Xavier Mansion- 2 weeks later
Jean Grey sat in the large recreation room. Scott was playing foosball with Bobby and a few other boys. Ororo sat with Rogue talking. The professor came wheeling into the room. Everyone seemed to stop what they were doing. He came over to Jean. She smiled at him.
"Well?" Jean asked.
"Well what?" Professor Xavier asked trying to pretend like he didn't now what she was talking about.
"Is he?" Rogue asked.
"He who?" the professor said.
"Logan," Ororo piped up.
"Oh, Logan," Xavier said. "He's on his way. I just got off the phone with him. He has someone with him. A woman named Diana Cor. She is a mutant, too. She can morph into different animals."
Scott came over and sat with Jean. "Sounds like something he'd bring home."
"Scott!" Jean poked her boyfriend in the rib cage.
The door opened. The whole group stood up. Logan came walking in. The woman who had to be Diana Cor came in after him. She had shoulder length black hair, and strange gray eyes.
"Miss me?" Logan asked. "Don't answer that."
Rogue went over to him, followed by the professor and Ororo. Jean led Scott over as well. The woman's eyes began more visible. She had cat's eyes.
Hello, Miss Cor," Xavier said. "I'm Professor Charles Xavier. Welcome to my school."
"Hello," Cor said. "Just call me Diana, I haven't been called Miss in a long time."
"Of course Diana," Xavier said. "This is Jean Gray, Scott Summers, also called Cyclops, Ororo Munroe, or Storm, and Rogue."
"I'm more likely to answer if you us Animalia," Cor said.
"You two must be tired and hungry," Xavier said. "We can continue this in the dinning hall."
Once Animalia and Login were sitting with food in front of them the professor continued. "Did you find what you were looking for Logan?"
"Well," Logan looked at Rogue. "Sort of."
"Sort of?" Scott asked.
"He found the installation," Cor said. "But he couldn't get in."
"Plus we ran into a friend of Diana's," Logan added.
"You ran into her, I was trying to warn you," Cor replied. "And besides, she's not my friend."
"Some warning," Logan moaned.
"You two mind explaining?" Jean asked.
"When I found Wolverine I was in wolf form, looking for my 'friend'," Cor explained. "I stayed in that form till we meet up with her."
"Her?" Ororo asked.
"Tigera," Logan said. "She was part of the same project as Diana and I were."
"The one that gave you the claws?" Rogue spoke up.
"Yep," Logan replied.
Xavier looked at Cor, "Do you?"
"Only in my forearms," she replied.
"Why only in your arms," Scott asked.
"It's hard to fly when you have metal bones," Cor said. "Plus I have only limited healing abilities. The full operation would have killed me."
"They didn't erase your memories?" Ororo said.
Cor shook her head. "Just left me in the wild. Thought that I'd forget the more I changed. But I didn't"
"So you know who ordered the operations?" the Professor asked.
"Nope," Cor replied. "The only thing I remember about the operations, is Wolverine's screaming." Looking at Logan. "Not a pleasant sound, by the way."
"So," Rogue said. "Are you going to go back and see if you can find a way to get in."
"Oh," Cor said. "I know the way to get in. He just didn't have what he needed with him."
"I don't understand," Rogue said.
"The tags," Logan sighed. "We need both sets to get in."
"Oh," Rogue said quietly.
Cor looked from Logan to Rogue and back again. "Anyway, that's not problem."
"There's a problem?" Xavier asked.
"Tigera, she's probably paired back up with her old partner," Cor explained. "The two of them always hated us. Plus I think they are working for someone."
"Who's her partner?" Jean asked.
"Sabertooth," Logan sneered.
"But he..." Scott said.
"He survived," Cor said. "She wouldn't have been near the installation if he hadn't."
"Why?" Ororo asked.
"She knows it's in my hunting ground," Cor replied. "She likes to play that she's tough, but when it comes down to it, she's the brains of the pair. He's the brawn."
"And what about you two?" Scott asked. "You were partners, right?"
"Yes, we were partners," Cor said. "And we were pretty equal."
Xavier showed Diana to her room. He couldn't read her at all.
"Part of the training," Diana said.
"Huh?" Xavier looked up at the woman.
