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Wade: Oh, hello, world of fanfiction.

Wade: The downside of having this be a story about a movie is a little sad, because it means you already got the majority of the situation from watching the movie. And you didn't even get to hear that logo music. It really gets you pumped up, huh? I just wish I could have gotten the chance to scat along with it like I did in the movie.

Wade (sighs in contentment): I'm sorry. I just, I'm just excited to be here. I mean, I've never done a story before, but it was still great to finally come back in some way. It's been a while.

Wade: I know, I already stated it in the movie, and I'm not exactly sure how much this kid's gonna have me repeat here. I mean, it's two entirely different situations, so there's gotta be some differences, right?

Wade: But, I will admit that for a long time, I wasn't sure I'd ever be back. Disney bought Fox, there was a whole boring rights issue, blabbity-blabbity-blah.

Wade: Wow. This kid's really having me repeat a lot of the things I said in the movie. But, I digress. I guess there does need to be a bit of extra continuity between the movie and the story. Now, you guys just better hope that there's some extra creativity, you know?

(Door Opens)

Roxas: "Wade, what are you doing?"

Wade (stuttering): "Wh... I am doing something very important that needs to be taken care of."

Roxas: "You locked yourself in a closet, and you're talking into a tape recorder. You're even using a towel to try and make your voice sound more muffled. And Shorty said you stole his weed."

Wade: "I didn't steal his weed. I stole all his other drugs. And his ham sandwich. And you know, for a left-handed stoner based on a character from Scary Movie, he's really good at making a sandwich."

Roxas (exasperated): "Why are you doing this; we have more important things going on! I thought you said your world was in danger!"

Wade: "I still need to take the time to do this. So, can you please just chill out and let me do my thing! Come on, Lynch! Just be cool for once, and I'll be serious for the rest of our little team-up."

Roxas (skeptical): "You're already making promises that you can't keep."

Wade: "Just shut up and let me get back to this. Okay?"

Roxas (sighing out) "You're an idiot..."

(Door closes)

Wade (clears throat): Sorry about that. Just ignore that little interruption by my blonde, Dahmer counterpart. He and Ally got sticks up their butts for not finishing another song in 24 hours."

Roxas (muffled): "Stop saying I look like Ross Lynch!"

Wade: Anyway, something I'll always love is that it turns out that they wanted me. The one guy who shouldn't even have his own movie, much less a franchise.

Wade (laughs): Marvel's so stupid. And this kid writing this story is even stupider for being so committed to writing a story involving me. Blame it on kids in their twenties who don't get laid enough.

Wade: But hey, I ain't gonna judge. Kids make their own decisions after all, and he went the responsible (aka, the really fucking boring) route.

Wade: Look, we know the title of the movie this is based on, and especially the title of this story. So, I know what you're wondering.

Wade: How are we gonna do this without honoring Logan's memory? And I'll tell you how.

Wade: We're not.  *1*

Earth-17315

North Dakota

Snow flowed down from the afternoon sky, falling onto the ground and covering the forest ground. It slowly fell in waves across the landscape, going past the trees, the broken branches, and even the large, overturned truck nearby that hadn't been moved in years. The lake was frozen over nearby, and the grass was covered in the white of the snow, making it hard to see the actual ground. Near the edge of the riverbank was a collection of rocks that covered a makeshift grave, and a cross braced against the ground to now look like an X, both of which were covered in a light layer of falling snow.

Of course, the rocks had been brushed aside as Wade Wilson, wearing his red and black Deadpool suit, dug deeper into the grave, with a cup saying "I like me ❤️" resting on one of the rocks. Roxas Cooper frantically paced nearby, wearing his black leather suit with the gray and orange lines along the fabric, gesturing with his arms in desperation.

"How many times do I have to tell you," Roxas exclaimed, gesturing with his arms as Wade continued to dig. "This isn't going to have the ending that you hope it will. I saw everything happen that day, and I know what happened. And trust me, man... This isn't the solution to your problem."

"Hey, you can't blame a guy for trying, kid," Wade said as he dug more and more dirt out, sending it flying across the ground behind him. He laughed. "Besides, you said it yourself, your powers don't work the same way in this world, compared to your own. How do you know you didn't miss something?"

"I don't, but trust me, I know when a guy's dead," Roxas told Wade. "And I'm pretty sure you do, too."

"Oh, I do," Wade confirmed as he dug up a bit more. "And I'd rather see it to believe it."

Roxas sighed out and looked to the side again.

Wade: I'm gonna let you in on a little secret. Wolverine is not dead. Sure, it made for a perfect ending to a very sad story. But that's not how regenerative healing factors work. You think I wanna be out here in beautiful downtown North Dakota, digging up the one and only Wolverine while Harvey Kinkle breathes down my neck and complains? No, thank you. But the fate of my entire world is at stake. He may not be living his best life, but he sure as hell ain't... dead.

The sound of a metal clank suddenly echoed from the grave, which had Roxas perking up. He moved over to the grave and looked down in curiosity, watching as Wade popped up. Crows cawed out in the distance as Wade adjusted the shovel in his hands. He and Roxas both looked down at the bottom of the grave, their eyes settling on the sight amongst the brushed aside dirt.

"Bingo," Wade assessed. He lifted the shovel up and rested it on his shoulder. "Yahtzee."

"Oh..." Roxas said, shaking his head as he felt his heart breaking. "Oh, that is bad. That is so, so bad, man..."

Wade just sighed and slowly lifted his head up. He then glanced to the side and gave a small nod of his head.

"Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes," Wade softly said.

"No, no, no, no, no," Roxas replied, shaking his head with a grimace.

Wade just lowered his shovel, adjusted it in his hands, and slowly looked up. Roxas was not surprised when he sensed frustration in the burn victim's head.

"Damn it!" Wade shouted, ramming his shovel into the ground, causing metal to clank again.

"Dude..." Roxas said, frowning at Wade.

"Son of... a bitch!" Wade shouted, ramming the shovel against the metal twice more.

He the proceeded to swing his shovel into the X made of sticks, knocking it aside. Roxas felt another part of his heart breaking, and he immediately frowned at Wade.

"Oh, you bastard!" Roxas shouted, stepping back from the grave.

"Shut up, you..." Wade shouted, swinging his shovel again.

Wade just yelled out, grabbed the shovel with both hands, and lowered himself in the grave once again, ramming the wooden handle against his knee. Roxas blinked in surprise as the shovel head was thrown out of the grave, flipping repeatedly through the air as it was sent across the forest.

"Christ," Wade shouted as he stood up again. Roxas looked down at him and shook his head at the mercenary. "Motherfucker! My world is fuck..."

All of a sudden, Wade and Roxas were sitting together against the base of a large, overturned tree. Snow continued to fall lightly as it covered the ground, and the two men stared out into the distance. Of course, while Wade snorted and started to laugh, Roxas's eyes were wide as he stared down at the ground, feeling a mixture of shock and absolute horror. Of course, Wade just ignored Roxas completely as he continued to stare out in front of them.

"That was weird," Wade remarked. He tilted his head to the side. "I'm much calmer now." He sighed. "Look, I'm not a man of science. But you seem incredibly passed away."

He looked at the figure next to them. Roxas just gulped and looked past Wade to the collection of Logan's Adamantium bones. The years had passed, so all that remained of his body on the bones were wisps of hair on top of his head, flaps of hanging skin around his face, some of his scruffy beard on his chin, and the remains of his tank top and pants along his body, while his boots were secure on his feet. The tree branch that had impaled him was still through the right side of his torso, and Roxas had to resist the urge to throw up at the sight once again. It had been horrifying enough to see that branch through him at the initial time, but seeing it through his skeleton made it even worse.

Roxas was even more disgusted that it appeared that Wade had stuck Logan's bones up against the same tree he had been impaled against. Turning away, Roxas looked at the ground once again, his eyes still wide as he tried to quell his horror over Wade's actions.

Flies buzzed throughout the air, some of which landed on Logan's bones and started to mess with the skin flaps still on his face. Wade just sighed and looked down with Roxas.

"But it's good to see you," Wade said, placing a hand on the Adamantium knees and making them click together. He reached up with his other hand and patted Roxas on the shoulder. "At least you're finally having a reunion with an old friend, huh, Roxy?"

"I hate you so much right now," Roxas declared, his voice shaking as he shook his head.

"What?" Wade asked. "What did I do?"

"What did you do?" Roxas asked. He turned to frown at Wade. "You came to me, begged for my help in saving your universe because of my connection to Logan, and said that you had an idea involving bringing him back. Then you dug up the bones of an old friend of mine, someone that I came to see as a brother, and made me relive the trauma of his death. Oh, and on top of desecrating his grave, you also decided to desecrate his corpse along the way. I mean, this is the same tree he died against!"

He gestured to the tree they were sitting next to, then shuddered as he turned to look at the ground.

"... Well, you're being a little bitter bitch," Wade assessed as he looked in front of himself again. He shrugged his shoulders. "But I've gotta be honest, I'm still a little jealous of you, Roxas."

He patted Logan's Adamantium knees once again, making them clink again.

"I mean, I've always wanted to ride with you, Log," Wade told the skeleton as Roxas continued looking down. "You and me, getting into it." He gestured with his hands. "Deadpool and Wolverine, just fuckin' shit up. Can you imagine the fun, the chaos... the residuals?"

Roxas just sighed again and turned to look at Wade again. He frowned once again as Wade then lifted his hand, then placed a finger underneath Logan's metallic chin.

"'G'day, mate'," Wade said in an Australian accent, moving Logan's jaw to imitate the action of talking. "'There's nothing that'll bring me back to life faster than a big bag of Marvel cash'."

Wade just laughed as he took his hand off of Logan's head.

"Me, too, Hugh," Wade said.

"If you do that again, I'll cut off your arms and legs," Roxas declared, glaring right at the mercenary. *2*

Wade just ignored Roxas and kept his leg against his knee.

"But no," Wade remarked. "No, no, no." He groaned and looked down. "You had to get all noble and die for real."

"Yeah, it was absolutely heartbreaking," Roxas said, still frowning at Deadpool. "And you digging up his grave and desecrating his skeleton is only making everything worse."

"Goddamn it!" Wade then declared.

He leaned forward and placed his hands on his head as the elbows rested on his knees. Roxas sighed out once again and looked down, pointedly keeping his gaze away from both Wade and Logan's bones.

"I could really use your help right now," Wade lamented.

Roxas sighed, before his eyes narrowed as the sound of electrical whirring rang out. Wade lifted his head and furrowed his eyebrows, hearing the same thing.

Behind them in the field, the electrical portals of the TVA appeared, and the soldiers, the Minutemen, started to march through in their riot gear, complete with the pruning rods that they carried. They were led by an African American man, who narrowed his eyes as he looked around the field, no doubt looking for Wade and Roxas.

Roxas and Wade both popped their heads up and looked at the group of Minutemen, before they both quickly hopped back down, crouching down behind the tree again. Roxas grimaced while Wade reached up, grabbed Logan's hair, and pulled it down to hide behind the tree with the two of them.

"Wait!" Wade shouted, holding an arm up to stop the Minutemen. The soldiers lifted up their pruning rods in preparation to attack with. "I'm warning you, I'm not alone. I got two people by my sides to do all the hard stuff!"

Roxas groaned over the way Wade said that, while also hating how he was now so close to Logan's decayed face.

"Wade Winston Wilson," the Minutemen Leader declared.

Roxas grimaced when Wade pulled the wooden stake out of Logan's torso, sniffed it, then tossed it over his shoulder. Closing his eyes, Roxas grimaced as he tried to push down the urge to throw up again.

"You are under arrest by the Time Variance Authority for too many times to list," the Minutemen Leader continued. "You and your ally are to surrender right now. Come out..."

Wade proceeded to groan and lean back to lay on the ground next to where Roxas was crouched. Roxas furrowed his eyebrows as he looked between Wade and Logan's bones as the Minutemen Leader continued to speak.

"Death by day-player," Wade complained.

"We both have healing factors," Roxas reminded him. "Neither of us are gonna die."

"Last chance," the Minutemen Leader announced. "Throw out your weapons and come out peacefully."

Wade sighed out and leaned up as he placed his hand on his head, moving into Logan's bony face again.

"I'm not gonna give you my weapons, but I promise not to use them," Wade announced. He glanced over his shoulder at Roxas. "You're good at fighting, right?"

"I was on an island for five years learning the greatest hand to hand techniques from masters of the greatest martial arts across the galaxy," Roxas reminded him.

"What a really long, and super expositional way of saying 'yes'," Wade remarked.

The Minutemen all looked around with their eyebrows furrowed, while Wade glanced at the audience.

"There are two hundred and six bones in the human body," Wade declared, which had Roxas furrowing his eyebrows. "Two hundred and seven if I'm watching Gossip Girl."

''Cause of your wife,' Roxas thought, closing his eyes in irritation.

Wade then reached down and grabbed Logan's right wrist.

"Here we go," he said as he slapped their hands together. "Maximum effort."

The Minutemen all stood, staring in suspicion at the overturned tree. All of a sudden, Wade and Roxas leaped out from behind the tree, both of them flipping while Wade carried Logan's metal skeleton. The soldiers all watched in surprise as Wade and Roxas continued flipping before they landed on the ground in front of the tree, both of them huffing. The Minutemen stood ready with their pruning rods, and Roxas held his arms in front of himself in preparation, while Wade lifted Logan's skeleton up, partially to use as a shield. Roxas then frowned and did a double take, wondering just what his "ally" was doing with Logan's skeleton.

"Okay, peanut," Wade said, looking at Logan's skeleton. "Guess we're getting that team-up after all."

"Why?" Roxas asked with a frown.

Instead of answering, Wade just reached for one of Logan's metal rib bones and ripped it off. Roxas and the Minutemen Leader's eyes both widened in shock as Wade slowly lifted up his hand, displaying the metallic rib bone.

"Oh, my God..." Roxas slowly said, horror growing in his voice. "Please tell me you're not about to..."

Of course, Wade just threw the rib bone, sending it flying through the air and towards one of the Minutemen. The metallic bone impaled itself in the Minuteman's head, sending bits of blood flying as the soldier was killed instantly, falling right to the ground next to the Leader.

"You're really about to..." Roxas started to say, his voice quivering as Wade rushed forward with Logan's skeleton. "Oh, God."

The Minutemen rushed forward to face Wade and Roxas, so Roxas grimaced and rushed in, knowing that he did need to help. *3*

More portals burned into existence as Minutemen rushed forward to help, all of them raising their pruning rods to attack.

Roxas ducked underneath a pruning rod, then grabbed the Minuteman's arm, restraining it in front of himself. He rammed a hand into the man's elbow, making him yell out, then lifted a knee and struck him in the stomach, before blasting lightning into his chest to knock him to the ground. Meanwhile, Wade had removed two of Logan's leg bones and rushed forward, stabbing a Minuteman in the back before blocking a pruning rod from another one. He then spun on the balls of his feet and impaled the Minuteman in the head before kicking the bone the rest of the way through, blood flying out and ensuring he was dead. Wade stabbed another Minuteman in the chest with Logan's leg bone, while Roxas grimaced and turned away from the carnage before lifting an arm, sending an arrow flying into a Minuteman's shoulder and knocking him to the ground.

Roxas jumped up and kicked another Minuteman in the head before backflipping away, while Wade had grabbed Logan's spine and swung it around, using his head as a weapon. He swung Logan's metal head into the heads of two Minutemen, killing them, before ramming it into another Minuteman's head so hard that the helmet cracked, and the skin of Logan's face came off. Roxas tried not to throw up at the sight as he dodged another Minuteman's pruning rod, brushed the arm out of the way, then delivered three quick strikes to the man's chest before kicking him, knocking him across the field.

Standing next to the trees, Roxas and Wade stood together. The two of them waved their hands sideways in front of themselves before holding those hands out, waving the fingers for a moment. Seconds later, the two of them swung their arms down between their legs, then started to swing them in front of themselves as they danced. *4*

Wade took a moment to take a selfie before placing a kiss on the side of a dead Minuteman's head, then breathed into the camera to make a little heart in the condensation. Another Minuteman charged in his direction, but Roxas rolled across the ground to get the soldier's attention. Roxas then went hand to hand with the soldier, brushing the arms aside before knocking the pruning rod out of the Minuteman's hand. Yelling out, Roxas jumped up with a spin before kicking the Minuteman in the head, sending him flying once again.

After taking Logan's arm bones off his body, Wade then restrained another Minuteman's arm, keeping him from attacking with his pruning rod. Wade proceeded to slap the soldier three times in the face with Logan's hand, before pushing the pruning rod up and making the Minuteman prune himself. The soldier promptly vanished into orange static, before Wade grabbed another one of Logan's leg bones. He lifted the bone up and rammed it into the head of another Minuteman, sending blood flying out as he was killed. Roxas yelled out and grimaced at the way his "ally" used his friend's bones, before ducking underneath another Minuteman's attack before punching him in the face and following it up with another blast of lightning.

Dancing together, Roxas and Wade held their arms up and swung their left elbows to the side, before leaning their heads into the opposite direction and doing the same action with their right arms. The two of them then stood together and hopped a couple of times as they lifted their right arms, before landing on the ground and using their hands as puppets as they waved them in front of themselves.

Roxas rolled on the ground again before waving his arms, sending arrows flying out of his armguards that hit two other Minutemen in their shoulders, making them yell out. Another Minuteman tried to prune Roxas from behind, but the blonde leaned out of the way, rammed an elbow into the man's side, then grabbed his arm. Pulling down, Roxas grunted as he broke the man's arm at the elbow, making the Minuteman yell out, before he reached up and grabbed his shoulder blades. He then proceeded to pull the man over his shoulder, slamming the Minuteman into the ground before he kicked the man in the head, knocking him unconscious.

Wade then proceeded to flip through the air a couple of times as one of Logan's metallic leg bones dropped through the air. He proceeded to roll across the dead body of one Minuteman before catching the metallic leg bone, then he turned and threw it at another approaching Minuteman. The bone was impaled in the man's chest, causing blood to spurt out like a faucet as he dropped to the ground in death. Roxas ended up getting cornered by three Minutemen, but he used a wave of telekinesis to throw their pruning rods into the air. Roxas then blasted two of the Minutemen with lightning, sending them flying, before he went hand to hand against the soldier. Of course, Roxas then reached up and caught something that he rammed into the Minuteman's head. When the head was promptly flattened, and blood shot out, Roxas frowned before he looked at his hand.

His eyes widened when he saw that he had just used one of Logan's leg bones. Roxas immediately exclaimed in horror and dropped it to the ground.

"I'm so sorry, Logan..." Roxas said, his voice cracking as he tried not to cry.

Wade ignored this completely as he had reacquired Logan's spine and swung it like a weapon, ramming Logan's Adamantium head up and striking another Minuteman in the head. The Minuteman flipped in the air and fell to the ground, and Wade finished him off by swinging Logan's head into the Minuteman's groin hard. Roxas pushed down his feelings and jumped up into the air, throwing both legs out and kicking them in their heads to knock them aside. Dropping back to the ground, Roxas then blasted lightning out of his fingers and blasted other approaching Minutemen before they could get close enough.

Wade then removed Logan's skull from his spine and repeatedly rammed it into a Minuteman's head, smashing his head and sending bits of brains and blood flying. As the Minuteman dropped to the ground, Wade adjusted Logan's skull in his hands.

"Maradona from outside the box!" Wade shouted.

He then proceeded to kick the head across the field, yelling like a soccer player. Roxas shouted in horror once again as more Minutemen rushed out of the portals, especially when he saw Logan's teeth fly out of the metal skull.

Dancing together, Roxas and Wade then swung their arms in front of their torsos rhythmically.

Roxas ducked underneath another Minuteman's pruning rod before kicking the man in the chest and sending him aside. Wade, meanwhile, used Logan's leg bones in defense once again, striking another Minuteman and breaking his arm so horribly that bits of bone stuck through his sleeve. Wade continued to attack the Minuteman, damaging him even more, before ramming a metal bone into the man's groin, making even more blood fly out of his body. Wade and Roxas both yelled at the sight, both of them now feeling horrible sympathy pain.

Dancing again, Roxas and Wade swung their arms to the sides, in front of themselves, and then above themselves. The two of them waved their hands as puppets in front of themselves again before placing their hands behind themselves and repeatedly side-stepping rhythmically to the left and right.

Dodging another pruning rod, Roxas pushed aside a Minuteman's arm before kicking the man in the knee, then covering his fist in lightning and punching him in the head, knocking him aside. Two Minutemen then charged at him together, and Roxas jumped up in a flip, throwing a kick towards one Minuteman's head and a punch to another, knocking them both across the field. Wade, meanwhile, removed the bones of Logan's fingers from his hand, then threw them across the field, where each one hit a Minuteman in the chest, neck, or the head, killing all three of them.

Dancing again, Roxas and Wade waved their arms rhythmically over their heads before nodding their heads. The two of them then hopped and waved their arms again as they turned to face another direction.

"Why are we doing this again?" Roxas asked as they continued waving their arms.

"It's important for the story!" Wade exclaimed as they nodded their heads again.

Roxas just rolled his eyes as they continued dancing.

Another arm bone was thrown through the air, striking another Minuteman in the shoulder so hard that armor shattered, and blood shot out. The Minuteman proceeded to drop to the ground and die quickly.

Still dancing, Roxas and Wade then turned around, pointing their arms to the right. Of course, as they stood together, Wade proceeded to grab his own butt and started shaking it in a seductive manner. Roxas just grimaced and took a few steps back from the mercenary.

"I am not doing that part," Roxas sternly declared.

Moving back to fighting, Wade grabbed Logan's arm and wrapped the tendons around a Minuteman's head. He grunted as he pulled hard, and the tendons popped the Minuteman's head off, making his body fall to the ground as his head flew up into the air, both of which spurted blood. Roxas, meanwhile, dodged another Minuteman's attack before he started throwing strikes, punching the man in the chest twice, before blasting him with lightning. Another Minuteman then charged towards Roxas, but he jumped up in a flip and kicked the man in the head, sending him flying back into another soldier and causing them both to fall to the ground.

Wade went a little excessive as he started stabbing another Minuteman with Logan's Adamantium fingers, stabbing him in the leg, arm, chest, and chin. He then jumped up and kicked the Minuteman in the chin, then dropped to the ground in a split as the soldier woozily stood. Wade then jumped back to his feet and spun, kicking the soldier in the head and taking him down. Roxas then rolled on the back of another Minuteman before spinning and kicking the man in the head, sending him flying again.

Dancing, Roxas and Wade held their hands out, before lifting their shoulders, then spinning in a circle with their arms out.

Fighting again, Roxas blasted lightning out of his hands again, striking two other soldiers and knocking them to the ground. Wade, meanwhile, sat on the ground and grunted as he worked on pulling the boot off of Logan's leg. Roxas huffed as other Minutemen started rushing towards him, but Wade ended up falling back and using the leg to hit the Minuteman in the head, killing him. To his credit, Wade jumped to his feet and secured the leg in his arm like it was a set of nun chucks, swinging it in preparation as Minutemen charged at him.

"Can you please stop!?" Roxas begged.

He didn't even look back as he swung his arm, throwing an arrow into the shoulder of a Minuteman that tried to charge at him from behind.

Of course, Wade just ignored Roxas as he swung the metal leg, hitting the soldier in the head and sending blood and brains flying as he was killed. Logan's metal foot also flew off as Wade swung the leg and secured it like it was nun chucks. Roxas groaned and blasted lightning at Wade, who stuttered, but suddenly started moving faster. Wade then swung the leg, hitting a Minuteman in the head and killing him, before swinging it towards three other soldiers, causing their heads to practically explode as blood was sent flying as they were all attacked. Wade then swung the leg bone into the ankle of another soldier, sweeping him to the ground, before swinging the bone down and striking the soldier's head so hard that it was destroyed. Wade just secured the bone underneath his arm once again.

"That was awesome!" Wade remarked. He looked at Roxas. "Thanks for the buzz, Lynch!"

Roxas groaned in annoyance, while another Minuteman tried rushing out of another portal. Wade just finished him off with another swing of the leg bone.

Dancing again, Wade swung his hips while sliding his hands down his chest in a seductive manner, before placing a hand at his groin and performing a pelvic thrust. Roxas groaned, closed his eyes, and turned around to start walking away, deciding that he had had enough of the dancing.

Another Minuteman kept the pruning rod raised on their arm in preparation, but they proceeded to share a look with the Leader, who had somehow avoided the carnage. The two of them shared a look before staring across the field.

Roxas had finished dancing and was standing with his arms out in a fighting stance, inwardly debating on whether or not he should take out his swords. Of course, Wade had grabbed the parts of Logan's bones with his metal claws, securing them to his forearms with some of the tendons. Roxas glanced to the side, and he exclaimed once again as Wade finished securing the claws against his arms.

"Oh, come on, man!" Roxas complained. "Does symbolism mean anything to you?" *5*

Wade just ignored Roxas once again. Instead, he moved up next to the blonde, secured the claws once again with the tendons, then lifted up his arms. With that, the three claws shot out next to his fists, and he proceeded to gasp in total shock.

Wade slowly turned to look at Roxas, showing that the eyes of his mask were larger to show that they were wide. He then turned to slowly look at the audience.

"... I am soaking wet right now," Wade declared.

"Well, good for you," Roxas remarked, staring out at the remaining Minutemen.

With that, Wade slowly frowned in determination. He lowered his arms and roared as he did the Wolverine pose, while Roxas yelled out and lifted his arms again, both of them standing ready together against the extra Minutemen.

Wade: To be clear, I'm not proud of any of this. The wanton violence, the whiff of necrophilia. It isn't who I am. It isn't who I wanna be.

Wade: But you guys already heard all of this in the movie. I don't need to cut away for the next 20 minutes to show you what happened that led to this.

Wade: If you saw the movie, then you already know what happened. I used Cable's time machine to pop out of my universe and into Earth-616 and tried joining the Avengers. The Forehead of Security proceeded to turn me down, so I moved back home, and Vanessa claimed I never got back up. So, I've spent the last six years working with the best dude ever, Peter, trying to sell cars.

Wade: I'm bad at it, and Peter has a chain connected to his nipples that connects to his penis. That was very disturbing to see.

Wade: Then, at my birthday party, I took some time to just be happy with the people I love most in the world. And Negasonic Teenage Whatever. And Shatterstar. Oh, and Buck.

Wade: But hey, you guys saw Colossus, Dopinder, Peter, Yukio, and Blind Al!

Wade: And Vanessa...

Wade (clears throat): Anyway. You also saw the TVA from the MCU get involved. They offered me a job, the tailor grabbed my ass, then their boss, Paradox, the weirdo from Succession, declared he was destroying my world because we lost our anchor being, our Logan, in his final movie. So, I broke his fucking nose, stole a mug and a pad from an HR guy who loved my ass, and I came here to dig up this sorry bastard's bones.

Wade: But this is the world of fanfiction, meaning that other things happened in between me knocking the shit out of Succession and desecrating the sacred corpse.

Wade: And that includes my meeting up with the right Roxas Cooper after that unnecessary cameo in that other story.

Wade: And let me tell you... Sparks certainly flew when I met Austin Moon...

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Earth 437

Underground Unlimited Base

Outside of New York City

Three Hours Ago

Roxas Cooper wasn't entirely sure what he was supposed to expect after their latest job/mission.

Having to deal with evil versions of Crawford, Xantivas, and Turrell once again had been a very big surprise, especially when the nice versions of them were still recovering in the infirmary. Despite the severity of the situation, though, Roxas decided to limit the team going after them to just himself, Sora, Ventus, and Vanitas, since the four of them were the ones with the longest history of fighting off the villains. The rest of the team was sent out on other missions to make sure that the tear in the fabric of reality hadn't caused too many problems, though Morgan had left for the mansion to keep watching over Mandy. Roxas had shared a hug with Morgan over the action, inwardly promising himself that he would ensure that they would be safe.

Luckily, Roxas and the team managed to find things out after a bit of time. Teaming up with the Roxas from another dimension and his allies (all of whom were Avengers), managed to find the evil versions of Crawford, Xantivas, and Turrell, and determine what their plans were. With both groups working together, they were able to stop all four of the transducers from destroying the Nexus Between, they stopped the evil versions of Crawford, Xantivas, and Turrell, and they destroyed the airship again, preventing the possible loss of hundreds of dimensions and countless lives.

Roxas had been proud to fight alongside his shorter counterpart and the other Avengers, and had been happy that the good version of Crawford had worked to help ensure that his evil counterpart was taken down.

Of course, even though the Avengers had taken down the first three transducers of darkness, one had still gone off, which succeeded in seeping darkness into the fabric of the Nexus Between. Though the transducer had only been on for about one minute, this still meant that some kind of damage had been done, and none of them knew just what to expect.

So, returning to the mansion, specifically going into the underground bunker section, Sora and Roxas went together to the massive supercomputer to watch over things. Usually, Harry was the one that checked the computer, but since he had retired from field work, he ended up moving more towards working at Cooper Industries for their cover, which meant that the others had to make up the slack with the computer. Everyone got a bit more experience at using the massive computer station that overlooked their operations throughout the different dimensions, which had most of them feeling pride.

At the moment, Sora and Roxas stood together at the computer station, still wearing their leather battle outfits as they overlooked the quality of the Nexus Between after the darkness had seeped into it. Ventus and Vanitas had gone off to search for the others to let them know that everything was okay, with Vanitas taking better interest in looking for his wife and daughter, while Ventus searched for his own girlfriend, Lucy.

Roxas stood behind Sora as the brunette clicked and clacked at the keys, looking over all sorts of information displayed on the screens about what had happened. Images were displayed that showed different areas of the Nexus Between, which had both men grimacing.

"The structure of the Nexus Between lowered by about 5% in the sixty seconds the transducer was on," Sora informed Roxas. He looked at the blonde. "Lowering by just a single percentage could have drastic repercussions."

"Damn," Roxas said. He grimaced and shook his head. "What does that mean for the Nexus Between and the dimensions we can access through it?"

"We'll have to examine things a bit further for a little while," Sora explained. He crossed his arms as he looked at the screens. "The Nexus is like a living person. If it wounds, it bleeds, and we don't want to be anywhere near that blood."

Roxas raised an eyebrow over the analogy, but he brushed it off.

"But, just like any other wound, it'll heal with time," Sora added. He looked at Roxas again. "Most likely, the worst damage to happen was during that minute that the Nexus was damaged."

"So what could have happened?" Roxas asked.

"I don't know," Sora admitted. He looked at the screens again. "The number of dimensions within the Nexus appears to be the same, so it appears that the structural damage didn't actively destroy anything, meaning that they didn't succeed in any other genocides."

Roxas sighed out in relief.

"Most likely, the walls between some realities might have been weakened," Sora assessed. He furrowed his eyebrows thoughtfully. "Of course, if that happened... Then there's a pretty good chance that some stragglers might have made their way through those walls."

"'Stragglers'..." Roxas repeated. He huffed, shook his head, then looked at Sora. "You think that something might have used the open doorways to escape their own realities and go into other ones."

"It is a possibility," Sora confirmed. "Of course, whether they went consciously or unconsciously is another story. After all, not everyone is interested in traveling between other universes. there's a possibility that if someone or something did fall between those other realms, then they'll be lost and trying to get back home."

"Here's hoping," Roxas remarked.

Of course, he and Sora still shared a huff, given how few times that actually happened. The two of them inwardly started to run through ideas on what they could do to fight off whatever potential threats that could arise throughout the dimensions as a result. *1*

"I'm gonna head out, though," Sora said, keeping his arms crossed as he looked at Roxas. "I need to go find some of the others and let them know that we're alright. Especially Kairi."

"Right..." Roxas said. He raised an eyebrow as he looked at the supercomputer. "Gotta admit, it was a little weird to see a younger, shorter version of our Kairi."

"Don't remind me," Sora admitted. He grimaced. "It was weird enough seeing a younger, shorter version of you and Xion. Seeing a short, young version of the girl I love was really, really trippy."

"Especially with how often you guys have..." Roxas slowly said.

"Hey," Sora said, pointing at the blonde sternly. "We agreed to keep bedroom talk out of the atrium. V and Jack already do enough bedroom talk for just about everybody on the team."

Roxas smirked and shook his head as Sora walked off the platform with the supercomputer.

"Well, at least some of us like to keep our private lives actually private," Roxas called to his brunette friend.

"Someone's got to with the perverts in this group!" Sora called back.

Roxas chuckled and shook his head once again.

Standing with his arms crossed, Roxas then turned to look around the atrium once again. The place had remained relatively unchanged over the years given that everyone liked the place so much.

Near the computer station were tall columns that led up to the second story walkway, complete with an armory right above the station, filled with weapons of all sorts of shapes and sizes. Next to the armory were two closed doors, leading to deeper areas of the underground base. Of course, there were more platforms that led to other levels, including the massive vault, and even the guard station over the wall that included a set of double doors that led to the areas and chambers far deeper underground, which included some of the labs and the med bay.

Connected to the computer platforms were the hallways that led through different areas, including the entrance to the sewer entrance (complete with more than enough air fresheners to filter out the smell), the training area in front of a powered down, giant industrial fan next to it, and the platform with the massive, closed gate that led towards the hangar where all the vehicles (drivable and flyable) were stored for later use. Of course, next to the gate were the double doors that led to the deeper underground areas, and next to that was the area with different levels that included the massive kitchen and pantry, allowing them to be able to make their own food. In between all of the shelves with storage and supplies spread about was also the retractable wall that led out to the underground shore and waterfall, something that was a proud result of their magic.

Opposite of the massive double doors was the lounge area, one that ended up being a favorite of many members of the team. Complete with multiple televisions of different shapes and sizes, game consoles connected to them, vintage-looking arcade machines, and the normal furniture consisting of multiple couches, armchairs, and even the massive dining room table that could seat about twenty, the area was a veritable entertainment center. Of course, they usually spent a lot of time there, sometimes to help themselves de-stress after a crazy mission, which happened quite a lot.

Looking around the atrium once again, Roxas let out another sigh as he took in the massive area, finding comfort in his surroundings since he was used to the place. They had been through a lot over the years, but this place had remained mostly the same, providing all of them a good enough home. He smiled, feeling content that they had succeeded in another job.

Of course, all of a sudden, an orange portal burned into existence near the training area, which had Roxas furrowing his eyebrows. Walking down the steps from the computer station, Roxas's eyes narrowed slightly as he recognized the make of the portal.

"What the hell...?" Roxas muttered to himself. He softly shook his head. "We've got an agreement with the people at the TVA. We stay out of their business, and they stay out of ours. Why would someone want to come here?" *2*

Of course, moments later, a man came out of the portal, and Roxas's eyebrows raised as he immediately realized that this man definitely wasn't a member of the TVA.

The man who walked out of the portal was only a little taller than Roxas, but he was wearing a more obvious suit than the black leather suit that he had on. This man's clothes were reminiscent to that of an assassin, with a skintight outfit that covered his entire body from head to toe in a cascade of red and black. The suit included red and black gloves, straps that were tightened around different parts of his body, holsters attached to each leg with black Desert Eagle handguns within, a belt around his waist with brown ammo pouches, and a circular insignia in the center that was clearly his own logo. There was a strap along his torso connected to his back with his sheaths for his two katanas with golden handles underneath the black cloth straps, and the mask covering his entire head was red, but with black spots around the white eye slits.

Roxas just raised his eyebrows as he looked at the man, recognizing him as Wade Wilson, aka Deadpool. Since he had worked alongside at least three Deadpools in the past, Roxas was familiar with the man, and he inwardly sighed out, already knowing that there was a good chance this wouldn't end well.

"Hey," Roxas said, stepping across the atrium towards where Wade was standing. Wade looked around for a moment before his eyes landed on Roxas. "I have no idea what you're doing here, but I really don't appreciate..."

"Whoa!" Wade exclaimed as he looked at Roxas. "You're certainly a lot taller than the last Roxas Cooper I just saw. He was hanging out with Sherlock Holmes, the blonde idiot from A Knight's Tale, and the third Olsen twin."

Roxas sighed out and covered his face in secondhand embarrassment, already knowing who he was talking about.

"Yeah, that version of me is an ally," Roxas told Wade. "Now, I see that you've got a Tempad, so..."

"I went searching for the Roxas Cooper that used to be involved with the affairs of my world," Wade continued without even listening. "I knew he looked like that old Disney dweeb that was in a band with his siblings, all of whom had names beginning with the letter R. Sort of like the Kardashians, but they aren't awful human beings."

Roxas just rolled his eyes.

"Right," Roxas said. "And I don't see what that's got to do with me."

"Oh, it's got everything to do with you, Teen Beach Movie," Wade told him. He held up the TemPad. "You see, I was just recently picked up by the TVA because they said that I have a greater purpose. Apparently, I'm Marvel Jesus, MJ if you're nasty."

"You're an idiot," Roxas bluntly told Wade.

"And when I was at the TVA, they shared a little secret with me," Wade continued. "My world's dying because we lost our anchor being. Logan, the Wolverine."

Roxas's eyebrows then raised slightly, but he made sure to school his features as best he could.

"Right..." he slowly said. He softly shook his head before turning to look away. "Well, I'm sorry to hear that. Losing a loved one is something that I have experience with, but... An entire universe dying because he's gone is a new one."

"Oh, I certainly don't love that showboating, thundercunt from down-undercunt," Wade remarked.

Roxas's hands then closed into a fist, and he closed his eyes and let out a small, quiet growl. He did the best he could to resist blasting lightning at Wade, knowing he had to keep his cool.

"But I ran into a pretty big fucking problem," Wade added. "Because a douchebag at the TVA decided that because he really wants to show how big his balls are, he's going to destroy my universe in just a couple of days."

Roxas rolled his eyes and sighed out, having grown used to the idea of villains that were obsessed with power, even if he still hated them all.

"So, I figure that if I replace my missing anchor being with a new Wolverine, then everything will be peachy keen and I can take down that Paradox fuckface," Wade continued. "Of course, I'm gonna need some help."

"And where do you suppose you're gonna get that?" Roxas asked, gesturing to the sides with his hands.

"Well, see, that's where things get interesting," Wade said with a leading tone in his voice. "Because apparently, this universe of fanfiction is different from what happened to me in the movie, because here... In my world, my Wolverine fought alongside someone else. A Roxas Cooper."

It took all of Roxas's self-restraint to keep his face calm at Wade's declaration. He slowly turned around and just shrugged his shoulders, which had Wade narrowing his eyes underneath his mask.

"Well, I'm sorry..." Roxas slowly said. "I'm not sure what I can do to help."

"Holy shit," Wade slowly said. He huffed. "It only took thirteen different universes off-screen and a random cameo at the end of that last story for me to find the right one. 'Cause your butthole just clenched so loudly that even deaf children from Africa could hear it from here."

Roxas sighed out with his eyes closed, hating that he had been so obvious.

"You're the Roxas Cooper that fought alongside the Wolverine in my world all those years," Wade slowly said. He shook his head and looked around. "And you're just chilling here in your sex dungeon?"

That got Roxas to frown, then turn to look back at Wade.

"This is an oversized basement of a mansion, where my team and I operate our missions as we go throughout the omniverse and save people," Roxas told him. He gestured to the sides. "It's not a sex dungeon."

"Do people have sex down here?" Wade asked.

"Well... V bragged that he and his wife made their daughter in the big fault," Roxas admitted, gesturing to the vault entrance at the second level.

"And we're underground, making this a dungeon," Wade remarked. He nodded his head. "That means this is a sex dungeon."

Roxas closed his eyes and groaned in annoyance. *3*

"I'm not gonna argue about whether or not this place is a sex dungeon," he declared.

"Good," Wade said as he continued looking at Roxas. "Because I need to hurry. My world is dying, and I need your help."

"Yeah, well, you're not gonna get my help," Roxas declared with a shake of his head. "Because you're right... I have been to your world, and I fought alongside Logan. For years."

He closed his eyes and sighed as he remembered some of that time.

"You're not about to have an expository flashback, are you?" Wade asked. "Because I'm not sure we've got the runtime for that. Especially since the author usually tries to only go for chapters that are about 6,000 words apiece."

Roxas just frowned at Wade.

"Do you ever take anything seriously?" he asked.

"Not often, no," Wade said. "All I know is that Logan died, and now my world's dying. But it's a little weird since I'm pretty sure Logan died in a timeline where the X-Men are all dead, yet they're around in the universe I'm from."

"Huh," Roxas said. He closed his eyebrows thoughtfully. "I think I might have an answer there."

Wade raised an eyebrow underneath his mask, which Roxas could see through the mask.

Whatever the case, Roxas then turned and moved up the stairs to the computer station once again, and Wade followed behind him in curiosity. Wade followed him up the stairs to the computer, and huffed as he looked around all the different monitors.

"Wow," Wade said. "Just how much porn do you guys watch on all these monitors?"

"Shut up for a second," Roxas said.

Wade just raised an eyebrow as a couple of images of white lines appeared on the screen closest to them. Roxas then pointed at one larger white line, one that had a smaller line attached to it.

"This line represents your world, Earth-10005," Roxas slowly explained. He looked at Wade. "This is where everything that ever happened to the X-Men in your universe happened. The battles against Magneto, Stryker's attempted genocide of all the mutants, the Phoenix killing Charlies Xavier and Scott Summers before Magneto tried to lead an army against Leech, Wolverine's retirement before he went to Japan, and the battle in the future against the Sentinels. All that happened over the years as the X-Men were active and fighting against all sorts of foes. That's where you're from, and where your Wolverine is from."

"All right," Wade said, nodding his head to show that he was listening (for once).

"Now, here's where it gets tricky," Roxas slowly said. "I already mentioned that the X-Men had to stop the Sentinels in the future. They did that by going back to the past and ensuring that Mystique didn't kill Bolivar Trask. This meant that the Sentinels were never built, and the future was safe from them. But... changing the future is never without consequence. The Avengers learned that lesson when they reversed what Thanos did."

"I see..." Wade said, slowly crossing his arms.

"That consequence was this branch," Roxas explained, gesturing to the smaller white line connected to the line representing Earth-10005. "This is Earth-17315. When the X-Men stopped the Sentinels from being made, they reset the timeline, which brought about some consequences. The X-Men continued in your timeline, where they fought Apocalypse in the 80s, and dealt with another version of the Phoenix force in the 90s. Those are the X-Men that are still around doing things in your universe. With one exception. There was no Wolverine."

"What?" Wade asked with a frown.

"I put it together afterwards," Roxas slowly said. He gestured to the line representing Earth-17315. "Though Logan remained the anchor being of your universe, he was pulled into a new timeline here in Earth-17315. That's the one after the X-Men stopped the Sentinels and they got to keep living their lives. But it's also the one where Dr. Rice released the pheromones that suppressed the Mutant X gene, which not only decreased the birth rate of mutants, but also slowly but surely worked on killing Logan's healing factor. The rest of the X-Men all lost their lives because Charles lost control of his abilities as he got older, and, well..."

He sighed out.

"You know what happened to Logan," Roxas continued.

"Okay..." Wade slowly said. "But if Logan died in this other universe, then how is my universe decaying instead of this one?"

"Because he's still the anchor being of your world," Roxas reminded Wade. He kept his face as calm as he could. "Though Earth-17315 is a different timeline, it's still part of your universe, Earth-10005. It's a smaller scaled branch, meaning that both timelines are part of the same universe. You can't have either universe without the other. So, they share the same anchor being, even if he only exists in one of them. He's gone from your timeline, but he remained in the other one until his death. And with his death, your entire universe is decaying. Losing the anchor being caused the slow but sure death of two timelines at once."

He looked down, sighed out, and felt another wave of grief.

"Wow..." Wade slowly said. "Trust fanfiction writers to explain away things that didn't need to be explained from the movie." *4*

Roxas's grief was replaced by annoyance, and he rolled his eyes at Wade once again.

"I'm still not sure what you want me to do about this," Roxas replied.

"Well, it's obvious," Wade said. He looked at Roxas and gestured with his hands. "After all, you've more or less confirmed through your words that you're the Roxas Cooper that fought beside the Wolverine in my universe. You've already helped him, now you need to help me."

"No, I really don't," Roxas denied with a small shake of his head.

"Why not?" Wade demanded.

"My powers don't work the same way in your universe," Roxas informed Wade. "I've got my healing factor, my swords, my arm guards that shoot arrows, my grandfather's revolver, my lightning, and even my telekinesis. But that's all I've got when in your universe. I can't sense things, I can't fly, and I can't even open portals between different universes. I guess the Marvel side of the Omniverse put some kind of safeguard that makes it that I'm a bit more in-line with some of your heroes, and not as powerful. There's only so much I can do on your side of the Omniverse, so I highly doubt that I'll be able to help you."

With that, Roxas turned around and walked down the steps to the even ground once again.

"What the shit!?" Wade demanded with anger in his voice. "What, that's it? My entire world is in danger, somewhere that you spent a lot of time in, but you don't care? You'll just let it die because Logan died?"

"I just told you," Roxas said. He stopped and looked back at Wade. "I can't be the Unlimited because I have limits in your world. There's not much I can do to help you in the way that you want."

"Well, you can at least try!" Wade snapped. He groaned. "What, did losing that hairy nutsack with the dumb cowlicks take your spine out, too?"

"Logan was a hero," Roxas replied, frowning right at the former mercenary. "He died protecting his daughter, and a dozen other innocent kids. He made sure they'd be able to grow up and have a future."

"Is that what you say to help yourself sleep at night?" Wade demanded. He scoffed and shook his head. "I bet you didn't even try to save him."

"Watch your mouth..." Roxas slowly said, frowning in anger.

"What? Did I touch a nerve?" Wade challenged, gesturing to the sides with his arms. "I'm just calling it like I see it. For being the big, bad 'Unlimited,' you didn't do anything to protect someone that you fought alongside. I bet when he needed your help, you weren't even there for him."

Roxas huffed and puffed, gritting his teeth as anger started to course through him. Within one closed fist, electricity sparked slightly underneath his fingertips.

"All those years you fought by his side, and then you let him down in his moment of need," Wade then taunted. He shook his head. "What a shame, you fucking pussy."

With that, Roxas snarled as he waved one hand at Wade, flicking his wrist and sending an arrow flying out of his hidden armguard. The arrow flew through the air, and Wade exclaimed in pain as the arrow went right through his chest and his heart. Wade huffed and grit his teeth as he looked down at the left side of his chest, seeing the bottom of the arrow sticking out.

"Fuck!" Wade exclaimed, partially in surprise.

Gritting his teeth, Wade grabbed the bottom of the arrow and slowly pulled it out of his chest, letting some blood spill out as the tip went back through his heart. Roxas just glared as Wade continued to pull out the arrow, letting some more blood spurt onto the floor. Gripping the arrow, Wade finished pulling it out of his chest. He huffed as he looked at Roxas.

"Joke's on you," Wade taunted as he threw the arrow to the ground. "That only hurt a little."

With that, Roxas grunted as he lifted up his other hand, and blasted lightning out of his fingers. The lightning flew out of every single finger, flying through the air and hitting Wade. The former mercenary yelled out and stuttered as the lightning surged into his body, bringing him much more pain and making him drop down to one knee. Wade continued to stutter and yell as the lightning kept surging into him for a few more moments. Once he decided that Wade had enough, Roxas stopped blasting the lightning, and huffed as he looked at the mercenary.

Wade panted and huffed as he looked at Roxas on the lower section of the atrium.

"Okay..." Wade slowly said. "That hurt a bit more."

"Good," Roxas declared. He nodded his head to the side. "Now, get out."

Wade just breathed in and out for a moment.

Then he jumped to his feet and pointed one of his Desert Eagles at Roxas.

"Not happening, you little fucker," Wade declared. "You said you have a healing factor, right?"

Roxas just frowned and nodded his head.

"How good is it?" Wade challenged.

With that, Wade fired a bullet and hit Roxas right in the left side of his chest. Roxas exclaimed in pain and placed both hands on his chest, but he huffed as he looked up at the former mercenary.

"You idiot," Roxas told him. "I'm half-alien. My heart's not on the left side."

"Oh, okay," Wade said, his voice nonchalant.

With that, he moved his gun slightly to the side and fired once again, hitting Roxas on the right side of his chest.

Roxas exclaimed in pain once again as he then pressed his hands against the right side. He huffed as little blood came out of his wounds, but he used his telekinesis to let the bullets slide back out of the holes. He huffed before shaking his head, and tossing the bullets to the ground. Roxas then looked at Wade and glared at the man.

"Wow," Wade remarked. "All right, that's a strong as shit healing factor."

Roxas just sighed out as his blades slid out of nowhere before appearing in his hands.

"I don't like cussing," was all he said as he shook his head in preparation.

With a flick of Roxas's hand, Metallica's Master of Puppets then started playing from the computer. *5*

Roxas then grunted as he threw one of his swords, but Wade jumped forward in a flip to dodge it. Of course, as Wade flipped a d the short couple of more times, Roxas used his telekinesis to catch the man in the air and freeze him. Wade exclaimed in surprise as Roxas then flung his arm in his direction, and the telekinesis sent the former mercenary flying towards him. Wade continued to exclaim in surprise as Roxas lifted up his other sword, and once Wade was close enough, Roxas jammed the blade right through his chest, making him yell out in pain.

"Not bad," Wade complimented with pain clear in his voice from the blade. "But I'm a bit stronger than that."

With that, Wade lifted his Desert Eagle and fired right into Roxas's face, making him yell out and take a few steps back. Wade huffed as he grabbed the short sword and threw it to the ground. Roxas panted as he shook his head, and the bullet flew out of his nose before he groaned and turned to glare at Wade. He then held out his hands, and his short swords flew up towards Wade, with one embedding itself in his back, while another one went through his stomach. Wade grit his teeth and grunted in pain, but he pointed his Desert Eagle at Roxas again and proceeded to repeatedly shoot. Roxas huffed as he jumped backwards and started to flip a couple of times through the air, dodging each of the gunshots as Wade continued to fire.

Of course, after a few moments, the gun clicked empty, and Wade huffed as he shook slightly, letting the two swords fly out of his body. The former mercenary then holstered his Desert Eagle before reaching up and sliding his katanas out of their sheaths and rushing towards the blonde. Roxas landed on his feet, and a light flashed, letting his short swords return to his hands. Wade then proceeded to start swinging his blades, and Roxas swung his short swords to intercept each of the strikes. The two of them worked at deflecting each of their blades as they continued to attack, moving along the atrium as the music continued to play.

Eventually, Roxas then caught one of Wade's swords with the blade in his left hand, then jumped up and caught the other one with his foot. Roxas then leaned in and stabbed Wade right in the neck, making the former mercenary yell out in pain once again. Of course, Wade swung his head and rammed it against Roxas's, and he fell back as his sword came out of Wade's neck. Roxas rolled backwards on the ground before jumping to his feet again, then Wade moved forward and swung his swords again. Roxas jumped up in a flip and dodged the attacks, but then Wade turned slightly before swinging his katana. With that katana, Wade then jabbed up and impaled Roxas in the air, making him yell out.

"How d'you like that, Status Update?" Wade taunted.

Still restrained in the air, Roxas just lifted one of his hands and blasted lightning at Wade once again. Wade stuttered in pain once again, lowering his katana just enough for Roxas to launch himself backwards and get free. Roxas flipped a couple of times before he landed on his feet and turned to look at Wade again. Wade rolled his left shoulder for a moment before he and Roxas charged at each other once again.

Roxas swung his swords, and Wade deflected them with his katanas. The two of them deflected their strikes off of each others' blades once again before Roxas jumped down and slid on his knees on the ground, swinging his blades against Wade's knees. Wade exclaimed in pain, but he lifted a foot and kicked Roxas in the back of the head, making him roll on the ground for a moment. Just as Roxas jumped back to his feet, Wade then swung his swords, slashing Roxas across the back with one before impaling him through the chest with the other. Roxas yelled out in pain, but he threw one of his swords towards Wade, impaling him through the chest and making him take a step back. Roxas then stepped forward and let the balde slide out of his chest before he turned around once again.

Wade huffed and flexed slightly, letting the short sword fly out of his chest. He panted as he held the katanas in his hands as he looked at Roxas.

"I wonder if there's a reason why your swords are so short," Wade taunted. "Maybe you're trying to give a secret message?"

"At least I don't need to overcompensate with the two katanas," Roxas taunted back, gesturing to Wade's own blades.

"All right, that was decent," Wade admitted.

With that, Wade yelled out as he rushed towards Roxas with both his katanas. He grunted as he swung the blades, but Roxas worked to either dodge them, or deflect the strikes with his short sword. After a few moments of doing this, Roxas then jumped up in a flip and dodged another large swing of one of Wade's katanas, then landed on his feet. Huffing, Roxas dodged another slash as he moved behind Wade, then flicked the wrist of his free hand, letting an arrow slide into it. Flipping the arrow so that he was holding it backhanded, Roxas then grunted as he turned and stabbed Wade in the shoulder blade with that arrow, making the former mercenary yell out. Of course, Wade just grunted and turned, ramming the bottom of his sword against Roxas's stomach, then swinging the katana up, slashing him across the chest.

Luckily, the leather of the suit prevented the blade from doing any damage. Of course, Wade then grunted as he swung his other sword, hitting Roxas in the face and causing some blood to spill out of a cut. Roxas grunted as he spun slightly and worked to recover. Wade then grunted as he tried to jab forward with his katana, but Roxas sidestepped the attack, and retaliated by swinging his remaining blade and jabbing it right into Wade's chest, making him grunt in pain. Roxas then grunted as he waved both his hands, sending the katanas flying out of Wade's hands and scattering across the floor with a couple of loud clangs. Wade exclaimed in surprise over his swords being gone, but Roxas followed it up with a palm strike to his stomach, knocking him back slightly.

Wade grit his teeth before he reached up with both hands and pulled the short sword out of his chest and the arrow out of his shoulder blade. He threw the weapons to the ground before he ran at Roxas.

The two of them went into hand to hand combat, with Wade throwing an overhead strike, but Roxas ducked underneath it before delivering three quick strikes to Wade's side. Of course, Wade quickly turned around and threw a punch to Roxas's stomach, before he lifted another arm and tried to punch him in the face. Roxas leaned backwards to dodge before lifting a leg to throw a roundhouse kick. Wade caught his leg, then swung an elbow into Roxas's knee and made him exclaim in pain. Wade then grabbed Roxas's foot with both hands, then turned it to throw him. Roxas exclaimed in surprise as he was forced to flip a couple of times in the air, but he managed to retaliate enough to turn and land on his feet.

Roxas then turned towards Wade and flicked his wrist, sending another arrow flying. Of course, Wade just caught the arrow and threw it to the side before rushing towards Roxas again. Wade tried to throw a punch at Roxas, but the blonde caught Wade's arm by the wrist, rammed his fist against the mercenary's elbow, then followed it up with a punch to the chest. Roxas then followed that up by jumping into the air, then kicking Wade with both feet, knocking him back slightly. Roxas flipped again as he dropped to the ground and landed, while Wade shook his head and turned to glare at Roxas from underneath his mask.

Wade then reached down to his belt and pulled out a small knife that he held backhanded. Yelling out once again, Wade rushed forward, and Roxas dodged the slash of Wade's small knife, before Wade suddenly jumped up in a spin and kicked him in the face. Roxas exclaimed in surprise as he stepped back, and Wade followed it up by grabbing his shoulder with one hand, then pulled him in. Wade then proceeded to stab the small knife into Roxas's chest three times, making him yell out in pain once again.

"How do you like that, Jack Russell?" Wade taunted. "That's the power of Baby Knife."

Roxas just grit his teeth before letting his sword reappear in his hand. Of course, Roxas positioned the blade so that as it slid out, it slashed through Wade's groin, which made the former mercenary yell out in a more high-pitched manner.

"Oh-Oh, that really did a lot of damage down there..." Wade frantically said, his voice still slightly high-pitched.

Roxas grabbed Wade's arm and raised it, pulling the tiny knife out of his chest. The blonde warrior then raised his foot and kicked Wade from behind, then rushed forward. Wade huffed as he was pushed back from the kick, and Roxas quickly turned on his feet and raised his arms into his battle stance once again, this time only holding one of his swords.

Wade just huffed as he felt his wounds finish healing, especially the one in his groin. He shook his head before turning to look at Roxas. *6*

"I don't get it!" Wade exclaimed. He huffed as he continued looking at Roxas. "You're so against helping me save my world that you'd rather fight me? I thought you were supposed to be a hero, the all-powerful Unlimited. What the fuck happened to that guy?"

Roxas just frowned at him for a moment as he felt his anger from the last few minutes start to fade. As he stared at Wade, he slowly sighed out before stepping out of his battle stance and into a normal one. His sword disappeared with a small surge of light, and he huffed as he looked at the former mercenary.

"I'm still a hero," Roxas declared. He softly shook his head. "But I made myself a promise. After what happened in that universe, I never plan on going back."

