Chapter TWO

Realization of the past, the present and the future.

After the massive battle with Magneto everyone wanted to take a major holiday. Daniel decided to take the opportunity to share all the Knowledge and experiences that he had been through with Logan. He had hoped that in doing this it would help Logan to regain his memories a little or at least put a kick start into them. So Daniel and Logan went into the danger room, just in case something triggered an aggressive response. With Daniel's power from Professor Xavier, Daniel shared his memories to Logan. The Times with Captain America in World War 2 and the fights they had. The times in the cages when they were fighting just to get a meal for the day. Sadly Daniel didn't have many memories with Logan in them. But it didn't help anyway because Logan still couldn't remember. As the day went on Professor Xavier Asked for Daniel and Logan to meet him in the mission control room in the basement area, this room was the room, where they had their mission briefings and made their plans for the missions. The Professor told Daniel and Logan that he found an old military base in Canada where the both of them may have been held. He said he found it while using the memories of both Daniel and Logan. The two of them ran off to pack their bags and got ready to head off. They both said their goodbyes and Logan gave Rouge his dog tags and said "I'll be back for those." So cheesy. Anyway off they went, Logan stole Cyclops's motorbike and Daniel stole Cyclops's car and they traveled to Canada in hopes to find the base.

Daniel and Logan spent three weeks trying to find this military base. Along the way they stayed at crummy hotels or in the car that Daniel was driving. Through their travels they saw; Albany, Toronto, Ottawa, Thunder Bay, Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Calgary, Kamloops and Vancouver. Finally they made it to the Canadian Rockies, the location where the military base was meant to be. As soon as they arrived Daniel recognized the areas the area where the weapon x project was. The facility was different from all those years back. The main ground level structures were collapsed and looked like it had been abandoned for many years. Only ruins and rubble laid in front of them. Disappointment sank into Daniel and Logan's hearts, knowing that they wouldn't be able to find any answers here. As they turned to leave Logan stopped and noticed something on one of the walls, it was claw marks, scratched into the wall. Logan muttered under his breath, "I made these." And then he continued back onto his bike. They spent the next week looking in and around the area of where the facility was, with no luck the decided to head back to the school. Along the way they found an old looking house in the middle of the woods. It looked to be a hundred years old. Made of wood, that was rotting, and had glass pane windows. They stopped to investigate the area, Logan seemed more eager than ever before to find out about this old house. As they entered Logan had a look upon his face as though someone surprised his with a fry pan into the face. For a short while Loan said nothing, he just walked around and stopped in random areas. When he was finished looking around he looked at Daniel and said, "I remember living here, many years ago as a small boy. I lived here." Daniel had many questions but knew that Logan had more of his own, so Daniel left him alone to his thoughts and went outside to the cars. It was the next day when Logan finally came out and told Daniel in an abrasive, strong and stern tone of voice to start the car and that they were leaving. Now I don't know if you had noticed but Logan has a short fuse, so when he gets all serious and tells you to do something it is a hundred times easier if you just do what he says. So off they went, at this point they figured that professor Xavier could help them find more information on what might have happened.

