Title: Leap of Faith 3/3
Author: BJ
Rating: PG13
Summary: Angel, Remy, and Logan are trapped in a collapsed building.
Disclaimers: The standard, don’t own them, just playing, don’t sue me please. They are all Marvels.
 

“ Here’s the situation,” Cyclops said above the roar of the engines as the Blackbird streaked through the night sky. “There is a warehouse in the city that Magneto has been showing a lot of interest  in. We are going to see what he finds so fascinating. The Professor wants us to go in and investigate.” Logan looked over at him “ So, Mags is back in town. Good. Things always get interesting when he shows up.” Cyclops took a step closer “ This shouldn’t be hard, it’s just information gathering. We are too short handed to take him on. Jean and Hank are with the Professor in Dallas and Bobby and Rogue are off on personal time. “ Is Mystique taking a vacation? I thought she was hanging with Magneto lately?” Warren  asked from the Co-pilot’s chair. “ Apparently, they had a parting of ways.” Cyclops answered, then glanced at Gambit.
“ Hey, don’ look at me! I’m not part of that happy family no more.” He looked over at his lover and smiled. Logan’s hand came up and brushed his cheek. “ You got that right.” he added for anyone who was listening to hear. “ None of that Logan or you’ll stay on board. I need Gambit’s … ability’s. “ He needs me to get us in.” Remy said to his lover. “ Wolverine, I mean it. You asked to come along and I agreed but if you…” Logan  chuckled, “ I’ll be good Cyke, I’m just pushin yer buttons. You know I wouldn’t do anything to get the kid…or you hurt.” He was smiling up at Scott but he was rubbing Remy’s back. Storm turned from the pilot’s chair “ Brother, I believe you are a bad influence on Wolverine. He actually attempted humor.” she said with a smile. “ Oh but Stormy, he’s so good when he’s bad.” Remy purred seductively. Storm and Logan chuckled, even Scott had a small smile on his face. Warren wrinkled his nose and a shiver ran down his spine. How could the rest of them stand it? Two men together was wrong and disgusting. His thoughts on the distasteful subject were interrupted by Storm’s voice “ We have arrived Cyclops.” She put the sleek black jet down behind a grove of trees , hiding it from easy view. “ Alright people, we get in, try to find out why he’s so interested, and get out.” “ Is he alone?” Remy asked, serious now that the mission was at hand. “ I don’t know if he’s here at all right now. Let’s hope not.” The field leader answered honestly. “ Let’s do this.”

The small group left the jet single file and made their way to the run down two story warehouse.
“ What could he want with this?” Warren asked. “ That’s why we’re here. Gambit, get us in.” Cyclops nodded at the lone door at the back of the building. As Remy made his way past the small group Logan let his hand run down his back, one last touch now that they had to be serious. Remy smiled at him before moving to the door. He inspected it quickly with trained thief’s eyes. There was nothing fancy about the security and he had it opened in the blink of an eye. Once inside they split up, Angel, Wolverine and Storm searched for clues about Magneto’s interest in the place. Remy hacked into the lone computer and downloaded everything onto a disc as Cyclops watched his back. “ All done Cyke.” “ Good, let’s get out of here. That was way too…” “ You weren’t going to say easy were you?” the low voice rumbled from above.  Cyclops let loose an optic blast and screamed into his Comm badge “ Everybody Move! Get Out Now! We’ve Got Company!”  Remy handed him the disc and Storm swooped down and carried him off. “ Get him out Stormy! I’m goin after the others!” Remy screamed up at his best friend as he let loose a handful of cards. He knew they wouldn’t harm the man but maybe they would buy some time, distract the madman for a moment. “ Be careful brother” she called back as she flew out a skylight, the apparent place of Magneto’s silent entry.

Remy took the steps three at a time down to the basement where he knew Logan and Angel were doing a sweep.

Above, Magneto cursed as he left the building just in time to see Cyclops and Storm safely reach the Blackbird. He hovered above the building a minute. Cyclops and Storm searched franticly for any sign of their teammates. Magneto said something they couldn’t hear, held both hands in front of himself and squeezed them into fists.

