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Last time on Sabertooth's daughter:
It was met by a group of very military looking people. It let a roar out that shook the walls at the person closest to the door.
Pushing past the group that seemed to swarm around it, it grabbed him and lifted Logan above the ground. It ignored the shouts around it and closed down. Its only thought being to kill this man, the single-minded purpose it was built with kicking in.
The blast caught it off guard but nothing could stop it once it locked the metal in its arm and hand. Logan's face turned blue as he stabbed it repeatedly, cutting at its arm till he realized it was pointless to fight. Using up the little oxygen that was in his body to feed his arm muscles.
Soldier watched as he passed out and smiled, increasing the pressure.
Now ...
Soldier wanted so badly to finish him off. The others would understand; or not come to think on it. Shrugging off the unhappy thought its hands started to cramp. It felt him die, happiness overriding its grief for the moment.
Letting go and becoming aware of its surroundings momentarily, Soldier noticed the Bad Doctor trying to push it back using some kind of invisible hand. It let the pain of its injuries rush upon it and turned to the group.
John was staring at it with a weird look on his face. So was everyone else for that matter. It sent the quicksilver to the most important parts of its body. That was a talent Uncle Logan always envied.
Alex, in any form, could control her quicksilver. While Logan healed every little scratch till his silver wore out thus leaving him tired and unable to heal, Alex could hold it inside and send it to the most important parts first, healing it till it stops bleeding or all the way, depending where it was and at what point in her fight she was in.
Her quicksilver always resided in her important organs, healing them instantly, no matter what she did. The only thing was, her quicksilver had a mind of its own and would fight her if she didn't use it at all in a serious fight, like the one where she fought her father, it had been furious at her for days. Letting her heal from all non-vital wounds all be her lonesome.
All of the Military people looked at it with horror and were about to open fire. Soldier tensed glad for a fight… that is until a little kid wandered past rubbing her eyes and dragging a little stuffed dog behind her.
Looking up at Soldier the kid waved her little fists in the air in greeting. Drawing closer her stomach rumbled and she looked up with pleading eyes. Not noticeing the others or the body behind her, she walked up to Soldier and attached herself to its leg, seemingly falling a sleep there.
Looking up Soldier gave them a panicked look; mouthing help it inched away from the leaning child. It wasn't meant to help people, it was created to kill them; this was SOOO out of its ally.
Soldier didn't mind kids, but everyone else could deal with them better. Soldier was built to deal with rough things, it wasn't scared, it was terrified it would hurt the poor kid; or it would be if it could feel fear.
It almost cried as it was about to get out from under the kid and the child just sidestepped into its leg.
Wheels stifled a laugh and Soldier glared at him. Wheels color had returned, it could smell the relief coming of all of them, and it realized it was trapped just as efficiently as if they had it tied down. Soldier remembered when it had been as tired as this poor kid, and not knowing what her powers were it didn't dare disturb her.
It growled softly, careful not to disturb the girl. Red Eye stepped forward and every muscle in Soldier's upper body tensed, ready for whatever blow would be fall it. The others stood just as tense, ready to deliver those said blows.
John stepped before Soldier, putting his body directly between the two warring sides. Soldier was so surprised that it almost stepped back and stepped on the kid.
The child grabbed on to its leg more firmly and sniggled into it. Whimpering she looked up at Soldier and held her hands up. Clenching and unclenching her fist, obviously asking for a lift up.
Soldier bent down and lifted her up on impulse alone. It felt the each muscle in the group before it tighten further. Smiling at them over poor John's head it bared all of its sharp teeth, even as the child fell asleep and she snuggled deeper into Soldier's shoulder.
"We're going to be keeping this up all night if we don't stop now, and I have classes in the morning." John spoke, shattering the silence with a soft whisper. "Alex... We need you to come out, you're scaring all the teachers."
Soldier looked at John before shaking its head. It let out a series of grunts and growls, but no one seemed to be able to translate. "G rr Gaag's graawlg grah, ggr hgrr grr ghr'r gaa Gaag rrr grgrg grr rr garr graewlll.'
Bad Doctor had attached herself to Logan's side waiting for him to heal as he did, slowly, now she looked to Good Doctor. "Do you have any idea what it just said, Hank?"
Good Doctor, nodded his head slowly. "It said 'I am Alex's tougher part, and that I can't let Alex out until she is done grieving.' I think that means it's going to stay like this until Alex feels like coming out. So where do you think we should stick it?"
Soldier watched them all as they digested the facts. Its muscles loosening, finally letting itself relax slowly. It looked at John, he was looking at it with yet another strange look on his face.
"Well I think we should stick it in the northeast wing with the undecideds. Since it can transform into both genders or its current no gender." Wheels said lost deep in thought as he wheeled towards his room.
John looked at Good Doctor. "Alex why don't you let Hank take you there, I'll see you in the morning?" The hopeful note in his voice made it look at him nodding its head. It then handed the kid over to John.
Kevin shivered in wolf form, he had been traveling for almost a day and a half. He transformed ever so often into the human him. This was not because he couldn't hold the wolf form for to long, it was more along the lines of him feeling the loneliness much more acutely in that form so he needed to change for his sanity.
He was in New York now, and he could feel her. He could sense her, maybe a day's travel to the southeast. He paused to rest, his protesting soul screaming to go forward, toward his alpha.
