Wanda Maximoff is trapped.  She had eluded her pursuer up to this point but now she has nowhere to run, she is cornered; she must fight Wolverine.

Hidden deep in an abandoned warehouse, the Scarlet Witch frantically tries to come up with a plan.  She has never been a strategist but she refuses to lay down and die.  Logan is always on the offensive, he has followed her scent and will be upon her momentarily.  She musters all the strength and courage she has and stands to face her former ally.  Gesturing in his direction, her fingers flashing an ominous red, she fires a hex-bolt at him, surrounding him in a rich crimson aura.

Logan’s arms and body become uncomfortably heavy, his sight dims, and suddenly he cannot smell or sense her presence.  He halts his advance, hesitating he realizes that she has turned off his innate mutant abilities.  Looking up at her in wide-eyed disbelief he hears one word:

“Fire.”

Before he can even scream his skin is burning, his vision is filled with the flames emanating from his flesh.  He can smell his tissue scorching.  Wolverine is spontaneously combusting.

Vainly, he drops to the floor in hopes of extinguishing the blaze but it is as though his very molecules are alight.  It is in this last desperate moment he realizes what he must do.  What he always does; what he was built to do: attack.  While still smoldering, with barely enough muscle on his adamantium skeleton to move, he lunges at her.  He is slow, and she tries to evade, but his claws still sink deep into her leg.  She falls to the ground holding her wound.  As the panic sets in she tries to crawl away, but it’s too late; his steely fingers are wrapped tightly around her ankle.  Slowly and relentlessly he climbs on top of her, three gleaming blades extended from what’s left of his hand.  He can see the fear in her eyes and the tears streaming down her face, but it matters not.

“Sorry kid,” he whispers as he plunges his knives deep into her chest.  The curse is lifted, his healing factor returns, and Logan is left to lick his wounds.

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