Author's notes: sorry it's taken me so long to post the new chapter people but I've been away for a week! Last chapter was by far my favourite chapter so far.. SO FAR out of the first 8 chapters! The next chapters just get better and better!

A few of you have been telling me how much you dislike 'evil Logan'.. well I'm a GINORMOUS Logan fan, but for the purpose of this story, I want you to hate him, wonder what's gotten into him, etc, and if that's how you guys feel, then I've done my job as a writer.. just wait until ya'll read THIS chapter! Don't forget to review!

oh! P.s. I got a review about using the word 'singlet' too many times. Here in Aust where I'm from, a camisole is one of those singlets u wear as underwear.. we actually do call them singlets and not camisoles.. so that's what word I'm gonna use! Sorry!

Ch9: the healing touch

Rogue sat up in the tower. The room was surrounded by windows that looked down into the Danger room. She sat in the desk chair with her feet up on the console. If Hank were there to see her, he would've told her off for daring to put her feet on such expensive equipment. She smiled to herself in the knowledge that Hank was not there, but in his bed because he was sick. Logan had been at it for almost two hours now. Rogue was glad that Logan was doing the full run of the simulation because she still didn't know what to do about him just yet.

Rogue had a pen and pad of paper in her lap and she stared at the monitors to her right. One monitor showed a video feed of Logan's actions within the danger room. The other had writing scrolling downwards with read outs of the program as Logan progressed to each level of difficulty. Rogue was looking out for any problems within the program. So far she only had a few notes down, but the new training program was up to par.

She was glad to finally have something to do to take her mind off the problems in her life. Even if it was for only a few minutes at a time, Rogue was able to properly focus on studying the program. But every few minutes, her problems would come back and torment her. She was still registering that Remy had come to her door with the bloodied singlet. She tried to comprehend that Remy had forgiven her for what she'd done. And she couldn't believe that Remy held her again, like he used to. She remembered the feel of his warmth around her as he hugged her. Rogue was in her own little world. She tried with all her might to hold onto the memory of being in Remy's arms. She had no idea where she stood with Remy. She had no idea if they were going to get back together, but Rogue knew they definitely wouldn't if she didn't break her ties with Logan first.

Rogue was brought back to reality when the door behind her slid open. "Oh hey, Rogue," Scott greeted.

Rogue turned her head to face Scott. "Hey, what's up?" She asked.

Scott sat down on another desk chair next to Rogue. He looked at the monitor that showed Logan in the Danger room. "I came to see how that new training program is going," he explained.

Rogue snorted. "More like, yah came tah watch it, so yah know what tah expect when Hank tries it on us," Rogue explained.

Scott let out a nervous giggle and rubbed the back of his head. "Is it that obvious?" He smiled.

Rogue nodded and smiled back. She handed Scott the pad of paper she had been writing on.

"What's this?" Scott asked, looking at the notes Rogue had written.

"Those are just some minor problems in the program that Hank needs tah fix. Go tah the next page. I took down some notes on what Hank's gonna surprise us with," Rogue explained. She smiled cheekily as Scott read through the notes.

"Oh! You're good!" Scott complimented as he read through the notes Rogue took down.

Just then, Kurt bamphed in and landed on Rogue. "Ack!" She squealed. Kurt surprised her and she couldn't help lifting her legs off the console in shock. "Ku-urt!" Rogue complained.

Kurt quickly realised where he'd landed and jumped off Rogue. "Oh! Sorry Rogue! I didn't mean to land on you!" Kurt apologised.

Rogue readjusted her clothing and returned her feet to the console. "It's okay."

Kurt ported himself so that he was now hanging upside-down from the roof. He read over the same notes Scott was looking at. "Vat's zis?"

Scott explained the notes Rogue had taken down.

"That's cheating!"

The three of them turned to see Jean standing in the doorway with her arms crossed.

"Relax, Jean," Scott smiled. "It's like studying for an exam! If we wanna do well, we have to study!"

Jean rolled her eyes and entered the room. She saw there were no more seats left in the room, so she sat on Scott's lap. Scott put an arm around his girlfriend and handed her the notes. "Well, I don't want to be left in the dark," She smiled as she read over the notes.

Kurt looked at the monitor with Logan in the danger room. "How long's he been at it?"

Rogue looked at her watch then at Kurt. "About two hours. He should be done soon." Then just as Rogue said that, the program stopped and Logan looked up at the control room Rogue and the others were sitting in.

"Rogue! Start up the next level!"

