Disclaimer: No, I don't own the X-Men that was Marvel's brilliant idea, I
borrowed the x team for a while!- Lady
"Touch me again and you die" That wasn't a threat it was a promise. How one person could be so dumb was beyond her. Harley stood in the dim streetlight looking at about eight to ten big lads all with one thing on their mind.
"Now, that's not fair my dear we only want a bit of fun, we're just playing"
"Like I said, you touch me, you die it's up to you" she shifted her weight onto her right leg and with her left hand moved her auburn hair from her eyes before letting her hand settle on her hip.
"I Love girl's who think they're all that" The thug grinned at his laughing mates and advanced. Harley tripped him with her left leg. He fell to the floor and desperately tried to grab hold of something to support himself. His bare hand found hers
"Ooooo bad move tiger" As the thug felt convulsions rack his entire body Harley felt a blistering pain all up her side. The others looked on in amazement as their friend turned a lovely pale shade and the girl in front of them glowed. Fear took control of them as they realized he wasn't getting up.
"You, you killed him!" One screamed, "You're, you're a vampire, he's white!" They ran off back down the ally from where they'd come making one hell of a noise leaving Harley to survey the damage
"No, not a vampire," she raised her body off the ground "A mutant, but not a vampire" she laughed and headed off into the black night sky.
"But that's not possible"
"I'm sorry, but it is," Victoria Xavier looked out over the mansion's large grounds and out of the gates where all you could see were forests of lush green trees. "You knew what the odds were as well as my father, they took the risk, you all did and now I'm left managing this place. I have to pick up the pieces of a teenager gone wild. Harley Le Beau is killing people. If it were just a case of stealing from gangs I wouldn't give the issue another thought but we're looking at grade A class Murder"
"You speak too rough of her" a middle aged woman with red hair and glasses entered the office and stood behind one of the leather seats "Harley isn't aware she's killing, I doubt she's even controlling her powers consciously" Jean Grey had a file in her hand that would back up everything she said scientifically. Jean would rarely speak her mind unless it was morally or scientifically justified. "Harley's powers are stemming from deep within her cortex Dr McCoy and I were conducting tests before she went awol it proves that she's not in complete control and I'm worried for her mental stability too" Jean sat into the chair and sank into it. As a girl she'd sit and listen to professor X giving lectures on physics of all subjects. Now times had changed Victoria sat in that seat and Scott, Jean and Hank were the remainders of the original group. The others left to pursue their own lives and decided to 'pop in' from time to time to see the next generation and boy, were they a handful. Harley Le Beau daughter of Remy and Marie and she turned out to be both a looker and a pain in the ass.
"The you'd better track her down" Xavier looked from Jean to a woman sitting on her right. Jean stood up and left leaving them both there
"And Mystique, I would like you to find her first"
"My pleasure" The woman changed her appearance before getting up and exiting.
Ash realized what a bad idea this had turned out to be. Midnight on the roof of the mansion, banner in one hand spray paint in the other hanging upside down to view Miss Xavier's office. The banner, chosen and designed by the media class, protested having to practice during Saturdays and would plainly be seen by all at the school.
"Would ya hurry it up already Ash I don't wanna get busted up here I'd rather leave your ass on the line, no pun intended" Maria laughed as she used her ability of telekinesis to keep him afloat.
"Ok, ok I'm almost." his eye caught a file on the desk of the headmistress had it not been for his sharpened reflexes and 200% perfect vision he wouldn't have spotted it. The note casually stuck to the front read-
'Harley Le Beau alias Shadow hunter- Tests inconclusive considered a threat- target three'
"Hey M, I got other things to worry about, they're hunting Shadow"
"What!" forgetting her control, or lack of it, her emotion caused her to drop Ash to the ground, rather harsh. She ran to the side of the ledge and looked over
"Sorry!"
"It's ok, I'm alive" he rubbed his arm and sighed to himself "I think" Getting up he headed conventionally back into the mansion and met Maria on the stairs who quickly and confidently pushed him into a side room, the rec- room.
