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Hard landings; New X-Men: Savage; Volume II
Topic Started: Oct 26 2011, 09:29 AM (193 Views)
Gorvar Oct 26 2011, 09:29 AM Post #1
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 “I’m coming along, Logan.” Scott Summers slipped his cowl over his head and walked to the X-jet with Wolverine and the other X-men.
“Cyke...” Logan began, but Cyclops had none of it.
“No Logan, Xavier is the closest thing I have...had as a father.” He corrected himself.” If he’s alive and Magneto has him, I need to go.”
“What about the school?”
“Storm has that covered.” He replied.” Logan, your not going without me. Understood?”

Scott Summers was a different man now. A few months ago, the loss of Jean Grey made him snap and joined up with Apocalypse as the rider of the death. He snapped back thanks to Xaviers help and took up the reigns when he sacrificed himself to save mutantkind from a dark future Bishop and the future George Gargan told them off.
Now he, Iceman and Beast were going with Logan’s team to save their mentor.
Logan could not help bit smirk.” Alright then, you takin’ Hank and Bobby then?”
“The rest stay here with the other X-men in case it’s a trap.” He replied.” Who do we have on your end?”
“Peter, Gargan and Bishop. I had half a mind of taking more with us, but if this is a trap I want a small team and Gargan to port us out when we need to haul ass.”

“Seven X-men....should do the trick.” Scott agreed.” Question, why Bishop though? We know nothing about him.”
“He doesn’t look the teacher type, might as well use his skills in the other fields.” Wolverine slipped his own mask on as he boarded the X-jet.
“Your not a teacher either Logan.” Scott smirked.
“The day you see me teach fifteen year olds, I’ll pop one of my claws through my skull sweartachrist...” he muttered.
“You know, me and Ororo were talking of a self-defence class...”
“Shut it.”
“We’re all set?” Hank asked as Wolverine and Cyclops took their seats.
“Take it slow and easy, Hank.” Cyclops said.” It’s a long trip to Antarctica.”

“I wonder, why Antarctica though...” George rubbed his brow.” I mean, didn’t Apocalypse or Sinister have an base there?”
“You would be surprised..” Logan muttered.
“Don’t worry Comrade.” Peter smiled.” I’m sure everything will be smooth sailing from here on out.”

Three hours later

The red alarms on the dashboard and controls howled furiously as the alarm signals pounded into the occupants skull.
“Damnit Colossus, why did you have to jinx us?!” bobby cried out.
“Hank, you better tell me you got good news up there!” Wolverine held on to his seat.
“I don’t know what’s wrong! None of the instruments indicate anything’s wrong.”
“Oh yes, everything is just peachy here!” Ice-man retorted.
“I do not see how sarcasm will improve our situation Robert.” Hank replied as he punched the keys rapidly in a effort to regain control.” Unless you have a sudden insight of aerodynamics, might I suggest you keep your thoughts to yourself?”

“Translation, shut up!” George shouted.
“George, be ready to port us if things go wrong!” Cyclops ordered.” Hank, send a distress call to the mansion!”
“I wish I could Scott, but transmissions here are blocked!” Hank replied.” But I may...have a solution.” He punched in one more key. However the roof of the X-jet was torn wide open and revealed the falling sky.
“Well, that was not supposed to happen...” Hank replied In a eery calm manner.
“I see the ground!” George shouted.” I can port us down there!”
“Good idea, everyone hold hands!” Scott shouted and placed his hand on George’s shoulder.
Bobby snorted for a moment, but shut up when everyone glared/stared at him.
“Hold on!” George shouted and in a blink of an eye, the passengers all disappeared.

Five hours ago

“Trésor?” George asked as he strayed Abby’s hair.
“Hm?” she looked up from her book, her head on his lap.
“You’ve been very quiet the past few days...” he said.” Is something wrong?”
“No.” she replied immediately. She looked into her lover’s eyes, and then sighed.” Yes...”
“Want to talk about it?”
“I...it’s the future us thing.” She sat up and sat next to him on the coach in the library.
“What about it?” He asked.
“How can you be so calm?” she asked back.” You saw yourself as an old man whose driven nearly insane by guilt and nostalgia. We had children, two boys. And they died..then I died..”

