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Hiya peeps, here's your sixth chap with tons of fluff and a little bit of serious stuff between our Beauty and the Beast but before that- Since DOFP and Deadpool-2 have done some major changes in X-Timeline, I've described Victor Creed and Kayla Silverfox's presences in Logan's life from my point of view in this chapter so please, don't be confused about it ;-}
And yes, Piotr Rasputin aka Colossus is going to enter the story from this chapter and for those who don't know, Piotr is an amazing painter and sketch artist in comics :-}
WolvieLover- Glad you liked the last one, hope you like this one too :D
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Veronica- Here's your quick update ;-}!
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"Hey, Piotr!"
The tall Russian boy spun around to respond to the call. Jade hastily approached him with a panting smirk.
"You're the new kid, right?"
The pre-teenager hesitantly lowered his head and muttered in his thick Russian accent. "Yes."
"Welcome to the school." Jade smiled widely. "So, made some new friends yet?"
Piotr pursed his lips and shook his head sadly. "The children of my age think I'm too big and tall to play with them."
Well, Jade could understand kids' point of view. The pre-teen was already 5'6'' among those Hobbits.
"Aww don't be so sad, they'll all get totally used to your height soon." Jade quickly offered her hand with a wide smile. "By the way I'm Jade. Will you be my friend?"
Piotr shyly shook the girl's hand with his. "Yes."
"Cool." Jade grinned. "By the way I've heard you're an awesome sketch artist, is that true?"
When the kid nodded excitedly, Jade asked softly. "Will you like, make a sketch for me?"
Piotr nodded softly. "Yeah, sure."
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"Yello, professor Logan!"
Logan's deep cogitation was broken by Jade's sweet voice. He hastily pulled the half-finished cigar out of his mouth and crushed it out, jabbing it brutally against the step he was sitting on brutally before putting it back into his pocket.
"You don't like, need to pretend to be 'smoke free' around me, Logan." smirking, Jade walked up to him and sat next to him before signaling him to fist-bump. "I know how much your lungs love those Cuban sticks."
Slightly embarrassed, Logan awkwardly let his fist greet the girl's. "Old habit, darlin'."
Jade grinned. "It's okay. By the way I've got something for you."
Wolverine leers at Jade's body.
Please let it be ya, in yer birthday suit, on our bed.
"Uh-What is it?" Logan vigorously shook his head to get it out of Wolverine's hairy ass and took the offered paper from her to run his narrowed eyes over it. It was a drawing of some dangerous looking bastard with the 'I-am-the-biggest-asshole-of-the-world' face. The image instantly sent a tingle through his brain. He didn't why, but he was sure he'd seen this fucker somewhere before.
Logan looked back to Jade confusedly. "Whose sketch is this?"
Jade dropped the bombshell. "William Stryker's."
"What?!" completely flabbergasted, Logan snapped his head back to Jade. "Where did ya get-"
Jade smiled. "I remembered his face and told a little bud of mine to draw it on a paper for me."
"But why?"
"So you can at least recognize this son of a betty and kick his butt if he ever comes across you in the future again." said Jade, looking at the manipulative jerk in the sketch hatefully.
The unselfishly helping act overwhelmed Logan completely. "That's...that's really so sweet of ya, darlin'." one of his arms unconsciously wrapped around the girl's shoulders as he lips absentmindedly kissed her cheek.
A strong shiver ran down Jade's spine when she felt the unexpected surprise on her cheek. The Warm and wet touch on the smooth surface felt strangely good. She was suddenly surprised and embarrassed at the time. Maybe because she'd never been kissed anyone else but her parents and Jubilee before.
Spending your teenage in a school-cum-hostel full of telepathic teachers does that for you.
Logan tries to make the kiss look like a totally chaste one but for some strange reason, his lips stayed on the buttery soft skin much longer than he'd wanted and when he pulled back, he had the face of a meek pimple-faced teen who'd just kissed his crush.
"Ok wow," Jade let out a shy laugh. "That was something...totally unexpected."
"We're friends, right?" he tried to justify Wolverine's action. "Aren't friends...allowed ta do that ta each other?"
Jade quickly nodded. "Cheeuh! And don't worry, I'm not angry. I was just a little bit...surprised, that's it. By the way now I gotta bounce for my next class, I'll see you in the evening for our session, okay?"
Logan still had that stupid expression on his face. "Okay."
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"So," Jade placed her fingers against Logan's temples. "Are you ready?"
Logan connected his gaze to Jade's and smirked. "Yeah."
In a blink of an eye, Jade was inside Logan's brain again. Not repeating her previous mistake, she tried to avoid all the dark visions she'd seen last time and keep digging deeper and deeper and soon Wolverine's voice echoed loudly.
Mate...
This way...
The 'M' word narrowed Jade's eyes, but she didn't have time to ask the critter what it meant. She just kept following Wolverine's voice until she found herself standing before a restricted entrance.
The implanted block was the proof that there was something related to Logan's past behind this it. Collecting every single bit of her mental strength, she concentrated on the lock to break it. This obstruction was much more stronger than the last one, but she used every trick she'd learnt from the greatest telepath of the world on it and finally after a long struggling minute, the door slowly opened and she found herself surrounded by some shockingly interesting visions connected to their beloved principal, Charles Xavier. She arranged the visions in the chronological order to understand them.
