Spykecam
Naruto's time at the institute was great. When he got his uniform, he was now apart of the X-men. Training with the rest of the team was great and he learned a lot. Scott or Cyclops was the leader and Naruto saw he was a good leader. Training was great and it felt good to be apart of a team again. He relationship with the others improved as well, he and Kurt were great friends since they both were pretty goofy and they had fun pranking people. He was good friends with Evan too and he and Kitty hit it off. Jean was like a big sister to him since she was very organized and responsible. His relationship with Rogue was ok, she was his friend like everyone else was but she was still closed off. She liked keeping to herself, Naruto expected that it was because of her powers. Hopefully he could break her out of that, but for now he would be a friend and patient.
Professor X and Logan were doing really well in helping him get more control over his powers. Professor X with the help of Kurama, taught Naruto how to create solid constructs with his energy, it took a lot out of him to but he was getting better. He could create energy shuriken and kunai and even made an energy sword but it still drained him. Overall, his months since staying at the institute was great. He stayed in contact with his parents back in San Diego and they were doing well. His time at school was ok but he didn't love it.
He was hoping for excitement, not knowing that in Bayville a beastly man with a tattered brown cloak and long hair was walking to the power plant. He roared like an animal as he destroyed the gate with his bare hands and climbed up the water tower.
At Bayville high, the bell rung ending classes. Naruto just finished Social Science with Evan and was heading to his math class.
"See ya, Evan." Naruto said as Evan waved goodbye.
Evan got up and looked at the D on his paper on the Star Wars Program and exhaled in frustration. "Man, Professor Xavier's gonna ground me for the rest of my life." Evan said.
"Mr. Daniels, could we talk for a moment please?" He teacher told him as Evan walked over. "Admittedly, I asked for a report on the star wars program. However, I wasn't talking about the movie."
"But I like movies." Evan replied.
"And that's fine. But I was expecting a report on the National Space Defense system." His teacher told him.
"Yeah I sort a figured that out by my grade." Evan said then came up with an idea. "Hey look man, is there anything I can do to make this up? Extra credit, anything?" Evan asked.
"Hmmm… perhaps there is something." His teacher said as he went to his desk and pulled out a digital camera.
"Whoa a digi-cam! How cool is that." Evan said.
"You know Evan, current events can mean a lot of things. Including things that are important to people your age. They don't have to be huge just have to mean a lot to you. How would you like to do a film report on that?" his teacher asked.
"Ya mean it?" Evan asked as he took the camera.
"You got it. Here. Project is due at the end of the week, I suggest you get started." His teacher told him.
"Hey, I'm on it. And thanks for the second chance, Mr. V." Evan said as he left the class. "Cool, instant rewind, digital zoom." Evan said as he went to the window to test it out.
He was looking out at Bayville and recording what he saw. "Hey, I can even see the institute with this thing." Evan said as he zoomed in on the gate and saw Logan enter. "Wow, ha ha, Hello Logan."
"EVAN!" Some yelled as they grabbed his shirt and Evan yelled. He readied spikes from his hand but looked to see Kurt.
"Man, don't scare me like that. I almost tooth picked you." Evan said as he reseeded his spikes.
"Sorry. Image inducers on the fritz, I've got to get back to the institute before someone see's me. That means missing our shop class." Kurt told Evan as his image inducer was flickering on and off.
"Hey, no prob. I'll catch it on tape for you." Evan said, pointing to his camera.
"Cool! Then I'm out of here." Kurt said as he teleported away.
A distance away, the same feral figure was looking at Evan through binoculars, and smiled, showing his sharp teeth. He stood up and removed the binoculars revealing himself to be Sabertooth, and old enemy of Logan, who has come back.
Line Break xxxxx
Evan was sitting behind some lockers as he was filming with his new camera. He was filming the hall which was pretty empty except for Naruto who at his locker and another kid who was hanging posters.
"And Action." He said as he was filming. He then zoomed in to see Rogue and Kitty walked down the hall.
"I didn't swipe you stupid novel." Rogue told Kitty.
"Oh right, like I suppose it just got into your gym locker by accident." Kitty said, pointing at Rogue.
"You loaned it to Kurt, and he loaned it to me. I was gonna give it back." Rogue said.
"Oh right, like—hey." She said as bumped into someone dropping her books. "Oh, sorry, could I be any klutzier." She said as she turned to see the boy she bumped into.
"No problem let me help." He said as he helped her with her books.
"Hey, I feel like such a dork, I mean I should be more careful of where I'm going." Kitty said as Rouge pouted while Evan and Naruto, who saw him and what he was doing joined him.
"And enter the love interest." Evan said commenting on his film and Naruto chuckled.
"Thank you, Jason." Kitty said.
"Thank you, Jason, ekkkk." Rogue said making fun of Kitty. She continued to watch as the two talked and Kitty was getting flustered. "Ekkkk, I'm definitely going to be ill."
"Hey you're going to try out for the school play right?" Jason asked. "We need girls who can sing and dance."
"So, like what part do you play?" she asked, cutely.
"Umm, I'm the um… male lead." He said.
"You're going to be Dracula? Cool, well then like duh, I mean yeah sure. Of course I'm going to totally try out." She said.
"Great, then I'll see you tomorrow." Jason said as he left.
"Just when I thought you could not get possibly more pathetic." Rogue teased her.
"At least, I've got a hope of getting casted. Unlike you." Kitty told her.
"Ohhh, character conflict." Naruto said, watching the two interact.
"Time to get up close and personal." Evan said as he zoomed in more.
"Yeah right, think about it. I was made for this play." Rogue said as she turned to the side and saw Naruto and Evan. "Hey! What are you playing at Porcupine?"
"Oppps, busted." Naruto said.
"It's cool, I'm just doing an assignment for Vandemiere's class." Evan said as he and Naruto walked up to the girls.
"I better not see my face on that tape or they're going to be calling you Spyke-less" Rogue threatened him.
"Uhh, yeah. Hey look, don't worry about it. So are you guys going to audition for this?" Evan said pointing to the poster.
"Well, I am." Kitty said, confidently.
"Yeah, me too." Rogue replied.
Kitty and Rogue then parted ways as Evan resumed filming. "Oh yeah, character conflict, now that's what I'm talking about." Evan said.
Sabertooth jumped over the rooftops of Bayville until he was across from the school. He sat there waiting for the kid he saw to come out. He smiled as he saw Evan step out of school with his skateboard.
"And now, for an Evan's eye view of what it means to be a truly thrashing street skater." Evan said to the camera as he jumped onto his skateboard and left. Skating over people and weaving through the crowds of students talking, Sabertooth saw him leaving and immediately tailed the kid.
He was watching the kid skate as he kept up with him and when he thought it was time to move he did. He jumped on Evan, swiped his camera and shoved him down an alley; all without having Evan see his face. Evan crashed into some dumpsters, as Sabertooth jumped to the staircase below the street Evan was on to look at the camera. He played the footage Evan recorded and rewound through until he found the footage of the institute and Logan.
Evan got back up, throwing the garbage off of him. "Man, someone is looking for some trouble!" Evan said in anger as he readied some spikes.
He ran out to the street to see his camera on the ground. "Oh man, I hope it isn't busted." Evan said as he tested it out. "Seems to be ok." He said in relief as he saw Toad at the top of the stairs.
"Sup Daniels." Toad said.
"What do you want, Tolansky?" Evan asked. "Look I'm busy here."
"I heard about your movie" Toad said as he jumped up and balanced on the railing. "Check me out." He said as he jumped up to the building next to the street, then jumped off and slide down the railing and flipped and landed next to Evan. "Style, charisma, the Toads got it all yo. So start shooting already."
"Take a hike, Tolansky. I got too much respect for my craft." Evan said as he skated away, missing Sabertooth on the building above, smiling.
Line Break xxxxx
The next day came as everyone was waking up. Naruto woke up, rubbing his eyes to wake up more and grabbed a towel to head to the bathroom. He passed Kurt who just left and was eating some toast. He then heard some commotion from Evan's room but was too tired so he just kept moving.
