Dezra was so lost for what she should do. Tory was pregnant, Jade was determined to leave with a mercenary apparently, Victor wasn't here to hold her, and she wished she knew the answers to her issues. Slumping against the balcony's railing she sighed deeply. Her life was in shatters. It had all started to fall apart when Victor showed up at her house that day so long ago and now she was utterly confused. What should she do? Should she just forget Victor and move on? Should she tell her daughter to get an abortion and forget the fact that she was ever raped? Of course not, she could not extinguish the life growing in her daughter anymore than she could forget Victor. She was sure now, she was in love with Victor and Tory had to keep her child.
The moon was high in the sky now, midnight had come and gone. Two o'clock was now nearing, but sleep still evaded Dezra like the plague. Letting her wings release from their tight embrace inside her back she sighed with relief. It had been so long since she stretched her wings in the cool moonlight. Grabbing her long braid she undid her hair and let the red strands engulf her figure. Looking up towards the moon she saw a faint figure of a person flying into the distance, the silver glints shining against the moon let Dezra realize exactly who was flying away. Victoria was leaving, and Dezra got the distinct impression that she wasn't coming back. Pumping her wings she flew after her evasive daughter. Having more experience in the air she quickly caught up to Tory.
"Tory, where are you going?" Dezra asked her child. The twelve year old had tears in her eyes but she remained strong.
"I'm going back to Canada." Tory whispered, impatiently brushing a blonde curl out of her face. Dezra looked confused. She was leaving?
"Can't you wait for the rest of the family?" She asked now. Tory shook her head violently.
"No Momma, I can't wait anymore. Even though I'm young I see what you are waiting for. You are willing to wait an eternity for a man who will never come back, he has found his place but you will still wait. If you have your way you will be here for the rest of your life awaiting a man who's not going to return to you." Tory sighed deeply as she regarded her mother.
"How can you see these things daughter?" Dezra was doubtful of her daughter's insight. "You are only twelve." Tory gave her a brief smile.
"I have been given the insight, I can see in my mind the future mother. Here you will wait for many years and he will not come back." The blonde girl admitted as she turned into the moon.
"So why do you leave by yourself? Even if you can see the future, why alone?" Dezra was worried for her daughter, not because she could see the future but because she would be alone.
"Because in my isolation the visions are clearer, alone I don't have to hide what I see." Tory paused as a tear welled up in her eye. "Alone I shall raise my child." Dezra nodded, she realized the truth now.
"Then stay in our house until you have what you need to be on your own." The two women embraced eachother tightly before they released eachother.
"Good bye." Tory whispered as she flew away in the direction of Canada. Dezra waited until her daughter was far away before she let her tears fall.
"Good bye." She whispered back to a child who could not hear her.
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Victor woke early as promised the next morning, he took a quick glance around and realized that Shatter had not been in the room. Whenever he came to him he left the room in shambles, all he had to do was walk and he destroyed the area. But the room was still clean so he probably was still sleeping. Exiting his room in his boxers for Shatter's room which was attached by a pull back wall he wrenched the door open and stared at his young friend. Shatter was lying haphazardly on his bed with two women wrapped around his body tightly. The scent of sex was thick in the air and Victor nearly choked. Guess I'm not tha only stud 'round here any more. Chuckling softly to himself he walked over to the bed. Grabbing the two women's shoulders he shook them gently, careful not to wake Shatter up yet. The mumbled groggily but were brought out of their sleep.
"Whaddya want?" One of the girl's mumbled, the brunette from last night that was perched on Shatter's knee when he left.
"Yeah, I was," The blonde yawned deeply mid sentence. "sleeping." Victor gently pried them off of Shatter and onto the floor.
"Shatter has ta get ta work now, that means you two gotta skidaddle. Now." He ordered them. They obidiently dressed and left the room, not making a noise more. All the women and men in the complex knew that if Sabretooth was pissed off he wouldn't hesitate to rip your throat out. Well, that's what he was like when he was younger, now he gave them a warning before ripping their throats out. Going back into his room he showered and dressed quickly. Re-entering Shatter's room he shook the boy awake.
"Get up boy." He growled at him. The blonde haired boy stretched liesurely in bed before opening his blue eyes to peer at Victor curiously.
"Ce qui? Quelle heure est-il?" The boy mumbled as he yawned. Victor grabbed his chin and forced him to look at him.
"Up now, and speak English ya French rat." The insult came easily and Shatter chuckled.
"Good mornin' ta ya too vous blonde gigantesque." Shatter mumbled the last part in French and Victor cocked an eyebrow.
"What was that last part?" The question was actually a threat since he knew Shatter had insulted him some way.
