X-Men Story My Version

Chapter Twelve: Cerebro Disaster

Professor Xavier heads for cerebro. The computer let him in then closes the door. Professor Xavier had no idea that Mystique had sabotaged the machine. Xavier tries to operate Cerebro again...but Mystique's sabotage goes into effect, giving Xavier massive feedback. He doesn't even make it out of the room, falling out of his chair.

"Oh on." Rion said aloud stopping dead in his tracks sensing that Professor Xavier was hurt. Emma and Jean stopped along with him. Both looked over at him past Logan and Ororo. Rion had a grim look on his face. He then sprints to the room where cerebro is. Jean and Emma are in tow followed by Scott and Alex. Logan and Ororo were close behind. "Professor!" Rion screamed. He forces the doors open. They find the professor on the floor not far from his wheel chair. They rush over to him.

"Oh god." Emma said worried.

"Professor can you hear me?" Jean asked.

"Pick him up?" Ororo asked. Rion leans down and lifts Professor into his arms carrying him to the lab. The others are behind him.

"Put him on the table." Jean said as she gets to work on helping the professor. Jean, Emma and Ororo stayed busy. Emma and Ororo removed his clothes and placed a white cloth over him. Alex put his wheelchair to side for the moment he woke up. Scott watched helplessly. Logan wasn't a doctor so he didn't know. Rion paced from one side to the next in the background. He wondered what could've happened to the professor. Then it hit him. The mutant who's scent was foreign had been here and might have somehow sabotaged cerebro. He decided to speak up about it.

"Someone sabotaged cerebro." Rion said aloud.

"That's pretty obvious dude." Alex said.

"I know but I said this early. When Rogue was here, she was outside talking to someone." Rion said remembering.

"Bobby." Logan added.

"Yes." Rion said.

"Wait, you spoke to Rogue?" Scott asked.

"Yeah at the train station." Logan told him.

"What did she say?" Ororo asked.

"She said that Bobby told her to leave because of what happened with me and her." Logan said frowning. Rion frown harder. It suddenly dawned on him what had happened.

"Shit!" Rion cursed aloud. They looked at him. Only Jean and Emma knew what he was thinking. Both frowned hard.

"Rion, what is it?" Ororo asked.

"This was a set up. Magneto knew about Rogue because of the attack on Logan before you and Scott brought him here. They knew she could absorb another mutant's abilities." Rion told them.

"What does that mean?" Logan asked.

"Rogue wasn't talking to Bobby on the bench earlier. She was actually talking to Mystique." Rion said as everyone stiffened at the thought.

"So Mystique posing as Bobby convinced Rogue to leave and head for the bus station." Jean said.

"That's how Magneto knew where Rogue was." Alex adds.

"So she entered the mansion and damaged cerebro." Emma said.

"Shit!" Rion said as he left the lab in a hurry. Jean rubs Scott's shoulders before leaving the lab. She finds Rion looking around trying to figure out how Mystique sabotaged cerebro.

A load of diodes are hooked to Xavier's head. He appears to be a vegetable. The other X-Men stand around him. Logan is first to leave.

"I'm sorry." Logan told Scott. Now wasn't the time for a fight or an argument.

Logan was walking down the hall past cerebro and stops upon the changing room. The room with the X-Men uniforms in them. He stops upon seeing Ororo. She was sitting on one of the chairs thinking. He thought she was the most beautiful he's ever seen. He watched her a moment wondering if she was ok. Of the three women, she seemed to be the one who kept everyone and everything together. Jean was the smart one and Emma was the one with the sense of humor. He could tell she was tough as nails yet still showed her vulnerability. Plus she's sexy as fuck and Logan wanted her. Ororo stood up to lean against the wall. She's worried about the professor. She's worried for Rogue. Could things get any worse for them? Logan sees her and goes over to her.

"You ok?" Logan asked her.

"Yeah." Ororo said smiling. "No." She said as her smile disappeared. "I'm so worried for the professor and Rogue. Things are just so crazy. You know?" She asked. Logan nods. He goes over to her.

"The professor is going to be fine. We're going to save Rogue. Don't worry about it ok?" Logan told her.

"How can you be so positive? You've only been here a short time." Ororo asked. Logan took her hand in his.

"I know I haven't been here that long but I've never met a group of people dedicated to protecting and caring so much about their own kind. You guys took me in, took Rogue in, showed us kindness. That goes a long way in my book. You guys have a good thing going here. You guys give me a reason to be positive. Especially you beautiful Ororo Monroe." Logan said to her. Ororo stared at him lovingly. She smiled at him. His closeness made her heart skip a beat. Logan had never felt this way about another woman. He had never known love like this or at the very least hadn't remembered this feeling. He leaned down closing the distance between he and Ororo. Their face inches apart. Then their lips touched softly. Ororo pulled back a moment before the two embraced in a sultry lip lock. Ororo's hands were all over Logan's chest. His were all over her torso. The kiss was hot. Both knew this was bad timing but they couldn't help themselves. They've been tiptoeing around each other long enough. This was bound to happen. Logan slid his tongue in her mouth. His tongue tasted like cigars and alcohol but Ororo didn't mind it. Her tongue tasted sweet like she had been eating watermelons. Both moaned feeling the heat building up between them. Logan moved from kissing her mouth to sucking on the small of her neck. This drove Ororo nuts. His hands are firmly on her breasts. Both were in the heat of the moment. They hadn't realized that Emma and Alex were watching. Ororo opens her eyes to catch them staring wearing smirks.

