The Xavier Institute
Flashback

Blood
It was everywhere
He could smell the thickness of it
And he loved every drop
Logan carved his way free of the ruined Blackbird and took in his surroundings,
The mansion was ablaze. He had missed his intended target of the teacher’s wing, and crashed into the rear of the estate.
Smoke was heavy in the air but through it Logan picked up forms running through the hallways. Students from what Logan could tell, He had not caught the scents of his targets.

Still, he thought, better not pass up a chance to take a possible threat out of the picture

With that Logan began his hunt
Using his Adamantium enhanced weight, he barreled through a ruined wall.
Coming to rest in front of a small huddle of students that had been heading for the front door. Logan took them in with cold eyes.
The oldest was probably no more than sixteen, a girl with bright pink hair and softly glowing yellow eyes. She glanced up at the figure as she pulled the younger ones behind her “Mr. Logan?”

Wolverine sneered at them coldly and slowly extended his claws.




Mansion Basement

Beast bounded down the hallway, from wall to wall the agile mutant hurled himself toward the elevator door.
NightCrawler and Iceman following him in tow
The controls on the elevator did not respond to Beast’s commands, with all of his considerable might he tired to pry the doors open
“Dammit” He said as he tried again “they are on lockdown”
Nightcrawler came to his side and together they both pulled with everything they could but to no avail.
“What about the emergency one in the hanger” Iceman said as a smooth sheen of ice started to cover his body
Hank shook his head ‘Logan sealed the hanger after he took the Blackbird”
“I cannot port us out either” Kurt said angrily “Ve cant just sit here”
Beast thought a moment “ Got it, there is a ladder hatch that leads to the front of the mansion, down level B”
Bobby and Kurt shook their heads in agreement and the three quickly made their way down the corridor
-Mein Gott Logan- Kurt thought as he ran “Vhat has happened to you mein friend-
Coming around the corner, Kurt was met headfirst with both Ororo and Bettsy
The three fell to the ground in a mass
“Bloody hell Kurt” Bettsy said rubbing her head ” I thought you were the graceful one”
“Forgive me” he said helping them both to their feet “ I am not thinking clearly”
Bettsy grinned at him “No worries love, right now none of us are”
“Ororo, are you alright Freulain?” Kurt asked
Strom slowly looked into his eyes “Of all the things I am right now Kurt alright is not one of them”
Kurt bowed his head to her “I am sorry Ororo, a stupid thing to ask”
Storm placed a hand on his shoulder, the hand with a gold band around the ring finger “Nothing stupid at all my friend, I am just worried for my husband’s life”
Hank and Bobby had arrived a moment before and both bowed their head at the mention of Logan
“So it is him then’ Bobby said
Bettsy slowly nodded “Emma felt him as he arrived on the grounds, Scott, Peter, and Bishop tried to box him when he entered the mansion but lost him, they tracked him to the hanger and then all of this happened.”
“Any word from any of them?” Beast asked
Bettsy shook her head again “ Last thing Emma told me was that her and Kitty were trying to shepard the children out to the front grounds.”
“Is the elevator functional?” Storm asked, the others could tell that she could wait here no longer
“Nope” Bobby said shaking his head “ But Hank knows another way out that’s where we were heading before we ran into you guys” He smiled
Bettsy punched him in the arm “Stow it ice pop”
“Let’s go” Storm said and let Beast lead the way
-I’m coming Logan-

Mansion Ground level

Wolverine stalked the halls slowly, trying to pick up on the faintest scent or the lightest footfall. Other than the sound of the fire and the scent of smoke the mansion was quiet and empty. He was surprised, he thought he would have encountered a bit more resistance than this. Wolverine smiled to himself, Don’t want this to be to easy.
As he snuck down the hall, he felt something tingle in the back of his head.
“What?”
Again that feeling, stronger this time, Wolverine stopped and leaned against the wall and listened. It came at him, full force, a voice, one that he knew
-God Damn you stop it-
Wolverine shook away the voice pounding in his head.
-Mother fucker do you know what you have done DO YOU KNOW WHAT WE HAVE DONE-
Wolverine screamed and started pounding his head against the wall.
The impact on the furnished stone with metal made a horrid thud
“Get out of my head” he screamed again
-We are nobody’s tool, We are nobody’s weapon, We are a man damn you, We are our own man-
Wolverine screamed once more this time with all the pain and confusion that was gripping his very being. For one moment Logan was free. He came out of the darkness that Hydra had cast him to
Logan glanced down at his blood stained hands in horror
“Oh God, The kids, oh Christ Cyke, Petey, what the fuck have I done” Logan slid back down the wall, his forehead bleeding form where it had been hit on the wall, his face in his hands. “Ro…..Oh please no please”
Logan stood and went to find his wife. As he took his first step he felt a tingle in his head much like his other personality did
-Wrong Wolverine the mission is not over-
“Fuck you” he said grinding his teeth together, placing his hands over his ears to try and shut out the voice
-Your ours Wolverine, just accept it-
“Who the hell are you and why are you making me do this” He grounded out
-we are your masters Wolverine, and you are our little hell hound-
“I am a man’
-You are nothing more than what we make you-
“I’m gonna watch you bleed for this” Logan said as he fell to his knees
-Enough with the banter Wolverine you have a job to do-
Logan felt as if the inside of his head was exploding, all his feelings were being drained away replaced only with cold determination. One thought lingered before it was snatched away from his mental hand,Long white hair and two brilliant blue eyes.
The voice of Logan died out in The Wolverine’ s head. He smiled as he could still faintly hear the screams and curses
-Time to Fetch-
Wolverine raised his eyes and grinned





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