• "Ja! I would like some", Kurt Wagner or Nightcrawler had said. Vanessa grins, "are you sure? I mean, this stuff is really hot", Vanessa told him, making sure she put a lot of emphasis on the word 'hot', but the stubborn blue German man shook his head, "yes, I am sure", was all Kurt said before taking the table spoon of green wasabi with his long tail, but before Kurt could place the spoon full of wasabi into his mouth Vanessa stopped him, "Wagner, wait", she said as she took a spoon from the counter and dipped it into that jar of wasabi sauce, scooping a spoon full of it onto the spoon, "I can't watch you suffer on your own", Vanessa told him before placing the spoon near her lips. The wasabi was cold, but she could feel the intensity of the wasabi's heat on the very tip of her lips, her gaze met Kurt's who had been looking at her the whole time, "come on, on the count of three... one, two... three!", she and Kurt stuff their mouth's with the wasabi sauce and take the spoon out leaving nothing but the sauce to burn their sensitive tongues.

    It was like the sauce itself had been dissolving the flesh off her tongue, her eyes shift to Kurt, tears running down the blue mutants face from the result of the wasabi's powerful spice. It only took a few seconds before the two began to scream in agony, Kurt shouting words of some kind while Vanessa spat out profanity matching that of Logan's, "HOLY MOTHER OF GOD!!!", Vanessa shouts before tripping over one of the chairs in the kitchen, not even water could sooth the burning sensation on her poor sizzling tongue, Kurt reached for the refrigerator and pulled out a jug of milk and painfully ran towards the cabinets and took out two clean glass cups and clumsily pored the milk into the cups, spilling milk all over the counter, he would have to clean that up after soothing their mouths. While Kurt and Vanessa struggled to battle the continuing burning sensation in their mouths Remy AKA Gambit had been leaning against the kitchens wall filling with amusement at the sight, "oh man, dis is jus too funny", Remy said before gazing upon the girl he had not yet seen before, "oh mon Dieu...", Remy said, his french spilling out of him.

    Kurt had chugged the glass of milk down quickly, the feel of the cold milk soothing his mouth, Vanessa couldn't stand drinking 'milk ', but seeing as it was the only thing cold enough to help ease the pain in her mouth, she chugged it half way and made a distasteful, gagging sound, "uhg, gross", Vanessa said before pushing the half empty glass of milk away from her. Kurt took a few mouth fulls of air before laughing so suddenly, "oh mein freund", Kurt said before walking over to haul Vanessa up from the ground, "that was- -?", but before the blue skinned mutant could speak another voice had suddenly finished the words for him, "fun? Or jus plane dumb?", Remy said before looking over at Vanessa with his strange colored eyes. Kurt shrugs his shoulder, "it was a dumb thing to do, but also very fun in a way", Kurt said with a snicker, Remy had placed his eyes back on Kurt, "well if dat's what you call fun...", Remy rubbed the stubble on his chin as he made his way out of the kitchen he stopped to turn in Vanessa's direction who quickly averted her eyes from him, "quit looking at me", she hissed, Remy formed this, seductive grin on his face, "ah, but I can't help but stair at such a fine petite amie", Remy told her, his thick Cajun accent making its way into her ears, Vanessa scrunched up her face and averted her gaze from him, not wanting to show any sort of sign that told him other wise. Remy grins and walked out the kitchen with out saying another word leaving Kurt and Vanessa behind, "who the hell was that guy any way.... Wait! No! Just forget I even asked", but she knew she would find out whether she liked it or not.

    She taps her pencil on the desk, her mind in a different world at the moment, how long was it? A month since she came here at the academy, and still she hadn't found anyone to hang out with, except Kurt who she took a liking to very quickly, maybe because of his unique body structure or his German accent. Her daze was interrupted by a loud blaring alarm, Ororo placed her book on the desk, "everyone head out of the class, in single file please", she told all the students who did exactly what she told them to do, while others were too stubborn to listen to her. Exiting the class she saw Scott, Logan, Kurt, and Rogue head down the hall, Vanessa quickly left the group of teens and made her way over to Kurt, "hey, whats going on?", Vanessa asked, worry practically showing on her face, Kurt placed his three fingered hand on her shoulder, his calm demeanor calming her nerves just a bit, "nothing to worry about mein freund, just a mission, I'll- -", Kurt was suddenly blocked off by Logan who got between her and him, "you don't got to tell her anything she can't understand", Logan growled, his dagger like gaze looking into her own cold ones.

