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Mutant Heart And Mutant Soul Chapter 19
Just as we were about to leave the grounds of the mansion the worst thing happened. An explosion happened right in front of us and we lost control of the car. I screamed and so did Van, Logan shouted as he tried to regain control of our car. We swerved to a stop in a big heap. Everyone got very concerned when they saw this happen to us. There were gasps and shouts out of all of them there. The rest of the x-men ran straight over to us to see if we were all right. Van was screaming and crying because of what happened and I was trying to calm him down.
Logan had gotten out of the car and made some angry gestures at Gambit in order to convey his severe displeasure.
"Gambit," he shouted, almost frantic.
Gambit held out his hand's palm out in defense.
He said "Don't look at me. You just whipped the windshield."
It was a moment later when we found out what the problem was. More explosions followed the one from before, but this time they happened around the perimeter of the grounds. The security system was being destroyed. There were more screams. Most of the guests were starting to panic. Charles came right over in his hoverchair.
"Charles what's happening," Storm said.
Charles said "Something's attacking us from the outside."
Parts of the mansions security system that weren't destroyed before activated. Guns came out from the ground and started shooting at whatever was attacking us here. It wasn't long before what or who was attacking us soon became apparent.
Out of the darkness came Sinister and his minions trying to get around the mansions defenses that were protecting us.
"Sinister," Scott and Jean said in unison.
I was getting scared and angry at the same time. How dare this man attack at my wedding he had no right. Before any of us could do anything the Professor sprang into action, he started giving out orders.
"Jubilee, get rid of the guests. We don't want any accidents here," said the Professor.
Jubilee nodded and did as she was told. The Professor now turned to Logan and me.
"Silverstream, take your son and hide somewhere. Logan, I need you with the others we can't let any of them get through."
Many of our comrades had already gone outside the mansion's defenses to fight while Logan had stayed by me. He didn't like the idea of going out to fight and leaving me here.
Logan started to protest against the Professor about his orders when I stopped him by putting my hand on his shoulder. I gave my husband a reassuring look telling him that I was going to be okay. Just barely reassured Logan nodded his head and went out to fight with the others. Jubilee had finished evacuating the guests except for the ones who had chosen to stay and help us. Calluses were one of them and so many of the others who had come to wish us well. My former family was some of the handful of guests that were actually being evacuated from the grounds. I passed them on my way back inside the mansion with Van and Silverwings. It was a very awkward moment for all of us. I went past them straight through the doors without giving them a second glance. My mother tried to follow me but Jubilee didn't even give her a chance. Once I was inside I hid with Van in one of the other rooms away from the battle.
Outside things weren't going as well as we had hoped. Sinister and his men were starting to overpower my husband and friends. Sinister had seen me go back inside the mansion with Van and ordered our capture. This made the followers of Sinister fight twice as hard and it was making the X-Men lose the battle.
Sinister shouted "I want those two and I want them now!"
Jubilee was using her powers to blow away enemies that dared to come within reach of her. Morph had taken on a different form altogether in order to fight at his very best. Beast and Calluses were both using their strength to destroy any enemy that came too close to them. Rogue was using her absorption powers to take away the strength of any enemy she could get at. Gambit had stayed by her side every time she did this and he kept throwing objects in the middle of the enemy making them explode.
Jean was attacking people with her mind and like Gambit Scott would not leave the side of the one he loved. Nightcrawler was disappearing and reappearing all over the place with his teleportation powers. As my former lover before Logan, he wasn't going to let any of them get near me or my son. The husband of the Professor's Scottish friend had joined in the fight as well as blowing enemies away with his own powers. Storm was using her power over the weather to do the enemy some damage. Iceman was doing the same thing but with his ice powers. Others were there as well but there were just too many of them to describe with only a few words.
The Professor was organizing the entire fight on our side as if he was a general. Sinister had flown straight over to the Professor.
He said "Hand over the child and his mother and no one will be harmed. If not then you will all die."
None of them liked that very much and Logan made it quite clear after he finished beating the mutant he was fighting to a pulp. Logan moved into position right next to the Professor and snarled up at Sinister.
He said "Over my dead body, Sinister!"
A wicked grin appeared on Sinisters face.
Sinister said "Then so be it."
