A/N: Well here's the next chapter. After my thanks!

Thanks to BVRG0614 (once again): I will reveal as too why Storm is being looked for eventually. I promise :)

And another thanks to Dark Lord (Guest): You do know that anyone can read that review and see your "Kitty moment", right? Lol. I appreciate all your ideas! I will definitely include some of them with a thanks to you ;) (Although, I was already going to bring Victor back XD) And you should really log in so I don't have to type your review reply here XD

Anyway, here ya go!

Chapter Five:

Esmeralda Van Holtz-Howlett

After the house being untouched for nearly a hundred years, we had a lot of work to do. Logan and I decided to start on the inside so we could move in a little faster. We enlisted the help of other mutants. We also had the cottage to re-do but we were saving that for a later date; especially since there were bodies buried near it. Logan and I are still discussing whether or not we should just leave the cottage the way it is.

"Ez, you are only going to supervise what's being done. I don't want you lifting anything." Logan said to me.

"I know, Logan. I promise you that's all I will be doing. Carrie is helping me."

Carrie had agreed to help us out. We had told her that there were going to be many mutants there helping us and that seemed to get her even more excited about helping us renovate the house. She said she would help me guide the mutants to where things needed to be done and to help me out with Elisabeth.

"Kitty, can you phase furniture through the walls?" I questioned.

"Like, of course!"

"Scott, help Kitty push the furniture through."

"Okay."

"Julian, Jean, telekinetically help Kitty with the furniture."

"Ororo, how is the electricity wiring?"

"Shot. The whole house needs to be redone."

"How's the remaining pipes?"

"Everything needs replaced."

"There's no running water, gas or electricity through the house, correct, Carrie?"

"Correct. It's been shut off since Jacob passed."

"Alani, can you destroy and remove the pipes from the basement?" (A/N: Alani Ryan. Her power is similar to Kitty's but she instead deteriorates what she phases through.)

"Yep!" She ran down the steps into the basement.

"Kurt, Melody, could you teleport the upstairs furniture out?"

"You got it!"

"Wow. I've never seen so many mutants in one place before."

"Most of us look normal, but there are some that don't, as you have seen. The normal looking ones live among the humans and you can't tell which ones are mutant and which are human. The ones that don't look normal either have gadgets that cloak their true appearance or live with other mutants in hiding."

"I see. Why do humans hate them? These ones seem so helpful."

"Some mutants are bad. They hate humans and try to kill them daily. The humans only know those types of mutants. We try to stop them as much as we can, but we can only do so much. There are many human organizations that are meant to either stop, 'cure' or destroy mutants. Plus humans don't understand us. Humans are scared of what they don't understand."

"Really?"

"Sadly, yes."

"That's horrible."

"If only more humans thought the way you do, Carrie."

Logan

Three Months Later...

The house was finally finished. With the help of the other mutants, we were able to finish it in time for our son. It looked great. Esmeralda wanted to keep the house in it's original state. We just refurnished, updated and gave the whole house a new paint job. When I walked into the main room, I didn't see what went on there. I now see it being a great place to raise our kids. Since Esmeralda was so close to giving birth to our son, we were flying back to Bayville so Hank could deliver him just like he did with Elisabeth.

"Logan?" I heard Esmeralda call out.

"Yeah?"

"I'm ready to go back now."

I walked up the steps and she was standing outside of what used to be my parents' bedroom. I gave Elisabeth my old one. She was wearing a blue tye-dye maternity dress. She looked beautiful, as usual.

"Alright. Storm should be arriving in an hour."

Kurt Wagner

"ELF!" I heard Logan yell.

I teleported into his and Esmeralda's room. Esmeralda was breathing heavily and I knew she was in labor.

"Teleport her. I will be down there soon."

"Got it, Logan."

Logan stood Esmeralda up and into a wheelchair that Hank had placed there when they arrived. I grabbed the handles of the wheelchair and teleported to the med-bay.

"Thank you, Kurt. Logan and I can take it from here." Hank said.

Logan burst through the door and was at Esmeralda's side in an instant.

He'd do anything for her. I thought to myself as I teleported out.