After another three week journey, going back to the school, Logan did mention anything about the house or what Logan found there. Don't get me wrong Daniel did try to bring it up to get some answers but Logan being Logan, nothing was said and Logan just kept telling Daniel to shut up or that it wasn't any of his business. So you can imagine how the trip must have been, when they weren't driving they were in an awkward silence. So the trip was long and took what felt like forever, they finally made it back to the school, YAY! They both went to the professor o ask him for some answers. The professor used his powers and went into their minds to try and help piece together the memories that Logan had lost, but after hours of trying the professor got nowhere. So Logan asked the professor about the house in the woods and if the memories that Logan had of it were real. Again the professor went into Logan's mind and found that they were real memories of Logan's childhood. The professor let Daniel look into his mind so he can see what Logan remembered. The memories were of him playing in the house with a boy and a girl. The boy looked to be twelve years old, brown hair and eyes, his clothes were old and torn and he looked dirty as if he rolled in the dirt all day. The girl looked to be nine years old with red curled hair in pigtails, blue eyes and wore a dress with flowers on it. They all seemed to be happy playing together, then the memories turned bad. Logan as a boy was running at an older man, looked like he was Logan's father, with bone claws out of his knuckles. Stabbed the man and the last words the man said, and the first you could hear in the memory, "son I'm your father, not the man you call father." After that the memory goes black. The professor severed the link and took a moment to think upon this. He noticed in the memory the clothing style and the accent of the man. He also saw the surroundings of the room the items that were there and what century they were most likely from. When the professor spoke, he told Logan that Logan was much, much older than the professor ever could have thought of. The items dated back to the late sixteen hundreds or the early seventeen hundreds. Which made him up to fifty or sixty years older than Daniel was, and Daniel was two hundred and sixty six years old as it was. After that Daniel and Logan went about their original daily lives. Logan caught up with Rouge and Daniel went back to his classes.

Within the next few months Daniel was continuously fighting with Cyclops about using the Danger room. You see Cyclops holds the record score on the highest level ever reached, level 68. But of course there are many, many more levels higher than that, but that was the highest that could be reached by all the Xmen individually. So of course Cyclops wouldn't allow Daniel the chance to use the Danger room even though Daniel was obtaining more and more powers as each day went by and that Daniel needed a safe place to practice using them and learning how they are all triggered. Eventually Cyclops gave up on the argument, thanks to the professor telling him to let Daniel use it whenever he wanted to. So Daniel had free rein in the Danger room and was able to Practice with his new powers. Of course just to Piss off Cyclops, Daniel bet Cyclops's high score in there within the first two days. All the danger room missions were of flame throwers, machineguns and moving walls. It was so easy for Daniel, because of all of his powers, that the only reason it took two days was that he wanted to practice his powers not break any records. If he really wanted to he could have beaten the record within the first hour as long as the computer could change the levels fast enough. Of course as you would think as the level gets high the missions get harder. So the first level is dodge the moving walls the slowly the flamethrowers are brought in. then more walls and flame throwers were added and so on till level 40. At this level the machine guns are added and it became slightly more difficult. These weren't your average machine guns; these were fifty caliber machine guns. If you don't know what a fifty caliber machine gun is, it a gun the fires multiple bullets at a very fast rate and the size of the bullet is a fifty caliber. A fifty caliber bullet has enough power behind it that it can blow up a car or a plane with just one bullet. So imagine if dozens of these machine guns are firing thousands of bullets all aimed at you, I don't think any of us would survive. But Daniel can and did, thanks to his healing powers and an ability that he gained from a Russian man named Piotr Nikolaievitch "Peter" Rasputin, A.K.A. Colossus. He had the ability to turn his whole body into an organic type of metal that made him stronger and near impenetrable. And of course Daniel's ability made Colossus's fully advanced. So Daniel was even stronger and was literally impenetrable to the point of invincible. So doing the Danger room missions was real easy. Also in this time Students came to the school and left the school, only wanting to control their powers there was no need for them to stay. They had lives to live and families to go to. So many new students came into the school and many left as well. Of course the Xmen were still around and Iceman, Pyro and Rouge stayed to not only because they wanted to but they didn't really have much else to go to. A lot of the students families became so scared that the abandon their kids at the school. So the school takes them in and gives them a home.

