Chapter 11:
"Erik please…" said Xavier.
Agatha and Jubilee ran over to Wolverine's body.
"Wolvie!" yelled Agatha grabbing onto his arm and hiding her face in it. Jubilee placed her head on his chest, also crying. Kitty came over slowly, grabbing his clawed hand, tears coming down her face.
"We have just lost a precious member of the family."
The tank room was practically empty. Almost everyone had left to make the necessary preparations on the jet. Only Charles, Jubilee, Kitty, Agatha and the two bodies of the dead feral mutants were left. Kitty stood leaning against the wall, looking back at Wolverine in a daze. Jubilee was also standing, but beside the table on which his still for lay, unbelieving the recent events. Agatha was sitting, knees up, arms wrapped around them and her face hidden.
Charles looked over them sadly. As much as he wanted to be happy for the fact that they had found a cure, he couldn't. Not when they had just lost someone as dear to them as Logan. He sighed and looked down, hoping desperately for a miracle.
Suddenly they heard something move and all four of them looked up in the direction of Wolverine and Sabretooth. Nothing: just a figment of their imagination.
"It's not fair!" yelled Agatha before hiding her face again.
"What aint fair pup….." murmured a weak and deathly silent voice.
Agatha's head shot up. "Huh…? S-sabretooth….?" She whispered desperately hoping. She looked to him, and stood up holding her breath. He was still lying there motionless, eyes closed. But a moment later he began to cough and breathe lightly. "You… You're alive!" she yelled running to his side.
"Course I am…" he muttered, opening one cloudy eye to look at her.
"H-how?"
"Don't yell damn it…" he growled.
"Oh… sorry."
"Still got some healin factor left in me…" he said as an answer to her original question before coughing again.
"So… that means…" she said turning around to look at Logan.
Jubilee quickly looked down, but he was still unmoving and she began to worry. Xavier quickly went to check on his mind.
"He… He is alive!" he happily stated when he senses light lingering thoughts and brainwaves. "Jubilee, quickly, check if he has a pulse!" He ordered.
Jubilee quickly put two fingers to his neck and pressed looking for any sort of pulse.
"I can feel it! It's really weak and unsteady… but it's definitely there."
"It's gonna take more'n that ta take me and the runt out," Sabretooth said attempting to sit up, but bursts of pain riddled his body and he growled in agony lying back down.
"Don't try and move Sabretooth. It's better if you just lie there and heal okay, you still have a bunch of injuries," said Agatha.
"Jean hurry! Wolverine and Sabretooth are alive!" called out the Professor telepathically.
"What!" she responded.
"They're alive. Logan is unconscious but Sabretooth is awake. Hurry back with Hank and Erik."
"I'm on it!"
In a matter of moments Jean, Beast and Magneto arrived.
"Oh my stars and garters… you survived!" said Hank
"Can everyone quit yellin damn it!" growled out Sabretooth.
"Ah yes… my apologies."
"Sabretooth you should rest. You must be drained," said Charles.
"Yeah, yeah…" he said but he closed his open eye anyway and in less than a minute he'd fallen into a healing coma.
"We need Logan to sheath his claws before he bleeds out. Erik do you think you could do so without hurting him?"
"Such little faith in me Charles," Magneto said before forcing Wolverine's claws back into his fore arms. Beast then bandaged the hands carefully.
"Let's get back on the jet and to the med lab immediately," Hank said.
With Jean and Magneto's help, they all got back to the jet easily, the flight home being a much more calm and happy one than expected. Once they arrived everyone got off the jet except Agatha and Charles.
"So Logan's going to be okay?" she asked him.
He smiled.
"Yes my dear, he's going to be fine. He just needs a little time to heal."
She looked at him a little unbelieving then she looked out of the jet where Beast was carrying him out in a gurney. She closed her eyes and focused her senses all on Wolverine. She sniffed twice, smiled a bit recognizing his scent and slightly hearing his breathing. Then she looked back to Xavier.
