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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Chapter 39: Perfect doesn't last forever
Yuriko didn't want the moment to end. She moved closer to Logan and felt her arm brushing against his. Everything was so perfect the way it was...the stars, the night sky, the cool evening breeze, herself, and Logan. The moment looked like something out of a fairy tale ending. She didn't want any of it to end. She wanted it all to last forever.
She looked at Logan and saw him looking up at the stars. His eyes seemed to reach out to the infinite sky. She could also see a gentle smile on his lips. She couldn't help but wonder what he was thinking about. Maybe he was thinking about her.
On the hours that she had spent with him, she was able to know the man behind the adamantium claws. She saw him smile, laugh, and talk about things. She saw the side of him she thought she'd never see. When she fought him in the underground base, the last thing she expected was to find her sitting by his side. And now, there she was...sitting beside her former nemesis, gazing up at the same sky and sharing the same stars.
Both of them have freed themselves from their fate. And both of them have decided to create their own destiny. Their pasts were now gone and forgotten, but they still had their future. Perhaps they were really meant to be. Even after years of separation, they still found their way back to each other.
Logan noticed Yuriko looking at him from the corner of his eye. "Be careful. I might melt if you stare at me too much." He said in a joking way.
She suddenly felt herself blush. She didn't really realize that she was staring too much "Sorry." Yuriko said as she smiled. "I just wanted to look at your face." She said softly.
Logan smiled, his eyes still looking at the stars. "Well you don't have to spend the entire night looking at me, you know." Then he turned his head to look at her. "After all, you have your entire lifetime to do that." He said with a smile.
Yuriko smiled and looked away. Her eyes focused on the glistening waters before her. Did Logan mean that he wanted her to stay? That he wanted her by his side? She wished he did. She would want nothing more but to spend the rest of her life with him...to catch up on the time they had both lost.
But at the same time, she was scared. Because if she decides to unearth their past, it might reveal something that would tear them apart again. She could feel it in her gut...there was something in her past that would change the way she looked at Logan, Stryker and herself. Why couldn't everything remain the way it was? Why did she have to lose one in exchange for the other?
Then she suddenly looked towards the mansion. Her eyes narrowed as she stared at one of the windows on the second floor. She felt as if someone was there a while ago...looking at her...staring at her...watching her. And deep inside she knew who that person was. It was him...the man who had caused her a lifetime of pain.
"Yuriko?" Logan asked as he saw her looking at the mansion.
Yuriko suddenly looked at Logan. "I...I was just looking at something." She said, forcing a smile on her lips. Then she looked away and stared back at the waters of the swimming pool. She liked looking at it. Looking at those clear, calm waters gave her a sense of serenity...a sense of peace...a sense of freedom.
Logan knew there was something bothering her. He could see it in her eyes. She looked as if she was lost in her own thoughts. Perhaps she was thinking about her decision. He wished he could just make her let go of her past the way he had let go of his. But after hearing her speak of her vision, he understood why she didn't want to let go. And now, a part of him wanted to know about his past too. Yuriko was right. No matter how hard they try, the past will always catch up with them. It would always remind them of the things they have forgotten...the things they have lost.
The silence was suddenly broken by Yuriko's voice. "I don't know if I can still kill him, Logan." She said, her voice shaking. She breathed in and tightly closed her lips.
He looked at her with his eyebrows furrowed. "What?"
She looked at him, trying to hold back her tears. "I can't. Despite the fact that I hate him with every fiber of my being, I can't kill him." She just wanted to break down and cry. She felt so confused. There were so many things happening at the same time...so many decisions to make. Why did she even have to bring Stryker with her? He just made things more complicated.
He stared deep into her eyes. "Then don't." He said softly.
"But I want to make him pay, Logan! I want to make him pay for what he did to me! I want to make him suffer!" She said through clenched teeth. Her voice was filled with anger as she remembered her torment under him. And then, she felt tears slowly running down her cheeks. Why? Why was she crying?
Logan reached out and gently cupped her cheek with his hand. "Then make him pay, Yuriko. But don't force yourself to kill." He said firmly. "I've killed so many people in my life. I know I killed them to protect the people that I love...and yet, at night, when I'm alone, I can still see their faces. I can still see the emptiness in their eyes as their lives faded from their bodies. I would be lying if I told you that I did not derive pleasure from their death. But sometimes...I regret killing them. And now they continue to haunt me, reminding me that I am still the man I was meant to be...a weapon. And I don't want you to go through that, Yuriko. I don't want you living the rest of your life regretting who you are. Stryker's not worth it. He is not."
