Anon-A-Miss: The Son Of Wolverine

A week had passed since he had dealt with Transigen and his past, now that they were gone for good he started to feel more emotional about it, the grief of the pain and torture they inflicted on him when he was younger.

James awoke to his door being gently tapped, he walked downstair quietly as not to disturb Sunset, and opened the white steel door to find his birth mother, Jean Grey standing there. Tears burned in her eyes, her coral hair was combed down and tidy, she donned a jumper, black jeans and a pair of coal black boots.

"Do ah know ya?" James asked with a brow raised in confusion, pretending to not know who she was. He already knew who she was, yet felt anger and disgust towards her for giving him up to someone else, it made him feel unwanted. It made him angry.

"James? My baby, is this really you? My, you've grown, and you look so much like your father." She whispered desperately in a motherly voice, gently placing a hand on his cheek and rubbing it softly.

"Why?" He began.

"Why did ya leave me? Why did ya not want me? WHY!?" He roared as tears streaked down his eyes. "YA ABANDONED ME! YA DIDN'T WANT ME! YA GAVE ME UP TA PEOPLE WHO TOOK ME IN BUT DIED WHEN AH WAS ONLY FUCKING TEN YEARS OLD!" James screamed, his fists clenched and shaking in pure, unbridled, uncontrollable anger.

"James, my baby, it wasn't like that. I did it to protect you, for your safety. I didn't want to have to do it." Jean whispered softly as she tried to soothe him. She hated seeing her son so distressed and upset, it tore at her heart to see him in such emotional pain.

"You are not mah mother! Ya gave me up, and because ya were doing it ta save me? Ya and Logan could've raised me and been mah actual parents! But no, you decided ah wasn't worth it and was given ta one of Logan's old friends as a charity favor!" James thundered hatefully, the hate he had for Jean was never ending, he could never forgive her for giving him away.

"Believe me, I wanted that more that anything in the world. But we had enemies who wanted to hurt you, who wanted to kill you, me and your father." Jean tried to reassure him lovingly.

"Oh really, was it now? Are ya sure it wasn't because of Logan and Scott's rivalry over ya? Ah'm sure it was!" James snarked angrily.

"They may have had a rivalry, but Scott cared too, and still does, I want you to come home with us, let us be the proper parents we should've been years ago. Please, just give us one chance to set things right, we can be a family again, me, you, Logan and your sister Laura, a happy family." Jean tried to persuade to him in a futile attempt to try and get him to consider her as his mother.

"No, ah have a life here, a girlfriend, a good education, friends and people ah care about! Ah'm happy here. Ah'm not leaving this world behind just fer yer sake. Ah'm staying here and that's final. This is mah choice and you can't stop me from thinking otherwise." James retorted sharply, escorting Jean to the door, a blank emotionless look on his face.

"So you won't give me another chance for me to show you that I do truly love you? Please sweetie, give me a chance. I'm so sorry. I am so, so sorry for what Transigen did to you. We tried to look all over for you once Laura told us what happened back in Mexico-"

"Do not bring up what those assholes did ta me, it's personal shit ah don't want ta ever talk ta ya about, ya aren't important ta me in mah life, so leave now. Goodbye." James stated, as she left the building sniffling, teleporting back to his old universe which was no longer home to him.

"James honey, who was that?" Sunset yawned, rubbing her eyes and gave him a concerned look.

"It was mah birth mom, ah refused ta trust her and want her in mah life, not after how she gave me up and didn't look fer me fer years." James whispered, a faint tear in his eye which evaporated quickly.

"Won't you give her at least half a chance, or let her live in this world with your biological family? Help them get a place, jobs, and accounts here as well as records so that they can survive here?" Sunset asked him in an attempt to get him to see reason.

"Sunset, yer mother raised ya, mine didn't, she gave me up ta one of Logan's old friends as a form of a charity favor! That's why, and because Jean's ex boyfriend Scott had a rivalry with Logan. Ya don't get how much it still hurts me, it's why ah don't like ta talk about mah family often, it hurts too much." James retorted quietly.

"Please James, do it for me." She pleaded, giving him the biggest and cutest puppy dog eyes to persuade him to rethink his choice.

"Sunset ah-ah don't know if ah want ta trust her, she's not been there fer most of mah life, ah don't want her in mah life now, she's missed out on it too much." He responded sadly, tears burning in his eyes as Sunset lovingly cuddled him to soothe him.

