Chapter 4: Wreckage
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Ah woke up to Logan's thoughts exploding in my mind. Ah sat up quickly grabbing my head in my pain, not from the wreck, but pain from his thoughts hitting me so hard and so fast. It was like my mind was a tape player with a tape of Logan in it being played in fast forward.
Ah would think I'd be used to this by now. He was thinking about me, but ah couldn't concentrate on one thought for too long, they came and left too quickly. One minute his thoughts were on me, the next on an event that had happened earlier that day.
"S...stop it..." Ah muttered burrowing my head in my lap, my hands still grasped on the side of my head.
"Stop...n...no...STOP IT!" Ah screamed, my voice was cracked and weak it echoed in the emptiness around me. Ah tried my best to function with his words running around inside me, and opened my eyes to look around.
It was very dark expect for the headlights still on from the car that had hit us. Ah could only look in front of me, not wanting to turn my head afraid it would hurt more. Scott's bike was in pieces, only half of it was in my sight, the rest was scattered about the street and behind me. The car that had hit us was only a few feet away, enough in my vision to see the passenger's head full of glass. There were thick shards of glass sticking in and through his, at least I think it was a male, head. Ah closed my eyes not wanting to look anymore. Logan's thoughts inside me started to die down and ah could think my own now. Ah started to cry and became very scared. Ah tried to move my body, but was having a hard time. Ah could feel my legs, but ah couldn't move one of them.
"L-Logan?" Ah knew he was beside me, I could feel him. But ah was afraid to turn and look. Ah sat there looking at the narrow road in front of me, everything else around me was black. Ah heard sizzling and creaking from the car, the sounds you hear when you've been driving for a while and then stop, but nothing else made a sound. Ah could smell gasoline, smoke and brunt rubber, it made my stomach sick.
Ah finally got the courage to turn my head and ah felt something odd and painful on the side of my neck, it must have been cut during the crash. Ah ignored it as much as I could and looked down at Logan beside me. He was lying on his side, the back of his head facing me. His shirt and pants were torn, covered in blood.
Since ah still had some of his precise smelling ability in my system ah could smell that it was my blood, not his. Oh no... Ah looked down at my legs and examined them, the pants Logan had let me wear were torn and shredded exposing my legs. They were covered in blood and ah noticed something white sticking out of my shin. A rush of shock and disgust over powered me making me dizzy. A bone, my bone, was sticking out of my leg. "Logan..." Ah began to tremble.
"L-Logan!" Ah turned back towards him and shook him. He wasn't moving.
"Logan, wake up! Logan p-please..." Ah continued to shake him and found myself looking around at the wreck instead of on his eyes to see if they would open. Ah think all of the event was finally settling itself in my mind, right beside Logan's thoughts. The realization of what had just happened and that one person was no doubly dead, Scott's bike was scattered all around us, Logan wasn't moving, there was a bone sticking out of my leg, and we were in the middle of nowhere.
Ah jumped when ah heard him grunt and change positions, but his eyes were still closed. Now he was facing me and I watched as the cut on his lip tried to heal itself. Ah became scared for his life noticing how slowly and pathetically his mutation was working. Ah had seen him heal himself plenty of times, and this wasn't right. Ah have no idea why, but I found myself leaning in to touch his lip with my finger. When ah did it healed completely. His powers were working through me. Ah reached down to touch my shin but when ah did it only shot pain throughout my body and ah screamed loudly. Ah tried again, but still no luck. Now ah was shaking and tears pouring from my eyes and I gave up on myself and turned back to Logan.
My eyes got wide when ah saw his skin slowly covering his adamantium bone in a deep cut on his arm. Ah touched it and the adamantium disappeared and there was only skin, as if he had never been cut. When I took my hand away ah began to feel him inside me again, his thoughts returning with a vengeance. Once again ah clasped my head with my hands as he filled me up. Ah became light headed and my vision blurred, tears streamed down my face and my leg and my neck no longer hurt because the pounding in my head overpowered them. My stomach turned and ah collapsed, again everything went black...
