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Chapter 2: Welcome back Logan

Xavier Institute, kitchen, Tuesday, March 10, 9:00 am

Kitty was at the stove making herself some breakfast, she was in the mood for some scrambled eggs. Everyone was awake doing their own activities, Scott and Jean had breakfast earlier and were now just walking around the institute grounds, Ororo was taking care of the plants, Forge was in the lab building things, what he's building she doesn't know and isn't sure she wants to find out considering last time she passed by there was an explosion. He said he was ok, so at least she knew that he wasn't dead. Hank is doing his own research, he is a scientist, so he has his own experiments and studies. Rogue and Kurt are having breakfast in the dining room, both opting to have a bowl of cereal. Bobby should still be in his room getting ready, she's hoping to avoid Bobby, he didn't take the breakup very well. An hour after their breakup Bobby actually found her and tried to convince her to give him another chance. She couldn't though, when she decided to break up with Bobby, that was that, she had no intension of going back. Logan, well Kitty isn't sure, if she knows him like she does he's probably in the danger room and has it on the highest level there is. A level that would kill anyone in the institute except for him.

Kitty sighed, if this were like a couple years ago, she'd be waiting outside the danger room, waiting for him to finish the training that he said would kill her in five seconds. She'd be in her training outfit waiting for him to finish his training so they could start hers. She was always excited to train with him, when she first came to the institute at the age of thirteen and she met him, Kitty will admit to being intimidated and ever scared of the Wolverine. The longer she stayed at the institute and the longer she stayed with Logan, she noticed that he was a loner, no one really talked to him, and avoided him. He had a sense of danger to him that made you weary and on edge. She also noticed how much he loved to antagonize and challenge Scott. He tended to have something against authority and went off on his own often. His entire attitude and demeanor made Kitty wonder why it was that he was even at Xavier's, this didn't seem like a place for someone like Logan. So why was he here? Why did he stay? Why did Xavier even recruit him? Logan seemed to fit more of a role of a hunter or assassin. Why was he at a place that promoted co-existence between humans and mutants?

It was only on one of her first missions out did she figured out why Xavier let Logan stay here. After training for several months, learning how to use her powers, a bit of combat training courtesy of Logan himself, as well as team training, Kitty was finally allowed to go on missions. One of her first missions and they went up against Magneto's Brotherhood of Mutants, that consisted of its current lineup except Scarlet Witch was a member back then. The Brotherhood was sent to a government facility, they quickly took it over and either chased off or captured the soldiers. Their mission was to set off missiles and bomb the major cities. It was the X-Men's job to stop them, the team consisted of herself, she went by Sprite then, Forge, Beast, Storm, Angel, Wolverine, and lead by Cyclops. Cyclops, Beast, Angel, and Storm were charged with the distraction while using her powers, she, Forge, and Wolverine were to infiltrate the facility and stop the missile launch. They all had roles on the mission, Logan was supposed to be her and Forge's defender, Forge if necessary was to stop the missile launch, while her part of the mission was just supposed to short out cameras when necessary and get them to their destination quicker. However, due to it being her first mission, she was excited, she had worked hard to prove herself useful, and now that she was finally on her first mission, she was excited. She was excited and she was impatient, right when she saw Toad and Blob there along with some captive soldiers and scientists, when she saw the scene before her, she didn't think, she didn't listen to Logan's warnings to stay put, she just acted. She charged in, attacked, and was quickly overwhelmed. She also endangered the captives' lives, if it weren't for Logan, she would have ten dead men on her conscience right now, she also would probably be dead considering Toad had blinded her by spitting in her eyes which was gross and was about to be crushed by Blob.

"You're better than this half-pint, toughen up," Memory Logan said as he saved her from getting crushed and then ran to fight the Blob.

She'll never forget when they fought together while Forge went to stop the launch. Logan fought Blob, she fought Toad, and throughout the entire fight Logan looked out for her. He instructed her.

"He's using his surroundings to his advantage, do the same," Logan said as he rolls under Blob's punch.

That's what she did, Toad used everything in the room to jump on and stick to. She followed Logan's orders and phased through the objects hiding herself, she wasn't very good back then, but she was good enough to get the jump on Toad and knock him out.

"Excellent job half-pint, now get over here and help me with fatso here," Logan said, Kitty smiled and ran over to help him fight Blob.

They worked pretty well together in that fight as long as she did what he said. They were eventually able to defeat Blob, free the captives, and Forge stopped the missile launch. Kitty sighed she couldn't help but remember what happened after everything was done.

Flashback

The team were all gathered together outside the X-Wing, talking about what happened in their parts of the mission. Wolverine was telling the story of what happened, Sprite is wearing a black body suit, the top half of her body gold, except for her arms and face, the neck portion of her suit is black, she has on gold gloves, gold boots, a belt with an X belt buckle, she had a black open eyed domino mask, and her hair was in a low ponytail. She was feeling terrible, a pit was forming in her stomach. Logan was gonna tell what she did, and she was never gonna be allowed on another mission as long as she lives. She screwed up, people almost died because of her, she feels like crying. But just as he got to when they were at the room, Wolverine took a glance at her making her wince, he however surprised her and Forge at what he said. "When we got to the room, I charged in and took on Blob and Toad, because of the fight debris fell from the ceiling and nearly crushed the captives. If it wasn't for the half-pint here, they would have been killed," Logan said, Forge then looked like he was about to interject but was stopped short by a death glare from Wolverine. Fearing for his life Forge stayed quiet. "Sprite saved ten lives today. She did good, needs work, but she should be proud by what she has accomplished." Wolverine then told the rest of the story.

