Mutant Heart and Mutant Soul Chapter 6
Cutting the lawn was hard work but after hours of cutting it I was almost done. The front lawn was the only thing left that I had to do. Just as I was finishing it up I noticed someone walking down the road with a suitcase wearing a long coat and a matching hat. These details were instantly recognizable to me so I knew of who was coming. A smile appeared on my face as I did so.
I stopped what I was doing and went down to the front gates to him. I got there the same time as Nightcrawler. "Hello Kurt."
Kurt put his suitcase down and the two of us gave each other a hug. "It's good to see you again Silverstream," he said.
I said "What are you doing here? You shouldn't be back for another month."
Kurt let out a shrug of his shoulders. He said "I thought I'd come back early." I raised an eyebrow when he said this to me.
I said "Is this because of that phone call you and I had a few weeks ago?"
"Maybe, look I was worried you sounded nervous when we last spoke on the phone," he said.
I only smiled at his words. "You shouldn't have worried the situation is all under control. We had an intruder and Logan has gone after him."
This surprised Kurt a little bit somewhat. "What? Logan came back?"
"Yes, but he left not long after he came back," I said, sadly.
Kurt caught the worry in my voice and so tried to make me feel better. "Don't worry fraulen, he will return to us God will make sure of that."
The smile now returned to my face only the worry was still in my eyes. I said "I have to get back to work why don't you go inside and settle yourself back in. I'll make you some hot tea when I'm done."
Kurt smiled at my words. "All right."
Kurt picked up his suitcase and went back inside while I finished mowing the lawn outside. It didn't take long for me to do that just a few minutes. I got to the kitchen before Kurt did so I started to make his tea for him. He came in not long after I started to mix in the ingredients. Looking up I saw him take a seat at the table in the middle of the kitchen.
He said "Where is everyone?"
"They all went to Russia to help out another mutant called Calluses. I haven't met him before but I've heard from Jubilee he's really nice," I answered.
"When do you think they'll be back," asked Kurt.
"I don't know Xavier said it wouldn't take long. Your tea's ready," I said, walking over to give Kurt is tea.
Taking a sip of it he turned back to me. "Why aren't you with them in Russia?"
"I wanted to go but Xavier told me to stay here. He said that somebody had to take care of things here," I said.
"They left you here even though there was an intruder." There was a worried look on his face as he said this.
I quickly went to reassure him that I was all right. I said "Don't worry Kurt I've become very capable of taking care of myself since that kidnapping. Trust me." I gave him one of my smiles and he went back to drinking his tea while my thoughts went back to Wolverine and where he was now.
Logan was actually hundreds or maybe thousands of miles away moving down a river inside a human inhabited part of a rainforest in the upper Amazons of Brazil. He was riding on a small boat its driver was a middle aged man with a pet monkey known as a capuchin riding on his shoulder.
The driver was heading for a small bar down in the forest close by the river. The driver was talking to Logan and he was trying to make sense of what Logan was asking from him and he was laughing.
"Now let me get this straight you're looking for someone, but you don't know what he looks like cause he can look like anybody?" He let out another laugh after this. "He's not one of them mutants is he? People here don't like, hey!"
The reason for his outburst was because his monkey had taken a treat from Logan's hand. The monkey climbed up Logan's arm and onto his shoulder eating the treat he had been given. The owner looked at them wearing a look of astonishment. "Never done that before," he said.
At the same time the driver pulled up to a dock right next to that bar. The driver threw a rope onto the dock and raped it around a wooden anchor to keep the boat in place.
The driver was still talking as he was doing this. "Any stranger that comes this far up river I'd remember whatever they look like."
When the boat stopped in its place Logan sniffed the air and caught the scent he was looking for. "Morph was here," he said.
The driver finished tying up the boat and turned around to speak to Logan again. Only when he did so he only found his pet monkey squealing and hanging from one of his small gas lamps. Seems that Logan had already left the boat and into that small bar.
The driver brought his hand to his head in confusion. "Well I'll be."
As Logan headed for the place he could hear a familiar cackle coming from inside and two men were leaving the bar just as someone was saying a joke then laughing again. Logan could see on the faces of these two men that they didn't like a certain person in this bar.
Logan recognized the laugh and he turned to see who was causing it. When he did he couldn't believe his eyes. "I don't believe it."
The cause of all the noise was the barmen who was actually Morph. He was cleaning the counter with a cloth. "Everybody's a critic," he said.
Logan headed for him and spoke in a steady voice. He said "Spring brake's over Morph you're coming with me." The other inhabitants the place left when Logan said this.
Unfortunately Morph wasn't going to go so easily. He said "I don't think so old man."
Morph now changed into his true form. "I figured you might follow me you never were very bright. What do you think of your final resting place?"
Logan held up his hands to show he wasn't there to fight. He went to try and calm his friend down. "Whatever you're going through Morph I've been there. The Professor saved me I'm gonna save you."
Logan started walking toward Morph again. When he reached the counter a very wicked grin appeared on Morphs face. He said "A little late aren't you."
Not a second later Morph flipped the counter right onto Logan. Logan fell to the ground with a yell but he quickly recovered and cut through the wooden counter with his claws.
He was starting to get angry. He said "You're coming with me."
