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Wolverine: Weapon X-an origin film

posted 15 years ago by sanddragon939
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I quite liked the Hulk vs. Wolverine short, especially the Weapon X flashbacks scenes, however I do feel that Wolverine's origins are worthy of being told comprehensively in animation. Previous animated series have only told bits and pieces of the story, so I came up with a detailed plot idea for an animated DTV which would tell the story of how Logan was broken down and turned into the ultimate weapon and how he escaped and got a second shot at life. Its largely based on the 'Weapon X' storyline from the 90's as well as other comics about Logan's past with Team X and the Canadian intelligence services.

Its called WOLVERINE: WEAPON X

The story starts with a brief prologue at the Weapon X base in Canada. We see Logan in a tank, with countless tubes connected to him and heavily sedated. A team of scientists are monitoring his vital signs which suddenly begin to spike up. Both sets of adamantium claws burst out of his hands and we finally see him open his eyes...

The screen fades out, we have the opening credits, and then fades back in with the caption 'One Year Ago'. Logan, Victor Creed and David North are three agents of the CIA black ops unit called Team X, dispatched on a special assignment to East Berlin to infiltrate a military installation, steal the Carbonadium Synthesizer, and extract a double agent named Janice Hollenback. North takes out the guards surrounding the base while Logan and Creed sneak stealthily in and make contact with Janice who informs them of the whereabouts of the C-Synt. However, soldiers are alerted to their presence at the base, and the Soviet supersoldier Omega Red attacks them. They manage to steal the C-Synth. Pursued by Red, the three agents and Janice try to escape from the base and in the process find themselves all but cornered. Creed claims that Janice is a liability to their escape and kills her, much to Logan's shock and disgust. North interrupts an argument between the two over this and they manage to get outdoors, albeit with Logan stubbornly refusing to abandon Janice's body. Outside, they are confronted by several Russian soldiers and Creed and North kill them relentlessly while Logan is suddenly reluctant to do so. Creed tells Logan that they have no choice but to kill everyone who gets in their way and that if Logan doesn't kill them, he will anyway. He also taunts Logan and tells him he's a weakling. Logan therefore, much to his disgust, is forced to reluctantly kill several innocent soldiers and even civillians while escaping. Shocked by all the destruction around him, which was seemingly for nothing, Logan disposes simultaneously of Janice's body and the C-Synth in a swamp, much to the shock of his fellow operatives, claiming that it meant nothing, just like the lives of the people they killed. The agents, pursued by Omega Red make it to a chopper hijacked by fellow agent John Wraith, who stays back to provide cover fire to the trio as they escape, before teleporting away. In the chopper, Logan pummels Creed to the ground, and swears he is done with Team X and all the senseless killing.

We see a CIA official attempting to give Logan a dressing down for his insubordination but Logan simply resigns from the agency and walks away. Just then, the Professor steps out of the shadows and meets Logan's handler asking him for the 'data' he had promised. The handler gives him a disk containing information on all the Team X operatives...

Some time later, Logan is working at a Canadian military base, as a shooting instructor and training officer. Despite his talents as a soldier and clandestine operative, he is never put on the field partly because of his own request, and partly because of his frequent conflicts with authority, behavorial issues and frequent bar fights and other violent incidents at bars (where his fellow soldiers marvel at the fact that he never gets drunk). Logan is also frequently troubled by nightmares of the East Berlin mission and of his experiances in Team X in general, especially his rivalry and frequent tiffs with Victor Creed and Creed's savagery while killing and also all the people he has had to kill and torture over the years (we see flashes of mission everywhere, from military bases, to jungles in Africa and Southeast Asia, to cities in Europe, Japan etc.) He is also troubled by and obsessed about his mutant nature and follows newsreports about the 'mutant phenomenon'. In the meantime, the Professor meets a disgraced geneticist named Dr. Cornelius in a seedy diner (where a television shows Professor Charles Xavier giving an interview about the 'mutant phenomemon'). He tells Cornelius, who is wanted by the US Government on charges of illegal experimentation, that he is setting up a 'special project' in Canada and requires Cornelius's expertise for it. He assures Cornelius that his project is 'vital' for the interests of the United States and the rest of the 'free world'. Cornelius agrees. The Professor welcomes him to the project and then sets off for a meeting with a certain 'young lady'...

