(The inspiration for this Juggernaut story came when I saw him in the episode Stuff of Heroes. I was angry when I watched it. Juggernaut was trying to smash up a dam for no good reason. Attacking Xavier is one thing, he hated the guy but attacking that dam never made any sense to me. Oh well, enjoy.)
"Whoa, there is an Abominable Snowman." said Kurt. The police started firing at Wendigo but their bullets just bounced off it's skin. They only really accomplish one thing, making it angry. With a smack of it's hand, the last of the SWAT team went flying.
Logan charged right at it. He jumped forward, claws first, and hit the monster squarely in the chest. Wendigo roared in pain. Logan continued slashing away until the monster lifted him above it's head. It tossed him away right into a light pole, the impact knocking it down.
The X-Men immediately went into action. Scott and Alex blasted the creature with their optic blasts, sending Wendigo flying into a nearby building. It immediately got back on it's feet and roared in anger. It grabbed a nearby car and tossed it. Jean used her telekinesis to deflect the car away. Wendigo grabbed another car but Storm sent a lightning bolt that hit the gas tank and it exploded. Wendigo emerges from the wreckage, it's wounds healing in seconds. Bobby shot an ice beam which froze Wendigo's feet. It tripped to the ground. Above it, Kurt teleported a car in the air.
The car comes crashing down right on the creature's body. Wendigo hurled the vehicle of it and then was blasted with Storm's lightning bolts, Scott's eye beams, and Alex's hand blasts. It moaned as it lay on the ground nearly unconscious.
"Well that wasn't so hard." smiled Bobby. Wendigo howled almost like a wolf. The thing was…more howls started coming from the distance. "Or not." gulped Bobby. Suddenly, another Wendigo dropped down from a nearby building. Another one emerged from an alley then three more. Soon, the X-Men found themselves surrounded by at least twelve Wendigos. The original one got back to it's feet and seemed to have an evil smirk on it's face.
Colonel Wraith finished packing up his belongings, it was time to get out of the country before Project Pandemic overruns everything. He was sure going to getting a few phone calls from Hydra by the end of the day.
There was a knock on his door. Strange, he wasn't expecting anyone. He looked through the peek hole to a black man holding a pizza box. "Pizza delivery." he said. "I didn't order any pizza." said Wraith. "No…but you do have this coming to ya." said the black man. The man lifted up his hand and fired an energy blast. The blast knocked the door of it's hinges and came crashing down on top of Wraith.
As the Colonel struggled to escape, a blond woman busted through the opposite wall. She floated in the air overtop of him and picked Wraith up one handed. "Hello Colonel. Nick Fury sends his regards." she said. "Agents Bishop and Danvers of SHIELD. You're under arrest." said the black man.
"Fall back!" yelled Scott. For the past two minutes, the X-Men have been fighting for their very lives. The thirteen Wendigos took anything the X-Men threw at them and kept coming. It was clearly a losing battle. Wolverine's claws were the only thing that was actually inflicting damage on the creatures but their wounds would heal in seconds.
Kitty and Evan managed to pull an unconscious Kurt to safety while Storm created a whirlwind that sucked up all the Wendigos. They came crashing down all over the place but were up on their feet instantly. The X-Men took off running…only to find ten more Wendigos approaching from behind.
The monsters all snarled and snickered, as if saying "You're screwed." Suddenly, missiles came crashing down on all the Wendigos. They howled in pain and anger as three SHIELD Velocity choppers pass overhead. The SHIELD Velocity chopper was similar to the X-Velocity, only with more armaments.
A fourth chopper landed on the ground next to the X-Men. Psylocke opened the rear passenger door and yelled, "Get in!" Nobody needed to be told twice as the Wendigos charged forward. The three choppers in the air fired their dual .50 caliber chain guns. The bullets ripped through the creatures' outer skin but their wound healed within seconds. Still, the amount of pain and power behind the guns forced the Wendigos to fall back.
When the last of the X-Men got in, Psylocke shut the door and the chopper took to the air. "Where's Fury?" demanded Logan, knowing who she worked for. "Where do you think we're going next?" shot back Braddock.
The helicopter landed near a mobile command center with dozens of agents from FBI, Chicago PD, Homeland Security, National Guard, etc. But the most prominent personal were SHIELD agents, who mostly around the command center.
Psylocke led them inside to find none other then Director Nick Fury waiting for them, with a toothpick in his mouth. "You people are like trouble magnets. You either go to it or it comes to you." remarked Fury.
"What is going on? What the heck were those things?" demanded Jean. "I think you should ask your friend Weapon X." said Fury. Everyone turned to Logan who growled at Fury. He didn't like being called that name. "One of these days Fury, you and me are going to have words about calling me that." growled Logan.
