Part 1
Flashback on Wildcat's epilogue
Turning around, the Slayerettes saw a whole gang of weird people standing near a mausoleum. But what caught their eyes was the small silhouette with red hair standing by their side.
The Wildcat was back in Sunnydale.
* * *
"Willow!" Xander looked at the girl, no, woman in front of him. She had changed so much. The last picture he got of her, she had looked like the innocent teenager he had always known. Now, he was seing a beautiful nineteen year old girl. She was a mutant, a fighter. She wasn't as dependant as before. But in her eyes, he saw a part of the old Willow. She hadn't change that much. She was just more confident and responsible.
Giles was more in control of his emotions. He did saw Willow, but also a bunch of mutants with her. Their was two other ones next to her, a blond guy and a brown haired girl. [Probably her friends.]
Willow wasn't sure what to do. She wanted to embrace them at the same time of running the opposite way. It had been 18 months since the last time she had seen them.
Buffy didn't let her time to choose. The Slayer ran to her old friend and took her in her arms. "Oh, Willow. It's so good to see you. I missed you terribly. Why didn't you phone me? How are you? Who are your new friends?"
That was enough. Bobby bursted into laughing. Willow turned toward him, a little smile and a cocked eyebrow. "What are you laughing at Mr. Freeze?" Hearing her calling him that, he stopped. "Thanks." Willow turned back to Buffy. "It's nice to see you too." Giving her a smile, she looked at her childhood friend. After all that time, he hadn't learn : he was still with Cordelia.
Jean saw an older man standing apart from the teenagers. Walking to him she asked, "M. Giles? I've learn you are the Watcher. Do you have a place we can go to talk privatly?"
Giles was surprise to be called a watcher. Then he remembered, "Willooow!"
"Oops! Sorry Giles. She's psychic so she would have found out anyway."
Buffy picked up the conversation rapidly. Her Watcher wasn't very social. "Come on. This way. We're going to Giles house." And the group composed of mutants and Slayerettes walked to the "base".
* * *
"So, what brings you here?" Giles asked Willow.
The red haired girl sat down on the couch next to Wolverine. "I'm sure you've heard about that mutant Magneto."
Xander, coming back from the kitchen, jumped in the conversation. "Is he the one that nearly killed everyone near liberty island?"
"Yeah that's him. He escaped last week from his plastic cage. I don't know how so don't ask," Willow added seing Cordelia trying to cut her. "The professor has contacts around the world and he knows Magneto's in Sunnydale."
That was Buffy's department. That big evil mutant was coming to her town and she wasn't going to let him take it as his personal amusement park. The Master has been destroyed, Angelus hadn't win his game and even the mayor was part of Sunnydale's history book. "Just tell me where this mutant is and I'm going to kick his ass," the Slayer simply said.
Willow exchanged a look with Rogue. "Buffy, listen to me, oK?" she asked. "I wouldn't have come to SunnyHell if I knew you could handle it. It's not a stake that is going to get rid of him. That's why I'm not alone to warn you. Last time, it took all the X-Men and a major participation by lady luck to take down Magneto. I needed some back up here. That mission is part of my training. I'm not in total control of my powers yet and I need some grown ups to help me do the job. Do you understand?"
Buffy nodded, a bit disapointed. She knew Willow would not tell her that in less it was strickly the truth.
Cordelia raised her hand, trying to get attention. "Sorry to interupt you but...maybe this guy just escaped to have some peace and live quietly for the rest of his life."
Willow glared at her. "Seriously, Cordy, if you could have a chance to go anywhere in the world to have some peace, would you go on the Hellmouth? That's what I thought."
Storm, knowing Wildcat was about to loose control, took her place to explain the rest of the story. "The professor told us he was looking for a mutant in this town. This mutant could be the key to a whole lot of things. We have the mission to find this mutant in danger and fight Magneto off."
Giles finally stepped out of his stupor. He standed up and walked toward Cyclops. "And you're just going to let those kids play in the middle of this war?" he asked, pointing toward Willow, Rogue and Bobby. "I think you have no rights about that. They are not able to fight off evils. They are tennagers. You maybe think you're superior because of genetic and..."
Giles was suddenly slammed into the wall. Before he could move, a wildcat hand gripped his neck. "Once, you may have been the father I never had," Willow told him. "But today, you are just as insignificant as linoleum is to me. So, instead you want to see how "helpless" I am, I suggest you shut your mouth good."
"Wildcat, calm down. Let the Watcher go," Wolverine told her gently. Slowly, he approached her and took her arm, taking her away from the old man. He led her to the couch and made her sit. When Willow was calmer, he made his way back to the trembling man. He let the calws go out and put them near Giles' face. "If you make her loose control like that again, I'll ripe your neck open with no second thoughts." He turned around and took Willow's arm. "Let's go before we let him see what those "kids" can do."
Xander watched as the X-Men left the house. "Well, Bravo Giles." He took his bag and exited the door, a shaken Cordelia and an angry Slayer following him.
Part 2
"I can't believe him! The Council is often playing "let's make a deal" with demons and other hellmouthy things and he has the guts to threaten mutants, who are humans only with a different genetic code then his." Willow paced in the kitchen. She took a large knife and started chopping some vegetables for the dinner. "I'll show him, mister I'm-the-watcher-I'm-the-boss. I am not a kid! I can take care of myself!"
Wolverine entered in the kitchen, not aware of the inner battle between Willow and herself. "Wildcat!"
The red head growled and turned around, missing Logan's arm with the knife. "What?"
"First of all, drop the knife."
"Like hell!"
Wolverine catched her wrist and squeezed it. The knife fell on the floor. "Come on, Will! You're better than that!" Willow finally relaxed her arms. She looked at her lover in sadness. "Don't look at me like that! You deserved it. Now, your old friends are in the lounge. They want to see you."
Willow gave him a small smile of regret and kissed him. She then went to see the old Scooby Gang.
* * *
"So Willow, what have you been doing since you left?" Buffy asked, a bit troubled by Rogue and Iceman's presences. She had often wondered where her friend had run after slapping Harmony. After a few months, she had resigned herself that Willow wasn't coming back to Sunnydale. And then, there she was, standing next to her new friends in the cemetery, saving her and the slayerettes' lifes.
"Well, I travelled around the US for some time, but everything really started when my car broked down in New York." Then, Willow proceeded to tell her what had happened the first time she talked to Charles Xavier and Rogue, how she felt when meeting the fabulous martial arts teacher, how she reacted to the revelation of the true nature of Xavier's school.
Xander was captivated by the story. He finally knew what his childhood friend had been going through. He was feeling a bit guilty about it. She had been needing and he hadn't been there to gave her his support. But seing her smile to her lover or her new friends, he knew she was happy and that she didn't regreted running away to New York. She was happy then so was he.
