p class="Body" align="center"The Woods Part 1/p
p class="Body" align="center"Connections 1 of 2/p
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p class="Body" align="center"Bobby/p
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p class="Body""Ow. Let me tell you, ow!" Bobby says to nobody in particular, "That girl really knows how to kick, damn." He looks to where he's at before commenting, "well, I'm lost."/p
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p class="Body"He's not too worried about that, he thinks as he climbs a tree to get the lay of the land. Lights still out, so maybe he can see how close to town he is. As he nears the top, he can just see over the horizon of trees, and as he gets a 360 view he realizes he's pretty close to the river. He'll just reach the river and follow that path on his way back to town. He makes his way down, making sure the branches are steady before putting his weight on each./p
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p class="Body"Bobby reached down one of the last branches when he notices something in the corner of his eye. He turns to look at what it is, sees a furry blue face a foot away from his and jumped in surprise, losing his grip on the branch and free-falling to the ground. He lowers his hands to the ground and launched an ice blast, creating a pillar that he was able to grab, and slid to the ground hard. The landing knocked the air out of him, and he groaned in pain. He could hear cackling from somewhere overhead; Bobby raised his head to see the beast effortlessly clinging to a branch on his hind legs./p
p class="Body""Oh, a wise guy, ey?" Bobby whispers as he gets a breath, and let loose a blast of slush, knocking Blue off the branch he was on and landing in the snow. When Blue emerged, he had a Santa Claus beard going for him, "Nice look you've got going there, Blue. It really suits you." Bobby laughs out./p
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p class="Body"He laughs for a bit before realizing Blue was growling and he stopped to see getting out of the snow and starting towards him on all fours. Bobby waves at him and says, "Exit, stage right," as he booked it to the river. Bobby looked over his shoulder and saw Blue gaining to him, so Bobby turned and created a makeshift ice wall that went up to the trees. The guy freaked Bobby out when, somehow, he vaulted over the wall and swung around in the branches./p
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p class="Body""Oh, Shit!" he exclaimed as Blue neared him. Bobby brought his hands to the ground and extended ice blasts through the air, giving him the out he needs. He slid around with great speed, barely avoiding Blue's acrobatic grabs. Bobby was skilled in skating and the ability to create a flat track at will made sure he was one step ahead of his pursuer. He saw the clearing to the river, and used his skating momentum to jump./p
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p class="Body"As he was readying an ice blast to create a ramp, he felt hands around his ankles. He turned to see Blue reaching out his hind legs to grab me, and his forelegs to grasp at a branch; Blue pulled them back to the forest and pinned me to a tree. They stood that way for a bit before he inevitably broke the silence, "Well? You have me in your mitts. What happens now?"/p
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p class="Body"McCoy doesn't really know how to answer that. His curiosity got the best of him after that second portal opened up to see the boy shooting blasts from his hands; before the girl kicked him through, that is. He only meant to observe the man, but was hilariously surprised when he fell off the branch after he noticed me. He was surprised once more when a surge of cold knocked him off his branch to the floor. Hank felt a rush of anger, as he stalked towards him. He rose from the slush, and the man did a comedic takeaway before running off, nearly stifling Hanks anger./p
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p class="Body"On foot Hank was gaining up to him, and even the wall of ice he made from thin air didn't stop him long. In fact, he used his momentum to push himself over; the look on the Iceman's face was hilarious and the chase became one of enjoyment rather than punishment. Before he continued on, he looked to their destination; the river. He barreled down with enthusiasm, curious to see what the iceman will do next to evade capture. He saw blasts of ice extend through the forest, creating seamless ground of ice, but that's not half as surprising as how he's getting away; using the frictionless ground to gain speed, all the while creating a space that, were he on the ground, would have impeded him greatly./p
