A/N: 100 reviews...wow...can't thank all of you enough for the support. Just makes me want to get to 200 so Ill keep posting and you keep reviewing.

Cheshire and Canuckle: thanks of course for ALL of your reviews and support. I thought it's been a little while since anyone outside of a feral made a real appearance in this story so...I thought they would do something about it.

The next day didn't start any better.

Again and again, Logan would set up a new scenario...but without success. Even as Logan focused the program more on Greer, she just couldn't do it.

"C'mon, Tigger. Everything you've been doing to box that wild side up ... hold it back, rein it in. You gotta learn how to let it go." Greer had slid down into a seated position with a huff as she just glared at Logan.

"You don't think I'm trying? You think I enjoy getting my ass kicked? Cause I am and I don't! I just...god I don't know how to just tap into it." Apex had been giving Greer a concerned look as he noticed Logan staring at him. The two both reached the same conclusion and with a shake of his head Logan headed for the panel as Apex cracked his neck a few times.

"Alright kid. We give this one more shot...and then we're done." Greer raised a skeptical eyebrow at Logan's back but wasn't about to argue. It wasn't like she couldn't go feral...it would be there when she needed it. If she ever needed it.

The program started similar enough. The two felines kept close and worked their way through the crowd of ninjas and cyborgs, Apex switching from firearms to claws while Greer employed her claws, as demanded by Logan. Greer was about to let out a sigh of relief when what looked like the entire Brotherhood poured out of the shadows. Greer braced herself for a fight but instead Blob backhanded Greer across the room...before the entire group went for Colton.

Greer tried to scramble back to her feet but instead she let out a yell of surprise as Logan pinned her to the ground, his hand on the back of her neck while his knee dug into her back.

"Logan...what the...hell are you doing?" Greer grunted but Logan wouldn't budge.

"You wanna help him? You think you can do it if he can't even do it himself? It ain't gonna happen like this, girl. You know what you gotta do ... come on. Show me what you got, kid. Do it. COME ON! He's not gonna get outta this one on his own - you gonna just watch him go down?"

Greer growled low in her throat… She didn't want to do it…. She couldn't do it… Especially to someone she cared so much about… It was too dangerous…

However watching Colton struggle. She felt it happen… It overwhelmed her like vertigo and before she knew it, she had Logan down on the ground.

Logan growled as Greer got onto Logan's back and dug her claws around his collar bone…and she heard herself snarl viciously right back. Logan moved to buck her off and before she knew what she was doing, Greer sunk her other hand into Logan's back causing him to yell out. Pushing off, Greer moved to get to Colton but tripped as she saw Logan with a hold on her legs.

But it was when Colton roared in pain...that's when Greer really felt herself snap completely.

Whereas three seconds ago she was vaguely aware of what she was doing…now all she could see was red. With a wild cry, she used all her strength to kick Logan off her and slam him against the wall. But when she tried to get to Colton, again Logan managed to get a hold of her. Letting out a roar of frustration, Greer whipped around and before he could react, she grabbed him by the head and slammed him to the floor...again...and again...and again.

It didn't even registered to Greer that he was yelling for her to stop. She just kept slamming him over and over.

She had one objective, remove the biggest threat in the room. Protect herself from him, protect Colton…

There was another growl, one she was certain didn't come from her and that's when she felt two arms grab her and held her in place. Greer roared before struggling wildly to free heself from her captor. However through the red she could hear someone calling her name. And that scent… She knew that scent….

Greer blinked when she felt the red slowly start to clear away, faster than any time it had happened before… But the threat… She didn't finish the job… She needed to finish the job… And that's when the red started seeping in again. Greer roared but the arms held her tighter.

"Greer enough." it rumbled. Greer breathed hard… She felt compelled to continue attacking but something told her to focus on that voice… She shook her head and steeled herself to concentrate...She had to concentrate.

"I'm safe… You can stop…" the voice continued and Greer's breathing slowed as more things started to come into focus. It was a few minutes of this before Greer actually felt her eyes revert back to their normal color and she promptly caught herself before collapsing. Looking up, she brought her hand up to arm that was wrapped protectively around her.

"You're ok…" she said weakly and Colton nodded. God…Trying to pull herself from her feral state felt more exhausting then any training Logan or Colton put her through.

Speaking of Logan, Greer turned her head and saw Logan struggling to his feet, the right side of his head covered in blood as he glared at her with an expression that indicated he was both pleased and ready to attack her and ensure his safety at the same time.