As for Cordelia, she started to feel bad for the red head. She did had to go all through this. She had a new found respect for the girl. She now showed that she wasn't just a little innocent nerd and that she could date hunk. [Look at that Wolverine.] And for sure, seing that bimbo Harmony scarced for life was sheering her up.
"Hey, I got an idea!" Buffy exclaimed. "Why don't we all go to the movies? Some kind of big friendship date? That way, Xander, Cordy and I could better learn about Rogue and Iceman and vice versa." They all agreed. So together, they left the X-Men's house, walking to the movie theatre. They had to stop for a few minutes when they stumbled on some vamps...but the bloodsuckers didn't last long with three mutants, two slayerettes and a slayer against them. The bunch of teenagers continued their walk to their final destination.
* * *
"That was great!"
"Typical guy," Rogue said. "They see a little flesh and they go completly gaga, drooling on themself."
Cordelia couln'd help but laugh. They had just seen Coyote Ugly. She had to admit it was a good movie, but Rogue was right. Xander and Iceman had been drooling since the beginning of the movie.
Willow looked at her once enemy, Cordelia Chase. She had changed and not just a little bit. She seemed more friendly and less snob. She had noticed that Queen C truly liked Rogue. The two girls liked talking to each other. As for Buffy and Xander, it seemed they had bonded with Bobby. The Slayer was usually bonding fast with boys and her childhood friend relished in the fact that he had another guy to talk with. She didn't see Mr Freeze resisting very much. He was quite happy to talk about sports and women instead of hearing the girls talk about girlie things and ending up commenting about Wolverine's ass.
They were so engrossed in their conversations that they never saw it coming.
A small group of vampires and mutants jumped out from a nearby alley. Rogue imediatly recognized Mystique in the middle of them. "I thought we got rid of you, Smurf," she said, eyeing the blue woman. As an answer, the shapechanger kicked her hard. Iceman was furious. He grabed the woman by the arm and swung her into a wall. He picked Rogue up and Wildcat joined them into a fighting stance.
Not far from there, Buffy, Xander and Cordelia had four vampires on their arms. "Seems like you guys need mutants for battle now," Buffy taunted. "What's the matter? To weak to fight by yourself?" she added with a wicked grin. The vampires growled and one of them attacked Xander. Cordelia jumped on his back, giving time to her boyfriend to stake him. Buffy took care real fast of the other ones.
On their side, Mystique was quickly tireing. She was one against three other mutants...or so the young X-Men thought. When Icemen tried to freeze the blue woman, a flame appeared from nowhere and turned the ice to water. Turning around, he came face to face with Pyro. The two boys were exact opposite. Rogue and Wildcat fought against Mystique while Iceman took care of Pyro.
After a few moments, the slayerettes jumped into action and helped their new found friends. Everyone was occupied...too occupied to notice that Wildcat was slumped on the ground.
As fast as the attack had come, it ended. Mystique and Pyro left quickly, leaving a bunch of teenagers a bit confused. "Why did they left?" Xander asked. "Not that I am complaining but..."
Rogue cut him off. "Where's Wildcat?"
They looked around, in the alley, called her out, but nothing. No sign of Willow. Buffy sighed. "Just great."
Willow had disapeared.
Part 3
"I'm not sure I want to be there when we tell him," Cordelia said, panting a bit.
"Come on, Cordy! Faster!" Xander told her, turning around.
"I would like to see you running with heels," she muttered. The slayerettes and the two mutants were running to the X-Men's house. While doing that, they tried to fing a way to tell Wolverine that Wildcat had been kidnapped without receiving his wrath... or at least not be in his path for awhile.
Rogue catched her breath before saying, "I don't understand this guy. Magneto's bright. Why would he go and capture Wildcat? I mean, if I wanted to accomplish something without losing any parts of my anatomy, I wouldn't kidnap Logan's girlfriend. He must have a death wish."
"No kidding," Iceman said, trying to hide a giggle. They finally reached the front door. "So...hum... who's going to tell him?" he asked. Buffy and Cordelia looked at each other as Xander suddenly found his shoes exciting.
"I will," Rogue told him, knowing she was the most familiar with Wolverine and his "charming" character. [Those damned claws of him!]
Xander snapped out of his special place and shook Rogue's hand. "Well, I was happy to meet you. Rest in peace."
"Ha! Ha! Really funny!"
"Seriously, good luck with mister hottie," Buffy told her.
"Is there any girl that doesn't find Wolverine cute?" Iceman asked out loud, exasperated.
"Cute?" Rogue asked. "Who said cute? He's a major babe. I love you Bobby, but you're out of league."
"Not funny," her boyfriend told her. They all started to laugh. "No really, here we are, laughing our head off when Wildcat is...somewhere with Magneto."
"Yeah, but it's me who's going in there to tell Logan. At least, I would like a good laugh before getting in his path. Speaking of the devil, I should go in. Ciao!" With that, Rogue went inside, alone.
Cordelia turned toward Xander. "Don't you think we should call an ambulance just in case?"
* * *
1 hour later
Iceman crossed the front door, followed by Buffy and the two slayerettes. Loud crashing noises could be heard coming from the kitchen. Rogue got out of the room and went to the doorway to greet her friends. "We are currently in a zone of turbulences. Please fasten your seatbelt and wait for the storm to calm down."
Buffy smiled at her. "I'm guessing he didn't take it too well."
"Heeeere a big winner! The lady gets a teddy bear!" Rogue yelled with a fake smile. Frowning, she plopped down on the couch. "I told him the news half an hour ago. He's been throwing things on the walls since then. Cyclops is threatening to blast him off. I really don't know what to do."
"Don't you have some kind of psychic mentor that can help you?" Xander asked. All eyes turned to him. "What? I do have a brain," he defended himself.
Cordelia rolled her eyes. "Yeah, but it's so rare that you use it, we totally forgot about it."
Suddenly, Wolverine emerged from the kitchen. On the way to the door, he grabbed his coat. Cyclops ran to him. "Logan! You are absolutly not going out!"
Wolverine stared at him. "Who's going to stop me? You? I'm going to find her wether you like it or not." With that, he went outside, slamming the door closed.
Cyclops looked at Jean. "I don't know what to do with him. One day, I'm going to lose control and I'll blast his head off."
"Cyclops," Rogue called him. "We've got to contact the Professor. He could use Cerebro to track down Wildcat." She throwed him the cell phone. "Better hurry before Wolvie does anything rash."
"You think he'll find her?" Buffy asked her.
"Sure. Cerebro's a great machine."
"I wasn't talking about the Professor, but about Wolverine."
"If he does, I wouldn't want to be at Magneto's place."
* * *
"Got it!" Cyclops exclaimed. The three slayerettes and the two mutants stood up. "She's in one of the mansions at the end of the city." The five teenagers headed to the door. "Where are you going?"
"We're going to fing Logan, then we're going to get Wildcat and bring her back," Iceman told him.
"No you're not."
