Kree, Shi'ar, and Skrulls, Oh My!

You Can Lead A Wolverine To Water

For at least the first day of the rest of the trip, the entirety of Noh's ship was more or less quiet as the whole group just tried to rest from the exhausting ordeal they'd been through — though the Young Avengers were certainly faster to bounce back, since they hadn't been captured or nearly killed or anything of the sort. They had taken over flying Noh's ship from experience so Jubilee could wrestle Noh into actually getting some rest and taking care of himself too, so it was fairly quiet everywhere but the bridge.

Kate and Kurt spent an absurd amount of time waking up after they had more or less collapsed together and slept for the better part of the entire day, but eventually, the promise of food and coffee got them down to the dining area, where Kurt suggested that Kate bring an extra cup down to Logan to get him up and moving as well.

So that was how Kate found herself down in the medical wing of Noh's ship, still very tired and only on her first cup of coffee herself — though definitely still awake enough to bring a bottle of water tucked in the crook of her arm in addition to the two cups of coffee she'd brought for herself and Logan to see if he'd rise to the bait.

She slid into the room and set the drinks down before she crossed over to where he was still sleeping. "Rise and shine, sleepyhead. I brought you something to drink, and then we'll go get some food in you," she told him as she gently prodded his arm. "C'mon, Sleeping Beauty. I'm not kissing you awake."

He cracked one eye open and half picked his head up before he held his hand out for whatever she'd brought to drink.

She slapped the water bottle into his open hand first with a little grin and decided not to tease him until after he'd finished it, which to her surprise he managed in one go before he tossed it across the room and held his hand out again.

She grinned and grabbed the coffee cup and then saluted him with her own. "Whatdya know. You can lead a wolverine to water and make him drink."

"Major blood loss, have to restore fluids, ya nutjob," he replied as he rolled half on his side and propped himself up so as not to burn himself. "Is this all you brought?"

"Well, you can have what's left of mine if you're desperate? But I thought I'd take you up for some food. There's omelets and pancakes and sausages and stuff for our very, very late breakfast."

"Clean shirt?" he asked, his eyes still closed as he nearly gulped the scalding hot coffee.

She watched him for a moment in surprise. She'd seen him healing from Sinister before, but this seemed pretty... extreme, if the other, older X-Men's reactions had been anything to go by. She'd have to get used to it, she supposed — but she didn't think she ever would. "Yeah, there's one over here — hold on." She looked in the drawer close by to find the tee shirt folded in there that Kurt had been sure to tell her about and tossed it his way.

By the time she'd done that, he'd finished his coffee and just quickly pulled it over his head before scrubbing his hands over his face. "Okay," he said quietly. "Take me there."

She pulled him to his feet and threaded her arm through his. "Attaboy, Wolverine. We'll get you back to your huggable, loveable self in no time."

"I am not huggable and loveable," he replied.

"You just go right ahead and live in denial," she teased him. "We all know the truth."

"If that was true—" He paused and just shook his head. "You know what, forget it. I'm too tired to argue right now."

She stopped and turned toward him to give him a nice, warm hug before she pressed her coffee into his hand. "Here. I'll get more when we get there."