YEAH! he should definitely come back and kill the Professor. that man struck a deal with the devil and sooner or later he has to pay. he just didn't expect the devil to be Wolverine.


grrrr! love it!

yeah....it does.....but i do hope i see another one by u that was this awesome!

Author's Response: Thank you, I'm so glad you think so.

This was amazing! It was so sweet an poignant. So kind. A story I'll read again.

Author's Response: Uberninja thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed it. >hugs<

Beautifully done x [sits back sighs loudly with satisfaction and applauds] again I must mention the way in which you’ve written it, love the short and sharp intermixed with the longer sentencing. Each small step flowed with gentleness and ease to cover the stretches of time in this chappie. His protectiveness and patience, some shown for her to see, some hidden, just there. His inbuilt natural understanding of an incomparable situation, knowing how far/how fast/when to stop/what to do etc. letting her find herself at her own pace.

“And something else he'd never said before and would repeat to no one else.” You could have just made him say it, glad you didn’t, I love the way this simple statement hits it home with so much more depth. [Up there on my list of all time fav finishes]

five stars for fic itself and for keeping your promise with regard to updating to entice me into chapter reading :) can’t promise to do it again but will promise to read anything and everything you post from here on in even if I wait till completed!

well done x

Author's Response: >dances< Thank you for this review. Super mambo poodle thanks, and a donut with caramel frosting. I'm glad I could make a non-chapter-reader read chapters. That is fairly pimpalicious. ;~)

I'm so sad its over. I'm glad they finally did it! Wow. Good to scratch that itch AND WELL WORTH IT! Such a good story. And I repeat, such a good story.

Epiloge?

Author's Response: Me too. I'll really miss writing this-even the parts where writers block attacked me. And, of course, the awesome reviews. Thank you. ....No epilouge though; sorry. :~)

Very well done!

Author's Response: Thank you!!!!!

I love this chapter; you have a great talent for slow development. It works very well. I am kind of wondering what happened in the 6 months between when he rescued her and when this chapter starts but I don't know that it is hugely important, but the time gap makes me curious.

Author's Response: Thank you. >hugs< I'm not to fond of time gaps myself, using "One year later" and other variations. But nothing....vital (is that the word I wanna use?)happened inside those six months that readers couldnt assume. Logan and Marie were on the run for awhile. He fought for enough money to buy the pickup, and they lived out of that and cheap motels. ;~)

this is interesting

Author's Response: Thanks. :~)

i love the slow build up. you've done a wonderful wonderful story. boooo for it being over. :) can't wait for the next one.

Author's Response: Muchas gracias and a donut with strawberry frosting and sprinkles.

Such a sweet ending. Sob sob sob. Siiiigh... He is so gentle with her, so patient. I want my own Logan. Eh...And what is happening to Xavier is poetic justice. He made a pact with Devil. Did he really expected him (or them) to be honest?

Author's Response: I think we all want our own Logan. >wistful sigh< Lol. Thank you very much. :~) :~)

Wow. Once again I don't have words that match how well you've written this. I don't think this could've ended any better - it truly fit & was perfect. Perfectly sweet, perfectly tender, perfectly complete. If I tried to list all of my favorite parts from this I'd end up just pasting the entire chapter, but I have to say the hot chocolate for dinner part is at the top of the list. Better than the kittens.

I really enjoyed this entire story and I absolutely cannot wait for whatever you come up with next (after a well deserved break of course. *throws confetti for you*). It doesn't seem like it was easy to write, but thank you for sharing it with us!

Author's Response: Oh jesus. Thank you!!!!.....And I did mention kittens, actually. Just for you. ;~) >hugs< I've got my next fic lined up; I'll probably start on it tomorrow.

There’s a line at the beginning saying ‘it wouldn’t be difficult’ referring to what Logan wanted to do to the Prof. to back that up you follow with ‘ Chuck flinched, and the touch on Logan's brain evaporated.’ Then we had – ‘Logan was no match against The Professor's telepathy. Had Chuck so desired, The Wolverine could be laying in a coma, unable to wipe himself let alone deliver threats.’

Now as you stated after, it may have been the prof’s ‘guilt?’ that let Logan through. But I can’t see the prof letting Logan in full Wolverine mode getting that close if he could be stopped – way too dangerous - self preservation and fuck the consequences being the prof’s theme, guilty at being found out or not.

‘He was certain he'd come back someday (perhaps sooner, rather than later) for the old man.’ Which leaves me with the question – Is he a match for the Prof or not? And if he is, why did he let him off so easily? can't see him just walking away even if he was the underdog.

I read this chapter when 1st posted but have just re-read because I came away the first time thinking it was a little too easy (both the confrontation with the prof and the rescue but especially the confrontation) the second time though left me feeling the same – I can’t believe I’m saying this as someone who’s so impatient for updates but maybe with a little more time this could have been 2 chapters?

Please don’t take my ramblings as criticism – it’s just that you’ve got me so into the fic and I’m loving it! looking forward to the last one.

Author's Response: In the first quote, (Wolverine) meant physically easy, as if with a nonmutant. I believe they both were over-stressed, torn apart: Xavier by secrecy/guilt, Logan by panic. Emotions neither of these characters are really used to dealing with. I meant this chapter to emphasize the duality to the characters...With our Wolvie: on the one hand, you have his more rational, human side-Logan, who is fully aware of The Professor's abilities, that his chief priority lays with finding Marie and that any act of revenge against Xavier would need to be well-planned. On the other hand you have The Wolverine, who can only comprehend an enemy being stronger than him if it is a physical strength that he can see....I fully understand how you could have gotten confused, and I am so, so sorry that I wasn't more clear. This chapter did come out shorter than I intended, for two reasons: I was trying to give it a sense of being fast-paced, rather than just too fast.(It looked much longer on paper-fourteen pages, but I forgot to factor in dialogue and my huge handwriting). And this is my first real attempt at an a chapter with these elements; I'm not entirely comfortable writing action. I'm not trying to make excuses, of course, and I can't begin to tell you how much I apologize for the way it came out...Does all that make sense? Please feel free to email me if it does or does not, or with any other questions/issues and thank you for being so thorough in your review. I'm glad you like the story enough to tell me. :-)

Author's Response: In the first quote, (Wolverine) meant physically easy, as if with a nonmutant. I believe they both were over-stressed, torn apart: Xavier by secrecy/guilt, Logan by panic. Emotions neither of these characters are really used to dealing with. I meant this chapter to emphasize the duality to the characters...With our Wolvie: on the one hand, you have his more rational, human side-Logan, who is fully aware of The Professor's abilities, that his chief priority lays with finding Marie and that any act of revenge against Xavier would need to be well-planned. On the other hand you have The Wolverine, who can only comprehend an enemy being stronger than him if it is a physical strength that he can see....I fully understand how you could have gotten confused, and I am so, so sorry that I wasn't more clear. This chapter did come out shorter than I intended, for two reasons: I was trying to give it a sense of being fast-paced, rather than just too fast.(It looked much longer on paper-fourteen pages, but I forgot to factor in dialogue and my huge handwriting). And this is my first real attempt at an a chapter with these elements; I'm not entirely comfortable writing action. I'm not trying to make excuses, of course, and I can't begin to tell you how much I apologize for the way it came out...Does all that make sense? Please feel free to email me if it does or does not, or with any other questions/issues and thank you for being so thorough in your review. I'm glad you like the story enough to tell me. :-)