Last Man Standing
by Misty
Author's Note and Disclaimer: I don't own 'em, and I wouldn't want to.
So there, thhp. :P Now, this is an extension on 'Millennial Visions'.
To all you fan fic writers out there, I suggest you check it out, it's
a relative plethora (big word) of ideas. Oh, all right. The pictures are
cool too. Bad words, but other than that this is a rather >ahem<
gentle piece. Kindly forgive any punctuation errors. Feedback is my friend.
USERNAME: LOGAN
PASSWORD: LION'S DEN
My name is Logan. I'm writing this in hopes that someone will read it
sometime in the future. That, and I desperately need something to take
my mind off this overwhelming silence where the humming of life was
before I awoke to this. Well, this should make the Professor happy,
or at least it would if he weren't dead. Oh, yeah, they're all sure
to get a kick outta this: tough ol' Logan keeping a fucking journal.
Enjoy yer laughter while you can boys, those pearly gates won't protect
you forever.
Anyways, I think I'd better start at the beginning and work my way to
now, just to make things clear. Bare with me, I slept through all of
those computer classes that Cyke and Kitty gave. Damn machines. Okay,
history in a nutshell...
Logdate 16 Jan 2002: The Avengers and other heroes disappear on the
far end of the universe to fight the Kree-Daedemon War. The X-men stay
behind because, well, because we weren't asked to go. They thought they
could handle it by themselves. Thor returns to Earth alone, only to
retreat back to Asgard, spouting tales of death and blood and revenge.
He's never heard from again. Without the heroes to safeguard them, the
public panics, fearing both another alien invasion and the 'superbeings'
left on planet.
Logdate 27 Jan 2002: President John Jameson visits Genosha on the platform
of global unity. He is brutally assassinated during the middle of his
speech on national television. The culprits are never found.
Logdate 28 Jan 2002: Mutants around the world shudder as Vice President
Graydon Creed assumes command of the United States.
Logdate 14 Nov 2002: When Creed's anti-mutant hysteria reaches far beyond
anything Hoover ever dreamt up, The Legion of Evil Mutants, led, ironically,
by Sabretooth and Mystique, declares war on the President. Guess they
decided to finally do something about their domestic problems. The Gene
War begins.
Logdate 22 Mar 2003: After months of stalemates, Creeds scientists develop
an airborne poison designed to exterminate all mutant life on Earth.
They call it the M-Toxin.
Logdate 1 Apr 2003: The M-Toxin is released in downtown New York, and
subsequently the world.
Logdate 2 Apr 2003: The next day, a sixteenth of the world's population
dies, including Magnus Lensher, Professor Charles Xavier, and President
Creed himself. Boy shoulda known better, coming from who he did. Maybe
hate is a genetic trait.
Logdate 2 Apr 2003: Chaos and anarchy ensues.
Logdate 22 Dec 2003: Governments the world over collapse, and the world
becomes decimated by nuclear holocaust.
Logdate 16 Jan 2054: Fifty-two years later, to the date, I awake from
a very long sleep. I found myself buried under what was left of the
mansion, my healing factor keeping me alive through both the M-Toxin
and the radiation poisoning of the nuclear wars. Searching through the
rubble, I find the underground layers of the mansion untouched and intact.
To my horror, I find the corpses of my teammates, in varying levels
of decomposition, laying throughout the complex. Apparently, even this
bunker could only hold out for so long. I bury them in the barren field
overlooking the wasted lake, memories of happier times clouding my mind.
Logdate 21 Jan 2054: I have been awake now for almost a week, and we
come to the point of introduction. Understand everything so far? I don't.
I refuse to believe that there is no one left, and I intend to find
whoever may still be out there. Played with what was left of Cerebro
and figured out the date. That's how I know what day it is if ya were
wondering. I have foraged as much unspoiled food and water as I can
carry, and am taking it with me. I found this computer in Beast's lab.
The smell of that place was hideous. He must have been in the middle
of one of his experiments when...What did happen to them I wonder? Was
it the toxin? The radiation? I take it back, I don't want to know.