    Vanessa stood her ground against the Wolverine, "I do understand", her voice getting a bit loud, Logan grunts, "you don't no nothin runt, now head over with the other kids before I get serious", Logan told her before unsheathing his three adamantium claws, it was so sudden that she backed away in shock. A single tear ran down the young females cheek, and then another, Vanessa turned around her hate for Logan growing even stronger, Kurt was about to walk after her but Scott placed his arm in front of him, "Logan!", Rogue said as she slapped the back of his head with the back of her hand, "ow... why'd you do that fer?!", he said before sheathing his claws back in, "why do you have to be so mean to her Logan?", Rogue said before heading down the hall, along with Kurt and Scott leaving Logan to wallow in his shame, or at least they thought he had, "grr, the brat ain't sufferin none....", Logan said before walking down the hall, his hands behind his head.

    She watched as the jet took off, a powerful gust of wind coming soon after it left, her tears had already dried up but her burning hate for Logan continued to linger inside her. Vanessa turned around too quickly but was halted from walking when she bumped into someone, she takes a few steps back to see that guy again, that weird Cajun man, "what do you want?!", Vanessa said, her arms crossed, her head turning to the side like she just saw something she shouldn't have seen, "nothin petite", Remy said his hands placed up in a surrendering motion. Vanessa looked at him, "oh really?", she said before uncrossing her arms, her index finger pointing up at him, "I find it hard to believe that you're not doing anything", Vanessa said before smirking, "you're stalking me, aren't you!", she said, confident that she hit the mark, but sadly that wasn't the case. Remy raised an eyebrow and chuckled, Vanessa was confused, why was his snickering at her? Remy passed her by, "I wasn't stalkin you", he told her before taking his long bo stick and used it to push Vanessa's legs from under her, it caused her to fall hard on her back, "ah!", that attack had been so swift and sudden that she had to process what had just happened a few times. She roles over on her stomach and stood up, "what was that FOR!?", Vanessa said, it was clear that she was in pain by the look on her face and the way her hand gripped the side of her hip, she was on the verge of tears, Remy shrugs his shoulders, "don't know", he said with a grin, "jus felt like doin it", he finished, Vanessa's eyes widen with rage, the answer he had spat out of his mouth had been so.... so stupid, "b-because you FELT LIKE IT!!!", the anger within triggered something deep inside her, something that wasn't supposed to be unleashed until she was ready to take on that power. A shock wave of red energy pushed Remy back until he hit a near by tree, "kuh!", the shock wave had shattered almost all of the glass in the academy, the kids inside screaming as a result.

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    Mean while on the jet Professor X had clutched his head in pain, Logan was the first to pick up the Professors stress, "hey Charles, what's goin on?", Logan asked, a hint of worry in his voice, now everyone had their eyes or ears on him, "it's Vanessa, she....", Logan growled, "what the hell is she doin?!", Rogue put her hand on Logan's shoulder, "calm down you don't even know the situation", she told him before walking over to Charles who was obviously in pain, "Vanessa tapped into the well of her power, she has no control of it", Charles said as he rubbed his temples, "Storm, turn the jet back around", he told her. For a second Storm hesitated because of their mission, but seeing him in this state meant that this was much more serious, "everyone sit down in your seats and buckle up, this is going to be a very bumpy ride", Storm told them, mainly Rogue and Logan, but the two quickly took their seats and buckled up when they heard her. The jet made a sharp turn, jerking them tot he side, " easy there Storm", Logan said as he clutched the seat.