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I shot up like someone had poured cold water on me and looked around taking in the wreckage. My nose burned with the scent of blood and gasoline and my eyes landed on Marie, lying beside me. I don't think I've ever felt so scared in my life, it was a weird feeling, of course not one I feel very often. I examined her body slowly moving up and down as she breathed and I found myself almost growling, no more like whimpering, when I saw her leg. I let my claws extended and stood up making my way towards the car that had hit us. If the fucker wasn't dead already I was going to make sure he was now.
I yanked open the bent door and the driver's limp body full of windshield fell out in front of me. Part of me wanted to rip what was left of him into pieces but the rest of me told me I needed to let it go and help Marie. When I turned to look at her again and saw what was in front of me my heart felt like I had taken my own claws to it. There was a deep gash on the side of her throat, fresh blood slowly seeping out over dried. I rushed to her side, tore off what was left of my shirt and carefully tied it around her neck and then some fabric around her leg and took her in my arms.
I began walking down the long empty road praying that we weren't as far as I thought we were from the mansion. As I carried her I found myself looking down at her to see if she was breathing almost every minute. And every time I did I walked a little bit faster, putting my exhaustion aside. How could I let this happen to her? I was supposed to protect her, keep her safe, and now this has happened. FUCK! Why do I always end up hurting the one person I made a promise to protect? I've let her down too many times, now she's never get in a car with me again. Just like when she stopped sleeping in my room after I... A warm tear rolled down my cheek. My eye burned, not accustomed to the salt. I'll just keep driving her farther and farther away from me until I've got no one left. She's the only one I have anymore and I let her get hurt. I don't deserve her, I guess that's what it all boils down to...I was being to ramble lost in my own thoughts. Another tear feel from me and it landed on her shirt, and I looked back down at her and my heart skipped a couple of beats.
She had stopped breathing.
As fast and carefully as I could I laid her down and pressed my lips against her normally dark red lips, but were blue now, and gave her the air inside my lungs. I was expecting her mutation to pull not only the air but the life from me curing her, but nothing happened. I pulled my head away in panic and started to shake. I wiped sweat from my brow and tried again. I was trembling now, crying and trying my best to give her the oxygen she needed. I wanted someone to find us, to help me help her, but at the same time I didn't want anyone to see me like this. Broken and sobbing like a little girl, frightened out of my mind.
"Help!" I cried out, "S-somebody please...Help her!" I tried again, but she still wasn't breathing.
"I-I can't." I choked out the words. I took her fragile shoulders in my hands and brought her face close to mine and shook her gently.
"C'mon baby, don't leave me..." Once again I pressed my lips against hers giving her air.
"Please Marie, I'm sorry..." Again, and again, and again. I stopped out of breath, but wasn't going to give up, not allowing myself to let her go, so again I tried.
First I felt her eyelashes brush against my cheeks, lifting up a tear with them, and then I felt that familiar pull and I have never been so happy in my life to feel it. Before her mutation could kick in all the way I pulled back and she began to cough, a little blood seeping through the fabric hugging her neck. She grabbed a hold of my chest, digging her nails into my skin, and coughed up blood. I winced and tried to clam her by holding her closer to me and eventually her coughing died down.
"Hush...hush...it's okay." I hoped. I watched her as she composed herself, letting the air fill her lungs. She ran her fingers against her throat and than looked up at me with weak eyes.
"Hey..." Was all I could say. I was exhausted and speechless. My eyes burned from tears I haven't cried in a long time.
"Are...are you alri...ok?" She struggled to ask me. "Marie, that doesn't matter. I-I have to get you back to the mansion right away...Hold on to me now." I said picking her back up. She put one arm around my neck and closed her eyes, her eyelash damp from my tear it had caught. I continued to walk thanking God for saving Marie and letting the mansion be around the corner.
Blood dripping from me staining the mansion's velvet carpets as I rushed through the halls towards Storm's bedroom. It was late and I knew Storm or the Dr. McCoy guy were probably in bed sleeping, hope they don't sleep in the nude. I kicked Storm's door several times howling for her get up. Marie took her arm from around my neck and held tightly onto her head.
