Chapter eight! My lucky number! Cobra shows some of her true side in the beginning, but she hides it due to what happens with the X-men.
Chapter 8
"More friends? More love? More of myself? Can I get those? No, it's impossible to give me those. They're what I really want," Cobra hissed.
"You can have other things," Sabertooth added smoothly.
"More slaves. More property. More money. I already have all of those. I have enough of those. What do I get?"
"Think about it. Think about the paradise the world will be when we accomplish our plan. If you want to talk to me, give me an owl screech anytime," Magneto smiled as he herded his group away.
Cobra smiled and mounted Elsie. She rode back to the mansion. The X-men asked her questions, but she said that it was her new gardener who was out with the electric people. They had lunch and were starting to play Scrabbles. When it was her turn, Cobra looked at everyone's throat.
"Cobra, your turn," Storm said loudly.
Cobra stared at her throat. Storm gulped and her heart started to beat faster and faster. Cobra heard the heartbeat and her hunger grew.
"Cobra, your turn," Cyclops reminded her, not noticing what was going on because he was looking at his letters.
Cyclops frowned.
"What word can you make out of three A's, two E's, one O, and one Q?" Cyclops murmured.
Cobra stared at Storm. Wolverine chose to ignore what was going on. Nightcrawler was too frightened to move. Storm's heart beat faster. It was too great a temptation. Cobra launched herself across the table and landed on Storm. Storm fell back; her neck was exposed. Cyclops realized what was going on. He grabbed Cobra from the back and pulled her away from Storm. Cobra started shape shifting. Wolf, cougar, parrot, and such like things. She switched into the animals uncontrollably. She was a blur. Suddenly she changed into a house cat. Unfortunately for Cyclops, but fortunately for Cobra, Cyclops was allergic to house cats. He sneezed and released Cobra who just changed into an ocelot. (Note from the Author: if you don't know what an ocelot is, check it up. I don't have much time to explain them to you.) Cobra pounced on Storm who just sat up. Nightcrawler teleported next to Storm and grabbed Cobra. Suddenly, Jaguar appeared.
"What are you doing to Cobra?" he asked as he gently took Cobra away from Nightcrawler.
Jaguar cradled Cobra in his arms.
"The ocelot is her second favorite form. She prefers a cobra above all," Jaguar smiled as he stroked the now calmed down Cobra.
Cobra purred. Jaguar laughed. The X-men stopped moving.
"You can go now," Jaguar said coldly, glaring at the group.
Storm gulped and hurried out of the house with Nightcrawler on her heels. Wolverine stood angrily, about to fight Jaguar, but Cyclops touched his arm. Logan looked at him. Cyclops shook his head. Wolverine sighed and stormed out of the house.
"I'm sorry," Scott apologized, but Jaguar did not hear him for Cobra had changed back into a vampire and was sucking his blood.
Scott blinked at the sight and hurried out. Cobra drew away from Jaguar slowly.
"So you sent them away," Cobra smiled.
Jaguar grinned, "How's Turquoise?"
Cobra shrugged, "Last time I saw her she said that she was going to get herself killed and have Nathaniel transform her."
"Ah," Jaguar smiled, "understandable. She said that most hunters die in their mid-thirties, but she's only twenty something. Probably tired of hunting. Reasonable."
Cobra nodded.
"Well, I'll let you be. You better give Magneto your answer."
Cobra raised her eyebrow, "You finally read that in my mind? I thought you would have picked that up sooner."
Jaguar shrugged and vanished. Cobra stepped outside the mansion and gave a sharp ear-splitting owl screech. She waited a few minutes. Magneto and his group walked up to her.
"Your descision?" Magneto smiled.
"Alright," Cobra grinned.
Pyro glared at her as Mystique flashed a smile at her. Cobra nodded quickly as Magneto looked at the mansion.
"Last time I said that part of the job was that you will allow us to use your place as a hideout. We are planning to change all humans into mutants. If that doesn't work, we'll kill all the humans. But we thought that if we joined forces with the vampires, we'd turn all the humans over to the vampires as slaves as long as we have a deal. If a human is a mutant, you will let us have the mutant. I forgot to mention that we were thinking that we could capture some humans and interrogate them. We need some knives and such like things with your poison. Some of the knives will have the sleeping poison, others will have hemotoxin," Magneto smiled.
