Changes Chapter 26
"As I thought…", Moira said and switched off the ultrasound scanner.
"What!", Logan asked stressed and raised an eyebrow at her. All he wanted was to get some rest so that his wounds could finally heal…
She looked down at him, before she searched his abdomen again. "You've got some internal injuries. Don't ask me how you managed to do that… Not to forget your shoulder…"
Storm who laid on the table next to him and was treated by Hank looked up worriedly. She already had her right foot bandaged, while he was now working on her arm.
"That's nothing!", Logan grunted, while he felt like a kid.
"It is!", Moira said and pushed him back on the table, since he wanted to get up. "As I said, don't ask me how you did it, but you hit your spleen and one of your kidneys…"
"Well, I was misused as an airbag, wasn't I?", he grunted. "And if I'd gotten some rest I'd be fine by now!" He seriously asked himself how long it would take Jean to save him from here. He began to feel very uncomfortable.
Hank gave Moira a look and she understood what he was up too immediately. "Whatever, you stay here, while I get some bandages. And don't even dare to move!", she said and headed towards the exit, while Logan looked at her with an raised eyebrow and thought she was kidding.
"Bandages! Do I look like if I needed bandages?", he asked her pissed.
"You heard me!", she only answered before she was gone.
"I'll need some stuff for your arm, too, 'Ro", Hank suddenly said. "Be right back!"
As soon as the door went shut behind him, the tension in the room became unbearable. Storm swallowed hard. She could almost feel his anger gnawing at her… If his rage had gotten weaker before, she'd given him the perfect reason to be mad at her again. If Logan hadn't reacted so fast… She didn't even dare to think further if she had hit Jean instead of him…
Storm felt scared, very scared right now… Nevertheless, she recalled Hank's advice which he'd given her earlier that night. Now was the perfect opportunity to talk to him,…on the other hand it couldn't have been a less perfect moment… Slowly, Ororo turned her head and looked at him. Should she really try it? The chance to piss him off even more was great… Storm swallowed hard once again. "How do you f…"
"If that's a attempt to start a conversation…leave it!", Logan immediately growled.
"But, Logan, I…", she tried again, but he cut her off once more.
"I said leave it!"
"But I couldn't do anything against your doppelganger!"
With a growl, he sat up. "I'm not talking about that, Storm!" He stared at her like a wolf at his prey.
Ashamed, she looked down. "I'm sorry…"
"Do you even realize what could've happened if Jean had fallen down the staircase instead of me?", he asked her angrily and his eyes mirrored the fury he felt within.
"Yeah…", she said barely audible. "But I got scared when I saw the two of you in front of me all of a sudden…and then…" She broke off and took a deep breath. "I'm really sorry, Logan! For everything…" Ororo looked at him pleadingly, but he only gave her a deadly look and laid down again without saying anything.
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"What are you guys doing here?", Jean asked in confusion and looked at Hank and Moira, who were standing outside of the lab and seemed to wait for something.
"Waiting…", Hank said, his arms folded in front of his chest.
"For what?", she asked again and frowned. Neither could she hear Logan destroying anything in his rage, nor could she hear anyone talking on the other side of the door.
"We want them to talk with each other, Jean!", Moira explained calmly. "Things can't go on like this forever…"
"You do not seriously believe that Logan is only going to look at her!", Jean said in disbelief and eyed her opposites while she nearly had start laughing. By now she knew him better than anyone at the mansion. She, herself, had seen what he was like if he was mad with someone…
"Yes, we do!", Hank said. "He just stopped yelling at her before you arrived…"
She looked at the door again and tried to hear anything. She couldn't even hear Logan within her mind. "And what do you think is he doing right now?", she asked nearly sounding sarcastically.
He shrugged. "Talking more quietly with her?"
Jean snorted and shook her head. "You don't really believe that, do you?"
"Jean, it was an accident!", Hank said outraged. "I can understand that you're mad at her because of what she did…, but I can't understand his point here… I don't even see his point here!"
"He's disappointed because of the lack of trust everyone gave him!", she shot back.
"You believed it, too!"
"Yeah, and I apologized for it!", she said and folded her arms in front of her chest.
Hank turned around to face her, but Moira was faster. "Ororo just did it, too", she told her.
