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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Thank you so much to everyone who reviewed Chap 17 : SKETTY24, CAPT. O'HAGAN, TP96, CHATTYPANDAGIRL, GIVEGODTHEGLORY and MADSCIENTIST-01.
Heheh...you may all be wondering why I update so fast. Well, that's because I currently have --- NO SCHOOL! LOL! I just graduated from college, so I spend most of my time at home, looking for a job (and writing this fanfic. Lol o!)
Oh...CHATTYPANDAGIRL asked if I am always inspired to right this fanfiction. I guess so =D! I've actually started drawing it too O.O!!!
If this story would have a "cover", this would be it....
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Here's another art featuring Yuriko, Stryker and Wolverine.
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(I am not condoning nudity :P! lmao!). Note the younger Stryker. I guess this art kinad foreshadows some of their past (which will play a big role in the story later on =)).
CAPT. O' HAGAN = LMAO!!! Can you actually imagine Stryker commanding the state troops to infiltrate the X-Mansion?!!! LMAO!!! One of them might even end up hitting on Rogue or Storm or Jean!
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CHAPTER 18: And the reason is you
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President McKenna let Stryker and Yuriko stay in one of the White House's guestrooms while their helicopter was made ready for transport.
Stryker sat down on the sofa and rested his back against it. He crossed his arms over his stomach and closed his eyes.
"When is this all going to end?" He asked frustratingly. He looked at Yuriko and saw her standing by the window. She seemed to be looking at the open area where the mechanics were getting the helicopter ready for the trip.
Yuriko placed her hand on the transparent glass of the window as she watched the events outside. Soon they will reach the school for gifted youngsters. There she will find Professor Xavier --- the only man who could possibly bring back her memories. And there was also that other man, the man who was just like her ----
"Wolverine." She whispered under her breath.
She then remembered the image she had, about her and Stryker and Wolverine. When she saw it in her mind, everything looked so real. Even if the image happened so fast, so fast that she could barely see anything, she could still feel it lingering at the back of her mind like a long lost memory.
/"Did any of that really happen?"/ Her hand against the window closed into a tight fist. None of that could have happened, even if, even if a part of her wished it did. But why was Wolverine there? And Stryker, he was so young. He looked as young as her.
She turned around and saw him resting on the sofa with his eyes closed. She felt so confused. If that really happened in the past, if the three of them really knew each other before, then how come they all ended up the way they did?
Wolverine had become a wandering warrior who knew neither of them. She had ended up as Stryker's mindless killer, and Stryker had turned into a monster fueled only by hatred and anger towards all mutant life. Where did the past go? What happened?
Yuriko was sure of one thing --- The past had been forgotten, left to rot away in the untouched reaches of their minds.
"So where are we going this time?" Stryker asked as he looked at her.
Yuriko's eyes were still focused on the view outside the window. "Our final destination."
"What do you mean our 'final destination'?" He asked curiously.
"It's going to be our last stop, William." She said coldly. "After this, there will be no more running. No more fear. Just the truth." She will finally be able to uncover their past. But after that, where will she go? What if she really didn't have a past? Will she stay and work with the mutants? Was she going to kill Stryker?
"So after this, you're going to kill me." There was fear in his eyes, but there was bravery in his voice. "After you've used me, you're going to kill me, aren't you?"
Yuriko turned to him and nodded. She promised herself she was going to kill him, and she was going to keep that promise. She didn't care if he couldn't remember who he was or the things he had done, but the fact that he did them stayed in her mind.
"I'm not afraid." Stryker said firmly. "I have nothing to lose." His eyes stared into hers.
She walked towards the sofa and sat beside him.
Stryker was quite surprised when Yuriko sat beside him. What did she want from him now? Was she going to give him another threat? Another taste of pain is? He looked at her and saw her staring into his eyes. She looked so lost, so confused.
"Why did you do it, William?" She asked, her voice almost shaking.
"What are you talking about?" There was fear in his eyes. No, he didn't fear her. He feared something else --- something that came from the inside.