"Not'ing, not'ing." The two men continued on getting ready for work quickly. Silence filled the room as they sent looks to eachother to communicate. When they were finally in their practice room they trained viciously, Victor was determined to turn Shatter into the strongest apprentice around by the end of the month. A messenger knocking on the doorway since the door was opened interupted their training.
"Whaddya want?" Victor asked gruffly as he glared at the messenger. The messenger boy flushed from fear but spoke anyways.
"Wr.. Wraith would like t.. to see you b.. both." He managed and fled the room. Victor and Shatter shared a amused look before exiting the training room. They walked together, side by side, through the halls towards the control room where Wraith could always be found, no matter the time. When they entered Wraith was standing, leaning against a column in the room. Leon and his mate Deborah were in the room as well, they were staring at eachother with saddened eyes while exchanging hushed words.
"Ya wanted ta see me and tha rat?" Victor asked Wraith while receiving a light punch on the shoulder from Shatter.
"Yeah, I've heard some disturbing rumors that must be hushed." Wraith turned around and gave them glares that would make a grown man burst into tears. Shatter didn't even cringe, Victor was so proud of his apprentice.
"Rumors?" Victor asked curiously. He was a soldier, not a momma to the unleashed kids running rampantly through the complex. Many women got pregnant from their time with the men when they 'forgot' to take their birth control pills and they would give birth to the children every time.
"Yeah, rumors." Wraith turned and glared at Leon. "How 'bout ya inform our good friends here hm?" Leon nodded his head and turned solemn eyes to Victor.
"The rumor goes that your apprentice and my wife are having an affair." Leon whispered, he looked like his heart was breaking and Victor felt a pang of guilt that his apprentice supposedly caused this pain in his friend. Victor turned to Shatter and gave him a penetrating stare.
"This true?" Victor asked the boy. Shatter looked hesitant to answer but nodded.
"It is." Leon looked enraged at the boy's answer. The fire flashing in his eyes made Victor wary.
"Then something must be done to stop these rumors that are distracting my soldiers!" Wraith barked, drawing the men from their eye combat. "Leon, I want ya ta kill one o' these no good people, that would be between yer wife and Shatter that is." Leon looked between the two people before glancing at Wraith.
"You want me to kill one of them?" Leon asked his commanding officer. Wraith smirked and nodded.
"If I tell ya to kill one o'them then I expect ya ta kill them Leon." Wraith glared and pointed to both people. Leon looked at Victor with saddened eyes.
"I'm so sorry Vic." The man whispered before aiming his gun and shooting a bullet straight into Shatter's chest. Blood spattered from the boy and landed on the ground, wall and Victor. Victor gazed at his bleeding sidekick and felt the pang of guilt. He might've been able to stop this if he had just watched the boy closer, Shatter wouldn't be lying at his feet in a puddle of his own blood right now would he? Not a chance. Pure agony ripped through his chest as he realized that his young compatriot would not be tagging along side him when he went to train or to talk with several of the other guys. He would no longer share the friendly banter with his best friend, no more would he have somebody to watch over. He was gone.
"Shatter." Victor whimpered for the first time that he could remember. His best friend was dying at his feet and there was nothing he could do to stop it. He knew the bullet Leon had used was not a normal one or else Shatter would've already been healed and standing up chuckling. His skin was turning cold and Victor felt his throat choke.
"What did I tell ya 'bout dyin' boy, yer not allowed." Victor whispered gruffly. He felt tears threaten to pour but he pushed them back. He was just a man, did they expect him to just push this aside? Shatter sputtered as he tried to get the blood out of his throat.
"Nobody's invincable mon ami." He spat out more blood and he gave Victor a weak smile. "Thank you for watchin' ova me Patron, yo' da best friend a boy could 'ave non?" He pulled Victor closer so he could whisper in his ear. "J'observerai au-dessus de vous." And then he was gone. The life drained out of the boy's blue eyes, his head dropped back to the ground and he stared blankly at Victor's face. Pain welled up in his chest but Victor pushed it back. He growled low in his throat before roaring so fiercly everyone in the room jumped. He glared at Leon and growled deeper.
"You killed him." His eyes flashed with the red hot anger that he felt. It was burning deep in his soul, lighting his blood lust to full for the first time in many long years.
"I'm sorry Victor, I really am." Leon tried to fix the situation but Victor was too lost to the beast, he truly became his namesake, Sabretooth was alive once more.
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Tory flew as fast as she could, not pausing to eat when she was hungry, not pausing for bathroom breaks when she had to use the restroom. She arrived at their house in Canada within four hours. She landed on the front steps and unlocked the door with her mind. Telekinesis is a handy thing when you forget the keys to the house. She thought, amused of her forgetfulness. Opening the door she pushed her way into the house and went straight to her room. She hadn't been in it since before they were captured by SHIELD. The room represented everything that she used to be. Young, giggly, and very girly. Looking at it now she realized it was nothing that she was anymore.
