Mutant Heart and Mutant Soul Chapter 3
The others weren't very happy when I told them the news. Cyclopes was very furious by this new piece of news. He had slammed his fist against the nearest wall in anger. "That idiot! How can he do this to us?" Jean put a comforting hand on his shoulder. "Steady Scott I'm sure he had a good reason for doing so," she said. Storm said "Jean is right Logan had never let us down before so we should be giving him the benefit of the doubt." Xavier nodded his head at what Hank had said. He said "I conquer." Scott was about to say something else but the Professor held up a hand to stop him. He said "Now then we'll leave Logan be for the time being. But in the mean time we should be getting some sleep." Without another word he turned in his hover chair and left for his quarters.
Everyone else including me was left in silence there for a couple of seconds. Although when those moments were over there were still talk among the rest of us. Beast and Storm had followed Xavier's example at the first chance that they had. Scott was still outraged by Logans disappearance, but Jean was still doing her very best to calm him down as they were heading for their own room in the mansion. Even Nightcrawler didn't like what was going on he was actually quite upset by it. He said "I still can't believe it why is he doing this to us and why now?" "We may never know Kurt, we may never know." Gambit then left with Rogue and Jubilee following close behind him. Nightcrawler said "This just isn't like him not one bit."
Nightcrawler then transported himself out of there and into his own quarters. I just stood where I was not daring to move from the spot what I was standing in. Eventually I had just sat down and held my head in his hands. "He left because of me." Logan had now entered a train station somewhere in the city. He had his belongings with him in a large duffle bag that he was carrying on his shoulder. Back at the mansion late as it was I wasn't going to stand for Logan leaving like he did. I went over to the main computer Cerebro and spoke to it a command. "Cerebro find me the one called Wolverine." Cerebro went to do what I had commanded. In a matter of seconds the computer showed Logans location on its holographic screen. In no time at all I was running to get to him at the train station. Fortunately I didn't run into anybody on my way out. I didn't want any interference in this considering how frustrated the other had already gotten. I knew that I wasn't that fast but I just had to make it there in time. I ran as fast as my legs would carry me into the city.
In the train station Logan found his seat on the train. He sat down in it with a sigh. He put his head in one of his hands his mind clearly on the other things. What happened next is something that he didn't expect and wasn't prepared for. Someone came up from behind him and put a hand on his shoulder. He was about to do something about that when a voice that he recognized spoke his name. "Logan?" Logan now turned around and saw me standing by his side, a slight smile on my face. Logan didn't say anything to me at first; he only turned back straight ahead. Seconds later he and finally spoken up again. "What are you doing here Silverstream?" A frown appeared on my face when he said this to me but I quickly recovered and gave him an answer. "Looking for you of course everyone's been in an uproar when we found out you was gone." Logan just let out a shrug at hearing what I said. "They shouldn't have been I've left like this before," he said. I said "Well from what I could see you usually gave your friends a little warning before you would run off like this." "You've only been here for a few months Silver what would you know," he said. I said "I know that you wouldn't leave without a good reason."
I had taken a seat right next to him as I said this. Logan turned to me with a blank expression on his face after he heard my words. By what he could see he knew what I wasn't going to budge from where I was sitting so instead of trying to get me to leave he stayed in the subject that were in already. "So why have you really come then? What is your purpose for chasing after me?" His words got me to sit straight up a startled look on my face. Why he would be asking me this I did not know? Nevertheless I thought it right to give him an answer even though I didn't actually know what to say. But I did know what I had to say to him in that moment at the time. I said "I wanted to know if you left because of something I did." That got a little bit of something out of him right there. A little bit of something had shined in his eyes for just a second but that was it. He said "No Silverstream it doesn't have anything to do with you. I just need to get away from here for a while." Logan had said it just a little too quickly for my taste. I'd figure out what he was up to later.
During the rime we were talking we hadn't noticed that the train was already starting to move. We noticed this not long after the train actually started to move. We looked out of the window and then back at each other. There was a moment of silence for the two of us and then Logan figured out what to do about our situation. He said "All right kid you win let's go home." A small smile appeared on his face as he said this to me and a smile appeared on mine as well. "We'd better hurry if we want to get off this train." So then the two of us got out of our seats and headed for the back of our department. Logan opened the door for the two of us to go through. The train was now only seconds from leaving the station. Logan held out his arm for me to go first. "After you," he said. Without hesitation I jumped off of the train and onto the platform just as the train left the station. I turned around hoping to see that Logan had followed me, nut instead I see Logan still on the train looking after me with a little wave before he closed the door.
