Chapter 5
Lena groaned as she stood up. As she stretched she took in the landscape around her. Everything was desert, there was the odd cactus but nothing stood out like the large Las Vegas sign beside her. As she was trying to think of what to do Lena heard the humming of a motorcycle coming down the road. When she turned to see who it was she smiled.
"Logan. That is so convenient"
Lena looked up at the sky and mouthed thanks to whoever was helping her. Lena testing to see if her powers worked here she slowed the bike down so it stopped just ahead of where she was standing. Logan looked at her when she walked up to him. Not taking any chances he swung his new metal claws at her. Lena jumped back and held his body from moving.
"Jesus Logan. I knew you were going to be sceptic but I never thought you would swing at me before letting me explain" he looked at her confused
"Right I guess I should introduce myself again. I'm Lena"
She put out a hand for him to shake and let his body from her mental hold. He grasped her hand then pulled her into a tight head lock. Her hands went to his arm
"Oh when I get back I am so hitting you for this. You probably won't remember what it's for but it will make me feel a hell of a lot better." she clawed at his arm
"How do you know my name? Did Striker send you?" He took the claws from his other hand and held them at her head. Her arms went down to her sides
"You're not going to believe me." she shook her head not believing she let her defences down
"Try me kid" Lena groaned
"Really again with the damn kid. I should kill you right now for calling me that. You never listen. Anyways I know you in the future. Yes the future if you want to hear the rest and my proof I suggest you let me go because my vision is starting to spot. I don't think that's good. Is that good?" Logan sighed and let her go causing her to fall on her ass in the sand
Lena stood up and wiped her butt off. She looked at him then smiled
"I pissed somebody off and they had the power to send me back in this time. By the way what year is it?"
"1988. Where's the evidence?" Lena nodded her head
"Your name is James Logan or better known in my time as Wolverine. You can heal and have big metal claws. You have an anger problem. Right now you are headed to visit John Wraith. You killed your biological father for killing your adoptive father and you have a brother named Victor Creed. For even more proof I can tell you that you're going to be heading down to New Orleans to visit another mutant. Is that enough proof or are you wanting more?" Logan blinked and tried to sense if she was telling the truth
"What do you want kid?" Lena smile sweetly at him
"I'm here to help you, possibly do some good for the future which you will thank me later for and I need some help getting back to my time." Logan thought for a minute sizing her up
"We'll see if you're tellnig the truth. Climb on. I don't have any helmets so if you die, you die." Lena sat on the back of his motorcycle
"Trust me I won't die. Now go on we need to see your friends so you see I'm right"
Logan revved the engine and sped until he reached a grungy building. Logan knocked on a door that caused a black man wearing a cowboy hat to answer. His face showed shocked at seeing them
"Logan? What are you doing here? And who's this?"
"John we need to talk" He stepped aside to let them inside.
"I'm Lena" she shook the man's hand
"John Wraith. What are you doing with Logan?" Lena smirked as she walked further into his home
"I'm an old friend" she sat down next to Logan
"Victor killed my wife and I want my revenge. I found her torn up in the forest, he slaughtered her. He also killed Bradley." John gave each of them a beer
"Damn. You sure it was Victor?"
"Yea I smelled him all over her. I need to know what happened to him after I left."
Lena watched Wraith and listened into his mind to see if he was being truthful
"He got worse. Felt like you abandoned him, we all did. He had to prove he was better than you, hunting and killing everything he could point at. I quit a few months later myself, I could take rounding them up anymore" He took a long swig form his beer. Logan looked at him suspiciously
"Rounding who up? Who? God damn it John!" Logan followed him as he moved towards the window
"We hunted our own kind Logan. There is a special place in hell for what we did." Logan looked disgusted
"Mutant? Why?"
