Ooh, interesting!

Only thing that made me wonder was why if Logan thinks "Was it a twist of fate that somehow the very thing he’d wanted, had been thinking, had landed literally in his backyard." it hadn't been touched on during his introspective last chapter. I guess that would have ruined the surprise though. Now I'm dying to know where Rogue's been!

Good writing style by the way!

Author's Response: Thanks for the interest. In the first chapter Logan very subtly, extremely subtly references Rogue, I made sure to have a tiny piece of something to tie it in, such as his thoughts on how \'when someone or something doesn\'t want to be found\' but you\'re right I definitely didn\'t want to ruin the surprise.

Brill chapter!
Loved the way you revealed what had caused Rogue to crash down on the mansion. Great dialogue.

Still keeping up the intrigue..

"She kind of figured Logan himself wasn’t going to be prepared for it if he ever found out his past. Apparently, they had a lot more in common than she’d originally thought."

and now the Cajun showing up looking for more 'diaries' !

Author's Response: Haha Thanks, this chapter was a lot of fun to write, the dialogue comes pretty easy between these two.

Captivating chapter, very moving, and great dialogue.

I would suggest not translating the French though, either use French or not but don't translate it, or maybe just put the translations right at the end so they don't detract from the flow.

Author's Response: The translation is more of just a personal preference, my French isn\'t all that great and sometimes when theres a lot of it in a story and its a lengthy piece and the translation isn\'t until the end I find I\'ve just by passed the dialogue. There won\'t be a lot of french though so no worries.

What a fun chapter!
Really enjoyed the friendly girl talk between Rogue and Jubilee :)

The snippet on how Rogue got Carol's powers was also enlightening though I'm not sure if I wouldn't have preferred it being divulged through dialogue.

The way 'Mystique gets her kicks' makes me laugh :)

Fun lines:
“And poof, da Gambit was disparu,”
“You should be happy, Rogue, you’ve got the Wolverine riled up, you have your ex-boyfriend being presently emasculated and the X-Men openly presented as fools and you hardly had to lift a finger.”
and the end..
“I told you it was a good idea to get them involved.”
“I’m still waiting on that one to pan out,”

Another good chapter :)

I like how you're taking the time to slowly make Rogue start doubting her stance and wavering in her buried feelings for Logan, as opposed to rushing a reconciliation.

Personally though, I think she's being a bitch because she's blaming Logan for ignoring her during his months of grief instead of accepting that he needed the space and waiting it out. I've seen that happen in real life though, people wanting others to get over things pronto so they can get back to paying them the attention they expect.

Weird dream, I'd almost forgotten about the 'diaries' and the 'prophecies'!

Author's Response: Thanks again for the input! I don\'t want to give to much away but I would say that Rogue isn\'t as angry as you think with Logan and that her anger actually has nothing to do with his grief, she\'s admitted that she needs to be mean in order to get through this. There\'s still more to explore with Rogue and why she\'s doing what she is doing and like she said, she\'s just trying to survive what path she is on and in order to do that she has to keep Logan away. There\'s been little hints here and there, I tried to show in Logan\'s flashback how Rogue was the only one who understood he needed time to grieve. Not to say Rogue isn\'t being a bitch at times, I def. like writing her being overly confident and sassy and she is angry with Logan, its just on a more personal level and def. has to do with her own issues that she\'s yet to fully acknowledge.

What a Hot chapter! Love it :)

Glad you felt like sharing your Hugh-Jackman-fueled smut ;)

Author's Response: Yeah, poor hugh, he\'s a busy boy in my dirty little mind....And they say men are obsessed with sex. I was thinking about it so much, I had to write a story just articulate the images in my head. I blame his interview with Howard Stern. Apparently he\'s a \"gifted\" man, if ya know what I mean...;)

Juicy chapter, I liked it! :)
Also nice to see Logan being 'responsible' and turning down sex ;)

Author's Response: I\'m so happy that everyone is enjoying it! Don\'t worry, Logan will not stay responsible much longer!

Sorry, I had no ideas at the time but have now given it more thought..

You could maybe justify the change of pace and OOC-ness with the fact that Rogue absorbed Logan again and so isn't exactly herself but more hyped up, randy, etc, and follow up with her reverting to normal over a few days..
she could maybe start feeling all bruised and battered after all their violent sex exertions when her body starts returning to normal and she could want to take a different approach as his personality wears off her.

