Tracy walked with Taris with her shoulders slumped and her head in the crook of his arm. It was slightly uncomfortable for him and she could sense that so she pulled away and tried to walk on her own. She'd never felt so weak in her life, her boyfriend of two months was dead and she was back to square one. She hesitated when they neared the Professor's office doors. She pulled back from Taris slightly, but his grip on her arm was like iron and he was able to push her through the doors against her will.
"Ah Tracy, I was wondering when you would be joining us again." The Professor's bald head shone in the sun and Tracy found herself captivated by it.
"My father and mother confronted her today with the 'offer', killed her boyfriend in the process." Taris' words were cold, clipped and to the point. Tracy found herself reliving Aaron's death for the hundreth time and whimpered as she saw him splat on the cemet again.
"Why do they want me so badly?" She questioned them both telepathically. She was not in the mood to be on somebody's 'gotta go' list. The Professor sighed and looked to Taris with pleading eyes.
"You know that my father is a mercenary yes?" She nodded her head at Taris' question and watched as his face became a mask of emotions. "Well, he signed up with somebody who was on the lookout for physically obvious mutants, we are not sure for what he wants them but he's been very eager to get them." He paused for a moment and Tracy felt dread creeping up on her.
"They took Nightcrawler and Axle, along with several other mutants." The Professor stated the fact as if it burned him and turned away so he didn't have to see the look on Tracy's face.
"They took 'Crawler?" Her telepathic voice was soft and laced with the pain she felt. A single tear slipped down her cheek before she steadied her emotions.
"Yeah, I wanted to go after them but I'm not allowed because there will most likely be issues of fighting my family and such." Taris admitted as he plopped down into one of the Professor's chairs. He looked the picture of utter failure. His blonde hair was messy from him constantly running his hands through it, his blue eyes were focused on the ground, his heavily muscled shoulders were slumped down. Running a hand over her loose, black hair she turned back to the Professor.
"Point me to them Professor." Tracy spoke with anger. Nobody takes my friends and gets away with it. She thought to herself angrily. Rage pumped through her blood filling her with adrenalin. The Professor reached into his desk and pulled out a map.
"This is where you need to go."
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Tracy was on the road now. The Professor had given her instructions and she was on her way to Canada to hopefully retrieve her friends and the other trapped mutants and take them home. She had stopped to see Kitty on her way out the door. The girl was a wreck and seeing her as such ripped her apart.
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"Kitty? Y'okay girl?" She asked her best friend. The brown haired girl was shaking with her sobs and she turned her brown eyes towards Tracy and she could see how red and swollen they were.
"No I'm not Tracy, they took him. Sabretooth and that red headed evil woman! They took Kurt!" She screamed angrily. She collapsed into Tracy's arms when she pulled her into a hug.
"It's okay Kit, I'm gonna go get him, I'm gonna save him from them, I promise." She had told the girl with a reassuring smile on her face.
"Take me with you Tracy." The girl had pleaded. Tracy had said no, and told her the reasons why it would work. She had been heartbroken but had wished her luck and went back to crying for Kurt.
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Now here she was, alone on her way to Canada with a heavy heart. The border was coming quickly and she could feel dread filling her being. She pushed it away and tried to focus on the road. She could only wonder what was going on, was Kurt in a lot of pain? Were they doing experiments on the poor kids? These questions plagued her as she drove on. She stopped only for rest and something to eat and soon she was close to the house she was told to go to. When she pulled up in the driveway she was amazed at the size of it. It was a mansion easily with it's many rooms. The front yard was huge and she could only wonder how big the back yard was. It was a two story mansion but it was very large. The walls were painted white and she assumed that in the winter it blended in with the snow.
She parked her jeep and climbed out of it. Tracy was halfway up the driveway when the front door opened revealing the red haired woman that she had nearly decapitated. Her long red hair was pulled into a ponytail on the back of her head and the free hairs wipped around her legs as she walked. Pushing her hair out of her face Tracy walked up to the woman with her chin held up high.
"I was wondering how long it would take you to come to your senses." The woman's greeting was less than pleasant but Tracy pushed it to the side and shook the woman's hand. "Welcome to my home Tracy." They entered the mansion together and Tracy was astounded at the size of the living room. This place could easily rival the X-Mansion in sheer size. They went through many halls until Tracy was past the point of confused and into the state of 'confuzzled' as she liked to label it. They entered a comfy lounge sort of room with plenty of lounge chairs and a table in the middle. People were crowded in the room, squished shoulder to shoulder in the chairs with a few people leaning against the walls to avoid the close proximity.
All the people gathered had physical mutations, some were drastic while others were subtle. There was only one person in that room who really stood out to her though. His blue fur and black hair, with all white eyes would stick out like a sore thumb for her no matter what. Running past the people gathered she launched herself into his arms and roared happily.
"Kurt!" She yelled telepathically. He hugged her tightly to his body, refusing to let her go when she tried to pull away slightly.
