Disclaimer: I do not own X-Men Evolution or the Marvel franchise, they belong to people far more talented than me. No money is being made from this work of fanfiction.

A/N: Howdy peeps. Sorry it took so long. Real life is a classic pain, as per the usual. And this chapter didn't turn out the way I wanted it, but I'm doing the best I can to get the story go in the direction I wanted to go. Though, I was hoping to have Kendall at Bayvill High by now.

It was well after three in the morning when Logan's bike braked to a stop in front of the mansion.

And as it turned out, hours in the wilderness as well as hours in his favorite bar did nothing for his situation. All right, that was a partial lie. The time away and the fresh air helped with his nerves, however it did nothing for his emotions, the betrayal and the confusion.

He had a kid.

A kid who didn't have the slightest clue about him. And a woman he had considered his best friend had kept said kid from him. He tried considering why she would feel the need to conceal this from him. He had come up empty.

So, now, after putting away the bike, he entered the mansion. The place was dark, as it usually was at this time of night. And judging by the smell of things, the kids had handled the madness in their patented way: huge amounts of junk food. Or so the lingering scent of pizza and doughnuts told him.

Logan was about to head for his room where he kept a mini-fridge full of booze when a certain scent and set of footsteps had him pausing. It wasn't as familiar to him as the rest of the occupants, but considering who she was to him, that hardly mattered.

Kendall crept down the stairs, not needing to feel her way via the walls. She had changed out of her green and white outfit and into what Logan gathered were her form of sleep clothes: a worn Super Mario Brothers t-shirt, a pair of pajama bottoms with red and white spheres on them and blue flip-flops for slippers.

She was moving through the dark mansion quite well, though the headphones were still fixed to her skull. And it was likely because of said headphones she had yet to notice him. Apparently someone had given her the tour while he was gone.

Logan watched her flit around the kitchen, conflicting emotions keeping him from making himself known. First, she pulled down a cup from one of the cabinets. Then, she headed to the refrigerator and opened it.

That turned out to be a mistake.

"God damn it! Son of a whore!" she swore, flinching away at the sudden bright light.

Guess it was time to make himself known.

"You might wanna pipe down before you wake the whole mansion with your cussing fit."

Kendall whirled to face him, eyes wide as her hands flew to her mouth in embarrassment and the fridge door shut with an audible thump. "Sorry... I was an idiot and left my sunglasses upstairs..." Now she scratched the back of her head. "I sort of forgot fridges have lights..."

Hmm, while she looked a lot like Ororo, Kendall didn't really sound like her. Her voice wasn't like her mother's rich contralto. It was moderately high. Slightly gravelly, but with a feminine timbre.

A girlish version of his own.

Jesus Christ, this was bizarre.

"What were ya getting?" he asked, hoping to shift his mind elsewhere. "I'm guessing it ain't water."

"Mountain Dew."

Seriously, was that stuff teen crack? Every single kid he met lived on it. Sighing, he made his way to the fridge "Shut your eyes."

She looked surprised at first, but did as told. He pulled out the half empty bottle of Mountain Dew and set it in front of her. "Anything else while I'm in here?"

"Um... I have left over pizza. It's the one with Feta and anchovies."

The girl didn't see the 'what the hell' expression on Logan's face. Her healing factor's gonna come in handy if she keeps eating shit like that.

As usual, the brats had abandoned containers all together and just shoved the boxes in the fridge. He found her monstrosity and set it on the table next to the soda. "Doughnuts, too?"

"Yes. Please."

He set the box of Krispy Kremes on the table as well and shut the fridge. Kendall then opened her eyes and dove into her food. "Thank you," she said genuinely as she scarfed down cold pizza and doughnuts.

So, he could either leave her to her snack and retreat to his room to brood.

Or, he could try to have a conversation with her.

Or, he could sit in awkward silence.

"You always eat that much sugar at three in the morning?"

She looked up at his question as she washed down a jelly doughnut with soda. "I don't sleep well in new places," she explained. "Plus, I guess after everything that's happened..." she gave a small one shouldered shrug.

Logan was the furthest thing from a conversationalist. However, he tried his best for the kids. And this one deserved far more than that, even if she didn't know it yet.

