X-Men Story My Version
Chapter Sixteen: Save The Day
The X-Men climb up. They are now in the head of the statue, within view of the torch. Wolverine stops. He and Mystro both smelled the copper. He knew instantly who it was. He also smelled another mutant.
"Everybody get out of here." Logan said to them.
"What's wrong?" Jean asked.
"I can't move." Logan told them. Logan rotates slowly like a dervish, then gets thrown up and pinned against a wall. Brass supports rip themselves from inside Liberty's head. Cyclops blasts a couple of them, but soon they've secured all the X-Men. Cyclops and Jean are pinned facing each other, eye to eye. Frost and Havok are pinned facing each other as well. His hands are pinned out in front of Frost aimed at her. If he loses control she could be hurt. Mystro was pinned on his back next to Storm. None of them are able to move. Magneto levitates into the room.
"My brothers. Welcome." Magneto said to them. He looks at Logan. "And you. Let's point those claws of yours in a safer direction, shall we?"
Logan struggles, but soon his arms fold themselves against his will and a brass band wraps them in place. Sabretooth drops down behind Magneto.
"You'd better close your eyes." Magneto said to Cyclops. Sabretooth removes Cyclops' visor. Cyclops does as he's told. "And you." Talking to Havok. "Try not to blast her." Havok snorted while Frost gave him a dirty look.
"Storm. Fry him." Cyclops asked her.
"Oh yes. A lightning bolt into a big copper conductor. I thought you lived in a school." Magneto told her. "Mystique? Mystique?"
"I've seen Senator Kelly." Jean told him.
"So the good senator survived his fall. And the swim to shore. He's become even more powerful than I'd imagined." Magneto said proud of himself. He had no idea that the good senator was dead.
"He's dead." Jean said to him.
"It's true. I saw him die. Like those people down there will die." Storm said.
"Are you sure you saw what you saw?" Magneto asked. Storm didn't say anything.
On Ellis Island summit, a diplomat talks.
"...For those who are unaware of the historical significance..." A diplomat speaks. Many reporters translate his words into numerous languages as there are world leaders from different countries in attendance.
"Why can none of you understand what I'm trying to do? Those people down there control our fates and the fates of every mutant on the planet. Well, soon our fates will be theirs." Magneto told them.
"Somebody please help!" Rogue screamed and cried.
"You're so fulla shit. If you were really so righteous, it'd be you in that thing." Logan told her.
Magneto looks coldly at Logan. Then he levitates himself up and out of the statue's head. Through a number of fireworks. And into the torch. Logan struggles against the brass. Finally, he extends his claws, cutting through the brass... and his own body. Logan falls to the floor.
"LOGAN!" Jean called out to him.
"LOGAN!" Storm called to him. "PLEASE WAKE UP!" She asked of him but he didn't move.
"FUCK!" Mystro said struggling with trying to get out of his restraints.
Magneto pulls Rogue to him by her handcuffs.
"I'm sorry, my dear." Magneto said to her.
"Please don't do this." Rogue pleads. Magneto touches Rogue's face.
Sabretooth looks down over Logan. Picks him up. Logan drives his claws into Sabretooth's guts. Storm sighs thankful he's still alive. For a moment she thought he was dead. Sabretooth roars and punches Logan out the side of Liberty's head. A long fight scene follows, during which Logan retrieves his dog tag from Sabretooth.
"This is mine." Logan told him. Sabretooth knocks Logan off the top of the statue. Logan digs his claws in near Liberty's ear. They come through the inside of the statue, just between Cyclops and Jean. Logan begins climbing back up.
Sabretooth drops back into the inside of the head and runs a claw over Storm's neck.
"You owe me a scream." Sabretooth said to her. Mystro growls loudly earning a chuckle from Sabretooth. No way this boy could take him. Sabretooth was an animal with primal instincts. Mystro however was not like any ordinary mutant. The guy had twenty mutant abilities that went well with his martial arts skills. If he wasn't restrained he'd kill Sabretooth for touching his sister.
