A couple of days later, Sasha finally got my chance to get back in shape after staying indoors and doing some chores at home. Her ribs are healed, and she's now riding her motorbike to the old Xavier School for gifted youngsters. 

Spotted the sign next to her right, Sasha stopped before she drove in and parked her car in front of the main house where Logan had been walking towards her. He seemed surprised that she came but immediately said, "Morning, Sasha." While holding out three bags of Mc'Donalds, Sasha chuckled, "Morning to you too, Logan." She continued, "I got some breakfast. And homemade coffee made with my secret blend, which I won't tell."

This made Logan chuckle before he showed her the ruins of the X-MEN school for gifted youngsters, Sasha stared at everything in awe yet, held sadness and a frown at how much it meant to him. 

Nevertheless, she didn't want to make him have flashbacks, but the curiosity about what it or how it was before made her speak up: "What was it like?" 

"Hm?" 

"The school, I mean." Sasha bit her lower lip. "How does it work? What did this place used to look like?" 

All of a sudden, Logan stood and didn't dare look at her. Sasha mentally facepalmed herself for asking about deja vu moments of his life in X-MEN since she rejected the offer of joining him nine years ago. Somehow, it's hard for her to lie to his face about the fact that they met in ElkFord town. So many memories were coming back to Sasha. 

It pains her every now, but the kiss at the plane and their nights of having sex in her old cabin made her unsure whether Logan would recognize her or not, so now she won't try to get close info about him since... the Logan she knew was half-gone. 

"It was..." Logan trailed off and started again. "It was a place where all the mutants could be however they wanted to be, act normal, and learn how to control their abilities. I was a history teacher and trainer for battle combat." "Really? I'm impressed that you know history."

"What can I say? I'm too good," Logan teased. This made Sasha chuckle before she sensed him trying to take the coffee from her grasp but missing it: "Hey!" "Nuh-uh." She teased and scolded him playfully, "We eat together, not before." 

He deadpans, "You really intend on making me starve?" This earns him a sly grin from Sasha, who responds: "No, you're immortal." She points out by putting her finger on his chest, "You have claws made of adamantium, you have a fitted muscular body for eternity, AND let's not forget that I raced you, which I lost you to in a motorcycle." 

"Touche... did you just call me 'fitted muscular body of eternity' bub?~" Logan smirked flirtatiously before lifting the concrete broken wall to reveal the hole; Sasha tried to defend herself: "W-What?! N-n-no! I only explained it by examining you." Sadly, he caught on quickly by growing his smirk. Yeah, sure." His response caused her to blush heavily, and Sasha immediately changed the subject: "How do we get down? AH!" 

It went from curiosity to gasp as Logan jumped down by holding and wrapping Sasha's waist firmly, which almost caused her to slip out a moan at the weak spot of his touch, but she ignored it. She glared as soon as they landed: "Next time, a little reminder before jumping into the hole." When she said and turned to face Logan, she was met with his nose touching hers. 

Both froze in time, his blue eyes stare into her brown ones as her face heated up, the way Logan was staring at her made her knees weak, 'He is staring at me. Is he... does he recognize me by my appearance? No, it can't be.' Sasha thought, although their breath hitched from how close their bodies are pressing together by Logan's one muscular arm around her waist, her heart was pounding and she slowly watched him fix her black hair behind her ear: 

"L-Logan I..." 

"Ah, I was wondering how this happened." All of a sudden, Logan and Sasha were flustered and let go of each other before questions could be asked by Hank, who was showing a smug grin at the action earlier when felt her 

"BREAKFAST ON THE HOUSE!" Sasha pushes the Mc'Donald's breakfast to Hank so he can hold it and eat it as she walks away rapidly to hide behind a desk. She begins eating her breakfast with Logan and Hank sitting next to her to enjoy their friendship.

Time skip~ At the park...

After that, Sasha left to get some supplies for Hank and Logan, in order to fix the X-men ship as well for the lab. She enjoyed the scenery of the same park she took in the crack of dawn, that is, until she accidentally bumped into someone in a hooded trenchcoat and came to help, "Hey, you okay?" "Get away from me...please." "I will," Sasha spoke more: "Until I hand you some leftover breakfast and my coffee, then I will check up on you." 

The reaction behind the woman's hooded trenchcoat was stunned. Slowly but hesitantly, she got up from the concrete floor as she sat on her motorbike. Before she failed to hide the drooling and stared at the leftover food and coffee being handed to her, Sasha began to examine her body and gloved hands but didn't say anything to further the poor girl's fear. Thankfully, nothing terrible had happened...for now.

"So, the brotherhood is now threatening me," Senator Kelly says while holding the newspaper, "Am I scared? Yes, as you should be." The man continues explaining more things while the two women in the back furrow their eyebrows at him, "Great... just what I need, another political person to deal with." 