"Logan… Oh God… I'm so sorry… I warned you… I didn't want to…" But Logan waved her off.

"Save it Tigger, I'm fine. You did what I asked...That's nuff for me." Logan mumbled before lumbering towards the showers.

"Next time, we work on control. God damn...My head hurts..." Logan muttered before the doors shut leaving Greer staring guiltily at the floor with Colton's arms still wrapped around her.

...

"I hate you two you know that?"

The panther rumbled low in his throat. He and Greer had headed to the forest to decompress after Greer had been satisfied that Logan was indeed alright and left him in the showers with one beer pressed against his head and another in his hand...with the other four ready at his feet.

"Why would you say that?"

"You both put me through this crap...I don't want to tap into my feral state... It's just... I still don't know how to control it and you guys keep making me do it anyway...And every time I do tap into it, someone gets hurt...or they die. Do you know how that makes me feel?" the tigress hissed before turning her back to Colton angrily, her tail flicking in frustration and irritation.

Apex lowered his ears before gently running his claws through her fur trying to put her at ease. This time, Greer didn't shrug him off but kept her face forward.

"You were in control today."

"Are you kidding? I flipped halfway and...and I practically dented Logan's skull...God... I don't think I can face him tomorrow..." Greer said softly but Colton noted how her shoulders were starting to untense.

"You recovered when I intervened. That's progress." Colton pointed out earning a scoff from Greer who turned around to face him.

"So what? On every black ops mission we have and I flip out and go crazy you'll just drop everything and hug me till I'm back to normal?" she said sarcastically to which Apex shrugged.

"If that's what you need." He rumbled in that voice Greer loved so much. Rolling her eyes, the tigress finally stepped into him and wrapped herself back around his frame.

"Just promise me you'll bring me back...You know...If I ever go too far..." she whispered before nuzzling into his chest to which Colton rewarded by nuzzling her behind her ear.

"I promise."

The next morning when Greer came down for breakfast she stopped dead in her tracks when she saw Logan drinking his coffee and reading the morning paper. He barely glanced up before grunting out a 'hello.'

She whipped around to leave, bumping into Colton who placed a hand on her shoulder and directed her to the table while he went to grab food. She tried to apologize, but Logan just chastised her for even trying.

"Logan I tried to kill you." Greer whispered, her eggs and fruit untouched as Apex sat down next to Greer. Logan glanced up skeptically.

"You weren't tryin' to kill me, you were in control."

"How on earth could you think I was in control." The metallic thud of Logan's head smacking the ground rang in her head.

"You tried to cave my skull in sure...but you were tryin' to knock me out. If you weren't in control and saw me as a real threat you'd have torn my throat out." Logan said casually as he took a sip of coffee.

Greer tipped her head to the side as she considered what Logan was saying. In years passed, when Greer had gone feral, she had used her claws and teeth...but that wasn't what had happened the other day.

"So...what you're saying is..."

"Believe it or not, Tigger...you were thinkin'. Now you just gotta be not so damned afraid to use it." Logan grumbled before returning back to his paper. Greer looked over at Colton who simply nodded his head in agreement. For the first time since her change...Greer considered that just maybe there was something more to learn about her feral state.

Greer still hated it. She loathed it. How it made her feel...both during and after.

But it was hard to argue with the results. Logan continued to supervise her and Colton until she could tap into her feral state if not on command...than at least with some effort. Coming out of it and taking commands was still a struggle, but it got easier. The biggest improvement as far as Greer was concerned was that while she was feral she didn't simply kill everything in her path...or at least almost not everything.

By the end of the week training returned to normal, with tactical and gun training mixed back in.

Two more missions came and went in the space of a week.

Apex watched as Greer shrugged her armor off before tossing it quickly aside. She had once again made it a point to let Domino know how restrictive she found it...even though Apex had his own opinion on Greer and the suit. He noted that once free Greer looked satisfied…But something in her eyes hinted that she was a little…unsure. He pressed his ears against his head. He didn't want her feeling distressed. Carefully, Apex walked over to her and wrapped his arms around her waist.

"You did well tonight." he rumbled low in his chest. Smoothing the little bits of her fur that were still growing back…Greer had gotten singed by the laser grid that guarded that nights target.

"Really? Because I totally messed up with those guards… I mean…if I had just gone through with it..." One of the guards that Greer had disabled had managed to recover and fire a few shots before she had been able to stop him. The bullet that had gone through his hand had been...uncomfortable.

