'This means Nina is talking in animal!'
Thoughts
This chapter is a little gory, and some people may find it really gross…but I don't think it's worth an R rating, if you don tell me…
Chapter 6
Anima, Storm, Wolverine, Nightcrawler and Gambit sat in the jet as Cyclops flew it. Remy was shaking like a leaf in his seat.
"Remy calm down, we will get to him in time," Cyclops assured, "He is our friend too, we wont sit by and let anything happen to him."
"He's right, Card boy," Nina said, rubbing her back, "We are really close, the pain just got worse-"
"You're alright?!" Storm cried.
"I'm fine, but I know what she is doing to him," Nina said.
"How?" asked Cyclops.
"I've got a link with all animals,"
"Warren ain't no animal!' Remy snapped. Nina wasn't put off by his sudden outburst of anger.
"No, but his mutation is," Nina answered, "You said he has wings, and they are from some bird."
"So your powers are anything to do with animals?" Cyclops asked
"Yeap," Nina said, before arching her back against the chair in pain, Storm looked over.
"Nina?"
"Son of a- she just ripped half his wing off," Nina grimaced, Remy turned around fast almost falling of the seat.
"NO! She can't have!" Remy cried, "How far are we!?"
"Will you breathe," Nina snapped, "Cyko, turned towards the forests over there, I can sense her now."
"Wait what if she is able to sense you?" Wolverine asked, smirking at the name she blessed Cyclops with.
"She hasn't got that power yet,"
"What do you mean 'yet'?"
"When she kills someone, she steals their powers," Nina said.
"So it's like Rogues powers?"
"No, Rogue doesn't have to eat them after she kills them," Nina said simply.
"WHAT?!" Remy shouted. Nina glared at him.
"Calm down," growled Nina, her temper getting the better of her. His shouted was giving her a headache.
"Storm, she just sounded like Sabertooth," Cyclops pointed out. Storm nodded in agreement, however she did not like the statement though. Nina stood up and walked to the front and looked out the window.
"Cyko, land in that clearing over there," Nina said pointing to a flat area.
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"What do you want with me?" Warren asked weakly, his beige shirt was torn, and the back of it was covered with his own blood. The feathers from his wings were scattered all over the floor, his capturer spent the last twenty minutes pulling feather by feather out, but she lost patience and just tore his entire left wing off, with her bare hands. It took his entire man hood not to cry out in pain. He had no clue were he was. After hitting him in the ribs, and breaking one, (he heard a sickening crack and felt it) she hit him across the head and kidnapped him.
"You," She said coldly, she grabbed in by his chin and forced him to look into her red eyes. They reminded him of Remy, only difference was Remy's eyes were warm and welcoming, hers were cold and threatening, "You're mine now."
"Never," he mumbled. He looked around seeing only skulls of what appeared to be humans, no weapons for him.
"Yes," She said gripping him by his blonde locks, "And after I kill and eat you, I'll go after that slut of yours as well."
"Leave him alone," Angel threatened, the girl laughed at him. She was only a girl barely eighteen; her short black hair looked like it was plastered to her head.
"Yeah right," she laughed, "Oh by the way, my name is Sarah, but you will call me Succubus while I make you scream."
"What?" Warren muttered. He understood exactly what she meant the next second when she ripped his pants off. "NO! Stop! Get off me!"
He struggled to push her off him. For some one so young she was really strong. He continued to try to push her off, but it was useless.
"Give it up," She snapped, slapping him hard across his face.
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Nina jumped down the stairs not even waiting for the door to open, she landing on her feet on the rocky floor. The X-men and Gambit followed her only to find she had disappeared.
"Where the hell did she go!?" Wolverine asked looking around while sniffing.
"Up zere," Nightcrawler said pointing up. The group looked up to see eagle Nina flying over a group of rocks. They followed her, jumping over the tough terrain.
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Anima soared through the air. Her beady eagle eyes searched for Succubus. The history behind the two was deep. Succubus was once apart of the children raised at MEAC. Her first power was telekineses which she received at the age of thirteen, but after two years, another power developed, the hunger for human flesh and torture. Nina had known what Succubus's powers were as her own develop when she turned ten, but Nina didn't think she'd turn her back against her own friends.
One morning however, only twelve at the time, Nina got up to a terrified scream. Being the team's unofficial leader, she rushed to the scene, to find one of her own friends was killed the night before. A small boy, only seven at the time was the one screaming, Joshua, had woken up to finding his bunk buddy (Everyone shared a room, but Succubus and Ice) had been killed the night before. All that was left of him was his bones, and blood. Nina reacted quickly dragging Joshua out of the room, comforting the terrified boy. Nina wasn't sure what happen but she could smell something in the room, the scent of Succubus, all over the bones.