“ LOGAN!” Remy screamed down the long hallway as the metal in the buildings main structure started to bend and twist. “ Take Cover Darlin!” was all he heard as the building came down around them.

“ By the Goddess, no.” Storm whispered in shock as she and Cyclops watched the madman turn the building into a pile of twisted metal and crumbled concrete. She started to run for the hatch but Cyclops stopped her. “ No! We can’t help them if we get caught too.” He wanted to go. Run and help his friends, his team mates. He was chosen Leader for a reason. It was his responsibility  to think rationally. To not let emotions get in the way of clear precise plans. He took a deep breath as he watched Magneto rise above the crumbled mess of the building that held his team trapped and fly away in a sphere of energy.  “ We contact the Professor. Then we contact the police chief. You know we have a special arrangement with them. Once he knows our people are in there he’ll …” His sentence was cut off by an explosion in the rubble. “ God watch over them.” he whispered. Swallowing hard, he dialed the Professors private line.

Warren moaned and shook his head. He tried to get up but was stopped short by a sharp pain in his chest. “ damn, broken ribs.” There wasn’t a sound except for the sound of the remains of the building settling. He knew Wolverine was down here somewhere. “ Hey!” he called as loudly as his damaged ribs would allow, “ Any body here? I’m hurt!”  With slow deliberate movements he climbed out from under the rubble and made his way to the door. He tried to open it but it was blocked or jammed. “ Help!” he screamed again and started pounding on the door.

Logan’s eyes snapped open with a growl. They weren’t the normal clear blue, they were dark and angry like the animal inside. A huge gash was knitting itself closed on his head but the internal injuries would take longer. He lapped at the blood flowing down his arm as his feral mind searched for a place to hide until he was healed.

Remy’s breath caught as a burning pain ran from shoulder to fingertips. He moved slightly but froze again as he felt pieces of bone scrape together in his shattered left arm. “ Merde. This gonna buy me some serious lab time.” He looked down the sleeve of his worn leather duster and saw two distinct bends that shouldn’t be there. He pulled off the headpiece he wore to keep his hair out of his face and held it against a bloody cut on his leg. It didn’t look too serious, so he tied the cloth around his leg and slowly pulled it out from under what used to be a cinderblock wall. It wasn’t broken, thank God, but it hurt like hell. He could hear Angel shouting that he was hurt, “ No  shit, a building just fell on us.” he muttered. He suddenly remembered Logan was there too. His heart beat fast as he lay very still and listened for any sign of his lover. “ Logan!” he called but received no response.

“ LeBeau! Get me out of here! I can’t get out! If you leave me here it’ll prove I was right about you!”  Warren was pounding on the door and screaming. Remy looked around the dark room he was in. It was some kind of office. He took a deep breath and used the desk behind him as leverage and slowly rose. A tear of pain slid down his cheek and he thought he would be sick. “ Comin’ Ange” he called out as he found his balance. First things first, could he walk on the injured leg? He leaned back against the desk and put weight on his leg. When it didn’t buckle he took a careful step. Okay, he was still mobile. Slow but mobile. Where was Logan? His healing factor should easily take care of any injuries so why didn’t he answer? He needed to see him, at least hear him. Maybe he was buried, maybe he was…No, he wouldn’t think like that. He would get to Ange see how bad he was hurt, then he would find Logan. He needed to immobilize his arm before he did anything else. Over on the floor about two yards away were the remnants of a curtain. He slowly made his way to it and tied the diagonal corners. After that he slid it over his head and with his good hand he lifted the useless broken arm into the homemade sling. The pain made him weak in the knees and he slid to the floor. He sat there dizzy and sick for a while before he found the strength to stand and make his way to where he could hear Warren.