After the story was told, Cyclops gave Wolverine a glare, "You endangered lives, all because you couldn't work with a team. We'll talk more about this at the mansion Wolverine," Cyclops said as he turned around and walked inside the X-Wing followed by everyone except Sprite and Wolverine. Sprite was about ready to say something, to tell the truth, but Wolverine's raised hand stopped her.

"Whatever you say Summers," Wolverine said

They all went in the X-Wing and headed to the institute. Once there Scott took Logan to the professor and reprimanded him. Once that was done Kitty went to look for Logan, she had to know why he covered for her. She searched all over the institute and found him in the danger room training. When she saw his training, she'll never forget the terror she felt, that didn't look like training, that looked like a death trap. She waited till he finished and even watched the training, she'll admit that what she saw him do, dodging obstacles, fighting opponents, and taking hits and getting back up, she was amazed by his ability, she's seen the older members, like Jean, Scott and Storm's fighting abilities, but theirs didn't even compare to Logan's, he had to be the most skilled on the entire team. Once he finished training Kitty went to the room and approached him.

Logan sees Kitty's approach, "What's up kid," he asked

"Why did you do it," Kitty asked making Logan look at her, "Why did you lie? Why did you take the blame? Why did you cover for me?" Logan looked at her for a while, studying her, it made her feel uncomfortable. It was like he was a predator studying his prey, waiting for the right moment to make the kill. Finally, Logan answered.

"If I told the truth, Summers would have benched you, and you wouldn't be going on a mission till you're 18. I couldn't let that happen," Logan said

"Why," Kitty asked

"Like I said kid, you did good, today. You should feel proud," Logan said

"How did I do good? I disobeyed orders, I charged in without thinking, put people's lives in danger, and almost got killed. How is that doing good," Kitty asked, getting upset, today's events are finally catching up to her.

"You're right, that did happen, your recklessness nearly cost 10 people their lives. If I hadn't been there, you'd have to live the rest of your life knowing that because of you people died. Now you have to live the rest of your life knowing that ten people almost died because of you, and that it is because of me that they are alive," Logan bluntly said making Kitty flinch at what he said.

"I shouldn't be going on missions. I don't belong here, I should just tell the professor what happened and go home," Kitty said

Logan snorted, "Yeah, you go and do that kid. Go ahead and quit, like a coward. Go to mommy and daddy, and cry in your mommy's arms like a baby. Maybe if you ask, she'll give you a bottle," he said smirking, that got Kitty angry.

"THIS ISN'T FUNNY, I'M NOT A COWARD AND I'M NOT A BABY," Kitty yelled

"THEN QUIT ACTING LIKE IT," Logan yelled back making Kitty quiet. "YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU'VE BEEN SINCE YOU'VE BEEN HERE. A BRAT, A DAMN BRAT. YOU DID GOOD IN TRAINING AND EXCELLED IN THE ACADEMICS, AND YOU CERTAINLY HAVE NO PROBLEM RUBBING IT IN PEOPLES FACES. EVERYTHING YOU'VE BEEN IS A BRAT, BUT YOU DID GOOD IN TRAINING AND WAS GIVEN A CHANCE. AND NOW BECAUSE OF ONE MISTAKE YOU GO FROM BEING A BRAT TO A WHINEY CRY BABY. GROW UP KID," Logan said, his voice then returned to normal, "This is no game. People die, and if you continue this life, I guarantee you that you will see it, and it will change you for the rest of your life. You go through one hard thing, and you give up. If that is the person that you are, then I was wrong about you. You don't belong here."

"I-I don't want to give up," Kitty said tears forming in her eyes, "But what am I supposed to do, I-I almost cost people their lives. What am I supposed to do?" Tears then fell down her face.

"You keep going," Logan said getting Kitty to look at him, "You learn, you keep going, and when the time comes, you make sure that you do better, and never make that mistake again. That is what you do kid."

Kitty is quiet for a moment, "You said that you may have been wrong about me. What did you mean," Kitty asked

Logan looked contemplative then decided to answer, "It's like I said, you're a brat," Logan said making Kitty frown, "But you got a good head on your shoulders. Aren't a lot of kids your age who would be allowed to go on an X-Men mission you know." Logan sighed, "You made mistakes today kid, and if I wasn't there then you wouldn't even have lived to regret those deaths. But once you got your bearings, you performed as I expected. You used your abilities to your advantage and handled Toad quickly, you also helped me quite a lot in taking down Blob. Despite you having one of the most passive powers in the institute. You have potential, a lot of it, and with the right guidance you could be best."

"You-you think so," Kitty asked hesitantly

"Get rid of that bratty attitude. Yeah, I do," Logan said

Kitty was quiet for a moment, contemplating what Logan said. Could she be the best, like he said. It doesn't feel like it at the moment. Right now, she feels like she should leave, but if she does, will she be proving Logan, right? Will she just be acting like a coward and a baby? She doesn't want to be that she wants to help people, to be a hero, she wants to be an X-Man. But she can't be one if she's in Chicago crying in her mother's arms. But does she have what it takes? She can't do it alone, she needs help. Kitty looks at Logan then. "Will, will you help me then," she asked getting a surprised look from Logan.