Nina being furious confronted Succubus. Ready to tear the girl apart, Nina dove at her only to be shot back by Succubus new power she acquired from the dead boy. And because she didn't have a power stealing chain on, Succubus escaped in the process after breaking a large hole in the wall. Some of the other children in the building managed to escape. She would have escaped to but Julius, who was only two at the time, wasn't in the same room as them for half the time. She wasn't going to leave without the entire group with her.
Nina was taken out of her thinking; she could hear screaming, just below her. She looked down to see a small cottage hidden in the trees. She flew down, her powers directing her to the two mutants. Just as she was a metre away from a window of the cottage, she changed to herself smashing hard into the glass, tackling Succubus to the ground. Warren screamed in pain as more feathers were pulled out, Succubus was using his wings as a grip. He watched, whimpering as the stranger fought against his forcer. His fear grew back when the girl was thrown it a wall by some yellow flamed blast. Succubus stood up and stalked towards Warren, he shrank back into the corner that she had threw him in shaking. Nina stood up furiously.
"You lay one finger on him, and I'll kill you," she growled, Succubus glared at her.
"What are you gonna do?" She snarled, "Growl me to death."
"You know as well as I do that all I need to do is send Stallion the thought," Nina hissed, "And we both know he can kick your ass!"
"Well in that case," Succubus said, looking at Warren, "I'll be back for you, good bye."
She disappeared with a flash of light. Nina ran over to Warren while pulling of her coat, that Spider had made, she wrapped Warren around with it. He was shivering badly, it was snowing, no fire was lit, and he definitely needed Raphael. And he was naked for some reason. He was whimpering terribly.
"S'ok, she's gone now," Nina said. A noise caught both hers and Warren's attention; the door was being attacked by three metal claws. It was thrown out of the way. Nightcrawler teleported inside, as Gambit ran in pushing everyone out of his way, he knelt beside Angel and began to stroke his head. The x-men stood waiting.
"Cher? Are you ok?" Remy asked softly. Warren nodded.
"I'm fine," Warren muttered, before he fell unconscious. Remy panicked.
"Cher?!"
"No, Remy that's good, he wont feel so much pain, we need to get him to Raphael," Nina said standing up, Wolverine walked over.
"I'll take him Gumbo," Logan said, taking Warren into his arms. Nightcrawler helped pull Gambit up; he seemed to be in another world.
"Remy?" Storm asked, as they left the cottage.
"Oiu?" He asked weakly.
"He will be fine," Storm said, she turned to Nina, "Sweetie what are you doing?"
Nina was gathering the larger parts of Warren's torn, bloody wings, "Raphael will heal the back on, good as new."
"Okay," Storm said taking some of the feathers off Nina, "let's go."
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Logan placed Warren gently in to Remy's waiting arms. Logan walked off. Gambit was sitting at the back of the jet, with Nina. He began to gently caress Warren's hair. Nina watched him finally understanding the extent of their relationship.
"Remy?"
"Oiu?"
"You and Warren," Nina stated, "You are more then just friends aren't you? You are mates?"
"Isn't dat the same thing?"
"No, um, mates as in lovers," Nina smiled. Maybe I shouldn't use animal terms.
"Oiu," Remy said nervously, "Please don't tell anyone."
"I won't," Nina smiled softly. "Why are you scared of people knowing?"
"Most people don't like homosexuals, and Warren don't want too many people to know," Remy muttered.
"What's wrong with homosexuals," Nina sighed, "I mean there are fish that can change their sex."
Remy laughed weakly. Nina smirked.
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"Are you sure?" Spider asked Tobias softly, he nodded. He, Matthew and Helen looked over towards Joshua.
"Okay, no one tells him," Matthew decided, "He doesn't need to know."
"Know what?" Stacy asked. She and Meta had just walked over.
"Succubus, she's back."
"What?" Stacy almost shouted.
"Shut up!" Matthew hissed. "She just went after some mutant with wings, hopefully Nina got there in time."
"How'd they know he was getting attacked?" Meta asked.
"Nina felt it," Matthew answered.
"God sucks to be her," Meta grimaced. The group nodded as Joshua and Julius walked over.
"Where's Nina?" Julius asked, "And mummy."
"Mummy?" Matthew asked, snorting.
"No idea," Meta said, ignoring Matthew.
