Disclaimer: I don't own the x-men, just Ally, Derek and Beta at the moment.
Chapter 12
Alika
She didn't know how long they had been driving, but it must have been a while, because her back was stiff and she was dry, not soaked.
"Are we there yet?" She couldn't resist the childish complaint. She wanted out of this mobile prison.
"No." The monosyllabic growl that answered her reminded her of who had kidnapped her.
"How long will it take us to get there?" She didn't really care, but she decided to annoy him.
"Five hours."
"What!" Now she did care. There was no way that she could be stuck in here for five hours! Her ADHD just would not allow it.
Her yell startled Derek and he awoke with a drowsy "Wah?"
"I am not going to sit here for five hours in a truck with the only thing to do is sit."
"Yes ya are." The amused response just ticked her off even more.
"Okay, let me rephrase that. I can't sit here for five hours in a truck with the only thing to do is sit."
"She really can't. She has a hard enough time doing that in classes, which are only an hour long."
"Why? Class can't be that boring." The surprise in his voice was clear.
"I have ADHD, part of my mutation. Use to be worse, before mom made me give up meat. Something about bloodlust, whatever that is."
"You don't eat meat?" Shocked.
"No. I haven't in five years". Her mournful tone was evident. Sometimes it was all she could think about. Her mom made it very clear to the school that Ally was not allowed to have meat,
even if Ally had a change in guardianship after her mom died.
"Why five? Yer mom's been dead fer three years." Sabretooth sounded like he actually cared about why.
"Not by my choice. Mom ordered them that even after she died, they would continue my diet. She knew that she was going to die soon, it wasn't like she hid it or anything." She looked sadly at the limp body that was her sister next to her. Ally really wished mom had at least hid it from her sister.
Ally suddenly remembered that they had kidnapped her and her anger flared up. Having nothing else to do, she glared out the window. She saw Derek give her a worried glance, but she ignored him.
It was like that for the next hour or so, the silence only broken by Derek's attempts to get her to talk to him.
"Sooo, how was your summer?"
Her head snapped up in disbelief. He had just helped kidnap her family, and he was asking about her summer?
"My summer was fine, except I got trapped in a tree; Beta totaled my bike three times; I found out who my dad is and that the psycho driving is my uncle; oh and you knew about it all along and you never told me!"
"Hey, wait a second, I did not know all about it, I only found out about it last month, and my dad is not a psycho!"
"Yeah he is, and you've had the chance to call and tell me for the last month!" She was getting really annoyed with this conversation and she was building up air so she could give him a piece of her mind.
She almost started her rant, but she was interrupted by a deep growl. Surprisingly enough, it came from Cougy. Ally actually shut up. Cougy had never, never growled at her. Wolvie was always the one to do the growling.
"What's your problem?"
'You are being very ungrateful. This man has been taking care of you since you were eleven.'
"Cougy, what are you talking about? The school has been taking care of me since I was eleven. That's why I lived at the school 24/7 for the last three years." She saw Sabretooth stiffen a little, but didn't make a note of it.
'No… well, yes, but the school hasn't been taking care of you, he has. He's been around since you were born. The only time he wasn't was keeping you safe was when you were… taken. You are safe with him. So relax. The only thing that will hurt you right now is you running away from his protection.'
"I don't need protection," she growled. She tried her hardest to will Cougy away. She didn't want to hear this at all, and especially not from her. Like before, her companion's will outweighed her own.
Cougy snorted scoffingly. Ally growled at her in anger. She got a growl right back, and Cougy leaped onto her chest, growing larger and heavier as she carried out the leap. Her surprise led to her calling up Wolvie on instinct. Wolvie appeared right in between her and Cougy, intercepting the blow before any blood could be shed. Cougy's claws scraped against Wolvie's side, and Ally cried out in pain. She could have sworn that it was her side that had been torn into. Wolvie snapped back at Cougy, make the big cat back up while causing Cougy's snout to bleed.
Ally felt blood run down her own face as she cried out again. The smell of blood woke Logan up, growling defensively, claws at the ready.
