Hellcat's Journey

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Chapter 3

I feel strangely satisfied at the looks of pure shock on both of their faces.

"I was unaware that Sabertooth had a child." Xavier said quietly.

"His name is not 'Sabertooth'", I snap angrily. "It's Victor, and I want him back! Where is he! What did you bastards do to him!"

I was practically screaming now. And at some point during my ranting I had stood up.

Summers jumped up and took several steps toward me. I instinctively backed up only to fall back down into my chair.

"I should have suspected something. You look just like him. Might I ask 'why' you would want him back? I mean, he doesn't seem like a very good father figure. All he does is snarl and slaughter people. I wouldn't be surprised if he didn't come back for a reason. Did it ever cross you're feral little mind that you had been abandoned?"

That last word stung like a slash from a dagger. I felt tears swell up in my eyes and my blood boil in silent rage.

"You don't know him like me. He loves me. He would never willingly leave me for good."

I take a deep breath not noticing the tears sliding down my cheeks.

"I didn't come here to fight you. I came here for your help. I miss my dad and I don't know whether he's even alive or not. I miss him, I love him, and I want him back."

I take a deep breath and wipe my tears away with my hand.

"And to tell you the truth, he's a great father."

Both Summers and Xavier give extremely skeptical looks at that.

"He is! He had to raise a little baby girl all on his own." I sigh deeply and start to tell them something I had told very few people in my entire life.

"You see, my mother…she kinda…ran off with another man. My dad could have gotten rid of me easily. But he kept me, and he took care of me."

Xavier was now looking at me with understanding, but Summers still looked unconvinced.

"He called me his alley cat, and his little hellcat."

I say slowly sinking farther down into the armchair.

Xavier looked at me and I could tell that he believed me.

"Tawny," he said gently. "I believe you. But I just don't understand how your father can be such a good man, and a psychotic killer. Could you please tell us what causes that difference?"

Wiping my eyes I look at him.

"I'm not completely sure. But about a month after he first left, he sent me this short little letter thing. And he mentioned that before he went on missions, Magneto or whatever his name is, makes him take this shot thing that makes him blackout until it wears off. He said he normally had blood on his clothes and he couldn't remember how it got there."

Both men thought for a moment and slowly a dawning realization of horror crossed both of their faces.

"Magneto was taking advantage of the natural weakness caused by his mutation."

end of chapter

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