Logan then turned his attention back to the rest of the X-Men. "It's called Wendigo. I'm not sure where it comes from, but it's like a curse. One bit and then you become it." said Logan. "Like a werewolf." said Evan. "Only worse, just one of those things took out an entire Canadian military base. Now imagine that times a dozen." said Logan.
"Try a hundred." said Fury, who pointed to a television screen. It showed helicopter footage of dozens, possibly hundreds of Wendigos smashing their way around downtown Chicago. "They're not eating or killing people, they're just biting them. They're intentionally increasing their numbers." said Fury.
"Why?" asked Kitty. "I'll let our expert explain that." replied Fury who snapped his fingers. Two SHIELD agents (Bishop and Danvers) dragged in a cuffed Colonel Wraith. "YOU!!!!" yelled Logan, his claws popping out. He leaped right at him, only to be caught in mid-air by Carol Danvers. She slammed him to the ground and held him down. "Calm down tough guy." Carol said.
"That's enough! As much as I'd enjoy watching you take him apart, we need him Logan." said Fury. Logan grunted an acknowledgement and Carol let him up. "I believe introductions are in order. These are Agents Bishop and Danvers. Mutants like you." said Fury.
"Except we aren't a group of teenagers running around playing cowboy commando." said Braddock. Most of the X-Men glared at her. "Not to mention we are actual law enforcement agents and not some spandex clothed vigilantes." added Danvers. "Ah didn't see ya'll trying to stop Petra when she attacked that power plant." shot back Rogue.
"Enough! We have an army of monsters out there tearing this city apart." said Storm, calming everyone down. "It's just like I thought, mutants are nothing but wild savages." smirked Wraith. Bishop punched him hard in the stomach. "Start talking about that project of yours." Bishop said.
"Fine. Project Pandemic is basically the ultimate biological weapon. It spreads itself like a virus, using bite victims as it's hosts. It's not stupid, it knows that if it goes running around people would hunt it down. So it's creating an army that will take out anything in their path." said Wraith.
"So how do we fight these things?" asked Scott. "You can't. They're smart, they'll adapt to any strategy you throw at them. Given enough time, they'll overrun this entire country." said Wraith. "And you wanted to this happen?!" yelled Kurt. "Call it payback for cutting my strings after Weapon X." smirked Wraith. "We do have a way to get rid of these things. The President is considering a nuclear strike on the city." said Fury.
"What?!!! Are you crazy?!!!" the X-Men basically yelled all at once. "You'll kill millions of people." said Kitty. "And save billions in the process. We cannot allow these things to get out." shot back Fury. "There's got to be a better way!!!" yelled Logan.
Bishop punched Wraith again. "You didn't unleash that thing without someway to stop it. How?" demanded Bishop. Wraith grunted, not relenting. Logan walked up and grabbed Wraith by the shirt. "How about all of you give the two of us a few minutes alone." Logan said.
"Let's go." said Fury, motioning for everyone to leave. Wraith's defiant look quickly turned to absolute fear. "WAIT!! I'll talk just don't leave me alone with him." pleaded Wraith. Logan shoved him into a chair. "Start talking." growled Logan. "I created an anti-virus which removes the Wendigo curse from a host. But I didn't create much." said Wraith. "Where is it?" growled Logan.
Cain was sitting on his couch, finishing off the last of his beer. He couldn't keep doing this. The alcohol wasn't helping anymore. The only time he's felt good this week was getting that kid Kayla some food. He needed to re-evaluate what he was going to do with his life and it certainly wasn't going to be sitting around in a broken down trailer.
Suddenly, he heard screaming. It was Kayla's. He bolted out of his trailer and found her running away from a massive creature that looked like the abominable snowman. Cain charged right at it, roaring as if he were an animal himself.
He slammed his body into the creature, sending flying into a nearby tree. The impact was so powerful, the tree was uprooted and fell over. The creature got back to it's feet and Cain tackled it from behind. He held the monster on the ground and started pounding it in the face. After about fifteen seconds of pounding the living crap out of it, it slumped unconscious.
Cain immediately ran over to a terrified Kayla. "Are you okay?" he asked. She nodded her head. "It bite mommy." she said. Cain glanced back at the girl's trailer where the mother was staggering out with a large bite wound on her shoulder.
Suddenly, the mother began roaring and growling like an animal. She ripped her clothes off as she began to change. To Cain's shock, she was turning into the same thing he just fought. The now changed mother charged right at them…only to have Juggernaut uppercut her into the air. She flew out of sight.
"We gotta get you outta here." Cain told Kayla. "But mommy." pleaded Kayla. "No buts." said Juggernaut as he picked her up and carried her off.
(Next chapter, X-Men and SHIELD have a cure but have to lure every single Wendigo to one area in order for it to work. Unfortunately, they don't have the means to do it but we all know who does.)