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Weapon XI – Part II
Once the Blackbird lands in Prospect Park in Brooklyn, New York, the residents take off. Watching them run, Cannonball mentions to Cyclops that it looks like the locals are suitably impressed and proceeds to ask him what Wolverine’s kid is doing there. Cyclops informs him that’s what they’re there to find out. Cannonball asks that it’s gonna take all of them to do that, this guy must really be something. Cyclops tells him he’s something all right.
Cyclops then informs the team that they know that Daken’s been spotted coming in and out of an apartment in Park Slope that belongs to a man named Alessandro Volara. They think this man’s been providing Daken with a place to stay, possibly more. Cannonball asks “more?” Cyclops informs him that Volara has been indicted twice for arms smuggling but never convicted. If he and Daken are working together, it’s possible that he’s supplied Daken with military-grade ordnance. Cannonball says oh, that kind of more.
Cyclops continues that Volara’s place is four blocks away and that their landing place was the best and most logical staging area. When Colossus asks him that Emma is not able to give them a specific location for Daken, Cyclops tells him that she might be able to, but she won’t. Armor then mentions to Cyclops that it would seem the two of them do not agree on the merits of this mission. Cyclops tells her that they don’t have to agree. Emma and he share many things, but leadership of the X-Men isn’t one of them. Bowing, Armor tells him her apologies, she does not question his leadership, only their circumstances. Cyclops tells her, Hisako, no apologies necessary, suffice it to say they can’t count on Emma.
In the X-Men’s base of operations located in San Francisco, Emma Frost enters a room and secures a channel. She then utters the words “contact codename: great and terrible.” When she does so, Norman Osborn is shown on a large screen, flanked by Ares and Spider-Man (Venom) stationed in Avengers Tower. Norman informs Ms. Frost that he is surprised to be hearing from her. When Emma tells him that she doubts that, Norman asks does she? He’s hurt. Emma tells him that she doubts that even more. Emma then tells him that they had a deal. Norman asks “had” a deal? Emma tells him not to play coy with her and tells him to call Daken off. Norman asks her why he would do that.
After a short period of time, Norman informs Emma that, if she’s attempting to read his mind, don’t bother. Even if they psychic shields that surround him weren’t state-of-the-art, he’d have no problem telling her that he has no idea what Daken is up to. But now that his curiosity is piqued, he thinks he’d like to. He then tells Ms. Frost that she talked her way into this, let’s hear her talk her way out. What is Daken up to?
In the jet, making their way to New York, Nick Fury asks Logan that if Daken gets hold of the Muramasa blade what can they expect. Worst-case scenario? Logan tells him that he can expect the worst-case scenario. Smacking the steering wheel in disgust, Fury asks Logan why he gave the blade to Summers for safekeeping? He should’ve given it to him. Logan replies no offense, but that would be like givin’ the A-bomb to Hitler. Fury remarks that Hitler had the A-bomb, they stole it. Logan tells him exactly. Seems to him he steals a lotta things, the jet for instance. Fury informs him that he takes what he needs to do the job. Logan remarks that havin’ somethin’ like the Muramasa blade would go a long way toward that, wouldn’t it? Fury replies yeah, it would.
When Logan asks Fury what their E.T.A. is, Fury tells him nineteen minutes at top speed but they’ll have to slow down to subsonic and drop below the deck once they near the city or they risk getting picked up on radar. Gritting his teeth, Logan tells him to keep the hammer down, they’re gonna hafta chance it. Nineteen minutes may be all the time the X-Men have.
On the ground in Prospect Park, Colossus leads the team while they make their way to Volara’s apartment. Cyclops tells the team to keep their eyes open. With Daken, they never know what angle the attack will come from but believe him, it’s coming. Further up, Daken watches them from his position in the trees, unbeknownst to them. Nightcrawler then asks Cyclops that he doesn’t think they will catch him unaware, corner him perhaps? Cyclops responds that he thinks that’s the last thing they want to do.
Just then, Colossus holds up his hand, informing the team to halt in their tracks. As he armors up, Cyclops asks him what… Colossus cuts him off and informs him landmine. Just then, a massive explosion occurs which tosses Colossus to the ground. When Cyclops asks him if he’s okay, he is told that he is fine. However, when he asks Armor, she takes a few steps and then collapses. When another explosion occurs, Cyclops shouts that Daken’s triggering them by remote, he’s somewhere close by.
Watching the explosions from the jet, Logan tells Fury to put them down there. Fury informs him no can do. He’s getting pinged by at least four different towers, he can’t risk the exposure. He knows he promised to get him there, but he’s got his own problems to deal with too. Logan informs him to do a fly-by then over the lake. After that, they’re done. Fury tells him he’s insane. Jumping out of the plane without a parachute, Logan replies that it runs in the family.
As the explosions continue to rock Prospect Park, Cyclops points into the trees and tells Cannonball there he is. Flying off, Cannonball tells him that he’s way ahead of him. In a clearing, Cyclops sees an injured civilian and tells Nightcrawler to get him clear. Teleporting in, Nightcrawler tells the man in the hooded sweatshirt that he begs his pardon but this may cause him some discomfort. As Nightcrawler puts his hand on the man’s shoulder, he tells him that he needs to go. Turning around, the man reveals himself as Daken and tells Nightcrawler that he was about to tell him the same thing and proceeds to stab him in the gut with his claws.
Across the park, Cannonball discovers the man that he has “saved” is not Daken. He then asks the man who he is. Stammering, the man informs him that h-his name is Alessandro Volara and begs him to help him. He can pay him; just get this thing off of him. Looking down at the man’s chest, Cannonball sees him covered in what looks to be batteries. Less than a moment later, elsewhere a button is pressed by Daken and an electric current rushes from the device on the man’s chest which takes Cannonball out of action.
After more explosions occur, Cyclops calls out to fall back to the ship. While Colossus carries Armor and follows his leader, Cyclops uses his transmitter and calls out to Nightcrawler and Cannonball to report. Before he can proceed any further, an explosion happens in front of Cyclops which knocks his visor off. Covering his eyes, Scott tells Colossus that they have to gather the X-Men and conduct an emergency evac… Colossus informs him that they are cut off from the ship.
After more explosions occur in front of them, Colossus tells Scott that they have to go the other way. When Scott tells him No!, they have to find the rest of the team, Colossus states that he will come back for them. However, a few steps later, Colossus falls into a deep pit, filled with water. As he sinks down into it, Cyclops blindly grabs Armor’s arm and pulls her safely out of the pit. Collapsing to the ground in a heap, Daken grabs the Muramasa blade and holds it to Cyclops forehead. Pursing his lips in a snarl, he tells him not to open his eyes even though he’d love for him to see this.
However, before Daken can deliver the killing blow, Logan appears in his yellow and blue costume and proceeds to slash the sword out of Daken’s hands. As they face off, both rush off to get to the sword. Daken wins and tells Logan “too slow old man.” Logan responds by jamming his claws into Daken’s arm and grabbing hold of the sword. Holding it up to Daken, Logan tells him “boy, you will listen to me now.” He tells him it’s over, it’s done, it ends here. He will not allow him to become him. Daken asks him that he thinks that’s what he wants? No, he is destined to become something far, far greater.
Before Logan can ask him what he is saying, Cyclops blasts Daken with an optic blast. After another blast fells Logan, Cyclops picks up the sword, grabs Daken and begins to drag him towards the Blackbird. Putting another visor on, Scott calls Hank and informs him that he has Daken. Hank asks him that he took him alive? Scott informs him that he needs to secure him onboard, then gather up the rest of the… Hank cuts him off and warns him to think about what he is doing.
Just then, Logan picks himself up and tells Scotts to listen to Hank and give Daken to him. He can keep the blade; just give him his son – please. While Scott ponders his decision, Daken wakes up, stabs Scott in the leg with his claws, grabs the sword and prepares to deliver the killing blow. As he does, Logan leaps at him and exclaims “No!”


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Weapon XI – Part III
At some point in every man’s life, he gets to feelin’ that there’s somethin’ out there keepin’ him down. Standin’ between him an’ what he wants. Workin’ against him to make sure he never gets it. With most men, that feelin’s just self-pity. For Logan though, it’s real. It was Romulus.
He didn’t always know that, least not consciously. Subconsciously though, he had a clue. An’ that clue drove him crazy ‘cause it didn’t seem to lead anywhere. What had been done to his mind made it impossible for him to focus on it, narrow it down, track it to where it lived an’ give it back all the pain he’d endured. All the loss, all the sufferin’ that he just somehow knew wouldn’t fit into one man’s life. After he discovered a woman he had loved dead, he had a scent but no track. He was followin’ a trail without knowin’ where or to what it led. Until he was there.
Happening upon a camp of warriors, he met a man by the name of Muramasa. He was a mystic, a swordsman whose life was the stuff of myth and whose work was the stuff of legend. Muramasa used his powers to focus the rage he felt in his heart to extract it and to distill it down to a single drop. An’ then, a lot like what’d happen years on down the road, it was bonded to metal. Forged, refined, sharpened. From his blood was made the most fearsome weapon this world has ever known. An’ now, there it is, a lifetime later, starin’ him right in the face.
In Prospect Park located in Brooklyn, Daken points the Muramasa sword at Logan and tells him that he will not be interfering with his plans; he won’t let him. When Logan tells him that he can’t stop him, Daken asks if that is a challenge. Logan replies that it’s the truth to which Daken says it’s a ploy. As soon as Logan replies that he’s right, Colossus emerges from the ground and knocks Daken to the ground. Clutching the blade, Daken tells the Russian that the next time he puts him in the ground, he’ll stay there. Helping Colossus up, Logan reminds him that his armor won’t protect him from the blade – Colossus is aware of that fact.
Preparing for battle again, Daken yells at Logan and tells his father that he’s on the wrong side of this fight. Just then, Nightcrawler informs him that so is he and proceeds to kick him from many different directions while he teleports in and out. Eventually, Daken is able to slice Nightcrawler with the blade. As Nightcrawler falls to the ground in pain, Daken stands over him and tells him that his display was impressive but pointless. With a gleam in his eye, Nightcrawler tells him not really. Just then, Cannonball flies in and dislodges Daken from the sword. As he flies off, Logan calls out to him and tells him to let Daken go.
