2 = A Short Time Jump Later...

"Okay, I fixed it, you're welcome!" Wade announced, dragging the drunk and limp Logan into the TVA. He would have to do. "I found one! This Logan is the same - he can do anything, even musicals! And bonus, he's actually wearing a costume like he's not embarrassed to be in a superhero movie for once! And not only that, did I mention the musicals? My friend here can drop the entire Music Man without any warmup!"

Paradox, nose red and bandaged - Wade felt a surge of pride at that - gawked back at him. "You fool! You cannot just replace an anchor being! And especially not with this one - you've managed to pick the worst Wolverine. This one let his entire universe down."

Wade glanced down at the man lying in a heap on the floor. He wouldn't necessarily say 'worst', but he wouldn't say 'best' either. "Well hey, you said I only had two options, so I said 'fuck it' and found another. You said that all this happens because that hairy motherfucker from down under finally dies - and he's standing right behind me, isn't he?" He whirled around to face the now upright Logan. "Welcome to the MCU by the way. You're joining at a bit of a low point."

"Look Wade," Paradox said, waving his hands as if to dismiss everything. "Perhaps we got off on the wrong foot. Now, I am going to give you one more chance to make the right choice: either join us and finally matter, or rejoin your universe and die. And that Wolverine will have to go back to wherever you found him."

"As appealing as those sound, what makes you think that now that I know my options, I would really join you?"

Paradox turned to one of his employees, seemingly unphazed. "Display footage from the lab."

One of the large old-fashioned screens buzzed to life, displaying real-time colour footage. A couple of people in lab coats stood over a platform on which lay -

"Nina," breathed Logan, speaking for the first time since passing out at the bar.

"Shorty," gasped Wade. He turned to Paradox, white eyes of his suit narrowing. "What are you fucking doing to her?"

She looked as though she were sleeping, though she definitely wasn't. A large screen sat behind her, displaying meters. Someone stood there tapping on the screen.

"We brought in Nina Nova to assist with her unique powers in the completion of the Time Ripper. Now I know Ms. Nova is rather dear to you both, so please, choose wisely."

"Oh I'll show you choosing wisely-" Wade swung forward, pounding his head into Paradox's nose once more, again earning a satisfying crunch. Then he jumped over to Logan and snapped open the TemPad. "Come on, Peanut!"

As soon as they entered the lab, the three scientists - if that was even who they were - turned on them.

"Hey, who the fuck are you-"

"Get away from my Shorty!"

Both Wade and Logan wasted no time in taking them down - finally it seemed they agreed on something, but hey, it was still early. No killing, just some well-thrown punches. No claws or weapons, promise.

Logan was bent over the stretcher Nina was lying on. "Nina..."

"Shorty, hey! Can you hear me?" Wade called, joining him, masked face hovering right over hers.

She groaned, then. "Wade?" Slowly her eyes cracked open - only to see one masked face and one hairy one hovering right over hers. "AH!"

"AH!" The two jumped back as she shot up into a seated position, immediately falling back with a groan.

"Ugh, my head..."

"Can you stand?" After giving her a moment, Wade helped guide her into a standing position.

"Ugh," she groaned, what the hell happened?" Then she looked up at Logan, and only became more confused. "L-Logan? What are you doing here?

"Nina-" He still stared at her in wonder. "You're here. You're alive..." Then, with lightning speed, he dipped down, cupping her face in both of his large hands, and laying a huge smooch on her.

Moments later, she pulled away, as confused as ever. "Um, okay..."

Wade turned to face the wall again. "And the plot thickens... And that's not all that thickens... Have you two met before?" he asked Nina, who was still blinking up at Logan. "Your extended timelines are so confusing."

"You have an extended timeline too. We've met briefly at the mansion," Nina said. "I always thought he was rather cold and rude."

"Oh, but that's not what you told me before."

"What do you mean? When?"

"Remember that night we had a sleepover and you got tipsy and spilled the beans and started dishing on your big fat crush on your hot coworker?"

"What? I didn't say that?"

"Oh yes you did. Your exact words were, "He acts all rude and cold but I have a feeling, deep down, he cares. It's like you, Wade, you act like you don't care but you do. I think I'm ready for another relationship. Of course, he's always pining after Jean and has his head so far up his own ass that he can't see she and Scott are perfectly happy. Some people at the mansion are terrified of him and sure, he can be scary, but it's also super sexy. I just want to run my hands through his spiky hair, up his gorgeous abs, and across his knuckles and tell him 'I know it hurts but everything's going to be okay, I'm here for you.' And he's so tall, I could just climb him like a tree-"

She cut him off. "I NEVER said that!"

"Oh yes you did! You just don't remember cause you were tipsy!"

"Well if I was tipsy you would have been both drunk and high so how accurate is your memory really?"

"Clear enough to remember you also said 'And those muscles in that leather jacket! And his ass in those jeans-"

"You bloody liar!"

"Am not!"

"Are too!"

"Am not!"

"Okay, whatever! Where are we?" she cried, clearly flustered.

Wade turned to face the wall again. "We are SO coming back to this later!" Then he turned back to her. "What do you remember?"

"Your birthday party. You went to answer the door and everyone was getting impatient to cut the cake so I went to check on you. I couldn't find you, but then someone grabbed me and that's, that's it."

"These fuckers," growled Logan.

"Took the words right out of my mouth, Peanut," agreed Wade. "Okay Shorty, recap: we're in the TVA, our world is in danger, and I just pissed off the head of the operations - again."

She blinked back. "TVA?"

"The Time Variance Authority. You know, the Loki Disney+ series-"

"FREEZE!"

All three spun around as the door to the lab was burst open, and guards armed with more of those pegging devices arrived.

"Wade Winston Wilson, James Logan Howlett, Nina Nova, you are all charged with crimes against the Sacred Timeline."

"I didn't do a fucking thing," snapped Logan. "And neither did Nina. It was all this asshole." He jabbed a finger at Wade.

"That hurts, Peanut."

"Stop calling me that!"

"Wade, your foolishness never ceases to amaze me," Paradox said, stepping around the guards.

"And you disgust me. Just wait until I have a word with the people upstairs and-" It was just a flash of a moment, but the change in demeanor was clear. "Oh, and things just got better: they don't know you're doing this, do they? Well, I would love to hear what they have to say when they find out-"

Wade didn't get to finish, for he disappeared, vanished just like that. Paradox had struck him with one of the guards' weapons.

"Wade!" shrieked Nina. Her powers flickered around her fingers, ready for a fight, but only briefly. "What did you do to me?! WHAT DID YOU DO?!" Her shout was cut off when she was struck with the weapon as well.

"Nina!" shouted Logan. "Where'd they fucking go?"

"To the garbage heap," Paradox said casually. "Like the trash they are."

"AH!" Claws out and teeth bared, Logan lunged forward.

Thank you so much for the comments and positive response to this story so far! :D I don't want to take away from the wonderful duo by adding Nina into the mix, so I hope I will handle it well (Challenge accepted!)

Thank you so much for reading and I hope you enjoyed! :)