Okay, this is a long chapter, so I gotta break it up a bit. Here's part one!
A gust of wind blew into Sunshine's face, forcing her to stir. Opening her eyes, she looked out over the construction site. She faintly wondered how long she was out.
"Okay, lets' see…I went up the hill, down the hill, over some snow, then in here…" she pondered for a moment, "I was chased being by---Creed!" no sooner than the name fell from her lips a hand grabbed her tail and raked her back to him.
Sabertooth leaped out of the pipe, Sunshine in hand, and slammed her down onto the frozen dirt. Sunshine grunted as she was being spun around, then flung through the air as she was let go of. She was hurled through the back of a cranes' operative seat, crashing through the glass window.
She let out a pained cry as she landed on her back right onto the gearshifts and broke the other window with her head. Open cuts and scrapes were dotted across nearly every visible inch of skin, but she was at least thankful there were no glass shards she had to yank out.
She turned over on her stomach and crawled out of the broken window and started to clamber up the neck of the crane. That beast of a man! Why could he not just leave her be?
Victor groaned in frustration and sat down in the crane, wiping off the glass shards first though, and started messing with the gears. A little shifting of the gears, a few buttons pushed, and he had the thing up and running.
She was about half way to the top when the crane creaked and shuttered and Sunshine cursed softly as it started to move. It turned slowly, though that did not help her from freaking out, but she continued to climb upwards to get herself as far away from that beast as possible.
"Holy crap, holy crap, holy crap, holy crap…" she repeated, looking over her shoulder to see Creed coming after her. He left the crane in gear, so they were still spinning, and quickly getting faster. The bitter wind blew her hair into her face, but she had no time to pull it back in a ponytail; not when she has someone on her tail!
She had finally reached the top, but alas, a dead-end. "Unless…" Pulling her sleeves up over her hands, she grabbed the steel cable and slid down it just as Creed swiped at her, catching the back of her sweater, but it ripped and once again escaped from his clutches.
Suspended on the cable was one of the big cement tubes she had accidentally fallen asleep in, and attempted to get inside it, but as soon as she put her foot toward one end, the other side slightly dipped up.
So, she had no choice but to hang on and think of a way to get back on the ground.
He looked down at his prey with blazing amber eyes, completely open and vulnerable, licking his dry lips. Without a moment of hesitation he jumped, having a good three-second fall before landing onto the pipe so hard he rocketing Sunshine into the air.
She came back down hard on her stomach, making her nearly toss her breakfast, but was glad she did not fall to her death, as they were still spinning. She was on the far end of the pipe while Sabertooth stood in the middle, hanging on to the cable while glaring at her.
It was at least fifteen feet across, so she was safe for the time being. She cautiously stood up, thanking the stars she had above sense of balance, but she knew now was not the time to get cocky. Then her attacker got a small thought and smirked at the albino.
Letting the cable go, he took a small step toward her, causing the pipe to tip. Squeaking, she leaned forward as much as she could, trying not to step forward. He took another step and the soles of Sunshine's shoes were scraping against the concrete as she started slipping backwards.
If he got any closer she would surely fall to her death!
She dropped to her knees, but was still sliding back so she got on her stomach and hugged the pipe as best as she could, as the pipe was nearly vertical now. "Stop it!" she yelled at him, but he ignored her pleas and reached down to grab her.
How was he not falling?!
He tried to grab her by the hair, but she tucked her head into her chest and started to bite into the concrete. She finally chewed a hole big enough for her hand to fit through, and that is exactly what its purpose was.
Sticking her right hand in it, she closed her eyes and let the rest of her body go lax. There's no way he could reach her now!
Sabertooth cursed to himself as he tried to seize her hand, but she was out of reach, and if he leaned down any more he would surely fall. He backed up until the pipe was level again, causing Sunshine's arm to nearly pop out of the socket as she was hanging over the side, forcing her arm to be a little too straight.
When he got to the cable, he jumped back and flung the rodent girl into the air. He tried to watch her fall to her death, but he had to wait till the crane swung back around. "Ha ha!" he heard her laugh and looked to see where she was.
She was standing on a beam on the bridge, chuckling to herself. She could see the whole city from where she stood, and it was absolutely breathtaking. It was dusk and every light and every Christmas decoration was on and lit up the sparkling snow with delightful shades of reds, blues, greens and yellows.
Definitely a sight to behold and Sunshine felt like she was a god, looking down upon the Earth cradled in her hands in all its beautiful glory. She then realized, although she has had many ups and downs in this crazy town, it was not all that bad.
She hasn't had the best of lives, but this city has taught her to be strong through even the hardest of times, and a tear came to her eye as she gazed down at Bayville, feeling oddly at peace.
The crane was a good hundred yards away or so, and she was about fifty feet up, so it would take a moment or two for Victor to get to her, but she didn't want to feel like a sitting duck, so she started to climb the huge metal jungle-gym.
Creed had finally had it with the little white nuisance and climbed up the cable and slid down the neck of the crane surfer-style. He did a flip and landed on the frozen ground, then ran to the bridge and leaped onto the beams in a blind rage, closing the gap between the two at a maddening rate.
Sunshine was near the top, but was starting to panic as she looked back every few moments at her assassin, raw fury blazing in those amber eyes, and tried to calm herself by quietly singing Christmas carols.
"Si-ilent night…"
He was eight seconds away from her.
"…ho-oly night…"
Five seconds away.
"…all is calm…"
Two seconds.
"…all is bright…" he grasped her foot and tore her down to him. She yelped and bit down into one of the iron bars, yanking her foot free then kicking the bigger mutant right in the nose. He let out a horrible yell, but Sunshine was determined to get away.
She shakily stood on a bar, then hopped to one a few feet from it. She jumped over to a crossbar, and kept on going. "When will this ever end?!" she thought aloud as she slipped and almost fell. The next beam was a good twenty-feet long and was about to jump off of it, when her killer jumped onto the beam.
The rodent teen growled under her breath and turned to face him.
Enough was enough.
"Alright, you want me that bad? Come and get me, furrball!" He gladly obliged and was in front of her in a heartbeat and punched her in the stomach before she could react. Doubling-over in agony, she left herself an open target and he was about to smash his elbow into the back of her head.
Surprisingly though, she caught his arm and twisted it to where she had folded it nearly behind his back, then started to push on his elbow, attempting to break his arm. Although there was a loud pop, she failed and Sabertooth swung his arm and slammed her up against a vertical bar.
Hazily, she tried to focus her eyes while rubbing the back of her busted head. "You really should just give up," he said to her, as if he were scolding a small child, "I'll always find you, so why keep trying?" he kneeled down in front of her and got a good, hard look at her.
Scratches lined her white face and her nose was bleeding. The lovely forest green turtleneck sweater was now shredded and bloody with the left sleeve ripped off and the black shorts were torn apart, a red line on the skin beneath each tear.
Toad had happened to arrive just in time to see his female friend get hit. He gasped and immediately took action. He shot his tongue out as far as he could and wrapped around a high beam and hoisted himself up, then repeated the action a couple times.
He was only a tongue-length away from being by Sunshine's side, when Sabertooth grabbed the poor boys' tongue and heaved the lad up to him, then took his arm, twisting it and forcing Toad to turn to his back him. "Hey! Get your hands off—" the mutant girl stopped in her tracks when Todd had a claw pressed against his throat.
Victor had the upper hand now.
Part two up next! Wheeee!