"Oh shit." She said pulling away suddenly. Logan looked at her fluster. Then turned towards the door to catch the amused looks on Emma and Alex's face.

"That was hot." Emma said as Alex chuckled.

"How long were you two standing there?" Ororo asked.

"Long enough to watch the peep show." Alex said smirking.

"We were just talking." Logan said.

"That didn't sound like talking to me." Emma said. Ororo smirked. Despite being worried about the professor and Rogue, she needed a distraction.

Jean and Rion are continuing to search for whatever device Mystique used to sabotage cerebro. He touches her hand lightly while she looks above the metal compartment. She pulls her hand away instantly. Rion tries to open the little door on the small compartment but is pushed away by Jean.

"Jean, let me help." Rion said softly.

"I got this." Jean said to him. Rion stepped away from her. She hadn't met to push him away but she and Scott were the only two other than Professor Xavier that knew what they were doing. Alex came into the room with cerebro. He was followed by Ororo and Logan.

"What's going on?" Alex asked.

"Jean's trying to fix cerebro and won't let me help." Rion said frustrated.

"That's because you don't know what you're doing." Ororo said to him.

"And you do?" Rion retorts back.

"Yes." She yelled back. She lied she didn't know how to fix that cerebro but didn't want him to know that.

"I was just trying to help." Rion yelled. "You're always yelling at me and coming down on me."

"You deserve it and news flash, no one wants your help." Ororo yelled back. Rion waved his hands at her and then leaves.

"I'll go talk to him." Alex said as he went after Rion.

"I need some air." Ororo said walking past Logan. He looked at Jean then followed Ororo. She had gone back upstairs.

Alex found Rion hitting the bag in the dojo. He knew Rion was trying to help. Why everyone gave him such a hard time was beyond him.

"You ok?" Alex asked him.

"I'm fine." Rion responds. With his back to him.

"No your not." Alex said as Rion stopped hitting the pad.

"My sister is always on mu ass. She literately hates my guts. I don't understand what I did to make her hate me so much." Rion said to him.

"Dude she doesn't hate you. I think Roh is just missing her parents. That's all." Alex said to him.

"They were my parents to. I never got the chance to know them." Rion said.

"Listen, I know you two will eventually work out your issues but need to focus on getting Rogue back and stopping Magneto's plan." Alex told him.

"Yeah you're right." Rion said.

"Come on." Alex said as both guys left the dojo.

"You don't like him very much do you?" Logan asked Ororo. He found her sitting at the table in the kitchen.

"Who?" Ororo asked without looking at him.

"Your brother." Logan told her.

"I don't want to talk about it Logan."

"Why not?" He asked her.

"Because it's too painful." Ororo said her voice cracking a bit as if she's hold back her tears.

He seems harmless." Logan said to her.

"You don't know him like I do." Ororo responds.

"No but I am a good judge a character. For instance I can see how much Rion loves you wants a relationship with you. I also see that you put up this wall to keep him getting close." Logan told her. Ororo didn't say anything because she knew he was right. Logan sat down next to her.

"Logan I don't want to talk about it." Ororo said to him.

"Ok but promise me one thing." Logan asked.

"What?"

"When you're ready to talk you come find me." Logan told her. Ororo smiled before as Logan kissed her forehead. He stood and left the kitchen leaving Ororo to her thoughts

Cyclops is last to leave. He looks at the professor's unblinking face.

"You can still hear me, can't you?" Scott asked.

Jean makes some adjustments, reversing the sabotage. She starts to leave, then stops.

"You taught me everything in my life that was ever worth knowing... and I want you to know, if anything happens, I'll take care of them." Scott whispers to professor.

Scott leaves Xavier's bedside... just in time to see Jean trying on Cerebro.

"Jean!" Scott screams. He runs toward her. "Jean, no!" The door closes in front of him.

Jean's face contorts in pain as she uses Cerebro. She crumples to a sitting position as Scott opens the door and gets to her.

"Jean! Jean, speak to me, please." Scott called to her.

"I know where Magneto's going." Jean told him.

Emma, Alex and Rion rush into the room.

"Jean, you ok?" Alex asked.

"She used cerebro." Scott told them.

"You know where Magneto took Rogue." Emma said.

"Get Logan and Ororo. We need to come up with a plan." Scott told them. They nod the leave. "Jean, come on baby stand up." Scott said helping Jean to her. They head out of the room and the doors close behind them.