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Weeble Wobble Chic: I have to…Why?

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My knee was hurting so bad.  Of all the embarrassing predicaments.

Doggy and Herman were who knows where, I was being chased by zoo security for siccing elephants on robots, and I was hiding out behind a building with a guy I just met, who seemed to have an affinity for Shaft.  And if I said things couldn't get any worse, I would have to shoot myself because those have to be the worst words in all of existence.

"So who are you?"

"Didn't I answer that question already?"  I asked a little irritatedly.  I hate having to repeat myself.  So annoying.

"Not to my satisfaction."

"Gee, if everyone answered everything to my satisfaction, I wouldn't be hanging out here with you."  I'll admit I was a little rude.  But my knee really hurt.  And it was pounding.  Is that natural?

"Do you usually treat everyone who saves your life this way?"  He tipped his head back to glare at me with paleish green eyes.

"Only you.  You must be special," I snapped.

"What is your problem?!"

"My problem?  I just got ran around by five robots!  I've lost my friends!  I don't know who the hell you are!  I'm hiding away from zoo security, and my knee hurts DAMNIT!" I took several deep breaths.  He looked a little taken aback.  I think my slightly hysterical tirade may have shut him up for a while.  Lucky me.

A zoo security guy ran around the side of the building.  He looked right at us and opened his mouth to call for the others, but slipped on some foreign material (I'm not kidding-the little tag on the side said 'made in taiwan') and went sliding headfirst into a dumpster.

"Whoah." I stared.  You just don't see that everyday. "Maybe we should leave."

"Yeah, talk about bad luck…"

He turned around to walk off.  Having nothing better to do, I started to follow, grumbling.  I didn't get very far before I had to start leaning on the side of the building.

"You weren't kidding."  He stated matter-of-factly at my elbow.  I jumped.  He was supposed to be ahead of me.

I glared at him.  "No, I just tell people that my knee hurts for no good reason. Makes me feel good, ya know?"

He proffered an elbow.  I ignored him.  I did not feel like getting help from the guy that deafened me half an hour ago. 

Danny?  Danny, where are you? You.

I stood up really straight.  Arcane took a couple of steps back, surprised.

(Herman?)

"What is it?"  Arcane was reaching into his trench coat."

"My friends.  Shoot them and I will sic a tiger on you."  He gave me a look of disbelief.  Not that I blame him.  I mean, if someone told me that I was going to be eaten by a tiger if I tried anything funny, would I believe them? 

Danny!  Where?  Where are you?  Are you?

(Behind this building.  It's near a dumpster where a security guard is.  Can you find it?)

"What the hell?!"

I turned around to glare at Arcane, then saw what he was staring at. 

Apparently Doggy and Herman could find me.  Or maybe it was because of the creature that was following them.

Hezibah.

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Kitty wandered down the steps of the institute.  The threat had gone back underground.  Scott and Kurt had gotten back safely.  It had to have been the shortest mission ever.

It was twelve o'clock at night, and everyone was sleeping.  Or so she hoped.  There was nothing more embarrassing than being caught out of bed in her pajamas, especially with all the new people in the house.

She walked into the kitchen and phased her hand through the fridge.  She pulled out the juice.

"Does that not make it be tasting strange?"

Kitty whirled around to see Piotr.  He stood there, well, like some sort of sentinel, even though he was the good kind of sentinel.

"Uh no, like, it tastes, like it should."  Her voice sounded high and tinny.  She didn't expect for somebody to be up.  Especially not him.

"Why, like, are you up Piotr?" She gave him a little smil.  He reached into the cupboard beside him and handed her a glass.

"I am being restless."

"Like, why?"

"I am worried."

"For John?"  She asked quietly.  She too, missed all of her friends.

"Yes.  For everyone who is missing.  I am hoping they are safe."

"Yeah…"  She poured herself some juice.  She offered the carton to him, then put it back into the fridge after he waved it away.  She drank up the juice.  "I hope you get back to sleep," She said as she slipped passed him to go back to her room, leaving Colossus to contemplate the darkness alone.

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"You did WHAT?!"

Lance and the others were freaking.  Not so much from the fact that I had gotten attacked by robots, but the fact that I had a hyena following me.  Or rather, going the way I was going and threatening to do Arcane in. 

