A/N: If you've already read this chapter, that's because I screwed up last time and posted this one instead of Chapter 3. It's all fixed now, so if you haven't read the real Chapter 3 yet, it might help to read that first. Sorry about the mess up! And thanks to those of you who've bothered to review so far! Thanks a bunch!
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Time Stands Still chp. 4
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Saila peered through the dark, edging close to the woods along the long dirt driveway. She was crouched low by a small pine tree when she heard a low growling sound. Saila immediately straightened up, her eyes wide with wonderment and a hint of fear. "Uh oh..." she mumbled to herself, biting her lower lip and crouching further underneath the low branches of the pine tree. 'Hope it's not coyotes...' she thought, then scrambled out from under the tree when the growl sounded again, louder and closer.
Saila winced as her two-toned baseball t-shirt snagged on a sharp branch, pricking her shoulder. "Ah!" she yelped lowly, pulling her shirt free. She reached a hand to her shoulder and felt a small rip in the fabric. Focusing her attention back on the creepy noise that was getting even closer, Saila ran out into the dirt driveway, skidding to a stop at the massive form infront of her.
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"Saila!" Rogue called as she started down the driveway when she heard some noise. "C'mon shugah, don't be takin' off on me now!"
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The dark form loomed high above the small girl, and Saila was too scared to say anything.
The figure growled. "Grrr...You got the stink o' Wolverine all over you kid." he rumbled in a deep and threatening voice as he bent over Saila's small form and reached for her.
Saila stumbled backward, tripping on the untied laces of her tennis shoes and falling promptly on her butt in the dirt driveway. "Who're you?!" the girl managed to get out bravely, wondering absently how this monster knew her Dad.
The beast of a man loomed closer, his broad shoulders and long, dirty blonde hair noticeable from the faint light coming from the floodlights of the house far behind them. "Sabretooth." he said dangerously with an evil grin. "Jus' say, I'm an ole' enemy of yer Pop's."
Saila grimaced as his humungous clawed hand came closer to her and she tried to scuffle out of the way. "Leave me alone!" she shouted, turning her head away. The girl's green eyes widened as she noticed her forearm glowing a soft blue color, then suddenly three claws with the same glow sprouted from between her knuckles on each hand. She gasped with surprise, closing her fists and holding them up infront of her face. Saila didn't really know what she was going to do with the claws, but she'd seen her Dad use his enough times to know how to hold them up and look threatening atleast. Unfortunately for Saila, Sabretooth didn't find the small girl with the baby claws threatening at all.
Sabretooth straightened up, tilting his head back with a deep laugh. He then stared down at the little spitfire again, a sadistic glint in his eyes. "So, the runt's little runt's got claws like 'er Daddy." he stared at the glowing blue claws again, noticing that they obviously weren't adamantium...or bone for that matter. "Well, almost like 'er Daddy."
"Stay back!" Saila squeaked, quickly getting to her feet. She was still much, much shorter than the massive mutant before her, but she was going to stand her ground no matter how scared she was. Her Dad always told her that it's okay to be afraid, but you can't show your enemy any weakness.
"What ya gonna do with them little knittin' needles kid?" Sabretooth sneered, then with a vicious backhanded swipe, he batted the girl out of the way, knocking her down in the dirt.
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Logan and Jean were just pulling into the parking lot to the fancy restaurant when Jean gasped suddenly and glanced over at Logan.
His eyebrows furrowed as he parked their truck, then looked at his wife. "What's the matter darlin'?"
Jean turned to him, her eyes fearful and her face drawn of blood like she had just seen a ghost. "Something's wrong."
Logan took Jean's hand and squeezed it gently. "At home?"
She nodded, then closed her eyes to try and connect to the psychic link she had created for her daughter. Her green eyes snapped open and she tightened her grip on Logan's hand. "Saila and Rogue are in trouble!" she gasped.
Logan nodded, his fear starting to match Jean's. He started up the truck again, pulling out of the parking spot quickly. "Ahright darlin', we're goin' home!"
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Rogue heard a little yelp, then snarling, and she started at a run down the driveway. She skidded to a halt when she saw Sabretooth in the shadows, hovering over a much smaller form that was lying at the edge of the driveway. "Oh no. Sabretooth." she said quietly, catching said mutant's attention.