"I'll do that. I have your rooms ready. I have six rooms. Five for each of you and one workroom. None of you are allowed in my basement. If Jaguar comes, don't insult him. He's a vampire. If anyone you don't know comes in, tell me immediately. Pyro, don't set fire to anything in my place. If you do, the last thing you'll see is the ceiling," Cobra hissed.
"What does that mean?" Pyro asked insolently.
Cobra laughed.
"She means that you'll become her dinner," Mystique smirked.
Pyro blinked.
"And, Sabertooth, don't ruin my place or you'll meet the same thing. Toad, that goes for you, too. Mystique, take it easy, and you, Magneto, control your group," Cobra sighed as she led the group into her place.
The group nodded.
"Wow! This place is cool!" Pyro exclaimed looking around.
Cobra nodded, "by the way, if I'm not home during the night, don't worry. I would be hunting with Jaguar."
Magneto nodded as Pyro reached up and touched the chandelier.
"Don't," Cobra warned Pyro.
He glanced at her angrily.
"I know your every thought, boy. Chill it," Cobra hissed, her snake tongue flickering in and out.
Pyro walked up to her, "Did you know that that's disgusting?"
Cobra grinned, "Don't insult me, Johnny."
"Don't call me Johnny!" Pyro exclaimed as he flicked open the lighter and aimed a ball at Cobra.
Cobra ducked and spat poison at the flames and made it die out. She then turned to Pyro and searched his mind. She deactivated his powers as he tried to throw another ball at her. The flaming ball died in his hands. Pyro turned off the lighter and dropped it.
"What did…?"
"I deactivated your mutation. Do you want it back?" Cobra smirked as she picked up the lighter.
Pyro nodded. Cobra gave back the mutation back to him as she pocketed the lighter.
"You need to chill out," Cobra explained quietly, "Oh, and, Magneto, you'll need to send out people every once in a while to buy some food. I don't store any here."
"Why not?" Pyro asked, confused.
Cobra's black eyes glared at him as Toad sighed, "'Cause she's a vampire, silly."
"I'm not silly!" Pyro exclaimed angrily.
"Then don't act like it," Sabertooth muttered.
Pyro uselessly reach out with his hands for fire somewhere in the house. Nothing happened. Cobra laughed at his face.
"I don't have fires in my house. I don't feel the cold. I'm a vampire. This is a vampire house. Everything that humans need, but vampires don't, aren't here. I'm sorry," Cobra grinned.
Pyro snorted.
"Follow me," Cobra ordered quietly as she walked up the stairs.
They followed her reluctantly.
"Your room, Magneto," Cobra said as she indicated to a door.
Magneto nodded and walked into the room quickly. Cobra walked on and shoved Pyro into a door. There was a crack as his nose broke. Cobra smiled and strode on.
"Your room, Sabertooth. And your room is there, Toad," Cobra announced as she pointed at two doors.
The two went into their rooms quickly. Cobra opened a door.
"Your room, Mystique. By the way, don't turn into anyone to trick me or my allies, including Jaguar, Turquoise, and Nathaniel. Actually, don't trick anyone unless I allow it. If you trick someone and make myself or anyone I care look really bad, you're dead," Cobra hissed.
Mystique looked at her and nodded, "I won't. Trust me. I'll obey your wishes."
Cobra nodded and closed the door after Mystique. Jaguar appeared next to her.
"Hello, Jaguar. Have you seen Turquoise lately?" Cobra asked quietly as they walked together down a hallway.
"Talked to her. Didn't tell her about you. X-men already filled her in with most of the things except that you're with the Brotherhood. They don't know. She finally is a vampire. Nathaniel didn't change her. He was busy. I happened to be there when she was on a mission. I accidentally distracted her. The vampire left her in a bad condition. She lost a lot of blood so there was no problem in changing her," Jaguar replied with a faint smile.