"What are you talking about?" Wade asked, gesturing to the sides with his arms. "You were a hero, and you fought alongside the freaking Wolverine. I mean, what's wrong with that?"

"'What's wrong with that'?" Roxas asked.

He scoffed and looked to the side.

"It was awesome," Roxas admitted. "At the start, it was something that I knew I'd remember forever. I went into another dimension, and I started fighting alongside the Wolverine. That was a dream that I've had since I was a kid and I read some of his best comics. And it was amazing."

He softly shook his head.

"But then time went on," Roxas continued. "And I was still by his side, throughout everything."

"'Everything'?" Wade asked, frowning through his mask. "According to what you told that younger version of you in the last story, doing the math, you're only 24. How could you have been with Logan throughout everything?"

Roxas sighed out once again. He looked down, softly shook his head, then looked back up at Wade.

"I told you," Roxas reminded Wade. "My powers and my abilities work differently throughout the different realities through the Omniverse. I don't have the full scale of my abilities on that side of the Omniverse, and my metabolism is... a little bit different."

"Well, we're already going over the maximum word count since we're well past 6,000 words," Wade replied. "We're pushing towards 7,000, and it probably wouldn't be awful for you to take a bit of extra time to hear what all happened."

Roxas breathed out through his nose, then turned to look at Wade again.

"It happened last year," Roxas slowly said. "My friends and I were deciding on what dimensions we could go into, and we ran different calculations through our computer system. My brother interpreted that the side of the Omniverse that the TVA watches over, the Marvel section of the Omniverse, is what limits our powers. So, I volunteered to serve as an active scout, going ahead to check things out before any of the others looked into things on their own. I did an experimental trip to your world, Earth-10005. And let me tell you... I really found a lot."

Wade just furrowed his eyebrows in intrigue underneath his mask. He slowly lifted up his arms and crossed them over his chest as Roxas began telling his story, knowing that he needed to share every detail so that Wade would understand his point of view better...

Chapter Text

One Year Ago

As stated before, when learning about the full scale of the Omniverse, and when they started to investigate things throughout the expansive realm, Roxas and his team had to figure out the best course of action when it came to investigating. The team gave it a lot of thought, though many of them were really excited when they learned that this side of the Omniverse included dimensions based off of Marvel movies. Vanitas wanted to hang out with Iron Man and Quicksilver, Mordecai wanted to meet Hawkeye and Black Widow, Morgan wanted to train with Black Widow, PROXY wanted to meet Vision and learn how his internal mechanisms compared to his own, Trevor wanted to compare shots with Hawkeye, and just about everyone else wanted to find some way to interact with other Marvel characters.

Of course, they still needed to determine that everything would be safe for them to go out there. So, they did a scan of that side of the Omniverse, the section labeled as the Multiverse, and their eyes narrowed as they looked at Harry, Sadie, and Sora's readings.

"Our powers will be more limited out there," Sora assessed. "Depending on what world we land in, we might not be able to connect to all of our powers."

"We could possibly have some of our abilities, but maybe not all of them," Harry added.

"And with half of us only having abilities that revolve around opening portals between the other universes, we probably shouldn't risk anything," Sadie added. "I mean, if we open a portal to one of those universes, land there, and our powers are taken from us, then we might not be able to come back."

With that, the team decided that they needed to think things through.

After some time, Roxas volunteered to take a trip out to that side of the Omniverse and see what he could figure out about it. Sora, Vanitas, Harry, Anubis, Ventus, Shiny, Morgan, Julie, Mordecai, Carl, Rigby, Spider, Shorty, Jack, Carter, Sadie, Jake, Raleigh, Lee, River, Kairi, Frodo, Trevor, Kitty, Lucy, and Jamie all saw him off, as did Harry and Sadie's daughter Becky, Vanitas and Kitty's daughter Mary Angela, and Roxas and Morgan's daughter Mandy. Roxas had packed a sling with gear, complete with a sleeping bag, a lighter and some currency (that he hoped would be useful), a lighter, and a communicator that could work between the different dimensions. Everyone nodded at Roxas as he prepared to make the jump, with Sora, Vanitas, Harry, Anubis, Ventus, Shiny, Morgan, Julie, Mordecai, Carl, Jack, and Carter sharing hugs and handshakes with him.

Mandy held onto Roxas and had to literally be pried off of him. Roxas and Morgan both admittedly understood this considering they didn't know how things would play out.

"So, he just goes into that universe, gets an understanding of what's going on, and comes back?" Vanitas assessed with his arms crossed.

"It should be that easy for a reconnaissance mission," Harry replied.

"What if he ends up in that universe for, like, a thousand years or something?" Julie asked.

"Yeah, we can't exactly be the Unlimited without the Unlimited with us," Jack added.

"We don't have to worry about that," Sora reassured them. "His metabolism will still be in sync with our dimension. No matter how much time passes in the universe he goes to, his body will continue to age in line with this universe. He could be in that universe for, like, a month, and only a day could pass here, and that's all he would age."

"Let's hope it doesn't come to that, though," Roxas remarked, raising an eyebrow at the very idea. "We've got enough problems without adding the extra complications of a weird aging technique into the mix."  *1*

The group all shrugged their shoulders in agreement.

Whatever the case, Roxas then turned and held up his hand, opening up the swirling vortex that served as the portal to another dimension above him. The blonde hero turned and nodded at the rest of his team, all of whom nodded back. Roxas then turned and looked up at the portal before he let out a huff. With that, Roxas then jumped up into the vortex, and started yelling out as he was sent spiraling through the vortex. Everyone continued to watch before the light started to fade as the portal vanished, cutting them off from Roxas as he continued to travel between the universes.

The group all sighed out, hoping that he would be okay...

Roxas yelled out as he dropped through the vortex before soon coming out into a new landscape. The blonde hero exclaimed in surprise as he suddenly came out of the portal and dropped down onto a normal ground, though he managed to recover enough in the air to control his landing. With that, Roxas dropped down and landed on his feet, making sure to crouch down to ensure that his knees didn't feel any pain. He huffed before slowly pushing himself to his feet, then he shook his head, letting his spiky hair flail slightly as he recovered from the impact of falling through the vortex.

"How does that never get any easier?" Roxas asked himself.

He shrugged his shoulders in resignation before he slowly looked up. Of course, his eyes widened in surprise as he looked around, quickly taking in his new surroundings.

It appeared that he was at some kind of destroyed facility. Though he was standing on a dirt ground, he could see the destroyed parts of a massive structure as far as the eye could see, with a partially intact building nearby, and giant pieces of destroyed, rounded ceramic spread out, almost like what made up nuclear reactors. The sun had slowly started to rise in the distance, showing that it was well into the hours of a new day, and sirens were ringing out, signifying approaching emergency services. Looking far across the area, he was also able to see a biplane rising up into the air over the water.

Of course, when he glanced to the side, Roxas then did a double take when he saw a man slightly taller than him nearby. This man had dark hair that flowed in different directions, raging sideburns that went down to his chin, though he only had a little stubble on his actual chin and over his lip, so there was no complete mustache or beard. He wore a white tank top with various cuts and scratches along them, jeans, a set of boots, and had picked up a brown leather jacket with dark orange lines along the center of the sleeves.

Given that he was the only one that was around, Roxas glanced to the side before walking over to the man as he slipped the leather jacket on, deciding that he was probably his best course of finding help or answers about what happened here.

"Excuse me?" Roxas asked as he approached the man as he finished putting on the jacket. "Are you all right?"

Just as the man finished sliding the jacket on, he held his hands to the sides, which suddenly let three claws pop out of his knuckles. Roxas exclaimed in surprise and subsequently held out his own hands, letting his short swords slide into his hands. The two of them slowly regarded each other, with the man holding his hands out with his claws ready, before tilting his head to the side.

"You, too, huh?" the man asked.

"... Apparently," Roxas confirmed.

The sound of the sirens getting closer continued to echo through the air, which had them both look up. Deciding that they didn't want to have to deal with any cops, the two of them shared a look.

"Where you heading?" the man asked.

"I don't know," Roxas admitted. "You?"

"I don't know," the man admitted.

"Perfect," Roxas commented.

Whatever the case, the two of them let their weapons disappear, and Roxas nodded to the side. The man nodded back, and he moved forward. The two of them looked around for a moment before they turned and started running together through the rubble, dodging through the various bits of damage of the destroyed nuclear reactor as they escaped the approaching emergency services. The two of them hurried out of the area and into an open, empty road. Sharing another nod, Roxas and the man turned and started running together down the road provided to them, neither of them completely sure where to go next.

The first thing that Roxas noticed was that his powers were much more limited in this universe than his own dimension. He wasn't able to sense what went on in peoples' minds, he couldn't fly, he couldn't summon his Keyblades or his Ultima Blades, and, as Harry expected, his ability to open portals between universes had vanished. But to make up for all of that, he could still use telekinesis, summon his swords, blast lightning from his fingers, leap great heights, and he still had his healing factor, among some other, smaller-scaled powers.

The second thing that Roxas noticed were the dog tags of his new companion, which said Logan on one side and Wolverine on the other. Logan admitted that he didn't have any memories, so the two of them accepted Logan as his name.

The third thing was about the growing discourse between humanity and a new species of humanity known as mutants. Logan theorized that he and Roxas were both mutants, and Roxas didn't say anything, though he could admit that there was a similarity between his own situation with his powers and those of mutants. The two of them agreed to work together and help each other out, since they didn't have much else to do at the moment.

Roxas was shocked as he realized that he was in a universe based off the Marvel comics where the X-Men were a thing, and tried not to freak out when he realized that his new companion was the Wolverine. Of course, since he had already spent enough time around Logan, he could tell that the man was a tragic hero, especially since his memories were still gone. So, he stuck by his side, knowing that he was going to need some kind of help, especially since they hadn't even found any of the other X-Men, yet. But considering the way that mutants were being treated in this universe, Roxas was sure that they weren't too far away from actually seeing the team.

They stuck together for so long that Roxas easily lost track of time unless the situation absolutely demanded it.

Eventually, they made their way to Alberta, where Logan had made a makeshift career for himself as a cage fighter, one who was practically indestructible thanks to the metal skeleton he appeared to have. They just went about together in a truck as they went through Canada, and Roxas just shrugged it off as they continued to stick together.

He had been surprised to learn that 15 years had passed. He was even more surprised to learn that it was now the year 2000.

Of course, then at a bar, they found a girl who called herself Rogue, and that's when things started to get crazy...

Roxas huffed as they walked together through the Xavier mansion, seeing all sorts of kids moving about together. Many of them displayed their powers happily, while others were clearly showing off. He and Logan shared a look, especially as they walked alongside Xavier as he moved in his electronic wheelchair, while Ororo, Scott, and Jean followed behind. Roxas smirked since he didn't even need his telepathic abilities to know that friction had started between Logan and Scott, while Ororo and Jean just rolled their eyes the entire time.  *2*

Later on, the team was in the X-jet, having geared up in their leather suits as they began their flight to Liberty Island to stop Magneto. Logan finished zipping up the zipper of his suit as he sat alongside Jean, Ororo, Scott, and Roxas.

"You actually go outside in these things?" Logan remarked, looking down at the makeshift leather suit he wore.

"Hey, I think they're nice," Roxas remarked with a shrug of his shoulders.

"What would you prefer? Yellow spandex?" Scott asked, not even looking at Logan as he continued adjusting things on the jet.

Roxas smirked, remembering Wolverine's main outfit in the comics. He brushed it to the side as they continued their flight.

They made it to Liberty Island, where they were subsequently attacked by Toad and Mystique as Magneto made sure they were distracted. The team got separated, but eventually Roxas and Logan made their way back to Scott and Jean.

"Hey, hey... it's me," Logan promised.

"Prove it," Scott said, keeping his hand on his visor.

"... You're a dick," Logan blandly said as he glared at the team leader.

"... Okay," Scott relented with satisfaction in his voice.

"You already know him that well, huh?" Roxas asked with a smirk.

Of course, then they went up to the torch, where Magneto restrained them all. Logan and Roxas got out, and they started fighting with Sabretooth on the head of the Statue of Liberty.

Logan yelled out as Sabretooth restrained him, and Roxas moved in and slashed Sabretooth in the back, making the animalistic enemy roar as he released Logan. Sabretooth then roared again as he swung his claws, striking Roxas and knocking him back. Of course, Logan then turned and stabbed Sabretooth in the side, but he just roared again as he smacked Logan in the face. Logan managed to get back his dog tags, so Roxas blasted lightning at Sabretooth, but Sabretooth just roared as he charged through it, then knocked into Roxas, ramming his shoulder against the blonde and knocking him aside.

They managed to take down Sabretooth, and destroyed Magneto's machine. Roxas didn't hesitate to kick Magneto in the head while Logan let the downed Rogue use his healing factor so that she could heal.

They had succeeded.

Afterwards, Roxas joined Logan in going to Alkali Lake to try and figure out more about his identity. They took some motorcycles (with Logan pointedly stealing Scott's. Again), and drove all the way up to Alkali, where they found absolutely nothing at the abandoned facility. So, they returned to the Xavier mansion in Westchester, where they reunited with Rogue, met her boyfriend Bobby (Iceman), and had just enough time to see Ororo, Scott, Jean, and Xavier before they went off on their own missions, leaving Roxas and Logan to watch over the kids.

"Storm and Jean go and take down a guy who almost assassinated the President, and Scott and the Professor go and check to make sure Magneto wasn't involved," Roxas assessed that night.

"While we're stuck with babysitting duty," Logan replied. "Perfect..."

Of course, when they were attacked by soldiers that evening, Logan and Roxas quickly went back to action, fighting through the soldiers with their weapons (Logan with his claws and Roxas with his swords and arm guards that fired arrows). They took down the soldiers that got in their way, got Rogue, Bobby, and their friend John (Pyro), and escaped in Scott's car.

They were all disgusted when the radio played N'Sync's Bye, Bye, Bye, but they brushed it off. *3*

They reunited with Jean and Ororo, along with Kurt, the Nightcrawler, who had been brainwashed into trying to assassinate the President. They then met up with a recently escaped Magneto and Mystique, who shared that William Stryker was behind all of this. Magneto also declared that Stryker was responsible for the Adamantium in Logan's bones, which had him and Roxas sharing looks.

The makeshift team went to the facility at Alkali Lake, where they had to split up. Mystique and Magneto went to get Xavier, Jean ended up having to fight a controlled Scott, Ororo and Kurt went to save the kids who had been kidnapped from the mansion, and Logan and Roxas broke off from the others to learn about what happened to Logan.

"You don't have to stick with me," Logan said as they marched down the corridor. "I'm more than okay with figuring this out myself."

"Yeah, well..." Roxas slowly said, shrugging his shoulders as they continued down the hall. "A friend always needs another friend, even if he's too stubborn to admit it."

He and Logan then shared a look, and they nodded their heads as they continued through the facility.

They managed to get through things well enough. Magneto and Mystique escaped with Pyro, they got back the kids, stopped Stryker's attempt to kill all the mutants (and Magneto's amendment to try and kill all the humans), and got back to the jet. Of course, the dam broke, and waves of water threatened to drown them, but Jean sacrificed herself to hold back the waves and control the jet to escape. The team had been shocked, and Scott had practically been broken as they flew away to inform the President about what happened.

The next threat they encountered came when the government claimed they made up a cure for mutation at the same time Jean returned as something known as the Phoenix. The "cure" for mutation had divided everybody, and it brought even more ire to Magneto, who started gathering up more forces. Hank Mccoy, aka Beast, returned to the team to try and help them, though Scott ended up lost to whatever the Phoenix was doing. Eventually, Logan, Roxas, and Ororo joined Xavier in going to Jean's home to try to help her, where they found Magneto trying to sway her to his side, as well.

When they heard crashing echoing from the house, Roxas and Logan took out their blades and tried to attack. They ended up in some pretty bad conflict with Juggernaut, and they proceeded to destroy the house pretty well before it lifted up into the air.

"You miss your ability to fly now?" Logan called as they were pinned to the ceiling.

"Maybe a little bit," Roxas admitted.

Of course, things took a turn for the worse when the house dropped and was shattered against the ground. Logan, Ororo, and Roxas recovered enough to run towards the living room, where they were shocked to find Xavier's empty wheelchair. Logan and Roxas had hoped that when they saw Xavier suddenly disintegrate, they had been imagining things, but this confirmed that they hadn't. The two of them and Ororo were absolutely distraught.

Things were touch and go for a while, which wasn't helped by Rogue leaving so she could get the mutant cure, Magneto declaring war against humanity, and his army getting ready to storm Alcatraz, where the boy who the mutant cure (nicknamed Leech) was coming from was being held. Of course, with Xavier and Scott both gone, they had to pick up the pieces, and they managed to figure out a good division of labor. Ororo was taking control of the school, filling the professor's place, while Logan assembled the team, fulfilling Scott's role as leader for the mission as they prepared to fight off Magneto's army at Alcatraz.

Bobby couldn't help but point out that there were only seven of them, reducing the team to just him, Logan, Ororo, Roxas, Hank, along with Kitty (Shadowcat), and Peter (Colossus).

"Then we stand together," Logan declared. "X-Men. All of us."

"Hell, yeah," Roxas agreed with a nod of his head.

With that, they flew to the island, and the seven of them formed a line between Magneto's mutant army and the actual facility. They fought through Magneto's forces as best they could, with Kitty even using Leech's abilities to knock the man out. Bobby took down Pyro, and Logan and Roxas distracted Magneto long enough for Beast to inject him with the mutant cure, stripping him of his powers. Magneto had been shocked, then Jean let the Phoenix take over and start destroying everything. The jet was destroyed, the facility had shattered, and humans and mutants alike were being killed. Ororo, Bobby, Kitty, Peter, and Hank all managed to escape with many others, but Logan went to face Jean. His healing factor kept him intact, and he had no choice but to kill her, which left him absolutely distraught.

Roxas stayed at Logan's side after that, knowing that he needed a friend with him.

After that, Logan decided to retire from being a hero, and Roxas went with him to keep him company. They ended up in the Yukon, and Roxas raised an eyebrow over the way Logan's hair grew out. Whatever the case, they were soon pulled out of retirement when a young mutant named Yukio appeared from Japan, sharing that a man named Yashida, who Logan saved in WWII, required his presence in Japan. Yashida was dying, and he wanted to say goodbye to Logan and thank him for what happened before he died. Logan decided there was nothing wrong with that, and Roxas nodded his head as they went to the plane.

"Are you from Japan?" Yukio asked as they walked to the plane together. "Your hair and your name seem Japanese."

"Eh, I was born in America," Roxas answered. "My mother was American, but my father... Well... He was Anetho-Patachen."

"Anetho-Patachen..." Yukio slowly said with a frown. "I've never heard of that before. Is it far?"

"You could say that..." Roxas replied.

Logan couldn't help but smirk, remembering how the place was an alien planet that no one could find in a galaxy that didn't exist.  *4*

Of course, when they reached Japan, after Logan had been forced to shave, they were surprised to find that Yashida was offering to take away Logan's healing factor and subsequent immortality. Logan denied it, and they were shocked when Yashida died that night, especially when Logan was sure that Yashida's doctor did something to him.

The next day, during the funeral, the Yakuza kidnapped Yashida's granddaughter, Mariko, because she inherited Yashida's fortune and empire. Logan and Roxas hurried to protect her, and Logan experienced a lot of problems due to his healing factor being suppressed. Roxas picked up the slack for his wounded ally, and they managed to fix things with the help of Yukio. She then helped them try to invade a new facility that Mariko had been taken to, but they had been stopped and restrained by an entire team of ninja. When they woke up, they were surprised to find a massive suit of armor for the Silver Samurai, and the doctor, Viper, used a set of gears to restrain Logan's wrists and keep his claws out.

Of course, they managed to escape, and they fought off the Silver Samurai and the Viper. Logan and Roxas both cursed over how their blades couldn't cut through the Silver Samurai's armor, and Logan even had some of his claws severed. Yukio and Mariko helped, and they managed to take down the Viper, but the Samurai impaled Roxas to a wall and cut off Logan's other claws. It then drilled into the claw stumps and started to seep the immortality of his healing factor into its controller, Yashida. Roxas grunted as he tried to get himself free, while also trying to launch arrows towards Yashida's head, but all of them deflected off of the remaining armor. He had been horrified as Logan started to rapidly age as Yashida steadily stole his youth.

Luckily, Mariko then used some of the severed claws to damage Yashida, Roxas escaped, and he helped Logan get his arms free. Logan's youth was restored to him within moments, and the two of them tore the armor to pieces. Roxas was impressed when Logan's claws became normal bone claws as he stabbed Yashida, then threw him out of the hole in the wall, making him fall to his death. Mariko, Roxas, and Yukio were all a little shocked over what just happened, while Logan finally began moving on from his grief over what he had been forced to do to Jean.

Some time later, Logan and Roxas were confronted by Magneto at an airport, who's powers had returned. They started to attack as Magneto explained that the humans were building something that could destroy all mutants, before they realized that their surroundings had been frozen. Turning around, they were shocked to see Xavier alive, and the looks that he shared with Magneto made it clear that they were working together. Logan and Roxas were both surprised, but they agreed to start listening.

"This is definitely a new one, though," Roxas remarked, with Logan nodding in agreement.

After that, it almost seemed like time had passed within the blink of an eye, because it was 2023, and almost all of civilization had been destroyed by the Sentinels. Mutants were rounded up and killed by the massive robots, while humans with lingering and inactive Mutant X genes were rounded up and taken to restraint, meaning that the entire world was in danger. The mutants continued to try to fight for survival, but the Sentinels' abilities of mimicking their abilities and assimilating to different forms made it impossible, something that they had gotten from the DNA of Mystique years prior.

With that, Roxas and Logan were reunited with many of their old allies. With Magneto, Ororo, and Xavier, they were able to catch up with Bobby, Peter, Kitty, and many others like Bishop, Blink, Sunspot, and Warpath. The group reunited within the last facility they had, and they learned that what happened to the world started back in the 70s with Bolivar Trask's plans for the Sentinels, mutant-hunting soldiers that were virtually unstoppable. Apparently, Mystique had murdered Trask, completing her transformation into a villain, but was then captured. The government decided to make the Sentinels in his name, and they took Mystique's DNA to give them her shapeshifting powers, which really did make the cyborgs unstoppable.

Of course, Kitty had also developed the ability to send peoples' consciousnesses through time, which they were going to use to save the future. Xavier was the first obvious candidate, but given that he wouldn't be able to survive the journey of 50 years, the next obvious choice was Logan, and Roxas would be able to use the abilities that he still had to hook onto Logan and go into the past with him.

Before they left, Roxas smirked when Logan and Ororo shared a kiss, something that made him really happy.

While Peter, Ororo, Bishop, Blink, Sunspot, and Warpath all stayed outside to keep watch and guard against any Sentinels, Magneto, Bobby, and Xavier entered the chambers with Logan, Roxas, and Kitty to give the two men some information. They instructed Logan and Roxas where to go, and Roxas held onto Logan as Kitty gripped his head and sent him back in time.

They woke up in a place in the 70s where Logan was watching over a mob boss's daughter, and ended up sleeping with her. Roxas was surprised, but he was happy when Logan put his pants back on. Of course, they were all a little surprised when goons popped in angrily.

"... Would you believe me if I told you we just came from the future?" Logan slowly asked.

The goons all just proceeded to laugh before taking out their guns.

"Yeah, that never works," Roxas informed Logan. "I know from experience."

"Now you tell me," Logan replied.

Of course, Logan and Roxas proceeded to kick the goons' asses, stole their keys, then grimaced over learning what the car was. Of course, they still drove to Westchester, where they found Xavier and a younger version of Hank waiting for them. They managed to catch the two of them up on the situation, then they had to lead a mission to break Magneto out of prison. With the help of Peter Maximoff (Quicksilver), they were able to break into the Pentagon and get him out. Magneto was a little surprised to learn what was going on, but he joined the team on their mission to stop Mystique from killing Trask. Unfortunately, when they got there, they learned that Magneto was a bit of an extremist, as he decided to try and kill Mystique. This led to a whole international incident, resulting in the public learning just how widespread mutants really were, and the President worried about having to combat them.

Unfortunately, this led to the President actually agreeing to give Trask and his Sentinels a chance.

Xavier's powers slowly returned, and he reluctantly listened to Logan and Roxas. Of course, then he looked into Logan's mind and saw just what he experienced and was shocked, before then linking to his future self and gaining reassurance through him.

"Just because someone stumbles and loses their way doesn't mean they're lost forever," Xavier declared.

"Wow..." Roxas slowly said. He turned and muttered to Logan, "He I can definitely see him growing up to be our Charles, now. The hair's still weird, though."

Logan raised an eyebrow and nodded in agreement.  *5*

So, they decided to shift the mission towards going to DC, where the government was going to give a display about Trask's Sentinels, where Mystique would most likely attack. When they got there, Xavier managed to use his abilities to restrain her, but then Magneto appeared with a massive stadium floating in the air. Most of the audience managed to escape, and the government workers snuck into a bunker, but Magneto infected the Sentinels with metal, allowing him to control them. Hank, Logan, and Roxas moved forward to attack the Sentinels and try to attack Magneto, though Logan's claws being made of bones made it so that he couldn't damage the robots much.

Roxas cartwheeled out of the way of one of the Sentinels, and tried flicking his wrist, but an arrow just dented off of its head. He cursed and blasted lightning at the Sentinel, but it still did no damage. The Sentinel swung its arms to attack, and Logan tackled Roxas to get him out of the way. The two of them rolled along the ground before Roxas took out his revolver, cocked it in preparation, and fired at the Sentinel's head. He cursed when the bullet just cracked the glass along its face. Roxas cocked the revolver and fired five more times, but the bullets just dented the head and did little damage.

"What are these things made out of!?" Roxas exclaimed.

Magneto then made things worse by impaling both Logan and Roxas with rebars, then sent them flying to drown in the nearest river. Luckily, their efforts still managed to succeed, because when Magneto took out the bunker, Mystique knocked him down before turning a gun on Trask. But Charles managed to reach her, and she dropped the gun, sparing Trask and saving the future, just before everyone was killed.

Logan and Roxas then woke up in the X-Mansion in Westchester, and were shocked to see everything okay. They left their rooms to find children bustling about happily to and from wherever, Rogue and Bobby waving at them as they left their own room, Hank smiling at them as he passed them in the hall, Kitty and Peter teaching a class together, and Ororo even happily directing some of the students. They were especially shocked to find Jean and Scott alive, and Scott was just as amusingly hostile towards Logan, something that had him and Roxas smirking. Of course, Logan and Roxas then walked into Xavier's office, and he moved out on a floating chair, smiling as he recognized that it was the versions of them that he remembered in 1973.

Logan and Roxas both smiled, happy that they had succeeded.

Five years later, tragedy struck.

As a result of Xavier's intense aging, he was prone to seizures, and those affected his powers horribly. Those seizures caused waves of psychic energy that restrained people and lowered their heart rates and their ability to breathe. At the same time, Logan's healing factor had started to become less strong, making him visibly age more by the day. And to all of their surprise, records showed that there hadn't been a new mutant birth in at least twenty years. All of this led to a horrible circumstance when Xavier's powers went nuts from another seizure, and everyone in the mansion was affected by it.

Logan and Roxas managed to get to Xavier and prevent the seizure from going on any longer, but the damage had already been done. They were shocked over the deaths of just about everybody else in the mansion, including everybody from the team. Lucily, Xavier's mind affecting him prevented him from keeping too many memories, so they got him out of there. The government declared Xavier's mind a weapon of mass destruction, so Logan and Roxas got him as far away from Westchester as possible, and they moved out to hide in Mexico. The plan was to get enough money to buy a boat, that way they could take him out onto the water, and his mind wouldn't affect anybody even if he got a seizure.

Of course, one year later, when they were approached by a woman by the name of Gabriela, who wanted Logan to transport her and her "daughter" Laura to North Dakota.

Unfortunately, a man by the name of Pierce appeared and demanded Gabriela, and when Logan and Roxas went to pick her and Laura up, they were shocked to find her dead. They went back to their compound, then were quickly followed by Pierce. Things ended up happening, and they were shocked to find that Laura had the same abilities as Logan, with the healing and the metal claws in her knuckles, and even one in each of her feet. She proceeded to tear apart Pierce's men, the Reavers, Logan and Roxas helped, and they all escaped with Charles. Roxas helped fend off the Reavers chasing them in the limo with his arrows and his revolver, and they managed to escape thanks to a train separating them from the Reavers.

Of course, when they took a moment to rest, they used Gabriela's phone to learn that she was part of a company that was using mutant children born of stolen DNA and unwilling Mexican women to make clones, child soldiers that they were going to use to help control the mutant population. Many were part of a convoy trying to escape to Canada, with a safe space at the US-Canadian border in North Dakota. Logan was still unconvinced, even with Xavier confirming that Laura was his daughter. Roxas just looked between Logan, and Laura as she sat on one of those kiddie rides in front of the convenience store.

"... Yeah, I see it," Roxas admitted. "She's got your frown."

Logan just frowned and looked at Roxas.

"See?" Roxas asked, pointing at his face.  *6*

Whatever the case, Logan at least agreed that they needed to get away from Pierce and the Reavers. They briefly had to stop in Oklahoma City, where they got new clothes, a new car, and Xavier even gave Laura a lesson about life through the use of the movie Shane. Of course, the Reavers caught up, and Xavier willingly let himself have an episode to restrain them, allowing Logan and Roxas enough time to get up and take them down. The group escaped, then traveled for another couple of nights before helping a family, then Logan reluctantly agreed to listen to the family's offer for dinner and staying the night. Things were going pleasantly enough until the Reavers caught up, and under Dr. Rice's orders, they released X-24, a feral clone of Logan that killed Charles and the entire family. Logan was too weak to stop X-24 even with Roxas, so they restrained it and escaped with Laura.

Logan and Roxas were both heartbroken when they buried Xavier near a river, then Logan went on an angry rage and destroyed their car with a shovel when it wouldn't start.

Laura finally revealed that she could speak, and Logan reluctantly agreed to drive her the rest of the way to North Dakota, with Roxas helping since he was still too weak to do much on his own. When arriving in North Dakota, they were surprised to find the large group of children, and were even supplied a form of medicine that helped increase healing. Their final night at the camp, Logan and Laura then exploded at each other, with Laura irritated over his reluctance to help, while Logan argued that he wasn't what she thought he was, he sucked at being a hero, and that bad things happened to the people he cared about. Laura replied that this meant that she would be all right, and she left Logan and Roxas.

"Haven't... I don't know..." Roxas slowly said. "Have you really not grown to care about her after everything that's happened? I mean... She's your daughter."

"She's not my problem," Logan bitterly snapped.

Of course, even as he looked into Logan's eyes, Roxas could see a bit of emotion within, even though he was trying to hide it with his bitterness.

The next morning, they found the children gone, drones flying through the air, and saw the trucks of the Reavers chasing them. With that, Logan and Roxas shared a look. They started to chase the Reavers through the woods, but Logan was still too weak, so he took the medicine. Feeling more invigorated, the two of them charged together through the woods, with Logan sliding out his claws when they came towards the Reavers, and Roxas took out his short swords. They both charged at their new opponents, cutting them to pieces as they decimated the soldiers within minutes. Logan let out a loud yell before turning to the side with a feral glare.

"Is it weird that I missed this side of you?" Roxas asked.

"A little," Logan confirmed.

With that, the two of them continued through the forest and soon caught up with Laura. Laura was surprised to find them, but the three of them cut and stabbed through all the Reavers, taking them down within minutes. Laura and Roxas both assessed that Logan's medicine was wearing off, but he brushed it aside as best he could as they moved towards where the children were being restrained. Rice and Pierce were watching over them, and Logan instructed Laura to get to her friends. Logan and Roxas then marched into the field together and confronted them. Rice then informed them that his father was a scientist at Weapon X that Logan had killed, so he was the one who implemented the suppression of the Mutant X gene, hiding it in corn syrup. This combined with the Adamantium in Logan worked at poisoning him and suppressing his healing factor.  *7*

Of course, Logan was more pissed about the attack against mutant kind, and he shot down Rice with a stolen revolver.

Laura then took down the remaining Reavers, and Pierce was terrified, so he released X-24. Logan and Roxas fought against X-24 as best they could, while the mutant children combined their powers and killed Pierce. Laura helped hold off X-24, and one of the kids dropped a large truck on X-24. But X-24 managed to push it off of him, and he charged towards the others. Roxas and Laura helped get the kids away, but X-24 grabbed Logan, stabbed him, and Logan yelled out as X-24 dragged him across the grassy landscape. Roxas huffed, and genuine fear filled him as he held his arms to the sides and summoned his swords again.

"Let go of him!" Roxas shouted as he charged towards X-24. "You son of a-!"

Of course, just as Roxas got close enough, X-24 swung his free arm and stabbed his claws right through his chin and his head. Roxas exclaimed in shock as pain filled his head, the blades through his brain damaging him too much to attack. Roxas exclaimed in shock as X-24 restrained him there with his claws, then turned. X-24 then let out a loud, feral roar before he swung his arm and threw Roxas through the air. Roxas yelled out as he was flung from X-24's blades and towards the nearest tree. Flying into the tree, Roxas exclaimed in further pain as his back slammed right into it, with his spine bending in half from the impact before he fell to the ground.

Spots filled Roxas's vision, and he grit his teeth as he slowly looked up, feeling his healing factor going to work. Blinking through the spots and the blood on his face, Roxas slowly looked up, and horror filled him when he saw X-24 lift Logan up before impaling him on the large branch of an overturned tree.

"No!" Roxas shouted, desperation filling his voice.

He grit his teeth and closed his eyes as he felt his healing factor finally finish working, and he jumped to his feet.

Of course, before Roxas could do anything, a gunshot rang out, and X-24's head exploded thanks to the Adamantium bullet that Laura had stolen from Logan.

With X-24 dead, Laura and Roxas both hurried towards Logan. Horror filled them both when they saw the branch through his stomach, and Laura backed through the back with her claws. Logan then dropped to the ground, and very slowly breathed in and out. Tears filled both Laura and Roxas's eyes as they grabbed onto Logan's hands, both of them looking at him desperately. Laura tearfully called him her dad, and Logan told her to not become what Rice and the Reavers tried to make her into.

"So this is what it feels like..." Logan slowly said before his eyes glazed over.

Laura started crying again, and Roxas huffed and placed a hand on Logan's chest. Desperation coursing through him, Roxas tried to cast his resurrection spell, knowing that the parameters worked because he had the body, and it was within ten minutes of death. Roxas muttered the spell from beginning to end, but it didn't work. Roxas cursed, remembering how he didn't have all of his powers in this dimension. He stubbornly tried casting the spell again, and again, and again, but every time, it didn't work. While Laura cried and held onto Logan's arm, Roxas slowly broke down and rested his head against Logan's other shoulder, both of them trying to deny the truth even as it stared them both in the face.

Logan was gone.  *8*

Roxas then helped Laura and the other kids bury Logan near the riverbank, with Roxas getting the shovels from the abandoned Reaver truck and joining the process with the other kids. They buried Logan deep enough into the ground, then covered the dirt with rocks before they even made a cross with sticks. One kid held a Wolverine action figure to his chest the entire time as they finished the process, before Laura then gave the speech from the ending of Shane. After a moment of silence, the children all then turned since they needed to keep moving, and Laura tearfully moved the cross into the shape of an X. Roxas's lip quivered, but he managed to restrain himself as best he could as Laura started to move with the other children.

"R-Roxas..." Laura slowly said, her voice cracking as she looked at him. "Are you coming with us?"

Roxas just sniffed before he turned to look at Laura.

"Y-You guys go on ahead," Roxas told her. "I'll catch up."

Laura gave a small nod. She then looked back at the grave, sniffed again, then turned to follow the other children.

Roxas then slowly turned to look at the grave, and he felt his heart breaking once again. Feeling himself becoming overcome with emotion, Roxas then dropped down to his knees, closed his eyes, and started crying. He placed his hands against the ground and let the waves of depression course over him. His body wracked with sobs as he just remained on his knees. Tears continued to flow from his eyes as he just stayed there, hating the fact that he hadn't been able to do more to help Logan. Roxas sobbed, and shook his head before he slowly looked up at the grave.

"I'm so sorry, Logan..." Roxas sobbed. "I'm so, so sorry..."

Hours passed, and the sun started to set high in the air above him. Roxas had then moved to sit up against a tree as his tears had completely dried. His throat was still hoarse, but he had decided not to talk for a little while. Slowly breathing in and out, Roxas just rested the back of his head against the tree for a moment, before he sighed out once again.

He needed to go home.

So, Roxas slowly adjusted his jacket, and reached into one of the inner pockets. He pulled out his communicator, something that he had had on him the entire time he was in this dimension, but had almost never thought about using. Slowly lifting it up, Roxas pressed a button, then remembered that it had been 1985 when he arrived in this dimension. He grimaced and inwardly hoped that the others had been right about time working differently between the universes. With that, he pressed a button, and sent a message to the others in his home.

With that, a portal then appeared in the air above him, and Roxas huffed. He looked around and pushed himself to his feet. His gaze landed on Logan's grave again, and Roxas gave it a longing look before he shook his head. Inwardly saying goodbye, Roxas then jumped up, and was pulled into the vortex between universes.

After a few minutes of falling through the vortex, Roxas grunted as he suddenly dropped through the portal and landed back in the atrium. Roxas huffed when he looked around, seeing that things were almost exactly the same. He even looked at the computer station, seeing Harry, Sora, Vanitas, Anubis, Julie, and Morgan all gathered around it, while Mandy lay asleep in one of the chairs. The rest of the group huffed as they turned towards Roxas, with Morgan moving over to wrap her arms around him in a hug.

Roxas was shocked, but he returned the hug as he looked amongst the others. Everyone looked exactly the same, which had to mean that very little time had passed.

"How... How long was I gone?" Roxas slowly asked.

"Eh, about a month," Vanitas replied. "You left, like, four weeks ago."

"It's been a very long month," Morgan said, still holding onto Roxas.

"Yeah... Yeah, a very long month," Roxas slowly said.

Eventually, Morgan stepped back from Roxas, and she joined the others in giving him a look. They were surprised to see the shock in Roxas's eyes, which only unnerved them all the more.

"Are you all right?" Sora asked.

"What happened?" Julie asked.

"Um..." Roxas slowly said. He shrugged his shoulders. "I faced... a lot of problems."

"How bad were they?" Harry asked.

"So bad that..." Roxas slowly said. He softly nodded his head. "We're not going to that side of the Omniverse. They've got their own problems, and they don't need us to interfere. They can figure out how to do things on their own."

"Oh, man, are you sure?" Anubis asked with a bit of complaint in his voice.

"I'm sure," Roxas confirmed with a more firm nod of his head.

"Eh, well, it's probably for the best," Harry replied. He shared a look with Sora. "Apparently, they've got their own form of security out there with the TVA."

"Good point," Sora replied. He huffed and shared a look with Julie. "We get enough problems from threats throughout the Omniverse. We don't need a Multiversal police force after us."

"You got that right," Vanitas agreed with an eyebrow raised.

Morgan slowly nodded her head while Roxas just slowly looked down as he thought about everything he had experienced on Earth-10005. He now understood what Logan was talking about to Yashida about the pain of outliving so many close friends and people who were like family. The X-Men had all been good friends to him in that universe, and Logan... Logan was like family. He had become a brother during the years they spent fighting together against so many problems. Between Magneto, Stryker, the Silver Samurai, Sentinels, Reavers, and X-24, they had been through so much together. But in the end, Roxas had failed Logan, and he had died in the process.

Roxas now understood what Logan felt like, both with outliving so many loved ones, and with feeling like a failure to someone you cared about.

With that, Roxas could only think one thing.

'So this is what it feels like...'

Chapter Text

Wade: Not gonna lie: I'm a little surprised that the author went so hard on the last chapter to give such a huge flashback. I mean, for one thing, he went over the 6,000-7,000 word limit and pushed it well up over 8,000 words to give us so much of my Dahmer friend placed throughout the Fox movies. He probably went a little far, but hey... I get what he had in mind. The kid wanted to show you what happened between Roxy and Logan to help show why he was reluctant to help out. He's just trying to be a good author.

Wade: I mean, it's debatable whether or not he succeeded, but at least he's trying.

Wade: Wow. This kid is basically using me to jerk to his ego, huh? But, I digress. The kid needs something going for him.

Wade: Well... I've probably taken up enough of your time. We spent too long last chapter without having me involved, so I wanted to make sure you guys remembered who's name is top billed for this title. (Though, it might take me a bit of effort to make sure I'm the one who's name is mentioned the most number of times). Now... Now, let's get back to the fucking story.

Earth 437

Underground Unlimited Base

Outside of New York City

Roxas was admittedly impressed with how uncharacteristically quiet Wade had chosen to be as he shared his story.

From beginning to end, Wade had stood just in front of the blonde warrior, appearing to listen intently as he shared the story from beginning to end. Wade showed minor reactions to various moments from during Roxas's tale, such as idle comments about when they had fought the various villains, and all the strange people he had encountered. But throughout it all, he held off from sharing any outrageous reactions or remarks about the situation, and actually remained silent during the worst of the moments. When Roxas had to relive the moment of Logan's death, Wade just clasped his hands together and slowly nodded his head, understanding that the blonde warrior needed a moment.

By the end of it all, Roxas looked down and let out a small shudder, feeling a bit lighter now that he had finally shared the story with someone.

He actually felt a little bit better.

"Wow..." Wade eventually, slowly said. He frowned beneath his mask. "The author just lost a lot of points for originality. Especially with you basically copying Logan's final words there at the end of that chapter."

Roxas closed his eyes and groaned once again. He softly shook his head as he looked at Wade

"Do you ever take anything seriously?" Roxas asked.

"Very rarely, no," Wade replied. "I mean, it wasn't the most original of situations, just inserting you into all of the Fox movies.  But I guess I can forgive it since that's apparently what the kid had been doing ever since he was a little kid. And, I guess that's the lack of originality of being a kid that led to that chapter."

"Seriously?" Roxas asked, frowning at Wade. He held a hand to the side. "I just told you what all I went through in that universe, and all you're gonna do is roast me? Logan was one of the bravest men I have ever known, and one of the best friends I've ever made, and you're just gonna stand there and take a crap on his legacy!"

"Well, what do you expect?" Wade complained, holding his hands out to the sides. "He stole my R-rating, then one-upped me by dying in a beautiful, moving story, and left me to barely pick up the pieces with my own moving story with Russell, who was conveniently not in the movie this story is based on. Of course I'm gonna shit on his legacy. That fucker stole my limelight!"

Roxas rolled his eyes before flicking his wrists at Wade. Arrows the shot out of each of his arm guards, going through Wade's feet and the floor, restraining him to the ground. Wade yelled out from the pain, then grit his teeth underneath his mask as he looked at Roxas.

"All right, all right," Wade said, gesturing with one hand. "I get it, and I'm sorry. I went too far."

"Yeah, you did," Roxas confirmed.

With that, he waved his hand, and the arrows flew out of Wade's feet due to Roxas's telekinesis. Wade yelled out in pain once again, then huffed as he felt his feet starting to heal.

"You made that hurt a bit worse there, didn't you?" Wade asked.

"I plead the Fifth," Roxas replied, frowning back at the former mercenary.

"Right," Wade said. He tilted his head from side to side. "Well, I guess what I was trying to say is... I kinda get why you're so reluctant now."

Roxas just softly nodded his head before he turned and looked to the side. He sighed out and softly shook his head.

"I never told anybody about what happened when I was on that side of the Omniverse," Roxas admitted. "I always thought if I just ignored it, then I wouldn't have to deal with it ever again."

"Vanessa and I dealt with the same thing when our fathers abandoned us," Wade admitted. He raised an eyebrow under his mask. "That pent up anger led to some of our best orgasms during our first year together."

Roxas just frowned and raised an arm in preparation. Wade stuttered worriedly and held up his hands in surrender, showing that he was going to stop talking (for once).

"That hope was crushed pretty quickly when my friends and I started to get a bit more involved with other events throughout the Omniverse," Roxas admitted. "Particularly when we got to your side of it, the Multiverse, and started getting involved with some of the other dimensions based off of Marvel. My brother and his girlfriend even ended up on Earth-616."

"A little arrogant for the author to declare that his universe is 616, the Sacred Timeline, but we'll hold that off for later..." Wade slowly muttered. *1*

"I was a little relieved when after Shiny and River started living there, they informed us that the X-Men weren't a thing in that universe," Roxas admitted. He sighed out and shook his head. "I couldn't imagine having to face any of the X-Men again after what happened on Earth-10005. How I failed to help them. And how I failed to help Logan..."

"Hey..." Wade said. He stepped forward and looked right at Roxas. "You said it yourself, your powers aren't as strong in the Multiverse in comparison to other sides of the Omniverse. I'm sure you did all you could back there."

"Well... Thanks," Roxas said. He softly shook his head and looked at Wade. "I guess that's... kind of reassuring."

"Hey, it's the best I can do on a speech on short notice," Wade replied, holding his arms to the side. "Usually, it involves more drug references, sexual innuendos, and at least one threat to kick your ass before taking your ass."

Roxas rolled his eyes, having completely expected Wade to say something like this.

"But, anyway..." Wade said. He looked right at Roxas. "Don't you think this could be your second chance? Your opportunity to do things right where you feel that you failed Logan last time?"

"What are you talking about?" Roxas asked.

"Well, you said it yourself, you have a spell that brings people back from the dead," Wade told him.

"Yeah, but I can only use it if I have the body and if it's within ten minutes of the death," Roxas reminded him. "And it didn't appear to work on Earth-10005. I tried to use it 5 times on Logan. And every time, he didn't wake up."

"Well, that was just 'cause the producers of that movie needed a surefire way to kill him, and you weren't around at the time to make a difference, yet," Wade replied. He pointed right at Roxas. "Now, you're in a fanfiction with an author that wants to prove that he can tell good stories. Now, I'm sure that you can do at least something."

"Do you really believe that?" Roxas asked, raising an eyebrow at Wade.

"Well... maybe, maybe not," Wade admitted with a shrug of his shoulders.

Roxas could at least respect Wade's honesty.

"But where would we be in life without hope?" Wade asked.

Roxas just raised an eyebrow.

"... Okay, I'm desperate," Wade admitted.

"Obviously," Roxas replied.

He turned on his feet and looked to the side with his hands on his hips. Wade pointedly kept his eyes on Roxas, making sure that he had a pleading expression on his face as he looked right at the blonde. After a few moments, Roxas sighed out before turning to look at Wade once again.

"If you..." Roxas slowly said. He sighed out. "If you really thought there was a way to help Logan... Do you think it could actually be done?"

"Oh, I'm so totally sure," Wade said, half-lying through his teeth. "I mean, come on. Those shitfucks at the TVA have to have all sorts of skills and abilities at their high and mighty compound. And you also said that his healing factor was taken down thanks to a combination of the Adamatium and a fucked up placebo in corn syrup. If one of your scientist friends or someone at the TVA fixes that, then his healing factor should come back, and he'll be peachy keen. Then, you'll have your friend back, my universe will have its anchor being, and everything will be hunky dory, and Vanessa will be so happy that she'll take me back."

"Uh, what?" Roxas asked, frowning in confusion.

"Sorry, I... got a little carried away there," Wade admitted. "But I'm not wrong. I mean, death shouldn't be the end for someone with a regenerative healing factor, even if they've somehow actually died. I mean, come on, didn't he die at least once and then come back."

"Well..." Roxas slowly said. He sighed and shrugged his shoulders. "He did flatline for about a minute back in Japan after he pulled the device off of his heart."

"Exactly!" Wade exclaimed, gesturing with one hand. "For all you know, you could've buried him before he finished resurrecting!"

Roxas paused as he thought about Wade's words for a minute. Looking down in thought, he could admit that it was realistic that Logan had come back after "dying" at least once back in Earth-10005. Hell, Roxas himself had come back after dying at least three times, and he was still going strong. And just about everybody in the Marvel comics died and came back to life at least once, so Roxas still knew that it wasn't really as permanent a thing as people were meant to believe. He slowly looked down in deep thought.

Of course, then what he had seen during the end of his trip to Earth-10005 flashed through Roxas's head once again. His heart continued to break as he saw Laura crying as she desperately held onto Logan's hand, and he desperately pressed his hand against Logan's chest, trying to cast the resurrection spell even though it wouldn't work. Looking down, Roxas closed his eyes and softly shook his head once again.

"I... I don't know," Roxas said. He looked up at Wade once again. "I don't know if you're right."

"Well, whether I'm right or not..." Wade slowly said. "Shouldn't you at least try?"

Roxas looked down and furrowed his eyebrows once again.

Once more, Roxas could understand that Wade really did have a point. Even if things didn't work when he had tried to cast the resurrection spell at first... what harm was there in trying again? *2*

All of a sudden, a burp echoed through the atrium, which got both Roxas and Wade to lift their heads up and frown. The two of them then turned towards one of the entranceways, and their eyes narrowed in even more confusion as they saw a man standing in the open doorway. The man was African American, with a large afro on his head, a goatee on his face, and was dressed in a hoodie with a bunch of different colors, jeans, and sneakers, all while holding a can of beer in one hand and a ham sandwich in the other. The man had a big smile on his face as he giggled while standing in the doorway.

"Shorty?" Roxas asked, raising an eyebrow at the new man. "What are you doing here? I thought everyone had spread out to try and figure things out after the clones of Crawford, Xantivas, and Turrell appeared?"

"We did," Shorty confirmed. He laughed again. "But I came back pretty much the minute you guys shared that they were all right. So, I went into my room, rolled up a joint, then I woke up in the kitchen. Sandwich?"

He held up the ham sandwich, but Roxas held up a hand to emphasize that he was fine. Wade just raised his eyebrows, while Shorty nodded his head.

"Right, right..." Shorty said. "It's probably for the best. I think I mixed up the mustard with honey mustard. Those two jars look so similar when I'm high."

Shorty giggled again before he braced himself against the doorway.

"I think you smoked a bit more than just weed there, Shorty," Roxas replied with an eyebrow raised.

"Yeah, I'm starting to think so, too," Shorty admitted while still giggling. "I should probably go to the med bay and make sure I didn't fuck myself up."

With that, Shorty giggled again and turned around. Roxas and Wade both watched as Shorty shuffled down the hallway and disappeared from view. The sound of something hitting the ground had them sure that Shorty had fallen, but Roxas shook his head, deciding that the stoner would be okay. He then turned to look at Wade, who had raised an eyebrow underneath his mask.

"Charming guy," Wade commented.

"He's better when he's not high," Roxas admitted. He raised an eyebrow. "And most of the time, he's better when he's on weed. He definitely just took something stronger than weed, though."

"Oh, I got that," Wade admitted. He looked up at where they had seen Shorty disappear. "I'm a little tempted to follow him and figure out what he took. I should take some for myself, and to take back to Blind Al. It might not be cocaine, but she'll probably still enjoy it."

"Wade," Roxas said, rolling his eyes in annoyance. "You didn't come here to get drugs."

"Yes, you're right," Wade agreed, gesturing with one hand. "That's just the author getting me distracted while also adding a gratuitous cameo from another one of his characters."

"Right..." Roxas slowly said with an eyebrow raised.

He shook his head and looked at Wade.

"Whatever the hell it is you're trying to do... I guess I'm in," Roxas slowly relented. "If you want us to at least try to do what we can with helping Logan, then... I guess I'll help you however I can."

"Fuck, yeah!" Wade excitedly said, pumping his fist in preparation. He laughed. "I knew I'd finally get ya! The story wouldn't work as well as the author wants if I didn't eventually win you over."

"Yeah, you're right," Roxas relented with a nod of his head.

"And I didn't have to drug you and drag you in a burlap sack with me to where we need to go," Wade added with his hands on his hips. "Which is good, because I don't know where I was gonna get a burlap sack."

"... Good to know," Roxas remarked with an eyebrow raised.

He then sighed out and walked over to a nearby counter with a drawer attached to it. Wade then furrowed his eyebrows underneath his mask as he watched Roxas open the drawer, reach inside, and pull out a small device that looked kind of like a gun.

"What's that?" Wade asked.

"Just hold still," Roxas instructed.

With that, he lifted up the device, and it started whirring. Wade was even more confused before a blue light flew out of the device and passed over him. The former mercenary exclaimed in surprise before the light continued to pass over his body. Of course, as Wade looked down, his eyes widened as he watched the various holes in his suit that he got during the fight started to close. Almost as if his suit had a healing factor of its own, the holes sealed up, and the limited bloodstains all vanished as the battle marks all disappeared. Wade huffed in surprise before the light vanished from view.

"What the heck was that?" Wade asked.

"A little mixture of technology and magic," Roxas explained. He lifted up the device. "This thing's designed to restore battle damage from clothes. It's really useful considering how many of my friends and I get pulled into a fight while wearing our favorite or good clothes."

With that, Roxas then pointed the device at himself and let the light fly out and wave over himself. Just like with Wade, the various cuts, scrapes, and holes within his suit all started to close, and the bloodstains all vanished, clearing up as the suit finished being repaired. As the suit finished being repaired, Roxas rolled his left shoulder and huffed as he powered down the device and lowered it.

"All right, thanks," Wade said. "That definitely saves a lot of time sewing up those bullet holes."

"Yeah, that's part of the reason this thing exists," Roxas admitted, holding up the device. *3*

With that, he tossed the device back into the drawer, and closed it.

Roxas then turned and walked up to Wade once again, and slowly furrowed his eyebrows. Wade smirked underneath his mask as he saw growing determination in the blonde's eyes.

"Against my better judgment..." Roxas slowly said. "I'm in."

"Great," Wade said. He nodded his head at Roxas. "I promise you won't regret this."

Roxas: He was lying. I regretted it within ten minutes.

Wade: Hey! I'm the only one allowed to narrate!

"But we need some ground rules," Roxas remarked, giving Wade a stern look. "This partnership will only last if you're right and we can actually succeed at helping Logan. Saving your world is just a second to me, all I'm after is helping my friend."

"I totally get that," Wade admitted. He raised an eyebrow. "I put the safety of my friends and loved ones over the world more than once."

"I'm aware," Roxas replied with his eyebrows furrowed.

He sighed and shook his head.

"I can share some gear with you if you need it, but you still need to remember that I'm limited on your side of the Omniverse," Roxas reminded him. "With some universes like Earth-10005, Earth-17315, and even the Void, I don't have as many of my powers. Despite my moniker of the Unlimited, I'll actually be pretty limited out there."

"That's a pretty huge case of irony," Wade remarked with an eyebrow raised.

"You don't have to tell me twice," Roxas replied.

"It's a bit of a strange choice by the author, but I guess we'll forget about that for now," Wade replied.

"And lastly..." Roxas slowly said. He gave Wade a stern look. "I'm gonna let you know right now that this is a tense partnership. I'm not particularly a big fan of yours, Wade, especially with how many guns you use, and how much you cuss."

"How fucking dare you," Wade replied, partially just to get under Roxas's skin.

"But... Well, you're crazy and determined enough for me to think that you might actually have a point," Roxas admitted, gesturing to the sides with his hands. "So, against my better judgment, I'm inclined to believe you."

"Nice," Wade said with a nod of his head.

"But like I said, this is a tense partnership," Roxas reminded him. He gave Wade a stern look. "If you do anything that I don't like, or go too far with anything... Then you're on your own."

"Good to know," Wade replied with a nod of his head.

"Okay," Roxas said. He huffed. "So. We need to get to Logan, find a way to bring him back, and get him back into your universe. That way, your universe has its' anchor being again, it will stop decaying, and then that Mr. Paradox jerk will have no reason to destroy your universe prematurely."

"Exactly," Wade agreed. "I might've broken his nose, but if we bring back Logan, then he'll have to take down that Time Ripper."

"I don't know what that is," Roxas admitted. He nodded his head. "But I'm still in."

With that, Roxas then held out his hand, offering to shake it. Wade just nodded and took Roxas's hand and shook it. Of course, Wade then continued to grip Roxas's hand and tried to rotate it to the side, and Roxas raised an eyebrow, recognizing the movement as attempting to start an arm-wrestle. Roxas just let go of Wade's hand and took his arm back. Wade then shrugged his shoulders as he and the blonde shared a look.

"So... What's the first course of action?" Roxas asked.

"Okay, first... I'm gonna need a shovel," Wade declared.

Roxas raised an eyebrow, already not liking where Wade was going with this...

Chapter Text

Wade: So, yeah. That's how ol' Roxy got involved in this story. Pretty standard for him to get pulled into something that he didn't even want to do, and end up regretting it pretty quickly. I mean, as you saw in the first chapter, he was over it when he saw me digging up his old friend, and you can imagine how horrified he was afterwards. I mean, you heard all his complaints and saw all his tears, especially when he accidentally helped me. But hey, at least I didn't use those bones in a different way, right?

