The smoke from the small cigar continued to waft through the air as Fury inhaled sharply before blowing the smoke out through her nose. She moved forward toward the living room while chewing the tobacco in her mouth. Her metallic boots clanged loudly into the room as she scowled at the whimpering and shivering mad genius. A growl escaped from her throat as she uttered it softly. Kain looked up slowly and then stopped shaking as his expression turned to anger.
Kain screamed madly, "You are not Crimson! Liar! Liar, liar pants on fire! AAARRRGH!"
He rushed forward, but Fury's teeth clenched as it dug into the end of the tobacco as she opened fired onto the ground. The loud auto bursts coming from the rifle scared Kain into submission as he backed before her onto the ground shaking and whimpering. He was moving slightly back, forth and sideways. Fury scowled back at him with disgust as she lowered her weapon. She crouched before him and took out her cigar. Still holding it between her index finger and a thumb, she spat on her side as she blew out the remainder of the smoke out of her mouth.
She spoke, "Odin Kain. I am here by the decree of Cerberus to hear you. What have you to say for yourself? Tell me before I will kill you."
Odin shrugged as he looked up for a moment and then cringed averting her gaze. He pleaded placing both of his hands together in a jerking motion, "Oh Queen of everything, please spare us and our kingdom. We did not meant anything. It's the voices. They tell us things. Things about Cerberus that even you do not know…"
Fury let out a snarl and shouted as she tapped her cigar two more times, "Silence, fool! You are behind on your payments, so do not think you can ask me to spare you for a third time. Your uses has run out. Time to pay the reaper."
Odin stopped moving and made a small, odd and creepy laughter as he kept his head down. He started singing and then talking in the same time, "Reaper. The Reaper. Yes I have met him. Once. Knew him. He is as real as we are, but problem is. He is dead. He is alive and yet dead in the same time. He was one of us and real scary too. An undead monster and reaper of souls."
Fury continued to growl with disgust as she placed the cigar back into her mouth and continued chewing it. She got up and walked over to Odin. Odin backed a bit to stay away from her, but she was too quick and grabbed him. She hoisted him up onto his feet and bashed him against the wall. He continued to avert her glare, but she spoke again pressing her teeth against the cigarillo to keep it in the same place, "Speak some sense fool. Do you have any other last words?"
Kain looked up and stared at her with excitement as he nodded still jabbering, "Yes, yes yesyesyes, YES! We do! Do you want to hear it? The story. Your story? Kyra Romanov. Russian born and bred. Most of your…grah-argh…"
He was silent by her snarl as she increased her grip on his throat and lifted him. Taking out a knife and flicking it open, she was getting ready to cut him open. Kain was dangling from the ground but he was still jumping around humming as he attempted to get some words out, "Pay you a story for our life! Pay you! Cerberus does not know what we know. It was all hush hush. You wish to hear?"
Fury released her grip and growled as her small cigar moved back into her mouth via her tongue. She started chewing the last bit of her slow burning cigar and moved the knife close to his throat. She spoke still dangling him over the ground, "Speak!"
Kain continued jabbering away, "You don't remember much of your life right? Life all gone. Memories gone before thirty years ago! Crimson…"
Fury chewed through the half of her cigar as she narrowed her eyes glaring at Kain. She spat into his face angrily impatiently, "What do you know of my memories?!"
Kain laughed a little and placed his hand on her breastplate while he tapped with his finger against his crown responding, "You will let us go, right? A favor for a favor as we, the voices in my head and I, tell you what we know about your memories?"
Then he started screaming madly in pain as his eyeball was being burned by Fury's boiling point. The moisture on the skin of his eyeball was boiling. He continued screaming as Fury let him go with him collapsing onto the floor. Smoke was coming through his hands that he had on his eye. Boiling blood was oozing out through his hands making it burn. The cold, furious woman continued to chew her cigar. She turned to the computers and clocked her weapon as she opened fire destroying them.
Kain continued screaming, "No, no no no NO! Oh the pain! The agony! So many voices! QUIET!"
He got up and tackled Fury pulling at her hair. His eye left eyeball was messed up bad, burned so much that his eye swelled up sunburnt. The burning blood was still oozing down. Fury ceased firing and turned onto Kain grabbing his head. She rammed a punch that sent him flying against the wall. Her blood was boiling to a point of anger that her entire body was smoking. Smoke was escaping through her armor piece and her mouth as she continued to chew and burn her cigar inside her mouth.
