TB: *starts sliding into the studio* Check out this slidage! Whoa whoa whoa WHOA! *hits a wall like a Looney Tune and birds fly over his head*
KKD: *Walks in, groaning* Shoulda seen that coming. That's why we don't just go sliding around in socks.
TB: *still dazed* I'm supposed to be a little black rain cloud, ha ha.
KKD: Oh boy, Winnie the Pooh on the brain, huh? What now, should I get you a small smackeral of honey?
TB: *gets up* No, no. I'm good, I'm okay now. Just wanted to make an entrance.
KKD: *snickers* Quite the failed attempt, too.
TB: Yeah. Anyway, here we are with the third chapter of Animal. This is where Jessie will fight the more high ranking and dangerous members of the Brotherhood.
KKD: Hoo boy, is it gonna get crazy or what?
TB: It is. Before we start, I wanna bring up that I saw Big Hero 6 recently and it was pretty good. Did you see it?
KKD: ...No… T-T But I really wanted to…
TB: I won't give anything away then. I got the Disclaimers *picks up black screen and throws it like a discus*
DISCLAIMERS: No one from Team Toku Riders owns anything in this fanfiction except for the original concepts within. The rest are owned by Marvel Comics, Disney (since they own Marvel), Marvel Studios, Fox (since they make the X-Men movies), Stan Lee, and their respective owners.
"Great work, Ms. Devon," Xavier congratulated.
"Thanks. Just doing what I can to help," Jessie smiled
"Well, considering how well you did against the Blob, I suppose you're ready for a mission alongside Logan against a more difficult member of the Brotherhood," Charles answered.
"Really? I'm gonna be partnered with Logan?"
"Indeed. You two are going after an old rival of his, one he knows very well… a particular mutant by the name of… Sabretooth," Charles informed.
"Right, well I'm gonna go look for him." Jessie replied, "I'm sure he can fill me in on the details."
Jessie walked outside the X-Mansion and saw Logan sitting on a motorcycle.
"Good to see ya, kid. I take it that Charles told you about the mission?" he figured.
"Yea. Going after this Sabretooth guy. By the way, when exactly did you meet him? I don't remember that guy back in Weapon X," Jessie asked, before Logan had a crossed expression on his face.
"That's because he wasn't part of Weapon X… he's my brother."
"...Your brother?!" Jessie gawked in shock, "...How come you never told me about him before!?"
"...He and I never exactly got along very well," Logan summed up, before starting up his motorcycle, "Hop aboard, Jess."
"Right," Jessie nodded, hopping onto the motorcycle before they headed out towards their destination.
It didn't take long for Jessie and Logan to arrive at Time Square, where they found Sabretooth, a man with shoulder-length blonde hair, feral yellow eyes, teeth with sharp fangs, and wearing a brown top that showed off his muscles, large bands around his wrists, brown pants, and heavy black boots. He was seen reeking havoc by crashing cars and throwing people.
"That is Sabretooth?" Jessie figured, "Yeah, I can totally see the family resemblance."
"No time fer jokes, Jess. We got a monster to stop," Wolverine said as he pulled out his claws with the signature "SNIKT!".
Wolverine leaped off his motorcycle and attacked Sabertooth, who caught and threw him away, but Wolverine didn't fall. Sabertooth then showed his claws and gave a big roar before running towards Wolverine and Animal. However, Animal just slid between Sabretooth's legs and turned her arms into tiger claws to try and attack him. Sabretooth attempted to slash at her, but she kept dodging and trying to hit him but he blocked most of the attacks. Even though he got scars on his arms, Sabretooth healed just as fast as Wolverine, before he knocked Animal and Wolverine a good distance away.
"Talk about tough stuff," Jessie noted, "I didn't know he had a healing factor, too."
"Sorry. He's got a lot of powers similar to me, minus the Adamantium and my claws," Wolverine pointed out.
"And he's not the only one with powers similar to you!" they all heard a voice exclaim when Sabretooth was suddenly pelted by bullets as Wolverine sniffed the air.
