CHAPTER 2: WHAT HAPPENED HERE

Cyclops: (Sitting on a chair) : Is everything clear now?

Logan : (Moving from one point to other): No, It's not! You are trying to tell me that a pack of mutants appeared from nowhere and took all the X-men down?

Cyclops: It's hard to believe but they are very powerful, Logan.

Logan: They are strong. I get that but… Wait! Since when did you start calling me 'Logan'? Where's the respect, bub!

Cyclops: What are you talking about? I've been calling you 'Logan' since the beginning of time.

Logan(whispers) : (Grabs his head) Some serious shit is going on. I've got to sort it out.

Cyclops: I think you need to recollect some news updates since you went mising. Go ahead. Ask me whatever you need to know.

Logan: Okay! Let's start with "When was the last time you saw me?"

Cyclops : 4 years ago just before we thought you were dead.

Logan: Holy…! How did I… I mean what actually happened.

Cyclops: You were attacked by a cyborg virus which was eating your admantium skeleton off. You were losing your healing factor and then you disappeared and never returned till today. Even Cerebro couldn't find you.

Logan : It's gotta be a dream or stuff. I don't remember any of the things that you are telling me and the last time I saw you was a week ago and you were a nice 20 year old kid. I don't know if it's a dream but I'm sure it's not the world I used to live in.

Cyclops: (stares at logan and cries at once with joy) I get it! Did you meet Hark before you came here?

Logan: Who's that?

Cyclops : A brown skinned tall muscular time travelling mutant.

Logan: I don't know of a time traveler but I did see a tall brown man before I came here.

Cyclops: That's it! He's sent you here. It's a dimensional switch. (whispers) But if he's alive, where is he?

Logan : What's that? Dimensional..crap?

Cyclops: He's sent you to a different dimension. Dimensions are the parallel worlds running at the same time with the same people in it. There are a numerous dimensions running at the same time. Two new dimensions are created based on every choice you make. Every dimension is the result of a decisions taken by us.

Logan: Whoa! Halt! I'm not the sci-fi, bub! So, what you are basically saying is that I'm stuck in some other world where everything has been turned to ruins? If that's it, what's happening in my world now?

Cyclops: It's probably frozen. It won't resume until you return.

Logan: Okay, so gow do i return?

Cyclops: I dont know. The only person who can answer you is 'Hark'. The one who sent you here.

Logan (frustrated) : Gosh! What if I die here?

Cyclops: I don't know. Probably, your dimension will end as well.

Logan: (sits in grief) That means both the worlds are at stake now.

Logan: Can you tell me about everything in detail?

Cyclops: (Thinks for a minute and speaks) Okay! Here you go.

"It has been 4 years since you… I mean the wolverine of this dimension died. Professor was pretty sad. So was I. Even during the classes, I couldn't address the students. I froze in the middle of the lectures. I was losing it. Professor noticed the changes in me. He asked me to take some days off and go out. I hesitated at first but I finally agreed. I went to Alex. He was in Hawaii back then. I stayed there for about seven months. We used to surf and play all day long. Alex kept me out of all the worries. It was quite an obvious thing. Even professor noticed it. He asked me to stay there for the whole year. I refused but he didn't agree to make me return.

It was one night when me and Alex were sleeping in our rooms. I heard a sudden noises- Screams, Shrieks, people crying, blasts. I woke up and made a run. I was underdressed but that didn't matter. I went to Alex's room. No one was there. His bed was burnt and cut in two. I ran out of the house to seek him.

The scene I saw outdoor was terrifying. A bunch of mutants were crashing everything. I saw a truck coming at me. No one was in it. So, I used my eye beam to cut it into two. As I did, I saw Peter standing right ahead of me. It was him who had thrown that truck at me. I tried talking to him. But he wasn't even able to recognize me. He acted like we were born enemies. In a final roar, I asked him to stop. He dashed at me. His whole body started to convert into metal. Something told me that he was unstoppable. I jumped out of the way. He ran right into Alex's house, breaking it to pieces. It took him only a few seconds to come out again. He charged at me like an angry rhino. I dodged him. He started to throw different articles at me and I kept piercing them with my laser. At last, he grabbed an old lady from the streets and threw her right at me. I heard her cries. I didn't want to shoot. My reflexes made me burn her either (sobs). I was really not in the state of seeing one more death. That turned me really mad. I gave him a last warning. Tears were running down my cheeks but he didn't stop. I shot a beam right in his belly. He was thrown back. However, it was not enough to stop him. He stood up yet again.

He also dropped the joke and became serious. He started giving me straight blows. I dodged as much as I could but two of them were enough for my weak ribs to shatter. I understood that it was a situation of 'kill or be killed'. I rose and started running. I took him to the garbage picking plant. The metal gate was locked. I had to melt the gates. Due to his heavy metal armor, he reached long after I did. He moved from one place to other in search of me. He smashed anything that came in his path. I was inside the control room. Seeing the right opportunity, I switched the electromagnet on. His body couldn't resist but to get stuck above. There was nothing he could do except for turning back to normal.

I was waiting for that opportunity. He had really turned me on. As he turned back to normal, I shot my strongest beam and his muscles were melted, dividing him into many pieces. His hard head fell right before me. (sobs) I sat there weeping. I kept asking 'what had I done.' I turned back to see the flames of death burning. Innocent men were being killed by mutants. I could not even stand on my feet. Suddenly I… (stares at Logan)"

Logan: Why did you stop?

Cyclops : Your arm… Its…

Logan looked at his right arm. His bicep was twinkling with a red flash

Cyclops: (comes close) What is this?

Logan's arm bexploded shattering his muscles over Cyclops' face. The explosion was powerful enough to harm the brunette young man. Cyclops felt unconscious while Logan roared in pain. He kneeled down and kept roaring.

Another explosion and the roof fell over Logan's right leg. He completely lied down beside Scott.

The muscular white man with two huge rifles on his back named Radiator descended from the hole above. He took out his guns and pointed towards Logan.

Radiator : And this moment is marked as the end of the great X-Men! (Starts laughing)

That's it for this chapter. Stay tuned for the next one!