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CHAPTER 11
Ron spent some time in the hospital. Two days. Sabretooth came and visited daily for a few hours just like he said he would. Logan stayed the entire time. Her healing factor was returning, but slowly. She didn't know what was going on with her healing factor. The wound was healing slowly and Ron wanted to hightail it home. Logan didn't really know what to think, but Xavier said that she should stay for the remaining time.
"But why?" Ron asked. "I'm getting healed and I don't fucking want these bastards to know I'm a mutant!"
"Veronica, watch your flippin' mouth!" Logan snarled.
Ron glared at her uncle.
"Veronica, I understand how you feel," Xavier said.
"If you do then transfer me to the mansion!" Ron crossed her arms. "I don't want to be sent away! I've been though fucking enough already!" Ron yelled in frustration and chucked the new IV stand at the other side of the room. It broke in two.
Ron was shaking in anger. Logan got up from his chair and went over to Ron and started massaging behind her ears. She immediately calmed down, her eyes closed, and she smiled.
"For some reason massaging behind Ron's ears calms her down," Logan said.
"How long has it calmed her?" Xavier asked.
"Since she was four," Logan said, finishing up the massage.
"I help fund this hospital, Veronica," Xavier said to her. "There are doctors here we can trust."
"But I don't wanna stay here!" Ron hugged her knees. "I don't like hospitals. They scare me. The doctors and nurses and labs."
"Because of William Stryker?" Xavier asked.
Ron nodded her head.
"Kid, I know how you feel," Logan said. "I've had my fill of labs a long time ago. Enough to fill a life time."
"So have I," Ron growled.
"I'll see what I can do," Xavier said then left.
A few minutes later Victor entered.
"How ya doin', cub?" he asked.
"How the hell do you think I'm doin', jackass?!" Ron snarled.
Victor growled at Ron and started to Ron, but Logan stepped in front of him.
"Easy, Vic," Logan said. "She's not meanin' it. She's just tired of being here."
Victor nodded.
Ron hopped off from the bed and put her jeans on under the hospital gown.
"Where the hell do you think you're goin'?" Victor asked.
"I'm leavin' this fucking place!" Ron said.
"Watch your mouth!" Logan growled.
"Fuck you!" Ron snarled.
Victor couldn't suppress a laugh.
"What are you laughing at, Creed?" Logan snarled.
Victor grinned, his fangs showing and shrugged. Then he got serious and growled deeply at Ron. She growled right back at him. Yep, she was defiantly his kid. She was now starting to look a lot like him, and less like his brother. Even her hair and eyes were changing. Her hair was changing to blonde and her eyes were changing to amber. "Listen, cub, you ain't going anywhere. You are staying here until they say you can go."
"Says who, jackass?!" Ron shouted.
"Says me," Victor growled. "I'm yer fucking father and you will do as your told!"
"I ain't a child!" Ron shouted. "You ain't the boss of me! I can do what I want when I want and come and go as I please! You can't tell me what to do, Creed!"
Victor's response was a growl.
"I ain't finished yet!" Ron said. "You have not been there for me once! Why the hell do you care for me now?! I wish Logan was my father instead of you! You are the worst father I've ever had! I hate you! You let Stryker take me when we were at that cabin!"
"Veronica!" Logan warned.
Victor stood there flabbergasted then walked out.
"Stay here, Veronica!" Logan left and found Victor sitting on a bench down the hallway. He went over and sat next to him. "Vic. . ."
"She hates me, Jimmy." His face was a little blanched. "Just like her mother. . ."
"Vic, she don't--"
"Yes she does!" he snarled. "Goddammit! I've been trying hard to be with her. To be a father! But Eric. . .God, I really hate him sometimes."
"Don't go with him then," Logan said. "Stay here and take care of your daughter. Be a damn father."
"Where the hell am I gonna stay, runt?" Victor looked at his brother. "None of the Geeks are gonna like me staying at the school."
"Don't you think that you should lay low for a while?" Logan asked. "The government's been after you since Liberty Island. They think that you're dead. It wouldn't be good if they found out you aren't dead."
"Yeah."
"Victor," Xavier wheeled up beside them, "you can stay with us. There are a few rules you will have to follow. One, you can't leave unless you tell me or Logan. Two, fighting will not be tolerated unless it's a Danger Room session. Three, I would like to talk with you about Veronica everyday for an hour. I saw what she said to you."
"You did?"
Xavier nodded. "Yes."
"How can I talk about her when I don't know a thing about my own daughter?!" Victor said.
"We will work through it," Charles said. "I talked with the Dean and we can take Veronica home."
"It's going to take a while longer for the gunshot wound to heal," Logan said as they walked back to Ron's room.
Charles looked back at Victor who was trailing behind. He knew something was bothering him. "Logan, go get Veronica ready to go. I need to talk with Victor."
Logan nodded and went ahead and Charles wheeled to Victor. Victor slumped against the wall.
"Victor?"
He wouldn't meet Charles' eyes.
"Victor, what is troubling you?" Charles asked. "Is it Eric?"
