Chapter 2: Panicking
Bayville, New York - Xavier Institute for Higher Learning
"Rogue! Slow down!" Scott yelled to the girl as she got out before the car even stopped.
"Ah can't, Ah got to get him ta the med lab an' Doctah McCoy." Rogue told Scott as she started quickly towards the med lab. Halfway to the med lab Logan stepped out of his office sensing Rogue's panic.
"Rogue, here darlin', give the kid ta me." Logan told the girl, who was silently shaking, and he held out his arms to take the little boy.
"No Logan, Ah got him." Rogue told him confidently, and then continued on to the med lab.
Two days later, September 6th, 2002 - Professor Charles Xavier's office
"Chuck, I'm scared for her. She hasn't left the kids side in two days. She has missed school, danger room sessions, and she has barely eaten anything." Logan, better known as 'The Wolverine,' stated with the worry clear in his voice. He might not be very good at showing his feelings, but everyone knew he cared for Rogue as if she were his daughter.
"I understand your concern Logan, but I also sense that she is worried for the young boy. She does not want what happened to her, to happen to someone else. You remember how we found her…" the professor's voice drowned out as Logan relived the sad memory of finding Rogue.
Flashback
-Somewhere in Mississippi-
"Ok Ororo and Hank, Chuck said the girl should be around this area somewhere. Lets split up and look for her" the small group of X-Men split up to find the thirteen year old girl known only as Rogue, and that she was a mutant who
couldn't have skin-to-skin contact. Logan had found her first. She was lying in an alley, and it looked as if she was sleeping, but Logan knew that when you loved on the streets, you never really sleep.
"Rogue?" Logan asked the figure quietly.
"Get away from me…please." The small girl said as Logan walked up to her. When he picked her up and she was in his arms, she started to get nervous, "Please, Ah'm sorrah, don't hurt meh. Please." She started crying, and then fell asleep in Logan's arms. She's so small for thirteen! Logan thought to himself, feeling sad for the girl, and angry at whoever did this to her.
End Flashback
Logan hadn't left Rogue's side until she woke up. Later she told them that she had been outed as a mutant when she was eleven and had been living on the streets for two years. She had been beaten many times by mutant haters; it was a miracle that she was still alive. She had also done things such as steal, and even kill. She was forced to kill and some stealing, some stealing she did just to survive. Rouge was just happy that Xavier accepted her is what she had told them after they welcomed her to stay.
Logan looked up when he realized that everyone but Charles and he had left the room, "Sorry Chuck. Just rememberin' what happened."
"It is okay my friend. Hank has just told me that the boy has woken up." Charles told him.