Next moment Sinister scent a huge blast at the two of them out of one of his hands with much of his power. Fortunately the Professor managed to make a shield with his mind to protect himself but Logan had to jump away to get out of range of the oncoming attacks.
This didn't stop my husband. Logan jumped onto the top of the pillar and pushed himself with all the force he had throwing himself toward Sinister claws extended to kill. Unfortunately Sinister flew out of the way before Logan could even touch him but this didn't stop him from getting him. As Logan fell back to the ground he grabbed Sinister around the legs and pulled the jerk down with him. With a yell Sinister fell from the air and made a huge impact on the ground. Unlike Sinister who landed on his back Logan did a sort of backflip in the air and landed on his feet. As soon as this happened Logan went back on the attack without even stopping to take a breath.
Back inside the mansion I was hiding with Van in a place I thought was secure. Silverwings was with us and even though she couldn't do much she was acting as out little guard bird. I was holding Van close to my body shielding him from anything that might get through. Van was a little confused even though he could hear the fighting outside he couldn't really know what was going on. Van could feel the fear coming from my body and was wondering what was going on. I already told my son not to speak out loud with his small voice so he used the other way he had to speak to me.
Confused and afraid, He asked "Mommy, what's happening out there? Why are these people after us?"
You see none of us had ever told him about Sinister so he didn't know why this man was after the two of us. I just brought Van closer to my body and held him tighter to me. I also spoke softly to him as I did so.
"Don't be scared, Van. I won't let him get you," I promised, kissing Van on the forehead after I said this to him.
Not long I gave Van that little kiss Silverwings started to really act up. Silverwings suddenly started to hop in space and twitter madly. This had immediately drawn my attention over to her.
"What is it, Silverwings," I said.
But before Silverwings could've given me a slight answer my worst fear became a reality. The wall right next to us exploded right in front of our faces and I had to shield Van with my own body to protect him. Fortunately Silverwings was smart enough to take cover behind an object big enough to shield her from the explosion.
As the smoke from the explosion diminishes I can see a shape floating in through the dust. I thought it was one of our friends coming to take us to safety but as it turns out I was wrong about that. Sinister came floating into the room where we were hiding and immediately spotted Van and myself.
"Got you," he said.
As soon as he said this I activated my power leaving no one at fault or stone unturned. Intense light shined from my forehead straight into his eyes. This gave me enough time to take Van and hide him. I didn't have enough time to take Van out of the room so I just put him behind some furniture. I gave Van another kiss on the forehead.
"Stay here," I said, firmly.
A moment later I went out to fight Sinister which was going to be a pain because I was still wearing my wedding dress. Silverwings flies straight out of hiding and onto Vans shoulder in order to protect him when deemed necessary.
I stood in full view of Sinister as he brought down his arm to see where I was. A wicked grin appeared on his face as I took off my veil and threw it to the side. I also ripped my dress from the bottom to halfway up so that it now looked like a mini dress. Another thing I did was to quickly get rid of the heels on my wedding shoes so that they now looked like flats. Now I was ready to fight. My original power from my mark wasn't really going to be of much use here in this situation. What I was going to have to me was my newfound speed and strength to fight him and that is exactly what I did.
I stalk towards Sinister with pure malice shining in my eyes.
I said "Sinister."
"Silverstream," he counters.
Our names were the only things we said to each other before the fight really began for the two of us. I really wished Van wasn't there to see this.
Everything was just like a blur from there. Only someone with incredible eyesight could catch my movements at the speed I was going. As soon as out introductions were finished our fight had started.
I had lifted up a nearby table and threw it straight at Sinister. Sinister blasted the table into separate pieces before it even got close to him. The cover of the table was good for me because it gave me a chance to get closer to him with my new speed. Sinister didn't even know what hit him until after it was too late. I crashed into Sinister at full speed and knocked him clean out of the mansion. I made him fly backwards into the air and I fooled him with a huge leap from my legs. Once I reached Sinister in the air I punched him with all my strength straight into the ground. The impact of Sinisters landing could be heard throughout the rest of the battlefield.
Nightcrawler and Logan were fighting side by side when this mishap occurs.
Nightcrawler said "He's found them. We should go help her."
Just as that moment the two of them and everyone else on the battlefield could hear a loud battle cry spread out through the air to everyone who was there. The ones who knew me immediately recognized my voice.
