The Animal Unleased Part 2; Death

Scott Summers was not sleeping however. He was on the phone, hatching up a plan to rid his life and the institute of what he saw as defilers of Professor Xavier's dream. Logan, the murderer, a beast from the wild that looked and sounded tame but was really just biding his time to strike and kill any unwary individual who stood in his way.

Also Alexander Cash, the teen that stood in Scott’s way. No one questioned his orders! He had had so much hope for Cash when he first came to the institute. The boy had so much potential. A powerful mutation that could be extremely useful when used the right way.

But Cash had fallen under the spell of Logan. That was the worst thing to do, listen to a psychopath killer. Have him take you under his wing and taught to not feel as you took another life for no reason. Sure Kitty Pryde and Jubilation Lee both had close relationships with Logan, but everyone was watching those.

Scott knew that if they hadn’t then Logan would have taken advantage of those two young women and would have harmed them severely. Now he had a new young impressionable mind to rot. And he had succeeded. Alexander Cash had the same murderous gleam in his eyes as Logan, the Wolverine. Scott knew that the boy would try to stop him when this went down.

“Creed?” Scott asked over the phone to the other psycho. “Whad’a ya want boyscout?” Creed replied angrily. “Are you all set to do this?” Scott asked calmly. “Yeah I am. But I’m gittin’ real pissed off waiten’ here with my thumb up my ass Summers. And you are the cause of it. That makes me want to talk to you about makin’ me wait,” Creed growled into the cell phone that virtually disappeared into his huge clawed hand.

“Shut up Creed, you wouldn’t lay a hand on me and you know it. But that’s not why I called. Be outside the back gate tomorrow night at two am. I’ll let you in through the security room and disable the automated systems in the woods. Don’t try to come into the mansion, those will still be on,” Scott said.

“What,” Creed asked sounding hurt, “ya don’t trust me?” Scott laughed into the phone, “To come into this house and kill us all in our sleep, not a chance you mother fucker.” Creed sneered into the phone as Scott continued, “No the closest you can come is the tree line. You’ll be able to see Logan and the class start the run. Remember attack Logan, not any of the other students except for a fat one with black hair. His name is Alexander Cash, code name Shogun. His mutation is that he morphs into a walking razorblade.”

Creed said, “Wow, you fuckers certainly get really fucked up mutations. You with the killer eyes, that hot southern slut that can’t touch any one and the triple blue ball boys. Heh, fucking freak show over there.”

“You shut the hell up or I’ll kill you after you do your job you poster child for inbreeding!” Scott yelled in a rage. Creed laughed into the phone and said, “If it wasn’t that I had such a jones for killen’ the runt, you an’ me would be having a problem. Maybe after huh?” Scott snorted and said, “Tomorrow night, two am. Remember that moron.” Scott hung up the phone and smiled. “Only forty-eight more hours and Logan and that fat fuck Cash will be gone. Then Xavier’s dream will be finished.”

He rolled over onto his side in his bed. He pulled off his glasses with his eyes closed and put on is sleeping visor. H fell asleep, dreaming of Logan’s corpse being torn apart by Creed. His own worst enemy would kill him and then...all will be better.
Scott slept soundly for the first time in months.


The next day Alexander awoke with Harmony in his arms. “She looks so beautiful. I wis cou could stay like this forever,” he thought as he looked at her sleeping face. She looked peaceful, not like the normally smart assed look she usually had on her face. “I can’t believe that I have the hottest student at the institute naked and in my arms!” Alexander thought as he tightened his embrace on her.

Harmony took in a deep breath and sighed as his warmth wrapped around her more fully. In her slumber she dreamed about Aleer aer and her having kids. They would look like their father with a little bit of her mixed in. All of them with black hair and olive skin. All having his same strange color shifting eyes. And they will all have her beautifully symmetrical face and enchanting laughter.

She dreamed that he would be the perfect father. His sons would be football stars, making stupefying plays on the field and being the most popular kids in the school along with their sisters. Both more political than r brr brothers, just like their father, while like their mother the boys would be more free spirited, and all extremely smart.

All of this passed and she rose into warm wakefulness. She opened her eyes to Alexander staring at her with his laughing hazel eyes that were now silver-green, and golden brown. He was smiling at her and she blushed. “What is it?” She asked, stretching out along his body, drawing closer in certain important areas.

Alexander kissed her on the forehead and whispered “Nothin’ babe, just enjoyin’ the view,” as he licked her earlobe. His silken words and the warmth of his breath as it caressed her ear and neck sent shivers down her spine. She squeezed tighter to him and kissed his neck, raising goose bumps along his body. “I don’t ever want to get up Alexander. I just want to stay like this forever,” Harmony said as she playfully nibbled at his jaw below his goatee.

She loved that goatee. A little patch of soft black hair that grew off his chin, it tickled her when she kissed him, among other things. He had a wisp of a mustache too that he said would not grow because he had a little bit of Native American in him. She loved the faintly soft hairs as she trailed a line of feather soft kisses along his lips. He had once asked her if he should shave off his facial hair for a while, she had jumped up and nearly yelled “No!”

Alexander had raised his hands in surrender and said, “Okay, okay. I won’t shave it off. But why not? You won’t like what I look like?” She had sat back down and looked at him and blushed, “You wouldn’t look the same.” Alexander smiled and said, “I would look so much younger, baby faced even.” Harmony had just laughed and punched his arm. “I like the way you look now,” she had said. “Well thank you Harmony. I like the way you look too.”

He smiled as she laid kisses on his face and neck. She nipped him on the earlobe and licked it making him moan slightly. He returned the favor on her neck, inhaling her scent as he licked up her jaw line until he placed a kiss on her lips. They kissed until they ran out of air. He pulled her closer as he looked over her shoulder to her alarm clock.

“Shit. We had better get up babe,” she said, sadness tainting his voice. “No!” she squealed as she stretched against him again. She moaned in pleasure as her muscles stretched out of their sleep cramped positions. Alexander took her ear in in between his teeth and whispered, “You need to stop doing that. You’re driving me crazy babe.”

She smiled as she felt his tongue run over the slightly pinched earlobe. She also felt what he meant as she moved against him again. “Hehe, your a bad boy Alexander,” she said as she grabbed his butt and squeezed. He jerked forward in response to the sudden squeeze. “Uh, hehe, wow. I think we need to get up, Logan will be looking for us soon,” Alexander said as he regretfully pulled away from Harmony. She smiled, “Yet another win for me,” she thought.

They had decided that they would not have actual sex until they turned eighteen in less than two months. Alexander’s birthday was in just two weeks and Harmony’s was in a month so they had made a pact. But until then they would drive each other crazy with the longest foreplay session ever known to man. And so far Harmony was winning in terms of making the other stop before they went too far.

They dressed and left her room, heading for the cafeteria. “What do you want for breakfast today you big dork?” Harmony asked laughingly, after Alexander had collided with a door frame as he looked at her while they walked down the hall.