Logan drops in behind him.
"Hey, bub. Get your hands off my lady." Logan said to him. The others smirked for a moment realizing that Logan had just claimed Storm as his woman.
"You're lady huh?" Sabretooth said to Logan smirking. He turned back to Storm and leaned into her. He sticks out his tongue and licks her cheek. Storm turns her head frowning in disgust. This earns growls from both Mystro and Logan.
"I'm not finished with you yet." Logan told him. "Jean." He called out to her. She knew exactly what he met from reading his mind. Mystro knew what he was up to as well picking up on his thoughts. Frost and Havok watched.
"Scott, when I tell you, open your eyes." Jean told him.
"No!" Cyclops said to her.
"Trust me." Jean told him.
"I can't Jean. I'll hurt you." Cyclops said to her. "Please don't make me do it." He said to her.
"Baby, listen to me. Trust me. You won't hurt me. Do as I say." Jean said to him. He nods.
Logan holds up Cyclops' visor.
"You lose something?" Logan said to Sabretooth who dropped Cyclops' visor during their fight.
Jean levitates it out of Logan's hand, and puts it in front of Cyclops' eyes... at a 30-degree angle to his face.
"Now!" Jean yells to Cyclops. The visor refracts his laser beam right into Sabretooth. Blasting him out of the head altogether.
He falls into Magneto's boat.
Logan cuts Storm loose. He gently rubs her neck. She smiles at the tender moment. He turns and cuts Mystro down then does the others loose.
"Thanks." Cyclops says to him.
"Don't mention it." Logan says.
The machine is working, sending out its mutating light. Rogue and Magneto are both in agony.
"We gotta get her out of there." Cyclops says.
"Can you shoot?" Logan asks.
"The rings are too fast." Cyclops told him.
"Maybe I can do it." Havok said itching to use his powers.
"No." Frost said stopping him.
"Just blast it." Logan told them frustrated.
"We'll kill her. Storm, can you get me up there?" Cyclops said to him.
"I can't control it like that. You could fly right over the torch." Storm said to him.
"Then let me go. If I don't make it, then you can still blast the damn thing." Logan said.
Cyclops looks at Logan and makes his decision.
"All right. Jean, you and Mystro use your powers. Try to steady him." Cyclops said. they nod. "Frost, let Rogue know to hold on." She nods. Frost looks up at Rogue concentrating on her mind.
"Rogue hang on hon, we're gonna save you." Frost said to her telepathically. Rogue looked over at her through the pain she is feeling. She lets a tear fall down her eyes.
"Hang on to something." Storm said. Her eyes go white again.
The wind whips Logan up and out. Jean and Mystro use their abilities to steady Logan. Mystro levitates a bit to get better leverage. Logan grabs a hold of the top of the machine. Mystro and Jean let him go. Logan lands on top of the machine. He begins to cut it up, but Magneto stops him.
"Not yet." Jean told him.
They struggle. Magneto's powers are weak, and it looks like Logan has a chance.
"Jean, I have to!" Cyclops said.
"Wait. Just wait." Jean told him.
There is a sound of metal bending. Logan's claws are bending backward. Logan screams in pain but struggling to get free of Magneto's grasp. Rogue's hair streaks itself white.
"I have a shot." Cyclops said.
"I've got your back bro." Havok said readying his hands.
Jean finally gives in.
"I'm taking it." Cyclops said.
"Together." Havok said as he and Cyclops blasts Magneto from behind. He falls backwards onto the lower platform. Logan destroys the machine, and the light vanishes.
Magneto is down for the count. Logan tries to shake Rogue awake. She looks dead.
"Come on, kid. Come on." Logan said. Logan tears off one glove, hesitates for an instant then touches Rogue's face. No response. Logan hugs her, face to face, grief-stricken.
Suddenly age lines appear on his face, and every wound he sustained in his fight reopens.
Rogue wakes up just in time to see him fall.
