When I started this, I never thought or even imagined that I would write so much. : ) I can't believe that this is Chapter 9 already. I know this chapter is pretty short, but the previous and the next one are longer. Hope you still like Changes. ; )

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Changes Chapter 9

The sheets laid on the ground, careless thrown to the ground and creased together. The heat in the room was causing perspiration and the complete opposite to the cool air on the outside. Both mutants laid with their arms tightly around one another and were deeply asleep. Their bodies were covered with the sweat of their love making from before. Jean rested her head on his shoulder, the arms tightly wrapped around his waist while one leg was resting on his hip. Logan moved and stretched his legs a bit and pressed his head even deeper into her hair.

"Somebody help!"

Logan and Jean immediately woke up as they heard the loud, bloodcurdling scream. She felt her heart beating strongly in her chest, thought that it would break any minute. Frightened she looked into Logan's eyes who was as confused and shaken up as she was. "Who was that?"

"I dunno…"

"Help!"

Immediately he jumped out of bed and put his jeans on. "Rogue…", was all he said as he jumped over the bed towards the door. Jean instinctively grabbed one of Logan's shirts, which was luckily long enough to cover her body and followed him down the corridor.

Many students were already standing in front of Rogue's room and were watching the scenery within with shocked eyes. Logan fought his way through them, pulling Jean with him.

"Oh my God", Jean gasped and immediately she kneeled down beside Bobby who laid with eyes wide open and violently shaking on the ground. Logan looked at Rogue who sat crying and with frightened eyes which were fixed on Bobby in a corner of the room, her arms pulling her legs closer to her body.

"Give me the pillow, Logan!", Jean demanded and hold out a hand to him. He reached it over to her, kneeling down at her site, his mind was racing.

"What happened?", Storm asked gasping for air and coming closer.

Jean looked up, noticing that also the Professor had arrived. "I need a bag or something like that from the kitchen. He's hyperventilating!" Storm nodded and ran off. "Kitty?", Jean called looking for the girl in the crowd.

"Yeah?" The girl stepped into the room, her eyes fixed on her friend on the ground.

Jean's eyes had found a pen and a piece of paper on which she quickly wrote something before she handed it towards the girl. "Get me that from the lab. It's in the second drawer on the left side. You'll find needles and syringes in the board next to it."

The girl nodded and disappeared into the ground.

"You fine here without me?", Logan asked nodding towards Bobby who was still shaking and gasping for air.

Jean nodded and kneeled down again, checking on the boy's pulse.

Logan got up and walked towards Rogue who was still crying desperately.

"No! Stay away from me!", she yelled hysterically as he reached out to touch her.

"Rogue…", he kneeled down and tried again which only made her more hysterical.

"I said stay away!", she screamed and backed off quickly.

Logan looked around. Finally he pulled a blanket from the bed and tried to wrap it around the girl who fought violently against him. Her hysterical screams shrilled inside of his ears and caused his head to ache. After he finally managed to take hold of her, he pulled her into his arms and tried to calm her, paying attention not to touch her bare skin.

"I didn't want that to happen…I only touched him…", she cried loudly.

The Professor came closer, his eyes switching from the girl to Jean. "Will he be alright?", he asked worried.

Jean briefly looked up. " I think so. He's in the same state of shock as Logan had been back then."

"Here's a bag", Storm said, arriving together with Kitty.

"And here's the stuff from the lab."

"Thanks!", Jean said taking the syringe and the rest out of Kitty's hands. "'Ro, I need you to pull the bag over his mouth."

Storm did as she was told. "For how long?"

"I'll let you know", answered Jean and injected Bobby the medicine into his veins, checking his pulse afterwards again.

Logan watched the whole scenery, still holding Rogue tight. "I didn't want this to happen, Logan. I really didn't…" she sobbed heavily.

"I know, Rogue. It's not your fault. Blame those damn scientists for it!"

"Okay, that's enough!", Jean said and Ororo pulled the bag away. She checked his pulse again before she nodded towards Peter. "He's sleeping now. Could you carry him back to his room?"

"Ororo and I will watch over him", the Professor said. "Good work, Jean…" He added a proud smile to it. "And you go back to sleep!", he said towards the other students.

Jean watched them leave, before she turned towards Logan. "How is she?"

"I think she's sleeping now", he answered, lifting the girl up and laying her down on the bed. He tucked her in and folded his arms. "Damn scientist…", he cursed.

Jean put a hand on his arms. "We should let her sleep, now."

Logan nodded. "I'll get our stuff", he said and disappeared, while Jean pulled an armchair closer towards the bed. When he returned he carried a pillow and a blanket with him. After he had sat down, he held something else out towards Jean. "You might want to put these on first before you sit down", Logan smirked.

She blushed as she recognized her pants and quickly put them on. He held out an arm and waited until she had settled down on his lap, before he put the blanket around them.

"Do you think she'll be fine?", Jean asked resting her head on his shoulder, while her eyes were fixed on Rogue.

"Yeah…", he said. "We should worry about something else…"

Jean frowned. "About what?"

"If she got her powers back, Magneto got them back too", he explained grimly. "And he'll be pretty pissed off, especially when it comes to us…"

She began to remember as the pictures from Alcatraz returned to her. "He had called you traitors to your own kind…"

Logan nodded while he watched Rogue turn around in her sleep, seeing a single tear running down her check. "And he will be pissed off at me too, because it was my plan to give him the cure."

Jean faced him. "You can't fight against him… you're powerless against Magneto…"

"I know."

She felt her heart racing inside her chest and clung closer to him. What if Magneto was already gathering his old troops and made plans to attack them? What if he found out that she was alive? She didn't feel ready for a real battle… Logan had worked with her on blocking her mind against other thoughts so far, but not on controlling her powers during a fight… What if she had to fight and her emotions went wild? It would be the certain end of the X-Men…

Logan had sensed the change within her and wrapped his arms around her. "It's the first thing we'll work on after breakfast, Jean. And I'm pretty sure that Chuck is already taking care of things, too…" He kissed her neck quickly before pulling her closer towards him.