"It'll get easier," he told her. "Just try not to turn anymore crosses upside down."

Kendall choked on her drink at that, looking up to see if he was upset, but relaxed at the slight smirk he had.

"Yeah... that'd probably be a good idea... She just made me so mad." She gave a small chuckle and smiled fondly to herself. "Ty, of course, got a kick out of it."

Considering she was dating an asshole until this morning, Logan was pretty sure Ty wasn't a boyfriend. Though, with a name like that, Ty could have been a girl.

"Ty?" he asked.

"My best friend. He's the most awesome kid ever," she was gushing now as she munched on her second slice of pizza. Then she scowled. "He was part of the reason me and my former foster mother got into it."

"And why's that?"

"Because he's into guys," she explained. And while Kendall's tone remained neutral, her back straightened and her eyes slightly narrowed; judging his reaction and silently daring Logan to say anything against her friend because of his orientation.

Honestly, Logan couldn't care less about that sort of thing. Though, he inwardly smirked, feeling a burst of unexpected pride at Kendall's nerve and loyalty.

"Yeah, I didn't like her," he said and noted how she immediately relaxed.

She toyed with the cup. "So, can I ask... What all did she say when you saw her?"

"You really think I understood half of that shrill, garbled mess?"

Now, Kendall laughed. "Small favors I was wearing Jean's headphones when she started in on me." Then she paused as if remembering something. "Can I ask you a question?"

Logan's innards knotted apprehensively, hoping he didn't outwardly show it. "Depends on the question."

She was fiddling with the cup again "Evan and Kitty told me that you have the same..." there was a slight grimace as she said the word "... powers that I do. "

Logan was so glad she was wearing those headphones as they blocked the sound of his heart skipping a beat. "That's right."

"How do you deal with them?" she asked, eyes on her cup and a slight desperate edge to her tone.

The girl didn't see Logan's hand lift towards her, only to lower back down. "You don't have much choice," he told her honestly after a while. "It's not like with telepaths. They can – usually – shut it off. We can't. After a while, stuff just registers as background noise and you're able to deal with it."

Her fingers tapped nervously at the base of her cup. "How long did it take until it registered as background noise for you?"

That had the man grimacing a bit. How to answer that question? It wasn't like he could remember...

Kendall's head tilted to the side, her expression curious. But, he didn't answer that question in the way she wanted. "Best advice I can give is to work at getting it under control. And, so you know, I'm going to be the one helping you do that. Your sensory training starts a day from now." After me and Ro- your Mom- tell you who we are sometime later today.

If Kendall didn't bolt after that bomb-drop, it would be a miracle.

"Okay..." she took another bite of her pizza and he heard her heart skip a beat. She was clearly nervous about training, but hid it well enough. "I think I'm done eating for the night..." she shut the boxes and moved to place her cup in the sink.

And the cup slid out her hand with an audible clank. "Holy..."

Logan turned to her. She was staring wide-eyed out the kitchen window. "You all right, kid?"

Her mouth fell open and she stood on her toes to get a better look. "I..." her voice was an astonished squeak "...am so not used to the night looking like this." Now she was practically bouncing on her toes, barely restraining herself from climbing onto the counter to get a better look. "This is so weird..." The wonder in her voice clearly said it was the good kind of weird.

Logan wondered if his expression was that mystified when he saw the night for the first time after his powers kicked in.

Kendall craned her neck now, trying to get a better look at the stars. Giving up, she moved to the foyer and tossed open the curtains, face nearly pressed to the glass. Her head turned to and fro, trying to catch more of the landscape even though the tall, narrow windows only allowed a limited view. Realizing the task was futile, she she whirled to face Logan who had followed her from the kitchen.

"Can I go outside?"

Thrown by the sudden question, but seeing no danger in granting her request, Logan nodded. "Sure, go-"

He couldn't even finish as she had practically bounded to the wide double doors, tossing them open. Then she stepped out into the night and her flip-flopped feet skidded to a halt on the grass.

"Wow..."

Rooted to her spot with awe, Kendall's head whipped back and forth as she took in everything with her enhanced sight. Everything seemed bigger. More. And while that was annoying during the day, at night it was spectacular! The blue-black backdrop of the night sky seemed like a painting instead of this untouchable thing. The waxing gibbous moon and stars seemed brighter, closer. And there was was something- something red- in the sky that...