My jaw dropped at what I had just seen, he had tricked me. Turning around stomping off of the platform I was saying a choice of swear words under my breath at what had just happened. Back inside the train Logan sat down in his seat with a smile of satisfaction on his face. He yawned and settled down to a nice long rest. I ran straight back to the mansion as soon as I was out of the city. Didn't want to risk being along outside again at night. Luckily for me everyone was asleep when I returned back home so I didn't have to explain myself this time. Rogue was sound asleep so I didn't have any problems with her as I slipped into our room and changed into my nightgown. I went to bed as fast as possible after that.
The start of the next day was actually a surprise to me. Things went on as if mine and Kurts kidnapping had never happened along with our dear Logan running off. Like during breakfast for instance everyone was eating and talking together as if nothing had happened in the past few days. It was driving me crazy watching them calmly going on with their lives. Rogue was eating her breakfast right next to me so I decided to speak to her about my thoughts. I nudged her in the arm in order to get her attention. "I just don't get it. How can you guys just go on with your lives after everything that's happened?" Rogue swallowed her mouthful of food and answered what I had asked her. Rogue said "This kind of stuff happens most of the time for us x-men even before you came and as for Logan he's always come back to us. You shouldn't be worrying about him Silverstream Logan is perfectly capable of taking care of himself." And with that Rogue went back to eating her breakfast and started a brand new conversation with Gambit. My worries of Logan soon went away when Kurt offered to go through Storms greenhouse with me. I didn't object to him taking my arm and leading me out of the dining hall.
In the mean time Logan was somewhere else in another city taking his mind off things. In his mind he thought of doing some undercover work for his team. Dressed in a disguise of a t-shirt, jeans, sunglasses, and a cap he was outside what seemed like an abandoned warehouse. Logan was waiting for a certain person to come out and show himself. After waiting about an hour the person that he was waiting for had finally come out of the building. This man was known as Radon Creed the only son of Sabertooth and the half brother of Nightcrawler. A very wolfish grin now appeared on Logans face when he saw him come out and go into a car waiting for him. "Got you Creed." As the car was driving away Logan was very careful to stay out of sight he didn't want Sabertooths son to see what he was doing. He managed to keep up with the car wherever it went by taking short cuts in order to follow it.
The car eventually stopped at another abandoned building. As soon as he went inside the car drove off in another direction. Logan now took his chance to sneak inside and see what was going on. He used his claws to climb up the wall of the building and get inside. Once he was in Logan made sure to stay hidden so nobody inside could see him. As he was going through a passageway he heard someone coming his way. Logan knew that he had to hide so he quickly looked around for an escape route. Fortunately for Logan there was a ventilation system nearby so he jumped into it and closed it back up behind him the way it was before he opened it. The guy that walked by didn't even notice a mark that was made by one of Logans claws.
Logan let out a chuckle when this happened and a grin appeared on his face. "Sucker." Logan started to crawl through the ventilation system slowly but quietly. A couple of minutes into his exploration he started to hear voices coming from another end of the vents. He headed in that direction to see if the person that he was looking for was the source of the noise. Logan eventually came to a small opening in the ventilation system and he finally found what he was looking for. Creed was talking to most of his followers inside a little auditorium. He seemed to be motivating his followers into going against the mutants. He was actually shouting his opinions down to his followers. "They are upon us. These mutant freaks are a disease among our population and what's worse is that they're starting to get through to our race. More of them keep showing up every day. Are we just going to stand by and do nothing?" "No!" "Then my friends we shall fulfill our destiny in ridding our world of these freaks forever." Cheering and clapping went up at his words. Logan wasn't going to let Creeds pan come into action. He said "I don't think so Creed."
Logan now brought out his claws just as he said what he said. Creed was now saying something else down below. Creed said "They friends of humanity will always be there to protect the people of earth from the dangers of the mutant kind." Right when Creed said that a roar sounded from right above him and his followers. All heads were turned up as a piece of the ventilation system right above them fell apart and that wasn't the only thing that fell from the ceiling. The ones underneath it ran for cover and in their place landed Logan and the pieces of the vents that had fallen with him. Logan landed on his side, but almost immediately got back onto his feet. My friend let out a growl spreading out his arms revealing his claws. A sneer was clearly seen on his face. Logan said "I'm afraid your plans have just been cancelled."
