Disciple- Took our time writing this chapter. The Antics never cease.
SOTM- really guys? I find your lack of faith disturbing with those reviews. When have we ever written something that wasn't for a reason? #hurt
Mina pulled into a truck stop, parking at the farthest pump near the big rigs to keep wandering eyes off their bloody interior. Seeing the glowing yellow sign across the parking lot that read 'DENNY'S', Mina and Domino looked at each other and said, "Cheese sticks."
Deadpool's head popped up in between them, "Think they'll let me get smiley face pancakes?"
"Oh no, you don't!" Domino scolded, "You and Cable are staying here and cleaning this shit up."
"But I'm the victim here!" he argued.
Mina and Cable got out of the van, meeting near the back where the gas tank was. She started stretching while he reached for the nozzle. "So… you alright?"
He didn't make eye contact, he stayed focused on his task and ignored the fact that Deadpool's blood was splattered on his shirt, face and arms. "Nothing."
She snorted, rolling her eyes, "That was a 'yes' or 'no' question, Cable. I didn't ask what was wrong, but now I am."
The nozzle clicked, he reached for it and slammed it back on the pump angrily, "Leave it alone, Savior."
She put her hand on his forearm, "Talk to me."
He turned slightly, "You can heal my body, Savior, but you can't heal what's up here." He motioned to his head.
Mina finally understood what he meant, her soft voice matched his response, "You have PTSD."
He grunted in response, neither confirming nor denying, just acknowledging her. "Like I said, nothing."
"Cable, please…"
He shook his head and snapped at her, keeping his voice down, "Please what? You can't heal everyone, Savior. Or you don't want to, at least."
She pulled back, physically shaken by his words. He was referring to her reactions towards Deadpool wanting her to heal him. "What do you mean, at least?"
She followed him around the back of the van, he opened the hatch to dig into his bag. "Or you just don't have it in you. That's what I figure."
She opened her mouth to respond but her jaw remained slack as she watched him take off his shirt suddenly. He balled it up and started using it to wipe down his face and arms.
Remembering where she was, her tone turned serious, "Why didn't you ask?"
He snorted softly, throwing his bloody shirt back in the van and picking up a clean one to put on, "Because that worked so well for him." He nodded towards Deadpool who was still arguing with Domino. "You know what this is," he held up his metal hand, "you know what it's doing to me. I've had this coming a long time, Savior."
Mina scowled, refusing to be guilt tripped like her father always did, she changed the topic suddenly, "Why do you call me Savior?"
"Why do you call me Cable?" he shot back immediately without turning around to face her.
She stuttered, "We-well uh, fuck… honestly, I didn't think you wanted to be called by your real name."
Cable turned to her, "Say it."
Her eyes widened, her head shot back, "What?"
"Say my name." he reiterated.
"Heisenberg." She said seriously before busting out in a fit of giggles at her Breaking Bad reference that he didn't seem to get.
"You don't know my name." he said bluntly.
"Psh- yeah I do."
"Say it then." Cable challenged, stepping forward and looking down at her. "What's my name?"
Mina looked up at him with wide eyes and her lips tucked in. "Hmfpm."
He scowled, crossing is arms, "Say it."
Wincing as she spoke, "Daniel?"
"Are you fucking kidding me?"
"John."
"Really?"
"I was joking, it's Marshall."
"Not even close."
"Are you sure it's not Daniel?"
"Of course I'm sure, it's my own fucking name."
"Give me a hint? What's it start with-" Mina's phone started ringing in her pocket. Her eyes went wide and her face went nearly as pale as Domino's. She knew that ringtone, it was Boys Don't Cry by The Cure and it was assigned to a recently dumped, larger than average Russian.
The noise drew the attention of the two companions and everyone looked at her expectantly. Mina slowly pulled put the phone from her pocket and slowly tapped the ignore button and slid it back into her pocket. Looking up at everyone as if nothing awkward just happened. "What?"
Deadpool pointed to her teasingly, "You're hiding something."
Her phone started ringing again. She hit ignore and went to put it away. It rang again. She tried to silence it quickly. "Shit. Shit."
"Why don't you answer it?" Domino asked her suspiciously.
"I just… need space right now." Mina said while setting his number to ignore and tucking her phone away again.
"Space, huh? That why you're all cozy with the Goonie?" Deadpool gasped suddenly at his revelation, "You Jezebel- you're cheating on him!"
Domino's phone started to ring. She held it up to show Colossus' face and picture on it to Mina. "Last chance to tell me what's going on. Or else I answer this and find out from him."
Mina tried to smack Domino's phone out of her hand and screamed, "Don't!"
Domino pulled it out of reach, "Spill it!"
"I dumped him right before we left, okay?!" she finally admitted.
