Chapter Nine: What Do You Want?

And here's Chapter Nine! So obviously, this chapter involves Mystique seducing Logan. At some point, I realized that I wrote a huge contradiction regarding how Logan should have been able to sense that 'Jean' was actually Mystique. Yeah, in the movie, it seemed that only the scars gave it away, but apparently, in the junior novelization, he DID immediately know it was her – he just played along for a bit. So, yeah, I don't know. Maybe his feelings for Jean prevented him from realizing it sooner? How did CinemaSins put it:

"Wolverine can smell that it was Mystique in the first movie, but his p**** overwhelms his nose in the sequel and it's only the scars that give it away." (I had a feeling that if I didn't censor this quote, this story would've had to be M-rated, lol)

I guess in this version, we could forgive him for not being suspicious at first, since he and Jean are somewhat together.

thewriternextdoo: Thanks! Also, I rewatched all the scenes with Rogue after this, and I'm pretty sure her pants didn't change color. I looked as closely as I could, but they appeared to be the same. Maybe there was some lighting that brightened them up?

0001234: Yay, someone likes that idea! Man, poor Rogue. When she finds out the truth, she's not gonna be happy...

Laura201112: Thank you for your feedback!

By the way, did anyone see the teaser for Star Wars Episode IX? I'm excited!

Disclaimer: I don't own X-Men.

Bobby set up another tent before walking back over to Rogue, who was trying to start up a fire. John was refusing to help, but she didn't need his help anyway; she still had a bit of his power, after all. Once she saw that the fire was all set up, Rogue immediately stood up and walked away from the campsite. Bobby sighed and followed her.

"Hey," he said, stopping her. "Look, I'm sorry." When she said nothing, he continued, "If you think I'm going to blab about your...relationship, you're wrong. I still care about you, and you're still my friend. I'm not going to ruin that."

She finally turned around. "Thank you," she said quietly.

Bobby bravely stepped closer to her. "When you got sucked out of the Jet, I almost lost it. And if it weren't for that Nightcrawler guy, I'd be furious with myself, because our last conversation was a fight."

She smiled at him sadly. "I'm sorry, too. And that thing with your parents, after our fight... You didn't need that." She threw her arms around him in a tight hug.

She had sat beside Bobby when he tried explaining to his family that he was a mutant. Their friendship was a bit strained after their argument, but she wasn't going to throw that away, especially not after his family cut him off for good.

Over his shoulder, Rogue saw Mystique sneaking towards Logan's tent, shape-shifting into Jean.

"Oh, no," she said.

Bobby let go of her and turned around. "What?" he asked.

"That Mystique lady," she said, narrowing her eyes. "She just went into Logan's tent." She began walking back into camp.

Bobby was a bit confused, but decided not to get involved. After what happened at his parents' house, he knew Rogue could handle herself.

Logan reclined on his sleeping bag, looking over the markings on his dog tag. He jumped slightly when he heard his tent zip open. He relaxed when he saw that it was only Jean. Without saying anything, she laid on top of him and kissed him. In their passionate embrace, he began rubbing her skin under her shirt. When he felt scars on her abdomen, he immediately stopped. He knew for a fact that Jean didn't have those scars...

Feeling him hesitate, 'Jean' just smiled. "No one's ever left a scar quite like you," she said softly, shifting back into Mystique.

"What do you want, an apology?"

When they battled in the Statue of Liberty, she had tried to sneak up on him, disguised as Storm. Of course, he could still sense who she truly was; changing her appearance didn't mask her scent.

And he was furious with himself for not immediately sensing who she truly was when she entered his tent.

She leaned down. "You know what I want," she whispered seductively in his ear. She licked and bit at his ear, but he jerked her away. "But what do you want?" she asked in a teasing manner. Still on top of him, she shifted into Ororo, keeping that seductive smirk. Then she shifted into Rogue.

This caused Logan to snap out of it. No matter how beautiful Rogue was, and even though she was eighteen, she was still too young for him. If anything, she was like a daughter or little sister to him.

Plus, she was with Scott. And he made her happy.

When Mystique shifted back into Jean, he pushed her off of him, forcing her to shift back to herself. She sat back, watching him intently.

"What do you really want?" she asked, shifting into Stryker.

Logan just glared at her. "I want you to get out," he said gruffly. He watched her shift back and quickly slip out of his tent. "Jesus..."

Outside of his tent, Mystique attempted to sneak away when she was stopped by someone.

"What were you doing in there?" Rogue was standing there, her bare hands on her hips.

"None of your concern, darling," she said sweetly.

Rogue looked angry. "When my friends are involved, it is of my concern. Is he hurt?"

Mystique just smiled. "He's just fine. You could go in there and see for yourself if you like. But if you'll excuse me..."

Before she could leave, Rogue grabbed onto her arm. She had already taken off her gloves, so now she was taking Mystique's power and memories. Crying out, the shape-shifter collapsed onto the grass while Rogue staggered.

The memories she caught left her speechless. After collecting herself, she stared down at the woman in awe, which was slowly turning into fury. But Mystique said nothing, getting up to leave her. Rogue wanted to go after her, but she didn't know what she could say to her. Instead, she went to find Kurt. She could only imagine his own shocked reaction.

And there's Chapter Nine! I wonder why they didn't address the family connection between Mystique, Rogue, and Nightcrawler in the movies. I did, however, see Jennifer Lawrence (Mystique) play around with it in the blooper reel for X-Men: Apocalypse, telling Nicholas Hoult (Beast) that Kurt was her illegitimate son from Azazel. I wonder if it'll be discussed in Dark Phoenix?