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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W000t!!! Another chapter finished o! I hope this one didn't take too long ! I'm really sorry if it's taking me a while to update lately, but I've been busy with some shtuff that keep me away from the computer .!
SKETTY24 = Logan and Yuriko are definitely right for each other ! Heheh. But Stryker doesn't seem too happy about that now, does he?
TP96 = Lol. Don't worry. I'm still alive and kickin'. Lol! Aaahhh...don't we all just wish we could spend more time working on our stories? !
GIVEGODTHEGLORY = Here's what happens next ! .......
CAPT. O' HAGAN = Yes....I am still alive and well in my very own little underground base ! Yeah, I bet it's tough for Yuriko to hold Logan back from killing the person she hates the most. But then, she still does need him =). Eheheheh....Let's see how long Stryker can keep his blls intact :P! LMAO!
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CHAPTER 23: Solitude
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Yuriko grabbed Stryker's arm and pulled him after her. She walked beside Logan as the two of them followed him from one hallway to another. She still couldn't believe that the mansion was her home now. She didn't expect that she would end up living there.
When she first thought of going to the school, the only thing she had in mind was the retrieval of her past. But the school was more than that now. It just wasn't another stop over. It was now her home, a place where she could stay in for as long as she wanted, and a place where she could be herself without the fear of anyone taking control of her.
They soon found themselves standing in front of the first floor's elevator.
"The living quarters are on the second floor. That's where you'll be staying from now on." Logan pushed a button and the elevator opened.
They all stepped inside and Logan pushed the button for the mansion's second floor. The elevator closed and started to move. Yuriko noticed the buttons lined up by the elevator's entrance. The mansion only seemed to have three floors, but the elevator had 7 buttons.
"So where else does this elevator go?" She asked curiously. Her eyes were focused on Logan who was standing right next to her. She liked how he looked now. The anger in his face was gone and there was calmness in his eyes.
"If you stay long enough, you might just be able to find out." He looked back at her and smiled. He really couldn't shake the feeling that they've met before. He didn't usually talk to people he'd just met, but Yuriko just drew the words right out of his mouth.
Stryker noticed the connection between Logan and Yuriko. He didn't like how she looked at him, and he didn't like how he looked at her. He clenched his fists by his sides and gritted his teeth. Yuriko didn't seem like the kind of woman who'd easily open up to a man, and yet she seemed so open and comfortable whenever she was talking to that Wolverine.
He looked away and refused to see more of their unspoken connection. Why was he feeling that way? No, it wasn't anger. It wasn't hate. It was something else.
The elevator stopped and the door opened. Wolverine walked into the second floor and Yuriko and Stryker followed after him.
Yuriko still had her hand wrapped around Stryker's arm. She found it odd that he had stopped struggling against her. He didn't even try to pull away as they followed Logan down the halls. She found this new behavior quite disturbing. She even noticed him staring at her face every once in a while.
/"What's wrong with Stryker now?"/ She thought to herself. Stryker was acting too observant for her liking.
Yuriko also noticed the silence that enveloped the mansion. She knew it was a school, but there were no students in sight. She expected to see some of them walking down the halls, especially since it was late of the afternoon, but the entire floor was void of any children. The only sound she could hear was the echo of their own footsteps in the corridor.
"Where are all the students? I thought this was a school." She asked as she followed Wolverine. Her eyes wandered at the doors that lined the hallway.
"Well thanks to your 'friend'," He looked at Stryker from the corner of his eye. "--- the mansion is currently undergoing major repairs. The professor found it appropriate to send the children home while we recover from the 'incident'." He emphasized the word 'incident'. Every time he remembered what Stryker did, he wanted to kill him.
"How about the other mutants? The other members of your team?" She asked curiously. "You're the only one I've seen ever since we got here."
"They're currently minding their own business." His voice sounded firm, as if he didn't even want to talk about it. Logan stopped in front of one of the doors and looked at Yuriko. "As you can see, the school's not at its happiest right now. We have lost so much more than we expected." His eyes stared coldly at Stryker.
