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Into The Light
Flying through the city sky with wings made out of light is Warren Worthington III. But he’s been called other things – friend, lover, Angel, X-Man, pretty boy, freak, billionaire, playboy, hero, mutant, mutie, Archangel, Death. In a relatively short lifetime, he’s been so many things to so many people that, at times, he’s not sure who he is himself.
 Something’s different, he can feel it. He tries to remember what happened, what’s changed but all he remembers is that he was looking for something. Something elusive, it was like looking for day in the night. The darkness swirled around him, enveloped him, welled up inside of him, the darkness was upon him. Just as Warren flies near a hospital, he is attacked by Logan. The figures both tumble to the ground and it’s only then, at this, his darkest hour that Warren sees the light. It’s always been there, it never left.
Once on the ground, Logan tells Archangel, Warren, that they don’t have to do this and that he appreciates irony as much as the next guy but he ain’t cut out t’ play guardian angel, that’s his bit. He tells him that he’s gotta reel himself in. When Warren only stares at him, Logan pops his claws and tells him don’t make him do this the hard way.
At the Xavier Institute for Higher Learning, Elisabeth Braddock informs Moira MacTaggert that she has found them both using Cerebro. When Moira tells her that she’s courtin’ danger there, Betsy tells her that it’s all right, she knows what she’s doing. She’s got a clear reading on Logan. He’s still fighting the conditioning that transformed him into Apocalypse’s Horsemen of Death. He’s in control, but just barely. Warren is a white haze, static.
Moira warns Betsy that she knows she wants t’ do this but she’s walkin’ a thin line here. The level of EEG activity is spikin’, and that she’s startin’ t’ subconsciously tap into her telepathic abilities. Betsy doesn’t answer but in her mind the dark is getting darker. As the X-Man Psylocke, she was a powerful telepath but now she’s forced to rely on Cerebro to amplify her abilities. She knew the job would be dangerous when she took it. Wolverine had been turned against them by the madman known as Apocalypse and she sought to deprogram him. Her gamble paid off, but not without a cost.
Even as Wolverine emerged from the darkness, Warren was engulfed by the blackness of his own soul. A blackness she knows could claim her as well. In the wake of an encounter with the telepathic entity called the Shadow King using her own abilities meant running the risk of freeing him from the psionic plane, his prison within the folds of her mind. But she knows too, that Archangel – her teammate, the man she loves – needs her. He’s not alone.
Across town, Logan tells Warren that they can end this all right now and asks him what it’s gonna be. Flight or fight? Just then, Warren unleashes an attack on him much to Logan’s surprise. When it hits him, Logan asks what in blazes happened t’ his wings, it’s like they’re made out of light. Betsy tries to talk to him but Logan tells her to get out of his head as he’s had his fill o’ head games. Unleashing a full attack, Warren knocks Logan to the ground in and proceeds to fly off. As Logan picks himself up off the ground, Betsy telepathically asks him what is happening. Logan informs her that fly-boy just stabbed him with a mess o’ flingin’ feathers, those flechettes o’ his. It was like a smack o’ reality, gettin’ stabbed by the truth, he sees. Logan then tells Betsy to get out of his head as he’s still as full of Apocalypse’s hate as Warren is.
At Xavier’s Institute, Moira tells a sobbing Betsy that Logan is right and that she needs t’ stop. When Betsy tells her no, Moira says that she swears she’s gonna pull the plug on this right now whether she wants her to or… Just then, Jubilee appears on the monitor and tells her that Kitty and Nightcrawler are hurt. Not super bad or anything, they’ll live but she needs help gettin’ ‘em to the medi-lab. Moira replies that she will be right down, maybe Kurt can talk some sense into Betsy. Kurt asks that Betsy is still linked to Cerebro, doesn’t she realize? Moira responds that that’s what’s so bloody frustratin’, she does, all too well. But it appears that part of her doesn’t care anymore.
Flying by a hospital, Warren thinks to himself that he cares. There have been times when he’s been told otherwise. When he’s been accused of being too aloof, too self-absorbed. But he’s always wanted to help, to make a difference. Passing the rooms, he feels their anguish, their misery, their hope. For the first time he can really see. He wonders how long he has been blind, how long he has been blinded by the dark?
A voice says it’s not his fault. It’s sweet, familiar and without intending to, it launches his mind backwards in time. He remembers it all – the pain, the weakness, the desperation. Apocalypse’s plan to mold Wolverine into his Horsemen of Death was by no means his first attempt. Warren, too, had been called the Horsemen of Death. The Archangel, the harbinger of doom. Mutilated, his wings having been amputated, on the brink of hopelessness, he welcomed the darkness as it overtook him. Abraham Kieros, War, had told him what it would be like, he told him it was worth anything. Now, Warren tells Betsy that he knows she’s there and he can feel what she’s trying to do but he can’t let her continue.
On the other end, Betsy calls out in pain. The agony she feels pales in comparison to what her lover has endured. Even as close as they’ve become, she could never have guessed what horrors lay hidden within his fragile psyche. Layer by later, the past is stripped away and there is still pain. Warren recalls when Ozymandias visited him and he lost his metal wings and the pain it caused him. Just then, Warren yells out in pain and on the other end, Betsy exclaims that she’s lost him. So much pain, so much darkness but it’s gone. Warren cleansed her of it all, repelled the darkness with the light.
Entering a hospital room, a young girl by the name of Candy sees Warren standing before her and asks him if he came there to take her to see God. Warren doesn’t answer and, before long, he is gone. While Logan climbs up the outside hospital wall, Betsy asks him where he is. Logan informs her that he is at a hospital. As he looks in and hears Candy tell her family and doctors that she saw an angel and that it couldn’t cure her but made her see. He took the pain away and now, she’s not scared of the dark anymore.
Upon hearing that, Logan asks Betsy what Warren is doin’. Betsy replies that she’s not certain and adds that he is completely open to her. Even though he’s still trying to hide it, his inner turmoil is like an open book. But Warren, as clear and focused as his thoughts are, he’s a complete blank. He’s creating a powerful block. Logan tells her that he figured as much. Even with his hyper-senses, he can’t smell ‘im, can’t track ‘im. However, he can feel that he’s headed for another hospital. Logan then tells Betsy that her boyfriend is lookin’ for somethin’ or someone.
As Logan runs down the street, Betsy tells him that she senses he’s right. She then asks him to let her probe deeper into his thoughts, perhaps she can… Logan informs her that she already told her once; she doesn’t need her muckin’ with his head. Betsy tells him that she understands his reticence but earlier he said Warren made him see the truth. What did he mean, perhaps there’s some clue there. Wolverine’s thoughts are a jumbled mess at best. Even if he truly wanted Psylocke to break her psionic link with him, he wouldn’t make her do it, not now. He’s facing a long dark tunnel, and vulnerability is what he must sacrifice to reach the other side. It’s neither the first nor the most painful sacrifice he’s had to make in recent times.
Eventually, images suddenly begin to merge in Betsy Braddock’s mind. Wolverine and Archangel become as one, their mutual suffering at the hand of Apocalypse searing through her mind, both molded as Apocalypse’s vision of Death. She can feel the trauma of each transformation. The strength so necessary to endure it, the weakness they both felt for giving in to it.
At that moment, Betsy tells Warren and Logan that she never realized, never knew such power coupled with such despair. In another location, Warren grabs his head and yells out in pain. When he does, he recalls a conversation he had with Abraham Kieros. Abraham had told him to look in a mirror and ask himself what he really wants to be. Warren replied by asking him what he wanted to be. Abraham tells him anything other than what he was. He would have become anything, done anything so that he could walk again – anything. Logan then informs Betsy that he thinks that’s it. Warren is lookin’ for Abraham Kieros, the man Apocalypse originally chose to be War.
As the Horsemen War, Abraham Kieros rode as one with Archangel. Bound for glory, the only reward for his allegiance with Apocalypse was a long, painful journey into perpetual night. War no longer; Abraham Kieros lives through the wonder of medicine, a quadriplegic incapable of movement or speech. But he is more than able to see the light floating before him in the form of Warren Worthington. Suddenly, that light fades as Logan appears from underneath the bed and kicks Warren in the chest telling him that’s close enough; visiting hours are done.
From the Xavier Institute, Psylocke feels a surge in all three men. For each of them, the wounds inflicted by Apocalypse run deep. She feels the strength of his grip and fears what Wolverine fears just as the darkness fears the light. She sees them as opposing ends of the same spectrum. Logan is volatile, barely in control. Warren is calm and sedate, too focused.
As soon as Wolverine pops his claws, Archangel’s fingers extend into glowing white talons. When Betsy notices this, she realizes that they could rip through the fabric of a person’s psyche. She has to probe deeper, has to understand. From inside her mind, the Shadow King tells her that she knows what she needs to do. Release him and he can stop this, restore them both to the way they once were. In her mind, Betsy starts to walk towards the Shadow King and states that she knows he can do it, she can feel it.
