Chapter 46 - Bind Part 1 (1/2)

(Xavier Institute)

Logan sniffed the air quietly as he smelt a few people walking towards the door. His internal clock told him that the girl was due to wake up any time now. Sifting through the familiar scents he quickly locked onto one in particular and a small smile came to his face. One that quickly disappeared before the door opened.

Through the door 8 people walked in, Hank, Remy, Rogue, Scott, Bobby, Jubilee, Kitty and Ororo. He raised an eye brow wondering where Jean and the professor where. Beast quickly informed him. ”Something happened with Jean a few hours ago; The professor had to make sure everything was alright. He'll be here very soon.”

Logan gave a small nod, easily noticing the worried expression that flashed across Scott's face, but did nothing else, turning back to the unconscious girl. Jubilee rocked up to his side in her trade mark yellow jacket, pink shades resting on her head.

She stared with interest at the girl lying on the metal bed unconscious. Logan let out a small growl as her hand rested on his shoulder, but didn't move, he had a little soft spot for the youngest member of the X-men.

*Schlak* *Schlak* Off to the side Remy shuffled a deck of cards in his hand as he watched the scene with his red and black eyes. ”Hello to you too Logan.” Logan turned to him for a second and gave a small smirk. ”You too Gumbo.” Rouge just reached for her head and rubbed her temples. ”Don't start you two.”

Logan gave a small shrug and turned back, Remy's hands twitched for a second before he went back to shuffling the deck. While that was going on, Bobby moved off to the side with Kitty as they both looked at the woman on the table. She didn't look as dangerous as Scott or Rogue had described.

Hank went over to the monitor to check Laura's vitals, Scott leaned on the door starring into space, completely out of it and finally Ororo moved closer to Logan. She had a nice dress on and didn't look ready for battle, but out of everyone in the room, she had the most power.

She gave a smile as she stood next to where Logan was sitting. ”It's nice to see you again Logan.” He didn't look at her as he replied. ”Yeah it's been a few months. Nice to have you back.” She looked at him for another second before her eyes shifted over to Laura. ”It's good to be back, my trip to Africa took longer than I expected.”

Logan shifted his head to continue the conversation when Laura's body twitched. It was almost unnoticeable, but Logan noticed it. He quickly got to his feet, a small growl leaving his voice. Everyone else in the room noticed his action.

Remy stopped shuffling his cards and reached for his collapsible staff, Scott reached for his visor, Rouge reached to pull off her glove, Bobby breathed out a cold gust of air, Kitty prepared for anything, Ororo's eyes slightly clouded over and Hank looked up from his monitor.

”Urgh” Laura let out a groan as she started to regain consciousness, quickly focusing her mind thanks to her training, she realized that her hands were bound. She pulled back her shoulders to try and budge them, but the cold metal only moved around 2 centimeters

Her mind was in disarray as she panicked. She had been trained to stop such a reaction from occurring, but the thought that she might be back in ”their” hands made her heat beat quicken. Her eyes snapped open and then shut as the light blinded her for a second.