A smile crept up on Buffy's face. "So, we're just harmless kids now? You are beginning to think like Giles."
A look of disgust passed on Cyclops' face. "Alright, go!"
Suddenly, the door was kicked open and Wolverine entered inside the house, holding an inconscious Wildcat in his arms. "Look who I found at the city's limits."
Before any of them could ask questions, he passed through them and headed downstairs. In the middle of the room was the cage destined to trap Magneto after his capture. He opened it and put Wildcat gently on the bed. When he got out, the crowd of teenagers were in the stairs. He closed the door and locked it.
"What are you doing?" Rogue asked.
"I found her in a mansion's basement. She was in a cage growling and walking around like a caged animal...ok she was a caged animal but that's not the point. When I tried to take her, she litterally jumped on me and used those claws of hers on my back."
"She attacked you?" Xander asked, surprised by the ferocity of the sweet redhead.
"And, pray tell, now she's unconscious because...?" Cyclops asked him.
"I knocked her up! Happy now? I punched my lover! I thought it would be more easy helping her here than in Magneto's basement when noone knew I was there."
A low growl startled them all. They looked toward the cage and saw a fully transformed Willow. The wildcat was taking control of her body.
Part 4
Buffy flopped down on a nearby chair. She looked at Rogue and Iceman. "I can't believe the wildcat is so damn stuborn. I mean, Wolverine told her sweet things... than he tried beating some sense into her, we all tried the "I'm your friend" scenario. Does it work? Nooo. She doesn't want to see reason." She suddenly stood up, took her chair and swung it into the wall. Little pieces of wood went flying everywhere.
Iceman pointed the mess that made what was left of the chair. "That won't help her, you know?"
"I know," the slayer told him. "I'm just so mad. I wish I could just snap my fingers and she would be back to normal... well, as normal as she can be." She looked at Wolverine who was sitting next to the cage, keeping an eye on his lover.
Rogue saw the look of concern on the blonde's face. "I know. I've never saw him so desasperated. We have to do something."
Something flashed into Cordelia's eyes. "Alright, that's it!" They looked at her strangely as she made her way to the wild redhead. "You know, we're tired of this attitude. Plus, it makes you look too hairy, and those fangs? Please! It's so much vampy. Totally gross! So just transform back to your old self before I get angry and try some of Amy's spells on you!"
Wildcat moaned and fell on the floor, shaking. After a few seconds, she looked up at Cordy with her green eyes. "Thanks Cordy." She smiled at her.
"No problem," the brunette answered back. She sat down on her chair, receiving weird glance from her boyfriend. "What?"
Wolverine opened the cage and was imediatly assaulted with kisses from Willow. "Sorry for punching you," he told her.
"Sorry for attacking you," she told him.
The door to the basement opened and Storm appeared on top of the stairs. "Hey guys! We need you upstairs. It's planning time." The X-Men and slayerettes followed the woman to the libary.
Jean looked up. "Hey Wildcat! Glad to see you're ok... you are, right?"
"Just peachy," the girl answered, a smile forming on her lips.
"Ok. Then it's business time," the telekinesis woman said. "We need to find what does Magneto want with the mutant and why did he kidnapped Wildcat."
"I'm sure he wants to transform everyone into mutants again," Cyclops said. "The mutant may have powers similar to those of Rogue."
"It's a trap."
"What?" Storm asked. All eyes turned toward the redhead.
"There is no mutant. Magneto wanted us to think he captured one so you would come to him and walk right into a well planned trap. But apparently, it took us too long to react so he kidnapped me. He knew Wolverine wouldn't allow to let me in his hands." Wildcat sat down on the table, her legs dangling.
Buffy frowned. "I still say we kick his ass."
"The slayer's right," Wolverine said. "We need to defeat him once and for all. Who's with me?" He gaved a wicked smile at Cyclops when the teenagers lifted their hands up. As he went to the door, he heard the three older X-Men call to him, but it was too late. He was in battle mode.
* * *
"Weapons?"
"Yeah, weapons. You know, like knifes, swords, crossbow, all things good for your health," Buffy told Wolverine, rolling her eyes.
"What do you need them for?" Iceman asked.
Wildcat and Rogue looked at each other and sighed. "Stupid males." The redhead turned toward her lover, "They are not mutants, Logan. They need weapons to defend themself. Duh!"
"We'll stop by Giles'. He's got quite a collection of lethal things," Xander told Iceman.
"Not this guy again!"
"Yep!"
KNOCK! KNOCK!
The door opened to the librarian's surprised face. "Buffy!" Then he saw the redhead he loved as a daughter standing beside his slayer. Slowly, he approached her and took her in his arms. "I'm sorry Willow. I was just upset to see you emerged after so much time. I was angry that you ran away. You should had let us help. We could have understand."
"I know that now. I was so scared. But see, I'm here so everything's fine. Want to kick some mutant ass?"
"You bet!" He led them to the lounge where he kept his chest full of weapons.
Buffy picked up her crossbow and a couple of stakes. At Wolverine strange look, she explained, "It's just in case we meet some vamps. I know some of them might help Magneto."
Giles picked up a sword. "So, what is the plan?"
"Go in, kick his ass, get out," Wildcat answered him, smirking. Seeing everybody was ready, "Let's go!"
* * *
Buffy ran to the bushes where were hidden the bunch of "warriors" as Xander called themselves. "Ok, there's three guards at the door, three vampires. The slayerettes and I will kill them. X-Men, you go in and we follow you, getting rid of any vamps in your way. Any questions?" She looked around and received several strange glances. "I know, I sounded a bit too much like a soldier."
"Yeah, whatever," Cordelia replied. "So, are we going or not?" She stood up, grimacing as she glared at her feet. "I swear I'm buying a pair of sneakers next time I go to the mall." They crawled silently to the entrance, not wanting to be discovered until it was time. Near the door were the three vampires, walking around like some dogs protecting their bone. "Yuck," Cordelia whispered.
"What?" Buffy turned around to look at her.
"I smashed a bug with my hand," she answered. Xander just stared at her while Rogue just tried to suppress a giggle.
Suddenly, Wolverine stopped the group. He smelled the air then stood up just a little to see what was going on. Wildcat picked up the smell soon after her lover. She crawled to him and took a glance over the bushes. "Oh shit!" She went back down and turned to the others. "Forget the surprised and improvised attack. We've got a little problem."
"What is it?" Storm asked.
Wolverine turned toward them. "There is one more vamp."
Buffy gave a confused look at Wildcat. "I don't see the problem."
"The fourth one is bleached blond, has a leather trenchcoat, wears black jeans and a black t-shirt, smokes Marlboros and looks a lot like Billy Idol. In one word..."
"Spike." The slayerettes chorused.
"Who's Spike?" Cyclops asked.
"A master vampire that once was rulling the darkess side of Sunnydale, then I kicked his ass numerous times. He just comes back again. I thought he would have learned his lesson by now," Buffy sighed.
