Battle Plan

God, I suck. Sorry for the month long delay. I feel so bad because I had requests to update my Fantastic 4 stories and then I basically completely forget about this one. But now I finally have it going again!!!

Grace was still asleep by the time Magneto and Pyro returned. Kurt was still gone and Logan didn't feel right, leaving Grace alone, but he did anyways. He felt sure that the meeting wouldn't take long and he could be back up there before she awoke. He was filled in on everything talked about the previous night after he had brought Grace to her room. Scott still didn't feel as if it was safe to have Grace around but he agreed that they had to protect her now.

"Do we have any kind of plan?" Logan asked, sitting down at the table with the others.

"No…and we…" Ororo said, pointing at the X-men. "Have been thinking all night."

"Explains why the kids look dead." Logan said. Kitty, Bobby and Rogue all glared at him. Peter didn't even bother with retaliation. The only one not sitting was Warren.

"I know we have had our differences but this is something we must work together for if we hope to save our kind." Magneto said.

"Excuse us for not trusting you two as much as you might have hoped." Ororo said.

"Yeah…we know how trustworthy John is." Rogue said. Pyro faked a hurt expression before crossing his arms, leaning back in his chair and smirking. Rogue looked at him disgusted.

"Logan…" Ororo said. Logan, who had barely been paying attention, snapped his eyes over to her. "You've had…some sort of experience with this kind of thing. What do you think?"

"I don't know…mutant-mutant hunters out there with god only knows what strengths at their back." Logan said.

"The girl would know." Magneto said.

"The girl is asleep." Logan said. "And we're leaving her that way." Rogue raised an eyebrow at Logan's protective behaviour but said nothing. "If they're mutants then we know that they won't be easy to take down. For all we know they could have people who are damn near invincible."

"Maybe we should wake Grace and ask her." Scott said.

"No." Rogue said, saving Logan from a possible outburst. "It's best to leave her be for now."

"You have her memories in your head…can't you tell us something that'll help?" Bobby asked. Rogue closed her eyes to think. Everyone had their eyes on her.

"I think…the one she killed…did the…the…" Rogue said, opening her eyes. She put her wrists together, hoping that would help. "Wrist thing to her."

"Guessing the guy has some wicked hexing powers then." John said. The X-men sighed. They all sat silently, no one really sure of what to do. Logan got fed up and rose. Everyone watched as he left them.

"Mr. Logan." He stopped as one of the students approached him. "What's going on?"

"Don't know, kid." Logan said. "Just be prepared for just about anything, alright?"

"Yes sir." The student said. Logan nodded and continued on his way. He stopped as he heard talking coming from Grace and Kurt's room. It was very quiet but he knew it was Grace's voice. He walked up to the door, knocked once then opened it. Grace was sitting in the middle of her bed with the blankets bunched at her waist, covering her legs as they were pulled up to her body. In front of her, Kurt sat with his legs crossed. Both of them looked at Logan as he walked in.

"Am I interrupting something?" Logan asked. Grace shook her head.

"Just making sure she's ok." Kurt said.

"Did you find what you were looking for?" Logan asked. Kurt sighed and shook his head. "How you feeling, Grace?"

"Tired." Grace said. Logan was sure that she didn't mean physically tired. He wasn't, however, sure if she meant mentally or emotionally tired. He walked over to the bed and sat next to her, his hand coming to rest on her back. Kurt didn't miss that…or even the fact that Grace shifted slightly closer to him. "What are they talking about down there?"

"Trying to figure out a battle plan most likely." Logan said. Grace groaned and slid sideways to lean against Logan. His hand moved from her back to her opposite shoulder. "Grace, I know this is hard…but we need your help."

"With what?" Grace asked.

"You have to tell us what they can do." Logan said. Grace instantly froze up and Logan tightened his hold on her just as she started to try and get away from him. "Grace…"

"Just let her go." Kurt said. Logan reluctantly released her and Grace scrambled off the bed.

"You want to know what they can do?" Grace asked. Neither Logan nor Kurt could figure out if she was angry or scared from the look on her face. "They can do everything. They…" She stopped and stared at the bed. Due to the short sleeved shirt she had on, Logan could see that the bands around her wrists were flickering. It didn't seem to be enough to lock her arms together but it did seem to be enough to hurt her. An involuntary shiver ran up Grace's spine and a few seconds later there was a knock on the door. Logan and Kurt looked at each other before Logan got up to answer it.

"We need her to talk." Scott said from the other side. "None of us have any idea what we're up against except her." There was a flash and everyone looked at the window at the sudden thunder storm that had started. Kurt took hold of Grace's hand and, following Scott and Logan, led her down to where everyone else was.

Rogue kept her eye on Grace as the other girl looked as if she could bolt at any moment. She didn't sit, just stood close by the door, which gave Rogue the initial idea of her running away. Sure enough, she was barely even there for five minutes before Rogue watched her slip away. She got up and didn't even bother to tell anyone, even though she knew they were all watching her. Rogue left as well, following after Grace. Bobby and Pyro followed after them as well. Logan and Kurt would have followed but Ororo made them stay, claiming that Rogue and Bobby could keep Grace just as safe as either of them could.

"Grace, hey, wait up!" Rogue said. Grace slowed down but didn't stop. "Wow you walk fast." Bobby came up on Grace's other side and Pyro came up next to Bobby.