"It'll be all right darlin' just hang in there..." I whispered and than kicked Storm's door again.
"What in Heaven's name are you----" Storm swung open the door and stopped in mid speech seeing Marie and me battered and bloody. "Oh my gosh..." Her eyes were wide and she placed her hand her lips as she gasped. "Is that McCoy guy here?" I asked.
"Y-yes, come on Logan let's hurry." She composed herself and began running down the hall way, her silk night gown flowing, I followed. We stopped at room not far from hers.
"Dr. McCoy! Dr. McCoy please come to the door!" Storm said as she knocked on his door. There was no answer.
"Let me do it..." I growled and kicked his door so hard it cracked a bit.
A man covered in blue fur opened the door. If I weren't so concerned about Marie I would have laughed my ass off at the sight of him. "Oh... I see you need my assistance." He said looking at us.
"Please we must hurry to the infirmary." Storm said desperately.
"Let me grab my robe---" I clutched his arm and glared at him.
"No time bub, let's go now."
"All right then, please excuse my attire, now shall we?" He said closing the door behind him. He had on a pair of white boxers with red lines on them and unfortunately nothing else. "Logan, you can put me down..." Marie said as we started towards the infirmary.
"Shush kiddo, I'm carrying ya weather you like it or not." I managed to give her a smile and she returned it.
When we got the lab McCoy quickly put on a lab coat and gloves and reached his arms out to take Marie from me and I backed away hissing at him, like a starving cat who'd been given tuna and it's owner trying to take it away.
"Logan please let Dr. McCoy help her..." Storm spoke to me as if I were a little boy.
"I think it would be best if Mr. Logan would leave with me her for now." McCoy said taking Marie from me. I must have pouted because Storm gave me a weird look.
"Hell no I ain't leaving her. I'm staying right here"
Storm placed her hand on McCoy's shoulder and looked him straight in the eyes.
"Let him stay, I'll look over his wounds while he's here." She said. McCoy nodded and placed Marie on a cot and began to examine her. I growled under my breath as he touched her and peeled off what was left of the shirt I had let her wear. My fist clenched as I tried to hold myself back from ripping him apart.
"D-don't touch me!" She whined trying her best to turn away from him. I stood helpless watching her, her chest uncovered and perky breast moving up and down as she breathed and scared look in her emerald eyes.
"Logan?" She desperately called for me. Storm grabbed my arm to stop me from walking over towards her, but her grip loosened and I bent down beside Marie.
"I'm here don't worry darlin'. This furry blue guy is here to help you..." I said brushing her white streaks of hair behind her ears. She shuttered and covered her exposed chest with her arms. "Give her a shirt, she's not injured there..." I demanded. Storm had already had one in her hand and I stood and backed away as she carefully lifted Marie up to put the shirt on her. Marie began to sob and I looked away not letting myself see her sweet tears. Storm looked up at Dr. McCoy and told him to be careful of her mutation. He nodded and began to tampered with some bandages. "Come with me into the other room so I can examine your wounds Logan." Storm told me.
"I'm fine." She gave me an angry glare and sighed following her.
I sat down on a cot and she rubbed her eyes for a second before speaking.
"What happened?"
"Some ass ran us over on the way here."
"Ran you over?" Her eyes got very wide.
"We were on Scott's bike and he came out of nowhere."
"Oh gosh Logan...Where is the person who hit you?" She started to pace back and forth.
"Dead." She shook a little and sat down in a chair beside me. "A-are you hurt?" She asked.
"I'll be fine, a lot of my wounds have already healed. What about Marie?"
"I'm sure Dr. McCoy will help as much as he can, he is very skilled at what he does."
"I'll call the police and report a car wreck..." She said to herself letting everything sink in. There was a long silence between us and I stood up to go check on Marie.
"Wait, you need to go wash off and change clothes, if you still have any injuries let me know. Than you can go see her." She said knowing where I was wanting to go.
"All right..." I muttered and left for my room.
