Next chapter. I'm finding it easier to write bigger chapters for this story so enjoy.
Chapter 3: Night flight
Marie wakes up a few hours after falling asleep. She rolls over to where she would be facing Murphy, but he is sitting up in the bed. Sleepily she asks, "Is everything all right? "
She can barely make out his hand in the darkness holding one finger up to silence her. She starts to listen and can hear something at the door to their room. A high pitch wine starts up that Marie thinks she knows what it is.
"Shit get down!" Murphy shouts as rolls over on top of her, protecting her from the blast as it rocks the room. Shrapnel flies in across the main room and in all across the bed. He quickly gets up and grabs his phone which changes into some kind of gun.
"Grab your stuff quick." Murphy looks at Marie and she knows that there is no time for arguing now. He lets loose a few shots out into the main area of the suite then grabs his things.
"Do you trust me?" The question threw Marie off at first until she sees Murphy shoot out the window close by.
"Do you trust me?" He asks again as he holds out his hand. Marie takes his hand and they take off to the window. His gun is gone now and has turned into a backpack. He pulls Marie in tight against his chest and forces her out the window with him.
Marie screams as she not very friendly with falling after what happened to her with the blackbird. She clutches at Murphy as tightly as possible. Wings spread out from the backpack and they glide out away from the hotel. They glide for a long time it seems until they land in a small clearing in the woods.
Murphy looks at Marie after they land, "I'm sorry about that. I let my guard down and the assassin's guild must have found me."
Marie looks at him. She is angry but at the same time she feels sorry for him. He is being hunted. She knows a job when bad for him, but this was a very bad situation that she really should not be in. She sighs heavily.
"We could go back to the institute. They could protect ya until ya got in touch with Gambit." Marie looks at him. She really did not want to go back their already, but is seemed to be a good idea to.
"I'll take you back, but I will not stick around for long. I already put you in enough danger. God sometimes I wish I never got involved in this whole situation. I am truly sorry to put you through this." Murphy looks down at the ground not wanting to look at Marie right now.
Marie walks over and picks up his chin to look into his blue eyes, "Quit kickin' ya self in the ass on this. Ya told me people where after ya and Ah still came along. Besides that, ya did nothing but protect me the whole time." Marie smiles at him letting him know it was ok.
They stood there for a few moments with their faces a few inches apart. Marie could not help but to stare into his eyes. They started to move closer when they heard something move behind Marie. Instantly Murphy had his backpack morphed back into the gun and pointed around Marie as he moved her behind him. Marie heard the familiar sound of Logan's claws extending. She then jumps in front of Murphy as she calls out to him.
"It's ok Logan. Ah'm fine and this guy saved me." She jesters back at Murphy. She hears Logan's claws retract as he speaks up and steps out.
"Good thing ya said something Rogue. I was about to jump him." Marie smiles at Logan and walks over to hug him.
"I'm just glad ya are ok. When Bobby told me you hoped on the back of a bike and took off, I was worried." Logan keeps his eyes on Murphy the entire time he was talking.
"The hell with Bobby!" Marie said flat out which made Logan jump back a step.
"I know you two had a fight, but didn't think it was that bad." Logan looks at Marie now.
"Oh no it was not a fight. Ah found him fuckin' Kitty in the Danger Room. Ah'm through with his ass. Didn't ya read the note Ah left ya?" Marie just stares at Logan.
"I never was back to my room yet, Bobby found me on my way there. I'm going to kill them both." Logan turns and starts to walk away, "Come on we need to get home."
"Not to mention that there are assassins behind us." Murphy says as his gun turns into an ATV.
"What do ya mean by that kid?" Logan asks.
"It's just as I said. I'll explain everything once we get Marie out of harm's way though. I don't want her getting hurt." Murphy says as he helps Marie onto the back of the ATV.
"That is one thing we agree on then kid. Follow me." Logan then takes off at a run through the woods.
As Marie settles in on the back of the ATV, she goes to hold on to Murphy but feels something wet. She puts her hand onto it and then raises it into the moonlight. Her hand is covered in blood. She could not believe how much blood there was as they hit a patch of moonlight to where she could see blood covering most of his back. She could make out some large cuts and where their looked to be objects stuck into his back.
She shouts at Murphy, "Are ya ok?"
He turns his head back towards her and smiles weakly, "I'm fine. I'm getting ya home. I should never have put ya in danger like this."
He looks forward again just as they reach the road. Logan was already on his bike and started off back to the institute. Murphy morphs the ATV into the chopper again and follows. Marie was worried about Murphy at this point. She could tell the blood lose was effecting him some.
She forced him to stop and wait a few while she wrapped his back up as best as she could. Logan had heard her concern and pulled over with then to help. The rest of the trip Marie rode with Logan to be safe. She keep a constant eye on Murphy though, she was very conserved about him.
