No Backing Down

Things had been getting a little tough with Rogue and Bobby, tempers were wearing thin, but she never imagined he would let them get this bad.

You love with your fists;

Just keep going till you think I can't take it anymore.

She couldn't remember how it had first started, but now that it had, it just wouldn't stop. He would ice over his fists, so he could hit her without her power hitting back, and they left a good marks besides.

But I am my mother's daughter

And I can take a beating on my feet.

Rogue would take it all in stride; let him work it off all now and there'd be less for later. She'd spend the extra time needed to cover up the evidence and continue to play the good girlfriend. One thing she learned from her mother; never give then a reason.

They hurt enough without one.

I won't rest till you put me in ground,

Until then there's no backing down.

She didn't like it, but she knew enough to keep her mouth shut. There were no lame excuses about falling down or running into doors; she was too clever for that.

Sometimes having to walk around dressed like a mummy had its advantages.

And then again, some people, you just couldn't hide from.

Clap him in irons and throw away the key.

You think I'm weak;

There's no one stronger than me.

Logan had known for a long time; since the first day he dared laid hands on his Marie, he had known.

He could smell the blood on her.

The tang of it tormented him in his sleep.

He would put a stop to it, he would make sure no one ever harmed her again.

Bobby entered the dark room to find a Marie-shaped lump in the bed. He smiled; she knew what would happen if she wasn't in his bed when he wanted her.

Logan was fast, Bobby didn't even have time to scream much less breath, as cold metal lanced through his body, and blood pooled onto the pillows he had carefully arranged as decoy.

Smiling into the darkness, the pale moonlight caught a feral grin before it melded into the shadows like the Cheshire Cat.

I wouldn't rest till you put me in the ground,

Now that it's done

There's no backing down.