"Why did you do it, William?! Why did you do it to me?!" Her voice was louder. She knew he couldn't remember any of the past, but she knew it was still somewhere in his subconscious. She wanted to crack him open.
"I don't know what you're talking about!!!" He shouted back. Somehow he knew what she was talking about. He could feel it. He knew.
"Why me, William?! WHY DID YOU MAKE ME SUFFER?!!!" She shouted again. She could see it in his eyes. There was something there.
"I DON'T KNOW!! I DON'T KNOW!!!" He suddenly placed his head in his hands. He wanted to throw up. He knew the answers were somewhere in his mind, but he couldn't find them. But how come he saw images of her there? How come thoughts of her lingered in his mind? And not just her...He also saw another man. Another man who looked familiar.
"YOU KNOW, WILLIAM!!! WHY ME?!!!" She grabbed his arm as she shouted the words at him. "WHY DID YOU GIVE ME SO MUCH PAIN?!!!" She could feel the tears forming in her eyes.
Stryker suddenly grabbed her by the arms and pinned her down on the sofa.
"DO YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY?!!!" There was anger in his eyes. He looked like another person. "Do you want to know I made you go through all THAT?!!!"
Yuriko stared at him in fear. She couldn't understand it, but she couldn't find the energy to unleash her claws. She could barely make herself move as his weight pressed down on her body. She just stared helplessly into his eyes.
"BECAUSE I..." Stryker's suddenly stopped and his eyes opened wide with shock. He pushed himself off of her and sat on the bed in the middle of the room. He looked so lost and confused. He looked at his hands then looked at Yuriko.
"I'm sorry..." He stuttered. "I don't know what I did --- I --- I..." He clutched his head in hands. "Please don't do that again." He groaned.
Yuriko sat up on the couch. Her eyes remained glued to him. Was he really starting to remember? She didn't know if she should retaliate for what he just did. She felt as confused as he was. And it was she who provoked him. She was the one who tried to squeeze the answers out of his brain. But now she knew the answers were still there. His mind still held the ghosts of the past.
She suddenly heard a knock on the door.
The door opened, and a white house agent stepped into the room. "Mr. Stryker, Ms. Oyama, the helicopter is now ready for takeoff."
Yuriko looked at the agent. "We'll be there in a minute." She said.
The agent nodded and exited the room.
She stood up from the sofa and straightened her clothes. She pulled the elastic band off her hair and redid her ponytail. After what just happened, she wanted to wash herself clean. She looked at Stryker and saw him sitting on the bed with his head still in his hands.
"Mr. Stryker, it's time to leave." She said monotonously.
Stryker ran his fingers through his hair then stood up. "I know." He couldn't find the courage to look into her eyes. He wanted to know who she really was. How could he feel as if he'd known her for so long, and not truly know her? But it really didn't matter anymore. Soon he will die in her hands, and that would be the end of his story.
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They both boarded the helicopter without saying a word. Stryker and Yuriko seemed like two ghosts who wanted to hide in their own silence. Neither of them even looked at each other. It reminded her so much of the days when she was his slave. She would be by his side, night and day, until the sun went down, and yet not a word would be spoken.
Yuriko still couldn't understand what truly happened in that room. She remembered how Stryker's persona changed. She remembered the way he stared into her eyes. She could still feel his weight against her body when he trapped her against the sofa. He talked as if he had known her for an entire lifetime. He talked as if she had been there from the beginning.
The gap of silence between them lingered as the helicopter lifted itself from the ground. Stryker remained silent as he looked outside the window. Like Yuriko, he too couldn't fathom what just happened. He didn't even know he pinned her down until he saw the fear in her eyes. And the words that he said just flew out of his lips as if he'd wanted to say them all along.
He knew she triggered something in his mind. She snapped an invisible string that made him do what he did. There was something in the way she asked her questions. Her voice bore deep into his brain like an electronic power drill.
The helicopter soon reached the outskirts of New York's Westchester County. Yuriko's eyes caught sight of the mansion in the distance.
/"Soon I will be reunited with my past."/ She looked at Stryker and saw him looking out the window. /"And soon, all will end as it should be."/
But what is the end? How do stories end for people like her?