Panting he sniffed around, intent on getting food, he had yet to get food, had yet to eat, yet to drink, yet to sleep. His body wanting to do those things while his soul wanted to go straight forward, not resting, eating, or anything until he died, or he was with his leader.
While he went about nurturing his body, his soul withered. He went below a tree with several squirrels chattering at him, he rested… waiting.
Alex had taught him that if he didn't move the squirrels forgot that he was there, or they thought nothing dangerous could sit still for so long. It was a double hitter, he rested while hunting.
Moving his furred jaws Kevin scooped up some snow and melted it in his mouth, repeating it several times he took care of his thirst. Resting back he waited, ignoring the uncomfortable feeling in his soul. A good three hours later Kevin woke up from his nap, snapping his jaws in the quick successions dodging left and right.
Picking up one carcass he fed, eating it bones and all in five bites. Finishing of the others in a similar fashion he picked himself up and trotted towards his feelings, it was a little past dawn but he had a long hard day ahead.
Earlier
Keith sighed, he was sitting on the porch with the rest of the Dragons sitting around him. Looking out at the sunrise he sighed again. "I wonder if Kevin's found Alex yet?" He questioned softly.
"We don't think so... maybe soon." The triplets said just as softly.
"How soon?" Keith asked never taking his eyes of the sunrise.
"We don't know that either." This time only Dan answered.
"I hope she is watching the sunrise too. She never missed one before, and it's been two. I really miss her, I've never been away from her." Keith was on the edge of tears as he finished.
David looked at him and placed a hand on his shoulder. "Most of us can't remember when we weren't. She's our world. We'll get her back, we need a little more time to get the necessary items. Maybe a few more sunrises, then we'll all be together again, and this will all be a bad dream."
Max leaned against Toad's cased leg with Rain's head cradled on his stomach, playing with Rain's hair, Max's own fears were slightly reassured.
All of the Dragon's present were touching in some form, all of them connected, unified against any enemy.
They all did that, they might differ in opinion, they did often in fact, but they just argued. Nothing could tear them apart. Nothing but the loss of a member could effect them at all.
Toad yawned, and winced from the pain. "We better go back to bed, I still need sleep and so do you all. At least in sleep we can't be separated." Leaning forward he motioned for someone to help him.
Hobbling along, still sore from Storm's lightning blast, Toad made his way to their mitch-matched room. All of them had had differing opinions on how to decorate so Alex had declared everyone would get an equal amount of space. The end result was a kaleidoscope of themes, colors, decorations, and wallpaper.
Everyone had also disagreed on the carpet so it was a bunch of samples squashed together. Sighing happily as one the eight Dragon's plopped into bed.
Magneto paced up and down the walls, he had been like this ever since Alex disappeared. He was glad that he wasn't incarcerated. David had made that possible.
David's illusion was so good that his old friend would be confused until he tried to mind read him, that was the only thing David couldn't do, create a real person. He could create a hologram so real that it moved the pieces in chess, and when given the command could even bleed.
'Magneto' would 'escape' in about three hours, just as planned, then he could talk with his friend without Charles realizing that he had more mutants in his brotherhood.
Magneto passed Sabertooth again, Sabertooth just stood there, staring into outer space, keeping his mind blank so that Charles couldn't pick out the location if he tried. Or at least that's what he kept telling himself.
"She'll be fine." Magneto spoke, more for his benefit then Sabertooth or Mystiques. "She will be fine, or so help me I'll kill Charles myself."
Sabertooth didn't respond, he was lost in the blackness that he had lived in before Alex came along. Alex was the light of his life, and everyone that she calls family. She is their heart, their leader in every sense of the word.
Magneto himself hadn't done half the things he wanted to because Alex asked him not to, she was impossible to say no to.
Screaming resounded of the walls as eight VERY healthy lungs screamed at once. Bolting up the three brotherhood members rushed into the Dragon's room.
All of Dragon's were huddling together, crying, screaming, hysterical. Looking at the clock Sabertooth noted that they woke up at 8:24 p.m. before he rushed over there and gathered as many of them into his arms that he could. The others doing the same he tried to calm the very lethal group.
The three in his arms still shaking moved to be released, he let them go and found the others already forming back together. "What happened? What happened to Alex?"
Toad was the one who answered. "She's in pain... lost, scared... and dieing." His voice cracked at the end.
Sabertooth let out a roar of rage, his eyes turning red, much like Alex's. He didn't move, unable to as bodies massed onto him, the shivering bodies moving for comfort not restriction. Breathing in deeply to calm his rage, his head cleared enough to ask. "She will heal right? She'll get better?" His voice sounding like that of a child Sabertooth pleaded to the group.
The triplets nodded hesitantly. "But she's scared... she's never scared... and someone is hurting her. We need her... we need her to be alright and h-h-home."
Magneto lost control as things went flying; he was their grandfather and he would NOT stand for this transgression. Turning to Mystique he nodded. "We leave first thing we can. Mystique we need to hurry this up." Looking at the deviously brilliant day he prayed for night.
Kevin paused a feeling of uneasiness washing over him. Looking at the sunrise he paused, knowing that his pack was watching it to made him feel better and he broke into a run. She was so near he could almost smell her, just a little further, a little further. After an hour or so his legs screamed for him to stop but he couldn't even if he had wanted to; he was way to close.
Kevin stopped in awe as he pulled upon a large brick building. Surrounded by an expanse of grass and with some woods in the back, it was more like a fortress.