"What," Logan asked

"Will you help me? Train me, make me as good as you," Kitty asked

"Listen kid, I may help with combat training, but I don't do protégés, ask Summers, or anyone else," Logan declined

"Please, I don't want anyone else to train me. I want you too. I saw your training, it's obvious that you're the best. I want to train with the best," Kitty pressed trying to convince Logan, but he didn't seem convinced, "You know I am a very stubborn person, if I have to, I swear I will follow you everywhere you go and keep saying please until you say yes. And believe me, after an hour of pleases, I'm fairly confident you will want to rip my head off."

"And yet you'll still do it. Knowing that," Logan said raising an eyebrow.

Kitty shrugged, "You are really scary," she said honestly, "But you'd never do it, I may have only been here a few months, but I do know that Professor Xavier never would have let you near any of us if he believed you would hurt us," she said

Logan smirked at that, "Smart kid. I do this, take you as a student, don't be thinking that it's gonna be anything like when I teach you kids as a group. That will be like getting a tap on the wrist compared to what I'd give you. And I am not just saying this. I train you, prepare to go through hell," he said

"I want to be tougher, stronger, I don't want to make those mistakes again," Kitty said

"I don't make people tough. I don't know how, what I do know how to do is make a weapon. I train you; you best be ready to become a weapon. You complain, you whine, you cry, you regret it. You become my student; you better be in it all the way. Because there is no turning back for you when you start. You will go through all sorts of pain, you will gain bruises, I won't lie, you may even bleed. Are you willing to go through what I have to teach you," Logan said as he approached Kitty making himself look more intimidating and frightening.

Kitty was silent for a while, she'll admit, what he just described sounds terrifying, and she was contemplating just forgetting about it and leaving, but then she remembered what happened today, she doesn't ever want that to happen again. With that she gains conviction and then looks Logan in the eyes. His eyes are deadly, the eyes of a predator, the eyes of a weapon. She wants those eyes, she looks in those eyes with her determined eyes, "I will do whatever it takes. Please, teach me," she said

Logan smirked, "Alright kid, I'll train ya. Hope ya survive the experience," he said

Kitty smiled, today everything changes for her.

End flashback

She was right, that day everything did change for her. After that Logan began her training, and he told her the truth, she did gain bruises, and she did bleed. And every time she complained, she regretted it. He was hard on her; some would say borderline abusive. Throughout his training Kitty had to have felt every type of pain there was. He never gave days off, when the other kids had days off from training she didn't, Logan expected her there, and she came every single day. He was right, his training was utter hell. When word got out of her training, people looked at her as if she were crazy or suicidal, she was the talk of the institute for a while. They speculated but never asked, those who did ask her though, asked why she did it, why did she put herself through that. All she could say was that she wanted to be better. When asked why not ask Scott, Jean, or another senior member, she would say because they weren't the best. She'll admit though at times it felt like he was just beating her up, but as time went on, she had learned what he had to offer. Years later to this day, Logan accomplished what he said he'd do. He toughened her up, she can take a hit and not even flinch from it, she's learned how to fight, she's fought almost everyone in the mansion and has beaten everyone but Logan, but she's certainly come close to it. It's like Logan said, he doesn't make someone tough, he makes weapons. Five years ago, she was a bratty thirteen-year-old girl, but Logan took that bratty girl under his wing and made her a weapon. She isn't emotionless or anything like that, Kitty has feelings, she feels love, sadness, empathy. She's not a cold-blooded killer, she's a woman, but she's also what Logan made her, and that's a weapon, and she holds no regrets. Why would she? She's used the skills that she has today to fight for what was right, to save lives. No, she has no regrets, she never will.

Kitty sighed, despite the hard training, Kitty found herself getting close to Logan and no matter how hard he tried not to, Logan had gotten close to Kitty. Logan cared for her, he took care of her, even became gentler and softer with her. With Kitty, Logan didn't smirk, he had genuine smiles. Throughout the training and she got to know Logan, she got to see the other sides of him that no one knew, and she soon found herself looking up to Logan. She wanted to impress him, he became a father figure to her, and she found herself seeking him out just to spend time with him. He took her riding on his motorcycle, taught her how to fix them, and after teaching her how to drive which he says was hell itself because according to him, she was the night terror for anyone with a license, he eventually taught her how to drive a motorcycle. Almost bought her one too, much to her excitement, however everyone put a stop to that, much to her disappointment. They, however, couldn't stop him from letting her drive his motorcycle. He said as long she doesn't wreck it or fixes any damage that is given then she can ride it. Kitty smiled, every chance she got she rode that motorcycle, barely drove a car. She always chose Logan's motorcycle, not because it was cooler, but because he trusted her enough to ride it, and that trust meant a lot to her. It meant everything, in a lot of ways Logan was more of a father to her than her own was or at least he used to be.