Rubbing his shoulder where he hit the wood of the doorframe, he replied, “Uh, I don’t know. You know I’m not much of a breakfast eater. What are you gonna’ get?” “If they have them, I’m gonna get...pancakes with maple syrup, bacon, three scrambled eggs, sausage, hash browns, and a large cup of French vanilla cappachino,” Harmony replied with a dreamy look in her eyes.

Alexander, with his mouth hanging open, still amazed at the amount of food the thin, model like girl could put away. “Damn babe! You had better be careful or you’ll end up looking like me!” he said as they stepped into the food line. Harmony punched him in the shoulder playfully, making him take a step back with the force of it. “Girl,” Alexander said smiling with playfulness, “What in the hell is wrong with you, you sadist?”

Harmony, now with a tray in her hand turned to him and gave him the finger. Alexander leaned into her and whispered, “Who wants wait until we’re eighteen anyway? Just say the time and the place. Here and now is even fine,” in a sexy voice. Harmony blushed and sweat popped out on her forehead and she felt Alexander’s hand on her ass. “Looks like this round goes to me,” he thought as she used the tray to fan herself.

Jean Grey smiled as she felt and heard the sexual game of cat and mouse between Alexander and Harmony. “What are you smiling at Darlin’?” Logan asked as he sipped on his coffee. Jean wiped her mouth as she swallowed her bite of egg, not really wanting to eat. “Those two,” she said pointing at Alexander and Harmony as Alexander carried Harmony’s loaded tray, and Harmony carried Alexander’s small box of cereal and carton of milk.

“They are projecting so loudly that I think even the Professor can hear it,” she said still smiling. “Even through all of those barriers he put up after Onslaught? I thought he refused to use his powers to listen to what was going on in the school unless it was an emergency?” Logan asked as he watched the young couple sit down in a corner to be alone.

Jean looked at them and said, “He did. But I think he is opening back up. We need him and the pain of what happened is wearing off. I think he’ll be okay.” They watched as the teens talked and laughed at each other, noticing that Harmony hit and punched the gentler boy an awful lot. But before they could begin to wonder about the meaning of her perceived violence, they kissed and held hands.

“Heh, foreplay,” Logan grunted sipping at his black coffee. “They almost remind me of us Logan,” Jean said as she smiled at him. “Yeah but you don’t hit me all of the time,” he replied. Jean narrowed her eyes into a sexy leer and said, “I’ve thought about it, just not with my hands.” Logan choked on his coffee and coughed violently as she finished. Jean began to laugh at the look of shock and desire growing on his face, overtaking the “I’m choking, help me!” look that had been there an instant before.

“You’re gonna pay for that one Red,” Logan stated as he leaned in closer to her. He got in her face and growled, knowing that this would turn her on for hours. He stood up and walked away from a now red and panting Jean. “Oh, now I really am going to make him suffer!” Jean thought as she watched the sexy man walk away.

A few hours later Logan stood in front of his gym class. Alexander and Harmony, both in gym shorts and tee shirts along with the rest of the students, stood looking back at the grizzled warrior. “We are gonna do something fun today kids, we’re gonna run!!” Logan said as he led the class outside to stretch.

To Logan this was fun. The primitive mind inside loved to run. The freedom of running through the woods was intoxicating and soothing at the same time. Feeling the grass beneath his bare feet was one of the most pleasurable things in the world. To Logan, you learned so much about yourself when you ran. You saw your stamina, your drive, and your will to finish when you ran.

In running you connected with that primitive part of yourself that has never been evolved out of the human nature. Logan loved feeling that part of him revel in the feeling of the breeze caress him as he ran. Plus it promoted good health for these you kids. If they learned to enjoy it as he did they would be in top shape, and his “star”ningning pupil was Alexander.

Sure he had a weight problem, he couldn’t run much and had to walk most of the way but Logan was damned if he didn’t give his best effort trying to run the entire distance. They stretched and then they ran, through the woods over the footbridge, and back up to the mansion, one whole mile. Logan planned to have them running two miles the next month and three by semester’s end.

Logan let them go grab showers as he waited for Alexander to finish. He looked behind him when the breeze changed and he smelled strawberries mingled with the sweat. “Harmony? Why aren’t you in the showers?” he asked the small girl. “I’m waiting for Alexander,” she said with her arms crossed.

Logan smiled slightly, saying, “I’ll wait for him, you go get a shower.” Harmony looked at Logan with determination and said, “Thanks Mr. Logan but I’m gonna wait for him too.” Logan growled slightly with humor as he nodded his head. “He loves you, you know,” Logan said as he looked into the woodline. “I know, I love him too,” Harmony replied with a choked voice. Logan nodded and walked to the door of the gym, “Good, you two deserve each other. By the way he’s coming out of the woods now,” he said and walked into the gym.

Sure enough Alexander came out of the woods running as fast as he could. Harmony smiled as he stumbled up to her. “There you are fucker. I thought we lost you over the bridge,” she said as he smiled at her but unable to talk because of his panting for breath.

Scott smiled as he saw that Alexander couldn’t keep up with the group as they ran. “That makes what I have to do that much easier,” Scott sneered as he turned back to the empty classroom. “Goodbye Mr. Cash. You failed.” Scott began to laugh madly at his joke and sat down thinking of what he would do.

“Crap...I...hate...running...” Alexander panted as Harmony rubbed his back. “Come on you big dork, everyone else is in the showers already.” Alexander nodded as his heart rate slowly dropped to normal. “You wanna shower wie bae babe?” he asked giving her a swat on the butt as he took off at his best attempt at a tired run.

“Oh your dead fucker!” Harmony laughed as she easily caught up to him and jumped on his back. She kissed him on the cheek as he hitched her up into a piggyback position. “Well this is a fun day huh?” she asked as they entered the gym and headed for the locker rooms. “Okay get the hell off,” Alexander said playfully.

“Not a problem. That was the worst ride I’ve ever had!” Har sai said as she punched him in the shoulder. “I’ll see you in a few babe, if my arm doesn’t fall off,” Alexander replied. Harmony stuck her tongue out at him and said, “Aww you big baby I didn’t hit you that hard.”

Alexander laughed as he backed into the door unable to take his eyes off of his girlfriend. As Alexander stepped into the shower he met a chorus of “SHOGUN!!!” from the other male students still in the showers. “Damn Cash, how in the hell did you get a hot babe like Harmony?” Andy Webb, called Pop-up, asked as he was drying himself, careful not to get the cast on his shoulder wet.

Alexander smiled and looked at Andy through the spray of water. “I honestly don’t know dude, I’m just l I g I guess. Mamma taught me just to be nice, respectful, and just be myself,” he said as the rest of the guys gave off hoots of nonbelief. “Come on man, all of our mamma’s told us that, but you got something she likes. What could it be?” Jimmy Kendrick, called Meteor, asked as he smiled and raised his eyebrows.