George looked down at the side of the coach, where his sword was. “I know.”
“Doesn’t that...i dunno, scare you?”
“Us being married, having kids?”
“Well, there’s that...” she smiled weakly and held his hand.” I didn’t mind that part though...it’s the..y’know.”
“Human-mutant thing?”
“A little.” She held up her hand before he could speak.” Before you say anything, my belgian chocolate, I don’t care if your human or mutant or a smurf. I love you for who you are here..” she placed her hand on hi chest.

He smiled and held her hand. He gave it a faint kiss and held it with his.” Then what’s bothering you?”
“This future, we were in a war...and we died, we all did but you and Logan. You had to see me die..”
“But we averted that future Abbigail, we stopped the Legacy virus.”
“What if something else pops up? Like more Sentinels or super villains getting together to wipe us out, or-or a zombie virus-“
“Have you been reading my comic books again?” George chuckled.
“And you play my video games, I’m serious George.” Her tone made the chuckle disappear.” I’m afraid what the future might bring.”

George strayed her cheek as he tried to come up with something to say to sooth her. But nothing came to mind, the future was always changing he found out in his personal experience. One moment it might be a paradise, another a wasteland.
“I don’t know what to expect..” he admitted.” Except for one thing.”
“Which is?”
“I, my future self, travelled back in time and risked everything to save you...to give us a second chance.” He smiled.” If he said was true, he was there for you until the end. That has to mean something, doesn’t it?”
Abigail gave it some thought, and agreed with a big smile.” It does.” She kissed him deeply.” We’re together, no matter what.”
“No matter what.” George concurred and returned the kiss.

Now

Peter coughed as he got back up on his feet. He looked around as he tried to look for his friends. ”Comrades?!” he risked a shout, but found the folly soon as he coughed. He didn’t recall what happened. One moment he was in the X-jet, there was shouting and George ported them away. The world turned black....and then, this. He heard something else stirring nearby. Cautiously, the Russian walked over to the sound.
He sighed of relief when it was a heap of blue fur moving around.
“Hank, are you alright?” he asked and nudged the man also known as Beast.
“I’m fine...” Hank muttered and was helped on his feet by Peter.” My stars and garters, what happened?”
“My question exactly..” Peter replied and looked around the forest.

Forest was a abd term, it was a jungle. They heard apes in the distance, bugs, lions. They saw giant exotic trees and flowers of a hundred colours and smells.
“I should’ve brought my sketching book...” Peter said to himself.
“And I my lab-kit.” Hank replied regardless.” But it seems it’s just us...” he ruffled through his X-men suit and found a small magnet chess set.” And chess.”
“Oh no, I saw you defeat Kurt back at the mansion. Count me out, comrade.”
“a shame..” Hank sighed. He dropped his gaze to the magnetic chess set. He thought he heard something. He opened it, and saw all the pieces moving at a rapid pace.

“This is very....peculiar.”
“Da...” Peter agreed. Both saw the pieces moving in a faster rate. Like fish, then like bats. In a blink of an eye the pieces suddenly flew off into the air.
“Well that was just rude....theories?”
“Magnetic field maybe?” Peter replied.
“My thoughts exactly. Clearly this place has very strange magnetic fields, which could also explain how I was not able to contact the mansion. Fascinating.”
“Hardly the word I would use...” Peter said and turned around. He peered into the bushes before he looked up...and up...and up. “Hank?”
“Yes?” Hank asked as he wrote the findings in his notepad.
“Did Logan say we would lose our powers in here?”
“Well I wasn’t going to say anything, but my sense of smell has withered somewhat...so it’s very plausible, why?”

He felt Peter’s hand on his shoulder. Hank glanced over to his Russian friend, who pointed above them. So Hank looked up...and up...and up...straight into the eyes of a Tyranosaurus Rex.
“My stars and garters...” Hank muttered.
“What do we do?” Peter asked.” Stand still?”
“That theory has been deemed outdated my friend, so I suggest a other alternative.”
“Which is?”
“RUUUUN!”

Both shout out in fear as they ran into the jungle as the giant predator roared in anger and followed the two. The earth shook as both giant footsteps and roars that could deafen any man.
“Split up!” Hank shouted and sprinted to the right.” Head North after!”
“DA!” Peter agreed and split to the right. He did not know which direction the T-rex took, but Peter kept running. He tried several times to armour up, but nothing happened. He jammed on his X-belt to contact anyone. “Wolverine, Cyclops, Time-Warrior, anyon-“

He fell to the ground as he felt a sudden bump on his head. Clearly he ran into a trap.
His sight slowly turned black, but he did see two female figures walk over to him, speaking in a strange tongue. Before he passed out he caught the name...Nereel.