Yuriko placed her hand over Logan's and gently pressed it against her cheek. She closed her eyes gently rubbed against it. She loved feeling his touch. Seeing him, hearing him, feeling him, made her forget about all her worries. But he could never make her forget about the visions of her past.
She opened her eyes and looked into his. Then she pulled away and stood up. Logan remained seated by the pool as he watched her. She looked at the clear waters and then she leaned forward, letting herself plunge into it. She closed her eyes as she felt the warm water engulfing her body in its fluidity. She could feel it flowing against every part of her, caressing her. She felt so free...so weightless.
She let her body float up on the swimming pool as her face looked up at the stars. She could feel the water cradling her in its soft waves. She couldn't hear anything with her ears below the water, but she could hear herself and her own thoughts clearer than she had ever heard herself before. She had finally made a decision. And tonight, she just wanted to enjoy everything as it was now, before the sun comes up and reveals her past.
Logan looked at Yuriko as she floated on the pool. He knew she had finally made up her mind about the past. And even if he didn't like it, he had to accept it. It was the only way that she could set herself free. And perhaps, it would set him free too.
He took his shoes off and then slowly lowered himself into the swimming pool. She waded through the water towards Yuriko. He stood by her floating form and gently held her hand. Yuriko saw Logan right beside her, and she slowly stood up to face him.
She had to tell him her decision. "Logan...I'm sorry but..."
"It's all right." Logan said as he looked into her eyes. "I understand. It's your life, Yuriko. And I don't want to stand in your way. I want you to do what you think is best."
He didn't know why, but he wanted to hold her. He wanted to feel her for as long as he could. He felt as if that night could be their last night together. But why? Was it because of her past? Why did her past matter to him anyway? Why did her past affect him so much? And why did he fear it?
Then he suddenly stepped towards Yuriko and wrapped his arms tightly around her svelte figure. He pulled her firmly against him. He had to feel her. He had to. Yuriko's eyes widened with surprise as she felt his strong arms around her body. There was something different in the way he was holding her right now. The first time Logan held her was when he saw her crying outside her door. He held her because he wanted to comfort her...he wanted to protect her. But now, it's like he held her because he wanted to really feel her...because he didn't want to let her go.
Yuriko could see the stars over Logan's shoulder. Soon, those stars would disappear, and the sun would rise for a new day...and that would be the day when she would regain her past. But for now, she was locked in the arms of the present. And a part of her wished that she could stay trapped in that time forever. She closed her eyes and wrapped her arms tightly around him. She just wanted to surrender to that moment.
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Stryker furrowed his eyebrows as he read the last page of The Little Prince. It really didn't take him that long to read the entire story since it was only fifty-four pages long. He closed it and set it down on the table in front of him.
Then he looked at Jones, his face looking distraught. "How can you that like that?" He asked as he pointed to the book.
"You mean the story? It was pretty good, huh?" Jones asked with a smile.
Stryker couldn't believe what the child had said. "But...the hero died in the end." He said with his eyebrows furrowed.
Jones shook his head from side to side. "No. He didn't die." He looked at the book, and it floated from the table to his hand. He opened it and turned it to the last page. He moved closer to Stryker and showed to him. "See?" He asked, pointing to the last paragraph. Then he read it out loud "Then, if a little man appears who laughs, who has golden hair and who refuses to answer questions, you will know who he is. If this should happen, please comfort me. Send me word that he has come back."
Then he looked at Stryker and smiled. "That means he didn't die. He just left. It doesn't mean that when people disappear, they're forever gone." He said with a happy tone in his voice. He closed the book and placed it on his lap.
Stryker couldn't help but smile as he looked at the boy who was seated right next to him. He gave out a small laugh and ruffled the boy's hair. "Then I was wrong. The story did end happily, didn't it?" But he knew how it truly ended...The hero did die in the end. A child wouldn't easily understand something like that, and he knew it would be best if it just stayed that way.
"Jones!" Shouted a man's voice.
