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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Here it is o --- the next chapter!!! Um, okaaay...this chapter (and probably the next one) will focus more on Stryker and the other mutants in the mansion (I'm through with half of chapter 35 and all I can say is that Rogue and Bobby fans are gonna luv it o! booyah!). anywayz, I still hope you enjoy this one ! Thank you so much for your reviews :D! be seeing you guys around !
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Chapter 34: A moment of peace
Stryker sat on a bed in one of the mansion's operating rooms as he waited for Ororo's return. She had just finished stitching up the wound on his forehead and had left the room to get more bandages. She asked him to stay and wait for her, so he had no choice but to sit and wait. He didn't want to walk around the mansion with his fresh stitches exposed anyway.
After his long talk with the professor, Charles had led him to the medical facility in the mansion's sub-basement where they met up with Ororo. She took him to an operating room and gave expert medical treatment to the wounds he had incurred the day before.
She treated the puncture wounds on his arm first, and then moved on to treat the deep, long wound that ran from his forehead to his right temple.
He looked at the clock and sighed as each second passed by. He couldn't wait to get out of that room. It had been hours since Logan took Yuriko with him and he didn't like the fact that those two had been together all this time. He hated it. He clenched his jaw and tightly gripped the side of the bed as he thought of Yuriko and Logan together.
He could still remember the way she looked at Logan. She looked so happy whenever she was with him. All of her hurts and pains seemed to disappear whenever she was in his company. But how could she like someone so hateful and barbaric? Didn't she see what Logan just did to him? The man was like an animal, and yet Yuriko had somehow fallen for him.
Stryker sighed and looked at the floor. Why did he care anyway? In fact, he should even be happy that Yuriko was now gone. Ever since she found him by the lake, she had done nothing but hurt him and ridicule him. She had never shown him a hint of compassion or an ounce of pity. She wanted nothing but his suffering. And yet...and yet he missed her. He missed seeing her face and hearing her voice. He missed looking into her deep, black eyes even if they looked at him with so much resentment.
He closed his eyes and shook his head from side to side as he tried to take Yuriko's image away from his mind. Why did he even feel that way towards her? Was it because she was the only one he had? Because she was the only one who truly knew him? No...it was more than that. There was something more.
He suddenly winced in pain as he felt his stitches aching. He was about to touch the aching part of his forehead, when Ororo entered the room. She was holding onto a small container where the bandages were kept.
"Don't touch it." She said firmly when she saw Stryker's hand close to his face. "If you irritate it, it will leave a nasty scar."
Stryker looked at her and slowly moved his hand down to his side. "Thanks for the warning." He said softly. Despite the fact he was once an enemy of their team, she still attended to his wounds with care. She didn't talk to him that much, but she always treated him with kindness and respect. Stryker couldn't believe that he was almost responsible for her death. Why would he want to kill someone like her?
She walked up to Stryker and placed the container right next to him on the bed.
"How are you feeling?" She asked with a hint of care in her voice.
Ororo knew what Stryker had done in his past. She knew that he almost killed the entire world's mutant population and that he conducted torturous experiments on the mutants he had captured. She had seen it all in the files they retrieved from his underground base, and most of them sent chills up her spine. How could a man do such horrible things?
And yet, she couldn't help but feel an ounce of compassion for the man who was seated in front of her. He looked nothing like the Stryker who was responsible for Jean's death. He seemed so lost and alone, so tired and weary.
He somehow reminded her of the mutated Senator Kelly who took refuge and died in the mansion. Like Stryker, Kelly went to the mansion because they were the only ones who could help him. And ironically, they were also the ones he wanted to kill before. The world definitely had its own twisted way of dealing with people like Kelly and Stryker.
He looked at her and a humble smile formed on his lips. "I guess I'm okay. Well, the wounds still hurt a bit, especially this one," He pointed at the stitches on his forehead. "But that's probably natural."
She opened the container and took out a bandage, big enough to cover Stryker's stitches. "Don't worry. Once I cover it up, it's going to be fine." She said with a smile.
She took a roll of medical tape from the container and cut small strips of it. Then she gently held the bandage over Stryker's forehead, and slowly started to cover it with strips of tape to hold it in place.
"Thank you, by the way...for treating my injuries." He said as she dressed his stitches. "I know I don't deserve any of this, but..." His eyes wandered to the floor. "I'm grateful for everything you and the professor have done...for me."
