Title: Kryptonite
Part 16
Summary: x-over with x-men Origins. What if Reid had been raised by Logan and his brother? How will the team react upon finding out? Especially when the team gets a case involving the mutants and Logan shows up?
Pairing: Morgan/Reid SLASH
Rating: PG-13
Sorry for the delay people! I know Ive been bad, please dont be mad, ok?
Good news is: I bring you some plot development!
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Reid took a deep breath in relief when he realized who was standing in front of him all out of a sudden. He lowered his gun, offering the man a small smile as he tried to get his heart rate back under control.
"Wade. You scared me."
Wade Wilson looked exactly like he had twenty-five years ago, grinning down at him with his usual smug expression, "Sorry, kiddo. Care to tell me what's got you so jumpy? Or what brings you here?"
He looked perfectly at home standing on John's property so Reid assumed the black mutant knew about his being there. Which meant he was the one out of place, not the other way around. In contrast to him, Wade looked little spooked though, more amused if not pleasantly surprised to find him here.
It was still surprising to find him here at the exact time they came to visit. Wade´s questions were valid ones of course but they immediately reminded Reid of the reason for their trip and of Logan's doubts about the loyalty of their old team members.
Unable to stop himself, he tensed slightly, looking up at Wade with watchful eyes.
In the decades they had spent in close quarters, the mutant had never done anything to hurt him, nor given the impression that he might want to. But then, neither had Victor and he was the whole reason they were here now.
Wade seemed to pick up on his unease, raising a questioning eyebrow. "You sure you're okay, Jonah?"
He looked at the younger man with a hint of worry in his light brown eyes and Reid nodded, beginning to feel utterly silly. "Yes, of course. I just didn't expect to see you."
"Well, neither did I after you just disappeared on us back in the day," Wade shrugged, "But it's good to see your face again I tell you."
He smiled widely before crossing the remaining distance between them unasked and hugging Reid to him for a proper greeting.
Reid indulged the man for a moment before pulling away slightly. Undisturbed, Wade kept an arm around his shoulder, flicking his nose playfully like he had occasionally when Reid was younger. "And still pretty as a picture."
Reid couldn't quite keep from blushing at his joke, about to carefully disentangle himself fully when he heard a familiar voice shouting his name.
They both turned around to see Morgan and Hotch running towards them, clearly alerted by the stranger by Reid´s side. They hadn't even made it across the compound when Logan, probably alerted by their voices, appeared right next to Reid out of nowhere, a tall black man next to him.
"Jonah, what did I say?" Logan growled, eyes flashing as he took in Wade and his arm around Reid.
There was worry in his gaze, but not just that, Reid could tell. He´d never liked Wade, for several reasons.
He frowned in annoyance. If Logan was going to keep treating him like a child he was going to start behaving like one and throw a fit.
"I found Wade." he simply said, trying to make sure he looked confident as Hotch and Morgan caught up with them.
He felt Morgan's eyes narrowing as he took in Wade´s posture and quickly moved to the side a bit without being too obvious. The last thing he needed was for Morgan to make a scene, too.
"Looks more like he found you," Logan growled, still eyeing Wade like the man was about to explode or grow a second head. His fingers clenched by his sides and Reid gulped nervously, wondering if he was about to let his claws come forward or just grab him to him.
Wade, being his usual sunny self, did a splendid job at ignoring the hostility he was faced with.
"And you brought your guard dog," he grinned, barely hiding the bite in his words, "Figures. Can't say I missed you much, Wolverine."
Logan all but snarled at him, eyes flashing darkly.
"Then why don't you go back where you came from, Wilson? I can do without your presence."
They might have gone on, escalating, if no one had interfered.
"Guys, Logan, calm down. Wade is my guest as much as you are, I told you that already," the black man, John, interrupted their budding argument, strategically stepping in between them as he patted Reid's shoulder in greeting.
"It's good to see you, Jonah."