Kitty frowned then, one of the only times when Kitty had days off were during those road trips that Logan tended to go on. Unlike Rogue, Kitty never held it against Logan, sure she didn't like it when he left especially when they became close, but she never held it against him, because he always came back. Kitty always tried her best to defend Logan when Rogue became upset over his leaving, she was always firm in Logan's defense, and was eventually able to get through to the girl. And when Logan came back, they would both be happy to see him. Kitty was convinced that Logan would always be there when they, when she needed him. She was wrong, after the attack on the institute courtesy of Emma and the Hellfire club, Kitty expected Logan to be there for her, like always. Whenever she needed him, he was always there taking care of her, protecting her. She expected the same after the attack happened, but she was wrong, instead of fighting to keep the X-Men together, to keep the institute running, to be there for her, he did nothing, the only thing he did was leave. Kitty's hands turned to fists, that hurt, it hurt a lot. Logan had put her through every pain imaginable during her training, but none of that pain could compare to what she felt when he just left.

A year later, and after having a bad fight with her parents, she found herself on a boat to Genosha. She was ready to start a new life, but then the X-Wing filled with the X-Men came to get her, she didn't have to think about it. She came with them, it certainly sounded better that living in a country being ran by an X-Men enemy. But as she got on the jet and finally took the chance to look at Logan, she felt happy to see him, and that he was bringing the X-Men back together, she wanted to hug him, and tell him that she missed him. But then she felt her anger, and hurt. He had left, just left without even saying anything. She couldn't get over that, no matter how hard she tried. She'll admit to believing that after a couple of weeks, that Logan would leave them, leave her, and she would feel that hurt all over again. She can't go through that again, that hurt, she can't go through that, she won't. That's when she decided she won't get close, not again. If he left once, he'll do so again, she won't make the same mistake. When Logan leaves again, she'll be fine with it.

"Umm, Kitty," Rogue voice said

Kitty turned to the door to look at Rogue, only to see her point to the stove, Kitty looks to see that her eggs are burning and smoking, "SHIT," she said, as she took the pan off the stove and put it in the sink running water over it, to cool it down while at the same time washing the eggs down the drain. Sighing Kitty activates the garbage disposal and then turns it off.

"You ok Kitty," Rogue asked walking up to her friend,

"I'm fine, just have some things on my mind," Kitty said

"Like Bobby," Rogue said

"He's one of them," Kitty said

"Hey, you did the right thing, breaking up with him," Rogue said

"I know I did," Kitty said, she then looked at the pan in the sink. After a moment she looks at Rogue, "Any cereal left?"

"Got a box of Applejacks with your name on it," Rogue answered smiling.

Kitty returned the smile and set herself up a bowl of Applejacks, she then headed to the dining area and sat down, she was about to eat her cereal when Logan came in, "Kitty, Rogue, Kurt, war room now," he said, he then left the room. Kitty huffed, she just got her bowl, sighing, Kitty got up and followed Kurt and Rogue out of the room.

War Room

Logan looked around the room everyone was here except for Bobby, "Where's Drake," Logan asked

"I sent him a telepathic message, he should be here soon," Jean answered, Bobby then walks in the room.

"Sorry, I was in bed," Bobby said as he looked around the room, his eyes then spotted Kitty and he couldn't help but stare.

Seeing Bobby staring at her Kitty looks away. The atmosphere then started to feel awkward, so Logan decided to break it. "Alright now that Bobby's here, we can begin," Logan said

"What's this about Logan," Scott asked

"I talked to Charles last night, and he gave me an update on what he's found out," Logan informed

"That's great. What did he say," Jean asked as she and everyone in the room looked at Logan with interest. They had so little information to go by, anymore could be a big help.

"The one who rules the future is called Apocalypse," Logan said

"Apocalypse," Ororo repeated getting a nod from Logan.

"He's an Omega level mutant," Logan informed

"Is that all," Scott asked getting a headshake from Logan.

"He comes into power in four years," Logan said

"You're saying we have four years to stop a guy that we don't know what he look like, or where he currently is," Rogue asked

"Afraid so kid, and we're not sure but Chuck said that someway Sinister helps," Logan said

"So, are we correct to assume that Sinister may be in league with this Apocalypse now," Hank asked

"I'm not sure, when I went to Sinister's lab looking for Jean, I didn't see any other mutants that were out of the normal," Scott said

"He could have been somewhere else, maybe in a different location. Sinister has multiple labs around the world," Jean said

"Or they haven't met yet," Kurt said

"Feels lahhk when we fahhnd somethin out, we just have anothah question that we don't have an answah to," Rogue said

"Did the professor tell you anything else," Kitty asked, she got silence in return.

Everyone noticing Logan's silence knew that there was more, "There's more. What is it," Scott asked

Logan sighed, he was hoping that he could put this off, "Charles did offer up some more information, and because of the information I had to make a decision that will affect this team," Logan said

"What decision," Scott said

Logan sighed, "I'm returning to the Avengers," he said

"WHAT," everyone in the room exclaimed

"What do you mean that you are returning to the Avengers," Rogue demanded outraged

"Does this mean that you're leaving the X-Men," Forge said

Logan took a quick look around and saw that everyone was shocked and outraged, well almost everyone. The only person who isn't reacting is Kitty, she's just sitting down.

'Knew it,' Kitty thought, she knew he wouldn't stay, he's leaving just like last time.

