Tracy giggled at what Taris said and smiled at him. Just like everybody else but unique? That sentence dosn't make any sense at all. She thought to herself. She took a good look at the man before her. He had short blonde hair that looked messy, his eyes were the bluest she'd ever seen and he had a great body. It was very believeable that he was the son of Sabretooth, she'd seen pictures of the hulking man and they looked a lot alike. Sabretooth and her had never met but he reminded her a lot of herself as well. It was strange that two people who had never met before could be so alike.
"How 'bout we go back to the mansion now? My wife's probably goin' 'where the heck is that insufferable man?'" He immitated Jubilee's voice in a high soprano and Tracy couldn't help but laugh.
"Mister Summer's will probably chew me out for running twice in one day." The thought of being punished wasn't a very pleasant thought and she slumped against the tree. Taris smiled in sympathy for her.
"You know, when I was younger I was on his biggest trouble list." The thought of this well behaved man bugging Scott was too funny and she laughed.
"You a trouble?" Taris nodded his head and Tracy shook her head in disbelief. "Unbelievable." Standing up she leaped easily down from the tree and landed next to a woman pushing a stroller. The woman squealed in surprise and Tracy grinned her apology. Taris dropped out of the tree next to her and the woman jumped this time. The baby she was pushing in the stroller started to cry and Tracy felt a stab of guilt. Looking at the baby she was amazed, the baby wasn't like others. The baby's skin was covered in green scales and a tail was peeking out through the diaper. As the baby cried she could see a forked tongue sticking out of it's mouth. The mother and Tracy made eye contact and for a split second she felt like she was like everybody else.
Taris slipped his hand into hers and looked at her with worry on his face. Tracy turned to him and a tear slipped down her cheek. She was just like everybody else, just unique. Taris pulled her into his arms and held her tightly. Her tears fell down her cheeks as she recalled the simple feeling of being the same as everybody else. Slowly she stopped crying and they walked back to the mansion with Taris' arm wrapped around her shoulders. Jubilee was standing in front of the mansion's double doors with her hands on her waist, a harsh expression was fitted on her face but it softened when she saw the tear stains on Tracy's face.
"What's wrong with her Taris?" Her husband just looked at her blankly before turning to Tracy. He leaned close to her and whispered in her ear. He let go of her then and led Jubilee back into the house. She stood in front of the mansion alone now, the tears fell again but she didn't try to wipe them away or hide them from everyone else. Several people who were outside playing sports and goofing off looked at her with confusion, sympathy and even sometimes disgust. She was standing there still when Rachel, Clarabel, and Marianna walked up to her.
"Aww look, she's crying, maybe we should call her mommy, oh wait I forgot, she dosn't have one!" The words coming out of Rachel's mouth would normally irritate her but today they had no effect on her what so ever. She was too lost in her own happiness to care anymore.
"What's wrong lil kitten? Need a mommy to run to? How 'bout a daddy?" Clarabel was harsh but Tracy didn't care anymore. And then she surprised them all with what she did next. She laughed. She laughed hard and she enjoyed the feeling. Turning to the three girls she smiled so wide her face looked like it would split in two.
"What's she smiling about?" Marianna asked with confusion on her face. Tracy laughed harder now and only calmed down so she could speak to them.
"I'm just like everybody else." The words had no meaning to Rachel or the twins but to Tracy they meant the world. She was just like everybody else. A smile on her face Tracy fell to all fours like she was meant to be like and started running. For once she was happy she didn't have to morph to run like a tiger would, her knees were automatically twisted backwards like a tiger. Running past the children and adults on the field she leapt up into a tree and climbed to the top. Erupting out of the top of the tree she looked over the estate. People were everywhere and most of them looked up at her like she was insane. Through a mansion window she could see Scott and Jean standing next to the window staring at her. She smiled broadly at them and leapt out of the tree.