"The mansion is always open to those who seek its refuge." She said with a smile. "It doesn't matter if you're a friend or a foe, a human or a fellow mutant." She placed the last piece of tape over the bandage. "We will always be there for those who need our help."
She stepped away from him and took one last look at his forehead. "There. All done."
Stryker carefully stood up and slowly flexed his injured arm. The pain in his puncture wounds were now gone. As for the laceration on his forehead, it didn't ache that much anymore. Ororo definitely did a good job on treating his injuries.
He looked at her and smiled. "Thank you again, Ororo." He hoped the other mutants were just like her. She didn't seem to care about the man he once was. She treated him as a new man, without any concern for his dark past.
Ororo smiled back at him. "Remember to keep your wounds dry. And don't involve yourself in strenuous physical activities." She said firmly. "We'll take the bandages off a week from now once your wounds have completely healed."
Stryker sighed and looked away. He wasn't even sure if he'll still be in the school one week from now. Charles told him that he might regain his memories in a matter of days, even hours. And he knew that once he remembered his past, he would leave the mansion and go back to being the man he once was. Then he would try to destroy Charles and Kurt and Ororo and the others all over again.
She noticed the distant look on Stryker's eyes. "Mr. Stryker?" She asked with her eyebrows furrowed. "Are you all right?"
He snapped out of his trance and then looked at her. "Yes...yes, I'm fine." He forced a smile upon his lips. "I'm fine. I was just...thinking about something." He didn't want to go back to the way things were. He was scared to revert to his former self.
Ororo saw the fear behind his smile. Deep inside, she knew what was bothering him. When she went out of the room to get his bandages, she met with the professor and he informed her of Stryker's condition. Unlike Logan's amnesia, Stryker's memory loss was temporary, and that it would last only for a few more days.
She gently placed a hand on his shoulder and smiled. "Don't worry, William. We will always remember you as you are now."
He smiled and looked into her eyes. "Thank you. And perhaps someday in the future, you could remind me of the person you remembered." He said softly.
He straightened his suit and sighed. "Anyway, I better get going. Perhaps I'll talk with you again, Ms. Munroe." He looked around him, and then he smiled at her. "And I do hope it's in a different setting next time." He said with a joking tone in his voice.
"And I would love to talk with you again, Mr. Stryker." She said with a smile. "Please do take care of yourself."
He nodded, and then made his way towards the door. Then he stopped, and turned around to look at her. "By the way, do you know where Yuriko is?" He asked curiously.
"I believe she's with Logan. I heard Rogue and Bobby talking about them a while ago." She said.
Stryker clenched his fists. /"So, they are together."/ He thought to himself.
"Thanks for the information." He smiled at her, and left the operating room.
He walked down the halls of the sub-basement and made his way to the elevator. He still couldn't believe how huge and complex the mansion was from the inside. The sub-basement alone had countless of halls that led to different facilities.
He even remembered seeing a corridor that led to an indoor swimming pool, and another one that led to a gymnasium. He even saw a terminal for some kind of transport vehicle. That was definitely no ordinary school. But then, its inhabitants and students weren't ordinary either.
Could that have been the reason why he wanted to destroy them in the past? Because they were different? Because they weren't like him?
He reached the entrance to the elevator and pushed the button on the wall right next to it. The elevator opened and he stepped inside. He pushed the button for the first floor and the elevator started to ascend to higher grounds.
He looked at the buttons again and saw one that indicated the mansion's sub- basement level 2. He didn't know why, but something about that level intrigued him. Why did he have the feeling that he had been to that level before?
The elevator stopped on the first floor and he shook his head from side to side. He didn't want to think about his past anymore. He just wanted to cherish his current innocence for as long as he could. Because once his memories come back, he knew he would become the man he once was. And if that happens, even he, wouldn't be able to stop himself.
He stepped off the elevator and walked down the dark hallway. He didn't even realize that it was already nighttime. Most of the mansion's lights were now off, and the windows were void of any light from the outside, except for the faint light of the moon.
He stopped and looked at the clock on the wall of the corridor. He pushed up his glasses on the bridge of his nose and narrowed his eyes as he looked at the time. He could barely see anything in the dark. He was surprised to see that it was already eight forty five in the evening.
Stryker suddenly looked to his side when he noticed a dim light emanating from an open door at the far end of the hallway. He knew he hadn't gone to that part of the mansion before. He slowly walked towards the room and heard the faint sound of people's voices coming from it. The voices seemed to belong to a man and a woman, but not Logan and Yuriko's.