Stryker and Jones looked behind them and saw Scott standing in the entrance of the living room. Scott clenched his fists as he saw Jones sitting beside that madman. He didn't want him anywhere near Stryker. Even if Stryker had lost his memories, he was still the same man who almost killed the entire mutant population. His amnesia could even be a ploy to get him back into the mansion. Letting Jones stay with Stryker would be the same as letting Jones play with fire...and he didn't want the child to get burned.
"Hi, Scott!" Shouted Jones as he smiled at Scott.
"It's time to go upstairs, Jones. It's getting pretty late." Scott said firmly. His eyes angrily looked at Stryker. He wanted to watch his every move.
"You know I don't sleep." Said Jones with a sigh.
"I know. But I want you to go upstairs now." He emphasized the word 'now'.
"But Scott...." Jones whined.
"It's not safe down here." Scott said as he looked at Stryker. He didn't want Jones to spend another minute with that man.
"Well I do have a grown up with me." Jones said matter-of-factly. He placed a hand on Stryker's shoulder. "His name is William and he's visiting a friend. He'll keep me safe." Then he looked at Stryker. "Right, William?"
Stryker looked at Jones and he nodded. Then he stood up and looked at Scott. "Scott...I mean, Mr. Summers...perhaps you could consider letting him stay down here for another hour. The boy doesn't want to go up yet and he doesn't sleep anyway. If you worry about his safety then---"
"I do worry about his safety." Scott said coldly. He clenched his jaw as he looked back at Stryker. "That's why I want to keep him away from you. I'd rather leave him alone, out there, in the streets, than leave him in your company." He could feel his eyes burning with anger.
Jones looked confused as he looked at Scott and Stryker. He stood up beside Stryker and tugged on the sleeve of his suit. "What does he mean, William?"
Stryker looked at the boy and forcedly smiled at him. "You know what, Jones?" He asked softly. "Scott is right. You better go upstairs. It's safer there."
"But it's boring up there." He said as he looked at the older man. "Scott's gonna go to bed soon then I'll be the only one left awake." He whined.
Stryker sighed and picked up the book from the couch. He handed it to Jones. "You told me you like the story. So maybe you could read it again tonight." He said with a smile.
He didn't want Jones to go yet, but he knew it was for the best. He also feared that he might once again transform into his former self and he didn't want the boy to be around when he did. Because once he becomes his past self, he would do things to Jones that even he himself couldn't imagine. Scott was right after all. The boy could never be safe in his company. He didn't even feel safe with himself.
"Okay." Said Jones as he held the book close to him. "Maybe I'll see again the next time you visit." He said with a smile.
Stryker knew that that would be his last visit to the mansion. He would probably never see the boy again. He smiled and patted Jones on the head "Now you take care of yourself, okay?" He asked.
Jones nodded and then he walked to Scott. Scott held Jones close to him as he angrily looked at Stryker. "Let's go, Jones." He said firmly. Then he took the boy with him.
Stryker remained standing in the middle of the living room as Scott and Jones vanished from his sight. He couldn't blame Scott for acting that way towards him. Scott just wanted to keep the child safe from harm. If he were in Scott's place, he knew would have done the same. Even he would escape from himself if he could.
He looked around the room and once again felt so alone. He still couldn't believe how he was able to live his previous life like that...as a man who only thrived on anger and hate...a lone man who wanted nothing but death. No wonder everyone hated him with the same passion.
He sat back on the couch and sighed. His eyes stared blankly at the TV. He didn't feel like doing anything anymore. After all, nothing would matter. In a matter of days, he will regain all of his memories and everything will return back to the way it was. He will once again be the villain, and they, the mutants, will once again be his enemies.
Then he thought of her...Yuriko Oyama...the woman who plagued his mind like a virus. He still couldn't stop thinking of her. What would happen to them once they both regained their pasts? Will he still feel the same way for her? Will he try to hurt her again? Or will something change? Their future seemed so blurry now.
Stryker's head suddenly perked up as he heard the sound of a door closing followed by some footsteps. Someone seemed to have entered the mansion. He looked to his side and his eyes opened wide with surprise as he saw Yuriko and Logan quickly walk through the hallway. They were holding each other's hands and they both looked...wet.
