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Chapter 4: New Beginnings

Logan and Ororo walk into the main office that Ororo was using now to run the institute. Logan walks over to the phone and dials a phone number and hits for the speaker phone. It rings a few times and then Logan's old friend picks up.

"Salut." He answers.

"Gambit, its Logan. Do you know a Murphy?" Logan wastes no time with pleasantries.

"Of course mo ami. Gambit knows him quite well. Why is he in trouble?" Gambit asks.

"A lot, how soon can ya get to New York?" Logan looks at Ororo as she nods in agreement with getting him here.

"I'll fly right up now, where should Gambit land?" They could hear him getting up to leave as they spoke.

"I'll send ya a message with that. And Gambit."

"Oui."

"Don't cause any trouble." Logan smiles thinking back to some of their adventures together.

"Gambit never started any." The phone hangs up and Ororo looks at Logan.

"I hope he can answer some questions for us." Logan takes Ororo's hand and smiles.

"He will don't worry Ro." He smiles as he can see the tired look on her face.

"Go get some rest Ro. Its Saturday so there is no classes to teach today. I'll keep an eye on things here." He walks over and pats her shoulder.

She places a hand over his and smiles, "You know what, I'm going to take that offer."

She stands up and walks to the door, "Thanks Logan. Let me know when Hank and Gambit get here."

The door closes behind her as Logan sits and gets the coordinates out to Gambit.

Marie wakes up felling a hand gently stroking her hair. She jumps up out of the chair and back away. She hears Logan's claws come out at the sudden alarm. Murphy has a confused look on his face as he looks at her.

"Ah'm sorry." She looks to both of them as Logan walks over to her.

"Ya all right kid?" He goes to place a hand on her shoulder and she jerks away from him.

Logan looks at her and he instantly know what is wrong. "I'm sorry kid. We can have Hank look into it for you to see what happened."

She shakes her head no. "It won't matter anyways. Ah just have to deal with it and not be able to touch anyone."

She sits back down on the ground and starts to cry. She just didn't want to be around anyone right now but didn't want to leave Murphy. Logan wraps a sheet around her and hugs her tight. "It's ok kid. Ya will get through this."

Murphy still confused looks over, "What happened?"

"Her powers are back." Logan says over his shoulder to him.

"Fascinating. Though it does make sense given her mutation and what the cure was made from." Hank had walked in just then along with Ororo. She slaps Hank lightly to remind him how Marie was feeling right now and he frowns.

"I'm sorry my dear, I know this has to be hard for you. But now I have a young man that needs patched up." He walks over to Murphy and looks at his back after removing the wraps covering it.

"Ororo, this does not look near as bad as you said. It looks like it has healed quite nicely." Hank points down at Murphy's back.

They all walk over to see that his back is healing. The small shallow cuts where gone all together and the large ones where hard to see. Logan leans down and looks closer.

"There is something moving on his back. it smells metallic." He says as he sniffs.

"I can control and transform technology. So I turned my phone …." Murphy was cut off as Hank spoke up.

"Into nano bots to heal your wounds. What an astounding power. And it is all done at will?" He asks.

"Well not always I have to admit. The nano bots happen any time I get hurt." Murphy says as he sits up slowly and looks at Marie.

"I'm sorry I scared ya Marie." He looks at her and she can see the pain in his eyes, he was going to leave. She has to do something to change his mind, but what? She wanted to stay with him. And with that her mind was made up. She was going to go with him and help end his problem. And with her powers being back, she would not be as defenseless.

"Ah'm sorry Ah jumped like that. Ah just didn't want ta hurt ya." She smiles at him. Her bag was still packed and ready to go. She knows how his mind works and when he would try to leave, and she will be waiting for him.

"Well anyways, Gambit is on his way here." Logan states to break the silence that was hanging in the air now.

"You called him? God this cannot get any worse." Murphy shakes his head and looks around, finding his bag where Marie had left it. He walks and grabs his bag and heads over into the bathroom to change. He comes back out with his blue jeans and boots on, but still no shirt.

"Could ya help me out with the shirt, my back is still sore as hell and I can't get it on myself." Marie walks over to him and very carefully helps him get his shirt on. While helping him she whispers in his ear.

"Ah know ya are planning to leave as soon as you can just to protect me. But Ah'm coming with ya and don't try ta stop me." She smiles as she walks in front of him. He sighs and smiles back.

"Are ya sure about this? I don't want ya to be in danger just for me." He looks at her and she can see the concern in his eyes.

"Look, Ah got ya in my mind from my powers coming back. And Ah know how ya feel towards me. And Ah feel the same way." She looks down with her confession.