Alexander turned around quickly and said jokingly over his shoulder, “Dude I swear if your eyes go lower than my waist we’re gonna have a problem.” They all laughed and Jimmy said, “What you don’t want me to know what Harmony is so gaga over?” Alexander laughed and said, “No I don’t want to make you jealous of her, she’d hurt you!” Again they all cracked up at the bantering.

When they were all done and dressed they were still teasing each other mercilessly as they exited the locker room. Outside, Harmony was waiting as Alexander stepped out in the midst of a gaggle of joking teenage boys, one saying “Come on fatboy tell us your secret. How did you get that sweet piece of as..” “What are you calling me John Waters?” Harmony asked as she stepped up to John, aptly called the Melting Man, as that was what he did as he saw Harmony’s face. “I warned you not to say stuff like that John,” Alexander quipped as his face turned red. “Shut up Alexander!” Harmony said as she glared at the group of teenage boys. “Yes ma’am,” Alexander said as he looked at his feet.

“Let’s go Alexander. I don’t want these heathens to have a bad affect on you,” she said as she turnedy. Ay. Alexander turned to the guys and shrugged. As he caught up with Harmony he heard the sound of ten teenage boys making the whip crack sound, telling him he is whipped. Alexander yelled back over his shoulder, “You will be too once yall get girlfriends, if yall ever do.” Another sound followed them as they turned the corner, the sound of faux hurt “Oooo’s.”

Logan laughed as he over heard the student’s bantering. He, himself was getting ready to meet Jean in her room for a little alone time during the day. He was looking forward to be in Jean’s arms again, to hold her and kiss her. “Logan, you’re projecting again,” Jean said to him through the psylink. “Sorry Jeanie, I can’t help myself,” Logan thought back to her. “Well then hurry up! And just to give you extra incentive, this is what I’m wearing.”

Logan received and image of Jean in a black see-through bra and panties, black fishnet stockings complete with black garters. She was lying on her bed surrounded by her green satin sheets.

Logan tore out of the gyms office wearing only his jeans, his boots, socks, and black tee shirt in his hands. The students looked at each other quizzically. “Should we follow him? Maybe there is an emergency?” one asked the others. “NO I JUST FORGOT TO TURN OFF THE STOVE!!” Logan yelled back as he bounded up the hall towards the main staircase.

“Oh, well that explains the rush,” Meteor said, then hesitated, thinking about what Logan had said. “Hey? Isn’t the kitchen that way?” he asked pointing in the opposite direction that Logan was running. “Oh well.” The young students headed their separate ways, forgetting Logan’s weird actions at once.

Logan took the stairs three at a time, passing a confused Nightcrawler. “Mien Gott! Vere are you going Logan?” Kurt asked the blur of muscle and hair as it flew by him. “My room, left the water on! Talk later Kurt!” Logan yelled. “Odd, hiz room iz zat vay.” Kurt thought watching Logan run down the wrong hall.

Logan slid to a stop in front of Jean’s door and lightly knocked. The door opened slowly and Logan looked inside. Jean was on the bed just like the image had shown. “She must have opened the door with her telekinesis,” Logan thought as he stepped inside and closed the door.

“Damn Darlin’, you know how to get a man’s attention,” Logan said licking his lips unconsciously. Jhummhummed a sexy, “Uhm hmmm,” and smiled as she slowly crossed her legs. Logan got a feral gleam in his eyes that roared lust. With her mind Jean ripped his boots, socks, and shirt out of his hands.

Logan let out a low growl that resonated in Jean’s chest, exciting her even more. Again using her telekinesis, she slowly unbuttoned his jeans and slid them down his legs. Logan tried to step out of them and walk to the bed, but he found himself nailed to the spot. Then he noticed the playful grin on Jean’s face.

“Let me go Jean,” he growled with barely contained lust. Jean smiled even more as she caressed him with her mind. “Not yet honey. I want to have some fun with my pet wolverine,” she purred. Logan let out a pleasured growl that sounded exactly like a moan. Jean giggled at the sound, knowing that she was in full control. Jean continued to stroke him telekinetically while she got his attention once again by touching herself.

She caressed her nipples through the sheer bra. As she saw his eyes dilate with passion at her actions she licked a finger and slowly slid it down her toned body. When she reached the waistband of her panties she hesitated. It was not out of shyness but out of tormenting Logan. Slowly she pushed her hand under the fabric and came into contact with her most sensitive spot.

She shivered slightly at the pleasure of touching herself in front of Logan. He let out another moan as she arched her hips up when she slid a finger inside herself. Logan’s body began to jerk as he fought her mental bond on his body. She was getting weaker with stroking him, holding him still and the mind numbing pleasure of caressing herself while he watched.

Jean squealed slightly as Logan broke free and strode over to the bed. Jean stopped touching herself and began to take her hand out of her panties when Logan growled, “Don’t even think about it Darlin’.” Jean nodded, he was introltrol now as his passion filled musk washed over her and drove her wiShe She did as he said as Logan crawled onto the bed, he was taking in deep breaths, smelling her scent as she pleasured herself.

Logan kissed her calf as he looked into her eyes before watching her hand through the sheer material of her panties. He licked under her knee, causing her to shiver again. Then his face was in between her thighs. He took in her scent again and she noticed that his eyes dilated even more as she neared her orgasm.

“Now Jean. Cum for me now,” He whispered, his breath adding to the sensation of her fingers plunging in and out of her core. She burst into a thousand pieces as she bucked up off of the bed, and she felt Logan’s hands wrap around her thighs.

When she came down she noticed that Logan was still in between her thighs, smiling at her. He pulled her panties off after unhooking the garter and placed her legs over his shoulders. He placed a kiss above her clitoris and she bucked up against him again. He moved down and took it into his mouth, licking and sucking gently. Jean grabbed hand fulls of the sheets and moaned silently.

Logan moved lower and tasted her fully, enjoying every moment of it. He felt her grab his hair and allowed her to pull him up her body, keeping her legs over his shoulders. He unhooked her bra and pulled it off as well licking her nipples before taking her mouth in a heated kiss.

When they broke the kiss, she was panting with pleasure. “Please Logan...” shspedsped. That was all she needed to say, and he plunged into her. Jean grunted as the feeling made her soar out of her body. Logan came alive with feeling as her silken folds enveloped him. They opened the psylink completely, feeling what the other felt along with their own sensations.

She felt herself wrap around him and the feeling that he was sliding into liquid heat, at the same time feeling the incredible sensation of being filled to the brim. Logan felt the same and his lip curled back as he struggled to stay in control. She bucked up against him, trying to meet his every thrust in her current position. She though that he was deeper than ever before, and she loved it. They stared into each other’s eyes as coherent thoughts left them. All they knew was that they were one, in mind and body.

They felt each other nearing their climaxes and they redoubled their efforts. Jean used her telekinesis to stroke herself and him at the same time, while Logan increased his pace. He pounded into her until the pressure broke them apart like a dam. Logan let out a strangled, gurgling growl while Jean moaned deep in her throat, both shuddering with the force of their release.