"We cannot keep every animal you come across!"  Lance continued.

"Or every person," Wanda interrupted, glaring at Arcane.

After Doggy and Herman found me, they had showed me a way out. They did not divulge to me how Hezibah got set loose. Hezibah and Arcane tagged along.  Turns out Arcane didn't have a ride or anything better to do and Hezibah has decided I'm more interesting than the zoo.  With the way I'm going, I should have an army by the end of the week.

"I didn't ask them to come.  They tagged along with me!  And since when is a couple of non-dangerous beings following me worse than getting chased out of the zoo by robots?!"

"Non-dangerous?!  IT'S A HYENA!"

"Lance, keep your voice down mate.  We're still in the parking lot."

"You're all mutants, aren't you?"  Arcane spoke up.  Most of the group stared at him.  Except for me.  I was trying to talk Hezibah out of biting Sam. I don't know why she wanted to bite him.  Probably just to bite someone.

"And what if we are?"  Ray bristled. Arcane shook his head.

"Being a mutant myself, I have no problem with others."

"Oh."  Ray deflated instantly.  I managed to look up now, because Hezibah decided to look at Arcane instead.

"I don't suppose you have enough room for the likes of myself?" Arcane asked calmly. Wanda glared at him, then glared at me, who had arms around a hyena and a wolfhound.

"Why not?  We've already got a hyena, what more trouble could you be?'

"We ahre not takin' the hyena!" Rogue broke in swiftly.

"What are we going to do?  Look at her," Wanda gestured at me. " She's already attached!"

Lance stared at her.  "It. Is. A. HYENA."

"Oh good Lance, our conversations are rubbing off on you.  See, if you hang around with people smarter than you are, your bound to know something."  Wanda snarled back.

I knew it was a bad idea to take a hyena with us.  Not only that, but it was a angerous animal and therefore illegal to have without a permit, but Wanda was right.  I was attached.

I become attached to the most awful pet choices. 

"Better figure out if the wally's coming or going mates, because security ain't gonna like it if they see us out here with 'er."

They all looked at me.  I gave them all that happy smile that says ….I don't know what it says but it seems to have a deranging effect on everybody else.  They started getting the doors open.

Wanda glared a me. "I will hex both of those mutts if they try anything funny around me.  Got it?" Funny, she didn't seem to mind when she was leaning against Doggy for the beginning of the trip.

I grinned.  Hezibah took this as a good thing and leaped into the van.  She crawled over the seats into the back.  Doggy and I used the aisle.  Herman flew and landed on my ponytail.  Arcane got into the back middle with Wanda.  Rogue, John, and Ray(Kally was still asleep) got in the front middle.  Sam grabbed driver's and Lance took shotgun. 

I forgot to ask if anyone knew if Sam drove.  Probably didn't very much, as he almost ran us into a lamppost. 

But we managed to get out of the parking lot.  With a hitchhiker.  And a stolen hyena.  I feel sad for everyone who doesn't have this sort of excitement.

About a couple miles down the road, Wanda pulled out a notebook of paper and began writing on it.  I assume Uncle Robbie left it for us to use.  Or she stole it off some kid.  I probably shouldn't say anything, seeming as I have just stolen a hyena from a state zoo.

I hope we get out of Oregon before they catch us.  I hope they don't catch us at all…

"What are you doing?" Arcane asked interestedly.

"I'm writing a list of things Danny is forbidden to do." 

Uh oh.

"Read it out to us!" Ray grinned from the seat in front of her.  Kally was awake, looking at Wanda from his shoulder.

"One: No driving.

Two: No having us meet relations until she tells us all about them.  ALL about them.

Three: No talking to cops.  No running them off the road.  See rule one.

Four:  No going to the zoo.

Five: No picking up incredibly strange, dangerous animals.  See rule four."

"Only five?"  Ray smirked. Hezibah yawned, showing off her two and a half inch teeth.

"There will be more, you can count on it."  Wanda glared at me.  I sat down into the seat.

Hezibah will grow on them.  I know it.

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I know.  But I like Hezibah.  I couldn't leave her behind.

Makes me wonder how things are going to go on from here.

Of course, Storm will probably have Danny take her back to Africa.

Any way, Kally will take reviews again.  She likes taking reviews.