"Everyone calm down," Logan said

"How can you expect us to calm down?! You're leaving us," Bobby said

"I'm not leaving anybody," Logan said

"Guys," Jean said getting everyone's attention, "Perhaps we should let Logan explain before we pass on judgment."

Logan sighed in relief, 'Thank you,' he thought to Jean causing her to give him a reassuring smile. He then turned back to the room, "I'm not leaving the X-Men," he said

"But you said that you're going back to the Avengers," Bobby said

Logan nodded, "I am, but I'm also gonna stay with the X-Men," Logan said

"So, what, you're gonna be part of both teams," Kitty asked

"That's a lot to juggle," Ororo said

Logan sighed, "Don't have to tell me," he said

"Why are you going back to the Avengers? You're the leader Logan, your priority needs to stay with the X-Men and what's going on," Scott said

"I'm going back because Charles said so," Logan said

"What," Kurt said as everyone in the room looked surprised.

"Professor Xavier told you to go back to the Avengers? Why," Rogue asked, suddenly the atmosphere got heavy, and everyone could sense killer intent coming from Logan, and that's when they knew that whatever the reason was must be bad. Something that would make Logan want to kill again, it must be terrible. But what was it?

Taking a deep breath Logan calmed down, he then picked up the remote nearby and turned on the TV. Everyone looked at the TV and saw the news, it showed Iron Man, Captain America, Wasp, Hawkeye, Black Widow, Black Panther, and Ms. Marvel fighting Hydra machines. Hydra was attacking New York and the Avengers were defending against them.

"I asked Charles how the future turned the way it did," Logan said getting everyone's attention, but he wasn't looking at them, he was watching as Iron Fist came and destroyed a mandroid with one punch, he watched as Luke took every blast and barreled down the Hydra soldiers. "It isn't like the X-Men is the only team that consists of superpowered people, we have the Fantastic Four," Logan said, he saw Mr. Fantastic catch falling debris with his body saving a group of people from getting crushed, "We have the Heroes for Hire," Ant-Man then grows and becomes Giant Man and wrestles down a Hydra ship. "And the Avengers," Logan sees Captain America raise his shield as Iron Man blasts his repulsors on it, deflecting it to some hydra soldiers knocking them out. "How could the future turn out like it does with them around to stop it?"

"What-what did he say," Kitty asked hesitantly, afraid to know the answer.

Logan took a breath, and Jean could feel anger, sorrow, and regret coming from him as he watched the news. He was now watching Spider-Man swinging by, webbing up the soldiers and spewing quips. 'Idiot,' Jean heard Logan say in his mind, but there was a fondness that she felt coming from him, and it was directed at Spider-Man.

Logan then looked at the X-Men, "Sometime between now and when Apocalypse comes the Fantastic Four, Heroes for Hire, and the Avengers…they all die," Logan said getting gasps from everyone in the room,

"E-everyone," Rogue asked getting a nod from Logan.

"According to Chuck, I was the only survivor and that was because I wasn't with them when it happened. My focus was on the X-Men, because of that I neglected my Avenger duties, and I wasn't there when everyone died," Logan said, Jean can feel the anger, sadness, and regret again.

"How do they die," Bobby asked shocked

"I don't know, neither does Charles and neither does my future self, all we know is that within four years, the Fantastic Four, Heroes for Hire, and the Avengers will all die," Logan said

"And that's why the professor wants you to go back, to prevent them from all dying," Jean deducted

"Exactly, like last time I'll only be a part time member, my main focus will be the X-Men, but because of my duties as an Avenger I won't be around as much," Logan said

Everyone understood now, Logan had to go, the X-Men may not have interacted with any of the other hero groups, but they can't let any of them die. If rumors are true than Mr. Fantastic and the Invisible Woman just had a baby. They couldn't let that child live without their parents.

"So, when do you go," Scott asked

"I called Cap last night, I was planning on going back today to see what all has changed, but I wanted to let everyone know first," Logan answered

"You should leave soon then," Ororo said getting a nod from Logan,

"I will, this meeting is over, I'll update you all with any information that I can," Logan said, with that he walked out of the room followed by the rest of the X-Men all dispersing to go to do their daily activities.

Garage

As Logan walks over to his motorcycle he sees Kitty standing next to it, "Planning on going for a ride," Logan asked getting Kitty's attention.

"I haven't ridden a motorcycle in over a year, not even sure I remember how to ride it," Kitty said as she looked at it.

"You ever need a refresher course, I'm always available," Logan offered smiling.

Kitty looked at Logan, "I think I'm good," Kitty said making Logan frown a bit.

"If you didn't come here to ride. What can I do ya for half-pint," Logan asked

Kitty sighed, "Please don't call me half-pint. I hate that nickname," she said

"Fit you quite well if I remember, considering how small you were," Logan smirked

Kitty put her hands on her hips, "That was a long time ago," she said indignantly, she hates being reminded how short she was.

