Victor woke to a constant humming and a receiding headache. Opening his eyes he saw the green electric bars that signified SHIELD containment. Hearing a groan he turned to his right where Dezra was laying, she had purple and blue bruises that he could not remember her getting. Musta happened when I got caught. Her red hair was everywhere, it being so long it draped over her right side and hung off the metal bed she was on and laid on the floor. Dang, these beds are at least three feet off tha floor! Victor smirked as he recalled her being in the throes of passion with him, her red hair fanned across the pillow and their combined bodies. His smirk faded when he heard footsteps nearing. He sat up just as an old aquaintence of his entered the area.

"Sabretooth, 'bout time ya woke up ya lazy bum." Said Colonel John Wraith, the current SHIELD conductor. "Been waitin' all day fer ya ta wake."

"What do ya want with me, or her fer that matter." Victor growled low, nodding slightly towards Dezra. Wraith chuckled at his question.

"Just a couple experiments fer her, but fer you... so much more." Wraith snapped his fingers and some guards came up to the cell. Pressing a couple of buttons the green bars disappeared, the men rushed in and tackled Victor. The blonde feral ripped at them, clawing their bodies and biting their hands when they got too close. Finally achieving their goal of pinning him to the floor, a medium height, skinny brown haired man came into the cell with a silver collar in his hands. Locking it around his neck the man whispered in Victor's ear as his senses started to fade.

"Sorry old buddy." The man whispered, releasing him the men rushed out of the cell and locked it up behind them. Standing up Victor couldn't help but feel disoriented from the lack of his enhanced senses, stumbling around the cell as he tried to get back to his cot, tripping on his way making the men laugh. Then, the men were gone along with Wraith, laughing the whole way.

Finally being able to sit down on his cot Victor struggled with gaining some sort of balance without his senses, it felt so strange and foreign to be without them. From the other side of the room Dezra groaned and shivered in her sleep. Realizing she was probably having a nightmare he contemplated waking her. Now why would ya want ta do that? He wondered to himself. When she groaned again he decided. Aw what the heck.

Victor got up slowly and placed his hand on the wall for balance. Walking across the room to Dezra's cot he only stumbled once. When he got to her cot he sat down next to her and shook her by the shoulders. Her red hair waved around from his motions.

"Hey, wake up frail!" He exclaimed when she smacked him across the face in her sleep, her claws were out and they sliced into his face. He grabbed her arms when she didn't wake. Leaning down Victor kissed her, she immediately calmed. When he pulled back her golden eyes opened up to peer into his blue ones. "'Bout time ya woke up frail." He said casually. Dezra smirked at him and sat up, leaning against the wall she assesed her surroundings.

"Where are we?" She asked him, Victor noticed that her teeth were jagged like his, he had never saw that before.

"SHIELD headquarters." He mumbled, despite how low his voice was when he said it Dezra heard him.

"Where are my children? Will they be hurt?" At her question he looked into her eyes, holding her gaze for a long moment.

"Probably." When he answered her Dezra started to panic. She started yelling unintelligible things, every once in a while she would say one of their names in a wail. Victor didn't try to stop her, but continued to sit there on her cot just watching her cry for her children. He continued to sit there in wonder of her love for her children as she plopped onto the cot next to him from exhaustion, tiring herself from her ranting.

"My poor children." Was her first understandable sentence since she began worrying. Tears began to slip down her cheeks now that she had exhausted her voice, sobs shook her body unrelentlessly. Victor was shocked when Dezra laid her head on his arm and wrapped her arms around his neck. Unsure of what to do he sat there akwardly until a hidden part of him told him to pull her into his lap and hold her. Deciding it couldn't do any harm he did what he thought and cradled her in his grasp. Vic, what the hell is wrong with ya? He thought to himself. Shrugging it off he ignored his thoughts and held her until she fell asleep in his arms.

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Sabretooth woke when he heard a deep chuckle, opening his eyes he saw Wraith standing just outside the cell in his green colonel's outfit. Seeing a short and thin man next to him made Victor cock an eyebrow in question.

"Time ta start tha trainin'." Wraith drawled, a lack of good grammar was clearly shown through his speach. "Take care o' them Leon." At his order the short man he had called Leon started to grow, not up, but around. His muscles started to grow larger, they grew in mass until he looked like a big ball of muscle. A guard punched in the code to open up the cell and Leon ran in faster than Victor thought was possible.

The mass of muscle slammed into Victor's stomach, running him into the wall behind him. Pain shot through him sharply. Leon grabbed him and threw him against the wall again, blood spurted from his mouth as organs ruptured inside of him. The attacker stopped when Wraith whistled at him. Wraith walked into the room to crouch next to Victor's beaten body.

"This dosn't hafta continue ya know. All ya gotta do is join up with us." The military Colonel made the suggestion sound wonderful compared to the torture Victor was receiving, but remembering his reasons for his departure from SHIELD before made him deny it more than before.

"And be used like a puppet?" Victor wheezed. "Never." Sighing in resignation Wraith left the cell and nodded towards Leon to continue. The hulking mass of man continued to pound the taller blonde man against the walls until he couldn't tell which was up and which person was who. When Wraith ordered the man to stop beating Victor he was almost thankful the man was alive. Almost.