Mystro floats up to her just in time to catch Logan. He lifts Logan onto his right shoulder then takes hold of Rogue in his left arm holding her tight. He levitates them back onto the inside of the lady liberty's head. Mystro leads the way back down the stairs and out the front of the gift shop carrying an on conscious Logan on his shoulder. Storm and Frost help Rogue. Havok, Jean and Cyclops follow behind. They load Logan back on to the blackbird and take off. Mystro isn't far behind flying off Liberty Island before they are seen.
In the gift shop, the police are on the scene. They come across what looks like one of their own, lying wounded on the floor.
"This one's alive. Get him out of here." Cop says.
The wounded cop is lying in the exact same position, and with the exact same wounds, as Mystique was.
On liberty's torch, Magneto is just beginng to wake up as the Blackbird flies away.
The next morning, Professor Xavier wakes. He looks over and sees Jean.
"Welcome back. I knew you'd find your way." Jean said smiling.
"I had you to guide me. How did we do?" Profeasor Xavier said smiling at her.
Jean frowns. Xavier follows her eyes.
Logan is lying on another lab table in serious condition.
In the Lab a few hours later.
Jean examines Logan's wounds. They've finally mostly healed. She runs a hand over his body. He wakes and gently stops her.
"No. That tickles." Logan said waking.
"Hey." Jean said to him smiling.
"Hey." Logan said to her.
"How do you feel?" Jean asked him.
"Fantastic." Logan said to her.
"That was a very brave thing you did." Jean told him.
Suddenly Logan remembers.
"Did it work?" Logan asked her.
"Yes. She's fine. She took on some of your more charming personality traits for a while..." Jean said. Logan laughs and the laughter turns into a mild coughing fit. "But we all lived through it. I think she's a little taken with you." Jean told him.
"Well, you can tell her my heart belongs to someone else." Logan said thinking of Ororo. He wondered if Ororo was worried about him.
"Yes she's worried about you." Jean said smirking at him. Logan smirked back. "She was here an hour ago but was needed upstairs by Emma. She even wants you to be her date at mine and Scott's wedding."
"I'd be honored to be at the wedding." Logan said to her.
"You know you may have to be in it. She and Emma are my bride's maids along with Rogue Kitty and Jubilee."
"So that means Alex, myself, Bobby, Peter and John will be in the wedding?"
"Yes." Jean said.
"Alright. I'm in. Besides, it'll be nice to see Scottie in his monkey suit. I think he'll look rather dapper." Logan joked. Jean laughed.
"I'll bet Roh can't wait to see you in your monkey suit." She said back.
"I think I'd look rather handsome." Logan told her smiling.
"Yeah you will." Jean said.
"How's the Professor?" Logan asked.
"He's fine." She said to him.
"Listen, I know I give Scott a hard time but he's not all that bad. In fact he's a great guy." Logan said to her. Jean was touched by what he said. "If you tell him I said that I'll deny it." He said as she laughed. He smiled at her. Logan takes Jean's knuckles, kisses them, and returns them.
Logan felt well enough to leave the lab. He had showered and changed into his regular clothes. He and the professor talked for a bit and he told him what he remembered. The professor told him how Rogue acted and that she had been scolded by Ororo. Logan chuckled.
Logan and Ororo are walking in the garden talking. The garden is being prepped for the wedding. They held hands. She hadn't fallen so hard for a guy this fast in her life but Logan was the exception. He's handsome, alluring, a bit rough around the edges but simply put…a great guy. He is what she needs in her life. Her ex had been a bastard and everyone had let her know about it. Logan was definitely a step up from her ex. Logan meanwhile couldn't remember the last time he was in love with a woman. Ororo wasn't just anyone to him. She wasn't the type who he could have one night stands with. She was a class act. She was sophisticated, smart, beautiful, sexy desirable. Logan couldn't help himself. His heart skipped beats every time he was with her. She definitely is what he needs in his life. Both had an idea of how the other felt but it was time they talked about it. After all they did have one hell of a make out session which left them aroused despite the timing. They needed to get to know each other before they took that next step.