Esmeralda Van Holtz-Howlett

When I woke up, Logan was holding our son in his arms, looking down at him affectionately. He looked up at me and smiled.

"Good morning, Ez."

"Is it really morning?"

He nodded.

"How's our son?"

"Perfectly healthy and sleeping. He doesn't seem to like me much though, unlike Elisabeth."

I smiled and said, "I'm sure he will like you eventually."

Hank walked in and said, "Oh good. You're awake. How are you feeling?"

"Drained."

"That's normal. I'll leave you three be while you decide on a name."

Hank left and Logan said, "Since I named Elisabeth, you are naming him."

I pondered this for some time before saying, "Elijah Daniel Logan."

Logan smiled and said, "I like it."

I returned the smile and slightly sat up. I hurt everywhere but I knew I'd be okay in a few days. Logan carefully passed Elijah over and despite how careful Logan was, Elijah woke up and surprisingly didn't cry when he saw me. He had Logan's eyes and my hair. He wrapped his little hand around my pointer finger and I knew that Elijah and I would have a bond as strong as Logan and Elisabeth's.

Esmeralda Van Holtz-Howlett

One Month Later...

After Hank had closely watched over Elijah for a month, we decided it was time to go back home. Elisabeth turned out to be a good sister towards Elijah. She often helped me with him at every chance she got.

When we arrived home and stepped off the X-Jet, Logan immediately caught something.

"What is it, Logan?"

"I don't know. Take the kids to the house."

I took Elijah and Elisabeth to the house and watched Logan follow an invisible trail. I was worried about him getting hurt.

I got down to Elisabeth's level after placing Elijah in his crib and said, "Elisabeth, you watch over your baby brother, okay? I will return after I help Daddy. If I don't, here's my cell phone. Call Aunt Kitty and tell her to come get you and Elijah. Alright?"

"Otay, Mommy."

I walked out of the room and down the steps and followed Logan. He probably knew I was there, but I turned myself invisible anyway. I found Logan who had just found a man with long, ugly nails and a bad attitude.

"Well, well. Look what the cat dragged in."

"What do you want, Victor?"

"Your head."

Logan scoffed and said, "Good luck."

I tried to stay hidden and down wind, since I didn't know if this man could smell as strong as Logan could. The man swiped at Logan who ducked and stabbed him in the leg with a claw. He howled in pain and struck Logan's face, which healed in seconds. After what seemed forever with these two going at it, Logan was losing his strength and the man had the advantage. He pulled out a sword and was about to chop Logan's head off when I bolted for it. I turned myself visible and activated my metal skin as I was running.

"NO!" I shouted and punched the man in the stomach.

He went flying into a tree and asked, "Who are you?"

"Esmeralda Van Holtz-Howlett. Nobody tries to kill my husband without going through me."

He went to swipe his nails across my legs, which only tore my clothes but bounced off my skin. He tried the sword next, which bounced off as well, vibrating like a tuning fork. I punched him again, sending him a couple feet into the ground. I then picked him up and threw him. I heard something yelling, assumed it was him and asked Logan for a translation.

"He said, 'I'll get you, Wolverine!'"

"Who was that?"

"Victor. We were friends when we were kids, but once he got the taste of killing, there was no going back."

Servant

"Sir?"

"Did you find her?"

"Yes. She's in Bayville, sir."

"Finally! Get my plane ready. I'm going to retrieve my queen."

"Of course, sir."

Esmeralda Van Holtz-Howlett

"What's that shed over there?" I asked.

"I think that was the groundskeeper's shed."

"Everything's probably still in it, huh?"

"Probably. You want to look, don't you?"

"Of course!"

"You do know that curiosity killed the cat, right?"

"Yep and I'm not dead."

"Yet."

Logan and I approached the shed and he jerked the old doors open. Inside were two small beds and the back wall was lined with every tool imaginable.

"Woah."

"Mhm. We should probably get back to the house to see how the kids are doing."

"Right."

We walked to the house together, hand in hand.

A/N: So I decided against a scene with Silverfox vs Esmeralda since Kayla died in the movies. That would have been a great scene though. Anyway, please please review!

Onto the next!

With Love,

Penelope Anne