Sabretooth and Logan
Sabretooth stared at the gates of the mansion and spat on the ground in disgust.
If there was any other choice...
A motorcycle roared behind him and he whirled, hands coming up armed.
He relaxed slightly when he saw the rider was Logan with Kanika clinging to his back.
"Sabretooth."
"Wolverine."
"So..."
"I'm here to keep my daughter safe. Nothing more, nothing less. I'll help you get your professor back if you shelter us for now. Once Glory's dealt with..."
"It all goes back to normal."
"Agreed."
"Let's go inside then."
The gates opened and Logan idled the bike in as Sabretooth stalked in.
"You know, security's really bad since I left..." Logan murmured.
"Mmph."
The two rivals walked up to the doors of the mansion and entered.
Rogue
Rogue spotted people entering the school and immediately recognised one in particular. She dropped what she was doing and rushed down to greet him.
"Logan!" she exclaimed.
She wrapped her arms around him in a huge hug.
Sabretooth, Logan and Nyx's children
"Heya, kid. Miss me?" Logan grinned as he dropped his bag and hugged her back.
Sabretooth rolled his eyes and Kankia and Voctory got caught up.
Serafina and Faolan came barrelling up the hallway.
"SERA!"
"FAO!"
"KANNI!"
"VICCY!"
Excited squeals and laughter from the kittens made a cacphony of noise.
Rogue
"Yes I did!" Rogue grinned. "I'm so glad you're back! And look."
She lifted her choker up so he could see it.
"This is a power dampener. When I wear this I can actually touch people without absorbing them!"
Logan, Spike and Sabretooth
"That's great, really great." Logan grinned.
"Logan, mate, good to see you," Spike drawled.
"Hey, Spike." Logan nodded a greeting. "Security's pathetic."
"Tell me about it." Spike rolled his eyes. "Scott our Fearless Leader is not very good at day to day stuff. He's fine for missions but..."
"Lacking in long range?" Logan said dryly.
Sabretooth growled slightly.
"And this is Sabretooth. He's promised to behave himself and he's going to give us details of Glory's hideout."
Rogue
Rogue eyed Sabretooth warily, then stepped to the side of Logan furtherest away.
"Well, with you here everything should be nice and secure again," she smiled.
Sabretooth, Spike and Logan
Sabretooth cracked his knuckles and looked at Rogue steadily.
"Yeah..." Logan smiled slightly. "Anyway, is my still free? Or has it been taken?"
"Still there with all your stuff," Spike said, looking at Sabretooth with suspicion.
"Great." Logan nodded and scooped Kanika up with one hand as he slung his bag back onto his shoulders. "I'll go unpack..."
"I'll find you a room, Sabretooth, was it?" Spike said carefully.
Sabretooth nodded.
"Ok then..."
Rogue and Julie
Rogue walked with them inside.
"Who your friends?" Julie asked, looking up at them.
"This is Logan," Rogue beamed. "And that's Sabretooth. And... I don't know who the kids are... But I guess Fao and Serafina do."
Logan, Sabretooth and Nyx's children
Serafina giggled.
"They're Kanni and Viccy, silly!"
Faolan grinned, mismatched eyes shining.
"Yeah...s'pose I should introduce my daughter." Logan smiled slightly. "This is Kanika. Nyx's daughter and mine."
"The only reason I'm here is so that Glory won't get her manicured hands on Victory," Sabretooth growled.
"I've already killed a lot of hunters that were after her."
"That's good." Logan nodded.
"Less hunters is always good."
Rogue and Julie
Rogue giggled.
"All we need is for Zac and Saku to drop in and then we'll have a family reunion on our hands."
"Actually... he's going to be in New York next week," Julie grinned.
Logan, Sabretooth, Spike and Nyx's children
Neither Logan or Sabretooth commented on the multiplicity of scents that clung to Julie like a second skin. She wanted to screw around, that was her business.
"SAKU!" Serafina squealed.
"Yeah!" Kanika cheered.
"Seems to meet with approval," Logan said dryly.
"That's your dad? He's very big," Faolan whispered to Victory.
She nodded. "Uh huh."
"Dad..." Kanika looked up. "Put me down? Please?"
Logan put her on the ground carefully.