Victor nodded. "I don't know what to do. If he found out. . .he'll think I betrayed him."
"Victor, you will be safe at my school," Charles said. "I will protect you from Eric."
All Victor did was nod and wait for Logan and Ron. Logan and Ron came out and the four of them headed for the school. Victor sat in the back of the car with Ron. He looked at her. She wouldn't look at him. He tried making small talk with her, but she wouldn't return it. He looked out the window and sighed.
Soon they arrived at the school garage and got out. Ron headed straight to her room. Victor winced at the sound of her door slamming shut. Logan put a hand on Victor's shoulder.
"Logan, can you take Victor to his room?" Charles asked.
"Yeah," Logan answered.
They went to the second floor and Logan stood in front of Victor's room door. It was Ron's old room.
"This is Ronnie's old room," Logan said.
"Her scent is still there," Victor said.
"Victor, she'll come around," Logan said. "Lemme show you around."
Logan showed Victor around for at least two hours. He showed him the second floor, the first floor, the lower levels, took him around the garden and stables, and the pool. It was getting near dinner and Logan and Victor stopped in the kitchen. The younger X-Men were in there. Victor gave them a small toothy smile, showing his fangs. Kurt stepped up to the giant.
"So. . .you're Ron's dad?" he asked.
"Yeah I am," Victor said.
"That's cool," Kurt said.
Victor only nodded.
A few minutes later the younger X-Men left for the dinning room. Logan started for the kitchen entrance when he noticed Victor wasn't following. He turned around and saw the blonde leaning on the island.
"You okay?"
Victor only shrugged.
"You want to eat in the dinning room with everyone else?"
"No, ain't in the mood for the rest of the Geeks givin' me shit about the past."
Logan nodded. "A certain someone I know did that to me a long time ago. Fuckin' dick."
Victor chuckled. "And I ain't hungry, runt."
Logan walked over to his brother and opened the fridge. "Ya want a beer?"
Victor nodded and took the bottle and popped the cap. Logan looked at Victor as he sipped his beer. He knew that he was worried as hell about something. Victor didn't touch his beer and only stared at the bottle.
"Victor, tell me what's botherin' you," Logan said.
"It's Magneto," Victor looked at him. "I'm afraid that he will. . ." he trailed off.
"Hurt Ron?" Logan finished.
Victor nodded. "He's gonna find me and think I betrayed him."
"When does he leave for the damn mission?"
"Tomorrow."
"I'm sure that Charles will talk with Magneto about it," Logan said.
Victor nodded. "I appreciate what you guys are doin'."
"No problem," Logan said. "You want to call Magneto?"
Victor gave his brother a growl when Logan handed him the phone. He took it and dialed Magneto's number. Then it answered.
"Who is this?"
"Victor," he told Magneto.
"Where are you? We leave for the mission tomorrow!" he said.
"I hate to say this, but I ain't comin'," Victor told him. "I gotta stay here and care for my daughter."
"You are at Charles' aren't you?"
"Yeah, and I don't give a shit what you think about it!"
He heard Magneto chuckle. "You know once you are part of the Brotherhood you can never leave, Sabretooth."
"Sue me. I ain't comin' back."
"You will regret this, mark my words, Victor--"
Victor hung up. "Crazy old bastard."
Logan laughed. "He's goin' to be really pissed off that you hung up on him."
"Screw him and his mission," Victor said, drinking half of his beer, "and the rest of the damned Brotherhood. He didn't come looking for me once after Liberty. It was me who crawled back to that bastard."
"You up for somethin' to eat?" Logan said. "C'mon, you can't get all depressed and not eat. That happened to me once and I lost a lot of weight. Not a good thin' to do."
"Alright, I'll eat somethin'." Victor stood up. "Quit naggin' me."
Logan laughed and the two of them emptied their beer bottles, threw them away, and headed to the dinning room. They entered and everybody looked at Logan and Victor and then got up to get food, not caring about the new person in the room. Logan walked to where the teachers were after he and Victor loaded their plates with food as the staff sat back down. Victor joined Logan and sat on Logan's right, Jean was to Logan's left, Xavier at the head of the table, and Scott, Storm, and Hank across from Logan, Victor, and Jean.
"Where were you?" Storm asked Logan as he and Victor sat down and Storm glared at Victor. "We've been waiting for you."
"Talkin' with my brother," Logan growled, cutting a piece of steak and eating it.
"Sabretooth I don't--" Scott started.
"Victor. Call me Victor," Victor said.
"Victor," Scott said. "I don't mean to be rude, but what is the other reason you are here?"
Victor sighed. He didn't like talking about stuff like this. "To get away from the Brotherhood. Magneto will think that I am betraying him and there isn't any other safe place but here."
"Think you are betraying him?" Storm asked.
"Yeah. Because he'll think. . ." Victor trailed off.
"Think what?"
"I think that is enough talk of Magneto and the Brotherhood," Charles said. "This is hard for Victor because of the way Eric thinks of mutants. And he thinks that they are betraying him by leaving the Brotherhood."
Everyone nodded and finished eating dinner.
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