After taking a few deep breaths Rogan said loudly "is there any chance we could make a detour? We should probably pick up the other students and I want to get James."

"sure where are they?" Storm half looked over her shoulder, making sure she kept an eye on the sky. Rogan gave her the address. Storm frowned. "that address is familiar." but she shrugged it off.

They landed in a vast expanse of land. There was a huge house in the middle of the grounds. As soon as the Ramp was lowered Rogan made a run for the exit. "stay here a second I'll be right back." she called as she ran. She returned mere minutes later with a large man who was covered in blue fur.

"Ororo, Charles how nice to see you." he said.

"hello Hank," Storm smiled. Seeing the familiar face temporarily distracted her from her grief.

"Hello Henry," the professor smiled.

"I believe you are all in need of a cup of tea. I do have a spare wheelchair, Charles but they're reluctant to work on the bumpy grass that is my lawn so if you'd allow me to transport you into the house we can all get a cup of tea. Now if those capable of lower limb mobility would like to follow Rose into the house, you'll find the rest of the students waiting."

"I'll put switch on my kettle on my way through," Rogan called as she exited the ship, followed by everyone other than the Professor and Hank. Logan studied Rogan curiously. She never usually allowed anyone to call he Rose. Even the professor. She hated being called Rose. And usually kicked anyone who referred to her by that name.

They eventually reached a set of huge French windows that lead into a pristine kitchen. True to her word, Rogan flicked on the kettle a she walked past it. They then entered a huge drawing room. There was a squeal of excitement as some of the younger students ran up to Storm. Peter quickly approached Rogan with James in his arms. "kept them all safe just like you said." he handed James to Rogan. The baby giggled at the sight of Rogan, who instantly started to coo over him. They were eventually joined by Hank, who placed the professor in a comfortable armchair. The students were happy to see him and the Professor spent an hour chatting happily to the students. The happiness was broken by one of the younger students, who turned to Storm and said "where's Miss Grey?" there was silence. The x-men shot glances between each other as if trying to decide who would tell them.

"Miss Grey is dead. But if it wasn't for her we wouldn't be here," none of them had expected Rogan to be the one to say it. But sure enough she had.

Hank placed a mug of tea in front of each of the x-men and placed a large jug of juice on the table with some glasses and told the student to help themselves.

"have you heard anything from Persephone?" Rogan said, turning sharply towards Hank.

"oh yes. She's been staying here. She went shopping with some friends. She should be back soon." Hank replied. He smiled down at James who had escaped Rogan's grasp and was crawling across the floor.

"Hey, I'm back." the front door opened and closed again and Persephone walked into the drawing room. She grinned wildly at the sight of Logan and her mother "hey, when did you get back?"

"about an hour or so ago," Rogan smiled as Persephone took the spot closest to Rogan, which was the spot at her feet. "oh yeah. I bumped into someone. Not too sure who they were but they asked me to give you this." she took an heavy brown envelope out of her bag and handed it to Rogan. She opened it in a way so no one else could see what was inside. Inside the envelope was a disc and a letter. She took the letter out and quickly read it. The angle the light hit the paper, Logan could just about see the name Raven written on the bottom. Logan had heard her mention someone called Raven before but he was still oblivious as to who that person was. Rogan smiled then tucked the letter back into the envelope. No one dared ask about it.

"we'd better get going," Storm said. "we need to get back to the school. And start putting it back together."

As they said their goodbyes to Hank and boarded the jet Rogan hung back to talk for a moment.

"sorry about that Hank. I just didn't know where else to send them." she said.

"Rose, my dear, I was more than happy to look after them," he smile at her. The most Rogan could do was smile back. "James is growing fast. And so is Persephone. I'm glad to see she's doing so well."

"yeah. They're a handful really but what kids aren't. thanks for taking care of them."

"it was my pleasure. It was nice to see you again and I'm sorry about Jean."

"hey Ro, come on we gotta go." Logan shouted. She looked towards he jet and saw him and Persephone both peering out at her.

"it would appear I have to go." Rogan said. She hugged Hank and thanked him again before slowly walking up the ramp into the ship.

THE END