Before Logan collapsed on Jean he let her legs drop off of his shoulders. He laid his head on her chest while they panted, both out of breath. “We defiantly need to do that more often,” Jean gasped. “What? The position or the midday rendezvous?” Logan asked. “All of it,” she replied.

“Any time Darlin,’ any time. Just send me an image like you did and I’ll come runnin’,” Logan said as he moved up to kiss her. When they broke the kiss Logan ran a finger over the fishnets and looked at the discarded bra and panties. “Where did you get these?” he asked. Jean giggled, saying, “I picked them up the last time Rouge, ‘Ro, and I went into town. They were shocked, and they asked who I was buying them for. I told them they were for when I started dating again. I don’t think they believed me.”

Logan laughed lightly and nipped at her neck. “I love you Jean, with all my heart,” Logan said, looking into Jean’s eyes. She teared up and hugged him. “I love you too Logan. I don’t know what I would do without you.” Logan sighed aaid,aid, “I don’t think you have to worry about that for a long time.” They kissed and relished being together until it was time for dinner. They dressed and walked down stairs talking lightly so that when anyone passed them they would think they were merely friends.

Alexander and Harmony were sitting at their usual corner table away from everyone else talking quietly. Harmony then noticed something weird. “Hey Alexander? Don’t look, but I think Mr. Summers is staring at us,” she said as she looked away from the older man. Alexander’s once smiling face dropped into one of anger tinged with slight fear.

“What do you mean he’s staring at us?” he asked. Harmony looked at him and carefully glanced back to where Scott was sitting. “He’s to your left, just staring at us, and I think he is smirking?” she said beginning to get nervous. Alexander, voice low asked, “How do you know he is staring at us?”

“There is no one else around us Alexander! He’s freakin’ me out!” she whispered hoarsely. Alexander slowly looked to his left and saw Scott. Scott sneered and nodded his head at the teen. “Oh shit! What the fuck is he staring at?” Alexander thought, unable to take his eyes away from the sneering Scott.

“Hello Harmony, Alexander,” Jean said as she put her tray down beside Harmony, and sat down. Logan pulled his chair out so that he could block Alexander from Scott’s view as he grunted a hello to the teens. “Dr. Grey, um, no offense but why are you sitting with us?” Harmony asked, blunt as always.

Jean smiled at Logan and said, “I heard Alexander’s exasperation at being starred at and we thought we could come and help.” “Thank you Dr. Grey,” Alexander said, his brow furrowing. “So what is Mr. Summers doing? What is wrong with him?” Harmonked,ked, extremely confused.

“No one knows Darlin’, there’s somethin’ wrong with him but we don’t know. The best thing to do is just to stay away from him,” Logan said taking a bite of his still bleeding steak. “Uhg, that’s gross Mr. Logan,” Harmony said watching the blood ooze from the piece of meat.

“Heh, don’t knock it ‘till ya try it,” he replied. Jean was watching Alexander, his face was a mixture of anger and worry over what was happening. Seeing him like this after seeing Scott stare at the teen like that made Jean finally believe that it was Scott, not Alexander who made the threats.

“Logan, I believe you and Alexander about the threats,” she said to him through the psylink. “Good Red, now what do we do about it?” Logan asked. “I don’t know. All we can do is just watch him and be careful,” she replied. “And if he does something...violent?” Jean thought for a moment then answered, “Then we will have to do what we have to do to protect the students and ourselves.” Logan nodded and looked at Alexander. “Hey kid? You been doin’ like I asked?” Alexander snapped out of his quiet solitude and answered, “Yes Sensei, I have. I told you I won’t let you down.”

Logan nodded and said, “Good. Keep it up.” Harmony gave the tf thf them a quizzical look before glancing where Scott had been sitting. “He’s gone,” she said to the group. Logan turned around and nodded. “Well Jean, I’m finished how about you?” “Yes Logan ready?” she replied. Logan stood up and picked up both their trays, noticing that she still was not finishing her food. He turned to look at Alexander again and said, “Be ready for another run tomorrow. Since you ruined the danger room until next week I gotta keep yall busy.”

Alexander got a sheepish look and said, “Yes Sensei.” As Jean and Logan walked away, Alexander looked back at Harmony who had a shocked look on her face. “You destroyed the danger room?!” She exclaimed. Alexander blushed and looked at the few faces that looked their way, shaking his head no. “Babe, quietly! Yeah I did, but it was an accident,” Alexander whispered. “An accident? Tearing up a multimillion dollar training room was an accident!?” Harmony said as her face turned read with excitement. “My boyfriend tore up The Danger Room!” she thought.

“Well I’m not proud of it Harmony. I’m actually ashamed of it,” Alexander said looking down at his plate. Harmony laughed and said, “Why!? That means that your powers are growing, you could be as powerful as me if you keep getting better.” Alexander looked up at her and said, “But I lost control babe. I never should allow myself to do that. I could hurt someone. Look what happened to Logan a few months back.” Harmony nodded, her excitement dying slightly, “But that is different, we all know some of Logan’s past. He, in a way, has a right to lose control.”

“Well, I don’t like not being in control. It feels like I failed, and I hate failing,” Alexander said. Harmony grabbed his hand and said “Oh you big dork, You will never fail. Come on, we got studying to do.” Alexander stood up and grabbed their trays, saying, “What are we studying tonight? Chemistry?” Harmony turned and gave him a wink, “Sex Ed.” Alexander felt a hundred times better and thought, “You win this round babe, but I’ll enjoy your reward too.”

Scott Summers was in his dark room, and he was smiling. “Creed? Come tonight. Everything will be ready in the next two hours.” “It had better boyscout, or else I’ll gut ya and bath in your blood,” Sabertooth growled over the phone. “Promises, promises. Just be here before two in the morning. They’ll be running again in the morning.” Scott hung up the phone and giggled insanely. “Logan, Jean enjoy your last night together. And Alexander don’t worry, when your gone I’ll take good care of that little minx of yours,” he thought. Again he laughed. He was enjoying this.

At midnight Scott went to the security control room for his shift. He passed Warren with out even talking to him and didn’t even greet Remy when he took over the monitors and controls. Both men that he passed looked after him with wonder at how he was acting. Scott sat down at the security control console and scanned the buttons.

He typed in his access code and changed the sensors to ignore Sabertooth’s bio readings for when he made his entrance. When he was done he reset all of the normal protocols and erased what he had done. After tomorrow he would change the settings back and act like nothing had happened, except that Logan and Alexander would be dead and Jean would be exposed as the slut she was.

Scott smiled as he thought of what would happen. He would rejoice in the death of Logan. How he hated that man, he had shown Scott up since day one. He was a better fighter than Scott, a better leader than Scott was, and a better friend than Scott. Every the she saved their l, Sc, Scott thought, he was rubbing it in Scott’s face.