"Get them away from each other!" Derek knew the drill, and he deftly snatched Wolvie away from Cougy, while Sabretooth grabbed Cougy. He had stopped the truck as soon as he smelt blood. Alika's face wasn't healing like it normally would. It wouldn't until her companions disappeared. Sabretooth got out of the driver's seat and open the door to the back one.
He took her face gently in his hand, holding it firmly enough that she couldn't turn the wound away from him. He quickly examined the wound, then said, "Why isn't it healing, kitten?"
She growled at him and said, "Don't call me kitten! It won't heal until they leave."
"So make em leave," he ordered.
"What do you think I'm trying to do? They're… they're being stubborn."
At stubborn, she finally got them to disappear. Immediately her wound healed to not even a scar, the only thing that signified that there had ever been a fight was a long trail of blood down her face.
Logan had also exitted the truck and come around to her side. He pulled a clean rag out of his pocket and gently wiped the blood from her face. She tried to scoot away from him, but Sabretooth still had her head firmly turned towards them. She tried hard, only to get identical warning growls.
"Stop moving, Alika."
"Stop moving, kitten!"
They said it at the same time, which caused her and Derek to laugh hard. Tears were streaming from their eyes by the time they heard the helecopter that was coming straight towards them. Sabretooth's phone rang in his pocket and he answered it.
"What do ya want, Bluebitch? They aren't going to Magneto. Because they're mine. You can tell your boyfriend that he'll just have to find some other way to become immortal. Ha. Oh I am so scared of you. Terrified, really. Next time tell bucket head to lower the volume on his phone. Talk to you some other time; I'm a little busy with family right now. Actually, forget that shit. Bye blue, never call me again…. Sure, you just keep thinking that, when you haven't been able to find me in five years…" He had kept up a mocking tone the entire time he had been on the phone.
Ally could tell that it would take alot to phase him, and even more for him to actually show that it did. The helecopter was getting closer, so she sniffed the cab of the truck. The scent that came from Derek was… hmm… how to describe it, it was a mixture of relief and protectiveness, which she somehow knew was directed towards her sister.
Damn it. I don't know how many times I have to tell him that I don't need protecting, and I am more than enough to protect my sister, she thought to herself. She knew a secret about her mutation that no one, not even Bets knew about. She just hoped that she wouldn't have to use it. Her dad's sent was filled with concern, excitement, and again protectiveness, but this was for all three of the kids. Victor's, wait, when had she started to think of her uncle as a human being and not an animal? Sabretooth's scent was rage, excitement, curiosity, something she couldn't name, maybe, if she had to give it a word, alpha? Oh, and again with the protectiveness. She and the other two adolecents weren't made of glass.
She could now see the chopper, it coming closer and closer as the family of ferals just sat there and waited for it. Her sister started to stir beside her.
Great, just what I need, my baby sister waking up just in time to see a probably bloody battle. She sighed as it landed. Breathing in the scent to see if she knew it, she groaned. She did, and she did not want to deal with him right now.
"Can we just go… I mean, do we really have to put up with him? He is just gonna try to blackmail us into helping him for some multiple of alterior motives."
The adults just gave her identical glares. The figure stepped out of the chopper and walke calmly rowards them. Another figure came out behind him, and all of the ferals gave identical groans.
"Fury, what do you want? And why did you bring him?" It was like they had read each other's mind, because the brothers said it at the same time, in the same tone, almost the same voice even.
"Aw, don't you guys ever miss me? Not even a little? Now that just hurts. I mean, I can't be tha-"
"SHUT UP, DEADPOOL!" Everyone in the area could have heard the feral family yell. Deadpool looked a little put out at being yelled at.
"Well then, I guess Beta and Alika and Derek don't get their present." They knew he was joking since he was gtinning like a maniac again, but the three of them all protested.
"But Uncle Wade!" Came the loud joking reply. The three children had grown up with him around all the time because he was a friend of the family, and Ally had always loved the presents he would come with. Mostly because they were dangerous, sharp, and her mother never approved of them. Oh, had she mentioned that they were very deadly, too.