In human form, Kevin walked around to get a better feel of where Alex was. Turning towards the side he eyed a window on the right side, two stories not too hard. He wished that he had Keith here, he could just stretch up there and they could be off. Shaking off the grief that came with that thought he sighed.
Looking down at the jeans he wore, he figured that he might need a shirt, shoes, and maybe a jacket before he could go to the front door and be presentable. The jeans were tight fitting and had a few holes in them but they were better then nothing. Looking for some kind of sign that said what kind of facility this is, he had to back up.
The front door had a plaque in front that said, 'Professor Charles Xavier's School For The Gifted'. Kevin had to read it several times in order to comprehend the writing.
A school kidnapped Alex? Cool. Kevin thought without much enthusiasm. Frowning he wondered why the name Charles Xavier was so familiar. Shrugging it off he would think about it later, he's a professor, Alex's with a professor.
Walking up he knocked, waiting he focused all of his energy on where Alex was.
Earlier:
Alex woke up in her head. She looked around to her inner selves; they were all heading toward the coffee shop that would open any moment. She sniffled and tried to think, she knew she couldn't hide forever, and The Dragons need her. Snide brought her a vanilla bean cream frappuccino with whip-cream, before sitting next to her and wrapping his arm around Alex.
Sipping on it she thought about everything she had to do. First thing first. "Soldier, you can come back, I need to get breakfast then go home."
Soldier came back even as Alex felt herself getting sucked out. Gulping her last bit to get her brain going she sighed outside.
Looking around at the room before her she let out another sigh. She opened the door and was surprised to find that everyone were congregating in the direction she smelt food. Apparently everyone woke up a little before dawn, an interesting piece of information Alex stowed in the back of her head.
As she walked with the group she suddenly saw a parting before her, someone was heading the opposite way, towards her. A very harassed looking John flanked by Blue Man, Bobby, and Feather Boy appeared. John looked like he could kill everyone, which was the reason the crowd parted with no comment.
He took one look at her and his face lit up, Alex, unaware that hers lit up just as much, smiled at him. He rushed forward unable to contain his glee that she was back to being herself. Unaware how uncomfortable she would become; John gave her a bear hug.
Blue Man, Feather Boy and Bobby cleared their collective throats. John blushed and backed away, trying to not look so embarrassed he held his hand out.
"I'm glad you're back." The reason she had 'left' came back to him, her father. "I didn't mean to make you so upset, I'm very sorry." He looked away, he could feel her pain, her suffering.
I'm so sorry. He repeated in her head, putting all of his emotion into it. Glad for that form of communication to be working again.
Alex sighed her loss gripping her again, pushing past it she gave him a sad smile. "I have to go back to my family John, they need me there."
John looked down, he had known her for barely three days but he couldn't think about his life before her. He looked at her. "Could you at least stay until after breakfast? So that I could..." John choked, almost letting it slip out he wanted to spend more time with her.
Her laughter stopped his floundering. She spoke to him, softly sending light waves of sensation through his head. I can hear you. Don't worry I'll stay a little longer. But I must get back to my family.
His relief caught them both off guard. Alex smiled and caught his hand turning towards the departing crowd. She stopped at the look on the three other faces. Her eyes shifting into a flame red, seemingly coming from hell, letting her teeth lengthen and sharpen. She stalked up to them, her movements fluid. Holding them captive with her gaze she suddenly jerked forward snapping air and letting out a growl.
Laughing silently as both the boys jerked backwards falling over themselves to get away from her. Her teeth and eyes normal she was back at John's side before either of them hit the ground. Blinking at her John smiled.
Alex looked at him, content for a little while; glad for the small reprieve from the constant things around the household she was in charge of.
John looked at the girl holding his hand, what would he do without her?
Alex walked past a window and watched for a moment as the sun went up, standing at the window, always attentive of the people around her, she frowned. "Kevin?" Looking around at the startled faces behind her she just ignored them. "Could it really be?"
Grabbing John's arm a little too hard she kept her eyes glued towards Canada and Lake Michigan. "He's coming. He's coming!" Alex turned and hugged John, dancing around with him, grabbing Blue Man to join the dance.
"Who's coming?" John asked once she let him go.
"Kevin! Kevin! My third in command, which means the others aren't far behind! My family is coming. We can go to school here..." A pause as if hesitant. "That is if The Man doesn't mind."
John stood there for a moment, The Man?
Alex just showed him a mind picture. "Oh Professor Xavier! We can talk to him, after breakfast. Come on, the sun rise is beautiful but we need to eat."
Alex, completely happy for the first time since she first started this whole mess, just went along. She let her mind wander surprised that she felt so comfortable around so many strange people and in a strange place. But with John right here she felt at home, the only thing that could make it more perfect was for all of her family to be here.
She grabbed a tray and looking at John, then gathered the same things he did, careful to get everything the same. John shot her speculative look but just shrugged, he started to head towards his usual table but felt her instant fear.
Seeing it through her mind's eye, he saw strange people that obviously wouldn't like him, congregating and his only friend headed towards them. Smiling at her he grabbed her hand and careful to balance the tray, led her towards the table he had originally started at. Sending her warmth, reveling in the new power he had, he tried to reassure her but still kept a protective hand on her shoulder.
Alex was reluctant… her adventurism only went so far a day. She had been doing well so far… she wasn't freaking out in a crowded room, she was without her family for a while and she wasn't passing out or running towards home, but her friendliness went up to John and The Blue Man. That was about as far as she could go… she feared change!