Wade: Anyway, as you saw in the movie, too, Paradox wasn't exactly happy with me breaking his nose and stealing his doo-dad to go gallivanting across the Multiverse. He sent the Minutemen after me, and boy did they ever find me and Roxas.

Wade: Which brings us back to this.

Wade: The desecration of the sacred corpse.

Earth-17315

North Dakota

The snow continued to fall through the afternoon sky, though as it fell onto the ground of this forest landscape, much of it was almost immediately contaminated with the bright red of blood staining the ground. The empty forest had more or less been reduced to another massacre, this time due to the dozens of mutilated bodies of Minutemen littering the ground. Severed limbs, decapitated heads, and smashed in body parts were only the beginning of the worst of the injuries that the Minutemen had experienced as they had been slaughtered during the initial attack.

Very few of the Minutemen were still alive, considering Wade ended up finishing off some of the soldiers that Roxas had knocked out and left alive.

Amongst all of this carnage, Wade and Roxas continued to stand together, with Wade having secured Logan's tendons and claws to his forearms as he stood in the Wolverine pose, and Roxas still standing in preparation to attack hand-to-hand. Portals had started to close as only a handful of remaining Minutemen charged out towards where the two of them were standing in preparation to attack. At this point, Roxas was inwardly wondering why he was still working with Wade, and was hesitant to keep fighting, but he brushed this off, knowing that he was in just as much danger of getting pruned at this point.

Two Minutemen charged towards them, so Wade and Roxas both moved forward to attack. Wade went the more lethal route (again) by slashing the Minuteman in the chest, turning him around, then stabbing him through the head with both fists of claws. Wade then struggled to pull the claws out of the man's head while Roxas grabbed the arm of another attacking Minuteman, then grunted as he blasted lightning at the man, knocking him out. Another Minuteman then charged at Wade, and as he pulled the claws out, he slashed the man in the neck, killing him. Of course, continuing the strike, Wade ended up stabbing himself in the arm.

"Oh, my own fucking arm!" Wade exclaimed.

"Well, yeah!" Roxas exclaimed as he once again tried not to cry. "Seven years, they're probably a little dull!"

Another two Minutemen charged out of their portals as Wade struggled to get his own arm free. Roxas then raised his arms in an X block to dodge as the Minuteman tried to prune him, then swung his arms and turned the soldier's arm, throwing the pruning rod across the ground. Roxas then followed that up with two punches to the Minuteman's head, then delivered a palm strike to his chest that sent the man flying. Roxas then huffed and turned to watch as Wade stabbed the shoulder he was fighting in the shoulder, then stabbed him underneath the groin and in his bottom with his other arm. Roxas pressed his knees together in sympathy pain as Wade proceeded to lift the man up and slam him to the ground.

Roxas then yelled out again when the Minuteman was left on his hands and knees with the blades still in his bottom.

"Not like this!" the Minuteman shouted with desperation in his voice, something that gave even Wade pause.

The Minuteman continued to shout in terror as Wade tried to pull the claws out. Of course, then another Minuteman charged out of a portal, and Wade lifted up his arm, impaling the man right through the groin. Roxas shouted in horror as the two Minutemen proceeded to scream.

"I'm sorry!" Wade told them, legitimately sorry. "Wolverine-ing is hard!"

"Make it stop!" the Minuteman impaled through his groin begged desperately.

"Mangold tried!" Wade shouted back.

With that, Wade then tried and failed to pull the blades out of both soldiers. The Minutemen both shouted in pain as they were forced to be moved around as the dull blades were stuck in their bodies, which only had Wade grimacing, and Roxas yelling out.

"Oh, I can't tell if this is better or worse than Human Centipede!" Roxas exclaimed, resisting the urge to throw up. *1*

"You sick fuck!" the Minuteman Leader shouted.

While the two stabbed Minutemen continued to scream as blood spilled out of their wounds, Roxas and Wade both then looked up to see the Minuteman Leader standing just in front of them. He pointed his pruning rod at Wade in an accusing manner, the glare clear on his face given that his mask was still off.

"Logan was a hero," the Minuteman Leader declared, which Roxas agreed with. "And the only thing worth a shit to ever come out of Canada."

"Hey!" Roxas snapped. "Jim Carrey, Keanu Reeves, and Supernatural!"

Wade, on the other hand, just grunted as he pressed a foot against the soldier on his right to pull his arm out of the tendons. He did the same thing to the soldier that had been impaled through the groin, and both Minutemen screamed in further pain as they fell to the ground, blood still spilling out of their wounds. Roxas just looked at Wade as he stood up and reached back for one of his katanas. He pulled it out, then rested the blade on his shoulder.

Roxas then blinked in surprise as Wade threw the katana, bouncing it off the ground and making it impale itself through the Minuteman Leader's mouth. A blank look appeared on the man's face as he died quickly, yet remained standing, all while the two Minutemen impaled with Logan's claws continued to writhe on the ground in pools of their own blood.

"Get... my country's name out of your fuckin' mouth..." Wade declared as he marched up to the Minuteman leader. He reached up to grab the handle of his sword. "And my sword. Give me that."

With that, he grabbed his katana backhanded with his left hand, then wiped the blood off in the crook of his other arm while pushing the Minuteman Leader's body to the ground. Wade then sighed out and took out the TemPad, while Roxas looked around the forest around them and grimaced.

"Oh, we gotta find us another Logan," Wade remarked with an exhale. "A live one." He looked around at the many dead Minutemen. "Don't get up, guys. We'll see ourselves out."

He turned to look at Roxas, who huffed and turned to look back at him.

"What do you think, Dahmer?" Wade asked. "Not like your usual massacres?"

"Shut up," Roxas said.

"What?" Wade asked.

"Just shut the hell up!" Roxas demanded. He marched up to Wade with a frown. "You said we were gonna try and help Logan. We were gonna try to figure out a way to bring him back so we can fix your world. I told you that just digging him up wouldn't work, and I was right. His healing factor didn't work. All that was left of him was just his skeleton. And you just murdered a bunch of people with it!"

He gestured around the field towards the dozens of dead Minutemen around them.

"You know what; I'm done!" Roxas exclaimed, holding up his arms to emphasize his point. "I told you that this partnership would only last depending on whether or not you'd be able to succeed at bringing Logan back, and you failed spectacularly. All you did was force me to relive the horror of the death of one of my best friends, and then you proceeded to disrespect his grave in the worst way I have ever seen. There is something seriously wrong with you, you sick bastard!"

"Well, yeah, that would be the cancer," Wade replied, nonchalance in his voice as he gestured to the sides with his arms.

"Oh, my God," Roxas said with a long exhale. He gestured with his hands again. "Screw this. Screw you. Go to Hell, Wilson. I'm going back home to my family. I hope the TVA beats the crap out of you and throws you in the Void."

Wade just raised an eyebrow as Roxas turned and started to march away. Wade then cleared his throat and lifted up the TemPad.

"You do remember that I'm the only one with a TemPad, right?" Wade pointed out. "Which is your only way to get back home to that family you love so much?"

Roxas then came to a stop. He slowly looked around the field with the massacre, looking amongst the dozens of dead bodies laying across the ground. Not all of the Minutemen had TemPads, but of the ones that did, all of the devices were visibly damaged, broken, and were most likely too bad to use. Roxas closed his eyes and groaned, realizing that Wade was right about him having the only device that worked. Roxas let out a deep, very annoyed sigh as he turned to look at Wade, not even needing his powers to know that the former mercenary had a shit-eating grin underneath his mask.

"You're not gonna make this easy for me, are you?" Roxas asked.

"No, I'm not," Wade confirmed. "After all, with your habit of being friends with Wolverine, then I'm gonna need that."

He pointed the TemPad at Roxas.

"Here's the new deal," Wade declared. "I need a Logan, and you need a way back home. Help me get a Logan and take him back to the TVA, and I'll take you back home. Sound good?"

Roxas closed his eyes and sighed out in resignation once again.

"Fine," he relented. He pointed at Wade. "But know that I still hate you."

"I'll keep that in mind," Wade replied.

With that, he then turned and pressed a button on the TemPad, which made another orange portal appear next to him. Wade then smiled at Roxas again from underneath his mask, but Roxas just rolled his eyes. The two of them then turned and walked through the portal together to begin their search for another Logan. *2*

Cape Town

As they walked through the portal into the next universe, Roxas and Wade both heard "The Power of Love" playing as they entered a bar, one which had an axe-throwing station. The orange portal led them out into one of the throwing ranges, and Wade caught the axe before it could hit anybody as they walked out. The man standing at the end was surprised, and Roxas awkwardly waved at him as he followed the former mercenary out. Wade twirled the axe around before handing it back to the perturbed man, and Roxas followed him out into the main section of the bar.

Many people were spread out amongst the seats and tables, but Roxas and Wade's eyes had narrowed as they looked at the man sitting on a stool at the bar.

"Logan!" Wade called.

With that, Logan slowly turned in his seat and looked over at the two of them. A small smile spread across Roxas's face as he looked at Logan, happy to finally see the face of the friend he had lost, even if he was frowning in suspicion.

"I'm gonna need you to come with us," Wade told Logan.

"... Who's asking?" Logan asked, suspicion in his voice as he looked between both men.

Of course, then Roxas and Wade's eyes widened as they took in Logan's form as he hopped off of the bar stool. Other people were frowning in confusion, but their eyes were on Logan as they took in him wearing a black V-neck shirt, jeans, boots, and a large belt, with his hair brushing in different directions as wavy cowlicks. Of course, this Logan was much shorter, nearing the same height as the variant that Roxas was familiar with, meaning he had to be 5'3". This shorter Logan just continued to look at Roxas and Wade with the rest of the bar, and the two men's eyes were still wide.

Of course, Roxas then smirked and started to giggle over seeing the face of his friend, who had been taller than him, on the body of a shorter man.

"Oh, I feel bad for laughing," Roxas admitted.

"Oh, look at this little Hairy Lou Retton," Wade teased. He continued looking at Logan as everyone just continued to watch. "Did you stick the landing, little guy?" Logan just continued to frown as Wade leaned forward and placed his hands on his knees, almost like he was talking to a little kid. "Yes, you did! Comic-accurate short king."

Roxas frowned, feeling like Wade was taking this a little too far.

"Such a cute little Wolvie," Wade taunted again. The bar patrons continued to watch as Logan slowly marched forward. "Cue the fuckin' montage, baby."

"D-Don't mind us," Roxas said, gesturing with a hand as Wade used the TemPad to make another portal appear behind himself. "We're just... leaving."

Roxas and Wade moved together through the portal, which disappeared, leaving the bar patrons and Logan confused.

Age of Apocalypse Universe

Walking through another portal, Roxas and Wade found themselves in a city that was practically destroyed, with broken cars and benches spread out, rubble from buildings littering the roads, and roaring flames surging along the ground in random areas. The two of them walked out of the portal and through a metal gate, where they found an alleyway where another Logan was standing. Wade was completely unperturbed by the flames, while Roxas just grimaced, putting together some pieces over which universe they were in.

"Ahoy!" Wade greeted as they walked towards the latest Logan. "Everything seems to be on fire. Do you have a dragon?"

"Wade, this is the Age of Apocalypse Universe," Roxas replied.

This was especially prevalent to Roxas as they looked over this latest Logan. He was standing with one foot on the wall behind himself, glaring as he watched the two of them. This Logan was wearing a full-bodied black suit with red linings, a belt buckle with the letter X, his left hand was missing and was replaced with a large, metal case over the stump, and his hair was bigger, reminiscent to that of a rock star. It was still pointed in two directions, but it was much more wild than Roxas had ever seen it from any other Logans.

"Ooh," Wade said, walking up to Logan and pointing with one hand. "You have Anchor Being written all over..."

Of course, this Logan just brushed aside Wade's arm, then lifted up his arm with the prosthetic hand. Logan then grunted as he rammed the metal case over his stump into Wade's face three times, then followed it up with a strike that sent Wade flying into a wall, then crashing onto an abandoned car. Roxas repeatedly yelled and exclaimed in surprise, before Logan leaped up into the air and landed on top of the car, pinning Wade to the ground as he continued to attack.

Madripoor

The next universe that Roxas and Wade found themselves in led them into what appeared to be a casino. People were strolling around in their fancy wear, with many women carrying drinks giving Roxas and Wade confused looks given their own choice of suits. Of course, the two of them ignored the many tables of people gambling along various points of the casino as they marched together towards a small room where people were playing craps. Here, there was a Logan wearing a white suit with a black bow-tie, with a black eye patch over his left eye, and his shorter hair brushed up to the sides in the cowlicks.

Knowing that this was Patch, Roxas and Wade stood in the doorway and looked at where he sat.

"Patch," Wade greeted.

"You mind having a little chat?" Roxas asked.

Patch just looked up.

Empty Warehouse

Walking through another portal, Roxas and Wade's eyes quickly narrowed. Though the warehouse was mostly empty, complete with ceramic walls, floors, and columns, their attention was quickly narrowed on where an engine was roaring. A motorcycle was resting on the ground, and another variant of Logan stood over the motorcycle, wearing a tank top and jeans as sweat coursed down his muscled shoulders and arms as he revved the engine to test it. This variant of Logan had his back to Roxas and Wade, though they could see from the angle that there was a cigar in his mouth. Of course, the two of them were quickly impressed.

"Oh, now we're talkin'," Wade remarked. They watched as this variant tested the engine once again. "Oh, yeah. That's the whole goddamn package right there."

"It's definitely something," Roxas agreed with a small huff.

Though, he wasn't sure why he got a weird vibe from this universe.

Old Man Logan Universe

The next Universe that Roxas and Wade ended up in brought them to an old shack. The sun was low, making the sun a light gray, and around the shack were a partially broken tractor, a shed, an old truck, and various truck parts spread along the ground, including tires of many different sizes. Walking up to the porch of the shack, Roxas and Wade were able to see the latest Logan variant sitting on a rocking chair with a blanket over his lower half, and his head was down to hide his face from view. Roxas raised an eyebrow, but he brushed that aside.

"Howdy!" Wade said as they walked along the leaf-covered ground and up the porch. "I'm just audit... I'm auditioning Anchor Beings."

"Do you think you might be interested?" Roxas asked.

Of course, Logan then raised his head, showing a weathered face with dark gray, silver hair in his beard as he frowned at the two.

"Oh," Wade said. He waved over his face to emphasize what he meant. "Yeah, that's gonna need some coconut oil."

Logan then fired a rifle that was hidden under his blanket, hitting Wade in the chest and sending him flying with a grunt. Roxas exclaimed in surprise and held up his hands in surrender, backing up and stepping off the porch.

"You're retired," Roxas assessed as he chuckled nervously. "We'll leave you alone."

Wade just continued groaning.

Uncanny X-Men Universe

The portal from the TemPad then dropped Roxas and Wade through the air and made them land on a massive pile of blood-covered skulls. The two of them pushed themselves up with their hands, and their eyes widened as they looked around, finding themselves laying amongst literal fields and mountains made up of these skulls, with dark, purple clouds above them that had storming rain falling onto them. Crows cawed in the distance as they flew in the air, but in front of Roxas and Wade was a giant, X-shaped cross, with this universe's Logan pinned against it. This Logan wore no shirt, and was pinned through his wrists and ankles against the cross, his face woozy as his hair was somehow still brushed up in the two different directions.

"What in the fuck?" Wade slowly demanded. He and Roxas pushed themselves up, and he laughed. "Are you okay?"

"This is the Uncanny X-Men universe," Roxas informed him.

As Logan groaned against the cross, Roxas grimaced in sympathy.

Another Universe

Another portal took Roxas and Wade to what appeared to be a large, abandoned forest with lots of broken trees that were littered across the ground. Standing together and looking around, Roxas and Wade were both confused over the many broken trees, but their eyes quickly landed on this latest version of Logan. He was wearing a brown and tan suit that covered most of his body, though his upper arms were bare as he stepped out from behind the tree. Roxas and Wade were both impressed with this outfit, though Roxas was confused as Logan turned to look at them, then slowly stepped into a fighting stance.

"Oh, yes, yes," Wade complimented as Logan continued to glare in their direction. Roxas noticed that he was staring past them. "Classic John Byrne brown and tan. Now, you fought the Hulk in this outfit, no?"

Logan then smirked in preparation as he held up his fist and extended out his claws. Roxas and Wade's eyes widened when they saw Hulk's roaring face reflected in the claws, and the green giant's roar echoed from right behind them.

Roxas and Wade slowly turned around and looked up at the angry face of the green giant.

"Hi, Banner," Roxas awkwardly said.

"I'm Marvel Jesus, you dull creature," Wade quickly said. "And I will not-!" *3*

All of a sudden, Hulk roared and swung his arm. Roxas exclaimed in surprise and managed to get out of the way, but Wade yelled out as he was flung into the bottom of an overturned tree. Wade continued to groan before he pressed a button on the TemPad, making the portal appear on the ground next to the tree. Wade pushed himself off the tree and fell through the portal, and Roxas jumped in after him.

Madripoor

Patch just extended his claws and impaled Wade right through the head. Roxas and the rest of the table all jumped in surprise, especially when Wade's blood splattered across the table. Wade grunted, especially when Patch retracted his claws and let him drop to the ground.

"... We'll take that as a no," Roxas quipped.

Wade then activated the portal underneath him, then disappeared through it. Roxas let out a "Hup!" as he hopped in after him.

Age of Apocalypse Universe

The angry Logan had extended his claws out on his free hand, and roared and grunted as he repeatedly stabbed Wade against the top of the car. Blood came out of the wounds as Logan continued stabbing repeatedly, before Roxas grit his teeth and inwardly apologized. Roxas then grunted as he blasted lightning out of his fingers and hit Logan, causing him to stutter as he was damaged. Roxas blasted Logan enough to stun him, then hurried over and pulled him off of Wade. He then helped Logan to the ground as he lost consciousness.

"Sorry," Roxas told Logan.

He and Wade then disappeared through another portal.

Uncanny X-Men Universe

Roxas continued to grimace as he and Wade looked up at the Logan, who was still pinned against the X-shaped cross and groaning in pain.

"It's not you," Wade told him as he operated the TemPad again. "We're just going in a different direction."

"Good luck," Roxas told him.

To Roxas's credit, as Wade opened the portal behind them, the blonde warrior held up his hands and used his telekinesis. Under Roxas's powers, the stakes flung out of Logan's wrists and ankles, releasing him from the wooden cross and making him fall into the skulls. Deciding that was good enough, Roxas grimaced as he and Wade turned and moved through the portal together.

Empty Warehouse

Roxas and Wade now stood right behind the Logan variant at the motorcycle, furrowing their eyebrows slightly as they watched as he continued to rev the engine to test it.

"You know, from behind, you look a little bit like Henry..." Wade started to say.

Of course, then this Logan variant turned to look at the two of them, the frown still on his face as he kept the cigar in his mouth. Roxas and Wade's eyes widened as they realized that he looked exactly like Henry Cavill.

"Oh, my fuck!" Wade exclaimed as this Logan looked at them. "The Cavillrine. The legends are true."

"Even I didn't see this coming," Roxas remarked with a chuckle.

The Cavillrine just looked to the side in frustration, took the cigar out of his mouth, and turned towards the two.

"And may I say, sir, on behalf of all of humanity... This just feels right!" Wade gushed in excitement.

"Yeah, you definitely look the part," Roxas agreed, gesturing to the Cavillrine as he kept glaring at them.

"We will treat you so much better than those shitfucks down the street," Wade then promised, pointing to the side.

"You were just leavin'," the Cavillrine declared.

"Wait, what?" Roxas asked as the Cavillrine put the cigar back in his mouth. "I thought we were having a conversation."

"No, sir," Wade said. The Cavillrine then swung his arms as if he was getting ready for something, letting his claws slide out. "Not while the fate of my universe is at..."

Of course, the Cavillrine just swung his fists and struck both Roxas and Wade, sending them flying back through the closest column.

"You're an underrated Superman!" Roxas shouted.

He yelled out as Wade opened up another portal behind them, causing them to be flung right through it and into another universe. *4*

The portal let out right over a pool table in a bar, and Roxas and Wade both grunted as they rolled over the surface before falling off, with Wade bumping into one of the three guys and making him grunt. Roxas and Wade huffed as they stood up and looked around, while the guy who had been playing pool angrily grunted and started to charge at them. Of course, Wade just grabbed his throat and stopped him without even looking, which got him to gasp as he quickly lost air. Roxas and Wade then looked across the bar, where they saw a familiar set of cowlicks sticking out of the head of a man sitting at the bar, wearing a thick coat and a set of jeans and boots.

"This one looks promising," Wade assessed. He looked at the man he just choked. "Down you go."

He dropped the man to the ground as he lost consciousness.

"Let's hope this Logan's calmer than the last eight," Roxas remarked.

Roxas and Wade then slowly walked up towards the bar as this Logan asked for another shot. The bartender moved up to the bar and just glared at Logan, told him that he wasn't welcome here, or anywhere, and told him to get the fuck out of his bar. Logan just requested one more drink, and he would leave. The bartender told him that wasn't how it worked as Roxas and Wade moved up to Logan's side.

"It does now," Wade said as he and Roxas looked at Logan. "Leave the bottle."

"I know you, bub?" Logan asked, frowning at Wade. He then furrowed his eyebrows in surprise at Roxas. "Roxas? I thought you left a while back."

"Oh," Roxas said. He looked to the side in surprise. "Yeah, well... I'm back."

"Right on freaking time..." Logan softly said, turning and looking at the bar.

Roxas furrowed his eyebrows, sensing a form of bitterness and sadness in this Logan's voice. He wasn't sure what had driven the Roxas that this Logan knew away, but given his history with his own Logan, he wasn't going to abandon him.

"You don't know me, but I know you," Wade then told Logan.

"Everybody knows me," Logan replied, still looking at the bar. He sighed. "I'm the Wolverine."

Roxas was confused about why there was shame in Logan's voice as he said this.

"Yes, you are," Wade then confirmed, obviously not paying attention to Logan's tone of voice. "And I'm gonna need you to come with us right now."

Logan just lifted his head, repeatedly frowning at Wade. He then waved a hand to brush him off as he kept a finger in his empty shot glass.

"Look, lady, I'm not interested," Logan said.

"How much have you had to drink?" Roxas asked, remembering from the Logan that he knew that he needed to drink a lot to get drunk.

"Really getting into your cups there," Wade commented.

"Why would I go with you?" Logan then asked, poking Wade in the head to emphasize his point.

Roxas smirked over the way that Wade lifted up his head after the poke, with the expression of annoyance clear on his face even through the mask.

"Because, unfortunately, I need you, and even more unfortunately, my entire world needs you," Wade told the still-confused Logan.

Logan just softly nodded his head, both intoxicated and not taking Wade seriously.

"Look, the Roxas you knew is from another dimension, right?" Roxas asked. Logan just nodded again. "Yeah, that's not me. I'm a different Roxas, from an entirely different dimension. And this is my acquaintance from an entirely different universe. And, well, he and his world really need a Wolverine."

Logan just raised an eyebrow before looking down once again.

"You three gonna fuck or fight?" the bartender teased.

"Don't say stuff like that," Roxas requested. He gestured to Wade. "He would happily do both."

"He's right; I would," Wade confirmed. He and Roxas walked as the bartender walked away, before they looked at Logan together. "You gonna take that from him?"

"Yep," Logan confirmed.

Roxas just raised his eyebrows. The Logan that he knew always had a low opinion of himself, but he never remembered it to be this level.

Wade just scoffed.

"I can tell you have a sort of don't-get-too-close-I'll-only-break-your-heart vibe going here..." he slowly said, waving a hand at Logan's head. "But every other Wolverine would've really hurt me by now."

"All of them did, yeah," Roxas agreed with a nod of his head.

"And I'm sort of on the tick-tick," Wade added, patting his wrist to emphasize his point. He moved around Logan. "So, upsy-daisy. Here we go."

He wrapped his arms around Logan's chest and pulled him up to his feet. Logan exclaimed in surprise, which Roxas completely understood. As he got to his feet, Logan then stepped back from Wade, brushed him off, and held out a hand to extend his claws.

Logan, Roxas, and Wade all frowned as they looked at Logan's right fist, seeing that his claws had only extended out only one single inch.

"Oh," Wade remarked. "Whiskey dick of the claws. It's quite common in Wolverines over 40."

"How much did you drink to make that happen?" Roxas asked, gesturing to Logan's hand. "I mean, I know you cope with your problems with alcohol, but that seems a little excessive." *5*

"Not much," Logan said, obviously lying. He then looked up and frowned at Wade. "You don't want this."

"You're right. I don't," Wade flatly said. He took out one of his Desert Eagles and pointed it right at Logan's forehead. "And you don't want this."

While other bar patrons looked over in curiosity, Roxas just raised an eyebrow, since he should've known that Wade would know how good Logan's healing factor would be like. That gun wasn't going to do anything.

"Unless you wanna take a deep breath through your fuckin' forehead, I suggest you reconsider," Wade told Logan. He gestured to the side. "Let's go, peanut."

Of course, Logan just leaned forward and pressed his forehead against the muzzle of the gun, then started to laugh.

"You do know that gun's not gonna do anything to him, right?" Roxas reminded Wade.

"Hold on. Hold on. Hold on," Logan then said, gesturing with one hand. He then reached across the bar to the bottle the bartender had left. "Watch this."

Roxas once again wondered just how much Logan had already drunk as he stumbled slightly as he stood up, grasped Wade's Desert Eagle with his free hand, then lifted the bottle up to his mouth. Roxas and Wade then watched as Logan started drinking the alcohol, quickly downing it with large gulps.

"Good God," Wade commented as Logan kept drinking. "Thirsty little honey badger, aren't you?"

Roxas then paused as he remembered one of Logan's daughters in the comics having a code name Honey Badger, but he brushed it aside. *6*

"It's okay, keep goin'," Wade said as Logan continued to chug the alcohol. "Audiences are accustomed to long run times."

Within moments, Logan finished the bottle. He lowered it, grunted, and let out a sigh. Of course, he then closed his eyes and groaned as he fell backwards, falling to the ground as he lost consciousness.

"... Saw that coming," Roxas admitted.

Wade just sighed and holstered his Desert Eagle.

"Guess you'll have to do," he remarked.

"Better than the ones who kicked your ass," Roxas agreed as he and Wade walked up to where Logan was lying.

They crouched down together and reached for Logan where he was laying on the ground. Roxas grabbed the unconscious man's shoulders to help push him up, while Wade grabbed his shirt.

"Okay, here we..." Wade started to say. Of course, he and Roxas then trailed off as they looked through Logan's shirt, seeing something underneath. "Oh! Look at those jammies."

A smile spread across Roxas's face as he realized what it was.

"No way..." Roxas slowly said.

Wade just turned to look at the 4th wall.

"That only took 20. Fucking years," he declared.

Roxas just chuckled in excitement as he saw the suit.

TVA

The department specifically designed to watch over Earth-10005 was abuzz with action as everyone tried to do their own jobs. The many cubicles were filled with the people working at their computers (including the man who was mesmerized by Wade in his suit earlier), the monitors displaying the statistics of everything and the progress of the Time Ripper were alight, and guards strolled around at random, while Paradox stood on the raised walkway over all of them to observe everything. He had a bandage over his nose and tiny cloth pads in his nostrils to try and help the fact that it had been broken from Wade's earlier attack.

Of course, all of a sudden, a new portal suddenly appeared on the walkway, which got Paradox to slowly turn towards it in confusion.

"One Anchor Being coming right up!" Wade's voice called out, which made Paradox's frown deepen. "On your left, baby girl!"

He then walked through the portal with Roxas, both of them carrying Logan with them between them. Roxas couldn't stop smiling over the suit that Logan wore, the bright yellow suit with yellow indents including strong shoulder armor, knee pads, and the long blue gloves and boots. The gloves even had indents in the knuckles specifically for his claws to slide through, and he had a belt around his waist with a red square with a black X on it in the center. Roxas didn't even care that Logan was really drunk and could barely walk; he was just too excited to finally see him in the suit.

"This Logan has the same he-can-do-anything-even-musicals look," Wade proudly told Paradox.

The Minutemen guards stood cautious as Wade then took his arm from around Logan. Roxas then exclaimed in surprise and reluctantly let go of Logan's other arm, and the drunk man promptly fell to the ground.

"Uh, sorry," Roxas told the barely conscious Logan.

"And bonus, he's actually wearing a costume like he's not embarrassed to be in a superhero movie for once," Wade added.

"That's definitely a big positive, yeah," Roxas added as Paradox took the pads out of his nose and tossed them away.

Roxas looked down at the unconscious Logan and hoped that he was okay before he looked up again.

"I don't understand," Paradox said, looking between Logan and Roxas in confusion. "Especially with the Unlimited here."

"You said my universe is dying... because this sack of nuts got himself killed," Wade declared, pointing at Logan. "Well, problem solved."

"I can't tell if it's better or worse than Legends of Tomorrow killing Sara and then replacing her with an alien clone in the final season," Roxas remarked. He shrugged his shoulders. "But... it should work, right?"

He wasn't completely sure if it would work, but he hoped that agreeing with Wade would get the former mercenary to take him back home quicker.

"My God," Paradox said with an incredulous look on his face. He gestured with his hands. "You actually think you can replace an Anchor Being... with this?"

He gestured to Logan on the ground, which confused Roxas and Wade.

"I wouldn't have accepted any other Wolverine, BT dubs," Paradox sternly told Wade. Roxas cringed over the sentence. "But you have outdone yourself and brought me the worst Wolverine!"

"What?" Roxas asked with a frown.

He didn't like the idea of any version of Logan being called "the worst," no matter what.

"What do you mean, the worst one?" Wade asked.

"Mr. Wilson, Mr. Cooper," Wade slowly said. He pointed at the barely conscious Logan. "This Wolverine let down his entire world." Roxas looked down, watching as Logan breathed in and out with his eyes open. "He's the stuff of legend, but not in the good way. And what he did, well... Some things are just beyond forgiveness."

Roxas frowned and softly shook his head.

"That's a lie if I've ever heard one," he declared, looking up at Paradox with a frown. "I'm friends with people who almost committed genocide. Nobody is above a second chance."

A bit of light appeared in Logan's eyes at this declaration, but that was quickly drowned by his guilt once again.

The Minutemen guards then grabbed their pruning rods again, and Wade decided to play the mediator. He held up a hand and moved in front of Roxas, trying to give a calming look to Paradox and the other TVA operatives, with desperation on his face under his mask.

"Okay," he said. "How do I... How do I make this right? I'll do anything."

"... I gave you a chance at greatness," Paradox declared, gesturing with his hands to the former mercenary. "Because my superiors deemed you 'special'."

Roxas rolled his eyes. He didn't even need his powers to know that Paradox was going on a Nice Guy rant.

"Clearly not special in a good way," Paradox continued to rant. "Apparently you have some important future purpose to serve."

"With Thor. He holds me," Wade added.

"But I did my duty," Paradox continued. Roxas rolled his eyes because it sounded more and more like the Nice Guy rant. "I gave you the opportunity to be somebody. And instead of accepting my offering with humility and gratitude, you broke my nose."

"(sigh) It looks great," Wade replied as a random man in a suit walked down the walkway with a sandwich on a plate.

"You told him you were gonna destroy his world and kill all his friends," Roxas pointed out. "Can you really blame a guy for not acting out after that?"

"Maybe I can't," Paradox admitted. He looked at Wade again. "But then you decimated dozens of my men with the exhumed corpse of a hero. Dishonoring not only his remains, but his memory."

"What are you, the internet?" Wade complained.

"Hey, I can't even argue in your defense there," Roxas replied with a frown of his own. "I'm still mad at you about that."

"Your world is dying!" Paradox told Wade as the man in a suit walked next to him with the plate. He then reached for the sandwich. "Thank you very much."

Roxas and Wade frowned as Paradox raised the sandwich up.

"And there's no stopping it," Paradox continued. He took a bite of the sandwich, then continued speaking with the food in his mouth. "The humane thing to do is to make it quick."

He snapped his fingers to emphasize his point.

"You're disgusting," Roxas told him. "Even my five year old daughter knows not to talk with her mouth full."

"Is the thought of vaporizing my universe making you peckish?" Wade angrily demanded.

"I'm eating my feelings," Paradox defended himself, his voice small.

"I'm about to lose everything that I've ever cared about because that hairy thundercunt from down undercunt..." Wade slowly said.

Roxas frowned, and he was happy when Logan finally finished waking up and pushed himself to his feet right behind Wade.

"... finally dies," Wade continued to snap. "And he's standing right behind me, isn't he?"

"Yes, he is, and I'm surprised he hasn't already stabbed you," Roxas added.

Wade then turned around and looked at the frown on Logan's face, especially the confusion in his raised eyebrow, all while Paradox took another bite of his sandwich.

"Welcome to the MCU, by the way," Wade told Logan. He turned around, then looked back at Logan. "You're joining at a bit of a low point."

"Especially after She-Hulk and Secret Invasion," Roxas admitted with an eyebrow raised. *7*

Logan was just even more confused. He looked between Roxas and Wade as the latter turned to look at Paradox again.

"As for you, I wanna talk to your boss," Wade declared as Paradox clasped his hands together. He gestured with an arm. "I want you to get him on the phone, and you tell him, her, or them, that Marvel H. Christ isn't playing."

A nervous look then appeared in Paradox's eyes as he continued to chew his sandwich. Roxas, Wade, and even Logan noticed this, and were even more observant by the silence that had filled the entire room. Roxas and Wade then looked at the two technicians behind Paradox, seeing the same nervousness in their eyes, then they looked at the other technicians and employees on the ground below, seeing that they were all pointedly avoiding eye-contact.

"Holy shit," Wade said. They slowly looked at Paradox again. "I just heard a symphony of buttholes clenching all at once, even louder than Austin Moon's had been three chapters ago."

Roxas raised an eyebrow, but he brushed it to the side.

"You're off grid," Wade assessed. "Your bosses don't know what you sick fucks are doing down here."

"You're gonna kill billions of people on that Earth just to make a point," Roxas frowned, glaring right at Paradox. "That's worse than the genocide my friends almost committed."

"Much fucking worse," Wade agreed. He pulled out his TemPad and pointed it at Paradox. "Well, I'll tell you what." Paradox shifted nervously at the sight. "I have a black belt in Karen. And I'm gonna go upstairs, and I'm gonna tell 'em all about you and your..."

Of course, then bright orange light surged around Wade, and Logan and Roxas both jumped in surprise. Through that light, they were able to see Paradox lowering a pruning rod that was in his hand, making it clear what had just happened. Wade was soon completely enveloped in the light, and the TemPad dropped to the ground with an unceremonious clatter.

"Oh, silence is nice, isn't it?" Paradox quipped.

"Usually, I'd agree with you," Roxas admitted with his eyes wide.

"Where the fuck did he go?" Logan demanded.

"To the trash heap," Paradox answered with indifference in his voice. "You'll both fit right in."

Roxas's eyes widened.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Cooper," Paradox said, the indifference still in his voice. "I know we have that deal with you and your team. But I cannot allow you the chance to interfere with my plan."

Before Roxas could say anything, Logan then charged forward and raised a fist. Of course, just as he got close enough, Paradox jabbed the pruning rod to Logan's chest, hitting him and completely covering him with orange light. Roxas gasped as Logan then vanished from view as he was pruned, and Paradox just sighed out in relief.

"That was close," Paradox quipped. He then looked at Roxas. "Will you go peacefully, or by force?"

The two Minutemen guards on the walkway started to move closer and closer to Roxas. Roxas just frowned and looked between both guards for a moment, before he turned to glare at Paradox.

With that, Roxas then let his swords slide out of his hands.

The Minutemen guards charged towards Roxas, but he jumped up and kicked the one in front of him with the chest and knocked him back. Roxas then quickly turned around and cut the pruning rod of the other guard in half, then he grunted as he swung his sword, cutting off his head and making the pieces of his body fall to the ground and spray a bit of blood. The first guard jumped to his feet and tried to prune Roxas, but he caught the pruning rod with his blade. Roxas then grunted as he cut the guard's arm off, making him scream in pain, then he followed it up by raising his other sword and stabbing him in the head. He then pulled the blade out of the man's head, and his body fell to the ground spewing more blood.

Of course, then a pruning rod hit him right in the chest, and Roxas looked up just in time to see the fear-filled look on Paradox as he stood in front of him.

"Oh, you son of a...!" Roxas started to snap.

Unfortunately, the orange lights spread the rest of the way around Roxas, making him disappear from view.

Paradox sighed out in relief, sure that he had gotten rid of all of his problems...

Chapter Text

As to be expected, the result of Paradox's pruning rod transported Logan, Roxas, and Wade through the Multiverse and dropped them all into the Void, where they all landed amongst the rubble and dirt. All three of them had been transported through the orange light without too much trouble, but they had all landed pretty roughly on the ground. While Wade continued to lay on his back, complete with dirt over himself, Logan and Roxas both pushed themselves up to their feet first and started looking around, trying to take in their surroundings.

Their eyes both widened as they looked around.

They were in a massive, barren landscape that appeared similar to what one would see in a post-apocalyptic movie. The desert spread out as far as the eye could see, complete with dead bushes sticking up in random patches throughout the dirt. Along the massive, barren planes included a large hill of dirt nearby, and the sky above them was almost completely covered with dark gray clouds, preventing them from seeing anything. Amongst those clouds, in the distance, they could see surges of bright red and green lights, dropping giant pieces of debris in other parts of the barren landscape. Closest to them were other pieces of debris, which included the top of what appeared to be a destroyed plane, various pieces of destroyed spaceships, and even what appeared to be the Needle restaurant from Seattle.

Logan and Roxas both huffed in shock, before anger filled them. Logan's anger was partially because he was confused and he didn't like it, and Roxas's was ignited over the fact that he had reluctantly joined Wade on his mission, and had been dropped in the Void as a consequence.

With that, the two men then turned to glare at where Wade was still laying on the ground, softly groaning. The two of them marched together to where Wade was laying, and Roxas faintly noticed a Marvel comic for Secret Wars nearby. He brushed it aside as he and Logan continued to glare at Wade.

"Don't just stand there, you apes," Wade snapped with a weary tone in his voice. "Give me a hand up."

Logan and Roxas just glared at him for another moment before Logan lifted up his fists. His claws clanged as they slid out, and Roxas was completely okay with it.

"Nope. I'm actually okay," Wade quickly said, trying to stop the other Canadian. "Thank you very much!"

Before Wade even finished talking, Logan crouched down and stabbed Wade in his stomach, making him yell out. Roxas shook his head as Logan then lifted Wade up and restrained him in the air.

"Where the hell are we?" Logan angrily demanded.

"I don't know," Wade admitted. "Looks kind of Mad Max-y. But that would be IP infringement, right?"

"Fucking jokes," Logan growled while shaking his head.

Roxas was completely fine as Logan then lowered a hand and stabbed Wade right through the groin, making him yell out. Logan then got down onto one knee, and yelled out as he rammed Wade's back against it, making the former mercenary yell out. Logan then pushed Wade off, and Wade grunted as he rolled along the ground. He huffed as he looked up, seeing Roxas walking towards him.

"Well, at least you're still on my side," Wade replied.

Of course, Roxas then let his swords slide into his hands, then grunted as he jabbed forward with both of them. Wade then screamed as Roxas impaled him through his head through both of his eyes with his swords.

"What the fuck!?" Wade exclaimed.

"You stupid, fucking asshole!" Roxas shouted.

"I thought you didn't like cussing," Wade replied, pain clear in his voice.

"Oh, I change my mind about it every once in a while," Roxas replied. "And trapping me in a dimension I can't escape from, where I have no idea if I'll ever get back home to my daughter? I call that a pretty special fucking occasion!" *1*

With that, Roxas then pulled the blades right out of Wade's eyes, then kicked him in the chest, forcing him to roll onto his back. Of course, Roxas then followed that up by flicking his wrist, sending an arrow flying. The arrow went right through Wade's groin, making the former mercenary yell out, his voice a bit more high pitched as he reached for his groin.

Roxas huffed as he turned to look at Logan, who had an eyebrow raised.

"Okay, I'm a little impressed after that," Logan commented.

"Thanks," Roxas replied.

He was a little happy to get a compliment from his lost friend once again.

Of course, Wade did manage to pull the arrow out of his groin and tossed it aside. He frantically started pushing himself up as he felt his wounds healing.

"Fuck! Fuck," Wade said. He huffed as Logan and Roxas glared at him again. "Were you even listening back there?" He grabbed his back as he stood up. "If we don't make it back to that Mr. Paradox asshole, everyone I know is gonna die."

"Not my fuckin' problem," Logan snapped.

"And it was never mine, either, you prick," Roxas added, frowning and shaking his head at Wade.

With that, Logan and Roxas then turned and started walking away. Neither of them were sure what they were gonna do next, but they both just wanted to get away from Wade.

"Oh, is that all you pricks got?" Wade complained. Logan and Roxas looked around, trying to get a better view of their surroundings. "Is that what you said when your world went to shit?"

Roxas turned and frowned to look back at Wade. Of course, Logan came to a full stop, breathed out in anger, then turned to glare at the former mercenary.

"Come again?" Logan demanded.

"Yeah, I heard all about you," Wade replied, gesturing with a hand as he turned away. "How you screwed up everything. You should be thankin' me for pulling you out of that bed you shit in."

Logan then moved behind Wade, lifted up his fists, and moved them into place at Wade's back. Logan then let his claws slide out in a manner that they stabbed through Wade, poking out of his front and making blood fly out.

"(groan) You back-stabbing son of a bitch!" Wade shouted.

Roxas then moved forward, and he joined Logan in lifting Wade up. Of course, Wade then backflipped in a manner that got him out of Logan's claws, then grabbed the Wolverine's fist and turned it, forcing Logan to stab Roxas in the neck, making him exclaim in surprise. Wade then quickly moved behind Logan, grabbed his shoulders, then pulled him with him towards the ground. Logan and Roxas both grunted as they were pulled to the ground, before Wade took out his Desert Eagles and pressed the muzzles to Logan's sides. Logan then yelled out as Wade quickly started firing, causing blood to spurt out from the numerous bullets. Roxas grunted as he tried summoning his swords again, but Wade then turned the Desert Eagles and fired twice, both of the bullets hitting Roxas in the head and throwing him onto his back.

"Are you ready to be calm now?" Wade asked, leaning his face next to Logan's.

Of course, Logan just swung his head backward and rammed it into Wade's, throwing the former mercenary right to the ground again. Logan and Roxas both then recovered, climbed to their feet, and grabbed Wade's legs. The two of them then yelled out as they turned and threw Wade towards a nearby concrete container, which shattered as Wade went right through it. They both watched as Wade stumbled across the ground, with two of his handgun magazines clattering across the ground as he stumbled to the base of a massive concrete display.

Roxas furrowed his eyebrows over the display that read "20th Century Fox." Wade groaned as he landed against the display and looked at it before commenting, "Rest in pieces, Fox."

Logan and Roxas both walked in an arc along the massive dirt expanse that separated them from Wade. Roxas briefly looked back to see a massive pirate ship, and a destroyed SHIELD helicarrier in the distance, but he brushed it off as he and Logan continued to move into place, and their healing factors promptly popped the bullets off of Logan and Roxas's bodies and onto the ground. They stood together near a massive metal walkway with panels that rose up high into the air, but Logan and Roxas ignored it as they glared at Wade, who had pushed himself up to his own feet and moved to stand next to a metal piece on the ground.

"I don't want to fight you, peanuts," Wade told the two of them. "Doesn't matter what you did, or what we went through, Roxy. I just need your help. Both of your help."

Logan just continued to glare at him before opening his mouth with a grunt, showing a bullet right between his teeth.

"I don't fuckin' care," Logan declared in irritation.

"Same with me," Roxas added with similar irritation.

Logan spit the bullet out of his mouth as he and Roxas continued glaring at Wade.

"Uh... Uh-oh," Wade said, with legitimate fear starting to fill him.

Logan and Roxas slowly moved into their battle stances together, with Logan crouching slightly before letting his claws slowly slide out. Roxas then let his swords appear in his hands, and twirled them for a moment before he stepped back, holding one sword normally while the other was backhanded in front of himself.

"Fuck," Wade muttered. "This is gonna hurt."

He looked around and saw his fresh magazines on the metal panel next to him. He looked at the panel before looking at Logan and Roxas.

"All right," Wade declared. He shrugged his shoulders. "Fuck it. Let's give the people what they came for."

"Let's fuckin' go," Logan softly declared.

"Fuck, yeah," Roxas softly agreed, feeling pure excitement coursing through him over fighting alongside Logan again. *2*

Wade then turned to look at the 4th wall.

"Get your special sock out, nerds," he declared. "It's gonna get good."

With that, Wade swung his handguns, letting the empty magazines fly out. He then stomped on the metal panel, sending the fresh magazines flying up into the air. Wade then turned and swung one of his Desert Eagles in a manner to catch the magazine, then turned and held the other one in a manner that the magazine dropped into it. He quickly cocked the chambers to prepare them to fire before he pointed the Desert Eagles at Logan and Roxas and immediately started firing.

The bullets flew out of the guns and hit Logan and Roxas's chests, which only made them angrier. Logan roared and rammed his fists into the ground, retracting his claws as he started charging forward like a wolverine. Roxas then started running forward, jumping up in a spin to dodge some of the remaining bullets. Roxas then flicked his left wrist and sent an arrow flying, which hit Wade in the shoulder and momentarily stopping the gunfire. Logan continued charging like a wolverine, then once he got close enough, he spun in the air and slid out his claws, slashing them and cutting the barrels off of the Desert Eagles as he leaped behind Wade. Wade looked at the broken handguns before Roxas flung another arrow, hitting him in the back. Logan then lunged at Wade, and he quickly intercepted it by grabbing one of his katanas and deflecting the strike.

As Logan intercepted another swing of a katana, Wade then moved his shoulders and let his other katana fly out of its sheath, and he reached for his other katana, just as Roxas rushed towards him. With both his katanas in hand, Wade then went on intercepting the strikes of Logan's claws and Roxas's swords, finding the job to be pretty difficult. Wade used both swords to deflect each of the attacks of his opponents' blades, before forming his katanas into an X to block a strike from Logan, right before Logan then slashed his elbow and made him step back. Roxas then stabbed Wade in one arm, then pulled him in and stabbed him in the head with the other sword. Wade then lifted his leg backwards and kicked Roxas in the stomach, knocking him back as he flipped in the air before landing and attacking Logan again.

Logan threw a punch, but Wade caught his fist through its claws by forming his katanas into an X. Logan roared as his arm was forcefully rotated, before he retracted his claws, then punched Wade in the face. While Roxas recovered, Logan slid his claws out again and stabbed Wade in the chest with one. Wade stabbed Logan in the stomach, but Logan repeatedly stabbed him in the chest with his claws more and more, sending lots of blood flying. Roxas then moved around Wade, wrapped an arm around his neck, then repeatedly stabbed him in the side. Of course, Wade stopped Logan by stabbing him through the arm with his other katana, then moved between both men, slashing Roxas in the chest, then moving behind Logan to slash him along the back, making Logan scream.

Both Roxas and Logan turned around again, and Wade immediately impaled Logan through the neck with his katana, which did nothing. Logan grabbed the katana blade, then caught Wade's other katana and threw it aside. Roxas then flicked his wrist, sending another arrow into Wade's arm and knocking back the blade, while Logan knocked the katana out of his neck. Roxas then moved in and repeatedly started swinging his swords, but Wade irritated him by moving out of the way of each of the slashes. Logan then swung his claws at Wade's foot and made him step back, before Roxas flung another arrow, which went right through Wade's neck. Wade then leaped up into the air, swinging his sword and deflecting strikes from both Logan and Roxas's blades before landing on Logan's other side.

Logan then started swinging his fists with his claws, and Wade swung his katanas, deflecting the strikes, while Roxas rushed in and attacked the same way with his swords. Logan and Roxas's attacks pushed Wade back as they kept trying to get him, with Logan even dropping onto a knee to try to attack, while Roxas flung his wrists and sent more arrows flying. Wade deflected Logan's claws and cut through Roxas's arrows before Logan stood up to try and attack again. Roxas even blasted lightning out of his fingers, but Wade deflected the lightning and sent it flying back into his chest before kicking Logan in his chest, sending him spinning in a circle. While Roxas recovered, Wade then impaled one of his katanas through Logan's back, making him grunt.

"Ew," Wade taunted with a chuckle.

Logan and Roxas then growled and turned towards Wade and swung their blades once again. Of course, Wade dodged their attacks before ducking under them, and jabbing forward, impaling Logan through the stomach with his other katana.

"Gotcha!" Wade taunted.

Roxas then moved around the former mercenary and stabbed him through both shoulders with his short swords, getting him to let out a high-pitched scream. Logan then swung his claws and cut at Wade's head, but the former mercenary rolled backwards to get away, sending Roxas's blades flying. While Roxas pulled his short swords back to his hands with telekinesis, Wade flipped twice, kicking Logan in the head each time before he landed on his feet and pulling his small knife out of his boot. Roxas caught his swords as Logan tried swinging his claws again, then Wade grabbed his arm, pulled him in, and stabbed him in the shoulder.

"Baby Knife!" Wade taunted.

Logan just growled and rammed his head against Wade's, sending him backwards and stumbling against the ground. Just as Wade started to push himself up, Roxas sent two arrows flying, each of which impaled themselves through the former mercenary's ankles and pinned him to the ground with more high-pitched screams. Logan then dug his right claws into Wade's chest before pulling him up, then raising his left fist in preparation.

"Let's see you grow your fuckin' head back," Logan angrily snapped.

"Will your body grow a new head, or will your head grow a new body?" Roxas asked, frowning at Wade with Logan. "Let's find out, bitch!"

"Wait, wait, wait, wait!" Wade desperately shouted, raising his hands in surrender. "I can fix it! I can fix it!"

"Fix what?" Logan demanded, still incredibly angry.

"Whatever it is that you did," Wade told him, panting frantically. "Whatever made you so bad."

Roxas then furrowed his eyebrows, curious for two reasons. The first was if Wade was bullshitting Logan to get him to calm down, but he was also curious about what Logan had done. Roxas then remembered the comic storyline where Wolverine had been influenced by Mysterio and forced to kill all the X-Men, and inwardly wondered if this was that very Logan. *3*

"Those... Those pricks at the TVA," Wade said, grunting as he pulled Logan's claws out of his chest. Roxas stepped out of the way as blood was sent flying. "You heard him." He huffed. "They have the power to end my universe, but they also have the power to change yours."

Logan continued to glare at the former mercenary, but intrigue was in his eyes.

"We get back there, and we can fix your world," Wade promised Logan. He then looked at Roxas. "And you. You just wanna get back to your family, especially your daughter. We get back there, and you can easily get back home. If we get back to the TVA, then we can all do that together. I promise."

He looked between Logan and Roxas again.

"They can fix your world, and get you home," Wade promised again.

Logan just kept staring at Wade, then looked at Roxas.

"Is he telling the truth?" Logan asked.

"I'm not sure," Roxas admitted with his eyebrows furrowed in thought. He looked at Logan. "My team and I have an agreement with the TVA where we stay out of each others' operations. I'm not sure if they can do that or not. I'm sorry I can't give you any more info."

Logan just slowly looked down, before his claws slowly retracted back into his fists.

"Hey!" a male voice then called out.

Logan, Roxas, and Wade then all turned to look up at the raised walkway nearby, seeing a man in a blue suit with gray and red wraps around his forearms, and a cloak covering most of his torso, and a hood over his head standing above them. While Logan was confused, Roxas and Wade's eyes narrowed as they saw some of the man's face and recognized him.

"We fight each other, we lose," the man told them.

"Dear God, it's him," Wade said, stepping up with awe in his voice.

"Who?" Logan asked.

"Someone who I thought was done with Marvel at this point," Roxas commented with his eyebrows raised.

"The one," Wade answered. The three of them slowly stepped forward. "The superhero equivalent to comfort food, or Molly. White guys' answer to all the disappointments. And another A-lister."

"And a guy who you once fought alongside in WWII during another comic storyline," Roxas added to Logan.

Logan, Roxas, and Wade came to a stop at the base of the tower and looked up at the cloaked man.

"Fair warning, gorgeous," Wade told the man. "You're going to encounter some indelicate language, a smidge of ass play, but we've been prohibited from using cocaine. On camera. Even in this story."

The man then pointed off into the distance.

"They're coming," he told them.

"Who's 'they'?" Wade asked.

Logan and Roxas then joined the former mercenary in looking to the side, and their eyes all widened slightly. In the distance, they could see vehicles approaching, many of which seemed surprisingly fine for this barren wasteland. There was a Fantasticar from the 60s, an older car with red flames along the side, a massive, auto-truck connected to massive, spiked balls that appeared to be caves, a cupcake truck that Roxas recognized from the first episode of Moon Knight, and even a truck with rising metal panels that were high in the air being dragged by a collection of connected motorcycles, complete with a flag on top that had the Avengers logo, but with a spray-painted A that appeared to be more for anarchy.

"Oh, they're driving angry," Wade assessed.

"Very angry," Roxas agreed.

Even from across the distance, Roxas's eyebrows narrowed as he realized that he recognized people along the trucks, including Toad, Pyro, and even Sabretooth.

Of course, as the trucks got closer, the cloaked man jumped off of his raised platform, dropped through the air, and landed hard on the ground on one knee, using a fist to help brace himself.

"Now, that's a superhero landing!" Wade praised as Logan and Roxas just looked at the cloaked man.

The man then pushed himself to his feet, slowly walked over towards where the other three were standing, then removed his hood, revealing his slightly poofy hair and stubble as he looked at the approaching cars.

"I got this," the man said as Wade made his hands into a heart.

Roxas inwardly smiled over seeing Chris Evans, but he couldn't help but think there was something a little different about him here.

Of course, Roxas had to push this to the side as the vehicles reached them. The collection of cars and trucks moved in a circle around the group and the raised platform as they moved to surround them, allowing the group to see the members of this team. There were many people wearing survival-like outfits consisting of brown and black gear, with some even wearing gas masks and carrying weapons like assault rifles, while Toad was in the Fantasticar. Logan sniffed and looked up at the truck being dragged by the motorcycles, seeing Sabretooth directing them. Logan and Sabretooth glared at each other as the vehicles continued to move into place. Roxas huffed as he watched the vehicles all move into place, allowing him to even see Pyro sitting in the black car with the flames.

Logan, Roxas, and Wade all watched with the man as they watched the vehicles all move to park.

"Stay close," the man told the other three as he kept his eyes on the vehicle with Pyro.

"Aye, aye, Cap'n," Wade said. He walked over to the man and wrapped his arms around his stomach from behind. "You got this."

The man didn't even look at Wade as he took the former mercenary's arms off and pushed him backwards. Roxas and Logan shared a look and stepped forward, with Roxas pointedly ignoring the katanas still through his friend's torso. Instead, their eyes narrowed as they saw Pyro standing up from his car, a smirk on his face as he removed his goggles.

"Cassandra is gonna be giddy when she sees what we caught," Pyro boasted, smiling as he looked at the group.

Roxas narrowed his eyebrows as he heard the name Cassandra. There was only one pertinent person with the name Cassandra in Marvel comics, and he inwardly crossed his fingers that it wasn't her...

"You can't run," Pyro taunted to the group. He held up his hands and smiled, showing his yellow/orange teeth. "Everybody knows that."

"But you could've brushed your teeth," Roxas commented with an eyebrow raised.

"You see anyone runnin', dick for brains?" the man called to Pyro. Wade nodded his head, but he and Roxas frowned over his choice of words. "You're not gonna love what happens next."

"Oh," Wade said, frantically moving his head in excitement. "Oh, my God." He patted his hands together and started jumping. "Oh, my God! Oh, my God, he's gonna say it."

He turned around and smacked his katana sticking out of Logan's chest, causing it to rattle and make Logan exclaim.

"Fuck," Logan complained as Wade continued to bounce on his feet.

"Oh, my God! He's gonna say it!" Wade shouted.

"I don't think he is," Roxas replied with an eyebrow raised.

"Say what?" Logan demanded.

"Avengers assem..." Wade started to shout.

"Flame on!" the man shouted.

"I'm sorry, what now?" Wade asked, turning to frown at the man.

Roxas's eyebrows then raised as fire completely surrounded the man, disintegrating his cloak and revealing a circle with a number 4 on his chest, revealing his identity as Johnny Storm. *4*

Johnny then proceeded to rise up into the air, and Roxas and Wade stepped back. The two of them joined Logan and the rest of the crowd in watching as Johnny continued flying up into the air while covered in fire, rising high into the air as he kept his eyes on Pyro. They continued to watch as Johnny continued to rise before he was floating high above the watchtower, then pointed his hand at the car. Flames shot out of Johnny's fire-covered hand and flew down towards the car and Pyro.

"No, wait, that's a bad idea!" Roxas shouted.

