Preperations
By, 2280
Chapter 1
Disclaimer: Claire and Dim are mine, anyone else
belongs to marvel and I am just putting them to better use and am receiving no
monitory gain in the process!
Claire crouched in the middle of the danger room,
waiting for the program to reinstate itself. There was a war coming and she needed to be ready. Killing flatscans was one thing, but going
toe to toe with other mutants who were her equal, or even her superior, she
need to prepare, she needed to be ready.
She
lifted her head as the program came to life, and immediately sprang into
action, attacking the mutants she knew were weak, taking them out of the fight
from the start. She felt her nails
lengthen and the spikes rise from the flesh of her arms and legs as she cut and
slashed her way through the melee of battle. Her arms ran thick with the blood of her victims as she turned and
ripped the throat out of an attacker and threw his body into another.
Turning
she saw that Magneto and Cortez were only 200 feet away from her. She flipped backwards as Cortez raised a gun
and released a spray of bullets in her direction. She moved quickly, dodging
through the crowd, causing him to hit his own men, before she landed closer to
them. The sweat ran down her forehead,
and she was breathing heavily, leaning on her knees to catch her breath. Her wounds were not fully healed and she
wasn't operating at full capacity, but there were no allowances for error in matters
of life and death. She ought to know,
she had taken advantage of others weaknesses more times than she cared to
remember.
She
saw movement out of the corner of her eye and managed to roll out of the way
just in time as a large fist slammed into the ground where she had previously
been.
In
the control center a group and gathered to watch Claire's training below. Jubilee hung on Dim's shoulder next to Remy
who was leaning against the wall. Cable and Beast kept tabs on her vital signs. Logan stood directly in front of the window,
watching with a scowl on his face.
"How
long has she been at this?" he growled.
"This
would be her seventh run," Cable replied, looking at the irritated Canadian.
"She is getting better with each trial run, however."
"I don't
care if she is getting better," Logan bit out. "She almost got taken out
there!" Indicating Claire as she rolled out of the way.
"Wolvie,"
Jubilee said quietly, "This is something she needs to do. I would think you of all people would
understand that."
Logan
grunted in reply turning his attention back to his daughter who was trying to
outrun a barrage of gunfire in the room below.
"Dim
thinks Logan know, But Logan just want Claire to be safe."
"I
think, my large friend, you hit it right on the head." Beast turned to offer
Dim, who had sat there for all 7 trial runs, a reassuring smile. "Oh, my, what just happened?" He said
looking at Claire's vitals drop on the screen.
Everyone
turned to peer out of the window into the room below to see Claire get slammed
into a wall by Magneto, only to fall limply to the ground.
Jubilee
watched as Logan tensed, 'Oh my, this isn't going to be good,' she
thought. She watched as Claire slowly
got back up and prepared to attack again. She flinched as she heard Logan stalk out of the room, slamming the door
as he left. Her and Cable raised their
eyebrows at each other, and immediately moved closer to the window to see what
was about to transpire.