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 = Heehee...Don't worry about Yuriko ! She can definitely take care of herself =). As for Yuriko and the X-Men, the X-Men do know that Stryker can control mutants. After all, Scott was in his control once O.O!
EBONY = Thanks for checking back after your trip ! Sounds like you had a pretty good time (babysitting O.O!). Hmmm...There's actually more to Wolverine and Deathstrike and and....there's actually something in this chapter about it o.O! Oooh!
PENDRAGON4 = LOL! Okay...you got me! I did do that last cliffhanger on purpose. LMAO! But at least the next chap's here now ! Lol! And yeah, Wolvie still feels bad about the loss x.x!
DU SOLEIL ORIENTAL = And here's more of it !
TP96 = lol. I hope I'm not that evil now !
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CHAPTER XIV: A girl and two boys
"Hello?!" Logan asked again. "Hello?!!!". He waited for an answer, but there was only silence. He gritted his teeth in anger. "Look! I'm not in the mood for jokes right now!!! So if you're looking for trouble, then I suggest you go look somewhere else!!!"
Yuriko was about to say something, when Stryker walked out of the bathroom.
"Who are you talking to?" He asked as he saw her on the phone.
"Don't try calling again, asshole!" Logan shouted and slammed the phone against its holder. "Damn kids!"
He sighed and sat down on a chair. He placed his elbows on the kitchen counter and continued to drink his beer. Perhaps the alcohol would help him forget about Jean --- though he knew he wouldn't.
"None of your business." Yuriko answered. She turned off the mobile phone and quickly placed all of Stryker's items in the envelope.
Stryker was now fully dressed in his business suit. She hated seeing him in it as much as she hated seeing him in his military outfit.
"By the way, I found your extra pair of glasses." She picked up the glasses from the table and tossed it at him.
Stryker caught it and immediately put it on. "This is so much better." He said in a low voice.
The sight of Stryker with his glasses and suit on made Yuriko feel uneasy. He was now slowly starting to look more and more like the man she once knew. If it weren't for the bandage on his head, she wouldn't be able to tell the difference. But other than that, something about him still didn't look right.
She suddenly saw the end of his necktie hanging from his pocket as if he just shoved it in there.
"You're tie. You didn't put it on." She pointed at the tie that hung from his pocket.
"Oh. You mean this?" He took the tie from his pocket and showed it to her.
"Put it on." She said sternly.
"I don't need it." He answered back.
"I don't care. Now put it on or I'll hang you with it!" She said furiously. Why was he even fussing over a stupid tie?
"Okay, fine. I will." Stryker sighed and draped the tie over his neck. He held both of its ends and stared at them. "So --- what now?" He asked as he looked at Yuriko.
Yuriko's eyebrows furrowed. "What do you mean 'what now'?" He was definitely starting to get on her nerves. What was he trying to do? Act stupid on purpose? She knew amnesia caused memory loss, but it didn't cause someone's IQ to drop.
Stryker's eyes looked blankly at her. It was as if he was waiting for her to say something more. He then pulled the tie off his neck. "Look, I know what this is. It's a tie. A necktie ----"He said as he held it up.
"Of course it's a necktie! What do you think it is?! A shoe?!" She felt stupid as she shouted at him. They weren't children anymore to argue about such petty things.
She noticed the dumbfounded look on Stryker's face and finally realized what was truly going on. A sigh of frustration escaped from her lips. "Come here." She said commandingly.
"Are you going to kill me?" He asked. He seemed hesitant as he approached her.
"William. If I wanted to kill you, I already would have." She said with an imposing tone in her voice. Of course she wanted to kill him, but it was not yet the right time or the right place. She knew he was still of some importance.
As soon as he came within an arm's reach away from her, she snatched the tie from his hand and draped it over his neck. She could see the nervousness in his eyes as she fixed the necktie around his collar.
"How could you forget something as simple as this?!" She asked. Her eyes were focused on her hands as she talked. "You practically did this everyday!"
Stryker didn't answer back. He just looked at her. There was something about her at that time that made her seem so familiar. Like he had known her for a long time.
Yuriko smoothed his necktie and tucked it under his suit.
/"What am I? His babysitter?"/
She moved her hands up to his collar and straightened it. As she did, she suddenly saw in image in her mind. She saw something --- like a flash of memory.