Unfortunately, the fire still flew down towards the truck, so Pyro lifted up his hand with an indifferent expression on his face. Thanks to his powers, Pyro proceeded to start manipulating the fire, dragging it down and making it disappear more by the second. Logan, Roxas, and Wade all watched as Johnny continued to float in the air, though he grit his teeth as the fire kept flowing out of his hand, through the air, and into Pyro's. Roxas grimaced, Logan frowned, and uncertainty appeared on Wade's face under his mask as the fire continued to vanish. Eventually, the fire then started to disappear from around Johnny before Pyro closed his hand, and it disappeared completely.

They all then watched as Johnny screamed as he dropped right through the air, before he landed groin fist against the top of the watchtower, making him yell out, and getting Roxas to cover his groin in sympathy pain.

"Fuck!" Johnny weakly shouted.

Johnny then fell over the side and screamed again before he hit his head against the walkway, then dropped over the ledge and landed hard on the ground on his head and shoulders before weakly dropping to the ground.

"How-How is he still alive?" Roxas asked, hearing Johnny let out a faint groan. "I mean, his dick is probably dead, but how's he still alive?"

Instead of answering, Logan just turned to look at Pyro from across the distance.

"We don't know that guy," Logan flatly announced.

"We thought we did," Wade admitted with a shrug of his shoulders.

"I know you," Sabretooth declared, pointing at Logan from on top of his truck.

Logan, Roxas, and Wade all looked up and watched as Sabretooth roared and jumped off the truck, landing on the ground and still glaring at Logan. He wore leather coats with fur along the front, and his hair was longer and more wild, especially in his beard, while the brown had gone lighter when mixed with silver. His black pupils took up almost his entire eyes, and his eyebrows were so bushy that they flowed down halfway down his face. His black nails were incredibly sharp as he snarled and glared across the landscape.

"Holy sh..." Wade slowly said. "Sabretooth." Logan then moved in front of Wade and Roxas and stared at his old opponent. "Your brother."

"Haven't seen him in a really long time," Roxas remarked, remembering the battle on the head of the Statue of Liberty.

"Ready to die?" Sabretooth shouted at Logan.

He let his nails extend even longer, and Logan lifted up his right hand, letting his claws slide out of his fist again. Roxas nodded his head, while Wade then moved forward.

"Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait!" Wade announced. Everyone frowned as he looked at the 4th wall and held his hands up to make a T. "Time!"

Roxas rolled his eyes in annoyance.

"You look ridiculous," Wade told a confused Logan. He pulled his katana out of Logan's stomach, making him grunt as he slipped it back into its sheath. "People have waited decades for this fight."

Logan and Roxas both rolled their eyes, with Logan lowering his arm as Wade pulled the other katana out.

"It's not gonna be easy," Wade told Logan as he sheathed his other katana. "Baby Knife." He pulled the small knife out of Logan's chest and slipped it back into its sheath. "Shoot the double, take him down. Side control, then full mount, and you ground and pound till he makes no sound because he's dead."

"Shut the fuck up!" Logan snapped, turning to glare at Wade.

"For once in your life, just shut the fuck up," Roxas agreed.

"Oh, my God," Wade gushed excitedly. He stepped back and held his hands together. "Okay, good luck. I'm a huge fan."

Roxas then watched as Logan slowly moved into his fighting stance with his claws drawn. He watched as Logan breathed heavily, then Sabretooth chuckled to himself as he glared back at his old foe. Sabretooth then opened his mouth and roared, and Logan yelled back as they both charged towards each other. Roxas watched as they both continued to charge at each other, before Logan easily swung his claws at Sabretooth's neck, which got the sound of a wet grunt echo. Roxas and Wade watched as Logan continued running before turning around and stopping, a satisfied look in his eyes as he held up his claws. Sabretooth kept his mouth wide open as he ran a few more feet before stopping right in front of Roxas and Wade.

Roxas raised his eyebrows as Sabretooth gurgled before blood started to appear at the bottom of his beard.

"What is it, girl?" Wade taunted. "Is there trouble at the well?"

Somehow, Sabretooth then turned around, but his head stayed in position staring at the two heroes. Blood spurt out of the stump of his neck, while his head dropped down and landed on the ground. More blood spurt out of his neck hole before his body fell right to the ground.

"Big trouble," Wade laughed.

"Well, that was underwhelming," Roxas commented with a raised eyebrow. *5*

Wade ignored this as he reached down, grabbed Sabretooth's head, and lifted it up, letting blood drip out of his neck and onto the ground.

"Behold!" Wade shouted. Roxas rolled his eyes as he moved to stand next to Logan. "The head of your precious queen. Furiosa!" He walked around, showing the head to the trucks. "I have the Wolverine and the Unlimited! I alone control her."

Logan and Roxas shook their heads in annoyance as Wade continued to move around.

"Yes, he is an idiot," Roxas confirmed with a sigh.

"I noticed," Logan replied with a small nod of his head.

"You come for me... you come for her," Wade warned, pointing at Logan to emphasize his point.

Pyro just glanced at some of the other people in vehicles as Wade walked up to Logan and Roxas.

"So sorry," Wade muttered to the Wolverine. "I know it's pronounced 'him'. I'm gender blind. It's my cross to bear."

"Will you shut up already?" Roxas complained, closing his eyes in annoyance. 

"Who's next?" Logan challenged, turning to glare amongst the trucks.

"I'm ready for action!" Roxas added, letting his determination return.

"Toad!" Pyro then called, getting said mutant to let out a small snarl. "You're up!"

Roxas then turned towards the Fantasticar. He remembered what Storm had said about how she had taken down Toad at Liberty Island, and started to let electricity gather under his fingers.

Of course, Toad then stuck his tongue out, which flew through the air and pulled a lever on the big truck that had been guided by the motorcycles. All of a sudden, a giant magnet then lifted up and was pointed towards Logan, Roxas's eyes widened when he realized that he and Wade were standing right behind the Wolverine.

Logan then yelled out as he was pulled backwards towards the magnet, crashing into Roxas and Wade and sending them all flying into it. They all grunted as they slammed into the magnet together, all of them restrained against the metal. Other, tinier pieces of metal were flung onto the magnet next to them, before a massive robot leg suddenly rattled on the ground from underneath rock. Logan, Roxas, and Wade's eyes all then widened as the robot leg rose up into the air and was flung in their direction.

"Uh-oh," Wade said, their eyes widening as the robot leg moved towards them.

Simultaneously, they all exclaimed swears.

Roxas: "Crap."

Logan: "Fuck."

Wade: "Oh, holy sh-!"

Of course, the robot leg then swung right into all three of them, knocking them unconscious.

Some time later, the collection of vehicles were sent back driving over the massive badlands of the Void, with their new haul of Johnny, Logan, Roxas, and Wade in one of their circular cages. The caravan of five vehicles continued along the landscape, with some grassy plains passing on one side (with tiny, blue creatures chattering as they continued about their day), and a massive collection of pyramids on the other. Far in the distance, the clouds continued to shift and part at random to drop more massive structures into the Void, but the caravan paid them no mind as they continued back to their base of operations.

Logan, Roxas, and Wade had all been restrained within one of the circular cages together, all three of them held together with thick cables and metal chains as they were restrained in the center of the cage, while Johnny sat on a small bench with his wrists restrained. Logan and Roxas had woken up long before Wade, as had Johnny as he continued to sit on the nearby bench. Roxas still wondered just how the hell Johnny was even still alive, but inwardly decided that there was at least no way his testicles had survived that fall.

He brushed this aside as Wade started to groan and mumble as he started to wake up. Logan and Roxas just gave the former mercenary an unamused look as he continued to wake up.

"God of Thunder..." Wade slowly said. He grunted and lifted his head up as Logan and Roxas continued to frown at him. "How long was I asleep?"

"Not all of you was asleep," Logan complained, not enjoying how the three of them were so tightly pressed together. "And Roxas explained a few extra things to me during the trip. Your world is dying, and you killed a bunch of people with the bones of the dead me from your world while dancing to N'Sync?"

"I promised not to use my weapons," Wade replied with a shrug of his shoulders.

"You're right; there is something wrong with him," Logan remarked to Roxas. "And not just because he likes N'Sync."

Roxas smiled, happy to have some kind of Logan back, even if he was technically a different variant.

Wade then grunted as he tried to pull his arms free, unsuccessfully thanks to the cables and chains.

"Yeah, we already tried that," Roxas replied. "Not even Adamantium will cut these things."

"Yeah, so don't bother," Johnny then added. Logan, Roxas, and Wade all looked at him. "They're very thorough.

"If you know where we are, start talking," Logan requested.

"You're in The Void," Johnny informed them, turning to look at the restrained trio. "Think of it as purgatory." He looked to the side. "Reed called it a metaphysical junkyard. Where anything useless goes before it gets annihilated forever. And where the TVA sends people that don't play nice with the rest of the Multiverse."

"Like you?" Logan asked.

"And you," Johnny added.

"We're here 'cause we learned an asshole is trying to make an example to gain more power in the TVA, and he knew he needed to get us out of the way otherwise we'd stop him," Roxas replied.

"What exactly does the annihilating, though?" Wade asked, frowning under his mask.

"Alioth," Johnny answered.

"Alioth is in this thing?" Wade asked with amazement from his voice. Logan just raised an eyebrow. "From Loki, season 1, episode 5?"

"We also got the cupcake truck that Oscar Isaac drove in Moon Knight season 1, episode 1," Roxas added, nodding towards one of the trucks in the caravan. *6*

"Everyone here is on the run from Alioth," Johnny then told them, drawing Roxas and Wade out of their thoughts. He smiled bitterly. "Most don't make it. There's a resistance, though."

He looked at Logan, Roxas, and Wade.

"Other people like us that managed to survive," Johnny continued for the trio. "They're hiding out in the borderlands, trying to find a way the fuck outta here."

"Other people out in the borderlands trying to escape The Void," Roxas assessed. He nodded his head. "That's good."

"Then that's where we go," Logan then declared.

Roxas nodded in agreement, while Wade quickly looked at Logan in excitement.

"'We'?" Wade asked. "Us? A team? The answer is yes. Shake on it."

Wade tried to grab Logan's hand, but Logan let his claws slide out, instead.

"Fuck!" Wade shouted, which got Roxas to smirk. "You nicked it." He looked down as Logan glared at him. "Just got the tip of it with your little steak knife. Now you and Roxas have both gotten it!"

"Nice job," Logan praised Roxas.

"Thanks," Roxas replied with a nod of his head.

Logan retracted his claws before looking at Johnny.

"These 'others' can help us get back to the TVA," Logan assessed. "Make 'em fix things."

"The best bet we've got," Roxas agreed.

Johnny then let out a sardonic laugh, which got Logan, Roxas, and Wade to all look at him.

"Somethin' funny, bub?" Logan demanded.

"She might have something to say about that," Johnny replied, looking up at them with a sardonic smile.

"'She'?" Roxas asked with a frown.

"Who's 'she'?" Logan asked.

Johnny just smiled at them for a moment.

"In The Void..." he slowly told them. "You're either food for Alioth... Or you work for her."

As he stood restrained with Logan and Wade, Roxas couldn't help but let out a small gulp. The way that Johnny kept using pronouns instead of outright saying a name added even more gravitas, but so did the name mentioned before. Pyro had said Cassandra, and Roxas quickly put together the pieces.

Cassandra Nova.

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The drive through The Void continued across the massive, barren wastelands across the expansive dimension, with many mountains and forms of debris filling the landscape as their drive progressed. Along the way, they passed structures and landscapes like a small lake, desert hills, and even the Brooklyn bridge from some other universe. The lights randomly flashed from the many clouds to show the wormholes transporting more and more structures and items from different universes. Johnny, Logan, Roxas, and Wade were faintly able to see the many landmarks and structures pass by them as the caravan continued across the massive landscape.

Eventually, the caravan continued along a massive plateau that eventually led towards what appeared to be the gigantic body of Ant-Man in giant form, with the head raised up, the arms in a massive circle in front of it, and the hands pressed against each other at the very front. As they got closer, they were able to see mechanics, inner mechanisms, walkways, and structures along the lines of the Ant-Man's arms, and the hands even slowly started to open up to allow the caravan to enter. Johnny was uninterested, while Logan, Roxas, and Wade narrowed their eyes.

"I think that's their compound," Roxas slowly said with his eyebrows furrowed. He shared glances with Logan and Wade. "A bit more... out there than the Avengers Compound, and a bit more randomly detailed than a mansion with a secret basement."

Whatever the case, the caravan entered the compound through the open gates of the Ant-Man's hands, allowing the vehicles to enter and start pulling to a stop. This allowed Logan, Roxas, and Wade to see the more intricate walkways and forms of facilities throughout the courtyard, complete with walkways that rose up higher into the air, while many parts of the suit were most likely hollowed out, allowing people to enter and hide for whatever means. As they were restrained within their cage, Logan, Roxas, and Wade were also able to look around and take in the sights of many people within the courtyard.

Amongst more and more people in the survivalist gear were faces that Roxas and Logan recognized. There was a muscled man in a striped tank top, the Russian, and there was a flash of red, and a red skinned man in a black suit with a goatee and a red tail appeared next to him, Azazel. Roxas was even able to see a Bullseye. Pyro stood up in his car and took off his goggles as they looked around a bit further, recognizing faces like Arclight, Quill, Psylocke, Castillo, Fred Dukes/Blob, and even Lady Deathstrike.

"Quite the reunion for our Rogues gallery," Roxas remarked to Logan. *1*

Some of the other soldiers from around the courtyard marched up to the circular cage and opened it up, leading the group out. Johnny was led out first, while the restrained trio of Logan, Roxas, and Wade were kept inside. Roxas and Wade narrowed their eyes at where Toad, Castillo, and Lady Deathstrike were marching along the perimeter together, the three of them returning the favor by keeping their eyes on the two. Of course, Johnny was then thrown to the ground with a grunt, and Logan, Roxas, and Wade were taken out and thrown to the ground together, as well.

Roxas then raised an eyebrow as he saw Juggernaut, but he looked a bit more like he had when they last fought, with the gray helmet and the leather straps over his bare chest.

"Is it weird that I want him to say, 'I'm the Juggernaut, bitch'?" Roxas asked.

Of course, then a mechanical whirring rang out, and Wade and Roxas raised their heads (Logan's back was stuck to be turned) as they watched the Ant-Man head start to open up. Castillo, Toad, Bullseye, Lady Deathstrike, Azazel, the Russian, Arclight, and many others joined the two in watching as the Ant-Man mask finished opening up, showing a massive skull within. Pyro just sat on his car, not even caring as the smoke settled. Johnny had stood up, and he breathed in and out as he looked at the ramped entrance that led up into the massive skull.

"Huh," Wade huffed. "Paul Rudd finally aged."

"That's your only comment?" Roxas asked, raising an eyebrow at the giant skull.

Juggernaut then walked over and grabbed one of the ropes restraining the trio. He pulled all three of them up to their feet with one arm and braced them on the ground.

"Oh, you must be this year's Juggernaut," Wade remarked as Juggernaut finished bracing them. "Thank you."

"I'd keep your voices down," Juggernaut warned. "She don't like the chatter."

"She's gonna love you," Logan sarcastically commented to Wade.

"We really gotta be careful," Roxas said, keeping his eyes on the ramp. "She's not someone that should be trifled with."

A tense silence then filled the entire courtyard as everyone stayed ready for her entrance. People like Psylocke just stood impassively, while Johnny and Roxas both waited anxiously. Within moments, they could see a figure approaching on a wheelchair, and through the shrouded darkness, they could see that this figure had a completely bald head with prominent ears. Roxas felt a chill run up his spine, a fear filling him that he hadn't felt since he last faced his grandfather in battle. Logan and Wade both narrowed their eyes at the sight, with confusion filling Wade, while Logan felt uneasy.

"Is it... Is that Charles?" Wade asked. The smoke continued to dissipate, revealing the figure more and more. "Hey... Hey, Chuck! It's us!"

"That's not Chuck," Logan denied.

"It's someone way worse," Roxas added.

"Ah, shit," Johnny commented.

The figure then stood up from the wheelchair as a set of stairs appeared on the ramp. She started walking down the stairs, coming out of the shadows and revealing her outfit of a white shirt, brown belt, tan pants and brown boots underneath an open, long brown trench coat.

Roxas grit his teeth. Despite the fact that her face was visibly younger, Cassandra looked just like he had seen in the comics, and it was intimidating.

"Oh, ableism, great," Wade sarcastically remarked over the way Cassandra had been in the wheelchair. "That's not gonna go over well with the woke mob."

"A Wolverine and an Unlimited," Cassandra remarked as she walked down the stairs and looked at Roxas and the still-confused Logan. "I was wondering when I'd get one of either of you." She walked down the ramp and onto the ground. "You're from different universes, but you're both still one of Xavier's."

"You-You know him?" Wade asked, him and Logan still confused. "You know Chuck?"

"Oh, I knew him," Cassandra answered, slowly walking towards the restrained trio. People like Bullseye, Azazel, Castillo, Pyro, Quill, and many others kept their eyes on her. "We shared a womb. Tried to strangle the sly little fellow with my umbilical cord."

"Amen," Wade commented as Cassandra came to a stop near the restrained trio. "I've never loved roommates. Mine's blind. Except she can see cocaine. For some... reason."

Logan and Roxas both just frowned at Wade, who looked back at the two of them.

"You want to chime in here, Your Majesties?" Wade suggested. "I'm dying here."

Logan and Roxas shook their heads as they turned to look at Cassandra.

"Guys, meet Cassandra Nova," Roxas said. "She's Charles Xavier's twin sister, and she has the same telekinetic abilities as him, but also some telekinesis. And in one universe, she led an army of Sentinels to Genosha and slaughtered millions of mutants."

"Thank you for the glorious introduction, Mr. Cooper," Cassandra said, smiling with a gleeful malice in her eyes.

"Bullshit!" Logan snapped at the same time Wade commented, "I was an anal birth."

Roxas frowned at Wade before he looked at Cassandra again, seeing her chuckling in amusement.

"Hmm," Cassandra laughed. "You three are cute. I have a good feeling about this."

She raised her arm and snapped her fingers, which caused the cables and chains to release from around Logan, Roxas, and Wade, and fall to the ground. The three of them looked down in surprise, before they all stepped back from each other, happy to finally be separated. Of course, out of preference, Roxas stayed a bit closer to Logan, even as Cassandra waved her hand and turned to look towards Johnny.

"And I've been trying to catch this little firefly for years," Cassandra remarked, waving a hand at and walking towards Johnny. Johnny just adjusted his stance nervously as she walked around him, while Psylocke stood nearby. "Haven't I, Johnny?"

An expression of mock sadness appeared on her face.

"Aw..." Cassandra taunted. She brushed Johnny's cheek with one finger. "You picked the wrong time to make new friends."

"Oh, Johnny told us all about you," Wade declared.

"Maybe shut up now," Logan suggested as Cassandra and Johnny turned in their direction.

"Maybe this isn't the time," Roxas agreed as a darkly intrigued frown appeared on Cassandra's face.

"Yeah, maybe don't..." Johnny started to say.

"We're just talkin' here," Wade interrupted as Cassandra frowned at Johnny. "Yeah, Johnny told us you're a psychotic, megalomaniacal asshole." Fear appeared on Johnny's face as Cassandra turned towards Wade. "His words, not mine. Hell bent on domination and pain."

Cassandra slowly marched away from Johnny and towards Logan, Roxas, and Wade.

"... You said all that about me?" Cassandra asked, a dangerous expression on her face as she turned to look back at Johnny.

"No! No!" Johnny denied as Psylocke raised an eyebrow at him. "I don't e... I didn't say any of that!"

"Sticks and stones, Johnny!" Wade replied, which had Roxas closing his eyes in irritation. Cassandra turned towards the trio again. "Don't let her intimidate you." He and Cassandra looked each other in the eye. "It's like you said in the convoy."

Logan and Roxas both turned to frown at the former mercenary.

"This finger-lickin', dead-inside, pixie slab of third rate dime-store nut-milk can eat your delicious cinnamon ring, and kick rocks all the way to bald hell," Wade declared.

Even more worry filled Johnny's face, Cassandra looked down with a dark smirk on her face that made Roxas more concerned, Logan continued to glare at Wade like he was an idiot, and Pyro raised his eyebrows.

"Okay, I have never said any of those words in my entire life!" Johnny argued, gesturing frantically with his hands.

"Ha! The modesty," Wade exclaimed. He placed his hands on his chest. "People think I'm a shit talker. But this guy..." He gestured to Johnny with his hands, then blew out a kiss. "Next level."

"What?" Johnny exclaimed frantically, gesturing with his bound hands. "This... I... We... I don't even know what half of that means! This... I..."

"My hat's off to you, sir," Wade added, shaking his head at Johnny with his hand on his chest as Logan and Roxas continued glaring at him.

Johnny continued to frantically exclaim and stutter while gesturing to Wade with his bound wrists, trying to think of something good to say in his favor. Roxas just grimaced, remembering those moments where he was a kid where he was caught up in someone else's lie and couldn't figure out a way out of it.

Of course, Cassandra then raised her head in annoyance and gestured to Johnny without even looking at him. All of a sudden, all of the skin was torn from his body and disappeared from view, and Wade gasped, while Logan and Roxas's eyes widened. Standing in a state of shock on the ground, Johnny blinked a couple of times, which was pretty impressive given his current state. He had been reduced to muscles, tendons, organs, and the rest of his skeleton, showing his rib cage, his beating heart, his pelvic bone, his skull, and even his still-beating heart. Psylocke and the two closest guards with rifles looked at Johnny in surprise before his entire body suddenly broke apart.

The bones, muscles, and organs all dropped to the ground in a pile of blood, finishing off Johnny within a second. *2*

"Jesus!" Roxas exclaimed.

"... Not my favorite Chris," Wade commented, shaking his head and looking at Cassandra.

"You stupid piece of shit," Logan snapped. He glared at Wade and pointed at the pile of viscera that used to be Johnny. "You just got him fucking killed!"

"Hey! We're all grieving!" Wade snapped back. He pointed at the viscera. "PS, do you know what he was doing to the budget?"

"That's your defense? What the fuck is wrong with you!?" Roxas exclaimed to the former mercenary.

Cassandra then shushed at them. Logan, Roxas, Wade, and the rest of the courtyard all watched as Cassandra moved past the trio to the still-open gate of the Ant-Man hands.

"Alioth is hungry," Cassandra declared.

Despite their annoyance with each other, Logan, Roxas, and Wade all shared looks as they watched Cassandra walk towards the open gates and look out into the distance. Far in the distance, they could see massive black clouds high in the air with purple light glowing within, and Roxas grimaced as he recognized the massive, shadow-like creature of Alioth. The limited information that he had of The Void had him remembering that he did not want to get involved with Alioth, because then he would definitely not be able to escape, and there was a great chance this death would be permanent.

"There's been some kind of mistake," Wade then called to Cassandra. He gestured between Logan and Roxas. "Big yellow is a back-up Anchor Being, Dahmer here is supposed to get back to his daughter, and I'm Marvel Jesus. MJ, if you're nasty."

"He's an idiot, but he's kind of telling the truth," Roxas admitted as Cassandra glanced to the side.

"This may be hard to hear, but there's another British villain who's gonna destroy my universe, and I'm gonna stop him," Wade added, pointedly ignoring Roxas's insult.

"Oh, honey, you don't really strike me as the world-saving type," Cassandra replied, still staring out into the distance at Alioth.

Wade tilted his head to the side in annoyance, and Cassandra turned back towards him as purple lightning crackled in the distance.

"Did I hit a nerve?" Cassandra challenged.

"Apparently," Roxas remarked, glancing at Wade with Logan. "But, hey... everyone's got self-esteem issues. This guy's more or less the epitome of those."

He patted Logan on the shoulder, and though he was annoyed for being called out, Logan did agree with the claim.

"I didn't want it to come to this," Wade slowly said. He pointed at Cassandra. "Either you help us, or my friends here are gonna sing the entire second act of Music Man with zero warm-up."

Cassandra just ignored Wade's threat and walked around the group once again. Logan and Roxas then glanced towards the top of the ramp at the Ant-Man head, with their eyes narrowing at the wheelchair once again.

"Where'd you get the chair?" Logan asked.

"Well, once in a while, I do get a Charles through here," Cassandra explained. Guards and soldiers like the Russian, Bullseye, Lady Deathstrike, Arclight, Quill, and Toad parted with her. "Never mine, though. No. He didn't care to find me."

Wade groaned in annoyance, while Roxas just stayed tense, knowing that with her powers, Cassandra wasn't one to be taken lightly, even with the fake sad tone in her voice.

"Gen Z and their trauma-bragging!" Wade complained. Logan and Roxas frowned at him. "Can't you just stuff it down, turn it into accomplishment or cancer like the rest of us?"

"You're not Gen Z, dipshit," Roxas replied with a shake of his head.

"But I'm not like the rest of you," Cassandra declared, turning with a smile as she stood near Bullseye. She tilted her head. "Except maybe the Wolverine and the Unlimited. Now, we could be truly terrifying together."

"You're that scary, huh?" Logan replied.

"You heard the part where I said a version of her killed millions of mutants, right?" Roxas asked.

"Well, that explains why the TVA thought I was so dangerous," Cassandra remarked, a fake sadness in her voice again. She looked up with a small smile. "They sent me here before I could walk. And you know, it's the best thing that ever happened to me. I love it here." *3*

"You live in a garbage dump," Wade commented as Logan and Roxas looked at him again.

"Eh, one of my brothers lived in a scrapyard, and that gave him all sorts of resources to build his most innovative inventions," Roxas remarked.

"I think we both know who lives in a garbage dump," Cassandra declared, glaring at Wade. "The Void is a paradise. I can wield my power here without shame." She smirked. "Unfortunately, I had no Charles Xavier to teach me temperance."

Logan and Roxas shared a look while Cassandra just glared at the two of them.

"What about the Charles you both had?" Cassandra asked. "Did he protect you? Either of them? Did he make you feel safe?"

"We're mutants," Logan reminded her. "We're never safe."

"But he gave us a family," Roxas added. He nodded and looked at Charles. "Both of our Charles did that for us."

Logan nodded with a frown.

Of course, then he lifted up his arm, slid his claws out, and roared as he charged towards Cassandra.

"No, wait!" Roxas shouted, knowing that a direct approach wouldn't end well.

And he was right.

Cassandra just whooped and waved her hands, throwing Logan backwards and sending him back-first onto the ground. Logan grunted as the energy pushed him into the dirt, and Cassandra smiled, chuckling darkly as she pointed down. Roxas and Wade both exclaimed in surprise as Logan was pushed down into the dirt, completely submerging him and only leaving his claws sticking out. Cassandra laughed wickedly and waved her hand again, sending him flying through the dirt over the landscape. The only indication of Logan's movement was his claws tearing through the dirt, which had many soldiers moving out of the way.

Cassandra then smirked and turned towards Roxas and Wade.

Roxas then moved right in front of Wade and frowned at her in challenge. Cassandra just smirked and raised an eyebrow.

Wade then glanced at Roxas, inwardly wondering what he was about to do, while Azazel, Bullseye, Blob, Castillo, Lady Deathstrike, Toad, Juggernaut, the Russian, Psylocke, Pyro, and many of the other people in the courtyard watched in intrigue.

Roxas then made the first move and lifted his arm, sending a telekinetic wave through the air towards Cassandra. Cassandra just chuckled and waved her own hand, making the wave disappear. Cassandra then waved her own hand, but Roxas waved his hand again, and the two forces of telekinesis met in the air, with winds surging and gathering between the two as they kept up the energy. Roxas grit his teeth, feeling Cassandra's own telekinesis to be stronger than his own. So, he swung his hand and made the energy fly up, before lifting his other hand and blasting lightning at Cassandra. Cassandra just whooped in excitement and waved her hand, catching the lightning before waving her hand and sending it flying in different directions. Some of the random people in the courtyard were struck and yelled out in pain, including Wade.

"Telekinesis with lightning fingers," Cassandra observed. She smiled in appreciation. "The legends of the Unlimited really live up to the person."

"Glad to see I live up to expectations," Roxas remarked.

He grunted as he waved his hands, sending a wave of telekinesis at Cassandra before blasting lightning out. Cassandra sidestepped the energy and waved her hand, throwing it at one of the vehicles and causing it to shake. She then whooped and waved her hand, catching the lightning and throwing it to the ground. Cassandra then giggled and pointed her hand at Roxas, sending another wave of energy. Roxas grunted as he caught it with his hand, though Cassandra then laughed darkly before waving another hand. The energy was dispersed completely, and Roxas yelled out as he felt one of his ankles twisting so badly that the bone broke. Roxas dropped to the ground and exclaimed in pain, and Cassandra just giggled again.

Roxas grit his teeth as he felt his healing factor start going to work, and he huffed and panted from the pain.

"I almost wish you decided to go with the swords," Cassandra remarked with a smirk. "Maybe you'd at least end up in the dirt with your friend."

Roxas huffed and looked down.

Then he lifted up his arm and grunted as he flicked his wrist, sending an arrow out of the hidden compartment in his arm guard.

Unfortunately, Cassandra just lifted up her hand just in time to catch the arrow in the air with her telekinesis, inches from her nose. She chuckled and waved her hand, breaking the arrow up into incredibly tiny splinters that dropped to the ground unceremoniously.

"Not bad," Cassandra praised. "It probably would've worked and given me quite the nose piercing. But in the end, all you would've succeeded at would be making me look more badass."

She smirked and shook her head, while Roxas grit his teeth and cursed as his healing factor continued working on his ankle. *4*

Cassandra then turned to look at Wade, who had recovered from his own blast of lightning. After what had just happened to Logan and Roxas, the former mercenary quickly took a step back and held up his hands in an attempt to placate the telekinetic woman.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!" Wade quickly told Cassandra. "I don't-I don't want the smoke."

Cassandra just tilted her head at Wade, while far behind her, Castillo, Toad, Lady Deathstrike, Quill, and Bullseye all stayed ready to help fight.

"I don't have any beef with you," Wade told Cassandra. "I just want to save my friends. I just... I want to go home."

Roxas groaned and grit his teeth as his bones finished mending themselves. He jumped up to stand once again and huffed as he looked at Cassandra.

"And, well... I might not like you," Roxas admitted. "But I'm willing to let bygones be bygones and just leave you alone down here. You seem happy, and I don't wanna disrupt that. I just wanna get back to my own home so I can be reunited with my friends, my family, and my loved ones."

"Yeah," Wade added. "I pulled him into this when he didn't even want it. I wanna save my friends, and he wants to see his baby and his baby mama again."

Roxas rolled his eyes at Wade's chosen vocabulary, but he could admit that it was accurate.

"Well, the thing is, I could get you home," Cassandra told them.

"Good," Wade said, a bright tone in his voice.

"Neat," Roxas praised.

"But I don't want to," Cassandra impassively said.

All of a sudden, Wade and Roxas both exclaimed and started to shift as they felt something similar to a hand entering their heads.

"Not good," Wade groaned.

"Not neat!" Roxas exclaimed.

The two of them groaned as they quickly realized what was going on, especially when they saw fingers sticking through their faces. Cassandra had somehow teleported behind them, and had raised up her hands to stick them through their faces. Roxas groaned, inwardly cursing himself for forgetting that this was one of her abilities in the comics. Of course, with Cassandra's hands through their heads and her fingers sticking out of their faces, Roxas and Wade both continued to groan, both of them finding incredible displeasure in this feeling.

"Roxas Cooper has already voiced his desire," Cassandra declared, a leading tone in her voice. Her head was tilted as she looked at Wade. "But what do you want, Wade Wilson?"

Roxas and Wade both groaned from the feeling of Cassandra's fingers curling through their heads.

"Your... fingers are inside me, but not in the good way," Wade strained out.

"So this is what it feels like when a person sticks their hand through a ghost's head," Roxas groaned out.

"My brother could enter one's mind with a thought," Cassandra informed them, flexing her fingers through their heads. "I have to get my hands dirty."

"I prefer Chuck's," Roxas strained out.

He and Wade both continued to groan, but Cassandra just shushed them.

"I've got you both," Cassandra told them.

She closed her fingers together through both of their heads. Roxas continued to groan, while Wade suddenly saw clouds as he was sent back through his own memories.

The clouds continued to part within Wade's mind, which started by showing his Deadpool suit in his locker at work with Peter, followed by looking at himself in the mirror as Cassandra whispered, "I've got you" again. The memories shifted to show him when he had briefly been reunited with Vanessa in the afterlife when he sacrificed himself for Russell, then his despair when she died, before he used Cable's time machine to go back and fix things. The memories shifted a bit more, showing when he got his cancer diagnosis, and when he was trapped by Francis and had been forced to watch as his face distorted and changed as he got his healing factor.

Sadly, under Cassandra's search, the memories then shifted to the day that Vanessa broke up with him. In the conversation, Wade asked Vanessa what she meant when she said he was gone, and repeatedly emphasized to her that he was right here. Vanessa requested that he show her, emphasizing that she wanted him to show that he cared about something bigger than himself. Vanessa then told Wade that after the Avengers turned him down, he took a knee, and never got back up. Vanessa continued that he was going through something, and she offered to go through it with him. She smiled as she told him that his crazy matched her crazy, causing a tiny flashback to the night he proposed to her.

Wade could see the care in her eyes, but he just shook his head, not believing it. Vanessa grabbed his hand, but Wade told her to tell him that she didn't want him and didn't want to be with him. The memories shifted to show more of their time together, including the night they met, but Wade stubbornly requested that Vanessa told him she didn't want to be with him again. Wade told her to tell him that, and he would walk away. Vanessa just looked at him, heartbroken, while Wade sighed out, "Fuck," with his hand on his head.

"You'll never fucking matter," Vanessa then declared.

Wade was surprised and looked at her.

"What?" he asked, confused.

"You'll never..." Vanessa slowly said. The memory shifted to show her and Cassandra speaking at the same time. "Fucking matter."

The images continued to shift, and Wade gasped as he realized what was happening. He saw himself and Vanessa having sex during Thanksgiving, him saving her from Francis, and him seeing her in the strip club after he was hiding.

"You'll... never... fucking... matter," Cassandra and memory-Vanessa declared together.

Wade went through another surge of memories before he came out of the surge.

Wade gasped as he and Roxas stood together, with Cassandra now right in front of them. Roxas grit his teeth, while Wade grunted as Cassandra smirked sadistically at him.

"She never said that," Wade declared.

"No," Cassandra agreed.

She pulled her hands out of Roxas and Wade's heads, causing both men to groan in pain and quickly step back.

"But I bet she thought it," Cassandra taunted with a mocking tone in her voice.

"What the hell happened?" Roxas asked with a groan.

"She made me relive all my best times with Vanessa, but then manipulated the day we broke up," Wade explained. He stuttered and frantically wiped his face. "But she made that Vanessa say that I'll never fucking matter."

"Seriously?" Roxas asked, raising his eyebrows in surprise. He huffed and looked at Cassandra. "What the hell is wrong with you?"

"What, she didn't do that to you?" Wade asked.

"No, I just felt a lot of digging through my skull," Roxas admitted.

"Well, that's because I had a different goal with you," Cassandra explained. She smirked. "See, I wanted to see both of your memories, and decided to have fun with Mr. Wilson in the process. But you, Roxas Cooper... I didn't need to manipulate any of your memories because of the trauma already there."

"What the hell are you talking about?" Roxas demanded, him and Wade frowning in confusion. "I've been working through my trauma for years with a really good therapist."

"But the guilt spoke more volumes than any kind of trauma," Cassandra taunted. She smirked. "And not the guilt over failing the Logan you knew. The guilt towards your daughter and her mother."

Wade's frown deepened and he looked at Roxas. Of course, Roxas himself tensed up, gritting his teeth and trying to keep his face calm.

"What's she talking about?" Wade asked, raising an eyebrow as he kept his eyes on Roxas. "You sounded so happy earlier when you told me about your daughter. Mindy."

"Mandy," Roxas corrected him.

"But he never shared one little detail," Cassandra remarked, smirking darkly. "Roxy here met the love of his life in high school. They were both seniors, and they spent 4 months together before graduation. Of course, the night before they graduated, he was pulled through a portal to another dimension for the first time, and his memories were erased of the entire year that he knew her. He was trapped in another dimension with no memory of her, and she had no way of ever being able to find him again. Two weeks later, she took a test, and got a little plus sign on it."

"Oh, damn," Wade commented with a frown.

"It gets more interesting from there, Mr. Wilson," Cassandra continued, still smirking. "Three years passed for both of them, and the love of his life, Morgan, thought she lost the baby, but really, it had been stolen from her, and she believed for the longest time that she had a miscarriage. It wasn't until two years or so after they had been reunited when they learned that they had a daughter. This brought them back together, but the real problem? The baby had been stolen by forces of evil that turned her into a weapon. So that by the time she was only four years old... she was a cold-blooded murderer."

"Shit!" Wade exclaimed, raising his eyebrows in shock. "Why the fuck are people so evil?"

"And here's the interesting part," Cassandra continued, despite Roxas's glare. "Roxas was in Morgan's hands, and she held onto him as tightly as she could, but he let go of her so that he would get pulled into the portal."

"I had to," Roxas sternly replied. "She had no magic or special powers. If she went through a portal to another dimension, it would've killed her."

"Except..." Cassandra slowly said, tilting her head with a taunt. "She had died a month prior, and you used your resurrection spell to bring her back. And you did the same thing to your friend Kyle's girlfriend. And that granted her the ability to travel between dimensions with no problem. Meaning that you most likely gave the same power to Morgan."

Wade frowned for a moment before his eyebrows raised as he realized what "guilt" Roxas had to be feeling.

"That is the guilt that you carry, Mr. Cooper," Cassandra taunted, still smirking sadistically. "You keep wondering that if you hadn't let go of the woman you loved... Maybe your daughter wouldn't have been stolen from you and forced to be a weapon to kill."

Roxas closed his hands into fists, feeling another great surge of anger as he glared at Cassandra.

"Well, let me tell you..." Cassandra said. She chuckled. "It. Is exactly. Your. Fucking. Fault."

Roxas actually growled as he continued to glare at Cassandra. *5*

Wade decided to interject, since he was 90% sure that Roxas was about to explode.

"Oh, my God!" Wade exclaimed. He moved in front of Roxas and pointed angrily at Cassandra. "You are so mean! My brain could taste your fingers, and they tasted like hate!"

He looked around.

"And where in God's name is the intimacy coordinator?" Wade shouted around the courtyard.

"You're so lost, Mr. Wilson," Cassandra observed, frowning between Wade and Roxas. "And long before either of you came here. You both have some serious shit."

Roxas and Wade both just glared at Cassandra before they reached for weapons. Wade lifted his leg to pull his small knife out of its sheath, while Roxas moved his hand to the small of his back and grabbed the handle of his revolver.

"This is Baby Knife," Wade said, raising his knife backhanded so Cassandra could see it. "She's gonna fuck you in the face now."

"And this is my grandfather's revolver," Roxas added, lifting up the ancient revolver. "It's got all sorts of enchantments on it, which allows it to kill all sorts of creatures permanently, and it never runs out of ammo. But I'm gonna try to use up all the bullets as I shoot you."

"If you want to kill me, it's going to take more than a little blade," Cassandra informed them, glancing between the two weapons. "Or a simple, little pea-shooter."

"How 'bout six blades?" Wade suggested.

He and Roxas smiled as Logan suddenly popped up behind Cassandra, with his claws sliding out and impaling her through her back, the blades coming out right through her stomach. The crowd all jumped, and Cassandra looked down in shock. Wade and Roxas both laughed mockingly as Logan stood up behind Cassandra.

"Our boy's wicked strong!" Wade taunted, pointing at Cassandra.

"How do you like that, bitch?" Roxas added as Logan lifted Cassandra up with his claws so that she was level with his head.

Logan just kept his teeth grit, not even caring about the dirt covering his face and his suit. Wade and Roxas then helped with their weapons, with Wade throwing his small knife into Cassandra's chest through her heart, while Roxas fired his revolver three times, hitting other areas in her chest. The crowd of survivors were all still surprised, though Juggernaut, who stood the closest, just watched impassively.

"That's my big boy," Wade praised as Cassandra looked up, her eyes wide as she exclaimed. "Yes, you are."

"Nice job getting out without anybody seeing it," Roxas praised Logan. "You've still got it."

Cassandra groaned as she was restrained in the air once again, before a smile spread across her face, and she chuckled.

"What the hell?" Roxas asked.

Cassandra just smirked and waved a hand, which sent a small shockwave out. The small knife was thrown from Cassandra's chest, but Wade caught it again. The bullets flew out and landed on the ground, while Logan was thrown across the courtyard, rolling twice before jumping back up. The crowds parted as he landed, and Bullseye, Castillo, Lady Deathstrike, and Toad all stood ready to fight him, and Logan quickly stepped back into his stance to fight them again. Cassandra just ignored them all as she landed impassively on the ground.

"Shit," Roxas cursed in realization. "Her telekinesis is so great that it keeps mortal wounds from killing her, then allows her to heal almost as quickly as us."

"Thank you, author, for once again explaining something that didn't need to be explained," Wade commented, glancing up with a huff. *6*

"Well, this has been fun," Cassandra remarked. She gestured up with one hand. "But the big guy needs to eat, and the rent is due."

While Logan continued to stand and glare towards the soldiers around himself, Roxas and Wade slowly turned and looked around. Their eyes widened as they looked through the open Ant-Man hands and across the massive, barren landscape. They watched as the massive, black clouds that was Alioth continued to surge towards the compound, with purple lightning surging underneath, and a giant face leading the way, forming a figure that was almost like a wolf. Roxas and Wade both huffed in surprise, while many people within the courtyard started to try and hurry into the inner parts of the compound.

"By the way..." Cassandra slowly said. Roxas and Wade turned and saw her walking towards the entrance ramp at the bottom of the Ant-Man head. "You're the rent."

"You suck," Roxas commented.

Alioth roared loudly as he surged towards the compound, getting so close that the "sun" was blotted out, causing things to get darker by the second. Cassandra smirked as she walked to the ramp, Azazel disappeared in a flash, and Arclight, Bullseye, Blob, Castillo, Juggernaut, Lady Deathstrike, Psylocke, Pyro, the Russian, Toad, and Quill all moved to get inside. Remaining soldiers and survivors throughout the courtyard were a bit quicker in running to get inside as Alioth's storm clouds continued to surge around the compound.

Alioth's head even floated over the Giant-Man head, roaring as he let his clouds surge down and try to grab people.

Random henchmen screamed as some of the clouds enveloped them, and Logan and Roxas hurried across the courtyard, trying to find a way out. Roxas raised his revolver and experimentally fired at Alioth, but the bullets just disappeared within his massive, cloud body. Roxas cursed as he and Logan neared a large, robot leg that most likely belonged to a variation of a Sentinel. Three other henchmen were enveloped in the clouds with screams, while Logan and Roxas went to the leg and started frantically working at it. Logan pulled a lever and slammed a button, which only made sparks burst from it.

"Come on!" Logan exclaimed. "Fuck!"

Roxas huffed as he waved a hand at the robot leg, sending out a hopeful surge of telekinesis within. Luckily, it appeared to work, because the thruster attached to the leg suddenly powered up, with flames surging out as it activated and slowly started to rise. Logan and Roxas huffed and grabbed onto the robot leg.

"You comin' or what?" Logan called out to Wade.

"Might wanna hurry!" Roxas added, putting away his revolver as he grabbed the robot leg with both hands.

"Coming!" Wade replied, hurrying towards the leg with his knife in hand.

Within moments, Wade hurried over to the robot leg and jumped towards them. The leg started to rise with Logan and Roxas holding onto it, but Wade leaped over and grabbed onto Logan. The robot leg continued to rise before the thruster went a bit quicker. Logan, Roxas, and Wade all continued to hold on as the robot leg flew higher up into the air, going quickly enough that they just barely managed to dodge Alioth's surging clouds as they were flung in their direction. The robot leg carried them far away from the compound as Alioth continued to send clouds down to get food.

Cassandra just stood at the top of the entrance ramp to her compound, standing next to the wheelchair and the closed port, though she had protection from Alioth thanks to the fact that she was covered. She watched as the robot leg continued to fly away, carrying Logan, Roxas, and Wade away. Cassandra could admit that she was strangely intrigued in the trio...

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Given that they had no way of controlling the robot leg they were riding, Logan, Roxas, and Wade had no choice but to let it carry them through the Void to who knows where. The three of them held on as best they could as they were carried far away from Cassandra's facility, away from the barren wasteland section and towards tall mountains and plateaus. Smoke trailed under the engine thruster as they flew high in the air over many landscapes and structures, allowing them to see more giant pieces of what had to be space stations, a waterfall, and even a couple of giant pirate ships.

Roxas nodded slightly, impressed with the landscapes far below them, while Wade held on as best he could, and Logan frowned, wondering why he felt a literal stabbing feeling in his ass.

Within moments, though, the engine started to stutter as it lost power, which had all three men look down. Logan, Roxas, and Wade all continued to hold on as the robot leg then turned and started flying itself towards the top of one of the nearest plateaus. Though the flight had slowed down thanks to the engine running out of power, they were still flung through the air towards the landmark. Logan grit his teeth, and Roxas and Wade both started yelling as they flew towards the massive, raised plateau. Within moments, they had reached the plateau, and the robot leg crashed onto the ground and sent Logan, Roxas, and Wade stumbling along the ground.

All three of them grunted and groaned as they rolled along the ground together, hitting an area of uneven rock mixed with random patches of grass. Of course, the grass wasn't thick enough to break their fall, so Logan, Roxas, and Wade continued to grunt as they skid across the ground. Roxas huffed and spat as he landed on his back, while Logan and Wade rolled together before they finished landing, with Wade now laying on top of Logan. Roxas grunted and started to push himself up before he raised an eyebrow at his companions, already knowing that Logan would be pissed off again.

"What you thinkin' 'bout?" Wade asked, his voice small with fake innocence.

"Get the fuck off of me!" Logan ordered with a glare.

"Shh, shh, shh," Wade replied. There was strain in his voice as he said, "Almost done."

"Almost done what?" Logan demanded, frowning in great anger.

"You better answer that question right now," Roxas agreed with a glare.

"Getting my knife out of your buttocks..." Wade told him. He then pulled the knife out, which made Logan yell. "Pervert!"

"Fuck!" Logan exclaimed with pain in his voice.

Wade then started to climb off of Logan, and Roxas rolled his eyes as he moved over to help his friend to his feet.

"Get your mind out of my pants!" Wade told him. Roxas helped Logan up, and they both grit their teeth in irritation. "I'm telling Blake."

"You really need to shut the fuck up already," Roxas told Wade with a frown.

"I agree, so new rules," Logan declared, glaring at the former mercenary. "Roxas and I talk now."

"That's gonna be very hard on the audience," Wade commented as Logan adjusted his gloves.

"Shut. The fuck. Up!" Logan slowly ordered, which got Wade to reluctantly shut his mouth. "Let me fuckin' think."

"Well, I already explained before that I don't have the ability to open portals here in the Void," Roxas reminded Logan, turning to look at the Wolverine. "Our best bet to finding a way out of here is to figure out a way to get back to the TVA. And it can be done. Two different Lokis and a man named Mobius all figured out a way out."

"So we've gotta get back to Paradox, then," Logan assessed. He looked at Wade, who just frowned at them from behind his mask, so he tilted his head. "Right?"

"Je m'excuse," Wade replied, turning his head in a diva-like manner. "Am I allowed to speak now or..."

"Just nod, asshole," Logan ordered.

So Wade nodded his head.

"Right," Logan remarked. "Then we find the others that poor kid, Johnny, was talking about before you got him killed!"

"'Poor kid'," Wade exclaimed sarcastically. "He's, like, 50!"

"He's closer to 40 than you!" Roxas rebutted, waving a hand back at Wade.

"Hey!" Wade snapped, pointing sternly at Roxas. *1*

"Shut up," Logan repeated to Wade. "If there's a chance those others know how to get out of here, we find 'em." He looked at Wade. "And make those TVA fuckers fix my shit like you fucking promised!"

"And for me to get back home," Roxas added. He huffed. "Time works weirdly between different dimensions, but I don't wanna know how much I'm missing of my friends again."

"I smell quest," Wade remarked, eagerly pointing at the other two.

Logan then sniffed and slowly turned around. Roxas and Wade followed his gaze to a set of train tracks in the ground that led to an old, abandoned, 80s like restaurant far in the distance.

"I smell food," Logan informed them.

Roxas and Wade raised their eyebrows.

The three of them then marched together across the grass and down the train tracks towards where the diner was. As they expected, it was abandoned, and certainly had a 80s feel to it, between a music player, cubed TVs raised on the walls, a counter with small stools, and cone-like glass cups placed behind the counter. Numerous booths were spread out along the windows with tables that had the usual condiments and napkin dispensers (along with smaller music players), and circular tables with chairs were placed around the room. Rubble and dirt was in one corner, which the group decided to ignore.

Logan used his nose to find them a couple of cans of Spam, and Roxas and Wade sat down at a booth with them. Wade removed his mask, revealing some spots of hair stapled along his head, and they opened the cans to start eating with plastic forks. Logan, however, continued to brush aside stuff behind the counter to look for something else.

"So what made you finally wear an honest-to-God costume?" Wade asked as Logan kept rummaging around behind the counters. He pushed more and more items to the ground, causing many glasses to shatter. "Mine's red so they can't see me bleed." Logan broke more items before opening a metal cabinet. "But I could see how yellow would be useful, too."

Logan frowned and looked over at Wade.

"Have you been checked for ADHD?" Logan asked.

"I have," Roxas admitted.

"Mm-mmm," Wade denied with a cheerful smile. Logan ignored him as he turned around. "But I've had several STDs, which were probably caused by ADHD."

"That is not how it works, genius," Roxas commented.

"Fuck!" Logan shouted, punching a metal door and denting it.

Wade jumped in surprise, while Roxas just raised an eyebrow and looked over at the Wolverine.

"What are you looking for?" Wade asked.

"Some kind of alcohol, most likely," Roxas assessed.

This was confirmed when Logan muttered, "Thank fuck," and pulled a bottle of rubbing alcohol out of a First Aid kit.

"No, no, no, no, no," Wade quickly said as Logan turned the cork on the top of the bottle. "That's rubbing alcohol. You don't want to drink..." Logan ignored this as he walked towards their table and raised the bottle to start drinking. "Oh, yeah. There you go. Fuck that liver."

"Yeah, that's always been a problem of my Logan, too," Roxas admitted as Logan sighed out from drinking. "So desperate for a drink, that, well... he'll settle for anything."

"Consistency," Logan replied with an indifferent shrug of his shoulders.

Roxas just ate another piece of spam as Logan settled into the seat next to him. They then turned to look at Wade, and Logan frowned at the staples in the former mercenary's head.

"What the fuck are those?" Logan asked.

"Oh," Wade said. He raised a hand to his head to feel the bits of hair leftover from his wig still stabled on. "Back in civilian life, I wear a toupee, but nobody knows."

He chuckled slightly, and Logan and Roxas both opened their mouths and laughed together.

"Everybody knows," Logan declared, which wiped the smile from Wade's face.

"It's way too obvious, man," Roxas agreed with a laugh.

"Don't you think you're going a little far with your anger at me?" Wade asked, keeping a level face at Roxas.

"I've known you one day, and I want to smash your head to pieces with a fire extinguisher," Roxas replied as Logan drank more rubbing alcohol. "But half the people you meet wanna do that."

"That's a bit of an exaggeration," Wade commented. He looked at Logan. "You wanna talk about what's haunting you, or should we wait for a third act flashback."

"Ah... go fuck yourself," Logan replied. He grabbed his can of spam. "And I'm part of the half that wants to smash your head in."

With that, Logan stood up and walked over to the bar, moving to one of the circular seats and settling in. Roxas looked at Logan's back, his head tilting to the side as he stared at the way Logan adjusted his stance, most likely to try and close himself off from them. Roxas tilted his head to the side sadly, hating the fact that this Logan had the same kind of trauma and self-esteem issues as the one he knew.

"You know..." Wade slowly said. "In my world, you're..." He cleared his throat and rolled his eyes. "You're well-regarded."

"You're a hero, known and revered by many people," Roxas added.

"Yeah, well, not in mine," Logan sighed out, just looking down at his alcohol and spam.

"They don't like me much in mine, either," Wade admitted.

"You don't say," Logan sarcastically commented before taking another swig of alcohol.

"I can't imagine why," Roxas remarked.

"I wanted to be something, you know," Wade admitted, pointedly ignoring the blonde. "I... Shit, I wanted to be an Avenger."

"Fuck the Avengers," Logan bitterly snapped. *2*

"You have the Avengers on your world?" Roxas asked, raising his eyebrows in surprise at Logan.

"I didn't make the cut, though," Wade admitted, meaning Roxas didn't get an answer. "Same with the X-Men..."

"Well, actually, they wanted you," Roxas reminded Wade. "But, you screwed it up."

"Yeah, we don't talk about that," Wade replied quickly.

He adjusted his jaw and looked down.

"When my girlfriend left me... and I just..." Wade started to say.

"You had a girlfriend?" Logan asked, raising an eyebrow in disbelief while not even looking at Wade.

"Yeah," Wade replied softly. "Vanessa. When we met, she was a dancer."

"I thought she was an escort," Roxas commented with his eyebrows furrowed.

"She had many skills," Wade replied, still looking down. "She and I... We had a whole life. It was good." He softly shook his head. "But, oh, boy, I just... Mwah."

He kissed his own fingers while Logan and Roxas both just listened.

"Fucked that right up," Wade admitted. "But you... you were an X-Man... Fuck that, you were the X-Man."

"Damn right, you were," Roxas agreed, nodding his head defiantly before he looked at Logan.

"The Wolverine..." Wade slowly continued. He joined Roxas in looking at Logan. "He was a hero in my world."

Logan just kept his back to them.

"Yeah, well..." he softly said. "He ain't shit in mine."

With that, Logan just bitterly threw the empty bottle of rubbing alcohol behind the counter. Wade just watched before finishing his Spam, and Roxas felt his heart churning for this Logan. Though this was a different Logan than the one he knew, they were still mostly the same person, and he could still feel the same bitterness and self-loathing from this variant. Even if it was a different version of him, Roxas was still ready to try and support Logan, no matter what.

Whether it was to try and make things up to the Logan he lost, or because he just still wanted to keep a version of him around, Roxas wasn't sure. But he was still gonna try to help him.

After they finished eating the food they had found in the diner, Logan, Roxas, and Wade then turned and left, knowing that they needed to move if they were going to find the resistance that Johnny had mentioned. The three of them left the diner, walking together through the grass and away from the diner. The landscape almost reminded Roxas of Georgia as they marched through small areas with trees, massive grassy fields, and elevated land that was filled with more debris from all sorts of metal structures and ships from who knew where from the Multiverse. Logan, Roxas, and Wade marched together through the landscape, thankful for the sun's position that it wasn't burning them too badly as they walked through The Void.

"You said 'Logan was a hero'," Logan reminded Roxas and Wade as they continued walking, passing by some abandoned, totaled cars. "And Roxas, you were too choked up to tell me what happened to the one you knew. What happened?"

Roxas just sighed out as they continued up the hill.

"Well, like Roxas said, he died," Wade replied.

"How?" Logan asked.

"Well, technically you were chest-fucked by a tree, but... really, you just ran out of batteries trying to save someone," Wade replied as they marched together up a small hill.

"Who?" Wade asked.

"Your daughter," Roxas answered.

"My what?" Logan asked, looking around Wade to Roxas in surprise.

"A company stole your blood in the 80s," Roxas answered as they continued. "They used it for illegal experimentation about 30 years later. They put it in an embryo that they injected into a Spanish woman who would never be found again, then nine months later, a little girl version of you popped out."

He smirked.

"She had your angry glare," Roxas added.

"The shitheels that grew her in a lab called her 'X-23', but..." Wade slowly said. He huffed and looked down as they continued up the hill. "She was just a kid."

"Tell me about it," Roxas remarked with a huff. "She had two claws in her fists and one in each foot. She was only eleven years old and she could gut a man with her foot."

"Imagine that," Wade remarked as Logan looked down in contemplation. They walked past abandoned cars and trunks on the ground. "A younger, daintier, somehow meaner version of you. You died trying to save her. It was beautiful."

"It was heartbreaking," Roxas added with a huff. "You used your last breath to tell her not to be what the scientists tried to make her into."

The three of them just continued up the small hill, soon reaching the top as they marched through the grass.

"Look, mijos, I know you're hurtin'," Wade replied to his two allies. "My blind, elderly, African-American roommate, Blind Al, always says that pain teaches us who we are." Roxas tilted his head to the side, while Logan frowned at Wade again. "Sometimes we need to listen to that pain instead of running from it."

"That's not bad advice," Roxas admitted with an eyebrow raised.