Evan woke up from his alarm clock. He shut it off, yawned and stretched and when he did he accidently shot out two spikes. One hit and broke his mirror while the other hit a lamp.
"Oh man, not again." Evan said.
His door knocked as his aunt came in. "Up and at'em little man. Breakfast in ten. And what's this?" Ororo asked, pointing to the camera.
"It's a school project. I'm recording current events, from the Evan Daniels Perspective." Evan told his aunt.
"I don't mind the Evan Daniels perspective, but I don't think a Spyke eye view is such a good idea." She said as she pulled a spike out of the wall.
"Oh, yeah. I see what you mean." Evan replied.
"I think you better let us take a look at your film before you turn it in. Understand?" Ororo asked.
"Yea sure Aunty O." He said.
Evan got dressed and then proceeded to record what was going on in the institute. One of those things happens to be Jean trying to figure out what to wear. When Jean was trying to figure out what to wear she saw Evan snooping.
"Hey! What are you doing?! Hey get that camera out of my face now!" She yelled as she used her telekinesis to shut the door and push him away.
"Ohhh ahhh, ow. Hey, touchy, touchy." Evan said as he picked himself up and narrated his film. "Now wasn't that interesting? Anyway, lets see if I can find some real action around here." Evan said as he went outside.
Logan, Scott and Naruto were suited up in their X-men uniforms, getting ready for Logan's training session outside. They had to run a distance while avoiding obstacles and the defense systems.
"Field battle training Sim 7, activate." Logan said as he was using the control panel.
The turrets and defense systems came online and were ready to fire as Logan, Scott and Naruto got ready.
"All right, and Go!" Naruto said as they all took off running down the course with Logan in front and Scott and Naruto behind him.
One of the turrets shot out electrified lead balls but Logan was able to dodge them and Naruto and Scott did the same. Scott would shot some optic blasts destroying them in mid-air while Naruto did the same with his energy blasts. Logan then rolled under another volley and unsheathed his claws and slashed at the lead balls. Then a net shot at Logan.
"Watch your back!" Scott said.
Logan turned and sliced the net and a launched ball. Evan was skating behind them, catching everything on video. Then bolos were shot out and Scott blasted on but another one caught his feet and he tripped. Naruto was able to jump and flip over, blasting at some more targets.
Evan skated by, recording Scott fall down and was recording Naruto. "Now that's reality T.V." Evan said, excited.
Two spiked morning stars were shot out but Logan sliced them but the debris nearly took off Evans head if he didn't duck. "Whoa awesome." Evan said, looking at the wreckage the morning stars caused.
Logan stopped and turned to see Evan skating up, which caused Naruto to stop as well. Then another set of turrets came up and launched out flying buzz saws. "No, Look out!" Logan said as he pushed Evan away and deflected the buzz saws while Naruto raised up a rock wall to stop his.
Evan was on the ground, shocked over what almost happened. Logan then picked him up, "What do you think you're doing here, Bub?! Those things could have taken your empty head right off!" Logan scolded Evan.
"Ah, I was just trying—" "Give me that thing!" Logan told him as he took Evans camera.
"Hey, give it back!" Evan said as Logan pressed the erase button. "Aw man, why'd you do that?" Evan asked as Scott and Naruto joined the two.
"Let's just say, you got on my bad side. Now what else you got on this machine?" Logan asked as he was watching the recordings. He saw the one of him driving up to the Institute when the recording changed to Sabertooth.
"Thanks for showing me where Logan is kid. I owe you one." The recording played as Logan grunted out in anger.
"Who the heck was that?!" Evan asked, seeing the recording.
"Sabertooth." Logan said in anger.
"A what tooth?" Naruto asked in confusion.
"Sabertooth, he's got old issues with Wolverine. And it looks like you clued him into our location." Scott said as the perimeter alarms went off.
"Ya think?!" Logan asked ironically.
Sabertooth then ripped off the front gates of the entrance and walked in. The automated defense turrets kicked in and blasted at him, but Sabertooth was too fast for the lasers to hit. Professor X was in the control room and saw that Sabertooth had arrived at the institute.
Sabertooth continued to weave through the laser fire and smashed the turrets before he found Wolverine and the others. "Not bad Logan, but not good enough!" Sabertooth taunted him as he walked closer and Wolverine had his claws out ready to fight and Naruto and Scott were ready to back him up.
"Logan, I thought you had prevented Sabertooth from following you here?" Professor X asked telepathically.
"I did last time Charles. But his time he had help." Logan replied referred to Evan.
"It's all my fault. What have I done? " Evan said.
Soon the others came out, in their uniforms to help fight as Sabertooth roared and charged at Logan.
"He's mine." Logan said as the two fought. They traded punches and slashes with their claws as the two seemed pretty evenly matched.
"No! This is not the place for your private war!" Storm said as she conjured up a thundercloud and shot lighting at Sabertooth who yelled in pain as it forced him back.
"Try twice the voltage, you overgrown fur ball!" Naruto shouted as he blasted Sabertooth with lightning as well and Sabertooth cried out even louder but when it ended he acted like it didn't phase him.
"Jeez, what's he made of?" Naruto thought.
"I don't know kit, but from what I can sense. That guy has an advance healing power like you and metal claws over there. He can take the punishment." Kurama told Naruto, watching in on the fight from inside Naruto's mind.
"Thanks for the info." Naruto replied as Storm now conjured up winds that was slowing down Sabertooth but not stopping him.
When he got close to Logan, Cyclops blasted him with an optic blast. "Maelstrom, back up Storm." Cyclops told him.
"Right." Maelstrom replied as he sent out his own whirlwind at Sabertooth. It pushed the animal further back but it still didn't stop him, Sabertooth was relentless.
Jean then saw the concrete bench on the yard and used her powers to send it at Sabertooth and that put him on his back. Sabertooth got back up as Storm and Naruto fired more lightning at him but Sabertooth endured the pain. Then Cyclops joined them and the combined power put Sabertooth on his back again. Sabertooth got up, charred and smoking from the lightning and growled.
"This isn't over Logan!" Sabertooth yelled as he fled.
"I got him." Maelstrom said as he created rock walls to stop Sabertooth but he just barreled through or jumped over them. Logan chased after him, not wanting Sabertooth to get away.
"Wolverine, no!" Storm called out to him but Wolverine keep moving. Sabertooth headed away from the Institute and fled through the trees as Logan followed him. He followed him through the foliage and shrubbery but when he came across the lake, he lost Sabertooths scent. Logan growled out in frustration that Sabertooth got away and heading back to the mansion.
Everyone else went back into the mansion as Logan talked to Professor Xavier. "He'll be back you know. "Logan told Charles.
"Well, he won't come here again. He knows the automated defense will detect him." Charles said.
"Hmmm, that's the problem. He'll want to get me away from here, get me alone. And to do that, he's going to need…" "A hostage?" Charles asked, finishing his sentence.
"Got it in one." Logan said.
"Hmm, this means that all the students are in danger." Charles said.
"Yeah and I got to do something about it." Logan said, not knowing that Evan was listening.
Evan was in the hallway, thinking about every that's happened. "You see the trouble you caused." Evan told him camera. "If only there was some way of fixing this… this mess." Evan said as he heard Kitty and Rogue come down the halls.
"I got to practice for the audition and you've been hogging the soundtrack all morning." Rogue told Kitty.
"Hey I bought it, get your own." Kitty replied.
"Ladies, ladies, maybe we can all help each other out." Evan told them.
"What do you want?!" They both asked him.
"Look, you two think you can stop arguing for two seconds to help me with something important?" Evan asked.
"Like what?" Rogue asked.
"I'll tell you on the way, and we may need to do some improvising but first we need a ride." Evan said as he saw Naruto walking toward them.
"Hey guys." Naruto said.
"Naruto buddy, we need your car." Evan said.
Sabertooth was hidden in the forests surrounding the institute, waiting. He then heard a car and saw a Mustang drive out of the front gate with Naruto driving, Evan in shotgun and Rogue and Kitty in the passenger seats.
