Disclaimer: I do not own any of the X-Men movie characters.

Title: Unforgivable Sinners

By: Cmdr. Gabe E.

Note: This fanfiction occurs entirely in the X-Men movie-verse . Characters' unspoken thoughts are enclosed in .

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SKETTY24 = Heheh...It's not just Stryker who's going to remember his past.....Yuriko might remember some of her past too ! Man, I don't wanna too much of the plot away. LMAO!

PENDRAGON4 = LOL! Sorry for the cliffhangers. By the way, since you mentioned Wolverine ......... (must...not give spoilers about this....chapter)

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Chapter XIII: Meetings

"The hotel just received a call from the White House." The attendant looked like he was trying to recall the details. "President McKenna wants to meet with him today. He said it was of utmost importance. The hotel will provide for your transportation to the airport and a private jet will be waiting for you there."

Yuriko knew that things were about to get much more complicated.

Stryker placed his hand on the side of the bed as he pushed himself off the floor. He rubbed his neck and remembered Yuriko's grip on it. If she had gone any tighter, she would have easily crushed his windpipe.

His eyes suddenly looked at the door as Yuriko walked into the room.

"We're leaving." She said as she walked towards the closet.

"What?" He asked curiously. His eyes followed her.

Yuriko opened the closet and rummaged through his clothes. "You're going to meet with the president today."

"WHAT?!" He had a surprised look on his face. First he lost his memories, then he was found by a girl who wanted to kill him, then he discovered that he was a sadistic bastard, and now he was going to meet with the president?

/"What next?!!!"/ He asked himself. Even he was starting to get angry with the man he used to be.

She pulled out a business suit and placed on it on the bed.

"Why will I meet with the president?!" He didn't even know who the president was. He wasn't even sure which president of what country she was talking about.

She looked at him for a brief moment. "Because you have to." She went back to rummaging in his closet.

"We're in a critical timeline right now, William. If we deny his request, he might have your anti-mutant projects investigated. The president doesn't know anything about the underground base and your weapon x military facilities. If he finds out, that would put both YOU and ME in the line. And the last thing we need is the US military hunting us down."

She took out a tie and a pair of shoes and threw them on the bed right next to his business suit.

"What are you talking about?" He asked with his eyebrows furrowed. He couldn't even understand some of the terms she used. "Underground base? Military facility? Weapon X? Anti-mutant projects?!"

Yuriko closed the closet and stared back at him. "JUST. PLAY. ALONG." She said cynically.

Stryker groaned. He didn't even know half of what was going on around him. What made it worse was the fact that it was HIS life that he was going to role-play. It was HIS life and he knew nothing about it.

She motioned her hand towards the clothes on the bed. "Now change into those clothes. You can't go to the White House looking like that."

"You mean...Change into those clothes NOW?" He asked hesitantly.

"Yes! Now!" She shouted. "Do you need me to explain everything to you?!"

Without saying a word, he quickly took his sweater off.

Her eyes opened wide as she saw him undressing in front of her. "In the bathroom! Change in the bathroom!" She said abruptly. The last thing she wanted to see was more of his skin.

"Oh..... Yes." He said with an embarrassed look on his face.

He quickly gathered the clothes from the bed and headed into the bathroom. How could a grown man like him act so stupid?! Now she probably thought he was losing his mind. He sighed and closed the door behind him.

Yuriko felt relieved when he vanished from her sight. How dare he unclothe himself in front of her? Perhaps she struck too much fear into him. She remembered the embarrassed on his face and that thought almost made her smile. She never thought she'd see the day that William Stryker would be put in such a situation.

She sat on the bed and ran her hands over the sheets. She knew that would be the last time she'll set foot in that hotel. Once they leave British Columbia, she would never go back there again. Being in that place just reminded her too much of her life as Lady Deathstrike.

Her eyes wandered at the desk across the room and noticed its drawer slightly open.

/"Huh? I didn't notice that before."/

She crawled to the other side of the bed and stepped towards the desk. She opened the drawer and instantly knew she hit the jackpot. The drawer contained Stryker's credit cards, passbooks, ids, mobile phone, and some legal documents. It also had his spare eyeglasses.

/"I should have remembered that he kept them here."/ She thought to herself.

Another thing she knew that the 'new' Stryker didn't was that he was a VERY rich man. When she was his personal assistant, she managed all of his bank transactions. She knew everything from his pin number to the total amount of money he had on each bank. She was definitely the one in control now. She had all of his assets in her hands.

She took the items out one by one and placed them on the desk. She thought she had already emptied the drawer, but noticed a brown envelope that had 'Professor Xavier's School for the Gifted' written on it. She took the envelope pulled out its contents.

The envelope contained pictures of Professor Xavier's school and some documents about the mansion. One of the documents had the school's address and contact information, including its telephone number.

Yuriko gently squeezed the paper as she looked at the phone number. She looked at the mobile phone that sat on the desk. She now had an opportunity to contact the mansion. But if someone answered the phone, what would she say?

But she had to take the risk. After all, she had nothing to lose. She picked up the phone and dialed the number.

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Logan still couldn't believe that Jean was gone. He made his way to the kitchen to get something to drink. He really didn't get that much sleep last night. Whenever he closed his eyes, he saw her. He saw Jean's smile, he heard her voice, he felt her touch. Whoever thought images of her would become his nightmare?

Why did she have to die? He tried to hide the pain, but it lingered in his gut like a virus he couldn't cure. He knew she would never choose him. Jean just loved Scott too much. But what if she survived the Alkali Lake incident? What if someday she realized that she truly loved Logan and not Scott?

He angrily opened the fridge and grabbed a bottle of beer. He knew beers weren't allowed in the mansion, but he didn't feel like following orders at the moment.

His eyes suddenly stared at the phone as it rang. His eyebrows furrowed and his lips twitched at he looked at the ringing phone. Nobody usually called the mansion that early in the morning. It was just 7:30am and most of the kids were still in the process of waking up.

Either way, he knew it might be urgent so he walked to the phone and picked it up.

"Hello?" He asked gruffly. He wasn't really in the mood to talk to anyone.

Yuriko's eyes opened wide as she heard his voice. Wolverine. Her hand gripped the phone tighter. She didn't know what to say. Should she talk to him? Tell him who she was?

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TO BE CONTINUED!!!!