I sadly do not own X men. I only own my original character.

(Erin's p.o.v.)

Since the mission to Genosha, the relationship between Scott and the team has only worsened. He barely leaves his room and when he does he ignores us. I've caught him once in the professor's room staring down at him, probably hoping that the professor had answers of some kind but I knew that wasn't the case. I finally understand the saying ignorance is bliss. While I know that telling them will destroy the timeline, I feel like a liar. I know what happened to Jean, I know what is in store but I can't say anything. It's all bottled up inside, eating away at me. Sometimes I catch myself standing outside of Scott's door debating with myself. Several times I've had to dash behind a nearby curtain or around a quick corner when he's exited his room or I hear approaching footsteps. I think Logan or Kitty may have seen me. They haven't said anything so I try not to linger on these thoughts.
It's only a matter of time before Logan makes contact with the professor again. It's been almost a week since the mission and the time when we pick up storm can't be too far off.
After Genosha, Hank banned me from the training room until my ankle fully healed and it's more than likely he is planning to keep me off any upcoming missions. I've been putting effort into healing as quickly as possible, resting, keeping the weight off and keeping up with the simple exercises Hank has advised me to do all in hopes of being cleared to join the team when they head off to Africa. It's not that they need me on the mission but I just want to see Africa. Cartoon or not.
Because the show always skipped to important parts of the plot, figuring out when everything actually happens in this world has become guess work. Sometimes event will happen right after another, sometimes it will take days or weeks before another point from the actual show takes place. Maybe there were some dates shown in the show but honestly I can't remember a detail that specific.
Because I'm not allowed to train or move around too much bobbies been keeping me company in my room. We usually play video games and watch movies, all the while showing me new tricks with his abilities or updating me about what's happening with the group. Apparently Logan and Frost are still at each other's throats. Logan's threats to kick Frost out come so often that I can't be sure whether it's the time when she is spying on him and the professor or not and I can't remember any other points from the show other than that that would indicate the progression of the story.
Two weeks into my confinement Hank finally gives me the ok to walk around and participate in light training. I'm still barred from going on missions but it's better than being cooped up in my room. As much as I appreciated Bobby keeping me company, one can only play zombie smasher five so many times before you start to lose your mind.
I've been spending most of my time helping Forge in his workshop. I don't have super powers that can help the team and I can't tell them all the information I have without them raising questions about my sources so I thought, why not learn how to fix the s*** they break. Forge is really nice and he's been teaching me how to work with the tools in his shops. To help me learn he's been giving me small tasks to work on like fixing simple machines in the shop or running maintenance on the equipment to make sure its in working condition. If I don't understand something he takes the time to go over it with me. In my spare time I've been going over the repair manuals to get used to how the system works. I'm still learning and I can't do much yet but it still feels better than doing nothing, and this way I can still help the team despite not having any powers.

I was taking apart a laser Forge gave me to mess with with when he came up to me with two buckets of water. I looked at him confused.

"It's time you learn the not so glamorous part of this job" he held a bucket out to me and i took it still not understanding what was happening. " he moved to the side and motioned with his free hand to the jet, "Cleaning the equipment!" he gave me a lopsided smile and we made our way to the jet, as we cleaned he went on and on about the different systems the jet had, the repairs he had to do to it after genosha, the upgrades he had added or wanted to add in the future. I didn't mind his talking, it was all pretty interesting especially when he would rant about the damage the team did to it on there missions and the repairs he had to do to his "baby'. I just felt bad knowing that as soon as we were done the team would show up, go to africa, and wreck it all over again. Poor guy can't catch a break. I also felt bad knowing I wouldn't be able to go on this mission because I wasn't cleared by Hank.

After what felt like two hours of careful cleaning and shining, the jet was spot less. Forge and I packed up our supplies and made our way down the ramp as the team made there way towards the jet with a look of determination. Forge dropped his cleaning supplies with a loud clatter and ran up to head off the team. He tries to hold HAnk back but he's pushed aside with ease,

"No no Nonono no! I just got her back together!" he follows them as they begin to board the jet. I pick up the bucket he dropped and move out of the team's way. Forge in denial keeps trying to reason with them, "Ahh okay this is only a test run right? A sort of take her around the block and blow the carbon out kind of thing right?" Kitty just gives him a quick glance before saying,

"Nope, Africa" you can see the mini breakdown happening in Forge's head, Bobby gives me a guilty shrug as he boards the jet.

"Africa?! But thats!? Eh! But you guys! Ohhhh…" Forge slouches forward dramatically, finally giving into the inevitable, "be gentle…" Logan walks up from behind him and smirks.

"Yeah, right." Logan whips out his claws and raises his hand for Forge to see. "The first scratch is always the most painful" with this, he raises his hand above his head and drags his claws across the hull of the jet leaving deep scratches in the freshly shined jet. "So now, you can relax" Forge just stares in complete horror. I glare at logan and contemplate 'accidentally' throwing the dirty water at him. He would kick my a** but god d*** if it wouldn't be funny. Again, I knew this was going to happen but that didn't stop me from feeling petty over the situation. It's supposed to be funny when he does it but if I were to leave a scratch in Logan's bike then I'd be the bad guy. I'm so mad, I can't stop from grumbling

"d***" under my breath as I stomp away to throw out the dirty water in the sink before I throw it at him.

I hear a growl and freeze, I don't turn around but I know it was pointed at me.

"Did I hear something punk." I don't respond, hoping he will leave it alone and convince himself he was just hearing things. God I was stupid. I let myself get caught up in the moment and made the same dumb move that every stereotypical character makes on tv. I should know better! As I'm internally kicking myself I hear Logan take a step toward me, coming down the ramp. I break out in a sweat and hope to god he doesn't hear my heart pounding in my chest. "I know you heard me ki-" at that moment Scott makes his surprise entrance and frees me from the tense situation. Taking the opportunity to duck out i make a beeline for the door. As I clean up the supplies, my anxiety rises and I feel like I'm going to puke. I just made the dumbest decision of my life. I don't know how long it's going to be before the team gets back from Africa, it was never completely clear in the show. The fight between the shadow king and Frost is pretty quick but I don't know how long it took for the shadow king to make it to storm because of the way the scenes were cut together and I don't know how long it took for the team to get there. It could be a day, a few hours, i don't know. When I'm done cleaning up i go to the kitchen and drink a cup of water to calm my nerves. "Its ok. I will be OK. if he brings it up, I'll pretend I don't know. As long as I don't slip up again, this whole situation will blow over and he will assume he was hearing things. A lot was going on in the hanger between the machines going, white noise from the ventilation and I wasn't too close to him when I slipped up and I said it barely under my breath. He will assume it was nothing. I keep telling myself this over and over in my head as I make my way back to the shop. I need to keep myself busy so I'm not thinking about the situation.

(Logan's p.o.v.)

I swear I heard the kid say something under his breath. I couldn't see his mouth move from the angle he was standing and it was barely a sound but I swear I heard something. I'm going to sit the punk down and get to the bottom of what's going on when we get Storm back. I want answers and I want them now.

OH MY GOD. Time flew by and before I knew it years went by without me updating. This is insane. I am so so so so so so so so so so so so so so sorry! I will try to update my other stories soon!