lonely lives ,locked hearts (The Missing Years)

lonely lives ,locked hearts (The Missing Years)

Joanna's return

Joanna had been away from the X-Men for about three years now. She fought in the cages and helped people also writing to Logan and her kids at the institute when she could.

Then one day she received something that would make her return and stay.

"Hey White wolf, ya got mail! " shouted over the bar man. Joanna walked over there in his hand sat a large yellow envelope. Which the bar man held just out of her reach.

Slipping out her knives she held them to his throat. He got the message and handed it to her.

"Thanks ya such a gentlemen." she scoff and walked away to a booth on the far side of the bar to read it.

Sitting down she began to read. It was from Xavier letting her know how everyone was doing. There in the bottom of the envelope sat a small card she took it out and held it up. on it, it read "you are cordially invited to the wedding.. " she paused not wanting to read further but she did her eyes glanced down at the silver letters in front of her.

 "Of Jean Grey and Scott summers” she read. Looking at the envelope she noticed it had no postage mark. It was then she noticed a sent that hung in the room. Quickly she looked up and around.

The men sat in the bar caught her attention but it was one who held her attention he had his hat pulled down over his face. Could it be Logan she thought but dismissed it as wishful thinking and looked back down at the letter.

"Buy ya a drink?" voice said above her.

"Sure, if ya want." was all she said. Then two bottles were placed in front of her and the man sat down his hat still covering his face"Looks interesting?" he commented.

Joanna smiled and drank her beer."A wedding." she said.

 "Are ya gonna go?” he asked before taking a swig of his beer.

"Not sure, last time we met we fought." she said and hung her head low. "And things got complicated."

"Ow how?" the man asked.

Joanna started to think, why was he was asking her all these questions."What’s with all the questions?. " she asked sitting back not knowing why she was telling him.

"You wanna talk, I wanna listen." he said.  

"I fell for a man. He told me things between him and another woman, were over. But when she returned, it got complicated." she said placing the invite on the table in front of her.

"Was the man this Scott summers?" he asked. Joanna shook her head with a smile.

"Nope, his name's Logan." she paused as she took another drink. "Wild at heart but, that's what I love about him."

"So, you still love him, even thought she's marrying some one else, leaving him free," the man said "proving that he never had feelings for her to start with."

"Yea, I guess.”Joanna suddenly realised the man was right.

She looked down at the invite and only then did she noticed the date. It was in two days time she picked up her mail and headed for the door. Turning back she smiled.

"Thanks” she said and left for her room.

She stood at the bus stop waiting for her coach when she felt the wind pick up. She watched as a big black Jet landed just behind a building. Placing her bag in a locker she walked over to see what was going on.

"Go that way. If ya spot sabre tooth shout but don't take him on by ya self." she heard Logan's voice, it made her smile to see him again.

Suddenly two strong arms wrapped around her. She winced at the Odour that hung around the person who now held her.

"Your Logan's." he said and at that moment she realised just who it was.

"Well well, Sabre tooth, long time no smell." she said cutting his hand. She dropped from his arms to her feet. "I would have thought, he’d given up by now. Or is it Stryker you work for? Well you can tell him I'm not about to have any more kids. “Sabre tooth growled as he stood in front of her.

"That's not why he wants you.”He said half growling and pointed to her ring." It’s not adamantium. “Joanna looked down at the gold ring that hung around her neck on its sliver chain.”Its vibranium." he finished.

"But why does Stryker want it?" she asked.

Tired of her questions Sabre tooth lounged at her. She easily dodged his hand and kicked him backwards against a wall behind him.

Out the corner of her eye she noticed two people standing at a corner she turned with the intension of shouting for them to get out the way. Seeing she was distracted sabre tooth lashed out sending her flying across the road to land in a heap opposite him.