Her phone pinged, looking at a text message, "Why is he texting me asking where you are? You told me he knew you were coming with me. We had a plan, Mina. What the fuck happened to the plan?"
Mina finally blew up, throwing her hands in the air before starting to pace back and forth angrily, "I fucked up! I panicked!"
"Mina, what did you do?"
Wringing her hands, "I may or may not have used my powers to knock him out…"
"Mina!" Domino scolded.
"Then I may or may not have left a poorly written "It's not me, it's you" letter. Then I may or may not have taken off in the middle of the night with you guys."
Cable threw his head back and laughed, moving back to the van to continue cleaning up the blood and chunks of brain in the back casually.
Deadpool shook his head, "That's cold blooded, Savior."
"I had to get the fuck up out of there! He was talking crazy shit, like- like having kids and shit. Kids!" Mina said defensively, "I don't want any fucking kids- I mean, yeah there was that one time I may have said "eventually" or "maybe" … but I was drunk! You can't listen to drunk Mina- That bitch is fucking dumb! He's insane! Waking me up at ungodly hours to exercise- did you know he sleeps with socks on? What kind of monster does that?!"
Domino crossed her arms, "You need to fix this, Mina."
"Uh- fuck no. I don't want to be with him anymore."
"That's not what I meant. You need to talk to him and give him closure. You owe him that much."
Cable snapped at Domino, defending Mina, "You heard her, she doesn't want to talk to him."
"I hate it when mom and dad fight." Deadpool said randomly while cupping his hands to his ears.
Everyone's phone went off at the same time, showing the same name and logo. Someone was using the X-Men line to get to Mina.
She put her hands up, then pointed to her phone, "See- that shit right there is why I left. I couldn't stand the clingy shit. He's friggin' obsessed with me, dude."
Their phones pinged.
'RETURN MY DAUGHTER IMMEDIATELY'
Mina's phone went off again with a message, "Oh fuck he messaged me."
Clicking the voice message, she put it on speaker, "Hey Savior, it's Logan. First of all, you took that wanna be genetic super soldier to Vegas and not me? Your own blood? I'm hurt. Look, I don't give a rat's ass about your fucked up love life. It ain't my problem. Now let me tell you what is my problem."
Everyone could hear Logan take a deep drag from his cigar before continuing, "The big S.O.B. is devouring everything in his path. He's stress eating, or emotional eating- whatever the fuck they call it. If you thought he ate a lot before, you have no fucking idea how much this tank puts down when he ain't counting calories. HE DRANK ALL THE BOOZE, SAVIOR! EVERY LAST FUCKING DROP! WE GOT KITTY HOLDING ONTO THE FRIDGE FOR DEAR LIFE JUST TO SLOW HIM DOWN! NOW YOU GET YOUR ASS HOME NOW- IM PULLING FATHER CARD. BRING. BEER."
Mina jumped when Cable snatched her phone out of her hand and threw it to the ground. "What the fuck, Daniel?!"
"Who the hell is Daniel?" Domino asked Mina.
"Fuck, I was sure it was Daniel." Mina cursed under her breath.
He grabbed Domino's and Deadpool's, as well as his own and threw them in a pile on the ground. Pulling out his gun, he quickly emptied a clip and destroyed them. "We gotta move. Now."
Domino pulled out her own pistol and pointed it at him, "What the fuck are you thinking?!"
He was already shoving Deadpool back in the van and opening the other door for Mina, "He's tagged our location to here, meaning they're on their way for her. You heard her, she doesn't want to go back and I'm inclined to agree with her. You know how Xavier is. He won't stop."
"But that was our GPS!"
"We don't need it! I'm your fucking map- just keep heading west. Let's go, Dom." Cable moved around the van to drive.
"Autobots- roll out!" Deadpool yelled.
The group had just reached Kansas when Domino pulled over. She was half asleep and could no longer drive. Mina was still asleep and had a hard time waking up. For whatever reason, after she started sitting by Cable, Mina would feel as if she had been completely wiped out. It caused her to sleep in the back seat anywhere between eight to twelve hours for the last couple of days. Since Cable drove before Domino and Mina was out like a light, reluctantly, she gave the keys to the only other person who could drive. Deadpool.
"Please keep your eyes on the road and your speed and please, don't do anything stupid, Wade," Domino requested and moved to the back seat behind driver side. Deadpool adjusted the seat and the steering wheel and drove on. After an hour he became bored and started talking to himself.
"Of course, when I finally get to drive, everyone else is fucking asleep! Why do people always want to ignore me? Am I that bad of a guy?"
"Your timing is just that bad. They love you," came a robotic sounding voice.