He said "I have a feeling she'll be just fine."
Logan is right on the mark with that.
I've given Sinister quite a lot of damage in this small amount of time already. There were many dents and scratches in him armor already and there was some blood coming out of those scratches. I was managing to hold my own against Sinister but he was doing some damage to me as well. I was bleeding myself beside the fact that my body was quickly recuperating. My wedding dress which I had torn in half was getting even more ripped apart than before. My dress was going to be completely torn to pieces by the end of this battle. That's the last of my concerns. Also, my hair was so messed up that it was no longer in the style I had it in before this all started.
My strategy is simple. Basically to keep Sinisters attention on me as long as possible until one of the others arrived to help me. I also needed to destroy Sinister as soon as possible at least. Sinister was still smiling at me the entire time we were fighting as he could clearly see that I was getting tired.
Sinister said "There's still plenty of time to surrender."
"Then go ahead and take it," I shot back at him.
A moment later I had gone back on the attack going right for his throat. Right when I went back on the attack something completely unexpected happened. Out of nowhere came Silverwings who attacked Sinister in a fury of wings, beak, and talons. This stopped me in my tracks. I really had to restrain myself from jumping off a tree branch and back into the air. I was completely at what Silverwings was doing and all I could do was watch. Only what happened next was predictable and I couldn't stop it from happening.
Sinister had gotten very annoyed with Silverwings and shot at her with one of his blasts. Silverwings didn't stand an inch of a chance against him. Silverwings fell down from the sky and onto the ground in a bundle of feathers.
Bitterly, Sinister spat "Pest."
He then blew on his fist to blow the smoke of his blast away from it. I was in shock standing in that tree with me eyes wide. It took a few seconds in order for me to regain composure.
"Silverwings, no!"
I leap out of the tree and launched all of my fury out on Sinister. I attacked him with snarls coming out of my mouth and tears were crawling down from my eyes. I wasn't the only one who has witnessed Silverwings demise. My son had seen it as well.
Van had followed the sounds of battle with curiosity to see what was going on. He had no idea what was really happening out here. It was then that Van and Silverwings made it outside and saw the situation I found myself in with Sinister. Instantly Silverwings had flown out of his new hiding place with Van in order to come to my aid. Even though Silverwings was brave it was the worst thing my dove could make. Van's eyes went wide when he saw what happened to his little bodyguard.
"Silverwings no," he whispered.
Right after Van said this eh heard me shout out the same words he just said. Van saw me shoot out of a tree and go back on the attack.
As this happened Vans eyes grew even wider than before. That's because the woman who shot out of the tree was his own mother but at the same time wasn't. The position of his mother's body and change of his mother's face made it not look like her. Only Van knew it was his mother because of all of the grace and poise in her body even as she was out there fighting the bad guys. My boy was now hiding in the shadows beside the mansion inside the bushed trying his best to not be seen until all of this fighting had come to an end this night.
My fury and grief for Silverwings was making me fight on but unfortunately it was clouding my judgment in the fight. Sinister was now getting the upper hand here and was making it harder for me to keep up beside my speed. At one point in this fight I had run out of ideas and time. A lot more time had passed and this time I was really worn out. I had stopped once again to catch my breath and this time I was panting for air. Sinister smiled down at me when he saw how tired I was now.
"Oh, getting tired, Silverstream," he asked with a sneer.
I didn't say anything to him that's how out of breath I was. The look on his face now turned to a grin at my silence and he took advantage of my situation.
Quick as a snake Sinister shot out one of his arms and shot one of his blasts at me out of his hand. I didn't have the speed or strength to escape his attack this time. I closed my eyes waiting for the impact knowing that it was coming. My only regret was that I wasn't going to see my little boy growing up and I lied to my husband. Looked like I wasn't going to make it through this after all. Only the attack never made its mark on me at all it had hit a different target instead of me.
Suddenly there came a shout and a shriek of pain soon followed it. Immediately as soon as I heard it I opened my eyes and saw what had happened. At the last moment Logan had jumped in front of Sinisters attack and took the full force of it instead of me. Logan had finally broken through the blockade of enemies to come to my rescue. Van cried out in horror when he saw his father get hit with this attack.
"Daddy," he said.
I watched with horror on my face as my husband was hit with this attack instead of me.
"Logan, no," I shrieked.