"Next level? Is he nuts!" Kurt exclaimed. "Why vould Hank make a program zat made us go at it for more zan two hours! Is he trying to kill us?"

Rogue took her feet off the console and grabbed the microphone. "That's it. There isn't another level," Rogue spoke through the microphone.

They all watched on the monitor as Logan dropped to the floor and rested. He had amazing healing abilities, but he too ran low on energy from time to time.

Rogue watched the monitor with dread. Logan had now finished his run and that meant she'd have to face him eventually.

Jean leaned closer to Rogue and showed her a word on the page she was reading. "What's this word?" Jean asked, unable to read Rogue's handwriting.

Rogue took her eyes off the monitor and looked at the page. "Jump," Rogue replied.

Jean nodded and resumed reading. Rogue turned her attentions back to the monitor, and gasped when she saw who had just entered the danger room.

The others quickly looked to see what had shocked Rogue. There at the doors of the Danger room was Remy. Scott and Kurt had no idea why it was shocking to Rogue, but they figured maybe it had something to do with Remy and Rogue's break up. Jean understood completely why Rogue was shocked. Rogue wasn't shocked that she'd seen Remy, it was the fact that Remy had approached Logan, which shocked her.

'They'll rip each other to shreds!'

They couldn't hear what Remy was saying to Logan, but they all watched the screen intently.

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Logan heard the doors open and saw that it was Remy that had come in. He stood and crossed his arms, "What do you want, Cajun?"

"Just a little chat," Remy smirked.

Logan looked at the young Cajun before him. Remy was in his track pants and his tight black T-shirt. It's what he usually wore when he trained in the danger room. Logan snorted at Remy's reply. "Something tells me you didn't just come here to talk."

Remy smirked. "You're right." Remy walked away from the doorway and into the room, allowing the doors to close behind him. "Remy really wanted to let out some steam in here. But since you're here, with no one else around, Remy might as well get some things off his chest."

Logan nodded. "Fire away," He replied. He figured that Remy would know about his relationship with Rogue and he was surprised it took the Cajun this long to confront him about it.

Remy stood silent for a minute. He had no idea how to approach the subject and even though he'd had this conversation with Logan hundreds of times in his head, Remy had no idea where to start. But somehow a single word escaped his lips. "Why?" Remy asked.

"Why what?" Logan asked back. He knew that Remy was nervous, and it made him feel like he had the upper hand over the Cajun.

Remy saw Logan's smile and it pissed him off. "Why did you.. do that.. to Rogue?" Remy replied. He couldn't bring himself to say the words 'sleep with'.

Logan however, had no problem with it. "What? Sleep with her?" Logan smirked. Remy nodded in response. "It takes two to tango, Cajun."

Remy balled his fists. He was mad at Logan's response. He hated how Logan implied that Rogue wanted it. "But you should have known better than to sleep with a student!"

Logan saw that Remy was getting mad. "She's a big girl. And it's none of your business what goes on between Rogue and I," Logan replied calmly.

Remy was mad. Remy wanted Logan to know how much he despised how Logan could ever touch his girl like that. He wanted to start pummelling Logan right there and then, but he had more to say. "She may have been drunk when it happened, but we all know you can hold your liquor a lot better than her. You should have stopped anything before it happened!" Remy growled. Rogue's memories of that night flooded Remy's mind. He felt how violated and angry Rogue felt after she woke up the next morning. And Remy felt it was up to him to put Logan in his place. "She hates you for what you've done! And she hates herself even more!"

Logan uncrossed his arms and took a single step closer to Remy. "How dare you. You know all this started because you broke up with her. You should have seen the state you left the poor girl in after you left. You didn't even have the decency to give her an explanation for why you were leaving! You walked out on her so what she does with her life now is none of your concern!" Logan growled back.

"But it is my concern," Remy explained. "That day Magneto asked me and the acolytes to attack the X-men, Rogue gave me her memories of that night you.. you.. did that to her!" Remy yelled.

Logan was taken back. He knew Remy knew about his sleeping with Rogue, but he didn't know that Remy actually had Rogue's memories of that night. He was speechless.

Remy took the opportunity and kept verbally abusing Logan. "She would never touch you with a 40 foot pole! She only did it because she was alone and sad."

"And who's fault was that, huh?" Logan cut Remy off. He crossed his arms again. "You have no respect for Rogue. If you care about her so much and for her feelings, then why did you bring home that broad last night!"

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Rogue leaned closer to the screen and nervously played with her lip. She watched Remy and Logan like a hawk. At the first sign of trouble she was going to get her ass down there and break it up.

