Okay this Chapter might a wee confusing. It kind of jumps around between people so I'll have like a million bars.
Kurt watched in horror as Charlie's unconscious body hit the ground. Within seconds he was at her side, praying that she was still alive. As he rubbedthe fingers of one hand over his rosary, his other trembling hand felt for a pulse.
He breathed a sigh of relief. Charlie was still alive.
Magneto and the Brotherhood all saw the blue mutant drop to his knees beside Charlie. "Toad, the collars," Magneto commanded, not taking his eyes from the scene that played before them.
Toad's long tongue extended and in a matter of seconds both of the mutants had metal collars around their necks.
Feeling the cold hard metal, Kurt raised a hand to his neck. He tried in vain to pull off the collar until he realized that Charlie was also wearing one. Impulsively, Kurt wrapped his fingers around her collar and tried to pull it off. It wouldn't budge.
"Come with us, Nightcrawler." Kurt tore his eyes away from the unconscious Charlie and looked to Magneto. "We have a helicopter waiting for us."
Ignoring the older man, Kurt scooped Charlie up in his arms. Her limp body was as light as a feather. He stood and prepared to teleport away. He didn't care where he wound up, just as long as Charlie was safe.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you." At Magneto's words, Kurt looked up. "If you use your powers, your young lady will get an electric shock." Kurt's yellow eyes shifted back to the woman in his arms. There was no way he could bring himself to harm her, and Magneto knew it. "Sabretooth, take the girl."
The massive cat-man stepped forward. He towered over Kurt as the two men stood face-to-face. Again Kurt looked to Charlie's limp body. Reluctantly he held her out to Sabretooth who took her with surprising gentleness.
Magneto led the group to the helicopter and took the co-pilot's seat next to Toad. Everyone else piled into the back of the small aircraft. Kurt found himself sitting next to Pyro while Magmas took the seat across from him.
Sabretooth was the last to climb in, still holding Charlie in his arms. He looked from the last remaining seat, to Charlie, and then back again.
"Bloody 'ell," Toad yelled back. "Just 'old 'er on your lap you git!"
With a dirty look thrown in the pilot's direction, Sabretooth sat down, Charlie in his lap. Kurt gazed at Charlie for a long time, wishing she'd wake up. Actually, Kurt wished that he himself would wake up from this nightmare and find Charlie laying next to him in her bed.
The helicopter took off and Kurt couldn't help but angrily notice that Sabretooth's black eyes weren't leaving Charlie.
When Magneto had said his name, Sabretooth snapped into action. He walked up to the little blue mutant and stood in front of him. Nightcrawler stunk of fear but Sabretooth knew it was for the girl.
Sabretooth's dark eyes looked from the yellow eyes of Nightcrawler to the unconscious form in his body. FinallyKurt handed her over. Gently, he took the fragile girl into his. Surprsingly, it felt oddly good for Sabretooth to have Charlie's warm body pressed against his own. Everyone followed Magneto out to the helicopter.
Everyone got in theaircraft before him. Sabretooth stood for a moment, looking from the one remaining seat to the girl he was carrying. What the fuck am I supposed to do, tie her to the blades? It was a stupid idea to pick up that Magmas kid.
His thoughts were interrupted when Toad called back from the pilot's seat. "Bloody 'ell. Just 'old 'er on your lap you git!" Sabretooth sat down, the mutant on his lap. He glared in Toad's general direction, deciding he'd punish him later.
His black eyes turned back to Charlie, for the first time he got a good look at her. The whole time they were in the building, he had studied her but in the dark he couldn't make out her features as well as he would have liked. He could tell that Charlie had superior night vision. Throughout the whole exchange he felt her gaze as she took in every detail of her opponents.
She really does look like a tiger. Pointy ears and claws. She even has a stail and stripes. Sabretooth kept looking down at Charlie even when he felt Kurt's eyes on him. Ha! The Nightcrawler's mad… I can see why. She's pretty... His keen nose picked up on Charlie's scent and he breathed deeply. Watermelon and... snow?
As the helicopter bore the Brotherhood and the two captives towards their destination, Sabretooth wondered at the strange attraction he felt for the mutant who looked like a female version of himself. Its just an animal attraction, he figured.
Logan felt his bones mending themselves as he hazily watched what went on around him. He saw Charlie fall to the floor in a heap and Kurt rush to her side. Logan watched as Toad's tongue clasped metal collars around each of their necks.
"If you use your powers your young lady will get an electric shock," Magneto said. Damn him!
Sabretooth stepped towards Kurt who held the unconscious Charlie. Logan tried to get up but his injuries refused the request and he winced. He continued to watch as Sabretooth took Charlie and Magneto led them all out. Five more minutes and I would have had them!
Okay. Its an uber short chapter and I'm sorry. At least all the others were long. The next one will be too. I promise!