Cyclops shrugged. "He can't be that bad."
Cordelia and Willow exchanged a look. "He is, Cyclops. Spike is truly a skilled fighter and he doesn't play by the rules...And the fact that he's dating a crazy vampiress who has visions doesn't help at all," Wildcat explained to the X-Men's leader.
Buffy shook her head. "No, it doesn't make any sense. Spike isn't the type to stand by Magneto and accept orders. Plus, he doesn't have a passion for destruction like other demons. He did made a truce with me to stop Acathla. An as far as we know, Drusilla's in Brazil making out with a Chaos demon."
Xander looked at her. "Then what is he doing here?"
A vampire flew over their heads and impaled himself on a tree branch. "Saving the bloody world," a voice answered near them. They turned around and saw a smiking Spike, holding a stake. "Hello cutie!"
Part 5
"What's the matter? Cat got your tongue?" Spike asked, grinning.
Xander glared at him with big round eyes. "You. Stake. Vampires."
A confused look appeared on the blond's face. Turning toward the slayer, he pointed the dark haired boy. "What is he talking about?"
"You staked vampires," the slayer said. "Why?"
"Don't like that Magneto guy," he shrugged. Then he saw a flash of red hair. "And how are you, pet?" Wolverine growled at him. Spike took a step back with a smile. "Last time I was in Sunnydale, you were with chubs but dating the werewolf guitarist. Then it seems you ditched them both and you started going out with another wolf."
"Not exactly," the red head replied.
Spike looked up as lightening appeared in the sky. "Where did that came from?" That's when he saw Storm looking at the sky with...white eyes! "What the hell?!" He finally noticed the visor on Cyclops' eyes. But when he saw the red head, it was THE big surprise. She had yellow eyes with sharp teeth and claws instead of nails. Beside her, he saw the "wolf" with steel claws extended between his fingers. "You're mutants," he dead panned.
Wildcat rolled her eyes. "Duh!"
A curious gleam entered the vampire's blue eyes. "And what does those two do?" he glanced at Rogue and Iceman. The young boy freezed a nearby bush.
Rogue had a devilish smile on her face. "Want me to show you what I can do?"
"Rogue," Wildcat warned. "He'll know soon enough...inless he's too chicken to come and play with us in Magneto's lair."
"I'm not chicken!" yelled the outraged vampire.
Moving her face just inches from his, "Prove it."
He took her hand and tugged her with him to the entrance. "Lets go."
* * *
Wildcat, Wolverine and Spike took the lead : they were the only one that could smell someone approaching. Buffy was close behind to feel the possible appearance of vampires...other than Spike.
"So, pet, how come you're a mutant?" the bleached blond asked Wildcat.
"Genetic?"
"Ha! Ha! I know that. How come you're with the X-Men?"
Wildcat exchanged a look with Wolverine that turned back to Spike. "How do you know about the X-Men?"
"Met that Xavier guy once. I decided not to kill him."
"You mean he controlled your mind and made you go away."
"Stop changing the subject!" he yelled.
Wildcat sighed. "Alright. I ran away and ended up in front of Xavier's school. He didn't told me it was full of mutants. Rogue noticed my claws one day and I freaked out : I ran away again. Wolverine dragged me back and I'm an X-Men in training since then."
"Keep quiet, you two," Cyclops hissed.
Wolverine grinned at Wildcat and Spike. He let his claws go out and swung them in from of him, making a big noise of rocks rolling everywhere. He turned toward the young mutant. "Sorry. There was a snake."
Spike grinned at him. "I like you Wolvy. You've got that charming character that only I and a few others have."
Jean snorted and Rogue rolled her eyes. "Don't forget the ass." She winked at him.
"Thanks, pet." Suddenly, he stiffed. Beside him, Wolverine and Wildcat were tensed too. Their eyes were looking for the source of the faint noise and the slayerettes were a bit nervous at the gesture. Spike looked up and yelled, "Look out!" He pulled the red head with him, her lover close behind.
Pyro let himself fall down and punched Cyclops as he stood up. Flames appeared out of nowhere and the blond mutant hurled them at Jean. She dodged them and Spike's eyes narrowed as the telekinesis woman lift Pyro in the air and made him fly across the cave. Someone kicked him from behind and he spraled across the floor. He lift up his head to see a blue scale covered mutant fighting with the redhead and Wolverine.
Buffy didn't know whom side to go : kick Pyro's ass with the older members of the X-Men team or help Wildcat and her lover beat the crap out of Mystique? Faith didn't let her chose as her slayer senses went crazy. "Just great," she muttered.
A group of about seven vampires circled the slayerettes. "Lucky, aren't we?" one of them asked, grining. "If it isn't the slayer and her groupies. I hope you're feeling lucky because you ain't gonna get out of here alive."
"Sure of that, mate?"
The fledging exploded into dust. The other ones turned around and froze as they saw Spike. The bleached blond wasn't Sunnydale's master vampire anymore, but the young vampires weren't kidding themselves. Spike was deadly when pissed off.
"We're sorry, Master Spike. But we thought..."
"You thought?! What a joke!" He staked him. The rest of them looked at each other and finally decided it was better to run. A smile of victory appeared on Spike's face and he turned toward a clearly disturbed slayer.
"You know," she started, "I'm starting to ask myself why I even bother to patrol with you killing your own minions."
He rolled his eyes and couldn't control a laugh. He saw the X-Men coming to them, the bunch of them leaving two very dead mutants on the ground. "I think we should maybe move the fight somewhere else. Lets say, where is Magneto."
"Brillant plan, Spike," Wildcat smiled. "And since when are you a genius?"
He laughed at her and put his arm around her shoulders. "Maybe it's your influence, pet." They walked further in the cave, the rest following close behind. "Let's find this guy and go back home."
* * *
"So, you are going back with them?"
Wildcat looked sadly at Xander. "Yeah, they are my family now. But I'll write to you as often as possible."
Taking down Magneto had been surprisingly easy. The mutant had almost all his allies dead or too scared. Most of the vampires had run away, too scared of the pissed off slayer and the dangerous smirk Spike had on his face that promised slow death to anyone in his path.
The slayer walked to her once was enemy. "Thanks Spike. You've been of a great help tonight."
He smiled at her. "Thanks, pet." The blond vampire had talked a bit with Wolverine and Wildcat and had finally decided to go to Manchester with them. He had some talents that could be of great utility in the X-Men. Plus, he would be a great teacher of history because he lives through some of it. Anyway, Wolverine had agreed with Wildcat that he needed some help in the martial arts class : there were too many students for only one teacher and sometimes, they were driving him crazy.
Finally, the X-Men waved back at the slayerettes as they made their way to the airport. The redhead once called Willow had promised to visit sometimes and bring Rogue and Iceman with her.
In the plane, they took their seat, Spike next to Wildcat and Wolverine. "So, when is the next time we kick some mutant ass?"