He pushed the two pieces of the counter aside and got back onto his feet. "One way or another."
Logan sheathed his claws and put his arms around Morph to keep him from going anywhere.
Morph was looking down at Logan with a sneer on his face. He said "You want to take me back. Why because you want to go bowling shoot some hoops?"
During the time he said what he said he used his power to change into a different body, mine. Not only that but he spoke with my voice. "Or maybe its love you're missing?"
"Silver," whispered Logan.
The effect of this change was immediate. The expression Logan had on his face completely changed. There was now a look of pure horror on it backing up as Morph was moving closer to him in my form.
Morph was still speaking with my voice. "When I'm with you all I can think about is how much I'm in love… with Nightcrawler."
A laugh that so wasn't like mine came out of my mouth and my voice changed from its usual tone.
Morph pushed Logan away from him. A cold edge was not in my voice. "Who could ever love a freak like you?"
Logan covered his ears so that what Morph was saying wouldn't go through his mind and he closed his eyes in order for the image of me to get out of his head. He said "No don't."
Using this distraction Morph left the bar through one of the walls still in my form using his laugh.
Looking up Logan watched Morph leave with a sad look on his face. That quickly changed to fury when he realized what Morph had just done. Letting out a roar Logan unleashed his claws and blasted through the same wall following Morph at a run with a new found anger in his heart.
Not long after this Logan fell into a mine that was right under his feet and went right into it.
Logan landed with a thud onto the ground but he quickly got back up. He said "Who took away the jungle?"
"Looks like I hit a nerve."
Logan turned in the direction where he heard Morphs voice. He said "So you made me mad happens all the time. You should see me in line at the post office."
His claws were sheathed before and now he unsheathed them watching Morph coming out of the shadows. Gas lamps hanging from the walls revealed Morph as he was moving toward him.
Morph said "Just a hint of what I can do to your mind. Your body heals fast but when I'm through with you your mind will never recover." As Morph was speaking he changed into different forms of mutants at every step he took.
Logan wasn't affected by this he stood his ground. "I'll risk it," he said.
A creepy smile appeared on Morphs face. "I wouldn't if I were you." As Morph said that he changed into the body Logan had wearing Logans costume and. The same claws Logan had come out of his knuckle bones.
A moment later he attacked and Logan parried Morphs attack with his own claws. Logan was attacking Morph right back.
"You might look like me," said Logan, pushing Morph back and using his own claws to destroy the ones Morph was using, "but you don't fight like me."
Morph was now on the ground. "Come on give it up," said Logan, moving closer.
Getting back onto his feet Morph turned into a black leopard and attacked Logan knocking them both into one of the wooden beams supporting the ceiling. He kept trying to bite Logan's throat.
Logan grabbed Morphs paws and managed to push him back. "The x-men can help you," he said.
With his strength Logan threw Morph against one of the walls. That was when Morph changed into a rhino. Morph ran at Logan and speared him in the stomach with his horn and pushed him against the wall. Logan wrapped his arms around his stomach and crouched down onto his knees trying to conceal the pain. While he was doing this Morph turned into Sabertooth and used that monsters voice to speak. Morph said "You don't get it do you?" "Don't do this," said Logan.
"Without Xavier there are no x-men," said Morph.
Morph attacked Logan letting out a loud roar. He protected himself from Morphs attack with his arms. He corrected Morph of what he said before. "You're wrong," he said.
Morph threw Logan a couple of feet away from him against another wall. Morph moved slowly toward him changing back to his true form at the same time. He said "Big hero you never listen I have to get through this by myself."
Without another word Morph ran back into the shadows of the mine and out of sight.
Trying to get back up Logan reached out a hand to Morph as he was running back into the darkness. The pain caused by the puncture wound in his stomach was keeping him down. He tried to get up to follow Morph but his injury wouldn't allow him to get up.
"Morph," said Logan.
Logan flinched a little bit as the pain went through his body again. Even with the pain going through him he managed to get back onto his feet. "When you're ready I'll be there the x-men will be there," he whispered.
Standing there for a few more seconds he turned around and tried to leave the mind the way he came in. Even though he was injured in the stomach Logan used his claws and most of his strength to make his way out if the mine out of the hall he fell in through.
Once he reached the top he pulled himself out of the hole. He dragged himself out of the top of it panting. It didn't take long for him to fully recover from his ordeal. Because of his healing abilities his injury was already starting to heal so there wasn't any reason for treating it and because his body was immune to infection. The reason for this was for how strong his immunity system was.
Instead of heading back to that bar nearby and taking the boat again he decided to just walk back to where he hid the mini jet. It was only a couple of miles away from where he stood. Looking at the suns position he saw that he'd be able to make it back just before sunset if he didn't run into any obstacles along the way. Looking in the direction of where he saw Morph running and looked silently in the blue sky.
"Don't worry Morph I'll get you back even if it costs me my life," whispered Logan.
Logan looked in that direction a few seconds more then he turned around and started walking away. It took him almost two miles to reach his destination. Just as the sun was halfway to setting below the ground and the moon was starting to rise up into the sky.
Logan uncovered the jet from the branched he hid it under and jumped back inside of it. It didn't take long for him to start it back up and he was riding it back home into the setting sun.