Disclaimer: I do not own the X-men or any marvel related characters. I do not profit from their usage. As much as I loved the movies after seeing previews I do not think I will go see the new Wolverine movie in theaters. Origins was completely awesome but from what I have seen they are planning on ruining the Wolverine story. Fox you really need to step your game up. Marvel movies have been making a killing but you have been going downhill with the X-men franchise since First Class. Really Havok being a member of the team when Charles was young doesn't really make sense to me. While I thought the story was pretty good and the progression of magneto was awesome the overall movie kinda sucked. There was a lot more you could have done and quite a few things you could have done without. Sorry for my ranting I will now continue with the story.
As always I would like to thank my amazing reviewers. You have all been amazing. I am extremely happy that you liked the last chapter. I wasn't sure if breaking up the team before they had their first mission would be a very smart move or not. I would like to thank those of you that are still with on my journey and I hope you enjoy this chapter.
David's bike roared to life for the first time and he was glad that it was running properly. Apart from him not being able to speed off after sabertooth. He then would have had to find another mode of transportation or fly. How awkward would that have been? The garage door opened and the headlights from the pair of bikes shone through the darkness of the night. David began to pull out of the garage when some familiar voices caught his attention.
"Karma wait!" Yelled his team as they entered the garage.
"We want to go with you." Havok said in a fearless sort of tone that made David swell with pride after remembering how nervous the kid was to even use his gifts just a few short weeks ago.
"Jubilee is a part of our team we want to help." Surge said making David smirk under his helmet as the girl who hated jubilee just hours ago now wanted to join the rescue party.
"There is no coming back from where I am going guys." David said his head clearing up as he focused back on what he was planning.
"Is zhere anything we can do?" Nightcrawler asked hopeful.
"Pray." David said to him before turning his head back to the road before him.
"Karma, give me your hand." Alex said extending his own hand. David placed his hand in the mutants palm and felt Alex's hand began to heat up. "Your powers work best when you need them to right? Take my energy. If it is all I can do I want to help anyway that I can." He then added.
David was unsure if it would even work but he didn't have long to find out. He soon began to feel his arm heat up for a few seconds as he absorbed the teen's energy. the warmth soon died down and Alex was beginning to sweat. He then felt electricity flowing into him. He looked back and saw the blue eyes of Surge crackling and a bright blue arc of electricity flowing from a nearby electrical socket. "Bring her back to us." Surge then said as another tear flowed down her cheek.
"Thank you guys. I'm sorry we never had that mission. Maybe one day." David winked before flipping the visor closed on his helmet and speeding off into the night with wolverine right next to him.
"Professor Xavier I just heard that David was leaving the institute is everything alright." Cordelia asked as she pushed her way through the gathering students in the lobby of the mansion watching the tail lights soon disappear from view.
"I am afraid not Ms. Alexander. Jubilee has been kidnapped." Charles explained causing Cordelia to gasp in fear. "Perhaps you should follow me."
No words were exchanged as the two headed to the elevator. Cordelia kept her eyes down looking at the floor contemplating what had just been said. The hallways seemed to extend much longer than usual as question after question raced through her head. They finally reached the elevator and Xavier pushed the call button. The doors quickly opened and the two boarded. After they reached the sub basement they departed and made their way to a door Cordelia was not familiar with. Xavier entered his code and the door opened presenting a large round room with a table a few chairs and a few computers in it.
"Please take a seat Ms. Alexander." Charles said gesturing to a chair near the end of the table.
"No thank you Charles I would prefer to stand. Now would you mind filling me in on exactly what happened?" She asked as she had a lot of questions to be answered.
"I do not know the whole story myself. I will tell you all I know." Charles said before clearing his throat and continuing. "Jubilee and another student headed into New York a few hours ago. After some shopping and relaxing they decided to head back when an old nemesis of Logan's attacked them." He began to explain.
"Oh my god! You said Jubilee was kidnapped what happened to the other student?" Cordelia asked fearfully.