"I'm glad you're ok." Ororo said finally breaking the silence between them.
"Thanks me to." Logan said to her. "I heard Rogue took on a few of my charming traits." Logan said to her smirking. Ororo smiles.
"Oh yeah." She said to him. "I won't say what she did but I had to put her in check." Ororo said to him.
"Nothing you couldn't handle?" He asked her.
"No." She said smiling. "So how do you like the institute?" She asked making conversation.
"I like it a lot. I like the kids, the professor, the teachers." Logan said looking at her. She looked at him smiling. "Everyone's treated me well. Never met a group of mutants who cared deeply about their own kind."
"What about your rift with Scott?" She asked.
"Momentarily laps in judgment." Logan joked. Ororo chuckled. "Scott is a cool guy in abercrombie kind a way." He said as she laughed. Logan smiled.
"I want to thank you for being my date at Jean and Scott's wedding." Ororo said to him. He smiled.
"You don't have to thank me. It's my pleasure to escort you." Logan said smiling.
"Have you ever been in a wedding before?" She asked.
"I don't remember." He told her. "Jean joked saying that you think I'd look good in a suit."
"She's right. I think you'd look amazing in a suit." Ororo said to him smiling. Logan blushed a little. Ororo caught that.
"Can't remember the last time I wore one. I can't remember much of anything these days." Logan said to her. Ororo felt bad for him. It must be pure hell to go through life not remembering anything. She gently squeezed his hand to support him. He looked back over and smiled at her.
"What do you think about the teachers?" She asked gagging his response and changing the subject. Logan said he thought everyone was nice but what she really wanted to know was what he thought about everyone individually.
"Alex is pretty cool. He seems more fun loving then his brother. Jean is nice. Smart to. Emma has a great sense of humor. Rion is pretty cool. The guy is an excellent martial artist." He said smiling. Ororo smiles but didn't want to talk about her brother. Logan picked up on her silence where Rion was concerned. "You don't like talking about your brother a lot do you?" He asked her.
"No." She said faking her smile. She hated talking about Rion cause he reminds her of their dead parents. After all she was there that faithful night.
"Do you hate him?" He asked her.
"No. It's just..." She paused feeling the sadness overwhelm her. She feels those familiar tears begin to build in her eyes and is about to cry. She forced the tears away and sighed. Logan watched her and knew this was a touchy subject for her. "It's just difficult to talk about." She said to him looking down at the ground.
"Ok. If you ever wanna talk about it, I'm here for you." He told her. She smiled lovingly at him. "Then there's you. Of all the teachers, you are by far the best." He said smiling at her. Ororo chuckles at his comment.
"Oh yeah?" She asked.
"Mm-hmm." Logan said to her.
"Why's that?" She asked.
"You are by far the sexiest woman I've ever seen in my life." He said stopping in his tracks. Ororo stopped with him. He took her hands in his. "Roh, you are a beautiful, smart, vibrant, courageous, generous person." Logan said to her. Ororo was touched by what he said. "I can't remember falling this hard for a woman in my life. I know I'm in love with you and I wanna spend more time getting to know more about you. I know you had you heart broken and that sucks. All I'm asking for is a chance to show you that not every guy out there is an asshole." Logan told her then pulling her hands up to his mouth and planting a gentle kiss on them. Ororo looked on falling a little harder for the wolverine.
"Ok." Was all she could really say to him. After his touching speech, what could she follow that up with? "Logan, I think you are an amazing man. At first I was physically attracted to you because you're hot but I realized there's more to you than meets the eye and I really wanna know all there is to know about you. While it's true that I had my heart broken, maybe I need to kiss a few frogs before I kiss my prince." She said to him. Logan smiled at her. "Or maybe I already found my prince." She said softly as Logan leans over and kisses her lips.
