Sivvy: Ok there's going to be numbers in the story. They have to deal with stuff that's in the chapter that will be explained at the end of the chapter, which I realize is not my norm, but it can't be helped as you would be confused if I told you the information now. Story Time.

Part One

Logan and I managed to catch up with Rogue at a train station. We followed her onto the train and confronted her.

"C'mon rogue." I said, "You're not stupid. Did you really think I'd abandon you? I'm your friend."

"But I-" She said glancing toward Logan.

"I'm not gunna hold that against you." I said, "I'm not a bitch. You know that. I read so much that, when confronted with a situation similar to one in a book, I know how not to react. That's not to say I don't react badly to some things or that I don't spazz out, but I get over it rather quick and apologize if I did something really stupid. The point is, you're my friend and I don't give a rat's ass what you do, as long as you realize that I'm always there for you if you're upset or in trouble."

She looked from me to Logan.

"I'm really sorry Logan." She said.

"It's all right." He said, "It was partly my fault. I'm not holding it against you, kid."

"Now," I said seriously, "who do I need to bitch slap and throw in a hole?"

She looked at me like I was crazy.

"Who told you no one wanted you around?" I rephrased.

"Well it was-" She was cut off by the back part of the train being peeled-yes peeled-apart.

"And the shit hit's the fan." I said.

This guy wearing a reddish suit of armor floats down to the train and looks pointedly at me.

"You have quite the mouth on you for one so young." He said.

"It's worse back home." I said, "Now what the hell did you destroy the train for, knight in bloody armor?"

"I'm here for Rogue." He said, "And my name is Magneto."

"Not on your life, bub" Logan said unsheathing his claws.

"Holy French fries." I said, "That's kick ass."

"I still don't understand your phrases." Logan said, "So could you keep them to a minimum during a fight?"

"I make no promises." I said.

"Well, so you are the infamous Wolverine." Magneto mused, "Your claws and your entire skeleton are coated in metal. That's a big disadvantage when fighting me."

He then proceeded to attach my crush to the top of what's left of the train.

"There goes that shit again." I muttered, "Well, better spring into action. I need a plan…..good enough."

I used my still new and virtually untested shadow powers to attempt to catch Magneto off guard and get him stuck to the train. That didn't work, but it did distract him long enough to mimic Logan's claw thing with the shadows, but mine were on all five fingers, which is more like a fox anyway, and use them to cut through his armor and into his leg. His armor was weakest there. Needless to say, that pissed him off and he used a piece of the destroyed part of the train to stick me to the wall. Then he grabbed Rogue and flew off.

"His leg?" Logan questioned.

"His armor was weaker there." I said, "At least I injured him. Now….how do I get outta this me-WHOA!"

At that point in time, my powers spazzed out again and allowed me to move among the shadows to get out being stuck there.

"Are you kidding me?" I questioned, "My powers couldn't have fucking done that ten minutes ago, when he first put me there."

I was pissed at my own powers. That would actually be kinda funny, but not right now. Not when my friend was just kidnapped by an old dude in a suit of armor. My eyebrow twitched, as I internally berated my powers. After I was done with that, I helped Logan get down. Not easy when he's stuck to the roof by his claws being bent. Stupid metal bending powers. Stupid Rogue for not fighting. Stupid me for getting caught by a flying piece of metal. I thought I had that whole speed and reflexes thing, so where the hell did it go.

"Well, we better go tell the others that we fucked this one up." I told my now free companion, "Can we leave out my cursing?"

"That's probably best." He said and hopped out of the train.

I hopped down after him and followed him as he followed the tracks.

Part Two

Halfway back to the station, Logan stopped and looked at me.

"How did you do it?" He asked,

I stopped and looked up at him.

"How did you distract him long enough to injure him?" He asked.

"I was attempting to trap him, but that didn't work." I said, "It turned out to be just a distraction, but it worked."

He looked at me with a face of amusement crossed with 'Are you serious?'. That look was replaced with one of affection. What in the world is going on? He put his hand out and cupped my cheek in his palm. I'm still confused but liking where this is going. I stare straight at him as he captures my lips in a kiss. I return the kiss, but break it shortly after. He looked down at me with a mixture of hurt and confusion.

"Now is not the time for something like that." I said, "We get to the others, find Rogue, save her, and then we can talk about this. Mainly how to keep it from the others. Now let's go."

I stepped around him and continued along the tracks. I heard him fall in step behind me.

I hate being a fox. Foxes have instincts, and right now two very strong instincts are fighting each other. I thought, On one hand, I think of Rogue as family and, as such, she is part of my skulk(1), but, on the other hand, Logan approached me and I want to jump him so bad. Save Rogue first. Get Logan alone someplace dark where no one can disturb us later.

We reached the train station soon after my inner musings. Apparently all hell broke loose here too. Overhead lights on the ground. Check. Holes in the walls. Check. Scott unconscious. Oh happy days. (2)Check. Jean struggling to stand up. Check. Storm rubbing her neck….did not expect her to have almost been strangled.

There goes my checklist. I thought, I have a lot of those lately.

I went over to Storm and asked her what happened.

"Magneto's henchmen." She said, "They attacked us."

"Well, isn't that great. He makes a diversion for you guys so that he can go, kick our butts, grab Rogue, and run." I said.

"He got Rogue?" She asked.

"Yup." I said, "We tried to stop him, but a guy with a metal skeleton and a girl who doesn't know the full extent of her untrained powers isn't really a lot to work with."

"Well let's go back home and come up with a plan?" She said.

We rounded up the others, Logan had Scott thrown over his shoulder, and headed back to the school.

Dear Diary,

Today pretty much sucked. Only one thing made it better, but even that can't go anywhere till Rogue's ass is saved.

Sivvy

1) A skulk is a group of foxes. Like a pride is a group of lions or a gaggle is a group of geese on the ground, a group of geese in the air is called a skein.

2)I'm not sure if Scott actually was unconscious or not, but he is in this story, and if you're wondering why she's happy about it, well, if you haven't noticed, he's a jackass in my story and it's mainly towards her because she has an "unhealthy" relationship with Logan.