Mouth falling open, Kendall whirled to face the man standing at the doors. "Is that Mars?" she asked, pointing at the red dot.

Logan shifted his eyes from the girl to the sky, "Yep."

"I can see Mars even with all the light pollution?" she asked incerdulously

"Holy crap..." Kendall turned back to the sky, brushing her hair out of her face as a gentle wind kicked up. The leaves of the trees and bushes rustled, but it was the sound of another rustle- not caused by the breeze- that had her turning to the shrubs that lined the mansion. She started to head toward the shrubs (ever since she could walk, she couldn't resist peaking in bushes for small animals- hoping for litters of kittens) when a gruff voice stopped her.

"Hold it. See if you can make out what's in the bushes from where you're standing."

Looking back and forth from the man to the shrubs, Kendall blinked in confusion. "Wha-"

"You can make out Mars from down here. Try to see what's in the bush."

The girl hesitated for a moment, but soon tilted her head and bent her knees. Her eyes narrowed and she tried to get a good look while Logan waited. If this was really going to happen, he may as well get her a head start on her training while they were out here.

"Oh! It's a raccoon!" But, the small animal was less excited about the big, nosy bi-pedal creature that discovered it and quickly skittered off into a denser part of the foliage. Kendall frowned in disappointment, but then darted off to make more discoveries. Now, she stood at the base of a tall maple tree, head craned back with a laughing grin.

"Oh, my God, I can see the owl at the top branch," Kendall squealed. Then her smile fell and she quickly dodged just as a white splat of owl crap hit the ground where she stood. She glared back up at the bird, "That's how you feel?"

As the girl flitted to and fro, Logan observed. Part of him wondered if he had ever been that joyful once he realized the benefits of his powers during the night. Did he skip around and run after owls and raccoons?

If only he could remember...

Shaking his head, Logan wondered how he was going to tell her what their true relationship was. How was he even going to go about telling her about her parentage? How would she react? What was he even going to do about Ororo? What was he going to do if Kendall decided to bolt after hearing the news?

Plus, there was the skunk coming out of the hollow-tree...

Wait, what?

"Kid, back away."

Kendall paused. "Huh?"

"Walk back here slowly."

The girl's brow furrowed. "What? Why- yeek!" She froze in a comical position just as a baby skunk snuffled its way from the burrow.

"Crap, crap, crap..." Though wary, Kendall wasn't too worried about a baby skunk as she was about the momma that might decided to pop out and check on its kid.

"It won't spray you as long as you don't come off as a threat," Logan told her and Kendall whimpered in response as the skunk was now sniffing around her toes. What if it bit her? She was so not in the mood for rabies shots.

"Eungh..." the girl skittered back , shivering from head to toe, and the skunk continued to tail her until she finally cracked. "Screw this!" Then she broke into a run, nearly tripping in her dash back into the mansion.

It was just in time, too. The mother had popped out from the tree as well. Logan eased back into the mansion as well. He wasn't afraid of much, but a man with a heightened sense of smell did not want to agitate a skunk.

Slamming the door behind him, leaving the snuffling animal outside; Logan let out a barely hidden sigh of relief. Inside, Kendall was all the way in the kitchen, peaking out from around the wall.

"Is it gone?"

Logan let out an exasperated sigh. "Yeah, it's gone..."

Easing from behind the kitchen wall, Kendall peaked out. "You sure?" she asked.

Logan rolled his eyes. "Yes, kid... You can come out now."

Kendall followed the man's advice and inched from behind the podium. "Okay... cool..."

It took her a while, but she was finally from behind the podium. A quick shuffling of feet, and she was up the steps halfway while Wolverine stood at the foot of the steps.

"Thanks," Kendall said with a smile "I think I can get a few hours of sleep now."

There was a thousand things Logan wanted to say that he had no clue how to even voice. So, he opted on a grunt.

"See ya in the morning, kid."

And then headed for his room.

Since Kendall barely got any sleep and knew that she wouldn't sleep well for at least four days, she had already gotten ready as best she could. Taking a shower was more like standing under a loud waterfall, so she had opted for a bath at five AM while the rest of the girls were sleeping.