Sasha groaned in annoyance while she got a questionable and confused glance from the woman, who asked: "And why is that?" "Let's say he's been to my 4th birthday party...for some political meeting with mefather." She mumbled. 

Making the hooded trenchcoat woman widened her eyes in fear, but realizing Sasha's reaction about the Senator being a dick caused her to snort before stifling a laugh, "Was he bad?" 

"Nah, I made him a living hell because he was rude." 

"Can't argue with that." Sasha smiled at her and ended it by beginning the comfortable yet uneasy silence from the crowd around them before she asked: "Do you like your breakfast?" 

"Y-Yeah...thanks." She fiddled with her gloved hand, "I'm Rogue." Rogue whispered.

"Sasha. Sasha Ross. Nice to meet you." She whispered back with a smile, "Hold on, as in General Ross's disowned youngest daughter?" Rogue questioned suspiciously but didn't let her guard down, "Ugh, please don't mention it; I don't like the spotlight often." Then, after she finished her breakfast, Sasha decided to join her to see what Senator Kelly was saying. 

They both agreed that he is an idiot: "Y'know, for someone kind and a human... I have a hard time believing whether you're a liar or a truthful human." "What makes you say that?" Sasha asked quietly, feeling a little offended by the remark. 

"By the way, you are examining me. I don't like it." Rogue averts her gaze away, making her sigh and cross her arms over her chest: "Okay, I'll stop it if you want, but what I'm gonna tell you is something you should know, but please... don't get angered or sad." She looked at Rogue with concern and worry but motioned to Sasha with an agreeing nod for her to continue as she sighed again: "I...I got captured by the MRD." 

Rogue widen her eyes in shock, "What?... When? Why? I mean, how?" 

"Because I was helping the Wolverine's injuries-" As soon as Wolverine was mentioned by Sasha, Rogue felt her eyes cast a shadow to deepen her trenchcoat hoodie from showing her disappointment, "Logan? How do you know about him?" 

"Well, I spotted him on the road back to Washington," Sasha scratched the back of her head in nervousness because she was telling her about it: "I decided to race him until we both saw an explosion happening at the subway as the firefighters were taking care of the damage, but Erica, I babysit her, which of course, I sacrifice my life to save her but, passed out only to be saved by Logan as little Erica's family came and help out...We got called on and taken, and let me tell you, we were humans inside a mutant jail facility." 

Sasha finished her quiet explanation, and if Rogue hadn't been angry earlier, she would have been now: "How can they be so cruel? Did they hurt you and the family?" 

"Luckily, not the family... but they did on me, and I got to experience how mutants could be treated in the MRD's worst punishments." Rogue glanced at her, "I got my now healed-up ribs back in shape after the incident a couple of days ago, and with the help of Hank and Wolverine saving our lives, they hid the family from harm, and I became allies with them... to also bring the X-MEN back." 

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"No, I won't join." Rogue hissed in anger, thinking that Sasha would try to convince her, but it was the other way around, making her nod a bit: "I won't force you since I don't know much about your powers, and by the way..." Sasha touched Rogue's shoulder, slightly relaxed: "If I met you earlier, I would give you a guestroom at my house and make sure you are okay." 

The way Sasha told her the truth was reassuring like she was a mother figure to a poor girl like Rogue, who smiled a bit before she frown as it dawns on her that she would hurt her, "I wish we did but...I don't want to hurt you." "You won't, I promise." Both exchanged smiles before they continued to listen to Senator Kelly's explanation.  

Somewhere in the park...

A limousine was parked under a tree, and an old man started scolding someone, "Get out of the car, Warren. He continues: "You're embarrassing me." "Isn't it enough that he gets our money, Dad? I have to cheer him on, too?" The young man with blonde hair reveals his name is Warren and speaks a bit disappointed by the arrangement: "That man is a champion of the people." "Some people. Warren corrected his dad: "Not all of us."

Back at the center of the park...

The entire crowd, including Sasha, gasped in shock when she watched Rogue being stiffer than before. The view of the machine is what brought back memories of how Betty explained that different types of robots and machines could be used for evil and for good, if for a reason, but nothing seems: "Please, don't be alarmed. You are all quite safe." 

Kelly begins calming down the crowd a bit, which makes the girls annoyed: "I wish to slap his old face." Sasha cracked her knuckles in amusement. "I'll join you if we do get the chance." Rogue joked with a sly smirk, which Sasha snorted as she snapped at the sight since the machine's scanners took notice the machine was going after Rogue and decided to help her by running behind her and getting on her motorbike before handing a helmet for her: "Get on!" 

She didn't think twice before she agreed, and they rode off to run away from the Sentinel Prower machine, "Okay, seriously, that thing cannot be fixed since I took notice that the MRD machine is unstable!" "No shit! Turn right!" Rogue shouted while looking back to see it coming after them, that is until Sasha turned to the right by doing as told but accidentally took in the brakes to not crash into the wall and swiftly turned to see a dead end: "Great, just great!"