"Raphael!"
"Oh, well there's Nina," Matthew pointed out, the group followed the noise.
"RAPH!"
"Coming," the boy answered, running towards the room he heard his sisters voice coming from, he gasped when he saw a young blonde man laying on his stomach, his back was bleeding terribly. A lot of the students were surrounding him in shock. "What happened to him?"
"Heal now, ask later," Nina said quickly. Raphael ran over placing his hands over the man's back. It was then he noticed the tattered wings. He felt his blood rushing to his hands as the wings very slowly repaired themselves. Warren's blood slowly began to pour back into his back. He was wincing in pain trying to get away from the pain that the healing was causing.
"What's wrong with him?" Storm asked, as he began to whimper.
"Let's just say that Raphael's healing hurts more then the wound," Nina answered, Raphael moved his hands away, as the wound finally closed. Warren's wings looked as good as new. Warren's eyes fluttered open. Remy knelt beside him.
"Warren?"
"Remy?"
"Oiu,"
"What the hell happened?" he asked sitting up.
"Take it easy Ange," Cyclops smiled.
"Cyke?" asked Warren. He eyed Storm, Cyclops, Wolverine and Nightcrawler (who had an inducer on). "What the hell happened?"
"You were attacked by a mutant name-"
"Nina!" Matthew warned, eying Joshua.
"He will find out eventually" Nina answered, she turned her attention back to Warren, "As I said a mutant named Succubus."
Joshua took a sharp intake of air. Nina continued, "She wanted to kill you, eat you and steal your power."
"Why the hell does she want my powers for?!" Warren exclaimed, "I've only got wings."
"She doesn't care, to her it only means more powers," Nina answered, "but don't worry, as long as you always stay inside, or go out in a group, she won't attack you."
"How the hell do you know all this?" Wolverine asked.
"She use to be at MEAC, but after killing one of our own she left, I tried to kill her but she escaped using his powers," Nina said, laughing angrily. "I should have known, I mean I knew her powers, I just didn't think she'd attack one of her own friends."
"Hey, you could not have known," Toby suddenly said, everyone who hadn't heard him speak looked at him in shock, while trying not to fall over from a sudden faintness.
"So you can speak," Remy asked.
"What the hell are you talking about Card boy, you've heard him already," Nina snapped. Remy shrugged.
"Don't remember,"
"Thanks," Warren said, smiling at Nina.
"Right, I'm gonna go for a walk, or maybe fly around, whatever," Nina grumbled, walking off, she messed Joshua's hair up a little before leaving the room.
"Not very social is she," Kitty pointed out.
"No she is," Matthew said, "She just doesn't trust anyone."
"That's gotta suck," Jubilee added.
"phhft, you say it like she cares," Meta said. Stacy and Helen laughed. Nina suddenly walked in.
"Anyone see Spot?"
"No," Helen answered, many other people shook their heads.
"Who's Spot?" Rogue asked.
"My leopard,"
"You have a leopard," Ray asked.
"Yeah," Nina answered, two terrified screams filled the institute, "Think I found him."
She ran out of the room, following the screams.
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"Where are they!?" Roberto screamed, "The match started fifteen minutes ago!"
"Robby calm down," Sam said softly, "They had to go on a mission."
"Well they could have given me a yes or a no!" Roberto screeched, his voice was going hoarse, "Not just leave!"
"Robby," Sam said, "Just go and watch it, will you. They're not gonna come back for a while, knowing their missions."
"No, they get back, and I'm watching the TV, they'll probably ground me til Christmas," Roberto said finally calming down, "And when the hell have you been Mr break-every-rule, or in other words Berzerker."
Sam laughed, "ever since you turned into Wolverine."
Roberto smirked, "Who exactly are you insulting huh?"
"Him,"
"Hey!" Roberto laughed, the door creak, and swung over. Sunspot and Cannonball both looked over, and saw a large spotted cat walk in. "Sam, is- is that a cheetah?"
"I- I think so," Sam answered looking at his friend before both screamed at he top of their lungs.
Moments later Nina shot into the room. "Spot!"
The cat looked over, innocently.
"Out now," Nina snapped, the cat left the room. "You two okay, he didn't hurt you did he?"
"No," Sunspot scared, "It just scared Sam, its all cool."
Sam glared at Roberto.
"Okay I got to go, byes" Nina said leaving the room.
"'It just scared Sam?'" Sam growled. Roberto grinned.
"Hey, I'm not gonna look like wimp in front of her," Roberto laughed.
"Shut up," Sam pouted.