"Oh no… not now," Logan groaned.
"What?" Jessie asked, "Someone just brought the heavy artillery."
"I smell cheap hot sauce," Wolverine groaned, "...Deadpool! I know you're around here!"
Suddenly, a figure just poofed right in front of them. It turned out to be a guy taller than both Jessie and Wolverine in a full red and black spandex suit with boots, pouches and bullet packs all over his suit, twin katanas attached to his back, and his red mask having two white eyes inside the two black spots on his face.
"He-hey~ What's good, Wolvie and… Jess?" the figure, that Wolverine called Deadpool gawked, "I haven't seen you in a while, girl! How are you doing?"
"Wait, that voice… Wade?!" Animal gawked, "What happened with you? I mean… What's going on here!?"
"Hey, c'mon, girl! I got the dose of the juices at Weapon X to cure mah cancer, and now, I'm a badass SUPERHERO!" Deadpool responded in an overly dramatic way, "Anyway, I saw you guys gettin' yer asses handed to ya, so I decided to jump in and help. 'Cuz I'm such a nice guy like that."
"Uh… okay…" Jessie nodded before whispering to Wolverine, "I think something snapped in his brain before. I mean, when I last saw him, he was Mr. Pessimistic, and now he's a wild loose cannon."
"Weapon X drove him nuts, plain and simple," Wolverine whispered back, before turning his attention back to Deadpool, "Look Wade, you wanna help that's fine, but no innocents get involved and killed. Got that?"
"Ugh… fine," Deadpool groaned.
With that, Sabretooth roared as he got back up while the three Weapon X mutants prepared themselves.
"Hey kitty-cat, say hello to my two favorite machine guns, Butter and I Can't Believe it's Not Butter!" Deadpool shouted as he pulled out his machine guns and began to fire rapidly at Sabretooth while continuously shouting "BANG!". Sabretooth managed to dodge all the bullets before getting close to Deadpool who kept firing until his guns ran out of ammo, "Uh oh!"
Animal then took the charge at Sabretooth, slashing at him with her claws as Deadpool threw his guns away and pull out his twin katanas and join her in attacking Sabretooth.
"I'm just gettin' started!" Deadpool stated, "It's cutting time!"
Deadpool then ran rapidly, slashing at Sabretooth, before he jumped up and delivered the final slash while Animal gave Sabretooth a mean kick to the face. Wolverine then ran forward and slashed Sabretooth. Neither of those attacks knocked him down though as he healed from all the slashes.
"Damn it! Everything we got, and it's still not enough to take the kitty-cat down!" Deadpool complained.
"It's clear that bullets and sharp objects won't affect him. So what will?" Animal asked.
"Our bouts usually end in a stalemate, so I suggest doing the same thing we've been doin', just a little harder." Wolverine replied as he slashed Sabretooth, Deadpool fired at him with his handguns, and Animal fired porcupine spikes from her arms.
This managed to knock Sabretooth out, as he fell back on a nearby car.
"Looks like we won," Animal stated.
"Well, it's always fun workin' with ya, Wolvie, but it was even better workin' with you and Jessie over here. The gang's all back together!" Deadpool smiled, hugging the two mutants, with Wolverine looking annoyed while Animal just looked confused.
"Uh… okay…?" Jessie responded a bit confused.
"Hands off, Wade," Wolverine grunted as he pushed Deadpool off.
"Well, as fun as it was fighting alongside you guys, I got some A-holes to kill. Buh-bye!" Deadpool smiled, with him doing a cartoonish pose and then running away.
"Well… that happened," Jessie muttered, "Anyway, our mission is complete so I suggest we get back to the mansion."
"Yea… ya did a good job, kid," Wolverine replied before he smelt something, "Wait a minute, I smell something… familiar."
"Really? What is it?"
"...Hmm… it's gone now…" Logan responded before they got on his motorcycle and sped away, not knowing that the figure from before was hiding.
"That was too close," the figure muttered, before his earpiece rang, "Yes, sir?"