Back in Canada, we see Logan getting involved in a bar fight, where he puts three people into hospital. His own injuries heal rapidly and he himself is largely unharmed. He continues to suffer nightmares of his Team X past and also has hazy dreams of fighting in the First and Second World Wars and as a guerilla in Vietnam. There are also vague visions of Japan, Madripor and Russia. (Brief cameos of characters like Captain America, Nick Fury, Ogun and Silver Fox). Later, we see Cornelius and the Professor at the newly constructed Weapon X base. One of the guards informs the Professor that the computer technician has arrived. The Professor tells Cornelius that this is Carol Hines, another one of his recruits. The two are going through the files on Team X operatives (where we see images of Logan, Creed, North and Wraith being identified with the codenames Wolverine, Sabertooth, Maverick and Kestrel respectively). The Professor explains to Cornelius how while most people fear mutants, some people, like him, have realised that they have tremendous potential if they are controlled by the right people. He mentions how Team X was a CIA iniative to create a pool of 'super-soldiers' using mutant operatives who were conditioned by means of behavior modification drugs and techniques, deep-seated hypnosis and even memory suppression and alteration. However, he intends to take this concept a step further by creating the perfect weapon out of a mutant body by destroying its mind completely and bending its will to his own. He intends to create 'Weapon X'. And owing to his inherently bestial nature and his regenerative abilities, he has chosen Logan for this experiment.

In the meantime, Logan, still reeling from his nightmares and delusions, accidently shoots someone at the target practise range, after getting a vision of someone being targeted in a sniperscope by him. After this, he is discharged from service owing to his repeated infractions. Logan decides to go on a 'long vacation' and packs up his things and gets into his car, a Lotus, when he is suddenly attacked by clandestine operatives, who tranquilise him and capture him, shoving him into a van. Logan's unconcious form is flown by chopper to the Weapon X base and he is brought in on a stretcher, to be beheld by the Professor, Cornelius and Hines. The Professor sadistically refers to Logan as their little 'lab rat'...

More later...

[–] sanddragon939 15 years ago

WOLVERINE: WEAPON X

Logan is placed in a water tank and tubes are connected to him. Hines, who is monitoring his life signs along with other technicians informs the Proffessor that the subjects injuries have already healed at a rapid rate to which the latter merely responds that its owing to the subjects 'healing factor' which is about the only reason why he is about to survive the procedure they are about to subject him to. While Cornelius is busy making arrangements with the medical staff at the base, the Professor tells Hines that Logan is a mutant, a ferocious being by nature who has tried to live under the facade of a man for years. He has in all likelihood walked the earth before either of them were even born and has invariably resorted to a life of violence no matter where he went...he bears no scars on his body but his mind is deeply scarred from the eternal conflict between man and beast that rages in his mind. Today, they will end that conflict forever but erasing the man and bringing the beast to the forefront, stripping away surgically the dregs of Logan's humanity and making him indestructible. When Hines asks what they are going to do to him, the Professor explains that they are going to reinforce his entire skeleton with adamantium, a virtually indestructible metal alloy he 'discovered' after years of experimentation. Hines is apprehensive about Logan surviving the process, but the Professor assures her that he will. And when everything is ready, he orders Cornelius to begin...

As the adamantium is pumped into Logan's body, he awakes and begins to thrash about wildly, as the sedatives did not have much of an effect on him to begin with. At first it seems that his system is rejecting the adamantium and he seems to be suffering from metal poisoning and even 'dies', much to Hines and Cornelius's shock and the Professor's disappointment, but his regenerative powers begin to function again, as he regains conciousness and the procedure is shown via X-rays to be completed. However, at that momment, Logan's claws first emerge and he tears out of the tank. The experimental chamber is cleared of all personnel, however Logan kills one of the guards who heads over to subdue him in a fit of berzerker rage, shocking Hines and Cornelius. At that moment he collapses due to weakness at which point he is tranquilised. The Professor seems satisfied at the results of the experiance, despite the shock of the others, and tells Cornelius they have got the perfect weapon, and all they need to do now is to condition 'Weapon X', and this time they will ensure that he doesn't break away like he did the 'last time'...

We then cut forward to Logan in a tank with a headset on his head. His memories have been erased and he is now receiving post-hypnotic suggestions from the Professor, who refers to him as Weapon X. Logan starts responding to his commands and the Professor decides that its time for a 'field test'. So the next day, Weapon X is sent out in the snow and is remote-controlled to kill a tiger and then a grizzly bear, while his reactions and adrenaline levels are remotely monitored by the scientists. After he's done, they 'shut' him down by forcing him to retract his claws with hypnotic commands. The Professor commends Cornelius on his superb conditioning of the subject, which was made easier by the erasing of his memories and his personality, though Cornelius warns the Professor that he wouldn't be too sure of that.