"Holy shit," Logan commented.

"Yeah, she's wise," Wade added.

"No, no, no," Logan said, frowning at Wade again. "That's her name? You call her 'Blind Al'?"

"Well, she's blind," Wade replied.

"We've already gone over that this guy's a bastard," Roxas reminded Logan, gesturing to Wade.

All of a sudden, the sound of a dog barking echoed from nearby, which had Logan, Roxas, and Wade all stop and turn to frown in front of themselves.

Their eyes all narrowed in surprise as they saw a Pugese dog running through the grass towards them. She had white fur, a very thin tail, her tongue stuck out of her mouth, and she wore a red and black suit with ammo pouches above her back legs, while the Deadpool logo was on her chest. Logan and Roxas just stared in utter confusion, while Wade slowly reached up and took off his mask as he stared transfixed at the approaching dog. Her tongue and ears flapped as she ran through the grass towards them, and Logan and Roxas turned to look at Wade, frowning as they watched a big smile spread across the former mercenary's face. They then watched as Wade got down on his knees and held up his hands, catching her as she jumped into his arms.

"Look at you!" Wade excitedly exclaimed as he stood up with the dog in his hands. Logan and Roxas turned to look away. "She's coming with us."

"No, she's not," Logan denied.

"Yes, she is," Wade rebutted.

"No, she's not," Roxas repeated at the same time Logan added, "Fuck no!"

"Oh, yes..." Wade slowly said with a suave tone in his voice.

"Sorry!" a new man called out, his voice loudly Canadian.

Logan, Roxas, Wade, and the dog all turned, and they frowned as they watched another Deadpool running towards them. This one was wearing a suit with armor over the chest, golden Desert Eagles in the leg holsters, and he wore no mask, showing that he had a normal face with long hair, tied up in a ponytail that started on top of his head. His katanas hug on his back as he ran towards where the group was standing.

"Sorry about that!" this Deadpool called as he ran towards where the group was standing. "Come here, girl!"

Normal Deadpool laughed as he moved to stand in front of the confused Logan, Roxas, and Wade, while the dog just liked Wade's chest.

"Who are you?" Wade asked.

"Oh, I'm Deadpool," Normal Deadpool introduced himself. He gestured to Wade. "And I guess you're Deadpool, too."

"Well, you ain't wrong," Roxas replied.

"But in here, everybody calls me 'Nicepool'," Nicepool introduced himself. "Oh, my goodness. Wait till you see Ladypool. She is gorgeous. She just had a baby, too. And..." He gestured to his stomach with his hands and let out a small whistle. "Can't even tell."

'My girlfriend was the same way,' Roxas thought. Though, he pushed down the reason why Morgan couldn't tell that she hadn't had a baby at the time...

"I don't think you're supposed to say that," Wade replied as Logan continued frowning.

"That's okay," Nicepool said, placing one hand over his heart. "I identify as a feminist."

"Right," Wade remarked.

"That is good," Roxas added. "A lot of dumb men are around nowadays. Especially in the government, but that's a whole different can of beans." *3*

While Logan still looked confused, Wade's eyes narrowed at the Desert Eagles in Nicepool's holsters.

"Are those gold-plated, .50 caliber Desert Eagle pistoleros?" Wade asked.

"'Course," Nicepool confirmed, patting one of his Desert Eagles. He lifted his hand and gestured to his ear, where they could see a golden piece attached to the top. "To match my ear huggy."

"My daughter has something like that," Roxas commented.

"Can I have 'em?" Wade asked.

Nicepool just laughed.

"Over my dead body," he added, still smiling. Logan, Roxas, and Wade's frowns all deepened as Nicepool laughed again. "You're fun. And I guess you've already met Mary Puppins." He gestured to the dog in Wade's hands. "AKA Dogpool."

"Lots of variants," Roxas commented with a small shake of his head.

"Careful where you put your hands," Nicepool instructed. Wade just adjusted Dogpool in his hands and kissed her on the back of her head. "She's ninety percent g-spot, and she'll let you know it." Wade just kept his mouth open in surprise, allowing Nicepool to lick inside of it, which had Logan and Roxas both gagging. "You let this little flirt out of your sight for one second, and she starts shopping for a new papa."

Logan and Roxas just looked between Nicepool and Wade in further confusion, while Dogpool continued to lick the latter's still-open mouth.

"If you can't be a responsible pet owner, then maybe you don't deserve this little unicorn," Wade declared.

"Guilty on all charges, Your Honor," Nicepool said, clasping his hands together and giving a small bow. "Shan't happen again."

"One of my brothers is a literal clone of me and people think from his name that he's a stripper, and even I think you're weird," Roxas commented.

"Yeah, why are you so nice?" Wade asked Nicepool.

"Oh, it costs nothing to be kind," Nicepool replied as Logan looked at him.

"Shutting the fuck up is also free," Logan rebutted.

"Caliente," Nicepool commented.

"Yeah, you're still good at it," Roxas remarked, looking at Logan.

"This is Logan," Wade said, introducing Nicepool to Logan. "He's usually shirtless, but he's let himself go since the divorce." *4*

He then nodded at Roxas.

"And that's a taller version of a kid voiced by a former Disney singer," Wade added.

Nicepool just smiled as he looked at Roxas, then at Logan's torso.

"Where's your mask?" Wade asked, frowning at Nicepool's visible face.

Nicepool just smiled as he looked amongst the trio before pointing at his face with both hands.

"Come on, guys," he told them.

"Ugh, this guy," Wade complained as Logan and Roxas kept their eyebrows furrowed at Nicepool. Dogpool started licking him again. "We're looking for a group of survivors."

"Oh, they're out there," Nicepool confirmed. "But merc to merc, you better hope that you don't run into the Deadpool corps."

"The what?" Roxas asked with a frown.

"Yeah, they're crazy," Nicepool told them, shaking his head with a smile. Dogpool tried licking Wade again, so he kissed her head again. "They will chop you up into a thousand pieces and hide you all over The Void. If they could only process their childhood trauma, they'd go on one heck of a healing journey."

"How many Deadpools are in The Void?" Roxas asked.

"That doesn't matter," Logan declared before the still-smiling Nicepool could answer. "Look, we're headed for the borderlands. You know where it is?"

"Yeah, that..." Nicepool slowly said. He looked to the right and pointed in that direction. "That's 12 clicks due west. I can lend you my ride, if you like. It would be my honor."

Logan, Roxas, and Wade were still put off by Nicepool's constant smile, but they brushed it aside since they needed a vehicle.

Wade slipped his mask back onto his face, and kept Dogpool in his arms as Nicepool led them out of the empty plains towards a massive cornfield. Of course, as they walked through the massive stalks of corn, Logan, Roxas, and Wade tried to ignore the three giant boats that were randomly placed on the ground, including a variation of the Conquistador. Nicepool led the three of them through the cornfield and towards a small clearing where a vehicle was parked. Of course, as they reached the clearing, and Nicepool started to remove the tarp from over the vehicle, pure horror appeared in Wade's masked eyes, which had Roxas raise an eyebrow.

"Oh, no, no, no, no, no," Wade quickly declared. "Absolutely not. Uh-uh. What the... No! No!"

Nicepool finished taking the tarp off of the car, revealing it to be a light blue, dust-covered Honda Odyssey, with the usual tan-covered insides complete with leather seats, a sliding door that led into the back seats, and visible age around the surface of the car. Roxas softly nodded his head since he and the others had a couple of vehicles like this, which they used whenever they tried to take normal vacations. (Sure, those vacations usually went wrong, which is why there were guns hidden in the headlights, but still).

"Just get in the car," Logan instructed, waving at the Honda as Nicepool proudly looked at his van.

"This isn't a car," Wade declared, getting Logan and Roxas to frown at him. "This is a Honda fuckin' Odyssey. Throttle response sucks a cock. Dated infotainment system. When Honda saw that untreated chlamydia was makin' a comeback, they invented the Honda Odyssey to compete."

"Will you shut the fuck up already?" Roxas groaned as he and Logan looked at Wade in annoyance.

"And get. In the fucking. Car," Logan ordered as Nicepool continued smiling.

"She'll get you there safe and sound," Nicepool jovially promised.

He patted the Honda as Logan and Roxas moved together to the doors, and Wade continued petting Dogpool.

"Old Betsy always does," Nicepool emphasized, still happy. He looked at Wade. "You're gonna have to give me my dog back, though."

"I know," Wade said, glaring at Nicepool while still petting Dogpool. "Listen." Dogpool whimpered in his arms, and he looked at her. "Yes, child."

Logan and Roxas shared a look while Wade looked at Nicepool.

"If you ever wanna give her up, or if she needs a new home, or if something should happen to you..." Wade slowly said, which had Logan and Roxas rolling their eyes. "I'd love to be her papa."

Nicepool laughed, clearly confused.

"What would ever happen to me?" he asked.

"Lots of stuff," Wade cryptically said.

Nicepool continued to smile, but unease then appeared in his eyes.

'Yeah, he's definitely gonna kill you for your dog,' Roxas thought as he looked at Nicepool.

Nicepool then looked at Logan and Roxas since Wade still hadn't handed Dogpool back over. So, the two of them rolled their eyes and stood up from the Honda once again.

"Jesus," Logan complained.

"No," Wade desperately said. He turned around, then continued turning in a circle. "We're running away."

Roxas waved his hand, and under his telekinesis, Wade's mask then rotated so that the eye slots were on his ear, making it so that he was blind. Wade groaned as he turned back towards Logan, who grabbed Dogpool.

"Give me that," Logan ordered as he took Dogpool from Wade.

"The corn was too dense, girl!" Wade called out. He adjusted his mask again. "And it didn't help that Austin Moon fucked with my mask."

"Doesn't help that you're being an asshole, either," Roxas replied with a roll of his eyes.

"There," Logan said, passing Dogpool to Nicepool.

"Come here!" Nicepool cheerfully said, which got Roxas to smirk.

"Fuck!" Wade softly complained.

Whatever the case, he moved around the Honda to climb into the front passenger's seat. Logan then opened the door to get into the driver's seat, and Roxas climbed into the seat behind Logan's. Logan started the engine, while Roxas looked at Nicepool as he waved Dogpool's hand while telling them, "Bye!" Roxas raised an eyebrow, then relented with a small wave of his hand as Avril Lavigne's I'm With You started playing on the car's stereo. Nicepool gave them a thumbs up, and Logan shook his head. He, Roxas, and Wade ignored Nicepool as he stepped back into the cornfield and disappeared from view.

Roxas leaned back in his seat and just listened to the song on the radio as they drove through the cornfield. It took a few moments, but they soon drove out of the cornfield entirely and into a desert landscape. Luckily, Logan's decades of experience driving meant that he had practice in driving over sand, making it so that they only bumped slightly. Roxas held on slightly as they drove over numerous sand dunes before they reached a more even ground. Here, they ended up driving past many of the destroyed, circular ships that belonged to Thanos, which they all pointedly ignored.

Wade made a small joke about Cable, but Roxas didn't pay attention to it.

The song continued to play as they drove through the desert landscapes and across The Void. Wade stuck his head out the window like a dog, and Roxas just bopped his head to the music as they rode out of the desert and into the forest. The forest included a dirt road that Logan drove them over much more pleasantly than the sand dunes. Roxas just watched the landscape pass by as they continued to drive, with a little part of him wishing that he had brought his phone (partially because if he had, he would've been able to contact his friends and get out of this hours ago).

A small silence had passed amongst the group as they drove together through the landscape, with the only noise being the song playing softly over the radio. Logan continued to drive, while Wade and Roxas watched more of the forest pass them by, before the former mercenary decided to break the silence.

"Okay, I'm just gonna ask..." Wade said, looking at Logan again. "What's with the suit? First thing I did when I flamed out, I took mine off."

"Drop it," Logan ordered.

"I gotta admit that even I'm curious," Roxas admitted. "I mean, the Logan that I knew almost never wore a suit. The most he relented to was some black leather gear in our few years of being with the X-Men. He never put on yellow and blue, though."

He shrugged his shoulders.

"I don't think he ever wore a hero suit," Roxas added. *5*

"Well, I'd rather not talk about it," Logan sternly replied.

"It's not that ugly," Wade said.

"Stop talking about my suit," Logan replied, staring out at the passing road.

"Did you make it yourself?" Wade asked. "Been there."

"Yeah, same," Roxas admitted.

"Quit," Logan sternly said. "Now."

"Did the X-Men make you wear it?" Wade asked. "Those sons of fuckin' bitches." Roxas and Logan both glared at Wade again, though the latter kept his eyes on the road. "They are not your friends, I'll tell you that. Friends don't let friends leave the house lookin' like they fight crime for the Los Angeles Rams."

"Shut the fuck up about this or..." Logan sternly snapped.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa," Wade said, holding up his hands in a placating manner. Roxas rolled his eyes. "Watch your frown lines, angel baby. I'm just trying to bond a little bit."

"And you're being a fucking asshole about it," Roxas remarked.

"Yeah, so talk about somethin' else," Logan ordered.

"Fine," Wade said with a sigh.

Another tense silence then filled the Honda Odyssey as they continued driving through the forest. Logan continued to drive them, Roxas watched as more of the landscape pass them by, while Wade occupied his time by pretending to be Spider-Man, repeatedly pointing his hands making a noise like he was shooting webs. Roxas rolled his eyes, while Logan told him to stop. After a few moments, Roxas sighed out and adjusted himself in his seat once again.

"If they can fix your world, what's the first thing you're gonna do when you get out of here?" Wade suddenly asked Logan.

Logan slowly narrowed his eyes and looked at Wade, while Roxas furrowed his eyebrows.

"Get some rubbing alcohol shots, maybe a wiper fluid chaser?" Wade asked.

"What did you say?" Logan softly demanded.

Roxas frowned in curiosity.

"I said when you get back, what's the first thing you're gonna do?" Wade repeated.

Roxas's eyes widened as he realized that Wade just changed his own words.

"No, no, no, no," Logan quickly said, looking between Wade and the road. "Before that."

"Your exact words," Roxas added.

Wade slowly froze as he realized what they were talking about.

"If... they can fix your world?" he slowly asked.

An angry glare appeared on Logan's face, and he slammed on the brakes. Wade and Roxas both grunted as they were flung forward, slamming against stuff as they screeched and worked on coming to a stop. The Honda slid along the ground, and even turned in the dirt for a few moments before they came to a clear stop. Logan even pointedly moved the gear shift into Park as he turned to glare at Wade. Roxas then raised his eyebrows once again, fear coursing through him at the look in his friend's eyes.

The last time he had seen it was when they were facing the feral and very pissed of X-24.

"What do you mean 'if'?" Logan demanded.

"... I mean-" Wade slowly said.

"You lied to me," Logan declared. "Roxas admitted that he doesn't have as much experience with the TVA, so he couldn't confirm if you were telling the truth or not. But you promised. And you don't have a fucking clue if they can help me fix things, do you?"

"You were just talking out of your ass so we didn't cut off your head, weren't you?" Roxas asked, frowning at Wade with Logan.

"No," Wade admitted without thinking. "I mean..."

Roxas understood completely when Logan lifted his hand, slid his claws out, and proceeded to stab Wade in the thigh.

"Ow!" Wade shouted with Logan's claws in his leg. "Fuck! Fuck! I didn't lie!"

"You lied!" Logan shouted back.

"Bullshitting someone is the same thing as lying!" Roxas added with a frown.

"No! I made an educated wish!" Wade then exclaimed, desperation in his voice. Still frowning, Logan and Roxas then tilted their heads in confusion. "Because I need you. Both of you."

He then winced in further pain due to Logan's claws in his thigh. He reached down with both hands and pulled a polaroid picture out of his pouch, showing Colossus, Buck, Peter, Shatterstar, Blind Al, Negasonic Teenage Warhead, Vanessa, Yukio, and Dopinder to the other two inhabitants of the car.

"This. This is why," Wade frantically said, holding up the photo. "Right here."

Logan and Roxas looked at the picture, then back at Wade.

"'Cause if we don't do something, they die," Wade told them with desperation in his voice. "I don't know anything about saving worlds. And why would I even care?" He pointed at the picture. "Because my entire world is right here in this picture. It's only nine people, and I have no idea how to save it alone. I know how to fuck people up for money. But you, you both know how to save 'em!" He pointed between Roxas and Logan. "Roxas, you've saved entire dimensions with that little team of kids you fight alongside. And you, the Wolverine, are a great hero who's saved hundreds of lives!"

Of course, then Wade decided to be a little bitter.

"At least the other Wolverine did," he added.

Logan just glared again and adjusted his claws in Wade's leg, causing the flesh to squelch and make him yell out again. Roxas appreciated the praise, but over the insult towards Logan, he shook his head in agreement.

"Fuck!" Wade exclaimed. He glared back at Logan. "I guess I'm stuck with the worst one."

"Will you shut the fuck up already?" Roxas repeated for probably the eighth time today. "Stop insulting Logan!"

"He's not even your Logan!" Wade snapped. "You let that one die!"

Roxas then glared, then he flexed his wrist and let an arrow slide out of his arm guard. Holding it backhanded, Roxas then grunted as he stabbed Wade right in the chest, which only made the former mercenary yell out once again.

"Metal and wood," Wade complained. "Only a good combination when it comes to sex toys."

"Did you say you made... an educated fucking wish?" Logan softly demanded, anger still clear in his voice.

"They call me 'The Merc with the Mouth'," Wade answered, a strain in his voice given the blades and arrow still in his body. "They don't call me "Truthful Timmy, the Blowjob Queen of Saskatoon."

Logan and Roxas then took their weapons out of Wade, with Logan removing his claws while Roxas pulled the arrow out, causing Wade to groan as blood spurt out. Of course, as the two of them put away their weapons, they closed their eyes and gave expressions of pure irritation. Wade grunted as Logan and Roxas both opened their eyes and looked at him again.

"One more word," Logan threatened. "Please give me one."

"Any word will do," Roxas added.

Wade just breathed heavily as he looked warily between both men.

"... Gubernatorial," he eventually said.

Rage filled Logan again, and he and Roxas lifted their arms, almost ready to attack again. Wade screamed like a girl and lifted his arms up, turning his head away as he covered himself.

"Oh, fuck!" Wade exclaimed.

When neither Logan or Roxas attacked, Wade lowered his arms and looked between them again. Roxas just groaned and let his arrow slide back into his arm guard, while Logan just shook his head as he glared at Wade.

"You know what? You're a fucking joke," Logan declared to Wade. He gave a small nod. "No wonder the Avengers didn't take you. Or the X-Men. And they'll take fucking anyone." He shook his head. "I mean, you are... a ridiculous, immature, half-wit moron."

Roxas and Wade just watched, their eyes slowly growing wider by the second as the rant continued.

"I have never met... a sadder, more attention-starved, jabbering little prick in my entire life," Logan declared, his voice growing harder and angrier by the second. "And that says a lot, 'cause I've been alive for more than 200 fuckin' years, and I'll tell ya..." He grit his teeth. "That bald chick was right about one thing. You will never. Save. The world! You couldn't even save a relationship with a goddamn stripper! And motherfucker, I wish I could say you'd die alone, but it's one of God's best jokes..." He angrily rammed his fist against the roof, getting it to shake. "... that you can't die, except it's on all of us!"

Roxas and Wade's eyes were both wide as they stared at Logan as he slowly breathed out, feeling some of the rage disappearing. While Wade had been effectively insulted into silence (for once), Roxas's eyes were just wide as he stared at the variant of his friend.

"... Damn," Roxas softly said, since this was literally the angriest he had ever seen Logan. *6*

Roxas was quiet, because he honestly had nothing to say after Logan's rant. And apparently, neither did Wade, because even though he managed to show emotion pretty well with his mask, he just looked down, completely perplexed.

"Oh, you got nothing to say, Mouth?" Logan snapped.

He proceeded to breathe heavily, and Roxas just stared at him with his eyes still wide. Wade continued to look at him before he looked down for a moment. There was another long, tense moment of silence, before Roxas watched as Wade lifted his head to look at Logan again.

"I'm gonna fight you now," Wade softly declared.

Roxas just raised an eyebrow, while Logan slowly turned his head and started to laugh. Logan proceeded to laugh, then followed it up with a snort, while Roxas just continued to look between his allies.

"Oh, are you?" Logan asked.

Of course, then Wade punched Logan in the face, pushing him back and making blood start to come out of his nose. Logan and Roxas both looked at Wade in surprise, before they both glared at Wade.

Logan quickly lifted his fists to punch Wade in the face twice, then grabbed the back of his head. Roxas then watched as Logan rammed Wade's head against the stereo, changing the songs a couple of times. Roxas blinked over The Greatest Show briefly playing, but he brushed it aside as it was soon changed to You're the One that I Want. Wade tried reaching for one of his katanas, but Roxas let his sword slide out and stabbed the former mercenary in the hand. Logan nodded at Roxas before striking Wade in the chest, then reaching for the seatbelt. He quickly put the belt in the buckle, restraining Wade, then slid out his claws with his other hand. He grunted as he stabbed Wade in the stomach, and the former mercenary yelled out as Roxas added to it by stabbing him in the shoulder.

"Mm," Wade taunted, he and Roxas glaring as Wade groaned in pain. "Not talking now, are ya?"

"This car's about to be red with your blood," Roxas added, glaring at Wade.

Of course, as Logan and Roxas pulled their blades out, Wade activated the seat's adjuster and was promptly thrown backwards. Roxas was struck and pushed back, while Logan tried to stab Wade again but missed. Wade then raised his legs, kicking Logan in the shoulder, before restraining Logan's head with his shins. He then used his shins to ram Logan's head into the wall three times, before Logan extended his claws out of his other hand and reached down, stabbing Wade in the side.

"Oh, you dirty bitch!" Wade complained.

"And you fucking twit!" Roxas exclaimed.

Wade then grunted as he lifted his leg, kicking Logan right through the chest and sending him through the windshield, shattering it as he rolled over the hood and onto the ground. Roxas then grunted as he slid his other sword out. Holding them backhanded, he stabbed Wade in the chest with both blades, making him yell out. While Roxas pulled his sword out, splattering more blood, Logan got into his fighting stance outside of the Honda and extended his claws even further. Wade headbutted Roxas, pushed him back, then got up to elbow him in the head. Roxas tried swinging his sword at Wade, but the former mercenary grabbed Roxas's hand and twirled it around, tricking Roxas into stabbing himself in the head. Roxas groaned before Wade elbowed him in the head and knocked him back.

Wade then moved forward and stuck his head and torso through the shattered windshield. He pulled his katanas out of their sheaths and held them up in preparation. Just as Roxas pulled his sword out of his head, Logan roared as he charged at the Honda, then rammed into the front of it so hard that the airbags were released. The entire car shifted, throwing Roxas and Wade both back into the blood-covered seats again. Wade looked up just in time for Logan to leap through the shattered windshield and stab him in the torso, and Roxas helped by swinging his swords, cutting Wade in the neck and shoulders. Logan pushed himself up and pulled out his claws, stabbing and slashing through Wade's chest, but Wade caught it with the butt of his katana handle. Logan then stabbed his arm with his claws, but Wade rammed the other katana against his other hand.

Roxas then stabbed with his blades, cutting through both of Wade's arms. Logan then shanked Wade's side a couple of times, but Wade placed a foot against Logan's neck and pushed him. The two of them then rotated onto another seat, and Roxas grunted as he repeatedly slashed his swords over Wade's chest. Logan then looked up, and he laughed cockily when he realized Wade was on top of himself. With that, Logan lifted his feet and kicked the former mercenary up, sending him right through the sunroof of the Honda. Roxas waved both his hands and sent arrows flying, both of which hit Wade in the air before he fell to the side, slamming against the side of the Honda before falling to the ground. Roxas glared and watched as Wade jumped up to his feet.

Logan stayed down, but he held up a hand to the window and made a "come here" gesture. Roxas even twirled his short swords in preparation. Wade tossed aside his katanas and pulled out two very tiny blades that were hidden in his suit straps. He then leaped through the window, shattering it as Roxas and Logan got out of the way. Wade kicked Logan into the front seats, then stabbed Roxas in the neck. Roxas yelled out before he swung his swords, stabbing Wade in the chest and cutting him in the neck. Wade then kicked Roxas in the groin and stabbed him in the head, then turned and tackled Logan through the shattered windshield. He held Logan down and stabbed him in the neck, making him grunt as more blood was sent flying. Of course, Logan grabbed Wade's arm, used it to push him down, then placed a hand on his elbow. Roxas recovered just as Logan broke Wade's arm, making him let out a high-pitched yell before Logan pulled him back into the Honda.

Roxas helped Logan by stabbing Wade through the neck with both his blades. The two of them then held Wade and threw him through the back windshield, shattering it immediately. Wade grunted and swung his broken arm, letting the bones readjust, before he pulled Roxas's swords out of his neck and lunged towards them. Roxas waved his hand, using his telekinesis to push Wade's arms aside, then Logan moved in and punched him in the face. Wade then threw Roxas's blades at him, hitting the blonde in the chest and the head, knocking him back. The former mercenary then pushed Logan against one of the back seats, struck him, then grabbed a seatbelt. He then moved quickly, wrapping the belt around Logan's neck, then he climbed out of the back windshield, over the car, and through the sunroof, pulling the belt and choking Logan. Of course, Logan cut through the belt and freed himself as Roxas recovered.

Roxas then tackled Wade from behind, and Logan helped by grabbing him and throwing him into another one of the back seats. Logan extended out another claw, but Wade caught the stab with his hand, even though the blades went through his palm. Of course, Roxas grabbed Logan's elbow and helped by pushing, so the blades then went through Wade's head, pushing down and shattering the windshield. Logan pulled out his claws then started kneeing Wade in the stomach. Roxas then grunted as he stabbed Wade through his feet, impaling them on the car floor and pinning him slightly. Logan then got out of the way and let Roxas blast lightning at him, making him let out another high-pitched screech. Of course, as Logan slid out his claws and started to move in, Wade pulled out his small knife and stabbed him in the thigh, making him yell out, especially when he twisted it.

Roxas growled and grabbed his swords, pulling them out of Wade's feet. Of course, as he and Logan started to move in to attack again, Wade lifted his feet and kicked them both in the chest and threw them back. Logan and Roxas both grunted as they landed on the dashboard, then they glared across the blood covered Honda to where Wade was breathing heavily, resting against the very back seats.

"I take it all back," Wade declared. "The Honda Odyssey fucks hard." He lifted one hand and waved towards himself in challenge. "Too bad you don't, needle dicks."

"Oh, we're just gettin' started, bub," Logan growled, glaring back at the former mercenary.

"We're far from done, shitbird," Roxas added.

Logan slid his claws back out, while Roxas gripped his swords. The two of them roared as they rushed in and pressed Wade against the seats, before the two of them both swung their blades and attacked. Wade retaliated by kicking Roxas between the legs and stabbing Logan in the arm. Logan grunted and grabbed Wade's head to push it down, then Roxas moved in and started slashing and stabbing with his swords, with Logan helping by doing the same with his claws. The three of them all yelled out as they kept attacking each other, sending more and more blood flying all around the car.

Some of that blood even flew out and hit a "Coexist" bumper sticker with many different symbols, including ones for Judaism, LGBTQ+, Christianity, and other important communities. *7*

The fight lasted so long that the trio all ended up falling unconscious due to the combination of their wounds, exhaustion, and blood loss. A whole night ended up passing, but the three of them were still unconscious within the blood-covered, heavily damaged Honda as it lay parked in the forest. Winds blew, and birds chirped as the day progressed, but the trio of Logan, Roxas, and Wade were all still completely unconscious inside the Honda.

Of course, this meant that all three of them didn't notice as a young figure wearing black leather boots came across the Honda and quickly looked it over.

Within the Honda, Logan, Roxas, and Wade were all still covered in blood, all three of them laying across the back. The sleeves of Logan's suit had been horribly torn apart, with the shoulder armor broken while the sleeves were reduced to shreds from his shoulders to his long, blue gloves. Roxas's own suit had been torn slightly in the arms, meaning that the sleeves were short and stopped just over his elbows. Of course, the two of them had used the seatbelts to completely restrain Wade, wrapping them all around him and keeping him secured against a wall, with extra emphasis on covering his head, especially his mouth. His picture of his loved ones had even fallen out and landed on the floor.

All three of them continued to remain unconscious as the strange figure entered the car, adjusting the driver's seat and adjusting it as they powered the Honda back up. The figure ignited the Honda's engine and started driving through the forest, transporting the unconscious trio further through The Void and to a new area...

Chapter Text

The strange figure had driven the Honda Odyssey through the forest, through this newest area of The Void, towards a bunker that was sticking up out of the ground. The bunker wasn't anything special on the outside, thanks to lots of overgrowth that was covering the walls and the roof, ensuring that it looked certainly abandoned enough. The figure carried Logan, Roxas, and Wade's unconscious bodies inside of the bunker and let them rest, before telling the other inhabitants to wait outside to give the trio some time.

None of them were completely sure how long they had slept, but Logan and Roxas ended up waking up first. The two of them found themselves in the bunker, finding all sorts of sights awaiting them.

Wade was currently asleep in a large bed with skull designs of a giant creature, which Roxas remembered Hulk slept in when he lived on Stakaar. There was a reflecting pool in the center of the room with a small cooler with beers inside (both bottled and canned), a couple of lawn chairs near the reflecting pool, larger chairs near the back of the room, bookshelves, a bathroom-like area with a sink and a shelf with lots of toothbrushes, combs, and bottles of soap, a kitchen-like area with boxes of food, bags of fruit, and lots of bottles of alcohol that Logan made a beeline for, a game area with a makeshift chess table with makeshift pieces, and a weapons area with lots of swords and knives of all shapes and sizes placed. The walls were reminiscent to that of caves, there was limited lightning thanks to lamps and small bulbs, thin columns were spread along the ground, and above the reflecting pool was the stone mural to the Scarlet Witch that Roxas remembered from Mount Wundagore.

Roxas huffed as he looked around, taking in the sights of the area. He and Logan both took a moment to take the shreds of their sleeves off and toss them aside, though Logan continued to chug more and more alcohol. Roxas huffed, wanting to tell his friend to go easy on the booze, but he decided to brush it to the side as he looked around. Though this place looked like a survivalist bunker, Roxas could admit that it was a bit more well-off than most other bunkers he had seen.

Of course, as Logan continued chugging his booze, Roxas then looked to the side as Wade suddenly gasped and jumped up on the bed.

"Thor!" he declared. He looked around in confusion before his gaze landed on Logan. "Where are we?"

"No clue, but... I like it here," Logan declared, lifting his bottle of alcohol.

"We really need to get you into AA," Roxas commented.

He looked at Wade and frowned.

"Also, for half a second there, I thought you just said, 'It's Lore', 'cause of the Scarlet Witch statue," Roxas admitted, pointing at the large Scarlet Witch mural on the ceiling. "Blame my ears from all that fighting."

He wiped his hear to get some dried blood out.

All of a sudden, the sound of a door closing echoed nearby, which got all three of them to turn around. Near the front of the room with the cases of weapons were two hallways that led out of the bunker, which had (two out of three of) them tensing up. While Logan lowered his bottle of alcohol, Wade jumped out of the bed. Roxas was still hesitant to fight alongside him, but he moved with Wade along the length of the wall and towards the hallway entrance. Roxas reached for his old revolver at the small of his back, while Wade pulled out his katana as they faintly heard footsteps approaching.

Wade then grunted as he swung his katana, but Roxas frowned as it was caught by a sai. The woman holding the sai then grabbed Wade's wrist and pulled him down before throwing him to the floor. She then pointed her sai in both hands at Wade, standing ready to fight him.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!" Wade frantically said to stop her.

Of course, Roxas had let go of his old revolver as he looked at the woman. Standing over Wade in a mauve and black sleeveless suit of a top, pants, belt, and boots was a brunette woman with straps around her upper arms, bangles on her forearms, and sai in each of her hands. Her long, brown hair fell down in waves as she looked inquisitively down at Wade, then frowned up at Roxas. Wade's eyes were wide in surprise before she twirled her sai and stepped back, allowing him to climb back up to his feet.

Roxas huffed in amazement.

"Elektra..." he softly said with recognition in his voice.

Elektra then kept her eyes on Wade and Roxas as they stood together, with the former still utterly shocked. Roxas let out another small gasp as Elektra then turned and marched along the side of the reflecting pool, keeping her eyes on them, while behind them, Logan just drank more alcohol. Feeling another presence nearby, Roxas and Wade then looked at the doorway again.

Roxas's eyes then widened in absolute shock as a tall, African American man then marched through the doorway. His dark hair was flat on his head, slightly tinged with silver, as was some of his goatee. He wore black sunglasses, and a suit that included black leather and silver armor over his chest, along with a holster with a large, laser-like gun attached to his leg. He marched inside the room, walking briefly through the sunlight as Logan, Roxas, and Wade all kept watching him, with Roxas only growing more impressed at the sight of him.

"Blade..." Roxas softly said, pure amazement in his voice.

Blade continued marching along the reflecting pool, while Elektra twirled her sai another couple of times. Logan kept his eyebrows furrowed, but Roxas and Wade reluctantly pulled their eyes away from Blade when they felt another presence approaching. The two of them looked at the hallway entrance just as a card started flying into the room, spinning a few times as if it was just thrown.

A set of fingers caught the card, and a man walked in. Wearing a brown trench coat over a set of black pants and purple and blue armor that went up and covered some of his head in a wrap, his black hair stuck out as he turned and looked at the others, showing his face through a large slot in the armor. His hair shook slightly from the top of his head as he placed the card in a deck in his other hand and proceeded to shuffle them expertly.

"Gambit..." Roxas softly said, still totally amazed. "Channing Tatum Gambit no less..."

Wade's eyes were also wide, while Logan just kept his own eyes narrowed before another figure then walked into the room.

Roxas's eyes narrowed in recognition as he saw a man in a black cloak including pieces of leather armor over his shoulders, arm guards with small spikes attached, a strap on his chest that led to a quiver on his back, and a lowered hood around his neck, allowing his face to be seen. He had spiky black hair and a goatee, and adjusted a very technological bow on his shoulder as he adjusted his robe while standing next to Gambit.

"Trevor?" Roxas asked, frowning in surprise.

Trevor just frowned back as he and Gambit stood together, while Blade grabbed one of his knives from the weapons cache, and Elektra twirled her sai once again. Gambit let his cards flow between his hands, while Trevor adjusted two knife sheaths around his waist. *1*

Roxas gasped once again before letting go of his revolver, deciding that he didn't need it. Logan continued to stand near the makeshift kitchen and the booze, while the blonde and Wade continued to look amongst Elektra, Blade, Gambit, and Trevor.

"Okay," Wade said. He twirled his katana before sliding it back into its sheath. "Look at you... all. You must be the others."

"We heard about you, and had a feeling that you could help us," Roxas remarked, looking amongst the quartet. "At least... We hope so."

He was optimistic, but he was still sure there was a chance that these survivors could tell them no. He just crossed his fingers, hoping desperately that they'd be able to win over this group.

"Terrific," Wade remarked. He looked at Elektra as she stared back at him. "Just to refresh, you are Wonder..."

"Elektra," Elektra answered, given how slowly Wade had spoken.

"Elektra?" Wade asked. There was a sarcastic expression on his face under his mask. "Yes. Who could forget?"

Roxas rolled his eyes at the former mercenary's attitude, having come to (reluctantly) accept it.

"And you," Wade said. He looked at Blade as the Daywalker twirled his knife and walked over. "I was not expecting to see you here."

"I don't think anyone was," Roxas remarked in agreement with a small shake of his head.

"I thought you were, you know... retired," Wade said, using a fake Australian accent with a chuckle.

Blade looked up from where he was cleaning his knife.

"'Retarded'?" he asked with a frown.

Roxas smirked in amusement and looked at the sheepish Wade.

"'Retired'," the former mercenary emphasized. "I'm already in The Void. I'm not trying to get canceled again."

"I don't like you," Blade declared, pointing his knife at Wade.

"You never did," Wade replied.

"No one likes this idiot," Roxas remarked, nodding at the former mercenary.

"I kinda got that," Trevor commented, raising an eyebrow at the numerous slashes and blood and dirt stains along Logan, Roxas, and Wade's suits.

Roxas and Wade then turned away from Blade and Elektra to look at Gambit. Roxas was purely amazed, while Wade felt a strange form of jealousy.

"And who's this succulent reminder of my own inadequacies?" Wade asked, trying and failing to keep his voice even.

"I'm more surprised to see him," Roxas remarked, pointing at Gambit's face.

He was more surprised to see Channing Tatum Gambit than to see Gambit.

"Look at you," Wade then said, waving a hand at the smirking Gambit. "You look like the superhero version of Hawkeye." He then looked at Trevor. "Oh, no, wait, that's you."

Trevor then frowned and reached for one of his knives. Roxas just held up a hand to stop the archer, and Trevor reluctantly let it go.

"The name's Remy LeBeau, Le Diable Blanc," Gambit introduced himself, his French-Louisianan accent clear. "But you can call me the Gambit."

"And no," Trevor then said. He nodded his head with his eyebrows furrowed. "None of us can take him seriously with that voice."

Blade and Elektra both softly nodded in agreement, which had Roxas smirking. Gambit just frowned at Trevor, who shrugged unapologetically. *2*

"It's been a while since I've seen Sling Blade," Wade then replied. Roxas looked back to see Logan still chugging the alcohol. "Hit me again."

"They call me the Gambit," Gambit repeated, his smile having vanished due to annoyance.

"Do they?" Wade asked. "Are you sure you didn't just really, really want them to, but it never quite worked out?"

"You're never gonna stop making swipes towards the Disney-Fox deal, are you?" Roxas asked, raising an eyebrow at the former mercenary.

Blade, Elektra, and Trevor all frowned in confusion, while Gambit turned to look towards where Logan stood at the kitchen. The gambler muttered in French before he took a few steps forward and shook his head at Logan.

"You know, we never had a Wolverine up in here," Gambit called, getting Logan's attention. Roxas and Wade looked at their ally. "But I can tell you now, it's just a common courtesy to ask before you drink up all of my liquor."

"Well, it's a good thing I don't give a fuck," Logan bluntly replied, keeping the bottle raised up.

"He's very unapologetic," Roxas informed the gambler with a small shrug of his shoulders.

Gambit just chuckled before he muttered something in French. He then threw a playing card that was covered in purple energy, and Roxas and Wade both got out of the way. The card flew through the air and shattered the bottle in Logan's hand, causing the remaining alcohol to splatter out onto the floor. Logan exclaimed, "Fuck," while Roxas and Wade stood up in surprise. Logan just frowned at Gambit before tossing aside the broken bottle. Wade snapped that this was embarrassing, while Logan just mocked him while grabbing another bottle of Jack Daniels.

"Yeah, we've, uh..." Roxas said. He cleared his throat as he looked amongst the others. "We've had a bit of a reluctant partnership."

"We kind of got that," Elektra replied, with Blade, Gambit, and Trevor all nodding in agreement.

"Well, now that that's settled, look," Wade said, quickly turning towards the group. "We came a long way to find you four."

"There's five of us," Elektra informed him, her hands on her hips.

"There's four..." Wade slowly said. He perked up in excitement. "Hey, wait. Is it Magneto?"

Elektra and Roxas both raised their eyebrows, while Gambit and Trevor just looked blankly at the former mercenary.

"Dear, sweet God in Heaven, let it be Magneto," Wade then begged, looking up while waving his hands. "Because with him..."

"He's dead," Blade bluntly told him.

"FUCK!" Wade shouted, getting Blade to jump in surprise. "Now Disney get's cheap? It's like Pinocchio jammed his face in my ass and started lying like crazy." *3*

"Ooh, you nasty!" Gambit commented with a laugh. He continued to chuckle. "Mon petit rogue. Laissez les bons temps rouler, huh?"

"How many times do we have to tell you, no one here or even in America understands French," Trevor complained with a roll of his eyes.

"Not a single word," Deadpool agreed, while Roxas just raised an eyebrow at the group. "What do you do exactly?"

Blade, Elektra, and Logan all just raised their eyebrows, while Gambit shrugged his shoulders.

"Charge the playing cards..." Gambit said. He tossed a card and caught it. "... and make 'em go boom!"

"Your power's close-up magic," Deadpool assessed. "That's good. We're not totally fucked at all."

"Your only power is literally that you heal fast," Roxas reminded Wade. He gestured to Trevor. "He can at least shoot a bow while flying on a jetpack. Not even Hawkeye can do that."

"I don't have a jetpack here, though," Trevor admitted with a small sigh.

"Well, that's dandy," Wade rebutted. Roxas glared at him as he looked at Blade and Elektra again. "So, who brought us here?"

"That would be me," a new, young, female voice called out.

Logan, Roxas, and Wade all frowned in suspicion. Blade, Elektra, Gambit, and Trevor all turned with the three of them and watched as another person appeared through another entranceway, partially obscured by shadows. They watched as she walked through the shadows before entering the room, letting the limited light display herself to the new trio. She had long, dark hair, and wore a gray shirt with a falcon and the word Savage, gray jeans and black boots, black, fingerless leather gloves, and a bag and curled rope that hung on her shoulder as she came to a stop and looked at Roxas and Wade.

While Roxas and Wade's eyes were both wide in shock, Roxas was especially awestruck. Laura looked between the two of them with a small frown on her face, before her eyes met Roxas's.

Roxas looked into her eyes, seeing a mixture of recognition, accusation, and annoyance. But she masked this as she looked amongst the new trio.

"Don't make me regret it," Laura warned them with an intentionally blank tone in her voice.

Roxas let out a small huff and shook his head as he put together the pieces.

She was the Laura from Earth-17315. The same one that he and his Logan had transported to North Dakota, and had fought alongside against the Reavers. The same one who had been by their side against X-24, and the one who Logan held as he died. The same one that Roxas had briefly promised that he would catch up to, only for him to disappear.

Roxas inwardly grimaced, now feeling a mixture of excitement, relief, and great guilt churning in his gut. From the way that she had briefly shot him a glare, he had a feeling that Laura wasn't exactly the happiest to see him... *4*

"Holy shit," Wade then declared, voicing one of Roxas's thoughts. He pointed at Laura and looked at Logan. "Logan, that's her. That's X-23." Laura looked over at Logan, while he just furrowed his eyebrows. "She's the one Roxas and I told you about."

Roxas just watched as Laura and Logan slowly regarded each other from across the room. Roxas inwardly wished that he had his telepathic abilities so he could understand how the two of them were feeling, especially because the way that the two of them continued to frown made it hard to determine anything. Despite that, Roxas gave another small smile that even just slightly older, Laura still had Logan's glare. Logan just said nothing as he raised the bottle of Jack Daniels back up as Laura slowly looked away from him.

"Hey... How did you all get stuck in The Void?" Wade then asked, turning to look amongst Laura, Blade, Elektra, Gambit, and Trevor again.

"Yeah, I mean..." Roxas asked, turning to look at the survivors. "Everyone's got a reason, right?"

"There was a knock at the door," Blade explained as Elektra stood with her hands still on her hips.

"Me, too," Elektra added.

"And they got me," Trevor added with a nod of his head.

"Well, maybe I was born here," Gambit admitted as he shuffled his deck of cards. "It's... It's hard to know for sure."

Roxas and Wade just furrowed their eyebrows as they continued looking amongst the team of survivors.

"TVA decided our universe was dying," Blade continued explaining. He raised his eyebrows. "And I never even got a chance to fight for it."

Roxas then turned and watched as Laura turned and walked along the length of the room towards the back, keeping her eyes on Logan. While Logan drank more Jack Daniels, Laura appeared to be regarding him, most likely comparing him to the one she lost. Roxas softly nodded his head, since he kind of understood that mindset.

"People like us don't go quietly," Elektra then declared. "TVA knows that, so they took us out."

"They were kind of assholes in that department," Trevor replied with his eyebrows furrowed. He scoffed. "That's what I get for getting trapped in a universe without a way to get back home."

"You got transported here from a universe that wasn't even your own?" Roxas asked, raising an eyebrow in surprise.

"Pretty much," Trevor admitted. He crossed his arms. "A portal opened up in front of me, and I thought they were taking me back home. Turns out those shitheads were just 'cleaning up the trash' of that universe, and I got stuck in the crosshairs. They didn't even let me explain my piece. They just jabbed me with that glowstick."

"We all got screwed over by some asshole or another at the TVA," Blade remarked, with Elektra nodding her head in agreement.

Roxas inwardly grimaced. With all this information, he now knew that he and his team made the right decision to stay on their side of the Omniverse. The TVA was slowly coming around, but there were clearly still lots of bad apples, so he was okay with letting them operate on their side of the Omniverse, especially if it meant they stayed away from his side of it.

Wade then kissed his lips and pointed that hand at Blade and Elektra.

"The answer is yes," he declared. "I'm in."

"In what?" Blade asked as he, Elektra, and Trevor all frowned in confusion.

"A team," Wade answered. Laura took her bag to a counter and looked over as the former mercenary started frantically gesturing to the other survivors. "Me, you, you, and me. All of us together."

Blade just frowned and shared a look with a confused Elektra. Trevor then looked at Roxas, who just shrugged his shoulders.

"Let's get the fuck out of this place," Wade declared.

"Don't listen to him," Logan then interjected. He pointed at Wade with the Jack Daniels bottle. "He's a fucking liar!"

"It was an educated wish!" Wade snapped, looking back at Logan.

"Ha!" Logan scoffed before drinking again.

"He's not a liar; he's just an idiot," Roxas informed Blade, Elektra, Laura, Gambit, and Trevor.

"Okay, maybe, but look," Wade said. He turned and looked at the ones in front of the reflecting pool. "We've been inside Cassandra's lair." Elektra, Laura, Gambit, and Trevor all quickly looked at him, and Blade even stood up. "The only way out of The Void is through her. She can get us home. She told us."

"And if she can't, we find whatever it is she could use, cut off her fuckin' head, and take it for ourselves," Roxas added with a shrug of his shoulders.

"Weird to hear you say 'fuck'," Trevor commented with a frown.

"Wait a minute, you've been inside?" Blade asked the newcomers. "And you made it out alive?"

"Bullshit," Elektra declared. "Nobody's ever done that."

"We did," Wade replied.

"Thanks to the timely arrival of Alioth, and a conveniently nearby giant robot leg," Roxas added.

"Every time one of us has gone up against her... they die," Gambit then declared, walking towards his allies. He and Trevor looked at Roxas and Wade. "The Punisher, the Quicksilver, the Sora Derrik, the Shiny Heart, the Xion Eclipse, the Julie Cooper, the Daredevil."

"Daredevil," Wade asked in surprise. He placed his hand on his chest and looked at Elektra. "I'm so sorry."

"It's fine," Elektra said with indifference in her voice.

"Okay," Wade replied softly. *5*

Roxas raised an eyebrow, then shrugged his shoulders as Gambit sadly looked down.

"Even that sweet, baby angel, Johnny Storm," Gambit added. Logan, Roxas, and Wade's eyes widened, while Trevor just raised an eyebrow at Gambit. "He up and gone missing like, what, two days ago?"

He looked at Elektra, who just looked down in equal sadness.

"He wasn't exactly a 'sweet, baby angel'," Trevor commented with an eyebrow raised. He sighed out. "But, yeah... it's kind of sad. He was more than happy to lie to me and say that he liked my fruit parfait."

Roxas just grit his teeth and softly grimaced, while Logan took another swig of Jack Daniels, and Wade suddenly felt sheepish.

"Ugh. That's so sad," Wade said. "Wherever this Johnny fella is, I'm sure he's thriving."

Logan just chuckled as he remembered what happened the previous day, while Roxas turned and furrowed his eyebrows at the drinking man.

"Look, there's... There's strength in numbers," Wade then declared, walking around the reflecting pool as Laura took the rope off of her shoulder. "All right? Us... plus, you guys. We can put Cassandra over our knee and force her to let us out of The Void."

"There's probably a better way to phrase that, but we can probably take her down," Roxas remarked as Blade scoffed and sat back down.

"I know what it means to feel self-doubt," Wade told the group of survivors.

"I don't feel that at all," Elektra replied with her hands on her hips.

"I'm good," Blade added.

"Yeah, I'm all right," Trevor admitted with a nod of his head.

"Gnawing at your gut like a coked-up tapeworm," Wade emphasized, waving a hand over his stomach.

"It's like you're holding up a mirror to my soul," Gambit declared, looking at Wade with amazement in his eyes.

Roxas couldn't help from smirking in amusement.

"You guys might not have been able to save your universes," Wade declared, walking back around the reflecting pool. "But you can avenge them. It's what Johnny would have wanted."

Roxas closed his eyes over the way that Wade just gave himself away, especially when Blade, Elektra, Gambit, and Trevor narrowed their eyes at the former mercenary.

"Wait," Elektra said. "You knew Johnny?"

Laura frowned and looked from Elektra to Wade. Roxas just sighed, while Logan chuckled with the bottle of Jack Daniels.

"Oh, yeah," Logan declared. He gestured to Wade while also glaring at him like he was an idiot. "Dickhead here talked him into a team-up, and Johnny came down with a little case of the deads."

"That's not exactly what happened," Roxas replied. "It wasn't the team-up that killed him."

"No, no, no," Wade quickly said, gesturing with a hand. "We don't know that. It was just a flesh wound." He looked at Blade, Elektra, Gambit, and Trevor. "He may have survived."

"If he survived that, he is prayin' for death," Logan then declared.

"Thank you, Doctor Wolverine!" Wade exclaimed.

"Yeah, there is literally no way that he's still alive," Roxas replied with a grimace.

"Spill it!" Blade declared, frowning at Wade.

"What'd you do to Johnny, huh?" Gambit demanded with a frown. He lifted up a card, and it and his eyes glowed purple. "Talk or I'm gonna start dealin'."

"Okay, okay. Hey, hey, hey," Wade quickly said, holding up his hands in a placating manner. "Look. He ran his fat-ass mouth about Cassandra. Then she zip-zapped his skin, leaving his organs to splash crudely onto the ground while the soil greedily drank his blood. It was horrible. He was like a brother to me."

There was a sad expression on his face underneath his mask as he sadly placed his hand over his heart. Blade, Elektra, Laura, and Gambit were all silent over the declaration, while Trevor just furrowed his eyebrows and looked at Roxas for an explanation.

"He tried to fight against Pyro, forgetting what Pyro's powers involve," Roxas informed them. "He got captured alongside us, we got to Cassandra's fortress, and she looked more annoyed than anything else when she tore the skin from his body. It was, uh... it was pretty brutal."

"Roxas always tells the truth," Trevor remarked. He grimly nodded his head and looked at the others. "Guess he is gone."

"How do you guys know each other?" Wade asked, looking between Roxas and Trevor while Logan drank more Jack Daniels.

"Trevor's a member of my team back home," Roxas informed him. "At least, a variant of his. He's a pretty great fighter."

"You're not so bad yourself," Trevor replied with a nod of his head.

"He's also one hell of a chef," Roxas added with a nod of his head.

"We can attest to that," Blade added, with Elektra, Laura, and Gambit all nodding in agreement.

Roxas smirked and looked at Trevor again, who just shrugged his shoulders.

"Interesting lover's quarrel," Wade commented.

Roxas and Trevor both frowned at the former mercenary before he looked amongst the group again.

"Look, Johnny died before he could make a difference," Wade then told the group. "But..." Logan scoffed and laughed to himself again. "Look, maybe you couldn't save your worlds, but... Jesus Christ, you can save mine!"

There was desperation in his voice that had Roxas's eyebrows slowly lower as he felt some of his rage evaporating.

"I don't give a shit about your world, but..." Elektra slowly said, pointing at Wade. She looked at Blade, while Gambit continued to shuffle his cards. "If these three made it out of there alive, maybe together..." She looked at Gambit and Trevor. "We can get back in and take her down."

Wade nodded his head desperately, and despite his animosity towards the former mercenary, Roxas then nodded in agreement.

"Where I come from, we call that suicide, Chere," Gambit replied.

"Yeah, but there is a way we could take her down," Roxas pointed out. "I mean, we've all seen how strong she is with her telekinesis, right? She uses it to heal her wounds before they could actually damage her fatally. So, maybe if we figure out a way to block her powers, then she won't be able to heal, and we can take her down."

"Exactly," Wade agreed, nodding his head as Blade, Elektra, Laura, Gambit, and Trevor all looked at him and Roxas. "So if we can block her psychic powers, we can get a leg up. That's the best way to do it."

Logan just remained in the kitchen, absently sipping at the Jack Daniels as Roxas nodded his head in agreement.

"Now, I know Magneto's dead," Wade slowly said. He gestured with his hands. "But I'd venture to guess that his helmet is lying around here somewhere..."

"Cassandra melted the helmet," Blade bluntly told him.

"Fuck!" Wade shouted angrily.

"After she killed him," Blade added.

"Fuck!" Wade shouted, throwing his head back while Elektra paced thoughtfully.

"She don't play," Blade replied with a shake of his head.

"Clearly," Roxas agreed.

"She knows that helmet was the only way to protect anyone from her powers," Elektra informed them.

"And there's no way that Magneto would have been okay working alongside someone as evil as her," Roxas agreed with a nod of his head.

"The only other helmet that strong is Juggernaut's, but he works for Cassandra," Elektra added, her hands still at her waist.

"Juggernaut's helmet," Wade declared with a nod of his head. "That's it."

"He's right," Roxas agreed. He looked at the survivors. "We get that helmet on her, we cut her off from her powers, and we can get her to listen to us. And if she won't, then we can kill her. That simple."

"It might not be, mon ami," Gambit couldn't help but point out. He and Trevor looked at Blade and Elektra. "We done be knowing that lid ain't comin' off without that dome gonna come off wit'it."

"I'm so sorry, beautiful," Wade then said, looking at Gambit while Logan kept drinking Jack Daniels. "I want this to be gentle. Who is your dialect coach? The Minions? I feel like we are missing critical exposition here."

"Told you we can barely understand him," Trevor replied, with Roxas nodding in understanding.

There was a small moment of silence where Elektra paced again, Blade adjusted his knife in his hand, Gambit shuffled his cards, and Trevor adjusted his bow on his shoulder.

"I'm sick of this shit," Elektra declared, which had Roxas raising his eyebrows. "I'm sick of hiding. Let's face it, our worlds forgot about us."

"Or never learned about us," Gambit added, looking down with a small, sad shake of his head.

"The heroes we were," Elektra continued.

"Lives we saved," Blade added, standing up again.

"Or wanted to save," Gambit added.

"The villains we stopped," Trevor continued.

"Or wanted to stop," Gambit then added with a shrug of his shoulders.

"Maybe these three are our chance," Elektra remarked to Blade.

Roxas nodded his head, trying to ignore as Logan proceeded to gargle with Jack Daniels.

"To be remembered," Elektra emphasized. Logan then spit the alcohol out. "The way we deserve."

Blade, Laura, Gambit, and Trevor all looked at her, agreement and determination slowly appearing in their eyes. Roxas smiled triumphantly, while Wade nodded.

"Yes..." Wade softly said.

"An ending," Elektra emphasized.

"Legacy," Blade agreed, frowning in determination underneath his glasses.

"Yes!" Wade excitedly declared. He patted his hands, then pointed at Blade. "Yes! Let this man cook." Elektra raised an eyebrow at him. "This is what I'm talking about. Big slow-motion fights, sad music. Everybody working together. Who knows if you live or die? That sorta thing."

"He's being a little dramatic and treating this as if it's a movie," Roxas informed the survivors. Everyone nodded their heads in understanding, and he nodded back as he gave them a determined look. "But if we work together, then we can get through this, and get the endings you guys deserve. I'm sure of it."

"Hell, yeah!" Wade declared. "Who's ready?"

"I was born ready," Blade declared.

He twirled his knife and held it up in preparation, which had Roxas smiling in excitement.

"Yes!" Wade declared. He pointed at Gambit. "Gambit?"

"I ain't know my daddy, but I'm sure I shot out of his dick ready," Gambit declared.

Roxas blinked in surprise, while Trevor shook his head, looked down, and smirked in amusement.

"Jesus Christ, that is graphic," Wade commented.

"Very," Roxas agreed.

"Yeah, he was layin' them buttery nuts all up in my mama, and I shot out there and I said, 'What's up, Doc'?" Gambit then declared as if he was telling some kind of grand story.

While Blade, Elektra, Laura, and Logan remained silent, Roxas, Trevor, and Wade all proceeded to laugh at Gambit's very inappropriate words.

"Johnny must have loved you," Wade remarked to Gambit. He pointed his hand at Laura. "X-23, what's it gonna be?"

"The name's Laura," she corrected Wade. But there was a determined look in Roxas's eyes that made him proud as she looked at the other survivors. "Let's fucking go."

"Let's fucking go," Wade excitedly declared, waving his fists in excitement.

"It's on like chicken and corn," Blade declared.

"I don't know what that means, but I like it," Roxas declared, pointing at Blade.