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    As the jet turned its course back to the academy Vanessa had still been emitting large amounts of crimson red energy from her body, Remy had been doing his best to call out to her, while Emma had been trying to make her way into Vanessa's mind, but each time she did she would be pushed out again and again. Meanwhile Hank had escorted the kids to a safer area in the academy. "VANESSA!!!", Remy yelled out, trying his best to walk up to the furious girl but when ever he tried to he would be either cut badly by the fast moving red mist or forced back by the incredibly large amount of energy, Emma dug her heels into the ground so she wouldn't be pushed back, but that didn't help much at all, so again she attempts to plunge into Vanessa's mind, and this time she grabbed the young girls attention, all that rage and hate pointed at Emma, "STAY OUT OF MY HEAD!!!", Vanessa screamed, another shock wave of red energy sends Remy and Emma flying back, Remy hitting the same tree while Emma crashed into a window that wasn't broken until she hit it.

    It wasn't long before the jet had touched down near the mansion, all six of them exit the jet to see the sky a bloody red, "mein gott", Kurt spoke, his tail quivering in fear of this feeling that passed through all of them, Logan could smell the pure hate and anger coming off of this girl and he wasn't even close yet, "I'll get her", Logan said as he ran in the direction of the bright red light, "LOGAN!", the Professor yelled out but the man had already left them, "Scott, and Kurt go after him before he causes more harm than good", Charles said, Kurt and Scott nod their heads, Kurt teleporting over while Scott ran, "Ororo, scout out the area , try to find an easy way to get to Vanessa without hurting her", he told her before making his way over as well. The ground under Vanessa began to crumble until a large crater was left, now that Emma was out cold she could pay more attention to Remy who hadn't been able to reach her but only call out to her, that name, Vanessa? Was that her name? She looks down at Remy her eyes about to turn crimson red, the hate and fear being replaced with momentary fear, "h-help me...please", Vanessa said before letting out a blood curdling scream that reached everyone's ears, her body curling up in a feudal position, Remy placed a hand on the side of his head, he was the one who caused this, and now she was begging him to save her from the pain she is in, he clenched his fists, he would be the one to pull her from that pain, "VANESSA!!!

    Hank had rushed out of the academy to see what was truly going down, "dear god", was all he said as he saw Vanessa, the single person that caused all this chaos, the sight brought back the memory of Jean and how she was in the same state as Vanessa, except Jean had met her demise, Hank just prayed that the same thing wouldn't happen to this young girl. Logan had stopped in his tracks when he saw the sight before him, memories flooding back to him, this was just like the time where Jean was mind controlled accept this was way different, Vanessa's rage had taken her over, no.... he wasn't going to let what happen to Jean happen to her, as he stood there Vanessa turned her blood red eyes towards him and he instantly knew that this wasn't going to be good for him, Vanessa swung her arm sending a blast of red X's at Logan, "aw crud", he said before getting hit by the massive blast, Vanessa lowered herself until she touched ground, the intensity of her power cracked the ground beneath her, reaching down she took Logan by the neck, and raised his limp body in the air, her grip on his neck getting tighter and tighter, until she heard him gasping, well trying to gasp for air, she dropped him but before he could catch his breath Vanessa kicked him in his mid section so hard that he went flying back, crashing into many trees along the way, "LOGAN!!", Storm screamed out. Kurt and Scott saw the scene unfold, "damn it, why doesn't he listen!", Scott said before looking over at the figure that was Vanessa, "Kurt, I know that the Professor doesn't want anything to happen to her, but words won't be able to stop her now", Scott told him, Kurt bit his bottom lip, he had feared Scott would say those words. Storm knew what the Professor had said but how could she not do anything when her teammates were being badly hurt, "I'm sorry, Vanessa", Storm said before raising her right hand, her eyes turning a milky white color signaling that she was about to conjure some sort of element, and the one she chose was lightning, her arm swings down allowing the lighting to go down as well, the lightning, hit its target.