"Tha offer ta join is still open Sabe, all ya gotta do is say yes." Victor shook his head no since he couldn't form words anymore. "I coulda helped ya Sabe, but yer just so stubborn. Guess it's time ta teach ya a new lesson." Wraith walked out of the cell again and turned to Leon. "Leon, since he's bein' stubborn, this time, I want ya..." He paused for a moment, leaving Victor in suspense. "ta beat tha girl this time." The mass of a man's eyes widened.

"Th..the girl?" The man stuttered, undoubtably astounded at his master's commands.

"Yes Leon, tha girl. Now no more questions, just do it." Wraith saw the man visibly hesitate to hurt her and angered him. "Now!" He yelled. Afraid of the consequences he picked up the asleep woman and whispered in her ear before sending her flying into the wall.

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Dezra was woken by the feeling of being lifted, but what brought her to her senses was the huge man whispering in her ear, voice low and roughened by distress. Her eyes opened in shock at what he said.

"I'm so sorry Dez, I really am." The burly man said. He knows my name! She thought in surprise, but she soon forgot her shock as she was hurled against the wall like a rag doll. Feeling the pain shoot through her she yelled out. The man came at her again and threw her against the wall over and over again, pain never ceasing. All intelligent thoughts departed her mind as Dezra was slammed continuasly against the metal walls of her cell. Somewhere in the back of her mind she could hear someone yelling, pleading that she be left alone.

Dezra sighed in relief when she was placed gently on her cot again. Bruises pounded and cuts that were torn into her skin from the impacts on the wall bled. Not really aware she could hear people yelling but she could not understand what was being said. She yelped when she was yanked to her knees by her long hair. More yelling was done and then she was dropped to the floor again. Unconsciously Dezra could feel herself being lifted up and thrown into the wall again, but everything started to fade out of her vision when the blackness came and surounded her mind, freeing her from the pain for the moment.

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Leon Michaels was not a bad person, he really wasn't. He was a wonderful man who loved his wife and children with all his heart, and he treasured what few friends he had. It was just another normal day for him in the SHIELD complex, torture some odd person for important information or else one of his children would be shot in the head. He had learned to obey Wraith long ago when he had murdered his first child because he didn't want to kill a person.

Flashback

"Kill him." Wraith ordered Leon. The short man Wraith referred to stood stubbornly in front of a man who had been ordered to death by Wraith simply because he had fallen in love with a man. Leon shook his head with determination.

"No. He can't help it if he's gay!" The man who stood before Leon thanked him profusely, trying to kiss his feet he was knocked away by a very angry Wraith.

"I've tried ta get ya ta do this without threats, but yer just so stubborn Leon, I guess I'll just have ta do things tha hard way this time. Bring out tha child." At Wraith's order a man brough Leon's first born child into the room.

"Josiah!" Leon yelled out his son's name when a gun was pointed to his head. "He's just a boy." Wraith laughed evily when the short man said that.

"It dosn't matter. Now, kill the traitor or else I'll kill your son." Leon didn't like the circumstances, but his son didn't deserve to die. He started to grow in size, muscles buldging. He turned towards his son and looked at him for a long time before grabbing the man off the floor and slamming him into the wall, his head shattered with an audible crack. Josiah gasped at the sight of so much blood. Leon felt terrible about killing an innocent man, but it was worth it.

"Now that ya've killed him, I gotta teach ya a lesson Leon." A questioning look appeared on Leon's face at Wraith's sentence. "Shoot tha kid." Leon yelled out in surprise and terror when the gun pointed to his son's head was shot. The look on Josiah's face was of pure terror as he dropped to the floor, no longer breathing, no longer alive.

"Josiah." Leon whispered, tears flooded his eyes from his pain.

"Now ya know what happens when ya don't listen."

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"Josiah." Leon whispered as he walked sullenly back to his quarters with his head low and his eyes cast down to the floor. He couldn't risk the death of his wife now, Wraith had threatened her this time now since his wife hadn't born anymore children. I'm sorry Victor, I'm sorry Dezra, but I love Deborah with all my heart, and I can't lose her. Leon knew Victor from their days together as partners. They did everything together, their friendship was the only thing that kept them sane through all the troubles they went through. The one thing that seperated them was the fact that Victor didn't oppose killing, in fact, he loved it.

Victor and Leon rejoiced together when the taller man was appointed Dezra, the most intelligent and most beautiful woman in the SHIELD complex, as his mate. All the men were jealous of him, including Leon until he was given Deborah, his wonderful Deborah. Her long blonde hair and soft green eyes melted Leon's heart the first time he saw her and he only fell harder when she kissed him for the first time. No matter how much we've gone through together Victor, I can't lose Deborah, I can't take it.

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(A/N) Sorry it took so long, I've been preoccupied with... personal, matters. Betraying friends and evil people is all, nothing important. This chapter is a bit dark but after everything happening today I guess it should be sort of expected. Enjoy, but don't forget to review! L8r. -Sabeybaby