It seemed like it took forever to get there, while cursing myself for letting this happen to Marie. When I walked into the bathroom I found the green shirt and shorts Marie had been wearing the night before lying on the floor. My heart sank and I picked them up, staring at them for a while, and then placed them on my bed before getting into the shower. The water stung the cuts that hadn't healed yet and I washed off mine and her blood from my body. I could still smell Marie all over my shower.
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Ah had began to panic when the stranger above stuck a needle in my arm. Flashes from Logan's nightmares came to mind and ah yelled and twisted and turned.
"It's only a pain reliever Rogue, don't worry..." He put his large blue hand on my shoulder and looked at me with the most comforting gaze.
"Who are you?" Ah asked.
"Beast, or you can call me Dr. McCoy if you like." The medicine he gave me began to work, numbing my pain. He had a kind voice and caring eyes, ah started to feel more relaxed. His hands were gloved so ah let him touch me. "Is Logan all right?" Ah asked noticing that he wasn't in the room anymore.
"A bit flustered it seemed, but he looked decent physically. I'm sure he's just fine"
He reached out and gently removed what looked like part of Logan's shirt from around my neck.
"I'm going to put something on this gash, it will hurt for a second but I need to stop the bleeding. I'm surprised you managed to stay alive with this deep of a cut in such a critical place. Thank the Gods that you are here."
Thanks to Logan ah survived. Ah don't remember much, but ah know it was him who kept me alive. Ah could taste him on my lips. Ah let Dr. McCoy do his work and sat there in silence trying my best to recall what had happened before ah passed out. The doctor cleaned and bandaged my cuts and looked over my body making sure there wasn't anything he was missing.
"What about my leg?" Ah asked. He thought for a moment.
"I suppose I'll have to set it."
"Set it?" For some reason that didn't sound to peaceful.
"The medicine won't make it hurt any less, but I promise you will feel much better when the bone is back to where it belongs." Ah got frightened trying to imagine what he was going to do.
"What are you gonna do to it?"
"Put this cloth in your mouth and bite down on it and close your eyes." Ah gulped with fear and did as he said and my heart started to beat faster as his hands got closer to the bone peeking out from underneath my skin.
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My ears perked up as I hear a painful heart wrenching scream, Mare's scream echoed through the mansion's hallways. I slipped and hit my knee on the tub as I rushed out of the shower not wasting any time to turn off the water only to grab my towel. Dripping wet with only my towel covering me I ran faster than I ever have in my life towards the infirmary. What the fuck was that so called doctor doing to her?
As I ran down the halls students began to wake up after hearing Marie's scream and peeked out of their bedrooms. I heard several 'Oh my goshes' and 'What was that?' as I ran by the rooms. One girl wearing a bright yellow nightie whistled at me as I ran by liking what she saw. I tripped down a couple of stairs and quickly composed myself as I went running through the infirmary's door. Breathing heavily, one hand holding my towel up, another hand with claws extended, I stood there staring at Marie, Storm, and McCoy. Storm gasped turning red embarrassed for me, even the blue guy was a little pink.
"Logan? What are you doing?" Storm asked. I took a couple of breaths trying to speak.
"I-I heard Marie scream. W-w-what's going on? What did you do to her?" I had ran so fast it felt like someone had punched me over and over again in my chest. And it didn't help that I was already exhausted from earlier. Marie was sniffling and staring at her leg in shock. The bone was no longer sticking out of her shin.
"I was only setting the bone in her leg. It tends to be quite painful, but she should be fine now." I let my claws return inside of my skin and tightened the grip on my towel.
"Are you all right Marie?" I asked her. She didn't take her eyes from her leg, just nodded still in shock of what had just happened. I started to walk towards her but stopped when I hear a familiar voice.
"What's going on?" It was Ice cube. Thought I smelled something rotten.
"Bobby, everything is okay, why don't you go back to your room." Storm said trying to keep him from seeing Marie.
"Is that you Rogue? What the hell happened to you?" She just looked at him emotionless. He turned his stare to me and I glared at him right back.
"What'd you do to her?" He charged at me but Storm blocked him.