Later on that evening, everyone is enjoying their dinner. Logan even helped the ladies cook and got teased mercilessly for it by Alex and Rion. Sitting at the main table are as followed: Professor Xavier sat at the head if the table. Jean, Scott, Emma, Alex Jubilee and Peter to his right. Ororo, Logan, Rogue, Bobby, Kitty and John Are at the professor's left. Rion sat at the other end of the table in between Johm and Peter. Everyone is enjoying their dinner. Alex is the first to speak.
"The food is good. You did a good job Logan." He said as the guys laughed. Even the professor thought that was funny.
"He's a better cook than you." Ororo said defending her new man. The others laughed again.
"Hey I can cook." Alex said defending himself.
"Baby, peanut butter sandwiches don't count." Emma said as the group laughed.
"I make the best sandwiches in the house." Alex said as they continued laughing.
"That's all you can make." Scott said.
"Says the guy who tried to make burgers using his eye beams in the backyard." Alex said as they laughed. "You burned off one of your eyebrows." He said as the entire table erupted in laughter. Scott smirked.
"You tried the same thing trying to impress Emma." Scott said as they continued laughing. "You almost burnt your hands off."
"I remember that." Emma said smirking. Logan continued laughing he had never laughed this hard. Hearing the stories made him glad he couldn't remember all the stupid stuff he had done.
"He said 'I met to do that.'" Scott said mimicking his brother. "Really?" He said a
"Why don't we talk about the wedding? I can help with the preparations." Rion told them.
"It's covered Rion. We don't need your help." Ororo said with a little sarcasm. Rion caught it but said nothing.
"Yeah Rye we got it handled." Emma said. Rion nods and goes back to eating his food without saying another word. He closed his mind to everyone keeping his thoughts private. Emma and Jean caught this and looked over at him. Professor Xavier caught it as well and looked over at Rion. He hadn't looked up. They knew that whenever Rion did this he didn't want them to know what he was truly thinking. Especially if it involved them.
"How are we lining up at the alter?" Peter asked.
"It'll be me, then Alex, then Logan, Bobby, John then you Peter." Scott told him. Peter nodded. Rion felt bad. He really wanted to help but he was left out of the wedding party.
"For the ladies it'll be Jean of course, Emma, me, Rogue, Kitty and the Jubilee." Ororo said to them.
"Professor you're giving Jean away?" Rogue asked.
"Yes." Professor Xavier said.
"I can't wait to see the guys in their tuxes." Jubilee said smiling.
"Me either." Rogue smirking at Bobby said smiling back.
"We're going to look hot." Peter said to them.
"Yeah you won't be able to keep your hands off us." John said as the guys laughed. He got a stern look from Ororo. "Ma come on you know you won't be able to keep your hands off Logan here." He said smirking. Ororo gave him a stern smirk. Logan smiled.
"Keep your minds out of the gutter." Professor Xavier said sternly.
"Sorry." John said smirking getting a look from Kitty.
"What are we doing about the bachelor and bachelorette parties?" Logan asked.
"I got that covered." Alex said. "For the guys anyway."
"I got it covered for the ladies." Emma said.
"Oh this should be fun." Jean said as Scott rubbed her shoulders.
"Yep." Scott said. "Professor what do you think?"
"I shutter to think about what's going to happen." He said as the table erupts into laughter with exception of Rion who kept quiet. John felt bad for his uncle. Just last night they had saved Rogue together as a team as Rion had told him, now they were treating him like he didn't exist. Like they didn't need him. He touched Rion's hand to comfort him. Rion looked up at him and gave him a fake smile. Some of the other kids were cleaning their plates everyone with the exception of John were talking about the wedding. They didn't notice Rion get up from the table, clean his plate and walk out if the kitchen.
"Poor Uncle Rye." John thought. Emma was talking with Ororo about the wedding. Jean caught John's thoughts and looked over at the seat Rion was sitting at and noticed he wasn't there any longer. John had gotten into a conversation with Peter and Bobby about the wedding. Jean felt bad for Rion. She knew he wanted to help but the wedding was two weeks away. There wasn't really anything left to do. She hoped that he'd be ok.