She could hear the people below her gasp and some scream but all thoughts were gone as she fell to the ground. Just before she hit the land something caught her and lifted her away from the oncoming ground. She struggled against whatever had grabbed her and scratched at them. Tracy roared at the person holding her and pushed at the person's grabbing hands. The person released her and she finally finished her fall to the ground landing on all fours. Standing up onto her hind legs she walked with determination towards the person landing on the field.
He was a frightening sight. He had long, black wings coming from his back while some of his feathers were red and his black hair was cut short with red tips. His eyes were black with red pupils. He was tall and skinny. Tracy could see the muscles underlying his skin which was black with red tattoos covering his body. In a strange way he was handsome. Mid stride she stopped walking and stared at him in amazement. His eyes met her amber ones and stared deep into her soul. He smiled then, fangs peeked out over his lips and Tracy was caught in his gaze.
"Hello." His voice was soft and smooth, and even though she was at least a yard away she could feel how hot his breath was. Tracy was at a loss for words.
"Hi." She finally managed as she stared at him blankly. His smiled widened and she could finally see all his teeth glimmering.
"My name's Axle, but you can call me Ax." He offered his hand to her but she could only stare at it blankly as her mind cleared off all coherent thought. "What's your name?" He finally asked returning his hand to his side.
"Tracy." Her stomach was doing flip flops as she gazed at him. He looked so familiar, she knew she'd never met him but somehow the way he smelled and the way he looked set something off in him. Most people would say the things she was feeling right now was attraction but she knew right then that attraction was the last thing she was feeling for him. Sending her mind out she connected to him and he welcomed her into his mind. The things she felt and saw finally gave her the connection she needed. There was no possible way she could like this guy in any other way than as a friend. He was too familiar.
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"You look familiar." Ax said as he felt Tracy retreating from his mind. She felt so normal to him, he only felt this connection to his family members but it was strange to feel it in a stranger.
"I don't think I've seen you around here before." He was glad that she was speaking more now, she had seemed nervous before she entered his mind.
"That's because I've never been here before, I'm visiting my Uncle Taris." The name seemed to hit something in Tracy because she smiled.
"He's your uncle? Taris is very nice, I'll show you to him!" She offered enthusiastically and he found himself smiling with her. Tracy climbed back up into the tree he had taken her from and leapt off the top again. He was leaping up into the air to catch her again when she caught onto a balcony's ledge and swung herself onto a nearby balcony. She turned to Ax and smiled broadly. He flew up to the same balcony and landed next to her.
"Nice trick." He complimented her and she smiled at him wider.
"C'mon!" She said telepathically as she opened up the balcony doors. There were two people in the room, a blue, elfish looking boy and a skinny girl with brown hair.
"Hey Trace!" The brown haired girl greeted her excitedly.
"Hallo." The elf boy said.
"Hey you two! Just passin' through!" She greeted them both. "This is Ax, he's visiting his uncle for a while." She said even as she grabbed his arm and dragged him through the room. They basically ran through the whole mansion until they reached a door. She took a deep breath of air before knocking on the door. It was opened and in the doorway was Ax's Aunt Jubilee.
"Hey Auntie!" He greeted her with a big smile on his face.
"Ax!" She squealed before pulling the taller boy into a tight hug. "Bout time you got here!" She said pulling him into the room. Tracy stood in the doorway uncertainly before turning to go back down the hallway. Her feelings of happiness had been smashed really easily just by him leaving her presence. Walking silently down the hall she sighed. She was so alone. All the people she knew had a boyfriend or a girlfriend and she was contantly being forgotten because of that fact. She was going to head back to her room but remembering Kitty and Kurt in there she changed her direction for Logan's room. Walking swiftly she didn't even pause to sniff the air before pushing the door open. The sight that greeted her would be branded on her memory for a long time to come.