"Apart from a few bruises she is fine she was left alive to deliver a message to Logan. You see this man sabretooth and Logan have a history that extends many years. Longer than I have known the man. He kidnapped Jubilee as a way to bait Logan into what I can only assume is a trap. David was informed of this and without waiting to come up with a plan decided to take vengeance into his own hands. As a result he is no longer allowed a place here at this institute." Xavier informed her solemnly.
"What? He loves it here after what you just told me can you blame him?" She then asked angrily.
"I can not blame him for wanting to rescue Jubilee. However he was projecting to loud for me to avoid knowing what he is planning. I am sorry to have to tell you this. But as far as he is concerned once Jubilee is safe either he or sabretooth will not be leaving alive." Charles said in a serious tone of voice that clearly let her know that David had murder on his mind. "I can not have that in my school." Charles said just before the doors opened again and Storm, Hank, Cyclops, and Jean entered the room.
"Ah now that you all are here. We must devise a plan. As you all know Sabretooth is ruthless and unforgiving. If something is not done I fear the worst for David." Charles said as he had already informed the team of the situation telepathically.
"Wolverine is with him. He is one of the few capable of handling Sabretooth. But be that as it may an extraction team will be necessary we do not know what kind of situation Jubilee will be found in." Hank said calmly.
"If he is that ruthless. How can we be sure Jubilee is even-." Cordelia began unable to finish her question.
"Because Sabretooth is after Wolverine. He will insure Jubilee is breathing until after he deals with Wolverine. He is a hunter he is using Jubilee as bait to draw in his prey." Scott explained looking across the table at the sullen woman.
"And you want me to go along with you?" Cordelia more asked than stated.
"I believe that if we get to David soon enough you will be the only one able to prevent him from making an attempt on the life of his intended victim." Charles spoke up.
"How can you be so sure that David is going to attempt to kill him?" She then asked although she had seen him almost kill their neighbor the day they moved into the mansion.
"Because he doesn't seem his life is worth living after everything he has heard. Apart from him kidnapping Jubilee and attacking Noriko he killed four humans that attempted to aid them. Sabretooth is pure animal nothing but base desires and animal instincts. He is known for Murder torture sexually assaulting young women before doing away with them. As much as David has a point and Sabretooth should not be walking this earth that is not how we handle things here." Charles explained.
"And you want me to try to stop him. And you are going to kick him out of the institute for what he is planning. The man sounds horrible. I'm sorry but if David is capable of doing what needs to be done and no one else is. I will not stand in his way. Especially when it comes to rescuing the woman he loves. David was brought up to be an honorable man and fight for what he believes in. I will not stop him." Cordelia nearly shouted.
"I believe that he is an honorable man. But he can not just take the law into his own hands." Charles tried to calm the woman.
"Sounds to me like someone needs to. From everything you have told me there is no courtroom in the world that would not either sentence this man to hundreds of years in a prison or death if the state allowed it. You all admitted yourself that this man is pure evil. I am sorry Charles but I can not help you." She then said before leaving the room in a huff.
"Alright X-men board the blackbird and be prepared as we do not know what we will encounter from David. Lets keep the bloodshed to a minimum. I will keep you updated from cerebro on Jubilee's location. Be safe you all are aware of the situation you are dealing with.
"You mind filling me in on what we are dealing with?" David asked as the bikes roared down the road at a blinding speed.
"A sick lowlife bastard. Preys on the weak and defenseless. Rapes and murders young women. The more innocent the better. He gets off on it. Deranged son of a bitch." Logan answered his increased senses allowing him to hear over the sound of the roaring engines.
"What's his deal with you? Your not exactly weak and defenseless." David then asked.
"No idea kid. He talks to me like he knows me. It was from before I can remember. He always calls me runt. Never figured out why." Logan filled him in.
"So he knows about your past with Jubilee? That's how she became involved." David said putting the pieces together.
"Yea we faced off with him before. He's using her to get to me." Logan explained.
"You know he's not walking away from this right?" David then asked as he was unsure whether Logan knew of his intentions.