“Well now it is my turn to show you up Logan. And I’ll use your greatest enemy to do it to. And I’ll be right, just like I always am,” Scott thought maniacally. On the monitor he saw Sabertooth leap over the wall of the property and run into the woods, and he laughed. He laughed softly at first, and as each second passed his laughter grew louder, and with it went his sanity, bit by bit.

Victor Creed, Sabertooth, leaped over the wall and landed in a crouch on the soft ground on the other side. He sniffed to air, tasting it for signs of a guard or of machine oil preparing to try and take him out. He smelled nothing but the woods and himself. Creed ran crouchver ver into the woods and knelt by a tree getting his bearings.

“Hehe this time I’m gonna finish ya runt,” Creed thought as he began to softly walk towards the mansion. “I don’t care what that red eyed freak says, I’m gonna take yer woman too. I’ll have a little fun before I make her bleed, I promise ya that,” he thought as he walked through the woods taking in huge gulps of air, enjoying the smells of animals and trees.

Creed loved to kill and he had been jonesin’ for this since the girly little boyscout came to him in the bar. He loved the thought of killing Logan, and what he would do to that red head of his too. “I bet he has marked her as his already. That’ll make it twice as nice. Oh I can’t wait to take her and lick that mark, I’ll even give her one of my own before I kill her,” he thought.

He got excited just thinking about it. He neared the edge of the woods in back of the mansion and followed the woodline until he found the gym. Once there he climbed up into a tree and made himself comfortable. He would need this last minutes rest before tomorrow. He couldn’t wait to end the years of fighting with the worthless bastard. He would teach the runt a lesson before he let him die. That, Victor Creed was sure of.

Logan awoke with a start, shaking Jean as he shot up into a sitting position. “Eh Logan, what is it?” Jean asked groggily. Logan walked to the window and muttered, “Nothin’ Jean. Go back ta sleep.” He heard Jean’s head hit the pillows and a few seconds later her breathing evened out as she fell asleep again.

Logan looked out into the woods, “Something is out there, I know it,” Logan thought as he scanned the treeline. He felt something familiar but could not tell what it was. Logan stared into the trees for a long time, searching for the one thing that was out of place. After an hour Jean woke up, growing cold from Logan’s absence from her side.

“Logan, come back to bed. I’m sure if anything is wrong we’ll know about it,” she said, picking up on his uneasiness. Logan sighed as he looked out the window once more. He turned and walked back to the bed.

“Darlin’ somethin’ is going down. I don’t whe when or how but I can feel it, and it’s gonna go down soon,” he said as she wrapped her arms around him from behind. She put her head on his shoulder and said, “Well if something happens, I’ll be right there with you.” Logan kissed her cheek and said, “I don’t know if I want you beside me Jean. I couldn’t live anymore if something happened to you.”

Jean got off of the bed and kneeled in between Logan’s legs. “Logan,” she said, “I’ve been an X-Man for most of my life. You’ve trained me for years. We have risked our lives on countless occasions. One more fight isn’t going to take me away from you now that I have you.” Logan put his hands on the sides of her face and kissed her.

“I love you Jean, will you marry me?” Logan reached into the drawer of his nightstand and pulled out a blue box. Inside was a radiant Sapphire and Diamond ring. The gems were in the shape of an X and in the center was a stone twice the size of the others. The Ruby was the color of her hair and, along with the other gems, it sparkled in the moonlight.

Jean was shocked speechless. She stared at the ring as it cast small reflections of blue, white, and redgan gan smiled at her expression and said, “Jean, your drooling,” through the psylink. Jean shook herself and looked into Logan’s eyes “Oh, Logan, Yes!” Jean launched herself onto Logan and kissed him with all the love she had.

“After the divorce papers go through we’ll wait a month or two before we tell everyone we are seeing each other. Then a few more months after that we’ll announce that we are engaged. Oh when do you want the wedding,” Jean rambled after they kissed. Logan thought for a moment and said, “How about May? That way all of the students will still be here and they can go to the wedding as well.”

“Awe Logan, that’s perfect,” Jean said and kissed him again as he slide the ring on her finger. “Wear it on the opposite hand Jean, and if anyone asks just say that you splurged after your divorce,” Logan said as they curled up under the blankets. Jean smiled and whispered, “Tomorrow night I’m going to thank you for this properly,” into his ear. Logan growled in anticipation and they slept the rest of the night.

Dawn broke over the Xavier Institute for Higher Learning to a beautiful day. The sky was clear except for a few puffy clouds here and there. It was quickly becoming warm as the sun burned off the dew left on the ground from the night before. Alexander awoke with a headache. He and Harmony had watched an anime marathon the night before and didn’t get to sleep until two in the morning.

Even in armsarms, Alexander’s sleep was fitful. He had felt uneasy all-night and even had a nightmare about death. He put his hand on his forehead as Harmony moaned slightly in her sleep and rolled towards him. Alexander felt funny. His heart was fluttering with the fast fading dream, but the part that made him afraid was still there. Death.

He gently kissed Harmony on her cheek and slid out of the bed and walked into the bathroom. He turned on the faucet and splashed some cold water onto his face, rubbing the sleep out of his eyes. He looked up into the mirror at his own face. He was pale, he was never pale. Alexander shook his head and grabbed the aspirin bottle. He threw back three of the chalky pills followed by a handful of water.

He walked back into the room and looked at Harmony. Something about him was slightly different but he couldn’t put his finger on what it was. He felt okay except for this growing senf drf dread. He shrugged against the feeling and sat on his chair, watching the beautiful girl in his bed sleeping.

Scott Summers woke up after his hour-long nap after his shift in the security room. He looked at the clock and smiled. “Today is the day!” he thought with a smile. Scott went into his bathroom and showered. When he was done he got dressed in gym clothes and his visor. Scott he looked out the window as he sat down in his chair and thought, “If that psycho does his job right, today will be a very good day.” Scott chuckled insanely to himself. Now all he had to do was wait for the right time.

Victor Creed was in the same tree, and he was pissed. “My ass hurts. Oh I’m gonna make you and the boyscout pay for this runt! And then I’m gonna teach yer woman a lesson too.” Creed smiled at the thought of what he was going to do. But he grew angry again because he had to wait. He hated waiting.

Logan and Jean were up early as well. They had showered and gotten dressed together, and now were quietly sipping coffee together as the first of the students began to trickle into the cafeteria. “So what do you have planned for today Logan?” Jean asked as she took a small sip of the steaming liquid. It was calming her stomach as it was bothering her once again.

“Oh nothing. I’m ta my my gym class out for another run today. Threw the woods and back around the shrine,” Logan said as her looked into her sweet face. Jean blushed, seeing the love in his eyes. She put her coffee down, finished with it and, said, “Don’t take it too hard on them. They need to build up their stamina first. Not of tof them have healing factors like you.”

Logan chuckled as he took her hand into his and fingered the ring he gave her. “That ring doesn’t do you justice Darlin’,” Logan whispered. Jean blushed again and thought, “I think the wearer reflects on jewelry.” Logan squeezed her hands and thought back, “Jean that ring is plastic compared to youautyauty! Nothing in this world or the next could be prettier than you!” Jean used her telekinesis to give him a kiss that only they could feel. “I love you Logan.” “And I love you Darlin’.”