Sabretooth snapped his head toward Rogue. "Well, well, well...it's Logan's little tag-along." he sneered. "Looks like I get a treat. The runt's kid, an' his friend. Offin' the two o' ya will be like a bonus fer me. After I finish off the runt first."
"Stay away from the girl!" Rogue snapped, the fear evident in her eyes. Logan and Jean would never forgive her if anything happened to their daughter. She would never forgive herself.
"Why should I?" Sabretooth snapped, then he reached down toward Saila and pulled her up by her shirt.
Saila felt herself being moved and she slowly opened her eyes. That big huge mutant had her. She began to squirm in his grasp, swiping the tiny claws at his arm.
"Hey! Cut that out!" Sabretooth growled. He then rose the squirming girl up to his face and sniffed. "Hm...I can smell that red-head on ya too...what's 'er name...Jean Grey." he grinned. "Hmph. The runt actually got with 'er. Interestin'."
"I'm gonna rip ya to shreds ya big bully!" Saila screamed at him, in a pathetic attempt to sound threatening like her Dad could. She then then swiped with her right hand, cutting the mutant across his face.
"Arg! Ya little brat!" Sabretooth yelled in pain, lowering the girl with one arm and inspecting the three fresh slashes that cut across his nose with the other. He felt the scratches heal, but when he looked up again Rogue was standing infront of him.
"Let her go!" she yelled, then slowly started to slip off a glove.
Sabretooth growled, then pulled Saila close to his chest and wrapped an arm around her head. "Keep yer glove on, or I'll snap 'er neck!"
Saila squirmed in his grasp, but it was no use, she dropped her hands limply and the blue claws retracted into her forearms.
Rogue took in a quick breath, her eyes showing panic. She started to put her glove back on, then lunged at Sabretooth. He daftly swatted her aside, hard, even without much effort, knocking her to the ground and causing her to hit her head hard. "Bad move." he growled, then tossed Saila over his shoulder and started to carry her into the woods.
"My Daddy'll get you Sabrebutt! He'll beat you to a bloody pulp!" she snarled at him, kicking and punching, though she found herself unable to make the claws come out again.
Rogue barely opened her eyes, just in time to see the dangerous mutant carrying Saila off through the trees. Her head ached and she found herself slipping to unconsciousness before she could get up.
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Time Stands Still chp. 4
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Saila peered through the dark, edging close to the woods along the long dirt driveway. She was crouched low by a small pine tree when she heard a low growling sound. Saila immediately straightened up, her eyes wide with wonderment and a hint of fear. "Uh oh..." she mumbled to herself, biting her lower lip and crouching further underneath the low branches of the pine tree. 'Hope it's not coyotes...' she thought, then scrambled out from under the tree when the growl sounded again, louder and closer.
Saila winced as her two-toned baseball t-shirt snagged on a sharp branch, pricking her shoulder. "Ah!" she yelped lowly, pulling her shirt free. She reached a hand to her shoulder and felt a small rip in the fabric. Focusing her attention back on the creepy noise that was getting even closer, Saila ran out into the dirt driveway, skidding to a stop at the massive form infront of her.
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"Saila!" Rogue called as she started down the driveway when she heard some noise. "C'mon shugah, don't be takin' off on me now!"
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The dark form loomed high above the small girl, and Saila was too scared to say anything.
The figure growled. "Grrr...You got the stink o' Wolverine all over you kid." he rumbled in a deep and threatening voice as he bent over Saila's small form and reached for her.
Saila stumbled backward, tripping on the untied laces of her tennis shoes and falling promptly on her butt in the dirt driveway. "Who're you?!" the girl managed to get out bravely, wondering absently how this monster knew her Dad.
The beast of a man loomed closer, his broad shoulders and long, dirty blonde hair noticeable from the faint light coming from the floodlights of the house far behind them. "Sabretooth." he said dangerously with an evil grin. "Jus' say, I'm an ole' enemy of yer Pop's."
Saila grimaced as his humungous clawed hand came closer to her and she tried to scuffle out of the way. "Leave me alone!" she shouted, turning her head away. The girl's green eyes widened as she noticed her forearm glowing a soft blue color, then suddenly three claws with the same glow sprouted from between her knuckles on each hand. She gasped with surprise, closing her fists and holding them up infront of her face. Saila didn't really know what she was going to do with the claws, but she'd seen her Dad use his enough times to know how to hold them up and look threatening atleast. Unfortunately for Saila, Sabretooth didn't find the small girl with the baby claws threatening at all.