"Four little piggy's all alone, Logan you're making this too easy." Sabertooth said as he followed the four.
Logan was walking down the staircase in the main hall when he saw Scott walking with his car keys.
"Just heading out for a burger." Scott told Logan.
"No you ain't bub. Until I nail that hairball none of you are to leave the premises." Logan said.
"Aw man—" "Don't even start! Now, where are the others?" Logan asked.
"Umm, Kurt and Jean are upstairs, but I think Rogue, Kitty and Evan took off with Naruto." Scott said as Logan released his claws in frustration. "I'll come with you."
"No you stay put, look after the others." Logan told him as he left.
Evan had Naruto drive until they found a clearing to shoot at. When they did, Naruto parked the car and they found an open area where Evan would be able to film the girls as they practiced for their audition.
"And action." Naruto joked as he pushed play on the boom box and the music started playing.
Evan was filming as Kitty and Rogue danced. Kitty was having fun and just being carefree while Rogue seems more closed off and after a few seconds she stopped.
"Come on, Rogue. Get with the program, shake that thing." Evan told her.
"Hey, she's got her moves, I got mine." Rogue said as Kitty continued to dance.
"Yeah, girl you need to go with it. You need to lighten up, you're like a walking zombie." Kitty told her.
"Hey listen, Rogue. How about you shed them gloves and give K-girl a tiny tap?" Evan asked.
"What?" Rogue said.
"No way!" Kitty said.
"I don't think that's a good idea." Naruto said.
"Listen to me, just enough to rip Kitty's moves." Evan said.
"Might work. Just concentrate on them." Rogue said as she took off her glove.
"Ok, but you better not like lay me out." Kitty said as they touched fingers. The second they did that, Kitty was drained but only a little to cause her to shiver.
"Whoa, like that was pretty awesome. Oh man, am I talking like her?" Rogue said.
"Ok, lets get on with it. Action!" Evan said as Naruto pressed play. The two girls then dances with Rogue now dancing almost exactly like Kitty was. "Looking good, looking good."
Naruto was smiling as he saw them having fun but then stopped as he smelled something.
"Kit, that tooth guy's close." Kurama told Naruto.
"Uh, guys—" "Raargh!" Sabertooth yelled as he jumped out into the clearing, causing Evan to fall back in fear.
Sabertooth roared as he crushed the boom box and held up Evan. "Your Mine!"
Rogue took off her clove and Naruto prepared to fight. "Been expecting you." Evan said as he released spikes all over his body, several stabbing into Sabertooth who yelled out in pain. "You got to be sharp if you're going to mess with the Spyke." Evan said Sabertooth then threw him into Naruto and Rogue.
They groaned in pain as Naruto pushed Evan off and saw Sabertooth attack Kitty but he phased through her and hit a tree.
"Kitty, Get Back!" Naruto said as sent out roots from the tree to hold Sabertooth.
"Nice try kid, but you got to do better then that!" Sabertooth yelled as he broke the roots and got free. He charged at Naruto while dodging energy blasts and when he got close he punched Naruto into a tree. Rogue got up and saw Naruto slump against the tree.
"Ow, geez that hurt. But I don't break easily." Naruto said as then channeled energy into the ground and stone spikes shot at Sabertooth who smashed them.
"Picking on kids, Creed. Big mistake." Wolverine said as he tacked Sabertooth and the two wrestled on the ground.
"Yeah, why?" Creed asked.
"Cause, it really ticks me off!" Wolverine shouted as he threw Sabertooth over his shoulder.
Sabertooth flipped onto his feet but before he could attack, Rogue snuck up behind him and drained his energy. He collapsed to the ground, unconscious as Rogue grew fur, her nails grew into claws, her hair grew longer and her teeth got sharper. He boots ripped open showing her fur-covered feet.
"Aww, and I just shaved my legs last night." Rogue complained.
"Nice, the finishing touch. You planned this didn't you porcupine?" Logan asked.
"Umm, a little bit, yeah." Evan said.
"Well don't do it again! You could have all been killed. And don't give me them puppy dog eyes, half pint. You're grounded, and so are the rest of you." Logan said as he put Sabertooth over his shoulder.
"Umm, for how long?" Naruto asked.
"I don't know, until She-wolf there gets a hair cut anyway." Logan said as Rogue pouted and Naruto and Kitty chuckled. "Now let's go."
"What are you going to do with Sabertooth, now?" Kitty asked.
"Yeah, Scott said you two been duking it out for years." Evan said.
"He and I got unfinished business." Logan said.
"So, what's going to happen to him?" Rogue asked.
"Oh, he'll get a little cooling off period." Logan said as the five went back to the Institute.
Logan and Professor X dropped Sabertooth somewhere far away and wiped his memory so he has no idea how to find Logan. Rogue and Kitty got in the play and everyone went to see them. Evan also got great inspiration for his film, talking about his new family at the institute. Even though they aren't blood, they always look after one another. And he was right, Naruto had to admit that everyone here looked out for one another and that they were apart of his family.
Survival of the Fittest
At the Stokes County Maximum Security Facility, one police car entered the facility. A cop then went down the various levels of the facility until he got to a set of steel doors. He used a key and unlocked it to reveal a path to another security checkpoint. The cop then came up to a laser grid with a palm scanner. He put his hand to it and it scanned him through. He then walked to a separate security room, with a high-tech prison cell in the middle. He entered the cell using the laser eye scanner and the doors opened to reveal the prisoner.
A mammoth sized man wearing brown tank-like armor was unconscious. He was submerged in the liquid in the cell, and was chained to the ground. The cop then pressed a button on the control panel for the cell and drained the liquid. The cop then revealed himself to be Mystique in disguise.
"Wake up, Cain. It's time you had a long overdue family reunion with your brother, Charles Xavier." She said as Cain woke up.
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At a small-secluded campgrounds in Northern New York, a group of students from Bayville High School were attending a survival-training program for the weekend.
"You will not be making wallets, neck tie racks or paper weights. You will not be engaging in potato sack races, water ball fights or pony rides. You will be taking 20-mile hikes, rappelling 200 ft cliffs, and crossing treacherous water, with no more then a rope and the courage you can muster. Do you read me?!" The survival-training camp leader told them.
"Yes, Sergeant Hawk, sir.!" They all responded.
"I said do you read me?!" He asked again.
"Yes, Sergeant Hawk, Sir!" They responded again.
"Welcome to Iron Back survival camp. A name you won't soon forget. Now here we have a young man Scott Sumner." Hawke said.
"It's Summers, sir" Scott replied.
"Whose Scholastic achievements at Bayville High have earned him the rank of group leader. You will be following his lead." Sergeant Hawke said while the Brotherhood didn't look happy. "You've got ten minutes to stow your gear and report to the training field. Dismissed!" Hawke said as the rest of the students left, leaving the X-men by the bus.
"Ohh, I'm going to be like dead in two days." Kitty complained.
"What about me, I'm a city kid." Evan said.
"What did we ever do to deserve this?" Kurt asked.
"I'm going AWOL. Anyone know how to hot-wire a school bus?" Rogue asked as she got her bag.
"Whoa, whoa, slow down private. Come on, we're not washing out in front of the whole school. Besides, Professor X endorses this place." Scott said.
"Yeah, at least he gave us a choice. Survival training here or with Wolverine." Jean said.
"Some choice." Rogue commented.
"Come on, we can do this." Scott said.
"I feel bad for Naruto, since he started later then us, he didn't qualify for the trip." Kurt said.
"Yeah, Wolverine's probably killed him by now." Kitty said.
They all got their packs and headed to the cabins. The Brotherhood watched them as they left.
"Group leader… Scholastic achievement... that should have been me." Fred said.
"You can't even spell Scholastic achievement, blob." Pietro replied.
"But I can spell doomed." Fred said as he punched his fists. "Which is what that goody-goody gang is after I get them alone in the woods."
"Yeah, I can hear it now. Search and rescue efforts abandoned for missing teens, no traces found." Todd said.