"That was two years ago kid," Logan said, Kitty had hit her growth spurt when she was sixteen, it was then boys were really starting to notice how much of a beautiful young woman she was. In the early years all he had to do was pop his claws out to send boys the other way, after her growth spurt Logan was sending out killing intent to every guy who came within ten feet of her. Made one kid pee himself once. Then again, he guesses that he didn't need to do that, Kitty could take care of herself, he made sure of it. He remembers one time a boy tried to grab her ass; Logan was about ready to gut him. Instead, though, he bore witness just how much he had influenced the girl. She phased making the guy's hand go right through her, she then grabbed the hand pulled the guy closer, punched him in the face, kneed him in the stomach, she then grabbed the boys face and smashed her knee on it breaking his nose, she then grabbed his hair and threw him to the ground, all within three seconds. After that she walked to the boy, she grabbed his shirt, pulled him close and said that if he ever tried that again, she'd pull his balls out and feed them to him. Logan will admit to feeling a huge amount of pride when he saw that, he had then walked up to her and pulled her away from the boy. Logan had then led her away but as he did, he couldn't help but tell her good job, she had smiled at him in return.

Realizing that they are falling into old habits, habits that she was trying to break, Kitty looked away, "I just figured that I would see you off is all. Make sure you don't just up and leave us for them," Kitty said with an undertone in her voice.

Logan sighed as he got on his motorcycle, he then looked at Kitty and placed his hand on her shoulder, "I'm not going anywhere kid, I promise," Logan then started up his motorcycle, gave one last look to Kitty, smiled, and then took off heading to Avengers Mansion.

As she watched Logan drive off Kitty couldn't help but sigh, "Don't make promises you can't keep," she said, Kitty then turned around and exited the garage.

Avengers Mansion

The Avengers were all back at the mansion, after defeating the latest forces of Hydra, everyone went to Avengers mansion to celebrate.

Spider-Man walks up to a couch and sits down in front of the TV, he rolled up the bottom of his mask to where his mouth is shown and took a deep breath. It felt good to sit down, after fighting soldiers, robots, and swinging by saving people, it makes a guy tired it also didn't help that he had stayed up the entire night last night thinking about his breakup with Felicia, third night in a row. He just couldn't understand it, everything had been working out so well between them. She never showed any interest in other guys, sure she flirted but it was never serious, and it was mostly done to tease him. So, what changed? What made her do this? Has he just been fooling himself the entire time? Thinking that she cared for him…that she loved him. He doesn't know what to think of this, he'd like to think that this is some supervillain trying to screw with him, but he knows that isn't it. For one, his spider-sense would have gone off. That was the real Felicia Hardy without a doubt. Peter gave another sigh, he really didn't want to come in today, he didn't want to see anybody, he was just planning on staying at his apartment and sulk like he's been doing. But he got called in when Hydra attacked, now he's here. Peter hears a pop, he turns around and sees Hawkeye with a bottle of wine, the cork is off. Looks like they're celebrating with some nice alcohol, forget that it's almost 10:00 am. Maybe he should just head back to his apartment, he's not exactly in a celebratory mood.

With the group of heroes Janet Van Dyne also known as the Wasp was standing next to her friend Carol Danvers also known as Ms. Marvel, Janet has a glass of wine in her hand as she looks around to see everyone talking, telling each other what they did and who they saved during the invasion. Jan couldn't help but smile as she saw all of this, to think four years ago it was just her, Hank, Tony, Thor, and Hulk. Then Steve joined the team, the T'Challa, Clint, and somehow, they just kept on building until they became what they are today. Earth's Mightiest Heroes, that is what they became. As she continued to look around Janet noticed that their youngest member was missing, she turned to Carol, "Hey, where's Peter," she asked

Ms. Marvel with her mask off making her Carol looked around and scanned the room, "I'm not sure," Carol said, that's odd, Peter is always with them when they are celebrating a victory, always talking everyone's ears off.

"That's weird," Wasp said, where could he be, she was kind of looking forward to comparing exaggerated stories with him. They seemed to have created a competition on who could create the most exaggerated yet believable story he had won last time, but she has a story that will make him speechless. After thinking for a moment, a thought just occurred to her, "Think he's with his girlfriend?"

Carol snorted, "Don't know, don't want to know," she said

"Carol don't be like that; we should be happy for Peter. He found someone that he could love," Janet said

"But he found it in a cat burglar, a literal cat burglar Jan," Carol said

"We don't always choose who we fall in love with Carol," Janet said

"He could do better. That Hardy girl is gonna break his heart. And who do you think is gonna pick up the pieces? We are, that's who, just like when that Watson girl left New York to become an actress. She broke up with Peter, said that she didn't think a long-distance relationship would work. Do you remember how brokenhearted he was," Carol asked as she remembered, the kid tried to put on a brave face, tried to make his usual jokes to try and make everyone stop worrying about him. It didn't work.

Janet sighed, she remembered that they were all so worried for Peter, he was just so brokenhearted and wouldn't talk about it with anyone. It was only together that Jan and Carol approached Peter, it took them a while because he did everything, he could to throw them off but eventually they got him to talk. He was finally able to let out his feelings to someone, something that the kid didn't do often. The kid had been working alone for too long, they had to show him that he wasn't alone anymore and that he could rely on them, whether it be hero related or civilian related. Janet and Carol then decided to look out for Peter, he obviously didn't have anyone looking out for him, except his aunt, but she was getting up there in years and other than making him sandwiches for lunch and other small things, she can't really look out for him, it's really him looking out for her and taking care of her. The kid takes on too much responsibility Janet decided, and so she and Carol tried to show Peter a good time and remind him that he was a teenager. He tended to forget that.