At first Cannonball wonders why but when he sees Daken pop his claws, he understands and drops him. Seeing an opening, Logan runs towards the sword but realizes that he’s not gonna make it. It’s too far away an’ he’s too close. When Cyclops goes to grab the sword, Daken swoops in, grabs it and prepares to drop it with all of his force upon Cyclops’ neck.
At that moment, Armor leaps between the sword and Cyclops. As soon as the sword hits Armor and her shield, a gigantic explosion occurs. The Muramasa blade is a weapon without equal. It has the capability to kill or cut through almost anything. Anything that is, except a memory, specifically Armor’s memory an’ the memories of her ancestors before her. All projected outward from her tiny little body in the form of an impenetrable psionic shield. When the smoke clears, Logan slowly makes his way to the sword and goes to grab it. Weakly, Daken tells him that it is his. Logan defiantly tells him no, it is his and collapses from the blast just as Daken does as well.
Sometime later, Logan awakens to the sound of helicopters coming closer to his location. Once he sits up, he realizes that Daken is gone but he still has the blade. At first, he wonders why Daken didn’t take the blade with him until he discovers that he didn’t have to. Why expose himself carryin’ around a damn samurai sword when all he needs is a small part of it? Looking down at the end of the sword, Logan sees that a small piece of it was chipped off in the explosion.
When Cyclops makes his way over to Logan, he asks if Daken is gone. Logan admits that he is but that he took the missin’ part of the sword with him. Cyclops tells him that he can find him. Logan replies yeah, somehow he has to. He then tells Scott that he can’t give the blade back to him. As Logan helps him up, Scott informs Logan that he doesn’t want him to. He wants him to take it with him, track Daken down, and deal with him. When Logan tells him that he won’t kill him, Scott states that he’s beyond salvation. Hasn’t he ever looked into his eyes? Logan says he looks into ‘em every day.
As Logan walks away, Cyclops gathers the rest of the X-Men together and calls out to Logan that his quest is nothing but selfishness. He forces himself to believe that Daken can be saved because… In his mind, Logan finishes Scott’s thought for him – “because that would mean he can be saved, too.”
Nine hours later, in Grand Central Station in New York City, Phineas Mason, the Tinkerer is in a wheelchair and receives a phone call. The person on the other end of the line says to him that he trusts his train ride into the city was comfortable. The Tinkerer cantankerously replies that his spinal cord was severed with a combat knife, he is never comfortable. He then asks how much longer he is supposed to wait for whoever it is he’s waiting for. He’s going to get recognized. The person on the other end tells him that’s the point.
In an undisclosed location, Nick Fury informs Logan that he found the Tinkerer in Grand Central Station. Immediately, Logan has the cab driver take him over there. Once at Grand Central Station, Logan realizes that findin’ Daken is almost impossible unless he’s lookin’ for ya. Or, if ya know who he’s lookin’ for, which he does – the Tinkerer. Mason is one o’ maybe four people on the planet who can do what Daken wants to have done, an’ the only one who’ll do it on a cash basis. Sooner or later, Daken’s gonna hook up with this piece o’ $#@%. Until that happens, Tinkerer’s gonna have a shadow. When Mason rolls his wheelchair into the restroom, he comes face to face with what appears to be Romulus.
Standing outside the restroom, waiting for Mason to exit, Logan discerns that even takin’ into account the fact that he’s paralyzed from the waist down, he’s takin’ way too long in there. Entering, Logan discovers that Mason’s gone. An’ the only scents he’s gettin’ are ones that make him wanna puke. This is, after all, a bathroom in the middle o’ Grand Central Station. Seeing somebody’s feet in the stall, Logan thinks to himself that it can’t be and prepares himself for battle. Just then, the man inside the stall knocks the door off its hinges and proceeds to pummel Logan with his gigantic fists.
As he is beaten down, Logan recalls what Fury told him at the bar. “Second was Victor Hudson, born blind and mute. Victor was raised in solitude by his mother, Bernice. One day, Bernice walked into her local church proclaiming that she had given birth to the devil’s child and that, the previous night the devil had not only revealed himself to her, but had taken the child back into his bosom. No one ever saw Victor Hudson again.” As Victor Hudson stands over Logan, Logan sees that he is a very large man with a bald, deformed head.
In a tunnel below Grand Central Station, the Tinkerer asks out loud where he is supposed to go now and states that this is not how he prefers to conduct his business. A man in the shadows asks what business that would be, weapon development, exotic metals? Mason replies that he takes it he’s the one he’s supposes to be meeting? The man replies “evidently.” When Mason asks evidently?, the man in the shadows points out that there are the only two people standing in a railway station that hasn’t been used in over a century so, he sincerely doubts this is a coincidence. Just like he doubts the fact a train is now arriving at a railway station that hasn’t been used in over a century a coincidence either. When it arrives, Mason asks if they are supposed to get on board. The man in the shadows, Daken, tells him “uh-oh, there’s no wheelchair access.” Mason angrily tells him that his sense of humor is sickening. Leaning down, Daken tells him wait’ll he gets to know him.


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Weapon XI – Part IV – Conclusion
Where am I? Why, why can’t I feel anything? You’re not supposed to feel. No! Stop! I can’t breath! The light, it burns! Why can’t I close my eyes?! Your eyes will never close again. I don’t wanna see this! You have no choice. You’re not human. Then what am I? What have you done to me? Standing in front of Daken when he awakens, Logan, covered in blood, tells him “don’t worry, you’ll get used to it, just like me.”
Awaking from his nightmare, Logan yells at no and finds himself on the floor of a Grand Central Station restroom. He discovers that Victor is gone and wonders if he’s too late. He tries to concentrate. Tinkerer was there, so was Victor. Daken must’ve been there somewhere. Romulus set it up, put Daken and Tinkerer together. Victor is security, makin’ sure he stays clear. Victor is Romulus’ man on the ground, makin’ sure it all goes accordin’ to plan. Victor is gone because his job is done. Daken and Tinkerer are gone, secure somewhere. It’s happening right now.
Concentrating, he discerns that Victor’s job isn’t done. Daken and Tinkerer aren’t secure. Romulus knows he won’t quit, Romulus knows he doesn’t die. Find Victor – find Daken. Standing up, he tells himself that he has to stop concentrating and let it go. He has Victor’s scent, he got it when he punched him. He can track him, he can use what they gave him. Forget about what he wants to be, embrace what he is. Let it all go. With that, Logan takes off out of the bathroom and past shocked onlookers.
Inside his workshop, Phineas Mason, the man known as the Tinkerer, tells Daken that he’s not human; he’s just like his father, physiologically at least. What he finds more fascinating is the blade he brought him, what does he call it? Daken says the Muramasa blade, a portion of it. Mason states that at first glance, it looks like a truly exceptional example of tamahagane, the black-sand steel used for centuries to make… Daken cuts him off and tells him that he knows what tamahagane is. Mason replies isn’t he just so very educated. Mason adds that whatever it is, it isn’t actually even metal. It’s some sort of plasmic form disguising itself as metal. Luckily for them, the disguise is flawless, he should be able to treat it just as he would any other refined steel. In theory, this should be quite easy, provided he doesn’t kill him in the process.
He then tells Daken that, since the metal cannot come into contact with his soft tissues without catastrophic effect, he’s manufactured sheaths out of adamantium. They will be anchored inside his forearms. Unlike his father, whose claws are braced by an entire skeletal system bonded with adamantium that acts as a shock absorber, he’s going to have to be extremely careful when he uses his. The metal from the sword blade and the organic material it’s bonded to can be broken, shattered. The resulting shrapnel would be devastating. His advice – be close, be sure.
As Daken lies down on the table, he tells Mason how sweet, he cares. Mason informs him that his instructions to he have nothing to do with concern for his personal safety. He is a master of his craft. What he does today will reflect that. It would offend him greatly to see his work wielded clumsily by an ignorant amateur. As he starts to cut into Daken’s arm with a scalpel, Daken winces in pain. Looking at the arm, he mentions that this is going to take a bit longer than he thought.
Exiting Grand Central Station and entering the streets of New York, Logan thinks to himself that he has to move faster and keep the scent. There are a lot of scents, but only one that matters. His, Victor’s. Just then, Logan sees Victor running into an alley-way. Victor Hudson is Romulus’ dog. If he finds Victor, he finds Daken. As Logan approaches him, Victor grabs hold of him and slams him into a nearby window with very little effort.
A cop sees what is happening and begins to head over in that direction. Some locals attempt to stop him and tell him that he doesn’t have to do that. He doesn’t have to throw his life away. That’s not a man he’s chasing after, it’s a monster. Enraged, Logan faces off against Victor again and is able to dodge one of his massive fists. Meanwhile, Logan fights an internal war between himself. Part of him wants to kill Victor but another part knows it is wrong.
Just as he goes to slash Victor with his claws, the cop calls out to them to freeze and Victor takes advantage and delivers a massive blow to Logan’s cranium. When Victor begins to lumber off, the cop tells him to freeze again and points his gun at him. Logan proceeds to angrily knock him down and holds his claws up to his face. Scared, the cop tells Logan that he has a kid.
Logan leaves the man and heads off after Victor again. He had a kid too. He’s been keepin’ the rage inside in check for so long. Once he lets it out… Leaping into the open manhole cover, Logan catches the Tinkerer’s scent on the passing train. He knows that means Daken’s there too. He’s so close, he can’t let the rage blind him. He has to get hold o’ himself. When he attempts to lower himself between the train cars, Victor grabs him by the foot and slams him into the other train car. As Logan falls to the ground, Victor releases the connection that is holding the two train cars together.
Instinctively, Logan grabs hold of the train car that Victor is on and screams in pain as he hold onto it. Victor proceeds to kick him numerous times in the head. While he does, Logan realizes that he’s doin’ it to him again – pushin’ him back so he’ll go forward, toward him, toward Romulus and away from his son. Hearing the words “I am what you will become,” Logan realizes what he has to do and lets go of the train. Getting up, Logan walks back into the train and goes to find Daken and save him. He also has to pray that he’s not too late.
Entering the workshop, Logan sees Daken inside a giant test-tube with a number of wires coming out of him. Logan angrily asks Mason what he’s done to his son. Mason replies that he did what he was paid to do; he turned a man into a weapon. Just then, the test-tube breaks open and Daken stands there with Muramasa claws coming out of the inside of his wrists. The other two claws in his forearms on each hand are still made of bone. Logan calls out to Daken no and tackles him, paying special attention to stay away from the inside claws. Eventually, Logan is able to pin Daken to the ground. Daken yells at him to let him go. He’s here, Romulus is on the train!