Outside Storm and Cyclops paced in the Blackbird. The Professor told them to stay out of sight and wait there. Rogue and Bobby were notified and were on their way. Beast was returning from Dallas and would be waiting in the med lab. Cyclops spoke into his Comm badge for what seemed like the thousandth time. He knew there would be no response but at least he felt like he was doing something. Storm stopped pacing and sat in one of the many seats in the big jet. She had already prepared the jets emergency medical area for any injury she could think of. “ I wish I knew if they were alright.” She said quietly. Scott sat down across from her and smiled “ They’ll be fine. It looks like most of the damage is on top of them. They’ll probably laugh at us for being worried about them.” He didn’t sound convincing even to himself. “ My brother has had a hard time of it this year. Warren has no patience for him, if he is hurt…” “ Logan is with him. He’ll be okay.” Scott replied immediately. “ Did it surprise you, Logan and Remy?” She smiled and nodded her head “ At first, after learning what we did I was surprised. I couldn’t believe after the way he had been hurt he could love a man.” Another smile lit her face. “ Have you noticed the change in Logan? He seems so happy. He is more at peace than I have every seen him.” Scott laughed a little “ Yeah, I caught him singing to the radio in the jeep the other day. Maybe our resident thief will tame him for us after all this time.”

Logan was curled up in a dark corner of a room that was mostly untouched be the collapse. It was at the very end of a long hallway. Most of his injuries had long since healed but his mind was still a dark pit. He crept to the door when he heard a noise from the other end of the hall. A voice, but something about it made the hair on the back of his neck stand up. He ignored the sounds of pounding. Then there was another voice, it was softer, deeper, kinder. It caused flashes of…something…sights, sounds, red and black.  Just as the man was about to grasp them the flashes were gone and the animal was back.

Warren pounded weakly on the door. His ribs hurt. Hank would probably tell him to sit and be still. He sighed and went back to sit against a wall. He was depending on that low life LeBeau to save him. God, he’d probably rot here. Logan was off  who knew where licking his wounds. Warren’s nose wrinkled when he realized that was probably EXACTLY what he was doing.
“nothing but a house trained animal.” he grumbled.

Remy slowly made his way down the hall in the direction of Warren’s constant noise. He had to stop every few steps to let the hall stop spinning. “ Ange, I’m here. Jus’ be a minute.” There wasn’t anything blocking the door and he couldn’t see any obvious reason it wouldn’t open. “ Stand back Ange!” He took a deep breath, balanced on his bad leg and kicked the door in with the good one. Once inside he sat down hard and rubbed his ankle through his boot. It didn’t help with the pain but it seemed the thing to do. “ Oh, you got hurt too?” Remy wanted to hit him “ Oui, my arm’s broke, my ankle’s sprained and my head hurts so bad I wish it would fall off. How ‘bout you?!”
He looked up at Angel who looked fine except for some bumps and bruises.
 “ My ribs, I think they may be broken. Seen Logan?” Remy shook his head “ Non, Now that I know yer okay I’m gonna go find him.“ Warren spun and stared at him “ That’s Right! Go on, leave me! My rib could be broken. I could puncture a lung!” Remy stood ignoring his arm, ignoring his leg and pushed Warren back until he was sitting in an office chair. “ SO SIT STILL! I can’ find him Ange! Haven’t heard a word! I think I know where he is…or was, I gotta go find him!” Warren looked up at Remy with a smirk, “ You two deserve each other! He’s nothing but an animal on his best days. It’s not bad enough you fuck men but couldn’t you at least fuck the right species!” The words cut deep. Remy stood there, shaking with rage and pain. He slowly bent until his face was mere inches from Warren’s. A charged card appeared out of no where and was held a fraction of an inch from Warren’s throat. Remy growled in a low menacing whisper that Logan would have been proud of “ Listen here little bird, You can call me anything you want, it’s NOTHIN I haven’t heard a million times. You can  THINK anything you want , HELL, it’s probably TRUE! But you ever,” he poked Warren’s chest causing a hiss of pain “EVER talk ’bout Logan like that again… you won’t live to take your next breath.”  The card disappeared into smoke and ash. Remy’s eyes looked like the fires of hell and Angel swallowed hard. Let the traitor think he’d won, Angel had plans for him once they were out of there and his ribs healed.

