her clothes started to steam and smoke, moving forward.
Victor threw his arm out and caught the other feral mutant around the chest. "You don't want to go out there right now, James."
Logan glared at him. "You won't stop me from going after her, Victor."
"I'm doing you a favor," Victor said in a firm voice. "You go out there and touch her right now, you'll end up with burns more painful than you've ever had before. Even with your healing ability, you'll be red and sore to the touch for days."
Logan looked back at the figure of his love in the water. "What's happening to her?"
"She's growing. Growing into one of the most powerful mutants in the known universe." Victor shook his head. "I didn't think that what Magneto did to her would lead to this, but here we are. You're looking at one of the deadliest weapons in the mutant world…every second evolving, every day becoming more and more powerful…and afraid…"
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Scarlet opened her eyes what felt like hours later. She was sitting on top of Logan, naked as a jaybird and slowly riding him in the water. Logan had a look of confusion on his face, but the pheromones wafting off of her had obviously woken something up in him.
No…she did…Scarlet realized even as Logan came inside of her.
Scarlet backed off of him and averted her gaze. "Sorry…sorry about that."
Logan stared at her, rising to his feet and fixed the pants that had been pushed off his hips. "What was that about, Maria?"
Scarlet shook her head and crossed her arms over her chest. "It happens…"
"It happens?" Logan repeated, his brow furrowing. "You mean, you've done this before?"
Scarlet's heart cracked a little as she nodded. She couldn't look at him. How could she?
Logan turned and looked at the shore at Victor. "You? You touched her?"
Victor said nothing but nodded.
Scarlet cursed as Logan surged out of the water and ran at Victor.
"You bastard!" Logan roared, fist drawn back.
His fist collided with the barrier that Scarlet threw out and he growled, cursing as his knuckles exploded on the barrier. There was a blackness in his eyes that she was familiar with when she drew closer to him.
"Logan, stop, please," Scarlet whispered, looking at him with sadness in her eyes. "It wasn't his fault…"
"He touched you! He took advantage of you when you were in that state!" Logan's teeth were bared. "How many times did you do it, Victor?!"
Victor sniffed and looked at Scarlet. "Did you really expect another reaction from him, sweetheart?"
Scarlet shook her head and shoved her hands in her pockets as clothes appeared on her body. "I didn't know what to expect…less snarls, though, obviously."
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Logan punched at the barrier again. Scarlet reached out and grabbed his hand. Her eyes were soft with a golden tint to them.
"Logan, you're only going to hurt yourself," she murmured. "Please, just stop. And listen."
Logan's breath was harsh as he tugged his hand away from her. "You slept with him."
"Do you think that I had really any other option when you were away?" Scarlet asked, her voice tired. "It's not like I could find you after every one of these attacks and let the bitch in me have her way with you…" She shook her head. "I had to…"
"You didn't have to."
"She had to do it," Victor stated, glaring at his former friend. "Sex is the easiest way for her to release all that energy build up that happens when she goes through one of these growth attacks. And lucky me, I happened to be in the area when she found that out…repeatedly."
Logan's eyes narrowed. "I bet you just loved taking advantage of her."
Victor's eyes became slits. "You think I took advantage of her?"
"Sounds like it to me, bub."
Scarlet moved between the two men, her eyes sad and tired. "Logan, he didn't take advantage of me. He helped me when you weren't around to help." She reached behind her and Logan watched as Victor took hold of that hand. "He became someone I could depend on as much I depended on you…"
Logan's heart cracked. "You love him…"
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Scarlet heard the utter disbelief and betrayal in his voice at those words. "Yes…I love him. In a different way than I love you, but it's still love and it's still equal."
"You can't love two people equally, it doesn't work like that, darling," Logan said, holding her gaze.
"It can, seeing as she's polyamorous," Victor said with a smirk. "It means she has love for more than one person, Old Timer." He leaned his head on Scarlet's shoulder. "So, bub, welcome to the party. We get to both be with her."
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A/N: Short, sweet, and a little confusing, no? Oh well. Please leave a little review and I'll come back to this story…sometime. Thanks. -Scarlet