"Where are we going?" Bobby asked.

"I'm going away." Grace said. "I don't know where you guys are going." She pushed open the doors and walked out into the rain.

"Well…we're gonna go with you…keep you out of the…troubles." Rogue said. Grace didn't say anything. They didn't leave the school's property so Rogue relaxed a bit.

"You guys really don't change do you?" Pyro said.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Bobby asked.

"Just means that when there's problems, you'd rather run away." Pyro said. "Or in your case…follow your girlfriend away."

"We don't run away from problems, John." Bobby said.

"Oh yeah? How much you wanna bet on that?" Pyro asked. "You guys are always playing the safe way out. Doing what you're told."

"You've missed quite a bit in the last while then." Rogue said.

"Oh, breaking rules are we?" Pyro asked.

"Do you ever shut up?" Grace asked. Rogue and Bobby looked at her. She had never been like that before.

"Thought you were a scared little girl." Pyro said.

"I'm getting over it." Grace said, just before punching Pyro and heading back inside.

"Wow." Bobby said. Rogue decided against going after Grace since she had already gotten into the school.

Logan picked up on Grace's scent rather quickly as she came inside. He left the table and followed it. After a while he came across wet footprints and followed those as well to her room. The door was open a bit so he just walked in…and found Grace throwing things into a bag.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa…where are we going?" Logan asked. Grace stopped and looked at him.

"I have to leave." She said.

"I thought we agreed that you weren't going to." Logan said. Grace shook her head and went back to throwing stuff into the bag. Logan leaned against the doorway. "You wanna tell me why?"

"Why what?" Grace asked.

"Why you suddenly want to leave." Logan said.

"It was a mistake to let Kurt bring me here." Grace said. "I'm putting everyone in danger and…"

"You think leaving now is going to change anything?" Logan asked. "They probably know you're here and since they know about…"

"They want me." Grace said. "I leave and they'll probably forget about you guys."

"For how long, Grace?" Logan asked. She ignored him. "Grace…" She closed the bag and slung it over her shoulder. Logan straightened in the doorway. "Don't do this."

"You can't stop me." Grace said, trying and failing to push past Logan. "Move."

"No." Logan said. "You can't leave." Grace laughed and turned her back to him. "I mean it Grace." She just laughed more but it sounded harsh as she threw the bag back onto the bed.

"You know what. For my whole life people have telling me what I can and can't do." Grace said, spinning around to face Logan with a hand on her hip and the other on her forehead. "Telling me who I am and what I'm not. Telling me that I'm not worth it." She marched up to Logan. "And now, after everything you've said to me, you're telling me the same." She looked at him, as if daring him to argue. "So why don't you sing me a new tune, Logan. How about trying something different."

"I've tried asking." Logan said. "You refuse to listen." Grace looked away. "I want you to stay here Grace."

"You can't always get what you want." Grace said.

"Obviously not." Logan said.

"Get out of my way, Logan." Grace said.

"How about you make me?" Logan asked.

"Remember what I did to you yesterday?" Grace asked. "I can still do it now."

"Like I said…" Logan said. "Make me." Grace glared at him. It was almost an instantaneous thing as she reached up, grabbed his head, and kissed him. Logan was quick to react as his hands shot forward and roughly grabbed hold of her waist, pulling her closer to him, growling into the kiss. Grace managed to pull Logan out of the doorway and kicked the door closed just before he turned them around and pressed her against it. Grace made a noise as he lifted her up so that their heads were roughly at the same height. She groaned when Logan pressed his body harder against hers and she realized just what that argument did to him. She also realized something very important as Logan's hands toyed with the bottom of her shirt before pulling it up over her head, only breaking the kiss to do so before his lips resumed the bruising action.

"What…what were we fighting about?" Grace asked, managing to pull her head back.

"We were fighting?" Logan asked, descending on her neck. He pulled her away from the door and down onto the bed, pushing the bag out of the way. Grace easily got frustrated with his shirt and Logan just chuckled before quickly taking it off to save it from being ripped. "Are you sure you wanna do this?"

"Less talk more kiss." Grace said, kissing him roughly again.

They never really got to any sex. Grace put too much energy into making-out with Logan and he kind of did the same. They agreed to a stop and Grace fell asleep after lying there with him for a while. Logan soon drifted off after her…and Grace woke up as soon as she felt his breathing even out. She carefully got off the bed and looked at him. She knew exactly what they had been fighting about but she wanted to make him think that she had forgotten so that she could get him to this point where he was asleep.

"I'm gonna miss you, Logan." Grace whispered, barely loud enough for herself to hear. She didn't even bother with getting her bag. The more time she had between now and when Logan actually figured out that she had left completely…the better. Logan was really her biggest obstacle so tiring him out was the only way she could think of to get around him. Everyone else was a lot easier to get past…even Kurt.

As she finally managed to get past the gates of the institute, with it still raining outside, she looked back at the building and, for the first time since formatting her plan, felt as if she was doing the wrong thing. Grace wasn't given enough time to think about it however because soon after her uncertainty set in, rough hands grabbed her, going around her waist and over her mouth.

"Why hello my dear…how nice to see you again."

Now be honest…how many of you actually thought I was gonna make Grace and Logan have sex??? Lol…I didn't even plan for them to. I just planned for Grace to knock Logan out but couldn't figure out a believable way to do it.