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Logan stopped half-way through chopping down a giant oak tree, he had a very bad feeling in his gut and frowned, putting the axe down and looking around carefully, the forest was damned near silent and offered no answers for his sudden unease. Ignoring his co-workers, he starts into the forest, feeling his unease growing with each step, he walks untill he see's something that literally chills his blood, on one of the tree's nearby is a very distinct mark...5 deep slashes in it's trunk...and fresh ones...Victor... he shakes and starts running, praying with every bone in his body that he's not to late and that his brother hasn't found her...

He shakes then takes off and starts running towards his home, moving as fast as he can please god...oh please...let her be alright he forces himself to move faster then he see's the car on the side of the road and stops, panting heavilly but hardly noticing his tiredness, he shakes harder and feel's tears stinging his eyes as he see's the deep claw marks on his car...and the driver's door flung open...
He walks to the car on legs that feel like jelly and shake with every step...blood...there's blood everywhere...his senses are overcome by it...his tears start falling freely now as he follows the bloody trail then see's her...what was left of her at least...he gently picks her up and shakes harder, "no...no...please god...no..." he keeps reapeating it, as if his denial can make her alive and whole again...he holds her to his chest and raises his head, screaming out his sorrow and his anger...

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15 years later...

Time had slipped past him, as it usually tends to do, he was nothing but a shell of the man he used to be...cruel experimentation on him had lent him an adamantium laced skeleton and claws, but it had also erased all of his memories. He spent most of his time at bars, cage fighting with other desperate men for any money that he could get, he was in an extremly deep depression, life had no meaning to this man and he often tried to use his claws to take away his life but it did no good, no matter how many times he slit his writs or his throat he still remained a living and breathing animal...or so he thought.....

He was in the cage fighting a hopeless drunk, he easilly avoided the clumsy man's punches and snarled slightly as he punched him as hard as he could, almost instantly winding and stopping the drunk, he growled softly, looking more like the animal he thought he was, for a split second his eyes fell on a girl sitting at the bar, she was clearly terrified and out of her element, this had a very calming effect on him, he sighed a little then left the cage and went to the bar, sitting away from the girl as he orders a beer from the bartender.

The bartender doesn't say a word, just puts a cold beer in front of him then goes back to wiping at the filthy counter with a moldy rag, Logan soon felt the girl's eyes boring into him and looked over to ask her what the hell she wanted. As soon as their eyes met, the girl uttered a small squeak and looked away from him, causing Logan to feel a moment of pity for her, you're scaring her you ass just leave her be he thinks then turns away from her, giving his attention to his beer as he lifts it to his parched lips and takes a long drink. He sighs and starts to feel anger that's all too familiar to him, he growls softly and again turns to the girl as she stares at him, "What the hell do you want?"
She jumps and cowers away from him, "S-s-sorry...I was just...do you have the time?" she asks meakily.
He grunts, "It's se--" he starts but doesn't have a chance to finish as the drunk from before taps him on the shoulder and says in a low voice, "I want to see your marks...no man can take a beating like that without a mark to show for it"
The man's friend, not in the mood for another fight grabs his friends arm, trying to pull him away, the man shakes him off then leans down, whispering so Logan will hear, "I know what you are"
Logan growls softly again, his paitence for this place quickly depleating as he replies to the man in a low voice, "You already lost your money you keep this up bub and I guarantee you'll loose something else"

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Logan & Victor VI