    A sudden shriek echoed through out the area, it was Vanessa's scream, the bolt of lightning hit her hard sending thousands of volts in her body, Kurt turned his head at the sight, his tail wrapping around him, even Scott had to admit that that was a bit too far, but it got the job done.... he hoped. Charles appeared his chair going as fast as it could take him until he reached Vanessa, she was limp, electricity dancing around her, Remy quickly ran over to the Professor, "she ain't hurt too much?", Remy asked, in all his years he hadn't worried like this before, not even with Rogue except that one time, he shook his head to get rid of the thoughts in his mind, "I am afraid that.... she is dead", Charles told Remy, his voice low. Storm landed next to the Professor, she even knew that the strike was a little too much, "oh goddess", Storm said as she leans over towards Vanessa's limp body, Kurt, Scott, Hank, Rogue, Emma, and even Logan who limped his way over had been surrounding Vanessa, Kurt was the one who picked her up carefully in his arms, a single tear running down his tattooed face, "oh....mein gott!", Kurt yelled as he fell to his knee's, his hand stroking her hair, his body rocking back and forth, "warum Gott!", Kurt said over and over again, Logan clenched his fists, and yelled a mighty yell. He wasn't able to save her, just like he couldn't save Jean, but the worst part about it was, he made her cry, a light drizzle began, Ororo had been shedding tears until she began to sob, for all she knew this was her fault, she struck Vanessa with that bolt of lightning, Remy placed his hands into his coat pockets, his gaze left on the girls face, such sadness, such hate and anger, he had never knew those things had been in her. Rogue had been crying silently, sniffling a bit, Remy comforting her by placing her into his embrace.

    Grief was soon replaced by hope once a low groan came from Vanessa, Kurt looked down, his yellow eyes shining, "Vanessa?", she opened her eyes slightly, "Kurt? What's going on?", She asked, trying her best to urge the words to come out. Kurt stood up, "nothing mein freund, nothing is going on", Kurt told her, the tip of his tail removing the strands of hair that stuck to her face from the rain, "oh.... o-okay, I just wanted.... to know, because.... everyone seemed so worried", Vanessa told him before her eyes suddenly role back, Kurt began to worry as she twitch and squirm in his arms, Logan looked at Charles, "hey, she's going into shock!", Logan said, Charles looks before he speaks, "Kurt I need you to teleport yourself, Hank, and Vanessa to the lab and quick!", he told him, he didn't have to tell Kurt twice because he was already gone. Remy held Rogue a bit tighter, glad that she was going to be okay, but it was all up to her to battle for her own life.

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    Six weeks past and still Vanessa was in a coma, Kurt had been by her bed side for those five weeks until Ororo had encouraged him to get some fresh air, soon Remy took Kurt's place for the week he had missed out on. The Cajun sat on a chair, his strange black and red eyes look upon the calm face of Vanessa, she looked like sleeping beauty, except this beauty was a young African American girl, well that's what he hoped at least. "You sure did put a scare on us, no?", Remy said, it made a sort of snicker come from him seeing as he was talking to no one but himself right now, "look", he said, he took a deep breath before speaking again, "aw the heck with it", Remy said before leaning down to kiss the beauty upon her soft lips for as long as he could. His single index finger caressed her jaw line, the sensation of the kiss plus the caress had slowly awakened the young female from her sleep, her eyes fluttering open, her vision was a bit blurry, but it came in just a few seconds, Remy; too busy locking lips with her; had not yet seen her eyes open quiet yet. Vanessa struggled to lift up her arms but she still hadn't recovered as of yet, "ngh.... guh....", were the only two words; well not actually words; that slipped out of her, Remy pulled back a bit shocked that she had woken up, "oh? Den you were awake", Remy said before tapping Vanessa's nose with his pointing finger, she felt like punching him straight in the face, "you.... you", she couldn't get the words out, not because of how weak she was, but because he kissed her so Remy finished it for her, "kissed you? If dat was what you were about to say, den yes I did", he said with a smirk, "and I'm doin it again petite amie", Remy said before leaning back down, but before he could Vanessa turned her body with the little strength she had, but the persistent Cajun didn't give up so easily, he had a taste of her soft lips now he wanted more.