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Yuriko closed her eyes and clutched her head in her hands. She felt so confused as the image continued to flicker in her mind. It looked like an old movie --- like a dream --- like something she should remember but couldn't. It all moved so fast. She couldn't understand it.
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She saw the image of herself standing in a room. She was wearing a formal dress. What was the occasion? What was she doing there? She saw two other people in the room with her. Both of them were male.
One of them was Wolverine. He was there too and looked neither a day younger nor a day older. He was smiling, and his smile looked so familiar. He was sitting on a table right next to her. He looked so relaxed and happy. Was that the same Wolverine she fought? Was her mind playing tricks on her? What was going on in her head?
Then in front of her stood the other man. She saw his face. It was Stryker? He was as young as the two of them. She barely recognized him. He was also in a formal black outfit and she was fixing his tie. He was smiling as he talked to her.
She could also see herself and Wolverine talking, but no sound came out of their lips. There was just silence.
She saw herself laugh, then Stryker laughed, and then Wolverine walked up to Stryker and smacked him on the back of the head. She couldn't believe what she was seeing. All three of them --- laughing together? Why were they even there?
Then Wolverine walk up to her and ran a finger down cheek --- and ---- and everything suddenly moved so fast that the last thing she saw was her, standing in the same room, alone, and in her Lady Deathstrike outfit.
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Yuriko cried out as she opened her eyes. She was back in the empty bedroom again. A part of her wanted the dream to last longer, but she couldn't even understand it.
What did she see? Was it an illusion? She saw herself, and Wolverine and Stryker. What was her mind trying to say? Why did she see it? What was it?! Could it have been a part of her past?
/"No. No! It couldn't! It was impossible!"/
She could feel her heart beating faster as she asked herself more questions. Her fingers tightened around her head. She wanted to squeeze the answers out of her brain.
"Yuriko!" Stryker shouted.
Her eyes opened wide as she heard his voice. She saw him looking at her. She remembered seeing him in her dream. He looked so young and affectionate. She remembered them laughing in unison. All three of them looked so happy.
Why was he even in her dream? And why was Logan there too? None of it made any sense.
Title: Unforgivable Sinners
By: Cmdr. Gabe E.
Note: This fanfiction occurs entirely in the X-Men movie-verse . Characters' unspoken thoughts are enclosed in .
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
SKETTY24 = Heehee...Don't worry about Yuriko ! She can definitely take care of herself =). As for Yuriko and the X-Men, the X-Men do know that Stryker can control mutants. After all, Scott was in his control once O.O!
EBONY = Thanks for checking back after your trip ! Sounds like you had a pretty good time (babysitting O.O!). Hmmm...There's actually more to Wolverine and Deathstrike and and....there's actually something in this chapter about it o.O! Oooh!
PENDRAGON4 = LOL! Okay...you got me! I did do that last cliffhanger on purpose. LMAO! But at least the next chap's here now ! Lol! And yeah, Wolvie still feels bad about the loss x.x!
DU SOLEIL ORIENTAL = And here's more of it !
TP96 = lol. I hope I'm not that evil now !
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CHAPTER XIV: A girl and two boys
"Hello?!" Logan asked again. "Hello?!!!". He waited for an answer, but there was only silence. He gritted his teeth in anger. "Look! I'm not in the mood for jokes right now!!! So if you're looking for trouble, then I suggest you go look somewhere else!!!"
Yuriko was about to say something, when Stryker walked out of the bathroom.
"Who are you talking to?" He asked as he saw her on the phone.
"Don't try calling again, asshole!" Logan shouted and slammed the phone against its holder. "Damn kids!"
He sighed and sat down on a chair. He placed his elbows on the kitchen counter and continued to drink his beer. Perhaps the alcohol would help him forget about Jean --- though he knew he wouldn't.
"None of your business." Yuriko answered. She turned off the mobile phone and quickly placed all of Stryker's items in the envelope.
Stryker was now fully dressed in his business suit. She hated seeing him in it as much as she hated seeing him in his military outfit.
"By the way, I found your extra pair of glasses." She picked up the glasses from the table and tossed it at him.
Stryker caught it and immediately put it on. "This is so much better." He said in a low voice.
The sight of Stryker with his glasses and suit on made Yuriko feel uneasy. He was now slowly starting to look more and more like the man she once knew. If it weren't for the bandage on his head, she wouldn't be able to tell the difference. But other than that, something about him still didn't look right.