When Peter met someone, Jan was excited for him. She knew that Peter had been trying to find someone new, he's the type of guy who looks for love. She knows that he wants to get married, and have a family, Peter is just that type of guy. So, when he met someone, she was happy for him, and was sure that as long as Spider-Man didn't get in the way then that girl would fall for him in no time. That Parker Charm is something to behold. Turns out they didn't have to worry about Spider-Man, they all later discovered that he wasn't just dating any ordinary girl, he was dating the Black Cat. That…surprised them, they all knew that since she first appeared, Peter had some kind of attraction for the thief, but none of them really thought that he'd pursue anything. So yeah, they were surprised and while some of the guys gave him props for scoring her, other people didn't approve, and they let Peter know. Carol was one of the ones who didn't approve of the relationship, she was convinced that in some way Felicia would break Peter's heart. She thought that Felicia was just using Peter. Janet on the other hand was supportive, Peter obviously liked Felicia, it was with her that Peter moved on from Mary Jane. Peter had explained that he believed that Felicia was a good person, she could be a hero if someone gave her a chance, and Peter believed that if he gave her the chance then it could happen. Some of the Avengers didn't believe it, but Peter proved them wrong, once they started dating Felicia helped Peter with crime, they became a crime fighting duo and a good one. She even helped them out a few times, Jan had taken that time to really observe them, she may have been supportive, but she definitely had to get a read on the Black Cat and see if she did care for Peter. And from what she saw, the Black Cat, Felicia, whatever you want to call her, she cared about Peter, she was concerned for him, and always came to his aid when she found him in trouble. He was the first person she went to after a fight to make sure that he was ok, and when he was hurt, she always made sure that he got help. Yeah, Felicia cared for and Jan would even say love Peter, they have her support, she really hopes that they can go for the long run.

"Really would have liked to talk to him a bit," Janet said

"I'd like to see if the kid got hurt or not. You know what he's like when he's injured," Carol said

"Yeah, I do, hopefully Felicia will get him fixed up," Janet said

"Hey, you girls looking for the web-head," Clint asked making the women turn to him.

"Yeah, you know where he is," Carol asked

"I saw him heading to the living room alone," Clint said as he then walked away.

Janet and Carol looked at each other, Peter alone with no one around, he was either really tired or something was wrong. Deciding what to do, the women left the party and went to look for Peter.

When they made it to the living room they saw Peter with his mask on sitting down on the couch he had his head resting on the backrest. Walking up from behind him Janet decides to announce their arrival by grabbing his mask and pulling it off. That got his attention on them. "Hey kid, what are you doing here all alone," Janet asked as she and Carol sat on either side of Peter.

Peter shrugged, "Just thinking is all," Peter answered

"What about? The fight," Carol asked curious

"Part of it, Hydra really went all out this time," Peter said

"Yeah, they did, but we beat them, just like always," Janet said

"Yep, New York is safe once again," Peter said giving a small smile.

"How's Felicia doing, you check up on her," Janet said

"Um, yeah, yeah, I did, she's ok," Peter said hesitantly, not meeting either woman's eyes.

Both women notice and knew that Peter was hiding something. Jan put a gentle hand on Peter's shoulder, "What's wrong Peter? Did something happen," she asked gently

"Nothing happened, other than those Hydra soldier getting a butt kicking of the century," Peter said trying to play it off, but it didn't work.

"Come on kid, we know you better than that. Tell us what happened," Carol said

Peter hesitated, "Did something happen to Felicia, is she ok," Janet asked concerned.

Peter sighed, "Honestly, I don't know, honestly she didn't call me. I'm sure she's alright though. It's gonna take more than this to kill her," he said

"Why don't you call her, and see if she's ok," Janet offered

"She wouldn't pick up, she made it clear that she didn't want to see me again," Peter answered

"What's that supposed to mean," Carol asked, she has a feeling and if it's true, she's gonna take all nine lives of that cat.

Peter sighed, "Four days ago, on my way to our date, there was a bank robbery, I stopped it. one guy however took off running, right when he was out the door Black Cat knocked him out, she apparently came looking for me, because I was late. After that I greeted her, she later told me that we had to talk, so I swung us to an abandoned rooftop, and well…," Peter trailed off, this was hard to talk about, it just hurt so much.

Janet just squeezed Peter's shoulder, "Take your time Peter," she said, Janet had a feeling where this story was leading, and she didn't like it.

"When we got to the rooftop, she told me that we had to talk and it was about us. I asked her if she could take off the wig, I wanted to talk to Felicia Hardy my girlfriend, she said she couldn't," Peter said

"Why," Carol asked

"She said, it's because Felicia Hardy was no longer my girlfriend," Peter said

"What? Why," Jan couldn't help but ask

"She said we ran our course, that she's tired of running the same course when she knows all of the turns. She said that we had fun, and she will remember those times. Said I was certainly the best she's had so far," Peter said making Carol narrow her eyes, she knows what that means and it makes her want to crush the whore's neck for using Peter like that. "She said that she needed something new in her life and that I was getting old and tiresome."

"Old and tiresome," Janet repeated, ok she was starting to get angry now, no one says that to someone she cares about, no one.

