Combusting Hearts

Chapter 21

The following weeks after the incident in the danger room hadn't been much better. Granted, Logan had taken it up with the Professor, and Slick had gotten in trouble, but still. He still bugged me whenever he could AND made a habit of bumping or hitting me in the shoulder.

Lord have mercy I wanted to cry whenever he made contact with my shoulder. The whole thing had bruised rather badly to be honest, and it drove me nuts. Even the slightest touch would hurt, especially since he had basically left a welt on my shoulder. I can't even move it properly without pain because of that jerk.

Oh, how I want to ring his neck, but alas, I would only get myself in trouble. Even though, I really don't think Logan would mind that much, since it would save him the trouble of doing it himself.

My main problem was that my dreams had started coming back again. They were scary and left me with little sleep. In fact, I still remember what happened this morning. I had woken up screaming and when Logan came into the room, I wouldn't go near him.

In my dream, he had been the reason of my screams. In my dream, he had plunged his claws right through me. Even though, I knew that it had only been a dream, it had scared the hell out of me. Plus, I think I hurt Logan's feelings when I wouldn't go anywhere near him, but I couldn't help it. I had been scared out of my mind, I wasn't thinking clearly. Hell, to make matters worse, I went and ran out into the snow at like 4 in the morning with my pajama's on. I went out there in hopes of waking me up, but only cried into the snow, balling up into a pathetic heap.

Oh, it had been terrible, absolutely terrible. I think the reason why it had scared me so much was due to the fact that it was someone that I was familiar with. I knew Logan, unlike Sabertooth, so it scared me more than usual. It terrified me to no end.

I honestly didn't know what to do with myself this morning, heck, I didn't even go to classes because it had bothered me so much.

Lunch time was no better either, I could barely even eat anything. I could barely even stay still. The only thing that managed to keep me sane was sitting out in the snow where it was cool and calming. The inside of the school was far from that, so I decided to stick with staying outside for as long as I could. Of course, I had to come back inside a few times though.

I found it pretty sad and kind of embarrassing though because I had probably woken up the whole school this morning…

I swear, it's almost like something or someone is seriously trying to kill me off in my sleep. It's so unnerving when I think about it like that, but I can't help it, something just isn't right about all of this. If it isn't one dream attacking me and throwing me off, then it's another doing the same thing if not worse. None of it makes any sense at all, none of it.

I sighed as I looked down at my bracelet, the one that Gambit had given me for Christmas. I basically never took it off, same for my necklace that Kurt had given me. They both stayed close to me and were very precious to me.

I groaned as I stretched my arm, feeling the muscles tighten as I stood up. It was time for me to go back inside now and do something, especially, since I hadn't done much today.

I was shocked when I didn't find anyone in the kitchen. I would have thought that someone would have been in here at this time of day, then again, it was getting a little late. Still, I had to eat something, so that's why I was there. I was just going to get something to eat and then go to bed early and try not to worry about anything else.

I sighed quietly as I went to the refrigerator, pulling a few things out to make a sandwich. In the end, I ended up fixing myself a ham sandwich, and man was it tasty. Then again, when you really haven't eaten anything all day, I suppose anything would taste divine at that point.

It wasn't until I was about half way done with my sandwich that I felt hands on me and hot breath on my neck. I went rigid.

"Bonjour, cheri," I heard him whisper.

I swallowed hard, closing my eyes for a moment.

"Remy, you scared me…don't do that," I told him, glancing at him as he laid his head on my shoulder.

"Sorry, cheri, didn' mean ta scare ya," he whispered, his voice strangely husky as he gently rubbed my arm and kissed my neck.

I shivered, nearly choking.

"R-Remy, stop it, I'm trying to eat," I warned, getting slightly uncomfortable.

Unfortunately, that didn't seem to stop him though as he kissed my neck again, before biting at it softly. I pulled away as he did this, scared.

"I said stop, Remy," I told him, my brows slowly knitting together.

"Come on, cheri, Gambit don' bite…much," he cooed, placing a hand on my shoulder as he backed me into a wall with no place to go.

I was growing more and more scared by the moment. The next thing I know, his lips were on mine in a hard bruising rough kiss as his hand slid dangerously up the skin of my side.

I squirmed under his grip as his hand tightened on my shoulder with him trying to take the kiss further. I just couldn't take it and shoved him as hard as I could, braking away from him, tears slowly falling.

"What wrong, cheri?" he asked as if he hadn't been doing anything wrong.

I just shook my head, gripping it with my hands.

"You…you jerk!" I yelled, before running out of the room.

T

Unfortunately as Elaine ran, she never saw the change in Gambit's eyes, the change from red and black to bright yellow. If she had, she would have never run away, she would have never been as scared or upset. The problem was, she didn't look back, and she didn't see it as 'Gambit' stood there with a smug smirk on his face as he disappeared somewhere in the large mansion.

