Memories
Questions Delayed
Disclaimer: I don't own the X-Men or any of their characters. Tora and Weapon X-ii are my own though.
"Logan?"
"Not now Tora. I'm trying to fix this bike."
"Logan?"
"Give it a minute. We're in the Danger Room in two minutes."
"Logan?"
"In five minutes. I'm busy."
"Playing poker."
"That's busy."
"Logan!"
"Whurh… Go away… jus' sleepy…"
"Logan!"
"Can this wait till after lunch?"
"LOGAN!"
"What?"
"I don't believe you."
"What?"
"I've been trying to tell you something important for twenty-four hours now."
"Well, what is it?"
"I'm not certain I want to tell you now."
"Come on Tora…"
"Tora?"
"Not listening…"
"Tora?"
"Lah-li-lah…"
"TORA!"
"Now you know what it's like."
"So are you going to tell me?"
"No."
"Please…please Tora."
"No."
"Please…"
"No."
"Please."
"Maybe after I've finished stripping down my bike."
"Please…"
"I promise I'll tell you later."
"Now is later."
"No it isn't."
"Yes it is."
"Fine. Er…Dadda?"
"Oh…" -THUMP
Tora sighed and went to get Hank. Logan was never going live down his fainting fit.
Phoenix giggled, as did her companion.
"It's always the tough ones."
"Richard Parker went white…"
"Yes, but Logan fainted."
"Imagine what would happen if it was Fury…"
"Oh… Now I can't get the mental image out of my head. Little Fury kids with eyepatches."
Hank silently left after a muttered 'I won't tell anyone else. Not until you want me to at any rate.' He also had some brilliant footage of Logan coming round that he was now going to use as his screensaver. The spluttering alone was priceless as blackmail material. And the 'How? When?' lines were pure gold especially with Tora's dry 'The way it normally happens I imagine' comment. Somehow sarcasm had snapped Logan back to reality and he'd started asking questions nineteen to the dozen. Hank left, leaving them to discuss in private.
"How?"
"I am going to pretend you didn't ask that Logan."
"No, I mean how did you know?"
"I can sense the slight change in hormones that preceded it and Hank double checked it."
"When? We've been careful…"
"Not on Christmas Eve. If I remember correctly-" Of course she did, she couldn't forget anything, "-you were a little preoccupied on the whole, welcoming me back with open arms to think about protection."
"Oh…"
"Please don't faint again. Hank will never forgive me."
"But…"
"Please don't start the whole But lines. But I need to know, are you OK with this?"
"OK? OK? Tora, it's…it's brilliant."
"I'm not telling anyone else until I'm absolutely sure. And maybe not for a while after then. They'll throw me off the team."
Logan was about to answer when they heard a scream upstairs.
"JUBILATION LEE AND ROBERT DRAKE!"
They managed to open the door in time to see a shocking pink Etana charge past, screaming death threats in her native tongue so fast, Tora wasn't able to keep up. Logan was able to close the door before they both fell about laughing.
Jean smirked as well.
"Pink Etana, best laugh I'd had in ages…"
"Yes, but then Jubilee and Bobby turned their attentions to you."
"Oh yes. My hair colour was changing every other day."
"And the problems Etana had removing hair dye from feathers…"
A.N. Jeanniebird- Yes, Luke will be important later on.
Yes, Hank is working on the Legacy Virus.
As for the timeline, chronologically, this is taking place three years after the Dark Phoenix Saga, which happened in November. The Christmas of that year (2003 in my timeline), Kitty was attacked by the N'Gari demon. Tora was rescued a week after Christmas the following year(2004). The Christmas after that(2005) was Tora's first Christmas she remembers celebrating and she returned on Christmas Eve the year after(2006). At the moment we're going through the Legacy Virus story arc, with things like the formation of the New Mutants happening off-screen as it were.
And yes, Eva died when Tora was twelve. However, we still have her greatest wish to be fulfilled…
As for your other question, I believe I just answered it.
Adelphe24- Yes, Tora was always Hunter. She needed an excuse to help the X-Men and what better excuse than once knowing an X-Man. Eva was convenient as if the X-Men ran checks as they surely would, it would show there had been a Project: Eden.
Any more questions?