"Yeah!" Wade excitedly added.

"We're doing this," Elektra remarked with determination in her voice.

"Fuck yeah, we are," Trevor agreed with a nod of his head.

Roxas nodded in agreement. Though he didn't like the circumstances that they were forced into, a little part of him was excited to fight alongside five Marvel heroes alongside his best archer.

"You're all fuckin' dead," Logan bluntly declared with a frown.

"My God!" Wade complained. He and Roxas then turned and frowned at Logan. "Read the room."

"Yeah, but he's always had problems with teamwork," Roxas admitted. He furrowed his eyebrows and looked at Logan sadly. "He's never been the best at working on a team, partially because of his really low opinion of himself."

Nonetheless, the smile never faded from Blade's face, since he was still ready to get back into action. Elektra, Gambit, and Trevor all joined Roxas and Wade in frowning at Logan, but the three of them still shared looks, determination coursing through them as they started inwardly preparing themselves for a fight. Of course, given how the sun was starting to set outside, they knew that they were going to have to wait until the next day to begin their assault, even if it did make things run a little thin considering Paradox said that he would destroy Wade's world in "three days." Wade agreed that they needed to take the time to get ready, and they would take the risk since they would need the light.

Of course, at the same time, Roxas just looked at Logan, watching as the Wolverine variant continued to chug the Jack Daniels. Given how strong that Logan was, Roxas knew that they were going to need him in their attack, no matter what the outcome was. Even if they didn't know if the TVA could fix his world, they could still help him with anything that he needed. They just needed to pull him out of his usual pool of self-hatred and despair so he could get back his courage and determination to fight. Glancing to the side, Roxas saw a similarly thoughtful expression on Laura's face, and when she looked at him, she nodded in agreement. Roxas didn't need his telepathic powers to know that she had come to the same conclusion as him. He just nodded back at Laura, knowing that they would need to work together to broach this topic to Logan.

Of course, based off of the look on Laura's face, Roxas also knew that she was going to be using this preparation time to also voice her grievances against him. Roxas inwardly grimaced, knowing that this wasn't going to be easy, but part of him did deserve it...

Chapter Text

The hours passed within the resistance's hideout as they all worked together on getting ready for their attack against Cassandra the next day. Roxas and Wade took some time to watch the team getting all their gear ready, which mostly consisted of weapons. Elektra just needed her sai, while Gambit had his playing cards and a retractable staff, Blade had his laser gun and numerous knives and swords, and Trevor prepared his bow, numerous kinds of trick arrows, and the hunting knives attached to his belt. Laura wouldn't need any gear since she had her claws in her hands and feet, and Logan made it clear that he didn't want any part of it. In fact, he had already left the hideout and gone out with some bottles of Jack Daniels and a box of matches.

Roxas knew that he was going to have to have that talk soon enough, especially if they were going to make the attack tomorrow.

He and Wade both blinked slightly in surprise when they saw Blade, Elektra, and Gambit all preparing a rocket launcher, saying that they were going to use it to blow open the gates to the facility. Wade laughed in excitement, while Roxas shrugged his shoulders.

One of Sora's weapons was an RPG he stole from another dimension, and Mordecai had a grenade launcher on his rifle. He wasn't going to judge anybody from using explosives.

Roxas then looked to the side and furrowed his eyebrows at Trevor as he used a sharpening stone on one of his hunting knives. The archer lifted the knife up and rotated it in his hand to check it over before he slid it back into its sheath.

"What, uh... What's your universe like, Trevor?" Roxas asked.

"It sounds like it wasn't that different from your universe," Trevor replied. He adjusted one of his arm guards before looking at the blonde. "How'd you meet me in your universe?"

"You ended up getting involved with us when we were dealing with the final, lingering remnants of Crawford," Roxas explained. He raised an eyebrow. "You were after them because a lieutenant killed your parents and your siblings in front of you when you were a child. You learned of our involvement in the cult's downfall, so you joined us in the fight against the remaining soldiers, the ones who were so vile that even Crawford, Xantivas, and Turrell didn't like them. But you did quarrel with us because of how ready we were to kill them all. It took a bit of convincing, but you got us to turn over a new leaf, and we agreed to let them all be imprisoned."

Trevor softly nodded his head in understanding.

"And Bonesaw?" Trevor asked, looking at the blonde. "What happened to him?"

"He tried manipulating an evil force into helping them," Roxas informed him. He softly shook his head. "She ripped his guts out and strangled him with them."

"... Well, that was a bit much," Trevor commented. He looked to the side. "I just shot him in the heart twice with an arrow."

"You actually killed him?" Roxas asked, raising his eyebrows in surprise.

"Yeah," Trevor confirmed. He looked at Roxas. "My mentor, Newton, he taught me everything he knew about fighting, and he observed that my skills were best shown with the bow and arrow. And he taught me that death was never the right punishment, not for anybody."

Roxas softly nodded his head, showing that this was the same information about Trevor from in his own universe.

"And I followed those teachings to a T," Trevor added. He nodded his head, then looked down with a frown. "But then I actually reached Bonesaw, and I looked into his eyes. I saw the ruthlessness, and the evil that he carried with him all the time. And then... I snapped. I didn't hesitate to put an arrow through his goddamn head."

Roxas just grimaced, but he nodded his head in understanding. He hadn't been able to help himself from killing some threats in the past, especially when those threats had been responsible for bringing great pain or even death to people he cared about.

"Wow..." Wade then said. Roxas and Trevor looked over at him. "Your mortal enemy was really someone who called himself Bonesaw?"

"Eh, I heard weirder during all my fighting against vampires," Blade replied with a shrug of his shoulders.

"I heard weirder fighting on the streets all the time," Elektra added.

"I heard weirder in Louisiana," Gambit replied.

Roxas nodded his head in agreement, while Wade just gave a small scoff.

A soft voice clearing her throat then echoed nearby, which had Roxas turning and looking to the side. He looked across the room, and he saw Laura giving him a pointed look. Roxas softly nodded his head before looking at Trevor.

"You guys keep getting ready," he told them.

Trevor nodded his head before he moved to start helping Blade, Elektra, Gambit, and Wade get the rest of their gear ready, as well.

Roxas then walked around the reflecting pool in the center of the room, towards the kitchen. Laura nodded as she slipped a sleeveless black vest on over her shirt. She then walked over to the kitchen area, as well, then breathed in and out as she glared up at Roxas's face. The blonde warrior grimaced slightly over the look in her eyes.

"I know what you're gonna say..." Roxas slowly started.

All of a sudden, Laura slapped him so hard that his head turned.

"I deserved that..." Roxas slowly said, turning to look at her again.

Laura raised her other hand and slapped him once again.

"That, too," Roxas replied, turning to look at her again.

Of course, Laura then raised her right hand, sliding out her claws and stabbing them through Roxas's chin. Roxas grit his teeth as Laura drove her claws all the way through his skull and the top of his head. Great pain coursed through the blonde warrior, and Laura let out a small growl of irritation, not caring over the blood that leaked onto her knuckles from her attack. After a few moments, she let her claws slide back into her fist, then sighed out as she lowered her hand from Roxas's chin. Roxas grit his teeth again and let out a small cough as he felt blood fill his mouth from two different sides, though the wounds did start to heal quickly enough. *1*

"And, yeah, maybe that," Roxas relented.

"You're damn right you did," Laura confirmed. She leaned forward slightly, showing anger, and a slight twinge of hurt that she tried to hide. "My father died right in front of me, and my heart was broken. You were right there by my side, and you helped bury him. I thought you were gonna be there for me. I thought you were gonna help me. Instead, you turned around the first chance you got, and I never saw you again."

"I know, I know," Roxas said, gesturing with a hand with guilt clear in his eyes. "There's no excuse for what I did. You were hurting, and you needed help, but instead of staying and making sure you were all right, I called my friends and pushed down everything that I went through on Earth-10005 and Earth-17315. I was being selfish."

"Yeah. You were," Laura confirmed with a nod of her head.

"If you don't mind me saying..." Roxas slowly said. He gave her a small, proud smile. "It looks like you got by well enough on your own."

"Well... Yeah, I did," Laura admitted with a shrug of her shoulders. "My friends and I... We grew up. We had lives of our own, and we did the right things with our powers. We felt like we could be the next X-Men."

Roxas softly nodded his head, still feeling proud. Of course, Laura then smacked him on the chest.

"But that doesn't mean that I didn't want you there at all," Laura told him. "You acted like a weird mixture of a brother and an uncle. You fought alongside all of us against the Reavers and Rice, and we took down X-24 together. You even helped bring Logan and I together. But... Then you just left. It pissed me off."

"I know," Roxas softly said, nodding his head in understanding. "I let myself get pulled into my own grief. I knew Logan for years, decades even. Thanks to the weird properties of this side of the Omniverse, some of my abilities were limited, so I didn't age, and I fought by his side during his highest highs and his lowest lows."

He softly shook his head and looked down.

"He became a brother," Roxas admitted. "And I wasn't able to heal him because of this side of the Omniverse limiting my powers. I felt so guilty that I couldn't do more for him. That I couldn't even bring him back. So... I just pushed it down and went back home, focusing on my other friends and my family."

Laura softly nodded her head.

"Well, as far as excuses go..." Laura slowly said. She raised an eyebrow. "That's still pretty shit."

"Yeah, I know," Roxas agreed, looking up at Laura again. He gave out a small sigh. "But I'm here now... aren't I?"

Laura softly nodded her head. She glanced to the side and let out a deep sigh.

"It was only in those last moments with him that I really felt it..." Laura slowly said. She looked up at Roxas again. "Gabriela always told me about our connection, and Charles even promised that that's what we were. But it was only in those last moments with him, when I held his hand, that I believed it, myself. And then..."

Roxas softly nodded his head in understanding.

"I'm sure he's proud of you," he promised.

Laura let out a small, shaky sigh before looking up at Roxas again.

"How do you know?" Laura asked.

"Because I'm proud of you," Roxas told her.

Laura was silent at that.

Then she moved forward and wrapped her arms around Roxas's torso as she hugged him. Roxas lifted up his arms and returned the hug, and the two of them just stayed there for a moment. After a few seconds, they then stepped back from each other, and Laura softly nodded her head as she looked at Roxas.

"You're a good man, Roxas," Laura told him.

"And I feel weird for seeing you as a niece even though you're only about five years younger than me physically," Roxas admitted. "It doesn't help that for me, you were only eleven last year."

Laura closed her eyes and smirked and she let out a small chuckle. Roxas smiled, happy to see that it was easier to get her to laugh than it was Logan.

"You've really got the dad jokes down," Laura remarked with a small shake of her head.

"Thanks, I've been practicing with my daughter," Roxas admitted. He tilted his head to the side. "You'd probably get along with her. You've got a couple of things in common."

"I'll consider the friendship when we get out of here," Laura promised. "Now... Now, let's go see if we can get that version of my dad to put down the bottle."

"It took a hell of a lot to get your dad to put down that bottle," Roxas replied. He shrugged his shoulders. "But let's see what we can do."

Laura nodded her head, and the two of them turned towards the doorway with the stairs that led back up to ground level. The three of them walked past where Blade, Elektra, Gambit, Trevor, and Wade were still preparing their gear. Of course, once they were halfway up the stairs, Roxas then glanced backwards before looking at Laura again.

"How hard is it to understand Gambit?" Roxas muttered.

"It is very, very difficult," Laura admitted with a shake of her head.

The two of them scoffed as they continued up the stairway, having completely vented their frustrations and grief with each other. *2*

Reaching the top of the stairs, Laura and Roxas walked out of the bunker exit and into the darkened forest, finding everything really hard to see, even with the limited "moon" light provided to them from above. They could faintly see through the trees towards the direction of the campfire that Logan had set up for himself, complete with numerous logs from trees set up around the fireplace specifically for sitting. Crickets chirped in the distance as Logan lifted his bottle of Jack Daniels and took another swig. Laura and Roxas walked together along the forest before they reached the campfire.

Logan let out an exhale as he looked up at Laura and Roxas's arrival, but he just groaned as he looked down.

"Hey, hey," Logan said, gesturing with his alcohol. "I'm not lookin' for company. Not even from you, Roxas. Get out of here."

Laura and Roxas ignored him as they moved over to two of the tree trunks and sat down. They rested their arms on their legs as they settled in.

"You remind me of him," Laura told Logan. "Angry. Drunk. Mean."

"Wouldn't stop swearing, even around an eleven year old," Roxas added with a tilt of his head.

"Sounds like a great guy..." Logan sarcastically started to say.

"Wasn't finished," Laura interrupted him. Logan raised an eyebrow at her. "Showed up when it mattered the most. Couldn't help it."

"Always fought for the people he cared about," Roxas added. "Even if he pretended he didn't care."

Laura and Roxas both looked at Logan. Logan just sighed out and looked into the fire.

"You might not know it, but... you're a good man, Logan," Laura told him.

Logan just gave a bitter chuckle and looked down.

"You might not know it, but apparently, I'm the worst Logan," he replied.

"A name given to you by a bunch of idiots who think they're in charge of the Multiverse," Roxas pointed out. "Their words don't define your actions."

Laura softly nodded her head in agreement as she looked into the fire.

"I got to have a life because of you," Laura told Logan. She looked at him. "I got to grow up because of you. A lot of kids did."

"A lot of kids didn't grow up because of me," Logan replied. He looked into the fire. "Trust me, kid, I'm no hero."

"You always said that," Roxas remarked. He shrugged his shoulders. "But your actions always said differently."

Laura then glanced at Logan's suit before looking at his face.

"That suit also says different," Laura added.

Logan couldn't help but look down at his dirty, torn suit with numerous bullet holes in the chest. Despite the grime, his sleeves being gone from his upper arms, and all the cuts and holes, his yellow and blue suit still looked pretty heroic, and like that of an X-Man.

"Yeah," Logan softly admitted. "Do you guys like it?"

"Mm," Laura hummed in confirmation.

"Hell, yeah," Roxas added with a small nod.

Logan just slowly looked up, then looked in the fire again.

"Scott used to beg me to wear it," he admitted. Laura and Roxas looked at his face, seeing tears start to grow in his eyes. "So did Jean, Storm, Beast... All of them. They wanted me to be part of the team, but I wouldn't." He softly shook his head. "Told 'em they all look fucking ridiculous. I mean..."

He softly sighed as Laura and Roxas looked into the fire.

"I couldn't have 'em thinkin' I wanted to be there," Logan admitted. Laura and Roxas looked at Logan again. "And then one day, while I was off on my own, the humans came... and went mutant hunting."

Roxas closed his eyes and gave a small sigh, remembering the worst of "mutant hunting" thanks to his time in the dystopian future where they had to fight the Sentinels.

"I can guess the rest," Laura remarked.

"No, no, let me..." Logan slowly said with a small shake of his head. "Let me say it. I... I need to say it."

The tears were in his eyes, but he refused to break down and outright cry.

"By the time I stumbled home shitfaced from the bar, it was too late," Logan admitted. Laura and Roxas looked down grimly. "They were dead. Every..."

He stifled a sob, his lower lip quivering as he continued staring into the fire.

"They were all gone, but the only one alive was Roxas," Logan admitted. "My closest ally and partner, through all of it. And even he didn't forgive me. He gave me a dirty look and left. And I never saw him again."

Roxas looked up, inwardly hating that one of his variants would actually turn against a Logan. Even knowing this, he wasn't sure he could actually turn against any kind of Logan.

"I knew you were different from the Roxas I knew the second I smelled you," Logan admitted. "But I went along with having you by my side because... it meant that I had someone back."

Roxas softly nodded his head.

"As for the others..." Logan slowly said, his lower lip still quivering. "This suit's all I got to remind me of who they were. And what I did."

A moment of silence filled the forest as the trio all processed this. Laura and Roxas softly nodded their heads, understanding why Logan hurt so much. Roxas inwardly hated that one of his best friends and allies appeared to always face trauma and absolute despair throughout the Omniverse. Logan just sniffled and lifted his bottle up and took another swig of Jack Daniels. *3*

"Like I said when we were facing off against Paradox," Roxas slowly said. "Everybody deserves a second chance. No matter who they are or what they've done, if they want to redeem themselves... There's nothing wrong with giving them that chance."

Logan just said nothing as he continued to stare into the fire. Laura and Roxas both looked at him, hoping that he would be able to accept their words.

"We're heading to Cassandra's at sunup," Laura informed Logan, deciding to get back to the topic at hand.

"Have fun," Logan replied, frowning as he continued looking into the fire. "Not my fight."

"If I had a nickel for every time I've ever heard you say that," Roxas commented.

Of course, Logan just kept frowning into the fire as Laura and Roxas kept looking at him.

"We won't pull this off without you," Laura told him.

Logan just looked at them, before looking down again. Laura and Roxas shared a look, before they gave small nods of their heads and stood up once again. They slowly started walking back towards the bunker, and Logan looked up and watched them for a moment.

"Hey," Logan said. "Whoever you think I am, you got the wrong guy."

Laura and Roxas came to a stop, turned around, and looked at him again.

"Again, if I had a nickel for every time I heard you say that," Roxas replied.

"You were always the wrong guy," Laura told him.

There was another moment before Laura and Roxas turned and started walking back to the bunker again, leaving Logan alone. Logan just kept the glare on his face as he stared into the fire, though Laura and Roxas's words did echo in his head as he continued to sit. He absent mindedly took more swigs of the Jack Daniels, though he reluctantly decided to actually think about Laura and Roxas's claims.

Of course, they were all completely unaware of the fact that Pyro had left Cassandra's fortress over the evening and picked up Logan, Roxas, and Wade's trail to try and search for them. He had done a bit of searching before returning to the diner that they had briefly stopped at, using a fire from his hand to light the place up slightly. Pyro grabbed the half-finished can of Spam that Wade had left behind as he took out a communicator to contact Paradox. Paradox had hidden himself away in an interview room and answered Pyro's call, listening as Pyro explained that Pyro hadn't gotten Logan, Roxas, and Wade, emphasizing that Cassandra wanted to play with them herself first, and they got away.

Paradox asked if Logan, Roxas, and Wade found the others, and Pyro confirmed they didn't, relieving him. Of course, then Pyro informed him that the others found Logan, Roxas, and Wade, which annoyed Paradox, making him comment that it was a classic bait and switch. As Pyro cooked some of the leftover Spam with his fire, he told Paradox that if they went after Cassandra, she would handle it. Paradox pointed out that Cassandra was a lunatic wild card, which is why the TVA put her in The Void in the first place, and even thanked God that she never chose to leave The Void.

Paradox then frantically told Pyro that the Time Ripper was hours away from completion, and that he couldn't take any chances. Pyro emphasized that he could take chances for a price. Paradox complained over Pyro saying it in a silly voice, and at Pyro's declaration that he could get it done, Paradox relented, saying that he would do it at Pyro's price. He told Pyro to take out Cassandra, before hanging up the phone and letting out a small complaint about mutants.

The next morning, the group finished preparing all their gear before they piled into the ruined Honda Odyssey together, all of them getting in the blood-stained seats as they prepared for the drive to Cassandra's fortress. Of course, as he climbed into the front Passenger's seat, Wade put on the radio, which started playing T.I's Bring Em Out, which did offer a fun backdrop for the drive. The group gathered together within the Honda, with Elektra getting in the driver's seat, Wade sitting next to her, Laura and Gambit behind them, and Blade, Roxas, and Trevor filled up the very back together. The gear they needed rested on the ground as they drove away from the bunker and through the forest.

The song continued to play as they drove through the massive landscapes of The Void, leaving behind the forest as they made their way back to Cassandra's fortress. They were able to see some other landscapes and broken structures like a Gummi ship, the golden castle of Asgard, part of Disney Castle, the Milano, and structures from the Land of Departure and Radiant Garden. Blade, Elektra, Gambit, Laura, Roxas, Trevor, and Wade continued to just watch as the landscapes passed them by before they reached the top plateaus that led towards Cassandra's fortress, and the group only barely registered snow falling from above.

Within moments, the gigantic body of Ant-Man came into view, with the giant arms serving as the barriers, while the closed hands were the gate. As the Honda got closer, people within the facility noticed, including Blob at the gate, Cassandra in her throne room in the skull of Ant-Man, Juggernaut at a watchtower, and many people with guns on the upper walkways. Cassandra just watched, partially in curiosity and partially in annoyance as the Honda got closer.

Roxas and Trevor tensed up in preparation, while Gambit leaned forward in excitement.

"Ooh!" Gambit exclaimed. "Look at that there! You see them biggum hands come closed. Ain't not a woman gettin' up inside there."

"I think what Gambit's trying to say is that getting Juggernaut's helmet ain't gonna be easy," Wade called to the others as winds blew alongside the driving car. "I'm just making stuff up at this..."

Of course, Blade then pushed himself up from the seat with Roxas and Trevor's shoulders, standing and sticking his head and torso out of the shattered sunroof.

"Yeah. Tilt up to Blade," Wade instructed.

"Gun!" Blade told them, keeping his eyes on the closed gate.

Gambit grabbed the rocket launcher and passed it up to Blade. Laura, Roxas, and Trevor all watched as Blade took the rocket launcher, lifted it up, and rested the top on his shoulder as he prepared it. He aimed it at the gate as they got closer, and the gun hummed in preparation.

"Where'd he get that little beauty?" Wade asked, looking from Elektra to the rocket launcher.

"That's Punisher's AT4," Elektra replied.

"Which Punisher?" Wade asked. "There's been, like, five of them."

"Yeah, I can easily see it being either Jon Bernthal or Thomas Jane," Roxas added.

"There's only been one Blade..." Blade then declared with a stern look on his face. "And there's only ever gonna be one Blade."

Wade just turned and looked at the 4th wall, which had Roxas raising an eyebrow. *4*

Of course, Blade didn't care about any of this as he fired the rocket launcher, sending the projectile flying through the air. Juggernaut and Blob both screamed about it, but the missile still hit the closed gate, blowing them up as the blast was sent inside, sending more than a few soldiers inside flying.

With that, Elektra pushed harder on the gas, pressing her foot against the floor as she drove much more quickly. Blade, Gambit, Laura, Roxas, Trevor, and Wade all held on a bit tighter as they drove much faster to the compound. They drove together through the fire, and Elektra adjusted the gear and slammed her foot on the brakes, sending the car sliding across the road in the atrium entrance of the compound. Soldiers tried moving into place with assault rifles and laser guns even as the Honda slid to a stop. More soldiers raised their guns as they stood at the upper walkways, pointing their firearms at the Honda. The other villains like Arclight, Azazel, Bullseye, Castillo, Lady Deathstrike, Psylocke, Toad, the Russian, and Quill started to move into place to attack.

At the Honda, the group opened the doors and started to climb out together. Elektra walked around the front of the car with her sai, while Wade climbed out of his seat, Gambit climbed out of the back, and Blade, Laura, Roxas, and Trevor all followed behind him. The seven of them stood together and watched as the courtyard was filled with soldiers, while dozens of them aimed their guns at them from the upper walkways. The fire continued to surge from the destroyed gates as Roxas and Wade looked up at the skull, seeing Cassandra giving them a strange look, while Juggernaut joined Arclight, Azazel, Bullseye, Castillo, Lady Deathstrike, Toad, and Quill in the crowd in front of the entrance ramp.

Of course, as more and more soldiers filled the courtyard, the trunk of the Honda opened up, and Laura, Roxas, and Wade all turned towards it. Elektra and Blade also looked over, and Roxas smirked as he watched Logan take a step out of the trunk before he stood up. A frown was on Logan's face as he marched around the trunk and joined the group, glancing at them and seeing Laura give the ghost of a smile. He joined Blade, Elektra, Gambit, Laura, Roxas, Trevor, and Wade in standing in front of the Honda and staring at the army in preparation.

Cassandra just smirked in amusement before she turned and marched along her room to the throne ready and waiting for her.

"Oh, this is gonna be good," Blade declared with a smirk.

"You know how long I've been waiting for this?" Gambit asked, a smirk spreading across his own face. "Whoo! I'm about to make a name for myself here." *5*

"I don't think you guys walk away from this," Logan couldn't help but remark to the team as the Russian and many other soldiers glared at them.

"At least, not all of you," Roxas admitted.

"You just make sure people know what happened here today," Gambit replied, taking a few steps forward. "And when you get out of here, you have a drink for me, yeah?"

"You make a good pie in my name, and I'll be happy," Trevor remarked, stepping forward with his bow in hand.

"You just stay on our six and get inside," Blade added. He stepped forward next to Gambit and Trevor, and Elektra moved up with him. "We'll make sure you get the package."

"And we'll get our ending," Elektra added.

Laura moved in front of Logan and Roxas, frowning as the massive crowd, including Azazel, Bullseye, Castillo, Juggernaut, Lady Deathstrike, Toad, and Quill all glared back. Laura just frowned back before lifting a set of pink and blue sunglasses up and sliding them onto her face. Roxas smiled, recognizing them as the ones she stole from the gas station during their trip. He nodded his head as he joined Logan in glaring back at the crowd of villains and enemies.

The veritable army of henchmen just stared back, and Azazel teleported a couple of times through the crowd in preparation. The crowd then started getting ready to attack, with some raising guns, others raising handheld weapons, and Lady Deathstrike raising her hands with her metallic nails.

Wade pulled his katanas out of their sheaths. Blade pulled out his knives. Elektra twirled her sai in preparation. Trevor pulled an arrow out and notched it in his bow. Gambit gripped a playing card and let purple energy flow around it. Logan and Laura let their claws slide out of their fists, and Roxas slid out his short swords. All eight of them stood in battle stances as they glared at the army of enemies in front of them.

After a few moments, the army of Cassandra's soldiers then yelled as they started charging forward to attack. Azazel disappeared in a flash, while other enemies like Arclight, Bullseye, Castillo, Lady Deathstrike, the Russian, Toad, and Quill all charged towards the group. Juggernaut just stood for a moment as he glared in preparation to attack.

Pandemonium quickly filled the field as Blade, Elektra, Gambit, Laura, and Trevor rushed forward, and Logan, Roxas, and Wade followed behind them.

Blasts were shot from laser guns and regular guns shot through the air, but they were either dodged or blocked. Arclight even sent her shockwaves flying, but Gambit blocked it with his staff while sparring with Castillo. Elektra rushed in with Blade, and the two of them slashed their weapons at the closest soldiers, while Laura rushed in with her claws, Roxas launched arrows from his arm guards, and Trevor dodged projectiles as he shot arrows out of his bow. Roxas then joined Logan and Wade in fighting off whatever enemies came near them with their blades as they charged across the field.

More blasts from laser guns and assault rifles echoed across the field as everyone on the team tried to surge forward. Elektra caught the pole weapon of a soldier before slashing him in the neck, then cut through the projectiles Quill launched at her. Logan went toe to toe with Lady Deathstrike, each of them swinging their claws at each other and deflecting the metallic blades. Gambit used his staff to intercept the strikes from a couple of soldiers, before Elektra fought against Bullseye, Wade stabbed a couple of nearby soldiers with his katana, and Trevor rolled on the ground to dodge blasts before firing two arrows out of his bow at once, hitting some of the shooters in the upper walkways.

Wade slid on the ground to slash and stab through any nearby soldiers, even holding one of his katanas backhanded to impale a man. Roxas blasted lightning out of his fingers, hitting Lady Deathstrike and stunning her enough for Logan to throw her aside. Roxas then cartwheeled out of the way of one of Quill's projectiles, then sent an arrow flying that hit her in the shoulder. Blade had moved further up the field and used his knives to cut through more soldiers, while Trevor jumped to his feet and shot another arrow, hitting Arclight in the chest and knocking her back. Wade flipped through the air and kicked aside another soldier before joining Elektra, Roxas, Logan, and Laura in charging forward, while Gambit let energy surround his cards and used them to deflect an attack.

Blade swung his blades, cutting through a nearby soldier before Azazel appeared next to him and swung his own katana. Blade and the teleporter swung their swords at each other, and as Blade jumped up to kick him in the head, Azazel disappeared in another flash. Azazel reappeared and tried to swing his sword, but Blade blocked it with his knife. The two of them deflected their blades off of each other before Azazel disappeared again, so Blade instead stabbed Lady Deathstrike in the stomach, then jumped up and slashed her throat, throwing her to the ground. A sniper fired his rifle and the bullet hit Blade in the chest, but his armor saved him. So, Blade lifted his laser gun, and quickly aimed and fired, hitting the sniper and killing him.

Blade let out a small growl.

Gambit, meanwhile, let his entire deck of cards be covered in energy that he let flow between his two hands. He hummed for a moment before he turned and started throwing his cards, hitting numerous soldiers and henchmen in their heads. After knocking a few soldiers to the ground, Gambit then jumped up in a flip and started using acrobatics to dodge more soldiers and slide cards onto them, including slipping one into a soldier's collar, another on a man's chest, another in another man's back, and even one in a woman's side. The soldiers all exclaimed in pain while Gambit just stood up and held another card between his fingers.

"And... Boom!" Gambit declared.

With that, the energy in the cards all started exploding, making the soldiers around Gambit yell out as their bodies started exploding, sending blood and pieces of flesh flying in all directions. Soldiers continued to fire their rifles from the upper walkways, and Gambit laughed as he threw cards in their direction, many of which hit and exploded, completely engulfing the soldiers.

Trevor helped by grabbing two explosive arrows that he fired at the upper walkways, blowing them up and killing the soldiers. Trevor huffed before Azazel appeared behind him, grabbed him by the neck, and they both disappeared.

Azazel and Trevor both then reappeared high up in the air above the compound, and Azazel gave a dark smirk as he let go of Trevor. Of course, as he fell, Trevor quickly grabbed Azazel's tail, and dragged him down to pull him with him. Azazel yelled out and tried to kick Trevor off, but the archer just slung his bow onto his shoulder and grabbed another arrow, one that had a grapple line attached to it. As they plummeted, they got closer to the ground, so Azazel grunted and kicked Trevor right in the head, getting him to let go of the tail. Of course, before they could fall any more, Trevor then fired the arrow, hitting Azazel right in the thigh. Azazel roared as the arrow hit him just as he teleported, so the grapple line was connected to Trevor, and he disappeared with it.

Azazel and Trevor both reappeared right over the ground, and Azazel grit his teeth over the arrow in his leg, filling him with enough pain that he couldn't focus on teleporting again. He grabbed his sword and turned towards Trevor just as the archer notched another arrow in his bow. Just as Azazel raised his blade, Trevor fired his arrow, which went right through his eye and his head, killing the teleporter and sending him right to the ground.

"Sorry for the bigger disrespect than the retcon that made it so Nightcrawler isn't your son, anymore," Trevor commented. *6*

He brushed this off as he grabbed another arrow and fired at another soldier.

A soldier in the upper walkways fired a large blast, though it appeared to do more to the other soldiers. Elektra used her sai to fight off many enemies, knocking down a man with a large wrench before catching a woman attempting to attack with a crowbar, before pushing her aside. Elektra then turned around and ended up fighting with Quill, dodging the woman's numerous attacks before stabbing her in the chest. Elektra then kicked aside the woman with the crowbar before finishing off Quill with another slash from her sai.

The pandemonium continued to spread across the courtyard as the team continued to fight Cassandra's forces as they moved further and further forward. Laura and Logan both slashed through soldiers with their claws as they progressed forward, Trevor fired another two arrows before striking a soldier with his bow, Blade swung his knives, Elektra swung her sai, Roxas swung his short swords and fired arrows, Wade swung his katanas, and Gambit's staff had returned, covered in energy again. The team all moved forward towards the entrance ramp at the Ant-Man head, knocking aside Psylocke as they kept attacking.

Laura yelled as she slashed her claws through some soldiers, Elektra grunted as she attacked with her sai, Gambit threw cards that deflected off of Juggernaut's helmet, and Logan, Roxas, and Wade rushed forward. Trevor kicked another soldier in the head as Wade rolled on the ground, throwing another soldier aside, while Logan slashed his claws at another one, and Roxas waved his hand, sending a telekinetic wave that threw aside many soldiers. Another soldier fired an assault rifle, and Roxas quickly stepped out of the way, so the bullet instead flew through the air and hit Arclight in the head, instead.

The group reached the base of the ramp as Blade stood in front of it and stabbed another soldier, killing her. Blade threw aside the guard while Laura moved in and stabbed another one with her claws, killing him.

"Thanks so much, guys!" Roxas called back.

Logan and Roxas let their weapons disappear, and Wade sheathed his swords as the three of them ran up the entrance ramp to enter the fortress. The three of them hurried up the ramp and through the entranceway as they hurried inside to face Cassandra, all while more explosions spread across the landscape.

Staying outside, Blade, Elektra, Gambit, Laura, and Trevor all stood ready with their weapons in hand as they stood at the bottom of the ramp. Staring across the field, they watched as the remaining soldiers started to recover and grip their weapons a bit tighter. Some of those enemies included the healing Lady Deathstrike, the Russian, Toad, Psylocke, Bullseye, and the recovering Juggernaut.

As the soldiers continued to recover and turn towards the remaining members of the team, Blade let out a small chuckle as he held up his blood-covered knife.

"Heh," he said with a smirk. "Some motherfuckers still trying to ice skate uphill."

"You say that a lot; what does that even mean?" Trevor commented.

Of course, the henchmen all yelled out as they started charging forward to attack again. Knowing that they needed to hold off these soldiers while Logan, Roxas, and Wade confronted Cassandra, the remaining members of the group moved forward to keep attacking together. Trevor notched another arrow, Gambit swung his energy-covered staff, Blade and Elektra raised their weapons, and Laura yelled again as she raised her fists to slash with her claws. The five of them continued to attack as they rushed through the crowds of villains and enemies, all of them ready to fight and protect the others as they worked towards their goal.

Inwardly, as he joined Logan and Wade in rushing up the stairs into the facility, Roxas wished that he could find a way to help them get out of The Void and at least find a way back to their universes. But he would take care of that later. Right now, they had to focus on Cassandra...

Chapter Text

The Void

Cassandra's Compound

Within the throne room of her compound, Cassandra just sat idly in her chair as she rested her legs on an arm rest while sipping at her tea. The throne room was like most of the rest of this compound, with numerous decorations that had been stolen from other parts of The Void, all of which were relics from other universes. These consisted of lots of displays of stained glass, displays of wood and some kind of fabric, and metal cases. Cassandra just sipped at her cup of tea as she sat in her throne, which was on a metallic display that had been acquired from some variant of Kang the Conqueror.

An impassive look was on Cassandra's face as Logan, Roxas, and Wade hurried up the entrance ramp, passing through the nose of the giant Ant-Man skull and entering the room. The three of them came to a stop and huffed as they looked at Cassandra, who placed her cup in a small plate as she softly shook her head.

"You three escaping, I could live with," Cassandra commented with a small nod of her head. Logan, Roxas, and Wade all frowned at her. "But coming back? Willingly?"

She smirked in amusement.

"Boys are so silly," Cassandra told them.

"I can't tell if that's a compliment or an insult," Roxas commented.

"I just need to get home," Wade told her.

"Well, that's not on the menu, I'm afraid," Cassandra replied, lowering her legs from the chair's arm as she turned towards the trio of men. She placed her plate and cup on the other arm chair. "It's death or enslavement. A la carte, of course."

"That ain't happening, bitch," Roxas declared with a shake of his head.

Logan frowned in agreement.

Of course, Cassandra just gave an amused look as she stepped out of her chair and waved a hand.

"Upsy-daisy," Cassandra quipped.

Logan and Roxas then both raised their eyebrows in surprise as they watched Wade get flung up into the air with a yell. Wade grunted as he was thrown up into the ceiling, crashing through some of the wood panels before he was then dragged back down. Cassandra continued to wave her hand, smirking the whole time as Wade ended up right next to Logan and Roxas. Wade was then spun around a bit, then Cassandra swung her hand again, sending him flying through the air again. He was sent crashing through another set of wood panels, then grunted as he landed on the ground.

Logan and Roxas both huffed before turning towards Cassandra again. Roxas furrowed his eyebrows as he and Cassandra shared a look once again. Cassandra just continued to smirk, while Roxas frowned at her once again. Logan raised his eyebrows in intrigue, since he had been "incapacitated" during the previous fight between Cassandra and Roxas.

Cassandra then giggled and waved her hand, just as Roxas lifted his own arm. Telekinetic energy then appeared in the air between the two once again, which had Logan raising his eyebrows and stepping back in surprise. The energy remained in the air as the two of them kept trying to attack, before Roxas then lifted a hand, making the energy fly up and fade away. Roxas then grunted as he raised his other hand, blasting lightning out of his fingers that flew right towards Cassandra. Cassandra just let out a loud, high-pitched whoop as she raised her hand, deflecting the lightning and sending it flying back. Roxas just quickly waved his hand, causing the lightning to fly down and be sent into the floor.

Cassandra laughed as she waved another hand, and Roxas grunted as he raised his hand back up. Once again, another surge of telekinetic energy gathered in the air in front of the two, which had Logan raising his eyebrows once again.

"I'm a little impressed," Cassandra informed him. "After all, it's not often that I meet another person with telekinesis."

She just smirked as she pointed her hand at Roxas, letting the energy between them grow stronger.

"But it's one of my primary powers," Cassandra informed him. "It's a secondary one of yours, so I have more strength with it than you."

"Is that true?" Logan asked Roxas while keeping his eyes on Cassandra.

"Possibly," Roxas admitted, gritting his teeth in effort.

Of course, Roxas then huffed as he reached out with his other hand, making one of the wooden frames float up into the air. He grunted as he waved his hand, sending the cabinet flying towards Cassandra. Cassandra just whooped again as she alternated her hands, sustaining the energy again before using her other hand to shatter the cabinet to pieces. She laughed again before pointing her other hand at Roxas, sending the bits and pieces of wood flying through the air. Roxas grunted as the pieces of wood hit him, with many cutting through his exposed flesh. Roxas grit his teeth from the pain.

This gave Cassandra the opening she needed. She whooped once again as she pressed on with the attack, causing the energy to surge through the air even more. Roxas then grunted as the energy slammed into him, sending him flying backwards. Logan huffed and watched as Roxas was sent flying back, right through one of the giant eye holes of the skull. Luckily, he managed to recover in the air enough to grab onto one side of the eye socket in the skull, grabbing on and stopping himself from falling back into the battlefield. *1*

Holding onto the socket, Roxas winced as he braced himself. Then a bullet hit his back from one of the soldiers on the ground, which got him to grit his teeth. He didn't even look as he waved his other hand, sending an arrow flying that hit the soldier in the head, killing him before it could attack Blade, Elektra, Gambit, Laura, or Trevor again.

With Roxas thrown out the eye socket, Logan then frowned and turned to look at Cassandra as she just slid her hands into the pockets of her trench coat.

"Finally... it's nice to give someone else a chance to talk," Cassandra remarked to Logan as she walked up to him.

"Not my strong suit," Logan replied, glaring back at the bald telepath.

With that, Logan quickly let his claws slide out and tried to slash them at Cassandra. Of course, Cassandra was a bit too quick, as she telekinetically caught his right arm in the air, then forced Logan to stab himself through his thigh, making him yell out. Cassandra waved her other hand, and Logan's arm ended up stabbing himself through his other thigh, making him yell again. Cassandra just continued to smirk as she waved her hands, forcing Logan to take his claws out, before he was then forced to stab them into the floor, restraining him against the ground with her powers.

Roxas huffed as he tried to climb up through the hole, but Cassandra just waved another hand, knocking him back and disorienting him slightly. Roxas grunted, but he managed to hold on, all while Logan's claws were still restrained in the floor. He grunted and strained as he tried to pull his claws free, all while Cassandra just continued to smirk.

Outside, Blade, Elektra, Gambit, Laura, and Trevor all continued to fight.

Blade had replaced his laser gun with another small weapon that could fly through the air with curved blades. He threw the weapon, which cut through four soldiers before it flew back into his hand. Trevor used a grappling hook arrow to catch a soldier, pull him in, then stabbed him in the head with another arrow. Laura slashed with her claws, Elektra stabbed another man in the chest with her sai, and Gambit swung his energy covered staff while Toad shot out his tongue, wrapping it around Blade's forearm. Of course, this was a mistake, because Blade grabbed Toad's tongue and pulled him in. Blade was then relentless and slashed Toad through his chest, stabbed him in the shoulder, then wrapped his own elongated tongue around his neck to force him to his knees before stabbing him in the top of the head, finishing him off.

Laura used her claws to slash through another soldier, and Elektra used a combination of her training and her sai to take down a different soldier. Of course, Gambit ended up facing off against the Russian, who grabbed a large mace and swung it, hitting him and sending him flying. Trevor fired another arrow at another soldier while Gambit rolled on the ground before coming to a stop. Pushing himself up onto one knee, Gambit glared at the Russian before letting his staff extend out to full length with energy around it once again.

"You shouldn't have done that," Gambit declared.

While Elektra and Trevor attacked more soldiers, Gambit lunged forward and stabbed the Russian right through the stomach with his staff. The energy started burning through his body, making the Russian yell out in pain as he dropped to his knees. Gambit pulled his staff out while the Russian continued to exclaim in pain. He proceeded to walk away, not even paying attention as the Russian proceeded to blow up, sending blood, flesh, and bones flying.

Trevor then gave Gambit a look as he notched two arrows at once, and the gambler nodded back. He waved his hand, and his purple energy then appeared on the two arrows. Trevor then fired those arrows and let them fly, hitting the upper walkways and exploding, causing waves of fire to spread along the surface.

"That was my last two arrows," Trevor admitted as he slid his bow onto his back.

"Time for you to mince some bitches," Gambit replied.

"That's the only thing you've ever said that I understood," Trevor commented as he pulled his knives out of their sheaths. *2*

The two of them shared a nod of their heads before they separated, with Gambit going off to attack another soldier with his staff, while Trevor followed Elektra towards another collection of enemies.

Laura had decided to go for their main goal of getting Juggernaut's helmet. She had used her small(er) size to climb up onto Juggernaut and jabbed with her claws, trying to get him in the neck. She did proceed to stab him in the shoulders, but Laura cursed over the fact that she was failing in getting Juggernaut's head. Juggernaut then grabbed Laura and threw her aside, making her yell out again. She rolled along the ground, but quickly recovered and pushed herself back up. Juggernaut stood and started to march towards Laura, but she was quicker as she rushed forward, sliding on the ground and cutting her claws through the backs of his ankles. Juggernaut groaned in pain and tried to turn towards Laura again.

Laura panted as she watched Juggernaut proceed to fall down to his knees, his feet having been severed thanks to her claws and making him yell out in pain as he fell.

"Adios, pendejo," Laura taunted in Spanish.

With that, Laura took after Logan as she yelled, charged forward, and lunged at Juggernaut, aiming her claws right at his neck.

Up at the throne room, Wade was still on the ground after having been thrown through one of the wooden displays, while Roxas grit his teeth as Cassandra used her powers to keep him outside of the hole, holding onto the edge of the giant eye socket. Meanwhile, Cassandra crouched down in front of the still-restrained Logan and looked at him with an inquisitive expression on her face.

"You are an interesting one, aren't you?" Cassandra asked.

Logan just huffed as he continued to glare at her.

"I do feel like you get lost behind all of his..." Cassandra slowly said, looking over at Wade.

Logan and Roxas both huffed as Cassandra then used one of her hands to emphasize someone yapping, while also making the noise with her mouth.

"Deadpools are a dime a dozen here in The Void," Cassandra remarked to Logan. "And your little Unlimited friend has made it clear who's side he's on. But you..."

She smirked at Logan.

"What's going on in here?" Cassandra asked, raising a hand and pointing a finger at Logan's forehead.

With that, Cassandra used her telepathic powers, slowly sliding her finger through Logan's forehead. Logan groaned and grunted from the feeling as Cassandra's finger pressed further into her forehead. Cassandra just continued to smirk while Logan screamed loudly, and Roxas grit his teeth, feeling bad since he and Wade knew what that feeling was like. Logan just continued to scream as Cassandra activated her powers, pulling both herself and Logan into his mind space and deeper within his memories.

Just like with Wade before him, Logan was pulled back through the deepest of his memories, which for him, mostly consisted of using his claws to fight and cut through people, most of which was while fighting alongside the X-Men. Of course, alongside the killing, Logan also got pulled into some of his strongest memories of the Weapon X program, and all the pain he went through there. Logan continued to yell outside of his body as he was dragged further and further through his memories, before everything suddenly came to a stop.

All of a sudden, Logan was wearing a white shirt and jeans as he stood in a grassy field with a line of dozens of stone towers to his left. He slowly walked along the length of the pathway next to the towers, faintly hearing a woman calling his name out in the distance. Of course, outside of the field, he could see nothing else around him given a strange fog that was around everything.

As Logan walked, Cassandra's voice commented, "Interesting," above him, making it clear that she was still going through his memories. She added that this wasn't what she expected behind the anger. As Logan came to a stop next to one of the pillars, Cassandra then came out from behind it, and assessed that Logan was hiding from all the people he had let down. Logan just looked down and let out a deep sigh before he leaned down. Cassandra remarked that Logan had so much pain as he rested his hands on his knees before dropping down to kneel on the ground.

Despite the fact that she was a villain, Logan did admit to Cassandra that he had walked away. Giving a small nod of his head, Logan continued that the ones he lost had called after him, but he had walked away. Guilt was clear on his face, especially with small tears growing in his eyes again. Logan bitterly commented that he always did, while Cassandra placed a hand on his back, and a kid's voice screamed his name in the distance. Cassandra then dropped down to join Logan in kneeling, observing that he had done more than just run.

Outside, Cassandra dug her finger deeper into Logan's head, which made him yell even louder while Roxas grit his teeth and tried to push against her powers.

Cassandra used the memories she had found to remind Logan how he had found the X-Men. Logan lifted his head up, and as a voice screamed in the distance, he confirmed that he had found them dead. His lower lip quivered as he emphasized that they had been piled up like wood. Cassandra asked what he did in response, and Logan looked down once again, guilt appearing on his face as his mouth continued to quiver with emotion. Logan admitted he had started killing, and he couldn't stop and didn't even want to stop.

Outside, Cassandra smirked darkly, while inside, Cassandra commented that he had killed so many bad men. Of course, Logan's lip quivered again as he softly shook his head, admitting that he hadn't just killed bad people. Cassandra gave an evil smirk as she called Logan her little animal. Guilt was clear on Logan's face as he declared that he had turned the whole world against the X-Men. He looked down as he admitted that just once, he wanted to be the man that Charles thought he could be. Cassandra just gave him an encouraging smirk and told him that in The Void, he could be what he was. Logan just shook his head and sobbed that he just wanted to be free. Cassandra offered to set him free.

Outside the throne room, the pandemonium was still happening as the team continued to fight the many soldiers still remaining. Trevor stabbed a man in the neck twice with his knives, while Elektra slashed a woman twice with her sai, and Gambit twirled his energy-covered staff at the many opponents around them. Laura then ran across the battlefield and called to Blade. Blade quickly turned and crouched down to help as Laura ran towards him. Laura then lunged at him, and Blade caught her foot to help throw her up into the air to the giant Ant-Man skull. Laura let the claws in her feet slide out as she grabbed onto the skull, then stabbed the skull with her feet-claws to keep her against it, almost like rock climbing.

Roxas then looked down and watched as Laura climbed up the length of the giant skull, making sure to use her feet-claws to climb along the giant bone. Soon enough, Laura reached Roxas's level, and the two of them huffed as they shared a look.

"How's it going?" Roxas asked with an impassiveness in his voice.

"You got thrown out a giant eye socket," Laura commented. "How often do you hear someone say that?"

Looking into the throne room, Laura and Roxas both huffed as they saw Cassandra's hand knuckle deep in Logan's forehead, which had them both grimacing, especially as Logan continued to groan. Of course, as they moved to climb inside, relief filled Roxas when he realized that Cassandra was so focused with her telepathy, that she wasn't bothering to use her telekinesis. Roxas huffed as he climbed inside of the giant eye socket, then took one of Laura's hands to help her inside. Laura and Roxas nodded at each other as she stood, then quickly removed her bag from her back.

Of course, then a purple lasso was wrapped around Laura's waist from the ground, which had her and Roxas looking down in surprise. Roxas cursed as he saw Psylocke standing at the ground, and pulled her lasso to drag Laura out. The blonde pulled out his revolver as he looked down and tried to aim it at Psylocke, since Blade, Elektra, Gambit, and Trevor were all too busy fighting other soldiers. Of course, as she fell, Laura adjusted her bag in her hand before spinning it and throwing it. The bag sailed through the air and landed in Roxas's arms as he huffed in surprise.

"Use it!" Laura shouted.

With that, Wade jumped up and moved over to Roxas's side. Roxas was surprised, but he huffed as he put away his revolver, then opened up the bag. He and Wade raised their eyebrows when they saw Juggernaut's helmet inside.

The two of them shared a look and nodded their heads before they turned towards where Cassandra and Logan were. Luckily, Cassandra was too engrossed in Logan's head that she didn't even see what was going on.

In Logan's mind space, Cassandra then slowly promised Logan that she could silence the voices in his head. With that, total silence filled the grassy field, which had Logan giving a large, relieved exhale. Cassandra smiled at him reassuringly and promised that she had him.

"No," Logan softly said with a small shake of his head. He turned and frowned at her. "I've got you." *3*

Cassandra frowned as blue veins suddenly appeared alongside her bald head, and whining started to echo around her. She then grunted and winced as she felt a new, strange form of pain.

Cassandra suddenly opened her eyes and gasped before letting out a loud yell as she realized what was happening. Juggernaut's helmet was now on her head, and it had the desired effect of containing her powers and preventing her from using them. She yelled out as she tried to pull it off, but Wade had wrapped his arms around her from behind, keeping the helmet on her head, and preventing her from raising her arms high enough to do anything. Logan retracted his claws as Roxas helped him up, and the two of them both huffed as they watched Wade continue to restrain Cassandra.

"Okay, I'm glad that worked," Roxas remarked. He shared a look with Logan. "I was only, like, 40% sure that would actually work."

"Eh, a lot can be done with 40%," Logan replied with a shrug of his shoulders.

"We don't need to hear about your sex life," Wade quipped as he kept restraining Cassandra.

Logan and Roxas both rolled their eyes at Wade's words, but they kept frowning together as they looked at Cassandra, who continued to grunt as she tried to get free.

"Get it off!" Cassandra declared, pressing her hands against the helmet.

Of course, with Wade still holding one hand on the helmet, he easily managed to overpower her and keep it pressed down. While Logan watched, Roxas just grimaced over seeing the super elongated fingers Cassandra had. Those were weirdly disturbing... *4*

"You're gonna send us home, or I'm gonna twist your fucking head off," Wade declared.

Of course, Cassandra just proceeded to smile and laugh at them, which had Logan and Roxas's frowns deepen.

"Why are you laughing?" Wade demanded.

"I can't send you home unless you get this thing off my head," Cassandra told them, still smiling. "And as soon as you do that, I'm going to boil your brains on an atomic level whilst flicking my bean to the Enya box set."

"TMI," Roxas commented with a frown.

"There's an Enya box set?" Wade asked in excitement as Cassandra continued to smirk.

"Either you kill me, or I kill you," Cassandra declared, still smiling sadistically. She patted Wade on the arm around her chest. "Both wonderful options."

"And you wonder why the TVA sent you here before you could walk," Roxas remarked with a frown.

"Do you guys want me to do it?" Wade asked them as Cassandra just grit her teeth.

"No, I'll do it," Logan declared.

"I have her neck right here," Wade argued, keeping his hands around Cassandra. "It's really no problem."

"You'll screw it up," Logan replied.

"Yeah, you'd find a way," Roxas added, raising an eyebrow at Wade.

"Oh, come on, Mr. PG-13, except the last one!" Wade complained, while Cassandra just looked annoyed by all their bickering.

All of a sudden, a gunshot rang out, and Cassandra looked down as a hole appeared in her shirt.

"What the fuck?" Wade exclaimed in shock.

Three more gunshots then rang out, all of them hitting Cassandra in the stomach and making blood spill out onto her white shirt. Logan and Roxas looked back in surprise to see Pyro stepping up into the throne room, a Beretta in his hand and a triumphant expression on his face. Cassandra proceeded to gasp as blood pooled out of her mouth, making red streams slide down her lower lip and onto her chin.

"You have no idea what it's like!" Pyro shouted as he marched into the throne room, glaring at Cassandra along the way. "Day after day. Shovel the shit."

He moved up between Roxas and Logan and glared into Cassandra's eyes as shock and confusion filled her face.

"Fetch the meats!" Pyro emphasized to the surprise of the whole room. "I have spent my entire exis..."

Logan just punched him in the face, making Pyro spin in a circle as he fell to the ground and quickly lost consciousness.

"Not everyone gets a speech," Logan told the unconscious Pyro.

Of course, Roxas then frowned and moved over to Pyro's side. Logan, Wade, and even the wincing and bleeding Cassandra all raised their eyebrows as they watched Roxas kick Pyro twice, once in the knee, then once in the side. Roxas then grunted as he stomped Pyro in the face, giving him a black eye, then stomped him again in the chest. The group then watched as Roxas kicked Pyro in the side again, before delivering one final kick to the head. Roxas let out a huff before he turned to look at the others, seeing Logan, Wade, and even the still-wincing Cassandra all looking at him with raised eyebrows.

"... I always hated him," Roxas admitted. "Even when he was a teenager."

Cassandra groaned as she was still restrained in Wade's arms, the blood spreading further along her shirt as she started to lose her footing. She slumped slightly in Wade's arms, and Logan and Roxas both looked at her and huffed as they realized she was getting weaker.

"She's gonna die," Logan declared urgently.

"Okay, hey, hey," Wade quickly told Cassandra as she continued to groan. "If I take this helmet off, do you promise you won't kill us?"

"Fuck!" Logan exclaimed, turning around as he considered the options.

"It's a simple question," Roxas added.

"I promise..." Cassandra panted. A smile reappeared to her face. "I will kill you first thing."

"Oh!" Wade complained as Logan turned back around. "Why are you like this?"

"I wish I knew," Cassandra replied with a smile.

"Take it off," Logan then ordered, which got Roxas and Wade to look at him.

"What?" Wade asked.

"Take it off," Logan repeated, walking towards the others.

"Why?" Wade asked.

"Just take it off," Logan emphasized.

"This is our only chance to fix our shit!" Wade argued.

"Shut up already," Roxas told the former mercenary.

"And take it off!" Logan ordered sternly.

Cassandra just continued to wince as Roxas and Wade turned to look at Logan.

"I am wearing this suit," Logan slowly said, moving closer to the group. "And that means a lot of things, but most of all... It means I'm an X-Man."

Cassandra, Roxas, and Wade all looked at Logan, with Cassandra surprised, Wade captivated, and Roxas smiling in pride.

"Damn right, you are," Roxas agreed with a small shake of his head.

"And I know your brother," Logan told the still surprised Cassandra. He shook his head. "As much as I want to fucking kill you, every bone in my body wants to fucking kill you, he would not let me stand here and watch you die!"

Cassandra just panted, while Roxas nodded his head in agreement.

"Take your hands off," Logan instructed to Wade.

"Now," Roxas emphasized.

With that, Wade reluctantly removed his hand from Juggernaut's helmet, but kept an arm around Cassandra to keep her standing.

"This is for him," Logan told Cassandra. "This is for Charles."

"And don't make us regret it," Roxas added.

With that, Logan slowly moved forward and placed his hands on the sides of Juggernaut's helmet. Roxas and Wade both watched as Logan slowly lifted the helmet and took it off of Cassandra's head, revealing the blue veins that had appeared. With blood still on her chin, Cassandra panted before slowly pushing herself off of Wade. Logan, Roxas, and Wade all watched as Cassandra braced herself on her feet before standing up straight. The veins faded from her forehead, and she let out a long exhale as she felt relief flood through her body.

Logan, Roxas, and Wade all knew that she was using her telekinesis to heal the bullet wounds, sighing out in relief.

Of course, Cassandra then gave a dark smirk and pointed a hand at Wade, who quickly backed up and placed his hands on his head, hoping for some kind of protection.

"Hey, no, no, no, no!" Wade exclaimed, moving as far away as quickly as he could. "Don't you dare do me like Johnny!"

Cassandra just continued to smirk, but she slowly lowered her arm, showing that she was just trying to scare him. Wade lifted his head back up and sighed out in relief, while Cassandra turned to look at Logan and Roxas again, panting as the blood was still on her chin and stomach.

"My brother loved you," Cassandra assessed to Logan.

"He loved all of us," Logan confirmed.

"Human and mutant," Roxas added. "All he wanted was for them to live in peace, and he did everything he could to work towards that goal. But he loved his students, his family, most of all."

"Hmm," Cassandra softly said. Logan and Roxas could see a longing and slight twinge of jealousy in her eyes. "Must be nice."