Alex spent the next hour on the edge of her seat, ready to bolt, not relaxing, always aware of Kevin's swift approach, and the strange people surrounding her. Unable to stand it a moment longer she shot an apologetic look towards John. Shifting into the shape of a wolf she ran dead on towards the door.
Knowing someone was already there, letting Kevin in, the subtle violence coming off him let her know, even though she was on the other side of the building that he was attacking. Letting them know he was pissed and dangerous, ready to kill to get what he wanted.
Kevin watched the door open feeling the knives slipping out of the small release on his wrists. Not waiting for the man in front of him to realize he was in danger he sprung into action. Flip kicking knocking him backwards, pressing the advantage of surprise he got in a few other hits before others rushed to the scene.
Dropping back into a fighter ready stance, he controlled his breathing and ignored his already tired muscles protest. A red beam shot out of the first man's eyes, knocking Kevin back, but burning only slightly.
Knowing how he looked he ignored their surprised looks. His hair would be tangled, falling just short of his shoulders, a midnight black like his wolf fur. His black eyes would be slightly hidden from view be waves of hair.
His well-muscled chest would be moving ever so slightly covered in a fine sheen of sweat. He was covered in small cuts and bruises, blisters on his hands dripping blood on the wood floors.
The custom made sheaves would be protecting his wrists, while holding air where his knives should be. He would look like a wild thing, and dangerous. But his age would show, 24 was still a young age, given to the fact that all of The Dragon's were going to live a-l-o-n-g time.
Moving ever so slightly so as to jog his thoughts away from their track, he made the movement threatening by raising his knives. The red head held her hands up and the knives halted in midair, he realized that she was a mutant like the other and let them go.
He charged. Once again catching them unawares, he grabbed the red headed one and used her as a shield.
"Where's Alex?" He yelled at them, jerking the woman back. "Where is she!"
Suddenly a blue wolf charged into the room. Dropping his 'shield' Kevin leapt at her, wrapping his arms around her as she wiggled in happiness. Letting out a whimper he held onto her with all his might, burrowing his head into her soft fur as he just shook.
His alpha with him, he didn't care that he was surrounded, deep in the heart of an unknown enemy, without any backup but Alex, weaponless, and tired. He knew they made one of the weirdest sights imaginable, but the had at least two mutants here so it wouldn't be too much of a shock.
Alex went completely still the same time he did, just relishing in each other's company.
"Alex?" A boy the same age as Alex by the looks of him spoke from just to the right of Kevin's side. "Alex?"
Kevin looked up, his midnight eyes locking on to the surprisingly amber eyes. He gave him a once over, noting the way he stood as if he was about to attack Kevin if he provided harm towards Alex. Smirking at the boy he shifted, wanting to curl up at his alpha's feet and be safe.
Completing the shift he rubbed the top of his head against her lower jaw. Showing his respect of her as a leader, he then turned and stood by her side, willing to fight with and for her.
The red head was staring at both of them rubbing her sore neck, Kevin now noticed that it had several cuts along it. She let out a small laugh as she seemed to think about them.
"I take it this is one of your friends or family? You have the same choice of hostage, what is it about me that screams take me I'm vulnerable?" Her voice ended sharp and she turned back to where it was she came from.
White Hair looked after Red Hair and turned as well, leaving Red Eye behind to fight them. Kevin just growled, making him even more uncomfortable. Moving towards the boy that came in, Kevin snarled, showing his sharp white teeth.
Alex suddenly nipped him on the shoulder, playfully, yet with an underlying meaning. He was not to touch this boy. Stopping his advance Kevin showed a wolfy grin then moved back.
Alex was overflowing with joy! Very little could make this day any better! Shifting shape back into her natural form, Alex sighed in relief.
Dropping her hand to rest on Kevin's head in companionship, she smiled a nervous smile towards John. Lifting her hand he grasped it, "John this is Kevin, my third in command. One of the members in my family. Kevin this is John, my..." Alex stopped grasping for a word. Boyfriend, whispered a part of her. "Friend." She finished embarrassed.
Not boyfriend, I can't have a boyfriend, what of the Dragon's? They have a problem being away from me, we would never have any... 'alone' time. Plus can't you just see them all running down any would be suitors and tearing them up? She reminded Innocent and the others.
She could smell the joy coming off John and the disbelief coming from Kevin. Looking down at his bleak expression, Alex guessed that he didn't want to change shape, but he was about to, to meet Alex's friend properly.
Patting him, letting him know that he had permission to stay like that she grinned. Only to have it turn into a wince as John's friends appeared.
She learned that the muscled boy with the wings was known as Warren, or Feather Boy; a winged mutant that held much the same characteristics as a normal bird would. She knew Jubilee and Kitty were the two UFE's (Unidentified Female Explosions). Finding out their mutations without having to reveal all of hers was a challenge, but she managed with a little bit of growling and shape shifting similar to the one in which she used to frighten Bobby and Warren.
They approached even as All-American tried to keep them back from the 'unstable strange mutant', Alex tensed crushing Kevin's fur in one hand and John's hand in the other. Wrinkling her nose she scoffed at All-American. "Like they ever listened to you."
She gathered her strength from her protectors she faced the reddening man before she turned to Kevin. "Kevin I... need... to talk to you."
Kevin sat down and stared up at her, waiting for the news. She moved restlessly. "Let's go some where... more... private." Conscious of the gathering crowd of gossiping students.