Before she reaches him, Warren appears and tells her no. Betsy questions how he got in her mind but Warren tells her to calm down and that she needs to send the Shadow King back to his prison, he’s come too far. He then tells her that she needs to disconnect from Cerebro and to trust him. After he kisses her, Betsy tells Moira that it’s time to shut down Cerebro. Moira asks her what about Warren but Betsy tells her that he doesn’t need her help anymore, now more than ever before. He knows exactly what he has to do.
Inside the hospital, Warren and Logan continue to battle. As Psylocke leaves Wolverine’s mind, he feels pangs of anxiety. He knows what she wants him to do. But how can he trust anyone else when he can’t even trust himself anymore? He knows his options. Give in to the fear, the frustration, the violation, the anger, the darkness, of look to the light. With his claws up against Warren’s chin, Logan asks him how he wants this to end; he can stop this now.
Warren tells him he’s right, the choice is his. He can help him make that choice. At his core, he represents pure hope. Not just for himself, but for others too. It’s taken him a long time to understand but that was Apocalypse’s challenge to him. He talks about survival of the fittest, but the greatest test they can face is to overcome themselves. They’re given choices in their struggle; they can embrace hope or despair. He chooses hope but what he, Logan, chooses is up to him. He has to decide if he can trust others if he ever wants to be free of what Apocalypse has done to him if he ever wants to triumph over the ghosts of his path. Just then, Logan withdraws his claws. When he does, Warren’s fingers go back to normal. Darkness fades and night becomes day.
Walking into Abraham’s room, Warren tells him that he came there because he was looking for answers. After everything’s that happened to him, his head was still so full of “whys” and “what ifs” that he had to finally lay those questions to rest. But he realized, too, that he wasn’t just looking for answers for himself bur for him as well. He tells Abraham that maybe he’d forgotten him before last night, but he’d thought about him often. And he wonders, knowing what he knows would he do it all over again? Knowing that the only way he could walk would be to serve a madman like Apocalypse? Would it be worth it to him again?
As a tear drops from Abraham’s eyes, the answer Warren needs comes silently. Even were Abraham Kieros able to speak, no words would be necessary for in that moment, Archangel knows. And for both he and Abraham Kieros the situation is truly enlightening. When Warren bathes the room in glowing yellow light, all of the power dissipates from his wings and onto Abraham. Once the process has been completed, Abraham calls out to Archangel and steps out of the bed. He tells him he doesn’t know how he did it, but he can move again. He thinks he can walk again. Looking up at Warren, he tells him that he doesn’t know what he did to deserve this but thank you, thank you for giving him hope.
In short time, the darkness retreats to the shadows and daybreak comes. Standing on the roof, Warren tells Logan that he still doesn’t understand it himself. Somehow though, when he bathed Kieros in the light emanating from him, he suffused him with the power Apocalypse had given him healing him, curing him.
To this, Logan mentions he then reverted t’ plain ol’ Warren Worthington III, the high flyin’ Archangel in return. Weird, and here he was just gettin’ used t’ the new him. He then asks him what happens now. Warren tells him for them, they take things one day at a time. Appearances to the contrary notwithstanding, their full redemption will come slowly over time. For him though, he’s wanted to make a difference in people’s lives since he was a kid and he started sprouting wings. He really doesn’t know how then, though. He had the necessary wings, and he’d chosen the appropriate name but maybe now it’s time he put those things together with his wealth to really help people.
Logan remarks that it’s funny. Even after all o’ this, he feels like something’s missin’, like he doesn’t know what t’ do next. Warren tells him he’s just not used to happy endings. Logan says yeah; maybe he just ain’t ever had one before.


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Same As It Never Was
In New York City in the near future, Annihilus and Blastaar burst through the portal in the Negative Zone. When they do, Annihilus explains to Blastaar that they have only mere seconds to act before their presence is known. Blastaar warns him not to order him around and adds that he is a willing participant only inasmuch as it serves his ends. Annihilus tells him to act as he will, because their moment of triumph is at hand. The time has come to destroy the Fantastic Four! Before them stand the all new Fantastic Four – Wolverine, Spiderman, Ghost Rider and the Hulk.
Turning around, Wolverine points out that their new foes were waitin’ for them t’ open th’ flamin’ portal. He then remarks that first Banner’s wife, the high-flyin’ Harpy comes calling and now this. Can’t this flamin’ team do something right f’r a change? Peter Parker (Spider-Man) reminds Logan that pitching the Harpy into the Negative Zone was Banner’s idea. He thought it would be cruel to keep her locked up there. Still, if he’s got a better idea, he’d love to hear it, sometime after they’re done dealing with this deadly duo.
Just then, Mary Jane Parker calls out to Peter to stop May, their daughter, from crawling the ceiling towards Blastaar and Annihilus. Immediately, Peter jumps up, grabs May and delivers her into her mother’s waiting arms. When he gets there, Mary Jane asks Peter what the new villains want. Peter tells her who knows, they’re foes of the original Fantastic Four, it’s not like they’ve done anything to put a twist in their knickers. Penciling in the word “domination” is usually a safe-bet however.
As Logan slashes away at Blastaar, one of his energy blasts goes awry and hits the Hulk directly in the face, freeing the Harpy in the process. Enraged, the Hulk turns from smart Hulk to savage Hulk and with a massive blow, knocks Blastaar back through the portal.
From the other side of the room, Peter mentions that it sounds like “smart-as-Banner” Hulk has turned into “dumb-as-a-bag-of-hammers” Hulk, thanks to that shot to his chops. Still, old Jade-Jaws came through for them; he knocked Blastaar back home through the Negative Zone portal. Now it’s up to him to stop the Harpy from escaping like so. With that, Peter snares the Harpy in his webbing much to her dismay. Knocking down Ghost Rider, Annihilus tells them that the original FF were no match for him and they dare to hope they could do better?
After knocking Blastaar out of the battle, the Hulk turns his attention to his teammate Logan. He snarls that he remembers him, he is little man. Hulk hates little man, Hulk will smash puny little man! Logan tells him to take it easy; they’re on the same side now. In his mind, Logan thinks to himself this is not good. Lately the Hulk’s been shifting back and forth between his different personas and more times than not that works out just dandy. Problem is this version has a grudge against him truly the size o’ Texas. Before the two teammates come to blows, Peter tells Wolvy to watch out; he’s going to give the Hulkmeister a shot from a gamma gun. A handy gizmo ol’ Lettuce-Lips himself whipped up when he was still in his right mind.
As soon as Peter shoots the Hulk with the gamma gun, the Hulk exclaims that Hulk hates guns, Hulk will… Peter finishes his sentence and says change back to Dr. Banner if he knows what’s good for him. Now Dr. Bruce Banner, he looks up and proceeds to ask Peter if he caused all of the destruction. Turning his attention to Wolverine, Annihilus asks him if they have forgotten about him, he who stands to triumph this day. Logan tells him not to worry, they’re not leaving him out, they’re just savin’ the best for last – and slashes him across the face.
As they continue to battle in front of the Negative Zone portal, Annihilus calls Logan an ignorant savage and tells him that he is nothing before his might. He is the living embodiment of power; he is the death that walks. Logan tells him to save it for his resume; he ain’t impressed. At that moment, Peter yells out to the canuckle-head to get down. When he does, Peter flings the webbed up Harpy directly at Annihilus. The force knocks them both into the Negative Zone. Logan tells the Web-Crawler nice pitch and that if he can close off the flamin’ portal, he thinks that might just be the game. After Banner closes the portal, Ghost Rider seals it shut with a blast of flame.
Holding up Banner, Logan points out that the strain o’ changin’ back into his human form must’ve been too much for him, he’s passin’ out. Talking to MJ, Peter asks how little May is handling all of the action that just occurred. MJ informs him remarkably well, all things considered. She thinks daddy’s little girl is getting used to all the insanity. She for one is glad this is finally over. Ghost Rider points out that maybe it is finished for them, but what of Bruce’s wife, what of Betty Banner? Will it ever be over for her? Gamma poisoning has turned her into the Harpy once more and changing her back could kill her. It’s ironic that a woman who was so devoted to the man cursed to become a monster would end up forever trapped in the form of a monster herself.
Peter states that if there’s some solace to be had from her fate, he supposes it’s that she can at least fly free until they can find a safe cure for her condition. He knows Bruce won’t stop searching and he’ll do everything in his power to help as well if he gets the chance to. He openly wonders what they were all thinking when they agreed to replace the original Fantastic Four. In addition to the enemies they’ve made individually, now they’ve got to deal with all of their old foes as well. It’s a wonder they don’t all collapse from exhaustion. Bruce remarks that the world would be a worse place if they did. The FF sacrificed themselves to save them all from the threat of the High Lord, it’s up to them to keep the world safe in their absence. Peter agrees and offers to help Bruce on running some tests since they have the time. MJ starts to protest but Logan tells her to save her breath. She’ll be lucky if she can pry those two away from their test-tubes by dinnertime.