Today was the beginning of the war between mutants and humans. Now I'm not talking about a massive standoff then the two armies start attacking at dawn or whatever. I'm talking about a stupid act from an ignorant individual that causes anger and hatred between mutants and humans. Today was such a day when a stupid act was committed. It was the twelfth of May two thousand and one, this was the day where so much pain and so much suffering from both humans and mutants was caused and received. Fear fell into the hearts of all persons whether involved or not, no one was safe after this. A mutant, unknown as of yet, attacked the president of the United States of America. Now you know that this was a declaration of war. The mutant tried to stab the president with small blade with a note on the end of it. The note said MUTANT FREEDOM NOW, strong words to begin a war. The attack was on the news around the world; all persons would have seen it on both sides. So that was how the potentially most dangerous and deadliest war began. Now as you might have already thought the Xmen were on the job instantly. The first thing they had to do was to find out who did it and why. They had a theory that Magneto might be behind the attack. So Cyclops and the professor went to the prison in which Magneto was held, to try to get some answers out of him before a war started. Meanwhile Jean and Storm went to Boston to try and find the mutant who attack the president. He was hard to find due to him being a teleporter. So of course they asked Daniel to go with them to try and get his ability and use it to stop him. They took the X jet and flew over to Boston while Logan was left at the school to babysit all the students. At the prison the professor found out that a man that goes by the name of Striker was in charge of the prison and made regular visits to Magneto. Striker gave Magneto a drug so that Magneto was more compliant to answering Striker's questions. Magneto told Striker everything there was to know about the school and the designs from Cerebro. Just as the conversation had finished gas entered the air sealed prison and knocked out the professor and Magneto. Cyclops was attacked from behind and didn't see his attacker, but we all know Striker had something to do with it. Meanwhile in Boston, Jean, Storm and Daniel found an old church that the mutant was hiding in. Daniel used the telepathic abilities to try and sense how the mutant was and to see if he could obtain the mutants powers before entering the building. Daniel obtained more than he expected. He found out that the mutant's name was Kurt Wagner, but in the Bavarian circus he was known as the incredible Nightcrawler, and that he was scared of what he had done and of all the sins he committed. As Daniel, Jean and storm entered the building Nightcrawler was telling them to get out while teleporting around the scaffolding. Daniel got his ability while outside the building so all he had to do was teleport with him to the next spot Nightcrawler was thinking of. When they had on the ground level, they talked to him about what had happened to the president and to determine whether he was a real threat to anyone or not. Of course, he was a threat and Jean found that a mark on the back of his neck made him cower and feel ashamed. In the morning, they all got back into the plane and left for the school. Now while all of this happened Logan was up in the kitchen area talking to Iceman when, the school was attacked by men in military gear. They were using tranquilizer darts to capture the students while they made their way down to the basement. Logan fought off as many as he could while the students made a run for it. He particularly went to save Rouge, Iceman and Pyro. While they were making their way to a hidden escape route, Striker himself and several soldiers confronted them. Logan stopped and had a flash of a memory from his past. He listened to what Striker had to say. In a surprised voice Striker said, "I must admit, this is the last place I thought I'd ever see you, Wolverine. I didn't realize Xavier was taking in animals. Even animals as… unique as you." Logan looked at him hard and confused, "Who are you?" Striker Replied with, "don't you remember?" suddenly a wall of ice separated them both, Iceman was making the wall to help them escape easier. They ran through some tunnels to the garage and got into Cyclops's car. They raced off to find Jean and the others in Boston.