"Hey, it was either me or you and it ain't gonna be me!" Robby laughed. Sam shook his head.
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"They totally ruin the entire house!" Tabitha snapped. Mystique nodded. Magneto was shifting the metal to form a roof over their heads.
"Who was that girl with the white hair?" Avalanche asked.
"Yeah who was she?" Quicksilver asked.
"Sabertooth's daughter," Toad sighed, "honestly, what is it with humans and experimenting on us."
"Who knows?" Wanda sighed. Frog hopped over towards her while she rubbed her neck.
"You want a back rub, baby cakes?" Frog asked, as he began to massage Wanda's neck gently. She growled angrily using her powers to throw him into the rocks.
"Will you give it up already?" Toad snapped at the younger amphibian, "She doesn't like you, I don't like you. No one likes you!"
Frog looked away brokenly before hopping off. Wanda, Tabitha, Lance, Fred and Pietro burst out laughing once he disappears.
"TOAD!" Mystique snapped.
"What?"
"Don't you 'what' me," Mystique snapped, "Go after him and apologize."
"What for?!"
"GO! NOW!"
"Fine, calm down, Jesus," Toad said walking after Frog.
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Nina perched herself on a tree as Spot climbed up. Nina morphed to herself again. She came back to the same place where her father was, only on the other side of were they had entered and saved Sunspot from. She was hoping her father would smell her and come find her. Not that she knew what to say to him. She leaned against the trunk of the large tree as Spot lay on her legs. The view was beautiful; it was of a large waterfall and a long clear river.
"What the hell?" She said softly as the small amphibian she had tongue tied hopped past, crying. He fell over his own feet; he sat up gathering his feet to his chest and began to cry. "Stay here Spot."
She jumped down the tree careful not to tread on any leaves or twigs. She stalked over silently, the boy not noticing her. She stood behind him and then knelt down.
"Hey," she said softly, Frog jumped turning around.
"Oh it's you," he muttered wiping his tears away hastily.
"Its okay," Nina said, "You can cry if you want."
"I wasn't crying," Frog sniffed.
"Whatever," Nina smiled, "So what's your name?"
"Like you care," Frog said angrily, "No one cares, everyone hates me, yo."
"I don't even know you," Nina said, "So how the hell can I hate you."
"Well your gonna hate me anyway,"
"Whatever, I hate lot of people, what's your name anyway?"
"Frog," he sniffed.
"What's your real name?" Nina said sitting besides him, she had her legs crossed.
"Todd,"
"Nina," Nina grinned, "Or Anima, but that's just a stupid nickname, the best one my stupid friends could come up with."
"At least you have friends," Frog said, sounding depressed.
"Hey, how about this," Nina said, "I'll be your friend."
"Really," Frog said hopefully.
"Yeah, why the hell not," Nina grinned, Frog grinned back before throwing himself at her for a hug. Nina hugged him back, glad that some animals had a poor sense of smell. He suddenly pulled back.
"I'm sorry," he said, cursing himself for throwing himself at her, "I probably stink."
"Yeah you do but I can handle it," Nina grinned, "Besides, you're my pal, why would a little smell make you any less then my friend."
"Thank you yo,"
"That's cool," Nina smirked, she turned around and whistled, "Spot, come down, Toddy I want ya to meet my friend, Spot the Leopard."
Todd turned to see a spotted leopard jump down a tree and walk over, he swallowed fearfully.
"Don't be scared, he won't hurt you," Nina said as the cat sat besides them. Todd held out his hand shaking going closer to pet it.
'Spot, let him pat you and then cuddle a little against him' Nina purred, Todd looked at her oddly, it sounded like a bunch of purrs and meows but Spot understood. The cat moved closer to him, rubbing his entire body against Todd, lovingly.
"He likes you," Nina smiled, Todd grinned.
"Frog! Get the hell away from that!" Nina and Todd both turned to see Toad running over with a large stick his hand. Nina shot up pulling Spot behind her. "What the hell is wrong with you!?"
"Go away!" Todd snapped, standing up, he stood in front of his new friend and her cat.
"Get the hell out of the way," Toad snarled.
"Todd, I'm gonna go, my mum's probably having a heart attack," Nina sighed, "I'll see you around."
"Where the hell can I find you?" Todd asked.
"Xavier Institute," Nina said, "Westchester."
"Okay," Todd sighed as she morphed to an eagle and flew of with Spot chasing after her. Once she was out of sight Toad grabbed Frog by the shirt.