Though, Kendall admitted to herself as she got dressed and slid her new shades on, after last night, she was certainly feeling a bit better about her powers. So, the day was annoying but the night was fantastic. And if her training consisted of peeking out cute little animals, she could get with that.

Just as long as there were no skunks. She didn't have time for that mess.

She was just about to slip her headphones on when she heard the boys arguing, and that was clear across the way into the boys' section. Curious, she slipped on her headphones and exited her room.

Just as she reached the landing of the great staircase, Scott appeared from the boys' section. The older boy, holding a laundry basket, looked irritated.

"Kurt, will you quit messing around?" Scott groused, calling down the hall. "We don't have a DR session today, but you're on laundry duty, remember?"

The blue mutant ported into the hall, clad in his pajamas and a scowl on his face as he he took the clothes basket from the taller boy. But, then he noticed the green and white haired girl and twirled on one foot, dropping the basket- save for one red sock.

"Meister gave Dobby clothes! Dobby ist free!"

Kendall giggled at the silly display while Scott was hardly amused. "Kurt, what did we say about you not screwing around so much?" he shoved the basket back into the younger boy's fuzzy hands.

"Ja, ja, I know..." Kurt huffed then sent the new girl a smile. "First thing to learn about Scott, Fraulein: He's about as much fun as a morgue."

"Kurt..." Scott warned and the teleporter pointed at him in affirmation.

"See what I mean?" and then he teleported away with the clothes.

Shaking his head, Scott then turned to Kendall with a welcoming smile. "Morning, Kendall."

"Hey."

"C'mon, lets get down to breakfast."

They walked down to the kitchen, Kendall noticing the slight smirk Scott was giving her. "What?" she asked with a smile.

"Nothing. Just wishing my shades were as cool as yours."

The girl snorted at that. "If you think you can rock the cat-eye frames, then more power to you."

A delicious smell hit Kendall's nose and she peaked into the kitchen to see Ororo manning the stove to make a giant pile of French toast.

"Good morning," Scott greeted.

Ororo turned with a smile, though it faltered a bit when she saw the girl at his side. "Good morning, Scott. Kendall."

"Good morning," Kendall sniffed again "Man, that smells so good."

The woman gave her a smile "Go on and sit in the dining room, or get yourself a bowl of cereal if you can't wait."

Kendall's stomach let out a loud growl and she flinched, still not used to it at this volume but said nothing. She went to the fridge, pausing when she saw Kitty's top half phased inside of the appliance. "I'm so not going to get used to thi..."

"Sure, you will," Evan said as he entered the kitchen, then lowered his voice to a whisper. "Kitty, grab the pizza."

There was no answer, but but dainty hand phased out with a slice of extra cheese for Evan who happily took it. Then came the Feta and Kendall took it as well.

"Stop sneaking pizza for breakfast, Evan," Ororo scolded and the boy flinched.

"Yes, ma'am..." Though he took a quick look over his shoulder to see his aunt's back was turned and promptly shoved the slice in his mouth, Kendall following suit.

Kitty phased out of the fridge, shoving the crust of her veggie pizza into her mouth. Apparently she had decided to sneak hers while in the fridge, literally.

Once breakfast was ready, everyone eventually came to sit at the long dining room table. As Ororo set the table, she noted that Kendall took the seat next to Kitty. It was clear she felt the most comfortable with the small girl. The telltale BAMF signaled Kurt's arrival and Kendall yelped when the German boy appeared with a platter in his hands.

"Care for some bacon, Fraulein?" he gave the girl a wide smile while Rogue rolled her eyes.

"What did we tell yeh yesterday?" the goth huffed at the teleporter.

"I have no idea vat you're on about," Kurt said dismissively.

Even took his seat next to Scott "Kurt, you sure like living on the edge."

"Vat's that supposed to mean?"

"Nothing," Evan said innocently and then glanced up "Hey, is that Logan?"

A few people turned while Kurt looked like a deer in the headlights and quickly teleported to his seat next to Scott. Evan snickered as he scooped up a plate.

"Oh, my mistake..."

Kitty and Jean giggled while Rogue shook her head and Scott smirked. Kendall glanced around as if she were missing the punchline to a joke.

