Anon-A-Miss: The Son Of Wolverine

James and Sunset left their last class quickly in an attempt to try and not be seen or considered once again the cyberbully of CHS, Anon-A-Miss.

"ah need ta be more open with Sunset. After all, she doesn't know about mah past with the Alkalis Transigen program and what they did ta me. Sure Sunset's done bad stuff, and so have ah. Because ah've been forced to kill for Transigen. When they would douse mah enemies and targets with the Trigger Scent formula. God, ah hate mah past. Ah was such a fuckin monster yet ah know it weren't mah fault all the way. It was Transigen who did this ta me, who put this metal on mah skeleton, made me immortal, gave me all mah abilities due ta those goddamned painful experiments. Ah'm so glad ta not be there anymore." James though to himself as he reminisced in his past.

Sunset looked over at him, she noticed how sad he looked then, and how heavy his breathing had become.

"James, honey, are you okay?" Sunset asked softly, as she softly laid a palm down his cheek and lovingly rubbed it.

"Ah- Ah'm fine Sunset, nothin' ta worry about, just remembering." He spoke quietly, filled instantly with sadness and pain.

"Remembering what, sweetheart?" She asked carefully, not trying to bring up personal ground or say or do anything that could provoke him.

"It's, well, ah'll tell ya once we get home Sunset." James replied quietly, a small hint of sorrow in his voice.

James sat down on their couch, he grabbed one of the old rectangular metal tags, as he remembered his adoptive parents, Heather and Frederick Hudson, even his brother, Michael. The pain of losing them those eight years ago still fresh in his mind.

He could feel tears creeping into the corners of his eyes, wanting to cry but held them back. He refused to cry right now and show weakness. He didn't want to admit the fact that he would have to open up to her, the fear of the idea slightly infected his mind like a mental sickness.

"James? What's wrong, honey?" Sunset asked softly, running a hand down his shoulder, her touch causing him to internally jolt from the contact and the feeling of the warmth and softness of her fingers. The soothing way it caressed and soothed him.

"Sunset, whatever ah say ta ya now, whatever ah tell ya, ya cannot tell anyone else. Not Twilight, not anyone. All of this is dark, sad and true, and ah want it ta be kept secret from everyone else except ya." James requested to Sunset softly.

"Okay? What's so dark, sad and true about whatever you're about to tell me?" Sunset asked confused, but also curious.

"It's about mah past. Ah've never told ya about what ah went through, what's been done ta meh and what ah've been forced ta do."

"Ah was orginally born James Howlett-Grey, Son of James Logan Howlett, mah father, The Wolverine, and mah mother, Jean Grey, The Phoenix, nicknamed the 'Mistress Of The Phoenix Force.' At birth, ah was given to the Hudsons by James, or as he called himself in those days, Logan. Ya see, Logan knew someone, had an old friend who was an officer, who was married. Logan gave me ta them and then they adopted me, hence mah name was changed ta James Hudson, and as ah grew up ah thought they were mah biological family, and felt the same towards mah adoptive brother, Michael." James began.

"One day, we were coming back from visting other family members, and as we got back, ah had a sense that something was going ta go wrong. Ah had a weird blurry vision of a house fire. The house was mah home on fire, but mah sense was right. Mah parents, well, adoptive parents, fer that matter, entered the building. It went up in flames and immediately Nine-One-One was called to help out. Ah mahself went inside of the blaze and tried get mah folks out the house, which ah did, but then it was too late. The ash and smoke had filled their lungs, killing them slowly by asphyxiation, and they died in mah arms. Mah brother, Michael also had smoke in his lungs but was quickly rushed to the hospital and survived, but died a month or two later from Lung Cancer." James continued, the memories flashing through his mind.

"Shortly after that, a secret mutant creating company called Alkalis Transigen who were pretending under the guise of a Cancer Research company kidnapped me, and combined the powers of other mutants like Marie D'Ancanto, or as she was nicknamed, Rogue." James added.