Flashback on Wildcat's epilogue
Turning around, the Slayerettes saw a whole gang of weird people standing near a mausoleum. But what caught their eyes was the small silhouette with red hair standing by their side.
The Wildcat was back in Sunnydale.
* * *
"Willow!" Xander looked at the girl, no, woman in front of him. She had changed so much. The last picture he got of her, she had looked like the innocent teenager he had always known. Now, he was seing a beautiful nineteen year old girl. She was a mutant, a fighter. She wasn't as dependant as before. But in her eyes, he saw a part of the old Willow. She hadn't change that much. She was just more confident and responsible.
Giles was more in control of his emotions. He did saw Willow, but also a bunch of mutants with her. Their was two other ones next to her, a blond guy and a brown haired girl. [Probably her friends.]
Willow wasn't sure what to do. She wanted to embrace them at the same time of running the opposite way. It had been 18 months since the last time she had seen them.
Buffy didn't let her time to choose. The Slayer ran to her old friend and took her in her arms. "Oh, Willow. It's so good to see you. I missed you terribly. Why didn't you phone me? How are you? Who are your new friends?"
That was enough. Bobby bursted into laughing. Willow turned toward him, a little smile and a cocked eyebrow. "What are you laughing at Mr. Freeze?" Hearing her calling him that, he stopped. "Thanks." Willow turned back to Buffy. "It's nice to see you too." Giving her a smile, she looked at her childhood friend. After all that time, he hadn't learn : he was still with Cordelia.
Jean saw an older man standing apart from the teenagers. Walking to him she asked, "M. Giles? I've learn you are the Watcher. Do you have a place we can go to talk privatly?"
Giles was surprise to be called a watcher. Then he remembered, "Willooow!"
"Oops! Sorry Giles. She's psychic so she would have found out anyway."
Buffy picked up the conversation rapidly. Her Watcher wasn't very social. "Come on. This way. We're going to Giles house." And the group composed of mutants and Slayerettes walked to the "base".
* * *
"So, what brings you here?" Giles asked Willow.
The red haired girl sat down on the couch next to Wolverine. "I'm sure you've heard about that mutant Magneto."
Xander, coming back from the kitchen, jumped in the conversation. "Is he the one that nearly killed everyone near liberty island?"
"Yeah that's him. He escaped last week from his plastic cage. I don't know how so don't ask," Willow added seing Cordelia trying to cut her. "The professor has contacts around the world and he knows Magneto's in Sunnydale."
That was Buffy's department. That big evil mutant was coming to her town and she wasn't going to let him take it as his personal amusement park. The Master has been destroyed, Angelus hadn't win his game and even the mayor was part of Sunnydale's history book. "Just tell me where this mutant is and I'm going to kick his ass," the Slayer simply said.
Willow exchanged a look with Rogue. "Buffy, listen to me, oK?" she asked. "I wouldn't have come to SunnyHell if I knew you could handle it. It's not a stake that is going to get rid of him. That's why I'm not alone to warn you. Last time, it took all the X-Men and a major participation by lady luck to take down Magneto. I needed some back up here. That mission is part of my training. I'm not in total control of my powers yet and I need some grown ups to help me do the job. Do you understand?"
Buffy nodded, a bit disapointed. She knew Willow would not tell her that in less it was strickly the truth.
Cordelia raised her hand, trying to get attention. "Sorry to interupt you but...maybe this guy just escaped to have some peace and live quietly for the rest of his life."
Willow glared at her. "Seriously, Cordy, if you could have a chance to go anywhere in the world to have some peace, would you go on the Hellmouth? That's what I thought."
Storm, knowing Wildcat was about to loose control, took her place to explain the rest of the story. "The professor told us he was looking for a mutant in this town. This mutant could be the key to a whole lot of things. We have the mission to find this mutant in danger and fight Magneto off."
Giles finally stepped out of his stupor. He standed up and walked toward Cyclops. "And you're just going to let those kids play in the middle of this war?" he asked, pointing toward Willow, Rogue and Bobby. "I think you have no rights about that. They are not able to fight off evils. They are tennagers. You maybe think you're superior because of genetic and..."
Giles was suddenly slammed into the wall. Before he could move, a wildcat hand gripped his neck. "Once, you may have been the father I never had," Willow told him. "But today, you are just as insignificant as linoleum is to me. So, instead you want to see how "helpless" I am, I suggest you shut your mouth good."
"Wildcat, calm down. Let the Watcher go," Wolverine told her gently. Slowly, he approached her and took her arm, taking her away from the old man. He led her to the couch and made her sit. When Willow was calmer, he made his way back to the trembling man. He let the calws go out and put them near Giles' face. "If you make her loose control like that again, I'll ripe your neck open with no second thoughts." He turned around and took Willow's arm. "Let's go before we let him see what those "kids" can do."
Xander watched as the X-Men left the house. "Well, Bravo Giles." He took his bag and exited the door, a shaken Cordelia and an angry Slayer following him.
Part 2
"I can't believe him! The Council is often playing "let's make a deal" with demons and other hellmouthy things and he has the guts to threaten mutants, who are humans only with a different genetic code then his." Willow paced in the kitchen. She took a large knife and started chopping some vegetables for the dinner. "I'll show him, mister I'm-the-watcher-I'm-the-boss. I am not a kid! I can take care of myself!"
Wolverine entered in the kitchen, not aware of the inner battle between Willow and herself. "Wildcat!"
The red head growled and turned around, missing Logan's arm with the knife. "What?"
"First of all, drop the knife."
"Like hell!"
Wolverine catched her wrist and squeezed it. The knife fell on the floor. "Come on, Will! You're better than that!" Willow finally relaxed her arms. She looked at her lover in sadness. "Don't look at me like that! You deserved it. Now, your old friends are in the lounge. They want to see you."
Willow gave him a small smile of regret and kissed him. She then went to see the old Scooby Gang.
* * *
"So Willow, what have you been doing since you left?" Buffy asked, a bit troubled by Rogue and Iceman's presences. She had often wondered where her friend had run after slapping Harmony. After a few months, she had resigned herself that Willow wasn't coming back to Sunnydale. And then, there she was, standing next to her new friends in the cemetery, saving her and the slayerettes' lifes.
"Well, I travelled around the US for some time, but everything really started when my car broked down in New York." Then, Willow proceeded to tell her what had happened the first time she talked to Charles Xavier and Rogue, how she felt when meeting the fabulous martial arts teacher, how she reacted to the revelation of the true nature of Xavier's school.
Xander was captivated by the story. He finally knew what his childhood friend had been going through. He was feeling a bit guilty about it. She had been needing and he hadn't been there to gave her his support. But seing her smile to her lover or her new friends, he knew she was happy and that she didn't regreted running away to New York. She was happy then so was he.