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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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Thank you so much to everyone who reviewed Chap 17 : SKETTY24, CAPT. O'HAGAN, TP96, CHATTYPANDAGIRL, GIVEGODTHEGLORY and MADSCIENTIST-01.
Heheh...you may all be wondering why I update so fast. Well, that's because I currently have --- NO SCHOOL! LOL! I just graduated from college, so I spend most of my time at home, looking for a job (and writing this fanfic. Lol o!)
Oh...CHATTYPANDAGIRL asked if I am always inspired to right this fanfiction. I guess so =D! I've actually started drawing it too O.O!!!
If this story would have a "cover", this would be it....
- - - -
Here's another art featuring Yuriko, Stryker and Wolverine.
- - - -
(I am not condoning nudity :P! lmao!). Note the younger Stryker. I guess this art kinad foreshadows some of their past (which will play a big role in the story later on =)).
CAPT. O' HAGAN = LMAO!!! Can you actually imagine Stryker commanding the state troops to infiltrate the X-Mansion?!!! LMAO!!! One of them might even end up hitting on Rogue or Storm or Jean!
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CHAPTER 18: And the reason is you
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President McKenna let Stryker and Yuriko stay in one of the White House's guestrooms while their helicopter was made ready for transport.
Stryker sat down on the sofa and rested his back against it. He crossed his arms over his stomach and closed his eyes.
"When is this all going to end?" He asked frustratingly. He looked at Yuriko and saw her standing by the window. She seemed to be looking at the open area where the mechanics were getting the helicopter ready for the trip.
Yuriko placed her hand on the transparent glass of the window as she watched the events outside. Soon they will reach the school for gifted youngsters. There she will find Professor Xavier --- the only man who could possibly bring back her memories. And there was also that other man, the man who was just like her ----
"Wolverine." She whispered under her breath.
She then remembered the image she had, about her and Stryker and Wolverine. When she saw it in her mind, everything looked so real. Even if the image happened so fast, so fast that she could barely see anything, she could still feel it lingering at the back of her mind like a long lost memory.
/"Did any of that really happen?"/ Her hand against the window closed into a tight fist. None of that could have happened, even if, even if a part of her wished it did. But why was Wolverine there? And Stryker, he was so young. He looked as young as her.
She turned around and saw him resting on the sofa with his eyes closed. She felt so confused. If that really happened in the past, if the three of them really knew each other before, then how come they all ended up the way they did?
Wolverine had become a wandering warrior who knew neither of them. She had ended up as Stryker's mindless killer, and Stryker had turned into a monster fueled only by hatred and anger towards all mutant life. Where did the past go? What happened?
Yuriko was sure of one thing --- The past had been forgotten, left to rot away in the untouched reaches of their minds.
"So where are we going this time?" Stryker asked as he looked at her.
Yuriko's eyes were still focused on the view outside the window. "Our final destination."
"What do you mean our 'final destination'?" He asked curiously.
"It's going to be our last stop, William." She said coldly. "After this, there will be no more running. No more fear. Just the truth." She will finally be able to uncover their past. But after that, where will she go? What if she really didn't have a past? Will she stay and work with the mutants? Was she going to kill Stryker?
"So after this, you're going to kill me." There was fear in his eyes, but there was bravery in his voice. "After you've used me, you're going to kill me, aren't you?"
Yuriko turned to him and nodded. She promised herself she was going to kill him, and she was going to keep that promise. She didn't care if he couldn't remember who he was or the things he had done, but the fact that he did them stayed in her mind.
"I'm not afraid." Stryker said firmly. "I have nothing to lose." His eyes stared into hers.
She walked towards the sofa and sat beside him.
Stryker was quite surprised when Yuriko sat beside him. What did she want from him now? Was she going to give him another threat? Another taste of pain is? He looked at her and saw her staring into his eyes. She looked so lost, so confused.
"Why did you do it, William?" She asked, her voice almost shaking.
"What are you talking about?" There was fear in his eyes. No, he didn't fear her. He feared something else --- something that came from the inside.