-I want you to follow Subject #3580320 back to the mansion. Continue to spy on her until the time is right.- the man told him.
"Understood," the figure nodded before getting in a car he had parked near where Sabretooth laid and started driving to his destination.
"Now, you are on your final, and possibly most dangerous mission yet. Do you believe you are ready for this, Ms. Devon?" Xavier asked.
"I think so," Jessie answered.
"You will be partnered up with Cyclops, Jean Grey, Rogue and Gambit for this mission. News has come in of Mystique and Juggernaut holding the mayor of New York hostage. Go to them and they will give you more details."
"Understood," Jessie nodded, as she walked out of the office and noticed Jean and Rogue talking to each other, and with her mind curious, she approached the two, "What's going on?"
"Oh, we were just talking about how to approach our mission. It's very important," Jean answered.
"Oh… yea, the one involving Mystique and Juggernaut?" Jessie asked, "...Who're they again? I've heard Juggernaut mentioned before, but I would like a little reminder."
"Juggernaut is Professor X's step brother, Cain Marko," Cyclops answered as he walked in along with Gambit, "He's a giant behemoth of a man who found some special gemstone, and he's practically unstoppable now. Seriously, unless you knock him out, which it isn't easy to do, he'll keep on moving, destroying anything in his path."
"Uh… okay… and what about Mystique?" Jessie added.
"She's a sort of shapeshifter with plenty of martial arts training. She doesn't shapeshift like you, but she can perfectly copy anyone's physical appearance, and even their voices. I should know… she's Kurt's ma… and… ma adopted mom," Rogue sighed.
"...WHAT?! First, I find out Sabretooth is Logan's brother now this?!" Jessie gawked, stammering to make a response but just couldn't, "I… I'm at a loss of words."
"Oui (Yes). Zere are many surprises in life, mon ami," Gambit replied, "Now… Allon-sy (Let's go)! We got a mayor to save!"
"Right," Jessie nodded, as they all walked out.
Later, the quintet arrived right in front of a courthouse to find two figures; a woman with blue skin, red hair, yellow eyes, wearing a white dress of some kind with white gloves, the skirt of the dress not covering the sides of her legs yet reaching down to her ankles, her feet covered in knee-high high heeled boots, and a huge muscular male in a reddish-brown outfit, three red bands on his arms and knuckles, and a large dome of a helmet with holes for his eyes, nose and mouth and red boots.
"Look who's arrived," the woman smirked upon seeing the X-Men, "Go and get them, Juggernaut."
"With pleasure," the man, Juggernaut, smirked, before charging at the group.
"INCOMING!" Cyclops shouted, as they all dodged out of Juggernaut's way when he suddenly crashed into a nearby building, which started collapsing on top of him.
"Whoa," Animal gawked, "It's not often you see a guy pick a fight with a building and win."
"If eva'" Rouge responded.
"Jean! You, Gambit and Animal take on Mystique. Rogue and I got Juggernaut," Cyclops ordered, as they all nodded and split up. Juggernaut then knocked all the debris off of him and ran towards Cyclops and Rogue.
"Okay, Ah think it's time fer a good ol' fashion beatdown." Rogue smirked before she leaped into the air and kicked Juggernaut right on his dome.
However, Juggernaut just stood there, even after Cyclops gave him a laser blast from his visor.
"That's not gonna stop me," Juggernaut stated, "I'm the Juggernaut! Once I start moving, nothing can stop me!"
"We'll see 'bout dat, sugah," Rogue smirked, as Cyclops shot another laser blast before she flew and gave him another hit to his dome, this one dazing him a bit.
Animal took this opportunity to turn her fist into that of a gorilla before socking Juggernaut in the face, sending his helmet flying!
"I thought you and the others were handling Mystique," Cyclops responded in confusion before Juggernaut attempted to charge at them again.
However, this time, Rogue removed one of her gloves before placing it on Juggernaut's neck for 15 seconds, which made him more dizzier than before. He tried to get up and do his usual charging, but he felt exhausted all of a sudden and slowed down.