She started off in the direction of a room that she knew no one was in, Kevin moving behind her, nervous, confused, and a little worried, still holding John's hand in a death grip.
By the time that they reached the door Kevin was a nervous muddle, unable to stand it the moment that Alex closed the door behind them he shifted. "What is it Alex? What's the matter? Do we need to leave? Did some one hurt you? Who? I'll kill 'em!" He was ranting and didn't seem to know it.
"No it's not like that." Alex replied meekly. "It's about dad... and this place... and Logan. Dad's dead."
Kevin looked at her in shock. "WHEN? Oh my god. Oh my God. Oh My God." He chanted under his breath pacing.
Alex walked up to the taller man and wrapped her arms around him. John didn't expect the jealousy to emerge but it did. Rearing its ugly head at this 'Kevin'. Down Boy, their family... family.
They don't look like family. Snarled the jealousy at him. How naive are you?
Alex held on to Kevin. "Three days ago, a little while after we left for the mall." She replied, scolding herself for the tears she felt tickling behind her eyes. Kevin pulled back abruptly.
"Impossible, we ran into him the next morning, and I assume that he is with the others." Kevin stated relief evident in his voice and the way his muscles relaxed beneath her arms.
"Really?" Her voice broke and she let the tears fall, happy that she was not in a crowded room at the moment. She just clung to the panicking Kevin and cried in relief.
"He's alright Alex, he's alright." Kevin repeated hugging his leader to him, his nose in her hair. She shook in his arms and he didn't let his fear of crying girls override his need to help his leader.
He looked up at John and stared at him. Blaming him with his eyes for Alex's distress, "Why would you think he was dead?" The question was to John.
"We saw a man that fit the description get decapitated when we first saw Alex, I thought about it and she picked it out of my brain." John replied getting a bit defensive.
"Alex can't do that except for with the Dragon's, it's not part of her mutant abilities." Kevin replied adding a bit of rancor in his voice.
"Alex can hear ya'll just fine you know, and she doesn't like being stuck out of the conversation. Maybe we should include her you think?" Alex growled from her position of buriedness. Her head still on Kevin's chest, her arms wrapped around his naked back.
She sounded annoyed but she was glad that they were bantering lightly and knew that Kevin was accepting John into the fold. Looking over at the jealous John she unattached herself from Kevin and held onto John.
From the growl Kevin emanated he didn't like that.
Laughing she smiled up at John. "See, I can't make anyone happy."
John looked down at her and her heart did a little flip, smirking he whispered in her ear. "You make me happy."
Alex almost died on hearing those words. She looked at him, really looked.
His hair was slightly mused, but gorgeous in shaggy blond way, she always like hair that was long but not too long, and shaggy just below the ear length was just right on him. His body was slightly muscular without his arms being colossal. His shirt was stretched over his nice bod and led to tight jeans that she knew would cup his tight butt. She looked at his eyes and she seemed to fall forward, they were happy and bright, but she knew from the slight darkness in the center that he had seen more then he should have.
Thinking back on the last three days she realized how out of character she had been acting. She let a complete stranger into her life and once she did that she never completely let go, it was in her nature. Realizing how weird this was, she thought maybe she should take this slower, but all of her inner selves argued.
Being lost in thought she hadn't realized that all conversation had stopped. She had closed herself off unintentionally and John was worried. He spoke softly, sending goosebumps winging down her spine and arms. "Where are you?"
I'm here, and I'm fine just got lost in thought. She smiled in reassurance up at him.
Kevin looked at them both and cleared his throat. "Um. Alex? What are we gonna do?"
"Going to do." Alex corrected; she always corrected them and made them fix the words when they used slang unless she herself was to stressed to notice. She had a feeling that that was a test, to see how stressed she was.
"Fine. What are we going to do? Should we wait for the others in case they're on the way… or should we leave now and hope they aren't? Do we have to fight our way out? If so do you think we could win or wait for reinforcements?"
Alex looked at him and thought. Considering the options, the pros and cons, she listened to Thinker for once. "We should wait, so that hopefully we can avoid blood shed." She paused casting her senses out, and came back surprised. "Where are they others? I can't find them."
She watched Kevin. "You didn't come alone? Did you?"
Kevin looked down, he had broken a rule, he was in troouublllle! Avoiding eye contact he stared at his feet.
"Kevin Johnson Dragon! TELL me you did not do what I think you did! You KNOW better then to go gallivanting off without a member! What if you had collapsed! What if you had been discovered? What if you went MAD?" She mumbled curses under her breath, pushing away from John she began to pace her eyes flashing slightly.
Kevin continued to look at his feet knowing that Alex was upset with him. He loved her like a mother or sister, if ANYONE else had been pacing he would have dazed out. Another had hit him he wouldn't have felt it. Inside he would be humming waiting for whom ever was angry to be done.
But as Alex paced and mumbled he felt each word, and it was worse then any physical blow, his spirit shrank back. Alex never hit any of them outside of the training circle and their first battle, she threatened, she cursed, but she NEVER hit.
John watched as the muscular man in front of him wilted, he seemed to cave in on himself as Alex mumbled curses. He watched the spectacle before him and wondered at it. After a minute he couldn't hold in the laughter and found himself on the ground.
Alex stopped at stared at him as if he had lost it, Kevin moved slightly in front of her as if to protect her from the crazy laughing boy. John tried to tell them what was so funny but couldn't catch his breath, his face was turning purple and he was pounding the ground before his friends came into see what was the matter.
