I do believe in the light raise your hands into the sky
The fight is done the war is won
Lift your hands toward the sun
Toward the sun Toward the Sun
The War is won
-30 Seconds to Mars
“I love you”
Logan’s raspy and tired voice cut through the silence as well as any blade
Ororo turned to look at him with a raised brow
He held her gaze/ firmly. The cold glacier blue of his eyes burning into the clear sky of her own
“You know that right?”
She laughed softly and rubbed his cheek gently with a blood stained hand.
“I love you too”
She leaned forward and they kissed briefly, each taking in the essence of the other, knowing well that their time was close
A harsh scream split the air as the next wave of artillery fired
Logan grabbed her and pulled her down into the gore filled trench
“INCOMING!”
They bunkered down tightly, holding each other close as the shells began pounding the scorched ground around them.
The explosions shook the earth sending debris and smoke in all directions. What seemed an eternity lasted only a moment and then the air was still once again. The screams of the wounded started soon after
Logan raised his head up and shouted toward the far end “Will somebody get a fucking zero in on those round bursts?”
A low shout of acknowledgement hovered over the screaming and Logan leaned back against the trench and sighed
“I usually enjoy being thrown to the ground by you but I must say that you could pick a better place” Storm quirked as she matched his sitting position
“I hear the moon is nice” he responded
She smiled despite it all
A runner came quickly down the trench way.
Madrox
He bend down low and took a deep drink of water from a small canteen and attempted to catch his breath before speaking
Logan wasn’t sure if he wanted to hear it but he asked all the same “How bad?”
“Far side of the complex took the worst hits” Madrox horsed out “Right flank wont hold if they send in Purifier squads”
“Have Betsy and Warren take their squads to reinforce “ Storm ordered “Have the “Hard Skins” take the middle to compensate the spreading of the line”
Madrox nodded his understanding
“And get Wilson’s fucking ass over there too” Logan grinned as he felt Ororo pinch him none too gently “Hey he can heal, and if anything can throw off somebody’s aim its Wilson’s mouth”
Madrox chuckled weakly and then created several duplicates to relay the orders
Logan peaked his head over the trench line and took in the surroundings
“The carriers are moving in, they are probably gonna try and pound us a bit more with the fireworks before they start offloading the troops”
Ororo took the view herself and nodded an agreement “The Omega Sentinels will have arrived by now”
“They bleed just like anybody else Darlin” Logan shrugged
“As do we all” she added
“Trick is to make them bleed first”
They plopped back down together and waited.
Their hands touched
They moved closer
And soon they were locked in an embrace they knew only death would be able to tear asunder
Logan took a long look at their area
Utopia was not burning
It was burnt
“Who knew five lights on a fucking computer screen would spark this shit all over again?” He said quietly
“Five mutants appear and next thing ya know every raciest cock sucker out there thinks mutants are on the rise and looking kick mankind in the ass”
Storm smiled “This was always coming my love…..it would not have mattered if they had learned of it or not”
Logan shook his head “So it all comes to this” He lightly pounded the blood soaked ground with his fist and brought up a hand filled with earth
He released it and watched fly away into the blowing wind “Dust in the fucking wind”
“Kansas?” she asked grinning
“Cant beat the classics darlin. “ He smiled “They have a song for every situation”
Ororo squeezed him tighter and watched the dirt sail away.
Her thoughts drifted just the same
To of older days
Of better days
Days that were filled with hope
“You know I’m not one to be a crybaby” Logan said after a moment “But this really sucks”
“Thought you liked an impossible fight”
The teeth in his mouth grinded hard against each other “Not when I finally have something I don’t want to lose” He stroked her matted hair
“We all have the same thing to lose Logan. Family, friends, our home” she raised her head sighed “No one risks more in war then the other”
“Just don’t like being on the losing side darlin”
She turned her head and met his stare “we have nto lost Logan” she said firmly “We are still fighting and we will keep fighting .”
He stroked her cheek “Until not a single one of us are left”
“Death does not mean defeat Logan, you know that as well as any” She pulled her flack jacket on tighter “We make our stand and we hold our ground for our given right to life, if we die then we died for our purpose but if we never back down….then we can never be defeated”
She whipped her long hair around and for that moment Logan was entranced in the vision before him and all of the times they had spend together came rushing back to him
The day they met
The first mission on Karoka
Their first kiss beneath the waves of the ocean
The first time he could no longer lie to her or himself about the way he felt for her
He laughed long and hard and gazed at her with just admiration “Said it before and I will say it again…Charley always knew what he was doing when he put you in charge” the smile turned sad a moment “Guess Slim did to”
The mention of Scott made both of their heart ache for a moment
The sounds of containment hatches opening and the whirling of gears signaled that troop transports had arrived
Logan took her hand and held her close
The kiss they shared in that moment would last their lifetime
Snickt
Snickt
Storm raised her hand to the sky and a bolt of lightning flashed across the heavans signilaing their front line to move forward
The leaped ove4r the trech side and took one last long look at the other
Words no longer had any place for them
They knew
They felt each others love
Not war
Not distance
Nothing could ever deny them that again
Their will was set
And death would not break it
“Stay close to me darlin” He said popping his neck
“I always have” she answered and raised above the ground
The others followed behind them as they made their way toward the coming onslaught
Logan smiled one final time as he watched her in all of her glory
The air around her crackled as the elements coursed through her body
He cracked his neck and looked back at the determined faces behind them
He smiled as only he can
“Lets show em our hearts” He brought his claws to bear, the light of the fading sun reflected in them brightly and as if his hand had reached up and taken the light from the sky it lit their path toward their enemy “Before we show them theirs”
He looked toward Storm and smiled which she returned with brillance
The cheers of their friends were long and loud
But for Storm and Wolverine
Their was only the echoes of each others voices saying their final declarations of love
They turned and went toward their destiny
How it came to end?
I do not know
But regardless
Their War had ended
And they had won
Author's Chapter Notes:
Ok...i wrote this in like five min so dont expect much lol...Kind of a song Fic i guess form Thirty seconds to mars...heard it today and just thought it set a good mood...this is probably a bit cheesy and mellowdramatic but hey im a sucker fo that lol hope somebody likes it
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