"Hey guys, take it easy. We'll hurt them where it hurts the most, in public, in front of everyone. Let's go." Lance said.
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Back at Stokes County Maximum Facility, Mystique was telling Cain what he missed. "Cellular Paralysis bio-fluid. Amazing, it actually stopped the unstoppable." She said as he released his chains and opened his cell door. "It will take a few minutes before you can move. Then I'll sneak you outside this horrible prison, where—who was it that locked you away?" Mystique asked, jokingly. "Oh that's right, your brother Charles Xavier." She said as Cain growled in anger.
"Who… are you?" Cain asked, still weak from the Paralysis fluid.
"A deal maker." She said as she opened the locker nearby to get his helmet. "I arrange your early release and you deliver to me one item in your brother's possession. His mutant detection system know as Cerebro." She said.
"And… my brother?" Cain asked as Mystique strapped his helmet on.
"Hmm, I leave his fate in your capable hands." Mystique said. "You are after all, the unstoppable Juggernaut. Now I have a plane waiting it will take you—" She was cut off by Cain who pushed her away as he walked out.
"No one… no one takes Juggernaut anywhere. And nothing gets in my way." He said as he punched the prison doors clean off their hinges.
"Charming." Mystique said as he left.
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Back at the camp, everyone was undertaking the survival training that Sergeant Hawke was putting them through. Right now they were doing an obstacle course, which started with rope climbing that Fred almost destroyed. Next was zip-lining until they reached the river they would boat across to the finish line. It was Scott and Lance, neck and neck the entire time. Lance cheated, using his powers to send Scott down river as Lance rowed across.
"Hey, that cheating chump." Evan said, ready to pop a hole in his raft until Jean stopped him.
"Listen, we agreed not to use any powers out here, remember?" Jean told Evan and everyone who was watching. "You know, just man against nature."
"That guys needs his boat popped." Evan said.
"Yeah, well. Scotts cool, he'll handle it like a group leader should." Jean said as they watched Lance row across the river until a laser blast knocked him out of the raft. "Or not."
Scott then got back into his raft and rowed across and crossed the finish line. "That loser Scott should have lost, and you know it." Fred told the X-men.
"Yeah, just because he slipped and took a bath, the guy went ballistic." Pietro said.
"Slipped, more like avalanched." Kurt said.
"He stole that first place ribbon." Todd said.
"He did not." Kitty told them.
"You want that ribbon so bad, I'll pin it to your face." Rogue said as both sides argued.
Sergeant Hawke saw this and growled at their behavior. He then blew his whistle to get them to stop. They all had to do 60 push-ups as punishment for their fighting.
"Here at Iron Back, we got ways to weed the loudmouths from the tough guys. We fight it out in the wilderness, against the wilderness. You grunts want to prove how tough you are, fine! The first team to snatch a flag I put up there on Mount Humiliation and brings it back to me wins." Sergeant said and then left.
Pietro and Kurt then talked about getting up there by themselves but Hawke stopped that train of thought. "The whole group or no one! As proof I want a group shot of every member at the top, Are we Clear!?" Hawke asked.
"Sir, yes Sir!" They responded.
"You leave in five from opposite trails. Be ready." Hawke said.
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Back at the Institute, Logan and Naruto just finished up some survival training and Naruto didn't think it was that bad. It was like his shinobi training but a lot more intense but Naruto wasn't a quitter and kept going. Logan was pretty impressed at the kid's stamina.
Professor Xavier was at Cerebro, picking up mutant activity. "Is Cerebro picking up new mutant sigs?" Logan asked as he and Naruto, who was carrying hunter walked in.
"No, just the students. Up on Iron Back, they've been a little active." Charles said.
"Hmmm, did you tell them not to use their powers?" Logan asked.
"No, I was hoping they would make that decision for themselves." Charles said.
"Well, I guess that didn't work out." Naruto said as Hunter barked.
"Well I still say you should have let me handle their survival training." Logan said.
"I gave them that choice, Logan. They felt that they had a better chance at surviving the camp." Charles said as the computer went off. "Well, it seems we have a new mutant on the scene as well."
"Discovery. Enhanced Mutant Signature. Identity confirmed and matched to archive file." The computer said as it was showing them the data.
"Archive file? Who would… " Charles asked as then was shocked as he saw the picture of Cain Marko as the mutant signature.
"Name Cain Marko. Residence Stokes County Maximum Security Prison. Current Location in transit. Upstate New York." The computer said, showing them the map.
"No." Charles said.
"Cain Marko? Whose…" "My half brother. Somehow he's escaped. But that's… that's impossible." Charles told them.
"What's an enhanced Mutant Signature?" Naruto asked.
"He possessed an x-gene at birth but it remained dormant for most of his life. So he awakened it with Mysticism." Professor X told them.
"What kind of powers does he have?" Logan asked.
"He has become a Juggernaut. Invulnerable." Charles said as Juggernaut was walking to the institute, barreling through the police barricades put up to stop him.
"How long till he gets here?" Naruto asked.
"An hour, maybe two at the most. We will need to subdue him. I'm sending Storm to get the others from Iron Back Mountain." Charles said.
"Right, Naruto why don't you set up some blockades out front. It might help slow him down." Logan told Naruto.
"Right." Naruto said as he ran out front and quickly constructed some barriers. He set up some large rock walls and spikes to try and slow him down but from what Professor X said, it wouldn't stop him.
After he pretty much changed the front yard of the institute he ran back to the mansion and got his uniform. Storm was in the x-jet, flying to pick up the others from the campsite. She set the plane on autopilot while she created a dense layer of fog to keep the Juggernaut hidden from the public.
"And efforts to locate this powerful convict have been hampered by the unexpected appearance of this dense inland fog. Let got to Hailey Taylor for more of this strange weather." A news report said as Charles smiled.
"Very good Storm, keep it up." Charles told her telepathically as Logan and Naruto dressed in his uniform, walked in.
"If no one can see Cain, then no one will be foolish enough to recapture him." Charles said.
"If I can't stop him Charles, your best protection will be in the danger room. I got it ready." Logan said.
"If we can't stop him, and I placed a couple of defense barriers around so hopefully we can delay him until Storm gets back." Naruto said, walking with them.
"Naruto, I don't think it would be a good idea of you facing Cain." Charles said with concern.
"I can help Logan in stopping him, and I'll be the last line of defense before he gets to the danger room." Naruto said, as Professor X couldn't disagree with that logic. "Anyway, my healing should keep me in the fight long enough."
"All right but it may not do much good. You may slow him down but won't stop him." Professor X said.
"Do you have any defense against him at all?" Logan asked.
"Just one, my mind. With enough physic blasts, I can disable him, unless he's wearing his helmet." Charles said as they all went down to the danger room.
"His failed relationship with our father and his resentment of me fueled his anger. But after he was empowered, that anger became destructive and dangerous. He had to be locked away… I had no choice." Charles told them as the alarms went off.
"He's here." Logan said as he and Naruto went upstairs while Professor X stayed behind with Hunter.
"Lay out the welcome mat brother. I'm coming home." Cain said as he smashed through the gates and walked to the front entrance. Instantly the defense systems kicked in and the turrets target him but it didn't even faze him as he smashed them. He then broke through the rock walls set up and stomped over the spikes with Mystique following behind him, avoiding the rubble.
Then tree roots came out of the ground and wrapped around his arms and legs but he kept walking and they snapped. The fountain water then rushed towards him in a giant wave as Mystique dove out of the way. The water hit Cain and it instantly froze, freezing him in place. Then the ice started to crack and he broke free.
"Ah, refreshing." Cain joked as he kept walking forward. When he got to the steps, Wolverine jumped from the second floor balcony and slashed at Juggernaut but Cain caught him and tossed him aside. Then Naruto jumped out and delivered a spin kick to Cain's helmet, causing him to stagger back as Logan jumped forward and kicked off Juggernaut's armor, pushing him back more. Logan landed beside Naruto as he unsheathed his claws and Naruto powered up.
