Chapter 1: mile per hour winds

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The night was young, a symphony of swords clashed. Blood and skin flew as bodies fell; nothing could stop the destructive powers this woman held. Lighting flowed through her before bouncing around, hitting anyone unfortunate to be in its path. Milky white orbs scanned the surrounding area safely from above, satisfied to find no sign of life the goddess lowered herself, letting out a content sigh at the return of her orbs to their usual cyan color. "Nice run storm, keep it up and Scott won't ever be able to beat you." The sweet voice of her longtime friend rung out as the goddess stepped out of the infamous danger room. "Thank you Jean, but I wasn't that good" the snow haired beauty replied. Her modesty and power, along with other things were what turned the beast on. "Oh, hi Wolverine" she spoke, flashing one of her eye blinding smiles that made it hard for him not to devour her lips. He shook the thought away knowing if he ever got the chance to taste her he wouldn't just stop at her lips, he'd go as far as taking her soul. He dared to look at her, not shocked to find her watching him with a friendly smile on her face. This woman, this goddess that without knowing had won his heart at no cost to her.

Giving her a stiff nod of acknowledgement he pushed off the wall he had been leaning on during her danger room session and headed towards the door. He always attended her danger room sessions, if not to see her in her tight, form fitting uniform than to make sure nothing happened. The thought of something happening to his African wild flower made his heart ache. With a tired sigh he made his way down the quiet corridor. Most of the mansions residents were outside enjoying the clear, surprisingly beautiful day. If he didn't know better he would've thought the day's weather was too due their resident weather goddess, but she would never alter the weather for personal reasons. It wasn't in the deity's nature; she was a woman worth worshipping. Caught up in his thoughts he hadn't noticed the multiple, unfamiliar scents until he heard the familiar panicked screamed from his favorite student at the school. He was instantly sprinting in the direction of the north lawn, where the scream had come from. He was shocked to find that Scott had beaten him there but didn't care at the moment. "Rogue?" he asked not seeing any of the students. "They've already went inside." The younger man replied just as Storm and Jean joined them. The groups' eyes fell on a four legged figure as it came limping fast out of the surrounding woods. "A wolf?" Scott spoke questionably. "It's hurt." Storm spoke, pointing out the bloody patch on the canines' side.

The animal, which had been looking back until now was surprised to see the X-men, but surprised quickly turned to desperation. "Help me, please!" came the feminine voice of the wolf. The team only had a few seconds to stand shocked before a team of men in black body suites, armed heavily followed after the wolf. "Don't let her escape!" one of them yelled. Storm was the first to take action against the hunters, her eyes whiting as she summoned a gale of wind to carry her to her vantage point in the air. This caused both the wolf and hunters to stop in their tracks, one in awe the other in fear. "You have one chance to turn around and eave this poor creature alone or I will be forced to use force." She spoke, her tone eerily calm as the hunters mentally mulled over their options before pointing their weapons at the airborne goddess, angering wolverine who was about to step in but was stopped by a soft hand on his arm. "She's got this" Jean reassured him and with a huff he stayed where he was. The wolf was in awe looking at the goddess above her, weak from her wound she collapsed to the sound of gun shots and what she was sure sounded like the crash of lighting before being engulfed in darkness. "Scott!" Jean called over the sound of Storms lightening and strong wind, pointing to the collapsed animal.

The X-men leader nodded before quickly dashing into the battle, carefully retrieving the injured animal. As he made his way back to the group, the injured wolf in his arms became a now full grown woman as naked as the day she was born. "What the hell!" Scott shouted, nearly dropping the unconscious and naked woman. "Give me her before you drop her." Wolverine hissed. "You act like you've never seen a naked woman before." He growled, taking the woman from a flushed Scott and heading towards the med lab with Jean following beside him. Scott staying behind to collect himself and assist Storm in tying up their unwanted visitors.

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Eyes still closed the woman processed the various new smells and sounds around her. The sterile smell told her she was in a lab of some sorts, and the unfamiliar voices told her she wasn't in the lab she was use to. She made a show of stirring before slowing opening her eyes. "She's waking up." Came a soft voice from her side. It took her a moment to adjust to the bright room before seeing a red haired woman peering down at her. She sat up slowly, looking around at the others in the room. Stopping as her eyes landed on a white haired beauty. "How do you feel?" the red head asked, approaching her like she was a wild animal, well she kind of was. "I'm fine." She spoke, her eyes not leaving the beauty as she remembered what happened for her to end up here. She glanced underneath the thin sheet that covered her body to see, as she expected her wound completely healed without a trace. "Who are you people?" she asked once done inspecting herself. "We're the X-men." Answered a man wearing shades as he stepped close. "I'm Scott Summers, and this is Jean Grey." Scott continued, pointing to the red head known as Jean. "Then there's Ororo Monroe, everyone calls her Storm, and that is Logan, also known as Wolverine." She followed Scotts gaze to the pair, looking Storm over and earning herself a low growl from Wolverine. "And what is your name?" asked Storm, giving her usual friendly smile that stunned the Woman for a moment.

"The people you saved me from called me Wildlife." She answered, hesitant to give them her real name just yet. "Thank you for that." Wildlife told Storm genuinely thankful that she stepped in when she did or there was not telling what would've happened to her. "Who were those guys anyway?" Jean asked, handing the still naked woman a pair of short and a tank top. "They're part of a group called H.A.M.S, humans against mutant survival." She answered, slipping on the tank top and waiting for Scott and Logan to turn around before putting on the shorts. The group all looked at each other, seeming to share a single thought before looking at her. "Would you mind coming with us for a moment?" Storm asked, apparently the only one not weary of her. Wildlife nodded lightly, before following the group through the school. "What is this place?" she asked curiously. "It's a school for mutants like you." Came a sophisticated voice, followed by an elderly man in a wheel chair. "Professor, we were just coming to see you." Scott said before explaining everything. "We should discuss this in my office." The professor replied before leading the way to a very large office. "First off I'd like to welcome you Wildlife to Xavier's school for gifted students, I'm Charles Xavier." He spoke before looking the woman over. "Jean tells me you were a wolf when you stumbled here and that your healing speed almost surpasses that of Wolverine here. I'd like to know more about your abilities if you don't mind." He said, careful not to over step his boundaries.

"Well to put it as simple as possible, I can shift into any animal at will. I can also take on attributes of any animal while human, like growing my nails out, or sharping my teeth and as you said before my healing is fast and my senses heightened." She answered. The group looked at her interested; Storm in particular seemed very interested in their new guest, which Logan didn't like too much. He finally looked over the woman, finding nothing about her long black hair, emerald green eyes and pale white skin that attracted him to her. Feeling his eyes on her Wildlife turned to look at Logan, giving him a quick once over before turning back to the professor. "And what can you tell me about this group H.A.M.S?" Wildlife seemed to get ridge at the mention of them. "They're the worse kind of people alive. They capture mutants, using them to test out their mutant killing methods on. It's-sickening." She hissed, getting visibly upset while everyone else in the room was horrified. "I've only managed to survive due to my healing ability, without it I would've been dead long ago." She spoke, hinting at how long she had been keep by the monsters.

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