Wolverine's Greatest Challenge
Chapter Six
Logan just glared at the Professor for a full minute. The Professor smiled, undisturbed. Perhaps his glares were being weakened because he was wearing an infant carrier. It was amazing how protective he was becoming considering that he had only known about Adrian less than a day. He really hadn't wanted the brotherhood to find out about her.
'How long do you think it would have been before they found out? You can't hide her forever."
"I wish you wouldn't do that."
"That had nothing to do with reading your mind and everything to do with reading your face. The brotherhood boys are not going to harm her."
"But they'll tell Magneto. He might. And even if he wouldn't harm her, Sabertooth would."
"Ah, now we get to the crux of the matter. Well, I can think of a few solutions. She won't be left alone. There are how many people in the mansion now? I'm sure there will always be at least one person around to protect her. At least until you teach her to protect herself. Also if you like, we can make some sort of tracer for her.... a bracelet perhaps, that way you can know if there is a problem. Knowing you; that kid will be doing danger room simulations by the time she's three."
"Still, why did you tell them all that?"
"If you think about it, we learned more about them than they did about us. They learned that you have a daughter, and you will kill any one who tries to harm her. We learned that they have a new member and what his powers are."
"That's not the only reason why. I know you."
Charles hesitated a second. "Their reaction to the baby was much deeper than I expected it to be. There seemed to be something almost redeeming there. I don't know how to explain it better than that. It was like feeling an easing of great pain. Also if they experience more non- combat situations with us they may..."
"Figure out that Magneto is insane and doesn't care one way or the other about them?"
Charles chuckled. "Something along those lines. Perhaps we had better go inside. We don't want Adrian getting cold."
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Back at the Brotherhood place...
"HEY GUYS!!!!!!!!!!"
"Um, Pietro?"
"Yeah, Remy?"
"Dey all in school, remember?"
"Oh, Yeah. Drat! Another three hours. Hey, do you think we should tell Mystique?"
"Do you t'ink she'd let us live if we didn't?"
"No, Probably not."
"Speakin' about livin' WHAT DO YOU T'INK YOU WERE DOIN'?"
"Oww! Not so loud! What do you mean?"
Remy groaned in exasperation before grabbing Pietro's shirt and starting to charge it. "We coulda been killed! You were de one warnin' Remy about de danger! What were you doin' running up on him like dat? He might of killed us both!"
"Okay, In retrospect it was a dumb idea."
Remy rolled his eyes in exasperation before grabbing harder, "Non, really? You t'ink?" But he did absorb the charge and let him go. "De only reason Remy ain't goin' to kill ya is de homme obviously knew we were dere.
"Okay, I shouldn't have done it and I shouldn't have gotten you involved. Happy?"
Remy just walked away shaking his head, muttering in French.
"At least we know some new information now. That will keep Boss lady from getting mad at us for skipping school."
Somehow the prospect wasn't that uplifting.
Chapter Six
Logan just glared at the Professor for a full minute. The Professor smiled, undisturbed. Perhaps his glares were being weakened because he was wearing an infant carrier. It was amazing how protective he was becoming considering that he had only known about Adrian less than a day. He really hadn't wanted the brotherhood to find out about her.
'How long do you think it would have been before they found out? You can't hide her forever."
"I wish you wouldn't do that."
"That had nothing to do with reading your mind and everything to do with reading your face. The brotherhood boys are not going to harm her."
"But they'll tell Magneto. He might. And even if he wouldn't harm her, Sabertooth would."
"Ah, now we get to the crux of the matter. Well, I can think of a few solutions. She won't be left alone. There are how many people in the mansion now? I'm sure there will always be at least one person around to protect her. At least until you teach her to protect herself. Also if you like, we can make some sort of tracer for her.... a bracelet perhaps, that way you can know if there is a problem. Knowing you; that kid will be doing danger room simulations by the time she's three."
"Still, why did you tell them all that?"
"If you think about it, we learned more about them than they did about us. They learned that you have a daughter, and you will kill any one who tries to harm her. We learned that they have a new member and what his powers are."
"That's not the only reason why. I know you."
Charles hesitated a second. "Their reaction to the baby was much deeper than I expected it to be. There seemed to be something almost redeeming there. I don't know how to explain it better than that. It was like feeling an easing of great pain. Also if they experience more non- combat situations with us they may..."
"Figure out that Magneto is insane and doesn't care one way or the other about them?"
Charles chuckled. "Something along those lines. Perhaps we had better go inside. We don't want Adrian getting cold."
*********************
Back at the Brotherhood place...
"HEY GUYS!!!!!!!!!!"
"Um, Pietro?"
"Yeah, Remy?"
"Dey all in school, remember?"
"Oh, Yeah. Drat! Another three hours. Hey, do you think we should tell Mystique?"
"Do you t'ink she'd let us live if we didn't?"
"No, Probably not."
"Speakin' about livin' WHAT DO YOU T'INK YOU WERE DOIN'?"
"Oww! Not so loud! What do you mean?"
Remy groaned in exasperation before grabbing Pietro's shirt and starting to charge it. "We coulda been killed! You were de one warnin' Remy about de danger! What were you doin' running up on him like dat? He might of killed us both!"
"Okay, In retrospect it was a dumb idea."
Remy rolled his eyes in exasperation before grabbing harder, "Non, really? You t'ink?" But he did absorb the charge and let him go. "De only reason Remy ain't goin' to kill ya is de homme obviously knew we were dere.
"Okay, I shouldn't have done it and I shouldn't have gotten you involved. Happy?"
Remy just walked away shaking his head, muttering in French.
"At least we know some new information now. That will keep Boss lady from getting mad at us for skipping school."
Somehow the prospect wasn't that uplifting.