"Transigen also grafted an indestructible and rare metal called Adamantine onto mah skeleton and claws, which caused me ta go into Cardiac Arrest and it temporarily killed me. But a minute or two later ah awoke and mah healing factor had slightly slowed down, but over the next week there it boosted and worked much faster. They did these experiments ta me whilst ah was awake, and ah felt every cold and sharp blade poke at mah skin. Ah felt them cut me open. They tortured me and didn't use surgical anesthetic, and that's because it's hard ta get me under with anaesthesia. So they decided ta keep me awake so that ah would feel everything."

"Ah felt every cold blade slice through mah flesh. Every ounce of pain, every cut and slash across mah body. Oh, god, the pain. It hurt so damn much. They wanted me ta suffer fer what mah father did ta the head of Transigen's father, Dr Dale Rice, who originally owned Transigen, formerly the Weapon X Program, grafted Adamantium, the weaker version of pure Adamantine ta mah father's skeleton and planned to erase his memories. But mah father woke up before they could erase them, and after breaking out of the lab they had him in, a piece of the glass from the tank hit Doctor Dale Rice and injured him by hitting one of his organs, killing him. Years later, his son Doctor Zander Rice continued the Weapon X Program and named it Transigen. He used mutant remains ta create mutant children from cells taken from the dead mutants, and the cells became a fetus, which were inseminated inside of Mexican women, who no one can find anymore."

"Transigen used genetically modified crops like corn which would be consumed by other mutants, the modified crops were used ta slowly eradicate the X-gene which is a gene in our DNA code that allows us ta gain our powers naturally or through traumatic events which then trigger the power's activation after laying dormant since birth. And ever since, almost all the mutants are dead, mostly due to The Westchester Event, but also due ta what Alkalis Transigen have done, only mah biological sister, Laura and mah father, mah real dad, Logan and Professor Charles Xavier are alive and living, wait, no. Charles died."

"Charles died by that clone of mah father which was called X-24, and that clone was worse than mah father ever was. X-24 was grown from cells in one of the labs and had no soul. It, killed Charles, someone who ah loved like a grandfather figure. And that thing a few days later killed Logan in one of the forests on the border of another country called Canada. A few survivors of the Transigen Program, Laura and ah were going ta cross over ta which was called Canada, which is Logan's home country and where ah'm naturally from." James told the bacon-haired teen.

"Hence ah'm Canadian through ancestry. But when Transigen kidnapped me, ah was taken ta this other country called Mexico, and the Transigen children, Laura and ah were crossing ta Canada. Logan died saving our kind by allowing X-24 ta drag and impale him on a fallen branch. Me and laura tried saving him, but it was too late, he died in our arms, telling us his last few words. We gave him a burial and a eulogy." James said softly.

"Who was Charles Xavier exactly? And what did you mean by the Westchester Event?" Sunset asked softly, albeit curiously.

"Charles Xavier was a mutant like me, and there were thousands of us. Charles was a telepath, and knew that one day his brain would go haywire and his powers would hurt people. He tried preventing it his entire life through switching bodies in which he would transfer his conscious and brain into brain-dead patients. It worked most of his life, up until late 2025 and early 2026, in which Charles's power paralyzed and killed all the mutants, referred ta as the X-Men in his school which was called 'Charles Xavier's School For Gifted Youngsters.' Charles had one or quite a few degenerative brain diseases, ah think they were ALS, also known as Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, as well as having Alzheimer's and Dementia. He had a seizure which killed them all except Logan due ta his waning healing factor, which was weakening and slowing down. He was a wonderful professor and teacher. Ah'll never forget him as long as ah live." James replied, remembering as much as he could.

"I'm so sorry sweetie, I know that he would be, and is proud of you. He would want you to be happy." Sunset softly soothed, her voice full of loved and ever so gentle.

"Thanks, ah'll continue from here." James replied quietly.

"They also combined other mutants like Jean's telepathy and telekinesis, and other powers into mah body and DNA code, ah'm considered a demigod by the powers, as well as mah heightened senses, berserker rage, claws, healing and metal skeleton and claws. Not ta mention longevity naturally."