After clearing away the cobwebs, I decided
to use this little thing to my greater advantage. Hank's notes are still
filed in here somewhere, so feel free to read those to yer hearts content
later.
My plan is simple, travel the globe until you find something. Then…I'll
figure that out once I come to it. I'll report my findings in later
entries.
Logdate 22 Jan 2054: Leaving the mansion for what may be the last time,
I begin my search for life.
Logdate 04 Feb 2054: I find very little.
Logdate 15 Dec 2054: Have reached western seaboard. Absolutely nothing.
Will keep trying.
Logdate 23 Aug 2057: Was cleaning out my pack today and found this thing.
Hadn't realized it's been so long since I last updated it. Life's settled
into a routine: I get up, I walk, I eat, I sleep. Still nothing. Am
heading into what was Eastern Canada. Hope I don't get too homesick.
Logdate 19 Apr 2062: Memories getting spotty. It's hard to remember
things about before. I remember how clear and blue lakes were, and I
remember the sound of Jubilee's laugh. It's other things I can't recall,
like where Madripoor is on the map. Isn't that funny? I practically
own the island and now I don't even know where it is. Do ya think this
is what happened to my memory, instead of the Weapon X Project? I simply
got too old and my mind started dumping stuff I didn't need? Exactly
how many times has this happened? How old *am* I? Oh, Christ, I'm starting
to sound like a whiny ass Summers ain't I? I'll never know the answers
to those questions, so I might as well stop asking 'em.
Logdate 02 Jun 2069: Realized how stupid taking this thing with me was.
Who's gonna read this if no one's alive to find it?
Logdate 30 Feb 2070: I think I know why I wanted to bring this on my
quest. I must've known deep down that I'd forget, and this is one of
the only ways keeping me from disregarding what I'm doing out here,
who I'm doing it for. I can't really remember what the Professor looked
like, but I know he was real.
I sometimes dream of 'em, you know. I
dream of a gorgeous red head, a man with a visor on his eyes (Cyke?),
an Asian teenager bubbling with energy and many others, enough to fill
a whole picture album. Sometimes I remember who they were, and sometimes
I don't. I want to write them all down so that they don't get lost foreverˇ¦
Logdate 1 Mar 2071: I had a nightmare last night. A beautiful Japanese
woman held me in her arms and called me her "beloved". She told me not
to worry, she would always be there and that she waited for me. I woke
up in a cold sweat, tears streaming from my eyes. I wonder who she was?
Logdate 21 Apr 2071: I saw a plant today. It was a sickly looking thing,
an unhealthy yellow-green shade of fern. I was tempted to pick it up
and take it with me but stopped myself short of just looking. It needed
to grow, and make more of itself. What is the half-life of this radiation
anyway?
Logdate 13 Nov 2073: Weird birds things flew overhead a minute ago.
Looked something like pterodactyls only with feathers. Decided to follow
to see what they eat. This is very bizarre. Like watching evolution
backwards.
Logdate 23 Aug 2073: I heard a sound other than running water today.
I hurriedly followed the trail and came upon a group of men. Primal,
savage men. They appeared to be nomadic, following the bird things-
the "Kith" I call 'em, don't ask why- and eating them. They don't look
like they came straight out of a Gap ad ("Gap"? What was that? Something
about a yellow raincoat?), but they were definitely some species of
human being.
I approached them, trying to keep a low
profile, but hope had arisen in me and I made my presence known before
I was ready. Before I knew it I was surrounded by them, being poked
at harmlessly by the braver ones, while they muttered in a language
I didn't know. They stared at me with no comprehension in their milky
eyes and a chill ran down my spine. They seemed puzzled by me, unable
to comprehend my true purpose. They stared as if I were some alien visitor
from another planet.
Maybe I am.
The "men" were hopelessly primitive; not
like me but unbearably similar. I'm aware of the irony. A mutant once
haled as being more animal than man searches the globe for humanity.
I just hope I find it soon, so that lovely Japanese woman can keep her
word.
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