They got up and walked down the halls of the mansion, headed to their individual classes. Jean was teaching a day of sociology classes and Logan was teaching self defense then gym classes. Logan sneaked ick ick kiss and left Jean to go into her classroom. Behind them Scott was following and watching. It was almost time.

Alexander was in self-defense class and was thankful that Logan had chosen to use Andy as his “Assistant” today instead of him. Not only would he be sore, he would be exhausted for his run later. It was an oddly easy and low intensity class today and Alexander thought, “Something must be wrong. Logan is never easy on us.” He went through the paces with the class and then let them out early.

Logan was distracted from the night before. He was extremely happy about Jean saying yes to his proposal, but the something that woke him up was still bothering him. What could have shocked him awake like that? He knew that he was a light sleeper but he had never woken up with...hesitancy?

He couldn’t figure it out. He went to the gym, showered again and changed into his gym clothes. He went into the gym proper and sat down on the basketball court cross-legged and tried to meditate.

Alexander went back up to his room and showered. He put on his basketball shorts and running shoes. As he was taking a clean shirt out of his closet he heard Harmony enter his room. She was already dressed for the run. “Hey you big dork, you ready to run?” she asked as she hugged him from behind. Alexander just shrugged, taking a moniker of comfort from the warmth of her body pressed against his.

Harmony took a playful nip at his shoulder and asked, “What is wrong Alexander? You’re starting to worry me.” Alexander heard the fear creep up in her voice and turned around in her arms. “I don’t know,” he said as he kissed her forehead, “I don’t feel good today. And something is wrong with Logan. My self defense class was shitty and Logan looked distracted,” he said with trepidation. Harmony looked up into his eyes and said, “Your right. It feels like something is going to happen today.”

Alexander shook his head in agreement. His body ached, it had spread from his head to neckneck and further down, and it made him irritable. “Harmony I think something is wrong with me too,” he said. Harmony looked at his color and said, “You’re right, you are pale! How long have you been like this?” She pushed away from him to get a better look at him, and berated herself for not noticing it before.

“Since this morning,” he replied. “I think you need to go see Hank and Jean in the infirmary,” Harmony said with worry. Alexandhookhook his head no, saying, “I might after dinner. It might go away by then. Anyway we need to go, It’s almost time for gym and we don’t want to run any more miles than we have to.”

Harmony frowned at Alexander and said, “Okay but if your not better by dinner I want you to promise me that you’ll go to the infirmary to get checked out, or else I’ll carry you down there kicking and screaming.” Alexander gave her a small smile and said, “Yes ma’am.” They walked out of his room hea headed towards the gym.

As they started down the stairs Scott came out of his room, also dressed in running cloths. “It is finally time. Time to rid ourselves of a murderer and his new little accomplice!” Scott thought as he followed them at a discreet distance. He still had on his visor, the only thing that would give away that he was prepared for battle.

Logan came out of his meditation as the students entered the gym. He stood up and took a silent roll call. Suddenly the door opened and Scott was walking into the gym. Logan gave off a low growl as the stuck up mutant strode to the front of the class. “Logan, I was wondering if I could accompany you on your class rodayoday?” Scott asked politely.

Logan grew suspicious with the way Scott was talking to him. There was no trace of anger, jealousy, or hatred that was usually in Scott’s voice since the incident two months ago. The hair on the back of Logan’s neck raised up as Logan thought for a moment. “Sure,” he said, “We’d be happy to have you along. In fact you can help me set the pace,” Logan said as he lead the class and Scott out side to the starting point.

Again Logan felt the uneasiness in the air, and he knew that Alexander was feeling it too. “Somehow Alexander is picking up on my unease and it is making him ous ous too. Good, he’ll be on his toes as well if anything goes down. I really don’t like this,” Logan thought. “Okay,” Logan said, “this run is timed so do your best. I’ll be running with you as will Mr. Summers. Keep pace and you’ll do fine. Lets go!” As Logan turned and watched the students pass him he hit the timer on a stopwatch to begin the time.

Alexander was running beside Harmony and said, “Harmony, stay beside me the entire time. Even if I fall back stay with me.” Harmony looked at him and said, “Okay but if I fail this run, I’ll kick your ass for a week.” The group was heading into the forest and began to spread out as the faster runners gained a lead, while the lower ones fell behind.

Sabertooth was running silently near them, following their path and looking for a perfect ambush point. He was thanking his lucky stars that the wind was blowing in his direction, hiding his scent from Wolverine. But Sabertooth wouldn’t have cared eve the the little runt would have picked up on him, he would still die.

Cyclops was running slightly behind Wolverine, silentlannianning the trees to either side of the jogging path in search of Sabertooth. “Where is he!? That bastard better get here soon, Logan knows something is going on!” Cyclops thought. Then out of the corner of his eye he caught a glimpse of yellow and brown. Cyclops smiled slightly and fell back a little more impeding the path of the fastest of the students.

Wolverine was out in front like usual and felt Cyclops fall back in line. “What the hell is he doing?” he thought. Then the wind changed and Wolverine caught that familiar scent of dirt and blood. “SABERTOOTH!” he thought as the yellow and brown monster tackled him from the woods to his right.

Wolverine felt Sabertooth’s claws tear into his side, ripping at his vital organs, and he elbowed Sabertooth in the temple forcing the big man to fall to the side. Wolverine kicked out from under his enemy and with a distinctive SNIKT his claws erupted from in between his knuckles.

“Cyclops the children! Get them out of here while I take care of Sabertooth!” Wolverine yelled as he leapt at Sabertooth who had regained his feet. Cyclops smile evilly be yel yelling back, “I’m on it Wolverine, and I’ll bring back help!” The students who had been running in the front had already hightailed it back the way they had come and were now running into the slower runners. Scattered, “Sabertooth!”s and “Wolverine’s been hurt!” were yelled throughout the line.

When they reacAlexAlexander and Harmony, Alexander shot forward, running with everything he had. As he ran forward, the last of the students passed him yelling, “Mr. Summers is covering our backs, run!” Alexander, with Harmony beside him yelled, “Where is Summers!?” “I’m right here,” Cyclops said as the student ran out of sight. “Now what did I tell you Cash? ’t i’t it something like, ‘Stay out of my way or else someone, might get hurt’?” He turned to Harmony and smiled viciously.