Meanwhile

George leaned on a tree as he tried to snap his attention back to the present.
“Note to self, stop suggesting to port people....” he said to himself. He looked around and saw himself in a jungle. He blinked as he saw a group of dinosaurs moved past him, ignored.
He walked over as close as he could and stumbled across a giant skull, a tyrannosaurus one he thought. He smirked and could not help saying “Welcome to Jurassic Park.”
The smirk faded when he heard no reply.” God, I miss Liam...” he shook his head and moved on.

In the distance he thought he saw something yellow moving through the bushes. He peered in, then ported over. His thoughts were confirmed when he heard the SNIKT sound and felt claws near his torso.
“Logan!” George laughed.” Good to see you made it out.”
Wolverine stared at him, as if he saw a ghost.” Gargan...?”
“Who else?” he smirked. He looked around.” Where are the oth-“

He stopped when he saw Logan’s companions.” Spider-man, Captain America? Iron Man? Spider-Woman?”
“Hey, who am I? Beef jerky?” a big black man asked as he straightened out his jacket.
“No Luke, although I’m sure you would taste nice on a piece of brown bread with horseradish.” Spider-man replied.
“what are you guys doing here?” George asked.” Where are the others, Logan?”
“Stark, is this guy real?” Logan asked Iron Man. Iron Man peered at George.
[DNA checks out. It’s him alright] he replied. [Best call Miss Leary and son to tell them we found him.]

“Found who, whats going on?” George asked.
“Gargan...” Logan SNIKT his claws back down.” You’ve been gone for ten years.”

NOW (or Ten years ago)

Logan groaned as he came back to. He found himself tied to an wooden pole in near crucified position save for his knees on the ground. He sniffed, but found only other strange smells. None of them smelled ‘right’. He glanced quickly left and right, but saw he was the only one caught here. He felt an intense heat on his skin and risked a quick look. Dozens of bonfires were out, even when it was still daylight, and a person with a big brown mask and red manes walked over. The person held a crude spear and lifted up Logan’s head.
“You know I’m awake...must be getting clumsy.” He said.
The person cocked it’s head and pointed to itself.” Gahck.” It pointed to Wolverine.
“Logan.” He replied.” Where I am, and why did you tie me up?”
‘Gahck’ used the spear to point at something small standing on a altar, which the other tribesmen worshipped. Logan couldn’t believe what he saw...they were worshipping his lighter!

“Where the hell am i...” he asked himself.

TBC
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Cat Oct 26 2011, 12:36 PM Post #2
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 By you or by me?
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LoganActor Oct 26 2011, 02:32 PM Post #3
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 *cries in anguish* I miss Liam too!!!!!!

Heh. Great chapter, bro.
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Gorvar Oct 26 2011, 02:58 PM Post #4
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 How you mean Cat?
Oh thanks dude ^^
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Cat Oct 27 2011, 12:30 AM Post #5
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 Whose countinuing?

Sorry, I'm not sure if it's a chapter end or a pause.
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Gorvar Oct 27 2011, 07:35 AM Post #6
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 I think the next person in line.
My bad on not saying over to Cat/LoganActor.
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Cat Oct 28 2011, 01:02 AM Post #7
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 I think it's me.
Advanced warning, the next couple of days are manic, but I've got some time off coming up next week, so I'll try and get something up by sunday after this coming one.
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LoganActor Oct 28 2011, 08:38 AM Post #8
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 It's cool, Cat. As usual, no rush. Get to us when you can
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Gorvar Nov 26 2011, 03:29 PM Post #9
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 Little heads up guys.
Having a LOT of work lately so it'll take some time to write a story.
if anyone minds, i would like to ask to jump in for me on this one and i'll do the other one.
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Cat Nov 27 2011, 02:59 AM Post #10
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 LoganActor do you mind stepping into the breach? Otherwise it will the week after next for me. Sorry, It's going to be a busy week at work, and my best friend's birthday is next weekend, so I'm having her to stay.
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