"And…?"
"He didn't accept it!", Hank said with an angry undertone.
"What do you think?", Jean asked them sarcastically.
"Well, he accepted yours, didn't he?", he asked her again.
"Yeah, he did…", she gave back with a half smile. "After nearly an hour!" She sighed and leant against the wall. Hank did the same again.
"So, what do you think is he doing right now?", Moira asked worriedly.
She shrugged. "Brooding while staring at the ceiling and ignoring her, perhaps?" At least that's the thing he usually did when he was pissed off, she thought.
"Nah, I doubt that!", Hank said, since he still had hope.
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Inside, Logan laid on his back, while his head rested on his arms and he stared at the ceiling, brooding over the things his mind came up with. Storm looked over to him, knowing that he was ignoring her completely now. She had to do something. She wanted his forgiveness…if not his trust, then at least this… "What do you think?", she asked calmly. "What is keeping them all this time…?"
"They're staying in front of this door with Jean. They just stopped talking…", he grunted. He had heard everything of the conversation on the other side of the door.
"And why don't they just come in?"
"What do you think!", he said and gave her a look that mirrored his annoyance perfectly. He only wanted to get out, get to bed and sleep, so that his body could finally rest… He hated it to be stuck in here with her, while the others were waiting outside and wanted him to talk to Storm… "Well, except Jean…", he thought and sighed.
Ororo broke eye contact again. Her foot and arm still hurt like hell. But thanks to him, nothing was broken. He'd saved her from serious injuries, even if he'd never admit it. "Thank you by the way…", she said calmly and felt even more bad than she'd already felt before, because he'd taken nearly all the damage, just because of her… "If you hadn't grabbed me…"
"Don't mention it…", Logan grunted, while his healing factor finally kicked in and started to work on his inner injuries. Suddenly, he felt very tired… He turned his head to take a look on Ororo, who sat like misery itself on the second lab table. She was clearly ashamed and felt offended as he could tell. Logan recalled his conversation with Jean… He'd forgiven her, he wasn't even really mad at her because she's slept with his doppelganger… But why did he feel different about Storm? Was it because he loved Jean with all his heart? Because she was carrying his children? Or because of the link they shared from the very first moment they'd met? He couldn't tell, but he knew it wasn't fair… He himself had told the Professor about a team being only as strong as its weakest link… And now it was him who made her the weakest link…
Logan sighed. She'd been there for him when he'd felt miserable and she, too, made the first step to talk with Jean after her return, even if Storm had been mad with her… No, he really wasn't fair right now… "Look", Logan finally said and she looked up in surprise. "I'm disappointed because of your lack of trust in me... You apologized for it, fine with me…" Slowly, he sat up with his eyes still fixed on her, while she was staring back. "But you endangered Jean and the kids because of your lack of attention…!"
"I know…" Ashamed she looked down. "But I really got scared…"
He sighed. "You should stop worrying about me being mad with you…", he continued and looked towards the door. "To gain Jean's trust back…that's the thing ya should be seriously worried about!" He slipped off the table, knowing that his healing factor had done its job. Logan stopped in front of her. "And now stop looking at me like that, 'Ro!"
She tried to smile but failed. "If you stop looking at me as if you're seizing me up for a coffin…"
He chuckled. "Fine, I do!" With that he left her and went towards the door. "Thank you!", he heard her say before the doors closed after him.
"Ya reached your aim Furball!", Logan said to Hank, before he turned towards Jean.
"You okay?", she asked worriedly and he took her hands into his, before he kissed her.
Logan nodded. "Yeah, come on let's go to bed."
Hank smiled satisfied and turned to Moira, who gave him a look. "What did I say?"
She smiled vaguely. "You can be lucky that Logan has changed a lot lately…", she gave back, before both of them entered the lab again.
Okay, that chapter was a short one again. The next one doesn't have too much action too (but the one after it ; ) ). Only so much: You might remember that they still need to go shopping for the kids, right? ; )
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So, hope you liked it how I dealt with Logan and Storm! ; ) (And I hope there are not too many mistakes in this one. I noticed a lot in the previous ones : ( Sorry, for that!) Thanks again for all the nice reviews and the support! You're my heroes!
