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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 16 - Someone old, something new, something borrowed, someone blue

Ororo Munroe retraced her steps, for the umpteenth time that evening, across the landing to Rogue's room. Every time so far she had been able to hear sounds coming from the other side of Rogue's door, but not this time. 'Perhaps they have fallen asleep,' she thought to herself but something told her to investigate further, she almost always knew instinctively when students were missing from their dorm rooms, let alone teachers. She knocked, feeling it would be better to be polite before she went in with all guns blazing. Nothing, she knocked again, if Rogue and Remy were asleep then they would have noticed after two raps on the wood. Nothing, again. Trying the knob, she turned it slowly to open the door. Stepping into the blackened room she hit the light switch immediately. The void was suddenly awakened and she quickly scanned the room for signs of life. Nothing. Remy and Rogue were not there. She quickly paced around the bedroom and even checked the small walk-in closet and bathroom to see if there was anything that would give her a clue as to where they had gone. Still nothing, but she had noticed that Rogue's rucksack had disappeared from its normal position on her armchair and several hangers had been cleared of their effects.

She ran from the room, not even bothering to return it to its original state, as she made her way down to the lab. No one had ever seen her like this. Ororo the weather queen was always calm and controlled in her every action and word but those that she passed on her journey made way for the suddenly over anxious woman.

On alighting the lift, she continued on to reach the lab and stumble into the inner room just as Logan sat up on his bed and spoke his words of anger, "he does now!"

Ororo lent against the frame of the doorway and tried to catch her breath, Logan's phrase momentarily forgotten as all eye's turned to look at her, questioning her demeanour. Not knowing who to look at first she kept her eyes focused on the clock that hung on the opposite wall. Trying to calm herself from the erratic breathing she managed, "She's . gone ."

"Who has gone, 'Ro?" Scott asked as he went across to help her.

Charles knew exactly, and proceeded to answer for her. "Rogue, she and Remy have gone."

If Logan wasn't angry before, he sure as hell was now. "What! . Where?"

"I don't know, I'll see if Cerebro can help." Charles said, a patient and calming smile tingeing his lips.

"Uncle, you don't have to," now all eyes were on Beth as she continued, "she's gone north, she's gone home." She was diminished of all her strength, both physically and mentally. If anyone wanted to beat her in an argument it wouldn't have taken him or her anything to win. But she had to know, had to see for herself how Logan was reacting to all of the recent past events. She looked up searching the room in front of her for a glimpse of him. It didn't take much as he was stood directly in front of her. She found his eyes, still boring holes into her as if he wanted to hurt her, and found in them the same emotions as before only this time those were being overshadowed by something else. It wasn't love, it wasn't longing, but it was hope.

Logan flinched and looked away, returning his gaze moments later when he found the courage to address the room. "I'm gonna find them and bring them back, and Beth is comin' with me."

"Logan, you can't do this . as doctor to both you and Beth I can't allow this. You have barely been awake an hour and Beth certainly isn't in any fit state to go anywhere." Jean stressed to make her point felt.

"I am aware of this, Jean. Do you really think I would be thinkin' 'bout this if I thought it wasn't necessary. I need you to make sure that Beth is gonna be okay on this trip, make sure we've got plenty of supplies in case she needs somethin' administered to her, etc, etc. We need to find our kid before someone else does, Obviously, I'm gonna' need to fly one of the 'birds' and I need Beth to tell me where I'm going."

"Absolutely not. You cannot take Beth in one of the Blackbird's. It is out of the question. She is too weak at the moment for that Logan; the pressures in the cabin could seriously impede her rejuvenation, not to mention yours. I forbid you to even try."

"Jeannie .!" Logan growled, anger reaching up from his body into his head as he looked at her. She could really be stubborn when she wanted to be.

"I think, Logan, that you and Beth should go and find Rogue and Remy, but I have to agree with Jean; the Blackbird is out of the question. However, I have no problem with you using the PSV, as long as Jean can sort out enough supplies for the both of you to be comfortable and I want you to promise me that if Beth's health starts to weaken, you will take her to the nearest hospital and communicate with me immediately." Charles interceded, knowing full well that Jean would back down once he had made his feelings clear. "Do you agree, Logan?"

"Yeah, I agree." Logan said, mentally shaking Charles by the hand. "Is that gonna be okay for you Jean?"

"Yes, Logan. I believe you to be a man of your word; I don't believe you would ever do anything, knowingly, to harm another member of the team. And as you and Charles are agreed then nothing anyone else will say will matter anyway." Jean answered. She spotted Beth looking at her as if to say 'don't I have a say in this.' She smiled, trying to make it easier for Beth but the anguish written over the other woman's face was too much to bear. Turning back to Logan and Charles she said, "don't you think Beth should be asked what she wants to do?"

Beth, now suddenly uncomfortable with eyes watching, shifted in her seat. Nervously she responded, "I think . maybe . Logan and I should try to find them. As long as I know I'm going to be looked after then there is no reason why I shouldn't go and help out."

"Okay, its settled then . we leave as soon as we're able to."

***

It was 10.00 pm and Logan and Beth had already been on the road for four hours. Logan decided that by about 11.30 pm they should find a room for the night, especially considering he was feeling up to the extended drive a lot better since his healing factor had kicked in.

He fleetingly looked over to Beth in the passenger seat and noticed that she had finally fallen asleep, the pills she had taken to eradicate her headache obviously doing more than they should in her exhausted state.

