Hey, last I never really got to say sorry for taking so long for the update last time! I'm gonna try to update faster now. But writer's block seems to want to be my friend, don't worry, I'll kick its butt before it gets the best of me! Mwahahahaha! Hmm . . . this one won't really have much action in it. Maybe alittle at the end. See you there!



Blade and Dixie



Artemis snapped on a few switches as she steadied the Blackbird. After a moment she sped off down the runway and out the open down, heading for Chicago. She breathed deeply, trying to clear her mind. So much was speeding through it. Why did Dixie leave? Was it her? What was Dixie using her powers for? She couldn't be there for her family, she would have told. What was happening to them? Artemis shook her head and sighed.

"Nebula . . . you better have a damn good reason." Artemis mumbled under her breath. She closed her eyes for a moment.





Dixie had lost all color in her face by now. She sighed as she closed her eyes to make sure she didn't change the amount of energy she was sending.

"Dixie, you'll have a few more hours." Michelle whispered through the slightly open door. Dixie made a small nodded, that was the best she could do at the moment.





Artemis landed the jet on top of a large flat building. It was high enough so no one would see it. The building was abandon so she didn't have to worry about anyone seeing it. Artemis stepped out of the jet and looked over at the ledge a few feet away. A smirk crossed her face. Artemis ran to the edge and swan dived off of the building. She landed nearly 20 stories on her feet on the top of the next building. She sprinted to the edge and leaped off of that too. She landed with grace on the building next to it that was only a few dozen feet shorter. She continued to travel like this as a thought crossed her mind.

'I missed this.'





Michelle felt a tap on her shoulder and turned to look at who it was.

"Blade!" Michelle exclaimed. The former Fury raised an eyebrow.

"5th Element, whatever the hell you are doing here, scram!" Michelle shrank back a bit. Blade only used full names in serious cases.

"B-but-"

"Listen, I want to see Dixie, and I want to see her now!" Artemis hissed.

"She's helping you." Michelle blurted out. Even if she was a full-fledged Fury Artemis was not someone she would want to mess with. Her old friend and teacher glared at her.

"You'd better explain fast. I've been having a bad day!"





Dixie heard the door open. She paid no mind to it, figuring it would be Michelle. A dark brown gloved hand covered her pale hand and pulled it away from the detective. Dixie looked up, shocked, at Artemis. Artemis had a gentle expression on her face and a sad look in her eyes. She slowly shook her head.

"Dixie, come home."

"A-Artemis!" Dixie stammered. Artemis smiled gently.

"Don't risk your life to give me a few moments of happiness." Dixie blinked in surprise.

"How . . ."

"Michelle isn't good at standing up to me." Artemis quietly explained. "Come on, I brought the Blackbird all the way here. I'll let you fly it on the way back." Dixie shook her head as she stood.

"No, Blade, I need to help you, I can't let you be hurt like-" She was cut off when Blade up her close and embraced her in a hug.

"Dixie," her voice waved a bit, as though she fought back tears. "As much as I would love for him to come back, I can't let you do this. But . . . you willing to give up your life for me means more to me than anything else." She tightened the hug. "I won't let you do this. If he was meant to come back, he will. And I'll wait for him for all eternity. But it would kill me to know you gave your life for my happiness! And if you do die, there won't be happiness in my life with Andrew because I know that you would have to die for it. I'll wait for him to come back on his own. If it truly was meant to be, he will come back." Blade held her for a few more minutes. Dixie felt her shoulder become slightly wet. She bit her lip to fight back her own tears. "I'm sorry that I snapped at you. You didn't deserve it. Now come on. We need to go home." Dixie nodded. "Don't worry, I'll pay you for the plane tickets."

"You don't have to."

"But I want to. Now, go wait outside for a few minutes. I'll come out and we'll visit your parents and friends before we go back home." Dixie nodded into her shoulder once more. Without a word Dixie left the room. Blade sat down in the chair Dixie had been sitting in.