"You're frustrated that you can't read me," Diana looked down at him. "It was part of my training."
"You have telepathic abilities?"
"Nope, but they figured it would improve my stealth skills if I could put up a permanent shield. I only have enhanced senses in animal form."
"Why is it that you can only become animals?"
"I don't know. And it's just animals I have touched."
"But you've tried people?"
"Of course," Diana sat down in a chair.
"Ororo's room is right next door, if you need anything," Xavier turned and left.
Diana stood by the window the next morning. She had to get out of her before Tigera and Sabertooth found her. She was endangering all of them. She should've never let Logan convince her to come here. She should've stayed in Canada, near the installation. Stayed where she'd been living for years. Why had he contacted her about Tigera. Now she felt like she had to find the annoying cat woman. Why couldn't he have just left her alone.
There was a knock on the door.
"What?" Diana turned.
"Breakfast," Grey said stepping into the room.
"I'm not hungry."
"Really," Grey took a step towards her. "That's surprising. I mean you hardly ate anything last night."
"Fine," Diana walked past Grey and out of the room.
Grey caught up with her. "Just to get me to shut up about it, right?"
"Yep," Diana replied. "Come on where's the 'just what we don't need, two of them'?"
"Logan has his moments."
"Well, don't worry. I won't be here long."
"Why?"
"As long as I'm here, then Tigera will try to find me," Diana sighed. "It's kind of annoying. I'm the one who is supposed to be hunting her."
"I don't understand."
"One of the higher ranking members of the project contacted me about Tigera. I'm suppose to keep an eye on her."
The door to the dining room open. Grey's powers obviously. Professor Xavier turned.
"Ah, Diana," Xavier said. "I'm glad you decided to join us."
"Well," Diana sat down in a chair next to the girl named Rogue. She inhaled the smell of the wonderful food. "I guess I'm more hungry than I thought."
Tigera and Sabertooth stood near the gate to the Xavier Mansion.
"Is this the place?" Tigera asked.
"Yes," Sabertooth replied. "Magneto said that's heavily protected. They'll know as soon as we set foot on the property."
"I wouldn't have it any other way," Tigera sneered. "Break the gate down."
Scott stood in the map room checking the equipment. Suddenly the map came to life. Scott turned to see the map displaying the mansion. Two figures appeared near the gate. One looked like Sabertooth. The other was probably that Tigera lady Cor had spoke of. The door to the map room slid open. The professor and the others came in. Cor was with them.
"We have company," Scott said.
"It's Tigera and Sabertooth," Cor said. "I have to go."
"Oh, no, you don't," Logan grabbed her arm. "Why are they here?"
"Because of me," Cor replied staring at Logan. "I'll go led them away."
"No," the professor said. "We all go. X-Men fight together."
"X-Men?" Cor said. "Never mind, I don't want to know."
"So are we just going to stand here?" Ororo asked.
The group went out to the front yard. Tigera and Sabertooth stood not far away.
"Nice place," Tigera said. "Enjoying the stay Animalia?"
Diana headed towards the pair. "Leave now, both of you."
"Do you honest think we're going to listen to you?" Tigera asked.
"I had to try," Diana popped her claws.
"So I guess that means we get to throw you out," Wolverine said.
"Come and try," Sabertooth said.
"Gladly," Scott said, lowering his glassed. A red beam of energy shot out.
Tigera jumped at Diana, who retracted her claws and lept out of the way. Tigera turned and slashed at Diana. Diana ducked and kicked Tigera in the back. Tigera recovered quickly and grabbed Diana's wrist. Diana popped he claws. She twisted her arm trying to cut Tigera. Suddenly they were both raised off the ground. Tigera dropped Diana's wrist.
"What's going on?" Tigera asked right before she fell to the ground.
Grey lowered Diana to the ground. She turned to see were Logan, Scott, and Ororo were fighting with Sabertooth. "You're out numbered," Diana turned back to Tigera. "Leave, now!"
"Sabertooth," Tigera yelled at her partner. "Another time."
The pair ran back towards the broken gate. They jumped over it and out of sight.
"Well," Ororo replied. "That was very distracting."
"They've got to be kinding," Logan said. "The two of them against all of us."
"They'll find help," Diana said. "And they'll be back."