/"Jean."/ Logan thought. Despite Yuriko's presence, he still couldn't forget her. He knew he would never forget her. And it angered him more that the man who was responsible for her death was standing right in front of him.
He opened the door and motioned his hand towards the room. "This is where you and that bastard will be staying. I just hope he won't be staying for that long." He felt his jaw clench.
Yuriko let go of Stryker's arm and walked into the room. Stryker and Logan followed her inside. The two men stared at each other as they entered the door. Logan knew he couldn't touch Stryker for now. Yuriko still needed him. But after she's done retrieving her past from his mind, he will finally be able to make him pay for what he had done.
A soft smile appeared on Yuriko's lips as she walked to the middle of the room. It wasn't that big, but it was her own.
/"This is my room now."/ She thought to herself.
She finally had her own room. And she was now a part of a family. What more could she want? She finally belonged. She couldn't wait to see the professor and thank him for everything. Even after what she did as Lady Deathstrike, he still accepted her in his school. He didn't even question her presence there.
She suddenly thought of the other mutants. How would they react if they found her there? She hoped they would understand. After all, the one called Cyclops was once under Stryker's mind control drug too.
Yuriko saw two beds in the room. She presumed the other one was for Stryker. She sat down on one of the beds and sighed with contentment. She couldn't wait to see more of the school. She had so much to look forward to.
Logan walked to the door and opened it.
"Where are you going?" Asked Yuriko. She didn't want him to go yet. She wanted him to stay. She wanted to talk to him more. She wanted to learn more about him.
"I have to go see Charles and tell him you've already settled down." He said as he looked at her.
He was about to step out of the room, when he suddenly turned his head to looked at her again. "Maybe I'll drop by later and see how you're doing. I could even give you a trip around the mansion. Free of charge of course." He said, smiling.
Then his eyes darted to Stryker. "Just make sure you keep your dog caged. We don't want wild animals running around the school." He felt his jaw tighten as he looked at him.
He looked at Yuriko for the last time, then exited the room, closing the door behind him.
Once they were alone, Stryker looked at Yuriko and saw her still staring at the door. She looked as if she wanted to see more of Wolverine. The look in her eyes seemed to long for him. He had never seen her look at anyone like that before. Did she really want that barbaric man? He couldn't understand how she could fall for someone who had just tried to kill her.
"You like him." He said as he sat down on the other bed. His voice sounded hesitant.
Yuriko looked at him coldly. "That is none of your business."
He looked into her eyes. "But it is. You're going to kill me soon so I might as well know more about you." He said in a rather sarcastic way. If he was going to die, then he might as well not live in fear.
"Ironic." Her voice was void of emotions. "You are the one who's supposed to know a lot about me. So why don't you go ask yourself?" She said angrily.
She lied down on the bed and stared at the ceiling. She wasn't even sure if she wanted her past back anymore. She now had a new life. And she liked her new life. She wouldn't let anything ruin it. She wanted to keep it the way it was.
She could see Stryker from the corner of her eye. Now she wished she hadn't taken him with her. He just made things more complicated. She closed her eyes and remembered the vision with Stryker and Logan. She remembered how happy they were. Was the past really that important?
Stryker's eyes wandered to the floor. He knew she could never forgive him for what he had done. .None of the people he'd hurt in the past would be able to forgive him. He had caused so much pain and suffering, that forgiveness was now impossible.
He was almost as good as dead. He still didn't know who he was, and none of the people he knew cared for him. He'd been dragged from one place to another, and none of those places felt like home. How could a man live a new life if the world didn't want him in it?
"I'm sorry for everything I did to you." He said firmly. He had no choice. He had to try. He had to reach out to her. He wanted her to accept him in her life. She was the only one he had.
Yuriko just ignored him. Her eyes stared blankly at the ceiling. No amount of 'sorry' could ever change what he did. No amount of 'sorry' will make her forget the pain she went through because of him. And it's not just what he did to her. She saw what he did to the mutants he captured. Innocent mutants suffered because of him. He mutilated them --- used them in his plans. He gave them no mercy and now he deserved none.