"You can't stop the Juggernaut!" Cain yelled.
"Forgive me for trying, Bub!" Logan yelled as he attacked Juggernaut. He slashed at Cain, while ducking punches as his adamantium claws scratched Cain's armor but Cain was able to land a punch that sent Logan straight through the front doors and into the living room.
"My turn!" Naruto said as he used his powers to shift the stairs underneath Juggernaut, pushing him back a few feet. Juggernaut quickly regained composure kept walking forward. Naruto blasted him square in the chest with a powerful energy blast, causing Cain to stop but kept moving. Cain then charged and tackled Naruto into the mansion. Naruto flew in the air, landing beside Logan as Cain walked in with Mystique right behind him.
"Hmm, I expected better." She said.
Logan charged again but Cain punched him through a wall. Naruto created some energy shuriken and kunai and threw them at Cain. Cain winces as they got stuck in his armor and charged at the blonde kid. Naruto rolled out of the way and blasted Cain with lightning but it didn't stop him. He picked up part of the broken sofa and threw it at Naruto who used his wind powers to slice it in two. Cain charged again but Naruto ran at him and flipped over him, grabbed his helmet and tried to yank it off but Cain grabbed him.
"Ha, nice try kid. Now its time to break." Cain said as he started to squeeze and Naruto grunted in pain.
"Kit, do something quick. Rasengan to the face, Now!"Kurama told Naruto.
"You got it Furball." Naruto said as he quickly created a rasengan in his right hand and before Cain could break his spine, he got hit with an energy orb to the face. "Rasengan!" Naruto yelled as he used it on Cain's helmet, causing Cain to grunt and stagger back in pain and annoyance as he let Naruto go.
"Ah man, am I going to feel that later." Naruto said as he saw Cain then charged at him. "And this." Naruto said as he activated his energy cloak to lesson the damage but was still sent through the walls, same as Logan. Cain continued to walk towards them as Mystique followed but then realized the rubble beneath her feet.
"NO!" She yelled as she picked up the crushed Cerebro helmet. She saw the destroyed computer, it was completely useless. "That muscle head!"
Logan and Naruto were then smashed down from the first floor to the danger room level. They both groaned in pain as Naruto stood up. "Uhh, Logan, remind me next time, when Professor X suggests something. Listen to him." Naruto said as he groaned in pain and Cain jumped down behind them.
Naruto covered his hand in energy and delivered super-powered punch to Cain, directly to his chest. It hit, and Cain staggered back a bit but he quickly regained composure and grabbed Naruto and tossed him into the wall.
He then threw Wolverine at the danger room doors and before Wolverine could stand up, he charged through, destroying the doors and sending Wolverine flying back.
"You lumbering imbecile! What did you do, sit on Cerebro?! You smashed it! What about our deal?!" She asked.
"I don't make deals!" Cain said as he backhanded her, which sent her flying and landed near Charles. "Charles, aren't you going to welcome me home."
Cain then walked forward but Naruto jumped on his back and held on. "I'm not done with you yet, Chrome dome!" Naruto said as he placed his hands on the exposed parts of the armor and let loose as much lightning he could right now.
"ARGHHH!" Cain yelled as he huge surge of lightning shocked his entire body with Naruto holding on for dear life as Cain thrashed around. After about 15 seconds, Cain was able to grab Naruto and threw him over his shoulder. Naruto grunted in pain as he landed next to Professor Xavier.
"Ahh, man that hurts." Naruto said as he stood up. Hunter was growling at Cain who presumed walking forward.
"You ungrateful thug." Mystique said.
"Cain, this doesn't have to end badly. This house… it's about new beginnings." Charles said as they backed up to the wall.
"You're right, Charles. This is the beginning, for me. And the end for both of you!" Cain yelled.
"You've learned nothing, you never will. Activate, Logan's run X-13" Professor Xavier said as they danger room activated. Huge spinning saw blades came out of the walls and attacked Cain but he smashed them to bits. Then a ring of spiked maces came spinning at him but he just walked through, causing the maces to fly off. He kept walking forward as Logan and Naruto were about to attack again until a voice stopped them.
"Take a break, guys!" Cyclops said.
"We'll take it from here." Avalanche said as everyone saw the X-men and the Brotherhood together.
"Perfect timing." Naruto said.
"Well now, this is a surprise." Mystique said.
Cain got to Charles but before he could grab him, Jean used her telekinesis to pulled him away and keep him in the air. But she was started to struggle because he was so heavy and couldn't hold him up.
"Cain's helmet… remove it." Logan said.
The Blob then charged and pushed Cain into the wall. "Unstoppable, meet the unmovable." Blob said as Kurt teleported and undid a latch on the helmet. Cain then grabbed Kurt and threw him off. Cain charged at the Blob and knocked him into a wall. Cyclops then blasted Cain but it didn't do much, Cain then grabbed the danger room wreckage on the ground and threw it at Cyclops who rolled away.
Avalanche weakened the ground underneath Cain causing him to fall forward. Quicksilver then zoomed onto Cain's back and undid the second latch but he was tossed off as Cain got up. Storm then created a whirlwind around Cain as the force and speed of the wine pushed Cain back. Kitty and Rogue phased through the wall behind him and undid the final two latches. Toad then climbed on the ceiling above him and used his tongue to yank his helmet away.
"NO!" Cain yelled as he saw Charles.
"I'm sorry, Cain." Charles said as he released psychic blasts. Cain screamed and flailed in pain, trying to make his way over to his brother. He got very close until Naruto blasted him point blank in the face with an energy blast. The force of that put Cain on his back as Professor X was able to finish his psychic blast and subdue the Juggernaut.
"Ha, take that you walking muscle head." Naruto joked as Hunter happily barked and everyone cheered.
"Now there's something you won't see everyday." Mystique said, referring to how well her Brotherhood and the X-men worked.
"I agree and that's a shame." Professor X said as Mystique left.
"Come on, boys. Let's get out of here before your invited to a slumber party." She said as they followed.
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Logan, Scott, Jean and Naruto accompanied Professor X to the Stokes facility to put Cain back in his cell. Professor Xavier couldn't help but look sad at what he was forced to do to his brother.
"You can't control the will of others, Charles. They do what they want." Logan said.
"And we do what we have to do." Charles said.
"Yeah… well, ready? The repairs on Cerebro are waiting." Logan told him as he pushed a button and Cain cell sunk into the floor lock.
They all left room, making their way back to the plane. "I got to say, kid. You did pretty good." Logan said.
"Yes, well done Naruto. Despite the odds, you kept fighting on and gave us enough time for Storm and the others to arrive." Charles told Naruto.
"Thanks, it's something my dad always told me. 'Those who break the rules are scum, that's true… but those who abandon their friends are worse then scum'." Naruto said.
"Nice." Scott said patting Naruto on the shoulder but Naruto winced in pain.
"Sorry, still a little sore. I may have an advanced healing factor, but I don't have metal bones." Naruto joked as the others chuckled.
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Grim Reminder
Luckily after the Juggernaut incident, things calmed down a little. Naruto went home for the weekend to see his parents and check up on them. They were doing fine and their house was rebuilt. His mother was starting to show signs of her pregnancy and in about another month or so she would be on maternity leave. His dad was doing great as well, having wrapped up another case which gave him some time off to take care of Rin.
His parents were happy that Naruto was doing great at the Institute and was comfortable there. He was getting a better control over his powers and he was happy, that was important to them. They also had some news, they were going to have a girl and Naruto would have a younger sister. He was happy, he was going to have a baby sister, and he would make sure that he would be the best big brother he could be.
When he got back he missed some action against the Brotherhood. Apparently, Mystique had tried to launch an attack on Kurt but luckily the others helped. It started when Rogue was having old memories that she absorbed from Kurt and it may have to do with his birth mother. There was a rumor that Mystique was his mother but they had no evidence other then the fact she tried to talk to him and the evidence that would have proven it was destroyed. Someone was trying to cover up something, but who knows what. Naruto hoped that Kurt would find the answers he's looking for.