As for Cordelia, she started to feel bad for the red head. She did had to go all through this. She had a new found respect for the girl. She now showed that she wasn't just a little innocent nerd and that she could date hunk. [Look at that Wolverine.] And for sure, seing that bimbo Harmony scarced for life was sheering her up.
"Hey, I got an idea!" Buffy exclaimed. "Why don't we all go to the movies? Some kind of big friendship date? That way, Xander, Cordy and I could better learn about Rogue and Iceman and vice versa." They all agreed. So together, they left the X-Men's house, walking to the movie theatre. They had to stop for a few minutes when they stumbled on some vamps...but the bloodsuckers didn't last long with three mutants, two slayerettes and a slayer against them. The bunch of teenagers continued their walk to their final destination.
* * *
"That was great!"
"Typical guy," Rogue said. "They see a little flesh and they go completly gaga, drooling on themself."
Cordelia couln'd help but laugh. They had just seen Coyote Ugly. She had to admit it was a good movie, but Rogue was right. Xander and Iceman had been drooling since the beginning of the movie.
Willow looked at her once enemy, Cordelia Chase. She had changed and not just a little bit. She seemed more friendly and less snob. She had noticed that Queen C truly liked Rogue. The two girls liked talking to each other. As for Buffy and Xander, it seemed they had bonded with Bobby. The Slayer was usually bonding fast with boys and her childhood friend relished in the fact that he had another guy to talk with. She didn't see Mr Freeze resisting very much. He was quite happy to talk about sports and women instead of hearing the girls talk about girlie things and ending up commenting about Wolverine's ass.
They were so engrossed in their conversations that they never saw it coming.
A small group of vampires and mutants jumped out from a nearby alley. Rogue imediatly recognized Mystique in the middle of them. "I thought we got rid of you, Smurf," she said, eyeing the blue woman. As an answer, the shapechanger kicked her hard. Iceman was furious. He grabed the woman by the arm and swung her into a wall. He picked Rogue up and Wildcat joined them into a fighting stance.
Not far from there, Buffy, Xander and Cordelia had four vampires on their arms. "Seems like you guys need mutants for battle now," Buffy taunted. "What's the matter? To weak to fight by yourself?" she added with a wicked grin. The vampires growled and one of them attacked Xander. Cordelia jumped on his back, giving time to her boyfriend to stake him. Buffy took care real fast of the other ones.
On their side, Mystique was quickly tireing. She was one against three other mutants...or so the young X-Men thought. When Icemen tried to freeze the blue woman, a flame appeared from nowhere and turned the ice to water. Turning around, he came face to face with Pyro. The two boys were exact opposite. Rogue and Wildcat fought against Mystique while Iceman took care of Pyro.
After a few moments, the slayerettes jumped into action and helped their new found friends. Everyone was occupied...too occupied to notice that Wildcat was slumped on the ground.
As fast as the attack had come, it ended. Mystique and Pyro left quickly, leaving a bunch of teenagers a bit confused. "Why did they left?" Xander asked. "Not that I am complaining but..."
Rogue cut him off. "Where's Wildcat?"
They looked around, in the alley, called her out, but nothing. No sign of Willow. Buffy sighed. "Just great."
Willow had disapeared.
Part 3
"I'm not sure I want to be there when we tell him," Cordelia said, panting a bit.
"Come on, Cordy! Faster!" Xander told her, turning around.
"I would like to see you running with heels," she muttered. The slayerettes and the two mutants were running to the X-Men's house. While doing that, they tried to fing a way to tell Wolverine that Wildcat had been kidnapped without receiving his wrath... or at least not be in his path for awhile.
Rogue catched her breath before saying, "I don't understand this guy. Magneto's bright. Why would he go and capture Wildcat? I mean, if I wanted to accomplish something without losing any parts of my anatomy, I wouldn't kidnap Logan's girlfriend. He must have a death wish."
"No kidding," Iceman said, trying to hide a giggle. They finally reached the front door. "So...hum... who's going to tell him?" he asked. Buffy and Cordelia looked at each other as Xander suddenly found his shoes exciting.
"I will," Rogue told him, knowing she was the most familiar with Wolverine and his "charming" character. [Those damned claws of him!]
Xander snapped out of his special place and shook Rogue's hand. "Well, I was happy to meet you. Rest in peace."
"Ha! Ha! Really funny!"
"Seriously, good luck with mister hottie," Buffy told her.
"Is there any girl that doesn't find Wolverine cute?" Iceman asked out loud, exasperated.
"Cute?" Rogue asked. "Who said cute? He's a major babe. I love you Bobby, but you're out of league."
"Not funny," her boyfriend told her. They all started to laugh. "No really, here we are, laughing our head off when Wildcat is...somewhere with Magneto."
"Yeah, but it's me who's going in there to tell Logan. At least, I would like a good laugh before getting in his path. Speaking of the devil, I should go in. Ciao!" With that, Rogue went inside, alone.
Cordelia turned toward Xander. "Don't you think we should call an ambulance just in case?"
* * *
1 hour later
Iceman crossed the front door, followed by Buffy and the two slayerettes. Loud crashing noises could be heard coming from the kitchen. Rogue got out of the room and went to the doorway to greet her friends. "We are currently in a zone of turbulences. Please fasten your seatbelt and wait for the storm to calm down."
Buffy smiled at her. "I'm guessing he didn't take it too well."
"Heeeere a big winner! The lady gets a teddy bear!" Rogue yelled with a fake smile. Frowning, she plopped down on the couch. "I told him the news half an hour ago. He's been throwing things on the walls since then. Cyclops is threatening to blast him off. I really don't know what to do."
"Don't you have some kind of psychic mentor that can help you?" Xander asked. All eyes turned to him. "What? I do have a brain," he defended himself.
Cordelia rolled her eyes. "Yeah, but it's so rare that you use it, we totally forgot about it."
Suddenly, Wolverine emerged from the kitchen. On the way to the door, he grabbed his coat. Cyclops ran to him. "Logan! You are absolutly not going out!"
Wolverine stared at him. "Who's going to stop me? You? I'm going to find her wether you like it or not." With that, he went outside, slamming the door closed.
Cyclops looked at Jean. "I don't know what to do with him. One day, I'm going to lose control and I'll blast his head off."
"Cyclops," Rogue called him. "We've got to contact the Professor. He could use Cerebro to track down Wildcat." She throwed him the cell phone. "Better hurry before Wolvie does anything rash."
"You think he'll find her?" Buffy asked her.
"Sure. Cerebro's a great machine."
"I wasn't talking about the Professor, but about Wolverine."
"If he does, I wouldn't want to be at Magneto's place."
* * *
"Got it!" Cyclops exclaimed. The three slayerettes and the two mutants stood up. "She's in one of the mansions at the end of the city." The five teenagers headed to the door. "Where are you going?"
"We're going to fing Logan, then we're going to get Wildcat and bring her back," Iceman told him.
"No you're not."
