Wolf raced around the corner of the hallway in canine form, accidentally knocking over some students. He would have stopped to help them back up, but he was too busy running for his life. He could hear the voice commanding him to stop, it's calmness masking the storm behind it. That only spurned him on.

He kept running around another corner until the brick wall he ran into stopped him. Or, at least it felt like a brick wall. He shook his head dazedly and looked up. There was a mutant standing before him, and this guy was huge! He had broad shoulders and a lot of upper body strength. His hair hung down in his face, covering his eyes. But the visible part of his face showed that he was still young, despite his size. A black trench coat covered the rest of his body. He also smelled like a bird, which made Wolf's mouth water despite himself.

He heard Logan sigh, and only then noticed that he was standing next to this stranger. "Peacock, this is Wolf, the new member of our team that I told you about. Wolf, this is Warren Worthington III."

Wolf nodded at him, and Warren nodded back.

Logan looked at Wolf sternly. "What are you doing in that form? I just grounded you yesterday," he asked as he crossed his arms.

Wolf looked blankly at him, then remembered why he had been running. He heard that deceptively calm voice again, this time much closer. He jumped up and ran behind Logan, shaking as he cowered at his feet. Before this he had only two fears, now there was a third.

"Wolf, what's the matter?" Logan asked, slightly worried. It wasn't like him to show any fear; he preferred to make everyone think he was tough.

Wolf just looked down the hallway where he came from in anticipation.

"Wolf," Logan growled, now annoyed, "Change form right now and answer me!"

Wolf shook his head stubbornly.

Logan turned and glared at him, then grabbed his collar and roughly pulled him back in front.

"Change form!" he commanded gruffly.

Wolf inwardly whined and obeyed.

"This is your only warning; next time I catch you in wolf form when you're grounded it's a spanking and the other collar. Now what's wrong?"

"She's- she's insane!" he gasped, pulling away from Logan so he could hide behind him again, "I think she has rabies!"

"Who?" Logan asked as he tried to get him out from behind him.

"Ororororororo ro," Wolf said quickly, kneeling down and hugging Logan's legs so he wouldn't get pulled away from safety.

"Ororo?" Logan asked, shaking him off, "You mean Storm?"

He nodded.

"What the heck did you do?" Logan asked in disbelief. Storm was very hard to get upset, but once she was you knew you were in trouble.

"Nothing!" Wolf protested, looking away, "I just"

"There you are," Storm said as she turned the corner, using that same calm voice. Wolf could feel the static charge in the air as she approached, and he whimpered and shrunk back. "You will not talk to me like that, young man!" Her eyes were white and her hair was flying everywhere, sending shivers down Wolf's spine.

"What did you do?" Logan whispered.

"I- I told her that history class was f*in' boring, and that she was a b*tch to the system," he whispered back.

"Wolf!" Logan looked at him incredulously, "Are you insane? Of course she's mad! You were asking for whatever she's gonna give you!" He grabbed his collar to once again drag him out from behind him.

"Yeah, well b*tch means something different to me then to you. B*tch is my mom," Wolf protested as he resisted the pull, but Logan won that tug-of-war.

"I doubt you meant it like that," Logan said, rolling his eyes.

"Now listen," he growled as he grabbed Wolf's chin to force him to look in his eye, "I don't want to see you running through the halls like that again, no matter who is chasing you. Understand? You could have hurt someone else or yourself." He waited for Wolf to nod before continuing, "And if you give Storm any kind of hard time then I will take you over my knee right after she's done with you; I don't even care how bad she kills you before I get you. Do you understand that?"

Wolf winced at that threat and nodded, not able to speak because Logan held his face so tight.

"Good," Logan said, "Then go." He pushed him towards Storm, who had been waiting for them to finish with her arms crossed.

Wolf whimpered as he walked the rest of the way over to her.

He yelped as she wordlessly grabbed his ear and dragged him to his doom.