"Shoulda kept yer mind 'bout yer helmet," Rogue smirked, cracking her knuckles after putting her glove back on, following it up with winding her arm up and delivering a punch so hard, he knocked Juggernaut out and backwards.
"Whoa! I didn't know you could do that," Animal admitted.
"It's her official power. With just a touch, she can absorb another person's powers, but she has to make skin-on-skin contact for it to work, if she holds it for too long she might accidentally kill them. That's why she usually wears clothing that covers most of her body," Cyclops explained.
"Wow, it's both useful and dangerous," Animal responded before they saw Gambit walking towards them.
"Very astute observation, mon ami," Gambit replied, but Animal sniffed the air for a moment, frowned, and sucker punched Gambit.
"Animal, what are you thinking?!" Cyclops shouted.
"That's not Gambit. Doesn't even smell like him," Animal responded, with "Gambit" sneering in response before his body seemed to move like blue scales moving similarly to water, soon revealing Mystique, "I knew it!"
"The others were easy," Mystique growled, "I didn't expect you to suspect that it was me right away. Clever little girl, aren't you?"
"What can I say? I'm like a bloodhound," Animal smirked before pouncing at Mystique, knocking her down but Mystique kicked her over, managing to use a series of martial arts to try and get an advantage.
Animal managed to match Mystique move for move with her own fighting style, doing a series of flips before grabbing her and flying into the air. Mystique struggled to get free, but Animal managed to let her go and perform a drop kick with her kangaroo feet, knocking her out while also leaving a small crater.
"...Serves you right," Animal panted, before she saw Jean trying to wake Gambit up, which he does, "Hey, you okay, dude?"
"...Ah'll be fine, mon ami… Ah… Ah just feel a bit embarrassed that Ah lost to a snake in the grass like 'er," Gambit groaned, sitting up.
"We all have moments like that, Gambit," Cyclops responded before turning his attention to Jean, "How's the Mayor?"
"I got him to safety already. I think he'll be fine." Jean answered.
"That's good to know," Animal smiled as Cyclops place a hand on her shoulder.
"Congratulations, Animal. I applaud you for holding your own against Mystique," he stated.
"Fer a rookie, ya managed to beat one of Magneto's top mutants, not ta mention sniffed 'er out when she tried to fool us," Rogue added.
"It was nothin', really," Animal shrugged off, "It did feel pretty good, though,"
"You have performed splendidly, Animal. You have completed all missions with flying colors, and managed to take on one of Magneto's generals and win. This proves that you really are worthy of being a member of the X-Men,." Xavier congratulated.
"Thanks, Chuck," Jessie, now back into her regular clothes, thanked, before her mind drifted off a bit, and then she sighed.
"...Something troubling you, Ms. Devon? You should be celebrating your victories," Charles noticed.
"I know I should, and I am happy for it, but…" Jessie started before she took a deep breath, and stood up from her chair, "Chuck, I think I'm ready to visit my folks."
"...I understand, Ms. Devon. You wish to see them to let them know you're okay, and of your current status, is that right?"
"Yeah, I do."
"In that case, I will inform you of where your family is at this moment in time," Charles replied before he put on his helmet, "Ms. Devon, please join me; if our minds link, maybe I can search for their location more efficiently."
"Really? Oh… well… in that case, count me in Chuck," Jessie answered, getting next to Charles before he began his process.
Charles could sense the minds of various people, searching across the states mentally for Jessie's parents, Jessie being there suddenly hearing all the voices, having a hard time trying to single out a single voice. It wasn't long before Charles managed to single out two particular voices, and managed to channel it so that Jessie heard those two voices, her eyes widening in surprise.
-I still can't believe after all this time, we haven't been able to find Jessie anywhere. She could be anywhere!- she heard a male voice exclaim in frustration.
-Oh… poor Jessie… she's probably all alone, lost and scared. I hope those people that took her didn't kill her.- a female voice responded in worry.
"Mom… Dad…?" Jessie gawked as a tear fell from her eye.
"They appear to be in Boston, Massachusetts," Charles surmised, "With your abilities, I doubt that you would not make it."