Ororo's brows rose at Kurt who promptly became busy with his breakfast. Why didn't she see this coming?

It turned out Logan wasn't showing up. And Ororo was sure she knew why. It was the same reason she was inwardly (as the kids would say) losing her crap right now.

Today was the day she and Logan were to tell Kendall of her parentage.

And it seemed that everyone else could feel it as breakfast was not the normal animated circus it usually was. Though, luckily Kendall didn't pick up on that on her own. Hopefully she figured that it was just the way things were when there was a new student.

Luckily, Evan, bless him, saved the meal from being an awkward occasion.

"First of all, let me just say I'm so glad there's someone in the house that knows good movies."

"Huh?"

"Kitty told me you were a Star Wars fan."

"Oh! Yeah, I love Sci-Fi." She quickly reverted to her comfort zone of gushing over her geekery. "When I saw the elevator, I honestly was half expecting R2-D2 to pop up and take my bags."

"Nah, that's what Jean's for," Evan quipped.

"Hah hah," the redhead deadpanned.

"Oh my god, the level of geek in the room just reached maximum levels..." Kitty muttered.

"Shut up, Kitty," Evan said easily. Then, he turned back to Kendall. "So, we heard about that idiot. Did you really break his nose?"

Kendall gave a sheepish shrug and nodded. Rogue actually broke into applause while Evan rose his hand for a fist pump.

"Nice!"

"Evan!" Ororo scolded from her seat. It was the first time she had spoken everyone was seated..

"Oh, what, Auntie? C'mon, if I had done that to a girl and got my butt kicked, you'd probably say I deserved it."

Ororo opened her mouth to reply, but was cut off by Kitty. "I would."

"Same here," Jean agreed and Kurt just nodded sagely.

An actual smile tilted Kendall's mouth. This bizarre group was doing quite a job of making her feel better.

, only to have their ears assaulted by the latest turn of conversation amongst the children.

"Ooh, you guys should've, like, been there in Boston." Kitty squealed. "Scott made a friend!"

Scott's voice was unamused. "Kitty, I hate you so much right now."

"What's going on?" Evan asked.

"Kendall's BFF was so into Scott," Jean snickered.

"What's the problem?" Evan asked. "Was she fugly? Ohh, no offense Kendall."

Kendall's voice was sly. "No one said anything about a 'she,' did they?" Well, at the very least she was becoming more comfortable with the group.

Now everyone was cracking up. Everyone except for Scott, that is. Though, Kurt was the first to recover.

"Well, mein Fruend... your dating life has been sort of dry-"

"Kurt, I will turn you into a rug!"

"Kendall, any chance of you setting this up?" Evan asked. They were all having way too much fun with this. They rarely got a chance to screw with Scott, and it was a long time coming.

The new girl bit her lip and gave a one-shouldered shrug "Well, he did say he'd forgive me for leaving if I brought Scott back as a present..."

Scott gave her disbelieving look. "Wow, thanks..."

"Kitty, where do we keep the wrapping paper?" Evan asked and Scott fumed.

"You idiots are so going to get it during the next training session..."

Evan only scoffed, "Bring it on, Top Bear."

Scott's mouth fell open and he shot off the couch. Evan took off up the stairs, Scott hot on his heels.

"I'll save you!" Kurt cheered, disappeared, then reappeared next to Evan, only to grab his wrist and they both disappeared right when Scott tried to tackle the boy. He landed with a hard thud, leaving the girls, Kendall included, in stitches.

As the idiocy went on, the Professor only sighed and sent one last telepathic message into Ororo and Logan's minds.

::If nothing else, it appears she will fit in just fine here.::

Once breakfast was over and the rest of the students had gone off to school, Kendall had disappeared. Logan was nowhere to be found and Ororo had been busily gathering things she figured the girl would need.

"Kendall?" Ororo, one arm full of blankets, knocked on the door to the girl's room and when there was no answer, she opened it.

The room was empty and bed

A compulsion to find out more about her child seizing her, Ororo glanced into the blue bin that held mostly books. She picked up a few. Stephen King's Rose Madder. John Saul's Suffer the Children. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. An issue of Shonen Jump. Archie comics. A few issues of Green Lantern and . Piers Anthony's On A Pale Horse. A few Harlequin novels.

