Chapter 7: The Jungle
--Jungle--
Logan blinked and started to see the sun shining in his eyes. All he saw was light shining straight into him like there was hope. But the truth was there was never a thing called hope. It's just pure fantasy.
He moved slowly to his right and regretted it. It was about a 60 feet drop right into the ground. He realized he was on a wooden floor built into a tree. It was like one of those Avatar buildings. He heard footsteps coming closer to him. He tried to move or at least sit up, but he was stuck in chains.
"Look at the Wolverine. Chained and struggling. I would've never thought that you, out of all the people, could not get out of a chain." Kraven said.
"Why the hell did you bring me here? Where am I?" Logan asked.
"All these questions. Why won't you find out yourself? I've brought you out here so you will accept my offer. And I would like to show you the King of the Jungle!" Kraven shouted, causing birds to fly away.
"So what's your specialty? Scaring the shit out of birds?" Logan said.
"I see that you have a big mouth." Kraven sighed. "Look at all this, built by me just to be destroyed by A.I.M."
"Looks like you and I have something against A.I.M."
"That is right. Common goals, common enemies. I can let you out of those chains but on one condition." Kraven leaned closer to Logan. "You help me destroy A.I.M.'s facility and kill Stryker."
"Are you fucking kidding me?! I was about to do that shit until you decided to shoot me with a fucking dart!"
"But were you going to leave for New York? It seemed that you were willing to stay in Canada for a few more days. If you stayed there, they will find you, hunt you down and try to kill you. That's why we must strike today."
"How long have I been sleeping?"
"About 8 hours. So, do you accept this offer or will I slice the head off the Wolverine?"
Logan hesitated. He checked his body; his stomach seemed to be healed enough to fight. But what if Kraven had one if those darts in his pockets?
"Fine. I'll do all this bullshit but in one condition."
"And what is this condition the Wolverine may be asking for?"
"I need $50,000 after that. And I mean really after that."
"I would say that is a done deal." Kraven smiled at him. He started to remove his chains as Logan started to walk.
"How do I know if I could trust you?"
"What do you mean how will I know? I just accepted to pay you $50,000. Isn't that enough for you?"
"Then where is my money?" Logan asked.
"Follow me."
Kraven started to walk through the bridges which were attached to the trees as Logan followed. He looked below; it was still quite high and he wondered how it was built.
On each tree, there was at least a guard rail to prevent someone from falling. Once they reached the tree with a hut attached to the tree, Kraven opened the door and let Logan in. Kraven reached out for his spear and inspected it. Logan noticed there was darts that looked similar with the one he had been shot with before.
"Where did you get that?" Logan asked, walking around the hut.
"Found it on a couple of dead bodies which were supposedly A.I.M. soldiers. Decided to take a lot of them just in case I might stumble upon a mutant." Kraven said.
He noticed a few heads on the wall. They were animals like bears and lions, he wondered what kind of hunter he is.
"If you are so good at hunting, why are the heads that you collect just for common hunters?" Logan asked.
"It is because I have too much heads in my trophy room so I thought why not place them in the armory." Kraven said.
"Well then, what are the heads that you are trying to collect now?"
"I am actually trying to collect two heads that I am interested in. I heard stories that somewhere in the mountains are a man that they call the Iron Fist. The other is a man from the cosmos who had recently returned named Nova."
"Looks like you have some work to do hunting down these villains."
Kraven placed a bow and arrow in front of Logan. He looked back at him with a face which says 'really.'
"Why are you making that face at me?" Kraven asked.
Logan slowly brought his claws out. Kraven then remembered.
"I forgot... you can do that. Don't you prefer these weapons?" Kraven said.
"Spears, bows and arrows. Not my style." Logan said.
"What do you mean not your style? You have claws which function like a spear."
"Whatever. Do you have any transportation to bring me to America?"
"First of all, I'm joining you because I want to see this bullshit. And second of all, we are in White Mountain National Forest. So we are going to have a 5-hour drive to New York."
"Are you fucking with me? You could have told me we were in New Hampshire!"
"Hold up. Don't let all the birds go to a different state. I have a car right down there, we can drive it to New York. If you're fine with it, I'll be driving."
"Let's just get the fuck out of here. I'm sleepy." Logan said.
They both went down the stairs and into the car. It was comfortable enough for Logan to lie on so he could sleep. He went to the backseat and started to sleep. Thinking of all the memories. Starting to think of Thomas Logan.
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