"...You're right, Chuck. And I have no doubt that when I get there, they'll welcome me back with open arms and appreciate what I've become today," Jessie stated, now confident about what she's going to do, "...Wish me luck, Chuck."
Charles nodded as they separated, the voices leaving Jessie's head, before she walked out of the room and out of the mansion before taking flight to go find her family. Unknown to her however, the figure who's been following her noticed her fly away and have listened in to her conversation with Xavier.
"This just in, boss. Subject #3580320 has just left the mansion. And she appears to be headed towards… Boston?" the figure said over his earpiece phone.
-Don't worry, I will personally head over there and deal with her. I'll even bring some reinforcements.- the voice replied to the figure before he hung up.
Eventually, Jessie flew through the sky, going as fast as she could before arriving in Boston, and then later found the house that she saw her parents in with Xavier. On the outside it was a small two-story building with two windows on the bottom, and three on the top. She then landed in front of the house and took another deep breath before walking towards the house, on the porch and then knocking the door.
After a minute, the door opened, revealing a woman who looked to be in her mid-30s with black hair about neck length, brown eyes along with a light blue shirt, violet skirt, and red high heels. Next to her was a man in his late 30s with short brown hair, lime green eyes, and wearing a brown collar shirt, beige khaki pants and grey shoes.
"Uh… can we… help you, ma'am?" the man inquired of Jessie.
Jessie just stood there for a moment. 'I figured you wouldn't recognize me at first,' she thought before she sighed and then, "...Do you remember a little girl playing in your backyard? She was captured by some people. ...Well… that little girl's standing right in front of you now, fully grown."
"Oh my… J-Jessie? Is that really you?" the woman gasped, on the verge of tears.
"I'm home, Mom… Dad!" Jessie responded, now crying as the woman, her mom pulled her into a hug, her father joining in on greeting her back.
"...We're so glad you're safe, Jessie… but… where were you all these years?!" her father asked, the trio sitting in the living room, Jessie sitting in a pretzel formation on a couch across from her parents.
"It's… it's a bit complicated. I'm sorry I didn't get into contact with you," Jessie apologized, drinking her soda while sitting, "It's going to be a long story, so you two might wanna get some snacks."
Her parents just laughed at her little joke, before they regained their serious composure intent on listening.
"In all seriousness, dear, after all these years of looking for you, we'll be more than ready to listen to anything you have to say," her mom smiled.
"Okay, here goes," Jessie responded before taking yet another deep breath as she began to explain her story, "Those people took me to a program called Weapon X in Canada. I was kept prisoner there for some time before they started experimenting on me when I was 13, at which point I got powers when they did and I managed to escape the facility. When I returned to America, I learned to control the powers that I used, even developed my own fighting style, and I've been roaming throughout the States as a sorta secret superhero. ...And that's what happened."
"...Uh… wow… that's some story you made up, Jessie. Seriously, you show up after all these years and this is your explanation?" her father responded in disbelief.
"...Yes. I'm not joking about this Dad; I'm dead serious," Jessie confirmed, before she got up, "I figured you wouldn't believe me at first. So, I think it's better to show, not tell."
She walked over to an empty spot of the room and then floated in the air, her parents gasping in utter surprise.
"What the heck?!" her dad gawked, unable to believe what he saw.
"How're you…?" her mom added in shock.
"But wait, there's more," Jessie informed before landing and then turning herself into a humanoid lioness, making her parents gasp once more, but Jessie just reverted back into her human form before sitting back down on the couch, "Now do you believe me?"
"...I… I-I guess… thi-this is just a lot to take in," her dad answered, "So… you're a mutant now?"
"...Yeah, I am. And the thing about me being a superhero… I'm not joking there, either. I was brought in by the X-Men, who helped me out a little bit with my powers, and had me team up with other mutants to save people. And I've been doing that for a few weeks until today when their leader, Professor X, helped me locate you guys, and… I wanted to check on you and see if you were okay," Jessie finished.