Kain whimpered and averted his gaze as he muttered, "We are sorry. You are guest and it was our fault for our attack. We are sorry. Please forgive!"
He continued to scream in pain as Fury continued to burn him from the inside. When she ceased for the moment, Kain spoke again in a whisper, "Just remember, it wasn't your fault. Remember Sakha and Oymyakon. Remember Rasputin. Remember that it was he and you who grew up together. It's not your fault. Ask Cerberus…"
He screamed again as she let out a roar grabbing his neck again. She lifted him and grabbed his chest with her other hand. Then she arched his spine, bent it backwards with her strength as her muscles grew. Kain continued screaming in pain until his back made a snapping noise. She let go throwing him toward the broken computers. He crashed into it and was knocked unconscious. Breathing a couple more times heavily, she exhaled one more time as smoke continued steaming form her body she let out another howl of rage arching her back as her muscles expanded showing her true muscular strength. During the course of her screaming, liquids around the house continued to bubble and exploded.
The broken computers sparked as it set Kain's body on fire. In that brief moment before getting set on fire, Kain woke up painfully and saw the blinking red circle below the socket. The socket was sparking with electricity. He muttered ignoring the pain as he moved his bloodied fingered toward the electric sparks, "Oooh, socket…"
He touched the open electrical socket above the flashing red circle. In that last breath as electricity sparked from his finger into the socket, he was set on fire. He was screaming as he continued rolling while being burned alive. Fury continued to breathe heavily with anger while watching the flames dance. Kain ceased moving as the fire enveloped him. Chewing her cigar, she spat them out into the fire as she turned away.
Soon as she reached outside, the mercenaries were waiting for her. She spoke with one singular order to her lieutenant, "Burn the entire place down, Mortar. I want this insignificant trash gone from the face of this wretched Earth!"
The Blood Vengeance lieutenant activated the flames on his hands as he stared back at the house. Using his power, he shot exploding flames into the house of Odin Kain, erasing every last memory of his solitude life. Fury went to her motorcycle and turned it on. Taking another rolled cigarillo, she placed it into her mouth and bit into the end of the tobacco. Taking out a lighter, she lit her small cigar and sucked in all the smoke. Taking it out, she exhaled the smoke as she put away her lighter. She rode off as her Blood Vengeance group followed her in a trail leaving the town behind. They were going back home to Cerberus where she had some questions she needed answered.
Back in New Vegas Nevada in the Hellfire Complex club, business was slow as usual. It was the early afternoon after all. Two hours before noon. Most of Vixen's and her employee's clients or patrons are either home or out doing business in the wastelands of the southwestern states. There were a few mercenaries sitting around drinking and smoking, but none of them were Fury's Blood Vengeance. They simply hired mercs, soldiers and criminals who were called into Cerberus's service through Vixen.
At the moment, however, Vixen wasn't at the head of the club. She left her second in command, a young woman named Layla, to watch after the bar. She was seen smiling and talking with several soldiers who took a liking to her. Her look after she scanned the backdoor of the bar briefly was of concern for Vixen. Her boss was worried for Skylar Cade who was taken to one of the client rooms reserved for VIPs. Letting out a sigh, she continued to carry the tray and looked back at the soldier smiling at him while he had his arm around her back keeping her close.
In one of the VIP rooms, Vixen was over the unconscious form of Cade. Kit was on the other side holding his hand and praying that he will live. His healing factor was not as strong as Wolf and Kit. All Abnormal after when they get hurt receives regenerative abilities but not all of them are strong enough. Some Abnormal will die if their wounds are not taken care of. That was what Vixen was concerned about. Taking the cloth, she dabbed it in the warm water and wringed it out before placing it on Cade's scarred face. Half his left eye was nearly taken out. Some blood remained on his arm even after Vixen mended it. She noticed the skin around it including the eye regenerating, but it was slow.
Kit spoke with a question as she squeezed Cade's hand, "Will he live?"
Vixen looked at the twelve year old and offered a sad smile as she touched her head responding, "Yes. He is strong. I took care of his wounds. Removing the remaining bullets and shards of metal from his left face, torso and arm. It's up to his healing factor to take care of the rest. He just needs his rest."