Logan tells him not anymore, he let him go. He was on the train car that Logan let loose, the one that Victor was on. Daken asks he let him… Letting Daken up, Logan tells says that it was Daken or Romulus. He had to make a choice. Daken angrily tells him that he made the wrong choice and jams his claws into Logan’s chest. As he does, Logan thinks to himself that Daken is right. He did make the wrong decision. He can see that now.
Five days later in Olagansk, Russia, a man by the name of Sergei asks Logan how it feels to be dead. Logan tells him that he ain’t. He realizes that he could’a been, easy. For whatever reason, Daken pulled back and didn’t use the Muramasa claw. He doubts it was outta the kindness of his heart but who knows? Maybe there’s hope for him after all. He can’t think about that now though. When Sergei shows him a newspaper that has a picture of a new group of sanctioned Avengers on it, he says that with a doppelganger in place, he is free to move, he is a ghost.
Logan knows he’s right. Havin’ Daken out in the open, playin’ the Wolverine part for Osborn, has made it easier for him to get around. But Romulus knows the truth an’ it’s him he’s there for. Romulus took away the one thing he had left to lose. That was a mistake. Now there’s nothin’ stoppin’ him. Nothin’ holdin’ him back – nothin’.
Inside a Russian prisoner, one of the head guards mentions to the prison warden that he has just been made aware of today’s prisoner transfer and that he feels that the facility is not equipped to deal with a prisoner of such… The warden cuts him off and tells him the transfer is happening and there is nothing that can be done about it. If there were, he would’ve done so by now. The guard leaves and asks his fellow guards if the isolation cells have been evacuated and the prisoners relocated as he asked. When the answer comes as yes, their prisoner arrives – Omega Red.


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Romulus: Part One
At Vutluga prison in Russia, the prison manager asks the warden for his afternoon report and if there have been any incidents. When the warden replies seventeen, the manager asks only seventeen? The warden states that that the prisoners are listless and that many of them have complained of feeling drained. The manager states that he feels much the same way. He then asks if there have been any incidents within the solitary confinement unit. The warden informs that there have been none. The manger mutters ‘yet,’ seeming to sense the impending doom.
Holding his glass of vodka, the warden asks the manager why Rossovich was sent there, why them? The manager replies God’s will perhaps. When the warden asks him if he believes that, the manager says that he does not and that he suspects there are other forces at work. Forces they should pray never to know. With that, they down their vodka.
On a cell phone, a man by the name of Lavrinenno calls defense minister Oleg Konstantinov’s office and tells him that he has information to trade. Once Konstantinov gets on the line, he tells Lavrinenno that it’s good to hear from him and asks him how his sister is. Lavrinenno informs him that she is dead; he murdered her in a garage in Skrotja nine years ago. But they both know this.
When Konstantinov asks him what his information is, Lavrinenno tells him that the Wolverine is there in Novosibirsk. Konstantinov asks if he is certain and Lavrinenno replies that he is, he just saw him a few moments ago. Hearing this, Konstantinov tells Lavrinenno, who is just entering his residence, to put Wolverine on the phone. Sure enough, standing in the hallways into Lavrinenno’s residence is Wolverine, having followed him home.
Once Logan is on the line, Konstantinov asks him who is backing his mission. When Logan replies “nobody, it’s personal,” Konstantinov tells him that this is of no comfort to him. Perhaps while he is in neighborhood, he would like to participate in their new capitalist society. Logan tells him to post a list and he’ll see what he can do. He’ll require payment in advance though. When Konstantinov then asks him what he requires, Logan tells him to “keep an eye on me.” Startin’ tomorrow, he wants to be spotted in Moscow, then in Odessa, maybe Tcheli. Konstantinov states in other words, anywhere he is not. After Logan admits that is the case, Konstantinov asks him who he thinks is watching him. He asks not to be intrusive but to simply know who can see him. Standing over a decapitated Lavrinenno with bloody claws, Logan tells him that he can see him. That’s all he should be worryin’ about.
Later, entering his hotel room, Logan reflects on how Konstantinov’s fake broadcast will buy him a few days at the most. Eventually, Romulus will see through it. But a few days is all he needs. Victor Hudson knows he’s followin’ him. Been doin’ it since New York, nine days ago. He’s been tryin’ to give him the slip but he can’t. Not anymore, not ever again, he’s got his scent. Victor is Romulus’s right-hand man, his operative, his sole physical interface with the rest o’ the world. That’s Romulus’s greatest strength, nobody’s ever seen him – includin’ Victor.
Born blind an’ mute, Victor’s perfectly suited for the job. He could torture him all day an’ night and he’ll never tell him nothin’ – he can’t. But if he follows him long enough, an’ if his play through Konstantinov works an’ he thinks it’s safe, he’ll lead him back to his master. Up ‘til now, there were two things holdin’ him back from goin’ directly at Romulus. He didn’t know how to find him an’, even if he did, gettin’ to him meant goin’ directly through his son, Daken. Now, finally, he’s got a trail to follow an’ with Daken off doin’ his own thing there ain’t nothin’ that Romulus can throw in his way to stop him.
In solitary confinement in the Russian prison, a sick Omega Red notices that his dinner has arrived. When the old man slides Omega’s dinner into him, he tells him to make it quick. Omega asks if that is because he has to bring the cup and plate back with him and then says to him that he has AIDS. That is why they are using him for this task, because he is already dead. The old man replies no, he volunteered. Omega says so he wants him to kill him? But there is so little life left in him, it is hardly worth his effort. Tossing the cup and plate out of his cell, he tells him to take it, it doesn’t agree with him.
Picking up the dinnerware, the old man tells him that his sentence was for ten years but then he got this #$%@in’ disease. As he starts to cry he adds that he’s going to die in the prison alone. Smiling, Omega tells him that he won’t be alone. Banging on the door, the old man tells Omega to do it. He knows who he is; he could kill everyone in this hell! Why is he waiting?
In Amsterdam, a diver finds the carbonadium synthesizer and brings it to his buddy, Alfons, on the shore. Taking it from him, Alfons is excited to see it and kisses him on the side of his face in excitement. When his diving friend then tells him that he’s sorry, Alfons asks for what? He has just made him a very rich man. His diving friend then brandishes a weapon and stabs Alfons in the neck, killing him.
As he begins to stash Alfons’ body into the river, the diver is confronted by a police officer, who orders him to stop moving and drop his weapon. When the diver does, the policeman shoots him and then gathers up the synthesizer. He proceeds to call Romulus, who is on a train, and tells him that he has it, just as he said. The cop then reminds Romulus not to forget that they had a deal. The cop gives Romulus what he wants and Romulus gives the cop what he wants. Romulus tells him not to worry; he will get exactly what he deserves.
Two days later in Krasnoyarsk, wearing his yellow and blue costume, Logan thinks to himself that Romulus seems to have a thing ‘fer trains. Makes sense, every continent on the globe ‘cept Antarctica is covered by a network o’ old railway tracks, most of ‘em forgotten. Hidden ‘cause nobody’s lookin’ for ‘em. Every track in a rail system’s connected to every other track in that system. An’ every system’s connected with every other system at the switchyards. Everything is connected. That’s what he’s lookin’ for, a connection. Observing Victor entering a train via the use of binoculars, he thinks he just found it and proceeds to leap towards the train.
In the prison, the old man brings Omega a letter and tells him that he was told to bring him this. Reading it, Omega begins to laugh. The old man asks him if it is good news. Omega replies very good news. By dawn, his suffering will be over.
Waking up on top of the train, Logan realizes that the sun is up an’ the train’s stopped. Seeing Victor walk off into the woods, he follows him, wondering where he is going. Seeing a shelter with a ladder, Logan wonders if this is it and if this is where he hides himself. Reaching the top of the ladder, Logan discovers that it’s locked from the outside and determines that somebody on the other side o’ is let Victor in.
Logan assumes that it’s Romulus and angrily slashes through the barricade and makes his way in the courtyard of a prison. Logan thinks to himself that it makes sense. It’s fortified, secure, remote an’ even though everybody knows it exists, they pretend it doesn’t. Nobody’s lookin’ ‘cause nobody wants to see. This is where the monsters live, but not for much longer.
Making his way down the hallway, Logan senses that the place already reeks o’ death an’ not the natural kind. At that moment, Logan sees that the door to one of the cells has crushed a man – the old man that was serving Omega his dinner. Running through the prison, Logan can sense that somethin’s wrong there and finds all the prisoners and guards dead. Logan sees that it has been burnt and that Romulus has killed everybody off, cuttin’ ties. He knows that Romulus knew he was coming but how?
Just then, Logan sees a familiar sight, the carbonadium synthesizer. He dropped that in a river in Amsterdam, how did it end up? He then recalls that Victor was carrying a suitcase when he got on the train. He was lookin’ so hard for a hidden connection, he missed the obvious one. He’s been set up. Victor knew he was trailin’ him and he led him there by the nose. All his moves, all his plans an’ he still walked right into Romulus’s trap. He was a fool, a damn fool. Wrapping his coils around his neck, Omega tells him “and now you will die.”


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Romulus: Part Two
9 hours ago at Pulkovo International airport in Russia, two FSB agents show a picture of a man and ask the director of security if they have detained him. The director of security admits that they have. He arrived on a flight from the United States this afternoon. How he was able to board the flight is quite a mystery when taking into consideration he is wanted for questioning by at least seven international agencies. They are holding him until the embassies sort out the matter.
Stoic-faced, the agents inform him that the man is to come with them immediately. The director replies that he’s sorry but that’s impossible and that the FSB must wait in line with everyone else. The agents tell him that he misunderstands. They are informing him of what is to happen, not asking whether or not it is possible. Showing a gun inside their jackets, the agents add that the detained is to come with them immediately. The director answers that he sees but may he ask on whose authority. Walking away, the agents tell him if they were him, they would not.
At Vutluga prison, Omega Red and Wolverine are locked in fierce combat. As they do so, Omega asks Wolverine why he struggles so much. Is this not what he wanted? Why else would he have come to this place if not to die? Struggling against Omega’s coils, Wolverine thinks to himself that, when he came there, he thought he’d find Romulus. He should’ve pulled back immediately, regrouped and came up with a plan. But he’s been waiting so long that he charged in. Getting tossed into a wall, Wolverine realizes that he was unprepared, stupid, and blind. This was a set-up, an ambush.