On the bed was Logan making love to some girl she couldn't tell who was because his body was blocking her view. Gasping softly she backed out of the room and closed the door behind her. She stood in front of the door for a few minutes trying to quell the urge to puke. Tracy had never felt so used in her life. He had just kissed her earlier that day and there he was having sex with some chick. Turning from his room she ran, to where she didn't know yet she just needed to run. When she finally stopped running she found herself on the roof off the mansion. The wind was blowing hard and her long, black hair wipped around her face brutally as she walked to the edge of the building. Taking a deep breath she calmed herself. Sitting down on the edge of the mansion so that her legs hung over the edge she fought the urge to cry.
Tracy felt so sick. She had given Logan her heart and he had broken it into little pieces so easily. She was so sick of crying that she pushed the need back. She sat there for long moments just breathing until she heard footsteps behind her. Turning to look over her shoulder she saw Logan. As if the skies could feel her distress the already darkened clouds began to pour down rain. It was like a soothing balm on her overheated body and she welcomed the water. Tracy stood up and turned completely to Logan. He opened his mouth to speak but he closed it as if realizing that they were beyond words now. The pain was gone now, instead it was replaced by anger. Just pure and raw anger. She stalked up to him and stared hard into his eyes. Opening her mouth slightly she growled low in her throat.
In answer Logan growled back. It seemed that humanity was gone from them in those moments because as they spoke it wasn't words they formed, but instead it was a series of growls, whimpers and wines. Trying to express her pain to him Tracy whimpered and turned away. He placed a hand on her cheek and turned her face back to him so he could look into her amber eyes with his blue ones. He wasn't sure how to express how he felt so instead he pulled her close and kissed her lightly on the forehead. The contact made her incredibly sick and she couldn't hold it back anymore. Tracy ran to the edge of the building in the pouring rain and puked off the edge.
As soon as she was done puking she began to sob, her tears mixing with the rain. Her black tank top and blue jean shorts were soaked now and they were weighing her down. Leaping off the mansion she ran into the woods. She could feel eyes on her as she ran, both from Logan and people inside the mansion. Tracy knew she was disturbing the empaths inside the building but she couldn't hold back anymore. As she ran she cried. Reaching a spot deep within the woods she removed her tank top and shorts. All she was left in was her bra and underpants. Climbing up into a tree that wasn't very tall she hung the clothing up even as the rain still fell and she relaxed against a large branch. Relaxing her muscles she felt calmer now than she ever had before. Slowly she fell asleep in the tree.
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When Tracy woke up she felt more rested than she ever had. Just taking a few moments to breathe in the early morning air she calmed her tense nerves. Looking towards the branch that had held her clothing she saw that it was now empty. Growling low in her throat she climbed out of the tree. Turning from the tree she saw Rachel Summers leaning against a nearby tree. Tracy's eyes narrowed as she inspected the red headed brat.
"You're gonna get expelled." The words were harsh but Tracy just shrugged them off.
"Oh well, I wasn't learning much here anyways. Too many brats like you getting in my way." Rachel frowned at Tracy's words and stalked forward.
"You'll never get Logan's love, he wants me." Tracy had been turning back to go to the mansion but the words stopped her in her tracks. "He's been sleeping with me since I turned eighteen, he's really good in bed, but of course you'll never get to feel that 'cause he's mine." Tracy felt her heart shatter and turned towards Rachel with pain in her heart. She walked up to the girl and stopped when she was a foot away. She was too tired to care anymore.
"I don't know why you hate me, I don't know why you chose me to pick on, I don't know why you choose to rub my wants and hates and all my flaws in my face, all I know is that I'm too tired to care anymore. You can go ahead and have Logan Rachel, I've given up on him. For God's sakes you can have all the guys in the frickin' mansion, I don't care. I just want to be alone now." Tracy's pain was expressed through her telepathic response and she started walking back to her home. Several people were up in the early morning hours before school started and they were staring at what she was wearing. Not caring she kept on walking even when an adult tried to stop her to reprimand her for her lack of attire. Climbing up the mansion's wall she got onto her balcony and entered her room. Showering and dressing she exited her room.
Walking towards the Professor's office. It was time to tell him everything. When she entered the office the Professor was sitting at his desk staring at some papers but he looked up when she entered. His bald head was shining in the early morning light but she was hardly aware of that as she sat in the chair opposite him.