Kit nodded as Vixen left the room. She noticed Wolf waiting outside of the doorway so he sat up as she approached him with a question, "Did you see what happened."
Wolf let out a sigh as he continued to chew on the toothpick between his teeth. He responded, "It wasn't a fair fight. Cade gave everything he had, but in the end Fury just ended it all with a cheap move with the grenade launcher. Even he couldn't stop the grenade from coming because he was caught off guard and in a narrow hallway. Fury didn't even give him a chance to fight back."
Vixen scowled at him as she snarled a bit with another question, "Where were you?"
Wolf shrugged as he let out a sigh still leaning with his back against the wall. He continued to chew his toothpick as he started to explain while flashing back to what happened while in Ephraim, Utah…
It was as Skylar Cade stopped before the house of Odin Kain, a lone wolf was watching from a distance. After he was satisfied that Cade found Kain, the wolf lumbered off patrolling the abandoned town for a bit. It sniffed the air. Suddenly it smelled something familiar and let out a snarl. One of the Blood Vengeance merc came out with a gun and opened fire on the wolf. He killed him while at some distance from the wolf, the real Wolf gasped with pain holding his head. He went down to one knee as several mercenaries came upon him. Wolf charged forward, but was stopped with one of them shot flames at his general direction.
As the Blood Vengeance mercs surrounded Wolf, Mortar approached him with a sneer as his hands was covered with flames. He was an Abnormal with the power of explosions and this time he was using flames. Wolf let out a snarl baring his fangs and the lieutenant simply tossed his flames several times in several exploding arcs. Wolf grunted in pain as he was burnt in several areas. His skin regenerated the burns and he let out a howl of fury as his face shifted. The jaw on his face expanded slightly as more fangs appeared. He snarled back at the Lieutenant but collapsed onto the floor as several automatic fire was heard. The bullets entered Wolf's back as Fury approached the circle still chewing her short cigarillo.
Fury ceased firing as she watched Wolf's back regenerate with the bullets falling out. She smirked slightly impressed as she took out her small cigar. Spitting out some chewed tobacco, she responded as smoke billowed out of her mouth, "Impressive, Wolf, but even that is not enough. I know you want finish our fight since last night, don't you? Well, here I am. I will go easy on you, I promise."
Fury unclicked her rifle and handed it to one of her mercs as she placed the cigar back into her mouth and readied herself as her muscles expanded again through her clenching of her fists. She moved her muscled arms around as her body expanded a little more while she cracked her neck and shoulder muscles. Wolf left out a snarl as he puffed a breath. He slowly started his transformation into a werebeast as he bent back his face letting out a howl. His eyes slowly shifted to beast like and yellow. His muscles expanded as small, short cut fur replaced his skin. His clothes were being shredded as his expansive muscle size was getting too big for his clothes. He was getting bigger and slowly rose to his feet.
The Blood Vengeance mercs muttered nervously as they backed a bit, but the lieutenant shouted as he stretched his arm toward the mercs, "Stay where you are! Keep the circle nice and tight."
He scowled back Wolf with hatred as his hands continued to be enveloped with flames, but he nodded his head once toward his boss as if saying that it was between Wolf and Fury. Fury continued to scowl back with a smirk as the werebeast slowly turned to face her. She responded nodding, "Even better when you're angry, Wolf. Keep it coming?"
The werebeast let out a roar as it treaded the ground with his claws and rushed forward quickly. Fury braced herself as she rushed grabbing the beast's throat. The beast clawed at Fury giving her long gashes, but all healed quickly as she increased her muscle power to compensate for his abnormal strength. The wrestled around the ground with the werebeast roaring while trying to gnash at Fury's throat to rip it off, but she kept the beast back still chewing on her cigar.
The werebeast clawed Fury once across her face and picked her up as he thrust her across the ring. Fury grunted as she glided across the ground with her face scar in three deep grooves from the beast's claw. She shook her head and flipped her blond hair back as she cracked her neck slowly while her scar regenerated returning her face to normal. Her only old scar with an eye patch over it remained. It wouldn't heal because her eyeball was removed. She never remembered exactly how, but she lost it during the war.