Sasha sarcastically shouted, "We're trapped." "Any last words before death?" Before Rogue could say anything, the machine started blasting blasters at them, and it made Sasha take a garbage can as a shield to protect herself and Rogue, who was surprised how a human (not knowing that Sasha has powers) such as Sasha has the guts to save her.

That was when something shined above them; Sasha and Rogue tried to see who it was until they both realized that it was another mutant with familiar wings. He threw a giant rock at the machine before he carried both of them to another safe place so the Sentinal machine wouldn't kill them: "Warren?" "Sasha, hey! Long time no see!" Warren smiled joyfully.

"Wait? You both know each other?" Rogue asked in shock, to which Sasha nodded: "Long story short, we used to be college friends!" While flying further away from the blasters, Warren explained a bit, shooting at them, "Watch out!" 

Sooner than the trio thought, the MRD machine shot one of Warren's angel wings, making him grunt in pain while it sent him, Rogue, and Sasha down with him. Luckily, their friend came to their rescue and grabbed them as Hank caught them and landed on his feet before the trio could get hurt. 

That's when Wolverine jumps down from the roof. He growls in anger before slicing, stabbing, and destroying every cranny and wire of the blasted machine; Meanwhile, Hank spoke: "Are you all alright?" He asked. "Yeah, we are, but first..." Sasha turns around before she slaps Warren's face, which takes him by surprise, along with Hank & Rogue's sudden action with their wide eyes, "Why didn't you tell me that you were with the X-Men, you sly dumb-a**!?" 

Warren massaged his cheek, and it stunned him at the sudden slap that he received from his college best friend. "First, OW!" He continues: "You didn't need to slap me THAT hard, and secondly, I didn't want you to be a target as my weakness." 

"Are we getting back to this again?" 

"Sadly, in this case, no." After their short, quick conversation, Hank coughed a bit as Warren immediately smiled at him: "Oh, great. Now I see you brought the X-Men back together. Along with Sasha getting involved, that is." "We, well-" 

Before Hank could answer, Rogue took over and glared at Wolverine, who was still battling off the mutant killer machine with his claws: "We're not." She responded, plain and simple, it made Warren disappointed, as Sasha stared at Rogue's expression just studying her; She can tell that she meant it as a sign of rejection. After fighting off the Sentinel Mutant machine, Wolverine jumps down from it and tries to talk things out with Rogue.

As Sasha follows. Heard Wolverine speak out to Rogue, "Rogue, I know you came to the rally. He continues: "Because you hate what's going on." 

"So?" 

"So...together, we could do something about it. Just come back to the X-Men and-" That's when Sasha paused him before continuing his words: "Logan, let's forget it." 

"Why?" 

"Rogue and I met a couple of minutes ago at the rally," Sasha explained. I asked her if she wanted to join, and she already told me that she didn't want to. So, let's respect her wishes and not force her." 

She told him to widen his eyes a bit. Rogue came in and furrowed her eyebrows in anger but contained it with a calm demeanor, as she felt frustrated about a year ago when he left the X-MEN: "She's right. The answer is no. And you know exactly why!" 

She snapped at Wolverine just by taking her off her hoodie and glared straight at him, but she softened a bit when she noticed Sasha's eyes filled with sympathy and worry, almost like a mother figure. But Rogue brushes it off, "I want you to come back." "I'm not going to let you abandon me ever again." "Your problem is that you can't stay in one place, Logan." Rogue walks backward before putting on her hoodie: "And no one can follow a leader who's never there." 

But before she could leave, she walked up to Sasha. "And...Hey, Sasha...I'm glad I met you in person than your old man. See ya..." Then, Rogue walked away from them, and before Sasha could say anything, she sighed and turned around to meet the confused looks coming from Hank & Logan/Wolverine at what Rogue had just said, that is, until Hank seemed to connect the dots; Upon realizing on who she meant and widening his eyes: 

"You're General Ross's youngest daughter, aren't you?" The words made Sasha choke on her breath and turn away to avoid eye contact; before she could reply to his response, Logan snapped in disbelief, "Hold on a sec." He points at her: "You are telling us right now that you...you are one of General Ross's kids? The guy who-ARGH! Just freaking great." 

Throws his arms in frustration. "Well, at least I like being disowned by the man who doesn't see me as a family member, jack-ass." She continues: "And if you were a leader, I expect that you do the right thing by respecting Rogue's wishes." Sasha storms off walking until she calls out to her college best friend, Warren A.K.A. Angel, to fly her back to the same park where Senator Kelly was an hour ago.

She drives off in anger before parking her motorcycle at her place. She goes to the garage to take her anger out with a punching bag in secret, using her claws to practice the skills Logan had taught her a while ago. Who wouldn't remember, which worsens her, and she begins to end it by destroying the punching bag and falling on her butt as she begins crying quietly in tears of much it was making her suffer of being the only hidden mutant to have ever survived.