"I'm leaving here Professor, I probably won't be back for a long time if ever." Tracy's telepathic voice was rough and broken but she had managed words. "I just wanted to let you know that so you didn't worry about me. I really appreciate everything you've done for me." With her point made she rose from the chair and left his office. The Professor had obviously contacted people telepathically because there were people gathering around her left and right, some of them tried to stop her but she just passed them by and kept on walking. When she reached the front doors of the mansion Ax and Taris stood blocking her path.
"Don't leave Tracy." Ax pleaded to her as she walked past him. He grabbed her arm and she felt how hot his skin was to the touch, hot like his breath as he spoke to her. "Please stay."
"Stay here with us Tracy, we need you." Taris spoke now grabbing her other arm as she attempted to pull away. She looked up at the two men and pulled away. She kept on walking out the doors and down the steps. The people followed her down the driveway and when she reached the gates they stopped and stared at her. "I love you Tracy, you're the daughter I've never had." Taris' words hit directly to her heart and she stopped walking. Tracy was not one for regretting things and her next step made everybody gasp.
She kept on walking. But she entered his mind even as she walked down the side walk. Once inside Taris' mind Tracy expressed everything she felt towards him. She opened up her mind to him and she gave him everything. In those few moments he learned everything about her from birth to the present time. He was amazed at everything she'd gone through. And then he broke down and cried. Together they cried, she felt his pain and he felt hers, together they cried in the street. Tracy as she walked and Taris as he stood with his wife. They were silent tears but heart felt all the same. And then she was gone.
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Tracy sat on the couch of her new home three months after she left the mansion reading a magazine. Her boyfriend Aaron was in the kitchen cooking dinner for her tonight. They had been going out for a month now and they were very close. She had not shared her bed with him yet because she wanted to wait until marriage and he respected that. Aaron was very tall, standing at six foot seven inches he towered over her by thirteen inches.
"Dinner's ready!" He called with his soprano voice from her kitchen. Standing up Tracy wandered into the kitchen and treasured the wonderful smells of the food he made.
"Smells good Aaron, what didja make?" Another wonderful thing about him was that he didn't mind the fact that was a mutant. He was a mutant himself in fact. He was an empath and all though sometimes it was a pain having a person always know what you were feeling it was a great advantage when she couldn't find out what to say.
"Lasanga, garlic bread and pecan pie for dinner." Tracy purred at the thought of eating the delicious dinner he had prepared.
"Sounds yummy." Aaron nodded his head in agreement as he scooped up some food for her and himself. They had just sitten down to eat when a knock at the door roused Tracy from her thoughts. Aaron stood up and went to the door, Tracy couldn't see who it was but her boyfriend sounded silently disturbed.
"May I help you?" He asked politely of the people at the door.
"Does Tracy Geheimnis live here?" The unknown person asked. The voice was unfamiliar to Tracy but her last name always made her giggle. Geheimnis was german for mystery, she had never known her last name so she figured that in tribute to Kurt she would adopt a german name. So it wasn't a real last name, it was still special to her. The people at the door must've heard her giggle because they pushed past Aaron and entered the apartment. Tracy quickly pressed her image inducer before they could see her and rose from the table. The entering her apartment were mostly unrecognizeable to her but one person stood out to her. She knew who he was, she just had never met him.
"Are you Tracy Geheimnis?" A red haired woman asked. She was tall and and voluptiuous. Her hair was long and came down to the bottom of her behind and was tied in a braid. Tracy was glad that she had worn her translator today. The translator would change the guttural noises of her growls and wines into real words, and ingenious gift sent to her from Henry McCoy.
"So what if I am?" She asked after turning it on.
"My name is Dezra Creed, and this is my husband Victor, we're here to extend the offer of coming back with us to our home in Canada." Tracy assumed a nonchalant pose as the woman called Dezra spoke.
"And if I don't want to go?" She was curious as to what they would do.
