Secrets of a Father
Prologue: Who I was
My name is Logan, but my wife calls me Mark Logan. I was once an X-Man, but I am no longer. I'm no hero nor a saint. I retired from saving the world so I could start over. No one knows my secret, not even my wife. I have a son, his name is Gar. I gave up my life to become a genetic scientist. No one knows who I am, not even me, for my life is a puzzle of missing peices.
They don't know about Xavier, or Jean or anything about the School for the gifted. They know very little about my life because I know very little about it. I still try to pick up the peices, but only in secret do I contact Xavier. My life is happy, I have everything I ever wanted. A wife, a son, and a career. They live in the sweet ignorance of not knowing who I am or what I've done. They know nothing of Stryker, weapon X or Magneto. It's right that they shouldn't know, what they don't know won't hurt them. Still, some things never die. And I have the feeling I'm needed again.
But how to tell my son I'm a mutant like he is; that's difficult. What will I do? I can't keep it from him forever. He'll fiind out sooner or later. Oh, so many decisions! And consequences...I really need to contact the Professor. He' know what I should do. But not yet, I'm not quite ready. To call on my old friend would raise some eyebrows. And suspicions. To reveal my identity now would be dangerous. There's Mobu, the witch doctor, I don't like him. He hates my son already becuase of the gift I gave him, his gifted superpowers. He puts me on an edge, that guy. I'm going to watch my back around him. King Tawaba, he's a good man, but still, he wouldn't understand what we go through. Better to keep quiet and stay safe.
My wofe sits on a porch, quietly talking to our son, something's bothering him. I don't know what it is, but I'll find ut. I plan to go to New York soon. Xavier's called me out of my "retirement." How to explain it to the family, though, complicated. There are many factors in my life that led me to the decision to retire from the X-Men. I found the woman of my dreams and she loves me as I love her. What could be better? Nothing could pull me out of my "retirement" unless it's urgent, like Apacolypse is back again, or aliens are invading, or Magneto's gotten a hold of nuclear weapons or something like that. My life is perfect in every way. Except my son feels alienated because of his appearance as a result of the experiment.
I didn't really want to do it, considering the fact that no one had done it before. But it was necessary, to save a life what can you do? I never like experimentation on normal people, turning them into mutants. After all, these things happened to me once, and I never want anyone to experiment on me again.
I actually think I'll take them to New York. Maybe then I'll have the guts to tell Gar and Marie everything. Then Gar could go to Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters, and I could deal with whatever it is that Xavier's bother to call me up for. Yeah, that'll work, and everything will be perfect.
How am I going to tell him, who knows? When the time's right, I'll do it. But time escapes me, and one day it's going to run out. And hopefully, I'll still be alive when it does. It stand at the window, looking at them. They're so happy, yet they have no idea how much they mean to me. If I lose them, I'll lose it. My santiy will be quite gone if anything happens to either of them. Of course, Xavier would be there and try to help me as best he could. If I suffer another loss I know I'll lose whatever sanity I have.
I'll hang onto what I love most...because I have no idea when it may be ripped away from me....