Logan then turns his attention to Ghost Rider and says to him that he doesn’t reckon he wants to zap back into Danny Ketch and knock back a few. Ghost Rider tells him perhaps another time. If they are in fact free to go, he has… other matters to attend to. Logan says that he figured as much and says that, if it’s another poker game with Nick Fury, tell him he still owes him fifty bucks from the last time. In any case, he owes his lady friend Stacey a visit so he guesses it’s just as well.
Taking off into the sky on his motorcycle, Ghost Rider wonders to himself how Wolverine can seem so calm, so peaceful in the wake of such calamity. Even though they haven’t been allowed a moment to catch their collective breath, the world surrounding Four Freedoms Plaza remains a portrait of chaos with burning buildings all over. Banner said that it was their duty to protect the world in the absence of the heroes who fell defying the High Lord but are they in truth doing all they can? The world below is fetid and rank, it’s become a festering cesspool over the last few years and they’ve done precious little to halt its decline, to halt the decay. So much has been happening lately, it seems none of them even have time to think. Or perhaps the others have come to grips with their new roles more easily than he.
Even after all this time, he feels like an outsider amongst the others. Bruce, Logan and Peter seem so close, they clearly relish the opportunity they’ve been given as the new Fantastic Four. But as much as they try to be the heroes that Ben Grimm, Johnny Storm, and Reed and Susan Richards were, they can never truly fill their shoes. The shape of the world around them is proof enough of that. Caught up in his own thoughts, Ghost Rider doesn’t even realize that he is being targeted and subsequently fired upon.
At a local diner, Logan tells the waitress, his girlfriend, Stacey, that sometimes he just feels outta place standin’ alongside the rest o’ the guys. The rest o’ them really seem like they’ve got it together. He… Stacey cuts him off and tells him that he’s being too hard on himself. Besides, she thought this was what he wanted to do. Logan admits that it was his idea on account o’ the fact the four of them had filled in for the FF once before and he’s honor-bound to stick with it now but what good is his word when he ran out on the X-Men when they needed him the most? Putting her hand up to Logan’s face, Stacey asks him if that is what this is all about. She adds that he can’t go blaming himself for what happened, he has to let himself move…
Before she can finish that thought, she sees the Fantasti-Flare on the other side of the city. Logan remarks ain’t that just his luck; his burger ain’t even up yet. As he gives Stacey a kiss, they tell each other that they love them.
Over at Freedom Fours Plaza, Logan walks in and tells them that this’d better be good. An’ he means Galactus knockin’ at the door with a flamin’ bib on. Bruce informs him that he wishes he could say it was nothing as serious as that, but unfortunately he can’t. They just found out themselves that President Kelly has been assassinated. Logan asks what? How did it happen? Who? Bruce tells him that it was Doom. He’s made his move at long last. He saw the state of disarray their country had fallen into and knew he could take advantage of the situation. Washington is in flames, the White House under siege. He was hoping that Ghost Rider would be with him but they’ve got to go.
Logan states wait a minute, that doesn’t make a lick o’ sense. Doctor Doom has been dead for years. Just then, a bunch of Doombots crash through the wall, intent on eliminating the Fantastic Four. When they do, Peter points out that it looks like somebody forgot to tell them. Turning into the Mr. Fix-It, Bruce points out that he thinks they all know from past experience that Doom is as adept at cheating death as he is at creating unbridled mayhem. And speaking of which, what do they say to helping him nail these suckers to the walls? Shooting his webs at the oncoming Doombots, Peter remarks no offense, but they have got to find a way of regulating which Hulk he turns into. It would be handy as all heck to know which one of him was showing up for the shindig. In the meantime catch!
With that, he flings his snared Doombots in the Hulk’s direction. The Hulk tells him that he’ll do better than that. He tells Peter to take a good long look at him; it’s what he’ll look like if he calls him “Bruce” again and proceeds to smash the Doombot into a million pieces. Slashing away at the remaining Doombots, Logan tells Fix-It to lay off the kid. Mistake like that, it’s way too easy to make with him these days. It’s hard to tell who he is from one minute to the next. ‘Course, this particular version being gray helps a bit.
Once all of the Doombots have been destroyed, MJ cradles May and tells him that this is horrible and asks what’s going to happen next. Peter replies that he wish he knew. Logan states that it’s like Banner said, they gotta hightail it to the capital and yank Doom outta that tin suit o’ his, preferably through the eye holes. MJ then tells Peter that she’s going with them then, she couldn’t bear staying there alone, waiting to hear if…
Peter tells her no way, it’s too dangerous. Lurch, their giant Sentinel, will protect her and May in the event that anything else happens. He’ll be home in time for dinner, he promises. MJ tells him that she’s heard promises from him before and that she has a really bad feeling about this. Peter replies than she’s definitely staying put, she’ll be safer there.
Boarding the Fantasti-Car, Logan tells Peter that his wife ain’t the only one with her ends on end about this. Ghost Rider’s usually the first to show up when the flare goes up, and there they are goin’ into battle without him – somethin’ ain’t right. In the air, the Hulk says that’s an understatement if he ever heard one, things haven’t been right for years. Logan replies maybe but this is different. If Doom really is back in business, why attack them now? Doom stood alongside some o’ Earth’s mightiest heroes to defeat X-Man after he defeated Apocalypse and became the High Lord. Near as anyone figured, Doom was killed in the heroes’ final conflict with him, same as the original Fantastic Four, most o’ the Avengers and the X-Men. The Hulk tells him that he sees where he’s getting at shrimp. Magneto annexed Latveria in Doom’s absence and transformed it into a mutant state but there’s no chance that Doom would stand for it if he was still drawing breath – interesting. At that moment, their vehicle is targeted and thusly shot down.
Plummeting to the ground, Peter grabs Logan and swings him to safety. While he does, Logan asks what the flamin’ heck that was all about. Crashing into the ground, the Hulk says that it looks like whoever’s drivin’ the welcome wagon has an itchy trigger finger. He can’t say that he particularly cares for that. Swinging into action, Peter remarks that it looks like whoever is running the show has the place stocked well with Doombots.
Attacking the Doombots that are placed in front of the White House, Peter asks if anybody else gets the feeling that someone is expecting them. Logan tells him expectin’ them to slow down for these walkin’ battle tanks is more like it. The Doombots are just a diversion; they need to get inside if they want to get to the bottom of this.
After making short work of the Doombots, the Hulk smashes a hole through the building’s wall and they find Ghost Rider strapped to a bomb. When Ghost Rider informs them that it is a trap, Doctor Doom arrives and says of course it is a trap. Who but he could have orchestrated it? Their country’s leader is no more, their pathetic excuse for a government dismantled. After years of waiting and careful planning, it is he who reigns there now. All that is left is for them to die.
With that, he unleashes a blast towards Peter that he is able to dodge. Taking the opportunity, the Hulk proceeds to punch him across the room. When he does, he tells Doom to save the speeches or as his usual sparring partner used to say – it’s clobberin’ time! Immediately, Logan heads over to Ghost Rider and tells him to hang on. A couple more snips and he’ll be… Ghost Rider tells him that he doesn’t understand, his bonds are connected to a timing device. Looking down, Logan sees that the timer on it is quite low.
Coming back into the room, Doctor Doom unleashes a hand blast and calls the Fantastic Four contemptible fools and asks them if they think his plans can be undone so easily? They’ve not even begun to taste his might. Dodging the blast, Peter remarks that he’s tasted enough to know he makes him sick to his stomach. Ghost Rider then tells the Hulk that Wolverine could use some help. Logan says that Skull-face is right; Doom’s rigged the place to blow. The need to disarm the bomb pronto or President Kelly ain’t gonna be the only one eyeballin’ interns in that great oval office in the sky.
Grabbing hold of the bomb, the Hulk says that he didn’t become the man he is by disarming bombs. He then tells him to stand back and let a real man show him how it’s done. As he rips the bomb out of its holding area, the roof starts to collapse. After seeing what is transpiring, Logan thinks to himself great, the whole joint is comin’ down around their ears givin’ Doom the perfect opportunity to pull another vanishing act if that’s his game. And something tells him he’d better see to it that it isn’t.
With that, Logan lunges himself in Doom’s direction, telling him to hold it right there rivet-head, he’s not going anywhere. On the other side of the room, the Hulk tells him good thinking shorty. Keep that tin-plated tyrant where he has him while he puts the firecracker of his into orbit. As he tosses it through the roof, he sees more Doombots heading his way.