Still chewing on her cigar, she got up and turned as the werebeast roared at her about to charge, but several flames exploded again in several arcs. It made the beast very angry as he turned to Mortar. It let out a roar and walked forward, but the lieutenant let loose several more exploding arcs in several places. The werebeast charged and Mortar stopped as the flames were extinguished from his hands. Instead, he converted his entire armor, body and face into a liquid stone like body that resembled cement or concrete. Even his eyes turned into a stone like color.
Mortar continued to scowl back at the beast with a smirk as he waited for his chance. The Blood Vengeance mercs saw him doing that and gasped as they backed away quickly. He was going to explode like a Mortar. Fury continued to chew her cigar watching the beast charging on all fours toward her lieutenant. The lieutenant grunted with one effort as he brought his hands together in a clap when the beast got close enough. The area surrounding Mortar exploded in one bang in about several meters in a black flame like explosion thrusting Wolf flying back. He went crashing onto the ground stunned for a bit. He was still smoking.
The mercs scattered, but a few weren't as lucky as some were caught by the shockwave of Mortar's explosion. Fury watched as she slowly got up and took out her cigar blowing smoke toward the black smoke that was slowly rising and dispersing. Fortunately, as the smoke cleared, there were no casualties. Mortar was still standing as he waved his arms back and forth dispersing the smoke faster. Even his skin returned to normal and his eyes turned back. He watched as the werebeast slowly grunted still going.
Angry, the beast rose and started to charge, but was stopped when Fury quickly went in behind it placing her muscled arm around its neck. She clenched her teeth as it dug into the tobacco skin of her cigar. The beast continued roaring as it stood and flailed around trying to get her off, but Fury was too strong for the beast. She kept her expanded bicep locked around its neck. Taking her cigar out of her mouth, she flipped her fallen strand of hair out of the way as she blew smoke into the werebeast watching coldly with a smirk.
Slowly, Wolf lost his concentration as he reverted back to his human form and collapsed unconscious in Fury's strangle hold. Dropping him onto the floor, Fury placed the cigar back into her mouth as she walked forward toward her lieutenant. She approached him as Mortar looked at her. She placed her hand on his armor shoulder piece with a response followed by a nod, "Check his pulse, Mortar. If he's dead, get rid of the body. However, if he lives, bide him and take him to the front of Kain's house. Have him observe while being helpless as I deal with Skylar Cade."
Mortar nodded once and approached Wolf's unconscious form. He felt his pulse but saw that he was still breathing. Letting out a disappointed scoff, he took several bindings from his pocket and bounded his hands together. It was made from a metal that was unbreakable. It was the same metal that was made from Fury's eye patch called Crimsonium. With his abnormal strength, he lifted Wolf and dragged him along following Fury.
Fury got back her weapon and approached the door of Odin Kain. Turning on her weapon, she activated her chainsaw. As it hit the metal of the door, Wolf awoke with a start and let out a snarl. Mortar turned to him and punched him once with a harsh command, "Quiet!"
Wolf had no choice but to watch as Fury finished cutting into the door and kicking it open. Closing his eyes, he uttered a low Indian prayer. Suddenly a wolf appeared from the left. No one could see the wolf except for Wolf whom his eyes was glowing with energy. It was his vision as he commanded the wolf to enter the house. From there, he watched Fury fire on Cade followed by an explosion that ripped the wall apart. It ripped across Cade hurting him bad.
Mortar hit the back of his head harshly with an explosive impact as Wolf groaned not able to keep the connection. His vision cut out and he groaned onto his knees as he was temporarily blinded. Darkness overcame him…
Wolf sat up from the wall and sighed shaking his head as he ignored Vixen entering the VIP room with Cade inside it. He was finished with his storytelling. Vixen was upset by that story and let out a snarl as she stormed toward the one person who had some explaining to do. Cerberus.
She thrust the door opened and charged down the dark hallway. Soon as she reached the general area, she looked around and shouted, "Show yourself!"
Her mind tingled as Cerberus' words resounded, "What is it, my daughter?"
Vixen grunted distracted and shouted some more, "Stop it, father! You know why I am here!"
The telltale clink of Cerberus's wheelchair moved forward as he put down the tablet he was reading on his lap. He spoke as he continued tingling Vixen's mind attempting to sooth her, "Be calm, Selene. Soothe your emotions."