Logan arriving at the ruined X-Mansion in 1973...Logan meeting professor McCoy and an alcoholic and HAIRY Charles Xavier...the trio and her buddy, Peter Maximoff busting that Magneto dude out of prison...the quartet stopping Ms. Raven Darkholme from killing a midget named Bolliver Trask...Logan facing Magneto in Washington DC...Logan being thrown into Potomac River and finally, Logan being taken out of the river by William Stryker...
After absorbing this valuable part of Logan's past, she advanced toward her main focus, the man named Victor. Wolverine's voice resounded.
This way...
Follow me, Mate...
Wolverine took her to another dark door. She used the same trick that worked on the last block and the door finally opened and she was overwhelmed by the memories of this mysterious name, Victor.
Logan and Victor fighting in the Vietnam War...the brothers 'enjoying' their Capital Punishment...William Stryker rescuing them from the prison...Logan and Victor joining the Weapon-X program...Logan meeting another team member, Kayla...Logan and Kayla spending time together...Logan making love to Kayla...
For some strange reason, the vision of Kayla in Logan's arms distracted Jade a little bit. Seeing them together like this caused a strange feeling like jealousy to erupt insider her.
"Don't lose your focus, Jadie, just come back to the track!" she scolded herself mentally and tried to focus on her little research.
Kayla telling Logan the story of Wolverine...Victor scolding Logan to get distracted from their mission after that girl...Logan finding Kayla dead in their room with Victor's dogtags in her hand...Logan blaming Victor for his lover's death...Victor denying the allegations...Logan fighting Victor...Logan quitting the program...Victor screaming at a leaving Logan...
"We could never be done, Jimmy! We're brothers, and brothers protect each other, not leave each other alone! Jimmy! JIMMY!"
"Jade! Come back to me darlin'!"
Jade was abruptly pulled back to the real world by Logan's worried tone. She jerked her eyes open with a loud gasp and looked around, baffled. "W-What happened?"
"I don't know," Logan hastily cupped her cheeks and wiped her tears away with his thumbs. "I just saw you cry and thought maybe you're in pain."
"No...i wasn't in pain, actually...I just...felt someone's pain."
"Whose?"
She sniffled and looked back into Logan's eyes. "I'll tell you, but I need to tell my friend to prepare another sketch first."
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"His name is Victor, Victor Creed."
Jade spoke softly as she handed Logan Victor's sketch. "And he's your elder brother."
Totally shocked, Logan jerked his head up. "What the..."
Jade gave a pursed nod. "You guys were in the army. The last fight you two were in was the American War. You were sentenced for decapitating a senior officer— your sentence was carried out by a firing squad at 1000 hours by the way— and then William Stryker got you two out so you could join his Weapon-X program. You met another mutant named Kayla there." a fine line of bitter hostility crossed Jade's face when she mentioned the name. "You guys fell for each other soon. But Victor wasn't apparently happy with your relationship and soon...you found Kayla dead with Victor's dogtags in her hand."
"What the fuck?!" Logan was all furious at once. He looked down at the sketch wrathfully. "This asshole killed my-"
"That was just a totally angry assumption of yours, Logan." Jade cut him off with a valid point. "That was never proved, because you never gave Victor a change to prove his innocence. You just held him guilty and quit both your brother and the program. You guys never saw each other after that."
It took Logan a long minute to comprehend whatever Jade just said. His eyes were fixed on the face with those deep amber eyes and muttonchops similar to his the whole time. "Do you think...that he didn't do it?"
With a deep sigh, Jade placed her hand on Logan's and squeezed gently. "Look I don't know what happened with Kayla, but I honestly think Victor didn't do it, because I've felt his pain he felt when you stuck your girlfriend's murder on his head and decided to leave him. It was almost a betrayal to him. Besides, no matter how much siblings fight, they just wanna see each other happy in the end." a soft smile touched her lips as she thought about her slightly crazy but very sweet sister. "You know, Jubes and I were always fighting when we were small but...after our parents' death, Jubilee suddenly became all mature and protective toward me. From our lives on the road to the this place, she'd always tried to save me from all the troubles and bad guys out there and just wants my well-being every day. That's why I really think you should at least give your brother a chance."
"But where will I find him?"
"Well, Professor Xavier's Cerebro can help you about that."
"Cerebro?"
"Yep. It's a totally wicked machine he locates all the mutants all over the world. By the way," Jade had a mischievous smile this time. "I saw our beloved Professor-X's presence in your lost memories, too."
"What?"
"Yep." she nodded excitedly. "But you better ask him about it, I'm sure he'd happily tell you about that part."
"Okay." Logan smiled gratefully. "Thanks fer everythin'."
"Hey," Jade gave a playful warning. "There's no sorry and no thank you in friendship, Mister."
"Oh gawd," Logan chuckled. "I'm sure ya have stolen that shitty quote from some shitty movie."
Jade grinned. "Nope, but I'm sure someone's gonna use it in a movie soon."
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"There's no sorry and no thank you in friendship." is a very famous quote from my all-time favourite Bollywood movie- Maine Pyar Kiya :p
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Glossary of Eighties Terms
Betty- Bitch
Bud- A friend
Cheeuh- Yes, of course.
Bounce- get out of here, leave
Yello- A very 80's way of saying hello.
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