While Logan continues his assault on Doom, Doom tells him to unhand him and calls him a brainless savage. The person of Doom shall not be sullied by so base an affront. Grabbing hold of Doom’s mask, Logan says if he’s right this armor is where he and the man called Doom part ways. Ripping of the mask, Logan sees a robotic face and states that he knew somethin’ fishy was goin’ on around there. He should learn t’ pay more attention to his senses. He doesn’t know who he is, but he sure knows what he ain’t, he ain’t Doom.
Standing nearby, a man with a camera for a head and his face on his chest says to Wolverine that surely he’s to take but one look at “Doctor Doom” to realize his “fingerprints” are all over this endeavor. Or has he so soon forgotten what Arnim Zola, the bio-fanatic is capable of creating in his “Freak Factory?” Obviously the creature who lies at his feet isn’t Doom, but one of his “Uglies Unlimited” a kind of “bootleg” copy of the real article, created from tissue samples left over from a clone Doom created of himself some time ago. With “Doom” as his public face, he hoped to succeed where the self-styled High Lord failed and take control of the world. They were his first targets because they were the strongest of Earth’s last remaining heroes and, because he, Wolverine, has long been a nasty thorn in his side.
At that moment, Peter yells out to Logan that his spider-sense just kicked into overdrive – they’re in great danger! Looking up at Zola, Logan remarks to him that the Hulk already took care o’ one o’ his bombs, what else does he have up his sleeve – aw crud, the Doom clone. Arnim Zola tells him that his instincts are uncanny. He’s right of course. The moment he unmasked the clone, he initiated a self-destruct sequence within its armor. Laughing maniacally, he states that victory will be his yet. Slashing Zola across the chest and breaking the glass, Logan tells him not if he can help it. With Zola blinded, Logan tells him that he hopes he knows a good cable guy, it looks like his reception’s on the fritz. Peter then tells Logan to come on, they have to go.
With that, the Fantastic Four escapes the building. Once they have left, Arnim says out loud that the fools think him beaten but it was he who set this trap. And so, too, can he undo what has been set in motion. Eventually, he reaches “Doctor Doom.” When he does, it explodes and destroys the White House.
Safe outside, the Hulk mentions to his fellow Fantastic Four members that he guesses that’s it then – the White House, Zola, the Doombots. They’ll be nothing more than ash and memories when the smoke clears. Logan points out the White House maybe but who knows if that’s the last they’ve heard o’ Zola. Given that wing nut’s track record, there’s no real way o’ knowin’ for sure if that was even really him. And he doesn’t even wanna speculate on how many Doom clones that freak might o’ been holding in reserve.
Looking behind them, they witness Graydon Creed being sworn in as president. Logan remarks out o’ the fryin’ pan and into the fire. He then remarks that Creed has been anglin’ fer the top spot ever since he mysteriously reappeared – makes Kelly look like the picture o’ moderation. Asking the other members of the Fantastic Four, Logan asks them what now. What now?


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Resurrection
Walking into the fast-food establishment known as Marvel Burger, Logan thinks to himself that it’s one o’ those days. Mutant powers worldwide have been neutralized, his included, the result of a megalomaniac’s attempt to peacefully eradicate the “threat” of mutantkind. In the High Evolutionary’s brave new world, there’s no more anti-mutant hysteria, no more genetic war loomin’ on the horizon. Still, he’s determined t’ keep fightin’ the good fight.
Black sheets o’ rain are comin’ down cold and hard like some angry god ripped the lid off the sky to punish them. It’s no kind o’ day to be out but there’s something about the city in the middle of a really nasty rain storm that makes him want t’ get out into th’ thick of it.
Walking into the restaurant, Logan notices that the lights are too bright. Not the kind o’ place he’d go under normal circumstances but these ain’t normal circumstances – he needs this. After getting his coffee and walking over to a booth, the kid that took his order mentions to his co-worker, Richie, that’s what he loves about this job. Few people really get the opportunity to spend a couple hours with a filthy, disheveled little guy planted in a booth, nursing a cup of joe and stinking up the place.
Richie whispers back to his co-worker, Bernie, that there’s no need to broadcast it. He thinks the guy might have heard him. The miserable wretch probably just wants to get out of the rain for a few minutes. Besides, it’s not like he’s scaring off any other customers – where’s the harm? Bernie tells him that’s fine and informs Richie that he’s in charge of refills.
Heading over to the table, Richie asks the man if he needs a warm-up. Logan holds up his cup and tells him ‘thanks bub.’ After seeing the customer’s face, Richie tells Bernie that he’s not going to believe this, but the guy is Wolverine from the X-Men. When Bernie asks if he’s sure, Richie tells him yeah, he met him as Nova back when the New Warriors first started up and then a couple times after that. It looks like he’s in pretty rough shape, maybe he’s in some kind of trouble. Bernie replies or maybe his cap is on too tight. Why the heck would Wolverine be slumming at this cheesy outfit? Aren’t there cool mutie dives for a guy like that to hang out at? Those X-Men are wanted, their identities secret, he’s not sure he wants him to know he’s been recognized. Richie says maybe he’s in this neighborhood for a reason, maybe he’s on some kind of mission. He doesn’t know why he’s there, but he’s positive that’s him. He’s gonna… Bernie asks him what, mop up his mess – he’s gone.
Out in the rain, Logan continues to walk the streets in the pouring rain. As he does, he thinks to himself that the coffee did him good. For th’ first time in his life, he had a headache from caffeine withdrawal. Seems he relied on his mutant powers more than he even knew. He couldn’t stay at the restaurant. The lights were killin’ him and he got better things to do than sit back and listen to his body thaw. Too much goin’ on for that, too many questions buzzin’ ‘round in his head. Nothing new really, on the best o’ days, his whole world is one nasty ball o’ confusion.
This ain’t been one o’ his better days, or better months for that matter. A shape-shiftin’ Skrull was posin’ as him for a while, runnin’ around, causin’ a ruckus. In th’ meantime, he went through a whole tangle of troubles, getting kidnapped by Apocalypse and turned into his Horseman Death, getting adamantium bonded back onto his bones. Now a whole lot o’ anything makin’ much sense these days and the latest set o’ circumstances ain’t exactly got him doin’ back-flips either. Having his mutant powers, super senses and an ability to heal from even the toughest wounds stripped away ain’t improved his disposition. His healing factor is the only thing that allowed him to survive havin’ the adamantium. Without it, he’s dyin’ – slowly, painfully.
And it’s not just him. The rest o’ the X-Men and mutants all over the world are in a similar boat. The other X-Men may be ready t’ throw in the towel, but not him, he’ll keep fightin’. Quitting ain’t in his vocabulary. There’s too many questions, too many.
Reaching a junkyard, Logan reckons this is as good a place to start as any. The blasted Skrull that impersonated him came there. His teammate Nightcrawler said “they” came out there one night, lookin’ for his least favorite evil mutant. Only instead of finding Magneto, “they” ended up mixin’ it up with a mess o’ robots. Not really what you expect to find at the local scrap yard. As he leaps over the barbed wire fence, Logan trips and falls on his backside. Picking himself up, Logan thinks to himself beautiful, he’s so reliant on his absent abilities, he’s stumblin’ around like a complete incompetent. It’s been worse, he’ll just have to be more careful.
Entering a storeroom, Logan shockingly discovers that the place is packed to the gills with a stockpile of old androids. Some of ‘em are designed to look like other heroes, some just designed to wreck havoc. In one corner Captain America, Thor and a headless Iron Man sit waiting to be roused from their slumber. In another, a mutant-hunting Sentinel gathers dust. Everything looks old, broken, battered. It’s all been through th’ mill, it’s all been trashed then rebuilt in a haphazard fashion. The big question there is why, why would anybody go to all the trouble to restore all this junk?
Just then, Logan comes face to face with a man dressed in all black with his face covered by a mask. The man sees Logan and remarks another derelict hoping to get out of the rain; can there be no end to his torment? He then informs Logan that he’ll find no shelter there, he will only find the Reanimator and death! He tells Logan to flee before he strips the flesh from his bones and uses his intestines to string his guitar. Logan replies that there’s no need t’ get his knickers in a knot, he’s not lookin’ for a fight. Truth o’ the matter is, a couple o’ his friends were attacked there a bunch o’ nights back. He came there lookin’ for the reason why. The Reanimator tells him that he’s wasted a trip. He was trespassing then, as he is now, do not try his patience. After calling Logan a speck, flea and mite he tells him to leave now or face his wraith, his terrible wraith.
Just as Logan starts to tell him that it ain’t that simple, he is cut off by an alarm sounding. Looking at the monitor, the Reanimator remarks that Logan’s presence there was but a ruse, his sensors have detected him, his most hated nemesis – Nova the Human Rocket! Turning his attention back to Logan, he informs him that he was prepared to let him leave unharmed but clearly his presence is but a distraction from a more insidious attack. His true scheme is undone. Calling Logan a maggot, worm and a gnat, the Reanimator tells him that it’s time to die. With that, Logan is shot upon by the Reanimator’s robots.
