Victor stretched out in bed as Dezra showered. He unconsciously purred as he recalled what they had been doing several moments ago. A smug grin spread itself across his face when he remember just how loud she'd been yelling. A deep chuckle escaped his lips to follow his grin. Hearing the shower shut off he wiped the grin off his face so she wouldn't get curious. He watched her with blue eyes shining as she exited the bathroom with only a towel wrapped around her. Her long red hair was sopping wet and hung down flat to the backs of her knees, he had never realized it was that long before. Her gold eyes were watching his and when he removed his look from her more flattering parts she shook her head and smiled at him.

"Git over here woman." Victor growled low in his throat after ordering her to come to him. Dezra walked towards him slowly, her hips moving from side to side to tease him. When she was close enough he grabbed her around the waist and pulled her back into bed. She squealed in indignation as he tore the towel from her grasp. Sitting her up so she was straddling his waist he admired her freshly clean body. Water dripped off of her where she didn't dry her skin. Sitting up and jostling her a bit he leaned forward and took a deep breath of her scent. His scent was fading from hers because of the washing and he was going to change that.

"Victor, I have to get dressed." Dezra tried to pull away from him but he kept his grip strong. His lips found her neck and he nibbled on it slightly. Unconsciously she moaned from his ministrations. "Victor... I have to... ohhh... get dressed." She whispered in his ear as he let his hands carress her body. His lips finding her's he kissed her passionately.

"Oh no ya don't."

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JJ stumbled through the snow as he dragged Victoria and Jade behind him while Tyler who was now awake, clung to his neck like there was no tomorrow. Taris had escaped with them after killing several guards but he was so weak he could barely move his feet. They trudged through the snow to get farther away from the complex. Hearing shouts behind them the black haired boy spared a glance backwards to see guards now chasing them. Lifting the girls onto his shoulders he began to run, his feet felt like lead but he didn't care. All he knew was he had to get them to safety.

They stopped running when they heard a loud whirring sound like the engine of a plane. Lifting his eyes to the sky JJ saw the Blackbird hovering above them trying to find a place to land or let down their ladder. They rested lightly on the ground and the exit hatch opened revealing a short stocky man and a tall woman with red hair. The red head came over to them and helped them onto the plane while the man made quick work of the guards chasing them with claws coming out of his hands. Once on the plane JJ relaxed against a comfortable black chair, he would try and help the woman fly the plane but he was too weak to move. The short man came back onto the plane, the claws that were once visible were now gone. The man turned towards him and eyed him over.

"Name's Wolverine, who're you?" The man's voice was low and deep, more like a growl than a voice.

"Johnathon." He spoke in a whisper since he couldn't breathe very well from all the running. "My names Johnathon." The man before him looked around at the gathered children and took a deep breath of air.

"Sabretooth." He said, his grey-ish blue eyes narrowed as he spoke. His claws popped from his hands in a sound like "Shnickt" He stood there silently before letting his claws come back into his hands and he strode off to the copilots chair where he sat down heavily. Feeling the need to rest JJ relaxed in his chair completely and let his eyes fall closed. As the warming feeling of sleep approached he wonder idly what would happen to their mother.

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Dezra pulled away from Victor's kiss as she felt a disturbance deep inside her. The blonde man lying underneath her growled deep in protest to her actions and tried to pull her back but she continued to pull away. She closed her eyes and let her mind search the area. Feeling the presence of her children she gasped.

"My kids!" She exclaimed making the man under her roll his eyes and growl again. She turned her eyes back to Victor then as she felt them getting farther away. "They're escaping." She whispered. He cocked an eyebrow in response to her words.

"Oh really?" Victor was curious now. "How do ya know that hm?" Dezra closed her eyes and focused on his mind, pushing her way through his mental defenses she joined them in a bond. She sent images of her children running through the base, Taris fighting multiple guards, them exiting into the snow and the Blackbird coming to their rescue. He growled when he saw Wolverine exit the plane and slice the guards up, seeing them all enter the jet again it took off and flew away.

"They're free now." Dezra said quietly with a glimmer of tears in her eyes. Victor rolled his eyes again as he saw the tears gathering. A sigh escaped the golden eyed woman's kiss swollen lips as she realized she was now truly alone with the man she had been sleeping with for quite a while.

"Git over it frail." Victor's words cut deep into her heart and she glared at him.

"Do you honestly think I'm going to just get over it that quickly?" Her words rivaled his in anger and she cut his chest with her now revealed claws. He grunted out of discomfort as he felt the cuts. "I'm going to escape with them. I will not be restrained." She pulled away from him and got off the bed. She grabbed a pair of tight black pants that had been supplied by her captors and a black tank that she had cut slits in the back of it for her wings. Dezra pulled on some black knee high boots and pulled the zipper up, she braided her long red hair quickly and tied it at the end with a black rubber band. Her golden eyes glimmered in the mirror as she inspected herself. Seeing Victor sitting up in bed watching her with interested blue eyes she turned towards him.

"So yer just gonna leave is that it?" She nodded her affirmative at his question. He got up from the bed and dressed quickly, a pair of camo jeans and a black wife beater with his black combat boots to finish it off. He grabbed a rubber band and tied his messy blonde hair into a loose pony tail. "Well, yer not gonna get very far without some help now are ya?" A smile spread across her lips and then she kissed him chastely.

