My first X-Men fanfic! I've had this idea for a couple of days so I decided to write it down... please tell me what you think!
xXxXx Chapter 1 xXxXx
The pain spread like wildfire all over my body, making it harder and harder to breathe by the second. I could feel the wet, red liquid on my clothes stick to body and the air sting my cuts where my clothes were torn. My eyes fluttered open. All I could see were black blotches and part of the night sky. Night. I had to have been here for at least a few hours, it was day last time I checked.
My mind wandered to why I was here, fighting for life in the middle of nowhere. I thought back as far as I could but hardly anything came up. Something about failing some mission… then pain and blood, and darkness. A person… Magneto, yes, that was his name, and… another man, I couldn't remember him. I sighed and some blood escaped my mouth.
Please let my end come soon, I prayed and closed my eyes, choking again from my own blood just as two men's voices exclaimed, "Oh, my god!"
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Wolverine groaned, pulling back a branch as he walked through the forest. He was trying to drown out Scooter's constant complaining. Chuck had sent him and Scooter into the forest to investigate. So far, they had found noting.
"There's nothing here, it was just another one of the Professor's hunches. Let's just tell him that so we can go home," Scott complained from behind Wolverine.
"Your usually aren't this doubtful in Chuck, what wrong with you… besides the obvious?" Wolverine chuckled.
"Sorry Logan but I have other things to take of instead of going on a mission with…you," Scott made a disgusted face as he gestured to Wolverine.
"Ha-ha-," Wolverine stopped mid-sentence, his super senses picking up on something that sounded like a cry, a pain-induced cry.
"What?" Scott asked him, not able to hear the pained cries.
"Follow me," Wolverine rushed through the trees toward the cries. As they grew closer Scooter started to hear the screams too, and picked up his speed even more. The two of them ran through the forest for a few minutes before stopping.
"Where the hell is that coming from?" Scott exclaimed as he gasped for air.
Wolverine sniffed the air, it definitely smelled of blood. He let out a agitated sigh and kept walking toward the scent. He moved another branch that was blocking his view and found a trail of blood. Looking over his shoulder, he gestured for Scooter to come over. Scooter looked down at the trail of blood with a face of horror and slightly sick. They followed the trail of blood that was sprayed across the ground and some trees. Suddenly they heard a sigh and when they looked down the saw a torn and bloody woman.
"Oh, my god!" Wolverine and Scott exclaimed.
Wolverine looked closer at the woman and suddenly he recognized her.
xXxXx Flashback xXxXx
"I'll take care of them," Sabretooth smiled, showing off his canines, and his nails started growing longer into dirty claw-like shards.
Magneto shook his head and looked over his shoulder, "Ember, why don't you take care of these ones. Bake 'em to the crisp, yea?"
A pretty, red-haired woman with golden eyes walked out from behind Magneto, Sabretooth and Mystique, glaring at the three people that stood a few feet away: Logan, Kitty, and Nightcrawler. Logan glared back at her, anger seething through him while Kitty just looked terrified standing next to Nightcrawler.
"My pleasure," Ember looked Logan up and down, "He's just a little pussy cat," and then walked past the Sabretooth toward them, whispering, "How does it feel to not be Magneto's favorite anymore?" Sabretooth only growled in response.
"You always send in your women to do your dirty work, Magneto?" Logan growled as Magneto and Sabretooth turned to leave the room, opening the door.
"Careful Logan, she's more trouble than she looks," Sabretooth said half-smiling as they leave and close the door.
Ember shot a dirty look at Sabretooth but then turned her attention back to Logan, Kitty, and Nightcrawler.
"You ready to die bitch?" Logan growled, unseething his claws.
"If you are," She smiled and in the blink of an eye, her arms and hair turned to fire, "ready to die in flames jackass."
Logan ran toward Ember, who blasted him backwards in to a wall with a large gust of fire. Ember's attention turned to Nightcrawler and Kitty. She blasted a fireball at them but Nightcrawler quickly grabbed Kitty and telaported them out of the room, leaving Logan alone and knocked-out. Smiling, Ember made her way over to where Logan was unconstious, or so she thought. Just as she reached Logan, he jumped up and slammed her against the wall. He dug his claws into her shoulder and Ember sheiked out in pain. She kicked Logan off of her and threw as many fire balls as she could at him. Logan was suddenly sorrounded by a ring of fire. When Ember saw that Logan was trapped, she smiled and walked over to the door. Just before leaving, she blew Logan a kiss and left him to fend for himself.
xXxXx Flashback xXxXx
Logan looked back down at the crimpled girl that once had been one of Magneto's best warriors. He couldnt believe his eyes that she was now laying before him on the ground, soaked in blood. Suddenly, a choking sound came out of her and her eyes fluttered open, looking up at him.
"Ember," Logan whispered her name in horror as she past out again, and Logan crouched down next to her with his eyes wide.
"We need to get her to Xavier," Scooter said crouching next to him. Logan nodded in agreement and they both grabbed Ember's bloody body.
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