Ch. 2
Note: I mention the Avengers, they are not mine, I believe they belong to Marvel.
"Wow! A dog!" cried the boy rushing to stoke the new "pet".
'Wolf, stupid!' thought Dakota, 'Look at the features, like my bigger paws! There's no way in hell I'm a dog!"
"Can we keep him?"
Her!
"I found it-" began Sandy.
Her!
"-outside, it-"
Her! Honestly!
"-probably belongs to someone in the building."
Finally, we're getting somewhere. Dakota padded over to the door, jumped up and began to scratch the door.
"Maybe it needs to go to the bathroom." Sam supplied helpfully. Sandy smiled down at eleven year old brother.
"Okay. Stay here-"
"Don't answer the door, the phone, don't go outside and stay quiet. I know, I know."
"Okay," Sandy tousled his hair, "we'll try to be quick."
Sandy opened the door and followed Dakota up a couple of flights of stairs all the time wondering where the hell this dog was taking her. It was then that Dakota stopped in front of the door to apartment.
Sandy shrugged and knocked on the door of 7B. No sooner had her hand left the door that it opened to reveal a tall blond with a huge grin on her face.
"Hey!" She said in a cheerful tone.
"Oh. Uh, hi. I found this dog outside my apartment door and it led me back here, is it yours?"
"Dakota!" the blond shrieked. Dakota seemed to grimace (if dogs can grimace) and walked into the apartment without a backwards glance. Turning her attention back to Sandy, "Oh, how rude of me! I'm Serena!"
"Sandy." She said shaking hands."
"Ow! Static electricity."
"Yeah, that kinda happens a lot."
"So, you wanna come in, as a sort of thank you?"
"You already have. Besides, I'm just glad Dakota is safe at home." With that Sandy turned and began to walk away.
Serena lost her smile, 'Fine,' she thought, 'Have it your way.' Out loud she said, "I know what you are!"
Sandy turned to face her, "A busy woman, now if you don't mind-"
"Mutie! That's what they call people like you, like me."
"Like us." Said a voice behind Serena. A girl about 3 inches shorter than her appeared behind her. She had red hair, brown eyes and lots of freckles. "I think you should come inside."
Serena and the red-head moved aside to allow access to the inside of the apartment. Sandy was intrigued and wary at the same time. But, she gave it a shot. Wordlessly she entered the apartment.
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"Wait a sec. Let me get this straight. You're a team of mutants, kinda like the Avengers?"
"Not really. We aren't public with our identity, nor well liked." Said the tallest, a brunette with blue-gray eyes, she was Helen.
"Okay. And you want me to join ya?"
"Exactly." Said Serena, the leader, "We know how hard it is to be alone with a secret like this. You need friends, allies."
"But, I'm not alone. I've got Sam."
"Sam?" asked another brunette, this one was the shortest and seem to have an attitude that said, 'mess with me and get maimed!'. She was Dakota, Sandy discovered her power was to transform into dog – wolf, Dakota had made sure to tell her – and back again, she was in human form now.
"My brother. He may not be a mutant, not yet at least, but he's my brother and he's stood by me for years."
"Does he know what you are?"
"Of course."
"And he doesn't care?"
"No, he loves me because I'm sister, it doesn't matter if I'm a mutant or not."
A look of sadness passed over Serena's eyes, only for an instant and she said, "You're lucky. Not many people have that. But . . . still it wouldn't hurt to have allies."
Sandy stood up. "I'll think about it. For now, Sam needs me. Goodbye, all of you, Elites." Then, she left.