"Thank you." They left the room and walked through the hallway silently, the only sound being made was the soft click of Dezra's heels on the metal floors. The got up to a higher level and several guards questioned them about their destination but quieted when Victor told them they were going on a hunt. They finally emerged into the snow and they now realized it was snowing. They walked in silence into the woods where they could escape easier. Once entering a clearing that resembled the one that Victor was first found in they looked at eachother.

No words were spoken as they embraced eachother for the last time for a long time. Their lips found eachother's and they kissed passionately. They both were relunctant to leave eachother but Victor knew that this is what Dezra wanted and he knew now he loved her. It didn't matter to him anymore that it would probably ruin his reputation, all that mattered in his eyes now was that woman who was leaving to stay with her children. When they finally seperated from eachother's grasp her wings popped free of her back and glittered brightly in the snow with a red hue surrounding them.

Not wanting to suffer any longer from being seperated from Victor Dezra took to the air and flapped her wings hard to gain height. She flew until she couldn't see his large shape in the distance, tears began to fall now since she didn't have anything to hold them back. Her heart wanted to stay with Victor but she knew he'd come to her when he was ready, fate was like that.

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JJ woke abrubtly when somebody started shaking him gently. His green eyes were greeted with a pair of blue eyes staring into his, it was the red headed woman who had helped rescue them. He stood slowly as he looked around the inside of the jet, now that sleep was no longer threatening to overtake him. He saw the others had already been taken off the ship so he followed the red haired woman off the jet. He walked with his mind in a daze, he was really tired and he knew he was safe here. He snapped out of his daze when they entered the office of Professor Xavier. The older man was sitting in his chair watching him intently with sharp brown eyes.

"Johnathon, long time no see." The Professor greeted him with a smile and a handshake. "Seems you brought along some friends." A smirk spread across JJ's face at the Professor's assesment.

"You could say that." The younger man lounged in the chair he was offered by the red haired woman.

"You may remember Jean." The Professor introduced the red haired woman who had helped him.

"Jean? That's you?" Surprise was evident in JJ's voice. "Wow, last time I saw you, you were what seventeen? It's only been three years!" A smile spread across her lips now.

"Yeah, I'm twenty now." JJ shook his head in shock.

"You're a woman now." She playfully punched his shoulder at his statement.

"And your point is?" Deciding it wasn't a good idea to answer Jean's question he turned his attention back to the Professor who was watching them with amusement.

"What were you doing in Greenland Johnathon?" The Professor's question caught the black haired boy unawares.

"I had heard about some mutant experimentation over there so I signed on as a scientist, luckily for me that even though I'm still a teenager I can look twice my age when I want." The Professor frowned in displeasure at his use of his telepathic abilities. "But anyways, I acted the part and stuff like that and I was about to give up on the presence of any mutant experimentation when they brought in those kids and their mother."

"There's a mother too?" JJ nodded in answer to the Professor's question.

"Yeah, I was unable to help her as well, I was struggling to get these kids to escape. They had been experimenting on their endurance levels so I'm going to assume that they were going to train them for something. They didn't even care what the guards did to the girls either." He didn't need to make it verbal for the Professor to know what he was emplying. Jean gasped behind him and he realized she knew what happened as well.

"Very well, how long will you be staying?" JJ contemplated the Professor's offer for a minute.

"A couple weeks maybe, I'm kinda tired, rescuing people does that to ya. But I'm not staying too long, gotta keep up my rep as a merc ya know." A smirk followed his statement and Jean led him to his new room. On the way to his room they saw the stocky man in the hall next to Jade's room. He was breathing deeply of the air around him and JJ assumed he was a feral mutant with heightened senses and he was just smelling the air and surounding scents.

"They smell like Sabretooth Jeanie." The shorter man stated.

"Sabretooth usually ends up in places like that Wolverine, you should know that by now, so leave those kids alone so they can rest." Wolverine growled at the order but left them alone. They continued their way to JJ's temporary room in silence. When they got there Jean left him alone to rest his mind and body. His mind flew across the area as habit dictates and he felt the awake mind of Jade who was in her room laying on her bed crying.

"What's wrong Jade?" He asked her telepathically. He heard her sniffle and he left his room to find her.

"I'm so alone JJ, so alone." Her crying was renewed with vigor and she remembered her mother. Arriving at her room JJ pushed the door open and sat next to her on the bed. Jade had pulled herself into a ball and her crying was reduced to sniffles as she saw him next to her.

"It's okay Jade, I'm here now." JJ was unprepared for the girl to launch herself into his arms and cry on his shoulder but he welcomed it with open arms. He held her and let her cry until she fell asleep. He laid her down and rested next to her, never letting go of her he drifted off to sleep with her in his arms.

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Dezra's wings felt like lead by the time she saw the Xavier mansion in the distance. Pumping her wings harder she neared the mansion and let herself drop like a cannon ball towards the ground and pulled her wings out at the last second to rescue herself from a terrible fate. Sensing a new presence Jean had exited the mansion and saw the woman plumetting out of the sky. They approached eachother warily, they sized eachother up like competition before smiling.

"How are you doing Miss Backdraft?" The younger woman questioned.

"I'm kinda tired, and I'd really like somewhere to sleep before I go see my children please." Her request was heeded and she was lead to an empty room. The Professor and Jean telepathically discussed her presence and decided that she could be questioned once she was better rested.

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(A/N) It's almost finished! A couple more chapters maybe then I'll wrap it all up! Yay! Hope yall liked the chapter. L8r -Sabeybaby