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Times Past	By : gallygaskins Category: X-Men: (All Movies) > Het - Male/Female Views: 1619 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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Chapter 12 - Progress and relationships

"Ah just can't do it!" Rogue exclaimed. She was so angry, so angry with Jean and Charles for pushing her to her limits, and so angry with herself for not being able to get over those limits. "We've spent day and night in here trying to get this thing working and ah just can't do it." Frustration was closing in quickly.

"If you could just concentrate a little harder then maybe ." Jean started but the look on Rogue's face told her not to continue.

"Ah'm tired, Jean, tired and hungry and frustrated and in god damn need of someone else's company, and ah'm not trying to be difficult or anything but unless ah can have some time off ah won't be able to apply what little concentration ah have left. Perhaps ah'm just trying too hard."

Through the viewing window at the side of the danger room a couple of concerned faces looked at one another. "Rogue is our only hope of getting Beth back, she has to keep trying." Logan said, exasperated.

"Logan, do you really think that keeping Rogue locked up in this room is going to get her to achieve her goal any quicker. She has promised that she will do it and so she will, I have complete faith in her."

"And meanwhile, your niece lies in the lab without any hope of comin' through her coma."

"I have no doubt that Beth will come around, she is a fighter and she will not let a thing like this keep her down."

"Look, prof, we have to face facts here, she may not come out of this."

"Logan, am I to believe that your part in this is only for your own selfish gain or do you truly wish Beth to be okay?"

"That girl in there holds the key to my past, of course I'm selfish. But she is also a member of the team and there was something about her that day I helped her before she disappeared, something in her eyes. I don't know?" Logan faced Charles and Charles thought he saw some mixed emotion, could he see faint hope, he wasn't sure. He wanted to ask but could he risk it?

Suddenly, Rogue's raised voice was heard over the speaker system. "Alright, Jean, this is absolutely the last time today. Ah'll give it one last go."

All eyes were upon her as she closed her own. She began to concentrate on using her mind to deliberately switch over from life taker to life keeper, could she do it. She was aware of Remy, his image popped into her mind and she began to feel happy, happy that she knew him, yet sad that she couldn't touch him or kiss him properly. The way she always dreamed about.

As if by magic she felt a tingling sensation sweep over her body, maybe that was it, some kind of happiness that she could enjoy was the key to this whole thing. Jean and Charles had mentioned something to her about thinking about happy thoughts but she was never quite sure what they had meant. After all, this had to be the umpteenth time she had tried this today, let alone over the past few weeks. But this was the first time she had thought of Remy, she hadn't thought about him before because she felt he may be a distraction, and what a distraction, those eyes, that beautiful hair she could run her fingers through, his laugh, his coat. A smile appeared across her face but the tingling began to slow down. 'Okay maybe ah should just think about him, and not fantasize about him,' she thought, and noticed that her control over her thoughts brought the tingling sensation back again. Could this be it, could this be her ticket to emotional freedom. She had to know. Her eyes snapped open as she moved to remove the glove that was on her left hand, pulling herself up from where she sat she stepped across to where Jean stood.

Jean was unsure of what was going to happen but then she had volunteered. She couldn't back out now, and she did trust Rogue, after all. She knew that Rogue would pull her hand away as soon as she could feel the relentless surge that would take away her colleagues power, so why did she feel so uneasy. It was probably the look of pleasure that had spread over the whole of Rogue's face, hers in turn filling with dread and panic.

"It's gonna be okay, Jean. Ah would never dream of hurtin' you."

"Okay, Rogue. If you're sure?"

"Ah'm sure, here goes." Rogue reached forward with the naked limb and took hold of Jean's right hand. Rogue knew that in a matter of seconds she would take hold of Jean's power if she had misjudged what she was feeling, but a whole minute went by before she realised it wasn't going to happen. Both girls looked at one another in shock, had what they had been trying to accomplish for so long really just happen. "Have ah done it? Have ah? Ah have. Ah've done it Jean. Ah can control it."

"Yes, that's great Rogue, we're on our way."

"Yeah we are!" Turning slightly she made out that now Charles and Logan were also in the room and both were very happy with the result. To make a point she said again "Ah really did it."

"Yes, Rogue. We always knew you would." Charles was excited; he was now a step closer to having his beloved niece back. "And perhaps in a few days we can start on the next part of the program."

"Oh yeah, ah'd love to, Charles. Ah know ah've been a complete pain in the arse recently but after what you told me last night, all those assurances you gave me, ah feel ah can really start moving forward now."

"That's good, thank you."