Dodging the blasts, Logan thinks to himself that he really stepped in it this time. That snot-nosed, pimple-faced, bucket-headed punk couldn’t have buzzed by at a worse time. What kind o’ nitwit goes on patrol anyway? This is gonna be a little tougher than he thought. Without his healin’ factor in workin’ order, he’s as good as gone if one o’ these blasts hits him. He can do this, he’s done this – piece o’ cake. He just has to keep movin’ and dodgin’. Before long, another robot begins to wrap Logan up in it’s tentacles made o’ coiled steel. Logan thinks to himself that it used to be, he’d cut right through these things usin’ his adamantium claws. But without his healin’ factor, poppin’ those puppies tears him apart worse than th’ bad guys.
Outside the complex, Nova sees a blast coming through the roof and deduces that it’s a good thing he tried to follow Wolverine after he wandered out of Marvel Burger. He hadn’t seen hide nor hair of him but he’s betting that blast isn’t just the result of an errant arc welder. Inside the complex, the robot continues to tighten its grip on Logan and around his neck. While it does, Logan tries to calm down and think. There’s gotta be a way to pry himself loose from this thing. Either that or use his weight against it, knocking the thing off balance. He determines that it’s no use. Even if he had enough leverage, it’s too blasted heavy and the Reanimator’s siccing even more of his androids on him, namely one that resembles the Hulk. Doesn’t leave him with much choice, does it? He begins to ready himself, this is gonna hurt…
Before Logan has the chance to do the inevitable, Nova bursts through the wall. As he punches the head off the “Hulk,” he mentions that he tangled with a mess of robots a while back, he doesn’t suppose this is the work of the same guy, does he? Struggling, Logan asks Nova what in the blazes he is doing there. Nova replies that he was going to ask him the same thing, what’s this all about? Logan tells him that there’s no time to explain and asks him to lend him a hand with this blasted overachieving paper-weight. Before Nova can assist Logan, he is punched out by another robot.
Upon seeing what has happened to Nova, Logan thinks that the kid’s in trouble and that leaves him in worse shape than he was before he showed up. This ain’t gonna be pretty but a this point, poppin’ his claws is the only chance they’ve got. That is if he don’t black out because o’ the pain! Once he finally does pop his claws, Logan screams out in agony. Ignoring the pain, Logan slashes himself free and takes out another robot. As a larger robot begins to topple over another robot, Logan rushes over towards Nova and tells him that they gotta move fast if they want o keep suckin’ air. Blasting off, Nova replies okay and that if it’s fast he wants, he came to the right guy.
Able to take a breather for a second, Logan tells Nova nice shot but any fool can see they’re in over their heads with this unruly mob. His mutant powers are history and he, Nova, is comin’ up short. He tells him to forget the heroics and to go get help. Get the Avengers, the Fantastic Four, his pals the New Warriors, anyone. Nova tells him that he doesn’t need to run off to do tha…
Realizing that his comm badge must have been busted during the fight, he’ll have to do this the old-fashioned way. Logan tells him to just do it, he’ll hold off these walin’ scrap heaps till he gets back. Blasting off, Nova tells him that he’s going but just for the record, he thinks he’s completely nuts for staying behind. Logan replies ‘you and me both bub’ but one of them has t’ make sure laughing boy over there doesn’t make a break for it. Now go, he’ll be there waitin’ for him – dead or alive.
At the New Warriors firehouse headquarters, located under the Manhattan Bridge in Brooklyn, Speedball is on the phone with an agent. He tells them that he thinks it all sounds great but what he really thinks they should do is play up Namorita’s role, at least in their first draft. She’d dating the Human Torch and that makes her a smoking hot property with all the tabloids. Once they sell the screenplay, they can pump up their own parts. That’s right, he and Nova are co-writing.
Just then, Bolt walks into the room and asks if he’s *kaff* *kaff* seen Turbo around. Speedball waves him off and tells him that he’s busy. Back on his phone call, he tells the agent that’s exactly what people want from a New Warriors movie. Bolt replies can’t he *kaff* put his extracurricular activities on hold for just a *kaff* second and let him know if he’s seen her or not. Before any further conversations can take place, Nova flies through the window and tells Speedball that he needs him to get everybody together fast and meet him over at that old junkyard on the west side. Wolverine’s in trouble and they’ve got to stop some guy called the Reanimator. He’s sicced a whole mess of killer robots on their tails, hurry!
Once he rushes out the window, Bolt coughs and asks Speedball is it just him or… Speedball replies that he doesn’t know but they’d probably better check it out, he’ll call ‘Nita.
At the junkyard, Logan continues to fight the robots and androids that are coming at him. While he does, he thinks to himself that the clock is tickin’. His claws are a big help but he’s lost a lot o’ blood and his luck can’t possibly hold out forever. The adamantium linin’ his bones, the metal in his claws is makin’ him sluggish and wearin’ him out. Seems there’s a lot more t’ him than a set o’ claws and a few pounds o’ metal bonded t’ his skeleton. All that other stuff, the stuff he took for granted – the enhanced senses, everything. Without it, he’s just not the same and pretending otherwise is gonna get him killed fast. If some kind o’ backup doesn’t make the scene real soon, he don’t know how much longer he’ll be able to hold out. Especially if this Reanimator creep can do what his name implies ‘cause if he’s rebuilding and reanimating his android army over and over, this may never stop.
In another location of the complex, the Reanimator asks himself why he didn’t realize that guy was Wolverine. Either way, it’s time to up the ante. The hairy runt’s dismantled far too many of his little pets. Their parts can be reused nonetheless, there is nothing that the Reanimator can’t make operational once again. Just then, Nova appears and takes out one of the Sentinels bearing down on Wolverine. When he does, he asks can’t a guy leave them in a room for two seconds without them trying to kill each other? Swooping down and grabbing Logan, Nova says to him that wasn’t too bad, was it? Logan says that those “two seconds” felt like two years with these tin-plated turkeys bangin’ on his bean. He then asks him where the flamin’ calvary is at. Nova tells him that they’re on their way. They’re not quite as fast as he is but don’t worry, help is on the way. Logan replies good, from th’ look o’ things, they’re gonna need it.
At that moment, the Reanimator notices that all of his robots and androids are dispersing into the street after Nova and that diminutive do-gooder but there’s something wrong. Somehow, he’s unable to restore any of the wrecked robots to working order and, without robots, he’s undone. Ruined, doomed – perhaps it would be best to flee. Rushing out the door, the Reanimator is met with Aegis, Speedball, Namorita and Turbo. Namorita stops him and tells him not so fast tall, dark and gruesome, they’d like to have words with him. Speedball says yeah, four-letter words.
Upon seeing them, the Reanimator says “oh no, the New Warriors.” Picking him up by his collar, Namorita tells him that he was right the first time. Now how about telling them what’s going on there. Where’s Nova and Wolverine? The Reanimator tells her that they’re fighting robots and that they could be anywhere. Namorita states that they shouldn’t be hard to find and tells the remaining New Warriors to spread out and take charge of the situation, she’s got things there well in hand.
When the New Warriors reach Logan and Nova, Logan remarks that he’s guessing they’re the new New Warriors. He remarks that it’s gettin’ to where you can’t tell th’ good guys from the bad without an official handbook. He then tells them to grab themselves a sparring partner, there’s plenty to go ‘round.
Before long, Namorita arrives holding the Reanimator upside down by his ankle. She proceeds to tell Nova and Logan that she’s tried convincing their friend there to shut off the robots and as they can see, she’s been really nice about it, but he’s just a babbling mess at this point. She figured they might want to give it a shot. The Reanimator starts babbling not Nova, anybody but Nova, Nova spoils everything. Coming face to face with him, Logan tells him that Nova’s the least o’ his concerns. Popping his claws and holding them to his forehead, Logan tells the Reanimator that he figured gettin’ laughin’ boy there to shut off his tinker toys was the way to go when he first stumbled onto this cozy little scene but he never could get close enough to invoke the right amount of persuasion – things should work out fine now.
Logan then tells Namorita to let him go. When the Reanimator falls to the ground, Logan picks him up and holds his claws again to his neck. He tells him that he didn’t come anywhere near him with his claws, but dear ol’ Mother Earth poundin’ his pretty puss. It’s gonna feel like heaven compared to the pig-stickers he’s packin’. Once he lets loose with them, well it’s never pleasant. And frankly, after the hurt he went through poppin’ ‘em out, he is more than inclined to share the pain so what does he say the cut to the chase and he shuts the flamin’ robots down.