"Why did you do it, William?! Why did you do it to me?!" Her voice was louder. She knew he couldn't remember any of the past, but she knew it was still somewhere in his subconscious. She wanted to crack him open.
"I don't know what you're talking about!!!" He shouted back. Somehow he knew what she was talking about. He could feel it. He knew.
"Why me, William?! WHY DID YOU MAKE ME SUFFER?!!!" She shouted again. She could see it in his eyes. There was something there.
"I DON'T KNOW!! I DON'T KNOW!!!" He suddenly placed his head in his hands. He wanted to throw up. He knew the answers were somewhere in his mind, but he couldn't find them. But how come he saw images of her there? How come thoughts of her lingered in his mind? And not just her...He also saw another man. Another man who looked familiar.
"YOU KNOW, WILLIAM!!! WHY ME?!!!" She grabbed his arm as she shouted the words at him. "WHY DID YOU GIVE ME SO MUCH PAIN?!!!" She could feel the tears forming in her eyes.
Stryker suddenly grabbed her by the arms and pinned her down on the sofa.
"DO YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY?!!!" There was anger in his eyes. He looked like another person. "Do you want to know I made you go through all THAT?!!!"
Yuriko stared at him in fear. She couldn't understand it, but she couldn't find the energy to unleash her claws. She could barely make herself move as his weight pressed down on her body. She just stared helplessly into his eyes.
"BECAUSE I..." Stryker's suddenly stopped and his eyes opened wide with shock. He pushed himself off of her and sat on the bed in the middle of the room. He looked so lost and confused. He looked at his hands then looked at Yuriko.
"I'm sorry..." He stuttered. "I don't know what I did --- I --- I..." He clutched his head in hands. "Please don't do that again." He groaned.
Yuriko sat up on the couch. Her eyes remained glued to him. Was he really starting to remember? She didn't know if she should retaliate for what he just did. She felt as confused as he was. And it was she who provoked him. She was the one who tried to squeeze the answers out of his brain. But now she knew the answers were still there. His mind still held the ghosts of the past.
She suddenly heard a knock on the door.
The door opened, and a white house agent stepped into the room. "Mr. Stryker, Ms. Oyama, the helicopter is now ready for takeoff."
Yuriko looked at the agent. "We'll be there in a minute." She said.
The agent nodded and exited the room.
She stood up from the sofa and straightened her clothes. She pulled the elastic band off her hair and redid her ponytail. After what just happened, she wanted to wash herself clean. She looked at Stryker and saw him sitting on the bed with his head still in his hands.
"Mr. Stryker, it's time to leave." She said monotonously.
Stryker ran his fingers through his hair then stood up. "I know." He couldn't find the courage to look into her eyes. He wanted to know who she really was. How could he feel as if he'd known her for so long, and not truly know her? But it really didn't matter anymore. Soon he will die in her hands, and that would be the end of his story.
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They both boarded the helicopter without saying a word. Stryker and Yuriko seemed like two ghosts who wanted to hide in their own silence. Neither of them even looked at each other. It reminded her so much of the days when she was his slave. She would be by his side, night and day, until the sun went down, and yet not a word would be spoken.
Yuriko still couldn't understand what truly happened in that room. She remembered how Stryker's persona changed. She remembered the way he stared into her eyes. She could still feel his weight against her body when he trapped her against the sofa. He talked as if he had known her for an entire lifetime. He talked as if she had been there from the beginning.
The gap of silence between them lingered as the helicopter lifted itself from the ground. Stryker remained silent as he looked outside the window. Like Yuriko, he too couldn't fathom what just happened. He didn't even know he pinned her down until he saw the fear in her eyes. And the words that he said just flew out of his lips as if he'd wanted to say them all along.
He knew she triggered something in his mind. She snapped an invisible string that made him do what he did. There was something in the way she asked her questions. Her voice bore deep into his brain like an electronic power drill.
The helicopter soon reached the outskirts of New York's Westchester County. Yuriko's eyes caught sight of the mansion in the distance.
/"Soon I will be reunited with my past."/ She looked at Stryker and saw him looking out the window. /"And soon, all will end as it should be."/
But what is the end? How do stories end for people like her?
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