Remy spun and limped out of the room. He’d have to watch his back around the fool now. Oh well, that was nothing new. He systematically searched every room in the long hallway. Some rooms, he had to crawl into spaces most grown man wouldn’t fit into. He called his lover with a shaky voice because the pain was becoming too much. He made it half way down the hall before he slid down the wall,  pulled up his good leg and dropped his head to it. He started to lose the battle with the tears of pain and fear that were lurking in his eyes. “ Cher…need you. Where are you?  Please be okay, please don’ be hurt.” he whispered.

Bobby and Rogue arrived within an hour of each other and Cyclops filled them in on the situation. He called the Professor when they arrived and was waiting for his next instructions. It had been four hours since the collapse of the building and it would be dawn soon. The police chief called to tell them that he was pulling his men. He knew the X-men wanted to get in there and some of his men weren’t aware of the “arrangement” they had. Once they were gone from the site, Cyclops could send in his team. Scott thanked him and turned to address the small group. “ The Chief is pulling his men so we can finally get in there and search ourselves.” Storm’s shoulders dropped in relief “ Finally. Let us waste no more time, our friends have been buried in there forever.” They could all see in her eyes that she was thinking of her own past. She was moving for the hatch when Scott called out “Wait. We have to be prepared to find them seriously hurt or…” Storm stopped and turned sharply “ They are alive Cyclops. They have to be!”  “ Calm down Storm, We’ll find out soon enough.” Rogue said in a calm southern drawl. “ Stay away from me child. I have not yet forgiven you for the pain and suffering you have caused my brother! And you Robert, although you and Remy are now on friendly terms you nearly caused his death again!”  “ORORO” Scott called to stop her ranting. “ We are all upset right now. Fighting among ourselves won’t save our friends. Now let’s all calm down and get them out of there.” Storm nodded and looked at the other two X-men. The silent apology was accepted and the team left the jet to retrieve their friends.

Wolverine heard soft sounds from down the hall and stalked back over to the door. When his eyes fell on the young man seated there everything clicked. He knew who he was, where he was and what happened. “ Darlin?” he half growled as his mind rushed to catch up with his body and heal itself, shifting back to a more human state.

Remy was freezing. He heard Logan and thought he must be in shock but when he turned his head he couldn’t help the sob of joy that left him. “ Cher?…Merci Dieu.” he whispered. He held out his hand and Logan was moving immediately. He ran to his young lover easily avoiding all the fallen cement and twisted metal. He fell to his knees and took in Remy’s appearance. He swallowed hard as his eyes darted from the homemade sling to the dried blood matting his hair to the leg he was obviously favoring. He wanted to pull him into a hug but was afraid he’d cause more damage in his exuberance . “ God darlin, are you alright?” He searched the exotic eyes, barely touched the sling that supported the broken arm. Remy fell forward into his arms. “ I am now” he whispered into Logan’s chest “ Couln’ find you. Thought you were dead.” He sobbed again and Logan shifted to sit down beside him, never letting him go. “ Got lost on the animal side darlin. Sorry.” Remy breathed in his lovers scent
 “ S’okay amour, long as you come back to me.” Remy relaxed for the first time since the ordeal started  hours ago. “ Ange is back that way a bit. Got a broken rib or two. He was stuck so I had to kick in the door so he could get out. Coulda done it his self but he didn’ wanna risk a punctured lung.” Remy shifted and leaned into his lovers embrace. He was so tired all of a sudden. “ I think yer in shock kiddo, stay awake, okay?” “ Will try Cher.” he whispered then he laughed “ You as bad as Ange, a building just fell on me, couse I’m in shock.” He reached up and caressed Logan’s cheek. Logan caught the hand and kissed the palm before pulling Remy carefully close. Warren limped down the hall “ I think I’m gonna be sick.” he said in disgust as he watched the show of affection. “ Did you forget about me?” he said as he looked down his nose at the lovers. “ The kid’s hurt bad Wings. Can’t you see ?” Remy pulled away from Logan and looked Warren right in the eye “ I tol ya I was gonna find Logan. Now, anybody got an idea how we’re gonna get outta here.” He winced as a wave of pain passed through his body. Logan carefully pulled the  sling open and looked at Remy’s arm. “ You’re gonna sit here and not move. That arm’s bad. Ya shouldn’t a been movin around in the first place.” He went from looking into Remy’s loving Red on Back eyes to looking into Warren’s cold Blue. “ What! I’ve got broken ribs! Hank would have told me not to move. He was mobile, I was trapped!”  “ Coulda got out if you’d half tried.” Remy said quietly half to himself but Warren heard. “ That’s it traitor! Keep your guard dog close because the first chance I get I’m gonna finish the job Bobby was too Chicken to finish!” Logan’s claws were out and his teeth bared when the whole building was shaken by hurricane force winds. Flashes of lightning could be seen through the cracks. Logan pulled Remy down and covered him with his body. Warren held onto a nearby doorframe. “ They found us! Hey, Over here! I’m here!” Warren called now that the winds had died down. There was a sudden screeching of metal being bent and Rogue’s head appeared in a hole right above them. “ Howdy boys, glad to see me?” she asked with a smile.