Alexander’s skin shid asd as his body morphed from flesh to chrome and steel. His shirt and sweat pants tore away from him, cut by his body’s mutation, leaving only the specially made shorts and shoes that he wore. Shogun raised his arms and the silvery hands turned liquid and extended to sharp points, effectively making his body one big cutting mach


“Stay back Sledgehammer, I’ll protect you,” Shogun said, his voice sounding like it came from a metallic tube. Cyclops laughed as he watched the girl’s shocked look on her face back up. “And I told you Summers. NO ONE THREATENS ME AND MINE!!!” Shogun yelled as he charged Cyclops, his arms slicing the trees as he ran. Cyclops opened his visor slightly, releasing the crimson energy that erupted from his eyes. His first shot was too weak and bounced of Shogun’s metallic skin up into the sky. “RRRRAAAA!” Shogun yelled as he swung his sword like arms at the taller man. Cyclops leapt out of the way just in tims ths the tree that he had been standing in front of shifted slightly, then collapsed, causing a deafening thump and shaking the ground.

Shogun spun around and was flung back by an optic blast. He flew over the stump of the felled tree and landed with a clang. He jumped up ready for another attack from Cyclops, but he didn’t see him. He was struck again with a crimson blast and had to take a step back before the beam died. He ran at Cyclops, who was backpedaling, drawing the teen in to another half powered blast, when Sledgehammer stepped in front of him and punched him full force in the stomach.

Cyclops flew up and back, d shd shooting out of his mouth. “Get back Sledgehammer. HE’S MINE!” Shogun yelled in a rage. But before Sledgehammer could fall back yet again Cyclops raised his head and fired. The optic blast shot forward in slow motion to Shogun. He saw the visor open half way, saw the crimson light boil out of Cyclops’s eyes. aw iaw it shoot out towards Harmony, his love, and hit her in the abdomen. He saw the blood of her body spurt out of the wound in a red haze as she flew backwards like she was hit by a baseball bat, her arms and legs limply trailing behind her as she did. He heard her croak of pain as she hit the ground and her wail as she realized that she was hurt far worse than just hitting the ground.

Alexander screamed in rage and sorrow as he ran to her and picked her head up and laid it on his. He. He had morphed back to his human form, and he pressed his hands onto the jagged, bleeding tha that smoked from her abdomen. He was wailing as she cried out in pain, his tears dripping from his cheek onto her face. Her legs kicked at the ground and her hands clutched at him. “I warned you, you fat fuck. I told you to stay out of my way. But you wouldn’t listen, and now you’ll die together, with Logan,” Cyclops said to the crying boy.

But before he could finish his attack he felt the wind pick up as Jean and Storm approached. “FUCK!” he yelled to himself. He took off down the path, back towards Wolverine and Sabertooth thinking, “Well at least I’ll make sure Logan is dead!”

Jean and Storm landed as Cyclops disappeared into the woods. “Alexander!? What happenedean ean asked the wailing boy. Alexander looked up with the utter sadness of seeing his love struck down. Jean saw the look in his eyes and she felt her knee’s go weak with sorrow. “He shot her. He just shot her. She’s bleeding so much and, and...” Alexander crouched. Storm put her hand on his shoulders and pulled him away from the moaning girl.

“Alexander move back, we will take care of her. Please,” Storm said. Alexander numbly moved away as Jean and Storm began to perform first aid on the wounded girl. Alexander looked at his hands covered in his girlfriend’s blood. He began to frantically wipe them on his legs and shorts trying to get the quickly drying blood off of his hands.

Hank McCoy bounded onto the scene with his field medical equipment, informed of the situation telepathically by Jean. He noticed Alexander’s frantic actions and he took over for Jean and whispered, “You need to go to Alexander, he’s not used to these situations, plus look who is injured.” Jean nodded as she watched Hank give Harmony a shot of morphine.

She stood up and tried to get as much blood off of her hands as possible with a sterile wet towel. She took one over to the sobbing Alexander and began to talk gently to him. “Alexander? Alexander? Here use this,” she said as she handed him a new towel. Alexander took the towel and scrubbed at his bloody hands while tears continued to roll down his eyes.

“Alexander tell me, who did this?” she asked. He stopped wiping at his hands and his sobbing lessened, then died completely. Jean felt the sorrow turn into rage as he stood there. “Jean! She’s going to be fine, but she’s critical! Me and Storm are taking her back to the mansion to take care of her!” Hank yelled as he and Storm put her on the collapsible backboard he brought. Alexander ran to Harmony and whispered in her ear, “I love you Harmony. I’m so sorry I got you involved in this, but I promise you, Scott will pay for this!” He stood up after kissing her on the forehead and began to walk away. “I love you too,” Harmony choked out, in excruciating pain.

“Alexander? Where are you going?” Jean asked, her own worry for Logan growing as she felt the battle raging between him and Sabertooth. Alexander walked right past her his body shimmering as he again morphed into his metallic form. He began to run and Jean yelled back to Hank and Storm, “I’m going with him. I think he’s going to help Logan. They’ll need backup.”

Jean ran behind Alexander who was speeding up faster than he ever ran before. She felt something about him change as she followed him down the path towards the roars and yells of pain. There was an occasional ripping of air as, she knew, Scott used his optic blasts. She felt power swelling in Alexander as he ran in front of her. It was ebbing out of him like an over filled container. Then an earth-shattering scream rent the air. “What in the hell is going on?” she thought.

When the kids took off Wolverine cut loose. He dove after Sabertooth and caught the huge mutant as he staggered back. Wolverine slashed him in the leg, causing Sabertooth to lose a lot of blood and slowing him down slightly until he healed. Wolverine was not about to let that happen.

He pressed his attack, slashing and ripping at the man. But Sabertooth was an old hand at fighting with Wolverine. He parried until some of his strength returned and then he attacked. Sabertooth slashed his claws down Wolverine’s chest, tasting the blood as it sprayed onto his face. “Your blood is good runt! I want to drink some !” S!” Sabertooth howled as he stalked the bleeding Wolverine.

Wolverine swiped at Sabertooth as a diversion for his kick, which connected below Sabertooth’s knee, shattering the leg. Sabertooth howled in pain as the bone ripped out of his flesh. The compound fracture began to heal instantly as the body pulled the bone back into place. But befor cou could be healed, Wolverine was attacking the fallen Sabertooth. They were slashing at each other with razor sharp claws and talons. There bodies becoming bloody messes as the wounds they caused each other bled, then healed.

Wolveritabbtabbed Sabertooth through the shoulder, slicing the joint and bone in two. The howl of pain from his enemy made the feral and beserker inside howl in pleasure at punishing their enemy. Wolverine pulled his hand back to sever Sabertooth’s head fhis his body, a scream of sorrow and pain ripped through the world. The sound made Wolverine hesitate, it even made Sabertooth hesitate as the sound ripped at their hearts and minds.

But Sabertooth didn’t hesitate for long. He ripped into Wolverine’s stomach, reaching for his spinal cord. Wolverine roared in pain as he felt Sabertooth’s clawed hand grabbing for his spinal cord. He tried to pull away, but Sabertooth had a death grip on him. Wolverine slashed his claws across Sabertooth’s face, cutting through bone but no deeper as it was a glancing blow.