The force of Sinisters attack was so great that it knocked Logan straight onto his back. Not only had that but his body rolled on the ground a few times before he finally came to a stop. Without delay I got back my strength and I knelt right by his side. I took his head in my lap. I quickly checked Logan to see how badly he was hurt. Like my wedding dress Logan's tuxedo was completely torn up but in a different way. The whole top of his tuxedo was gone there was nothing else up there. Only the lower half of his tuxedo was still intact. I spoke his name a few times while stroking his forehead trying to get him to wake up. It didn't take long for that to happen, this time he was lucky. He soon opened his eyes and made a weak smile up at me.
He said "Hey Silver you okay?"
"Yes although I wouldn't say the same for you. What were you thinking doing something so reckless that attack nearly killed you," I said.
Shrugging, He said "Don't I get a thank you?"
The corners of my mouth turned up a little bit and I leaned down to give him a kiss.
I made it a short one because of our situation. Next thing I did was put one of his arms over my shoulder and tried to help him up. I only managed to get him up on his knees before Sinister showed his ugly face to us again. Just as I got Logan in that position we noticed that Sinister had moved even closer to us than before. He had taken the opportunity to move over to us while the two of us were distracted. He was smiling down at us but that smile did not reach his eyes, they were like ice.
"So it ends," he said, smugly.
The look on his face was that of a wolf as he looked down at us.
Logan said "You're wrong, Sinister. You will never have her or my son."
"Then you will die," Sinister said.
Sinister now raised his hand for another attack on the two of us. This time I couldn't run away I was completely out of strength than what I was using to hold my husband up.
Sinister was never able to do his attack because someone else had intervened again.
"Leave my mommy and daddy alone," someone shouted.
The three of us turned to where the voice came from. Logan and I looked on with horror as we saw that our son was the one who had spoke up. Van had moved out of his hiding place and into the open.
I said "Van, go hide now!"
Van didn't do as I said he just shook his head while still looking at Sinister. Sinister now turned toward Van instead of facing the two of us.
"So you've finally come to me," he said.
Van spoke up again and he said the same thing as before.
"Leave my mommy and daddy alone," repeated Van, forcefully.
"Oh I will little one once you come with me," said Sinister.
Van looks at Logan and myself for just a second and then back at Sinister.
"I don't think so," he said.
Then suddenly something happened that the three of us there completely didn't expect out of him. He attacked.
With all the speed and strength that he had in his tiny body Van leaped at Sinister straight through the air. Van snarled as he did so and something else happened while he was still in the air. Van transformed in mid-air as soon as he jumped off of the ground. He shapeshifted from his small human form into one of a wolf, he was a werewolf. His clothes fell off of his body as he transformed. It took Van less than ten seconds to do this entire transformation. This shocked all three of us as soon as we saw it happen. Logan and I are especially surprised by this I mean we've lived with Van since he was born and we've never seen him do this before.
Sinister didn't have enough time to react to this. He was far too slow compared to my son. Van tackled Sinister at full force and completely knocked him out of the air. With a yell Sinister landed with a loud thud into the ground. Van didn't even have a scratch anywhere on his body. Just before Sinister touched the ground Van jumped off of Sinister with his powerful legs, did a backflip in the air, and he landed gracefully onto the ground. Logan and I were both so speechless by what we were seeing here.
Logan said "Son."
"Van," I whispered.
As if he heard us Van turned his wolf head toward us and showed his teeth. It would've looked quite intimidating if his tongue wasn't handing out of the side of his mouth in a wolf grin. He even started to wag his tail for us.
A moan came to our ears and our attention turned immediately back to where Sinister had landed. He was slowly getting back to where Sinister had landed. He was slowly getting back up onto his feet no doubt getting over the shock of the impact. Unfortunately for him Van never gave him the chance to completely recover. Van let out a huge growl and charged at Sinister once again. Only this time he didn't tackle Sinister with his teeth as soon as he got close enough and he attacked the rest of him with his paws. Sinister howled in pain when Van bit him and tried to shake him off.