"You recovered well enough, that's whats important."

There was a pause from the tigress as she leaned back into him and her tail wrapped around his ankle.

"I can't believe I did that…" she said softly. "It was… A lot easier than I thought it'd be…" and Apex detected the fear in her voice. Greer had gone feral on instinct when she heard his growl of pain at the shot.

"You crippled but didn't kill him…" he pointed out and Greer pressed herself further into his chest.

"I know… I know…" she could still hear the crunch of his bones...Greer let out a shudder.

Apex sensing that she didn't want to give this anymore thought, and frankly… He didn't want her too anyway…picked her up and headed towards the shower, Greer smiling now despite how she might have been feeling.

That mission had ended just like the first...and the second...with the two ferals washing that night's mission off the other before losing themselves in bed. It was a tradition Greer was quickly coming to appreciate.

It was during this mix of constant training, missions and...bedroom activities that Greer was making her way down the stairs to meet Colton for an early morning training session only to blink in surprise to see Jean, Ororo, Kitty and Rouge, yes even Rouge, waiting for her at the bottom.

Greer eyed her friends cautiously.

"Um…Am I in trouble?" she asked nervously, her ears lowering sheepishly before yelling out as all her friends launched themselves at her and dragging her off to a more secluded area of the mansion.

Greer huffed in annoyance as she was thrown into an armchair; they made her sit on her tail god damn it…

"Greer… We need to talk…" Jean said solemnly kneeling next to her best friend. The tigress raised an eyebrow.

"I must be in really big trouble if all of you had to kidnap me here…" she said sarcastically before her ears lowered in realization. Wait… Was it possible they knew about what she and Colton had been doing? They had been careful but… Mistakes do happen… Greer swallowed hard… Her mind quickly formulating excuses..

"Ok, what's wrong?" she tried to say casually.

"Nothing, we just want to talk about you and Colton." Ororo said coolly her ice blue eyes unnerving the tigress even more.

"What about Colton and I?" Greer shrugged though she couldn't help her tail from swinging nervously. For a moment, Greer really thought her friends were on to her only to relax when Kitty broke the tension.

"Oh lighten up you guys, you're freaking her out…" the brunette scolded before approaching the internally panicking Greer.

"OK, so we know you and Colton are now a thing… Which is great and everything but… You don't hang out with us anymore… Which is totally unfair you know…"

Greer heaved a silent sigh of relief… So this was what they wanted to talk to her about.

"Alright first, I do not hang out with Colton all the time."

"You kind of do…" Rogue said what all the women's look agreed.

Greer raised a skeptical eyebrow at Rouge before continuing.

"And second, its not unfair, I mean… I still go shopping with all of you."

"Yeah, if we drag you. And even then you just look at your watch until we get back and then you're straight back to training or doing God knows what with Colton…" Jean snapped sarcastically. Greer sighed before rolling her eyes.

"OK, OK, I'll make it a point to spend more time with you all but can you please let me go now… I actually do have training with Colton." Greer moved to get out of the chair but Jean and Kitty just pushed her right back down.

"Actually you don't." Ororo smiled to the surprised tigress.

"Jean and I have arranged that Scott entertain Colton while we escape for some fun…"

Greer swallowed.

"What kind of fun?" she asked nervously before fumbling with the bag Jean threw at her.

"Nothing much, just some good old bonding with the gang…" Jean smirked.

Colton thumped his tail on the ground impatiently as he waited for Greer to show up. She had never been late for a training session before...He checked the clock on the wall. Fifteen minutes...Thirty minutes...Apex rumbled low in his throat before switching off the board and making his way out of the danger room.

"Greer?" he called out loudly causing the few students still around the Mansion to scurry out of his way.

"GREER?" he called out again finding himself at the main stairwell of the building. Colton lowered his ears… Where did she… He stiffened as he felt a hand on his shoulder. The scent already causing his hackles to rise... Growling he turned to face the smaller man.

"What do you want Scott?" he rumbled dangerously.

"Woah relax...Jean sent me." Scott quickly retracted his hand and looked about as happy as Apex.

"I don't care." Apex growled before turning away to continue looking for Greer but froze when Scott called after him.

"She's not here."

"What do you mean...not here?" Apex turned back to stand across from Scott.

"Look, I enjoy doing this as much as you do but the girls stuffed Greer into X-Jet ten minutes ago and took off for the day." On instinct Apex turned his head towards the hangar...he hadn't even seen her go...