"...Jessie… I… I don't care what's happened to you during all those years you were missing… I'm just happy you're safe now," her mom smiled, before getting up and giving a hug to Jessie who returned it.
"You two… you're okay with me having these powers?" Jessie asked both her parents.
"Of course, Jessie. We're happy with you regardless that you're a mutant or not," her dad answered, "Now I just have one more question."
"What's that?"
"How come you're not wearing any shoes?" her dad asked, Jessie looking at her feet before laughing a bit.
"What can I say, I go through a lot of shoes," she joked, causing them all to laugh after her parents realized their daughter's powers meant she tore through a lot of shoes.
But then, they heard a loud thud as they turned to see the door was busted down and five men in military armor bursted in holding firearms, two of them grabbing Jessie by the arms before the others kept her parents back, aiming their weapons at the couple.
"What the hell is the meaning of all this?!" her dad shouted, demanding to know what's happening before backing off when one of the men cocked his firearm.
"Now, now, there's no reason for the stern tone there, Mr. Devon," they heard a voice reply before the soldiers parted ways, revealing a man with black hair that was slicked back, violet eyes and was wearing a navy blue button down long sleeve shirt, white khakis and black shoes, "Greetings, Subject #3580320. It's good to see you again."
Jessie just glared at the man. "I haven't been called that since my time at Weapon X. Lemme guess, you're the one who funded my experimentation or something?"
"You're a smart one, aren't you?" the man chuckled in response, "My name is Lewis McCarthy, and I am one of the head scientists at the… now defunct Weapon X program."
"Defunct, huh? What's the matter, spent too much money on reproducing essence of Wolverine?" Jessie snarked in response, which made Lewis give her a hard slap in the face.
"You keep your filthy mouth shut." Lewis hissed in response before clearing his throat, "But I wanted to make you an offer."
"Don't you dare do anything with our daughter, you bastard!" her dad shouted, only to get pushed back by one of the armored men.
"Now that there are no further interruptions, here's the deal. I have had my agents monitor you for sometime now, and I know you're a new member of the X-Men… so here's what I will offer you. If you agree to join my currently growing business, not only will your powers make me a good profit, but you will also gain that respect you always wanted," Lewis offered with a sick grin, "Think of it this way; I made you, and you are simply returning the favor by helping me."
Jessie remained silent for a moment before spitting in Lewis' face. "You can take your deal and shove it up your ass," she snapped as Lewis wiped the saliva from his face.
"Well… in that case," Lewis said before he pulled a handgun from from his pocket before firing it at Jessie, hitting her in the neck with a tranquilizer dart.
"JESSIE!" her parents yelled as Jessie winced in pain before pulling the dart out of her neck and started feeling woozy.
"Take them away," Lewis ordered the soldiers as they aimed their weapons at the Devons' backs, forcing the elder couple outside the house while Lewis looked at Jessie, "I'll be spending some quality time with your parents… Jessie."
"...If you… do anything… to hurt my parents… I swear to God…" Jessie panted as the tranquilizer began to take effect.
"Oh don't worry about your parents, Ms. Devon. You should be more concerned for yourself. See you soon." Lewis said as he walked out of the house.
Jessie followed him outside and tried to catch up to the van. However, she started moving more slowly as the tranquilizer started taking a greater effect on her system, and she eventually fell unconscious on the grass, the van moving out of her sight.
TB: DUN DUN DUUUUUUNNNN!
KKD: Oh boy, just when you thought everything was gonna be hunky-dory, everything gets flushed down the drain.
TB: Yeah, everything was all nice until "BAM!" s*CAW!* gets real.
KKD: No joke. Still, this was a very intense chapter.
TB: True. Last chapter was just filler, now things are gonna get good. Before we head off, of course we got favorite parts.
KKD: Right… I'm honestly not sure which would be a favorite part; it was all pretty awesome.
TB: Same here. Saa… we go! This has been The Lone Rider, TokuBrony…
KKD: And the Crossover King, KKD Silver… signing off. Jaa ne!
TB: SEIYAA!