"Hey, shh, it's alright sweetie. I'm not trying to force you, I just don't want you to have a strained and failed relationship like I almost had with my mom. I only want you to be happy, seeing you so sad and hurt like this makes me hurt too. You're special to me, you're someone I'll never give up on, you're the star in my night sky. You've always been at my side and looked out for me, protected me and helped me stop Anon A Miss. I just want you to be happy and not have to be in so much sadness, anger and grief anymore. Please give her a chance, try to patch things up with her, let it slowly heal and form a relationship." Sunset reasoned.

"Ah don't know, ah don't know what ta feel anymore." James whispered, the stress of having to deal with more past issues overwhelmed and confused as to how he really felt.

"What do you mean?" She asked softly, gently holding his hand and rubbing his shoulder in an attempt to comfort him.

"It's just that, ah'm overwhelmed with emotions. So many emotions and ah don't know what ta feel anymore. Ah don't know if ah can trust her. If she's truly sorry, what if she walks out on mah life down the line? She's missed enough of it, she didn't protect me, she didn't come looking fer me so how can ah say she won't do the same again?" James sadly asked, his voice cracking slightly and his throat tightening.

"Is that what you're scared of? Being abandoned again?" Sunset asked softly.

"Yeah. Ah'm angry, scared, confused and sad and ah don't want ta be abandoned, all alone again. like before, when ah managed ta escape from Transigen and their forces, ah had no one ta ask fer help, no one ta give me a place ta stay, no one ta keep me safe and hidden from them." James replied sadly, recalling how much he suffered all those years ago.

"Oh baby, my sweetheart, I'm so sorry I didn't know sooner." Sunset cooed softly, wiping his eyes and leaning into him, wrapping her arms around him to make him feel better about it all.

"It's not yer fault, ya didn't know, because ah hadn't told ya at the time." James replied, feeling some of his guilt. sadness, anger and pain leave him, like a weight being lifted off of him. For years he had hidden much of his past and buried his emotions.

"I know, and I'm glad you told me, please don't keep these sort of secrets from me. You matter so much to me, whenever you feel like this you can always tell me. I'm always here to listen and help you. You know that, right?" Sunset softly asked him, a gentle loving smile gracing her lips as she hugged him gently.

"Why don't you go and try and find her, reconcile, patch things up and slowly work through the pain and everything else you feel towards her?" Sunset suggested lovingly, her voice gentle and caring.

"Ah guess, since when did ya become so wise and smart in the relationship problems department?" He teased softly, earning a giggle from her and a quick kiss.

"Because you taught me all this, you're such a tease, another reason to love you". She herself teased, lightly pecking his cheek. "Now go find her, and try reconcile, it'll help the both of you, I know it may seem frustrating or scary, but it's going to help you in the end." She added, gesturing a hand to the door with a playful smile.

"Ah guess yer right." He muttered, earning a soft giggle from her as she rolled her eyes and gestured to the door. He got up and left the house to go find her.

Jean was on their roof sitting with her head on her knees.

She must have given me the illusion she left, sneaky woman. James thought in his mind as he teleported onto the roof, and sat next to his birth mother, who wiltered under his gaze.

"If it helps, ah'm sorry fer my outburst. So much hurt and anger and stuff, y'know? Ah still don't trust ya, ah'll admit, but ah want ta try and patch things up, and try and create some sort of bond between us. Ah'm not doing this fer you. Ah'm doing this fer myself and fer my girlfriend, nothing else." He stated softly,

"It's fine, I should've known you'd be that angry, I didn't mean to give you up to hurt you. I wanted to raise you myself, just me and you, and maybe Logan if he would actually stay around often instead of leaving all the time to go place-to-place twenty four seven." Jean stated, gently rubbing his shoulder.

"Ah'm not calling ya mom yet, not until we get ta that, or until ah feel ah can trust ya enough and actually want ta call you it. Ah want ta at least have ya in mah life, at least fer when ah get married or have kids." He replied calmly.

"I know, I want to be able to show you that I do truly love you, and that I always will love you no matter what happens." Jean replied in an almost loving motherly tone.

"Thanks." He simply replied to the coral haired woman.

The two spent an hour discussing about their lives in an attempt to catch up for lost time, and start the journey of repairing and forming their bond between mother and son.