"Jean suggested for us to do the same. When they get back, you can go off with Greer, I can go off with Jean and we can get on with our lives." Scott mumbled before gesturing for him to follow back towards the kitchen where Bobby, Kurt, Colossus, Remy and surprisingly Logan were waiting.

Apex snarled low in his throat but knew what would happen if he simply slipped out...Greer would be 'disappointed.' He only wished that he could have been left with his own devices instead of this crap.

"Let's just get this over with…"

Greer crossed her arms in a huff as she sunk lower in a chair.

"I cannot believe you guys are doing this to me…" she growled.

"Oh lighten up sour puss…" Jean called from the pilot seat.

"We're just going on a little vacation." the red head shrugged. Greer bared her teeth.

"Well unlike you guys, I don't go to school anymore so everyday is a vacation for me…"

"I don't get why you're complaining. We're all doing you a favor. Don't pretend like you don't need it. You've barely been taking care of yourself and I see you come out of the danger room barely standing…course you come out of your own room barely standing too…"

Greer huffed before flicking her tail at Kitty in irritation. Besides...she was still as fashionable as ever...athletic-ware was very in...

"Honestly Greer, I don't know why you're complaining… We're just having a little fun." Ororo said calmly from her own seat.

"Yes… I'll just completely ignore the fact you KIDNAPPED me!" Greer pointed out before leaning back in her seat before grinning as Kitty and Rouge feigned a look of extreme hurt.

"Ok ok ok… Thank you all for kidnapping me for this one day vacation, I really appreciate it." the tigress grinned before chuckling softly to herself.

"What's so funny?" Rouge snapped.

"Nothing… I'm just wondering what Colton's doing right now… He's probably still waiting in the danger room for me."

Scott had informed the group about what he had planned. It was very detail oriented and involved numerous stops and activities...three minutes in and Logan let out a huff before kicking away from his corner and heading for the garage. Scott hadn't been sure what Jean had on him that got him to do this, but obviously it was something good...but not good enough to make him suffer through that.

"Yeah, nice try Scooter but that's not happenin'," Logan growled out, turning to leave. "I'm headed to the bar. Follow if you want, but there ain't no damn way I'm doin' that."

Apex glanced over to see Remy and Peter share a relieved look before following after Logan. That was enough for him and he quickly followed suit with Bobby and Kurt right behind him.

Scott took up the rear, muttering something about wasting a perfectly planned afternoon.

"You have got to be kidding me!" Greer shrieked as she caught sight of where Jean was landing the X jet.

"You crazy ginger… I can't believe you're doing this…"

"Well you better believe it." Jean grinned as she brought the jet to a halt before opening the doors to allow an excited Kitty and Rouge run out onto the white sand with Ororo at a more regal pace. Each of them throwing off their winter wear, revealing the swimsuits they were wearing underneath.

Greer took a careful look at the Caribbean beach she was now standing on, a stark contrast from all the snow she was familiar with back at the mansion. She sunk her feet a little lower into the sand, uncurling and curling her toes, enjoying the sensation and the feel of the sun on her fur.

"Aren't you forgetting something?" Jean called from behind her.

"Um…nuzzling my boyfriend goodbye?" Greer shrugged. The red head raised a skeptical eyebrow.

"Wow… He must have really done a number on you because I was expecting you to say image inducer."

Greer's eyes widened.

"Oh shit…" Jean saw the fur on the tigress's back stand up.

"Calm down...I've scanned the beach. We're the only ones for miles so you can parade your furry self. No consequences whatsoever." Jean said triumphantly, obviously pleased with her planning.

"You know, you could have told me about this a little earlier… So I could have… y'know brought my swimsuit…" Greer muttered sarcastically looking longingly at the blue water… It had been so long since she went swimming.

"Oh that? I just assumed you would want to go skinny-dipping. Seeing as how you prance around Colton like that in your room…" Jean smiled coyly.

"JEAN!" oh god...what had Jean seen...

The red head laughed.

"I'm joking… I've got you covered…" she grinned before reaching for the bag Greer had forgotten back on the plance. Greer watched in horror as Jean pulled out the swimsuit meant for her...

"Oh God… Not that thing…" she hissed as Jean eyed her strangely.

"What? It's just a bikini…"

"No it's THAT bikini…" Greer snarled at the black string pieces of cloth.