"I said I'm sorry." He said again. His head was bowed down and his voice was shaking. He couldn't look at her. It pained him to look at the woman he enslaved. She was the living embodiment of the things he had done, and the more he looked at her, the more he saw the images in his mind.
"You're just wasting your time, William. You know very well that I will never forgive you." Her voice sounded so cold. "Not now. Not tomorrow. Not Ever." She didn't even look at him. She just laid there on the bed unmoving.
"Don't you think I've suffered enough?!" He suddenly shouted. The sound of his voice filled the room. "I'm tired of paying for my sins!!! I'm tired of suffering for the past that I can't even remember!!! Don't you think that's unfair?!" His hands gripped the edge of the bed tightly. He wanted her to listen. He wanted to reach out to her.
"Life is never fair." She said coldly. "Do you think it was fair when you took me in as your slave? When you forced me to do things I didn't want to do? Do you think it was fair when you took my life away from me?"
Yuriko turned to her side so that she would be facing the wall. She didn't want to see Stryker anymore. She didn't want to hear his voice anymore. She wanted to shut him out of her life. Was the past still worth it?
"I wish I could change the past, Yuriko! I wish I could change everything, but I can't!!! I can't!!! And I'm sorry for that...." He could feel his heart beating so fast. His chest moved up and down as he tried to catch his breath.
Yuriko slowly sat up on the bed. Then she looked at him. Her eyes looked so cold and lifeless as she stared at his face. "You ask forgiveness from me. You want me to forgive you. But how about the people you asked me to kill, William? How about the people and the mutants you asked me to slaughter? How will they forgive me now?"
Stryker bowed his head. He felt the pain in her voice. She was right. She was right all along. He can never be forgiven. Never. He was still the man he once was. He was still a monster, and nothing could ever change that.
Without saying another word, Yuriko stood up and walked out of the door.
The last thing Stryker heard was the sound of the door closing as Yuriko left the room. Once again, he was left alone, sitting on the bed, in a world that didn't want him.
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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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W000t!!! Another chapter finished o! I hope this one didn't take too long ! I'm really sorry if it's taking me a while to update lately, but I've been busy with some shtuff that keep me away from the computer .!
SKETTY24 = Logan and Yuriko are definitely right for each other ! Heheh. But Stryker doesn't seem too happy about that now, does he?
TP96 = Lol. Don't worry. I'm still alive and kickin'. Lol! Aaahhh...don't we all just wish we could spend more time working on our stories? !
GIVEGODTHEGLORY = Here's what happens next ! .......
CAPT. O' HAGAN = Yes....I am still alive and well in my very own little underground base ! Yeah, I bet it's tough for Yuriko to hold Logan back from killing the person she hates the most. But then, she still does need him =). Eheheheh....Let's see how long Stryker can keep his blls intact :P! LMAO!
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CHAPTER 23: Solitude
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Yuriko grabbed Stryker's arm and pulled him after her. She walked beside Logan as the two of them followed him from one hallway to another. She still couldn't believe that the mansion was her home now. She didn't expect that she would end up living there.
When she first thought of going to the school, the only thing she had in mind was the retrieval of her past. But the school was more than that now. It just wasn't another stop over. It was now her home, a place where she could stay in for as long as she wanted, and a place where she could be herself without the fear of anyone taking control of her.
They soon found themselves standing in front of the first floor's elevator.
"The living quarters are on the second floor. That's where you'll be staying from now on." Logan pushed a button and the elevator opened.
They all stepped inside and Logan pushed the button for the mansion's second floor. The elevator closed and started to move. Yuriko noticed the buttons lined up by the elevator's entrance. The mansion only seemed to have three floors, but the elevator had 7 buttons.
"So where else does this elevator go?" She asked curiously. Her eyes were focused on Logan who was standing right next to her. She liked how he looked now. The anger in his face was gone and there was calmness in his eyes.
"If you stay long enough, you might just be able to find out." He looked back at her and smiled. He really couldn't shake the feeling that they've met before. He didn't usually talk to people he'd just met, but Yuriko just drew the words right out of his mouth.