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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's the next chapter o!!! Thank you so much for your reviews !!!!!!
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Chapter 39: Perfect doesn't last forever
Yuriko didn't want the moment to end. She moved closer to Logan and felt her arm brushing against his. Everything was so perfect the way it was...the stars, the night sky, the cool evening breeze, herself, and Logan. The moment looked like something out of a fairy tale ending. She didn't want any of it to end. She wanted it all to last forever.
She looked at Logan and saw him looking up at the stars. His eyes seemed to reach out to the infinite sky. She could also see a gentle smile on his lips. She couldn't help but wonder what he was thinking about. Maybe he was thinking about her.
On the hours that she had spent with him, she was able to know the man behind the adamantium claws. She saw him smile, laugh, and talk about things. She saw the side of him she thought she'd never see. When she fought him in the underground base, the last thing she expected was to find her sitting by his side. And now, there she was...sitting beside her former nemesis, gazing up at the same sky and sharing the same stars.
Both of them have freed themselves from their fate. And both of them have decided to create their own destiny. Their pasts were now gone and forgotten, but they still had their future. Perhaps they were really meant to be. Even after years of separation, they still found their way back to each other.
Logan noticed Yuriko looking at him from the corner of his eye. "Be careful. I might melt if you stare at me too much." He said in a joking way.
She suddenly felt herself blush. She didn't really realize that she was staring too much "Sorry." Yuriko said as she smiled. "I just wanted to look at your face." She said softly.
Logan smiled, his eyes still looking at the stars. "Well you don't have to spend the entire night looking at me, you know." Then he turned his head to look at her. "After all, you have your entire lifetime to do that." He said with a smile.
Yuriko smiled and looked away. Her eyes focused on the glistening waters before her. Did Logan mean that he wanted her to stay? That he wanted her by his side? She wished he did. She would want nothing more but to spend the rest of her life with him...to catch up on the time they had both lost.
But at the same time, she was scared. Because if she decides to unearth their past, it might reveal something that would tear them apart again. She could feel it in her gut...there was something in her past that would change the way she looked at Logan, Stryker and herself. Why couldn't everything remain the way it was? Why did she have to lose one in exchange for the other?
Then she suddenly looked towards the mansion. Her eyes narrowed as she stared at one of the windows on the second floor. She felt as if someone was there a while ago...looking at her...staring at her...watching her. And deep inside she knew who that person was. It was him...the man who had caused her a lifetime of pain.
"Yuriko?" Logan asked as he saw her looking at the mansion.
Yuriko suddenly looked at Logan. "I...I was just looking at something." She said, forcing a smile on her lips. Then she looked away and stared back at the waters of the swimming pool. She liked looking at it. Looking at those clear, calm waters gave her a sense of serenity...a sense of peace...a sense of freedom.
Logan knew there was something bothering her. He could see it in her eyes. She looked as if she was lost in her own thoughts. Perhaps she was thinking about her decision. He wished he could just make her let go of her past the way he had let go of his. But after hearing her speak of her vision, he understood why she didn't want to let go. And now, a part of him wanted to know about his past too. Yuriko was right. No matter how hard they try, the past will always catch up with them. It would always remind them of the things they have forgotten...the things they have lost.
The silence was suddenly broken by Yuriko's voice. "I don't know if I can still kill him, Logan." She said, her voice shaking. She breathed in and tightly closed her lips.
He looked at her with his eyebrows furrowed. "What?"
She looked at him, trying to hold back her tears. "I can't. Despite the fact that I hate him with every fiber of my being, I can't kill him." She just wanted to break down and cry. She felt so confused. There were so many things happening at the same time...so many decisions to make. Why did she even have to bring Stryker with her? He just made things more complicated.
He stared deep into her eyes. "Then don't." He said softly.
"But I want to make him pay, Logan! I want to make him pay for what he did to me! I want to make him suffer!" She said through clenched teeth. Her voice was filled with anger as she remembered her torment under him. And then, she felt tears slowly running down her cheeks. Why? Why was she crying?
