Winter's Child.

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There's a difference between Logan and Wade..

Ignore the facts that Logan's Mutation manifested on its own and that Wade's Mutation was forced to manifest..

Ignore the Antimantium Skeleton..

Ignore that Logan is hundreds of years old and has been killing since before Wade's great-grandfather was an itch in his great-great-grandfather's nut sack..

Ignore those differences.. And dig into the heart of who and what Logan is versus who and what Wade is..

And you'll see the difference that matters..

Logan.. Has never really been the killing kind.. Oh Logan WILL kill if he has no other choice. But that isn't who Logan is.. It's not WHAT Logan is.. Logan would look in the faces of the people who tortured him who tortured PETER and while, oh yes, a LOT of them would die.. But Logan would probably also let a lot of them live because Logan has Morals and he would ask himself if these people had families, if maybe they were forced into doing what they did...

Wade.. He IS and always has been the killing kind.. Oh he WILL spare lives when he has the option.. He doesn't kill innocents if he can help it.. But that's less about Morals and more about personal preference.. Wade is a killer that IS who and what Wade is..

But Logan?..

Reach deep.. Because in Logan there is only one real truth..

Logan just wants to be left the hell alone..

Give Logan an option to work with and that's the thing Logan would pick..

So that's why trying to turn Logan into a Mind Controlled attack dog has never really worked out for the bad guys.. Because Logan is not usually an attack first kind of person unless he doesn't have any other choices.. No Logan is a mostly stay back and growl all threateningly and intimidatingly and wait for the attack to go to him kind of person..

An attack dog on a leash is still an attack dog but it will only attack what is within reach..

So Wade just stands back..

And Logan just stands back..

Both on their own side of the barrier of shadow..

Logan paces and growls as he's told "Kill him!" from a bodyless voice coming from the headset attached to the Mind Controlling Headband and it's loud and panicked enough Wade can hear it..

But Logan doesn't advance past his little circle of light and Wade makes no move to go closer to him.

The bodyless voice must find the perfect combination of words to get Logan to go on the Offense because Logan runs towards Wade then jumps up into the air..

The claws come close to Wade's face as Wade steps back and to the side out of Logan's landing zone..

Wade caught Logan's arm as Logan's clawed fist aimed for Wade's face..

Wade had enough time to Fangirl Squee that "OMG!.. I'm fighting Wolverine!" and be happy about tussling with someone he liked, respected and was a huge fan of..

But he reverted back to Serious Mode because he had a kid he had to think about.. A kid that Logan also needed to know about..

So Wade got serious and stopped pulling his punches...

He mostly aimed for the headband.. Trying to knock it off or snatch it off..

He couldn't risk trying Bucky's Trigger Words on Logan even if they would probably work because then the kid might revert back to his Insta-Kill Settings leaving Wade to defend a confused Logan while trying not to kill a kid..

So Wade had to get the headband off Logan then go from there..

Wade kept sticking and grabbing at Logan's head and finally yanked the headband off with a quip of "Snatched your wig!".. Right before crushing the headband under his boot..

Logan immediately retracted his claws and stopped fighting and stood blankly like a robot awaiting new commands.

"Snap out of it!" Wade snapped his fingers in front of Logan's face and tried smacking both of Logan's cheeks "C'mon! Wake up!"

"Damn it, Logan!" Wade yelled as Logan just stood there staring at nothing..

"Fine!" Wade snapped and went to grab Logan by the bare forearm and decided to just tug Logan along in the direction of the nearest exit.

"Shncik!" Logan's claws popped free as Wade touched his arm and Wade was thrown against a wall with Logan pinning him in place and his claws just inches from Wade's face..

"Wade?" Logan asked sounding confused and dazed "What the hell?" Logan dropped his grip on Wade "Where the hell are we?"

"Glad you rejoined the land of the non-mind controlled zombies.. The answers to your questions is one part Long Story and two parts musical numbers and the fourth part of where I just skip telling you and simply have you look at all the info in these files and on this flashdrive and we all just learn along in a montage of flashbacks.. But first we need to find who had you Mind Whammied and kill them then burn this base to the ground.."