Contemplating what had happened during the day he sighed heavily. Here he was trying to find his daughter after she had run away, running from finding out whom her true parents were. Not that he was blaming Rogue; he would have done the same. After all, Rogue had believed that her parents were her real parents for twenty years and to now have that idea crushed by one image from Beth's mind.

And what about Beth. She had had to live with the lie that had become her life when he had left her. God he was angry with her, why had she never told him that they had had a child. But then why should she trust a man that had run from her the day she found out she was pregnant.

"Shit," he breathed out, as he realised the vehicle was swerving slightly towards the edge of the highway. "Come on, concentrate."

"You okay?" Beth's concerned face looked over at him.

"Yeah, fine," he spat out, realising that his words were much harsher than he intended them to be. He glanced back across to see the back of her head. He noticed that her body was slightly convulsing as if she were crying. 'Jesus' he thought. Placing his right hand on her left shoulder he began to softly stroke the round curve. "Sorry, I guess I'm just tired, it's been a long day, for both of us."

Beth turned around, and he noticed the tell tale signs, she had been crying. Wanting so badly to pull over and run his thumbs over the glistening tracks, to wipe away the evidence that he had hurt her, he resisted, instead giving her one of his small smiles. She responded by smiling back.

Settling back into her seat Beth shuddered. It was getting a little bit chilly inside the vehicle. "Do you mind if I turn the heat up a bit?"

Logan shook his head and motioned for her to adjust the controls. Feeling warmer Beth sat back and relaxed into the seat. Thinking about the heavy atmosphere between Logan and herself she decided that she should try to lighten the mood. She leant forward again and switched on the radio tuning into some late night confession and request show. She heard him growl at her choice of station but knew that he wouldn't mind it really; they had always listened to these shows together before. "You don't mind do you?" She asked, but got no reply just some derisory look.

The song that she had immediately recognised when she had found the station ended and the presenter moved on to his next caller.

". next caller is Jennifer. Okay Jennifer you're through . what do you wanna share with all our NKGHB listeners."

"I lost my husband eighteen months ago."

"You lost him . are you a widow?"

"Yes, he died of cancer, it was very prolific. Swept through him so quickly no one realised until it was too late. I miss him so much."

"Do you want to dedicate a song to his memory?"

"Yes, but I want to dedicate it to my son as well, he was born five months after John passed away."

"Oh, I'm sorry, you must have been heartbroken, and your son do you tell him who his father was."

"Yes, every day. John Jnr has a tape that John recorded before he died. There is a song playing on the backing track of it and that is the one I want playing tonight. Its . I'm sorry it always makes me ."

"Its okay, Jennifer, lets just play it . so here for Jennifer, John and John Jnr ."

The long and winding road, that leads to your door, will never disappear, I've seen that road before, it always leads me here, leads me to your door .

Tears were welling up in Beth's eyes, there were too many similarities, the sense of loss and new life, but Jennifer had carried on bringing up a young child on her own. Beth could now see how selfish she had been and how it must have seemed to Rogue that she didn't care for or love her.

"Why, Beth, why didn't you tell me? When we had that picnic you could have said somethin'."

"Logan, I'm sorry. I was just too angry and scared, and I didn't even know who our baby was at that time. I didn't find out until I met with Magneto . anyway, why did you leave? Things would have been different if you'd stayed behind." Beth said as the tears started to roll down over her cheeks.

Logan pulled the van over, stuck it into neutral and switched off the engine. "I didn't know I had left you," he responded, unclipping his safety belt and leaning over to take Beth in his arms. "I can't believe I left you," he whispered into her hair as he gently stroked her back, waiting for her to stop crying.

When she had she pulled away, realisation streaked across her features, "You didn't know," she said, a statement not a question. "You didn't know you left me, you don't remember how we met, or what our wedding was like, or how the earth stopped when we made love. Logan, please forgive me, I have been the most selfish fool that was ever given the blessing to breathe on this planet."

"There's nothin' to forgive. When I first heard your story this afternoon, I'll admit I was angry. But when I had a chance to think about it, it all made sense. Twenty years ago I left a beautiful, wonderful, very young and very frightened girl to fend for herself. You only did what you thought was best at the time, I realise that now, had I been in your shoes I woulda' done the same. And if I could turn back the clock, I wouldn't hesitate to make you mine again and make damn sure I was with you every step of the way. If anyone needs forgivin' then it should be you forgivin' me."

"I forgave you the second I saw you standing on the steps to the mansion, with not very many clothes on, I hasten to add." Beth said, a grin starting to spread across her face. "Do you have any idea what the sight of you that day did to me?"

"Yeah, I had a vague idea . with my heightened sense of smell an' all!"

"God, I'd forgotten about that," she blushed slightly but then became more bold, "so, what does it tell you now?"

"It tells me that I should kiss you or something!" he was blasé as responded.

"Oh, really," she quipped, which quickly turned to shock as he closed the gap and cautiously laid his lips upon hers. Detecting that Beth was enjoying the moment as much as he was, Logan expertly caressed her, answering her open mouthed invitation with his tongue. As their kiss deepened their hands were searching each other's bodies for the places that would make the other react unreservedly towards their advances, sexual desire rising to the surface.

Logan could feel Beth pulling away and was at once concerned that she may be feeling weaker again. "You okay?" he asked softly.

"I'm fine, as a matter of fact I haven't felt this good in ages thanks to your ability I shouldn't wonder, and I really feel like a newly wed again," she responded, a twinkle firmly set in her eyes. "I'm just not sure that I want to give any other road users a free peep show, if you know what I mean."

"Sure, I think we better find the nearest motel." And with that Logan turned over the engine to the vehicle and headed back up the highway, seeking out their next stop.
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