"Argh! I vish ve could hear vat zey vere saying!" Kurt complained. Rogue was glad that they couldn't hear anything because she didn't want the others to know about her and Logan. But at the same time, she also wanted to know what the boys were saying to each other.

"It looks like Remy's confronting Logan about something?" Jean commented. She looked at Rogue, but Rogue didn't react to Jean's comment.

"I wonder what they could be arguing about?" Scott commented.

"Vell whatever it is, looks like Remy's mad at Logan for somezing!" Kurt exclaimed. "Should I go get us some popcorn?"

Kurt abandoned that idea when Scott slapped him on the back of the head.

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"I have no respect for her? Look in the mirror!" Remy replied. Remy cocked his head and raised an eyebrow at Logan. "You love her don't you?"

Logan snorted. "Like I said, it's none of your business!"

"When Rogue accidentally gave me her memories, I was, and still am, disgusted with both you and her. But I know she only did it because I left her. She doesn't love you, Wolverine. And you took advantage of her. It is you that has no respect for her." Remy yelled.

Logan was hurt by Remy's words. "That night was a long time ago. She's not guilty anymore. She knows that you're an asshole and it's not worth thinking about you anymore."

"Then why did Rogue and I have a nice little heart to heart this morning?" Remy asked. He smirked. He wanted to get Logan jealous. It was getting very personal now. "You're just the rebound guy and you know it. She can't love you when she still in love with Remy." Remy looked up and saw Rogue and the others in the lookout. Somehow he'd known all this time she was there. Logan looked up to see what Remy was looking at. Rogue was nervous and she had no idea what to make of the argument that was taking place.

Logan looked back at Remy. "I know you're just doing it to make me mad, boy. I know you were with another girl last night- I can smell her all over you. So don't act like you still love Rogue."

"It's not an act. I really do love her," Remy explained. Remy figured he'd had enough talking, as he thought he wasn't going to get through to Logan. Logan was in denial, no doubt about it. Remy reached behind him and grasped the metal baton he had tucked into the back of his track pants. He pressed the button on the side and the rod lengthened itself and turned into his long staff.

Logan smirked when he saw Remy get ready to fight. The staff was made of adamantium, and Remy only used it when he was fighting with Logan because it was the only thing worth using to defend himself. "Are you proposing we fight it out, boy?"

Remy spun the staff around. "Don't call me boy. The name's Remy. And yes, Remy thinks we should fight it out. Remy got a lot of anger to get out. No doubt you do too, old man."

Logan smiled. He'd been waiting to get his hands on Remy for quite a while. He felt like fighting Remy would help the two of them choose who deserves Rogue. It may have been a thing of the olden times, but Logan felt it was necessary. He uncrossed his arms and held his arms to his sides, his blade slowly unleashing themselves from his knuckles. Logan smiled when he saw the fear in Remy's eyes, though only for a second before Remy' smirk returned.

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"Uh, guys. Vy does zis fight look more serious than ze ones zey usually have?" Kurt asked, looking worriedly at the others.

Scott nodded. "Yeah, they look like they're about to fully battle it out," Scott commented.

'That's because they are,' Rogue thought to herself. She played with her lip nervously and her eyes never left the screen.

Jean looked at Rogue. She didn't know exactly why Remy had initiated a fight with Logan, but she knew it had to do with Rogue.

The four of them watched intently as Remy made the first move and tried to hit Logan with his staff. Logan didn't usually practice with his adamantium claws out, no matter which X-man he was training with. And the fact that he had them out made Kurt, Scott, Jean and especially Rogue all the more anxious.

Logan took a swipe at Remy's stomach with his claws. Thankfully Remy jumped backwards and sucked his stomach in. The claws ripped his black t-shirt and there was now three slices in the front of his shirt.

"Oh my God!" Jean called out. "Did you see how close that was?" Jean squealed.

Scott pushed Jean off his lap and he stood up. "This is getting serious. We have to go stop that fight before one of them gets seriously hurt," Scott explained.

Kurt ported off the roof and ported himself next to Scott. "Yeah man. Let's stop zis before Remy gets sliced up," Kurt corrected him.

Rogue didn't move. He heard what the boys had said, but she didn't dare take her eyes off the screen. Jean noticed that Rogue hadn't replied. Jean put her hand on Rogue's shoulder, but Rogue didn't look at her. Instead, Rogue showed Jean that she acknowledged her presence with a grunt, "Hn?"