On their way to Boston Iceman explains that his parents live in Boston and that they should be able to hold out there until they got in contact with Daniel, Storm and Jean. They arrived at Iceman's house and nobody was home so they made themselves comfortable inside the house until Iceman's parents came back. Not long after they arrived, Iceman's parents got home and saw Logan drinking a beer. Iceman sorted things out and they all sat down in the lounge to talk about what had been going on. Iceman's brother ended up calling the police and soon the house was surrounded. Logan, Iceman, Rouge and Pyro went out the front door and were confronted by police. Daniel, in the X jet and on the other side of Boston sensed Logan was in trouble and asked Nightcrawler if he had ever teleported from one side of the city to the other in a single trip. Of course he never did, his powers only worked on moving to places he has seen or can see within a fifty-meter distance. So Daniel decided to take the chance and see how far advanced his new power was. He thought of Logan and only Logan, then poof, in a cloud of black smoke, Daniel was gone and he arrived by Logan's side in another cloud of black smoke. Standing there ready for a fight Daniel says to Logan, "What did you do this time to piss the locals off?" Logan just laughed and said, "Where did you get the new power from?" Daniel replied, "From the guy who attacked the president, he's a teleporter." "Nice power could come in handy." Two police officers had surrounded them and had their guns drawn ready to fire. Sadly, Logan had his claws out, so the police, not knowing that they were connected to him, demanded him to put the knives done. Logan retracted them and the police shot him in the head. Daniel was a little pissed off and decided to teach them a non-lethal lesson on what a mutant was. Daniel threw the two officers into the front yard, all the other police fired on Daniel; this just made it more fun for Daniel. He flipped all of their vehicles onto their backs and introduced them to a few of his powers; the metal skin from Colossus, healing from Logan, telekinesis from Jean and he made a lightning storm above their heads thanks to Storm. All these powers scared all the police and they ran for their lives. As for the two that were thrown onto the ground, they got a chance to see Logan rise from the dead as he healed himself. Bullet to the head and lived not many can say they did that. When the X jet finally arrived, we all boarded and left.

Meanwhile in the Weapon X facility, the professor was imprisoned and got to meet an old student of his, Jason. Jason had the ability to project anything he wanted into the minds of anyone to be able to do his wishes or to fool them in to hurting themselves or others. Soon enough Striker came around the corner, yes he went from all the way from the school to the Canadian Rockies overnight, whilst being able to collect all the items he wanted from the school (Cerebro). They did their meet and greet and then explained that Jason was Strikers son. Striker also explained that he was behind the attack on the president, so that he can get the ok for a drastic attack on the mutant population. He should the professor a vial of a drug that allowed him to control mutants, but because the professor was to mentally strong, Jason had to do all the mind manipulation instead. With Cerebro in Striker's control and same with the professor, he had all he need to wipeout the mutant population. Just to remind you the way Cerebro works is that it amplifies the user's telekinetic abilities so they can connect and find other mutants around the world, BUT if the user focuses to hard, they can kill the people the person is focusing on.

Now just to add another story in, let me tell you what is happening to Magneto. He is trapped in his prison of plastic, about to receive his meal, when he feels metal from somewhere. The guard had more iron in his system then what he should have. You see Mystique went to a bar where one of the guard's went for a drink; she chatted him up and took him to the bathroom giving him the idea that he would be having sex with her. Instead, she knocked him out and injected him with so liquefied metal. Which brings us back to Magneto; he ripped the metal out of the guard and used it to break out of his plastic prison.

Back to the Xmen in the X jet. They were flying around waiting to hear from the professor or Cyclops, when the air force attacked the plane. An explosion from a missile hit the plane and they were plummeting to the ground. Now I do not have a clue how, but somehow Magneto was not only able to find the Xmen, but was also able to travel hundreds of miles to the location of where they were. He used his powers to stop the plane from crashing into the ground and told the Xmen of what had happened to the professor. So after all the pleasantries were over with and everyone discussed how much they did not like the other, they all made camp for the night. After the camp was set up and everyone was comfortable, Logan, Jean and Storm went over to small clearing with Magneto and Mystique. They discussed their plans on how to get into the base and most importantly, where the base was. Now while this happened Daniel was stuck with babysitting and making sure that Iceman, Rouge, Nightcrawler and Pyro did not hear what was going on. However, Daniel and the kids disagreed with that idea and took it upon them to sneak into range of hearing what was being said. Nightcrawler and Daniel both teleported into the trees and the three kids just waited back to hear from them. Of course, they were caught and Jean had a talk to Nightcrawler. She used her powers to look into his mind to see if he knew how to get into the Weapon X facility in the Canadian Rockies. She saw the path and that Daniel and Logan need to look at the lake to find the entry instead of the original entry. Daniel was thinking of how a lot had changed at the old base in the years that he had been out of their control. After making the plans, they decided to leave in the morning when they were all fully rested. Now mystique, after the battle at the Statue of Liberty, gained a crush on Logan, and noticed his connection with Jean. Over the time Logan was at the school, he gained a lot of affection for Jean. So Mystique to advantage of this and made herself look like Jean, she crept into Logan's tent and tried to seduce him. She failed and decided to show him that she can turn into anyone she wanted to, or that he wanted to. She looked like her human self then, when that failed, she turned into Striker and that failed massively. She ended up leaving him alone and they all went to sleep.

