A twist in the story
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'Animal speak'
"Human speak"
"Other languages"
Chapter 9: New Pack Mates and Training continued…
1956
Cora lay out in a grassy area of the courtyard her Familiars sprawled around her and Yue coiled on her stomach. It'd been a year, almost exactly. Her lessons with Mei Lin had continued and she still studied anatomy but she'd begun on culture and language as well. Her lessons with Tai Yang were progressing nicely and she'd started to implement what she learned into her own style. At least a little, he said she was still too sloppy.
Laurent and his troop left almost exactly three months after he'd started training her. He'd left her with instructions to continue her study of the human body and the knowledge of how to escape hand-cuffs, chains, and ropes. She continued practicing everything she'd learned and was looking forward to the circuses return this season. They were actually due back any day now…
Speak of the devil, Apollo raised his head and his cropped ears twitched at the sounds only he and probably the cats, could hear. Cora turned her head to the dog 'what is it?'
'I believe the strange-ones have returned Vixen…'
Cora sat up dislodging Yue who hissed in annoyance at being displaced from her warm spot. 'sorry Yue…'
She scooped up the adolescent snake, bringing her to her neck so she could coil there like a necklace. 'Come on guys lets go see!'
It had been the circus and mere days after their arrival Cora and Laurent had jumped right back into her training. This time, she was learning how to escape from a strait-jacket.
She was very hesitant about this at first having more than a few bad experiences involving strait-jackets, Laurent assured her numerous times that she had nothing to worry about and finally she agreed.
"You have to focus through your fear, Vixen." Cora Snarled in a very feral manner through her cloth gag as she fought against the strait-jacket and encroaching memories…
FLASH
such a pretty little monster…
FLASH
…You stupid demon bitch! Learn your place!
FLASH
Not so tough when you can't fight back are you? Hahahah…
FLASH
Cora snarled again and forced the memories aside. Focus.
It took Cora nearly a full month to manage the strait-jacket escape.
1957
"Tai Yang?" The tall man looked up from his book as Cora stopped her Katas to get his attention.
"Shì?"
Cora pulled a hand through her dark bangs and bit her bottom lip in contemplation "I've been thinking… Do you think I could use my electrical pulses to enhance the damage of my hits?"
Tai Yang Looked completely intrigued at the thought. "Why haven't you brought this up before Huli Jing? You could perfect our own style of Kyusho; with electrical pulses being forced into pressure points, it could increase the damage tenfold!"
Cora's eyes widened. "But I'm not even sure if it would work!"
"Oh course it would you just have to master the flow of the electricity and learn to direct it to your hands and fingertips, and then release it sparingly when needed. It will probably take a lot of meditation but I'm sure you'll manage it if you decide to seriously pursue it."
The feral thought about it for a time and blinked when she realized he was right, she could already direct it through her teeth, so why not her palms and fingertips. It was definitely something worth working on.
1958
"Cora come here." Tai Yang called to forever young feral from his office room. She entered a few minutes later.
"I have a gift for you. Your style and dedication are fantastic Cora, But You speed is still extremely lacking. I want you to wear these at all times. They are not to be taken off for any reason unless I order you to, until you leave the temple. You may choose to continue to wear them then if you so choose." He opened a wooden box and slid it across his desk to Cora. Inside was a set of weights, a pair for her wrists that weighed 10lbs each, a pair for her ankles that weighed in at 20 each; one that was to be worn as a belt at 35 and one that was styled to look like a choker at 5lbs. Cora gave Tai Yang a shocked look, "That's seventy extra pounds I'll barely be able to move!"
"You will wear them at all times and we will continue on with our normal schedule. Doing this will gradually increase you stamina and speed." Cora let out a low moan but nodded and began to attach the weights to their appropriate places.
1960
It was getting close to the circuses off season again, Laurent had sent a letter ahead and it had arrived just a few days ago. He'd said he had a special surprise that he hoped Cora would be willing to help him with.
Cora grinned from atop the temples outer wall. They were going to come today. She could feel it. Yue hissed at her mother from the feral's neck, 'why must we wait in the cold mother?'
The young looking mutant smiled and stroked the serpents head. Was she really 32, she didn't feel that old or look it; she hadn't aged a day since her 19th birthday. Her violet and black, cheongsam fluttered in the cold breeze that Yue had complained about not moments before. her black fingerless leather gloves scraped across aged stone as she shifted her weight to make room for Pan, as he leapt to join her.
'I hear them Vixen. They should be within sight soon.' Pan's ears twitched and he turned to blink large amber eyes at his Master. Cora smiled down at him and scratched his ears in a loving manner.
'Thank you Pan.'
They waited in relative silence for the caravan to come into sight, when it did she leapt from the wall and ran to inform Tai Yang and Mei Lin.
30 minutes later
Cora grinned at Laurent as he came out of the crowd of performers. Tai Yang smiled and shook hands with Laurent as he approached "Welcome back."
Laurent smiled at the Twins then at Cora. "I have a surprise Vixen."
Cora bounced in place in excitement and Laurent walked back to one of the carts. There he picked up a small cloaked bundle and walked back to Cora, he held it out and Cora took it. She looked confused until a small blue spaded tail wiggled free.
She gasped and pulled the hood back and nearly cooed at the blue child in her arms. He had large yellow eyes, short black hair, pointed ears and fangs. He couldn't be more than six. He looked up at Cora and let out a small whimper of fear and shivered.
She smiled at him to show her fangs, the shivering stopped and he looked at her curiously. "You are like me?"
Cora smiled again when she recognized that he was speaking German. "Ja, Little one." The little blue mutant grinned showing his fangs and crawled out of her arms and onto her back, and his blue tail waving in the air from under his cloak , "What is your name little one?"
"Kurt." He smiled and tugged at Cora's long black hair with tiny three fingered clawed hands.
"My name is Cora, or Vixen."
Laurent smiled at their interaction, "We've been calling him Nightcrawler. He's a teleporter."
Cora looked confused. "He said his name's Kurt. None of you speak German?"
Laurent gave her a sheepish grin "Not fluently."
(A/N: they hadnt traveled through Germany since the cold war)
1962
"I have to go!" Tai Yang gave the feral an appraising look then turned away. Kurt just held onto the bottom of her dress looking up at his sister figure in a confused manner.
"Do as you wish. I have nothing left to teach you." Cora's eyes widened at Tai Yang.
She put a hand on the eight year old blue mutant's head, his yellow eyes never straying as he watched her curiously. She finally looked away from her mentor and down at Kurt. "You have to stay here."
He shook his head violently. "Nien!"
Cora sighed and looked at Laurent. "You could take him."
"Take a child into an active war zone?" She gave him and incredulous look and he sighed.
"He could teleport away."
"No, I will not put him in that kind of danger." She knelt down and hugged the blue mutant gently. "I love you little one." And she sent a mild shock into a pressure point on his shoulder causing him to crumple in her arms.
She stood up and handed him to Laurent along with a closed letter. "Give him that for me, He can come find me when he's older but right now it's just not safe, he can teleport to me on instinct because he knows my scent and the feel of my mutation. He will always be pack and always be welcome."
Laurent nodded and bowed his head in an almost sad manner. She turned to Mei Lin and smiled. "Thank you for everything Mei." She spoke in perfect Chinese and Mei Lin smiled
"You're Welcome Huli Jing."
TBC…
A/N: yay! Next chapter is For sure when she meets back up with at least one of the brothers. Ehehe read and find out what happens, love you all!