Sinisters howl of pain brought on some attention. His minions who were either still alive or still fighting broke away from their opponents to come to their master's aid. Only they didn't expect to find their leader fighting to stay alive against a werewolf. They expected it to be the other way around, not like this, Van was tearing Sinisters armor to pieces with the ferocity of his attacks. He wasn't holding anything back from him. The rest of the x-men were now watching this too and they couldn't believe their eyes. Sinister was completely worn out and you could just tell this by looking at him. Sinister was breathing heavily and he was barely able to stand. None of us were surprised by this. In his state he was lucky to still be standing at all. Van was back to standing in front of me and his father ready to defend us when necessary. He wasn't even breaking a sweat.
One of Sinisters minions made a slight move toward him and made a questioning sound.
"Master," he said.
Through gritted teeth, Sinister commanded "Pull back to base now."
His minions didn't question his orders they just did as they were told. One of them used a small device to open a portal and all of them jumped into it, well the ones who were still alive that it. Sinister had to have his body supported in order to walk through there. He was no longer in one piece. When the portal closed that was when all of the cheers started.
The x-men were jumping into the air, hugging, kissing, and yelling out in joy. Logan and I called out to our son and he turned his attention straight over to us. Van turned around where he stood and ran over to us. Van turned around where he stood and ran over to us. As he did so Van changed out of his wolf form and back into one of a child. Van jumped right into our arms and we gave him a big hug.
"I stay with you," he said in a small voice.
I kissed Van on the forehead and hugged him even tighter.
I said "Yes, Dear, you're staying with us."
After I said this Van moved around in our arms and brought his hand up to Logan's face. Whatever Van had asked him I soon found out.
Logan said "We son you did just fine."
A wide grin appeared on Vans face showing his teeth. The grin on Vans face disappeared as soon as it was formed.
Van brought his hand away from his father's face and over to mine. As soon as his hand touched my face an image of Silverwings flying in the air enters my mind. A sad look came to my eyes as he showed me this. I knew what he was asking me.
"I'm sorry Van Silverwings won't be coming back to us," I said to him.
Vans lip quivered and he started to cry, tears were starting to comfort him out of his pain. Logan put his rough hand on top of his son's head trying to do the exact same thing.
No one knew that it was morning until the son actually started to rise back into the sky. The first thing that was done was to treat the injuries of the ones who were injured. Fortunately for us there weren't any deaths on our side at all just had injuries. Since Logan, Van, and I had our own healing abilities we didn't have to be treated by anyone.
While many of the others were being treated for their wounds I was standing on the top of a nearby hillside watching the sunrise. I was wearing a blanket around my body. As has been said before my wedding dress was in pieces and there wasn't much left to cover my body so I needed that blanket in order to cover me up. Van had been changed into some clothes so he was already taken care of and Jubilee was playing with him to keep his mind off of Silverwings. Van was going to miss Silverwings and so was I but we were going to get through it together. Silverwings was going to be greatly missed among our number.
As I was watching the sunrise I heard silent footsteps coming from behind me. I knew who it was before the arm went around my shoulders.
"Will it ever end, Logan," I said, wondering if one day all the senseless fighting will stop and everything can be put to right.
As much as I love being a part of the X-Men I really wish there wasn't a need for any of us or what we do in the first place allowing there to be true coexistence.
He said "I don't know, but whatever happens we will keep Van safe. We've done it before and we can do that again."
I now looked up at Logan. He was wearing a sweatshirt to cover his bare chest and changed into some sweat pants.
Smiling at him, I asked "And we will always love each other."
"Hmm, yes. I think we shall," said Logan.
A moment later the two of us share a passionate kiss.
Less than ten seconds later Logan felt a gentle tug on his shirt so the two of us broke away from our kiss and looked down. Van was smiling up at us while tugging at his father's shirt. Logan bent down and scooped his son up into a hug big hug. Van giggles and gave his own father a hug around the neck. The three of us turned back to the run to watch it rise in the sky. We all knew that is we all stuck together everything would be all right, and it was.
The End
Authors Note:
Hope you all like this one! I certainly did while writing it for your vast enjoyment! ;D
Finally this story has reached its end at long last. I am so ashamed. Because of all the prewritten chapters that were ready to be uploaded this story should've been finished years ago. Instead it was left hanging there potentially incomplete all because of hard drive misplacement. Thankfully I was able to locate it after going through some of my things and the wait was finally over and done with. Now I have the pleasure of at long last marking this one down as complete as it should be and that for me is a really big treat and achievement to behold.
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