    Vanessa buried her face in her pillow not wanting him to kiss her again, but he had other ways, like nibbling on the soft flesh of her neck or running his fingers along her curves. This wasn't right at all, he was much older than her and she was younger, Vanessa bit her lip, was was practically rape.... or something. A sudden click of the door made her body jerk, and Remy as well, it was Logan and Kurt, oh goodness she was so glad to see Kurt, Logan on te other hand, not so much, "K-Kurt!", Vanessa said as she struggled to sit up, Logan shot a gaze at Remy who gave him a smirk, "what are you doin here Gumbo?", Logan said, he had already smelled traces of sent on Vanessa's body, Gambits sent, "scuse me, I'll be out dere", Remy said with out answering Logan's question, he did how ever have a wide grin on his face, and that irritated Logan. Kurt placed his three fingered hand on Vanessa's hand, "you are awake", Kurt said gladly as he gently helped her to sit up, Vanessa whimpered in pain making Kurt's hands pull away quickly, "sorry", he said but Vanessa only laughed, "don't be, I'm fine.... and I'll prove it to you", Vanessa told him. Kurt and Logan both didn't like the sound of that, "hey kid, take it easy before you do something you'll regret", Logan said as he steps forward Vanessa roles her eyes, "I wont regret nothing!", Vanessa snapped at him, a sharp pain made its way to her chest, her hand clutching the sheets of her bed, "uhg...", Kurt gasped at the sudden pain she had felt, " you must calm down mein freund", Kurt told her, nodding her head she leans back, her head resting on the soft pillow. Vanessa hated being in bed for so long, and soon she refused to let anyone enter her room, even Kurt.

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    The professor had urged Vanessa to undergo a treatment to seal up her powers but Logan had refused telling him that 'somethings aren't meant to be caged', so the Professor placed Vanessa in his care for the time being, he would train her, teach her how to tame the anger within herself.

    "No!", Vanessa yelled before smacking the disgusting beverage out of Wolverines hand, "I can't believe the Professor did this!", she said before exiting out the bar. It was December and snow had fallen not too long ago, she shivers lightly and walked over towards the bike, Logan barged out the door his face very serious, "what the hell was that for?!", Logan said before shoving a bag of chips and Arizona tea at her, "get your a** on before you get left", he ordered as he started up the motorcycle, Vanessa's cheeks burned with anger, "go ahead and leave!", she yelled, but before Logan could say anything she had thrown the bag of chips at his face along with the can of Arizona tea, "grah!", he rubbed his nose, blood oozing out of his left nostril, "you little- -?!", but she was gone, "Vanessa!"

    "What does he know anyway", Vanessa mumbled to herself as she walked through the thick frosty forest, she had to be careful, the ground beneath her was slick and any sort of mistake would cost her big time. The wind began to pick up making it even colder, and plus the sun was going down, maybe she shouldn't have left, she crossed her arms, she bet Logan didn't even make an attempt to run and get her, then a sudden crunching sound made it to her ears, "Logan?!", Vanessa said, a bit of excitement in her voice, but it wasn't anything but a small rabbit, "oh...", she turns around and to her surprise a large harry man stood in front of her, Vanessa quickly steps back, scared out of her mind, "who the hell are you?", she asked but the only response he gave her was a loud roar, his teeth long and sharp, "LOGAN!!!"

    Logan had picked up the girls sent so she wasn't far away, "she should know better than to take off, especially in the woods", he said to himself as he pushed back some branches. A loud scream made it his way, it was Vanessa, soon the smell of blood reached his nose, Logan ran as fast as he could, jumping over rotten logs, pushing through thorn bushes until he reached a large river, two figures could be made out, it was Sabbertooth and he had Vanessa by the throat, long deep claw wounds on her back and chest, "CREED!!!", Logan shouts out before running over towards him, his adamantium claws coming out but they soon sheath back in once Sabbertooth dropped Vanessa into the freezing cold river, "NO!!", he passed by Sabbertooth and jumped into the fast flowing river, the cold zapping his energy, "V-VANESSA!", he said through chattering teeth. Vanessa struggled to keep her head above the surface of the cold water, but she just couldn't, mainly because she couldn't swim at all, and plus the bitter cold of the water had been sucking the life out of her, the only thing she heard before she went under the freezing cold water was her name.