A smile crept up on Buffy's face. "So, we're just harmless kids now? You are beginning to think like Giles."
A look of disgust passed on Cyclops' face. "Alright, go!"
Suddenly, the door was kicked open and Wolverine entered inside the house, holding an inconscious Wildcat in his arms. "Look who I found at the city's limits."
Before any of them could ask questions, he passed through them and headed downstairs. In the middle of the room was the cage destined to trap Magneto after his capture. He opened it and put Wildcat gently on the bed. When he got out, the crowd of teenagers were in the stairs. He closed the door and locked it.
"What are you doing?" Rogue asked.
"I found her in a mansion's basement. She was in a cage growling and walking around like a caged animal...ok she was a caged animal but that's not the point. When I tried to take her, she litterally jumped on me and used those claws of hers on my back."
"She attacked you?" Xander asked, surprised by the ferocity of the sweet redhead.
"And, pray tell, now she's unconscious because...?" Cyclops asked him.
"I knocked her up! Happy now? I punched my lover! I thought it would be more easy helping her here than in Magneto's basement when noone knew I was there."
A low growl startled them all. They looked toward the cage and saw a fully transformed Willow. The wildcat was taking control of her body.
Part 4
Buffy flopped down on a nearby chair. She looked at Rogue and Iceman. "I can't believe the wildcat is so damn stuborn. I mean, Wolverine told her sweet things... than he tried beating some sense into her, we all tried the "I'm your friend" scenario. Does it work? Nooo. She doesn't want to see reason." She suddenly stood up, took her chair and swung it into the wall. Little pieces of wood went flying everywhere.
Iceman pointed the mess that made what was left of the chair. "That won't help her, you know?"
"I know," the slayer told him. "I'm just so mad. I wish I could just snap my fingers and she would be back to normal... well, as normal as she can be." She looked at Wolverine who was sitting next to the cage, keeping an eye on his lover.
Rogue saw the look of concern on the blonde's face. "I know. I've never saw him so desasperated. We have to do something."
Something flashed into Cordelia's eyes. "Alright, that's it!" They looked at her strangely as she made her way to the wild redhead. "You know, we're tired of this attitude. Plus, it makes you look too hairy, and those fangs? Please! It's so much vampy. Totally gross! So just transform back to your old self before I get angry and try some of Amy's spells on you!"
Wildcat moaned and fell on the floor, shaking. After a few seconds, she looked up at Cordy with her green eyes. "Thanks Cordy." She smiled at her.
"No problem," the brunette answered back. She sat down on her chair, receiving weird glance from her boyfriend. "What?"
Wolverine opened the cage and was imediatly assaulted with kisses from Willow. "Sorry for punching you," he told her.
"Sorry for attacking you," she told him.
The door to the basement opened and Storm appeared on top of the stairs. "Hey guys! We need you upstairs. It's planning time." The X-Men and slayerettes followed the woman to the libary.
Jean looked up. "Hey Wildcat! Glad to see you're ok... you are, right?"
"Just peachy," the girl answered, a smile forming on her lips.
"Ok. Then it's business time," the telekinesis woman said. "We need to find what does Magneto want with the mutant and why did he kidnapped Wildcat."
"I'm sure he wants to transform everyone into mutants again," Cyclops said. "The mutant may have powers similar to those of Rogue."
"It's a trap."
"What?" Storm asked. All eyes turned toward the redhead.
"There is no mutant. Magneto wanted us to think he captured one so you would come to him and walk right into a well planned trap. But apparently, it took us too long to react so he kidnapped me. He knew Wolverine wouldn't allow to let me in his hands." Wildcat sat down on the table, her legs dangling.
Buffy frowned. "I still say we kick his ass."
"The slayer's right," Wolverine said. "We need to defeat him once and for all. Who's with me?" He gaved a wicked smile at Cyclops when the teenagers lifted their hands up. As he went to the door, he heard the three older X-Men call to him, but it was too late. He was in battle mode.
* * *
"Weapons?"
"Yeah, weapons. You know, like knifes, swords, crossbow, all things good for your health," Buffy told Wolverine, rolling her eyes.
"What do you need them for?" Iceman asked.
Wildcat and Rogue looked at each other and sighed. "Stupid males." The redhead turned toward her lover, "They are not mutants, Logan. They need weapons to defend themself. Duh!"
"We'll stop by Giles'. He's got quite a collection of lethal things," Xander told Iceman.
"Not this guy again!"
"Yep!"
KNOCK! KNOCK!
The door opened to the librarian's surprised face. "Buffy!" Then he saw the redhead he loved as a daughter standing beside his slayer. Slowly, he approached her and took her in his arms. "I'm sorry Willow. I was just upset to see you emerged after so much time. I was angry that you ran away. You should had let us help. We could have understand."
"I know that now. I was so scared. But see, I'm here so everything's fine. Want to kick some mutant ass?"
"You bet!" He led them to the lounge where he kept his chest full of weapons.
Buffy picked up her crossbow and a couple of stakes. At Wolverine strange look, she explained, "It's just in case we meet some vamps. I know some of them might help Magneto."
Giles picked up a sword. "So, what is the plan?"
"Go in, kick his ass, get out," Wildcat answered him, smirking. Seeing everybody was ready, "Let's go!"
* * *
Buffy ran to the bushes where were hidden the bunch of "warriors" as Xander called themselves. "Ok, there's three guards at the door, three vampires. The slayerettes and I will kill them. X-Men, you go in and we follow you, getting rid of any vamps in your way. Any questions?" She looked around and received several strange glances. "I know, I sounded a bit too much like a soldier."
"Yeah, whatever," Cordelia replied. "So, are we going or not?" She stood up, grimacing as she glared at her feet. "I swear I'm buying a pair of sneakers next time I go to the mall." They crawled silently to the entrance, not wanting to be discovered until it was time. Near the door were the three vampires, walking around like some dogs protecting their bone. "Yuck," Cordelia whispered.
"What?" Buffy turned around to look at her.
"I smashed a bug with my hand," she answered. Xander just stared at her while Rogue just tried to suppress a giggle.
Suddenly, Wolverine stopped the group. He smelled the air then stood up just a little to see what was going on. Wildcat picked up the smell soon after her lover. She crawled to him and took a glance over the bushes. "Oh shit!" She went back down and turned to the others. "Forget the surprised and improvised attack. We've got a little problem."
"What is it?" Storm asked.
Wolverine turned toward them. "There is one more vamp."
Buffy gave a confused look at Wildcat. "I don't see the problem."
"The fourth one is bleached blond, has a leather trenchcoat, wears black jeans and a black t-shirt, smokes Marlboros and looks a lot like Billy Idol. In one word..."
"Spike." The slayerettes chorused.
"Who's Spike?" Cyclops asked.
"A master vampire that once was rulling the darkess side of Sunnydale, then I kicked his ass numerous times. He just comes back again. I thought he would have learned his lesson by now," Buffy sighed.