Stryker noticed the connection between Logan and Yuriko. He didn't like how she looked at him, and he didn't like how he looked at her. He clenched his fists by his sides and gritted his teeth. Yuriko didn't seem like the kind of woman who'd easily open up to a man, and yet she seemed so open and comfortable whenever she was talking to that Wolverine.
He looked away and refused to see more of their unspoken connection. Why was he feeling that way? No, it wasn't anger. It wasn't hate. It was something else.
The elevator stopped and the door opened. Wolverine walked into the second floor and Yuriko and Stryker followed after him.
Yuriko still had her hand wrapped around Stryker's arm. She found it odd that he had stopped struggling against her. He didn't even try to pull away as they followed Logan down the halls. She found this new behavior quite disturbing. She even noticed him staring at her face every once in a while.
/"What's wrong with Stryker now?"/ She thought to herself. Stryker was acting too observant for her liking.
Yuriko also noticed the silence that enveloped the mansion. She knew it was a school, but there were no students in sight. She expected to see some of them walking down the halls, especially since it was late of the afternoon, but the entire floor was void of any children. The only sound she could hear was the echo of their own footsteps in the corridor.
"Where are all the students? I thought this was a school." She asked as she followed Wolverine. Her eyes wandered at the doors that lined the hallway.
"Well thanks to your 'friend'," He looked at Stryker from the corner of his eye. "--- the mansion is currently undergoing major repairs. The professor found it appropriate to send the children home while we recover from the 'incident'." He emphasized the word 'incident'. Every time he remembered what Stryker did, he wanted to kill him.
"How about the other mutants? The other members of your team?" She asked curiously. "You're the only one I've seen ever since we got here."
"They're currently minding their own business." His voice sounded firm, as if he didn't even want to talk about it. Logan stopped in front of one of the doors and looked at Yuriko. "As you can see, the school's not at its happiest right now. We have lost so much more than we expected." His eyes stared coldly at Stryker.
/"Jean."/ Logan thought. Despite Yuriko's presence, he still couldn't forget her. He knew he would never forget her. And it angered him more that the man who was responsible for her death was standing right in front of him.
He opened the door and motioned his hand towards the room. "This is where you and that bastard will be staying. I just hope he won't be staying for that long." He felt his jaw clench.
Yuriko let go of Stryker's arm and walked into the room. Stryker and Logan followed her inside. The two men stared at each other as they entered the door. Logan knew he couldn't touch Stryker for now. Yuriko still needed him. But after she's done retrieving her past from his mind, he will finally be able to make him pay for what he had done.
A soft smile appeared on Yuriko's lips as she walked to the middle of the room. It wasn't that big, but it was her own.
/"This is my room now."/ She thought to herself.
She finally had her own room. And she was now a part of a family. What more could she want? She finally belonged. She couldn't wait to see the professor and thank him for everything. Even after what she did as Lady Deathstrike, he still accepted her in his school. He didn't even question her presence there.
She suddenly thought of the other mutants. How would they react if they found her there? She hoped they would understand. After all, the one called Cyclops was once under Stryker's mind control drug too.
Yuriko saw two beds in the room. She presumed the other one was for Stryker. She sat down on one of the beds and sighed with contentment. She couldn't wait to see more of the school. She had so much to look forward to.
Logan walked to the door and opened it.
"Where are you going?" Asked Yuriko. She didn't want him to go yet. She wanted him to stay. She wanted to talk to him more. She wanted to learn more about him.
"I have to go see Charles and tell him you've already settled down." He said as he looked at her.
He was about to step out of the room, when he suddenly turned his head to looked at her again. "Maybe I'll drop by later and see how you're doing. I could even give you a trip around the mansion. Free of charge of course." He said, smiling.
Then his eyes darted to Stryker. "Just make sure you keep your dog caged. We don't want wild animals running around the school." He felt his jaw tighten as he looked at him.
He looked at Yuriko for the last time, then exited the room, closing the door behind him.