The Reanimator exclaims that’s what he’s been trying to tell her, he can’t. He has the mutant ability to reconstruct and reanimate, to control and converse with anything mechanical. Ordinarily he can activate and deactivate robots at will but his powers are gone. He can’t shut the robots down just as he can’t reanimate any others. He’s helpless, completely defenseless, totally useless, utterly powerless. Nova states right, but they’re not. Sounds to him like all they have to do is waste the rest of these rampaging robots and everything will be just ducky, so what are they waiting for? Minutes later, the blasted back street looks like a battlefield with more flyin’ shrapnel than you can shake a stick at. Everyone pairs off like eager fresh-faced teenagers at some kind o’ demented prom and then before you know it, the dance is over.
Shaking hand with Logan, Nova says so much for the Reanimator’s robots. They won’t be good for much more than the scrap yard they came from after this. What a trip, looks like all of the mutants are without power now. Bolt had to stay back at their headquarters because his power was out, his (Logan) are on the blink and the Reanimator’s gave out as well. Only he didn’t know about it until it was too late. On that note, he’d better get back to Marvel Burger. He doesn’t want to lose his job because he had to battle some bad guys. Besides, Bernie’s a wreck without him. Logan tells him no problem; they can handle it from there and thanks him for his help. He’ll drop by after things have wrapped up there and give him the lowdown.
Speedball then tells Wolvie that he might want to ditch that costume of his for good. He’s got the worst case of “hat hair” he’s ever seen. Taking off, Logan mutters blasted smart-mouthed… As the cops arrive, Speedball asks Nova if he intends to give away his secret identity to that guy or did he just completely blow it and if he’s going to be like this in pitch meetings.
Later that day, Logan stops by at Marvel Burger and tells Richard Rider that, unless mutants all over the world get their powers back, the Reanimator clown is about as threatening as a kitten. He was buildin’ up to somethin’, that’s for sure. He did some snooping around, the guy had been using robots to pull off various heists and industrial espionage jobs so eh could afford to buy more spare parts. Logan guesses he had a mad-on for Nova for stopping a number of his heists.
Richard replies and now he’s in jail. Wearing a medical patch over his eye, Logan tells him that they stopped him but in the big scheme o’ things, a guy like the Reanimator’s a small fish. The fact that he gave them any kind o’ run fer their money is cause for some concern. If it wasn’t for every mutant on the planet being stripped of their powers, he doubt they’d have fared so well. Richard says yeah, ‘Nita said one of their teammates Bolt was having similar problems. Logan replies that he’s met the kid, hooked him up with an acquaintance o’ his a while back – he’s a good kid.
Getting up to leave, Logan tells Richard that they all are but, judgin’ just from the little he’s seen today, they could probably brush up on their teamwork. Nobody seems to be leadin’; they’ve all got their own agendas. It worked out fine this time with a powerless opponent but he doesn’t think he can count on getting too many breaks like that. In any case, he’ll be seein’ him. It’s been a refreshing change t’ take a break from his usual chorus line o’ ninja and super assassins.
Watching Logan walk out the door, Richard remarks to Bernie that it’s weird. Even after seeing him in the heat of battle all bloody and bruised, he thinks he actually enjoyed that. Bernie says what can he say, the man loves his job; just keep him away from his. As they all call it a night, Logan thinks to himself that the battle is over but the war never ends, life goes on.


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Blood Debt - conclusion
Years ago in Mongolia, Yolyn took control of the Kaishek Clan by killing his own father and brothers. Today, he is met in his chambers by his daughter – Kia. Removing her white cloak and wearing a rather flattering outfit, Kia holds up a gun. Upon seeing it, her father begs her to wait but Kia tells her that the time for waiting has passed.
Outside the fortress as it rains, Kenuichio Harada, known to the world as the Silver Samurai, tells Logan and Amiko that the Kaisheks began their climb to power hundreds of years ago in the court of Kublai Khan. For years, they served the Khan as advisors for the Mongul army and as their own elite force. They were trusted like no other clan. All the while, they had slowly been stealing from the vast tributes to the Mongul Empire to build the structure before them, a fortress that would provide sanctuary from all Kaishek enemies. The sculpted faces on its tower represent every conquered enemy, every hero of the clan that has helped enlarge its dominion. It is a monument to Kaishek longevity and invincibility. Today it is Yolyn Kaishek’s headquarters, but if he is unaware of Kia’s treachery, the fortress and its guards will be little protection.
When Amiko asks then what do they do, Logan informs her “we” don’t do anything. They are to stay there and keep out of sight. He’s gonna sneak in, find Yukio and deal with that witch Kia. Amiko asks him how he even knows Yukio made it there yet, to which Logan tells her that he has her scent. She passed through this trail less than an hour ago and Kia’s just ahead of her. Amiko begins to tell him that he could use her help while he… but Logan cuts her off. He again tells her to stay put and nurse their wounded Samurai. He’s someone she can help.
After hearing that, Harada grumbles under his breath. Logan continues and tells Amiko no more risks. She did what she had to while she was captured. Bettin’ her life and winning can be a rush but don’t take it for granted. An’ don’t push yer luck, ‘cause it can turn on you at any time. It’s likely to get pretty hairy in there. He’s not as “quiet” as Yukio. Amiko starts to protest but Logan tells her no – stay there. As he leaves, Harada tells Amiko that Logan is correct; it is wisest to remain there. Not happy, Amiko does what she is told.
Inside Yolyn’s chamber, Kia proceeds to shoot him in the chest. As she does, she tells him that she is there to claim what is hers. Dying, Yolyn asks what that is. Clan Kaishek? She claims a debt and today that debt will claim her. Standing over her dead father, Kia hears a voice behind her that says to her that she’d tell her she’ll regret that, but she wouldn’t worry about it. In fact, her problems are almost over.
With that, Yukio crashes through the window and drives Kia’s face into the ground with her foot. As she does so, Yukio tells Kia that she has something to share with her. A lesson actually – about ying and yang, cause and effect. She’s crossed her and that comes with a price. To gain the Kaishek Empire, she kept Amiko and her hostage to force Logan to help her. She’s killed her own brother and now her father. She’s disappointed she’s too late to stop that last arc of her scheme but Yolyn Kaishek was an evil man, wasn’t he? That takes them back to their lesson. In the end, you get what you deserve.
Just as Kia pries the sword out of her dead father’s hands, Yukio grabs her from behind and proceeds to kick her in the back, sending her tumbling down the stairs. Continuing to pummel Kia, Yukio tells her that sometimes the lesson can be difficult to learn. People can make the wrong choices and the aftermath can burden them for the rest of their lives. Picking herself up, Kia tells her like she said, it’s not her problem.
At that moment, Logan crashes through the door with a bunch of beaten-up guards. He then tells Yukio that she should know when to let something lie and when not to. Yukio exclaims that she does and tells him to stay out of her way. Walking over to her, Logan puts his hand on Yukio’s shoulder and reminds her that blood begets blood. Amiko’s her job now, not this. Taking the opportunity, Kia opens up fire on Logan. While she does, Kia yells out to the guards to stop the mutant or he’ll kill them all. If they can stand, fight.
As Kia rushes off, Yukio gives chase while the guards dog-pile on Logan. Logan calls out to Yukio to stop but she does not listen. Rushing down the corridor, Yukio calls out to Kia that running can’t help her, she can’t hide from her. Hiding behind a column, Kia replies that actually it’s quite easy to hide. She grew up in this dismal place. She knows it’s every nook and cranny. Having a pair of vicious older brothers teaches you things like hiding and waiting.
Emerging from her hiding place, Kia fills Yukio’s back with a number of gunshot blasts until her gun is out of ammo. Grabbing her by the back of the hair, Kia holds her sword to Yukio’s throat and tells her that unfortunately she must be quick. As wounded as her beast is, the guards will be no match. Now, she has a lesson for her. In life, one does not always succeed at what she sets out to do.
Before she can deliver the killing blow, Amiko jumps at her and smacks her in the face with a sling of stones to her face. While she does, she tells Kia that is so true. Yukio is shocked to see her but Amiko informs her she was supposed to hang back with the Samurai but she ditched him. Before she can say anything else, Kia overpowers her and puts her sword to her throat. Complimenting her on her technique, Kia tells Amiko that she will be a ferocious warrior one day but all that youthful vigor will be wasted if her mutant doesn’t stand down.
Turning her attention to Yukio, she tells her that, once she has escaped, she’ll release her. Otherwise, she becomes a pretty little corpse. After Kia leaves with her hostage, Logan arrives in the corridor. Yukio informs him that Kia has Amiko and that they need to get her back quickly. Logan notices that Yukio is bleeding badly and goes to check on her but Yukio tells him that she’ll make it. If Kia gets out, she’ll kill Amiko, she knows it. Logan replies that Kia needs Amiko alive and she, Yukio, needs help now. Enraged, Yukio yells at him and tells him not to argue with her, just get out of there and get her back.