"Hi. I hope your not mad at me." Blade's voice wavered once more. "I know that we didn't see each other under the best of circumstances. I think I can talk Charles Xavier into moving you to New York. It's suppose to have some of the best doctors for your type of situation. And I can visit you more. I would love to spend the next few hours sitting here, but I can't. I have to take Dixie home." Blade smiled weakly. She brushed some tears away. "I think that I've been trying to hard lately, I've been so obsessed with being more responsible I've forgotten to be myself. And I know that the person I've been lately isn't who you fell in love with. So, I'll try to be myself but maybe just alittle more responsible." Blade stood up and walked to the door. She paused before she pushed it open. "I meant what I said earlier. I'll wait for you for the rest of my life." With that last thought, the feline mutant stepped out of the room. She smiled at Dixie.

"Hey Neb, let's get some of your mom's world famous sugar cookies before we head home." Blade wrapped her arm around her shoulders and pulled her closer to her.

"Umm . . . do I even wanna know what ya did to Michelle?" Blade smirked.

"Weeeeeeeeeeellllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll . . . . . . let's just say that she found out I was having a bad day and took my advise when I told her to leave." Dixie laughed.

"Guess she'll miss out on the sugar cookies!" Blade smiled.

"Yeah, so bad. Means more for me!" The two laughed. "Listen, I insist that you bring the recipe back with you! Course, you'll be the only one that can look at it but hey, if that's the price, I'm willing to pay!"

**Two hours later**

Blade stuffed a sugar cookie into her mouth.

"Soff, Iff omma geefff yuff offt eff efficffe?" Blade said as she ate another cookie. (So, I'm gonna guess you got the recipe?)

"Yep. I never thought my mom would bake six dozen right there!" Dixie answered as she stared ahead of her. True to her word, Blade had let Dixie fly the Blackbird. Blade had her legs propped up on the dash in front of her with a tin half full of sugar cookies in her lap.

"In'ff aff whaff eff efficffe affe ffen yuff onff ufff iff inf haefff?" Blade managed to get out. (Isn't that what the recipe makes when you don't cut it in half?) Dixie nodded her head as she smirked.

"Still can't believe I can understand you when you have your mouth full of food." She laughed. Blade shrugged her shoulders. Blade paused with a look of fear in her eyes. She turned to Dixie. Dixie glanced over at her and chuckled. "Mom said that might happen. She gave me a bottle of lemonade, it's in my bag." She motioned with her head towards the bag next to the pilot's chair. Blade reached over and searched through it. She produced it with a triumphant look on her face. She gulped down a fourth of it and then wiped her mouth with the back of her hand.

"Man I still don't know what she does ta make 'em so great!" Blade shook her head as she put the lid back on the tin can and put it to the side. She sighed as she stretched and reclined back into her chair. She stifled a yawn as she did so. "Dixie, I demand ta get the recipe if ya go before me." Blade smirked.

"Tell me your last name and I'll think 'bout it." Blade thought for a moment.

"Deal. Course I think I'm comin' out with the better prize but hey, to each her own. My last name is Moore." Blade scratched behind her ear.

"Moore . . . what nationality is that? Sounds European." Blade shrugged.

"Irish. I'm a full blood Irish gal."

"Huh, never pegged ya as Irish." Blade shrugged.

"Parents came from Ireland when they were four." Dixie smiled.

"Guessing they don't have an Irish accent." Blade nodded.

"But my grandparents had one." Silence a comfortable silence filled the jet.





Rogue felt a burning in her hand. Vines held onto her arms as they started to transfer powers into her. Rogue sneered at Gaia. She would never scream in front of him. Never! Rogue glared at him as she pulled on the vines, trying to break the grip they had on her. The powers were hurting her. She didn't know how much more she could take.





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I know, I know, not must action. This one was just about Blade and Dixie, hence the title Blade and Dixie. I dedicated this chapter to them 'cause even though they are my characters I really don't center things around them that much. So I decided to give them a chapter that they could just goof off and repair any damage that had happened during Blade's depression. Don't worry, for the most part she's out of that so you guys get to see the butt kicking Blade back in action! You know, now that I think about it, I've never really given Blade the spot light in a chapter . . . she's had some big roles but they were always centered around someone else. The only one she was a big chapter in this story that she has had was when she fell into her depression. Don't worry, I'll work on it so you guys get to read more about Blade and her unique self! Hmmm . . . . can't think of anything else right now. I'll try to update soon!