After getting hit in the eyes with Omega’s coils, Wolverine is physically blinded. Lying on the ground, bleeding, Wolverine recalls that back durin’ the Cold War, Russian scientists came up with a metal they called carbonadium. It was their answer to adamantium. But in their rush to please their bosses, the scientists glossed over one very important detail – carbonadium is highly radioactive. An’ Red’s body is shot through with the stuff.
Holding the carbonadium synthesizer in his hand, Omega is glad to have it at last. He mentions that all those years Wolverine kept it from him, the metal eating away at his body, at his mind. The C-synth is the only thing that can permanently stabilize the radiation. It was torture he cannot describe. Instead, he will show him. He informs Wolverine that he knows of his healing factor. He knows that killing him will take a very long time but now that he has everything he ever wanted, he is in no hurry.
6 hours ago at Obakril train station, a father hurries his son onto the train; they don’t want to miss it. At that moment, two Russian police officers push past the boy. As the train leaves the station, the boy sees the officers investigating the area around the trash dumpsters. Near the dumpsters, the officers find two dead agents and wonder what they should do, they are FSB. They then wonder why the FSB would be there, and who on earth could do this without being seen.
In the prison, Omega asks Wolverine where his friends are. Why do they not come to save him? Catching one of Omega’s coils, Wolverine tells him that he don’t need ‘em to take care o’ his punk ass and attempts to pull Omega towards him. When he doesn’t budge him, Omega flips him up against the wall as if he was a small toy. Landing on the ground with a thud, Wolverine recognizes that Omega is so much stronger than last time and wonders how. When one of the prisoners weakly asks for help, Wolverine realizes why.
There was a reason why those Russian scientists chose Arkady Rossovich to become Omega Red. His mutant abilities masked the negative effects of the carbonadium. Red can “feed” off of others, to siphon off their life force an’ use it for himself. It’s only temporary though an’ it’s only effective when he has ready access to plenty o’ healthy “donors.” Inside a prison filled with a number of inmates, Wolverine says that means he couldn’t have picked a worse place to fight this bastard if he’d tried.
On the train, the boy wakes his father from his slumber and tells him that they have arrived at their destination. Gazing at his watch, the man tells his son that is not possible. The boy proceeds to ask why the train has stopped then. Just then, the conductor makes an announcement and apologizes for the delay and that the will be underway in only a few moments. Putting his arm around his son, the man tells him that there was nothing to worry about, nothing at all. Outside, where the train had stopped, there are fresh footsteps in the snow heading towards the back entrance of the prison.
Inside the prison, Omega tells Wolverine to just close his eyes and go to sleep; this will be over before he knows it. Gathering his thoughts, Wolverine realizes that if he doesn’t get the hell outta there soon, the prisoners are doomed. Red’ll drain ‘em dry. An’ it ain’t like he’s doin’ too good there either. His vision’s comin’ back sorta but he’s gonna keep that little secret to himself for now.
With that, Wolverine leaps towards Omega but misses him on purpose. Dodging him easily, Omega tells Wolverine that he’s over there blind man. Wolverine knows that but the C-synth is over there. Red’s been playin’ it real smart so far – usin’ his tentacles, keepin’ his distance and stayin’ clear of his claws. If he’s gonna have any chance at all, he has to bring him in close. Seeing Wolverine holding the C-synth, Omega angrily tells him to give it back to him. Holding it out, Wolverine dares him to come an’ get it.
As Omega rushes towards him, Wolverine assesses the situation. He’s half-blind, can only use one arm, an’ he’s about as weak as he can be an’ still stand up. He can’t believe this was his plan. When Omega gets in close, Wolverine stabs him in the coils and then gets backfisted for his efforts. As he continues to battle him in close, Wolverine knows that Omega is stronger than he is, taller than he is, an’ heavier than he is. He can use those last two things against him. Using the strength he can muster, Wolverine is able to stab Omega in his shoulder and tosses him into the prison bars. As he stumbles away, Wolverine thinks to himself ‘c’mon Red, don’t give up now.’ He then says to himself ‘yeah right, like he ever has.’
Making his way into a nearby storage room, Wolverine deduces that he’s gotta find a way to even things up a bit. That was about all the toe-to-toe action he thinks he can handle right now. Seeing a bunch of chains sitting on a table, he decides that those will work. Once Omega walks into the room, Wolverine smacks him in the face with the long chain. He knows they ain’t made o’ carbonadium but they’re long and heavy an’ he can damn sure use ‘em to put some pain on the bastard. As Wolverine uses the chains against Omega, he thinks to himself that there’s not much point in doin’ this, every bit he takes out of Omega, he just replaces with a bit o’ him. But he hates this piece o’ crap and he wants to hit him as much as he can while he can.
Once Wolverine is able to knock Omega to the ground for a little while, he drops to one knee as he is in severe pain. Just then, One of Omega’s coils catch him across the neck. Wolverine recognizes that it was just a glancin’ blow – painful, but not much behind it. He notices that Red is distracted and that Red’s realized he Wolverine doesn’t have the C-synth anymore. When Omega sees it across the room, Wolverine wonders what it’s gonna be for him – the C-synth or Wolverine?
As Omega rushes towards the C-synth, a smile comes across Wolverine’s face. Using his chain, Wolverine catches the lever which brings the gate down upon Omega and into his chest, pinning him to the ground. Taking the opportunity to leave the prison, Wolverine thinks that it’d be so easy. Omega would try to keep him back with his tentacles but eventually he’d get close enough. He could sink his claws into his belly, pull to the side and watch his guts come spillin’ out. It’d be so easy.
Retracting his claws, Wolverine determines that if he finished Omega off, he’d just siphon what he needed away from the prisoners and kill every one of ‘em. Picking up the C-synth, he decides that this is far as things are gonna go there. He knows that now that he has the C-synth, Omega’ll chase after him. And eventually, he’ll catch up and when he does… At that moment, Omega yells out to Wolverine to go ahead and run coward but know that he is behind him always. When they meet next, things will go much differently. Gritting his teeth, Wolverine tells him he’s right, they will.
While Wolverine walks through the snow, injured, a man informs his boss that Wolverine has left the prison. When his boss asks about Omega Red, the man informs him that he assumes he’s dead. There’s no way he’d leave somebody that dangerous at his rear. His boss tells him that his assumption may cause him to make that very mistake. When the man states that he knows what he’s doing, his boss remarks that thus far, he’s done nothing. The man replies that the fight took everything Wolverine had. He’s weak now, barely able to walk. The boss says to him and yet, he fears him.
At the moment that Wolverine falls to the ground in a heap, dropping the C-synth, the man, Wild Child, tells his boss Romulus no, he’s just been waitin’ for the perfect opportunity.


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Romulus: Part Three
At Hughesovka Ironworks #5 located in central Russia, Wildchild has Logan bound and hanging precariously over a vat of melted metal. Standing at the controls, Wildchild asks Wolverine if he can read Russian; he bets he can. Him, nope, but that guy could. He’s the one who showed him how to turn the thing on, work all the controls an’ stuff. Told him that once the needle gets to about there, well, that’s when Wolverine will go into the melted metal feet first.
Wild Child then says to him that guys like them, what can he say, they’re hard to kill. But he’s pretty sure dunking him in a cauldron of molten iron’s a good place to start. His flesh, of course, will burn away in just a few seconds. Then his bones until eventually all that’ll be left is that adamantium of his. Which, when this thing cools is gonna be pretty much stuck. Pointing at the vat, Wildchild asks him if there’s anything he wants him to write on the side there. A, uh, whattya call it – epitaph? Wolverine tells him “@#$% you, Wildchild.” Wildchild thinks about it for a second and then says he likes it.
Raising his arms in the air, Wildchild states that ‘if all of you are gonna be this easy, he might just…’ Wolverine asks what he means, ‘all of us?’ Looking up at Wolverine, Wildchild says to him that he means he hasn’t figured it out yet. Logan thinks to himself that the only thing he’s figured is there ain’t no way it’s a coincidence that him, Omega Red an’ Wildchild are all in the same place at the same time. For some reason, ‘Romulus is pittin’ us all against… us.’ Nuke, Daken, Sabretooth, Cyber, Omega Red, Wildchild – ‘all of us.’
Coming to a realization, Wolverine says ‘my God’ and thinks to himself that this was all part of a plan, his plan. Wildchild tells him now he’s gettin’ it. There’s only room for one at the top of the food chain and Romulus? He’s getting too old for this. It’s time to name a successor but first, they have to prove they’re worthy by killin’ off all the others. He then tells Wolverine that obviously, he’s got quite a lead on the rest of them. Wolverine then thinks back to everything he’s done since he got his memories back – killing Nuke, beheading Sabretooth, leaving Cyber for dead was what he wanted him to do. “I am what you will become.” He thought he was free but this whole time he was just a pawn – nothing has changed.
Wildchild says to Wolverine that he really didn’t know, huh? Wow, that’s… Pointing down at the needle on the control, Wildchild tells Wolverine uh oh, ‘fraid he has some more bad news for him. As he starts to lower Wolverine into the molten metal, he tells him that he thought Omega Red was the last to know, an’ get this, he wasn’t even interested. Holding the carbonadium synthesizer in his hand, Wildchild says it wasn’t until they told him they’d give him this thing. He then wonders what it is.
Just then, Omega Red crashes through the wall and tells Wildchild that the device is his. Engaging Wildchild in battle, Red tells him that he has come for what belongs to him. As they do battle, Logan continues to head towards the molten metal. He recalled that Wildchild’s plan was to drop him in feet first. His plan ain’t much better. He’s going in hands first. He knows it’s gonna be bad. An’ even knowin’ that, once he’s outta there, he’ll eventually heal don’t make it better.
Swinging, Logan is able to angle it so he lands in the molten metal arms first and lets out a yell. Grabbing Red around his neck from behind, Wildchild states one down. Headbutting Wildchild, Red calls him a fool and asks him if he really thinks that he will be the one to kill the Wolverine. Free from Wildchild’s clutches, Red tells him that killing Wolverine is not a thing that can be done in a day but something you must commit your life to doing. Take it from one who knows.