John found it didn't help his hysterical moment as Kevin moved to protect Alex from both him and all the kids outside the door. A thousand eyes peeked out from the door, a few heads prodded through the walls, and even a pair of eyes floated into the room but no one seemed to want to come in.
He tried to get himself under control and managed at least to breath between bursts of laughter.
Kevin looked as if he could kill all of them if they came any nearer while Alex was trying to see over his shoulder, hopping up and down to try and see all of the new people. The contrast from just a few moments ago sent him back over the edge.
Alex finally finished taking in all the new smells and people logging them away she turned to the man lying on the floor curled up both hands trying to stifle his laughter.
What's so funny? She asked.
John couldn't even answer in his head so he showed her first the picture of Kevin looking sheepish while she paced then of her jumping over his shoulder as Kevin had a killing look. She felt the laughter bubbling up, and started to laugh as well.
Kevin stared at Alex as she fought to get herself under control; John seemed to be calming as well. Alex recovered first, probably do to training, but every once and a while she would crack a smile, John finally got himself under control as the crowd parted and let Professor Charles Xavier in.
In the face of all of the new faces Alex had done well, but at the sight of The Man she freaked. John had stood up and moved closer to Kevin and Alex retreated into them. She stepped between both of them her arms brushing theirs and she relaxed slightly.
The Professor rolled forward the teachers coming in behind him. They shut the door, after shooing the flying eyes out and pushing the other kids to the other side. Alex tensed again and inched towards the window.
Kevin didn't like seeing Alex nervous and found that a growl rumbled in his throat. By the way his hands and jaw hurt suddenly he knew that his fingernails were sharp claws now and that his teeth were fangs.
Alex put her hand lightly on his arm and he calmed considerably. She nodded slightly to The Man.
Charles looked over at the man on Alex's right. He seemed to be in his early twenties his hair was in slight disarray, his torso had scars from all manner of things. The Professor found a swell of pity for this poor creature in front of him. His gaze went to the young mans hair and he noticed it was black. He went over the description of Alex's father and frowned.
Could she have lied about his hair color to confuse them? But why would she have reacted that way about the memory that John had shown her?
Deciding against probing Alex's mind he asked a loud. "Are you Alex's father?"
Kevin looked at the man that seemed to be in charge, the very idea that he was Alex's father? A smile broke out but he cooled it immediately. "No I'm her…" He looked at Alex. What could he say?
Brother? She was more like a mom, so he couldn't call her that. Friend? No, that didn't fit well. Son? That work best. The word Pack mate wouldn't describe it well to non-members. Son. That'd work.
Turning back to the man he realized that everyone was staring at him. "I'm her son… sorta."
Alex smiled at him from his shoulder/side. "Close enough." She granted her approval, and they looked at the twenty or so adults behind The Man.
Charles looked at them doubtfully but he held his hand out. "My name is Professor Charles Xavier, this is my school for gifted youngsters. Welcome, though I may say I didn't know Alex's mutation include time traveling or advanced aging or…"
Alex held her hand up. "Just stop." She smiled then laughed at the very idea.
Kevin looked at her. "You're laughing." He smiled down at her. "You hardly ever laugh."
She cooled her expression before standing on her tippy-toes and whispering. "Don't tell the others."
Kevin looked back at teachers. "She's not my biological mother. She's the one that counts."
"Yeah who could ask for more in a son? He already came potty trained! Well… mostly potty trained." Alex joked while Kevin turned red. "We had to teach him not to…" Kevin clamped his hands on her mouth to stifle the sound.
The Professor watched them before speaking. "Well Alex you wanted to talk to me?"
Alex's face went expressionless she stiffened. "Yes I did… Professor? I wanted to ask you a few questions."
The Man smiled, a thin tight-lipped smile, but a smile. "Well then would you like to step into my office, alone?"
Alex looked at Kevin, and nodded to him to tell let him know it was all right, though Kevin still looked upset.
Alex stepped from between Kevin and John, and walked towards The Man. Outside she was a calm and tranquil; inside she was nervous and scared stiff, and Kevin and John knew it.
The teachers started to stream out and The Professor wheeled out once they were gone. With Alex following slowly out of arm reach.
Kevin and John looked at each other then with a sniff Kevin started to circle John, who looked at him with shock.
Kevin snorted once he went all the way around John once. "Don't see wha' she sees in y'." He retorted with an accent.
John looked at him before frowning. "You didn't have an accent before…"
Kevin looked at him. "No… Alex doesn't like it when we don' talk, proper. But I'm too tired to think about i'. Th' words I mean."
Kevin coughed as if that would knock the words right.
"Why are you so tired?" John asked while Kevin looked around the room for the first time.
Kevin yipped in glee upon seeing a chair that looked comfortable. He transformed and jumped on it settling down to rest in wolf form. He yawned nervously for a moment, the seemed to fall a sleep, after a moment John sat down on the seat across from him.
To all outside appearances Kevin was asleep, but after a few minutes he shifted. Settling down again he sighed, every thirty seconds he would shift and settle down again. After maybe five minutes he sighed and opened his eyes.
He jumped off his seat and transformed into a slightly crumpled him. "Well I need to grab Alex."
"Why?" John asked hoping he would answer as Kevin reached the door.
"I need to sleep with her to settle down." He replied distractedly as he ducked out of the room and headed towards The Professors room.
