Loved the detour. I am really interested in what is happening in Marie's head, who is in charge I wonder? Rogue? Carol? Marie? Someone else? Poor poor Logan.

Author's Response: =) I think Rogue, Carol, and Marie are all wondering who\'s in charge too, heh. But they\'ll work it out.

Oh very interesting. I love that Marie has Carol caged up. Shouldn't Logan be running around in Marie and Rogue's head too? Is he quiet because she is with the real Logan?

I don't know how you can say there is not action in this chapter, I think there is tremendious movement. What an interesting idea that it was Marie and not Rogue who killed Caroln - its unique and very interesting. The way you wrote the tag scene was just perfect, I knew where you were going to go when he was outside but the fact that he didn't decide what to do until the spur of the moment was cool. The way he did it (what he said, how he touched her) might be one of the hottest non smutty scenes I have ever seen written in fic.

Author's Response: I\'m glad this chapter wasn\'t a disappointment; I just worried people were expecting running and hollering and fighting, which I guess is my juvenile definition of \'action\' heh. And thanks for the non-smutty hotness comment. I\'ll take that as high praise, considering your story is probably the hottest thing I\'ve ever read and sends me blushing such a vivid shade of red that I can\'t even summon the courage to frickin\' write a review for it yet. LOL.

I love where you have taken this, you moved it from a story that could have been just a quick smut fic to something that has depth and breath. They are goiong to learn different things about themselves, their feral natures, and what they can and cannot control, wonderful.

Author's Response: Thanks! I\'m so glad you like the direction it\'s going. I was worried people would be upset at how slowly things are developing, but hopefully it will be worth the wait. Must confess, I\'ve already written several of the smutty scenes. Now it\'s just a matter of getting the characters to that point ;).

So I went back and reread because I was trying to get a line on Marie's age. She has been in NY 10yrs, she was with Eric when she was 15, she left the Brotherhood (after returning to them after Liberty island) when they made her absorb Carol (there were years in between when Jean and Charles tried to get Marie to leave) and she was there to help Kitty pick out a prom dress and when she came back from college (so that is at least 6 of the 10yrs there). My guess is that she is close to 30 (15 plus 4 - just a guess of yrs between Liberty island and Carol, plus 10 with the X-men - assuming the Brotherhood isn't in NY). This of course means she has absorbed someone with healing along the way (besides the mission a few weeks ago where she absorbed Sabertooth).

Author's Response: You rock, girl. Your estimation is much better thought out than mine (ha!). 30-ish sounds right. Rogue\'s delayed aging (or her age itself) wasn\'t anything I ever planned to explicitly mention, just kind of hint at throughout the story, but I like your deductive reasoning! Might have to include it more explicitly (there\'s a scene where Logan reads a dossier on her . . . maybe I\'ll toss in her age/birthday or something :P). And I figure there are a number of reasons, not the least of which being the life force/mutations she\'s absorbed from other people. Also, Ms. Marvel\'s \'durability\' has always been explained as giving her muscles superhuman strength and endurance. This implies decreased cellular/tissue breakdown, ergo superhuman longevity as well, right? That\'s why I figure Rogue has hardly aged since she absorbed Carol, and now that she has full control of her powers, the aging process will practically come to a complete halt. Why? Because it\'s my fuckin\' story and no matter what I put them through to get there, Rogue and Wolverine are going to have a LONG happily ever after! =D

First, I am glad to hear I am not the only with a story writing itself out of order. I have large chunks of Everything written that we are chapters away from!

Anyway, I really thought this chapter was interesting there is LOTS at play here. I find it really concerning that Charles didn't understand what Marie did to herself and Rogue. He is the one who has warned her about what she did. Does he think she wouldn't have been so foolish as to do what she did? Oh Charles. I need to go back and try to figure out what he thinks Eric might know.

The WHOLE bit with Wolverine in her room is absolutely adorable!! By the end I think she had finally figured out. Of course she COMPLETELY missed the part where she agreed to live with Logan in the new apartment. Oh that's gonna be fun to read. Marie is going to be sooo pissed and pleased with herself all at the same time. :) Lovin' it!