Logan reached out and gently cupped her cheek with his hand. "Then make him pay, Yuriko. But don't force yourself to kill." He said firmly. "I've killed so many people in my life. I know I killed them to protect the people that I love...and yet, at night, when I'm alone, I can still see their faces. I can still see the emptiness in their eyes as their lives faded from their bodies. I would be lying if I told you that I did not derive pleasure from their death. But sometimes...I regret killing them. And now they continue to haunt me, reminding me that I am still the man I was meant to be...a weapon. And I don't want you to go through that, Yuriko. I don't want you living the rest of your life regretting who you are. Stryker's not worth it. He is not."
Yuriko placed her hand over Logan's and gently pressed it against her cheek. She closed her eyes gently rubbed against it. She loved feeling his touch. Seeing him, hearing him, feeling him, made her forget about all her worries. But he could never make her forget about the visions of her past.
She opened her eyes and looked into his. Then she pulled away and stood up. Logan remained seated by the pool as he watched her. She looked at the clear waters and then she leaned forward, letting herself plunge into it. She closed her eyes as she felt the warm water engulfing her body in its fluidity. She could feel it flowing against every part of her, caressing her. She felt so free...so weightless.
She let her body float up on the swimming pool as her face looked up at the stars. She could feel the water cradling her in its soft waves. She couldn't hear anything with her ears below the water, but she could hear herself and her own thoughts clearer than she had ever heard herself before. She had finally made a decision. And tonight, she just wanted to enjoy everything as it was now, before the sun comes up and reveals her past.
Logan looked at Yuriko as she floated on the pool. He knew she had finally made up her mind about the past. And even if he didn't like it, he had to accept it. It was the only way that she could set herself free. And perhaps, it would set him free too.
He took his shoes off and then slowly lowered himself into the swimming pool. She waded through the water towards Yuriko. He stood by her floating form and gently held her hand. Yuriko saw Logan right beside her, and she slowly stood up to face him.
She had to tell him her decision. "Logan...I'm sorry but..."
"It's all right." Logan said as he looked into her eyes. "I understand. It's your life, Yuriko. And I don't want to stand in your way. I want you to do what you think is best."
He didn't know why, but he wanted to hold her. He wanted to feel her for as long as he could. He felt as if that night could be their last night together. But why? Was it because of her past? Why did her past matter to him anyway? Why did her past affect him so much? And why did he fear it?
Then he suddenly stepped towards Yuriko and wrapped his arms tightly around her svelte figure. He pulled her firmly against him. He had to feel her. He had to. Yuriko's eyes widened with surprise as she felt his strong arms around her body. There was something different in the way he was holding her right now. The first time Logan held her was when he saw her crying outside her door. He held her because he wanted to comfort her...he wanted to protect her. But now, it's like he held her because he wanted to really feel her...because he didn't want to let her go.
Yuriko could see the stars over Logan's shoulder. Soon, those stars would disappear, and the sun would rise for a new day...and that would be the day when she would regain her past. But for now, she was locked in the arms of the present. And a part of her wished that she could stay trapped in that time forever. She closed her eyes and wrapped her arms tightly around him. She just wanted to surrender to that moment.
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Stryker furrowed his eyebrows as he read the last page of The Little Prince. It really didn't take him that long to read the entire story since it was only fifty-four pages long. He closed it and set it down on the table in front of him.
Then he looked at Jones, his face looking distraught. "How can you that like that?" He asked as he pointed to the book.
"You mean the story? It was pretty good, huh?" Jones asked with a smile.
Stryker couldn't believe what the child had said. "But...the hero died in the end." He said with his eyebrows furrowed.
Jones shook his head from side to side. "No. He didn't die." He looked at the book, and it floated from the table to his hand. He opened it and turned it to the last page. He moved closer to Stryker and showed to him. "See?" He asked, pointing to the last paragraph. Then he read it out loud "Then, if a little man appears who laughs, who has golden hair and who refuses to answer questions, you will know who he is. If this should happen, please comfort me. Send me word that he has come back."
Then he looked at Stryker and smiled. "That means he didn't die. He just left. It doesn't mean that when people disappear, they're forever gone." He said with a happy tone in his voice. He closed the book and placed it on his lap.
Stryker couldn't help but smile as he looked at the boy who was seated right next to him. He gave out a small laugh and ruffled the boy's hair. "Then I was wrong. The story did end happily, didn't it?" But he knew how it truly ended...The hero did die in the end. A child wouldn't easily understand something like that, and he knew it would be best if it just stayed that way.