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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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Here it is o --- the next chapter!!! Um, okaaay...this chapter (and probably the next one) will focus more on Stryker and the other mutants in the mansion (I'm through with half of chapter 35 and all I can say is that Rogue and Bobby fans are gonna luv it o! booyah!). anywayz, I still hope you enjoy this one ! Thank you so much for your reviews :D! be seeing you guys around !
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Chapter 34: A moment of peace
Stryker sat on a bed in one of the mansion's operating rooms as he waited for Ororo's return. She had just finished stitching up the wound on his forehead and had left the room to get more bandages. She asked him to stay and wait for her, so he had no choice but to sit and wait. He didn't want to walk around the mansion with his fresh stitches exposed anyway.
After his long talk with the professor, Charles had led him to the medical facility in the mansion's sub-basement where they met up with Ororo. She took him to an operating room and gave expert medical treatment to the wounds he had incurred the day before.
She treated the puncture wounds on his arm first, and then moved on to treat the deep, long wound that ran from his forehead to his right temple.
He looked at the clock and sighed as each second passed by. He couldn't wait to get out of that room. It had been hours since Logan took Yuriko with him and he didn't like the fact that those two had been together all this time. He hated it. He clenched his jaw and tightly gripped the side of the bed as he thought of Yuriko and Logan together.
He could still remember the way she looked at Logan. She looked so happy whenever she was with him. All of her hurts and pains seemed to disappear whenever she was in his company. But how could she like someone so hateful and barbaric? Didn't she see what Logan just did to him? The man was like an animal, and yet Yuriko had somehow fallen for him.
Stryker sighed and looked at the floor. Why did he care anyway? In fact, he should even be happy that Yuriko was now gone. Ever since she found him by the lake, she had done nothing but hurt him and ridicule him. She had never shown him a hint of compassion or an ounce of pity. She wanted nothing but his suffering. And yet...and yet he missed her. He missed seeing her face and hearing her voice. He missed looking into her deep, black eyes even if they looked at him with so much resentment.
He closed his eyes and shook his head from side to side as he tried to take Yuriko's image away from his mind. Why did he even feel that way towards her? Was it because she was the only one he had? Because she was the only one who truly knew him? No...it was more than that. There was something more.
He suddenly winced in pain as he felt his stitches aching. He was about to touch the aching part of his forehead, when Ororo entered the room. She was holding onto a small container where the bandages were kept.
"Don't touch it." She said firmly when she saw Stryker's hand close to his face. "If you irritate it, it will leave a nasty scar."
Stryker looked at her and slowly moved his hand down to his side. "Thanks for the warning." He said softly. Despite the fact he was once an enemy of their team, she still attended to his wounds with care. She didn't talk to him that much, but she always treated him with kindness and respect. Stryker couldn't believe that he was almost responsible for her death. Why would he want to kill someone like her?
She walked up to Stryker and placed the container right next to him on the bed.
"How are you feeling?" She asked with a hint of care in her voice.
Ororo knew what Stryker had done in his past. She knew that he almost killed the entire world's mutant population and that he conducted torturous experiments on the mutants he had captured. She had seen it all in the files they retrieved from his underground base, and most of them sent chills up her spine. How could a man do such horrible things?
And yet, she couldn't help but feel an ounce of compassion for the man who was seated in front of her. He looked nothing like the Stryker who was responsible for Jean's death. He seemed so lost and alone, so tired and weary.
He somehow reminded her of the mutated Senator Kelly who took refuge and died in the mansion. Like Stryker, Kelly went to the mansion because they were the only ones who could help him. And ironically, they were also the ones he wanted to kill before. The world definitely had its own twisted way of dealing with people like Kelly and Stryker.
He looked at her and a humble smile formed on his lips. "I guess I'm okay. Well, the wounds still hurt a bit, especially this one," He pointed at the stitches on his forehead. "But that's probably natural."
She opened the container and took out a bandage, big enough to cover Stryker's stitches. "Don't worry. Once I cover it up, it's going to be fine." She said with a smile.
She took a roll of medical tape from the container and cut small strips of it. Then she gently held the bandage over Stryker's forehead, and slowly started to cover it with strips of tape to hold it in place.
"Thank you, by the way...for treating my injuries." He said as she dressed his stitches. "I know I don't deserve any of this, but..." His eyes wandered to the floor. "I'm grateful for everything you and the professor have done...for me."