John stopped dead in his tracks and stared at the door. "…?" Following Kevin, John stumbled down the hall.
Kevin walked into The Professors room to see that neither one of them looked like they had talked. "Um… Alex? I need to rest… cause I traveled from the place were you were abducted to here and didn't sleep much." He blushed embarrassed. Knowing she would know the reason he can't sleep now or as well before was because they all needed to sleep next to someone… for comfort reasons.
"I'll show you… If it's all right with you, Professor?" Alex asked the last part in a tone that said that she didn't like asking for things.
"Sure. You know where your room is and the boy's dormitory is in the west wing, to the right of it. Not far at all…" Kevin looked at him before looking down and blushing.
John got over his shock to say in a slightly jealous manor. "He's going to sleep with her!"
Alex looked at John catching the jealousy and hurt. John what's the matter? We all sleep together. It helps us stay in sync and not bicker over huge things.
"That will not be done. This is a school and I am certain that you understand that those types of things don't happen at schools." Professor spoke in a tone that broke no argument.
"Eww. Gross! No offence Kevin."
"I'm right there with you, Alex. 'Sides we did say SLEEP…"
"Besides." Alex corrected automatically.
The professor sighed thinking that he can't seem to do anything right with this new girl. "Right then. Lunch will be served at 12:00 and dinner at 5:00, please be awake by at least one. Now if you excuse me I have I student that needed help on some homework." He waved them out.
Alex grabbed both men's arms and dragged them out. "I'll see you later John? I'm a bit tired and I can feel Kevin's exhaustion." On the spur of the moment she kissed him slightly on the cheek before transforming and dodging up the stairs.
Kevin stared at John for a moment. Before smirking. "You know if you hurt her I will kill you, and the Dragons will feast on your remains." With that he transformed and chased after her.
John stared after them.
"JOHN!"
John turned to see Bobby Drake, his best friend in the world and smiled. "BOBBY!" He shouted back before running over at his friend's hand gesture.
"What's up?" John asked, his earlier melancholy gone.
"Nothing, but the guys wanta play basketball and we're short one player. Wanna play?" It was common for there to be an uneven amount so John just smiled and told Bobby that he'd race him.
He took off with a final thought towards the girl upstairs.
Sabertooth was going to shred something. All this sitting was making him antsy… but he knew that this was the only way to get through customs and rescue Alex right was to wait.
"I hate waiting." Sabertooth growled. He sighed and moved towards the woods. As he walked out of the house he saw the dragons. He walked over to them.
Rain was watching the sky, as if he could fly away and find Alex. Max sat beside him, his arms wrapped tightly around himself. Keith was sitting in what they called 'shut down mode' he wasn't responding, staring a head; barely breathing. The triplets were all sitting around each other, hovering above the ground, their white clothing, hair, skin, and eyes gave him a chill.
The picture the Dragons painted was depressing and heartrending. Deciding to lift their spirits a bit he called over to them.
"Hey, I need some help." That got their attention, even Keith looked up turning back 'on'. He had a sinking feeling that if he asked them to help him do the dishes, laundry, clean, eat poo, that they would do it and welcome the distraction that it would provide.
"We need to figure out what it is we're going to do with the town that ran Alex out." Sabertooth said, knowing that some killing and mauling would lighten the mood.
The Dragons looked at each other and smiled. A predatory show of teeth. Hopping up they all piled into the back of the truck that had given them a ride back from the mall parking lot. Toad grumbled but the others helped him and in a few minutes they all settled down.
Sliding into the front he once again asked what they were going to do. Various forms of torture came from the back, all of them having experience in the field.
"Don't forget that we can't kill the 'innocent' norms. The ones that chased Alex only." Keith piped from the bed. "She'll be mad at us if we kill the others."
All of the Dragons nodded sagely at that piece of advice.
"Soooo… how do we decide which are the innocent and which are the bad ones?" Rain asked from his position in the back.
"Well… we can go back to the body and sniff around a bit… who ever was there is bad. And we all can pick out the ones we want." Max suggested.
"Who's going to move the body… it's got to be all decayed and stuff… Ewww." Sabertooth pointed out. "NOT IT!"
"Not it."
"Not it."
"Not it."
"Not it." Said the triplets.
"Not it."
"Damn! Not fair I wasn't ready." Whimpered Keith.
All of them smiled at him not at all perturbed or moved. As they pulled into the field they piled out and stood back holding their noses as Keith, gagging, moved forward and kicked the unrecognizable head towards the trees, it's eyes gone,. He then moved towards the half eaten body, intestines spread around. They as one whispered the Latin prayer that Alex insisted they learn and use when handling the dead or killing. Keith moved the body over towards the head.
"Shouldn't we like… notify the family or somethin?" Toad asked leaning on his crutches.
"Alex'd like that." The triplets smiled.
"How do you suppose we find them? Sniff them out as well?" David asked.
"Great idea. Dad would you do the honors?" Max asked smirking at the felinoid. "You are the only one who's got the… how do you say… nose for the job of all this sniffing and tracking."
"Nothin you can say against that logic." Rain laughed while the others nodded emphatically.
Sabertooth wrinkled his nose before setting about sniffing out the perpetrators mumbling about the horrible smell. Memorizing the smells of the perps then the unfortunate man who took his place.
"We'll notify the family first, then kill the perps." Sabertooth suggested looking to David as the leader of the group.
