The pub was noisy, with men and women laughing loud, swinging beer mugs and liquor in their hands. Rahne's eyes searched around her, carefully, and paranoid that someone had followed her. She huddled to herself in a corner, to wait for the familiar blades of the Velocity to be heard. But something in her instincts and her gut, told her to look up at the door, as it swung open. A tall, lanky man walked into the pub, looking around at the faces in the crowd. His face was incredibly pale, his eyes a pale blue. His shoulder length brown hair was drenched, and clinging to his face from the rain outside.
The young girl hovered behind the table, as his eyes looked to be heading her direction. She sat under the table, and backed against the bench behind her, watching the feet in front of her move around. Her body began to tremble; she wanted to use her mutation to scare them away, but she was never able to bring herself to physically hurt someone. And, after what she had witnessed at her home, she knew that her mutation would do nothing to the fear of the butchers that murdered her family.
She began to feel a sob of fear rise in her throat, as she saw the pair of feet, draped around with the black leather trench coat, walking towards her table. She shook horribly, as they came closer. Her blue eyes widened with fear, as the black booted feet stood in front of her. She bit onto her lower lip harshly, and almost bit into it, as the fear in her rose through the roof. Suddenly, the table was ripped out of the floor, and thrown away from her, fully exposing her.
Rahne looked up, as a gasp caught in her throat, as she stared up at the man who caught her attention, as he glared down at her. His mouth opened slightly, showing the fangs that were slightly stained with the blood of her family. He reached into his coat, and she immediately reacted, jumping out of her hiding space, and leaping over him.
She landed onto the floor, and ran out of the pub, not looking back. She screamed, as she heard gun shots firing towards her. She kept covering herself, and finally morphed into a wolf, running and leaping out of the way with the agility her mutation had gifted her with. She finally hid on the side of the pub, morphing back into her human form, panting heavily with more fear than exhaustion. She kept her eyes on the corner she had turned from, for any sight of her attackers.
Her breathing caught into her throat, as she backed up, hearing the heavy boot steps coming towards her from around the corner. She turned, attempting to run, but ran into something; hard. Almost reacting to squeal, or scream, a hand covered her mouth, hushing her. Her eyes moved up, coming face to face with a largely built bald man, his finger over his mouth, signaling for her to hush. "I'm here to help." He whispered.
He pulled her aside, nearly throwing her into the dumpster against the wall. She watched in horror, as the man suddenly morphed, changing into a beast, much like what she was; a werewolf. She threw her hands over her mouth, to prevent making a sound, as the beast leapt to the wall, crawling onto the side, towards the corner. She could see the silhouettes from the light. Of the beast fighting off three of her "stalkers", that had come after her. Suddenly, she heard a gunshot, and the beast fell to the ground, leaving one of the stalkers dead in the fight. She turned, and ran down the alleyway, in hopes that her saviors; the X-Men would come to rescue her.
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The Velocity landed in an open field, the blades coming to an ease. The hatch opened, and Logan led the way, followed by Elizabeth, Scott and Jean. Elizabeth pulled out a tracking device, "According to the coordinates received by the Professor, Rahne should be at that pub." Elizabeth pointed in front of them.
"Let's go." Logan demanded.
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Rahne stopped, coming to a dead end wall. She let out a sob, kicking her foot on the ground. She looked around, for any sort of small area she could crawl through; nothing. She looked up, as another of the beasts, crawled down the wall, towards the two men in trench coats, heading for her. The beast was shot down, causing it to fall onto the ground in front of her. She watched, as the beast morphed back into a man. Rahne looked up, her eyes widened with fear, as the two men pointed their guns at her. "No! We need her alive!" She heard from behind them.
She squinted, seeing two other figures walking towards her. "Please, I dinna do anythin'!" Rahne cried out.
As the two neared her, they came to a sudden halt, and were lifted up into the air. Suddenly, they flew forward, from an optic red blast. Rahne smiled, as she recognized the familiarity of the attack. She squinted more, seeing the familiar figure of Elizabeth jumping into the air, split kicking the other two. "Picking on children, men?" She heard Elizabeth growl.
Rahne made a break for it. She rushed towards the four X-Men that came to her rescue. She nearly pounced into Elizabeth's arms, as she threw her arms around her, hugging onto her desperately. "Please! Help me!" Rahne sobbed.
Logan stood in front of them, his claws out and ready, as he stared at the four men who quickly recovered from the attacks on them. Elizabeth pushed Rahne behind her, holding her arm out, shielding her for protection. The four men that the mutants had saved the young girl from, pulled their guns onto them, and fired. Quickly, Elizabeth and Jean shielded them all, causing the bullets to bounce off. As soon as the guns ran dry, Logan jumped forward, landing on one of them. They wrestled onto the ground, with Logan trying to get his wrists free from the man's hold, so his claws could come to good use. "You two take Rahne back to the Velocity. Me and Logan can handle these guys!" Elizabeth told Scott and Jean.
"No! We're not leaving you here!" Jean demanded.
Elizabeth ignored the red headed mutant, and threw her hands forward, using her telekinesis to throw the other three away from Logan, and into the dead end wall. Logan grunted, as he worked his wrist out of his victim's hold, but was shocked to see the man bite through his arm. Logan cried out, as the man's teeth pierced his flesh. His other wrist was released, and he shoved his claws deep into the man's shoulder.
Crying out, the man released his hold on Logan, and Logan stood to his feet. He watched the wound heal, and looked up, and noticed the men had vanished. Growling, he turned, as he heard Elizabeth running up behind him. "Are you alright?" Elizabeth asked him.
Logan turned, seeing Jean holding onto Rahne, with Scott near the end of the alley. "Let's get the hell outta here." Logan told them.