Later Hines is clearly shocked by the brutality of what's going on at the base and we see her secretely passing food to a passive Logan in his holding cell. Logan however seems to regard her with an animalistic sense, almost as a piece of meat.

Some time later, a virtual reality helmet is placed on Weapon X as he is shown to be killing opponents in a virtual reality simulation of a military base, ironically a mock-up of the same base he had attacked on his last Team X mission. In contrast to reality, in the virtual world, Logan is seen to be relentlessly killing the enemy soliders. However when he is confronted by a virtual woman (who loosely resembled Janice Hollenback), he does hesitate before striking and the computer program indicates that it wasn't a fatal one. The Professor realises that there are still a few lapses in Weapon X's conditioning which need to be rectified. Hines sees Weapon X being dragged off to his adamantium cage and then, in private, speaks to Cornelius and expresses her doubts about the project claiming that they have tortured and brutalized a man to create a 'living weapon' out of him for no perceivable reason. Cornelius too admits he is not entirely comfortable with the project now but the Professor clearly seems to know what hes doing and besides, they do not need to fear Weapon X now that he can be controlled.

Later, we see Logan with the headset again as the Professor wipes his mind clean once more and inserts stronger commands into his mind but Logan seems to be resisting the conditioning this time round, and his claws even emerge and wreck the equipment, although the Professor just about manages to pacify him with the command 'Nature'. Logan is then tranquilised and taken to the tank for observation while Cornelius rushes over to find the cause of disturbance. The Professor assures him it was just a minor 'relapse' on the part of the subject...

More later...

[–] sanddragon939 15 years ago

WOLVERINE: WEAPON X

We now to the scene from the prologue. Logan is in a tank and his vital signs are being monitored by several technicians. However, his readings suddenly spike up, indicating that the effects of the sedatives have worn off. His claws emerge and his eyes open as he regains conciousness. As more sedative is pumped into him, he simply becomes more aggravated and destroys the tubes and breaks free from the tank. An alarm is sounded with the announcement made that Weapon X has escaped. Logan kills several of the soldiers and guards sent to subdue him and is himself indestructible to their bullets, grenades and even bazookas. Logan relentlessly rampages through the base, seemingly in search of something, or someone...

At another control room, Cornelius, Hines and the Professor observe Logan's movements through security cameras and Cornelius comments that he seems to be tracking someone. They notice through the signals of a tracking device they'd embedded in his skin that he is coming closer and closer to their location. Cornelius theorizes that Logan is actually tracking the Professor! Their suspicions are confirmed when Logan bursts through the door of their chamber. The Professor tries to deactivate Logan with the 'Nature' codeword and Logan seems to pause, confused for an instant, long enough for the Professor to flee into a protected room reinforced with adamantium. Cornelius fires at Logan's head with a rifle; this merely slows down Logan for a few momments while he tears apart Cornelius's gun-the scientist flees into the protection chamber. Cornelius exclaims that Hines is still out there, unprotected, but the Professor coldly whispers to Cornelius that she's 'expendable' and shuts the chamber as there isn't time left. Hines faces Logan and is terrified, trying to reason with him. While for a few momments Logan is still furious and prepares to kill her, her words cause him to relent for as he recovers a fragment of his humanity and memory, and vaguely recalls her briefly passing him food in his cell. He simply turns away, tearing through the walls and escapes from the complex, killing additionally guards in the process and cutting through an electrified barbed wire fence, which does temporarily stun him and slow him down slightly. He however makes his way into the Canadian wilderness, where he wanders the entire night until he collapses in the snow, his claws retracted.

The next day, Logan wakes up dazed and confused, all his rage and adrenaline exhausted as he wanders through the forest aimlessly. He is overwhelmed by his keen senses and suddenly senses the approach of some people. Seeing a man and a woman with guns he suddenly flies into a rage and attacks them, tearing apart their weapons. He turns towards the woman but is reluctant to strike, but she takes advantage to his hesitation, and shoots him with a tranquiliser.

Later the couple, James and Heather Hudson, two Canadian government officials who keep the strange wild man bound in their cabin while James considers heading to town to get help. After he leaves, Logan wakes up and Heather is terrified but Logan seems to be somewhat more passive than before. Heather, amazed at seeing this beast like man struggling against his own urge of violence. She simply asks him who he is but he seems confused and finally answers uncertainly that he thinks his name is Logan. When Heather asks him about his claws, he notices them closely for the first time and his consumed by rage and frustration, though Heather manages to calm him down. As Logan sleeps he is visited by fragmented memories of the experimentation he is subjected to at the Weapon X base and is haunted by the vision of the Professor which causes him to wake up and howl into the night, his claws extended...