"Cool… I guess. We owe them a favor so I guess we'll mention that to them. That'll make Alex real happy." Keith suggested as he backed as far away from the now almost peaceful decapitated body.
They all nodded sagely at that though they looked mighty strained at the idea of owing anyone a favor.
"Now let's go." Sabertooth cheered. They all gathered around and forming a standard movement pattern headed towards the town.
Forming a sorta arrow with Sabertooth at the head, controlling the movement, they made good time and reached the town in an hour. Sabertooth and the gang skirted the town's edge. Moving near the small gas station he sniffed about and found a small house that seemed to be the man's at one point of time. It was dark out by now and they snuck towards the door. Forming a small group at the door the triplets and Toad moved to where they couldn't be seen.
The house was small one floor thing that looked like something that belongs in a movie. The Dragons sighed, thinking as one and wishing for a normal life. Sabertooth reached up and rang the doorbell, wincing at the loud noise.
The hair on the back of Sabertooth's neck stood straight up as a new smell caught his nose, he quickly catalogued the small of a women and two small babies. Cross-referencing all the new smells with the old ones and stiffened when a smell connected.
He smiled when the smell grew stronger. Apparently the smell maker was visiting. When the door opened he reached past the women and wrapped his hand around the man behind her. Tossing him back he moved forward and with one look told the women not to scream.
The kids coming from behind and looking around for a minute reached for him as he reached for the man again.
"Sabertooth you aren't going to thank this nice women by splashing blood all over her floor!" Keith said rolling his eyes. "Take him outback and do it."
Sabertooth grinned with feral amusement before reaching and lifting the young man up. Now he noticed the uniform of a Canadian Mountie. "Well, well look what we have here, boys and girls a mutie hating cop, what a shock."
The Dragons laughed and elbowed each other.
"Sabertooth maybe we should explain to Mrs…." Rain looked at the terrified women in the corner who looked like she was going to have a heart attack.
Sabertooth shoved the man into a chair and took a breath to calm down. The inside was as homey as the outside. He looked like her as well.
"Joews." She said softly.
"Mrs. Joews why we are here and maybe not look so intimidating." Max smiled at Rain's logical thinking as he continued with his sentence.
Sabertooth glared and growled but forced the Mountie to sit down in a chair instead of taking him outback. He nodded to David who took center stage.
"Well Mrs. Joews my name is David. This is Rain and Max, Keith is the small one, the triplets are Dan, Lacy, and Nick, the one in the cast is Toad, and the man with the bright personality is Sabertooth and we actually didn't come here to hurt you or cause you any distress." David tried to smile reassuringly at the terrified Mrs. Joews but to no avail.
Suddenly babies started to scream in the background, all of the Dragons looked at each other. The mother looked even more terrified, this time probably for her babies. "Um… Mrs. Joews? Can I please know where the nursery is?" Max asked.
"Why?" She asked in a small voice.
"Well I'm sure you noticed they are crying…"
"Max leave her be, hon. She doesn't need all this pressure! Let's see who we can find." Rain once again pointed out the poor women's state. They scurried out of the room and in a few moments the babies quieted back down.
"Toad, could you please take Mr…." Saber tooth leaned forward and smirked at the Mountie's fear spiked. Making him slightly heady. "Ross outback? We'll be there to deal with him in a minute." Sabertooth said his voice telling of the pain Mr. Ross was going to feel once they got outback. "Mrs. Joews would you please take a seat… this is going to be hard."
Mrs. Joews looked close to tears and sat at the edge of her seat watching as Ross was taken outback. "Please don't hurt him or my babies!" She whispered. The tears threatening to fall.
"Miss, you might want to take that back in a moment. As you might have guessed we are mutants. A couple of days ago I went to take my daughter shopping here. Somehow she was discovered and we had to run." He could see the awareness creeping into her eyes. "Well at one point of time I out maneuvered them and they must have found you husband…"
Mrs. Joews looked shocked for a split second before launching herself at Sabertooth beating at him with her fists screaming NO! "He's dead." Sabertooth told her as she beat at him. "He unknowingly gave his life for mine."
It took longer then they had thought to finally get her to calm down. Keith made some coffee in a small kitchen that connected into the living room. Giving it to her he asked if she felt better, all he got was silence.
She was now sitting on a red chair that she had pulled from her table to sit on, she had a faraway look in her eyes like she didn't know what to do. "Mrs. Joews…" Sabertooth started.
"Alice. Call me Alice." She whispered dispassionately still staring at the fascinating spot on the wall.
"Alice we came here not only because we wanted to thank you and notify you… but to see if somehow we could help. We owe you and if you ever need anything we're there." Keith piped up.
"Then I ask for you to not hurt Officer Ross. He came here to tell me personally that my… sob husband's snifflerescue party is going to leave t-t-tomorrow and that he will be heading them u-u-up." Alice Joews said her eyes brimming again.
Sabertooth snorted. "Fine if you want to save that sadistic son of a bitch then fine we got other people to kill…"
"W-w-what do you mean sadistic?" Alice asked as Sabertooth and the rest were about to call to Toad to let the jerk go.
"He's the one that killed your husband… and by his smell he knew it doing it and coming here. He got off on your pain." Sabertooth said his eyes telling her nothing at all.
Cliffy!
I finally updated and I hope to do it at least once every two weeks BUT DON'T QUOTE ME ON IT!
What will Alice do? What will John do? What would you do…? PLEASE UPDATE! Reviews will make me update so do and I will hehehe!
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