"Hey, John." Reid smiled, "It's been too long."
He stepped to the side, finally thinking to introduce Hotch and Morgan who had just been standing on the sidelines for now watching their exchanges with tense faces.
John shook his head though, extending a hand to both agents, "Logan already filled me in. Agent Hotchner, Agent Morgan, it's a pleasure to meet you. Even under the circumstances. My name is John. And you've met Wade. We worked with Logan and victor back in the day."
Hotch was the first to find back to his usual form. He shook John´s hand with a firm expression, "Good. We were hoping you might be able to help with our current case, sir."
He and John quickly started up a conversation and the latter gestured for them to move into his office in the gym.
Logan didn't even acknowledge them, still focused on Wade, so Reid figured he had already tacked John off as safe. Wade too probably considering he hadn't attacked the man yet -he probably just wanted to delve a bit more into his dislike for the man.
Morgan took a little longer to calm down. He gave Wade a long, calculating stare much like the one he´d received from Logan earlier before turning towards the gym and pulling Reid with him by his arm, bringing distance between them and the two mutants.
"Who is that? I don't like the guy," he muttered, keeping Reid closer than he usually would have while they were out in the field.
Reid sighed softly, unsurprised. "He's just an old friend of ours, Derek. "
All this action was quickly making him forget that he had been very upset about Morgan being here just a little while ago. He still wasn't comfortable with the idea, but even he couldn't deny that the other profiler's presence did a lot for his mood. It gave a touch of normalcy, of familiarity to this whole crazy mess.
"Must have been a pretty good friend with the way he was draping himself all over you."
Maybe a bit too familiar.
"Are we really going to have this conversation every time we meet someone from my past now, Morgan?" he sighed.
Morgan looked away, and Reid could have sworn he was pouting. He didn't say anything though, likely aware that he had just as many if not more ex lovers than Reid despite their difference in age.
"Anyway," Reid smiled slightly at his silence, "there's no need to worry. Logan would claw off the face of everyone who would come to close to me."
He chuckled when he saw Morgan's grim smile, "Careful now. You might end up liking him after all."
"Don't hold your breath for it, pretty boy."
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He hated cells phones.
Any sort of technology really, reminding him off the fact that his time had long passed. Yet he had adjusted just as much as was necessary in order to not fall behind in this fast moving world. He knew he needed every advantage he could get.
The number he dialed was one he had used only once before and he listened with distaste to the voice of the man taking the call.
"You were right. They're here now," the man told him, and he could hear faint voices in the distance.
He rolled his eyes, unwilling to believe his partner would have been reckless enough to call him from the same room as their targets.
He didn't say anything though, merely listening to the report he was being given.
"Logan is here along with Jonah and two FBI agents. They're convinced it's safe here for now."
"They'd better," Victor snarled, "Keep them there for now. I will contact you will further instructions."
"If you want to kill them you´d best do it at night when they're unsuspecting. The humans won't be much trouble, but if the mutants work together it might become dangerous for us."
This time, Victor barely kept his annoyance covered. "Don't waste my time by telling me what I already know. I have a plan."
"Care to enlighten me, Sabertooth?"
"Simple. I'm going to get Jimmy and Jonah back. We will be together again, just like old times."
Anger flared up in him at the incredulous scoff at the other end of the line.
"Hate to tell you, boss, but I´m thinking there are some people here who might object to that."
"That's why you don't get paid to think, Wade," Victor snarled before hanging up without another word.
He didn't care if it would be difficult. He didn't care if Jimmy would fight his plan in the beginning, he was expecting that.
It didn't matter.
Not too long and his little brother would come to see that he could put up with a hell of a lot, including Victor´s lifestyle, if only it meant staying close to his beloved protégée.
He smiled darkly to himself.
It was brilliant, like killing two birds with one stone.
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So, was anyone surprised by that? I guess there´s more trouble ahead...
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