"What the hell is wrong with you!? She is the enemy and you're dating her!"
"I wasn't on a date!" Todd shouted, "She is my friend."
"You don't have friends, she is using you," Toad snapped shaking the boy.
"She is NOT!" Todd shouted fury clear in his voice, Toad step away, taken aback by the anger radiated in his eyes.
"Alright, fine you believe that," Toad sighed, "But if she hurts you don't come running to me."
"Like I would, yo, and she won't hurt me!" Frog growled walking towards their home.
"Keep saying that," Toad sighed, following him, surprised he wasn't hopping. "Why aren't you hopping?"
"Cause I don't want too," Todd said wiping what was left from his tears.
"You were crying?" Toad asked.
"No I wasn't," Todd sniffed.
"Look I'm sorry lad," Toad apologized; maybe there are some similarities between us. Minus the tongue.
"Whatever, yo" Todd mumbled, Toad rolled his eyes knowing he didn't accept his apology. Grabbing Frog by the arm he pulled him behind a group of large trees and bushes. "What the hell are you doing?"
"You don't believe my apology, so we're gonna talk," Toad said. Todd struggled more.
"I'll scream,"
"Scream, I don't care," Toad said, sitting on a flat boulder, he let Todd go. The younger hopper looked at him in surprise.
"Why'd you let me go?"
"Cause you don't have to listen if you don't want to," Toad said, realising the boy was scared of him.
"Then why the hell did you drag me over here then yo?" Todd snapped, Toad stared at him, well he has a point.
"Um, no idea, maybe cause I'm an idiot," Toad grinned hoping to get the boy laughing too, he succeeded, Todd grinned. "Look what I said earlier, wasn't the truth, I mean how the hell do I know if those other kids think about you. And in all truth, I don't hate you, or dislike you, you're just annoying, but it should be expected right, you're the youngest to the Brotherhood. Hey who knows, maybe Mags will send us on some mission together, God forbid, I might begin to get use to you and that smell."
"Shut up," Todd snapped, annoyed that Toad ruined his apology with an insult.
"Yeah, yeah, can I ask why you don't just have a shower?"
"I do, its just I don't really like water," Todd said.
"Yeah well neither do I,"
"I don't get it, we're both Froggie-like yet we both hate water," Todd said.
"Well I just don't have a fond memory of water,"
"I don't either, I almost drowned once thanks to my dad," Todd shivered.
"Let me guess, he tried to drown you when you were born," Toad let out hollow laugh, "My mum did the same thing."
"Not when I was born," Todd said, "My mum raised me by herself, but one day when I was nine he came back, and saw I was a mutant. So he tried to drown me."
"Bastard, my mum try to kill me the day I was born, my dad stopped her, so they put me in a orphanage," Toad said, "I thought they both hated me, but truth be told it was just my mum who hated me, I met my father when I was ten. He came to the orphanage, looking for me."
"And he didn't try to kill you,"
"No actually, he took me home, see, my mum died a month before, so he decided to get his son back," Toad smiled softly, "he taught me different fighting skills, one was Karate, he had black belt. He died two years later so I had to live on the streets, when I eventually met Sabertooth, who tried to kill me, but then realised I was a mutant, even though the skin gives it away anyway. So he took me to the Brotherhood."
"And he hasn't killed you up to this day?"
"Pfft, Sabertooth is the big brother I never had," Toad grinned, "He is quite a softy truth be told, yeah we're always fighting, I'm always insulted the hairball, and he is always hitting me across the head and growling, but I don't want him any other way. Matter of a fact he saved my life only a year ago, when that stupid weather bitch fried me and sent me to the bloody sea, Sabes found me floating in the water so he took me to some cave and stayed with me until I awoke."
"Wish I had an older brother, all I had was a drug addict mum, and a dick of a dad," Todd sighed, Toad laughed.
"Lad, I'll make a deal with you, don't annoy me, and I'll be that big brother type for you," Toad smiled at Todd.
"Really?" Todd asked surprised.
"Yeah,"
"Wow, I got two friends in one day,"
"Yeah, just tell me when you're gonna go visit that Nina girl," Toad said, "She's one of them and she may use you to spy on us."
"I won't tell her anything about us when I see her," Todd said.
"That's my boy," Toad said rubbing Todd's head.
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Next chapter: Nina and Roberto begin to talk, Toad and Storm have an encounter, and Scarlet Witch tries to give Frog a bath, with the help of Quicksilver, Avalanche, Blob, and Boom Boom. Frog goes back to the river were he met Nina, and gets himself into trouble.
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