"Tracy." He mumbled against her hair as they continued to hug. "It is so good to see you again, I've missed you and Kitty so much." He told her when he pulled her away so he could see into her eyes. They smiled at eachother brightly and he pulled her onto his lap so she wouldn't have to lean against a wall. Sabretooth rose to the center of the room and inspected the gathered people, his blue eyed gaze sending shivers down most people's backs.
"Our newest additions ta tha group, Tracy Geheimnis." He said her last name with a smirk because he knew exactly what it meant and why she had put that as her last name. Behind her Kurt chuckled and tickled her sides from amusement. Sabretooth sent them both irritated looks before taking his spot in his chair.
"Tracy, you'll be workin' with Snow over there, she's yer partner now." He pointed towards a girl with skin that was white as snow, her eyes were all white and her long hair was also pure white. She was dressed in a white tank top and white shorts with white, high heeled boots to top it all off. Tracy and Snow locked gazes and they nodded to eachother in acknowledgment, Tracy was lapsing back into her life as an experiment with the simple physical gestures instead of words. It all creeped her out but she was welcome to the easy adjustment.
"So why are we all here Sabretooth?" Tracy asked, unafraid of the result if she was not supposed to speak. His blue eyes locked with her amber ones as he smiled.
"I was wonderin' when somebody'd ask that." He let out a chuckle that sounded more like a growl. "Yer all here ta participate in our trainin' program fer young mutants and such, we're doin' this buddy style which is why I've assigned everybody with a partner."
"Hold on just one minute," Tracy interupted with a confused look on her face. "You practically broke into my apartment, killed my boyfriend of two months and scared the crap outa me, just so you could train me?" At his affirming nod she roared. "You could've just told me whatcha wanted!" She leapt off of Kurt's lap and launched herself at him. Her claws were ready and she was prepared to cut him a new one. He easily caught her swinging hand but he missed her other one and she dug her claws deep into his stomach, spilling some of his intestines before he shoved them back in and his stomach healed back.
"He was a whimpy guy anyways, he couldn't even help ya fight." Sabretooth growled out to her as he caught both of her hands this time. Not needing her hands to fight she kicked her boots into his groin. He howled on impact and Tracy grinned in accomplishment. Twisting her arms out of his grasp she grabbed his arms and pulled them behind his back. Pushing him face first into the floor, she kneed him in the back.
"But he was my everything." The words cut deep into her heart and she pressed her knee into his back harder. "You had no right to take what was mine and now I'm paying you back in full." She bent down and bit him hard in the left shoulder. He roared as she ripped at his muscles with her teeth. Pulling back she freed his hands and rose from him. Snow tossed her a completely white handkerchief and she wiped her mouth off, erasing any evidence of his blood. Sabretooth rose slowly and applause lit up the room. Tracy glared one last time at Sabretooth before turning and exiting the room.
Once free of the room she ran through the halls with no direct destination in mind. She just needed to be free, needed to feel the fresh air pelting down her nostrils and filling her lungs. Panting now her mind started to close down on her. Out... I need... out! Her mind pleaded her body to keep going but she started to panic. Tracy collapsed against the wall and tried to slow her breaths. They continued to come in pants and she couldn't control herself. Someone was coming down the hall and she hoped they would help her. A sandy haired man with hazel eyes came down the corridor. He was very tall, and he was thin. The only thing that seperated him from the normal was the horns peaking out through his hair and the devil's tail whipping out behind his legs as he walked. If he didn't have the horns or tail she could've sworn he was an angel come to rescue her.
"Madame, ĂȘtes-vous bien?" He spoke flawless French with his soft voice. Tracy figured she'd be floating on cloud nine right then if she didn't have the desperate urge to breathe fresh air.
"Outside... I need... to get... outside!" Her mind was slowly shutting down and talking telepathically was becoming harder by the second. Without further notice he scooped her up in his arms and carried her outside at a jogging pace. Once they were outside into the freshly fallen snow Tracy wiggled out of her rescuer's arms and into the snow. Rolling onto her back she laid in the snow, her eyes were closed but she could feel the man's eyes on her. She opened her eyes then and met his blue ones with her amber ones.
"Are ya alrigh'?" He asked her, his cajun accent drifting through her ears pleasantly. Tracy nodded with a slight blush lighting her cheeks. "M'names Blaise, and your's?" The name seemed to fit him, he pronounced his name as if it was spelled with a 'Z' and she thought of fire and then remembered his tail and horns. Yeah, it fits him alright. She thought to herself.
"My names Tracy Geheimnis." Her last name still brought a smile to her lips and she couldn't resist a soft giggle.
"Somethin' funny chere?" Blaise asked her with an eyebrow cocked. She smiled and nodded.
"My last name, Geheimnis is the german word for mystery. It's a joke between me and my friend Kurt." Tracy admitted. Blaise smiled and nodded.
"I would assume so, ya don't look a bit German Tracy."
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(A/N) Y'know, for a long time I was just gonna leave Tracy without a cuddle-on-me-boyfriend... but then I got to thinking and decided everybody needs a somebody! So voila! I got her a guy... muhahahaha! I just felt like laughing maniacally, don't mind me. :-D -Sabeybaby