"My pleasure, after all, we've gotta get that miserable face of Wolverine's to brighten up." She said, turning towards him. Things, although still strained, were better between them. Logan could see that Rogue was happy with Remy, he just hoped and prayed that Remy wouldn't steal her heart away and walk all over it like he had.

"Thanks for the concern, Rogue. But I'm a big boy now, if I want to be miserable then I should be allowed to be." "You could write a book on it, Mr 'ah need to know what my past is and ah don't care how ah get it.'" Rogue countered, immediately wishing she hadn't when she noticed the look of pain and sorrow wash over Logan's features. "Sorry, look ah'm tired and ah need to see Remy. What do you say if we make it Tuesday first thing for the next session?"

"Okay, Rogue. That will be fine, see you then." Charles said as he left the danger room closely followed by Jean. Logan stood in his spot for a little while longer before he made the effort to move.

"Wait, Logan." Rogue said. "Ah'm sorry for what ah just said, ah didn't realise how much Beth meant to you."

"What? You think some woman I don't know means anything to me!"

"Logan. You've been practically at her side, holding some kind of vigil by her bed all the hours you're not up here watching me screw up."

"Marie, you done good. You ain't screwed up."

"Thanks, you don't know how much that means coming from you."

"Don't I? I was a fool, I'm sorry I've messed you about, Marie. But I never thought you would ever harbour any kind of feelin's for me!"

"Logan ah was the fool, believing my crush was the real thing. Ah realise now that what we had was special, kinda like what a father and daughter would have, not like two mismatched people trying to make it something it wasn't."

"And do you believe this Remy character is the real thing."

"Yeah, just like Beth is for you," Rogue remarked, watching as he went to protest. "No, listen to me, ah'm ashamed to say it but from the first moment Beth walked into our lives ah've been watching you both. Ah've seen the way that the two of you look at one another. Ah mean, ah don't know whether or not you could have some kind of relationship like Remy and me, but ah think you did once, obviously from when you don't remember Logan."

"Nah, you've gotta be kiddin' me? There is no way a woman like her and a man like me ."

"Why not? Stranger things have happened. Like the Wolverine taking on a young charge, ah must admit ah never thought you were going to stop your truck and come back for me."

"I had my reasons," Logan was defensive. "Besides I felt we had a connection."

"Me too. Thanks . dad!" She said, hoping the response would be better this time.

It was. "Okay, kiddo. And just remember, play safe. I know you're old enough to look after yourself but if Remy ever hurts you!"

"Ah know, you'll hurt him bad for me, just like any father would."

"I'd only be looking after my own." Logan smiled, it had been the first time in ages and it felt good. "So you reckon me and Beth got a future?"

"Do you want one?"

"I don't know, I mean a kinda like her an' all but she is outta my league."

"Don't ever put yourself down, Logan. Besides I reckon you're the kind of man she would go for. Ruggedly handsome, well-built and sturdy, lovable in a brutish kinda way, you would be her match in every way."

"Mmm, in every way, eh?"

"She probably needs a man like you after the dull types she'd meet in her circles, probably feels like you'd be her bit of rough."

A gleam set itself in Logan's eyes, "Bit of rough, reckon I could be someone's bit of rough, do ya? And she wouldn't want me for love then, either?"

"No, ah reckon not, Logan, she'd just want you to 'make love to her'."

"Is that any way to speak to your old pa?" He joked.

"Guess not, but ah've gotten away with it before and ah'm sure ah'll get away with it again."

"Maybe." He responded. Rogue made her way over to him. She still could feel the tingling coursing through her body and decided that it was as good a time as any other to show some emotion towards the man that had taken her under his wing all those years before. Folding her arms around him she moved to place her head on his chest. He accepted and moved his own arms around her. He brought his head down to meet her crown and placed a small kiss where the white strands met. "Sorry, Marie. Sorry for hurting you, but know I will always be here for you if you ever need me. I love you."

"I know. I love you too." She responded, pulling away from him to look into his face. They both knew that from that moment their relationship had definitely moved to another level. Surrogate father and daughter and it felt good knowing that each would always be there for the other. Rogue smiled, "I have to go, I have to see Remy."

"Of course, go and have a good time." Logan responded, returning her smile, and then she was gone.

Logan felt good, it wasn't every day that a man had a good talk with his 'child'. In fact, in the modern world, it was nigh on impossible, but he knew that they would always be able to talk, whatever the problems they each had. 'Now on to the next one,' he thought as he made his way out of the danger room and found himself walking towards the lab, 'I have to tell Beth about the progress we've all made today.'
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