Author's Response: That reminds me, I wanna finish your story! I read the first chapter and nearly had a freakin\' heat stroke. That\'s totally going on the \'To-Do\' list this week, right under, like, grocery shopping and stuff =). Expect reviewage. I agree there was lots at play in this chapter. It kinda kept pulling me in a million different directions. I don\'t think Charles has any idea at this point what Erik is planning--but I do think he\'s going to find out as he questions the Erik in Rogue\'s mind. And I think he\'s only going to get access to her mind by helping her restore her memories. (Yay for overcomplicated plot devices! I really outdid myself with this one, heh.) Wolverine and adorable--those are two words you don\'t often see together. I like it!

Excellent second chapter, the mission is how you would never want it to be but how it always is. That Jean has regrets is really surprising, but interesting all the same. It gives Jean a dimension she doesn't usually have.

WOAH, I wasn't expecting that! I can see why you had to right it down in order to get it out of your head. I don't dislike it but it is one of those pieces that will haunt me. (Which makes it good, but goodiness, it wasn't something I was expecting.)

Author's Response: Oh dear! I\'m sorry for haunting you, heh. And yeah, this thing was gnawing at me. But now that it\'s been purged Feral is gnawing again, which was the goal :). So mission accomplished. Off to write on happier things. Ummm like feral!Rogue and Wolverine sexytiems... hmm.... ;P

Yep I was right, that is what I was thinking Emma and Shaw had done to Rogue - repeated and extended mental rape and complete with a filled in fabricated past. I think you did great with making the point about Logan's helplessness against Shaw. I am glad you added the layer of Jean at the end as well. He has even more to fit for now. The next 24hrs are not going to go the way Logan wants to them to I would bet.

Author's Response: Yeah, I had a feeling you were on the right track. They are pretty evil, aren\'t they? I\'m glad the hopelessness of Logan\'s position against Shaw came through okay, otherwise he just seems like kind of a coward. The next 24 hours are definitely going to be action-packed!

Oops, Logan you could be in serious trouble my friend.

I think you did great with going from dramatic to smut and straight back with a bang! I am looking forward to watching her put him in his place. Why would he leave her anyway? Won't Shaw know what he did? Won't Emma?

Author's Response: I\'m glad you didn\'t find the drama-smut-drama transition too jarring. ;-) As for your questions, they\'ll probably get answered in the first paragraph of the next chapter, but I\'ll give you a little preview. ;-) He can\'t leave without finding out Jean\'s location, because he knows he\'ll never get back in. He would tell Shaw that Rogue just knocked him out with her skin. And Emma can\'t read his mind.

First quick piece of constructive feedback - I didn't get that Marie had teleported them until I went back and read it again. It may just be me but it took me a minute to determine that she had teleported them and not changed the cage into wood.

The last paragraph rocks! I could just feel the rage directed at the Professor. I am glad they got away. The moments when Logan made Marie repeat what he told her were intense. I could see the entire scene play out in my head.

I am really really enjoying this story.

Author's Response: You know, I was SO worried about that I made my husband read it over to tell me if he understood what happened. He said he did, but I can see where it might be confusing, especially if you\'re not reading the last few chapters all at once like he was. I kind of screwed myself by saying earlier that when Logan gets teleported he doesn\'t hear the \"thwucking\" sound, because that would probably have been a bigger clue. I tried to use the same language (the \"dizzying sensation of nothingness\") and the smoke, but I know it was pretty sudden, and yet I didn\'t think I could have Rogue say, \"Hang on, I\'m gonna give teleportation a shot.\" I might move the line about being in the stables up a bit, let me know if that makes it more clear what happened. I\'m glad you liked that part with the tags and how intense Logan is there, it seemed very Logan-ish to me. I\'m really glad to give him a chance to show his stuff instead of just being stuck because of Shaw\'s abilities. Thanks so much for reviewing!

WOW, just WOW, that's not the other shoes that's like the other shoe STORE!!!!!!

The way you set up her thought process is sooo Marie, A to B to M with not fact verification in between. Poor Jubes.

I love Marie's message to Charles, especially the "you know why" at the end.

Author's Response: Aw, glad you found it to be a satisfying plot point. Yeah, this Marie is a little bit prone to suppositions, but I do have to say Logan didn\'t really help out here. He made it pretty clear that he was there to find Jean, and he would leave Rogue and go back to Shaw Mansion if necessary, and it\'s not like he made any heartfelt declarations of love. We all know the growly bastard is falling for her, but you can see where she might be unconvinced. Thanks for reviewing!