    Logan plunged deep into the water until he saw Vanessa's body sinking down, he swam for her until her took hold of her waist and hauled her up. He gasped for her along with Vanessa who clung unto him, her body shaking violently, Logan reached for the edge of the bank, his hand taking hold of a thick icy branch. He pulled himself closer and pushed Vanessa onto the bank and then himself, "uuuuhhh!!", he fell over his body trying to recover from the freezing cold. Logan looked over at her and pulled her into his embrace, "s-s-s-sorry", Vanessa stutters, Logan held her tighter, "stop talkin", he told her as he smelled the air, no sign of Creed so he took this opportunity to get up, Vanessa in his arms, "you really know how to make things difficult kid", he told her as he reached a small cave that went half way in, this is where he stripped Vanessa down to her undergarments, she had been shivering to the point where it was hard for him to actually hold her right, not even the fire he started had kept her warm, nor his body heat, "c-c-c-c-cold....", Vanessa said as she buried her head into Logan's neck, "I know", was all he could say.

    Vanessa woke up, still cold but not shivering, Logan had covered her in a bunch of leaves and his dry jacket, "Logan?", she said below a whisper, she attempts to get up but a sudden pain stopped her from doing so, "uhg!", she cringed in pain. Logan had her clothes folded and placed by her in case she woke up, he just sat on a rock near by the cave. It was difficult placing her clothes on, but the job was done, her jacket was also dry, Vanessa crawled out of the cave and made it over to the rock Logan sat on, "can we go now?", she asked, the look on the face indicated that she was in pain and also tired. His head turns in her direction, "about time you got up", Logan said before getting up, "here, get on my back", but Vanessa shook her head, she wasn't going to be carried, "I don't need your help", she told him, "I am not that weak", but that was clearly a lie and Logan knew it, "stubborn little.... grrr", he grabs her by the collar and brought her close to his face, "now you listen here you little runt", Logan said, "I ain't the Professor, you step out of line and I'll skin ya", he said before pushing her back, Vanessa fell down in the cold snow, she clutched her chest in pain, a smirk spreading as she threw a rock at his head, he grunts and she laughs, "okay kid! You asked for it!", Logan said as he unsheathed his claws, "you don't have the balls", Vanessa said before grinning, and she was right of course, he couldn't hurt this girl, she was young and the Professor had placed her under his care, he could have easily refused the offer but he didn't. Sheathing his claws back in he turned around and began to walk, "hurry up before you get left behind".

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    It had been about six weeks since Vanessa and Logan left the mansion to train, and she grew attached to him, their fights and arguing vanishing, her sudden hate for him vanished as well. "Where are we going next?", Vanessa asked as she finished the pancakes off, they had came to a small breakfast dinner for something to eat, "back home", Logan told her as he drank that last bit of his beer. A frown formed on her face, it felt like it was much too early to be leaving already, "oh....", Vanessa said as she put her fork down, her chin now resting on the palm of her hand, a sigh escaping her, Logan looked at her, "hey, going back doesn't mean anything", Logan told her. Vanessa let her gaze travel to another area, "yeah but- - ??", Vanessa trailed off once she saw the fork she had placed on her plate begin to float in mid air, even Logan noticed, "Logan?", but he didn't speak he only reached forwards his arms reaching for Vanessa, her head turned towards the window to see why he had done what he did, "u-uh...", but Logan had already grabbed her, thrusting his body on top of hers, the cars crashing through the window, Logan getting the fell force of it.