"Striker said we would be making a difference, protecting people from the bad ones." Lena snorted into her beer as she heard this. Logan and John looked at her
"Have something to say?" John asked
"Yeah. You're a moron for listening to Striker. That man will kill so many mutants it's not funny. He will manipulate everyone he knows just to get closer to killing us all. If I can I'd kill him now" she leaned back into her chair
"How would you know all of this? You're what 16?" Lena sat up to look at both of them
"I'm 21 thank you. And I'm from a time where everything bad has happened and is happening. You think you've been to hell try going through what I have. I'll be downstairs come get me when you two decide to man up" Lena stormed out of the room and went down to watch the fighters in the ring
See stared in awe when she watched an overly large man step into the ring.
"There's Fred" she heard John say as him and Logan stepped beside her
"Holy shit" Logan gaped at the man before them
"Move around Dukes!" John yelled out, he turned to Logan
"I told him to move around, get a lil exercise"
Dukes punched a guy out of the ring and sent him flying towards them John and Logan ducked out of the way but Lena put a hand up and stopped the an from going any further she set him on the ground and looked back at Dukes.
"That's Fred Dukes? Looks like the thing that ate him" Lena shook her head
"If you want his help don't mention his weight" Logan stepped forward
"Hay!" Lena shook her head and pinched the bridge of her nose
"This is going to end horribly. God Logan just shut up" Lena said while watching Dukes get upset with Logan
"Logan needs to learn to think before he speaks" John sighed.
Dukes yelled and bounced Logan off of his stomach. Thinking quickly John grabbed Lena and teleported away before Logan could smash into them. When they landed beside the disaster Lena looked at John
"Thanks" he brushed his shoulder off
"Not a problem"
John teleported back to Logan while Lean stepped up to the ring to talk to Dukes. She walked around the edge so that she was standing beside him.
"So you're Fred Dukes? I'm Lena" she put her hand out for him to shake. Dukes turned to face her and put his gloved hand into hers
"Yeah. What are you doing with him? You seem nice" Lena laughed
"It's true he can be an asshole but I've known him for awhile you get used to it. That's a nice tattoo when did you get it?"
Dukes and Lena were deep into their conversation when John teleported in front of them
"Dukes, Logan is going to box with ya" both Dukes and Lena turned to him and laughed. Logan looked at her offended
"You know for being best buds you sure did laugh quickly" Lena settled down
"Sorry but I think it's a good thing you can heal" she stepped down from the ring and pulled up a chair.
Lena found it hard not to burst out laughing. Logan was getting his ass kicked by Dukes. After about five hits that sent Logan falling to the ground Lena giggled
"Oh Logan come on, I can't wait until I can get back home and make fun of you." Logan looked at her and held up a glove. Lena knew he was giving her the finger and she went into a round of laughter.
The fight turned into Logan's favour like most of his fights do. Soon Dukes was sitting in the corner almost knocked out.
Lena stood up after Logan started pacing the ring. She stepped into the ring and walked up behind where Logan stopped, she carefully put a comforting hand on his back
"What's the island?" he asked dukes
"It's where Striker takes them after Victor catches them" he replied gaining more consciousness
"Takes who?" Logan grew more angry and disgusted at his brother
"The mutants. Rumour has it he's doing experiments on them." Logan's face showed realization as he looked down at his hand
"Where is it?" Logan asked
"I don't know but I know this mutant that escaped. His name is Gambit he lives in New Orleans. He loves to gamble so you'll find him at a bar hustling." Logan looked over at Lena
"Told you we'd be going there." He nodded at her. Logan started walking out and John stood up as they were almost at the door
"Logan I'm coming with you" Jon teleport beside them and kept walking
"There's no redemption where I'm going" Logan warned him
"I'm not asking" John led them out to the garage
Lena noticed John's motorcycle and knew she was going to have to ride with Logan again. Logan pulled his bike in. John looked at her
"You coming?" Lena smirked at him
"Someone has to keep you two in line" she walked over and sat on the bike behind Logan, she wrapped her arms tight around his waist as the sped off onto the highway.