Further up ahead, Kia orders Amiko to stop struggling or she’ll cut her throat. Amiko tells her now she won’t. She needs her alive or Logan will… Kia cuts her off and says to her that Logan’s not there, is he? This place is a labyrinth. If you don’t know your way, you could be lost forever. Amiko replies that she doesn’t understand Wolverine doesn’t get lost. A maze won’t stop him, nothing will. He’ll find her, she can’t hide her stink.
At that moment, Logan comes crashing through the wall, grabs Amiko, and knocks Kia to the ground. With precious little time on his hands, Logan orders Amiko to follow the claw marks on the walls, they’ll lead her back to Yukio. He then tells her to get her out, she’s hurt bad. Once Amiko leaves, Kia gets up and starts to go after Amiko. Logan, however, stops her by slashing her across the face just as she jams her sword into his chest. Enraged, Kia states that he just ruined her face. Preparing to slash her again, Logan asks her bad day, it gets worse. Just as he is about to slash her again, Kia grabs the sword in his chest, uses his momentum against him and flings him over her into the pit below. At the last second, Logan is able to grab Kia and take her down into the pit with him.
In another location in the compound, Amiko attempts to drag Yukio to safety. Yukio tells her that she’s slowing her down and that she should go on ahead, she’ll wait for Logan. Amiko tells her no way, they leave together or not at all. Pointing his gun at them, one of Yolyn’s guards tells them that they will die together. They must pay for Yolyn’s life with their own. Before he can take a shot, the Silver Samurai appears behind the man and kills him. As he does, he tells him that they have paid too much already. Today it is the Kaisheks who must settle their debts. After disposing of the guard, he tells Amiko and Yukio that there are still many guards about so stay behind him. He also adds to Amiko to please do what she is told this time.
Deeper in the compound and during their tussle, Logan and Kia have cracked open up pipes full of gas. Picking himself up from underneath a pile of barrels, Logan tells Kia to come out girl *cough*; she can’t escape. The gas won’t *cough* hide her scent from him. Appearing behind him, Kia tells him to be careful how he *cough* moves those metal pipes, if they strike together and make a spark. With that, she jams her sword again into Logan’s chest. Surprised he isn’t dead yet, Kia asks him how he can still live, she will cut his throat.
When she pulls the sword out and goes to strike again, Logan pops his two outer claws and places them on either side of her face. He tells her to stop and hand him *cough* the blade or he’ll pop the middle one. Kia replies that he’s *cough* sealed her fate already, hasn’t he? Logan tells her maybe, she’s betrayed and killed her own kin and manipulated his. She’s a thief and a murderer – after all she’s done, does he owe her any less? Kia asks thief, she claims what is hers. She claims it by right of birth, she claims it in blood. With that, she slams her own blade onto one of Logan’s claws. Once that happens, it causes a spark and an enormous explosion.
Outside the compound, the Silver Samurai, Amiko and Yukio make it out alive just as the compound explodes in a fiery blast. They then witness Logan being burnt alive and tossed into the air. Bouncing a couple of times after he lands, Logan lands in a burning, smoking mess. Rushing over to him, Amiko begins to sob and asks him if he’s okay. Logan tells her “d-don’t *cough* worry, he’ll b-be fine. Let’s just go home.”


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All Along the Watchtower: Part 1
Standing over a beaten foe, Wolverine, in his yellow and blue costume, thinks to himself that at some point in his life it became clear to him that he couldn’t so much as sit down for a cold one without gettin’ into some kind o’ trouble. Maybe that’s just the way his story goes.
He was born a mutant with senses and abilities that set him apart from most men and he’s got a skeleton and claws laced with adamantium, the strongest metal there is. He’s a scrapper by nature, a hero, one o’ the X-Men, by trade. Some might say he should be used to this stuff by now.
Looking upon his seven amassed foes, Wolverine recognizes one of them as Deadpool. He proceeds to tell him that he’s guessin’ he’s the one in charge and asks if this is a payin’ gig or if is personal. Deadpool replies that he knows how it is. He’s checking out markedmen.com and there’s his adorable mug along side a number so big he thought Ed McMahon was springin’ for the hit. Believe him, if he knew the kind of dough he’s looking at there, he’d off himself just to die that rich a man.
Wolverine snarls that it sounds like something he should look into. He then states that this fight hasn’t even started yet and he’s already bored. Do them a favor and don’t start this. Deadpool tells him that he knew he was going to be like that, that’s why he brought along his boys. Pigskin – an overweight pale skinned man with a bald head and fangs. Vance Rebus and Reckless Eric – normal looking men wearing armor and half shields covering the top half of their faces, Reckless Eric is the one defeated at Wolverine’s feet. Also present are Deadeye Dick – a cyborg looking individual with a bionic eye, Mega Max – a large pale skinned creature sporting fangs and armor, and Mini Max – a smaller, but just as dangerous version of Mega Max. There is also another creature that is small like Mini Max but is not introduced.
Deadpool says that they call themselves the Scourge. They’re kind of a group like N’Sync, only way uglier. Logan tells him whatever and again informs Wade that he’s giving him an out there, he should take it. These other clowns he could care less about but they, he and him, don’t have to go down this road. Readying himself for battle, Wade agrees that they don’t, but the thing is, he needs the money.
Sheathing his claws, Logan tells Wade that he better remember who he’s dealin’ with, ‘cause there’s lots o’ easier ways o’ makin’ a killin’. Wade replies maybe but as long as he’s driving off into the sunset with a thick wad of dough he doesn’t have a problem taking the scenic route. Punching Wade across the face, Logan tells him don’t say he never offered to point out a shortcut. Delivering another crack across Wade’s jaw, Logan says to him to tell him what really is goin’ on there. The last time they tangled, things ended on reasonably good terms.
Firing back with a kick to Logan’s jaw, Wade responds that things change. Punching Logan in the face, Wade adds that they’ve knocked noggins enough for him to know that trying to figure him out is like trying to predict the migrating habits of Africanized bees. You can do it, but somebody always gets stung. Tackling Wade, Logan pops the claws on his left hand and says this time it’s him. Wade remarks that he hates it when he winds up with an analogy on his face. Popping the claws on his right hand, Logan gives Wade one more chance to wise up and three more reasons to do it (his claws). Responding with a kick to Logan’s jaw, Wade states that his pathetic track record with poker and black jack notwithstanding, never let it be said he’s not a gambling man at heart.
Following up with a punch to Logan’s jaw, he adds that he, Logan, on the other hand has done an exemplary job of distinguishing himself as a – drum roll please – super hero. Sure, sure, he’s got a wild and wooly side but deep down, beneath all that wiry hair, he’s a stand-up guy. He ain’t gonna waste widdle ol’ Wade. As Logan tackles Wade, he tells him that he’s confusin’ his own stupidity with confidence. Wade tells him that’s a good one and then, simultaneously, they each deliver blows that temporarily separate them from each other.
Pulling his gun out of its holster, Wade tells Logan that as much as he’s enjoyed this all-too-brief round of verbal gymnastics, he thinks it’s time he got on with doing what he came there to do. He’ll make it fast, scout’s honor. As Logan lunges towards him, Wade fills him full of… tranquilizer darts? Logan weakly tells him that his healin’ factor… Wade cuts him off and says that it is in now capable of holding off enough sedative to drop a T-Rex, so just shut up and fall down. If anyone wanted to hear a dissertation on his mutant healing powers, he’d be raking it in on the college lecture circuit. Besides, he’s heard enough about ‘em as it is.
While the Scourge begins to surround Logan, Wade points out that the man settling the tab for this job has been studying him, Wolverine, for a long time. He knew exactly what it would take to bring him to the ground. Lying on the ground, Logan thinks to himself that his body is lead and that his chest is on fire. He tries to focus, to concentrate, but it’s too late for that now. Maybe it was too late long ago.
(flashback)
Before his run-in with Deadpool and the Scourge, Logan was wearing civilian clothes while downing a few drinks at a bar. The bartender, a large bald-headed gentleman wearing a white t-shirt with no sleeves asks Logan if everything is all right with him. He’s been sittin’ there all night and barely said a word. Not that he’s complainin’ or nothin’, just curious is all. He then introduces himself as Leon. Logan tells him thanks but he’s fine. Logan then mentions that a place like that is usually pretty rowdy, he’s just enjoyin’ the silence. Leon replies ‘I hear that’ and then tells him not to get used to it though. All heck’s liable to break loose later on. With a stoic look on his face, Logan responds that he’ll keep that in mind.
Inside a van parked outside the bar, Deadpool and the members of the Scourge are standing around. Just then, Wade’s computer tech, Weasel, tells him that he thinks they just found his friend and pulls Logan’s image up on all of the computer monitors before them. Wade replies that’s him, he told them they’d find him in some kind of dive bar. It’s like, hello! Ever heard of a micro-brewery? Wade then points out that the place looks empty, is it? Weasel tells him that it sure does seem that way. Aside from his friend, there’s just the bartender and the skeevy-looking waitress. Is he ready to move? Wade says not yet. The guy’s in the middle of a drink, least they can do is let him finish it. He then asks Weasel to stop calling Logan his “friend.” Considering what this job means to him, he’d just as soon carry on like he never met the runt.
