Marie opened her eyes and saw a tuft of black hair tickling her nose, and a pulse of heat warming her up. She glanced up at the clock to see that it wasn’t quite five yet.
Snuggled between her and Logan was Mitzy, who was currently using Logan’s arm as a pillow, while his other hand was linked with hers along Mitzy’s side.
Glancing over Mitzy’s head Marie looked at the relaxed face of her true love, finally sleeping soundly. Thoughts of his recent struggle to sleep brought the missions up clearly in her memory.
~~Flashback~~
Logan kissed her hard and whispered to be careful, as she ran to the back of the plane to enter a sealed back compartment that would allow her and Storm to leave the plane without screwing up the pressure in the cabin.
Storm’s eyes were already white as she called forth her control to ease their flight. After receiving Storm’s nod she threw a lever that released the back hatch, and without missing a beat, crossed her arms and fell backwards out of the plane.
It didn’t matter how many times she’d done it, the wind slamming her face and the uncontrolled initial fall always scared the hell out of her. Free falling wasn’t something she enjoyed and was more than happy to collect her run away stomach as she gained control and flew on her own power.
She glanced back to see Storm gathering herself as well, and shortly there-after fog started to hide their decent to the facility below. Rogue touched her com link to open the line, “We’re in the clear sugar… Ah’ll make sure you get a boom to let ya know it’s safe to land!”
Her com link fizzled before Scott’s voice came on, “Stealth Rogue, we’re going for stealth.”
“Ahh, gee sugar… they capture our little ones and you wanna play nice? Can’t say Ah agree, but Ah’ll be just as sweet as Ah can… promise!” Rogue winked at Storm who smirked. Scott knew when the accent came out she was up to something… and he was fairly sure, he wasn’t going to like it.
Ten minutes later, a massive boom was heard before a fire ball flew straight up, Scott rolled his eyes as the com link came back, “See sugar, Ah’m warmn’ this place up! What with all this freezing weather, they’ll thank me! Ah’m sure of it. Told you Ah’d play nice.”
Logan and Beast smirked at each other as Scott stared bringing down the jet, when suddenly they heard a gasp, “Guys, their weapons look kinda scary… ain’t nothing I’ve seen before.”
“Scott, their plasma rays!” Storms voice flashed over the radio.
“Rogue, DON’T ENGAGE without back-up! Do you copy?”
Then suddenly Rogue’s outraged voice, “Damnit! Bastards, those are kids in there!”
They heard a male mumbling over the com, but it was too gibberish to make out, “Mutie freaks, huh? Let me show you how to play with someone your own size!”
Laser lights shot through the fog and a solid slam before the com screen flashed ‘Rogue link deactivated’ in red.
“Fuck, land this shit Cyke! Where the hell is Storm?”
“This is Storm! Scott hurry, she’s taking out the front line defense… but I don’t think she’s totally immune to those guns… she’s …Oh goddess, HURRY.”
“Landing now, on our way!”
The sight made them suck in their breath, Rogue ripped off the gun on a tank she’d over turned, and rammed it into a sentinel that was heading for the armored truck with the kids inside. She was still too far away when a Sentinel came up from behind her out of the fog and slammed its arm into her, throwing her into the facility guard wall. Scott blasted one as he ran forward as another sent a shock wave from its palm at him. It forced his body back and over the bridge to the icy waters below.
“Scott!!!” Jean screamed as another Sentinel locked on her. Kitty grabbed her and phased them threw the hand of the metal giant. She looked back to the bridge and saw Logan dive over, hoping that he’d reach him in time she used her powers to throw a tree into the head of the sentinel incapacitating it.
Rogue ripped off the head of another but was knocked out from the metal robot blowing up under her. Quickly another grabbed her, “Target acquired!” a robotic drone called out and started to fly off.
Logan not seeing the event as he pulled himself back over the bridge clawed a leg out from under a robot aiming for Jean and Kitty. As it fell back he saw Jean pointing up and glanced that way. Streaks of brown and white were blowing around from the palm of one that was lifting off.
“Wolverine, NO!” Jean screamed as he grabbed its leg and used his claws to hack it off. The sentinel started to swing drastically, the left jet not able to control its lift off. It fell back and was thrust into the damaged facility by the remaining jet on its left foot.
“Fall back!” Storms voice came over the com… Logan ignored it as he dove for the hand holding Rogue. Jean watched as everything seemed to go in slow motion as Logan, holding Rogue was sent over the bridge from a blast. Back into the freezing waters, she heard the jet’s engines roar to life as Storm frantically tried to give them an out… an escape.
Kitty, Bobby, Beast and Kurt filed into the jet and she eventually followed, yelling to Storm that they had three over the bridge. Storm stiffly nodded and raised the Jet in that direction. “We’ll have less than 20 seconds… make it quick!”
Jean ran to the ramp, and watched stupefied as Logan dragged Scott behind him with Rogue draped over his shoulder towards the jet. She lifted Scott with her mind and brought him safely in as Logan climbed the ramp.
He collapsed beside Rogue and watched as Jean wrapped them in heated blankets. She started rubbing Scott’s chest to warm him, but turned as Rogue moaned, shaking off the effects of the explosion.
“’Ro the kids… are they safe?” Rogue slurred.
“Oh Goddess, the children!” Storm gasped.
“MARIE, stay here. We’ll get ‘em” Logan urged.
“No, sugar… you need my strength” she gave him an exhausted smirk as she stood and the stumbled back into the snow after the abandoned truck. Rogue ripped off the doors and grabbed two of the oldest as Logan grabbed Mitzy and another young student.
Beast and Nightcrawler got the kids buckled in as Storm flew off… no one noticed how pasty and blue-lipped Logan and Rogue were, or the fact that Logan barely was wearing a uniform. Hell, they thought, that was normal of the geeks to not think anything of the healer and indestructible one. Logan grabbed Mitzy who was sobbing and clung to him. Marie crawled beside them and laid her head on his shoulder as they both closed their eyes.
~~end of flashback~~
That had been the start of that nightmare facility… there had been missions to bring down the facility the next two nights as the x-men rotated out. Except for Logan, …somehow he had been called to go all 3 times.
“Ungrateful, bastards!” her whispered outraged words woke Logan, who simply smiled and whispered back,
“Ain’t that the name of the game, darlin’?” He shrugged lightly, as to not wake Mitzy, who they’d both bonded with after bringing her here 6 months ago, “Not gonna kill me, Marie.”
“You ain’t indestructible… you can hurt, you could be killed.”
“That’s true for any of us freaks,” he murmured, “but I heal.”
“No excuse, they treat you like a pawn or ace card they have in their back pocket. They ain’t got no right!”
“Let it go, Marie. We’re safe and the knuckle-head here is too. We did alright.”
Marie smiled, “You love her, Logan. Knuckle-head or not.”
“Love you, darlin’”
“Love you too, sugar” and Marie’s brow was still creased with concern and aggravation until she was finally able to follow Logan back to sleep.
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Author's Chapter Notes:
Not my best work, but it had been forever so I wanted to put up something!
Chapter End Notes:
I might change the rating due to a 'special' addition I'm thinking of writing in the next chapter