After the event, things returned to normal, except Naruto thought there was something wrong with Wolverine, or there was something going on that was he was involved in. Kurama kept telling Naruto that he was hearing a weird signal but it was only effected Logan. Apparently it was on a spectrum so that no one except Logan or in this case Kurama could hear. Unfortunately, Kurama had no idea what the signal was doing, Naruto would have to figure that out.
The day started like any other with a house full of some many people living on top of one another, it gets crowded. Especially for one, Kitty Pryde, who still wasn't completely use to living with so many people.
Naruto woke up early since he wanted to do some martial arts training outside. He was walking down the hallway to get some food before he went out and saw a tired Kitty walk into an occupied bathroom.
"Hey do you mind?! The sign said occupied, the door was locked." Rogue told Kitty.
"Who can read at this hour." Kitty said as Rogue slammed the door shut. "Sorry."
"Morning Kitty." Naruto said as he walked past her and Hunter barked as he followed Naruto.
Kitty went back to her room, got dressed and was writing an email back home. "Dear Mom and Dad, today started out just like all the other school days. With everyone feeling a little… crowded, me included. Especially with a roommate like Rogue, though it's not really easy to get close to her… or healthy either." Kitty wrote as Rogue came back from the bathroom and started using a blow dryer so Kitty left the room to get some quiet. She phased through her door to see the others walking to the bathrooms to get ready, talking about the various items of the day and completely oblivious to the fact that Kitty was there.
She made here way to the kitchen and sat at the table where the food was set up. It was quiet and the only people who were there were Logan who was drinking coffee and reading the paper, Hunter who was eating his food and Naruto who was sitting next to Hunter and reading a book while eating an apple.
"Finding a place to be alone here is all a matter of timing. Sometimes you have to settle, like when Mr. Logan's around. But that's ok because he doesn't want to talk to anybody. Naruto and Hunter are pretty good sometimes, especially at breakfast." Kitty wrote as Logan looked over and saw Kitty looking at him.
"Hmm, what's the matter half-pint, am I reading to loudly for you?" Logan asked as Naruto chuckled and bit into this apple.
"Uh, no just enjoying how quiet it is." Kitty said and the second after, everyone else entered the kitchen for breakfast and the peace was gone. Everyone got plates and ate breakfast as they talked and Scott turned on the T.V. and Kitty was getting aggravated about her lack of peace.
When the news showed a certain piece, it caught Logan's attention and he turned up the volume. This caught everyone's attention as Logan watched the new coverage about some animal attack. "It's like sometimes Mr. Logan can be so incredibly rude." Kitty wrote about his behavior.
"Mount McKenna?" Logan said, as the name seemed familiar but he couldn't remember from where. He then left the room in a hurry.
"Hey Logan, you ok?" Naruto asked but Logan just left.
"I mean, Professor Xavier's always saying that we're king of like a family here and we all have to get along. But Mr. Logan doesn't act like it. He's always going off doing this lone wolf thing, I mean its not like his life is some much tougher then ours." Kitty wrote. She then left the kitchen because it was so hectic and was trying to locate somewhere else to find some peace. She passed by Logan's room when all of a sudden, his claws tore right through the door causing her to yell in fright.
"Mr. Logan?" Kitty called out as his door opened as Logan stumbled out. "Hi, sorry I… are you ok?" she asked.
Logan grabbed his head in pain but quickly recomposed himself. "Y-Yeah, I'm fine, fine just… redecorating." Logan said as he closed his door and left.
Kitty then went into the living room to see Evan laying on the couch and using his spikes to pin a poster to the roof.
"Evan, what are you doing?" She asked.
"Didn't have space for this in my room." Evan told her.
"We all share this area, you know. What if some of us don't like The Festering Boils?" She asked
"You could um… deal with it. See ya." Evan said as he jumped over the couch and ran out of the room.
Kitty then sat on the couch and typed away, "Evan is the youngest, and he is so immature, you know. It's like he has no idea how his actions effect the rest of us." Kitty wrote as his poster and a small part of the ceiling fell on her head. "Then again, like maybe he does."
Kitty then moved outside found a nice spot on a small tree and typed away as she enjoyed the peace and quiet. Scott was working on his car at the garage and she saw Naruto and Hunter in the distance training. "Some of the other kids around here are pretty nice. Like Scott, sometimes he tries to be so totally responsible for Professor Xavier and the other students, then other times he acts just like a regular high school kid." Kitty wrote as Scott turned his car on and blasted the music and drove off. "Today, he's definitely a kid."
"Naruto is the newest among us to make the institute his home. In the few months that he's been here, he's fit right in. He's a great guy, he's funny, smart, brave, not to mention handsome." Kitty said as she saw Naruto training with Hunter. She blushed a little seeing him shirtless, practicing his martial arts form. "He and Hunter have fit right in, and as a result our group is getting a little more ridiculous."
She then saw Professor Xavier moving to Logan who was pacing back and forth in frustration or anxiety. Kitty figured it had to do with what Logan did to his room. "Thank goodness for Professor Xavier. He keeps the lid on around here, not an easy job sometimes, especially with Mr. Logan. I bet he really gets after him for trashing his room."
"Uhh, something in that news story… I don't know what set me off." Logan told Professor Xavier
"Lets talk about it. Sit down." Charles said as Logan sat on the bench.
"Charles… there's something in my head… buried there. How's about you get inside and see if you can't pry it loose?" Logan asked.
"All right, but first you need to relax." Charles told him.
"Ha, easy for you to say." Logan said.
Professor Xavier then places his hand on Logan's head and entered his mind. Logan grunted and groaned in pain as got images of a lab and a man with glasses. Then Logan go an image of himself in a tank of water which caused Logan in more pain and he separated from Charles.
"Ha, ohh tell me that was a dream or something." Logan said.
"No, a memory. Long forgotten or rather suppressed. I believe that was a glimpse of how you came to acquire your unusual implements. Do you wish to continue?" Professor Xavier asked.
"Go for it." Logan told him. Logan then saw images of his escape. He was then captured by Sabertooth and the man from the lab.
"You alright?" Professor Xavier asked.
"Uhhh, whatever happened to me, that's where it started. With that ghoul in the black coat, he's the guy who did this." Logan said as unsheathed his claws. "I got to go."
"You're going to that mountain in Canada, aren't you? The one you saw on T.V. and in your nightmares." Professor Xavier said.
"Happen to pick that up when you were inside my head." Logan said.
"Do you want any company?" Charles asked.
"Do I ever?" Logan asked as he left.
Kitty finally found some peace and quiet to write and that was in the passenger area of the x-jet. "Well, I guess I better log off now before Kurt pops in and finds me. He's always doing that… totally freaks me. Besides I'm about late for school." She wrote as the door to the passenger area opened to reveal Naruto.
"Hey Kitty, found you. Come on lets head out to school." Naruto told her.
Kurt then teleported into the room, "There you are. Why are you in here?" Kurt asked.
"Out of like necessity." Kitty told him.
"Whatever, Naruto's giving us a ride to school." Kurt said.
"Yeah so lets get a move on." Naruto said as Kurt turned to see Naruto.
"All I wanted was just one minute alone in the whole stupid mansion." Kitty complained.
"Ohhh, touchy. Sounds like someone's got an astrophysics test today." Kurt said as Naruto chuckled.
Then, all of a sudden, the engines of the jet turned on and Naruto, Kitty and Kurt fell over as the jet moved. The hangar opened as the x-jet flew out and took off for Canada with Logan piloting. Naruto opened the door to the cockpit and the three of them saw Logan.
"It's Logan." Kurt said as he moved to talk to him but Naruto and Kitty stopped him.
"I wouldn't, he's been acting like mega weird all morning." Kitty told him.
"Yeah, he's been in a mood lately." Naruto said.
"Aw, don't be so dramatic." Kurt said as he walked towards Logan. "Hey man, what's happening?" Kurt asked as he put his hand on Logan's shoulder but Logan turned in anger punched but it barely missed Kurt's face as Logan's claws came out.