Jean Grey sat in the large recreation room. Scott was playing foosball with Bobby and a few other boys. Ororo sat with Rogue talking. The professor came wheeling into the room. Everyone seemed to stop what they were doing. He came over to Jean. She smiled at him.
"Well?" Jean asked.
"Well what?" Professor Xavier asked trying to pretend like he didn't now what she was talking about.
"Is he?" Rogue asked.
"He who?" the professor said.
"Logan," Ororo piped up.
"Oh, Logan," Xavier said. "He's on his way. I just got off the phone with him. He has someone with him. A woman named Diana Cor. She is a mutant, too. She can morph into different animals."
Scott came over and sat with Jean. "Sounds like something he'd bring home."
"Scott!" Jean poked her boyfriend in the rib cage.
The door opened. The whole group stood up. Logan came walking in. The woman who had to be Diana Cor came in after him. She had shoulder length black hair, and strange gray eyes.
"Miss me?" Logan asked. "Don't answer that."
Rogue went over to him, followed by the professor and Ororo. Jean led Scott over as well. The woman's eyes began more visible. She had cat's eyes.
Hello, Miss Cor," Xavier said. "I'm Professor Charles Xavier. Welcome to my school."
"Hello," Cor said. "Just call me Diana, I haven't been called Miss in a long time."
"Of course Diana," Xavier said. "This is Jean Gray, Scott Summers, also called Cyclops, Ororo Munroe, or Storm, and Rogue."
"I'm more likely to answer if you us Animalia," Cor said.
"You two must be tired and hungry," Xavier said. "We can continue this in the dinning hall."
Once Animalia and Login were sitting with food in front of them the professor continued. "Did you find what you were looking for Logan?"
"Well," Logan looked at Rogue. "Sort of."
"Sort of?" Scott asked.
"He found the installation," Cor said. "But he couldn't get in."
"Plus we ran into a friend of Diana's," Logan added.
"You ran into her, I was trying to warn you," Cor replied. "And besides, she's not my friend."
"Some warning," Logan moaned.
"You two mind explaining?" Jean asked.
"When I found Wolverine I was in wolf form, looking for my 'friend'," Cor explained. "I stayed in that form till we meet up with her."
"Her?" Ororo asked.
"Tigera," Logan said. "She was part of the same project as Diana and I were."
"The one that gave you the claws?" Rogue spoke up.
"Yep," Logan replied.
Xavier looked at Cor, "Do you?"
"Only in my forearms," she replied.
"Why only in your arms," Scott asked.
"It's hard to fly when you have metal bones," Cor said. "Plus I have only limited healing abilities. The full operation would have killed me."
"They didn't erase your memories?" Ororo said.
Cor shook her head. "Just left me in the wild. Thought that I'd forget the more I changed. But I didn't"
"So you know who ordered the operations?" the Professor asked.
"Nope," Cor replied. "The only thing I remember about the operations, is Wolverine's screaming." Looking at Logan. "Not a pleasant sound, by the way."
"So," Rogue said. "Are you going to go back and see if you can find a way to get in."
"Oh," Cor said. "I know the way to get in. He just didn't have what he needed with him."
"I don't understand," Rogue said.
"The tags," Logan sighed. "We need both sets to get in."
"Oh," Rogue said quietly.
Cor looked from Logan to Rogue and back again. "Anyway, that's not problem."
"There's a problem?" Xavier asked.
"Tigera, she's probably paired back up with her old partner," Cor explained. "The two of them always hated us. Plus I think they are working for someone."
"Who's her partner?" Jean asked.
"Sabertooth," Logan sneered.
"But he..." Scott said.
"He survived," Cor said. "She wouldn't have been near the installation if he hadn't."
"Why?" Ororo asked.
"She knows it's in my hunting ground," Cor replied. "She likes to play that she's tough, but when it comes down to it, she's the brains of the pair. He's the brawn."
"And what about you two?" Scott asked. "You were partners, right?"
"Yes, we were partners," Cor said. "And we were pretty equal."
Xavier showed Diana to her room. He couldn't read her at all.
"Part of the training," Diana said.
"Huh?" Xavier looked up at the woman.