There was a flurry of activity as the overjoyed rescuers retrieved their teammates from the crumpled building. Warren went first, playing his part well, not wanting the Cajun to get all the attention. Then it was Remy’s turn but he refused to let go of Logan. “ Storm, can you lift them both at the same time?” Scott asked .Remy had buried his head on Logan’s broad chest. He was shaking from shock, pain and exhaustion. Scott looked down at them again with a smile. They were perfect together, how had he not seen it before? “ Of course. Hold him tight my friend.” she called down to Logan. He nodded. A tear escaped her eye as she watched her brother be pulled closer. Logan kissed his hair and whispered in his ear. Remy nodded and lay his head on Logan’s shoulder. Logan closed his eyes as if to say a prayer of thanks to the Goddess for the man he held so carefully in his arms. Remy’s good arm was wrapped  tightly around Logan and his hand grasped the fabric of his uniform. Remy had finally found his rock of salvation. Her brother was safe at last. She lifted them on a cushion of warm air. They were wrapped so tightly in each others arms they didn’t seem to notice anyone else around, so she kept them in the cocoon of warmth all the way to the Blackbird and home.

Beast came out of the Lab looking tired but happy. “ Warren has a broken rib and some bumps and bruises. I asked him to stay in the lab for the day but once he found out Remy would be there also he decided to go to his penthouse in the city. He is leaving as we speak if anyone wants to say goodbye.” No one moved or spoke so Hank just chuckled and continued. “ Remy required surgery and six pins to repair his broken arm. He will be in a full arm cast for at least eight weeks but he will make a full recovery.” There was an audible sigh of relief and Hank’s heart jumped happily. He was proud of the way his friends pulled together in the crisis. They were acting like the family they claimed to be once again. He looked over at Bobby and the two friends smiled at each other.
“ Logan is fine except for the fact that he seems to be permanently attached to our young Cajun. I’m afraid there is no known surgery that will ever separate them.” A small laugh passed through the group as they parted to go their separate ways now that they knew their friends were okay.
“ Henry, May I see Remy? He looked so bad when he came in.” Storm asked. “ He’s still in recovery. As soon as I get him settled in a regular bed I will come get you. Now, if you will excuse me, I’m sure the Professor and Jean are as anxious as you were to know they are fine.” He left to make the call and Storm took a seat to wait for a chance to see her brother.