"Kurt!" Naruto shouted out as Kitty gasped at what Logan just did.
"Oh… is this seat taken?" Kurt asked in fear at Logan's outburst. "Sorry, my mistake." Kurt said as he then teleported back to Naruto and Kitty.
"Still think I'm being dramatic?" Kitty asked him.
"Ah… Actually, no I don't." Kurt said as they saw Logan engaged the autopilot and grabbed his head in pain.
He then got up and walked towards the others, grabbing his head in pain. "Why… are you following me?" Logan asked.
"We're not following you we just—" "ARGHHHH!" Logan yelled, interrupting Naruto as he unsheathed his claws and swung at them but Kurt teleported them back a few feet.
"Now you made him angry." Kurt said.
"I… got to… take you back… before…ARGH! You got to get away… something in my head…. Ahh I can't control it… can't be trusted… " Logan told them as he shut the door to the cockpit, but not before he slashed it in pain.
"He locked us out." Kurt said.
"No, he shut himself in, to protect us." Naruto said as they stood up.
"There's a crazy person flying the plane, you call that safe?" Kurt asked. "We got to get out of here."
"Can you transport us to the ground?" Kitty asked.
"Uh, yeah right. Like picture this… bumpidy, bumpidy, bumpidy…splat. To high up and way to fast." Kurt told them.
"Then I guess we're stuck on this flight. Question is, where are we flying too?" Kitty said.
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The x-jet eventually landed in a clearing at the bottom of Mount McKenna. The engines had smoke coming out from the recent landing and the landing pad opened and Logan walked out into the forest towards Mount McKenna. When he disappeared through the foliage of the forest, Kitty in her uniform phased through the jet. She phased through and saw Logan as he was walking to the forest and she was curious why he came all the way out here. She followed him as Kurt and Naruto teleported next to her, both in their uniforms.
"Did you get into the cockpit?" Kitty asked.
"Yeah, but something's jamming the transmitted way out here. I can't get a message back to the institute." Kurt told her.
"Oh, looks like we're on our own." Kitty said.
Naruto looked at Mount McKenna, remembering it from the news and wondered why Logan came here. "Hey Kit, you know that signal I've been hearing?" Kurama asked him.
"Yeah, the one you think only Logan can hear?" Naruto replied.
"Yeah, that one. Well I think that the origin of that signal is coming from the mountain." Kurama told Naruto.
"You sure?" Naruto said.
"Positive, somewhere in the mountain, someone is messing with Wolverine and it's probably what caused his violent outbreak before." Kurama said.
"Then Logan could be in trouble, he's going to need help."Naruto replied.
"Good luck, Kit." Kurama said.
"Thanks." Naruto replied as he turned to Kurt and Kitty. "Hey guys, I think I have an idea on why Logan came here."
"What?" Kitty asked.
"I'm picking up some weird signal from the mountain, maybe that's why Logan came here and why we can't get a signal out." Naruto told them.
"Well then, let's go." Kurt said as they walked to the mountain.
Logan was heading up to the base of the mountain, grunting at the pain in his head as he drew closer. Unknown to him that he was being watched by the man he saw in his memories. The man was watching Logan, from somewhere in the mountain where the lab and machines from Logan's memories were still operational.
"Excellent. You see, that chip in his brain is still active after all these years. Ohh I did such good work in those days." The scientist said as he was looking at the camera feed of Logan and viewing an x-ray of Logan's brain, which showed the chip. "And yet, through sheer force of will, he's managed to subdue it. Until now."
"Well, why now?" A gruff voice asked.
"Oh, I suppose he just got to comfortable with Xavier, let his guard down. Certain news footage did the rest. Isn't that right, bigfoot?" The man said to the other person who stepped into the light to reveal himself to be Sabertooth.
"Don't call me that!" Sabertooth said.
"Tell you what, Sabertooth? Why don't you go great our old colleague." The man said as Sabertooth roared and left.
The scientist then turned a dial, which turned up the frequency and pain on the chip in Logan's brain. Logan was walking through the forest until he got another headache but it soon stopped. He then caught a familiar scent and sniffed around, then Sabertooth roared and jumped from the trees and tackled Logan.
"Wolverine!" Sabertooth said.
"Sabertooth! I thought something stunk about this forest." Logan said as he then dodged a claw strike from Sabertooth.
He then back flipped to avoid another claw strike as his back his a boulder. Sabertooth punched forward as Logan rolled out of the way, he then used a nearby tree as a springboard and jumped over Sabertooth. Wolverine landed on his hands and then kicked Sabertooth against the tree. Sabertooth then picked up the boulder and threw it at Logan but he dodged and tackled Sabertooth to the ground. He then got up and prepared to finish the fight.
"All right, Fuzz bub, playtime's over! Now I want some answers!" Wolverine yelled.
"You'll get your answers, Wolverine." Logan heard and turned to the see the scientist from his memories. "But you'll wish you hadn't." The scientist said as he turned up a dial on a remote and Logan yelled in pain as he grabbed his head. He fell to his knees because of the pain and Sabertooth delivered a blow to the head, which knocked him unconscious.
"Ha, welcome home." Sabertooth said.
Logan woke up to find himself in the lab from his memories. He saw the scientist there holding the remote that caused his head to hurt and he saw the monitors and computers that were in the lab. Logan would have stuck his claws in the scientists head but he couldn't move his body. The scientist had control over his body.
"You've aged remarkable well, Logan… if at all. Your recuperative powers have served you well, now it's time they served me. Especially since your enhancements represent quite the financial investment." The Scientist said as Logan turned his head to see a smashed tank and some equipment and recognized it as the stuff from his memories.
"Ah, uh… who… who ordered it?" Logan asked as the pain was still strong.
"What, that adamantium skeleton of yours? I can hardly believe you haven't figured that out by now." The Scientist said as the doors to the lab opened to reveal Sabertooth. "Ahh, bigfoot." The Scientist said as Sabertooth growled in annoyance. "Are we ready for training?"
"Ohh, we are." Sabertooth said as the Scientist activated the monitors, which showed Naruto leading Kitty and Kurt to the mountain.
"Yes, and I see our test subjects are in position as well." The Man said as Logan growled out and tried to move.
"NOO!" Logan yelled as he began to move until the man activated the remote and Logan screamed in pain.
"It is time to resume project Weapon X, your development as the ultimate mutant slayers." The Man said with a sneer.
Naruto was leading the two to where he figured Logan would be. He tried following Logan's scent the snow and wind made it hard to tell where it was coming. Naruto then showed Kitty and Kurt his new power which he called Fox eyes since it made his eyes look like a fox. He was able to get a clean scent of Logan now and was following it. They then came across an area with some cracks on the ground and some small destruction. (Think of Naruto's fox eyes like Eagle vision from Assassin's Creed)
"Wow, what happened here?" Kurt asked as everyone looked around.
"I don't know, looks like there was a fight." Kitty said.
Naruto looked around and he could smell and see Logan's scent but he also saw two others he couldn't recognize. He then saw some claw marks on the ground.
"Hmm, these look familiar." Naruto said as he tried to think.
"You're right, Kit. Those claw marks are from that Sabertooth guy who attacked you guys at the institute awhile ago." Kurama told Naruto, remembering Sabertooth from Naruto's memories.
"Oh man, if Sabertooth's here then this could get troublesome. But what about the other one?" Naruto thought.
"Sorry Kit, I can't help you with that. But it looks like the three scents move to the base of the mountain."Kurama told Naruto.
"Right, thanks Kurama." Naruto told him. "Hey guys I got Logan's scent again, come on." Naruto told them and they followed.
"Man, its like he just dropped out of sight somewhere." Kitty said.
"Well he's back." Kurt said as they saw Logan on the ridge above.
"Mr. Logan, over here!" Kitty yelled out as Logan turned to them with a blank expression on his face.
"Kit, something's not right!" Kurama told him.
"Uh guys, something seems off." Naruto told them as Sabertooth walked into view next to Wolverine.
"Uh oh, he's brought a friend." Kurt said in a panic.