Deadpool looked around and said, "Thanks voice in my head. I love you too." He then stared off to the side intently. "I better get start getting some better things than this, Grand-Son. I mean, thanks for allegedly getting me laid and all but, where's my actions scene? Where was my smut scene huh? This isn't your last story that barely featured me. This is called, Vegas Mutant Vacation. Which means it's about more than just a few specific mutants. If ya catch my drift, Grand-Son."
Another hour into the drive Deadpool had forgotten what Domino told him and he was casually lying back against the seat with one hand holding the wheel and was holding his phone with the other. He glanced up every so often to make sure that he was in his lane.
He was intently staring at his phone and repeatedly saying out loud, "Swipe right on you. Swipe right on you. Oh... Definitely swipe right on you!" as the next picture came up, he grimaced. "Eeeewwww! Swipe left! Swipe left! Swipe left! Jesus, Al! What's the matter with you? Oh shit!"
A building was coming up on him quickly, he had no other choice but to jerk the wheel, keep his foot on the gas and lean into the turn.
"Why are you so paranoid, Frank? Live a little." a rough voice called out to the man standing by the window.
Looking through the blinds at the rooftops across the way, Frank replied, "I'm your body guard. You literally pay me to do this."
"You know what, we all need to let lose a little. What do you boys say to a vacation?" the man leaned back in his office chair, stroking his beard with his cigar sticking out of the corner of his mouth. "Huh, what you boys say? Celebrate with all that money we made."
Another man spoke up from the couch, his lisp more pronounced than his accent, "Where are we going, boss? You know I ain't allowed in Puerto Rico anymore"
"We don't get 401k, dumbass. What makes you think he's gonna give us paid time off." Frank said while looking through the scope of his rifle that was pointed out the window. "Boss, don't you mean all the money we made you?"
"New York is great this time of year. We can go to the Jennifer Lopez concert in Madison Square Garden. Oh- even get courtside seats for the Nicks from our man who can get them." The other man talked right over him.
Frank lowered the rifle, setting it down against the wall and moving to the other men in the center of the room, "Yeah, because Jennifer Lopez is my favorite music artist and basketball is such a superior sport over football. It will be peak time for ripe X-Men. You got anymore bright ideas? Or did you forget they just tried to rob us?" he finished sarcastically.
"Boss, I feel attacked."
Their boss opened a drawer in his desk labelled 'HUMAN RESOURCES' and pulled out a .45 pistol, "If you have a complaint, you can take it up with HR."
"I'm good." He said quickly.
Using the pistol to scratch his temple, he looked to Frank, "Speaking of my favorite liaison, what's that bastard up to?"
"Where else? He's at the casino. Good luck getting him to take a day off. You know how he is with his job."
He pointed to the other man with the gun, "Lekan, pack the jet. We're going to Vegas."
Mina was jolted from her vivid dream by being ejected from her makeshift bed. Domino woke up and began screaming at the sudden change of velocity and Mina slamming into the back of her seat. Cable however, remained sleeping and in his seat where he was safely buckled in. The van finally came to a stop as Deadpool shouted, "Yippee Ki-yay, Mother Fucker!"
Domino crawled out of the van first, holding her hand to her mouth and the other to her stomach. "Hate rollercoasters. Gonna be sick."
Mina fell to her knees when she got out, trying to catch her breath and clear her head. "What the fuck- did you roofie me? I had the most fucked up dream."
"Not yet." He shrugged.
"Give me the fucking keys, Wade!" Mina shouted, quickly adding, "What do you mean 'not yet?'"
"What? We didn't die." he defended.
"What were you doing? Sending a tweet?" Domino asked now that she was able to keep her stomach contents down.
"No," he quickly answered. "I was looking at Vegas girls on Tinder."
"Oh my God, Wade," Mina growled. "How the hell do you have a phone? Cable yeeted them back in New York."
"I always have a burner phone. Booty calls and drug deals make the world go 'round." He snapped his fingers in a sassy manner.
"Where the hell are we?" Domino looked around but didn't see any signs or recognizable landmarks. "None of this looks right."
"Where Johnny Five told us to go." Deadpool answered, referring to Cable.
Cable got out of the Van, "We're heading towards Montana
"MONTANA?!" Mina responded.
"Hey, we'll get there. We'll backtrack to Kansas and then keep going West." Deadpool waved casually and pointed towards a mountain range in the distance. "All right, now the sun sets in the East, right?"
"No! The sun sets in the West," Cable growled.
Deadpool rolled his eyes. "That's if you're in the East, but we are way out West now, so we are past where the sun sets."
Cable pinched the bridge of his nose. "You can't be passed where the sun sets, and if you think you can, then I am directly South of an idiot!"
"Which is down," Mina added a little too perky for Cable's taste.
"Right!"
Domino was already in the van, putting it in gear, "I'm so done with all of you."