At that moment, Wildchild sees Wolverine escaping the factory with his arms burning. Wildchild calls out to him to go ahead and run, he’ll find him again. He’ll find him an’ he’ll rip him to &@#$ing pieces, you son of a… Taking the opportunity, Red jams his coil through Wildchild’s chest. When he does, he takes the C-synth from him and says to him that if he could, he would beg for his life now, yes? Flipping Wildchild away from him and into the molten metal, Red says to him to be thankful he let him die with some honor. As Wildchild burns, Red tells him ‘do svidaniya, Wildchild.’
In St. Petersburg two days later, Logan makes his way through a warehouse toting a crowbar. Walking with a purpose, Logan thinks to himself that when Professor X brought him into the X-Men, he erased his memories. Everything that Romulus did to him for all those years, all of the control mechanisms he had built into his mind, disappeared. Romulus couldn’t use him to hit his targets anymore, to clean up his messes. He was beyond his reach. When the memories came back, so did everything else. Everything he’s done since then, an’ everything he had planned to do, has been exactly what Romulus wants him to do – including killing him.
Reaching a crate, Logan opens it up. Before he left the states, he asked an old friend to use her connections to plant this for him. He didn’t want Romulus to know he had it. He didn’t wanna give him time to defend against it. But now, knowin’ what he knows… He won’t kill for Romulus anymore, he’s done. Picking out his cell phone with his bandaged arms, Logan calls the Black Widow. Perched on the edge of a building, Widow asks him if he received the package. Logan admits that he did but he needs her to do another favor for him. When Widow tells him of course, Logan says to her that he needs her to get rid of this thing. He wants her to lose it, understand. It’s too dangerous to be around anybody, includin’ him. Widow tells him to consider it done. But there’s something she needs to tell him, something that her Moscow contacts passed on to her. Logan asks what, that Omega Red’s closin’ in on him? Widow says she sees of course he already knows. Logan tells her yeah, well he had a feelin’.
After he hangs up with Widow, Logan comes face to face with Omega Red. Logan proceeds to tell him that he got what he wanted, the carbonadium synthesizer is his. He then tells him not to push his luck. Red replies that he did get what he wanted and now he wants everything else. Logan says to him that if he wants to be the next Romulus, go ahead, he ain’t gonna fight him for it. Red says he sees, but tell him, does he think his son will feel the same way?
Before he answers, Logan thinks to himself that he doesn’t think his son will feel the same way. He thinks he’ll fight him with everything he’s got for it, which after what happened in New York is a helluva lot. Then again, Red’s finally got the C-synth. He’s never been this powerful before or this dangerous. Maybe Daken’ll take him down, maybe Red’ll take him down. It’s too close to call. But the fact o’ the matter is he can’t stomach it either way. He ain’t gonna let him go after his son. He can’t an’ that means takin’ care o’ him there, his way, Romulus’s way.
Logan proceeds to tell Red that mentionin’ his son was a mistake, he was gonna let him live. Red laughs and asks Logan if he’s trying to intimidate him. He has toyed with him, he has coddled him like a baby. Hid adamantium claws are nothing to him. And yet, he thinks he can defeat him with a broken sword? Opening the small crate he is holding, Logan pulls out the Muramasa blade. Red tells him to go ahead and try. What is it that you Americans say? Ah, yes, give me your best shot.
Logan thinks to himself that some people might say that after all these years, after all the gallons of each other’s blood that they’ve spilled. After all the pain an’ sufferin’ an’ hate that’s brought them to this point, Omega Red deserves better. Holding up the sword, Logan tells Red that they’ve known each other a long time. When’s he gonna remember that he’s Canadian? Determining that those people who believe Red deserves better are wrong, Logan tosses the sword into Red’s chest.
Falling to his knees, Red weakly asks what is happening to him. Logan tells him that he’s dyin’. That thing stickin’ outta his heart is called the Muramasa blade. It’s every black thing inside o’ him, boiled down an’ made harder, sharper, more deadly. It kills everything an’ anyone. With his last breath, Red asks ‘even Romulus?’ Logan replies yeah, even him.
Just then, a large muscular man who looks a lot like Logan, only older and with Sabretooth’s finger claws, and four adamantium claws coming out of his hands tells Logan that they’ll see about that. With that, Logan comes face to face with the enigmatic Romulus.


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Romulus: Conclusion
As Wolverine faces off against him, Romulus asks Wolverine if he knows who he is. Gripping the Muramasa blade and growling, Wolverine thinks to himself that the blood on his hands and the scars on his soul are all because of... Wolverine exclaims youuu and leaps towards Romulus. Blocking his attack, Romulus states that he’ll take that as a “yes.”
Grabbing Wolverine’s arm and tossing him into some nearby crates, Romulus says to him that nothing ever changes with him, does it. Is that out of stubbornness or ignorance? Undeterred, Wolverine gets up and takes another swipe at Romulus. Dodging it, Romulus takes the advantage and elbows Wolverine in his kidneys, which doubles him over in pain. When he does, Romulus remarks that he’s seen everything change and he’s changed with it. That’s how he’s stayed on top.
When Wolverine straightens up, he sees no sign of Romulus. He angrily calls Romulus a coward for always hiding. Romulus says to him no, it’s the world that lives in his shadow, not the other way around. Appearing behind Wolverine, Romulus proceeds to grab his sword arm and slash him in the back with his claws. When he drops Wolverine on his head, Romulus tells him that he’s waited Wolverine’s whole life for this moment and this is what he gets? He didn’t come there for a @%#$ing sword fight.
Rising up, Wolverine leaves the sword on the ground and pops his claws. As he goes to engage Romulus in battle again, Romulus remarks that is more like it. Picking Wolverine up by his arms, Romulus elbows him in the face and tells him that he came there to see if he was ready, to see if he was worthy. Kicking Wolverine in the face, he tells him that he’s not. Pinning Wolverine to the ground, Romulus says that he can only hope that his son will...
Before Romulus can finish his thought, Wolverine slashes Romulus across the face. Holding onto his face for a moment, Romulus kicks Wolverine away. He then tells Wolverine that he’s really good with those things, referring to his claws, and asks if he ever wonders why. It’s because he taught him. Through the others, he’s taught him everything he knows. Made him into everything he is. He is him; he is what he will become; but only if he lives long enough. The whole time Romulus speaks, he continues to beat Wolverine into submission and eventually jams his claws deep into Wolverine’s shoulder.
Grabbing Romulus’ wrist, Wolverine defiantly tells him that he’ll live but he won’t and punches Romulus in the face. Leaping away from Romulus counter-attack, Wolverine tells Romulus that Wildchild told him what he wants from him, from them. But by doin’ that, he also told him somethin’ else. Romulus isn’t immortal; he’s just old an’ tired an’ scared. As Wolverine continues to slash away at him, Romulus tells him that he fears nothing. Wolverine points out that he fears what he can’t control, that’s why he’s there. Because he’s afraid that it’s all gonna slip from his grasp.
After one of Wolverine’s claw slashes, Romulus’ glove, containing his “claws” on his left hand, falls to ground, much to Romulus’ surprise. Noticing this, Wolverine mentions “An’ what you said about you bein’ what I’m gonna become? That’s a lie. Just like everything else about you. You’re not what I’m gonna become, I’m what you’ve always wanted to be.”
Enraged, Romulus leaps towards Wolverine. When he gets there, Wolverine and Romulus take a swipe at each other. Putting some distance between them, Wolverine tells Romulus to watch his step, it’s slippery over there. At that moment, Romulus doubles over and falls to his knees from the wound in his chest. Charging towards him, Wolverine asks Romulus what’s wrong, he thought he wanted to die. Romulus replies no, he wants to live forever. Raising the claws on his right hand, Wolverine tells him that ain’t gonna happen.
Romulus says to him that he’ll tell him what will happen. He’ll kill him and then he’ll become him. He’ll have no choice. He then asks him that he realizes what he is, doesn’t he? He’s not simply the head of some evil empire; he’s the top of the food chain. It’s a position that’s impossible to share, because he’s made it impossible by creating two of them – Wolverine and Daken. He may not want it, but his son does. It’s the only thing he wants and he’ll never stop wanting it until he either gets it by killing him or he’s killed by him. Only the most ruthless will survive this, only the one most like him.
Pointing his claws at Romulus’ head, Wolverine asks him if his hearin’ is failin’ him in his old age. He already told him, he’ll live. An’ so will his son. But him an’ everything he’s built are goin’ down hard – soon. With that, Wolverine turns and walks away and thinks to himself just as soon as he figures out... Before Wolverine can finish his thought, Romulus tells him that he forgot something and tosses the Muramasa blade at him.
After blacking out, Wolverine awakens immersed in a lake. Walking to the shore, Wolverine angrily asks where he is. Standing on the shore, Itsu welcomes her husband and asks him why he has kept her waiting. As Itsu begins to walk towards the house, Wolverine rushes over to her and tells her not to go to the house and grabs her by the arm. Shocked, he realizes that he’s touching her, it’s real. Wolverine apologizes to Itsu and tells her that he’s there now. Itsu replies that he is, but where is their son? Letting go of Itsu’s arm, Wolverine stands in silence.
In real-life, Wolverine wakes up to a sword butt strike to his temple. Romulus tells Wolverine that he’s lived longer than even he can remember so believe him when he tells him that he should never turn his back on an enemy. And he can never turn his back on what he is. There’s a reason why he’s spent his life watching the sheep and it’s not because he’s a shepherd. It’s because he’s a wolf. Romulus proceeds to cut his thumb with the Muramasa blade and examines the wound. Tossing the blade on Wolverine’s chest, Romulus tells him to keep it; he’ll need it. With that, Romulus walks out the door, holding his side.


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7 the Hard Way: Part One
Driving his motorcycle down the road, Logan thinks to himself that there ain’t no other way to say it. He got his ass kicked. In every way possible. Romulus knows him too well, he made him. Anything he can come up with, every plan of attack he’d use, is plan as day to him. He’d see it comin’ an’ he’d use it against him. He’d use it for himself, just like he’s been doin’ since the days he got his memories back. Romulus wants an heir to his throne.
At this point, there are only two contenders – him an’ Daken. His son. He doesn’t want it, Daken does. But to get it, he’s gotta go through him. He doesn’t want that either. Only way to resolve this ain’t by doin’ what he wants to do – which is destroyin’ Romulus – but by doin’ the one thing he’ll never expect. He’s gonna destroy the throne. An’ the reason he’ll never expect it? This ain’t his plan. He met with a fella a few days ago. Asked him what he’d have to do to get the job done. He gave him an answer. Can’t say it made much sense to him but that’s the point. All he has to do is put the pieces in place, startin’ there.