Vixen let out a snarl and closed her eyes as she moaned shaking her head. His effect was working on her as she groaned cracking her neck while asking her question, "Can you explain yourself to me, father? Why did you tell Kyra to hurt both Wolf and Cade?"
She opened her eyes as he offered his hand responding, "I never did. She simply chose to. Remember, I have no power over Kyra's actions. She is immune to me. Come, sit on my lap."
Vixen scowled at him for a few moments, but changed her expression as she whimpered. Tears started forming around her eye ducts. She believed her father. Approaching him, she sat on his lap as her father wrapped his arm around her. He placed the tablet on his lap aside as Vixen pecked him on the cheek once. She watched him with a smile as she was getting better just by being with him. No one knew they were related by blood. As father and daughter. Not even Skylar Cade knows this.
Cerberus spoke not using his telepathy to read his daughter's mind, "Talk to me, Selene. What is bothering you?"
Vixen sighed and nodded as she wiped her tear away, "I am worried about Cade. He was hurt the most when he was hit by Fury's grenade shards. I did what I could with cleaning his wounds, but he is healing slowly. I am afraid he has brain damage from the impact."
Her father shook his head and touched her cheek as he reassured her, "Do not worry. He is the strongest and perhaps the most resilient. He will survive his wounds as long as your ability will aid in his quick recovery."
Vixen bared her fangs with a snarl as she shook her head with another response, "He is in coma, father. He is dreaming and he won't awake for a while. Why would Kyra hurt him so bad?"
He sighed as he touched Vixen's chest where her little bump was starting to show. He responded as she touched his hand, "I know of your relationship with Skylar Cade and I know you are pregnant. You are starting show the signs and you know I won't invade the privacy of one of my daughter's mind. In knowing that, I pay Kyra to keep Cade alive. I know she wants him dead and whenever she increases the price of Cade's life, I pay her handsomely in order to keep her on my side. That is all I can do to make sure he lives for you. I only want you happy."
Vixen nodded as she looked down sniffing. Her father kissed her on the cheek and stroked her back. He spoke again, "Go back to Skylar Cade and aide in his recovery. I trust you and your abilities so do not fear for him any longer. I have faith in you."
Vixen smiled and nodded responding as she got up, "Thanks."
As she slowly left the room, Cerberus turned back to his tablet. He was reading over it. The title of the report was Marseilles Imports. The sub-title had the name of the founder. Jacques Rousseau. Cerberus continued to immerse himself into the reading as some of the words included information about cyber technology as well as other imports. Obviously, the Marseilles Imports originated in the city of Marseilles, France.
Meanwhile, Vixen returned to the VIP room. Both Wolf and Kit looked at her, but she responded flicking her wrist, "Visiting hours are over. I must pursue other avenues of healing him. I prefer it if it's done alone. I will summon you both when he awakes."
Wolf nodded and took Kit's hand as they walked to exit the room. He touched Vixen's shoulder and responded, "Take care of him, Sel. If he dies, it's on your head."
Vixen let out a snarl as she followed them out of the room and she locked the door behind him. Putting the key aside, she walked back forward toward Cade as she slowly removed her blouse letting it fall onto the ground. As her tail twitched, she slowly got onto the bed and crawled toward him atop of his form. She stroked his head and removed the cloth. Moving closer to his scarred face, she kissed it as she uttered a low growl stroking his face.
She spoke, "I know you are dreaming, Cade. I wonder, what are you dreaming about?"
As she stroked his scarred face, she closed her eyes and moaned as she arched her back. Her eyes snapped open as it was covered with a whitish blue glow. Her face seemed to glow in a light blue aura. Her shallow breaths coming out of her mouth was in a visible light blue spectrum as she pushed deep with her empathy. In the same time her hand on his face started to glow in a light bluish flame. Cade gasped once shuddering with her power but remained in coma. She could feel his emotions and seek to sooth his pain in order to increase his recovery. She could feel his emotions and seek to sooth his pain in order to increase his recovery.
She let out a light gasp as she whispered two words, "Saul Cade…"
Vixen let out a final moan as she closed her eyes falling unconscious while keeping her light-bluish flame-engulfed hand on Cade's scarred face. She was dreaming along with him as she used his deep emotions to explore his past.