Swords. That was 'Uncle' Wade's idea of a present. She loved Christmas time where he would come in with a long box that was childishly wrapped, and then, after they had opened it, he would spend hours teaching them how to use it. She grinned and tried to get out of the truck, but found her way still blocked off. with a huff, she slumped back in her seat.
Fury was just two feet from the truck when he finally spoke. "Gentlemen, I have need of your unique abilities, and as agents of SHEILD, you have a-"
Victor, again with the, oh never mind… Victor interrupted him. "We quit SHEILD years ago. So no, we don't have to help you."
"I was only going to ask that you hand the children into SHEILD custody, I mean, you surely can't care about a couple of kids that you picked up off the street, can you?"
She burst out laughing the same time Logan, Victor and Derek did. Bets didn't get the joke, so she just looked confused. Ally could not stop laughing. Tears were streaming down her face, and she was gasping for air. She could not believe that Nick Fury, the superspy, could be so clueless. He had come here with what he thought was a sound plan, only to be completely wrong.
He looked purely baffled. She guessed that it had not been the reaction he had been expecting. Deadpool was laughing now, too.
"And who told you that we got them off the street, because I can assure you, you need to fire your snitch. These are our kids, the boy is my son, and the girls are my nieces." Victor's voice was strong, even though he was still laughing.
"A certain blue shape shifter. I guess I should have known that I didn't have all the info. Especially since big mouth here knows them." Fury was now chuckling as well.
"Hey! I don't have a big mouth! I can not believe th-"
"SHUT UP, WADE!"
"Humf."
Ally was begining to realise that something was off about 'Uncle' Wade. He didn't smell right. Normally he smelled like sword polish, metal, and pineapple. She didn't get the pineapple, but the other two was because he always had a sword with him along with sword polish. Now, he smelled like sword polish, metal, and macadamia nuts.
Hmmm. So a shapeshifter thinks they can play Deadpool, hmmm? We'll see about that. She nudged Bets and said, "Hey Bets, do you want to go get your present?"
Bets got the idea and they both scooted out of the truck, having a little bit of trouble because Bets wanted to get down by herself, but it was too far for her little legs.
"Hey, let us through, it's not like anyone's gonna try to hurt us." Victor looked like he was gonna argue, but she gave him a look that said: trust me, I know what I'm doing. He let her go through, and she kept Beta behind her, so the little girl wouldn't get hurt. She came close enough that if the shapeshifter didn't think that their plan was flawless, they could have grabbed her. Ally made sure that her muscles weren't tensing, and she completely surprised the shapeshifter with her sudden round kick to the stomach.
She snorted. "Wow, you know, I'm a little offended that you would think that we wouldn't know you weren't Deadpool. Contrary to popular belief, most ferals tend to be smarter than humans and other mutants. Just because we can act and look like animals, doesn't mean that we have the brains of them. Stupid shapeshifter."
The shapeshifter was doubled over, but Ally wasn't fooled. She even backed up to the other ferals, just to prove that the shapeshifter wasn't fooling anyone. Beta had been smart enough to run back as soon as Alika started the kick.
The shapeshifter straightened and removed its disguise. It was a woman with blue skin, and she looked absolutely livid.
"Arrg. Stupid child. You will pay for that!"
"Not likely, bluebitch." Ally had connected the very obvious dots to figure out who this person was. Bluebitch glared at Victor and said, "I guess you don't care about what these children are learning from your language."
Victor just grinned and ruffled her hair, which caused her to growl at him.
"Don't touch my HAIR!" She punched him as hard as she could in the shoulder and climbed back in the truck, crossing her arms over her chest and pouting like a small child.
Stupid people. She really just wanted to leave here. She didn't like the presence of Fury, and blue was just annoying. Then she realised that Nick wasn't there.
"Hey! Where's Fury?!"
A/N: Yeah, now you see why I split it up… Please R&R!