"He would've loved you, too," Logan promised. He walked up to Cassandra and gave her a reassuring look. "If he knew about you... if he knew where you were, he would've torn a hole in the fucking universe to bring you home."

"He's that determined of a guy," Roxas added with a nod of his head.

Wade just watched the interaction while Cassandra gave a small shrug of her shoulders.

"This is my home," Cassandra told them.

"There's nothing wrong with that if you like the place," Roxas admitted with a shrug of his shoulders.

"Well, then at least let us save his," Logan remarked, nodding towards Wade.

"Billions of people will die if we don't stop it," Roxas added. He shrugged his shoulders. "You think you could at least throw us a bone?"

Wade just looked at Roxas and felt a sense of relief. He was too happy to now have Roxas on his side that he didn't even want to make the dirty joke he thought up over the blonde saying, "bone."

Cassandra just took a moment to look between the three members of the trio. She looked from Logan and Roxas to Wade, who gave her a pleading look that was clear even with the mask. After a moment, she sighed out and shrugged her shoulders.

"You want to hear something crazy?" Cassandra asked.

She then proceeded to walk between the three of them and move deeper through the throne room. Logan, Roxas, and Wade all turned and watched with their eyebrows furrowed as she walked.

"An amateur magician rolled through here a while back," Cassandra explained as she walked towards a giant eye socket. "I killed him, of course. Wore his skin around for four days."

"Of course you did," Roxas commented, closing his eyes with a sigh.

"But..." Cassandra slowly said, reaching into the pocket of her trench coat. "I found this..."

She slowly pulled out what appeared to be a Sling Ring, a special one that had red and green gems attached to it.

"Little trinket..." Cassandra slowly continued, looking at the Sling Ring in her hands. "On his lovely fingers."

"Strange!" Wade softly declared as Cassandra slipped the Sling Ring on her hand.

"One who had a Sling Ring made with a Reality Stone and Time Stone, apparently," Roxas added, raising an eyebrow at the stones attached to the Ring. *5*

Cassandra then lifted her two hands, which caused orange sparks to appear in the air in front of the eye socket of the giant skull. Roxas raised his eyebrows, while Logan narrowed his eyes in surprise, and Wade was utterly amazed.

"Marvel sparkle circle," Wade softly, excitedly said.

"Shut it," Roxas told Wade.

"What is that?" Logan asked as the sparks formed a circle in front of them.

"This is your way home," Cassanra explained.

She waved her hand again, and the circle of sparks formed a full portal that floated in front of the skull, complete with the image of a clear, blue sky within the center. Roxas huffed in relief at the sight, especially when the giant black clouds that formed Alioth's body started flying towards the compound in the distance.

"I do owe you for saving my life," Cassandra admitted. She stepped out of the way of the portal as Alioth continued flying towards the compound. "But let's keep things interesting. I'd say you have about four seconds before you're Alioth's food."

She just stood next to the eye socket and looked out at the surging storms of Alioth as he got closer and closer to the compound. Cassandra then looked at the trio of men with a smirk, holding her hands behind her back in intrigue.

Logan and Roxas both felt a sense of urgency, knowing that they were going to have to hurry, while Wade just chuckled to himself.

"Race ya," Wade told them.

"Shut up," Roxas replied.

Logan and Roxas both huffed as the two of them and Wade then moved as quickly as they could, the three of them charging across the throne room to the massive eye socket. They ran around Pyro's unconscious body together, and Cassandra just continued to smirk as she watched them move as fast as possible.

Of course, as Logan, Roxas, and Wade continued running, and Alioth flew towards the compound, out in the courtyard, the group of Blade, Elektra, Gambit, Laura, and Trevor were still fighting against the remaining soldiers. Juggernaut's headless body was still on its knees near the entrance as the group continued to fight.

Laura got shot by another soldier, who then rushed forward to tackle her. Blade slashed the throat of another soldier, but then grunted as he got impaled from behind by another soldier. Trevor then moved in and stabbed that soldier in the head before cutting the throat of another soldier nearby. Elektra slashed her sai through two soldiers, before another one cut her in her calf with its blade. Laura got tackled to the ground, and another soldier then tackled Gambit to the ground.

Alioth then roared as he surged towards the compound, with purple lightning surging around within his mouth. Logan, Roxas, and Wade continued to run as fast as they could.

In the courtyard, Elektra slashed through some of the remaining soldiers, while Trevor helped Blade get the blade out of his chest, grunting but gritting his teeth. Trevor threw one of his knives at one of the remaining soldiers, while Laura yelled as she grappled with the soldier holding her on the ground. Gambit rolled backwards and grabbed his staff and his cards. Laura stabbed the man restraining her with her foot-claw, Blade slashed the necks and chests of some remaining soldiers, and Gambit threw energy covered cards at another soldier, blowing him up. Elektra faced one last soldier and Bullseye, while Trevor and Blade cut through some other soldiers they fought, Gambit swung his staff at the closest soldier, and Laura stabbed her opponent once again.

Gambit severed a leg off of one soldier, Elektra impaled another one through the back with her sai before moving off to fight Bullseye, and Laura stabbed the soldier he fought before pushing herself up to one knee and letting out another loud, angry scream. Blade and Trevor just used their knives to cut through the rest of their enemies.

Alioth surged through the air a bit more quickly as Logan, Roxas, and Wade charged at the portal. Cassandra just watched and smirked as she watched the trio of men reach the edge of the eye socket before they jumped at the portal together.

With the courtyard now filled with piles and piles of dead bodies, the group of Elektra, Blade, Gambit, Laura, and Trevor all looked up and watched as the trio lunged together through the air towards the portal. The five of them gathered together at the base of the ramp, watching as Logan, Roxas, and Wade moved towards the portal. Elektra, Gambit, Laura, and Trevor were all impressed that they had succeeded, and Blade (who had a hand on his chest to stem his blood loss) smiled for the trio, hoping that they were getting what they were after. Smirks spread across the rest of the group's faces as they hoped that they would get the same treatment soon enough. *6*

Of course, Blade, Elektra, Gambit, Laura, and Trevor then all got out of the way as Alioth flew towards the compound, his mouth wide open as he flew towards the portal. Logan, Roxas, and Wade all leaped towards the portal as quickly as they could as Alioth suddenly surged towards them. Within a moment, the portal and the trio were impossible to see as Alioth flowed around them quickly, snarling along the way.

Earth-10005

DriveMax

Wade's best friend, Peter Wisdom, was currently unaware of all the problems going on as he continued to work at his job at DriveMax, selling cars to people. He proceeded to talk with a family that Wade had tried and failed to sell a car to just a few days prior, which included a man, his wife, and their two boys. All of them were in front of the family's freshly bought Kia, which Peter had gone out of his way to decorate with a fresh bow on the hood to celebrate a successful purchase. With his mustache on his face as he stood in his blue polo and khaki pants, Peter just smiled happily as he looked at the family.

"And as I said, we've got a standard three-year bumper to bumper warranty," Peter promised them. He continued to smile as he handed the keys to the mom. "Glad you gave us a second chance."

He looked at the car before looking at the family, the smile still on his face.

"And don't worry," Peter continued. "Wade and I are a team, so I'll see he gets half the commission..."

Of course, then Logan, Roxas, and Wade all dropped out of the sky and slammed into the Kia. All of them hit the car so hard that it bent and broke completely underneath them, getting Peter and the family to all gasp and jump in surprise. Peter quickly turned around, seeing Logan and Roxas on the bent and broken roof, and Wade on the destroyed hood. The windshield had broken as cracks had spread all along the surface, and the axle under the engine had broken enough that the wheels actually broke and dented.

Shock filled the family as the parents held onto their children, and Peter was utterly confused as he looked at the three individuals, immediately recognizing Wade in his Deadpool suit.

Wade and Roxas both groaned since they didn't have Adamantium bones. The two of them and Logan worked on climbing off of the car together, all of them gritting their teeth as their healing factors went to work.

"That feels like a Kia," Wade commented as he rolled off of the hood. Logan and Roxas climbed off of the car roof. "It's a fucking Kia Carnival, isn't it?"

"Is this really the time to debate cars?" Roxas asked.

He and Wade groaned, while Roxas reached up and pulled a piece of metal out of his neck, getting a small bit of blood to fly out. The wounds on his face, neck, and arms proceeded to heal as Peter and the family continued to look at the trio. The older of the boys even looked around Peter, and an excited smile appeared on his face.

"Holy shit," the boy said. He bumped his brother to get his attention. "That's Deadpool."

"And that's Wolverine and the Unlimited," the other boy said, amazement in his voice.

Logan and Roxas both grit their teeth as they walked up next to Wade, who smiled underneath his mask at Peter and the family.

"You're damn straight it is," Wade excitedly told the group. Peter smiled at his friend. "Fox killed him. Disney brought him back. They're gonna make him do this till he's 90."

"I've already accepted that I'll never understand what the fuck he's saying," Logan informed Roxas.

"I've got three guys like that on my team," Roxas admitted with a shrug of his shoulders. "One of them's Scottish."

"Let's go," Wade then told Logan and Roxas.

The two of them nodded their heads, remembering how Paradox was setting up the Time Ripper in the subway station near Wade's apartment building.

With that, Logan and Roxas turned and started walking along the length of the destroyed Kia. Wade moved after them, while the family watched in further shock, and Peter smiled after his friend.

"I'll clock you out!" Peter called to Wade.

As he followed Logan and Roxas, Wade turned to look back at his friend.

"Forever!" Wade requested.

He turned and ran after Logan and Roxas, and while the family was still utterly shocked, Peter just smiled after Wade.

"Forever," Peter promised. *7*

The Void

Of course, back in Cassandra's fortress, dark things were brewing.

While Pyro was unconscious on the ground with his dropped Beretta nearby, Cassandra knelt down over him and patted him on the nose to wake him up. When he opened his eyes, Pyro asked if it was God, but then horror filled him when he saw Cassandra awake. Cassandra looked down at her stomach, telling Pyro that he had put so many bullets into her, and she was going to find out why. Of course, when Cassandra raised her hand towards Pyro's head, the pyrokinetic mutant quickly backed up and shouted at her to stop. He promised to talk.

"You don't have to stick your fingers in me," Pyro frantically told her. He frowned. "Jesus, just ask sometimes."

Cassandra relented and stood up before sliding her hands into her coat pockets, showing that she was agreeing with his request. Pyro then explained that a guy named Paradox had contacted him, promising that he would get him out of The Void. Pyro added that all he knew was that Paradox worked for the TVA. Cassandra frowned because she recognized the name. She remarked that she had an agreement with the TVA. Pyro remarked that Paradox didn't care about the agreement, and Cassandra gave a dark chuckle as she declared that he will...

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Earth-10005

New York

24th Street Subway Station

Paradox was moving frantically throughout the subway station, instructing the many technicians at work at the consoles to work on activating the Time Ripper already. He moved past some soldiers over to a console, where Ralph (the man who was entranced by Wade in his Deadpool suit) and a woman were working, and Ralph explained that they were running final safety checks. Paradox frantically thanked Ralph and told them to take their time. Ralph asked, "Really?" and Paradox proceeded to insult him, pointing at a monitor that showed Logan, Roxas, and Wade approaching on the street above, announcing that they had company. Ralph and the woman both sighed out in exasperation, inwardly questioning their life choices as Paradox ordered them to cancel safety checks and get the Time Ripper activated.

Paradox then screamed "Oh, I hate you so much!" as he ran to the subway stairs that led back up to street level.

Logan, Roxas, and Wade were all now inwardly happy that the Car shop was only bike ride distance away from Wade's apartment, because it meant that they were able to jog the whole distance between the two locations as they hurried back into New York. The three of them ran together through the city and towards 24th street, with Wade leading the way since he remembered seeing the subway workers before. Logan and Roxas got some surprised and amazed looks as they passed by many pedestrians, which surprised Logan and emphasized to him just how much of a hero he was in this world. Roxas just laughed on his friend's face the entire time as they continued through the city.

Eventually, they reached 24th Street just as Paradox marched out of the subway entrance and onto street level. The rogue executive turned and watched as Logan, Roxas, and Wade turned and moved into an intersection in the street, and shot them an exasperated expression on his bruised face.

"No! Stop!" Paradox exclaimed as he marched up to the trio. "Piss off! You're too late."

"You're fuckin' done," Logan declared with a frown as a nearby man rode a bicycle down the street.

"In the TVA, and probably in life," Roxas added, reaching for his revolver.

"Why was Thor crying?" Wade demanded, pointing sternly at Paradox.

"How dare you!" Paradox snapped arrogantly. "No one comes back from The Void."

"That's where you're wrong, shithead," Roxas declared.

"Yeah, tell that to Cassandra Nova," Logan added.

All of a sudden, the sound of something crackling rang out behind them, which got Logan, Roxas, and Wade to all quickly turn around in surprise. They watched with the equally surprised Paradox and the shocked pedestrians throughout the street as a portal burned into existence through a Sling Ring. The portal grew in size and intensity, though the location on the other side was obscured. People turned and started to run from the sight, though many others just stood in shock. Paradox then marched between Logan, Roxas, and Wade, giving them confused looks before he looked at the portal. They all watched as the portal finished materializing in the middle of the intersecting streets, forming a clear pathway between the two realms.

Pyro then suddenly appeared through the portal, a defeated expression on his face as he looked at Paradox.

"Paradox," Pyro greeted. "We have a problem."

Logan, Roxas, and Wade all frowned over learning of the connection between Pyro and Paradox. Of course, then a set of fingers phased through Pyro's forehead, which the trio of heroes recognized as from Cassandra. Cassandra's fingers then gripped Pyro's head and turned it, snapping his neck and killing him. Cassandra then stepped through the portal, wearing her tan pants and a white top, having removed her trenchcoat and the dress shirt. She just gave a small smile as she looked at a surprised Paradox, while Logan, Roxas, and Wade just continued to frown.

"Paradox," Cassandra greeted Paradox. She threw her arm backwards, sending Pyro's body back into the portal and disappearing from view. "You are doughier than you looked in Pyro's head. You tried to kill me."

Paradox looked ready to piss his pants as he looked at Cassandra, but he cleared his face as best he could as he looked back at Logan, Roxas, and Wade.

"I literally have no i..." Paradox started to lie.

Of course, then Paradox's face started to shift, and his eyes widened as what appeared to be fingers moved through his head. Logan and Roxas just continued to frown as Cassandra appeared behind Paradox, her fingers still moving through his head, with many even sticking out of his nose, eyes, and mouth.

"Yeah, I'd say he deserves that," Roxas commented. He shared a look with Logan. "Bastard tried to kill us and destroy this entire universe just because he's trying to gain more power."

"Fucking stupid..." Logan agreed, shaking his head with Roxas.

"Oh-ho-ho!" Wade just laughed as Cassandra continued to flow her hand through Paradox's head. "Welcome to the skull fuck club, Paradox." He looked at Logan and Roxas, all while still laughing. "You know she doesn't wash that hand."

Roxas now inwardly hoped that Wade was right about this claim. That would definitely be a good enough form of the beginning of Paradox's punishment. *1*

Logan, Roxas, and Wade then watched as Cassandra let out a small hum, all while Paradox continued to grunt in a straining manner given her actions.

"Oh," Cassandra assessed as her hands flowed underneath Paradox's skin. "What's this? A Time Ripper? Naughty boy."

"Oh, no, we're on it," Wade promised her, while Logan and Roxas just kept their eyebrows furrowed at Paradox over his predicament. "We're gonna head down and dismantle that thing now."

"Destruction of property comes easy to us, yeah," Roxas agreed with a shrug of his shoulders.

"We got you, boo," Wade added, sharing a look with the still surprised Logan. "You just keep playing those keys."

Of course, Cassandra just turned and gave the trio a look of pure insanity, which unnerved Roxas.

"Oh, I don't want to destroy it," Cassandra told them with a smile. Her hand continued flowing through Paradox's head. "I want to use it."

Logan, Roxas, and Wade all frowned as Cassandra moved around to Paradox's other shoulder.

"Now, shoo," Cassandra said, glaring at the trio. "Mummy and Daddy are having a conversation."

Roxas quickly tried to wave his arm to shoot an arrow, but Cassandra snapped her fingers, sending out a massive wave of telekinesis. Logan, Roxas, and Wade all yelled out as they were sent flying back down the street, crashing against the back of a parked cab before they were thrown through the front window of a shoe store called Liefeld's Just Feet Orthopedic Solutions. They crashed through the front window and through numerous tables and mannequins as they fell to the ground. The sight of Logan, Roxas, and Wade being thrown got the many remaining pedestrians to all realize the danger, so they turned and started running.

In the street, Cassandra just continued to smirk darkly as she kept a hand on Paradox through his head. She pushed him down to his knees as he groaned from the feeling.

"You know, the funny thing is, I was happy in The Void," Cassandra darkly told Paradox, smiling sadistically as she rubbed his head with her flowing fingers. "You sent your trash to me. Alioth and I cleaned it up. Everyone was happy."

She spoke slowly to help emphasize to Paradox that what she was about to say was all his fault.

"And then you had to go and piss on my side of the fence," Cassandra continued, flowing her hand through Paradox's head. "And so now the fence must come down." She smirked darkly. "I'm going to use your little Time Ripper. And I'm going to destroy this universe..."

She gestured with her hands darkly.

"And the next, and the next, and the next..." Cassandra slowly continued, her voice soft and sadistic. "Until all that's left is The Void." She flowed her fingers backwards then through Paradox's face to taunt him further. "And I get to play God. Come on."

Cassandra grabbed Paradox's head by the top, and he groaned as he was suddenly pushed to the ground. She turned and started marching to the subway entrance, dragging Paradox along the ground as he groaned in pain the entire time.

"Now, you're going to show me how to use this fancy gadget of yours," Cassandra told him. She continued dragging him even as they started down the stairs to enter the subway. "And don't worry, I've called some friends to make sure we're not disturbed."

Paradox just continued to groan as Cassandra led him further down the stairs, his knees and feet bumping along the steps as she continued dragging him. *2*

The TVA

Within her office, B-15 was reading over a report supplied to her, while numerous TVs were set up behind her to monitor the status of the Sacred Timeline, and the status of numerous other timelines. Of course, as she read through the report, a knock on her door drew B-15's attention towards it, watching as a man in a suit and glasses appeared within. The man apologized for bothering her, explaining that there was something she needed to see. B-15 lowered the paper with the report as the man walked over, explaining that they had reports of an unsanctioned Time Ripper being activated on Earth-10005. He worked on her computer for a moment, bringing up the visual representation of the city and the Time Ripper.

B-15's eyes narrowed on the monitor and asked whose district it was, and the man answered it was Paradox. B-15's frown deepened in exasperation, immediately putting together what was going on.

Earth-10005

24th Street Subway Station

Within the operational center placed over the Time Ripper, Ralph and the other technician had immediately gotten out of the way as Cassandra entered with Paradox. Cassandra then held up Paradox in front of the console, and the rogue executive went to work, pushing levers and pressing the remaining buttons to make the Time Ripper operational. Once the Time Ripper was operational, Cassandra took her hand out of Paradox's head, making him sigh out in relief as she walked through the control center. Cassandra thanked Paradox for his helped, then declared that she was really happy to get out of his head because it was such a mess. Paradox just placed a hand on the back of his head, while Ralph and the other technician just watched Cassandra leave down the stairs in fear.

Within Liefeld's store, Logan, Roxas, and Wade all groaned and grunted as they pushed the pieces of wood off of themselves. The trio all pushed themselves up to their feet through the debris, then moved forward together. Pedestrians were running away in fear throughout the street as Logan, Roxas, and Wade continued through the store. They all missed as a woman at the cash register stood up from behind the counter in fear, watching as the trio of heroes moved across the shoe store. Logan, Roxas, and Wde climbed together out of the shattered window and onto the sidewalk, while the rest of the pedestrians continued to run. Behind them, the lady at the register looked around in total shock as she started to leave.

Logan, Roxas, and Wade all narrowed their eyes at the still-swirling portal, putting together that something was going to come out of it. Logan and Roxas started to step forward, but Wade reached an arm over and stopped Logan. So, Roxas stopped as well, mostly out of confusion.

"Stop!" Wade told them as the pedestrians continued running. "Let's give it a beat for the extras to clear."

"Well, it would be better to let the civilians to get out of the way of danger," Roxas admitted with a shrug of his shoulders.

Of course, Logan and Roxas still shared a look and looked at Wade like he was an idiot as he waved a hand, instructing the lady from the store to get out of the way as she walked through the shattered door. She quickly turned and started running as Logan, Roxas, and Wade all looked at the portal again.

"Oh, my God!" Wade exclaimed.

The three of them watched as more of the street continued to clear as the pedestrians continued to run for their lives. Logan turned and watched some of the civilians run away, while Roxas raised his eyebrows over the way smoke billowed out of the portal, almost forming the shape of a skull.

"Oh. My," Wade slowly said.

"Fuck," Logan and Roxas commented as Wade finished, "God."

Anxiety filled Roxas, and he quickly held out his hands and let his short swords slide into his palms.

All of a sudden, Dogpool then leaped out of the portal, with goggles now over her eyes and a big smile spread across her face. Logan and Roxas both frowned in surprise while Wade exclaimed happily as Dogpool ran down the street towards them.

"It's her," Wade exclaimed. He dropped to his knees and held up his arms, while Logan and Roxas just sighed out. "Come here, girl!"

Dogpool just barked twice as she moved down the street as quickly as she could. Her tongue flowed as she ran, and Wade encouraged her to run as Logan and Roxas both just watched with frowns still on their faces. Logan shook his head, while Roxas rolled his eyes as Dogpool jumped into Wade's arms and started licking his face again. Wade just happily rubbed his cheek against Dogpool's head as Logan and Roxas continued to frown at him, and Dogpool just continued licking him happily. Sparks popped from the store behind them from the destroyed lights as Wade and Dogpool had their reunion.

Of course, Logan and Roxas then looked at the still-open portal, and their eyebrows furrowed once again. Wade was ignorant of this as he stood up and continued coddling Dogpool.

"That's my girl!" Wade happily shouted as Dogpool continued to lick his face. "We don't have to be apart ever, ever again. Never, ever..."

"Sorry!" Nicepool declared, running away from the portal and to where the group was standing.

"Fuck!" Wade angrily shouted.

Nicepool just continued to smile, holding his hands together as he ran towards where Logan, Roxas, and Wade were still standing with Dogpool.

"What's Cafe Gratitude doing here?" Wade asked, annoyance on his face through his mask.

"He wants to get his dog back again," Roxas reminded him.

"Sorry about that," Nicepool said, holding his hand on his heart in apology.

Dogpool just gave out a small whine.

"Tremble not, sweet Mary Puppins," Wade softly told Dogpool as Logan and Roxas kept frowning at the approaching Nicepool. He frowned as his nice variant approached. "I'll handle him."

Nicepool came to a stop in front of Logan, Roxas, and Wade, and sighed out happily as he looked at Nicepool in his variant's arms.

"Come here, girl," Nicepool told her. "Papa's here."

"Hey, do not insult this animal's autonomy," Wade declared, getting Nicepool to look at him. "She can decide who her papa is."

Nicepool pouted at Dogpool before smiling at Wade again.

"This is stupid," Logan muttered to Roxas.

"That's Wade for you," Roxas replied with a shrug of his shoulders.

"What's it gonna be girl, huh?" Wade asked, looking at Dogpool. "Original recipe, or Van Milder here?"

He frowned as he looked at Nicepool, while Roxas raised an eyebrow at the nickname.

"Ah, that's funny," Nicepool declared, still smiling. "I can gently tap the fourth wall, too."

He then turned and looked at the 4th wall with a serious expression on his face.

"The Proposal," Nicepool said in a dramatic voice.

He looked at the group again. Wade looked from Nicepool and the 4th wall in surprise, while Dogpool just hummed, and Logan and Roxas sighed out in annoyance again. Of course, Logan then furrowed his eyebrows as he smelled something.

"The fuck was that?" Wade demanded from Nicepool. "Bitch, you think that's what I do?"

"Both of you shut up," Logan ordered.

Nicepool, Roxas, and Wade all looked at Logan, watching as he frowned deeply and sniffed.

"You smell somethin'?" Wade asked.

"Yeah, you," Logan informed him. Nicepool sniffed, while Logan urgently looked at Wade. "A lot of you."

"Variants," Roxas assessed. He looked at the still-swirling portal in the street as the outlines of people appeared through the smoke. "This is not good..."

Logan and Roxas looked at the portal, and Wade, Dogpool, and Nicepool all followed their gazes. They all watched as a figure marched out of the portal, a woman wearing a tight Deadpool suit on her body as she carried Micro Uzis at her waist, while blonde hair stuck out of the top of her mask in a ponytail as she marched out of the portal. *3*

Logan, Roxas, and Wade then remembered Nicepool mentioning Ladypool before, and they put together that this had to be her.

Of course, as Ladypool marched out of the portal and into the road, the outline of even more people appeared in the smoke behind her.

Logan, Roxas, and Wade all huffed as they watched more and more people coming out, all of them revealing themselves to be Deadpool Variants. There was Headpool, a skeleton head that flew out with a helicopter helmet and winked in greeting at them. There was also Deadpool 2099 in a futuristic suit with electric blades on her back, Cowboypool who wore a cowboy hat and carried revolvers from the 1800s, Piratepool who wore a pirate hat and carried a cutlass and old revolvers, Zenpool who was in gray gear, Golden Age Deadpool who was in a gas mask, Welshpool who wore a Welsh logo on the chest of his suit, Scottishpool who had on a kilt, a hat, and carried a large sword, Canadapool whose suit was gray with the Canada logo on his chest, Samuraipool who had a straw hat on his head and red robes, Richpool who was dressed like a rich man with a gold shirt and a top hat, Shortpool who appeared to be 5'something, Haroldpool, Foolpool whose mask included a jesture's hat, Nobodypool who wore a black Organization XIII coat, Unlimitedpool who had on a black hero suit that Roxas's team wore, Kidpool who was shorter and carried water pistols, and even Babypool, a small toddler who just moved amongst the group.

Logan, Roxas, and Wade all huffed at the veritable army of Deadpools in front of them. Amongst the unique ones spread out were also dozens and dozens of variants who looked exactly like Wade.

"Told you there were a lot of Deadpools out there," Nicepool told them, still stubbornly smiling.

Logan, Roxas, Wade, and even Dogpool all watched as the army of Deadpools marched out of the portal, moving down the road and into the new universe. Babypool had baby bottles at his holsters, and he threw one of them aside in annoyance as he toddled along with the army. Kidpool, Golden Age Deadpool, Deadpool 2099, and Cowboypool helped lead many of the other variants out of the portal.

"That's bad," Wade declared.

"And I thought one of you was bad enough," Roxas remarked, with Logan glaring at the approaching army in agreement.

The army of Deadpools continued flowing out of the portal as they followed Ladypool. Once they were surely in a good place that would prevent Logan, Roxas, and Wade from entering the subway, Ladypool came to a stop, and everyone moved into place in preparation. Samuraipool pulled out his katana, Zenpool lifted his staff, and Kidpool rotated her neck and cracked it in preparation. The army of Deadpools spread out onto the street as they glared at the group of Logan, Nicepool, Roxas, and Wade holding Dogpool, all while the orange portal closed behind them.

"... I take it they're not friendly," Logan remarked, keeping his eyes on the army of Deadpools.

"Goodness, no," Nicepool confirmed. "Sorry about this, boys. Mission over. Cause of death, one hundred kill-thirsty Deadpools. They're dumb." Golden Age Deadpool, Unlimitedpool, and Deadpool 2099 shared a look at this claim. "But they can fight. Not me, though. Would love to get in the mix, but I have low bone density and I have to keep my face safe."

He pointed both hands at his face, which annoyed the trio.

"How 'bout you shut up already?" Roxas complained.

Wade then kissed Dogpool on the head and passed her to Logan.

"Hold, please," Wade requested.

"Oh, God," Logan complained, reluctantly taking Dogpool in his hands.

"Eh, she's kinda cute," Roxas admitted, raising an eyebrow at the dog. "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but she's kinda cute."

Logan and Roxas both just shrugged their shoulders at Dogpool, while Wade stepped past Nicepool to look at the army of Deadpools.

"All right, look," Wade said, looking at the army of Deadpools. Logan and Roxas both just stayed ready for some kind of fight. "Guys! Deadpool Prime here. Our fight isn't with you..."

"Hey!" Kidpool snapped, while Babypool sat contently on the ground behind Ladypool. "When I want your opinion, I'll take Wolverine and Unlimited's dicks out of your mouth!"

"That's Kidpool," Nicepool informed them, still smiling. "She's the dirtiest." *4*

Logan and Roxas couldn't help but smirk over the kid variant swearing, but they both tensed up again, with Logan even adjusting Dogpool in his arms again.

"Can we just be done?" Wade requested to the army of Deadpools.

"Ooh, we're just getting started," Ladypool declared with her hands on her Uzis.

"No, no, no, no, no," Wade exclaimed, gesturing with his hands. "With the whole Multiverse thing. It's not great."

Golden Age Deadpool, Deadpool 2099, Headpool, and Nobodypool all shared looks of confusion.

"It's just been miss after miss after miss," Wade emphasized, with Nicepool smiling while pointing his thumb down. Logan and Roxas just raised an eyebrow as the former kept holding Dogpool. "Look, The Wizard of Oz did the multiverse first, and they did it best. The gays knew it. But we didn't listen." He gestured with one hand. "Let's just take the L and move on."

"I think it's been steadily great since Endgame," Nicepool declared, happily placing a hand on his chest.

"Dude, did you watch She-Hulk or Secret Invasion?" Roxas asked, frowning at the only unmasked Deadpool variant.

"What are you talking about?" Ladypool asked with exasperation in her voice. "The Multiverse is over."

"Cassandy gonna destroy the fuck outta every timeline," Cowboypool added. Logan, Roxas, Wade, and even Nicepool's eyebrows raised in surprise. "Heh. Y'all can't do shit about it."

Roxas looked down and suddenly felt a great surge of fear. If every timeline was gonna be destroyed, then everyone he knew was in danger. The ninja in their monastery in the dimension he used to live in, the demigods and all their allies that he had fought alongside, and his family and his closest friends in his dimension back home. Roxas huffed as he shared a look with Logan before looking amongst the army of Deadpools again.

"This is not how I wanted to meet Matthew McConaughey," Roxas muttered with a small shake of his head.

"Do you not get it?" Wade asked all the Deadpools. Behind him, Nicepool just continued smiling, while Dogpool squirmed in Logan's arms. "If we don't go down to the subway and stop her, we all die."

"Say, the boss lady don't want no disturbances," Cowboypool then declared.

"Sounds like they don't care," Roxas remarked to Wade.

"We don't!" Headpool agreed. He flew forward and floated next to Ladypool's head. "You wanna get down to the subway, you gotta go through us. Uzi time, baby."

With that, Ladypool took out her Uzis and pointed them at the group.

"Uzi time, baby," she agreed, a slick tone to her voice.

"Shit," Roxas commented as Nicepool finally stopped smiling.

Logan and Roxas both quickly moved to the side, while Wade grabbed Nicepool.

"Look alive!" Wade declared.

Just as Ladypool started firing her Uzis, Wade moved Nicepool right in front of him, so the only maskless variant was subsequently hit all along the chest and stomach by the bullets. While he ran alongside Logan and Dogpool to hide behind a nearby car, Roxas furrowed his eyebrows over how the bullets went right through Nicepool's armor, showing that it was worse than that of a Stormtrooper. Ladypool continued firing her Uzis, though Nicepool kept smiling for some reason as Wade continued holding him up. Logan, Roxas, and Wade all took cover behind the car, but Wade pointedly kept Nicepool up the longest to keep taking the bullets before he finally pulled him down to cover.

Outside, Ladypool quickly reloaded her Uzis, while behind the cover of the car, Wade pushed Nicepool up against the side of it. Logan, Roxas, and even Dogpool were all surprised to see blood flowing out of the wounds in his chest.

"I think I'm hit," Nicepool commented as even more blood flowed out of his mouth.

"No shit," Logan remarked. He and Roxas frowned at Wade. "You did that on purpose."

"I did no such thing!" Wade snapped, frowning at the two.

"Yeah, you did; that's why you waited until her guns were empty to bring him down," Roxas added.

"Whatever," Wade replied. He looked at Nicepool, who somehow continued smiling. "Listen to me, gorgeous. How long does it take for you to regenerate?"

"Regenerate?" Nicepool asked.

A dull silence then filled the group as they realized what this meant. Roxas then raised his eyebrows as Nicepool's armor suddenly made a bit more sense, and Dogpool just blinked as even she looked at Wade like he was an idiot. Wade just watched as Nicepool coughed up a bit more blood that he spat onto the ground.

"You really are God's perfect idiot, aren't you?" Logan asked Wade with a frown.

"I'm okay," Nicepool weakly said, blood all over his chin.

"How dare you!" Wade exclaimed with a hand over his heart. "You insensitive son of a bitch! How was I supposed to know he doesn't regenerate? I'm not a medicine woman."

"The fact that he's wearing armor when everyone else doesn't was probably a good indication," Roxas pointed out, gesturing to Nicepool's bullet-ridden chest plate.

"Whatever," Wade replied. He then looked across the street and pointed at a donut cart. "Look. A donut cart. They're practically hospitals. They sell portable triage units!"

"They don't," Logan denied, and Roxas agreed with a shake of his head.

"I'm gonna get you to safety," Wade told Nicepool.

"He's not," Logan told Dogpool.

"You're about to die," Roxas confirmed to Nicepool.

Wade grabbed Nicepool by the front of his suit, and Nicepool held up a desperate hand towards Logan and Roxas. Logan, Roxas, and Dogpool all then watched as Wade stood up, lifted Nicepool in front of himself, and carried him out into the street. The army of Deadpools had lifted their guns and started firing, with Ladypool using her Uzis, Cowboypool and Golden Age Deadpool using revolvers, Welshpool and many others using Desert Eagles, Zenpool using a blow dart tube, and Kidpool even using her water pistols. Logan, Roxas, and Dogpool all watched as the army of Deadpools continued shooting, all of the bullets hitting Nicepool in the back, and two poison darts even hitting him in the butt. Of course, Wade then stopped in the middle of the street and proceeded to let more and more bullets hit Nicepool in the back.

Wade was at least nice and promised Nicepool that he would live, which brought a smile to his face. Nicepool repeated Wade's words that he would live, and as he started to shout it, his head suddenly exploded from the gunfire, sending blood, flesh, hair, and pieces of bone flying in all directions, some of which covered Wade's face. Wade froze for a second, and when the gunfire resumed, he then continued and carried Nicepool's body the rest of the way across the street to the donut cart.

"... He's a son of a bitch," Roxas commented.

"Yep," Logan agreed.

Deciding to stick with the Deadpool that was (mostly) on their side, Logan and Roxas knew they needed to move over to Wade. So, Logan then stuck Dogpool up out of the car, and the gunfire promptly stopped.

"Hold your fire!" Headpool shouted. "Sweet little puppy..."

Logan and Roxas both then stood up, and Logan kept Dogpool in front of himself as they walked out from behind the car. The Deadpools all refused to fire, with Cowboypool even putting away his revolvers while Ladypool aimed her Uzis into the sky, showing that all Deadpools were apparently obsessed with the dog. Logan and Roxas kept their eyes on the army of Deadpools, and kept Dogpool raised as they walked across the street to where the donut cart was.

Here, they found Wade actually trying to perform CPR on Nicepool's blood-covered, headless body. Logan and Roxas both just frowned as they crouched down to Wade's level again as he kept doing chest compressions on the body.

"God damn it!" Wade shouted as he smacked the body. Of course, then he shrugged his shoulders. "I don't think he's gonna make it." He then wiped his face to get the bits of blood and hair off of his mask. "God, he loved his face. I can taste his final thought. He was so afraid. But he died a hero."

"He died from murder, you dumb fuck," Logan declared, frowning at Wade.

"Really, really bad murder," Roxas agreed, also frowning at the former mercenary.

"And all I have to remember him by..." Wade slowly said. He then lifted up the golden Desert Eagles he took from Nicepool's holsters. "Are these two gold-plated, .50 caliber Desert Eagle pistoleros. This is for him."

"You killed him for his guns and his dog," Roxas remarked, him and Logan frowning right at Wade.

"No, I didn't," Wade denied.

"Yes, you did," Roxas replied.

"No, I didn't," Wade denied again.

"Yes, you did," Roxas repeated, with Logan nodding in agreement.

"No, I didn't," Wade denied once more.

"Yeah, you fucking did," Roxas said firmly.

"... Okay, yes," Wade agreed. "But this is still for him." He lowered the Desert Eagles in preparation. "Are you ready?" *5*

Despite their annoyance at Wade, Logan and Roxas turned to look at the street where the army of Deadpools was waiting.

"We get to kill a hundred yous?" Logan asked. "Fuck yeah, I'm ready."

"I've been ready for this since you showed up in my basement," Roxas added.

"Hey, you don't want to see this, bub," Logan then told Dogpool.

"That's a good girl," Wade gushed to Dogpool as Logan placed her down on the ground.

"You might wanna get to safety, girl," Roxas added. He nodded at Logan and Wade. "Let's do this, boys."

With that, the three of them pushed themselves to their feet and turned to march together out from behind the donut cart. It almost felt like they were walking in slow motion as Logan, Roxas, and Wade walked out from behind cover and into the middle of the road. Moving along the front of the bullet-ridden stores, the three of them faced down the army of Deadpools before they slowly came to a stop in front of the shoe store as another light exploded from within. Logan, Roxas, and Deadpool all stood together in the middle of the street, staring down the army of Deadpools in preparation, all of whom frowned back from behind all their masks.

Of course, as they stared down the army, Logan then reached up with both hands and behind his head. As Roxas and Wade turned to look at him, their eyes widened in total shock as Logan slipped the yellow and blue cowl over his head complete with the white eye slits in the front, securing it over the top of his head, his eyes, and his nose. Both other men were shocked, but a wide, open mouthed smile spread across Roxas's face in excitement.

'I have waited so long for this,' Roxas thought in excitement.

"Holy shit," Wade exclaimed at the sight of the cowl. "You save the good stuff for special occasions?"

"Killing, mostly," Logan replied with a smile.

"That's what I'm talking about," Roxas replied, nodding in appreciation.

"What's the wind resistance on those blowjob handles?" Wade then asked. Logan growled as he and Roxas turned to frown at him, making Wade laugh. "Sorry. I'm just a catty bitch when I'm jealous."

"Only when you're jealous?" Roxas asked with a frown.

"All right, let's do this," Wade then declared. He, Logan, and Roxas all turned and frowned at the army of Deadpools again. "Maximum effort."

"Fuck, yeah," Roxas agreed. *6*

Wade lifted up his arms and slid back the chambers of the Desert Eagles in preparation, while Roxas slid his short swords out. Roxas and Wade both stepped into their battle stances, with Roxas twirling his swords for a moment, while Logan reached down and let his claws slide out. Logan briefly stood in his own battle stance before he, Roxas, and Wade all charged forward together. The army of Deadpools all yelled out as they ran forward to meet the trio of heroes in battle, all of them wielding either their guns or some kind of sword.

Once the Deadpools got close, Logan deflected a sword strike from one before stabbing him in the neck and throwing him aside, while Wade jumped onto a telephone pole and fired his Desert Eagles at another one. Lady pool fired her Uzis at Logan and Roxas, but Roxas shot her with lightning out of his fingers before deflecting a sword strike from another Deadpool, then stabbing him in the head. Wade fired his Desert Eagles at two Deadpools while Logan stabbed Ladypool, slashed her in the chest as she tried swinging her Uzis, then stabbed her in the head, finishing her off. Roxas deflected the sword strikes from another Deadpool and impaled him through the head and the chest, while Wade emptied his Desert Eagles before tossing them away. Logan moved down the road and deflected another Deadpool's sword before stabbing him, while Wade walked forward, repeatedly getting shot by two other Deadpools.

Wade stole the katana off the back of one Deadpool on the ground, while Logan cut through another Deadpool's chest near a taxi. Roxas shot an arrow into the head of a Deadpool who was on top of a taxi shooting his gun, while Wade cut off the arm of another Deadpool, knocked him into the taxi, then stomped his head against the front bumper. Roxas got shot a couple of times by another Deadpool, but he cut the Deadpool's Desert Eagle in half before stabbing him through the head, then throwing one of his short swords into the head of another nearby Deadpool. Logan stabbed one Deadpool against a No Parking sign, while Wade knocked another one off the taxi hood, then stabbed him in the stomach. Logan then jumped up onto the taxi as Golden Age Deadpool fired his revolver, then grabbed the Deadpool and pushed him down to stab him repeatedly. Cowboypool fired his revolvers nearby, but Roxas shot an arrow that hit the variant in the shoulder and made him step back.

More Deadpools rushed forward, but Roxas used his telekinesis to send his sword flying out of the head of one, and through the back of another. Roxas pulled the sword out before slashing through the neck of another Deadpool, then kicking him aside. Wade used his knife to cut through the neck of another Deadpool, then smashed his head through the window of the taxi, shattering it. Cowboypool stubbornly fired his revolvers at Logan, who lunged across the taxi towards him. Cowboypool backed up when his revolvers clicked empty, while Headpool lunged towards Wade. Roxas rolled across the ground, dodging the sword strikes of another Deadpool, then shot an arrow through his head before using his swords to cut another Deadpool in the leg, making him fall, and allowing Roxas to stab him in the head. Logan lunged off of the truck and tackled another Deadpool to the ground, while Wade grabbed Headpool, then used him as a club to knock another Deadpool headfirst into the back of the taxi.

Bullets deflected off of nearby walls as Wade used Headpool as a weapon to repeatedly smash in the head of another Deadpool, while Logan viciously stabbed the one he was fighting, before taking his Desert Eagles and finishing him off with two point-blank shots to the head. Wade tossed aside Headpool, so as it flew upwards, Roxas stabbed it in both of its eyes with his swords before he kicked it and sent it spiraling through the air. Logan jumped up and cut down another Deadpool in the chest while Wade flipped and kicked another one in the head before stabbing him. Roxas jumped up and impaled another Deadpool with both swords while Logan got impaled through his side by a katana. Shortpool then moved in with a shotgun and repeatedly fired at Wade, pushing him back, while Logan cut down the Deadpool who impaled him. Of course, just as Roxas pulled his sword out of another Deadpool's head, Deadpool 2099 then moved forward and jabbed her laser swords into Logan and Roxas's chests, sending them flying back with Wade.

"Whoa!" Roxas exclaimed.

Deadpool 2099 twirled her laser swords as more members of the army, including Samuraipool, Nobodypool, and Unlimitedpool all charged forward. Dozens of Deadpools surged across the road towards where Logan, Roxas, and Wade had recovered.

And they were soon taken down with little struggle.

While Dogpool ran down the sidewalk nearby, Samuraipool was thrown back onto the road with his arms cut off, and Nobodypool landed next to him with the bottom half of his waist completely severed. Two other Deadpool bodies were thrown aside, and one tried to run away, but was shot down by Wade with stolen Desert Eagles. Many other Deadpools had formed a wall that tried to push against Logan and Roxas together, but the two of them pressed against the Deadpools and pushed back, showing that they were the stronger ones as they moved back down the road. Wade moved behind them and pushed as Logan and Roxas stabbed with their blades at the closest Deadpools, and another two had fallen to the ground since they had been shot. One on the ground tried to crawl away, but Wade shot him in the head, while Roxas moved forward, swinging his swords through the neck of a Deadpool, then impaling him through the head with both blades, before pulling the swords out and kicking his body aside.

Scottishpool had jumped up the side of a wall and tried lunging at the group as Logan cut through two more Deadpools' chests, but Wade took his sword out of his hands, impaled him through the neck, then pushed his body down through the blade. Roxas and Logan used their blades to cut through more of the Deadpools that had formed a wall, causing them all to separate as they tried to attack with their swords and guns. Blood splattered as Logan stabbed two Deadpools through the head at once before throwing their bodies aside before kicking one in the chest. Roxas blasted lightning out of his fingers at two other Deadpools before launching arrows through both of their heads, then slashing the throat of another one. Wade stabbed another charging Dedpool in the throat before shooting him in the head, and Logan threw aside two more Deadpools before another one stabbed him, so he kicked him in the nuts before stabbing him in the head.

"Motherfucker," Blind Al commented as she sat in her open window, listening to all the carnage. "I wish I were deaf."

Wade shot another Deadpool in the head before moving backwards to dodge the sword slash of another one. Logan yelled out as he got a katana in his neck, so Roxas replaced one of his swords with his revolver and shot that Deadpool in the head, blowing out part of his head. Roxas then turned his revolver to Unlimitedpool as he tried crawling away and shot him through the head, which had the same result of blood and flesh splattered on the ground. Wade then took out his katana and slashed through the chest of another Deadpool, while Logan moved down the road and stabbed his claws through another two Deadpools, hitting one in the throat and another in the chest. Wade then caught the Desert Eagle of the Deadpool he cut and shot him in the head, throwing him to the ground. *7*

Logan cut through another Deadpool with his claws, while Roxas dodged the sword slash of another before stabbing him in the side, then shooting him in the head with his revolver. Wade slashed through the throat of another Deadpool he fought in front of a parked bus before shooting him in the head, then impaling him through the throat with his katana, pinning him against the bus. Wade stole one of his katanas as he followed Logan and Roxas around the bus to the entrance, where many of the remaining Deadpools were trying to hide. A Deadpool sitting in the driver's seat looked through the window at the 4th wall in terror, so Logan grabbed him and started stabbing him. Cowboypool went rogue and started throwing Deadpools towards the group, so Roxas shot one in the face and stabbed another through the head, while Wade cut through his variants' chests with his katanas.

Logan then impaled another Deadpool through the head with his claws, and Roxas replaced his revolver with his sword to join the short ranged fighting, slashing through the necks of two other Deadpools. Wade fired his stolen Desert Eagles, causing some of the windows to crack from the bullets. Blood was splattered all over the bus as some Deadpools tried shooting Logan, Roxas, and Wade, and Cowboypool tried climbing up to escape through the emergency exit in the roof of the bus. While two other Deadpools tried shooting at them, Wade returned fire, and Logan and Roxas grabbed Cowboypool's legs to pull him back inside.

"Get back down here!" Roxas exclaimed.

Both men stabbed Cowboypool in the neck before throwing him through the roof, sending him screaming as he was thrown into the ground far away. More blood was splattered all along the windows as Wade took out his swords and cut through two more Deadpools, while one fired Uzis at the group as he desperately sat down in the seat at the very back of the bus. The Deadpool declared that he didn't want to die as the Uzis clicked empty, so Logan rushed forward and started slashing him with his claws, while Roxas and Wade slashed their swords through a couple more Deadpools. The windows of the bus were soon completely covered with blood and cracked from bullet holes, preventing anyone from seeing in or out of the bus. One Deadpool's head then crashed through a window.

The back windshield of the bus then exploded and sent glass flying in all directions as Logan, Wade, and Roxas lunged through. Glass was flung through the air as the three of them almost floated in the air, with Logan mid-yell, Wade intentionally posing with his katanas in hand, and Roxas holding a foot out as he prepared to land.

Of course, Wade then tripped in the air and grunted as he fell face-first to the ground. Logan and Roxas landed on either side of the former mercenary before standing up straight. Logan was clearly still in action mode, because he panted and looked around with his teeth grit, while Roxas just huffed and rolled his shoulders.

"That's one way to cross the street," Roxas quipped.

Wade just groaned as he stood up between his two allies.

"Come on!" Wade complained, annoyed with himself. "Oh, I blew it. After all that, the only thing they're gonna remember is that Godawful dismount!"

He gestured back to the bus with one of his katanas before twirling them both, then sliding them back into his sheath.

"I think people will remember a bit more than just that," Roxas replied.

He gave a small huff over how the entire street was now filled with the bodies of all the Deadpool variants, many of whom were in pieces as their blood filled the road and the walls. Bullet holes were in lots of buildings, and the bus and the taxi were both most likely totaled by all the stains and damage. Roxas then gave a small smile when he saw a large poster on the bus for Stan Lee Steamers, especially considering the picture of said man on the poster.

All of a sudden, Babypool started laughing, which garnered the trio's attention. Logan, Roxas, and Wade all turned and looked at the baby, seeing him sitting on a table in front of a pizza shop, with parmesan cheese and crushed red pepper shakers right next to him. The three of them frowned, not even paying attention to Canadapool's body nearby.

"What you laughing at, you little fucker?" Wade asked. *8*

All of a sudden, bones popped in Canadapool's body, and he lifted his arms as he started pushing himself up. Logan, Roxas, and Wade's eyes all widened, especially when they saw Cowboypool nearby also recovering.

"Uh-oh," Babypool taunted.

"Uh-oh," Wade agreed as Babypool cooed.

Logan, Roxas, and Wade then all turned and watched as the entire street of Deadpools proceeded to recover, including the ones in the bus. The Deadpool variants all popped bones and cricked their necks as they pushed themselves up to their feet to recover, though Ladypool moved amongst them all with her Uzis in hand as she walked towards the trio.

"I guess these ones regenerate," Wade remarked.

"And Nicepool was the only one who couldn't," Roxas assessed as he and Logan sighed out. "Son of a bitch."

The Deadpools all finished recovering and moved along the side of the bus to surround Logan, Roxas, and Wade again. Scottishpool, Kidpool, Deadpool 2099, Zenpool, Unlimitedpool, and even Samuraipool and Nobodypool led the way, though the last two were still growing back their limbs.

"Come on," Wade complained as Canadapool stood alongside two other Deadpools. "We don't have time for this."

"I can take round 2 a quick one," Roxas declared. He pointed at Wade just as he opened his mouth. "Say 'that's what she said,' and we'll see what grows back when your head's cut off."

Wade was smart and closed his mouth.

"Deadpools!" a voice then rang out nearby, garnering everyone's attention. "Stand down."

Everyone turned towards the voice, between all the Deadpools, and Logan, Roxas, and Wade.

Their eyes all narrowed in surprise as they saw a man in a Deadpool suit riding a bicycle down the street towards them, along with a helmet on his head. Of course, after a few moments, he stepped off the bike and let it drop to the ground before removing his helmet and tossing it aside. He marched with purpose towards them, with the zipper on the front not completely closed given the size of his stomach, and underneath his belt, the suit was bunched up around his groin. Roxas exclaimed in disgust over that as the man marched into the massive crowd of Deadpools, pointedly towards Logan, Roxas, and Wade.

It was Peter wearing the suit that Wade left in his locker at work.

"This Deadpool's with me," Peter announced.

"Oh, no," Wade said, his eyes widening in realization and fear.

"Oh, no..." Roxas said, raising his hand to hide the man's testicles bunched up in the suit from his sight.

"Holy shit," Ladypool then declared, her own eyes widening in amazement.

"That's fuckin' Peter!" Kidpool declared, pointing at the man eagerly.

The Deadpools then all started chanting Peter's name in excitement, much to the surprise of Logan, Roxas, and Wade. The trio frowned and shared looks before Peter took off the mask, revealing his hair, face, and mustache. Peter smiled widely as the many Deadpools all continued chanting his name.

"He is surprisingly nonchalant for seeing a hundred people who look just like his friend," Roxas commented with a small nod of his head.

"You're telling me," Logan agreed. He pointedly kept his gaze on Peter's head. "And that suit ain't doin' him any favors."

"Wait, you..." Wade slowly said, looking between Ladypool and Peter in surprise. "You guys know Peter?"

"You kidding me?" Ladypool asked, happily sharing looks with another Deadpool before looking at Peter. "Every Deadpool has a Peter."

"Shit," Cowboypool remarked happily. He adjusted his hat. "Peter's a goddamn legend in every Deadpool's world."

The Deadpools emphasized this point by cheering for Peter again, with one even making a heart with his hands.

"Peter-san. Hai," Samuraipool greeted Peter happily, lifting his growing arms in an attempt to bow.

The Deadpools all cheered again, including Welshpool, Haroldpool, Golden Age Deadpool, and even Deadpool 2099. Logan, Roxas, and Wade all shared looks before shrugging their shoulders in resignation.

The army of Deadpools then all moved forward, still cheering and chanting Peter's name. Canadapool grabbed him and gave him a tight side-hug, while Headpool bopped around in excitement above them. The army of Deadpools gathered around Peter, and Peter happily laughed over the constant praise. The Deadpools all chanted Peter's name more and jumped around in excitement, and Peter jumped with them. Ladypool and Cowboypool hurried to Peter's side, while Logan, Roxas, and Wade all slowly stepped back. Wade gave a small clap for the crowd, while Logan and Roxas just gave a small wave goodbye. The Deadpools all continued to cheer for Peter, with one even sticking his fingers in Peter's mouth. Peter just continued to jump and cheer with them before happily laughing. *9*

Running down the street, Logan, Roxas, and Wade passed by many Deadpools who were part of the crowd rushing towards Peter, with Wade even lifting his hand to accept the high-five of some of them.

"Enjoy my Peter!" Wade told them.

"That was weird," Roxas commented. "But I'm definitely not gonna look a gift horse in the mouth."

"Fuck, no," Logan agreed.

With that, Logan, Roxas, and Wade all rushed together down the street to the subway entrance that they had seen Paradox come out of earlier. Given Ladypool and Cowboypool's words earlier of how Cassandra was going to destroy every timeline, the three of them moved a bit quicker, knowing that they needed to hurry.

This world wasn't safe, but now neither was the rest of the Multiverse.

Chapter Text

Earth-10005

New York

Underneath 24th Street Subway

Within the TVA outpost they had set up so that the Time Ripper was placed, Cassandra had gone deeper into the walkways of the subway station, finding the Time Ripper stationed near the base of the stairs. The massive, cube-like device that was taller than her was prepared with dozens of cords that extended through the facility. Many of those cords connected to the panels that Ralph and the other technicians had gone over, while some went to a couple of canisters of time energy nearby, and gigantic cables attached went through the floor, which were see-through and showed bright orange energy on one side and bright blue energy on the other.

Cassandra took a moment to look over the Time Ripper as it hummed in preparation. Of course, given her goal, Cassandra waved her hands, using her telekinesis to open up two panels in the front, revealing circular components that a person could reach their hands inside. With that, she reached inside those components and let the gears secure themselves around her forearms. Cassandra slowly pulled her arms out, and the gears remained, with one of them glowing with the orange light and the other with blue. The Time Ripper whirred more loudly as the energy within then started to flow inside her. Cassandra experimentally waved her arms with the components still attached, testing the energy as it continued to surge inside her.

In the upper level at the subway entrance, Paradox, Ralph, and the other operatives all watched in apprehension over the monitor as Cassandra continued to absorb the energy. Of course, they then glanced to the side as Logan, Roxas, and Wade marched in through the front doors, and Paradox tried to gaslight them, even with the frowns that the trio of soldiers shot him.

"Oh, now you're here," Paradox complained as Logan, Roxas, and Wade marched in. A female technician got out of the way as he gestured to the monitor showing Cassandra at the Time Ripper. "Oh, well, you're too late. It's all over."

"Shut the hell up already, you dumbass," Roxas told the rogue operative.

"Yeah, it's not over yet," Logan agreed.

"Whoa, no, no, no, no," Wade then said, gesturing with one hand. "We're very close." He turned and looked at the 4th wall. "Homestretch, folks. Promise."

"Wade, be serious for two seconds," Roxas replied with a frown. "Those douchebags up there said that she plans to destroy every single timeline, meaning that even more people are in danger than we thought."

Looking down, Roxas once again thought of the people he cared about, including his siblings, his best friends, Morgan, and Mandy.

"All right, quick, let's up the stakes," Wade remarked, looking at Paradox and waving his fingers.

"If she steals the Time Ripper's energy, she has the power to shred the fabric of all realities until there is nothing left but The Void," Paradox frantically explained, pointing at the monitor showing Cassandra.

"You happy you decided to go rogue now, you stupid prick?" Roxas asked, frowning at Paradox.

"How do we shut it down?" Logan demanded.

"I don't know," Paradox replied, obviously lying.

Logan knew that he was lying, too, because he grabbed Paradox by the chest and pushed him against the console. Roxas, Wade, and Ralph and the other technicians were all on Logan's side as the Wolverine lifted his other arm and let his claws slowly slide out, moving right in front of Paradox's face in a clear threat.

"How about now?" Logan demanded as Paradox's eyes widened.

"The mask is really intimidating, huh?" Wade asked with a smile. "It's like Batman, except he can move his neck."

"Not the Batman comparison I would've made, but it's still accurate," Roxas muttered with a shrug of his shoulders. *1*

"Okay, look, look, look," Paradox frantically said.

Logan, Roxas, Wade, and the rest of the technicians watched as he reached across the console, pressing a button that brought up new schematics on the monitors. This showed two large, circular pillars that reached up from lower service levels of the subway station, all the way up to where the Time Ripper was stationed. Within those pillars, there was an orange light glowing within one, and a blue light glowing within the other.

