'Vixen?' came a familiar voice from what seemed like miles away. 'Vixen, Sweety are you okay?'
'What?' she gurgled, her mouth and tongue heavy with drowsiness. 'Wh- where are they?' she asked, trying to force her eyes open.
'We didn't find them.' replied the voice as dark figures swam in front of the blond girl's vision. 'What did they do to you?' Scott's face looked worried and frustrated at the same time: he didn't like losing.
'They took my blood…' gurgled Vixen, her vision still a little fuzzy. There was a collective intake of breath from the others who were obviously just out of sight.
'That must be why you were unconscious.' stated Cyclops, looking down at her, then over at the others.
'No…' contradicted the morpher girl still a bit groggy, ' They only took a blood sample. Not lots of blood, just a…' she stopped and shuddered at the memory of the needle. 'syringe full.' She heard Franky giggle in the background.
'What?' asked Jade, still out of sight, but fairly audible and clearly confused by Franky's laugh.
'Vixen hates injections and needles and stuff.' he answered, a smile in his charming voice. 'She always has, and it always makes me laugh.'
'Get lost loser.' said Vixen smiling from where she was lying. 'Where am I?' she asked taking a look around from her position on the floor. She vaguely tried to sit up, but Scott pushed her gently back down again.
'We're in the back yard.' he said soothingly, his hand still on her chest, holding her down.
'How did you find me?' she asked incredulously, frowning up at him above her.
'Jean found you.' he said quietly. 'You can thank her later. She's busy right now, looking after Kurt- don't worry he's fine.' he continued seeing her worried face. 'He just got a little… tied up, under a table.'
'You really want me to stay lying down, don't you?' whispered Vixen flirtily, gazing up at the young man above her. He quickly took his hand off of her chest and sat back down on his feet. 'Chill,' continued the emerald eyed girl smiling invitingly. 'I won't mind… I don't mind…'
'Vixen,' he started slowly and under his breath, 'are you flirting with me?' he asked, sort of half smiling down at her. She raised her left eye brow at him.
'Do you want me to be flirting with you?' she asked almost blatantly inviting him to lean over and take her, there and then. His smile slowly disappeared from his handsome face, as though he was trying to talk himself out of it.
'I- err..' he mumbled before pulling away and getting up. He stepped away and Franky moved forward to kneel beside her. He put his hand on her shoulder and sighed.
'You are too obvious.' he whispered, shaking his head exasperatedly. She giggled guiltily, and looked up at the starry sky.
The next day they were all taken to school, heavy bags under their eyes, and shuffling feet.
Vixen, Kurt and Kitty made their tired way into the schools front doors. Jade and Franky were just behind them, arms linked and loved up faces with stupid grins.
'Dammit I can't remember my code.' said Vixen annoyed. She banged her fist against the door of her locker and placed her forehead against the cold metal in despair.
'17-16... Umm… I can't remember the other one.' said Kurt slowly, gazing up at the ceiling. '20 something.'
'How do you know that?' she asked incredulously, frowning a little.
'Well… 17 is my age,' started the mutant, fiddling with his inducer. 'You are 16 and I can't remember why it was 20 something.'
'Are you stalking me?' she asked jokingly, laughing in amazement. 'Cause it's pretty useful! I could use having you around!'
'Lucky then that I'll always be around.' he replied as she started putting in the numbers of the locker. She got to the last number and paused.
'41.' said a flirty voice behind her as she felt 2 hands take her by the waist. 'Your favourite.' Pietro kissed her neck softly, stroking her waist and stomach romantically.
'Oh yeah…' she said smiling over her shoulder at him. 'Thanks, hey I've got two stalkers who both know my locker number! Isn't that great? Unless I put some kinda secret thing in there… which I won't.'
'You're rambling Sweety.' pointed out Quicksilver, gently pulling her fringe out of her face. 'So, how were your holidays? I mean since our last meeting. When was it?'
'I can't remember.' she answered shrugging uninterestedly. 'Anyway, I was kidnapped last night and they took my blood sample.'
'What?' he asked taking her by the upper arms and turned her around to face him. 'What, why would anyone do that to you? What did they want with your blood?'
'We don't know.' replied Kurt protectively. 'And we didn't even catch them. We looked all over the place.'
'The dude said I was "special", or something.' added the green eyed girl. She didn't notice Pietro's eyes widen, but Nightcrawler did, his eyes narrowed suspiciously. 'Anyway, I'm not too worried about it. He said it wouldn't change anything, anyway, so you know.'
The bell rang and Pietro left for class after giving her a swift peck on the cheek. As usual, Kurt and Vixen set off for art in room 35B.
'Did you see his face when you told him about what happened last night?' asked the mutant boy gazing at her with a small inquisitive frown on his face.
'He was worried.' she replied uninterestedly, shrugging slightly. 'I was kidnapped. Doesn't happen everyday, you know!' He raised a critical eyebrow at her. 'He's my boyfriend! He cares for me!'
'Well I care for you, but I don't make stupid faces at you.' he replied, not looking at her. 'I just think there was something extra in that look. That's all.'
'Kurt,' started the girl, smiling affectionately at him, 'you're so sweet. But you're a little over protective. I'm a big girl, you know. I can fight my own battles.'
'But you were still kidnapped last night.' pointed out the German boy. 'Even if they didn't do anything major to you, it's still… you know.' She leaned over and lightly kissed him on the cheek.
'You're so sweet to be so worried for me.' she said, smiling at him tenderly. 'Thanks.' He smiled uncomfortably at her, blushing a bit. She blushed back as the teacher started wittering on about geometrical artists.