    The building was a total mess, the people inside were either dead.... or dead. Vanessa had been shielded by Logan but it didn't help much, "gaahhh!!!", a nice chunk of glass dug deep into her thigh, but Logan's condition was much worse, metal stuck into his back along with many big glass shards, "L-Logan", she said as she crawls from under him, glassing sticking into her hands and elbows, "ngh....guh", Vanessa managed to shimmy her way out from under him then plucked the glass from her hands and elbows, "Logan", she said as she reached over, the best chances of waking him were to take those metal rods from his back which wasn't easy. A loud bang came from her left side, her hand came in front of her face as dust and debris came her way, but as it cleared she could see three people walking their way, one she had already encountered already, the other two she didn't know, "are you the ones who did this?! Explain yourselves!", Vanessa demanded, but her question was unanswered, the only thing she got from one of them was a painful blast of energy thrown at her, "AAHH!!", Vanessa screamed in pain, "we don't have to explain anything to a child", one of the older men had said to her as he passed her by, "ah, Wolverine", he said before lifting him up, a low grunt came from Logan as the pieces of metal came out of his back and fell on the floor, "where is it Wolverine", the man told him, but Logan only grinned, "where's what?", this frustrated the man, "fine, have it your way", he told him before using his power to thrust Logan out the window, sending random items along with him as well, "LOGAN!!", Vanessa yelled out but her screams stopped once that blast of energy hit her again, "hush now child, we have business to attend to", he told her as he made his way out the hole he had made, the very large hole.

    Vanessa was carried by her neck and then thrown to the ground, "this will be fun", Sabbertooth admits as he crossed his arms over his buff chest, the other male smirked, "now, I'll ask you one more time", he told Logan, "where is it?", Logan stood up, a bit wobbly at first, "I don't know what you're talking about", Logan told him, but this only made the man very upset, "wrong answer!", the man said as he levitates two large cars and smashed them onto Logan, "NOOO!!!", Vanessa yelled out, "oh shut up already", Sabbertooth said before kicking her in the gut a few times, this amused the two men until the leader had signaled them to stop, "heh, she's so damn weak, makes me want to kick her again", and so he did thus time much harder, "gah!", he grins at the sight of the twitching girl, he licked his lips in satisfaction, "squirm like the little worm you are", he said as he reached down, his fingers lacing in her semi long black hair and lifts her head up in order to see her face, "a girl like you will never understand so just shut up and enjoy the show", Sabbertooth said as he let her head drop onto the cold cement ground.

    A shock wave of red energy startled the three men, all eyes on her now, "what have you done!" the leader said, his gaze directly on Sabbertooth. Vanessa stood up on her legs a bit weakly, her eyes a shade of blood red, "don't underestimate me", she said before clutching her fists, wave after wave of energy pulsed through out the area, a fast moving red mist circles her, little did they know that that red mist had been quick moving red X's, their great speed allowing them to look as if they were red mist. She clutched her head falling to her knees, this sight amused the leader as he approached her, "haven't controlled your powers yet", he said with a grin, Vanessa looks at him, her eye color going in and out of color, "stay away!", she said as he came closer, the rage within her was quickly taking over, and, she was scared, "LOGAN!", she screamed before losing the battle with her inner rage, and soon it took over. Logan clawed his way out of the two cars that he was stuck between, his healing factor doing its job, "grrr", he quickly snapped his head around to see Magneto and the others being thrown back by the shock wave Vanessa had created. He ran passed them, "Vanessa!", he called out, a sudden shock wave pushing him back a bit but he forced his way over to her, Magneto and the others had already left, this was a little too much for their liking, Vanessa looked at him, she knew him, and she hated him.... wait, no, she didn't. Too many thoughts filled her head at one time, and it hurt to remember, "L-Logan....?", she said, her blood red eyes fading slightly, his arms rapped around her, "don't let it control you", he told her as he held her in his embrace, not even giving a thought about getting cut up by the red mist that surrounded them both, "I can't....", Vanessa told him as tears spill from her eyes, "I'm not strong enough", she told him. Logan's grip got a bit tighter, " yeah you can", Logan said, another wave of red mist hit his back making him grunt, good thing he had his healing factor, but there was a limit on how much it could take, "because I believe in you kid", he finished. Vanessa gripped his shirt her eyes closing, those words were enough for her, if he believed in her then she could control it, a few shock waves came from her hitting Logan in the process, "uhg!", no, she was failing...., no she couldn't back down, "I WON'T GIVE IN!!", she yelled out.

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    A loud knock at the door brought Bobby or Iceman at the door, he opened it to see Logan, his clothes shredded, while Vanessa had bandages on her thigh, and hands, " sooo.... how was the trip?", he asked the two, Vanessa shrugs, "good I guess", was all she said before passing him by, "yeah, what she said", Logan had said as he went his own way. Vanessa stopped in her tracks, "thanks Logan", she said, Bobby raised an eyebrow, "did you to.... never mind", he didn't want to ruin their moment, "no problem kid".