T

I couldn't believe what was happening as I ran down the hall, tears falling from my eyes. I thought that he was better than that, I thought…

I couldn't even think straight as I nearly tripped down the steps from being in such a hurry. The only thing on my mind as I through my jacket on was that I had to get out of there. I had to get out of there before anything else happened…before I happened…

I was just so angry, sad, and heartbroken. It was a deadly mix for me, one that I did not wish to deal with.

I tripped over my feet when I got to the garage, my hands meeting the cold ground as I sat there looking around frantically. I went for the first thing that I saw, grabbing my helmet and mounting one of the motorcycles.

I needed something with speed, something to get me out of here and fast. So making sure that my helmet was secure, I turned the thing on and sped out of the garage, and into the cold winter air of evening as my hair blew behind me.

I raced out into the street, not once even attempting to look back.

T

"Professor, Elaine, she's…"

"Gone…" the Professor whispered, answering the student.

T

There was nothing that would stop me now, nothing at all. Although, the tears that ran down my face bothered me greatly. They ran down my face, covered by my helmet as they met my neck. I was wearing the helmet that Logan had given me, currently the only thing that gave me comfort, even after my earlier dream.

T

"You've got to be kidding me, she took the damn bike!" Logan yelled in a frustrated panic, moving to get on one of the other motorcycles, before speeding out as well.

Logan just prayed that he would find her unharmed and in one piece, both physically and mentally. Unfortunately, he seriously doubted that he would.

T

Even my necklace didn't do anything for me as it weaved in and out of the top of my shirt, never staying still against the movement of the wind as I rode onward in a blur of thoughts.

I continued to race on, even with parts of the roads being icy, I just didn't care anymore. There was nothing more to care about. I had been betrayed by someone that I was close to, someone that I… No…I wouldn't say that, not really. I mean, there hadn't been enough time yet to get that close. But still…

"How could you…" I whispered, tears blinding my vision.

That was the last thing that I said, before hitting a patch of ice in the road. I was then sent out of control and flying from my bike, my body twisting and rolling painfully as it hit the ground.

It was only then that I was reminded of the dream I had had weeks earlier as I now lay at the bottom of a hill, the bike totaled from a tree.

"Oh no…" I whispered, trying to move, only to cry out in pain.

I wasn't sure if anything was broken or not, but I knew that my body hurt something afoul. Not to mention, my head hurt horribly.

"Mmm…" I groaned in pain as I slowly turned myself over onto my stomach, gripping my side and arm painfully.

I couldn't help but cry from all of the pain and the situation. I wouldn't be here if it weren't for him…

T

Logan continued to ride on in hope of finding Elaine, but he already smelled trouble in the distance.

T

I hissed in pained as I crawled to a tree, slowly standing up with the help of its strong support. My eyes felt like they would roll into the back of my head at any given moment as I stood there weakly. I was so dizzy just standing there, trying to look around at my surroundings. I hadn't really noticed until now, but my bracelet was missing. This made me sad because beside my necklace, it was my favorite.

I whirled around when I heard a twig snap behind me, falling to the ground and holding my head, I was so dizzy. Although, what I found scared and startled me greatly.

Sabertooth.

"S-Sabertooth…" I whispered, to scared to move.

Strangely enough, he seemed to have a different air about him at the moment, but it still scared me.

"Frail," he nearly purred as he showed his sharp canines.

He then crouched down in front of me, his arms resting on his knees. We just stared at each other for a couple minutes, before he pushed me over with his hand, causing me to cry out when my side hit the ground. Before I knew what was happening, his large hands were on my side, pulling me over and lifting up my shirt. I tried to stop him, but he just growled harshly at me, making me stop and stay still.

I couldn't help but to shake as I laid there, hissing in pain a few times as he found the wound. It was a gash on my side that I hadn't taken the time to look at. I froze when he brought his face close to it, sniffing at it for some strange reason. Before I could say anything, he growled again. He growled at the blood.

Lord, I was in so much pain. I was so tired. Even as Sabertooth sat there, scanning over me and pulling my limbs, I just seemed to grow weaker. I didn't even care anymore that he caused me a bit more pain by pulling on my legs and arms every now and then. That was, until I heard another voice that woke me up a bit more.

"Sabertooth, leave her along and stop pestering her," a man said, walking over to us.

That voice, it was so familiar to me, a voice that I had heard a few times throughout my life.

"Do something useful and stand her up," he ordered.

Moments later, Sabertooth's hands were back on me, pulling me up. I winced as I stood, falling back against the large man. He didn't seem to mind though as he kept me up, justing staring at the man before us.

"Mr. Lehnsherr…?" I whispered.

"Hello, Miss Conners."

Ok, that was chapter 21. I hope that everyone liked it, I wasn't completely sure when I wrote part of it, but it's part of the plot. I really need peoples REVIEWS for this one before I can really do much with the next chapter to be honest. So, PLEASE send me REVIEWs? I really need to know how I did on this one. Thanks everyone. :)