Sabretooth straightened up, tilting his head back with a deep laugh. He then stared down at the little spitfire again, a sadistic glint in his eyes. "So, the runt's little runt's got claws like 'er Daddy." he stared at the glowing blue claws again, noticing that they obviously weren't adamantium...or bone for that matter. "Well, almost like 'er Daddy."
"Stay back!" Saila squeaked, quickly getting to her feet. She was still much, much shorter than the massive mutant before her, but she was going to stand her ground no matter how scared she was. Her Dad always told her that it's okay to be afraid, but you can't show your enemy any weakness.
"What ya gonna do with them little knittin' needles kid?" Sabretooth sneered, then with a vicious backhanded swipe, he batted the girl out of the way, knocking her down in the dirt.
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Logan and Jean were just pulling into the parking lot to the fancy restaurant when Jean gasped suddenly and glanced over at Logan.
His eyebrows furrowed as he parked their truck, then looked at his wife. "What's the matter darlin'?"
Jean turned to him, her eyes fearful and her face drawn of blood like she had just seen a ghost. "Something's wrong."
Logan took Jean's hand and squeezed it gently. "At home?"
She nodded, then closed her eyes to try and connect to the psychic link she had created for her daughter. Her green eyes snapped open and she tightened her grip on Logan's hand. "Saila and Rogue are in trouble!" she gasped.
Logan nodded, his fear starting to match Jean's. He started up the truck again, pulling out of the parking spot quickly. "Ahright darlin', we're goin' home!"
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Rogue heard a little yelp, then snarling, and she started at a run down the driveway. She skidded to a halt when she saw Sabretooth in the shadows, hovering over a much smaller form that was lying at the edge of the driveway. "Oh no. Sabretooth." she said quietly, catching said mutant's attention.
Sabretooth snapped his head toward Rogue. "Well, well, well...it's Logan's little tag-along." he sneered. "Looks like I get a treat. The runt's kid, an' his friend. Offin' the two o' ya will be like a bonus fer me. After I finish off the runt first."
"Stay away from the girl!" Rogue snapped, the fear evident in her eyes. Logan and Jean would never forgive her if anything happened to their daughter. She would never forgive herself.
"Why should I?" Sabretooth snapped, then he reached down toward Saila and pulled her up by her shirt.
Saila felt herself being moved and she slowly opened her eyes. That big huge mutant had her. She began to squirm in his grasp, swiping the tiny claws at his arm.
"Hey! Cut that out!" Sabretooth growled. He then rose the squirming girl up to his face and sniffed. "Hm...I can smell that red-head on ya too...what's 'er name...Jean Grey." he grinned. "Hmph. The runt actually got with 'er. Interestin'."
"I'm gonna rip ya to shreds ya big bully!" Saila screamed at him, in a pathetic attempt to sound threatening like her Dad could. She then then swiped with her right hand, cutting the mutant across his face.
"Arg! Ya little brat!" Sabretooth yelled in pain, lowering the girl with one arm and inspecting the three fresh slashes that cut across his nose with the other. He felt the scratches heal, but when he looked up again Rogue was standing infront of him.
"Let her go!" she yelled, then slowly started to slip off a glove.
Sabretooth growled, then pulled Saila close to his chest and wrapped an arm around her head. "Keep yer glove on, or I'll snap 'er neck!"
Saila squirmed in his grasp, but it was no use, she dropped her hands limply and the blue claws retracted into her forearms.
Rogue took in a quick breath, her eyes showing panic. She started to put her glove back on, then lunged at Sabretooth. He daftly swatted her aside, hard, even without much effort, knocking her to the ground and causing her to hit her head hard. "Bad move." he growled, then tossed Saila over his shoulder and started to carry her into the woods.
"My Daddy'll get you Sabrebutt! He'll beat you to a bloody pulp!" she snarled at him, kicking and punching, though she found herself unable to make the claws come out again.
Rogue barely opened her eyes, just in time to see the dangerous mutant carrying Saila off through the trees. Her head ached and she found herself slipping to unconsciousness before she could get up.
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