"Good luck kid. I've tried. He doesn't stay down or learn is lesson. He heals as quick as I do. He's nearly as fast as I am and he has me beat in the strength department." Logan growled as he thought back to their previous encounters.
"When we find him, He's mine." David told him.
"I don't think so kid. I cant let you face him alone. Coming after me is one thing but going after the pipsqueak is low even for him." Logan replied in a tone that left no room for argument.
"Alright just don't get in my way." David smirked as they approached the area Noriko informed them of.
Just as she said the street was littered with police cars coroner vans and forensic teams as David and Logan pulled up and parked their bikes. David got off of his bike and headed toward the yellow tape where a young cop put his hand up to stop him.
"Sorry sir I can not let anyone past this point." The cop said as he placed his hand on his taser at the site of the two much larger intimidating men.
"But I live back there. You mean to tell me I cant go to my own apartment?" David lied hoping to get some information. "Can you at least tell me what happened?"
"Most horrible thing I have ever seen." The officer answered with a disgusted look on his face. "Four men were shredded looks like they were attacked by some kind of animal but that's unlikely. We think it was a person. Cant find a murder weapon though." He was clearly a rookie he should have known better than to disclose information regarding an ongoing investigation.
"Wow I hope they caught the guy." David said feigning surprise.
"Not yet. It will be hard to track down one black truck in the big apple. But with a case like this we will do everything we can to bring the suspect down." The cop said clearly saying we like a low level officer stopping people at the do not cross tape would have much of a part in it.
"Good luck." Logan said as they began to walk back toward their bikes. "You smell that kid?" Logan then asked.
"All I can smell is all of that blood." David answered feeling nauseated at the overwhelming stench.
"Its faint but its there. tune out the other smells." Logan added.
David took a long deep sniff. He began to tune out the blood smell the smell of fumes from passing cars the rubber smell on the road and the horrible stink coming from the sewer.
"God, it smells like wet dog mixed with body odor and... Bubblegum that's them!" David said as he quickly climbed back on his bike.
"They headed east." Logan growled at the familiar smell. "He has a few hour head start, we better get moving."
The two drove through the city tearing through red lights when the safely could without alerting the police to them. They had been driving for hours and David had no idea where they were at until he saw a sign that said welcome to Massachusetts. They continued down the freeway and he could tell as the scent had gradually been getting stronger that they were beginning to get closer. But he was unable to tell how close.
"You know this guy a lot better than I do Logan. Any idea where they are at?" David asked his fear for Jubilee growing with every mile they passed.
"Only a few miles ahead of us now. If I know Sabretooth he has a place in a forest somewhere. that he is leading us to." Logan answered his anticipation growing at facing off with the larger feral again. "Don't worry Kid Jubilee is fine. She may be a little banged up but she's alive he wont hurt her until he gets me." He then added sensing the fear rolling off of David in waves.
"Lets just find this bastard so I can see for myself." David responded a calm mix of anger and fear for the woman he was about to risk his life for evident in his voice.
The two continued for a few more miles until the scent became almost unbearably strong in the air. Logan's bike began to slow and David followed suit as he was nowhere near as adept as Logan when it came to tracking. The pair of motorcycles slowed to a stop and Logan swung his leg over getting of his bike. David mirrored his move and followed him toward the trees at the side of the road.
"He doesn't know you kid. Try to keep your emotions in check and you can get much closer to him. We are downwind right now. He may just think your a hiker and leave you alone. I will be right behind you." Logan explained earning him a quick nod from David.
David headed into the forest trying to remain calm as he neared Jubilee's location. The horrible smell they had been following all day burned his nostrils with every breath he drew in. David had been walking for god knows how long when he spied a small cabin a few hundred yards away. He began slowly creeping closer being careful of his footsteps as to not make much noise. He didn't want to alert the mutant too soon.
"Lookin for something?" A deep bellowing voice boomed out as a man much larger than himself walked out of the front door of the cabin.
"No didn't realize I was on someone's land sorry about that." David replied trying to hold back his anger as he got his first look at Jubilee's kidnapper.