"C'mon, you havta meet Varian!" Serafina bounced.
"Dad?" Victory looked at Sabretooth and he nodded.
"Go play," Logan said to Kanika.
The four shifted into their cat forms and ran away.
"Oh, now this is going to be interesting..." Spike muttered.
Rogue and Julie
"Aww," Julie said. "Just one big happy family."
She wiped a pretend tear from her eye.
"Dope," Rogue grinned.
"And while we're introducing kids, these are Saku's half siblings, B'Elanna and Tom."
Sabretooth, Spike and Logan
Logan nodded.
"Who, exactly, is their father?" He asked carefully.
Sabretooth looked the children over briefly.
"I'll show you to your room..."
Sabretooth nodded and followed Spike down the hallway.
"Well, he's more then slightly unpleasant," Logan said.
A soft growl from Sabretooth echoed back up the hallway.
"I heard that."
"I know you did."
Another snarl.
Rogue and Julie
"Zac. Zac Hanson," Julie replied. "He's an alien. He's in a band with his brothers - they're touring at the moment."
"He came to visit once," Rogue put in. "He seemed nice enough, if a little sex-obsessed."
"Ahh, so is most of the population of Mutant High. Fits right in."
Logan
"So I can smell..." Logan looked around. "What's been happening? How's that Russian kid we rescued from the labs? Still drinking himself into an early grave?"
Rogue and Julie
"Sergei," Rogue smiled. "Yeah, but he's cool. He's joined a band with Jono, Octavian and Angelo called Displaced."
"Rogue's dating Jono," Julie teased.
Logan
Logan raised an eyebrow slightly.
"So what happened to the Cajun?"
Rogue and Julie
"Oh, well, we weren't really dating," Rogue replied, blushing slightly. "And besides, he's interested in Dem."
Julie gave Logan a look that cleary said 'she still likes him'.
Logan
"That the way of it then?" Logan raised an eyebrow.
"So, dating anyone now you've got that collar?"
Storm
"Logan?"
Storm heard Logan's voice and went to check it out.
"Logan!"
Logan
"Hello, Stormy," Logan said, then frowned.
"Ah...got something to tell you. Better to do it before you spot him yourself. Sabretooth's here. He offered to help us get the professor back in exchange for sanctuary."
Storm
Storm tensed, then relaxed slightly.
"Thank you for telling me. Well, as long as he's claiming sanctuary, seriously, then I suppose... it'll be ok."
She shook her head.
"How was Japan? Find anything?"
Logan
"He's serious. He's doing it for his daughter..."
Logan shook his head slightly.
"I found a woman. Lady Deathstryke. She's working for Glory...but apparently she's also my grandaughter."
Storm
Storm raised an eyebrow.
"Well, that's... odd."
She sighed.
"So no word on the Professor? Jean and Scott know nothing, also."
Logan
"That's why I didn't kill Sabretooth."
Logan sighed.
"He was working for her. That's who I got the warning about the kittens from as well."
Storm
Storm lay her hand on Loagn's shoulder.
"Well, things should improve now that you're back. Jean and Scott have done nothing about the Professor. In some aspects, it is as though they're not even trying."
Logan
"Scott and Jeanie probably like the power..."
Logan shook his head.
"We need the professor back. And as quickly as possible."
Storm
"Then we'll go after him. As soon as possible."
Storm shook her head.
"We've waited too long. We never should've let Scott take charge."
Logan
"It's been, what? Over a month since he was kidnapped and all those kids? It shoud *never* have taken this long."
Logan scowled.
"I though Scott believed in the principles of the X-men...and those include never leaving your men behind. Guess I was wrong. I should never have left."
Storm
"I think Scott has proved that he believes in himself. And that's all."
Storm scowled slightly.
"We have begun to differ in opinions."
Logan
"School's falling apart," Logan said bluntly.
"I've barely been back ten minutes, and I can tell that."
Storm
"Good to have you back."
Storm patted Logan's arm again.
"Anyway, go unload your stuff."
She sighed.
"I'll fill you in later."
Logan
"Yeah...we'll sit down and have a good long talk."
Logan shifted his bag on his back and walked off.
Storm
Storm rubbed her eyes tiredly.
"Yeah..."
She sighed and went back to her room.