"Then we take ya back by force." The man named Victor Creed said. His voice was deep and rumbled.
"In your dreams big guy." Tracy assumed a fighting stance and turned her image inducer off. Dezra gasped when she saw Tracy's true form. Her claws slipped past her finger tips and she growled low. "Bring it on." The line was cheesy but she loved the feeling of power it gave her when she said it. Victor seemed surprised to hear her telepathy but he shrugged it off and smirked.
"Alright little girl, if ya won't come willingly then I'll hafta fight ya." He made it sound as if it was a burden. Then he struck. His arm swung towards her and his sharp claws ripped her cheek open. Not wanting to be outdone Tracy sliced back at him. Her claws dug deep into his chest. Dezra used her now visible claws to grab her back and tear her away from her husband. Tracy screamed in agony and ripped free. Turning around she swung back towards the tall woman and cut her neck open. Blood poured freely from her wound as she staggered back. Dezra fell backwards onto the floor and Victor roared. He charged past Tracy and went to his wife's side. Now was the time to run. Tracy ran towards Aaron and grabbed him by the arm to take him out of the apartment.
"C'mon Aaron!" She yelled at him using the translator. They ran out of the apartment and through the halls. The elevator would take to long to get there and the stairs would make them trip so Tracy busted open a window and leapt out of it letting go of Aaron. When she landed she looked up towards her boyfriend and opened her arms. "Trust me." She asked him. He looked hesitant and stood still. "You gotta trust me Aaron." She begged him. He shook his head and backed away from the window. Tracy dropped her head and started walking away when she heard a scream of agony. She turned back towards the window just in time to see Sabretooth throw her boyfriend out of the window and him land onto the cement, everywhere. Sabretooth leapt out of the window behind him and started coming towards her.
Tracy ran now, her legs pumping as she evaded objects. A large hand grabbing her neck stopped her in her tracks. Struggling against his strong grip she slashed at his hands until he pinned her to the ground to the point where she couldn't move anymore. His chuckle disturbed her greatly.
"Yer mine now lil kitty cat." He growled low in her ear and she squirmed uncomfortably.
"Hands off big guy, that kitty already has an owner." The voice of Taris Creed astounded Tracy. He was the last guy she figured would come to her rescue from Sabretooth, for goodness sakes the guy was his father.
"Taris." Victor greeted his son. The scene was absurd to the squished girl and she smiled.
"Leave her alone dad." Taris' tone was harsh as he talked to his father. Reluctantly Victor rose and released Tracy. She quickly stood and ran towards Taris. He held her close to him and growled at his father. The older man growled back to him and they stared at eachother.
"All me and m'wife wanna do is take her back ta our house in Canada, nothin' too bad 'bout that now is there?" The question was sarcastic and Tracy growled at Victor.
"There's a heck of a lot wrong with it when she dosn't want to go." Taris responded. The men stared eachother down but their banter was interupted by a groan from Dezra. She was standing in the middle of the spot where the window should've been.
"Let's just go home Victor, I've got a headache." The woman said with a sweet smile for her son. "Hello Taris."
"Hey mom." Tracy was surprised that the woman was still alive, she had ripped open her jugular. Techinically right now that woman should be dead. Wings erupted from her back and she glided down to them.
"C'mon hon, let's go." She grabbed Victor's arm and pushed him away.
"No, not until that girl is with us." Dezra rolled her eyes at her husband's stubbornness.
"Victor, we can go home and plan a plan B okay? Now let's GO!" She grabbed him under his arms and lifted them both up with her wings. They started flying away and soon they were out of sight. Tracy cuddled into Taris' arms and whimpered.
"He killed him Taris, he killed him." Despite the time that had seperated them their connection was still there and Taris could feel the pain she was experiencing.
"I know, it's okay. Let's go home."
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(A/N) Wow, that's a pretty long chapter! Hope I did good, I was half watching the Pacifier while I wrote this so some stuff might've come out weird. REVIEW! -Sabeybaby