She suddenly saw the end of his necktie hanging from his pocket as if he just shoved it in there.
"You're tie. You didn't put it on." She pointed at the tie that hung from his pocket.
"Oh. You mean this?" He took the tie from his pocket and showed it to her.
"Put it on." She said sternly.
"I don't need it." He answered back.
"I don't care. Now put it on or I'll hang you with it!" She said furiously. Why was he even fussing over a stupid tie?
"Okay, fine. I will." Stryker sighed and draped the tie over his neck. He held both of its ends and stared at them. "So --- what now?" He asked as he looked at Yuriko.
Yuriko's eyebrows furrowed. "What do you mean 'what now'?" He was definitely starting to get on her nerves. What was he trying to do? Act stupid on purpose? She knew amnesia caused memory loss, but it didn't cause someone's IQ to drop.
Stryker's eyes looked blankly at her. It was as if he was waiting for her to say something more. He then pulled the tie off his neck. "Look, I know what this is. It's a tie. A necktie ----"He said as he held it up.
"Of course it's a necktie! What do you think it is?! A shoe?!" She felt stupid as she shouted at him. They weren't children anymore to argue about such petty things.
She noticed the dumbfounded look on Stryker's face and finally realized what was truly going on. A sigh of frustration escaped from her lips. "Come here." She said commandingly.
"Are you going to kill me?" He asked. He seemed hesitant as he approached her.
"William. If I wanted to kill you, I already would have." She said with an imposing tone in her voice. Of course she wanted to kill him, but it was not yet the right time or the right place. She knew he was still of some importance.
As soon as he came within an arm's reach away from her, she snatched the tie from his hand and draped it over his neck. She could see the nervousness in his eyes as she fixed the necktie around his collar.
"How could you forget something as simple as this?!" She asked. Her eyes were focused on her hands as she talked. "You practically did this everyday!"
Stryker didn't answer back. He just looked at her. There was something about her at that time that made her seem so familiar. Like he had known her for a long time.
Yuriko smoothed his necktie and tucked it under his suit.
/"What am I? His babysitter?"/
She moved her hands up to his collar and straightened it. As she did, she suddenly saw in image in her mind. She saw something --- like a flash of memory.
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
Yuriko closed her eyes and clutched her head in her hands. She felt so confused as the image continued to flicker in her mind. It looked like an old movie --- like a dream --- like something she should remember but couldn't. It all moved so fast. She couldn't understand it.
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
She saw the image of herself standing in a room. She was wearing a formal dress. What was the occasion? What was she doing there? She saw two other people in the room with her. Both of them were male.
One of them was Wolverine. He was there too and looked neither a day younger nor a day older. He was smiling, and his smile looked so familiar. He was sitting on a table right next to her. He looked so relaxed and happy. Was that the same Wolverine she fought? Was her mind playing tricks on her? What was going on in her head?
Then in front of her stood the other man. She saw his face. It was Stryker? He was as young as the two of them. She barely recognized him. He was also in a formal black outfit and she was fixing his tie. He was smiling as he talked to her.
She could also see herself and Wolverine talking, but no sound came out of their lips. There was just silence.
She saw herself laugh, then Stryker laughed, and then Wolverine walked up to Stryker and smacked him on the back of the head. She couldn't believe what she was seeing. All three of them --- laughing together? Why were they even there?
Then Wolverine walk up to her and ran a finger down cheek --- and ---- and everything suddenly moved so fast that the last thing she saw was her, standing in the same room, alone, and in her Lady Deathstrike outfit.
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Yuriko cried out as she opened her eyes. She was back in the empty bedroom again. A part of her wanted the dream to last longer, but she couldn't even understand it.
What did she see? Was it an illusion? She saw herself, and Wolverine and Stryker. What was her mind trying to say? Why did she see it? What was it?! Could it have been a part of her past?
/"No. No! It couldn't! It was impossible!"/
She could feel her heart beating faster as she asked herself more questions. Her fingers tightened around her head. She wanted to squeeze the answers out of her brain.
"Yuriko!" Stryker shouted.
Her eyes opened wide as she heard his voice. She saw him looking at her. She remembered seeing him in her dream. He looked so young and affectionate. She remembered them laughing in unison. All three of them looked so happy.
Why was he even in her dream? And why was Logan there too? None of it made any sense.