Walking up to a trailer in a junkyard, Wolverine tells the man sitting in front of it, Bruce, that he came to ask him a favor. Bruce tells him that if he’s looking to sell some scrap, he’ll have to come back during normal business hours and speak with Mr. Barrington. He’s just the temporary night watchman there. If it’s parts he’s looking for, they can probably work something out. But if he needs him to pull them for him, there’s a minimum charge of twenty dollars. He’s also available for physics tutoring. Usually, he only does that online but, in his case, he’ll make an exception. He charges sixty dollars per one-hour session, which is extremely reasonable, given his resume.
Wolverine replies that he’s lookin’ fer somethin’ else. Bruce asks “something” or someone? Staring up at him, Bruce tells him that part of his live is over, dead. Logan tells him not to jerk him around. Much like himself, he ain’t exactly known fer his patience. Bruce retorts that he is known for his excellent hearing. Making it kind of ironic that he’s having to repeat himself. Or maybe he just needs to simplify it for him. Standing up, Bruce informs Logan “no more Hulk, no more smash.”
Smacking Bruce across the face, Logan tells him bull. Wiping the blood off of his lip, Bruce tells Logan “buddy, you’ve just one made one hell of a big mistake.” Just then, a gigantic being appears on top of a pile of cars. Logan realizes that he has made a big mistake and it’s about to give him a Ford Taurus fer a tombstone. Dodging the car that is flung down towards him, Logan comes face to face with the gigantic being. Bruce tells him that he believes he remembers Skaar, his son.
Leaping down from his perch, Skaar goes to slice Logan in half with his sword. Logan manages to dodge the first assault but can’t dodge when Skaar grabs him by the ankle and flings him around the junkyard. As he does, Skaar asks Bruce that he’s not going to ask him to stop? Beg him not to kill the little rat? Bruce tells him no and that he can’t kill him. Peering at Bruce, Skaar asks if that is a challenge. Pulling himself out of the wreckage, Logan thinks to himself fer God’s sake Bruce. What’d he ever do to deserve… Remembering back to the time when he attacked the Hulk in Canada, Logan knows his answer.
Before he can react, Skaar slams his fist into Logan’s head. Standing over him, Skaar asks how. Bruce informs him that his, Logan’s, skeleton is bonded with adamantium. It’s unbreakable, even by their standards. Chest-deep in the ground, Logan thinks to himself that it hurts but more’n that, it’s embarassin’. Kneeling down, Bruce tells Logan that very soon Skaar is going to kick him. When he regains consciousness, he’ll be in the next state over and he’ll have forgotten both how and where he found them. Is that understood?
After asking Bruce if he’s layin’ low, Bruce replies that he is. Logan then asks if he’s hopin’ to keep his son from getting’ sucked into the same nightmare he was livin’. Bruce looks at Logan for a moment and then tells him yes. Pulling himself out of the hole, Logan informs Bruce that it might surprise him to know that he’s doin’ the same damn thing. Bruce tells him good luck with that and Skaar proceeds to kick him with great force out of the junkyard.
The next day, in the next state over, a man and his son are surveying the land. Looking through a leveling instrument, the father informs his son that the property line falls just to the west of that big… spruce tree. He then asks his son, Paul, if his cell phone worked out there. Paul tells him yeah and then asks why. His father tells him that he needs him to call 911. Paul asks his dad if he’s havin’ another heart attack. Putting his binoculars down, the father tells his son to relax, it ain’t for him. Handing the son his binoculars, he shows him Logan impaled on a tree.
Regaining consciousness, Logan can’t %@#?*$ believe this. Using his claws, Logan cuts the tree right below him. As it moves, Logan yells out in pain. That hurt, but the fall down is gonna hurt a lot worse. Once he falls to the ground, the father and his son arrive on the scene in their truck. The son tries to convince his dad to stop but the father runs over to Logan and tells him to take it easy. After seeing his claws, the father notices that Logan is a mutant. Peering up at him, Logan asks him if he’s got a problem with that. The father replies that from what he can tell, he’s the one with the problem, not him. Logan thinks to himself good point and lies on his back.
The son asks him what happened to him - did he fall out of a plane or something? Standing up, Logan asks him who the hell falls out of a plane. Angrily, the son tells Logan that he’s tryin’ to help him so drop the attitude. Seeing the phone in the son’s hand, Logan asks him who he called. The son informs him that he called 911. Logan informs him to call ‘em back an’ tell ‘em it was a false alarm or somethin’. He doesn’t need an ambulance. All he needs is some clean water to flush this out an’ a place to rest up for a few hours, an’ maybe somethin’ to eat? The father immediately tells Logan sure. The son asks what?! Turning to his dad, he points out to him that he doesn’t even know who or what this guy even is. The father replies sure he does, he’s a fella that’s hurt.
Later, the son calls the FBI field office in Seattle and informs the agent on the other end of the line that the mutant they found was a white guy, short, an’ really hairy, an’ he has metal claws. Ever since his mom died, and his dad had his heart attack, he’s been actin’ kinda… Look, he just doesn’t want him to get hurt. The agent tells the son not to worry, he did the right thing. The son says yeah, because this guy is dangerous. He can tell when he wakes up, there’s no telling what he’ll…
Pulling out a file, the agent sees a number (632-9577) stuck to the front of the file and calls out “yes!” Hearing that, the son asks “excuse me?” The agent tells him to hold the line. Dialing the other number, the agent asks if this is… The man on the other end of the line, Romulus, is on a train and verifies that it is him. The agent tells Romulus that his old partner told him that if he ever had anything juicy on a mutant named Wolverine, that he should pass it along via this number that he gave him and that he’d, y’know, take care of him. Romulus informs Agent Bartholomew that he will take care of him; he can rest assured of that. Bartholomew begins to ask how he knew his name, but Romulus asks him what he has that is so “juicy.” The agent informs him that for starters, he knows where he is.
In a room, Logan is healed up. The plan he’s workin’ all hinges on stayin’ one step ahead o’ Romulus. If he finds out who he’s been talkin’ to before… Just then, Logan hears sirens. Exiting the building, Logan realizes that he’s been sold up the river, what a shocking development. Upon seeing the son with his cell phone, Logan thinks to himself that maybe he was wrong. Maybe all sons are jerks. An’ here he thought it was just his.
In one of the oncoming cop cars, one of the officers asks his partner that he’s certain the governor said the warrant would have the right time of issue on it. His partner replies’s what he said, said they’d have a copy waitin’ for them back at the post when they return with their prisoner. The cop asks what they know about the fugitive. Shouldn’t the FBI be in on this? His partner tells him he asks a lot of questions. The cop apologizes but adds that this is the kinda stuff that can get you kicked outta the state patrol. His partner asks by who, the governor? He then tells him to listen. Odds are, this is a political favor the governor’s doin’ for some other greasy politician. Helpin’ him pull it off ain’t gonna hurt his career, it’s gonna help it. That’s how the system works – favors for favors.
On his train, Romulus tells the governor that’s very good news and tells him to sleep tight. He then begins to wonder what Wolverine is up to.
In the woods, Logan thinks to himself that he can’t just skin outta there. If he ain’t where he’s been reported to be, they’ll just arrest the kid an’ his dad an’ he can’t be sure Romulus wouldn’t have ‘em killed. No, he’s gotta let ‘em see him, give ‘em somethin’ to chase. He doubts whoever sent ‘em after him bothered to tell ‘em who or what he is, so…
Popping his claws, he readies himself for the cops and to give them the surprise of their lives. When the cops don’t show up on account of a piece of a bridge being dropped in their path by Skaar, Logan wonders what the hell… Bruce then tells him that he’s been thinkin’ about what he said. They may be able to help each other out after all.


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7 the Hard Way: Part Two
So I got this plan. It ain’t mine but that’s the point. Anything I’d come up with, Romulus would figure out an’ use against me. Or worse, for him. All my life, I thought I walked my own path. I was wrong. I’ve been walkin’ his path – Romulus’s. An’ I don’t know no other way. That’s why I went elsewhere to find out what to do. If it works, I’ll catch Romulus off guard an’ kill the son of a bitch. But for it to work, I need to convince some people to… help me. Some of ‘em are gonna be harder’n others. Some are gonna be impossible.
Standing in the woods, Bruce Banner tells Logan that his son has problems. Logan replies that he thinks his son has problems, don’t even get him started. Bruce states that his son’s problems could potentially destroy the planet. After a brief moment of silence, Logan says well, he got him there. Bruce states that the Hulk was a part of him, a part he’s now left behind. But his son, Skaar, he doesn’t have that option. Unlike him, the power of the Hulk wasn’t grafted on, it’s integral. He wasn’t “made” like him, he was…
Logan finishes his thought – “born into it, without a choice.” Bruce says yeah, and now he’s on the verge of making the same mistakes he made, becoming the monster that he was. But he believes Skaar can rise above all of that. Provided he learns early on all that power can be used for something other than just smashing things. It can be used for good. Logan replies sure it can. Long as the target’s big enough an’ bad enough to justify usin’ all that power. Bruce asks that his, Logan’s, target fits that description. Logan answers if ever there walked or crawled a creature on this earth that deserved to feel that kinda pain, it’s his #$%*&# target.
Holding out his hand, Logan asks Bruce if they have a deal. Bruce tells him no. Not yet they don’t. If he finds out that he’s playing him, playing them. As Skaar lands behind them with a loud crash, Logan replies that he gets the picture. Bruce tells him then yes, they have a deal. What does he need them to do? Logan then thinks to himself two down, the rest to go.
The next day on Utopia, home of the X-Men, Logan walks into a briefing room where Cyclops, Emma Frost, Angel, Nightcrawler, Colossus, and Cloak are gathered. Upon entering the room, Cyclops asks Logan where he’s been. Taking a seat, Logan asks Scott when he’s gonna learn not to ask him that. Perturbed, Cyclops stands up, puts his fist on the table and states they’re done there.