Sabertooth’s grasp loosened and Wolverine pulled back into a kneeling position, straddling Sabertooth. He raised his hands and was about to kill the huge mutant, when a ruby red optic blast hit him in the same wound that Sabertooth had made. It was an already serious wound, but when the full powered optic blast hit it, it shoved his healing factor into overload. With all of the other injuries he had sustained with the fight with Sabertooth, it just could not compensate.

The blast completed what Sabertooth had intended. It severed his spinal cord. It was a lucky shot as in it hit a gap between the bones and tore through the spinal cord. The pain was a million times worse than anything Logan had felforefore, even more painful than when the feral had taken over his mind, chipping memories from the stone wall that was his past. He screamed in pain and his whole body shook from the scream. The trees shook and the birds took off in terror.

Alexander saw Logan go down from the optic blast. Yet another person close to him was struck down by Scott Summers. Rage overwhelmed Alexander as his arms once again formed into swords. Then he heard Jean scream as she finally realized what she had witnessed.

Jean had seen Cyclops turn to Wolverine, and saw the crimson fire hit Logan in the horrible stomach wound that could have only been inflicted by Sabertooth. She saw his body twist unnaturally as he flew through the air and hit the ground with a hollow sound. She heard him scream and the trees shake. She saw him now lying on the ground, still as if lifeless, and an odd thing registered in her mind. “He’s still bleeding!” Jean screamed.

Shogun charged the spinning Cyclops, catching him off guard. He swung his sword arm at the taller man as Cyclops jumped back. He heard Cyclops grunt in pain as his bladed arm sliced a six-inch cut into Cyclops’s chest, ending at the base of his neck. Cyclops fired a blast at Shogun, and the boy took a step back with the force of it. “YOU ARE DONE CYCLOPS!! I WILL KILL YOU!! I HAVE SWORN ON HARMONY AND I WILL SWEAR ON LOGAN, YOU WILL DIE!!!” Shogun screamed.

“Wrong kid,” Sabertooth growled from behind Shogun, “You die today!” Sabertooth swiped his clawed hand at Shogun who stood there and allowed the huge mutant hit him. As Sabertooth’s hand hit Shogun’s shoulder, the sharp skin that cover the boy sliced through Sabertooth’s claws down to the fingers and split the bone to the palm. Sabertooth wailed in pain as he jerked his mangled hand back as the blood flowed from his wounds, both old and new.

Shogun took his sword arm and reared back as an optic blast hit him in the shoulder, causing the intended killer blow to slice through Sabertooth’s shoulder down to his ribcage, ripping the lung underneath apart. Sabertooth gurgled as blood shot from the gutting blow and out of his mouth. His eyes rolled into the back of his head and Sabertooth fell, unconscious and bleed profusely to the ground.

Cyclops cursed as Sabertooth was taken out of the play. He saw Jean standing there in shock, staring at Wolverine, but his attention was drawn back to the boy. “God damn it this kid wont go down!” Cyclops thought to himself, for the first time feeling fear growing inside. He fired another blast at the human shaped knife that ran towards him, screaming his death.

Shogun was hit yet again by an optic blast, which did nothing but add fuel to the rage inside of him. He charged yet again and swung his arm at Cyclops who dove out of the way but was too slow and his hip was slashed to the bone. Cyclops screamed in pain as he landed on the ground. Shogun knew the end was here and he began to walk towards his enemy. Then he felt something inside change. Suddenly his body began to liquefy as if he was morphing back into his human form, but this was different. He stayed metallic in nature, but he bubbled as if he was boiling. Intense pain over took Alexander as his body changed with the power that was building up into it. Alexander screamed in rage and pain as he fell to his knees.

Jean was crying hysterically and was finally able to move. She ran to Logan and fell to her knees beside his head. “Logan? Logan!?” Jean said as she looked into his eyes. Logan was barely breathing, his body a complete wreck. His injuries so severe that his mutant healing factor was too overworked to function properly and were focusing on the most serious wounds. Logan’s eyes moved to Jean’s face and he coughed lightly. Jean screamed his name as she gently put his head on her lap. She ran her fingers through his hair as the battle raged around them.

Shogun was still screaming as his body burned with power as his genes mutated for the second time. He felt his face pull away from his scull and then tighten back up. “WHAT IS HAPPENING TO ME!?!?” he screamed as his metallic skin bubbled on him. Cyclops got to his feet in excruciating pain. He could not move his right leg where Shogun had cut him. He looked at the boy and saw the boy’s skin look like it was cooking on his bones. He gave a disgusted look, when suddenly Shogun’s skin stopped bubbling and snapped back tight onto his body.

He looked completely different than he did moments ago. Metallic skin that was once smooth, was now jagged with sharp round blade like spikes. Fthe the base of each spike a molten yellow energy whisped out of him. Shogun stopped screaming for a split second and he looked at Cyclops who was shocked into stillness. The molten energy built up and Shogun screamed again in agony as the spikes shot out from his chest and arms with a ballistic like speed. Each spike trailed a concusive trail of energy that made each one a small razor sharp explosive round.

Cyclops was hit with two of the spikes, both in his left arm, one above the wrist and the second in the left shoulder. When the spikes hit they detonated, blowing the wrist and left arm off of Cyclops’ body. He was blown sideways with the concussion, screaming in agony the whole way. When he landed he was already passed out.

The forest around the battleground exploded as the spikes hit the trees and detonated with extreme power. Shogun was still screaming from the pain when silence fell around him. From the silence a man dressed in crimson and purple floated down in a ball of electricity. He surveyed the battlefield taking note of the young boy screaming and the fallen Wolverine. He waved his hand at the prone forms of Cyclops and Sabertooth as Alexander passed out, picking them up in orbs of electricity. He nodded and flew away trailing Sabertooth and Cyclops behind him.

Jean was still stroking Logan’s hair as tears streamed from her eyes. “Logan. Logan. Please don’t die,” she begged through the psylink. “I’m sorry Darlin’ I should have seen this commin’. I knew there was something wrong with Scott” he replied. His body began to shake lightly as the blood drained out of him. He coughed lightly, blood oozing out of his mouth. “Jeanie....Jean. I love you. I’m sorry but, I don’t...think I can hold on,” he thought. “NO! LOGAN PLEASE HOLD ON! HANK IS COMMING! Don’t leave me! I need you! We need you!” she screamed in sorrow. Logan’s body was growing cold as his thoughts became weaker.

“The team doesn’t need me sweetheart. And your young, you’ll find someone else.” “No, Logan, I didn’t mean the team. I ment me and...and our baby,” She thought the realization of what was happening hit her. She burst into uncontrollable tears as he faded from her mind. “Our baby? Oh Jean, I’m sorry I wont see it...tell him...I...love...him...I love you Jean...” His eyes closed and he was gone.

Jean wailed as she cradled his body in her arms. Storm and Hank finally made the scene and stared at the carnage. Hank, tears running from his eyes shook his head in sadness and ran to Alexander. Storm fell to her knees her head in her arms and cried. In all of their minds the felt the sorrow from Jean, and heard the sobbing of Charles Xavier.
TO BE CONCLUDED