"If they hunt Shadow there'll be no chance for the rest of us" Her blue eyes felt genuine concern, he could see it for once, her sincerity shone through as she pulled her long blonde hair around her right shoulder.
"It ain't gonna happen, not to Shadow she's too quick for them even Mystique"
"You think they'll get her onto the job?"
Ash put his hands into the pockets of his black cords and nodded "Oh yes, for sure, they call Shadow a grade three only Mystique and Miss Grey could handle that"
"Oh Ash," Out of the blue she threw her arms round his neck and buried her head into his shoulder. Not knowing quite where to place himself, he hugged her back
"M, you stress over nothing but you should sleep you have performing arts exam tomorrow or did you forget?"
"No, no not forgotten just put aside" she leant back and kissed his cheek "Goodnight Ash, pleasant dreams" He watched her go out of sight and stood alone in the large room.
"Yes Ash, pleasant dreams" A mocking yet familiar voice came behind him from the darkness and he turned to see a figure sitting in the large chair
"Anymore of that in dark places and people will talk my dear"
He advanced on her "Shadow, you're in big trouble this time"
"No I ain't when have I ever been in big trouble?" she swung her legs over the arm of the chair letting her crisp green eyes focus upon him
"Red, it's not that simple you're a mutant killing people they ain't gonna let that go"
"You mean the ally well, I didn't mean that, I told him if he touched me he'd die" she straightened up and in that instant Ash knew how much the incident had affected her, deep down
"Harley."
She spun round and looked directly at him, he was told never to call her that.ever, it wasn't who she was or would ever be.
"My cue to go, before the house wakes up" she began to walk past and he stopped her, boldly touching her arm and gripping
"Mystique is hunting you this ain't a game no more, you heard Maria we might not get what we want" she wrenched her arm from him
"Who ever said we get what we want!?" she looked at him "I didn't" her voice was louder now. Ash walked to her until he was half an inch away. He leant in and whispered
"Please, don't run"
"I have to" she darted past him and out of the window she'd come in from but she hadn't been quick enough, he saw her tears.
"Touch me again and you die" That wasn't a threat it was a promise. How one person could be so dumb was beyond her. Harley stood in the dim streetlight looking at about eight to ten big lads all with one thing on their mind.
"Now, that's not fair my dear we only want a bit of fun, we're just playing"
"Like I said, you touch me, you die it's up to you" she shifted her weight onto her right leg and with her left hand moved her auburn hair from her eyes before letting her hand settle on her hip.
"I Love girl's who think they're all that" The thug grinned at his laughing mates and advanced. Harley tripped him with her left leg. He fell to the floor and desperately tried to grab hold of something to support himself. His bare hand found hers
"Ooooo bad move tiger" As the thug felt convulsions rack his entire body Harley felt a blistering pain all up her side. The others looked on in amazement as their friend turned a lovely pale shade and the girl in front of them glowed. Fear took control of them as they realized he wasn't getting up.
"You, you killed him!" One screamed, "You're, you're a vampire, he's white!" They ran off back down the ally from where they'd come making one hell of a noise leaving Harley to survey the damage
"No, not a vampire," she raised her body off the ground "A mutant, but not a vampire" she laughed and headed off into the black night sky.
"But that's not possible"
"I'm sorry, but it is," Victoria Xavier looked out over the mansion's large grounds and out of the gates where all you could see were forests of lush green trees. "You knew what the odds were as well as my father, they took the risk, you all did and now I'm left managing this place. I have to pick up the pieces of a teenager gone wild. Harley Le Beau is killing people. If it were just a case of stealing from gangs I wouldn't give the issue another thought but we're looking at grade A class Murder"
"You speak too rough of her" a middle aged woman with red hair and glasses entered the office and stood behind one of the leather seats "Harley isn't aware she's killing, I doubt she's even controlling her powers consciously" Jean Grey had a file in her hand that would back up everything she said scientifically. Jean would rarely speak her mind unless it was morally or scientifically justified. "Harley's powers are stemming from deep within her cortex Dr McCoy and I were conducting tests before she went awol it proves that she's not in complete control and I'm worried for her mental stability too" Jean sat into the chair and sank into it. As a girl she'd sit and listen to professor X giving lectures on physics of all subjects. Now times had changed Victoria sat in that seat and Scott, Jean and Hank were the remainders of the original group. The others left to pursue their own lives and decided to 'pop in' from time to time to see the next generation and boy, were they a handful. Harley Le Beau daughter of Remy and Marie and she turned out to be both a looker and a pain in the ass.