Cyclops shrugged. "He can't be that bad."
Cordelia and Willow exchanged a look. "He is, Cyclops. Spike is truly a skilled fighter and he doesn't play by the rules...And the fact that he's dating a crazy vampiress who has visions doesn't help at all," Wildcat explained to the X-Men's leader.
Buffy shook her head. "No, it doesn't make any sense. Spike isn't the type to stand by Magneto and accept orders. Plus, he doesn't have a passion for destruction like other demons. He did made a truce with me to stop Acathla. An as far as we know, Drusilla's in Brazil making out with a Chaos demon."
Xander looked at her. "Then what is he doing here?"
A vampire flew over their heads and impaled himself on a tree branch. "Saving the bloody world," a voice answered near them. They turned around and saw a smiking Spike, holding a stake. "Hello cutie!"
Part 5
"What's the matter? Cat got your tongue?" Spike asked, grinning.
Xander glared at him with big round eyes. "You. Stake. Vampires."
A confused look appeared on the blond's face. Turning toward the slayer, he pointed the dark haired boy. "What is he talking about?"
"You staked vampires," the slayer said. "Why?"
"Don't like that Magneto guy," he shrugged. Then he saw a flash of red hair. "And how are you, pet?" Wolverine growled at him. Spike took a step back with a smile. "Last time I was in Sunnydale, you were with chubs but dating the werewolf guitarist. Then it seems you ditched them both and you started going out with another wolf."
"Not exactly," the red head replied.
Spike looked up as lightening appeared in the sky. "Where did that came from?" That's when he saw Storm looking at the sky with...white eyes! "What the hell?!" He finally noticed the visor on Cyclops' eyes. But when he saw the red head, it was THE big surprise. She had yellow eyes with sharp teeth and claws instead of nails. Beside her, he saw the "wolf" with steel claws extended between his fingers. "You're mutants," he dead panned.
Wildcat rolled her eyes. "Duh!"
A curious gleam entered the vampire's blue eyes. "And what does those two do?" he glanced at Rogue and Iceman. The young boy freezed a nearby bush.
Rogue had a devilish smile on her face. "Want me to show you what I can do?"
"Rogue," Wildcat warned. "He'll know soon enough...inless he's too chicken to come and play with us in Magneto's lair."
"I'm not chicken!" yelled the outraged vampire.
Moving her face just inches from his, "Prove it."
He took her hand and tugged her with him to the entrance. "Lets go."
* * *
Wildcat, Wolverine and Spike took the lead : they were the only one that could smell someone approaching. Buffy was close behind to feel the possible appearance of vampires...other than Spike.
"So, pet, how come you're a mutant?" the bleached blond asked Wildcat.
"Genetic?"
"Ha! Ha! I know that. How come you're with the X-Men?"
Wildcat exchanged a look with Wolverine that turned back to Spike. "How do you know about the X-Men?"
"Met that Xavier guy once. I decided not to kill him."
"You mean he controlled your mind and made you go away."
"Stop changing the subject!" he yelled.
Wildcat sighed. "Alright. I ran away and ended up in front of Xavier's school. He didn't told me it was full of mutants. Rogue noticed my claws one day and I freaked out : I ran away again. Wolverine dragged me back and I'm an X-Men in training since then."
"Keep quiet, you two," Cyclops hissed.
Wolverine grinned at Wildcat and Spike. He let his claws go out and swung them in from of him, making a big noise of rocks rolling everywhere. He turned toward the young mutant. "Sorry. There was a snake."
Spike grinned at him. "I like you Wolvy. You've got that charming character that only I and a few others have."
Jean snorted and Rogue rolled her eyes. "Don't forget the ass." She winked at him.
"Thanks, pet." Suddenly, he stiffed. Beside him, Wolverine and Wildcat were tensed too. Their eyes were looking for the source of the faint noise and the slayerettes were a bit nervous at the gesture. Spike looked up and yelled, "Look out!" He pulled the red head with him, her lover close behind.
Pyro let himself fall down and punched Cyclops as he stood up. Flames appeared out of nowhere and the blond mutant hurled them at Jean. She dodged them and Spike's eyes narrowed as the telekinesis woman lift Pyro in the air and made him fly across the cave. Someone kicked him from behind and he spraled across the floor. He lift up his head to see a blue scale covered mutant fighting with the redhead and Wolverine.
Buffy didn't know whom side to go : kick Pyro's ass with the older members of the X-Men team or help Wildcat and her lover beat the crap out of Mystique? Faith didn't let her chose as her slayer senses went crazy. "Just great," she muttered.
A group of about seven vampires circled the slayerettes. "Lucky, aren't we?" one of them asked, grining. "If it isn't the slayer and her groupies. I hope you're feeling lucky because you ain't gonna get out of here alive."
"Sure of that, mate?"
The fledging exploded into dust. The other ones turned around and froze as they saw Spike. The bleached blond wasn't Sunnydale's master vampire anymore, but the young vampires weren't kidding themselves. Spike was deadly when pissed off.
"We're sorry, Master Spike. But we thought..."
"You thought?! What a joke!" He staked him. The rest of them looked at each other and finally decided it was better to run. A smile of victory appeared on Spike's face and he turned toward a clearly disturbed slayer.
"You know," she started, "I'm starting to ask myself why I even bother to patrol with you killing your own minions."
He rolled his eyes and couldn't control a laugh. He saw the X-Men coming to them, the bunch of them leaving two very dead mutants on the ground. "I think we should maybe move the fight somewhere else. Lets say, where is Magneto."
"Brillant plan, Spike," Wildcat smiled. "And since when are you a genius?"
He laughed at her and put his arm around her shoulders. "Maybe it's your influence, pet." They walked further in the cave, the rest following close behind. "Let's find this guy and go back home."
* * *
"So, you are going back with them?"
Wildcat looked sadly at Xander. "Yeah, they are my family now. But I'll write to you as often as possible."
Taking down Magneto had been surprisingly easy. The mutant had almost all his allies dead or too scared. Most of the vampires had run away, too scared of the pissed off slayer and the dangerous smirk Spike had on his face that promised slow death to anyone in his path.
The slayer walked to her once was enemy. "Thanks Spike. You've been of a great help tonight."
He smiled at her. "Thanks, pet." The blond vampire had talked a bit with Wolverine and Wildcat and had finally decided to go to Manchester with them. He had some talents that could be of great utility in the X-Men. Plus, he would be a great teacher of history because he lives through some of it. Anyway, Wolverine had agreed with Wildcat that he needed some help in the martial arts class : there were too many students for only one teacher and sometimes, they were driving him crazy.
Finally, the X-Men waved back at the slayerettes as they made their way to the airport. The redhead once called Willow had promised to visit sometimes and bring Rogue and Iceman with her.
In the plane, they took their seat, Spike next to Wildcat and Wolverine. "So, when is the next time we kick some mutant ass?"