"Okay! Thanks Professor!" She hugged him and ran off. He also left the jet and headed for his office.
Sitting calmly behind his desk he looked out of the window seeing a bright hope for their future.
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3 DAYS LATER
His body felt heavy, stiff. He could hardly move. His lungs burned and bones ached. He tried to take in his surroundings, get situated, but he couldn't even manage that. He tried to feel out the condition his body was in. He was in nothing but his boxers, which brought up a little concern and confusion. Also his hands were heavily bandaged.
That's when he realized none of his powers were working and panic set in. he couldn't feel a suppression collar or any other sort of device on himself so how or why weren't his powers working? Only one way to find out, he thought before slowly opening his eyes. His blurry vision quickly cleared after blinking several times, and he was surprised to recognize his surrounding as the X-Men's own med lab.
"Huh?" he breathed out, drawing the attention of another man in the room.
"Ah, you're awake Logan," said the other voice.
"Chuck?" Logan said, his voice gruff and ragged from being unused. He moved his head to look over but he instantly regretted it as his head began to pound with pain. He groaned.
"You shouldn't move too much my friend, your body is still very weak," said Xavier.
"Ugh… what happened?" Logan growled out impatiently.
"I'm not sure where to begin. Do you remember our plan to find a cure for the anti-mutant virus?"
"Yeah... I also remember all of you being there and getting in the tank…" He shut his eyes against the paralyzing and painful flashes that appeared. He didn't know if they were recent or past memories. He exhaled steadily and pushed it all back. "… and that's about it."
"Alright. Well the procedure went well. We were able to extract the antibodies, but it took a huge toll on both you and Sabretooth, especially on your healing factors. For a moment we thought both of you had died. Your blood loss and injuries from releasing your claws were a worrying matter in particular."
"Makes sense, that's why my bodies so stiff… How long have I been out?"
"Three days."
"THREE DAYS! Aghh… damn it… three days and I still feel like shit…"
"You nearly died Logan. Your healing factor was practically nullified, and the adamantium poisoning is taking its effects on your body. Fortunately your healing powers are slowly returning, much like Sabretooth's," said the Professor looking over to Logan's right where Sabretooth was lying unconscious.
Logan shifted his gaze and head a little and was surprised to see him.
"It took a lot out of the both of you. Now please get some rest and heal up."
"No need ta ask me twice," Logan sighed and closed his eyes. He drifted off into a deep slumber.
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ONE WEEK AND A HALF LATER
Logan stepped out of the shower and into his room stretching his still stiff body; joints popping and cracking as he relieved his underused body. He was starting to feel like his old self again. He grabbed the clean white wife beater from on top of his desk chair and easily slipped it on, pulling a maroon button up blouse over his shoulders, leaving it unbuttoned. Then with one more crack of his neck he left his room.
He wasn't surprised at all to see Charles Xavier right there waiting for him.
"Logan you really should be resting right now."
"I'm fine Chuck," he said brushing him away.
"It's only been a couple of weeks since the procedure. Your body needs rest."
"I already told ya I'm fine! 'Sides creed left a couple a days ago."
"Yes and you insisted on leaving the med lab as well, and I agreed, on the condition that you would stay in your room healing until your condition improved."
"Look my healin factors back strong enough ta deal with most of the adamantium poisionin and I'm sure minor injuries like small cuts and bruises will heal up real quick. I'm fine. And I need ta get some air. It's not like I'm gonna be going off on any dangerous missions or anything Chuck, it's just a walk around campus."
Xavier sighed. "Logan I still believe that you should rest for a few more days but if you must then there is no reason for me to try and stop you. But be careful alright?"
"Yeah… yeah… yeah ya stubborn old man," he said walking away quickly to get outside as soon as possible. He'd been stuck inside the school for too long and he was dying to get some fresh air.
The first thing he noticed was the cold October breeze waffling around. He took a deep enjoyable breath; familiar scents lingering in did wonders for his headache and senses. Since his healing factor had been greatly toned down, his senses were a little dull as well, but he could still distinguish the many scents that roamed around the campus.