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p class="Body"As it was, Hank had to stop himself before he did land on the ice ground. He swung on a branch and brought himself back to the trees. He wasn't done yet, as he jumped branch by branch, gaining momentum and speed as he carried on. He saw the man create a upward slope of ice, and he realized they were nearly at the clearing. Hank pushed himself and when the iceman launched himself to the air, he reached with all his length to grab at him, barely grabbing at the ankles; his grasp on the branch straining with the extra weight. He pulled his legs up and swung back to the woods./p
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p class="Body"He threw them up in the air, and Hank landed on his hind legs, seamlessly grabbing the iceman upright and pinned his capture to the tree. Reeling at this, he gave themselves a moment to breath. After a bit of silence, the man spoke up, "Well? You have me in your mitts. What happens now?"/p
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p class="Body"Beast considers this for a moment, giving the iceman space. He motions to speak, but as always, he is unable to voice himself. The Iceman looked at him considerately, but before he was able to say anything, Hank jabbed a claw to the dirt, and starts drawing figures as best he could. He starts with a canine figure, pausing when recognition was shown on the man's face before continuing on drawing a cage around the canine with a growl./p
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p class="Body""Those pups are with you?" He asked. Hank nodded./p
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p class="Body""So apparently they were using those pups as bait to lure you out, you know." He continued on. Hank growled menacingly. His bloodlust was abated when the man put an open hand to his face, "My name's Bobby, and I'd like to help you get these douches out of my town."/p
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p class="Body"Shock evident in his eyes, Hank hesitated a moment before grabbing Bobby's hand awkwardly and giving his intelligible answer./p
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p class="Body"Bobby winced, "Eeh, I'll call ya Blue for now, is that okay?"/p
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p class="Body"Hank nodded./p
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p class="Body"He had carried the girl for a while now, hoping that civilization was around the corner, to no avail. Kurt teleported up to see the landscape, only to find a glimmer of their town in the horizon. He would teleport through the forest, if he didn't have the fear of BAMF-ing into a tree. Even so, he would need all the energy he could muster should he meet with his adversaries once more. Kurt looked to his captive, still unconscious, and wonders what horrors they did to her to make her as mindless as her eyes portrayed./p
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p class="Body"Before he could continue on, he heard shouting off in the distance. He knew his friends were in the woods, but those naked strangers should be around also. Placing the unconscious teleporter down, Kurt walked to the sound. As it got louder, Kurt got quieter, and started sticking to the shadows. Soon he arrived at the scene to find a rage-fueled beast rolling and tearing at everything. He saw the guy trying to reach behind him, but unable to reach his target, he went on with blind destruction./p
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p class="Body"Kurt looks at what he's trying to reach, and sees the spear his captive teleporter used still embedded in the center of his back. Seeing the cause of the creature's plight, he readies himself to do something about it, but before Kurt has a chance to do anything, the guy stops and sniffs the air wildly. He struggled with the pain, but kept on, trying to find who is around. All of a sudden, the wild man turns to Kurt with a predatory face on him and charged towards him./p
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p class="Body"Kurt barely teleported away in time, as the teeth of his attacker almost had him. The guy was on him again when he reappeared, and again, Kurt teleported. Kurt evaded every attack thus far, but his endurance wouldn't hold out for long against this onslaught. He figured he at least had to try and take the spear out of the guys back to calm the guy down, if nothing else release him from the pain. With a prayer, he teleported behind the guys back and grabbed at the spear. He felt instant pain, but kept hold as he teleported again off the guy, spear in hand./p
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p class="Body"With a shout, he released the spear and grasped at his hand in pain. How could he withstand such pain for so long, Kurt thought? Before he had a chance to catch his bearings, he was forcefully slammed into the ground. Before he knew it, he was face to face with the beast. He flinched, waiting for the claws that never came. Kurt looked up to a contemplative looking wild man./p