"Don't lie to me. I can smell mutant on ya. What are the odd's that a lone mutant just happens to be trekking through my forest." Sabretooth replied baring a large set of canines.
"Alright secrets out. You have something I want." David shot back as his anger peaked.
"I don't like to share my toys. Get lost don't come back until the runt is with you." Sabretooth replied before turning to head back inside.
"Runt?" David asked playing stupid hoping to keep the man distracted and as far away from Jubilee as he could.
"Don't play dumb he's the one you call wolverine. I can smell him on ya." Sabretooth growled getting angrier the more David lied to him.
"He decided not to bother with you. Told me to take care of his light work." David smirked which pissed the man off even more.
"Your a long way away from your school kid. And all alone your either very brave or very stupid." Sabretooth cracked his neck as he stepped down off of the front porch of the cabin.
"Not as stupid as you might think." David replied before winking at the man.
'Snikt'
The sound rang out breaking the silence throughout the forest and Sabretooth didn't have enough time to react as Logan leapt from a tree branch and buried both claws into Sabretooth's chest.
"Rahh" Sabretooth grabbed Logan's arm and pulled the long adamantium claws from his chest before hurling the Wolverine into a nearby tree. By the time he got to his feet the stab wounds had already healed.
David rushed the mutant anger flooding to the front of his brain causing him to temporarily forget everything he had been told regarding the large feral. He didn't anticipate the speed of the man who quickly swiped at David's chest ripping his shirt and leaving 5 large bleeding gashes across his chest. David jumped back quickly and smirked as the cuts began to close up before sabretooth's eyes.
"Don't smell like any feral I've ever come across." Sabretooth smiled excitedly as he realized the new mouse he had to play with wouldn't go down as easily as he thought.
David decided to keep a few secrets to himself and just smiled in the face of his enemy before launching another attack. David threw flurries of punches which sabretooth was having little trouble evading or blocking.
"Your good but not good enough." Sabretooth grinned before grabbing David's wrist on his next punch and used his other hand to grab him by the throat. He began applying more and more force until his claws punched through Davids skin and then his windpipe.
"I wasn't expecting to hit you." David choked spitting up a little blood as he looked over Sabretooth's shoulder.
Before he could realize what was going on he felt the more claws poke out through his chest. He released David and began to struggle with the man at his back. David coughed and quickly caught his breath before rushing in to help Wolverine. David began his own assault throwing more and more punches before picking up a branch from the ground and swung it like a baseball bat directly at the mutants head. The branch shattered and audibly cracked the giants skull. He fell to the ground but from everything he had heard it wouldn't be for long.
"Logan go find Jubilee and get her out of here." David shouted as he noticed Sabretooth already beginning to get back to his feet.
"You need my help kid." Logan stated unmoving.
"I've been testing him Wolverine I can take him." David said without once ounce of doubt in his voice. Thankfully he was able to bluff pretty well because he wasn't sure whether he could or not. He just wanted Jubilee to be safe, and if it meant giving up his life to insure that she was, that is exactly what he would do.
"Cyclops to Professor X we are 5 minutes out and will be beginning our descent shortly." Scott radioed from the pilot seat of the blackbird.
"I am afraid you may be too late Cyclops." Charles replied over the radio.
"You mean Jubilee is-" Scott began but found himself unable to say the word.
"No Wolverine has Jubilee and is taking her away from the battle. David is facing off against Sabretooth." Charles answered removing some fear but causing more.
"By himself that's insane!" Scott remarked.
"Yes I am afraid he is sacrificing himself. I have not been able to pick up on him using any more power than his body is consuming. It would seem he is buying time so that Logan can make a getaway with Jubilee." Charles sadly stated. Although he had to remove David from the institute, he felt a strong connection to the young man.
"Does he know that Sabretooth wont hesitate to kill him?" Scott asked as he pushed full power into the jet's thrusters.
"That is not his concern at the moment." Charles remarked solemnly.
"And that's the man that you are kicking out." Scott replied angrily before shutting off radio contact.