"Sabertooth, but they're like mortal enemies!" Kitty said as Wolverine and Sabertooth jumped from the ridge and ran at them.
"Yeah, Ours!" Kurt said.
"RUN!" Naruto yelled as he turned the snow into ice and sent spikes at Sabertooth. He, Kitty and Kurt ran off as Sabertooth smashed the icicles and ran after them with Wolverine behind him.
"Faster, they're gaining on us!" Kurt yelled as Sabertooth drew closer and Wolverine unsheathed his claws.
Wolverine leaped at Kitty but she was able to move to the side and avoid it. Wolverines claws got stuck into the ground but the impact caused the rocks on the edge to loosen and Kitty slid down the edge to the ground.
"Kitty!" Naruto shouted as he and Kurt saw her fall. Wolverine followed her while Sabertooth charged at Naruto and Kurt. Kurt teleported and Naruto rolled out of the way. Naruto then regained his footing and blasted Sabertooth in the chest with an energy blast. The impact sent Sabertooth into a tree, he groan in pain as he got back up. Naruto looked back and saw Kitty sliding down the hill with Logan behind her.
"Go, I got this!" Kurt told him.
"Right, good luck." Naruto said as he created a rock snowboard and slid down the mountain to help Kitty.
Kitty finally landed on the ground with Logan right behind her. He roared as he drew closer and Kitty was terrified.
"Mr. Logan… it's me… what's the matter with you?" Kitty asked terrified.
Logan then grunted and groaned in pain as he tried to stop himself, "Kitty…" He was able to say as he tried to regain control.
"I…I know your not yourself, but at least you recognize me. We've…we've always been friends… ok maybe not friends, close enough." Kitty said as Logan was screaming in pain.
The scientist back at the lab then turned up the intensity on Logan's chip, which caused Logan to scream even louder and was soon back under control. He then tried to swipe at Kitty but Naruto tackled her out of the way. Naruto turned around stood in front of Kitty as she got behind him and Logan snarled.
"Naruto, something's wrong with Logan, he's not acting like himself!" Kitty said in a panic.
"I know, but we can figure that out later. Right now, RUN!" Naruto said as they took off running and Logan chased after them. They ran through the trees as Logan chased after them, slicing through some trees in an effort to slow them down. When one got too close, Naruto blasted it to splinters and when Logan tried to tackle them, Naruto prepared himself.
"Sorry Logan." Naruto said as he blasted Logan with an energy blast, knocking him back a few feet. Logan quickly got back to his feet and charged again as Naruto created an energy katana to block Wolverine's claws. Wolverine slashed and slashed as Naruto kept blocking using his sword. Naruto was put on the defensive until he was able to create a trap. He rolled to the side to get some distant and when Logan charged at him, he froze the snow on the ground and locked Wolverine's feet in position. When Logan was stuck he did the same with his hands and tried to maintain the ice prison as Logan thrashed around violently.
Kitty then slowly walked up to him to try and talk some sense into him but Logan was able to free his right hand and slashed but he stopped just before his claws hit Kitty. Kurt then teleported behind her.
"We're popping out of here!" Kurt told her.
"No, wait, I'm reaching him." Kitty said as she took off his mask.
"No!" Logan yelled.
"It's me, Kitty… remember. Half pint." Kitty said as Logan grunted, groaned and tried to move but Naruto kept him in place. "Please, try… we had breakfast together just this morning… kind of. Look, whatever they did to you, you're fighting it, don't give up! Do you really want to hurt me, Mr. Logan?" Kitty said as Logan looked at her and calmed down. He sheathed his claws and relaxed as Naruto dropped the ice prison. Kitty then hugged him, relieved that he was back to normal.
"Wrong move!" Sabertooth yelled as he tackled Logan off the cliff and on to the ground below.
Wolverine then kicked him into a tree and ran towards the mountain with Sabertooth right on his tail.
"That mountain! He's heading there, let's go!" Naruto said as Kurt teleported them to Logan's location.
The scientist back in the lab was shocked to see that Logan broke through his control and freed himself. "Sabertooth, where is Wolverine?!" he yelled.
"He's entered the lab." Sabertooth said, seeing the destroyed entrance.
"No, get down here and protect me!" The man said as Wolverine then sliced through the door. "Don't make me do this, Logan. You're too valuable!" the man said as he turned up the intensity on Logan's chip.
Sabertooth was running through the facility to stop Logan but Kurt teleported in front of him and Naruto energy punched him in the face pushing him onto his back. Sabertooth then got back up and growled, "Get out of my way!"
"Touch me, and find yourself transported two miles into the woods!" Kurt warned him as Kitty ran to help Logan.
"Then that's where you'll drop!" Sabertooth yelled as he charged at Kurt but he dodged and Naruto delivered a super-powered energy blast to his face, which sent Sabertooth into the far wall.
Logan sliced the door to the lab off and walked to the scientist who was starting to get nervous. "I warned you!" The scientist said as he turned the intensity up to 100%. Logan grabbed his head in pain and the scientist smirked that at Logan's drive. He then activated some security drones that came out of the wall, the four large spider drones tried to restrain Logan but he was able to regain enough sense to fight back. He sliced two drones clean in half but the other two used their arms to restrain him and hoist him in the air. Another two came out of the wall ports and restrained him even more as the Scientist grinned. Kitty then phased through the wall and saw Logan in trouble.
"Ok, I see the problem." She said as he phased through one of the drones, which caused it to short-circuit. She then ran and dove into the computers, which then exploded pushing the scientist away. Kitty phased through the computers, "Wow, it's about to get totally hot in here!" she yelled as she dove away from the computers which continued to short-circuit and explode.
Wolverine struggled to get free but soon one of the drones exploded as it was hit with an energy blast. Logan turned to see Naruto smirking, Logan then destroyed the remaining drones holding him up. He growled in anger as the scientist was terrified of Logan now.
"You caged the wrong animal, bub!" Logan yelled as he walked towards the scientist as the facility was falling apart.
"Stop! This place is going to blow!" The man said.
"Let it, Kitty leave!" Logan told her.
"Not without you!" She told him as Kurt teleported next to her and Naruto ran up to them.
"No argument this time!" Kurt told her as he teleported her and Naruto out of the facility.
Sabertooth roared as he moved next to Wolverine, ready to strike but Logan just smirked. "Project Weapon X…. has been terminated." Logan said as the facility and labs exploded. Mount McKenna's top was destroyed in an explosion so large that it sent out a massive shockwave that shook the whole forest.
Kurt, Kitty and Naruto appeared at the bottom of the mountain and covered their eyes from the snow and dust that came up. They looked around and saw the devastation the blast caused, then they heard some footsteps and grunts of pain and saw Logan, bruised, battered, scarred and disheveled, stumbling towards them.
"Oh, Mr. Logan." Kitty said.
"Oh man." Kurt said as they saw the shape he was in.
Logan walked towards them for a few more feet until he passed out and hit the ground. Kitty, Kurt and Naruto moved him to the X-jet and flew back to the institute.
Line Break xxxxx
Night settled over the institute as Logan woke up in the med bay. He was frantic, wondering what happened until Professor Xavier spoke to him. "Relax, my friend. You're back at the institute, you're safe."
"Ahhh, what about the kids? Are they…" Logan asked, concerned.
"They're fine. Kitty's been in here every hour checking up on you after the surgery." Charles told him as Logan touched the bandage on his head. "We removed the chip, is there pain?"
"Yeah, but not from the wound. Someday though, I'm going to find out who had this done to me. That's a promise." Logan told him.
Meanwhile, back upstairs, Kurt and Naruto were keeping the others out of the dinning room to give Kitty some peace and quiet.
"Just relax, give her a minute. No ones going to starve to death." Kurt told them.
Kitty was finishing up the email to her parents, with her experience today, changing her opinion. "So, like I said before this morning, it's just been another normal day here at the Xavier Institute. Funny, I've been complaining about not having enough time alone, right? But, I think I'd miss like bumping into everyone. It's just part of a deal, when you're a part of a family."