"Live a little. It's not like I'm telling you to where it around the Mansion." Jean held the bikini off her finger as Greer just growled a little before reluctantly taking it and trudging to the plane's restroom.

The day had been...interesting.

Logan had led the caravan from bar to bar until eventually even Logan wasn't fit to get behind a wheel. Remy was keeping track of the pool competition while keeping a tab on Logan. Apex wasn't saying much but...he couldn't really complain either. Aside from Peter and Remy attempting to figure out what kind of drink he could actually stand. That he could have done without.

But eventually even that had worn thin and the group was spread out around the dive bar. Apex noted it was dark out...when had that happened?

"What's matter? Not gettin' any for this long messin' with your day?" Logan sat with his back to the bar as Apex held in a growl and glumly took another drink.

"Let da' man be Logan. Had I known this lil' misadventure would be interputin da' man and his woman...I would have neva' agreed." Remy took the spot on the other side of Apex. He gave the cajun a wary glance.

"What...now you're both sayin' you're done?" Logan looked a mix of insulted, disgusted...and drunk. The bottle in his hand had been one behind the bar only a few minutes ago. "Well I ain' finished yet."

Logan scanned the bar until it landed on the only other large group, a predatory smile spreading across his face.

"Uh oh..." Remy knew that look as Logan marched over to the group and started pointing between himself and ex-thief. Most of the group seemed to be having a hard time taking the short-stacked man seriously.

"What is it?" Apex had been ready to leave but Remy had already started towards the pool tables.

"Just be ready." Remy called over his shoulder as he racked up the balls, Logan and two from the other group grabbing sticks while the rest of them gathered around the table already throwing down money.

"Ready for what?" Apex muttered.

"Hmm… I always thought cats hated water…" Jean frowned as she finally caught up with her best friend who upon finally being able to fulfill her long denied wish of swimming, had taken off in a flash of orange and black.

"Don't stereotype… Tigers are actually really good at swimming." Greer shot back before slicking her hair back and leaning into the cool water.

"This is great…" she purred causing Jean to laugh.

"And who was the one moaning and complaining on the jet?"

"Me…"

"And who do you have to thank for this?"

Greer rolled her eyes.

"You…"

"Damn right… Ah… I've missed having you around…"

"So I can fuel your already massive ego…" Greer cooed before promptly being splashed in the face. Speaking of splashing…

Greer silently gestured at Ororo who was lying on the sand… Unlike the other girls, she hadn't gotten herself wet… Preferring to simply sunbathe and in the process fell asleep… Silently, the three other girls nodded at each other before Jean telekinetically lifted her and a with thumbs up from Kitty, dropped the unsuspecting Ororo into the water.

The girls laughter were short-lived however when the storm goddess emerged...eyes turned a deadly shade of white.

"Oh crap…" and that's when Kitty, Rouge, Jean and Greer tried to outs wim the giant tidal wave Ororo summoned with her wind…

"So...havin' fun yet?" Logan's shirt was torn and beer covered most of his clothing along with a few choice spots of blood.

As it turned out, Logan and Remy's game of pool had quickly devolved into a fight once Remy ran the table...twice. Of course, it didn't help that it was Logan that had broken the other man's nose in response to the beer that got tossed in his face.

That had quickly devolved into a full-on bar fight with Apex lifting a man off of Bobby and promptly putting him through the pool table. Peter had been impressed and felt compelled to see how many men he could fight at once. Kurt was cursing everyone in German. Even Scott had gotten into it, punching drunk bikers left and right while keeping one hand stuck to his glasses.

So when asked if he was having fun yet...Apex couldn't help but smirk. Yea...today was alright.

...

Jean sighed as she brought the beeping communicator to her ear. It had been such a lovely day...

Greer raised a lazy eye and watched as Jean slowly sat up. Whatever she was hearing...was not good. She was about to ask what happened but Jean just threw her communicator back in her bag with a laugh.

"What is it?" Kitty poked from under her large sunhat as Greer reached out for another margarita...who knew Rogue was a bartender at one point?

"Oh nothing...it was Scott. We'll just need to make a quick pit-stop on the the way home."

"What for?" Ororo flipped back to her front.

"Seems our boys had a little too much fun and need to get bailed out of some backwater jail." Everyone shared a brief look before bursting into laughter.

"What - what did you tell Scott?" Greer managed to get out between giggles.

"I told him I'd get there...once we were good and ready." All the women raised their glasses to that.