Tracy laid in the snow just staring up at Blaise with wonder in her eyes. His horns and tail were red and the contrast against his almost angelic features made her giggle. He raised an eyebrow at her but said nothing. She watched as his tail whipped around him almost comically and wrapped around his leg. Blaise followed her eyes and saw what she was looking at. He blushed and turned to go back inside but a small whimper from Tracy stopped him.

"Don't go!" She pleaded to him, amber eyes flashing with unshed tears. "I haven't had a chance to thank you yet." Blaise smiled shyly and stared at the ground.

"T'was nothing." He whispered. The faint blush in his cheeks was cute and Tracy couldn't help but smile at him.

"It was very sweet of you, most people pay me no heed and would've left me there to suffer." Blaise blushed deeper at Tracy's statement and smiled at her broader this time.

"Ce que je n'était rien spécial, je ne mérite pas une telle éloge." He spoke quickly, his words wouldn't be understandable even if he was speaking slower since it was in French.

"Blaise, I don't speak French, you're gonna hafta help me here." Her reassuring smile made him smile along with her.

"I said, what I did was nothing special, I do not deserve such praise." He reiterated himself in English this time and Tracy shook her head viciously.

"Babe, you saved me from suffering from claustraphobia, I think you deserve some praise." The petname came easily as she spoke and she wondered idly what he would think of it.

"Babe?" He laughed heartily before calming. "Neva been called dat one befo'." He admitted with a broad smile.

"I don't call every cute guy babe y'know." Tracy couldn't believe herself. Am I flirting with him? The words came naturally to her and she wondered if she would writhe in this pit of embarrassment forever. Blaise chuckled at her forwardness and blushed.

"You're very forward, I'm not used to dat, but I'm not objectin'!" He exclaimed with a broad smile. Tracy giggled and blushed.

"I don't know what's come over me." She admitted to him. She was going to delve into the subject deeper but the group of people that were in the lounge led by Sabretooth exited the mansion and stood in front of them.

"Off tha ground Tracy, we got stuff ta do." The blonde man ordered her. He nodded to Blaise and pointed to his partner. "Getcher butt over ta yer partner Blaise, ya gotta come with us." The young man nodded his head and went to his partner who was apparently Axle. Tracy noticing him for the first time gave him a welcoming smile before turning back to Sabretooth.

"I toldja ta get offa yer butt and get over ta yer partner Tracy, what part of that do ya not understand?" The large man growled deep in his throat but Tracy stood her ground.

"I don't take orders from anyone." She declared with a fierce growl back to him. Sabretooth looked momentarily disturbed but regained his composure.

"Well now ya do!" He roared and grabbed her arm, tossing her towards Snow he glared deep into her eyes. "I'm tha boss 'round here Tracy, and ya do whatever I tell ya to." He started walking into the woods now, the others following him hesitantly at first but then more reassuringly. One girl in particular trodded behind him happily and reached out to hold his hand. He grasped her tiny hand and let her follow him. Tracy mused how such a large and ferocious man could have enough heart to let a young girl hold his hand. They entered a large clearing quite a ways from the mansion and Tracy stood apart from the others purposely. Sabretooth glared at her but didn't say anything to her.

"Today, yer receivin' yer code names." He declared as he let his gaze pass from person to person. One by one he named each person, ordering them to not forget it. Few people Tracy remembered but when it came to her friends she took note. Snow would always be called Snow. The little girl who had held Sabretooth's hand's real name was Alexandra, but her code name was Blade from the sharp blades protruding from her arms slicing downwards from her elbow to wrist. Axle's code name was Raven because the raven was supposedly the messenger of death. Kurt kept the code name Nightcrawler, and Blaise was Diable, the French word for Devil. Sabretooth turned to Tracy now.

