You Are The Weapon I Choose: Chapter 4
Fic Summery: In an abandoned compound in Mexico, Morph and Logan come across a girl with a twin set of two metal claws.
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Laura stared at the TV screen. Since breakfast that morning, she had been watching Jubilee's VHS recordings of Boy Meets World.
Jubilee had suggested that Laura watch the show, saying that she had enjoyed it at her age.
Although judging by how often Jubilee had lingered in the living room so far that day already, Laura suspected that the eighteen year old still enjoyed watching it.
Laura wasn't sure if she enjoyed the show herself yet.
It was very different to the other instructional videos they had made her watch when she was part of Weapon-X.
She didn't understand why it mattered if the boy Corey passed his maths test or got a detention for skipping class. If someone tried to kill him, he wouldn't last one second. But Daddy smiled when he poked his head in to see her kneeled in front of the TV. And if it made Daddy happy, then that was a good enough reason for Laura to keep watching it.
Plus it was useful in educating her on what children her age were supposed to act like so that she would be better prepared when they eventually sent her out on missions.
"Hey honey badger!" Morph cried as they waltzed into the room, tray of cookies in hand. "I just swiped these from the oven so you might want to eat the evidence before Gambit finds out!"
Laura swiped a handful straight from the tray, her fingers immediately healing from the burn before she shovelled one down her mouth, relishing the warm sensation of chocolate as it melted on her tongue.
She was about to do the same with the rest, before remembering that Daddy was supposed to be enforcing manners into her.
She paused, looking up to await Morph's punishment, but the shapeshifter only laughed, holding out even more.
Laura liked Morph. They were the first person to ever make her laugh. It had been a strange sensation at first but she found that she liked it. Daddy said that making Wolverines' laugh was Morph's speciality. Laura wasn't entirely sure what that meant. But she hoped that they would make her laugh again one day.
"Is it a good episode?" Morph asked, sitting on the floor. She appreciated that they made sure to leave some space between them.
Laura nodded. It was as informative as any of the previous episodes. However, the children's mission this episode required them to find items for a concept that Laura hadn't heard of before.
"What is a Mother's Day?" She asked. Daddy had been encouraging her to ask questions.
She heard Morph's sharp intake of breathe before they answered.
"It's a day were people celebrate their mothers. That is if they want to of course!" That last part sounding a little tacked on Laura's over sensitive ears.
Still, Laura considered the concept of celebrating one's mother.
Aa clone, her biological mother was technically also the Wolverine's mother. But Laura had never met her and Daddy said that he didn't remember her anyway.
Laura then thought about Dr Kinney. She was the one who had given Laura her name, who, when no one was watching, would brush her hair and had been the one who had leaked the information that ultimately given Laura her freedom. But Dr Kinney had still hurt her, injecting her with the same poisons that the other scientists had, even if her hands had been gentle.
Laura wasn't sure if either of them were mothers worth celebrating.
"I loved my Mom. And I know she loved me" Morph said interrupting Laura's thoughts. Laura turned her attention away from the TV to see their grey skin turning more tan and their eyes a warm brown. "But sometimes love isn't enough. Your parents should also keep you safe. My Mom tried, but she couldn't always do that."
Their skin shifted back to grey as they gave Laura a smile more gentle than Dr Kinney's cold fingers.
"Also Mother's Day is still a few months, so you've got plenty of time to think about if you want to do anything or not. You can talk to Dr Moira about it if you'd like? I talked to her about my Mom and I found it helped me a lot."
Laura also liked Moira. On an instinctive level, Laura had always known that the way she had been treated wss wrong, not matter how much they had literally tried to drill it out of her. She liked how Moira explained why she had been right.
And just like Daddy, Moira had been encouraging her to ask questions. So that was what Laura decided to do.
"Could I celebrate Mother's day with you?"
Morph's eyes filled with water and for a moment Laura was worried she had upset them until their face broke out into the largest smile she had ever seen.
"I would be honoured." They told her.
As the VHS played the next episode, Laura shifted closer. Morph waited, allowing Laura to chose when she wanted them to touch. Which eventually Laura did, leaning the side of her body against Morph's. Slowly, Morph raised an arm around her shoulder.
Turning her nose against their brown jacket, Laura could smell the lingering scent of Daddy's aftershave, and the smoke from the cookies. But underneath, she could detect the uniquely warm smell that was all Morph's own.
Laura let them hold her closer. She could see why Daddy liked their scent.
And she could tell that her Daddy was happy they were getting along, by the soft smile on his face when he found them together hours later.
A/N: If you already follow me on tumblr or if you read my Transformers fanfiction, then you may already be aware that unfortunately my Mum died about a month ago. Since then I have been taking a step back from fandom. So whilst I have been keeping up with the new season of X-Men 97, I haven't been very involved with the fandom side of things. But I found some old Morpherine fics that I had forgotten about that I have had in my drafts since the first season. Reiterating this point, I wanted to make it clear that the thoughts of these fictional characters are not reflective of my thoughts on my own personal situation, because, as I stated, I wrote this over two years ago. Whilst I don't currently have any plans to write anything new for season 2, I wanted to share these old fics with you to thank you for all the support you guys shared with me when I was last writing my Morpherine fics. So I hope you enjoyed this one. And thank you for being patient with me. Xxxxxxx