It could also be fun to have her be duly embarassed when she later faces her fellow X-Men and realises that they all heard her/them, etc ;)

Also, if you want to carry on the plot side of the story they could have them seek out revenge on Mystique!

Author's Response: Good ideas!! Thanks so much for helping me out. I will work on another chapter over the weekend, and hopefully post it Monday. And I like the idea of getting revenge on Mystique. I really appreciate the suggestions. I really want to make sure the story is complete, and after going over it again, I agree it just kinda didn\'t make it to complete.

Ooh, new story, yay!

Looks complicated ;)

Author's Response: oh yes. the last one was fun, but i want to add more complexity to this one. we\'ll see if it works. i am not above ditching this story if it turns to crap on me. lol.

Oh, what a lovely chapter! So well written. Nice show of emotion, great humour with the cat in the basket ;) and nice introduction to the rift and hint of intrigue with the hidden message in the paintings!

I like the pace, allows the story to develop :) don't feel you have to deliver us any L + M action sooner than the story would have it!

Author's Response: thanks for the review. i\'m trying not to rush anything-- but, yeah, it\'s hard. i want to get down to the good stuff as much other people want to read it. :)

Another good chapter, I like your dream description and Logan's sudden realisation that his 'friend' has been gone too long and he hasn't even noticed. Very believable that everyone has been too self involved to notice.

Still dying to know where Rogue's ended up.. you've kept up the suspense well in not revealing anything in this chapter.

Yay, Victor!
So happy to have him in this story :)

You'll have to explain at some point why he didn't just kill Rogue, but I'm thinking he doesn't like the way the guards threw her in to him like they're feeding a steak to a wild animal, and maybe he's also lonely from being caged up.

I love how she's already annoying him with her all her yapping !

Ooh, the story continues.. how very exciting :)

I'm surprised you jumped ahead a month, as I still think those two (or anyone) caged up together would have difficulty getting along so it would have been fun to see some spats between them, but it does progress the story along and also get them to a stage where there's already more trust between them.

Even though Vic is playing helpful here it's good that Rogue points out that he's done his fare share of damage in the past.

I like Victor's plan.. can't wait to see what happens! It'd be funny if they only turn her collar on so she can suck his power but not his, ha ha.

Logan seems to have gotten very lucky finding Danvers ;-) but it's cool how you've brought Carol into the story. If Rogue ends up having to kill her, as the story goes, then I can't imagine how her sister will feel!

I think you've done well to point out that Victor has developed a caring for Rogue but isn't attracted to her, because it's always upsetting when he helps out, gets attached, and then Logan waltzes in and steals the girl! That always annoys me, but always happens because this is after all a Wolverine&Rogue specific site.

Having said that, I can't help but hope that there will still be some angsty relationship conflicts with Rogue favouring Victor for having helped her out without obligation and blaming Logan for having forgotten about her when he was too busy with Jean/Phoenix.
I don't want Logan to just waltz in and save the day. Actually, it'd be fun if by the time he arrives they've already escaped and Rogue doesn't go back to the Mansion because she's too upset over her ordeal and their abandonment so Logan has to keep looking for her...

Lots wishful ideas! ;-)

Looking forward to the next chapter!

Author's Response: I really want to respond to this, but it will just give waaayyy too much away. But there are a few things I will comment on:\r\n\r\nI wanted to jump ahead because I am trying to get this moving. I could go on and on and on about them being stuck together and her annoying the crap out of him while he tries not to kill her, but that would just be forever and off subject. So I needed to get the ball moving... Oh well. Maybe another time, another situation, another story...\r\n\r\nWith Victor\'s past, I don\'t want to make him into a completely good guy. He\'s psychotic. He\'s a murderer. He\'s just not nice. I don\'t want to change that. Everything he does from this point on is because of Rogue, not himself. He\'s not just going to wake up one morning and descover he has a heart of gold. That would just make him lose his edge.\r\n\r\nNo comment on the plan.... ;D\r\n\r\nWith Logan and Danvers, I didn\'t want to waist a bunch of time on dead ends. And, plus, I want to start introducing other important players. I will say that Carol Danvers is one of them, but I\'m not going to say how.\r\n\r\nAs for everything else, I just have one thing to say. Trust me, Logan isn\'t going to be waltzing anywhere.... Thanks for the feedback!!!!