Ororo's brow rose.

A Zane novel.

She set the books back where they belonged and tried to shove that fact that he daughter was a pervert out of her mind.

t.t.t.

Once that was over, the first thing Ororo did was phone her sister.

"So... how are you feeling?"

"Terrified."

"But, there aren't any flood warnings for New York, so I'm guessing you're handling it well."

Ororo glared at the phone in her hand. "All of these years, Vi, and you still aren't amusing."

"Now you're talking nonsense," the younger woman said easily before her tone grew serious. "Exactly what are you scared about, O? The things you told me when you were pregnant with her?"

A sigh left the mutant and she leaned back against her bedroom wall. It was like a nest of bats were hosting a party in her midsection. "There is that..." Sabretooth had actually attacked during the time Jean and the Professor had recruited Kitty. And that was just over a month ago.

And then there was the fact that she would be attending Bayville High where Mystique was principal. The woman had mentally abused Rogue and blatantly tried to kill Scott. And now Ororo had to send her child to the school where that lunatic was in charge? And there was the ever present threat of Magneto. The tyrant had made an appearance during the time Mystique had thrown Scott over a cliff. Sure, Kendall had Logan's abilities which meant that she would be hard to harm physically; but they could still try to recruit her to their side.

"Ororo," Vi's voice brought her back to the present "she has you there, as well as Logan, her dad, and Professor Xavier to protect her, as well as train her. And from what Evan has told me about the training sessions, she'll likely be a lethal weapon by the end of the week. I get you're afraid, but I'm going to bet that isn't your biggest fear..."

Why was her little sister so perceptive?

"Vi... I don't know how to be a mother. I can be an aunt and a teacher easily... But, this? How do I even begin? What if-"

"What if she hates you?" Vi finished and Ororo swallowed, not answering. Her silence was answer enough. "Ororo, you've got a really sticky situation, I won't lie to you. But, I don't see her hating you. She'll probably be stand-offish once she learns the truth. Or, she may be just as eager to learn about you as you are about her. Just don't expect her to call you 'Mom' right away, though. You might want to wait at least a year before pushing for that."

"Any other advice?" Ororo asked, shoving a hand through her hair.

"Well, she is a teenager. And, as a rule, they're all pretty disgusting in some shape or form. Have you heard the music Evan likes?"

That had Ororo smiling and rolling her eyes. She had heard more than one song by the Festering Boils. And then there was that awful 'My Neck, My Back' song...

Goddess only knew what Kendall listened to. She already had movies and shows in common with her younger cousin...

She was so busy snickering with her sister she didn't see Kendall standing in the door way behind her. Her brandy colored eyes were wide, starting at Ororo with one hand covering her mouth while the other held the Skullcandy earphone from her ear.

A new student was entering the school from the Xavier Institute.

Raven Darkholme smirked, imagining the fun she was going to have with this new one. She shuffled through the girl's records. There wasn't anything terribly interesting there. Parents were killed in a car crash, leaving Kendall orphaned. She was placed in foster care at the age of nine and had been shuffled from home to home. and was thrown from the last one on the very day Xavier had come to collect her. She had been in a violent altercation with a young man she had been dating, leaving the boy with a broken nose and several bruises. This also occurred on the day Xavier had come for her.

What were her powers? They may have had something to do with those glasses she wore, but considering the girl's horrendous fashion choices, they may have just been another atrocious accessory.

Humming with thought, she continued to read on the girl.

Oh, here was something. Kendall Meyers was adopted. And the birth records were sealed. Unsealing them wouldn't be hard- for Raven at least- but, it turned out to be unnecessary. Especially when taking a look at each of the girl's yearbook pictures.

Young Kendall's penchant for extreme hair colors only started two years ago. Grade eight was aqua blue with pink streaks, and grade seven was jet black that faded to blue. Grades six all the way to preschool showed a young woman regressing to a chubby-cheeked, brown skinned little girl...

with platinum white hair.

Raven's cobalt lips dropped to an astonished grin.

So, yeah... there goes that cat in the bag. I apologize if this feels rushed, but it's how I imagined it.I'm hoping to get an update out each week.