By this time, the others have left the room, so Murphy pulls off a bold move. He lifts her chin up with his hand and gives her a quick kiss. Marie was shocked. But it seemed like Murphy know how long it would take for her powers to kick in and broke it off before that. She slaps him in the face.

"What are you thinking? Ya know what my powers could do and ya do that." He smiles as she yells at him.

"It's worth the risk. And who knows, maybe it can help ya learn how to control it." He keeps a smile on his face as he buttons up his shirt.

"Well how about next time ya warn me first." Marie cannot help but to smile some. He was not afraid of her powers and was willing to let her come with him. She looks up and he is right in her face.

"Warning." He kisses her again. She feels her powers start to try and kick in but she fights it back with all her willpower. She wants to keep kissing him for as long as possible. He was a very good kisser. But her powers started to win and she pushes him back before any harm can come.

"Look at that, ya got some more control already Marie." He smiles.

"Ya know, Ah really hate ya sometimes ya smartass." Marie smiles back at him.

"I love ya too." Murphy laughs as he gathers his things.

"So, when we leavin'?" Marie asks as they leave the infirmary hand and hand. Marie had grabbed her gloves out of her bag and put them on before they left, just to be safe.

"I don't know about you, but I could use some food." Murphy smiles as he follows her lead. He was really going to hate himself when he leaves without her though. He didn't want to hurt her, but he has to in order to keep her safe. He wants to stay here or even take her with him, but he does not know what he would do if something bad happened to her. He has to break her heart to keep her safe.

It will break his heart too, but he has to do it. They get up to the kitchen and he stops as he pats down his pockets.

"Damn I forgot my phone. I'll be right back hun." He reluctantly lets go of her hand and heads back towards the elevator. Once out of sight he turns and heads to the garage instead. Or at least he thought so. He had no clue where he was at and goes to turn around but walks right into Logan.

"I'm sorry, I didn't see you there Logan." He smiles at him.

"Ya are a far way off from the kitchen, bub. What ya lookin for?" Logan stares down at him as he takes a swig of his beer.

"Just the rest room that is all." Murphy answers fast.

Logan shakes his head as he points to where Murphy was about to go, "It's right there. Listen, I know that look kid. If ya are tryin' to sneak out, I'm not goin' stop ya. Just don't hurt Marie in the progress."

As if to emphasize his point, the claws on his free hand extend. Murphy looks Logan in the eyes, "Hurting Marie is the last thing I want to do, but it's the only way I can keep her safe. The assassins that are after me are a part of a very bad crowd. If they even think that we are friends, they will come after her. I don't want to see her hurt in any way at all, but breaking her heart is the lesser of two evils."

Logan's claws go back in and he pats him on the shoulder, "She is stronger than you think kid. Get outta here before she realizes what ya are doing. I'll make sure she stays safe for ya. Just make sure ya get back here once ya got that all straightened out."

Murphy nods and turns to walk out when Logan speaks up again, "Give me a call if ya need some help."

Murphy laughs, "If I do need your help, you'll know. And thanks Logan."

Logan nods and points him in the direction of the door. Once outside it does not take him long to find the garage where his bike was still at. He walks in to see Marie leaning on the seat of his bike. She was wearing her x-man uniform, tight black leather with yellow trim. She wore a brown leather jacket overtop of it. He shakes his head as he walks over.

"Marie, you are making this harder than it should be. Just think of me as a rebound one night stand guy and move on." He takes his bag off his shoulder and places it in the saddle bag of his bike.

She stops him as he straightens up and forces him to look at her, "Ah ain't letting ya go without me. Ah know how ya feel about me. Remember I got ya in my head. And guess what, Ah feel the same damn way about ya. So suck it up and get use ta me, cause life is too short and Ah'm not lettin' ya go."

She pulls him in close to her, "Ya ain't no rebound guy, more like the one Ah belong with."

She kisses him and holds the kiss for as long as she can before she releases him, waiting for just when she can feel her powers start to win. She then straddles the bike and sits back, her bag already in the other saddle bag. She looks back at Murphy and smiles.

He walks over to her and takes her hand in his and takes a deep breath, "Marie I can not keep you safe until I end this. I don't want you to get involved. The one that is be hind all of this is someone I hope you never have to see."

He looks down as Marie looks at him. She could see the pure fear before he looked down. She reaches up with her free hand to caress his face and raise it to look her in the eyes, "Ah know all this already, remember ya are in my head. It's fussy, but I know something terrible happened to you. But ya are goin to need help, and Ah'm that help. Ah'm not as defenseless as ya think."

Murphy sighs, "I know nothing I say will change your mind. I'll explain more as we ride."

He hands her a helmet as he hops onto his bike. He looks back at her and smiles. "Thanks Marie."

He starts the bike and they ride off before anyone realizes they are gone.