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Adult ++
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Chapter Twenty One
Okay ya'll, I'm in a giving mood tonight... so here's a third installment. Hope you like the tiny little bit of humor I attempted to install in this one (it's minute it's so tiny! lol) I mean, come on, try to mentally picture the opening of this chapter and tell me you don't think it would be funny! Liar! It is TOO! ... Okay, okay... so it may be a couple of days before I post any more chapters. I'm starting to catch up with myself and my little "comfort zone" of a staying a few chapters ahead of posting is shrinking... gotta fix that little problem. Pardon me while I lock myself in my office... *looks back over her shoulder with a wicked little gleam in her eye and winks*....
What he saw when he opened the door wasn’t what he was expecting at all. He stopped inside the door for a moment and simply stared, rather amazed at the sight before him.
“What the hell are you doing up there?” He asked as he walked across the room to the bed and stared up at the ceiling where she was plastered, staring down at the bed.
“I can’t stop it, Logan! Get me down, please!” She cried as tears dripped down to land on the bed. “I even had to get one of the students to pull me down from the stair well cause I took off flying when I pushed off the ground to start climbing stairs! I want this to go away, dammit!”
Logan took her hand and gently tugged her down into his arms. “It’s gonna be okay, Darlin’. We‘ll get you through this, I swear.“
“You promise?” She sniffled against his chest, careful not to put her arms around him, knowing that she could easily snap his spine if she did. “I’ll believe you if you promise, Logan. You always keep your promises.”
Logan groaned as he sank down on the bed and eased her into his lap, wrapping his arms tightly around her, pulling her closer still. “I’m not gonna lie to you, Darlin’. I don’t know if this is going to go away. The Professor is concerned that you may have accidentally taken her powers permanently when you blacked out. It’s not your fault, Marie. No one blames you, but you should know what might happen.”
“Permanently?” She gasped, panic surging through her. How would she ever handle this? She had no idea how to control these new powers and wasn’t sure that she wanted to. “I don’t know if I can do this. I don’t want to be able to fly, Logan! I don’t want to hurt people because I don’t understand how strong I am!”
“Baby, we don’t know what’s going to happen yet. Just try to be calm.” He murmured as he stroked the length of her hair. “If you do end up keeping these powers, everyone will help you learn to use them, to control them, you know that. That’s what this place is all about, Marie. You‘ll finally have a good reason to work out with everyone else in the Danger Room, like you‘ve always wanted to.”
“I know, but… Logan, I may have ended that poor woman’s life.” She hiccupped quietly.
“No, Darlin, you didn’t. You finally did succeed in saving my life though. It’s entirely possible that she could have killed me tonight. If you hadn’t been there, I don’t know what would have happened. And you didn’t kill her, I promise you that, she’s in a coma and given the strength of her powers, even if you did take them from her permanently, the chances are good that she’ll live.”
“I hope you’re right. I don’t know what I’ll do if she dies.”
“She won’t.”
“I’m sorry that all of this ruined our night.” She frowned as she yawned against his chest. “I was so looking forward to the pool table.”
“Hey, this happening had nothing to do with you, got it? Mystique had it out for me, not you. And that pool table isn’t going anywhere, babe, I promise you that.”
The last thing Marie remembered was Logan helping her into a clean silk cat suit and gloves before she was asleep again. Too much had happened over the last couple of days and she needed desperately to just shut down for a while and recuperate.
It was Logan’s turn to worry. Marie slept for almost two days before she finally stirred. He had stayed close to her side in case she woke, having someone bring up his meals and moving some of his things into her room so that he could be there for her. He knew that if she woke up with those powers that there was every chance that she could have a melt down.
God, he thought, he could stand to watch her wake up every day for the rest of his life. She mewed like a kitten in her sleep as she began to stir, stretching just like one, sliding her legs around beneath the blankets, working stagnant muscles to stir them. Her lax fingers curled into little fists and drew toward her face, rubbing near her eyes as if nudging the lids into wakefulness. She yawned delicately, stretching her fists up toward the headboard as her eyes blinked open, a smile grew upon her lips at the sight of him sitting beside her.
