Title: Understanding
Author: Nyx
Disclaimer: Lash is my own creation and I own nothing else.
Feedback: Thanks for everyone who has been reviewing my story. I hope everyone likes it cause I know everyone hated me for the cliffhanger, LOL.
There was a brief uncomfortable silence after Rogue had left the gymnasium. The Professor was not sure how to continue, but he felt introductions had to be made.
"Well," he tried to begin. Wolverine stood up, but still leaned against the wall looking over at his child. "Logan, this is Calypso Oyama. Calypso, this is Logan." Their eyes met for a moment and Wolverine really had no doubt in his mind that this girl was his daughter.
"Maybe I should leave you two alone for a little while so you can become acquainted with each other." This wasn't easy for him, but he knew they had to deal with this privately. They watched him leave the room and another eerie silence arose.
"I don't know what to say," said Wolverine.
"I want you to know that I didn't come here to find you, I wasn't looking. I don't expect you to act fatherly towards me. I know you had no knowledge of my existence." He was a bit taken back by her bluntness. "And I want you to know that I know you killed Lady Deathstrike."
"What?" He stood up straight.
"She was being controlled by Stryker as I was. You had no choice but to terminate her."
"How did you know that I killed her?"
"There were puncture marks in her uniform, no wounds of course. And honestly you are the only other person with an adamantium skeleton that I know of. I'm sure there are more of us, but I just assumed that it was you who killed her."
"I see." He killed the mother of his child. He looked at her and saw her close resemblance to Lady Deathstrike, but there was a trace of him in there too.
"I'm not mad at you for doing it. I understand why you had to." He nodded slowly.
"Do you plan on staying here as a student?" He was trying to ease himself into the conversation. He didn't know what role he was to play in her life, but he knew this was his daughter and his responsibility.
"Yes. I have nowhere else to go and I think I would be safe here from Magneto."
"That's probably a good idea. How do you know about Magneto?"
"Stryker talked about him. He told me that he could control any type of metal and ordered me to stay away from him if I ever had the chance to meet him."
"Did you know your mother?"
"No, we never got to see each other. Stryker thought it best not to form family bonds. Mutants were lower to him and didn't deserve to have families. That's probably why he never told you."
"Yeah, I bet he thought that. Calypso?"
"Yes?"
"Do you have another name or is it just Calypso?"
"It's Lash."
"Lash? That's interesting. Do you have claws or-" She raised her hands and her finger nails extended to become long adamantium claws. "So you're like your mother then."
"Yeah."
"You have advanced senses too?"
"Just like you and Lady Deathstrike."
"And strength?"
"Yes."
"If I had any idea of your existence I would have looked for you, you need to know that. I would never have let Stryker keep you or your mother. I need you to understand that." He had been compelled to say that. It was the truth after all.
"I understand."
"Do you really understand Calypso?"
"Yes."
"So, where do we go from here?"
"I don't know."
(Well what does everyone think? I hope you liked it.)
Author: Nyx
Disclaimer: Lash is my own creation and I own nothing else.
Feedback: Thanks for everyone who has been reviewing my story. I hope everyone likes it cause I know everyone hated me for the cliffhanger, LOL.
There was a brief uncomfortable silence after Rogue had left the gymnasium. The Professor was not sure how to continue, but he felt introductions had to be made.
"Well," he tried to begin. Wolverine stood up, but still leaned against the wall looking over at his child. "Logan, this is Calypso Oyama. Calypso, this is Logan." Their eyes met for a moment and Wolverine really had no doubt in his mind that this girl was his daughter.
"Maybe I should leave you two alone for a little while so you can become acquainted with each other." This wasn't easy for him, but he knew they had to deal with this privately. They watched him leave the room and another eerie silence arose.
"I don't know what to say," said Wolverine.
"I want you to know that I didn't come here to find you, I wasn't looking. I don't expect you to act fatherly towards me. I know you had no knowledge of my existence." He was a bit taken back by her bluntness. "And I want you to know that I know you killed Lady Deathstrike."
"What?" He stood up straight.
"She was being controlled by Stryker as I was. You had no choice but to terminate her."
"How did you know that I killed her?"
"There were puncture marks in her uniform, no wounds of course. And honestly you are the only other person with an adamantium skeleton that I know of. I'm sure there are more of us, but I just assumed that it was you who killed her."
"I see." He killed the mother of his child. He looked at her and saw her close resemblance to Lady Deathstrike, but there was a trace of him in there too.
"I'm not mad at you for doing it. I understand why you had to." He nodded slowly.
"Do you plan on staying here as a student?" He was trying to ease himself into the conversation. He didn't know what role he was to play in her life, but he knew this was his daughter and his responsibility.
"Yes. I have nowhere else to go and I think I would be safe here from Magneto."
"That's probably a good idea. How do you know about Magneto?"
"Stryker talked about him. He told me that he could control any type of metal and ordered me to stay away from him if I ever had the chance to meet him."
"Did you know your mother?"
"No, we never got to see each other. Stryker thought it best not to form family bonds. Mutants were lower to him and didn't deserve to have families. That's probably why he never told you."
"Yeah, I bet he thought that. Calypso?"
"Yes?"
"Do you have another name or is it just Calypso?"
"It's Lash."
"Lash? That's interesting. Do you have claws or-" She raised her hands and her finger nails extended to become long adamantium claws. "So you're like your mother then."
"Yeah."
"You have advanced senses too?"
"Just like you and Lady Deathstrike."
"And strength?"
"Yes."
"If I had any idea of your existence I would have looked for you, you need to know that. I would never have let Stryker keep you or your mother. I need you to understand that." He had been compelled to say that. It was the truth after all.
"I understand."
"Do you really understand Calypso?"
"Yes."
"So, where do we go from here?"
"I don't know."
(Well what does everyone think? I hope you liked it.)