Chapter Twelve: Pulled by my tail

I growled, it was deep and threatening, the sound made me confident. Behind Magneto, Mystique was sitting up only to have blood gush out her nose. And the look of horror on her face was priceless. I drew my attention back to helmet head.

By now Sabertooth had also tied my feet to the tree so he didn't have to stand on them. I looked into magnet man's (or whatever his name was) steel blue eyes.

"Sabertooth, Mystique, release her bonds."

"But w-" she was silenced with a glare.

Sabretooth released my feet while Mystique untied my hands. As soon as this was done I punched Mystique in the nose, a Victor in the gut and temples. Then I shifted and ran at Toad just as I was about to enclose my claws around his thin body pain again tore through my ear yanking me aside of my target. I felt the blood trickle down the side of my face from the wound where my earring once was. The strong pull that had pulled me off course was my earring that was now floating in front of my face, morphing into something else. Magneto was sort of hovering with a hand out, changing my earring, as I stood entranced, thinking what an idiot I am.

'the earring...the blank look in Jean's eyes...the all too cheery lady at the mall'

"You set me up!" I roar surprising myself that I could talk while in this form.

'Awesome!'

Evidently Magneto doesn't know everything (which he hates) but the metal earring was now spinning, and as it spun it grew larger and thinner. I noticed what it was becoming and decided to run. I lept over Toad who'd fainted and fainted yet again as I flew through the air over his head.

I figured Magneto couldn't control the metal in my body, for some odd reason, so I thought I should get outta' here before he gets metal he can control on me. I remembered that I'd had one of those X-men communication thingys in my pocket, but I'd have to shift to human form to ge- oh... that was weird I thought as the communicator appeared on my shoulder. Then I heard Streak- I mean Rogue.

Rogue: "ZADA!"

Me: "ROGUE!" I roared back still a leopard.

Rogue: "ZADA! That you sugar?"

Me: "Call the rest of the X-men!"

Rogue: "Why? What's wrong?"

Me: "RRRR, just do it, unless you enjoy Magneto's company!"

Rogue: Magneto?"

Me: "Yeah! Not to mention Mystique, Toad and Sabretooth!"

Rogue: "Well you've been busy haven't yuh?"

Me: " You gonna call them or what?"

Rogue: "Professor?"

Professor: "Ye- oh I see, they are on their way."

Rogue: "They're on their wa-"

Me: "I heard."

I turned to see if we were being pursued and saw the earring, Mystique as a bird and Toad hopping from tree to tree. I looked to my right where Rogue had been flying beside me for awhile. I wondered absently where Sabretooth was, till I smelled his stink nearby.

"Rogue, do you think you can lift me?"

"Sure thing sugar."

As she flew over to me I shifted half and she lifted me by my armpits which hurt but went numb so no problem. As we soared higher through the canopy I heard a frustrated snarl behind us as my relative attempted to catch my ride.

I looked around for following birds but didn't see anything, just a few clouds and the jet a few miles ahead. As we neared the jet the ramp opened and Rogue flew us in. As the ramp closed I looked for anything following us. And what I saw was the morphing earring.

"Can't this thing go faster?" I growled.

Everyone stared open mouthed, that is except for Rogue and Silverclaws who only gave me a surprised glance.

"Well?" I said.

"We can't move!" Said a panicked Scott.

"Magneto." I muttered.

"Magneto? We just kicked his butt. Sent him runnin' tail between his legs. No offense." Replied Jubilee.

"No, he just decided to leave to come see me." I snapped.

I was getting anxious, especially when I glanced at the front window. I saw the earring, was now large enough to fit around my neck. The jet was landing, but not because we wanted it too. I had begun to pace up and down the isle, my tail twitched in anger and nervousness. I was beginning to see red. A sudden but expected jolt shook the jet as we touched down. A loud irritating squeal came from the ramp as Magneto opened it slowly, just to up suspense, the Jerk of a drama queen. Someone touched my shoulder and I twisted giving whoever it was a reason or two to scream, but I didn't hear anything. The high pitched squeal of the metal being ripped apart drown out all other noise. Soon something in me snapped (most likely my self control.) I launched my muscular leopard body at the wall where the ramp opened. My adimantium laced claws and strong, sharp teeth tore the interior of the ramp apart.

When I paused, the ramp opened while I paced the width of the door, watching everything that was shrouded in a red haze. I was heaving in air, not from exhaustion but from anticipation of the coming battle. I growled when the ramp bumped against the ground. It seemed as if no one but me moved, straight for that metal maniac's throat, roaring my rage. He simply smiled as he moved his hand and the earring appeared in front of me, tightening around my neck.

Reflexively I did what any wild animal bearing a forced collar would do, try to get it off. I did everything I could, use my legs(front and back in leopard form) to push it off over my head falling and rolling down the ramp. I shifted quickly but each time it adjusted before I could get my head out. I stopped shifting after about three times of human to leopard. All over the clearing, Xmen were battling Magneto's lackeys. I looked around the chaos and found Magneto. I shifted to half preparing to take him down, even though he was on the opposite side of the field. He was looking right at me, smug smile and all, then he gestures a finger at something behind me, something very prepared to surprise me.

A huge chubby hand grasped my lashing tail, I clawed at the hand but it was strong and unrelenting under pain. Evidently my struggles were loud and brought all attention in the area to me and chubby, I watched as the Xmen tried to come to my rescue but were unable to get past the barrier of Maggy's mutants.

During my struggles with chubby I caught glimces of Wolverine fighting Sabretooth. Sabertooth was saying something that seemed to be thoroughly pissing off Wolverine.

'I wonder what he's saying?' I thought randomly.

Another yank on my tail brought me back to clawing, kicking and biting this plump villain. He began to pull me farther into the woods, thus taking me out of the others sight. I went to punch him, but my hand got caught in...the folds of fat. 'Ugh.'

He grabbed my forearm and began to drag me that way.