“Mornin’, Sugah.” She mumbled as her eyes fluttered closed for just a few more seconds. “Sleep well?”
“Yeah, twice.” He chuckled. “You must’ve been pretty wiped out, Darlin’. You slept for two days.”
Her eyes flew open in shock, “What?!”
“It’s alright. Obviously you needed it or you would woken up before now.”
Marie frowned as memories flooded back to her. “How is she?”
“Except for the fact that she’s in a coma, she’s doing well. Hank seems to think that the coma is just her body’s way of recuperating. He’s convinced that she’ll wake up within the next week or so.”
“Really?” She asked hopefully.
“Yep.”
“That’s good, then.” She sat up in the bed and grimaced at the morning breath funk she tasted. “I need a shower and to brush my teeth… and my stomach is pretty sure my throat’s been cut.”
“Well, then, Darlin’, I will wait here while you shower and then we’ll go downstairs right after I have a good morning kiss and we’ll get you some food before I bring your lovely ass right back upstairs and bend you over the bathroom counter.”
Marie smiled and raised a brow. “Hmmm. How about you run downstairs while I shower and bring back breakfast so we don’t have to waste time going down there and I won’t even have to get dressed?”
“Baby, you’ve got a deal!” He grinned.
Marie rose from the bed to head for the shower and caught herself on the door jam as she started to rise from the floor. “Well, shit.”
“Still flying?”
“Yes, dammit.” She spat against gritted teeth. “Well, there’s nothing to do but get used it, I suppose. I never kept your powers this long and Magneto’s were gone within a few minutes, thank God. I hated that son of a bitch touching me.”
“Touching you? Am I going to have to spank you again, Darlin’?” He asked with a touch of a growl.
“For that wrinkly old bastard? You better not!” She grimaced. “Bobby I can understand, but Eric Lensherr? Sorry I can’t come up with something better, but YUCK, Logan!”
Logan laughed in spite of himself. “You going to be able to handle getting in the shower on your own?”
“Yeah, Sugah, I’ll be fine. You go get us some breakfast.” She urged with an indulgent smile as she carefully made her way into the bathroom to strip.
What he saw when he opened the door wasn’t what he was expecting at all. He stopped inside the door for a moment and simply stared, rather amazed at the sight before him.
“What the hell are you doing up there?” He asked as he walked across the room to the bed and stared up at the ceiling where she was plastered, staring down at the bed.
“I can’t stop it, Logan! Get me down, please!” She cried as tears dripped down to land on the bed. “I even had to get one of the students to pull me down from the stair well cause I took off flying when I pushed off the ground to start climbing stairs! I want this to go away, dammit!”
Logan took her hand and gently tugged her down into his arms. “It’s gonna be okay, Darlin’. We‘ll get you through this, I swear.“
“You promise?” She sniffled against his chest, careful not to put her arms around him, knowing that she could easily snap his spine if she did. “I’ll believe you if you promise, Logan. You always keep your promises.”
Logan groaned as he sank down on the bed and eased her into his lap, wrapping his arms tightly around her, pulling her closer still. “I’m not gonna lie to you, Darlin’. I don’t know if this is going to go away. The Professor is concerned that you may have accidentally taken her powers permanently when you blacked out. It’s not your fault, Marie. No one blames you, but you should know what might happen.”
“Permanently?” She gasped, panic surging through her. How would she ever handle this? She had no idea how to control these new powers and wasn’t sure that she wanted to. “I don’t know if I can do this. I don’t want to be able to fly, Logan! I don’t want to hurt people because I don’t understand how strong I am!”
“Baby, we don’t know what’s going to happen yet. Just try to be calm.” He murmured as he stroked the length of her hair. “If you do end up keeping these powers, everyone will help you learn to use them, to control them, you know that. That’s what this place is all about, Marie. You‘ll finally have a good reason to work out with everyone else in the Danger Room, like you‘ve always wanted to.”