"Jones!" Shouted a man's voice.
Stryker and Jones looked behind them and saw Scott standing in the entrance of the living room. Scott clenched his fists as he saw Jones sitting beside that madman. He didn't want him anywhere near Stryker. Even if Stryker had lost his memories, he was still the same man who almost killed the entire mutant population. His amnesia could even be a ploy to get him back into the mansion. Letting Jones stay with Stryker would be the same as letting Jones play with fire...and he didn't want the child to get burned.
"Hi, Scott!" Shouted Jones as he smiled at Scott.
"It's time to go upstairs, Jones. It's getting pretty late." Scott said firmly. His eyes angrily looked at Stryker. He wanted to watch his every move.
"You know I don't sleep." Said Jones with a sigh.
"I know. But I want you to go upstairs now." He emphasized the word 'now'.
"But Scott...." Jones whined.
"It's not safe down here." Scott said as he looked at Stryker. He didn't want Jones to spend another minute with that man.
"Well I do have a grown up with me." Jones said matter-of-factly. He placed a hand on Stryker's shoulder. "His name is William and he's visiting a friend. He'll keep me safe." Then he looked at Stryker. "Right, William?"
Stryker looked at Jones and he nodded. Then he stood up and looked at Scott. "Scott...I mean, Mr. Summers...perhaps you could consider letting him stay down here for another hour. The boy doesn't want to go up yet and he doesn't sleep anyway. If you worry about his safety then---"
"I do worry about his safety." Scott said coldly. He clenched his jaw as he looked back at Stryker. "That's why I want to keep him away from you. I'd rather leave him alone, out there, in the streets, than leave him in your company." He could feel his eyes burning with anger.
Jones looked confused as he looked at Scott and Stryker. He stood up beside Stryker and tugged on the sleeve of his suit. "What does he mean, William?"
Stryker looked at the boy and forcedly smiled at him. "You know what, Jones?" He asked softly. "Scott is right. You better go upstairs. It's safer there."
"But it's boring up there." He said as he looked at the older man. "Scott's gonna go to bed soon then I'll be the only one left awake." He whined.
Stryker sighed and picked up the book from the couch. He handed it to Jones. "You told me you like the story. So maybe you could read it again tonight." He said with a smile.
He didn't want Jones to go yet, but he knew it was for the best. He also feared that he might once again transform into his former self and he didn't want the boy to be around when he did. Because once he becomes his past self, he would do things to Jones that even he himself couldn't imagine. Scott was right after all. The boy could never be safe in his company. He didn't even feel safe with himself.
"Okay." Said Jones as he held the book close to him. "Maybe I'll see again the next time you visit." He said with a smile.
Stryker knew that that would be his last visit to the mansion. He would probably never see the boy again. He smiled and patted Jones on the head "Now you take care of yourself, okay?" He asked.
Jones nodded and then he walked to Scott. Scott held Jones close to him as he angrily looked at Stryker. "Let's go, Jones." He said firmly. Then he took the boy with him.
Stryker remained standing in the middle of the living room as Scott and Jones vanished from his sight. He couldn't blame Scott for acting that way towards him. Scott just wanted to keep the child safe from harm. If he were in Scott's place, he knew would have done the same. Even he would escape from himself if he could.
He looked around the room and once again felt so alone. He still couldn't believe how he was able to live his previous life like that...as a man who only thrived on anger and hate...a lone man who wanted nothing but death. No wonder everyone hated him with the same passion.
He sat back on the couch and sighed. His eyes stared blankly at the TV. He didn't feel like doing anything anymore. After all, nothing would matter. In a matter of days, he will regain all of his memories and everything will return back to the way it was. He will once again be the villain, and they, the mutants, will once again be his enemies.
Then he thought of her...Yuriko Oyama...the woman who plagued his mind like a virus. He still couldn't stop thinking of her. What would happen to them once they both regained their pasts? Will he still feel the same way for her? Will he try to hurt her again? Or will something change? Their future seemed so blurry now.
Stryker's head suddenly perked up as he heard the sound of a door closing followed by some footsteps. Someone seemed to have entered the mansion. He looked to his side and his eyes opened wide with surprise as he saw Yuriko and Logan quickly walk through the hallway. They were holding each other's hands and they both looked...wet.
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