TWO WEEKS AGO.......
Logan had become ferral, instinctual, an animal......only a few small fragments of a human consiousness resided within his mind. Standing before him was this dark skined man, a warrior, and someone strong enough to make an impression even with Logan in this state. Logan had saved the mans life, not because he felt it was the right thing to do, but out of instinct. Perhaps it was only because he had become so used to saving lives that it was now built into his mind as instinct, or perhaps mans base nature was always to protect, and not to destroy as so many have come to believe. Either way, this man, BLADE, stood in awe of his terrifying protector. Blade had spent many years in the darkness, hunting darkness without ever showing fear.....but something about this man, despite that he had saved his life......frightened him to his core. Blade slowly pressed a small com device on his right shoulder, he began to whisper into the devise in the hope that this animal standing before him wouldn't be able to hear......but of course whispering was a futile jesture.
[BLACKOUT]"Whistler....Whistler, I need backup, now...."[/BLACKOUT]
Across two blocks a bearded man sat in a truck listening to Willy Nelson on the radio, tapping the boot on his one good leg to the beat of the music, he was abruptly interupted by Blades call, quikly he picked up a com devise from the dash board stashed under a playboy magazine...
"Back up? Back up? Whatsa matter with you kid, you aint ever need back up againt Vamps before......what kind of nest did you find?"
[SPOILER]"Not vampires.......something else....some animal-man....with claws....big metal ones.....and he looks pissed....I'll try and slow him down, but somethin tells me he aint the type who likes to dance.[/SPOILER]
"Roger that daywalker......I didn't ever wana have to make this call ya know that??"
[SPOILER]"Ya......I know......just hurry up old timer.....[/SPOILER]
As blade spoke Logan began to growl, claws already drawn.....drool pouring from his mouth......His instinct had changed, he was no longer protecting Blade......he was hunting him. Logan lept at the other warrior, with animal fury and unhuman rage, and from afar Whistler made his call.....
"......Hello....ya, its Whistler....Get me Fury.......I DON'T CARE IF HE WAS PLAYIN WITH THOR'S NUTS PUT HIM ON THE PHONE!!!......Fury, ya its me......our boy seems to have gotten in some trouble.........WOULD YOU JUST SHUT UP AND LISTEN! Its some animal guy.....NO NOT THE HULK, YOU THINK THE KID WOULDN'T HAVE KNOW THE DIFFERNCE BETWEEN SOME ANIMAL WITH CLAWS AND YOUR GIANT GREEN MISTAKE!!!.......ya I said claws....what....oh what NOW ya wana help, JESUS!......Ya ya 53rd and Georgetown.......Hello......Hello??"
Moments later a light filled the sky, then another light, then another......ropes quikly droped from the sky, and from the ropes agents landed on the ground, nearly every agent of SHIELD was present, except Nick Fury....however a much more beautiful, and some would say more deadly presence was soon made know.....The Black Widow. She decended from a helicopter rope, landed on the ground, removed a sleek steel helmet from her face, and took point of the agents with her submachine ready and out in front of her. The agents stood still as the heard a crashing sound againts the wall of the club the stood before, but before they could react Blade was sent flying through a wall and into a near by car. His chest covered in slashes, and from the hole in the wall came a terrible growl, as Logan lept forward showing his blood covered claws. The black widow ponted her weapon at him, but remained steady....sudenly she shouted,
"No lethal fire!, All agents use harmonic weaponry only....FIRE NOW!"
Before Logan could take another step his intire skeleton was ringing like a bell, the vibrations against his brain were to much to take.....he fell unconsious on the ground.....and the Black Widow smiled as he fell....
"Strap him down, and keep him sedated! I want electromagnetic restraints do you copy!"
The agents quikly soluted their leader and did exactly as she instructed......
Present day.........
Logan lay yet agin unconsious and restrained, buried deep within his own thoughts. His body had healed perfectly, but his mind was still so broken. The door to his cell opened wide and in steped the two people most resonsible for his new capture, Blade, and the Black Widow. The Russian born American loyal look at him straped to the bed,
"He almost looks peacefull lying there....Almost handsome...."
[SPOILER]He's a monsterm an animal, you saw what he did to me...[/SPOILER]
"Yes I did......but you never saw what he did for you......"
[SPOILER]"What?"[/SPOILER]
"This man....and his friends....The X-Men.....the saved you, me, and this whole world...but most people will never know that. While SHIELD and the Ultimates are made public heroes....no one will ever see what they have done, how many lives they have saved.....this man MAY be an animal......but he's also a hero....more than any of us....We need Fury down here, hes been to busy with Spider-Man and all of his other problems, only he can give the final say on what we do with Logan."