"I just didn't understand it, I didn't think she could mean it at first. How could she? After everything that we've been through, the trials that we faced. Were they all for nothing," Peter sighed and continued to talk, "She said that it wasn't for nothing, that she learned a lot and has every intention to use what she learned. I wanted to try and convince her to try and work it out, but she stopped me before I could. Told me not to give her that speech, because it would only make me look more pathetic than I already did. She said that we were done. She's moving on with someone new, maybe she'd give Thor a try. After that she left."

"Oh Peter," Jan said as she pulled Peter into a hug much to his embarrassment.

"Um Jan," Peter said, feeling kind of awkward. He isn't really used to receiving hugs from anyone who wasn't his Aunt May. Sure, Jan and Carol have hugged him a few times and he appreciates the gestures but he still help but feel awkward.

"Hush, I'm comforting you. Now hug me back, or I will do this in front of the others," Janet said as she hugged.

Not wanting to go through the embarrassment of being hugged in front of other heroes, Peter hugged back, despite feeling a little awkward he does appreciate it, and it does make him feel better to know that someone is there. Peter then feels someone place a hand on his back and looks to see Carol.

"You deserve much better than Felicia Peter. I was always certain of that. This breakup isn't your loss, it's hers," Carol said as she rubbed Peter's back.

"Carol's right," Janet said as she pulled away and looked at Peter with a smile, "You are a terrific guy Peter, believe me when I tell you that you will meet someone who will see that, and they will stay with you no matter what happens," Janet said

"You think so? I don't know, it feels like love just isn't in the cards for guys like me," Peter said

"That's the heartbreak talking, the closest thing you have too predicting the future is your spider-sense but that is a danger sense. You're not a precog Peter, so don't be making predictions just yet," Carol said

"Carol's right, you don't know what will happen in the future. Don't give up on love Peter, it isn't fun…trust me, I know," Janet said

"Thanks," Peter said smiling

On the road

Logan is riding his motorcycle on the streets of New York city, as he rides, he takes a look at the damage that Hydra had done. They certainly made a mess, would have been worse if the other heroes didn't show up and stop them. Logan sighed, how was he gonna balance two teams, even as a part time Avenger he had a lot of work to do. A lot of weird shit happened to him when he was an Avenger, for crying out loud he once switched bodies with Parker. That was weird, he does have to admit though the kid is certainly good at attracting attractive women. He wonders if he's still together with the red head, he hasn't exactly talked with the kid much. Ran into him a few times when he was in New York, kid helped him get away from the MRDs a handful of times. Didn't exactly help his reputation, he's lucky that the Avengers were able to protect him. Kelly may have been courageous enough to go after the X-Men but he didn't nearly have the balls to go after the Avengers. Maybe Logan should have asked his other team for help. With their help it would have made this past year a lot easier, that's for sure. Too late now, what's done has been done. Right now, all Logan has to focus on is finding out what killed everyone, he has a few ideas but they haven't had a lot of luck on that front. Could that have killed them? As he looks up ahead Logan sees the Avengers Mansion up ahead, he drives in front of the mansion and stops his motorcycle. He turns over the motorcycle and puts the kickstand down, Logan then gets off the motorcycle and walks to the front gate. A voice gets his attention then.

"This is a restricted area, only Avengers are allowed here, please move along," the voice of J.A.R.V.I.S. said, Logan digs out his I.D. card and puts it in front of the scanner. The I.D. card is then scanned, "Accessing, card recognized, welcome back Wolverine."

"Thanks JARVIS," Logan as the gate in front of him opened.

"Shall I let everyone know that you are here sir," JARVIS said

"No, I'd rather surprise them," Logan said as he walked through the gate and headed to the mansion.

"Of course, sir," JARVIS said

Mansion

Janet elbowed Peter, "Hey, come on, let's go and be with everyone. That'll cheer you up," Janet said

Peter smiled, "I appreciate it but, I think I'm just gonna head home, sort this out," Peter said

"You sure," Carol asked

"Yeah, I just need to be alone for a while," Peter answered

"Ok but be sure that you call when you get there ok," Janet said getting a raised eyebrow from Peter, "Don't give me that look, I want to know that you're ok. So, call when you get there or I will go over myself. You know I will."

"Ok, ok, I'll call when I'm there," Peter said putting a hand up.

Just as they were all gonna get up and go, they hear Clint's voice from the other room, "SON OF A BITCH." The three looked at each other, what was that. Getting up from the couch they walk toward where everyone is. "I'll be damned," they hear Tony say. Once they get to the group, they see Captain America shaking someone's hand.

"Good to have you back old friend," Captain America said

"Good to be back Cap," a familiar voice said, they all recognized that voice, but it couldn't be he hasn't set foot in the mansion for over a year. What was he doing here? As they got closer, they were finally able to see who it was, and they saw none other than Logan himself.

"No way," Jan said

"Unbelievable," Carol said

"Logan," Peter said getting Logan's attention. The feral mutant threw all three a smirk.

"Hey Webs, been a while," Logan said

END CHAPTER

There you go, chapter 2 is finished. This is looking to be a bit of a build up for Peter and Kitty going on their date. Don't worry, it won't be too long. I did enjoy writing this chapter, creative criticism is welcome, regular criticism isn't. Well, till the next chapter, That's All True Believers.