Chapter 128 - Prompt 1 (2/2)
His body started to become weak as he slowly laid Rogue down on the ground making sure not to break contact. His healing factor was working double time to make sure Rogue lived. Staring up at the roof of the mansion Logan slowly began to think of the good times...the bad…the insane.
'It had been a good ride hadn't it? Well hectic, and the end was a complete bitch.' *Gasp* Rogue took in her first breath of air in minutes but didn't fully wake. The sound only reaffirmed Logan's determination, maybe he could have let go then, but he held on. He was giving his all, he wouldn't be walking away like all those other times, not if he had anything to say about it.
Mystique showed a gentle smile as she moved a bit of Logan's hair out of his face as he started to fade, old scars starting to resurface on his skin. This would be her last chance and she wasn't going to miss it. Slowly leaning down she gave her long-time friend/rival/lover/partner one final kiss and whispered in his ear.
”Don't worry Logan, I'll protect our Daughter.” The smile on his face got that tad bit wider as he just had enough strength to give his trade mark smirk, the one that said everything was going to be fine. ”Thanks Darling, share a nice cold one with her when she gets older for me…a good…Canadian…brew” Mystique gave a small chuckle as his breathing started to slow and voice started to fade.
Mystique watched over him as his body finally…after so many years, breathed it's last.
Reaching up to close his eyes it was not 5 seconds later that Rogue shot up and looked around the room in terror. Her body shook as it took in those around her, her hands patting up and down her body as she tried to figure out what happened.
It didn't take her long to find Mystique over Logan's body. Her eyes shook as she felt the aches in her body disappear. She knew what he had done, the words couldn't help but slip out in a tremble. ”Logan…Dad”. Her eyes turned red as a sense of loss rippled over her body, the person that had replaced her father, the one she considered herself closest to after her life had turned to shit, gone…forever.
The two stayed silent for a short while before Mystique finally got up. ”We don't have a lot of time, others will be here to check what happened, we need to work fast.” Rogue was too distraught to truly respond, but Mystique was having none of it.
”Rogue we don't have time for this!” Still no response. ”Marie! We don't have time! You can mourn later!” That seemed to grab her attention as she finally looked at her long absent mother. Mystique didn't give her time to think as she grabbed her gloved hand and dragged her to her feet.
Dragging her over to a different body lying in the room, Mystique ripped of her other glove off and forced her hand onto Nightcrawlers cooling body. But even though it was cooling her powers still kicked in. Finally Rogue fully snapped out of it and understood what was happening, ripping her hand away from her friend.
”What the hell are you doing?” Mystique rounded on her even angrier. ”Take his power!” Rogue was shocked, then appalled as she looked down at Nightcrawlers body in front of her. ”No I won't!” Mystique just grabbed her shoulders and starred her dead in the eye. ”You will! We can't help them anymore, it's too late, but we can still use their powers to get revenge!”
Rogue was prepared to beat the ever living hell out of one of her worst enemies, but she stopped at her words. ”Revenge?” Pointing to Logan's body that rested peacefully in the middle of the room Mystique couldn't keep the anger from her voice.
”They took him from me! From us! They took all your Friends! Your Family! Your Home! By using their powers we can pay them back and truly make this world peaceful. They have gone too far this time. Super heroes all over the world are being killed as we speak. You can no longer play nice or hold yourself back!”
She stopped for a second to catch her breath as her face turned to one of sorrow, her eyes still locked on Logan's still form. ”Do this for them. Do this for him.” Rogue looked around the room at her words, seeing all her friends littered around the room. A new feeling of anger started to bubble up inside her as she gripped her fists.
She looked down at Nightcrawlers body for another second before finally, looking over to Logan. She stayed that way for nearly a full minute before finally nodding. Her eyes took on a new resolve as she knelled down and asked for a small prayer of forgiveness from her friend before closing his eyes.
Staying there for a few minutes to fully take his powers, she continued around the room, giving small prayers to all her long-time friends and other children of the mansion, as she took what was rightfully theirs, what had already been taken from them by others.
She was worried for a little while that her mind wouldn't be able to take in their psychic prints as she took their powers, something she had trouble with in the past with Mrs. Marvel. But as the quite of their mind didn't leave anything behind, it drove home the one unprecedented truth, they were all gone. Everyone she cared about, everyone she loved, there was nothing left but their small vestiges of life force that she would carry to take out their revenge.
Finally after half an hour, she could no longer feel her powers work on the bodies she passed by, there was not enough life force for her to use. Slowly slipping on the shades Scott used to use, to retain her new eyes sight she turned to Mystique, it would take her a long time to learn to control all her new powers and she needed somewhere safe she could train herself.
Not saying a word she let Mystique take her back through the mansion and outside.
They had to hide, prepare for what was to come, prepare for what they would do when they found those responsible. Rogue sent one last look at Logan's prone form, wanting so much to give him a proper burial like the rest, to give him one last hug, to feel his warmth before it was gone, but they didn't have time.
Rousing her powers that were a bit jumbled, Rogue quickly disappeared in a blue puff of smoke taking Mystique with her.
What they didn't see and what would become a question for old super heroes and Villains alike in later years, was Logan's body slowly start to turn into particles.
His body glimmered lightly as it slowly disappeared from the world…the universe, to places unknown, a small spark still inside his old body.
When Magneto came to inspect the mansion, when he came to gloat over the dead body of his long-time rival, he would find peace in seeing most of his enemies dead and gone, but he would not find the body of one of the most dangerous mutants that had ever lived, Logan, and in the back of his mind he would always wonder if said mutant would come knocking, years in the future, to take his dues.
But in the future it wouldn't be him that would come knocking. It would be his daughter…and she would be out for blood.
But that is another story all together.
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Yes this is an AU to old man Logan, with a few things changed around which I think makes a lot of difference. Now if a person does not go and read Feral Mutant for what happens next in general is basically Logan gets transported to the DC universe and I won't tell you more than that.
There wouldn't be a specific DC universe he went to but it would be like my Current Spider-Man Universe, taking and choosing what I want while at the same time shuffling stuff around, with a basis in the MCU to work with. While for DC I would build on Young Justice as that is a world that can easily be changed, with things and people added or moved around.