In the bar, Leon asks Logan if anyone ever told him he looked like Neil Young. At first Logan tells him no but then recalls that a guy did say that once. Looking back, he probably had no idea why he put his head through that window. Laughing, Leon proceeds to tell Logan that he’s a funny guy. Staring at him, Logan replies that he wasn’t kidding.
At that moment, the scantily-clad waitress comes over to him and tells him not to pay any mind to Levon; he’s dumb as a bag of snot. She’s been watchin’ him though, looks like he could use some company and a change o’ scenery. What say she runs and gets her things? Logan tells her the offer’s temptin’ but it’ll have to wait. He’s got a lot on his mind right now and… The waitress cuts him off and tells him come on, let her take his mind off whatever it is that’s troublin’ him. Girl like her could prob’ly teach him a trick or two. Logan looks at her and tells her that unless she can show him how to make his pennies walk like dollars, he knows all the tricks.
Again, he tells her, thanks but no. Laughing, Leon tells the waitress, Janine, that it don’t sound like this fella’s buyin’ it. Janine tells him to be quiet. The man’s got a sense o’ humor, that don’t mean he’s take a dislike to her. She then says to Logan right, honey? Logan calmly tells her that he never said he didn’t like her. Again, Janine tells Logan that he can’t pay any mind to Levon, he’s not what you’d call bright. So, what say she runs and gets her things?
Inside the van, Weasel says to Wade that he can almost see letting the poor slob finish his last beer but please tell him they’re not watching what’s about to go down right now. Wade tells him to relax; dude’s got more class than that. At least, he thinks he does…
Once Janine steps out, Logan proceeds to ask Leon if he looks stupid. Leon replies no, it’s just that Janine is used to gettin’ her way with men. You know, on accounts of her looks an’… Just then, Logan grabs the bartender by the arm and tells him that he’s not talkin’ about the girl “Leon.” Why doesn’t he tell him what’s going on? From inside the van, Deadpool wonders what Logan is talking about and what he is doing. At that moment, Logan slams Leon’s head to the bar and pins it with his knee.
Popping his claws on his right hand, he tells Leon that his girlfriend called, he’s not too smart. Least he could’ve done was get his own flamin’ name right. See, he’s a sucker for details like that. And since he asked earlier, he’s been sittin’ there all night tryin’ to figure out why a bar he’s been visitin’ off and on for the last twenty years is suddenly as dead as last night’s dinner; and on the weekend no less. So, he’ll ask him again – does he look stupid?
From behind them, a voice asks Levon what he did. Turning around, Logan sees Janine, dressed even more scantily than before, smoking a cigarette, and toting two large guns. She tells Logan that he’s really gotta excuse ol’ Levon. Man’s about as sharp as a dull pencil eraser. He’s got his good points though, which is why she’ll be asking him, Logan, to back away from him now. Oh, she has her things too, hope he’s ready to get gone. With that, Janine opens up fire upon Logan. Dodging her blasts, Logan tells her that she’s better hope she can get to the door before he gets to her…
Inside the van, Deadpool states that unless he’s totally misreading the situation, that’s a cocktail waitress with two huge lumps of death-spewing metal. You ask him, that means they’ve got hired help moonlighting as bounty hunters and that means… Turning to Rebus (Reckless Eric), he informs him that it’s time to waste the joint. Just then, the building explodes which tosses Logan into a clearing in the woods nearby. Approaching him, Reckless Eric tells Logan to stay where he is. Logan tells the man standing before him nice costume and asks if he is with them. Reckless Eric replies that the Scourge has no time for morons or mutants. They’re taking him in, the Scourge has him. Putting his mask on, Logan asks that he’s the best they can do huh? Sighing, he pops his claws and says all right, we might as well get this over with.
(present)
Logan wakes up and comes out swingin’. He has no idea where he is, no concept of how long he’s been out. There’s no sign of Deadpool but his goon squad is out in force. Whatever they shot him up with, it hasn’t cleared out o’ his system yet. His vision’s blurred and it feels like his brain’s been wrapped in gauze. He gets moments of clarity but, for the most part, his head is useless. He uses the parts that work, his feet and his fists.
The first thing he notices about the Scourge is they all stink o’ fear. It’s a funny thing, something he can’t put his finger on in his current frame o’ mind. These guys are tough, professionals, they should be puttin’ up more of a fight. But they fold easier than lawn chairs, all of ‘em – Pigskin, Vance Rebus, Deadeye Dick, Mega Max, and even Mini Max. Their lack o’ confidence is almost palpable. He feeds on it like a man starved and then he catches a whiff o’ what’s got ‘em all on edge – the burnin’ stench o’ pure, unadulterated evil.
Turning around, Logan sees a towering figure with a mechanical eye and wearing armor. The man states fascinating, even in his current drug-addled state, he, Logan, could sense his presence. He asks him if he ever stops to marvel at the scope of the gifts he’s been given. Thousands upon thousands of people go through life without sight, unable to hear, unable to feel but he experiences life on a level unimagined even by the healthiest of human species. He’s the best at what he does and he takes that for granted, doesn’t he? He’s so accustomed to who he is and what he’s become that he can’t even see the beauty in the gifts nature has bestowed upon him. Growling, Logan replies that he doesn’t have any patience for speeches so he can save his rap for…
The towering figure tells him that he’s well aware of his capacity for the most brutal forms of defiance – they’ll have none of that here. With that, he smacks Logan across the face. As Logan crumples to the ground, the figure tells him that a man with senses as keen as his should appreciate the promise that he can make him feel pain unlike any he’s ever experienced, if he chooses to resist him further. As Reckless Eric and Vance Rebus take Logan into custody, the towering figure tells him that they are the future, the solution to problems and ills older than even him and his kind. They are the Watchtower.
Inside the ominous building known as the Watchtower, Reckless Eric asks Deadpool how she, Siryn, looks. Wade replies that she’s in a chemical bath with a hose in her mouth, you idiot. What kind of question is that? He asks him what he cares for anyway. It’s not like he’s got any stake in what happens to her now. His obligation to this whole deal ended the minute they showed up at the front gate with Wolvie passed out in the back seat. His was just beginning. Wade tells Theresa that he knows she can’t hear him, but everything’s gonna be all right. This seems bad, he knows, and it isn’t the way she’d have wanted him to do things but they’re gonna make her whole again. They promised him.
In another room, Logan is bound and hanging upside down. The towering figure from before stands there with one of his guards and watches him intently. When he notices that Logan is beginning to stir, he remarks that he wakes again, wonderful. His healing factor is really quite extraordinary. Had they drawn as much blood from a lesser man, they would have lost him long ago. The speed of his regenerative abilities is mind-boggling. Logan proceeds to ask him why he is doing this. The man replies that surely he’s guessed by now; this is all about his healing powers. Nature has always intended for him to fulfill a specific role, him and all mutants. The Watchtower if fighting to heal a sick world and he just became their greatest weapon.
Watching from above, a shadowy figure points to Logan and says there he is. Another member of his crew remarks that the Administrator is there too however. The figure says there is nothing they can do about that. They knew they’d have to confront him eventually. He then tells Cargo to get ready to take them in and for Hardwire to hit it.
Inside his cell, Logan thinks to himself that somewhere amid the barrage o’ tranquilizers and the continued bloodlettin’, it occurs to him that he’s lost the plot. It happens, gettin’ hung up on stuff like this comes with the territory. All it takes is a single event and suddenly everything changes. At that moment, Logan sees three figures materialize before him. One of them seems to be a being comprised of energy and he is carrying two others of his crew, a young man and a young lady. The man inside him tells him ‘good work Cargo.’ Now just pray the old codger’s as resilient as his reputation would have them believe. Cargo then informs him that he is sensing guards approaching. The young man tells his crew to spread out and handle it. He then asks where Hardwire is, they’re waiting on him.
Just then, a large robotic figure appears and states that they encountered interference and has dealt with it. On the ground, the young man proceeds to take out the guards and tells him no worries. If he grabs whiskers, he’s golden. They’ll take the interference as it comes. With Logan free, the young man approaches him and asks him if he’s ready to travel and adds that it’s an honor to meet him. When Logan asks him who they are, the young man informs him that they are friends or enemies. It all depends on where he stands.
As the young man, young lady, Hardwire, Cargo and Wolverine face off against the Administrator, the young man asks him ‘doesn’t it father?’ Popping his claws, Logan hears his body screamin’ for him to crawl up in a ball and sit this one out. His head’s beggin’ him just to lie down and get better. No chance, this is where the story gets good.