"Do ya already have a code name from the X-Men?" He asked her, deep voice rumbling. Tracy shook her head neggative. "Then you'll be Tigre." She rolled her eyes from the obvious but didn't say anything. "When we're out of the mansion these are tha names ya call eachother, only in tha mansion are ya ta call eachother by yer real names." Blade was watching Sabretooth with fascination and she was bouncing slightly from excess energy. She was inspecting everybody, turning around to see over shoulders since she was so short. "Blade!" Sabretooth's sudden calling her name made her spin around abrubtly. Blade projectiles shot out of her arms and Sabretooth had to leapt to the side to not get impaled.

"Oh my gosh! I'm so sorry Grandpa!" The little girl exclaimed as she rushed over to him to pull the blades out. Sabretooth moaned in pain as she freed the blades. The blades melted in her grasp and poured into the snow where they disappeared.

"Ya gotta be more careful Blade." He ordered the girl. She blushed in shame and nodded her head.

"Yes Grandpa." She whispered and went back to her spot in the group. Grandpa? Tracy wondered. If Sabretooth's Blade's Grandpa then she must be related to Ax, and if Ax is related to Sabretooth and Taris, then Taris' father is Sabretooth. The many possibilities confused her slightly so she stopped pondering them. Sabretooth then proceded to show them several basic fighting moves which Tracy, Kurt and Axle already knew but did them anyways. They practiced for most of the day until dark arrived then they walked back to the mansion as a group. Dinner was already prepared and they munched down happily on the meal that Dezra had made. After dinner several of the gathered people helped Dezra with the dishes, but Tracy just wandered aimlessly.

"You'll be bunking with me." Snow spoke. Her voice was smooth but held authority in it. Tracy just nodded and followed Snow upstairs to her bedroom. When they arrived there Tracy examined the room, there were clothes in both her and Snow's size in the closet and drawers.

"What's your real name Snow?" Tracy asked the taller girl. Snow looked at her with blank, white eyes.

"Vienna." She said, watching Tracy's reaction. She nodded and smiled.

"That's a pretty name, I wish my name was more like that." Tracy sighed and examined the clothes in the closet closer. All of Snow's clothing was white, there was a white leather suit in the back of Vienna's side that she assumed was her uniform. Tracy looked at her side and saw that she didn't have a uniform.

"You'll be getting a uniform as well, but you'll have to tell Dezra the design first." Vienna informed her, seeing what she was inspecting. Tracy nodded.

"I figured as much." Tracy turned to Vienna now. "Are you related to anybody here?" Vienna nodded.

"Sabretooth is my Grandfather, Alexandra is my sister, Dezra is my Grandmother, and Axle is my brother." Tracy was astounded at Vienna's admittance.

"Wow." Tracy said with awe in her voice.

"You?" Vienna asked her now.

"No, Kurt is my best friend, and Axle is an upcoming friend as well." Tracy was saddened at being away from all her friends, and wished that she had a family too.

"Where is your family?" Vienna asked. The question cut deep into Tracy's heart and she wished she didn't have to answer.

"I have no family Vi, I'm an experiment." She choked out the last part since she was suddenly feeling like she was being choked.

"An experiment?" Tracy knew she had to tell someone and opened up.

"I was a creation made by an operation called SHIELD, they made me for experiments and for assasination. By the time I was ten I had already killed my first person. At the age of fifteen I had killed fifty people. When I turned seventeen I ran away, I was later found by the X-Men and I have been there ever since." The story still bothered Tracy when she told people.

"So you do not have parents?" Vienna seemed to have a never ending curiousity to Tracy.

"I do, but I have never met them. They took sperm samples from my father, and eggs from my mother, then I was birthed by some random woman. I have no idea who any of them are, they are just simply my donors."

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translations

Ce que je n'était rien spécial, je ne mérite pas une telle éloge, What I did was nothing special, I do not deserve such praise

Diable, Devil

Tigre, Tiger

Well that was fun, hope y'all are liking my new charactors. Most of the 'group' will not play a large part but Vienna, Alexandra, Axle, Kurt, and Blaise are biggies along with Tracy. -Sabeybaby