They got back to the institute as the sun was rising into the sky. They pulled into the garage and Murphy fell over off his bike. Marie runs over to him.
"Murphy. Murphy!" Marie shakes him and his head turns towards her with a weak smile on his face.
"I know ya cared." He lays his head back onto the ground as his he passes out.
Logan comes over and picks him up and heads for the elevation down to the infirmary. Ororo meets them at the elevator.
"You told me you have a visitor coming back Logan. But you didn't tell me he was in bad shape. What did you do to him?" Ororo looks at the injuries on his back as the elevator goes down.
"Logan didn't do it. It happened from him protecting me." Marie looks down. Now that she thinks about it he probably would not be hurt right now. She just hopes he will be fine.
Ororo puts an arm around Marie, hugging her. "It's good to have you back."
Marie smiles at her, "Thanks."
The doors to the elevator open, and there is Bobby. Logan half grows as he snaps at him, "Move ice boy."
Logan walks past and to the infirmary. Ororo let go of Marie to go assist Logan, leaving her alone with Bobby. She stares at him and can feel her anger burning inside of her.
"Rogue, I'm so sorr….." Marie does not even give him a chance to finish as he hand balls into a fist and she punches him in the face. He stumbles backwards and hits the wall which keeps him upright. Blood comes out of his nose and she walks over and jabs a finger into his chest.
"Be glad that is all Ah did ya son of a bitch! Ah don't need to hear anything else from your ass. Just leave me the hell alone and enjoy fucking your damn bitch!" Marie turns then and walks into the infirmary.
Logan walks over and closes the door then smiles at Marie. "Nice punch kid."
She smiles as Ororo slaps his arm. "Don't encourage her like that. And what was that about anyways?"
Marie shakes her head as she looks at Murphy on the table, "Just a new beginning. Is he goin' to be all right?"
Ororo give a quick look at Logan who shrugs, "Some of these cuts are pretty bad but he should be fine. Hank is on his way back as we speak. He'll be able to patch him up. So who is he?"
Marie never stops looking at Murphy as she answers, "Ah just met him today. I hopped onto the back of his bike hoping not to come back here. Ends up he is a mutant that is on the run from some assassins. Someone by the name of Gambit can help him with that."
"Gambit? You sure he said that name kid?" Logan looks at Marie, but she is lost in her own thoughts at this point.
"You know him Logan?" Ororo looks at Logan.
"Ya. He is an old friend. Didn't think that Cajun would still be around though. I'm going to go make a call." He starts to walk out and puts a hand on Marie's shoulder. She jumps slightly then looks at him, "He'll be fine kid."
She smiles at Logan, "Ah hope so. He did technically save me twice last night." She frowns. Then in a low voice the only Logan could hear, "and fixed my heart."
Logan pats her shoulder and signals Ororo to come with him. As they leave, Marie pulls a chair up next to Murphy and sits in it while taking his hand into hers.
Once the door closes, Ororo looks at Logan, "What is going on here Logan?"
He smiles as he walks next to Ororo, he enjoys being around her. "Yesterday she caught Bobby and Kitty fucking in the Danger Room. It broke her heart. But it looks like she is handling it fine."
"If by fine you mean breaking Bobby's nose and falling for some stranger fine. Not to mention running away from her home." Ororo grabs Logan by the wrist and turns him to face her. "Talk to her would you. She looks to you like a father."
"Ro, how do ya know she will even listen to me?" Logan pulls his wrist free but pulls Ororo in close.
"Because she has in the past." She places a hand on Logan's chest. "I don't think I have thanked you for staying to help out here."
"Ya know ya donn't have to. It's the least I can do after everything we have been through. Ro, ya never need to thank me." Logan smiles at her as she smiles back. Ororo gets up onto her tiptoes and gives him a quick kiss.
"I have come to rely on you Logan. Thank you, for everything." She smiles as she goes to pull away, but can't. Logan pulls her in tight and kisses her.
"I've been wanting to do that for a while now Ro." He smiles as he lets her go.
"Now I have even more of a reason to stick around." He lights up a cigar as he walks away. Now it's time to call Gambit.
Marie looks at Murphy lying there on the table. She cannot remember ever feeling this worried about someone before. As she holds his hand, a feeling she had hoped would never come back does. She releases Murphy's hand and stares at her own. Her powers are back.
She knows everything about what had happened to Murphy now, he was in her head. Marie starts to cry. She knows exactly how Murphy feels towards her. He fell in love at first sight and the more time he spent with her the farther he fell. He was planning to leave as soon as he could without saying a word just to protect her.
And until now, she didn't realize that she was falling for him as well. But they would never be able to love each other now. He was going to keep running even though he wants to stay. And she would be afraid to touch him.