A Winter Fire || Logan Howlett

Chapter 25

"Who's house is this?" Laura asked, as Logan knocked on the front door. The man turned to her, looking into her eyes for a second before answering.

"You'll see" Was all he said, making Laura frown with a pout. This didn't go unnoticed by Logan, making him smile fondly.

He remembers that whenever Laura did that, it was because she didn't get her way or the answer she wanted. He wanted to kiss her so badly, but he knew that if he did that she was claw his throat out.

Not long after he knocked, the door opened and a woman came into view. Laura instantly frowned, as she looked at the woman who looked oddly familiar. Said woman looked at Logan then to Laura, and her brows furrowed as if she knew who Laura was.

"What's he done now? I'll just write you a check for whatever he took" The woman finally spoke up, looking at the group.

"We just need to talk to him" Logan said, making the woman nod her head and step aside for the group to walk in.

"Peter, the cops are here--again" She called out. When Laura walked in, she noticed there was a burn mark in the middle of the welcome mat. Shaking her head, the woman followed the others to the basement of the house.

When they walked in, they saw a teen boy with silver hair and was playing ping pong with....himself?

"What do you guys want? I didn't do anything. I've been here all day" The teen said, then zipped behind them and sat on the couch.

"Just relax, Peter. We're not cops" Logan reassured, causing the boy to scoff.

Laura on the other hand was frozen on the spot. Looking to Peter, he looked like someone she knew. She racked through her brain to figure out who he looked like, until she felt a tap on her shoulder.

Looking up, she noticed that Peter was now in front of her and frowning slightly.

"You look oddly familiar? Have we met before?" Peter asked. Laura didn't answer straight away, and just looked over his face. Her eyes then widened when she realised who he looked like. Her older brother James.

"Is James Maximoff your great-great-great-great grandpa?" Laura asked.

"Yeah he is. You know you kinda look like him" Peter chuckled, then went back to the couch. The woman couldn't believe her ears, and her eyes began to water slightly.

"He was my brother" Was all she said, making Peter, Charles and Hank look at her surprised but Logan didn't react like them almost as if he already knew.

When Laura was younger, she remembers seeing pictures of a teen boy holding a baby. She would always ask her parents who he was, but they would always brush her off of the subject.

That was until years later, Laura had met a James Maximoff in the Civil War. Unknown to him, he was talking to his baby sister.

The two became instant friends, and not long after they met, Laura found out that he was in fact the teen boy holding her in the pictures. He was married, and had a son named Liam.

Unfortunately he died six months after they met in battle, which was heartbreaking. Laura was able to find his family, and paid them a visit but didn't tell them who she really was to James.

"Your brother? So that would mean you're my...." Peter spoke up, squinting his eyes slightly making Laura chuckle.

"That means I'm your aunt. Actually your great-great-great-great....well you get the picture" She laughed, Peter joining her as well.

"Awesome. I'm related to a war hero AND she's my aunt" He gushed, then zipped in front of the pac-man machine.

Laura felt a warm feeling in her chest, and the smile on her face only grew wider. The woman thought she was the only Maximoff in her family, turns out she was wrong.

After telling Peter what they needed him for, the group were on their way to the Pentagon.

Through-out the drive, Peter would ask Laura a shit ton of questions, but she didn't mind. The others watched and listened to the two, and it seemed like the two have known each other for years and they didn't only meet today.

When they got to the Pentagon, Hank went with the tour group, Peter went to get Erik and the last remaining three went to towards the kitchen.

"Excited to see Erik again, Charles?" Laura snickered, already knowing the answer.

"Absolutely not. But I'm sure you are" Charles snapped back, causing Logan to look at the confused and Laura to smirk.

"Why would you be excited to see him?" Logan asked, gaining a scoff from Charles.

"The two would constantly flirt with each other before Erik left us" Charles answered, causing a wave of jealousy to run over Logan. Although, he has to remind himself that Laura and him aren't together.....not yet anyway.

"Ladies and gentlemen, boy and girls, this is a Code Red situation. We are evacuating the entire floor so that we--my associates and i--can, uh, secure the prison" Charles stuttered, causing Logan and Laura to roll their eyes at the man.

"Who are you?" One of the guards asked, making Charles look at the two beside him.

"We are special operations, CB, FB-CID--" As Charles babbled on, Laura walked up to one guard while Logan came up behind the other.

Nodding at each other, Logan smacked the guard in the head with a fry-pan and Laura head butt the other. Both guards collapsing to the ground, knocked out cold.

The two turned to a flustered Charles, and looked at him as he were stupid.

"Oh, I'm sorry. Were you finished?" Logan muttered sarcastically, making Laura laugh. Charles scrambled to one of the guards and took the elevator key, then turned to the others.

"Sorry, I'm just not very good with violence" Charles said.

"You've got that right" Laura snickered, but stopped when she saw the elevator open. There stood Erik, with Peter behind him.

"Charles? Laura?" Erik spoke up, but what surprised everyone was when they watched Charles throw a punch at Erik, who stumbled against the elevator wall. Laura and Logan followed Charles, and watched the whole thing play out.

"Not good with violence my arse" Laura mumbled so only Logan could hear, making him smirk down at her.

"Good to see you too, old friend. And you're walking." Erik breathed out, gaining a glare from Charles.

"No thanks to you" Charles spat, as he watched Erik stand back up.

"You're the last person in the world i expected to see you today"

"Believe me. I wouldn't be here if i didn't have to. If we get you out of here, we do it my way--no killing" Charles stated sternly.

"No helmet. I couldn't disobey you even if i wanted" Erik smirked slightly.

"I'm never getting inside of that head again. I need your word, Erik" The man nodded, then his eyes moved over to Laura.

"Laura? You look just as ravishing as the last time i saw you" He smirked, looking over her body.

Charles, Logan, and even Peter glared at the man, while Laura smirked back at him. But before she could say anything in return, the voices of guards came from behind her.

"Nobody move!" One of the yelled, as they aimed their plastic guns at them. And as they got closer, Laura felt Logan pull her closer to him in a protective manner but there was no time for her to question it.

"Charles?" Erik said.

"Nobody move! Hands up, or we will shoot!" The closest guard shouted, aiming his gun at Laura.

"Freeze them, Charles" Erik ordered.

"I can't" Charles answered.

"He hasn't got his powers, Erik" Laura spoke up, but kept her eyes on the guard in front of her. Getting in a defensive stance, her claws elongated and a deep growl rattled through her chest in warning.

All the metal in the kitchen started to rattle, and then started to float in the air causing the others to yell. Laura went to attack the closest guard, but everything stopped moving.

Peter put on his goggles and ear phones, and made his way around the room. He moved the guards around, metal objects and lastly the bullets. When he moved to the group, he noticed one bullet was close to touching his aunt's head.

Looking at the guard, then at his aunt he shook his head.

"Now that's not very nice" He tutted, while grabbing the bullet and moving it to aim at the guard's foot. Giving Laura a kiss on the cheek, everything went back to normal.

Laura growled loudly, but stopped in confusion when she saw all the guards drop to the ground. The guard in front of her let out a scream, and she saw that he had a bullet wound in his foot.

Everyone was confused, but then looked to Peter who was taking off his goggles and was now sporting a cap on his head. Laura was the first to respond, and pulled the boy into a hug.

"Great job, Pete. You're amazing" She laughed, kissing his head and pulling away. Peter's face brightened at the praise, and couldn't help the growing grin on his face.