“I know, but… Logan, I may have ended that poor woman’s life.” She hiccupped quietly.
“No, Darlin, you didn’t. You finally did succeed in saving my life though. It’s entirely possible that she could have killed me tonight. If you hadn’t been there, I don’t know what would have happened. And you didn’t kill her, I promise you that, she’s in a coma and given the strength of her powers, even if you did take them from her permanently, the chances are good that she’ll live.”
“I hope you’re right. I don’t know what I’ll do if she dies.”
“She won’t.”
“I’m sorry that all of this ruined our night.” She frowned as she yawned against his chest. “I was so looking forward to the pool table.”
“Hey, this happening had nothing to do with you, got it? Mystique had it out for me, not you. And that pool table isn’t going anywhere, babe, I promise you that.”
The last thing Marie remembered was Logan helping her into a clean silk cat suit and gloves before she was asleep again. Too much had happened over the last couple of days and she needed desperately to just shut down for a while and recuperate.
It was Logan’s turn to worry. Marie slept for almost two days before she finally stirred. He had stayed close to her side in case she woke, having someone bring up his meals and moving some of his things into her room so that he could be there for her. He knew that if she woke up with those powers that there was every chance that she could have a melt down.
God, he thought, he could stand to watch her wake up every day for the rest of his life. She mewed like a kitten in her sleep as she began to stir, stretching just like one, sliding her legs around beneath the blankets, working stagnant muscles to stir them. Her lax fingers curled into little fists and drew toward her face, rubbing near her eyes as if nudging the lids into wakefulness. She yawned delicately, stretching her fists up toward the headboard as her eyes blinked open, a smile grew upon her lips at the sight of him sitting beside her.
“Mornin’, Sugah.” She mumbled as her eyes fluttered closed for just a few more seconds. “Sleep well?”
“Yeah, twice.” He chuckled. “You must’ve been pretty wiped out, Darlin’. You slept for two days.”
Her eyes flew open in shock, “What?!”
“It’s alright. Obviously you needed it or you would woken up before now.”
Marie frowned as memories flooded back to her. “How is she?”
“Except for the fact that she’s in a coma, she’s doing well. Hank seems to think that the coma is just her body’s way of recuperating. He’s convinced that she’ll wake up within the next week or so.”
“Really?” She asked hopefully.
“Yep.”
“That’s good, then.” She sat up in the bed and grimaced at the morning breath funk she tasted. “I need a shower and to brush my teeth… and my stomach is pretty sure my throat’s been cut.”
“Well, then, Darlin’, I will wait here while you shower and then we’ll go downstairs right after I have a good morning kiss and we’ll get you some food before I bring your lovely ass right back upstairs and bend you over the bathroom counter.”
Marie smiled and raised a brow. “Hmmm. How about you run downstairs while I shower and bring back breakfast so we don’t have to waste time going down there and I won’t even have to get dressed?”
“Baby, you’ve got a deal!” He grinned.
Marie rose from the bed to head for the shower and caught herself on the door jam as she started to rise from the floor. “Well, shit.”
“Still flying?”
“Yes, dammit.” She spat against gritted teeth. “Well, there’s nothing to do but get used it, I suppose. I never kept your powers this long and Magneto’s were gone within a few minutes, thank God. I hated that son of a bitch touching me.”
“Touching you? Am I going to have to spank you again, Darlin’?” He asked with a touch of a growl.
“For that wrinkly old bastard? You better not!” She grimaced. “Bobby I can understand, but Eric Lensherr? Sorry I can’t come up with something better, but YUCK, Logan!”
Logan laughed in spite of himself. “You going to be able to handle getting in the shower on your own?”
“Yeah, Sugah, I’ll be fine. You go get us some breakfast.” She urged with an indulgent smile as she carefully made her way into the bathroom to strip.