"Bobby what are you thinking?" Storm looked confused.
"Oh dear..." McCoy said watching the blonde headed dick hole try to get past Storm.
"This ain't none of your business, go back to your room kid!" I snarled at him.
"Bobby he's right. Just go." Marie finally spoke. He stopped with a hurt look on his face and just stared at her.
"But why are you here? What happened to you? If he hurt you I'll turn him into a frozen block of ice"
"Just go!" She sounded angry.
"Go on now Bobby, we can discuss this later. Logan didn't do anything to Rogue, tell the students Rogue will be fine and to return to their beds." Storm demanded.
Bobby stared at Marie for a few minutes with a cold glare and then walked away helplessly and kicked the door as he left. I turned my attention back to Marie.
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What a night this was turning out to be. Ah get drunk, hit by a car, my leg 'set' by a furry blue guy, Bobby comes barging in, and now Logan's standing in front of me dripping wet in nothing but a towel. My leg did feel better though, ah guess it was worth it. Ah didn't mean to wake up the whole mansion though.
"Are you sure you're okay kid?" Logan asked me. "Thank you Logan, ah owe you my life." He looked shocked and confused. "I'm...I'm sorry I got you hurt..." He looked down not wanting me too see the look on his face.
"Ah want to stay in your room tonight." He looked even more shocked.
"I don't think that's a good idea." Dr. McCoy said. "Rogue you should stay here and recover, you almost died tonight." Storm said, and Logan flinched at her words.
"Ah-ah don't...okay..." Ah figured I would just sneak into Logan's room once the doctor and Storm left, ah didn't want to stay in the infirmary alone. "I'm going to get some sleep, Logan you should go put on some more clothes." Storm said as she left. "I'll give you some more medicine and put a cast on your leg, you won't need it for too long though, not much of the bone is actually broken." Dr. McCoy said fiddling with a needle. Ah looked over at Logan, he just stood there with his head down.
"I'll go too...I guess...Feel better darlin'." He said and sluggishly walked off.
Dr. McCoy spent about an hour putting my cast on and feeding me medicine. He brought me a glass of water and told me he'd be back early in the morning to check up on me. Ah gave him a weak smile and pretended to sleep, although ah almost did fall asleep. Ah was so tired and worn down, but ah didn't want to stay in this cold odd smelling room. About twenty minutes after the doctor left ah attempted to get out of bed. The drugs had made me dizzy but ah was so thankful for the pain to be gone. Ah fell face first on the floor and cursed trying to stand up. Ah've never been in a cast before, it was harder than it looked to walk in. Ah put on a hospital gown that Dr. McCoy had left me and made why to Logan's.
It took me an hour and six falls face first onto the floor to make it to Logan's room. When ah stopped in front of his room ah almost passed out from exhaustion. Ah was hoping he'd sense me and come pick up and take me into bed with him but after a couple of minutes the door was still closed in front of me so I turned the knob to get in. Thank goodness it was unlocked. He was tangled up in his blanket with the morning's blue light beaming down on him from his window making him glow. My clothes ah had been wearing the other night were also tangled about in the sheets. Ah climbed into his bed and snuggled up close to him, wrapping my arms around him and pressing my stomach against his back.
He moaned and sighed turning around and pulling me closer to him. Ah also turned, now by back was facing his chest, and he laid his chin on my shoulder and breathed me in. Just like the old days.
"Marie?" He mumbled.
"Logan?" He didn't reply, just fell back asleep.
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: Seether :
Broken
I wanted you to know I love the way you laugh
I keep your photograph and I know it serves me well
I wanna hold you high and steal your pain
'Cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
And I don't feel like I am strong enough
'Cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
And I don't feel right when you're gone away
You've gone away, you don't feel me here, anymore
The worst is over now and we can breathe again
I wanna hold you high, you steal my pain away
There's so much left to learn, and no one left to fight
I wanna hold you high and steal your pain
'Cause I'm broken when I'm open
And I don't feel like I am strong enough '
Cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
And I don't feel right when you're gone away
'Cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
And I don't feel right when you're gone away