    Later that night Vanessa had joined up with Bobby, Scott, and Hank in a game of 'Go Fish', "okay, okay", Vanessa said as she stood up, a smirk on her face, "let's make this more interesting", Scott, Hank, and Bobby all looked at each other then back at her, "I'm interested in what you have to say, go on", Hank told as he crossed his arms over his chest, "yeah, now I need to know," Scott said as he leaned back in his seat. Vanessa sat back down on the chair, her smirk going away, she placed a card on the table, "so I was thinking", she paused to take two cards from the deck, "that who ever loses this game has to", she paused again, Hank placed a card down, his eyebrow raising, "has to?", he asked as he looked at the cards in his hands, " has to eat Logan's cooking", everyone, even herself had grimaced, "dude, that's sick", Bobby said as he held his cards tightly in his hands, "everyone knows Logan can't cook", Scott said before chuckling, "so, but he's cooking any ways", no one knew why. Hank accepted her challenge and so did the others, "alright then, shall we start fresh?", Hank said as he took everyone's cards and began to shuffle them, "better not lose Bobby", Scott said, but Bobby wasn't amused, " better pay more attention to the game rather than me", Bobby shot back, a small smile on his face, Vanessa grinned, "alright, alright, calm down, place that anger in the cards you put down", she told them as she took the cards Hank passed out, she looked at her cards, she hoped she wouldn't lose, Logan's cooking was terrible.

    In the end Scott was the one who had lost the game, "oh come on, his cooking isn't that bad", Vanessa said, Scott, Bobby, and Hank look at her, "okay, it's terrible.... but you can't back down now", she told him as they entered the kitchen, the smell of burnt meat entered their nostrils, "oh good god", Hank said as he fanned the air with his hand, "what on Earth is that smell?", Logan had turned his head in their direction, his adamantium claws had burnt crust on them, "dinner is done", was all he said before going over to the sink to wash off the burnt crust from his claws. Vanessa, Bobby, and Hank look over at Scott who gagged a bit, "well what are ya all standing there for, sit down", Logan growled, but Scott was the only one to sit down at the table, "oooh, sorry Logan, but Hank already bought take out", Bobby said as he looked at the burnt piece of.... what ever it was, being placed on the table, "yeah! We don't want to spoil our appetite by consuming that," Vanessa had to pause before speaking again, "that delicious armadillo?", Logan grins, happy that Vanessa figured out what he had cooked, "alright, but you'll be missing out", Logan told them, Hank smiles, "oh don't worry Scott will tell us how good it is", and with that all three left the kitchen, "I hope Scott will be okay", Vanessa said, a bit of worry in her voice.

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    It wasn't even five o'clock yet and painful moans echoed through out the halls of the mansion, Bobby knocked on her door and even though she didn't want to awake from her slumber she had to. Vanessa opens up her door, her right hand rubbing her eyes, "it's Scott isn't it", Vanessa said, Bobby nods his head, "aren't you glad that you didn't have to go through that", Bobby said before I shut the room door, "no wonder Logan never cooks.... uhg". The lights were on and the faint smell of vomit lingered around the door, Bobby and Vanessa enter the room to see Hank, Ororo, and the Professor at Scott's bed side, "the medicine will kick in soon", Hank told them, "is he going to be okay?", Ororo asked, Vanessa stood by the door way, "Bobby, I can't help be feel that all of this is my fault", Vanessa told him, her head leaning on the wall, "no, it's not, don't beat yourself up about it", Bobby told her before placing his hand on her shoulder, her head raising, a small, tired smile forming on her face, "alright".

    After seeing that Scott had been treated she felt better, but at the same time guilty. Logan brushed passed her, she grabs his arm, "don't, cook anymore.... please", Vanessa told him before letting go of his arm, "that was only a one time thing Red", Logan said before walking off, "oh, I.... hey! My names not RED!"