Creed recovered quickly from the shock of Logan's entrance and sprang into action. He now turned to his men. "Well don't just stand there kill him now he's a mutant!" The effect of his words was apparent in less than a second. Creeds men now took out their guns and started firing them at Logan. He managed to block all bullets with his claws and hid behind a pillar. Logan needed to think of a plan of attack right now. Logan went back to his days in the danger room and thought of a plan. With a war he jumped out from behind the pillar and charged at the enemy. Creeds men kept shooting their guns at Logan, but they were backing up at the same time. They had fought against Logan before and knew that he was not one to be underestimated. While there as wall of this fighting Creed slipped out of the battle field unnoticed by anyone. Well except for Logan he never missed anything that was going on around him. He saw Creed leaving and went to go after him. Although he had to get through a whole bunch of soldiers in order to get to Creed. "Out of my way!"
Logan threw the ones that came at him to the side as he was going after Creed. Creed was running as fast as he could to get away from all the action. Coming up close behind was Logan and he wasn't going to make it easy for Creed to get away. "You can't escape me Creed!" Creed went into a store room where some of his weapons were kept. As soon as he was inside he grabbed the nearest gun and held it ready to attack. Right when he had it in his hands Creed hid behind a pile of boxes in order to surprise Logan when he came in.
It wasn't long before Logan did so. Logan had followed Creeds scent to that very room. A wolfish grin had appeared on his face once he found out where Creed was hiding. "Got you now Creed." Then without warning he blasted right through the door and held up his claws ready to attack or defend. But what he found on the other side surprised him, there was nobody there. Logan lowered his arms and made his voice loud enough for his prey to hear. He said "I know you're here Creed." Logan sniffed the air to catch Creeds scent. Just one sniff concluded that Creed was in there with him. A slight smile appeared on his face once this was done. "My nose knows." Logan went in the direction of the smell of Creed. Logan eventually came to the pile of boxes that Creed was hiding behind. He approached it slowly wanting to surprise Creed right out of his pants. Logan jumped behind it with a yell and pounced onto Creed.
After this happened Creed had followed up by shooting his gun at Logan as soon as he appeared. Same as before Logan just blocked them with his claws and knocked the gun out of his hand. The two of them broke into a scuffle as soon as this was done. In the mean time some of Creeds soldiers had just found the place where the two of them were fighting. One of them had heard Creeds gun go off and so brought the others that were with him in that direction. The squad team went inside the room with caution holding their guns out in front of them. The leader of their squad was out in front looking for any trouble. He was also keeping an eye out for Creed. "Sir, sir are you in here?" Suddenly one of the soldiers in their squad spotted movement coming out of the shadows. He altered his comrades and they now pointed their weapons in that direction. "Show yourself!"
In response to that command a body came walking out of the shadows and collapsed with a thump on the floor right in front of them. One of the soldiers knelt down to identify the subject. It was Creed his clothes were ripped and he was covered in injuries. "It's the commander." Suddenly the squad was attacked from behind. They were pulled into the shadows and beaten to a pulp. All of them were now knocked out cold with injuries all over their bodies.
Walking out of the room Logan had a satisfied smile on his face and he was wiping off his hands. "That's settles that." "There he is!" Logan turned his head and saw some more soldiers down the hallway pointing their guns at him. "Fire!" At that command they started firing at him. Logan turned around and ran straight into another hallway to escape their guns. Now that his job was done Logan needed to find a way out of this place. This was not going to be easy with all of these soldiers now alerted to his presence. He actually had to go through some of them in order to get out of there. He actually had to go through some of them in order to get out of there. Logan was very lucky to even make it out of there alive. Just as he got out of there police had finally arrived at the warehouse. A tourist passing by had heard the gun shots coming from inside the alerted the police at once.
Right as the police came Logan ran behind the building and hid in its shadows. He kept his head out a little bit to see what was going on. Many policemen got out of the cars and went inside the building. A few minutes later they came out with Creed and most of his men intact. One of the policemen called for an ambulance was watching this stuff with a smile on his face satisfied that Creed and his men were behind bars. He said "Good riddance Creed." A couple of minutes later after the police and medics went away with those men Logan left unnoticed by anyone around him. As he was leaving the area Logan was thinking about who his next target would be to pass the time.