Once they were alone, Stryker looked at Yuriko and saw her still staring at the door. She looked as if she wanted to see more of Wolverine. The look in her eyes seemed to long for him. He had never seen her look at anyone like that before. Did she really want that barbaric man? He couldn't understand how she could fall for someone who had just tried to kill her.
"You like him." He said as he sat down on the other bed. His voice sounded hesitant.
Yuriko looked at him coldly. "That is none of your business."
He looked into her eyes. "But it is. You're going to kill me soon so I might as well know more about you." He said in a rather sarcastic way. If he was going to die, then he might as well not live in fear.
"Ironic." Her voice was void of emotions. "You are the one who's supposed to know a lot about me. So why don't you go ask yourself?" She said angrily.
She lied down on the bed and stared at the ceiling. She wasn't even sure if she wanted her past back anymore. She now had a new life. And she liked her new life. She wouldn't let anything ruin it. She wanted to keep it the way it was.
She could see Stryker from the corner of her eye. Now she wished she hadn't taken him with her. He just made things more complicated. She closed her eyes and remembered the vision with Stryker and Logan. She remembered how happy they were. Was the past really that important?
Stryker's eyes wandered to the floor. He knew she could never forgive him for what he had done. .None of the people he'd hurt in the past would be able to forgive him. He had caused so much pain and suffering, that forgiveness was now impossible.
He was almost as good as dead. He still didn't know who he was, and none of the people he knew cared for him. He'd been dragged from one place to another, and none of those places felt like home. How could a man live a new life if the world didn't want him in it?
"I'm sorry for everything I did to you." He said firmly. He had no choice. He had to try. He had to reach out to her. He wanted her to accept him in her life. She was the only one he had.
Yuriko just ignored him. Her eyes stared blankly at the ceiling. No amount of 'sorry' could ever change what he did. No amount of 'sorry' will make her forget the pain she went through because of him. And it's not just what he did to her. She saw what he did to the mutants he captured. Innocent mutants suffered because of him. He mutilated them --- used them in his plans. He gave them no mercy and now he deserved none.
"I said I'm sorry." He said again. His head was bowed down and his voice was shaking. He couldn't look at her. It pained him to look at the woman he enslaved. She was the living embodiment of the things he had done, and the more he looked at her, the more he saw the images in his mind.
"You're just wasting your time, William. You know very well that I will never forgive you." Her voice sounded so cold. "Not now. Not tomorrow. Not Ever." She didn't even look at him. She just laid there on the bed unmoving.
"Don't you think I've suffered enough?!" He suddenly shouted. The sound of his voice filled the room. "I'm tired of paying for my sins!!! I'm tired of suffering for the past that I can't even remember!!! Don't you think that's unfair?!" His hands gripped the edge of the bed tightly. He wanted her to listen. He wanted to reach out to her.
"Life is never fair." She said coldly. "Do you think it was fair when you took me in as your slave? When you forced me to do things I didn't want to do? Do you think it was fair when you took my life away from me?"
Yuriko turned to her side so that she would be facing the wall. She didn't want to see Stryker anymore. She didn't want to hear his voice anymore. She wanted to shut him out of her life. Was the past still worth it?
"I wish I could change the past, Yuriko! I wish I could change everything, but I can't!!! I can't!!! And I'm sorry for that...." He could feel his heart beating so fast. His chest moved up and down as he tried to catch his breath.
Yuriko slowly sat up on the bed. Then she looked at him. Her eyes looked so cold and lifeless as she stared at his face. "You ask forgiveness from me. You want me to forgive you. But how about the people you asked me to kill, William? How about the people and the mutants you asked me to slaughter? How will they forgive me now?"
Stryker bowed his head. He felt the pain in her voice. She was right. She was right all along. He can never be forgiven. Never. He was still the man he once was. He was still a monster, and nothing could ever change that.
Without saying another word, Yuriko stood up and walked out of the door.
The last thing Stryker heard was the sound of the door closing as Yuriko left the room. Once again, he was left alone, sitting on the bed, in a world that didn't want him.
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