"The you'd better track her down" Xavier looked from Jean to a woman sitting on her right. Jean stood up and left leaving them both there
"And Mystique, I would like you to find her first"
"My pleasure" The woman changed her appearance before getting up and exiting.
Ash realized what a bad idea this had turned out to be. Midnight on the roof of the mansion, banner in one hand spray paint in the other hanging upside down to view Miss Xavier's office. The banner, chosen and designed by the media class, protested having to practice during Saturdays and would plainly be seen by all at the school.
"Would ya hurry it up already Ash I don't wanna get busted up here I'd rather leave your ass on the line, no pun intended" Maria laughed as she used her ability of telekinesis to keep him afloat.
"Ok, ok I'm almost." his eye caught a file on the desk of the headmistress had it not been for his sharpened reflexes and 200% perfect vision he wouldn't have spotted it. The note casually stuck to the front read-
'Harley Le Beau alias Shadow hunter- Tests inconclusive considered a threat- target three'
"Hey M, I got other things to worry about, they're hunting Shadow"
"What!" forgetting her control, or lack of it, her emotion caused her to drop Ash to the ground, rather harsh. She ran to the side of the ledge and looked over
"Sorry!"
"It's ok, I'm alive" he rubbed his arm and sighed to himself "I think" Getting up he headed conventionally back into the mansion and met Maria on the stairs who quickly and confidently pushed him into a side room, the rec- room.
"If they hunt Shadow there'll be no chance for the rest of us" Her blue eyes felt genuine concern, he could see it for once, her sincerity shone through as she pulled her long blonde hair around her right shoulder.
"It ain't gonna happen, not to Shadow she's too quick for them even Mystique"
"You think they'll get her onto the job?"
Ash put his hands into the pockets of his black cords and nodded "Oh yes, for sure, they call Shadow a grade three only Mystique and Miss Grey could handle that"
"Oh Ash," Out of the blue she threw her arms round his neck and buried her head into his shoulder. Not knowing quite where to place himself, he hugged her back
"M, you stress over nothing but you should sleep you have performing arts exam tomorrow or did you forget?"
"No, no not forgotten just put aside" she leant back and kissed his cheek "Goodnight Ash, pleasant dreams" He watched her go out of sight and stood alone in the large room.
"Yes Ash, pleasant dreams" A mocking yet familiar voice came behind him from the darkness and he turned to see a figure sitting in the large chair
"Anymore of that in dark places and people will talk my dear"
He advanced on her "Shadow, you're in big trouble this time"
"No I ain't when have I ever been in big trouble?" she swung her legs over the arm of the chair letting her crisp green eyes focus upon him
"Red, it's not that simple you're a mutant killing people they ain't gonna let that go"
"You mean the ally well, I didn't mean that, I told him if he touched me he'd die" she straightened up and in that instant Ash knew how much the incident had affected her, deep down
"Harley."
She spun round and looked directly at him, he was told never to call her that.ever, it wasn't who she was or would ever be.
"My cue to go, before the house wakes up" she began to walk past and he stopped her, boldly touching her arm and gripping
"Mystique is hunting you this ain't a game no more, you heard Maria we might not get what we want" she wrenched her arm from him
"Who ever said we get what we want!?" she looked at him "I didn't" her voice was louder now. Ash walked to her until he was half an inch away. He leant in and whispered
"Please, don't run"
"I have to" she darted past him and out of the window she'd come in from but she hadn't been quick enough, he saw her tears.