As the X-Men file out of the room, Logan calls out to Cloak and tells him that he needs to ask him a favor. Cloak tells him not to bother, the answer is no. What he, Logan, does in his spare time is none of his business. He wants to keep it that way. Just know that he doesn’t approve of it. Logan asks that he doesn’t approve, or…? He then informs Cloak that this ain’t got nothing to do with X-Force. When Cloak tells him that doesn’t matter, Logan states that he thinks it does, especially if Dagger were to ask him about it; which she never will, because she’ll never know. Cloak replies that he doesn’t like keeping secrets. Logan informs him that he ain’t askin’ him to keep a secret. All he’s askin’ for is…
In Yokohama, Japan, the Silver Samurai sits on a rug in a temple before 13 Japanese businessmen. One of the businessmen calls the council of the Clan Yashida to order and states that they shall now speak of new business. Samurai exclaims no, they shall not. They have unfinished business to discuss first. The businessman informs Harada that a council majority has been reached. The alliance with Tsurayaba will be honored. Samurai replies that an alliance with the Hand brings no honor. The businessman says that it does bring profit however. Samurai exclaims that the Clan Yashida is not a business. The businessman says to Harada perhaps not to him, but to them, it is very much a business – a business in need of new management. On this point, the council majority agrees strongly.
Just then, a number of ninjas enter the temple. The businessman tells Harada that unless he can give them a very good reason…
From behind, Logan pops his claws and asks how ‘bout he gives them six of ‘em? Wiping his mouth, Logan laments the fact that he puked on himself. So much for makin’ a badass entrance. Preparing to leave, Cloak tells him that he warned him. Logan thinks to himself for Cloak to keep smilin’, he’d be smilin’ too if he was leavin’.
As Samurai sits motionless on the rug and Logan begins to battle the ninjas, the Japanese businessmen ask him that he will not fight? Where is his honor? Samurai informs them that the council does not need his honor; perhaps they can use their profits against him. Continuing to fight against the ninjas, Logan thinks to himself that he’s heard lots o’ folks say otherwise but killin’ a man ain’t all that hard. An’ killin’ a man that’s lookin’ to do the same to you? Hell, that’s easy. What’s hard is lettin’ that man live. When one of the businessmen unloads his semi-automatic into Logan’s back, Logan believes that they haven’t figured out his strategy yet, but hopefully the Silver Samurai has. Hopefully.
As Logan begins to approach the ninjas, one of them calls out that they’re trapped. Logan is between them and the only exit. How do they…? Approaching Harada, the businessman informs him that the alliance is negated. Logan thinks to himself you’re welcome. The businessman then asks Harada if he will help them. Standing up, Samurai tells him no, but he will help them. He then tells the warriors of the Clan Yashida that they may leave with honor; the gaijin is his.
Coming face to face, Samurai tells Wolverine that he was foolish to come there so unprepared. Logan says that he came there to ask him a favor. Samurai asks that he wants him to do him a favor, to give him a hand, so to speak? Remembering back when he sliced Samurai’s hand off, Logan asks that he doesn’t suppose apologizin’ helps. Pulling his sword out if its sheath, Samurai angrily asks him what he thinks.
As Logan and the Silver Samurai begin to battle, Logan thinks to himself that the fact is, he does feel bad about what he did. But it ain’t like he left him any choice, kinda like right now. Punching Samurai across the face, Logan tells him dammit, he just wants to talk to him. After kicking Logan in the gut and then across the face, Samurai tells him go ahead, talk, don’t let him stop him. With that, he points his sword at Logan’s face.
Out on the street, the car filled with businessmen is stopped by local law enforcement. Rolling down the window, one of the businessmen asks what the meaning of this is, do they not know who he… The officers inform him that they know who he is and they know what he has done. Concerned, the businessman asks what they are… The officer informs him that much planning was involving in securing an alliance between the Clan Yashida and the Hand. He is not pleased that he has allowed these plans to fall into ruin.
Scared, the businessman asks who he is talking about. As the officers open fire into the car, killing all inside, the officer calls his master and informs him that it is done. In his castle home, his master, Romulus, tells the officer that for that he will be rewarded. Hanging up the phone, Romulus looks out the window and states that if his, Wolverine’s, goal is to destroy his empire, he’s going to have to do a lot better than just pecking away at the edges. Still, he wonders what he is doing and why he is taking so long.
Dodging the Silver Samurai’s sword strikes, Logan asks him if would *@#$&% hurry up. Samurai apologizes for delaying him. Does he have other plans for the evening? Logan replies yeah. Actually, he’s got a friend comin’ over. At that moment, Cloak suddenly appears behind Samurai. Raising his sword, Samurai tells him stand aside demon. Cloak asks “or what?” When Samurai goes to jam his sword through Cloak, Cloak disappears at the last moment. Holding the Muramasa blade, Logan tells Samurai that ain’t no way to treat a guest, ‘specially one bearin’ gifts. Logan adds that Samurai knows better’n anybody what this is an’ what it can do. He then asks him if he’s ready to hear that favor now. Good. He wants him to show him how to use this thing.


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7 the Hard Way: Part Three
In Japan, Logan sits on a mat in front of the Silver Samurai. Between them are bokutos – wooden practice swords. Samurai gets two, Logan gets one half. He had asked Samurai to train him in the use of the Muramasa blade, a mystical sword forged, literally, in the fires of his own rage. It can kill anything, includin’ him. That’s why they’re usin’ the bokuto – same weight, same aerodynamics, but a strike from one o’ these swords won’t put his lights out permanently.
When Samurai cracks Logan on the side of his head and he falls to the ground, Logan notes to himself that it would only be momentarily his lights would be out. He’s no slouch with a blade, but he’s rusty, outta practice. The last opponent he faced with a sword in his hand showed him that all too clearly. Their training session goes on for four days an’ nights. On day five, Logan finally gets a clean shot in on Samurai and he knows that it’s all comin’ back to him now.
Stepping backwards and holding his throat, Samurai tells Logan again. Logan peers at him and thinks to himself that he doesn’t wanna take away from his pride by tellin’ ‘im that he’d chosen the least painful of the six possible strikes he’d left himself open to so instead… Bowing to Samurai, he gives him his apologies but he can’t, he doesn’t have the time. Thanking Samurai for teaching him, Logan tells him that he is in his debt. Samurai tells him that it is a debt he will one day collect, to be sure. Logan knows that’s true, but he’ll deal with that when it comes – if he’s still around.
With that, Logan calls up Cloak and tells him that he’s ready to get outta there. He then asks Cloak what does he mean, he’s busy. Enraged, Cloak tells him that Dagger has been taken. After asking Cloak if he’s told the X-Men yet, Cloak replies no. He’s handling this alone. Logan tells Cloak to slow down and tell him what happened.
Cloak replies that he only knows what witnesses have told him. She was in the city when she encountered a blind man needing help. Dagger was once blind herself. She has a soft sport for others in the same… Logan cuts him off and asks him what the man looked like. Cloak tells him big, possibly deformed, possibly mute. Immediately, Logan knew that it was Victor Hudson, Romulus’s right-hand man. This is his fault. Victor was able to take Dagger down by giving her a shot to her neck. On-lookers attempted to intervene, but backed out when they saw Victor.
Logan then tells Cloak to listen to him. If he goes after her, she’s dead. He guarantees it. What he needs to do is wait. When Cloak exclaims wait, wait for what; Logan tells him the phone call.
In a warehouse, Dagger is inside a room, bound to a chair. A man proceeds to ask her if she can hear him. When she tells him yes and asks where she is, the man tells her he honestly doesn’t know. He was drugged and brought there, just like her. After Dagger asks him why he isn’t tied up, the man replies if he was, he wouldn’t be able to do this. With that, he smacks Dagger across the face. He then tells her that he’s gonna ask the questions from here on out. Staring at him coldly, Dagger tells him that he’s gonna be so sorry he did that.
The man informs her that he’s already sorry. Does she think he enjoys hurting her? ‘Cause he doesn’t, he has a daughter about her age. And the only way he’s gonna get to see her again is if she answers this question – what is Wolverine’s plan? Dagger responds that she doesn’t know what he’s talking about. The man asks so Cloak hasn’t told her? That seems kind odd, them being so close an’ all. Is she lying to him? Dagger tells him no but tells him why doesn’t she just hit her again, just to make sure. Once Victor opens the door and enters the room, the man tells her that he’s ‘fraid they’re past that.
On a rooftop, Cloak asks Logan why he is so sure Dagger’s being kept there in San Francisco. Logan replies ‘cause that’s what he’d do. Looking over at him, Cloak asks if he knows who took her. Logan admits that he does. He doesn’t tell Cloak, but he also knows why. Romulus wants to know what the hell he’s up to. He’s been watchin’ him, tryin’ to make some sense of it all, but it doesn’t make sense. It ain’t supposed to – that’s the point.
Grabbing hold of Logan, Cloak orders him to tell him who took her. Logan tells him that he’s already put him in enough danger. Cloak again tells him that he will tell him who took her or he will take him so far into the darkness, he’ll never see the light. Logan thinks to himself that he’s already there an’ he’ll be damned if he takes anybody else down with him. He then tells Cloak that he’s gonna tell him somethin’ else instead. Somethin’ they’re gonna wanna know. Cloak asks if he tells them if they’ll let Dagger go. Logan tells him no but it’ll buy them some time. Prodigy is set to trace the call to him as soon as it comes in. An’ trust him, it’s comin’.
Inside the warehouse, the man tells Dagger that he believes her. He doesn’t think she has any idea what Wolverine’s plan is. So here’s what they’re gonna do. They’re gonna call her friend Cloak and she’s gonna ask him. Once he tells them, they’re all done. They can go home, him and her. Looking up at him, Dagger tells him that she doesn’t believe him. Leaning down next to her, the man tells Dagger that he’s in the same boat she is. He told her about his daughter. She has a brother and a mother. If he can’t get this guy what he wants, they’re all dead – her, him and them. Handing her the phone, he asks her to please do it. Hanging her head, Dagger says okay.
Calling Cloak, Dagger tells him that she needs him to listen. She’s been taken by someone who wants to know what Wolverine’s plans are. Does he know what they’re talking about? Cloak admits that he does and apologizes. Dagger says she knows he is but… Cloak cuts her off and says that he’ll tell them whatever they want to know. Dagger replies that she knows he will and that’s exactly what they want but that’s not what she wants. What she wants is for him to trace this call.
At that moment, Prodigy informs Wolverine that he has the location. Grabbing Dagger by the air, the man calls her a stupid little… Dagger asks if that’s the way he talks to his daughter. Oh, wait, he doesn’t have a daughter, does he? Looking up at Victor, the man begs for him to wait. Just then, Victor picks the man up and hurls him against the wall, killing him instantly.
