Hello again to all my friends. I don't own X-men, but regardless the original characters that I'll be using in here do belong to me.

So, I've noticed that you've noticed that I don't do much with the older X-men's involvement and the kids don't get much punishments for what they do. I'm going to work on that, and I think Logan's just the guy to do it, don't you? :p

Chapter 26

Looking over the man sitting on the couch across from her she could defiantly see how Rune was dragged back to the school. He defiantly looked fierce enough to take on a bear, and win. Naomi had heard bit and pieces about this infamous Wolverine from Nightcrawler, Storm, Bobbie and some of the other kids who'd seen him before. She'd been told his power was regeneration, and that he had claws. She kept glancing at his hands wondering exactly what they meant by that.

Logan noticed her glances, the three adamantium claws jumped from under his skin. Naomi slid back in her chair when they appeared. She looked up at Wolverine with wide eyes, he smirked, "What?"

"Do you have to scare the new students every time you come back?" Storm asked coming into the room. "Logan, this is Naomi McCoy."

He raised an eyebrow at her and slid the claws away, "She doesn't look like Fuz-faces's kid."

"I'm his niece." Naomi corrected. "I'm his brother's daughter."

"Didn't know he had a brother, what's he look like, a purple lemur?" He asked.

Naomi blinked, "He doesn't have powers. He's human."

"Oh," Logan shrugged, he turned to Storm, "So what you want me down here for?"

"Well," Storm sat on the arm of the couch, "First, we've got more students than the teachers can handle. I was hoping you could help with the discipline in the school." He laughed slightly and went to reply but Storm continued, "Also, Rune's gotten himself into a spot again."

"I'm not in charge of the kid, he should take care of himself." He replied, "and I don't teach."

"You won't be teaching," Storm replied, "You just have to be yourself... and make sure they don't use their powers against each other, if they do you decide the punishment."

He raised an eyebrow, "I don't like kids, I may just kill 'em." Storm stared him down, "I'm not planning on being her long Storm." She smirked but kept watching him, he sighed, "I guess I don't get a choice."

"Good," Storm said then turned to Naomi, "Naomi, do you think you could find Rune?"

"Then why do you need me?" Logan said at the same time Naomi said "Me?"

"I overheard some of what you said to Siren, you said you could sense shadows you were familiar with, could you find Rune's shadow?" Storm asked she didn't reply to Wolverine.

"I guess I could try..." Naomi replied. She took a calming breath, sat cross-legged in the chair, and closed her eyes, she felt her skin crack from the edges of her eyes across her temples, the thin cracks began growing wider as she looked.

"Does that always happen to her?" Logan asked, Storm nodded. "Huh." He shrugged and watched Naomi.

Her shadow pooled around her then she vanished.

Logan sat up then walked over to the couch, "Where'd she go?"

Storm blinked, "I'm not sure... I hope she didn't come out of Rune's shadow..."

Naomi heard wind. She opened her glittering black eyes to a scenery that was vaguely familiar; almost something from a dream. The ground was gray and the expanse of it was massive, in all directions it was flat ground. She watched though, she wasn't alone.

A black shape moved across the surface, like a bubble of oil sliding over glass. She stood and stepped away from it. The sound of whispers came from the black bulge. She tried to listen closer. "Where'd she go?" It sounded like Wolverine. Naomi stumbled back a few steps, where was she?

She answered her own question somehow knowing it was the answer, she was on the other side of the shadows. This was between where she'd gone into her shadow and when she came out from one. She looked around in surprise, she'd almost expected more. The sky was gray, the ground was another shade of gray and there was nothing there. Naomi guessed that because she had wanted to find a shadow that she didn't know where it was she was going to have to find it herself.

Looking down at her own shadow pooled at her feet she raised an eyebrow, "Well, you stay here so I can find my way back." She then walked away, leaving her shadow where she had told it to remain.

As she walked there were more black bubbles on the ground, some were in the air. She could recognize some of them by the feel she got from them. The further she walked the less she could identify. Naomi swallowed, she'd walked outside of the school's boundaries and was in town. "Where are you Rune..." she wondered.

There was a dull ache in her side, as she continued to walk the pain began to increase and spread. She grimaced and put a hand to her side when it became a sharp pain. She stopped moving and looked, there was nothing there but the pain continued.

She noticed her skin, Naomi had tried not to look at herself as much as possible here, she had a fear of what she would look like. She was right. All of her skin was black with the same strange glitter as her eyes always had. She bit her lip and turned her hands over in front of her, there wasn't a speck of normal skin on her arms or any other part she could see. The girl stomped her foot and put her hands down to her sides, "It's just an appearance, it isn't who you are..." she whispered then continued to walk.

Naomi walked until she couldn't stand the pain in her side. She curled up in a ball on the gray ground, "How do I get back now..."

It felt like a rubber band being snapped. She gasped and opened her eyes, she was looking at Logan and Storm again, the pain was gone, her skin looked normal except for a few more cracks showing the black flesh below the tanned. Storm asked if she was alright. Slowly she nodded. "I couldn't find him... I think he's really far away." Naomi's phone went off, it was a text message from Rune, "It's him." she said surprised, "He says to go to the party at the high school and he'll meet me there." She read.

"See, the kid's fine, your worried about nothin' Storm." Logan said, "Do I get a room to stay in while I'm here or do I sleep on the couch."

Storm sighed and led Wolverine out of the room to take him to a room.

Naomi wondered if she should of told them the rest of the message. I'll meet you a the high school for the party, DON'T come alone, but don't bring Hart. She closed the message and bit her lip.

Next Chapter, the school dance! Woot woot! Get your groove on!