When they got to the base, the plan was to let mystic look like Striker and work her way in. She got to the main doors, after a fight, was able to infiltrate the base, made it all the way into the control room, and let everyone in. It took her no more than 15 minutes, the whole team was in and they fought their way to the control room were the looked on all the monitors to try to find where Striker was hiding the professor and Cyclops. Logan noticed Striker in one of the monitors and went after him. Daniel followed close by, it was time for some answers and some revenge.They followed many corridors until finally they found Striker. While they were trying to find Striker, Striker had already told Jason to make the professor kill and the mutants. The Xmen found where Cerebro was being kept and they knew that the professor would be in there, they also found the cells that the students that were kidnapped were being kept. So they went in search of the professor and the students. Logan and Daniel caught up with Striker in the very same room that the both of them gained their claws and adimantium bones. Daniel teleported behind Striker after Striker did the obvious monologue. Daniel tried to stab Striker in the back and end the suffering of many innocent people, but Strikers captured mutant blocked the attack and fought Daniel and Logan while Striker ran away. Striker's bodyguard was a young woman who had the same abilities as Logan and also had her own set of claws. Her claws came out of the tips of her fingers and were made from adimantium. She had the fast healing and amazing speed and reflexes. The fight did not last very long, Logan ended up back into the tank that held Daniel and Logan many years ago. Daniel pinned down the woman and Logan stabbed her with the gun that injects the adimantium. Her whole body solidified and was like solid metal. Daniel and Logan continued the chase for Striker. By this time the Xmen had found the students and saved them and were with the professor getting ready to escape. Daniel and Logan made it to an emergency exit and couldn't find Striker. Noticing that the lake was damaging the facility, Daniel and Logan made their way to where the Xmen were. At this point Magneto and Mystique snuck away and went for the surface. Jean found Cyclops and had to fight him because his was injected with the mind control fluid that Striker had. It was because of this fight that the facility was falling apart and parts of the facility had water flowing in at a fast rate. All the students and the Xmen made it to the main entrance but the entrance had the worst of the flooding. A giant wave of water was heading their way. Logan was able to make the doors shut just in time. Daniel told them all to follow him and Logan and off they went to the emergency exit. As they were heading that way, Magneto found Striker trying to fly away in a helicopter. Magneto chained up Striker to a wall and left in the helicopter. By the time Daniel and all the others made it to where the helicopter was, Magneto had already left along with Pyro, he turned to the bad guys. Logan and Daniel smelt out where Striker was and talked about whose side they were on. Of course they picked the Xmen side and they left Striker to die. They all got to the X jet and were about to leave when the engine wouldn't start. Jean took the risk and got out of the plane while everyone was too busy trying to figure out what was wrong. By the time they all realised, Jean was already out there and used her abilities to stop the massive wave from destroying the jet and killing everyone. Jean took control of the professor's body and said her goodbyes to Cyclops and Logan. Cyclops was yelling at Daniel and Nightcrawler to go save her but by the time they were able to teleport the X jet was in the air and Jean was swept away. Logan lost control of his emotions and was crying, same with all of the people that were on the X jet. When they got back to the mansion a few days went by before things settled down and everyone got back into their routines. Cyclops was having the hardest time to recover from Jeans death but no one's lives were the same after that.