First of all, answers to the reviews: I wanted to write "Hope it is not getting boring" but I forgot the "not" so that was a mistake. Hank/storm did happened in the Ultimate X-men series at the beginning but I am not pairing her for now...I just wanted to show that she cares for her friends, and she studied with Hank, Scott and Jean. Soon Scott will have more screen time, but his scenes are driving me mad, I have to work on them more...Hope you like it
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The guards were walking around the cages examining the mutants that were trapped inside, they were looking for one for the first trial test. There was one which they all found repulsive since the moment they had brought him in. His skin was greyish and parts of his body was weird, apparently he used to have the power of regenerating lost body parts before Alcatraz but after the attack of the Phoenix his mutation had had a hard time to regenerate the legs, arms and parts of his face that were eaten away by her powerful blasts. He had recovered it all but his skin looked extremely unhealthy and he was no longer able to use his gift, at least for now. The guards opened his cage and forced him to follow them.
-"They will kill us all" – Psylocke whispered-"Xavier should see this, Magneto was right about the extermination"
-"Who are these Xavier and Magneto?"- Remy was interested, the names did ring a bell but he couldn´t remember.
-"You don´t know who they are? Where do you come from?"- She looked at him surprised-"I was part of Magneto´s army, we attacked Alcatraz, we wanted to stop the cure and we did. What have you ever done for your brothers and sisters?"
-"I have been busy myself, chere"- Remy half-smiled, his eyes following the mutant that has been freed from the cage-"What are they going to do with him?"
-"While we are here our powers are controlled, probably that is why I can´t focus my telepathy on anything and these visions come and go without making sense, but once we are outside they control us with those sticks, you see how they surround him? Well, his case is different, his mutation is internal, he regenerates himself as a lizard, although he has not been able to do it since Alcatraz. They will use him as guinea pig first because they consider him harmless. They are gone let one of the robots kill him. I have been here long enough to know how things work around this place"- She explained
-"A week ago I was stealing jewels and now here I am, trapped like an animal because I trusted a beautiful woman"- Remy said
-"So that is your contribution to the mutant fight, You help us stealing?"- She scoffed
-"I am capable of performing a few tricks myself but this cage prevents me from showing you. I hope the situation will change when they take us out of here and you do what I asked you."- Remy reminded her
-"We´ll see mop-top"- She closed her eyes she didn´t want to see how another mutant was killed during the trials.
The robot was walking, the mutant was hiding behind some boxes but the sentinel could locate him even without a visual confirmation, a lase blast aimed at the mutant, who tried to escape but he lost an arm while trying. He rolled to the floor in agony and when he fell to the floor he saw a small area of the protection wall that has been destroyed by the laser. It was suicide but that couldn´t matter when death was guaranteed anyway. So he ran for it and cradling what was left of his arm crossed the wall and started to escape. The robot shot another blast, they could hear the scream but apparently the mutant kept running.
-"Find him and bring whatever is left of him back here. If Worthington finds out, we are all dead, you hear me? Bring him back here. He can´t go out and tell anyone what we are doing here"- A man shouted
-"Seems the guinea pigs are getting smarter each day"- Remy smiled pleased.
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Jean shouted and grabbed her head with her hands, the pain she had felt was terrible, the smell of burnt flesh and the agony of knowing that you are already half dead. She sat on the bed and starts rocking herself back and forth in an attempt to ease the pain. Strong hands covered hers. She opened her eyes and saw him.
Logan was sitting next to her, wearing only his jeans and an expression of deep concern for her. Jean continued massaging her temples and tried not to cry in front of him.
-"Jean, Are you okay?"- Logan asked
-"This is not your room, Logan, What are you doing here?"- Jean scanned the room and saw that his shirt was on the floor next to a discarded pillow.-"Have you been sleeping on the floor?"
-"I used to sleep on my truck, this is much more comfortable"- He grinned
-"Are you scared I will turn into a monster in the middle of the night?"- she asked
-"No, I just wanted to make sure that you were notalone in case you needed help"-He answered-"I cannot imagine what coming back from the dead must be like but I am sure it is no picnic"
-"I felt so much pain"- She said-"the smell….the fear"
-"Are you hurt?"- He started checking to see if she was injured
-"No, it was not me, someone else was in terrible pain"- She said
-"It was a nightmare"- He relaxed-"Come on Jeannie, it is okay, we are safe here. Try to sleep"
-"I don´t think that my nightmares are just that, I could have linked my self with someone else´s conscious mind. I have always feared my dreams"- She touched Logan´s hand-"they have always been so real"
-"Like the dreams you have about me shirtless?"- Logan said
-"Logan"- She smiled-"I am serious"
-"I know you are, but you have to sleep and forget about everything else for now"- He stroke her hair, he wanted to smell it but he was not ready to trepass any further.
-"I have seen your dreams"- She confessed-"When I went inside your mind, I saw what happened at the lab…"
-"Let´s not talk about that, it wasn´t you"- Logan tried to end the conversation there before it became painful
-"No, you are wrong, it was me, I felt it, it was me and the Phoenix at the same time, but there has always been a part of me that had such a fantasy"- She blushed-"I wanted to tell you so you won´t…well, you won´t think…"
-"Thanks, Jean"- He had no idea what to say
-"Logan, I do not remember those moments, I have your memories but I can´t remember. The last thing I can recollect about you was your face as you entered on board of the Blackbird with Artie on your arms and how you seemed to be at peace. I remember the way you looked at me and how it felt, but that is all"- She told him
-"It is okay, Jeannie"- He nodded closing his eyes, trying to go back in time and remember that moment too.
Jean touched his face with tenderness, she felt a lot of lovefor this man, it is true that her feelings for Scott were strong too, sometimes stronger, which made it all more complicated but she had never tried to fool herself about what she really felt for the "runt" as Scott used to call him. She touched his eyelids and his nose, his cheekbones and then she felt his arm in her shoulder, caressing her skin. Maybe it was too soon but she knew the pain she had caused him and the deep love this man felt for her. It was a feeling that drowned everything else, including her fears and her sense of guilt. She loved Scott, true, she reminded herself when she felt Logan lips on her neck, she had loved Scott for years, but she had felt an attraction for Logan the moment she saw him and that had changed gradually to admiration, respect and a kind of passionate love that scared her but at the same time fueled her inner dreams. She kissed him back hoping that somehow all her doubts could disappear, melted away in the heat of passion.
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Bobby sat on his bed trying to stop thinking about Rogue so he could sleep. Piotr, his new roommate, looked at him and shook his head.
-"You like to complicate yourself, tovarich, I mean, you have a great girlfriend, girls like you but here you are, annoying me and not sleeping"- Piotr said
-"You think that it is fair for her?"- Bobby asked
-"What are you talking about?"- Piotr didn´t understand
-"I used to worship the ground where she walked, I loved her and I didn´t care if I couldn´t touch her. Then things changed, and I am not only talking about the cure or anything, it is just that we have changed, everything has changed and I am not sure I love her so much anymore"- Bobby explained himself
-"Man, if you break her heart Logan will rip your heart out and give it to her on a plate"- Piotrs warn him
-"I do not want to hurt her but I don´t think is fair to go out with her if I have doubts"- Bobby said-"But, maybe this is normal, I mean, maybe all couples have doubts now and then"
-"I have no experience in such matters"- Piotr confessed
-"Perhaps I should wait"
-"Perhaps you should sleep and stop making so much noise"- Piotr was tired after the long day.
-"Whatever happens, do not tell her any of this"- Bobby closed his eyes.