"Transigen used these six powerful stones from across the universe, and those stones are called The Infinity Stones, which are Mind, Power, Reality, Soul, Space and Time. They've also given me control over the stones, and ta use them without requiring the stones at all, meaning that ah can control the flow of time with the Time Stone, shift reality with the Reality Stone, take or give someone's soul with the Soul Stone, look into someone's mind and memories with the Mind Stone, and increase mah power and strength with the Power Stone."

"Oh, God, I'm so sorry for what they've done to you, baby." Sunset whispered lovingly, tears trailing down her cheeks at the story.

"It's fine, ya see, ah was born in 2018, meaning ah was 11 at the time of this all happening, in the year 2029, which is the year ah'm naturally from, but somehow ah was brought ta this city, in this version of Earth, in this universe in this other dimension in another timeline, so ah've aged seven years faster and have mah mind and body aged ta eighteen."

"Wow, must have been weird hearing a different voice and seeing yourself aged." Sunset chuckled dryly, earning a light grin and chuckle from James himself.

"Yeah." He replied. Then grabbed her hands and squeezed them gently, before looking into her eyes.

"Sunset, what ah am about ta tell ya could possibly ruin and end our relationship, please don't hate me fer this, or even leave me." He asked softly. His voice quivering and his breath hitching sharply.

"Ya see, due ta them also layering mah skeleton with tiny things ta stop my skeleton and mah claws from being rusted by the Adamantine, the stuff they layered it with are called Nano-Healing Particles, which also help keep me healing and eternally young, meaning that ah'm immortal, both engineered and naturally, naturally through birth and the Nano-Healing Particles on mah skeleton and mah claws thanks ta Transigen, meaning that if you were ta want ta still date me." He started. His voice clear and sharp, sorrow and pain filling his tone.

"You'd be immortal like me, either through a child if we ever were ta have one down the line, it would activate a healing factor through ya, as well as pass the Adamantine skeleton through tiny particles. Ya would also grow you bone claws in yer wrists and feet, just like me, which would also coat in Adamantine. Those cells would pass through reproducing cells of the Nano-Healing Particles. It would pass down my heightened senses and mah natural and engineered immortality along with mah natural eternal youth, or also getting all that through a blood transfusion."

"And the other sad factor is that if we were ta ever have a kid, he or she would possess mah abilities and yers, which would also mean the kid would be immortal. They'd have ta outlive his or her friends and so many other people they'd know."

"Ah don't want ta do that ta ya make yah suffer eternally like me because you and ah would both watch our friends and loved ones die around us. Ah can't put ya or our future kid through that pain, ah just can't! It' ain't fair on both of ya, so if ya want ta leave me, ya can." He finished sadly, the feeling of being all alone again and unknown was slowly breaking his heart and getting to him.

Sunset held his hands with her own, squeezing them gently in an act of comforting him as she looked him deep into his eyes. Filled with sadness, regret and fear.

"James, honey, I can understand why you don't want me to suffer like you," She began, "And I'm glad that you're such a wonderful person, it doesn't matter if I become immortal like you, because I'd be there with you until death literally does do us part. And even if our future child possess the same claws, healing, immortality, and senses, we'd be together until the end of time. Sure, we'd have to watch people we love and care about die, but sadly death is a natural part of life. Even if it makes me, you and our future kid exceptions to that rule, we'll always be together, no matter what. I want to be with you when the going gets tough, when you feel you can't fight back any more, when you feel too worn down, old and tired to want to fight back, I'll fight alongside you and have your back just as you do mine, I love you, and I may possess the same abilities as you, and it will take time to get used to, but we'll be together and we'll be happy, because even though we'll have to see others perish, we'll make new friends over the years but we can and we'll be happy." Sunset started firmly, the love she had for him filled her heart and mind to it's limits as she noticed he was near to crying.