"You're frustrated that you can't read me," Diana looked down at him. "It was part of my training."
"You have telepathic abilities?"
"Nope, but they figured it would improve my stealth skills if I could put up a permanent shield. I only have enhanced senses in animal form."
"Why is it that you can only become animals?"
"I don't know. And it's just animals I have touched."
"But you've tried people?"
"Of course," Diana sat down in a chair.
"Ororo's room is right next door, if you need anything," Xavier turned and left.
Diana stood by the window the next morning. She had to get out of her before Tigera and Sabertooth found her. She was endangering all of them. She should've never let Logan convince her to come here. She should've stayed in Canada, near the installation. Stayed where she'd been living for years. Why had he contacted her about Tigera. Now she felt like she had to find the annoying cat woman. Why couldn't he have just left her alone.
There was a knock on the door.
"What?" Diana turned.
"Breakfast," Grey said stepping into the room.
"I'm not hungry."
"Really," Grey took a step towards her. "That's surprising. I mean you hardly ate anything last night."
"Fine," Diana walked past Grey and out of the room.
Grey caught up with her. "Just to get me to shut up about it, right?"
"Yep," Diana replied. "Come on where's the 'just what we don't need, two of them'?"
"Logan has his moments."
"Well, don't worry. I won't be here long."
"Why?"
"As long as I'm here, then Tigera will try to find me," Diana sighed. "It's kind of annoying. I'm the one who is supposed to be hunting her."
"I don't understand."
"One of the higher ranking members of the project contacted me about Tigera. I'm suppose to keep an eye on her."
The door to the dining room open. Grey's powers obviously. Professor Xavier turned.
"Ah, Diana," Xavier said. "I'm glad you decided to join us."
"Well," Diana sat down in a chair next to the girl named Rogue. She inhaled the smell of the wonderful food. "I guess I'm more hungry than I thought."
Tigera and Sabertooth stood near the gate to the Xavier Mansion.
"Is this the place?" Tigera asked.
"Yes," Sabertooth replied. "Magneto said that's heavily protected. They'll know as soon as we set foot on the property."
"I wouldn't have it any other way," Tigera sneered. "Break the gate down."
Scott stood in the map room checking the equipment. Suddenly the map came to life. Scott turned to see the map displaying the mansion. Two figures appeared near the gate. One looked like Sabertooth. The other was probably that Tigera lady Cor had spoke of. The door to the map room slid open. The professor and the others came in. Cor was with them.
"We have company," Scott said.
"It's Tigera and Sabertooth," Cor said. "I have to go."
"Oh, no, you don't," Logan grabbed her arm. "Why are they here?"
"Because of me," Cor replied staring at Logan. "I'll go led them away."
"No," the professor said. "We all go. X-Men fight together."
"X-Men?" Cor said. "Never mind, I don't want to know."
"So are we just going to stand here?" Ororo asked.
The group went out to the front yard. Tigera and Sabertooth stood not far away.
"Nice place," Tigera said. "Enjoying the stay Animalia?"
Diana headed towards the pair. "Leave now, both of you."
"Do you honest think we're going to listen to you?" Tigera asked.
"I had to try," Diana popped her claws.
"So I guess that means we get to throw you out," Wolverine said.
"Come and try," Sabertooth said.
"Gladly," Scott said, lowering his glassed. A red beam of energy shot out.
Tigera jumped at Diana, who retracted her claws and lept out of the way. Tigera turned and slashed at Diana. Diana ducked and kicked Tigera in the back. Tigera recovered quickly and grabbed Diana's wrist. Diana popped he claws. She twisted her arm trying to cut Tigera. Suddenly they were both raised off the ground. Tigera dropped Diana's wrist.
"What's going on?" Tigera asked right before she fell to the ground.
Grey lowered Diana to the ground. She turned to see were Logan, Scott, and Ororo were fighting with Sabertooth. "You're out numbered," Diana turned back to Tigera. "Leave, now!"
"Sabertooth," Tigera yelled at her partner. "Another time."
The pair ran back towards the broken gate. They jumped over it and out of sight.
"Well," Ororo replied. "That was very distracting."
"They've got to be kinding," Logan said. "The two of them against all of us."
"They'll find help," Diana said. "And they'll be back."