Logan played with a silky curl and stared at his young lover. Once again the young man had tamed the beast inside him. Saved his humanity. Would he ever truly understand how much that meant to  him? He kissed the ear that was the center of his focus at that moment. He found himself overwhelmed by the fact that this heavenly creature allowed him the honor of touching and kissing and loving him. His Angel didn’t move, still wrapped in the cocoon of sedatives from his recent surgery. Logan touched the power repressing cuffs he wore to control the powers that were uncontrollable when he was sedated.  “ He’ll be out most of the day.” Hank’s quiet voice came from the doorway. “ Why don’t you go take a shower and get something to eat. By the time you get back I’ll have him settled in a room. Storm or I will watch him for you.” Logan looked up at him,
“ Okay Blue. He’s gonna be okay, right?”  Hank walked into the room and looked down at his sleeping patient “ He will be as good as new. You worry too much!” Logan just shook his head
“ Can’t help it Blue, I love him.” Hank patted his shoulder “ That’s alright Logan. I think he needs to have someone worry about him. He looks so young when he sleeps. I feel myself drawn to him too when he’s injured.” Logan  gave him a questioning look and Hank realized how what he said sounded. “ Not like that! He just looks like he needs to be protected and cared for. “ That’s my full time job from now on. I feel so bad I went feral and the poor kid had to deal with the overgrown pigeon all alone.” Hank chuckled “ Don’t feel to badly, from what I understand from Warren that KID put the fear of God into him. Put him in his place but good.” Logan smiled down at Remy “ Way to go Kiddo. I knew you’d fight yer way back to yer old self again.” He brushed his fingers through the recently washed hair. He bent and kissed him then turned to get his shower and food, determined to be back before Remy opened his eyes.

                                 Three Day’s Later

Remy snuck down to the kitchen. Logan was in the danger room for the first time since the Magneto mission and Remy was determined not to waste this opportunity to get out of his room.
“ You know Remy, Logan’s gonna have a fit if he catches you down here. What’re ya tryin to do?”
Remy jumped “ Damn girl! Don’ go sneakin up on a body like that.” She laughed “ Didn’t sneak swamp rat. Now, can ah help ya with something?” Rogue came up beside him. “ Dumb as it sounds I was tryin to reach a glass to get a drink.”  She gently guided him to a seat  “ I’ll get it, yer gonna hurt yourself.” She hovered a bit so she could reach a glass from the back of the cabinet’s top shelf. “ What do ya want?” she asked politely. “ First I wanna know why you bein so nice to me?” Remy asked. She opened the fridge and poured him a glass of iced tea. After she put it down in front of him she sat across from him. “ How’s yer arm?” she asked, putting off what she really wanted to say. “ It’ll be fine. What’s goin on Roguey?”  She took his good hand and looked him in the eyes. “ I had a lot of time to think while you guy’s were stuck. I never thought about how bad I must have hurt you, not physically but mentally. I could see what my actions did to ya, but I never thought about how cold or still or white it was. I was mad and I threw a fit. I’m sorry Remy. I really mean that.”  Remy looked into her eyes and saw that she really did mean it. “ It’s okay, I lived.” he whispered. She got up from the table and walked around to his side. She kissed her glove and pressed it to his cheek. “ It’s not okay that I did it but I thank you for the forgiveness. Logan’s a lucky man.” she said with a touch of longing, then she turned and left the kitchen.

Logan found him there half an hour later. “ Hey kiddo, get cabin fever?” He kissed the top of Remy’s head. “ Yeah, a little.” He was distracted and Logan sat beside him. “ You okay darlin?” Remy smiled up at him Yeah. Had a little chat with Rogue . I think… I think we’re okay.”  Logan took his hand “ Okay?”  Remy squeezed his hand and said “ Yeah, she apologized. She never in all the time I’ve known her apologized before.” He looked into cherished blue eyes “ She really meant it.” Logan knew how important acceptance was to the young thief. He wasn’t sure he’d believe her so fast or so easily but the kid needed to believe. He pulled his lover into a careful hug “ I’m happy for ya kid.” Remy’s hold on him tightened and he smiled, that was exactly what his young lover wanted to hear. “ Merci Amour” .

 Later that night when the Mansion was quiet and Remy was tucked safely in his arms, Logan thought back on the past few months. When Mariko died he thought he’d died too. He never expected to love again. But  the young Cajun had shown up and stole his heart and soul. The kid was scared to death but he swallowed the fear, trusted Logan, allowed him to help him past it. Allowed Logan to show him what love could be, would be from that moment on. Logan smiled and kissed his lover who sighed and snuggled closer still if that was at all possible. Again Logan smiled and loved him even more.

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