"The Time Ripper is fed from a secure chamber below ground," Paradox quickly explained, partially because of Logan's claws. "It is powered by twin matter and antimatter feeds converging inside the device."

On the monitor, the light surged up through the large tubes and into a holographic representation of the Time Ripper. Looking into another monitor, Roxas grimaced as they showed Cassandra in front of the Time Ripper, the energy converging within her and slowly but surely operating under her control. This caused the walls of the room around her to slowly start to spaghettify, all while she just looked up with a euphoric expression on her face.

"Now, Cassandra Nova is redirecting the Ripper's power to eliminate all timelines, starting with this one," Paradox continued explaining. On another monitor, lights showed the slow deterioration of the timeline for this world, getting Roxas to grimace in concern. "Theoretically, you could stop her by short-circuiting the feeds in the chamber below." New lights appeared on the monitor, showing a line forming between the tubes of matter and antimatter. "One of you were to create a circuit between the two feeds, then... the released power would destroy the machine."

"Killing Cassandra and saving the Multiverse," Roxas assessed with a nod of his head. He shared a look with Wade. "I like this plan."

"But... Well, but..." Paradox slowly trailed off before glancing to the side.

"Come on, man," Wade complained, with Roxas and Wade also frowning at him. "If you're not gonna swallow, spit it out!"

"Whoever formed the bridge would be annihilated," Paradox continued, pointedly keeping a worried look on Logan's claws.

"I could live with that," Logan replied.

"Yeah, I could live with that, too, actually," Wade admitted. "You know, we survive anything. We're like cockroaches."

"Me, too," Roxas added. "Hell, the moments I've died, I always came back. My soul even got banished from my body, but it still found a way to revive itself."

"Yeah, we survive everything," Wade agreed with a chuckle.

"Not this time," Paradox grimly told them. "This is matter and antimatter." He kept frantically glancing at Logan's claws. "They do not play nicely with each other. When they mix in your body, you will be atomized. Trust the laws of physics if you don't trust me."

"No one trusts you," Roxas replied with a frown.

"Well, still," Paradox slowly said as Logan and Wade frowned with Roxas. "Even if you lived long enough to make the circuit, you will die down there."

Roxas and Wade both shared a look as they thought this over.

Inwardly, Roxas then ran through the moments that he had died in the past. The first time, it had been to distract a villain and allow all his friends to escape. The second time, a magical douchebag had been trying to kill two of his other friends, two people who had loved each other, so he got in the way and died so they could stay together. The third and most recent time had been when they were fighting Rexu, and he contained the energy long enough for his friends and loved ones to get out of the way before the blast enveloped him. Every single time Roxas had died, he never knew if he would come back, but he always died to protect the people he cared about.

To protect the Multiverse, to protect his loved ones, and to protect Morgan and Mandy... Roxas knew that he would willingly die again if he needed to. *2*

Whatever the case, Roxas and Wade then looked over Logan to the monitor showing Cassandra at the Time Ripper once again. At the top of the screen was a line labeled "Timeline Integrity, 95%," and it was slowly but surely counting down more. On the screen, they were all able to see and hear as more and more energy crackled and burned within the Time Ripper, flowing within Cassandra and bringing her even more euphoria. She moaned and looked up as she took in the energy, which made almost the entire room grimace in disgust.

Of course, with the severity of the situation in front of them, Logan, Roxas, and Wade all shared nods of their heads, knowing that they needed to hurry.

However, Roxas then punched Paradox in the face, making the rogue operative grunt as he was thrown across the panel again, before he joined Logan and Wade in moving out of the chamber, all while the other technicians continued to watch.

With that, Logan, Roxas, and Wade hurried through the underground chambers of the subway station, leaving behind the chambers with the TVA outpost and the Time Ripper, and moving down a set of stairs into the service tunnels. The three of them jogged as fast as they could into the sewer-like levels, and along an abandoned subway line as they hurried to the service chamber with the matter and antimatter tubes. Logan, Roxas, and Wade all rushed down the railway system, moving through the sparse lighting before they eventually reached the right area.

As they came across an area with a small fan nearby, they turned to the right and found the metal door that sealed them off from the service chamber with the matter and antimatter components. Logan, Roxas, and Wade all huffed at the sight, but Logan then lifted up a hand to stop Roxas and Wade.

"Hold on," Logan told them, holding up a hand to stop his two allies. "You both heard that asshole upstairs. Even if we pull this off, we're dead. Permanently."

"Hey, we've figured a hell of a lot of things out, and we can figure this one out, too," Roxas told him. "Hell, I've died three times for the people I care about, and every time, I don't expect to come back, but then I do."

"Yeah, well, between you and me, I'd rather not see if the fourth time's the charm for your little tricks there," Logan pointed out. "Especially with your abilities being limited on this side of the Omniverse."

Roxas grimaced and looked down, reluctantly admitting that Logan had a point.

"That's why it's got to be me," Wade declared.

"What?" Logan asked as he and Roxas frowned at Wade.

"What do you mean?" Roxas asked.

Wade then slowly lifted up and grabbed his mask by the back. He undid the mask and pulled it off, revealing his scarred, burned face as he huffed and looked at his two allies.

"Look, guys..." Wade slowly said as he panted. He shook his head. "Neither of you asked for any of this." He looked at Roxas. "I took you away from your family, then desecrated the grave of a man who you saw as a brother, and made you relive his horrible death." He then looked at Logan. "And you were right. I lied. I lied right to your face, just to get both of you to help me. And you did. First Roxas, and then you."

"You didn't lie," Logan corrected him. Roxas and Wade both gave small frowns. "You made an educated wish."

Roxas gave a small chuckle, and shared a tiny smile with Logan and Wade at the memory of right before the fight in the Honda Odyssey.

"Come on..." Logan then softly said. He reached into his pocket and pulled out Wade's picture of Colossus, Buck, Peter, Shatterstar, Blind Al, Negasonic Teenage Warhead, Vanessa, Yukio, and Dopinder. "You got a whole world to go back to. You and Roxas both do. I got nothin'."

He gave a small smile and softly shook his head as he handed the picture back to Wade.

"I got nothin'," Logan repeated.

Roxas's heart slowly broke once again as he looked at Logan over this declaration. Logan, meanwhile, just pressed the picture into Wade's chest, and the former mercenary reached up to grasp it again.

"Give me this," Logan requested.

Roxas and Wade both huffed, but Wade softly nodded at the request. Logan gave him a small punch on the shoulder to thank him, then looked at Roxas.

"And you..." Logan slowly said. He placed his hand on Roxas's shoulder. "Thanks for believing in me more than my own Roxas did."

Roxas sniffed as tears slowly grew in his eyes again, not liking the idea of having to say goodbye to Logan again. Of course, he still nodded his head and gave his friend a firm look.

"I'll always believe in you," Roxas promised. "Even when you don't believe in yourself."

Logan gave a small nod at this before he took his arm off of Roxas's shoulder. With that, Logan nodded at the two of them before marching down the rest of the walkway to the closed door that led into the chamber.

"Hey..." Wade said, getting Logan to stop.

He slowly turned around and joined Roxas in looking at Wade, who gave the Wolverine a meaningful look.

"I waited a long time for this team-up," Wade admitted. He smiled. "You know something? You were the best Wolverine." *3*

"Damn right, you were," Roxas agreed, softly shaking his head in agreement.

Logan softly nodded back before he turned towards the metal door again. He pressed a button on the panel, which made the light change from red to green to show that the door was opening. He then turned his head to look back at them.

"Say hi to your friends for me," Logan requested.

Roxas's heart broke a bit once again.

"Screw this," he muttered with a shake of his head. "I've already had to watch one of him die, I won't do it again. I'll do it for him."

Of course, just as Logan pushed open the door, Wade slipped his mask back on, then crouched slightly to elbow Roxas in the crotch, stopping him in his tracks. Roxas grunted as great pain filled his lower half, and his eyes went wide. Wade then rushed forward and grabbed the fire extinguisher. Just as Logan turned to close the door, Wade moved forward and rammed the fire extinguisher into Logan's head, stopping him in his tracks. Wade then grabbed Logan by the shoulder, then pushed him back through the door before slamming it shut behind him.

Roxas huffed as he finished healing, then moved forward next to Logan. The two of them shared a look before turning towards the door just as Wade activated mechanics on the other side, sealing it shut. Logan and Roxas huffed as they looked through the glass of the door, seeing Wade standing on the other side, right in front of the two massive glass tubes with an X-shaped walkway in-between the two in the center of the massive, circular room. Roxas huffed while Logan tried pressing the button on the door panel, which did nothing.

"Open the door!" Logan shouted.

"Now, man!" Roxas added.

"I can't hear you over all the noble sacrifice," Wade playfully said, holding a hand up to his ear.

"Why are you fucking doing this?" Logan demanded.

"Yeah, why?" Roxas added.

"Because I'm... Marvel Jesus," Wade declared.

He then placed his hand on the glass in front of Logan and Roxas. Of course, then he opened up his fingers to make the Vulcan symbol from Star Trek.

"Or Spock," Wade told them. "Hard to say."

Wade then stepped out of the way, rubbing his hand on the window and making it squeak. Logan and Roxas both huffed and grit their teeth, especially when Wade stuck his head back and blew them a kiss.

"Wade!" Logan shouted, punching the window and making the glass crack slightly.

Of course, Wade then stuck his arms and head forward, pretending to be a flying Superman.

"You fucking idiot," Logan muttered.

Roxas groaned in agreement before Wade pulled back, then walked in front of the glass, crouching and pretending that he was walking down a set of stairs. He jumped back to his feet as Logan and Roxas groaned again.

"Can you do anything without making it into a joke?" Roxas complained.

"Not really," Wade admitted with a laugh. "Sorry, I'm just stalling. I think I'm nervous about dying."

"Everyone is, but you don't need to do this!" Roxas snapped.

"This should be me," Logan declared.

"Well, that's debatable, but still," Roxas remarked.

"Say hi to my friends for me, peanut," Wade told them. "And tell your daughter she's cute. Maybe. I've never seen her before."

Roxas groaned as he and Logan watched Wade turn and start walking away.

"Wade!" Logan shouted as they watched Wade move around the circular room. "You wanna be an annoying prick, do it this side! You're gonna die in there, you dumb fuck!"

"Come on, already!" Roxas added.

He and Logan then rammed their fists against the glass to try and break it, but the cracks only spread out a bit further. Roxas then looked up and huffed as he saw the grated floor in the ceiling high above the x-shaped walkway, seeing Cassandra standing on the grated floor in front of the Time Ripper, breathing heavily as the energy continued to flow into her. Seeing Cassandra had Roxas grimacing, but he shook his head as he and Logan kept trying to break the glass.

On the upper level, Paradox and Ralph also continued to watch the group's progress on the monitor, while the Timeline Integrity reached 83%.

Logan and Roxas punched the window again, cursing over how the cracks just spread even more.

"What the hell is this glass made of?" Roxas exclaimed.

"Hey!" Logan called to Wade as he stood on the walkway, facing the panel with the tubes of blue energy. "You don't need to do this!"

"Yeah, you don't need to make the sacrifice play!" Roxas added.

Logan and Roxas punched the window again, while Wade just stared right at the tube with the cables of blue energy.

"I'm not doing it 'cause I need it," Wade declared. He took a few steps, most likely to psyche himself up. "I'm doing it because they do."

With that, Wade punched the glass tube and broke a hole in the surface, causing a large puff of smoke to hit him in the face. Brushing this aside, Wade then reached inside and grabbed some of the cables, pulling them out with a grunt. Wade let out a loud, straining grunt as he pulled at the cables, all while more of the blue energy surged up into the Time Ripper. Logan and Roxas grunted and yelled as they kept punching the glass, trying to get in and help in some way.

Above them, Cassandra continued to let the energy gather in herself, causing even more of the room around her to spaghettify. Paradox, Ralph, and the others continued to watch the progress on the monitor, seeing the Timeline integrity lower down to 65%.

Wade pulled at the cables and wrapped some around his wrist as he pulled them out as best he could. The blue energy started to surge into his body, and he yelled as he pulled even more of the cables out, trying desperately to reach the cables with the orange energy.

At the TVA, B-15 had reached the command center watching over Earth-10005 and looked up at the monitors. One showed Cassandra at the Time Ripper, another showed Wade pulling the cables, and the other showed the Timeline Integrity lowering down to 44%.

Outside the room, Logan and Roxas decided that the window was enough, so they started working on breaking the door. Roxas tried using his telekinesis to unlock the door, but given that he couldn't see the other side, it was a little difficult. So, Roxas just blasted waves of telekinetic energy out of his hands intermixed with Logan moving back and charging forward, using his Adamantium-laced body to work on breaking the door down. Logan and Roxas both grunted as they kept up their attacks, slowly but surely denting the door and breaking it down. The two of them tried to move a bit more quickly, knowing that they were running out of time.

Within the chamber, Wade strained as he gripped the cables in his arm and moved down the x-shaped walkway as far as he could, reaching for the orange cables desperately. Sadly, he could only make it about halfway across the walkway given the length of the floor. Wade reached desperately for the cables, but he was still too far.

The door dented heavily from Logan and Roxas's combined attacks, breaking further and further as the two of them kept pressing with their abilities.

In the upper level, as more of the room spaghettified around her from the Time Ripper, Cassandra let out a long exhale with the euphoric expression still on her face.

In the TVA room, defeat filled Paradox, Ralph, and the others as they watched Wade only reaching halfway across the walkway.

"He's not going to make it," Paradox softly said as the door broke and dented more from Logan and Roxas's attacks. They all watched as the Timeline Integrity fell at an exponential rate. "It's over."

The people in the room at the TVA all watched with B-15 as the integrity fell more by the second. Surprise filled many of them as it dropped down to 12%. It then ticked down every second, slowly moving down to just 2%.

Wade was completely unobservant of the door denting and breaking from Logan and Roxas's attacks. He strained and pulled at the cables as hard as he could, straining loudly as he kept a tight grip on the cables of blue energy. He strained loudly as he pulled at the cables, letting the blue energy continue surging into his body since it was necessary. Wade looked at the glass tube with the cables of blue energy and continued to yell as he pulled as hard as he could.

Then he felt someone gripping his forearm.

Wade quickly looked to the side and was surprised to see Roxas and Logan right next to him, the two of them having broken down the metal door. Roxas was holding onto Wade's arm, and his other arm grasped Logan's. With all three of them holding onto each others' arms, Roxas then quickly looked at Logan.

"Now!" Roxas shouted.

Logan agreed and quickly pointed his fist at the glass tube with the cables of orange energy. Logan slid his claws out, breaking through the glass and into the tubes, and the orange energy immediately surged into him and Roxas.

The feeling of the energy surging into them made Logan and Roxas both yell. Though, with his metal skeleton, it had a weirder effect on Logan, all the fabric on his torso was torn to pieces as he and Roxas continued yelling. Roxas yelled from the energy surging into him, though his eyes widened in surprise when he saw that the rest of Logan's suit top, and his suit gloves were ripped to pieces that flew up into the air, leaving him shirtless.

"Oh, that was gratuitous!" Roxas exclaimed.

Of course, Roxas then raised his eyebrows as he and Wade both looked at Logan's torso. As energy surged through both of their bodies, and sparks dropped down from the sky, Roxas and Wade were both incredibly impressed as they saw Logan's muscles, including his six-pack.

"... But worth it," Roxas admitted. *4*

Wade looked at the 4th wall and nodded in agreement.

Of course, the energy continued to surge through all three of them, which got Logan, Roxas, and Wade to all look up and yell together once again. The antimatter and matter slowly flowed through all three of them as more sparks fell from the ceiling, the tubes and the Time Ripper immediately being affected thanks to the trio's involvement. The orange energy glowed in Logan's claws and his body, while Roxas was orange in half of his body, blue in the other half, and Wade was also blue. All three of them grit their teeth and yelled as the antimatter and matter surged through their bodies.

In the TVA room monitoring Earth-10005, they all watched in surprise as the Timeline Integrity slowly raised before their very eyes. B-15 frowned in shock as things changed and started to reverse themselves.

In the room with the Time Ripper. Cassandra frowned in confusion as the room suddenly stopped spaghettifying, with the walls slowly returning to normal. She exclaimed in surprise, then yelled out as she gripped the components around her arms, trying to fight back against the energy being reversed.

Below her, Logan, Roxas, and Wade all kept their arms together as they gripped the cables with the antimatter and the matter. All three of them strained and yelled as the energies coursed through all three of their bodies, emphasized by the bright lights surging along their skin. Smoke flowed out of the glass tubes, and Logan grit his teeth from the strain. Roxas yelled out before looking up, watching through the floor grate as Cassandra grunted as she pulled desperately at the components around her forearms, trying to take back control of the Time Ripper.

"No... you... don't!" Roxas shouted over the pain.

In the TVA, B-15 and the other operatives all watched as the Timeline Integrity kept increasing and lowering, continuously flickering between 1% and 3% as Logan, Roxas, and Wade kept up their battle against Cassandra for the Time Ripper.

Cassandra strained and yelled as she tried to keep her control over the Time Ripper. To her irritation, the room around her stopped spaghettifying and returned to normal, though tiles fell from the wall as everything shook around her.

Standing together, Logan, Roxas, and Wade all continued yelling as the two energies continued to surge between them. Sparks flew from all directions around them, and the room shook as everything rumbled from the disturbance. The energy continued to surge through Logan, Roxas, and Wade as they all continued to strain and yell, feeling great pain from the effort of staying connected.

Logan, Roxas, and Wade all lifted their heads and screamed as they were all thrown back through their memories.

In Logan's mind, he was reminded of Wade's earlier words.

"The Wolverine... He's a hero in my world," Wade had told him.

His memories also shifted to when he found the picture of Wade's friends the previous night after his talk with Laura and Roxas.

"Whoever you think I am, you got the wrong guy," Logan's voice echoed from the conversation.

"You were always the wrong guy..." Laura's voice echoed. "Till you weren't."

"You were always there when it mattered the most, when you were absolutely needed," Roxas added. He smiled. "And that's what made you the best."

In Wade's mind, he remembered when he had first met Paradox, and what the man had promised.

"Wade," Paradox's voice echoed as Wade remembered seeing his Deadpool suit in his locker at work. "Wade. You can finally, finally matter."

Of course, Wade's memories then shifted to what mattered to him. He saw himself when he first arrived at his birthday party, when he reunited with Colossus, Buck, Peter, Shatterstar, Blind Al, Negasonic Teenage Warhead, Vanessa, Yukio, and Dopinder. Then it shifted once again to when he and Vanessa had their brief reunion in the afterlife after they had both died.

"Vanessa..." Wade's own voice echoed. He saw the picture of himself and Vanessa that he carried for years, then saw their reunion at his birthday party. "I wanna see Vanessa."

In Roxas's mind, his memories shifted amongst his favorite moments, the ones that he loved the most.

Sora, Ventus, Vanitas, and Jack all laughed with him as they sat together in a room, having a nice lunch as they celebrated a good weekend. Shiny, Carl, and Jake all laughed with him as they practiced driving. The day that he, Harry, and Anubis had been reunited. The day that Harry and Anubis accepted Shiny. The day that they had found Julie. And then the day that he, Harry, Anubis, Julie, and Shiny had been reunited with their resurrected mom.

The days that he and Logan celebrated their victories against the worst of their threats.

Of course, then Roxas's memories shifted and involved Morgan. Their first kiss their senior year. When they kissed during the meteor shower. Their reunion after he got back his memories. When they hugged after they realized that they had a daughter stolen from them.

Then it shifted to show them sitting in bed with their daughter, who just looked up at them innocently thanks to her memories being restrained in her mind.

"What happens now?" Mandy asked.

"Whatever we want," Morgan promised her, placing a hand on her shoulder.

"The past doesn't matter," Roxas told her, giving her a smile. "All that really matters is that we love each other." He placed a hand on her shoulder. "And I promise that all you'll know is love."

Within the chamber, Logan, Roxas, and Wade all yelled out as the antimatter and matter continued to surge through them. Still gritting their teeth and straining, Wade then slowly turned and looked at Logan and Roxas. Roxas exclaimed and looked back at Wade before the two of them turned to look at Logan. Logan slowly turned to look at them, straining as one more memory flashed in his mind.

"For the first time in my life, I am proud... to wear this suit," Logan told Roxas and Wade in Cassandra's throne room. Tears were in his eyes as he tried to control his emotions. "It means I'm an X-Man." He huffed as he frowned in determination. "I am the X-Man."

Roxas softly shook his head, a proud expression on his face as tears grew in his own eyes.

"Damn right, you are," he declared, his voice cracking with emotion. *5*

As energy continued to flow in the room around them, sending random pieces of debris flying throughout the circular room, Logan gave a small nod to Roxas and Wade. Wade nodded back, and Roxas cried as he smiled and nodded back. As the energy and debris continued to fly around them, Logan, Roxas, and Wade all lifted up their heads and started screaming once again, the antimatter and matter still coursing through all three of them. The pain was still great, but all three of them held on as hard as they could, none of them willing to give in.

"Fuck you, Cassandra!" Roxas shouted at the woman through the grate in the floor. He closed his eyes as another surge of pain coursed through all three of them. "I love you guys!"

The winds continued surging around the entire room, sending more and more debris flying, while even more sparks popped.

In the room at the TVA, B-15 and the other operatives all watched as the integrity of Earth-10005 suddenly started increasing quickly, jumping up to 44% in seconds. The dial jumped out of the orange level and reached blue within just a few more seconds.

Standing in front of the Time Ripper, Cassandra continued to scream as she stared into the device, trying desperately to keep the energy flowing in the way that she wanted it to. Of course, as the matter and antimatter coursed into her, they reached their breaking point, and started to affect her negatively. As she screamed, Cassandra's head was then flung around in all directions as she lost control.

In the lower level, as they continued to hold on and let the antimatter and matter course through them, Logan, Roxas, and Wade kept yelling as their heads started moving in all directions as they lost control.

Above them, Cassandra continued to yell as the Time Ripper was then overcome with its energy. Flames appeared within the center of the device as it reached its breaking point due to Logan, Roxas, and Wade's interference.

Cassandra, Logan, Roxas, and Wade all continued to scream.

In the TVA, B-15 and the others watched as the dial for the Timeline Integrity then increased rapidly before reaching 100%.

With that, the Time Ripper then completely exploded, sending debris flying in all directions. And since she was still connected to it, Cassandra also exploded, sending blood, flesh, and pieces of fabric flying and killing her in a manner that she definitely couldn't come back from.

They had won...

Chapter Text

Earth-10005

New York City

Underneath 24th Street Subway

The lower levels of the subway station had more or less been reduced to a trash heap given the severity of the explosion.

The room that had the Time Ripper within was filled completely with rubble, with massive burn marks spread across the walls, sparks popping from electrical wires, and pieces of debris from the Time Ripper itself flung all around. The closed doors of the gate had even been broken and dented, having fallen down and barely holding on thanks to the severity of the blast. Paradox slowly stepped out of the room with the consoles and stood in the burned, damaged hallway to stare into the room, completely perplexed by the fact that Cassandra and the Time Ripper were both destroyed. He looked around in surprise while more and more sparks popped out of electrical wires and destroyed lightbulbs in the ceiling, amazed that Logan, Roxas, and Wade had actually succeeded.

Everyone in the chamber came to the unanimous conclusion that Logan, Roxas, and Wade hadn't survived, given that they were right in the center of the blast.

None of them were able to see much, but in the lower level, in the chamber underneath where the Time Ripper had been stationed, things were just as bad. The walkway was broken and in remains given the severity of the blast, and the glass tubes that held the various cables were almost completely shattered, with the cables having disintegrated completely. Sparks popped out of cables and whatever other electrical components, while debris had been flung around every corner of the room, and water even flowed out of a port high in the air. Just like the upper level, the room had been filled with rubble, almost reduced to a veritable stain due to the state of the blast. Small flames were spread out in some areas, another effect of the blast.

One thing that had survived the blast was Wade's picture of Colossus, Buck, Blind Al, Peter, Shatterstar, Vanessa, Yukio, Negasonic, and Dopinder. The picture was covered in a bit of blood from the fight in the Honda Odyssey, and now the edges were slightly burned thanks to the blast. It floated in a small puddle of water that was at the bottom of the chamber, right in the center of the room.

Paradox, Ralph, and the other technicians were completely ignorant of this, as the sound of approaching footsteps suddenly rang out.

"Paradox," B-15's voice called. Paradox and the rest of the operatives all watched as B-15 marched down the stairs in her suit, entering the room while being followed by about a dozen Minutemen. "You've been busy."

Ralph and the other technicians were all still pretty shocked about what just happened, but Paradox managed to recover enough to quickly start moving to save his skin. He quickly moved over to stand near the console, and Ralph and another male technician moved over with him.

"Well, somebody had to be," Paradox replied as he moved to stand in front of B-15.

"We had some strange readings from this location," B-15 remarked as the Minutemen finished gathering in the room. She frowned right at Paradox. "You wouldn't know anything about an unsanctioned Time Ripper, would you?"

"Uh, no," Paradox slowly said, obviously lying. He looked between Ralph and his technicians before looking at B-15 again. "No. I wouldn't know anything about an unsanctioned Time Ripper. Maybe you should ask Cassandra Nova." He dramatically gestured to himself. "Because I was assured that she was safely held in The Void. But no, she was here. And she fondled my brain. How did you let this happen?"

Ralph and the other technicians were all surprised by how badly Paradox was lying and trying to shift the blame. B-15 just continued to frown at the man, clearly still not believing him.

"You weren't involved at all?" B-15 asked, still frowning at Paradox.

"In stopping her, yes!" Paradox exclaimed. "Yes, I was. But not nearly enough. Not as much as the men who went down there after her." He pointed at the destroyed doors across the room, still putting up an act. "My men. My friends."

While Paradox was putting up an act, Ralph and the other technicians all looked down grimly, all of them feeling depressed over the loss of Logan, Roxas, and Wade.

"I warned them," Paradox continued to tell B-15. She just continued frowning at him. "That they would be obliterated if they went. But they went anyway. Like... Like heroes."

Despite his act, Paradox was legitimately impressed and amazed by Logan, Roxas, and Wade's actions.

"Because that's who they were," Paradox continued. "They just did what they had to do. With no concern for their own safety. The fact that we are all still standing here is a testament to their heroism."

B-15 just kept her eyebrows furrowed as Paradox looked down with a sorrowful expression on his face.

"Anyway, there's nothing you or I can do to bring them back now," Paradox said.

He gave her a look, trying to keep the sorrow on his face.

"... He has risen, baby girl," Wade then announced from the hallway. *1*

"Fuck!" Paradox shouted, his sorrow changing to disdain.

Paradox, Ralph, B-15, the technicians, and the Minutemen all turned towards the doorways in a mixture of shock, amazement, and curiosity.

Through the doorway, Logan, Roxas, and Wade slowly walked out together, all of them still decked out as best they could be. Wade was still in his full suit, as was Roxas's minus the missing sleeves, but Logan's suit had been reduced to just the cowl still on his head, and his yellow and blue pants and boots. Roxas let out a small sigh and brushed his head to wipe away some sweat and dirt as they walked near some sparks that fell from the ceiling. Wade was giving a wide smile underneath his mask, while Logan just breathed as they walked, a little relieved to still be alive.

The TVA operatives in the room all watched in surprise, while Paradox was completely shocked, while the jaws of the two female technicians and Ralph had dropped as they saw Logan's sweat-covered bare torso. Logan, Roxas, and Wade just walked out from the hallway and up the stairs into the main section of the room.

B-15 had an eyebrow raised as Logan, Roxas, and Wade reached the consoles. Paradox stepped back, knowing that they would kill him when they got close enough, while Ralph and the two female technician's eyes were still wide, and their jaws were still dropped as they stared at Logan, practically hypnotized.

"Found your new Anchor Being," Wade informed them as Logan reached up to remove his mask.

"And killed the psychotic twin sister of one of the greatest mutants in the Multiverse," Roxas added.

"And we're doing just fine, you piece of shit," Logan added, glaring at Paradox and not caring about his shirtless state.

Ralph, a male technician, and two Minutemen all closed their mouths and nodded in agreement as they stared at Logan.

"Fine indeed," the blonde female technician agreed, also staring at Logan.

"You still got it, my man," Roxas said, laughing and patting Logan on the back as said man raised an eyebrow at the technicians.

"All right," Wade declared. He grabbed a jacket with the TVA logo on it. "Put your greasy tits away, you preening slut."

He handed the jacket to Logan, and the blonde technician sighed out in disappointment.

"I don't understand," Paradox said, shaking his head in shock as he looked at Logan, Roxas, and Wade. "How are you three still alive?"

"You were right," Wade said. Logan handed his cowl to Ralph, who practically orgasmed on the spot as he took the mask and kept staring at Logan. "One of us would have been killed. But you put a Deadpool, an Unlimited, and a Wolverine together, make 'em hold hands while listening to Madonna..." Logan slipped the jacket on and zipped it up, covering his torso, much to the disappointment of half the room. "Indestructible, motherfucker."

"The combined power of our three healing factors was enough for all of us to stay alive," Roxas translated. He smirked. "One of us would've been completely destroyed by the combined energies. Two of us would've been enough for the same result. But all three of us meant that the strain still hurt like hell, but it wasn't enough to kill any of us."

He then nodded at B-15.

"Former Hunter B-15," Roxas greeted, nodding a head at her. "I'm Roxas Cooper, the Unlimited."

"The Unlimited..." B-15 slowly said. Her eyebrows narrowed. "The team of heroes that watch over the entire Omniverse while we handle this section, the Multiverse?"

"Yep," Roxas confirmed. "We've had that agreement for a while. But that piece of shit decided he didn't care."

He gestured to Paradox, who gulped.

"In fact, he threw all the agreements into the trash," Roxas added. He frowned at Paradox, feeling strangely like a kid snitching on a bully. "Set up the Time Ripper to destroy this universe because he thought that would impress you guys enough to get power and more authority in the TVA, and even sent a dumbass to kill Cassandra Nova. Cassandra lived, and she was so pissed off that she decided to try and use the Time Ripper to destroy the whole Multiverse until only The Void remained. Because he was an idiot, the entire Multiverse was almost destroyed."

"Noted, Mr. Cooper," B-15 replied. She nodded her head at the blonde. "And I hope this doesn't bring about any disdain between us and our agreement."

"It doesn't, I promise," Roxas reassured her. He glared at Paradox, who gulped. "I would just like to request that this asshole gets a really good punishment."

"Oh, I'll think of one," B-15 replied, turning to frown at Paradox.

Paradox gulped again, while Logan raised an eyebrow, impressed with the authority Roxas carried. Wade just laughed at the look on Paradox's face before B-15 looked at him.

"Now, let's get this Deadpool Variant back to The Void," B-15 added.

With that, some of the closest Minutemen activated their pruning rods, which surprised Roxas and Wade as Logan finished zipping up the jacket.

"Wait, hold on, what?" Wade quickly asked.

"Yeah, you don't need to do that," Roxas added.

"Nope," Peter's voice then echoed. "Actually..."

All of a sudden, Peter rushed into the room through the door, which got B-15 and Paradox to turn around in surprise. The Minutemen all parted over the appearance of Peter, especially over how he was still wearing a Deadpool suit that was too small for him. The technicians, Minutemen, B-15, Paradox, Logan, Roxas, and Wade all frowned slightly as Peter quickly moved in front of B-15.

"This one's homegrown, like me," Peter quickly explained. "He belongs here."

B-15 furrowed her eyebrows at Peter, though Roxas was surprised to see intrigue in her eyes.

"And you are?" B-15 asked.

"Peterpool," Peter quickly answered. "But you can call me Peter." He paused as he looked at B-15 nervously. "And I hope that you do."

There was a moment of silence as B-15 and Peter continued to look at each other, which had Roxas and Wade inwardly chuckling, and Logan raising an eyebrow. The Minutemen and the other technicians were surprised, while a male technician grimaced over the way the Deadpool suit was bunched up around Peter's testicles. Paradox was just shocked and confused as he looked between Peter and B-15. *2*

"... What the fuck is happening here?" Paradox frantically demanded.

"You are under judgment..." B-15 slowly said, holding up one hand. She turned to look at Paradox again. "For operating an unsanctioned Time Ripper, breaking the agreements with Cassandra Nova and the Unlimited, and putting the entire Multiverse in danger." She looked at the closest Minutemen. "Take him."

She activated her TemPad, making a portal burn into existence nearby.

"I was just doing what you don't have the guts to do," Paradox frantically shouted, deciding to go for broke.

Two Minutemen then grabbed him by his arms. Of course, Roxas then held up a hand to stop them for a moment. The Minutemen listened, so Roxas marched up to Paradox. Paradox looked at him nervously for a moment, and Roxas smirked at him.

Then Roxas lifted his foot up and kicked Paradox right in the groin, making sure to add some enhanced strength to make it worse. Paradox's eyes widened, and great pain filled his voice, and Roxas made it worse by flicking his wrists, sending an arrow flying through each of Paradox's calves, making his yells even louder.

"Okay," Roxas said, nodding his head for a moment. He waved at the Minutemen. "Take him."

Logan just raised an eyebrow and looked around at the many operatives, while Wade blew a sarcastic kiss to Paradox as he was dragged towards the portal. Roxas gave a content sigh as he walked over to stand next to Logan and Wade as the wincing and groaning Paradox was led through the portal, vanishing from view with the Minutemen.

With Paradox gone, B-15 then turned to give Logan, Roxas, and Wade a look. There was gratitude in her eyes, but an uncertain look on her face.

"I'm grateful, gentlemen," B-15 told them. Wade bowed at her, which had Logan and Roxas raising an eyebrow again. "Let's hold the bows."

Wade stood up again as B-15 gave him a stern look.

"You led an Omega-level mutant into this timeline," B-15 reprimanded, sounding like a school principal.

"You're welcome," Wade told her.

"And you shouldn't even be near this timeline," B-15 continued, giving a small shake of her head as she looked at Logan.

"He's welcome," Wade said, nodding at the Wolverine.

"And we might have the agreement, but you still came to our side of the Omniverse and helped cause trouble," B-15 added, giving Roxas a small frown.

"He's also welcome," Wade added, nodding at Roxas.

"And you..." B-15 continued, turning to look at Peter. She gave him an appreciative shake of the head. "...look damn good in that suit."

"I'm so sorry," Peter softly said.

Roxas and Wade both smiled over how Peter and B-15 continued to give each other looks, before B-15's TemPad suddenly beeped. She looked down at the device, then looked over at Logan, Roxas, and Wade with a small smirk.

"I wanna show you something," B-15 told them. "Something huge.

"That's what Scoutmaster Kevin used to say," Wade softly commented.

"A Scoutmaster Kevin joke, really?" Roxas asked, frowning while Logan just kept looking at B-15.

Logan closed his eyes in similar irritation.

Of course, then B-15 turned her TemPad and pointed it at the trio of men, allowing them to see an orange line in the center of the screen, with a white dot at the end that was spreading across the surface, making the line longer by the second.

"Do you see that?" B-15 asked them. "Your universe is Regenerating."

Logan furrowed his eyebrows in intrigue, while Roxas and Wade's eyes widened in realization. B-15 softly shook her head as she looked amongst the trio, visibly impressed.

"Whatever you did down there, you not only saved your world," B-15 continued to explain. "You spared your timeline from extinction."

Logan looked at Roxas and Wade in surprise, while Roxas let out a small chuckle.

"The Time Ripper," Roxas remarked. He smiled as he looked at his allies. "Not only did the three of us sharing the strain of the antimatter and matter prevent us from dying, but it also redirected the functions of the Time Ripper. Instead of destroying this timeline, it had the opposite effect and healed it before it exploded."

He softly shook his head and chuckled.

"Not only did we save each others' lives down there, but we also saved this whole universe," Roxas remarked.

"Wow..." Wade slowly said. He nodded again. "Trust fanfiction to once again explain away something that didn't need to be explained."

He looked up at the ceiling.

"You feel good about yourself for that, author?" Wade asked.

Sitting at my computer desk, barely paying attention to 28 Days Later playing on my television, I adjusted my hair and gave a small smirk as I looked at the screen.

"Why, yes," I replied. "Yes, I do."

I frowned, feeling stupid as I remembered he couldn't hear me. Brushing that off and hoping my roommates downstairs didn't hear anything, I returned to work in writing the story. *3*

"Oh, that kid's definitely gotta be a virgin..." Wade muttered with a small shake of his head.

"Well, anyway..." Roxas slowly said. He smirked and placed a hand on Logan's shoulder. "You let down your own world, so you made up for it by saving a whole other dimension and the entire Multiverse. How's that for using your second chance to its highest possible level?"

Though Logan was still a little overwhelmed by the idea of a whole Multiverse, he did look down and let out a small smile over the idea that he had finally succeeded in being a hero. Wade then sighed out and smiled as he rested his own hand on Roxas's shoulder.

Roxas didn't even look at Wade as he grasped the former mercenary's hand and took it off his shoulder.

"I still hate you," Roxas told him.

"So do I," Logan added.

"I know," Wade replied, still smiling underneath his mask.

"I'd rest up, gentlemen," B-15 told the trio, getting Logan, Roxas, and Wade's attention again. "I have a feeling your work is only just getting started."

Wade then leaned over towards Logan.

"Till you're 90," he whispered to Logan.

Logan and Roxas both just shook their heads at the former mercenary once again.

"Wait!" Wade then declared, getting B-15 to stop and look at him again. "Um... We couldn't have made it out of The Void without some help from some people that the world kind of... kind of forgot."

Logan looked at Wade, remembering the others.

"They got left behind at Cassandra's fortress," Roxas added. "A Blade, an Elektra, a Gambit, a Laura, and a Trevor who wasn't even in his own universe."

"Is there any way that you could maybe find a way to bring them home?" Wade asked.

B-15 furrowed her eyebrows, but she gave a small nod of her head.

"I'll see what I can do," she promised.

"You are a gem," Roxas told her with gratitude in his voice.

"And, um, I promised my friend here that the TVA could undo some pretty awful shit in his timeline," Wade added, gesturing to Logan. Roxas nodded in agreement as Logan kept looking at them. "What would you say to that?"

"Change the past?" B-15 asked, raising an eyebrow at the idea.

"Well, he did help me and Dahmer save the world," Wade remarked, shrugging his shoulders as Logan looked at her.

"And his past made him the man who did it," B-15 replied, giving them a firm but apologetic look. "There's nothing to fix, Mr. Wilson." She looked amongst Roxas and Logan. "Mr. Cooper. Logan."

With that, B-15 and the Minutemen then all turned and started getting ready to leave. The many technicians all started to gather their gear, while Logan, Roxas, and Wade all stood together.

While Logan said nothing, Roxas grimaced and looked at him.

"I hate to say it, but I kind of get her point," Roxas admitted. "Not only because it's your past that made you a hero, but because we've seen in this timeline that when you change time, time tends to fight back. That's what caused the world to get split into two timelines that pulled our Logan out of sync and led to his eventual death, and this timeline deteriorating in the first place. We got lucky here, but... if we tried to change your timeline, well... We might just make things a hell of a lot worse."

Logan softly nodded his head.

"I'm really sorry, Logan," Roxas told him.

"It's fine," Logan promised. He nodded his head. "After that fight, I kind of already put together that it was probably a pipe dream to accept that they would be able to fix my world. But, going through all of this... It at least finally pulled me out of the Anger and Depression stages of grief."

Roxas smiled and patted him on the back. Logan then turned and smiled back before returning the gesture and grasping him on the shoulder.

Wade sighed out and gave a small smile underneath his mask.

"Shawarma?" Wade suggested.

"I could eat," Logan relented.

"Yeah, it's been a long day," Roxas agreed.

"Yeah," Wade agreed.

Logan took his mask back from Ralph (who once again looked like he had an orgasm), and he joined Roxas and Wade in leaving the subway station, followed by Peter, all while the rest of the TVA operatives worked on clearing up their gear.

Returning to the street, Logan, Roxas, and Wade were a little surprised to see the army of Deadpools gone, and that police were already at work clearing things up. Tow trucks were spread out at different areas to get the totaled vehicles out of the way (which just consisted of one taxi and the bus that was filled with blood and bullet holes). Emergency vehicles and fire trucks were spread out with the police cars, all of them working to fulfill their individual goals. In terms of other damage throughout the street, the most there was included blood stains, bullet holes, and slashes from swords throughout some of the walls. The place with the most damage was just the Liefeld's shoe store.

Whatever the case, it only took a few moments for Logan, Roxas, and Wade to find a shawarma place that was still open. Roxas had flashbacks to the end of the first Avengers movie as they ordered sandwiches, and carried them out towards a bench in front of a barber shop that was in the road. Wade removed his helmet, and they sat down together on the bench to eat as the bus was lifted up thanks to a massive tow truck. Logan, Roxas, and Wade all ate their food together, all three of them happy to still be alive as they watched the truck be led away down the road, while a couple of police officers walked down the street.

"You know, in terms of destruction, this is actually tame compared to most of our other adventures," Roxas commented. "Hell, even compared to the other adventures that happen in the MCU." *4*

Logan and Wade slowly nodded in agreement as they ate their sandwiches, even though Logan still didn't know what the MCU was.

"You know, the Avengers discovered shawarma," Wade then declared as they continued eating.

Logan and Roxas nodded as a police car passed by in front of them in the road.

"They'd be lucky to have you," Logan told Wade while chewing on another bite.

"You'd annoy the hell out of them," Roxas replied. He shrugged his shoulders. "But they worked together well enough with Tony Stark, so I think you'd be all right."

Wade looked between Logan and Roxas as they all continued to eat their sandwiches. He gave a small smile, grateful for the compliments that they gave him.

The sudden sound of a dog barking then echoed nearby, which had Logan, Roxas, and Wade looking up. The three of them looked down the road, near where a couple of police cars were parked next to a bloodstained sidewalk. They all watched as Dogpool suddenly rushed out from behind one of the cars and ran down the road to their bench.

"Oh," Wade said, pure joy filling him.

"Oh, come on," Wade muttered.

Roxas smirked and rolled his eyes as Wade threw the remains of his sandwich at the floor. Roxas then frowned over the waste of food as Wade practically jumped up and down in his seat and excitedly waved his arms as he looked at the approaching Dogpool.

"Fuck off!" Wade cheered while excitedly clapping his hands. He reached out for Dogpool as the officers, firefighters, and medical transports continued to do their jobs. "Come here, my little cunchkin."

Taking another bite of his sandwich, Roxas frowned, wondering if this was a mixture of "cunt" and "munchkin." He shrugged it off as Dogpool barked and ran up into Wade's hands.

"Yes, it's you," Wade gushed as he lifted Dogpool into his lap and petted her. Logan and Roxas just kept eating their sandwiches. "You're a survivor. Mwah."

He kissed the top of Dogpool's head, then rested his chin against her head happily, while Logan and Roxas just kept chewing.

"Oh, all is right in the world," Wade declared. He looked at Dogpool as she shook her head and panted. "Yes, it is."

"Yeah, I guess it is," Roxas remarked with a small sigh.

"So, what are you gonna do next?" Wade then asked Logan with a smile.

Logan gave a small shake of his head, showing that he didn't have a clear idea. But, even with grime across his face, he gave a small nod.

"I'll figure it out," Logan told them. "I always do."

"All right," Wade said, smiling at the Wolverine.

"It's one of the best qualities shared by all Wolverines," Roxas added with a shrug of his shoulders.

"So I'll probably see you around?" Wade suggested.

Logan then slowly looked at Wade and gave him a small smile.

"Probably not," Logan answered. He looked around Wade at Roxas. "But I'll definitely be seeing you around, Roxas."

"Hell, yeah," Roxas replied with a smile.

Logan then pet Dogpool on her head, which got her to let out a happy hum. He then reached down and grabbed his mask before pushing himself up.

"See you, bub," Logan told them.

Roxas and Wade both then watched as Logan stood up and turned to start walking away. He walked down the sidewalk and tossed the remains of his sandwich into the trash can as he continued down the street.

Roxas and Wade watched Logan go for a few moments before they both softly looked down. The two of them then shared a look, and while Roxas still hated the man, they shared a nod of their heads, already knowing what they needed to do. As the emergency services continued to move throughout the road, Roxas and Wade stood up (with Wade still holding Dogpool and Roxas still holding his sandwich) and looked down the road at Logan.

"Logan," Wade called out to him.

Logan stopped in the middle of the sidewalk, then slowly turned to look back at them. Roxas and Wade stood together down the sidewalk from him, the two of them giving him inviting looks.

After a moment, Logan gave a small smirk, deciding that this would be the first time in his life that he didn't walk away.

With that, Wade carried Dogpool in his arms as he led his two new friends into the apartment building he lived in with Blind Al. The three of them walked through the entrance and up a couple of staircases, with Logan and Roxas finding that this was a surprisingly nice place, especially considering Wade hadn't done Deadpool work for six years. Roxas finished his sandwich and threw away the wrapper on the way in as they moved up the stairs to the right level. Logan and Roxas followed Wade as he carried Dogpool up the stairs, then led the way into the apartment, opening the door and guiding his friends in after him.

"Al," Wade called into the apartment. "I'm back."

Walking into the apartment after Wade, Logan and Roxas looked around, finding themselves impressed with the nicely furnished apartment with circular tables, shelves, white, floral designs on the walls, and coat hangers with quite a few coats on them. Looking around, they were also able to see glass doors separating the living room from the bedrooms, and Blind Al walked through one of them, wearing a light brown tracksuit over a white shirt, with sunglasses over her eyes, her silver hair up and frizzy, and a walking stick in her hand.

"About damn time," Blind Al grumpily declared. She marched out of the bedroom and down a small stair to enter the living room, while Logan closed the door behind them. "You holdin'? I'm all out of devil's dandruff, and I'm shaking like an angry vibrator."

Logan and Roxas both raised an eyebrow, completely understanding why Blind Al and Wade were roommates.

"Thank you, Al," Wade replied as Logan and Roxas looked at him. "We have company." Blind Al followed Wade's voice and walked up to stand in front of the trio. "Althea, this is..." He nodded at Logan and Roxas. "This is Logan and Roxas."

"Nice to meet you, Logan and Roxas," Blind Al said, holding up a hand and smiling.

"Nice to meet you, too," Logan replied as he shook Blind Al's hand.

"This is a lovely apartment," Roxas added as he shook Blind Al's hand.

"Why thank you," Blind Al replied, while still smiling.

"And this little ancient anal shit-knot is Mary Puppins," Wade then said. He stepped forward to move Dogpool closer to Blind Al. "Or, as I like to call her, Dogpool. You want to treat yourself to a little stroke?"

Wade held Dogpool up to Blind Al, and she lifted up a hand, sliding it around the dog's head for a moment.

"Get the tongue," Wade told her. "There it is."

Logan and Roxas just raised an eyebrow as Blind Al slid her hand along Dogpool's head, before it landed on her long tongue.

"Oh, my God! Motherfucker!" Blind Al exclaimed, snatching her hand back without hesitation.

"Right?" Wade asked. He stepped back next to a smirking Logan and Roxas. "It's like an armadillo fucked a gremlin, angrily, in a bed of gonorrhea..."

"Wow," Logan muttered, admittedly impressed with the terms Wade was coming up with.

"... and didn't stop till the sun came up," Wade finished with a big laugh.

"You're certainly creative with the euphemisms," Roxas commented. He smiled and looked at Blind Al. "And if you guys have problems with money, I can lend a hand. Back home, my brother's the CEO of a tech company to help give a cover for all our actions as heroes, so money isn't really a problem of ours."

"Oh, you don't have to trouble yourself, dear," Blind Al slowly told him.

"Shh, shh," Wade said, holding up a hand to quiet her. "Let the man talk."

He looked at Roxas.

"You're really willing to lend us a few bucks?" Wade asked.

"Well, you're connected to the team now, and we help our own," Roxas replied. He opened his jacket and reached inside. "And I always carry some cash with me when we go to different universes, just in case."

He pulled out an envelope, checked inside it for a moment, then handed it to Blind Al.

"Here's $15,000," Roxas told her.

Blind Al, Logan, Wade, and even Dogpool's eyes all widened in surprise. Blind Al took the envelope, slipped her thumb inside, and felt the numerous pieces of paper before letting out a huff.

"Motherfucker," Blind Al said with amazement in her voice. "You might be my favorite person this dumb cunt has ever brought home!"

Logan, Roxas, and Wade all laughed at that. *5*

Wade: Everyone wants to matter.

Wade: Turns out, you don't need to be Marvel Jesus to do it.

Wade: You just need to open your eyes and look around.

Wade: And if you're lucky, you'll find a few friends.

Wade: Old friends, and some new ones, too.

Roxas (sarcastically): I'm glad it only took you six years, getting skull fucked by Charles Xavier's twin sister, and your entire universe almost getting destroyed for you to realize that.

Wade (playful): Oh, shut up, you.

Some time later, just about everyone gathered around in a party at Wade and Blind Al's apartment once again, with a new, fresh helping of pizzas and beer. The circular table was set up with lots of chairs for them all to sit within as they sat happily. Logan and Roxas recognized Buck, Colossus, Dopinder, Negasonic, Yukio, Vanessa, and Shatterstar from the picture that Wade carried with him, while Blind Al and Peter had also shown up. Wade kept Dogpool in his arms the entire time, almost like a parent who never wanted to be separated from their newborn. Having gotten dressed in casual clothes, they were also joined by Laura, who smiled after having been returned to this universe from The Void.

And, the people at the TVA had allowed Roxas to return home, where he had a reunion with his own family before picking up Mandy. She laughed as he carried her through the portal to meet the rest of the party, and was especially surprised to meet Laura.

Despite the age gap of over a dozen years, the two girls easily chatted with each other about their abilities and how they connected to that of their fathers. Laura and Mandy shared how their healing factors worked, while Laura also showed her claws, and Mandy let her tiny versions of short swords slide into her hands. The two of them laughed and shared a fist bump, while Logan and Roxas laughed and shared a Dad look.

Chatter came easily to the whole group as they all gathered around in the numerous seats around the apartment. Roxas sat in one chair, and Mandy sat on his knee as she talked with Laura, who was right next to Logan. Wade was next to Logan with Dogpool on his lap, and Vanessa sat next to him. Buck laughed and clinked his beer with Dopinder's cup, while Yukio and Negasonic sat next to him with their own beers. Shatterstar sat up on a chair nearby and laughed while holding a beer in one hand and a slice of pizza in the other. Yukio and Negasonic shared smiles before they leaned into each other. Blind Al sat next to Roxas and raised her own beer with Vanessa and Buck, while Colossus stood behind them, his arms crossed as he happily conversed with them. Peter just laughed as he stood next to the table, joining in the conversation however he could.

Roxas laughed with Mandy as they looked over at Laura and Logan, both of whom were talking and sharing their own smiles. *6*

As the laughter continued amongst the group, Wade then pointedly looked at Vanessa as she sat next to him. On his other side, Laura, Logan, and even Roxas and Mandy noticed this, so Logan leaned over to Wade.

"Give me the fucking dog," Logan muttered to him. He grasped Dogpool. "Talk to the girl."

Wade's eyes were wide as Logan took Dogpool from him and held her out towards Laura and Mandy. Mandy gushed over the sight of the dog, and Laura laughed before petting Dogpool's head and raising her hair. Logan and Roxas then started talking to Colossus, sharing some adventures with the metallic man, as Wade slowly turned towards Vanessa.

More laughter echoed along the room as Wade and Vanessa looked at each other, with Wade feeling incredibly awkward. The two of them shared small hellos and laughs before Vanessa remarked that he had been busy. Wade then bluntly admitted that he did it for her. She remained silent as Wade continued that even if she didn't want him, he did it for her. Vanessa just smiled at him before reaching over and grasping his hand. Wade looked down, then back up at her in pure relief as the two of them shared another smile.

Logan then lifted up one of Dogpool's paws, and Laura and Mandy both moved forward to high five the dog. The two of them laughed, and Roxas and Logan laughed with their daughters before they shared another detail with Colossus about one of the fights that happened back in The Void. More laughter spread around the table as Roxas, Mandy, Colossus, Laura, Logan, Dogpool, Wade, Vanessa, Shatterstar, Buck, Dopinder, Yukio, Negasonic, Blind Al, and Peter all continued their various conversations, all of them eating pizza and having their drinks intermittently. 

In the other room, on the table with the boxes of pizza laid Logan's cowl, Wade's mask, and Roxas's twin swords and revolver.

Wade: Turns out, I am the world-saving type.

Wade: Just look around this table if you want proof.

Wade: And the best part?

Wade: Sometimes, the people we save, they save us right back.

Roxas: That's the best part about being a hero.

Wade (exasperated): Can't you let me have the last line? God!

Roxas (laughing): You're an idiot.

Ryan Reynolds as Wade Wilson/Deadpool

Hugh Jackman as Logan/Wolverine

Ross Lynch as Roxas Cooper/The Unlimited

Emma Corrin as Cassandra Nova

Morena Baccarin as Vanessa Carlyle

Rob Delaney as Peter Wisdom

Leslie Uggams as Blind Al

Aaron Stanford as John Allerdyce/Pyro

Featuring Jennifer Garner as Elektra Natchios

Featuring Wesley Snipes as Eric Brooks/Blade

Featuring Channing Tatum as Remy LeBeau/Gambit

Featuring Dafne Keen as Laura/X-23

Featuring Callan McAuliffe as Trevor Andrews

And Matthew Macfadyen as Paradox

Deadpool, Wolverine, and the Unlimited

TVA Boardroom

Dressed back in their full gear, Roxas and Wade stood on the upper walkway of the massive boardroom monitoring the status of Earth-10005. The two of them stood across from another massive collection of monitors, which showed diagnostics, random bits of information, and one even showed Gambit in the ruins of Cassandra's facility before being picked up by someone. Of course, Roxas and Wade ignored all of these as they turned and looked back. While Wade was looking at the 4th wall, Roxas just sighed and looked at the former mercenary, an annoyed expression on his face as he stood with his hands on his hips.

"I'm tired of these absolutely vile rumors that I got Johnny killed," Wade told the audience with a controller in his hand. "Let's look at the tape."

"Not exactly sure what showing this will solve," Roxas replied.

Whatever the case, Wade lifted the controller up into his hand and turned towards the massive screen in the center. Roxas sighed out and crossed his arms as on the screen, three different angles showed the two of them, Logan, and Johnny when they were in the cage being transported to Cassandra's compound.

Johnny continued to sit in his seat, while Logan, Roxas, and Wade were all still restrained in the center with the cables and chains, all of them looking at the pyrokinetic in intrigue.

"In The Void, you're either food for Alioth, or you work for her," Johnny told them.

Logan raised an eyebrow, Roxas grimaced in worry, while Wade looked up at the ceiling of the cage, seeing a collection of cameras pointed at them. Wade just smirked underneath his mask as he looked at Johnny.

"Go on, Johnny," Wade encouraged him, which had Roxas raising an eyebrow.

"And I'll tell you who 'her' is," Johnny told them. "Cassandra Nova. A megalomaniacal, psychotic asshole. A finger licking dead-inside pixie slab of third rate dime-store nut-milk." Roxas raised his eyebrows in surprise as Johnny's voice got more intense with each passing sentence. "And I'll tell you what she can do."

"I'm listening," Wade said, a leading tone in his voice as Logan and Roxas just frowned.

"She can lick my goddamn cinnamon ring clean and kick rocks all the way to bald hell," Johnny declared. He leaned back in his seat. "In fact, I don't give a shit if she removes all my skin and pops me like some nightmarish blood balloon."

"That's oddly specific," Roxas commented.

"If the last thing I do in this godforsaken cum-gutter existence is light that fuck-fox on fire, I still won't die happy," Johnny declared, still leaning back in his seat.

Wade laughed, while Logan and Roxas continued to frown.

"Holy shit, girl, you crazy," Wade commented through his laughter.

"That's right, Wade," Johnny confirmed. "I won't be happy until I've urinated on her freshly barbecued corpse and husk-fucked the charred remains while gargling Juggernaut's juggernuts."

"Wow!" Wade replied.

"That was something," Roxas remarked with an eyebrow raised.

"And you can quote me," Johnny added.  *7*

"'Kay," Wade said, a cheeky tone in his voice as he looked up into the camera.

Logan and Roxas just shared a look of raised eyebrows again.

In the boardroom, Roxas just sighed out again while Wade pressed a button, turning off the monitors as he turned towards the 4th wall again.

"Got you, fuckface," Wade replied as he started walking away.

"Yeah, he said all of that," Roxas replied as he moved after Wade. "But that doesn't mean you had to tell Cassandra he said it all, you dumb fuck."

Wade just ignored Roxas as the two of them moved through the room and made to leave the TVA, both of them going back to their respective homes and families.

Roxas considered Wade an acquaintance of the team, but he was kind of on Logan's side of hoping they'd have limited interactions from here on out...