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p class="Body"After a moment of nothing happening, Kurt decided to take a closer look at his would-be killer. Long hair, scruffy square jaw, and long protruding canines, making him look akin to a sabretooth tiger, with intense blue eyes that's stirring up the butterflies in his stomach. Just when things start to get uncomfortable, Sabretooth, he aptly calls him, grabs his arms, and looks at his hands for a moment. Then he started to lick at the calluses./p
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p class="Body"'Pain! Pain! So much pain,' Victor thinks as he tries to pry the blasted thing off him. He's been going around for what seems like hours, thrashing around for relief that never came. Through the pain, he smells it. The scent of his bane; the being who caused his pain is near. Victor rears his head upward and sniffs around, trying to pinpoint where in the brush the person is, only to find the barest outline of someone in the shadows. Not her then, but the smell is unmistakable; when Victor finds the scent of his quarry, he never relents. With that in mind, he charges forward./p
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p class="Body"The figure teleported before his claws could reach, the smell of brimstone obscures his nose. He hears the figure reappear behind him and lunges to smoke once more. Every time he reappeared, Victor struck, and every time, he missed. Victor was at the breaking point of his feral nature, before the guy teleported behind him with a scream, and all of a sudden, the pain was gone. Like a breath of fresh air, his pain subsided to his healing factor./p
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p class="Body"The man reappeared beside him, still crying out in pain before he made to release the dammed spear. By experience, he found that teleporters were slippery, so after a breath, he lunged to grab at him; to stop him before he left for good. The guy flinched at him, but Victor wasn't going to harm him. In truth, Victor wanted a closer look at the man brave enough to face off against him in his rage./p
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p class="Body"He looks thin, but not skin and bones. Toned, not gangly and he knew how to move to avoid my attacks, and has great dexterity. Victor smiled at that, before frowning at the man's hands. Victor grabbed at his captive's arms, and raised to present the callused hands. He knew he had healing abilities, and an interesting side effect was that he had healing saliva; Victor proceeded to lick the wounds./p
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p class="Body""Vat are you-?" The blue fuzzy one squirmed as he switched between blistered hands. Kurt felt the burns form to slight stinging as his hands stitched into scabs. He shook his hands, and they fell off; he found his hands free of injury, "Vat ever this is, danke."/p
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p class="Body"Grumbles are all Victor gave in answer. He let loose Blue's arms after one more once over and backed away a step. He spoke, "My name is Kurt Wagner. Can you understand?"/p
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p class="Body"Victor opened his mouth slightly, but all that came out were grunts. He knew words, but was unsure how to form them. He kept trying to speak, but they all came out intelligible. Kurt put a hand to Victor, with a consoling smile he says, "Is ok, mein friend No need to rush speaking for now. Ve need to do though, is regroup with the others."/p
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p class="Body"Kurt rises on steady legs as he walks towards where he put the teleporting girl. Sniffing heard behind him was all the warning he had before he was brushed to the side, Sabretooth rushing the same direction./p
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p class="Body""Mein Gott!" Kurt ported in front of him to try and halt the rampage, but to no effect as he was brushed off again. He ports once more, this time to the girl. He grabs her and teleports her just in time to avoid the claws reaching her head./p
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p class="Body""Please, Friend. You don't have to do dis," Kurt pleads as he avoids getting grabbed. He jumps to a tree, trying to make space, but the wild man was determined. He leaped greater than Kurt thought possible, and got a hand between them. He pried Kurt away, the girl falling to the ground. Kurt ports under her and cushioned her fall./p
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p class="Body"He didn't even notice when claws were raised overhead til he glanced up, and Kurt froze as the wild man froze in place, eyes wide. How long they were in place, frozen, Kurt didn't know, but the recognition turned furious as motion returned to the wild man's hand. Kurt was too slow and the claws met their mark. Kurt ported away from him, panic in his eyes, as he looked over where the fatal wound should have been. Instead, he saw the mangled remnants of the girl's collar fall to the ground./p
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p class="Body"The wild man walks slowly to them, a solemn look overtook his features, and said, "…Name's Victor."/p