In the meantime, at the Weapon X base, Cornelius is visibly shaken by the whole experiance of the previous night, and suggests that they hunt down Weapon X because they've created virtually the equivalent of a Frakenstiens Monster who must be destroyed. The Professor however calmly reasons that Logan cannot be killed and is too valuable to destroy anyway so its best that they recapture him and reprogram him yet again. Cornelius is incredulous and doesn't believe they will ever be able to recapture Weapon X but the Professor tells Cornelius that they have a contender who might be able to finish the task. The door to their room opens and Victor Creed walks in. The Professor addresses Creed as 'Sabertooth' and tells him that he is to hunt down a former teammate of his, codenamed 'Wolverine', and bring him back to the base alive. Sabertooth readily agrees on condition that the Professor fulfills their deal and gives him 'whatever the runt got'. As Sabertooth leaves, Cornelius is shocked by the idea that the Professor is willing to give Sabertooth the adamantium as well, as he seems even more psychotic and uncontrolled as Logan was, but the Professor assures him that once they have Weapon X back in control, they need no longer fear Creed and they might even consider 'extending' the program to him...

[–] sanddragon939 15 years ago

WOLVERINE: WEAPON X

Back in the woods, at dawn, Heather sees Logan sitting contemplatively. Logan tells her about his nightmares and wonders out aloud in anguish who did all this to him. Heather assures him that James will do his best to find out. Logan feels he was a violent beast before and he is not entirely sure he wants to find out who he is and yet he cant live without knowing. Heather comforts him as the sun begins to rise...

The next day, James returns and says he has made some enquiries and has learnt that his friends in Canadian intelligence has heard rumors of a clandestine US military project situated somewhere in Canada, very likely in cooperation with powerful elements in the Canadian government, codenamed 'Weapon X'. At the sound of the name, a further slew of flashbacks of the experimentation carried out on him plague Logan and he and James both start to suspect that he IS Weapon X. James furthermore tells Logan that he is a mutant with regenerative abilities which is probably why he survived the procedure he was subjected to in the first place and he also theorizes that Logan is a victim of mindwiping and brainwashing techniques, however he promises Logan that the finest minds in their government will do all they can to help him. Logan sincerly thanks James and Heather for their help and tells them that he sincerly feels they are the first people to treat him with kindness in a long time.

Sabertooth in the meantime has tracked down Logan and attacks him, before Heathe and James, both of whom are shocked by this occurence. Sabertooth refers to Logan as a 'runt' and then taunts him by calling him 'Weapon X'. Logan is at first confused as he doesn't recognise Sabertooth but then he feels a predisposed animosity towards the latter and begins fighting with his claws. Sabertooth taunts him, telling Logan he was 'always better than him' and that Logan now doesnt recognise his 'old buddy' because hes too ashamed to remember all the fights he lost. At this point Logan does get some flashbacks of some of his previous skirmishes with Sabertooth and even recalls his codename, roaring 'Sabertooth' to which Sabertooth replies that hes glad Logan remembered the name of the man who is truly is maker and calls him 'Wolverine'.

The two continue their fight throughout the forest with Sabertooth constantly berating Logan for being offered power that ought to have been his (Creed's) and choosing to reject it by running away and how Logan was always the 'weak link' in their team. Wolverine and Sabertooth ultimately take their fight to a cliff top. Logan finally stops fighting hesitatingly and lets his berzerker rage out. He viciously slashes Sabertooth and kicks him in the crotch, knocking him off the cliff, seemingly to his death

At the Weapon X base, Cornelius tells the Professor that since Sabertooth has gone MIA, they have to assume that Weapon X killed him and that the project is finished, but the Professor tells him ominously that it will never be over as long as they have his DNA...

Some time later, Logan is taken to a military base where he meets a General Chasen and is offered a place among Canada's elite Department H's new enforcement division. Logan, in grateful recognition of all the Hudsons and the Canadian government has done for him these past few months readily agrees and dons the yellow and blue costume they give him. When Chasen offers him the codename Weapon X, Logan refuses and calls himself 'Wolverine'. We have a final shot of his masked face before the end credits...

Post-credits scene: Sabertooth's 'corpse' is discovered by some hikers, however he wakes up, kills them both and swears to carry on his 'little game' with Wolverine...