He made his way into the forest, slowly walking with a distracted gaze. Suddenly he caught a familiar scent. It was Agatha's She was sitting on her usual tree branch looking extremely relaxed.
"Hey kid," he said hoping to get her attention. He hadn't seen anyone but Hank and the Professor for the past two weeks and he was sure to enjoy her company.
"Wolvie…?" she asked surprised looking down. "Oh my god it is you! Logan! Hey!" she said rolling over to try and wave at him but failing miserably and falling on her face. "Ow….." she muttered standing up and rubbing her nose.
He laughed at her and she glared at him, but she couldn't hold it, she was too happy to see him well again.
"You're all better!" she said hugging him tightly. Her squeeze made his sore ribs and side jolt with pain and he winced.
"Getting there… but I'm feelin a bit tender," he told her.
"Oh sorry!" she said quickly letting go of him. "So is your healing factor all better?"
"It will be."
"That's good. Oh! We have to tell Jubilee and the others! They'll be so happy to see you!"
"Hahaha alright," he said laughing.
She led him to the clearing right behind the school where Jubilee, Kitty, Kenny, Sam and Beast were playing Frisbee.
"Hey guys look who came back from the dead!" yelled Agatha as she and Logan got closer.
They all turned to look at her and were happily surprised to see Wolverine beside her. Jubilee and Kitty ran to hug him saying, "Wolvie!"
"Hey Logan! Its gud ta see ya!" called out Sam, while Kenny simply smiled at him and waved.
Once the two girls had gotten off of Logan, Hank walked up to him giving him a big bear hug.
"Ah Logan, it's nice to see you up and walking. Though I'm sure I told Charles to keep you in bed for a few more days at the least."
"Yeah well you know how stubborn I can be."
"Oh indubitably," Hank said laughing. They turned to see the young mutants all playing frisbee happily. "It's good to see things have gone back to normal. Agatha and Jubilee were quite worried about you. They visited you almost every day you were in the med lab."
"They're good kids Hank. Real brave. How'd Wolf take to Creed leavin?"
"You sensed it too yes? Her attachment to Sabretooth."
"Yeah. I was a little worried about it. She doesn't know him, what he's like."
"Well she has been on a few missions against him. She knows he's a villain."
"Yeah but she's a kid, and I'm guessing the idea of having someone like family who might understand what she's going through with her powers kind of takes more importance over what little she's been told of him and seen of him."
"Makes sense and she did seem a bit hurt to find that he didn't stay with the X-Men. Though most everyone else here was relieved, and hardly surprised. He left without saying a word in the middle of the night. She found out the next morning when she went to visit you."
"Yeah well Creed's not the family type a guy. I'm hopin he'll stay away from her, and not cause her trouble."
Unexpectedly they heard a splash and they looked over to see Agatha soaking wet.
"Kenny!" she yelled angrily. "I'm gonna kill you!"
"What! That was the only way to make you miss! You're wayyy too good at this game!" he said between laughs.
"Ugh! I'm gonna turn into a freaking bear and eat you!"
"Just go get the Frisbee! I promise not to do it again."
"Fine…" Agatha muttered before jogging off to get the frisbee a few feet away.
Suddenly the hairs on the back of Logan's neck stood on end and he sense a tremendous amount of heat coming their way. Then he saw it. A large beam of light headed in their direction, more specifically at Agatha.
"Agatha! Get out of the way!" he yelled running at her.
She quickly looked up, eyes widened and then the world went white.
THE END
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YAAAAAYYYY Well that's the end of it! :D See I wouldn't just kill Wolvie like that! What kind of sick twisted person do you think I am! Lol So I hope you enjoyed it. There will be a sequel! :D Hurray! So it will be continued, but first I will finish my One Piece fan fiction cuz Zoro and Reiko have gotten quite lonely lol. Please review with any ideas comments questions or vicious death threats that you have! :D I really really really really hope you liked it cuz I worked really hard on it. Well that's it for the first part of my to be continued series :D