Jean stood up. "Rogue, we have to go stop the fight before-" Jen was suddenly cut off by Rogue.

"Remy!" Rogue screamed. She got up from her seat and ran to the windows to look down into the Danger room. The others looked at the screen to see what Rogue's outburst was about. And there it was. What they had all been dreading.

"He.. He.." Kurt began, but was too dumbfounded to speak.

They saw Logan had stabbed Remy in the stomach with his adamantinum claws. Remy and Logan stood motionless. Logan's face was full of anger, and almost animalistic. Remy's eyes were wide with the sheer realisation that he would soon die. Slowly, Logan retracted his claws and Remy's body fell to the floor.

Rogue ran from the window to Kurt. She grabbed him by the shoulders and cried, "Kurt, get me down there NOW!"

Kurt nodded and ported himself and Rogue down to the Danger room.

Scott and Jean stood in shock. After Kurt ported himself and Rogue away, Jean explained, "We have to tell the professor!"

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Logan had realised what he'd done and was standing in such shock that he didn't realise Kurt and Rogue porting into the danger room.

As soon as they reached the Danger room, Rogue ran to Remy's side. He was lying on his back, with his hands over his punctured stomach. Blood had begun to pool around him and all over his stomach and hands. Rogue knelt at his side and put a hand under his head and the other on top of his own hands. She felt his warm blood seeping into her pants as the blood pooled around her legs. "Remy!" She cried. Even though right after their break up she'd wished the worst on Remy, she never wished for him to die. She lifted his hands off the wound so she could get a better look. "Oh mah God, Remy! We've gotta get yah to ah hospital!"

Remy looked up at Rogue. He tried to speak, but it only made more blood gurgle from his mouth. He wanted to tell her he still loved her and that he was sorry for everything, but he didn't have the strength. His vision was starting to blur and his body was getting colder. Things didn't look good for Remy right now.

Kurt stood shocked. He didn't know how to comprehend that his friend was dying right before his eyes and he couldn't do anything to save him. Kurt was angry that he couldn't do anything for Remy. He turned and glared at Logan. It was Logan's fault this happened. Logan was the one who stabbed Remy. Logan was supposed to be at the mansion to protect the students, not kill them. "How could you do zis?" Kurt yelled at Logan. "He's gonna die and it's all your fault!"

Logan looked over at Kurt with wide eyes. "It.. it was an accident."

"Iz zat all you have to say? Vhat did he do to make you stab him!" Kurt ran at Logan and wrapped his tail around Logan's wrist. "I should port you somewhere far far-"

"No Kurt!" Rogue yelled. She held her hand out at Kurt in s stop motion. "We need him," Rogue explained. Rogue lay Remy's head back on the ground and removed her hands from his body. She then got up and walked over to Logan.

"Kurt, move your tail," Rogue instructed. Kurt nodded and removed his tail from Logan's wrist.

Logan had a feeling he knew what was coming next. They'd done it many a time when Rogue was seriously injured. And it was one of the few things that Logan actually feared. He hated the feelings of weakness and helplessness that came with it. But given the situation, he had to face his fears one more time. "Rogue," Logan said, unsure of how he was going to explain what had happened.

"Shut up," Rogue replied harshly. She quickly grabbed Logan's wrist and began absorbing him. Logan howled in agony as Rogue absorbed his healing abilities. She tried to concentrate on absorbing only his mutant abilities because that's all she needed. But a few memories of the last couple of hours still entered her mind.

Logan dropped to his knees as his energy left him. Usually, this is where Rogue would let him go, but this time she didn't.

Rogue knew she should have to let him go, but something made her want to keep holding onto him until his heart stopped.

"Rogue! Let him go! You're going to kill him!" Kurt yelled.

It was Kurt's voice which brought Rogue back to reality and she let Logan's arm go. Logan's body fell limp on the ground and Kurt ran to his side. He checked for Logan's pulse. "He's still alive.. Barely," Kurt explained.

Rogue didn't care about Logan at that moment. She only cared about saving Remy. She turned to Remy and crouched next to his body, like she did only moments earlier. "Remy, I'm going to pass Logan's healing abilities to you," She explained. Remy's eyes fluttered and were struggling to remain open. "Remy? Remy!" Rogue called out. She realised she had to act fast and even though she'd only done this once before by accident, she prayed that her plan would work.

Rogue put her hand under Remy's head again to support him and her other hand on top of his. She concentrated not on absorbing him, but on passing her energy and Logan's powers to Remy.