"I don't want you to have to carry the burden of immortality and suffering alone, I want to carry the burden with you and always be on your side no matter what." Sunset softly whispered.

"So please, make me immortal and eternally young like you, i don't want to see you suffer alone, I want to take the burden with you, and never force you to ever deal with it alone, becaus I love you. So, so much. You always make me happy."

"You've been there for me when I've been down and not at my best. You've been there to pick me up when I've fallen. Whenever life knocks me down, you're the first person to always help me get back up."

James felt tears leak down his cheeks, he'd rarely cried in his lifetime, and had never known anyone closely enough to let his guard down.

"It's ok to cry sweetheart, it's not a weakness, you can cry, it's ok, it's one of your main emotions, pain, sorrow, you're allowed to show it."

That broke his emotional barrier as he sobbed uncontrollably, all the pent up guilt, sorrow, pain and anguish he felt was being released from his body, mind and soul, because she was someone he loved, and could let his guard down around.

He decided to keep Sunset from knowing about the kills he'd been forced to do, the lives forcefully taken due to Transigen's rivalry with the once co-owner and founder of the company. Dr Zander rice and Lieutenant Donald Pierce.

James felt the last of his anguish leave him as he calmed down from the torrent of emotion he had just felt, and somewhat, it felt good!, it had actually felt good to release his emotions and show what he was feeling.

"Are you okay now?" Sunset lovingly asked, caressing his cheek with a thumb lightly and ever so softly rubbing it down his cheek, feeling how smooth it was, as if it was the skin of a newborn's.

"Yeah, ah'm sorry." He began lightly.

"For what? You've got nothing to be sorry for." Sunset worriedly replied, what else was bothering him that it gave him the need to apologise.

"Fer keeping mah past, the traumatic torture and everything else secret, ah didn't want ta lose ya, it's been weighing on mah mind fer a long time and ah've put up mental and emotional guards so ta not let anyone mess with mah head and mah emotions. Ta not let anyone play and use me anymore." He finished silently. Sunset gently snaked a hand behind his lower back and laid her head on his shoulder, lightly peppering his neck with soft gentle kisses in an attempt to relax him.

"Well, from now on then, we keep no secrets from each other, ok?" .Sunset asked softly, her sapphire blue eyes looking into his own cocoa brown.

"Agreed, thanks for taking it so well, ah thought ya were gonna leave me, and then ah'd be all alone again, just like before." He stated, finishing silently.

"Baby." Sunset softly cooed, lovingly stroking his cheek and peppering his neck, chin and face in soft gentle kisses.

"I'll never leave you, I promise." Sunset whispered to him lovingly, gently kissing him and just cuddling with him on the couch.

James got up off of the couch, and moved one of the cushions out the way to make more room for them.

"Jamie?" Sunset asked cutely, using her secret nickname for him, which would always make him blush whenever she teased him with it.

"Yeah Sunny?" He replied softly, his voice smooth, soft and gentle.

"Can we lay on the couch here and just cuddle up and watch movies for a while? Or should we just cuddle in bed?" She asked cutely. Her voice a warm and loving presence.

"Whatever option ya want." He replied lovingly to the bacon-haired teenager.

"Well, can we just cuddle up in bed and spend the evening and night relaxing without having to worry about Anon A mIss?" Sunset asked, "I could really use a break from this Anon A Miss bullshit."

"Sure sweetheart." He softly replied. He gently scooped her up into his arms, carrying her gently and slowly up the carpeted stairs into their room as he laid her ever so gently into their bed. He then climbed in next to her as she snuggled up next to him, laying her head on his shoulder. James grabbed the covers and pulled the sheets over themselves.

"I love you sweetheart." Sunset declared adoringly yet tearfully, although not out of sadness but out of pure joy.

"Ah love ya too Sunset." He replied, his tone wavering and his voice quivering.

The two engaged in a gentle kiss, enjoying it while it was going to last for them.

The duo drew away from their makeout session and laid back down to watch more movies together, revelling in the warmth and love the room was giving off.