X4 - part 3

The girl said nothing as she saw Nigeria and Storm, but quickly sat up on the table. Fear and confusion was what her eyes were telling them. Storm tried to calm her down.
    “It’s okay, we won’t hurt you,” she said calmly. The fear in the girl’s eyes slowly vanished, but Storm noticed that she was definitely still confused, so she continued.
    “You’re at Xavier’s school for the gifted, at Westchester just outside New York City. We will take care of you if you want.”
The girl finally started to relax a bit, and she looked around the room. She spotted Logan, still sitting on the chair.
    “You!” she yelled as her first word and jumped down from the table immediately. Nigeria quickly grabbed her arm before she could get any further.
    “No, it’s okay!” she assured the girl. “He is not going to hurt you. He was just protecting himself.”
The girl sent Logan a suspicious look, like she would not believe that. Logan just starred back with his arms crossed and no change whatsoever in his gloomy facial expression. Storm, who had jumped a few steps back when the girl jumped off the table, approached her again.
    “What’s your name?” she asked her.
Still staring at Logan she replied:
    “Jackie,” she turned around to look at Storm. “Jackie Caesar, I think it was.”
Storm had to get closer to hear her more clearly.
    “What? Think it was?” she asked.
    “I’m not entirely sure. I’ve been living in the woods for years,” Jackie replied and lowered her head. Nigeria and Storm looked at each other, thinking the same thing. How in the world did this girl ever end up in the forest?
Logan got up from the chair. Jackie reacted by jumping a few steps back and grapping Storm’s shoulder. Logan put his hands in his pockets and said:
    “Well, kid. You wanna stay or not?”
    “Don’t call me “kid”!” Jackie yelled back in an upset voice.
    “Hey, just be glad I did not kill ya out there!” he yelled back.
    “That’s because you’re a coward!”
Storm had to rush over and stop Logan from getting any closer to Jackie, while Nigeria was holding Jackie in a firm grip so she would not jump at him and fight him. Logan gave Jackie a deadly look while she was sticking out her tongue at him.
    “Look,” Storm finally said. “I think we got off on the wrong foot here, but Jackie, if you stay with us and let us teach you, I’m sure you will be happy and your skills will be developed.”
Jackie calmed down, and Nigeria thought it was safe enough to let go of her arm.
    “Okay,” Jackie said. “But I want my own room.”
    “Sure, that can be arranged,” Storm replied and for the first time since she woke up, Jackie smiled. Nigeria walked over and whispered to Logan:
    “Now she’s going to stay here, so you better behave yourself.”
    “Hey, she attacked me, not the other way around,” he whispered back.
    “Fine, but don’t expect me at your funeral.”
    “Fine, I won’t!”
Logan approached the entrance door, but barely touched the handle when Marie suddenly came rushing through it.
    “Somebody help me!”