"The mansion is always open to those who seek its refuge." She said with a smile. "It doesn't matter if you're a friend or a foe, a human or a fellow mutant." She placed the last piece of tape over the bandage. "We will always be there for those who need our help."
She stepped away from him and took one last look at his forehead. "There. All done."
Stryker carefully stood up and slowly flexed his injured arm. The pain in his puncture wounds were now gone. As for the laceration on his forehead, it didn't ache that much anymore. Ororo definitely did a good job on treating his injuries.
He looked at her and smiled. "Thank you again, Ororo." He hoped the other mutants were just like her. She didn't seem to care about the man he once was. She treated him as a new man, without any concern for his dark past.
Ororo smiled back at him. "Remember to keep your wounds dry. And don't involve yourself in strenuous physical activities." She said firmly. "We'll take the bandages off a week from now once your wounds have completely healed."
Stryker sighed and looked away. He wasn't even sure if he'll still be in the school one week from now. Charles told him that he might regain his memories in a matter of days, even hours. And he knew that once he remembered his past, he would leave the mansion and go back to being the man he once was. Then he would try to destroy Charles and Kurt and Ororo and the others all over again.
She noticed the distant look on Stryker's eyes. "Mr. Stryker?" She asked with her eyebrows furrowed. "Are you all right?"
He snapped out of his trance and then looked at her. "Yes...yes, I'm fine." He forced a smile upon his lips. "I'm fine. I was just...thinking about something." He didn't want to go back to the way things were. He was scared to revert to his former self.
Ororo saw the fear behind his smile. Deep inside, she knew what was bothering him. When she went out of the room to get his bandages, she met with the professor and he informed her of Stryker's condition. Unlike Logan's amnesia, Stryker's memory loss was temporary, and that it would last only for a few more days.
She gently placed a hand on his shoulder and smiled. "Don't worry, William. We will always remember you as you are now."
He smiled and looked into her eyes. "Thank you. And perhaps someday in the future, you could remind me of the person you remembered." He said softly.
He straightened his suit and sighed. "Anyway, I better get going. Perhaps I'll talk with you again, Ms. Munroe." He looked around him, and then he smiled at her. "And I do hope it's in a different setting next time." He said with a joking tone in his voice.
"And I would love to talk with you again, Mr. Stryker." She said with a smile. "Please do take care of yourself."
He nodded, and then made his way towards the door. Then he stopped, and turned around to look at her. "By the way, do you know where Yuriko is?" He asked curiously.
"I believe she's with Logan. I heard Rogue and Bobby talking about them a while ago." She said.
Stryker clenched his fists. /"So, they are together."/ He thought to himself.
"Thanks for the information." He smiled at her, and left the operating room.
He walked down the halls of the sub-basement and made his way to the elevator. He still couldn't believe how huge and complex the mansion was from the inside. The sub-basement alone had countless of halls that led to different facilities.
He even remembered seeing a corridor that led to an indoor swimming pool, and another one that led to a gymnasium. He even saw a terminal for some kind of transport vehicle. That was definitely no ordinary school. But then, its inhabitants and students weren't ordinary either.
Could that have been the reason why he wanted to destroy them in the past? Because they were different? Because they weren't like him?
He reached the entrance to the elevator and pushed the button on the wall right next to it. The elevator opened and he stepped inside. He pushed the button for the first floor and the elevator started to ascend to higher grounds.
He looked at the buttons again and saw one that indicated the mansion's sub- basement level 2. He didn't know why, but something about that level intrigued him. Why did he have the feeling that he had been to that level before?
The elevator stopped on the first floor and he shook his head from side to side. He didn't want to think about his past anymore. He just wanted to cherish his current innocence for as long as he could. Because once his memories come back, he knew he would become the man he once was. And if that happens, even he, wouldn't be able to stop himself.
He stepped off the elevator and walked down the dark hallway. He didn't even realize that it was already nighttime. Most of the mansion's lights were now off, and the windows were void of any light from the outside, except for the faint light of the moon.
He stopped and looked at the clock on the wall of the corridor. He pushed up his glasses on the bridge of his nose and narrowed his eyes as he looked at the time. He could barely see anything in the dark. He was surprised to see that it was already eight forty five in the evening.
Stryker suddenly looked to his side when he noticed a dim light emanating from an open door at the far end of the hallway. He knew he hadn't gone to that part of the mansion before. He slowly walked towards the room and heard the faint sound of people's voices coming from it. The voices seemed to belong to a man and a woman, but not Logan and Yuriko's.
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