Her youth had been ripped from her the moment she was forced into womanhood by the guard. Closing her eyes against the brutal memory she blocked it from her mind. It hurt too much to remember. Opening her eyes again she stared at the girlish items on her dresser. Nail polish for her toe nails when she wore sandals, perfume for when she went out with her friends, make up to make her look more exotic when she hung out with cute guys. All of these items were pointless to her now. Nail polish stank like the chemicals they pumped into Jade when she was particularly troublesome, the perfume was pointless as well since she didn't have friends that would understand her anymore. And the make up was a signal for trouble now, why would she want a guy's attention when all it brought was pain?
Grabbing a box from inside her closet that she kept for items that she wanted to give to her friends she put these pointless items in it. Snatching several other items she shoved them in the box. Going over to her bed she ripped the covers off the bed and folded them up. She scoured her room, not leaving a single girlish item left in it. Putting the now full boxes in the garage she grabbed several jars of paint left over from when Taris repainted his room. Changing into something old and tattered from her older brother's closet she grabbed the paintbrushes and started painting. She worked on her room for long hours, after she was done painting she went downstairs and slept on the couch to fight away her exhaustion.
When she woke again she went upstairs and looked at her walls. They were dry now so she could continue, she put new black sheets on the bed. A red blanket followed that, placing red and black pillows on her bed she didn't take time to admire her work. Grabbing some spare black sheets from the closet she hung them on her windows as curtains, the light could hardly penetrate her room and that pleased her. Finishing up her work she admired her well spent time. The room was dark from the lack of light and it represented the darkness that now resided in her heart. Going to her mirror she figured her look was next. Despite the dirty clothes and the paint stains on her skin she still found herself too girly.
Going to Jade's room she grabbed her black and red hair dye. Washing and dyeing her hair she kept on working. Her curls were now still blonde but black and red streaks filled the mass of curls. Finding something black and tight from her sister's closet she dressed into them. She was easily several sizes larger than her sister, Jade was petite but Tory was curvacious and beautiful in everyone's eyes. The shirt fit over her chest tightly giving her the desired affect. Grabbing some black make up she gave her eyes a smokey darkness to them. Finally finished with her transformation she admired herself in the mirror. She didn't look like the same girly Victoria that used to hang with the popular crowd. No that girl was long gone, she was ruined. Tory realized now that she had flung herself deep into her own pit of despair.
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Victor roared ferociously before launching himself at Leon. Blood flew wildly as he cut deep into the man's arm. Leon spun away from his attack at the last minute so the cut was small and only scratched the surface. Leon continued to avoid Victor's attack as his rage grew. The fire in Victor's eyes made Leon wonder if he'd really done the right thing. Victor finally cornered Leon, his rage could be seen clearly in his flashing eyes. There was no more resemblances to the man he used to be, he was gone, destroyed by the beast that claimed his heart. Victor roared as he neared for the final attack.
"Victor, have mercy, please." Leon dropped to his knees and pleaded to the beast for his life. He hoped and prayed there was enough man left in him to see what he was doing. "Don't do this Vic, I'm your best friend remember?" The cold chuckle coming from Victor convinced him other wise.
"What I used ta be might've been yer best friend Leon, but he died long ago. And a few moments ago ya killed tha rest o'him. Shatter was only fifteen Leon, I loved that kid like a son. One o'tha best things that ever happened ta me." Victor growled now. "And ya took that away, now I'm gonna take what means tha most ta ya too." He charged at Leon first but changed his movement at the last moment and swung his claws at Deborah's neck. Her blood flew across the room as her head was decapitated. Leon yelled his surprise and agony as he watched his wife die right in front of him.
"Deb!" He screamed as he ran towards his dead wife. Her body collapsed to the floor and her head rolled away. Victor grabbed a handkerchief from his pocket and wiped his claws off, he no longer felt the need to kill now. Leon was crying over his wife's dead body and Victor walked over to him.
"And now ya know what I go through everytime I hafta watch a person I love die." He whispered to the man, out of Wraith's hearing and walked away. "I've had enough of yer games Wraith, I'm leavin', and doncha think of tryin' ta stop me or else I'll gut every last man ya have."
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(A/N) I have a feeling I'm gonna get a heckuva lot of reviews on this chapter. But please, try to resist the urge to flame. I'll see y'all in the next chapter! -Sabeybaby
translations
Ce qui? Quelle heure est-il? What? What time is it?
vous blonde gigantesque, you blonde mammoth.
mon ami, my friend
Patron, Boss
J'observerai au-dessus de vous, I'll be watching over you.