The Jet soon began its vertical landing and bounced rather roughly as Scott landed in a hurry. He quickly lowered the steps and ran off of the jet followed by the rest of the X-men. He soon Saw Logan emerge from a clearing carrying an unconscious Jubilee in his arms.
"Hank get over here." Logan grunted.
The blue mutant rushed over quickly and took the girl from Logan's arms before taking her back and laying her down on the jet where he proceeded to examine her.
"Where is David?" Scott asked Logan who had already turned and began running back into the forest.
After receiving no reply Scott took off into the forest after him while Jean and Storm took to the sky. Scott had trouble keeping up with the angry feral mutant that was quick to notice every detail about the forest. Ducking low hanging tree branches and jumping over roots he wasted no time till the cabin came back into view.
"The frail is your bitch." Sabretooth stated as his head healed and he got to his feet. "Shoulda sensed I the moment I saw you. She had your scent all over her. And I tell you I inspected every inch of her." He then smirked as his tongue roamed over his canines.
"That's why today you are going to answer for every man woman or child that you have killed. Today is your day of reckoning. Today is the day that it all comes to and end. I am not letting you leave here." David spoke in a deathly calm tone that would have sent shivers down any normal man's spine. No more anger no more fear just peace. No more before no more after David was in the moment and in that moment he was sure that his hands would forever be stained with the blood of this mutant standing before him.
"There is a long list of them." Sabretooth growled before launching himself at David. David sidestepped but it was not enough to completely avoid the width of the behemoth feral. He was taken to the ground with the weight of the man on top of him clawing at him tearing open large gouges on his arms as David blocked his attacks. "Your awfully slow for a feral."
David looked at his arms as they began healing. Sabretooth stopped his assault at the calm features on his face. "That's because I am not a feral." David smirked as his chest began to glow. A large blast shot forth catching sabretooth off guard and lifting him into the air with the force. Sabretooth landed back on the ground with a heavy thud and David made his way toward him. David appeared at his side and stomped his boot into the giants hand breaking the bones in it. He then kicked him in the ribs roughly breaking them as well. Sabretooth rolled over in pain and David stood over him. David felt the mans good hand grab his ankle and shrugged it off.
"I should end this right here and now. You don't deserve to live. You don't deserve the right to breathe the same air as the rest of us. But you don't deserve an honorable death. You deserve to rot in a cell with the weight of those you have taken sitting on your shoulders for the rest of eternity and I am going to be the one to make it happen." David said looking down at the despicable mutant.
He stepped away from him and walked a few feet away. Knowing that once Jubilee was safe that Logan would come back. He dropped to his knees relieved that the ordeal was over and he could go back to check on his woman. David took a huge breath and released it slowly when suddenly he felt a sharp pain in his back before he fell to the ground. He rolled over and saw the mutant already healed and ready to continue the fight.
"Get up you little shit. Nobody has hurt me like that in a long time. It actually felt good but you are going to wish you killed me." Sabretooth growled angrily.
David made his way to his knees as the large feral grabbed him and yanked him to his feet. "Your not to bright are you?" David more stated than asked before spitting blood in the mutants face. "Don't you know you should never underestimate your opponent." David then smirked before clamping each one of his hands on Sabretooth's head. Electric arcs began to form between his fingers as he pushed electricity directly into the mutants skull. He realized he was stunning him but not doing much more and he had no idea when back up would arrive. Suddenly 5 claws sunk into his stomach and David screamed in pain but increased his assault. He upped the voltage until smoke began to pour from sabretooths skull. Sabretooth fell to the ground shaking violently. David refused to let up knowing that it could cost him his life. He upped the voltage even more and the shaking increased along with it. David released his grip on the man's skull and heard him take his final breath and then the final beat of his heart. He got to his feet and looked down upon the slain monster.
Suddenly the sky turned dark and a bolt of lightning struck through the air as a warning. "David enough, let him up." Storm yelled as she floated down from the sky.
David took a deep breath and let loose before he replied. "Your too late storm. Its over."