One more chapter to go after this chapter eleven. I can't want to hear what you think on this one. It might be too slow or too quick for your liking, but I'm sorry if you're upset.
Chapter 11
"Do you need me to help you, Cobra?" Jaguar asked worriedly.
"I'll be fine. Just fine. Lying is my talent. I am more powerful than any mutant in the world and even Dominique Vida cannot kill me even with her magical knives," Cobra smiled, "but if I even need you, I will call you."
Jaguar nodded, "I have to be in Midnight."
And so he vanished. Cobra turned to her fellow vampires.
"You may go into the basement, Fala, Nikolas. You'll find all the food supplies you ever wanted," Cobra smiled as she teleported to the doorstep of Professor Charles Xavier's school for the gifted.
It was raining as she knocked on the door with a hidden smile. The door opened. Dominique Vida came out.
"Hello, vampire. Who are you?" Dominique asked coldly.
"I am Cobra. I have come to join the X-men. They know me very well," Cobra replied quietly.
Dominique scanned Cobra's face before nodded and going back inside, closing the door. Cobra stared at the closed door. It opened a few seconds later. Wolverine came out with Dominique.
"Cobra…?" Wolverine asked.
"Did Dominique relay you my message?" Cobra asked quietly as rain poured down.
Wolverine frowned, but nodded. Cobra waited.
"But why?" Wolverine burst out.
"Wolverine," Cobra replied in a low voice as Wolverine twitched angrily at Cobra's use of his code name, "if I went over to the Brotherhood, I would be busy twenty-four seven. If I didn't take sides, I would be persuaded to take sides in the end. If I join your X-men, I'd be back with people who used to be my friends. People who, I thought, understood me."
Cobra shielded her mind as Dominique tried to search her. Dominique glared at her.
"Will you stop trying to worm into my mind? My thoughts are private, you know. What would it feel like if an enemy tried to worm into your mind?" Cobra hissed.
"Dominique Vida is not our enemy, Cobra," Wolverine spoke up.
Cobra turned to him, "Really? Dominique Vida is the leader of all the witch clans. She is one of the best vampire hunters. Her whole clan is devoted to killing vampires, even if the vampires don't wish to be one."
"Tell me an example of a vampire who doesn't want to be one," Dominique said coldly.
"Nissa. Nissa," Cobra replied quietly.
Dominique smirked, "Nissa is the sister of Nikolas. Nikolas murdered Elizabeth Vida."
"You don't know the story. You don't bother," Cobra spat, furious.
"Oh, so I'm supposed to look up in a book. Well, this vampire didn't want to be changed, let's not kill him. Oh, but his brother is a murderer so I'll just kill him," Dominique laughed harshly.
"Okay. Quiet down. Dominique, go back to your room -"
"I go where I wish! That vampire is dangerous! She needs to feed every once in a while. She'll attack one of your students! Think!" Dominique exclaimed.
Wolverine bit his lip.
"I'll be at my mansion," Cobra said quietly as she teleported back to her basement.
"He's supposed to be here any minute," Risika whispered into Cobra's ear.
"Is that him? He looks like you," Cobra asked, pointing at a person with hair like Risika's.
Risika gasped and nodded as the person came closer.
"Rachel!" the person exclaimed.
"Alexander," Risika breathed.
"Are you the person I'm supposed to meet?" Alexander asked, frowning as he glanced around him.
Risika nodded.
"Why?" Alexander asked curiously.
"You're with the X-men. You're with the Vidas, Dominique Vida and Adianna Vida. I have not joined sides, yet. I probably won't. Why have you joined the X-men?"
"Good pay, my profession, and Dominique Vida's pleading. It's nice to have her groveling," Alexander smiled.
Risika raised her eyebrows, "So it is your profession. To murder the people your twin has become."
"Now, Rachel, don't think of it that way. What else would I do?" Alexander asked, comforting.
"You could act like a human. Live a human life. Pretend you don't know about vampires," Risika hissed.
Alexander shook his head, "How could I pretend to be innocent is what is really happening. I can't, Rachel. I can't…"
Alexander slowly walked off. Risika trembled.
"Risika, you tried. Don't worry. I have a feeling this fight will be over soon. Life will go back to normal," Cobra whispered as she glided over to Sarah.
"They're here. I can feel it. They just don't really want to be seen," Sarah whispered softly.
Cobra nodded and turned into an ocelot. Adianna Vida came up to Sarah first. She gasped and jumped back.
"Sarah!" Adianna whispered, putting a hand over her mouth.
"Adianna, please," Sarah whispered standing up from the table and putting her hand on her sister's shoulder.
"You were the one who called us here, weren't you?" Adianna asked, her eyes darting around.
Sarah nodded.
"You fed yesterday night," Adianna whispered.
"I normally don't kill, but when we go out with other vampires, I have to or else they think that I'm weak and they'll over power me," Sarah whispered.
Dominique Vida appeared. She gasped, drew out a knife, and pointed it at Sarah. Las Noches went quiet. All the humans heard the vampires whispering about a witch and a vampire fight. The humans fled quickly, but the vampires stayed, watching.
"Sarah Tigress Vida?" Dominique asked, having full control over her emotions.
Sarah nodded.
"Vampire?" Dominique blinked.
Sarah bit her lip, looked down, and nodded.
"You didn't kill yourself?"
Sarah shook her head.
Dominique demanded, "And why not? A proper Vida would have done so."
Cobra turned back into her vampire form. Dominique stared at her. Cobra smiled, showing off her fangs. Dominique slashed at Cobra. Cobra dodged and struck out with her power, all the while shielding her mind strongly. Sarah teleported away as Adianna fled Las Noches. Dominique threw her knife at Cobra, but Cobra vanished and reappeared in her basement before it hit.
"Hello, Cobra," Fala greeted as she bent down to suck some blood.
"Hello, Fala, Nikolas," Cobra said as she sat down lazily.
"How did Sarah's meeting go with the Vidas?" Nikolas asked as he rolled over on his back.
"Adianna meet her first, but they started whispering about what happened. Dominique came upon the scene and started accusing Sarah about not being a proper Vida. Then I appeared and Dominique came upon me. Adianna fled as Sarah went back to Kristopher. I left Vida," Cobra grinned.
"Are you going back after the Wolverine?" Fala asked as she pulled away from the human girl she just blood bonded to her.
Cobra nodded.
"And I suppose we have to stay here?" Nikolas asked wearily.
Cobra nodded and teleported over to the school. She knocked on the door. Wolverine came out.
"Cobra…" Wolverine said warningly.
"Logan…" Cobra whispered, pretending to plead.
Wolverine trembled. Cobra could tell that Wolverine was about to forgive her. He had a soft spot for her. Wolverine threw himself on Cobra and hugged her. Cobra positioned him so that his throat was bare to her. She sank her fangs into his throat slowly. Wolverine slumped against her. Cobra held him up, slowly injecting her sleeping poison into him. The door opened again and Cyclops came out. Cobra quickly took her fangs away from Wolverine and blew on his face, controlling Wolverine's mind to wake up slowly.
"Cobra?" Cyclops asked cautiously.
Wolverine stepped back from Cobra, looking at Cyclops. Cyclops frowned. He could have sworn that he saw Cobra drinking Wolverine's blood.
"Hello, Cyclops," Cobra smiled, hiding her frustration.