As Victor begins to make his way towards Dagger, Logan tells Cloak to get Dagger outta there. She’s seen enough killin’ for today. Cloak grits his teeth and tells Logan no. Victor is his. Dagger yells out at him no; he’s better than that. Leaping towards Victor with the Muramasa blade and killing him, Logan states that he ain’t. Standing there, Logan informs Dagger that it had to be done; there wasn’t nothin’ inside o’ him worth savin’. Angrily, Dagger asks him how would he know and calls Logan a monster.
Just then, she shoots him full of light. Once inside Cloak, Logan sees a death train hurtling towards him. When he does, he begs Cloak to let him go. Cloak informs him that there is nowhere to go. This is where the darkness ends. At the moment when Cloak frees Logan from his grasp, Dagger asks him if he sees now. Walking away, Logan tells her that it ain’t nothin’ he hasn’t seen before.
Once Logan leaves, Dagger tells Cloak that she shouldn’t have done that. Cloak tells her no, it’s he that shouldn’t have done what he did. He shouldn’t have kept this a secret from her. He shouldn’t have agreed to help him in the first place. And he shouldn’t have held him back. When Dagger asks him what he means, Cloak replies that he stopped him, Logan, from seeing the truth. He wasn’t ready. It isn’t Wolverine’s past that haunts him; it’s Romulus’ future. That’s what waits for him in the darkness and he’s terrified of it.
In the alleyway, Cloak asks Logan where they are going to next. Logan tells him that he doesn’t hafta… Cloak replies that he does. (Dagger told him to be there when Logan is ready.) He adds that he knows what it’s like to retreat into the past, to repeat a cycle of violence because it’s familiar, known. But he can’t live in the past and he can’t ignore the future in the hope that it won’t happen. He has to move forward. So again, he asks where to next.
At the Raft, Ruby Thursday asks the female guard why she keeps bringing her food when she knows she doesn’t eat. It’s not because she likes talking to him, because she never says anything. So is it because she likes looking at her? When the guard replies that she’s a woman, Ruby states that this is a prison. Just then, Wolverine remarks ‘an’ this is a prison break.’


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7 the Hard Way: Part Four
At the super-prison known as the Raft, Logan slices open Ruby Thursday’s cell door and enters. Once inside, Logan tells her what he needs from her. He lays it all out. He tells her more than he’s told anybody. He has to. ‘Cause without her this plan goes nowhere fast. She’s the key.
Mulling it over for a moment, Ruby remarks that he needs her. Logan tells her an’ she needs his unless, o’ course, she wants to stay there with her friend, the female guard. Ruby responds what can she say, his charm and roguish good looks have won him over, she’ll do it. When Ruby asks him how they got in there, Logan tells her that part was easy. Ruby then asks about getting out, to which Logan replies less so.
The female guard informs Logan that if they’re thinking of holding her as a hostage… Logan tells her he’s not, she can go. Rising to her feet, the female guard tells them that they do realize the alarm sounded the second he cut the lock on her door and that this place will be flooded with armed response officers in about… Logan looks at her and states “twenty seconds.” The female guard tells them all right then and makes her way down the corridor. As she does, she tells them that she’ll see them again soon. Turning to Ruby, Logan mentions to her that he can see why she likes ‘er. Ruby replies that she’s a little firecracker and then inquires about their escape.
In the control room, the warden of the Raft is informed that the dampers are up and running full-force. All super-powers within a one-mile radius are negated. They may have been able to teleport in, but they won’t be able to teleport out. The warden then tells them to pull up the video feed for that wing. He wants to see their faces when they realized they’ve been trapped. Seeing the video feed, the warden states that it’s Wolverine. They’ve trapped Wolverine inside the prison. When one of the guards asks if there is a problem, the warden responds yes. They’ve trapped Wolverine inside this prison.
Rubbing his temple, the warden gives the order to lock that wing down and to tell the response team to fall back. Have them spread out to cover all exit points. As he says this, his cell phone starts to ring. Looking at who it is, the warden sees that it says unknown and cancels the call. The warden remarks that they need to be able to talk to him and asks if there is a phone extension in that corridor. When his cell phone rings again, the warden answers it and starts to tell the person on the other end of the phone that he doesn’t know who he is but… The person on the other end tells the warden that the warden has a problem, which he can help.
The warden proceeds to ask who this is and how he got this number. The person on the other end of the line, Romulus, explains that he has everyone’s number. He then says to the warden that he’s unintentionally cornered Wolverine inside his facility. He’s smart enough to know that a direct course will result in massive destruction and death. He can, as he’s said before, help him but first, tell him who he’s there for.
Ruby asks Logan that he does have a plan, right. Logan tells her he’s workin’ on it and asks Cloak if the dampers are maxed. Cloak confirms that they are. He is unable to teleport even a few feet. Ruby exclaims that they should blow the dampers then. Logan asks her an’ let everybody out to play? No dice, honey. He came there for her an’ her alone. Clasping her hands together, Ruby sarcastically replies how sweet.
Looking up at a camera, Logan points out that odds are, what they’ll do is try to contain them, keep them bottled up until they can get somebody else on-site, somebody bigger, somebody super-powered. And when that somebody shows up… Ruby says they’ll lock down the cells, and then dial the dampers down so their heavy-hitter can operate freely, she gets it. So, they wait? Logan asks for what, to get their asses kicked? Hell, no. He has a more proactive approach in mind.
Inside the control room, the warden tells Romulus that he’s answered his questions, now he answers his. How is he gonna help him? Romulus replies that he’s already helping him. On the other side of a door that Logan and his crew are on, a guard receives a phone call from an “unknown” number. After Logan slashes through the door and takes out two of the guards, the other begins to take off his guard uniform and tells Logan that he’ll give him his clothes, just m-make it look like he put up a fight, okay. Grabbing the guard by the collar, Logan asks why he is doing this. When the guard tells him he has kids, Romulus listens in and smiles as to what is occurring.
At that moment, inside the control room, all of the cameras go out simultaneously. Once they come back up and the warden is unable to find Wolverine, he requests a sector check. One by one, each sector reports in negative, including sector B, where Logan and his allies are wearing guards uniforms. One of his assistants asks the warden if he wants them to spread out for a sweep search. The warden asks him and have him cut them down one by one? Not a chance. He then orders all units to hold their positions.
The warden then asks his communications guy if there’s been any word from H.A.M.M.E.R. yet. When the communications guy replies that he’s still waiting, the warden tells him to try again. This time, the communications guy calls out to H.A.M.M.E.R. and informs them that they are awaiting assistance. Unbeknownst to him, the transmission is intercepted by Bruce Banner who tells him that the counter-measure has been approved and the solution is in-bound. Upon hearing that, the warden tells all units to fall back to the…
Just then, a report comes in from sector B that they have made contact. Immediately, the troops in sector C exclaim that they are going to move in to reinforce but the warden tells them negative and orders all units to fall back to the block house. At that moment, the building rocks and an explosion is heard. One of the agents asks what that was and the warden replies that judging by the size of him, he’d say he’s their solution. Walking up to Skaar, the warden asks him if he’s been briefed. After Skaar responds that he has, the warden tells him that when he’s made direct contact, give the signal and they’ll lower the damper field so that he can operate – direct contact. He was last spotted in sector B which is in the southeast quadrant.
Over in sector B, Ruby asks Logan why exactly did he give away their position. Logan tells her ‘cause they don’t have much time. Reportin’ contact’ll make it easier for him to find them. When Ruby asks “him,” Logan tells her yeah, “him” and points over towards Skaar. Logan remarks that they’ll do introductions later, no tellin’ when H.A.M.M.E.R.’s real heavy-hitter will show. He then tells Skaar to call it in. Just as soon as Skaar begins to call it in, the wall behind them is destroyed and Ares bursts through, calling in direct contact.
As Skaar and Ares begin to do battle, Logan asks Cloak if he can… Cloak tells him he’ll try. Calling over to Skaar, Logan yells at him to fall back. Skaar asks “fall back?” Not his style. Turning his attention back to Cloak, Logan tells him to get Ruby to the mainland while Ares is distracted. Tell ‘er to lay low until she hears from him. Cloak asks what about him and Logan tells him this is his fight, not his. He started it, he has ta end it.
After Cloak transports himself and Ruby to the mainland, Ruby remarks that was gross-feeling. When Cloak winces in pain, Ruby states that she’d think he’d be used to it though. Cloak weakly informs her that it’s not the teleportation that’s bothering him. Ruby then notices he’s bleeding. Cloak says they have to back. Ruby asks go back there? What is he, nuts? Cloak answers that he has to get them out. Ruby tells him good luck with that. She’s out and she plans on staying out. Cloak reminds her that Wolverine said to lay low. When Ruby asks Cloak if he wants to lay low with her, Cloak tells her no. As they are watched, unbeknownst to them, by Romulus, Ruby tells her to suit himself. She’s gonna go find some action.
Inside the Raft, Ares punches out Wolverine. Once he does, he tells him that he’ll finish with him later. In the meantime, how ‘bout he lets the big boys have some fun. Rushing towards each other at full steam, Skaar tells Ares that sounds good to him. Picking himself up off the ground, Logan thinks to himself dammit Skaar. He was only supposed to stick around long enough to cover their escape, not get into a slugfest with a damn Olympian. This fight’ll take forever. Just then, Logan calls out to Skaar that aircraft, Ares’ reinforcements, are coming. Skaar tells him to let them come. Logan tells him no, that’s exactly what the Hulk would have done.
Shortly, Skaar, holding Logan, leaps out of the raft and lands on the mainland. In the process, he takes down one of H.A.M.M.E.R.’s aircrafts. Once they land on the ground, Logan mentions to Skaar that he could’ve avoided hittin’ ‘em. Skaar replies there are a lot of things he could’ve done. Logan reminds him that they had a plan. He needs him to stick to that plan. Skaar tells Logan that what he needs is to back up. Just then, Cloak weakly makes his way over to them. As Skaar starts to head off, Logan tells him they’re not done to which Skaar agrees. After Cloak tells Logan he’s sorry, Logan tells him not to worry about it, he’ll get him patched up. He then asks where Ruby is.
Standing over the prone body of Ruby Thursday, Romulus exclaims that now they have that out of the way, he would like to ask her a few questions.