Slowly, Remy felt his body growing strong again. His light-headedness was going away and breathing was becoming easier again. He felt the pain in his stomach slowly go away as his wounds began to heal themselves. He looked up at Rogue. Her eyes were closed and he could tell she was concentrating on healing him. Remy could sense new memories in his mind, and he knew they came from both Rogue and Logan. He recalled the fight through Logan's eyes as well as through Rogue's eyes. He felt the pain in Rogue's chest when she saw him get stabbed by Logan. And he felt her sorrow when she held his dying body.

"Rogue," Remy said as he felt his body return to normal. Rogue's eyes were still closed. "Rogue?" He repeated, trying to get her attention. Finally, Rogue's eyes opened and she let go of his hand.

She looked at Remy but her eyes looked weak. "Remy?" She smiled. Rogue was happy to see Remy was alive but she felt her body was too weak to hold herself up. She felt her body fall backwards and her eyes unable to remain open.

"Rogue!" Remy called out as saw Rogue was about to faint. He quickly reached out and wrapped his arms around her before she could fall onto the floor. He pulled her towards him and hugged her. Her head rested on his shoulder. Remy whispered in her ear, "Thank you," But he wasn't sure if she was able to hear him.

"Remy!" Kurt smiled. "I can't believe zat worked!" He exclaimed. He looked at Rogue. "Is she alright?"

Remy nodded. "Just out of energy," Remy explained. "Port him to the infirmary and I'll carry Rogue," Remy instructed, glaring at the unconscious Logan.

Kurt nodded and wrapped his tail around Logan's wrist again. "You sure you don't vant me to port you too?"

Remy shook his head. "Nah. I'll carry her."

Kurt nodded and ported out of the Danger room, leaving Remy and Rogue alone.

Remy returned his gaze to Rogue's unconscious face. "You're a hero, Rogue." Remy wrapped one arm under her legs and stood up so that he was carrying Rogue. There was blood all over the two of them. There was blood still on Remy's cheeks and it was also dripping down his bloodied and ripped top. Also a lot was dripping from Rogue's bloodied track pants and it was all over their arms.

With all the extra energy and healing powers Rogue passed onto him, Remy felt well enough to carry her to the infirmary. He made his way to the doors, but before he could reach them, they opened. In came Jean, Scott and the professor.

"Oh my God!" Jean exclaimed. "You're not dead! What happened to Rogue?" Jean asked. When they went to go get the professor, Jean explained that Remy was dying, but now that they've entered the danger room, Rogue was limp in Remy's arms and there was blood all over the two of them. Rogue and Remy looked like a couple of extras on the set of a bloody horror flick, with the amount of blood all over them!

"Remy will explain on the way to the infirmary," Remy replied. "Right now, Rogue needs more help than Remy."

The professor nodded and they quickly made their way to the infirmary. Remy lied and told the Professor how he and Logan had gotten into an argument and that their practice session became a little more heated than usual. He then however, told the truth about how Kurt and Rogue had come to his rescue.

I am
Little bit of loneliness
A little bit of disregard
A handful of complaints
But I can't help the fact
That everyone can see these scars
I am
What I want you to want
What I want you to feel
But it's like
No matter what I do
I can't convince you
To just believe this is real
So I let go
Watching you
Turn your back like you always do
Face away and pretend that i'm not
But i'll be here
'Cause you're all I got

(Linkin Park – Faint)

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Remy walked into his bathroom and switched on the light. Rogue had been out cold for about half an hour now. Hank checked her out and said that Rogue should be fine and that all she needed was to rest for the time being. Remy took the opportunity to go clean himself up. Jean and Kitty offered to clean Rogue up and Remy knew Rogue would be left in good hands.

He looked in the mirror and almost scared himself. There was blood everywhere. No wonder Jean freaked out when she first saw him holding Rogue in the danger room. Blood covered his chin and his cheeks. His top was ripped in the centre and there was dried blood all over his lean stomach and all over his arms. His top was still soaked in blood and there was more dripping from his pants. The amount of blood that covered him was scary. It made Remy wonder just how close to death he was before Rogue saved him.

"You saved me, Chere. Now let Remy save you."

Remy turned on the shower and began undressing himself of his bloodied garments. He stepped into the shower and let the warm water wash away all the blood from his body.

He tried to remember the moments where Rogue passed on her own energy and Logan's healing ability. Remy's mind had filled with random memories and thoughts. But there was one thought that stuck out more than all the rest. It was one of Rogue's thoughts.

"I wish I never slept with Logan that night. Don't die, Remy, because I love you."