Tracy walked slowly towards the briefing room, eyes downcast towards the floor. Her thoughts were laden wtih worry. What am I supposed to tell them all? After she made her suggestion to Victor to rescue those like her from the laboratory she escaped from he had thought it best for her to tell the story. She knew most of her life's tale, but there were gaps in her mind that would make Wolverine surprised. She could tell them most of the information, but she'd rather keep the brutal killings to herself.
"Walking slow for a reason?" Dezra's soft voice brought Tracy out of her musings abrubtly. She turned towards the red headed woman and gave her an annoyed look.
"What do you think?" She asked the woman telepathically. Laughter answered her. She could see the woman shake her head out of the corner of her eye, chuckling still.
"I remember the days of nervousness, however they were very short lived." Tracy found it hard to imagine Dezra, Sabretooth's wife of all people, as nervous. She gave the red head a doubtful loook.
"Yes, I was once a nervous woman. Where I grew up there was always a chance that you could be killed before you reached adulthood." Tracy wondered where on Earth Dezra could've possible grown up. Turning towards the woman again she asked her the question.
"I grew up on another planet, in a whole different galaxy in fact. My home planet was called Suguru, beautiful place, haven't been there in a long time." Tracy pondered Dezra's answer for a moment.
"No wonder you look so out of this world." The cheesy joke made Dezra laugh softly. Golden eyes met amber ones.
"Indeed." The women's conversation ceased as they neared the briefing room. Tracy felt apprehension fill her body once again as she stared at the door before her. "Do not worry Tracy, Victor will have mercy on you." Dezra gave her a welcoming smile before opening the door and guiding the tiger-like woman through the doorway.
"Thank ya fer joinin' us Tracy, care ta take a seat?" Victor's annoyed tone made Dezra give him a reprimanding look. Tracy quickly took a seat on Kurt's lap before turning her attention towards the hulking blonde man at the front of the room.
"I've got a mission fer ya kids," Cheers answered Victor's announcement. "I'm sending ya ta some secret bases round th' world." The thick scent of fear filled the room at this part. Tracy could feel Kurt's worry leaking off of him in torrents. The blonde man, smelling the worry, smirked. "Ya don't hafta worry, me 'n Dezra will be there with ya at all times." It seemed like a group sigh followed his statement. Victor's blue eyes locked onto Tracy's amber ones now. "Trace, if ya'd be so kind." He made a motion for her to come up to the front before he leaned against the wall next to his wife. The tiger woman stood up from Kurt's lap and walked up to the front hesitantly. She kept her eyes locked onto her friend's eyes only, avoiding everybody else's at all times.
"I'm gonna do my best to start from the begining, but if I miss something I'll try to go back and fix it." Tracy took a deep breath before continuing. "My original name was Experiment #345, I was raised in a laboratory with only myself and the scientists as company."
Flashback
Experiment #345 paced her cage quickly, eyes flitting from wall to wall, waiting for the scientists to come back at any moment. The door's to her cage opened up and the lead scientist walked in. She was swiftly restrained against the wall by some guards as he neared her.
"How are you doing today my precious tiger?" His mocking tone made the girl growl fiercely. The scientist only chuckled in amusement. "Let's go over your latest assignment..." He began to speak but her mind was elsewhere, outside of her cage she could see some guards dragging a limp body down the halls. A sharp slap met her cheek, bringing her attention back to the scientist before her. He followed her gaze to the limp body and chuckled.
"Yes, there are others here like you, but you don't get to meet any of them, you're here all by yourself."
End flashback
Tracy came back to the present with a gasp. She could feel more than see the curious gazes on her as the gathered people watched her carefully. She gave them a fanged grin before going back to her story.
"For years I was used as a puppet by them, they not only used me as an experiment for new drugs they need to try out but they also used me to eliminate curious government programs." Her amber eyes flitted over to Kurt's white ones with curiousity. She wondered what he thought of her story. "I've killed many people, some innocent some not, but I've almost never regretted their deaths. Now I know somebody in this room is wondering why I'm telling you all of this, but here's why; me and Victor think that there might be more like me there, still contained and being used against their wills for the scientists amusement." Tracy took a deep breath and held as she watched the gathered people digest the information. Victor straightened himself and came to stand next to the tiger-like woman.
"Yer job is ta locate and rescue these types o'people." Murmurs filled the room once people realized what their job was.
"I don't intend to sound mean, but shouldn't we kill these types of people instead of rescuing them," Tracy looked to see who was speaking and saw, to her disappointment, Axle. "they could be killing because they want to." In some twisted way, what Ax was saying made sense but the tiger woman was still upset that one of her friends had turned on her. Victor nodded slowly while taking a deep breath, his mind was visibly working over what the demonic looking man had said.
"There is always th' possibility tha' one o' th' kids 're gonna be insane, it's up ta us ta define which ones 're sane 'r not." Tracy sent a pondering glance towards the tall man.
"What if they're not sane?" The question was asked by Kitty, who had decided to stay. She was answered with a dead silence, not a whisper was made, not a breath taken. The mammoth-like man turned towards Tracy and grinned maniacally.
"Then we kill 'em."
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Tracy and Vienna were trudging through the thick snow that surrounded the mansion quietly, their minds going over the information they had received in the briefing. They hadn't spoken a word towards eachother since they had exited the house, they both knew what they needed at the time and it was most definately silence. Hearing a soft 'bamph' noise, the tiger woman turned towards it. Kurt was walking next to her now, his eyes downcast to the floor, she could still feel the depression leaking off of him. They had walked halfway around the mansion before two more people joined them, Blaise and Kitty joining them as silently as possible. They walked the full way around the mansion before Tracy decided to enter the woods surrounding the mansion. The others followed somewhat hesitantly since the only times they had gone into the woods had been with Victor. The forest was so thick that light from above became rarer and rarer until all that was left were a few choice spots. This is when they stopped. Kitty glanced around nervously, her soft, brown eyes flitting from person to person.
"Why did we stop?" A loud 'shh' answered her. Asking quieter this time, she repeated her question. Tracy's eyes were easily seen in the darkness, the rest of her striped body hardly seen at all. Amber eyes sparkled with mystery as she smiled ferociously.
"To confront the darkness." Curiousity was all that was left in everyone's minds as they stared at the raven haired girl cautiously. Soft footsteps could be heard nearing the group, making Kitty shake in fear.
"Tracy?" Vienna asked quietly, white eyes peering unemotionally towards the tiger woman. Their attention was drawn towards however, to the remaining spot of light in the forest as a large tiger stepped into it. Everyone, with the exception of Tracy, froze. The group watched in awe and shock as the tiger woman walked up to the black and orange striped tiger slowly. When she reached down to pet it Kurt was by her side in a 'bamph,' holding her hand away. The tiger growled fiercely and snapped at the blue man's hand. Kurt leapt back at the attack, Tracy still standing by the tiger's side. This time when she reached out to pet the tiger, no one interfered. Breaths were held as she reached towards the large cat. Contact was made and those breaths were let out. Tracy turned towards the group and smiled, she used her other hand to motion them all over.
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(A/N) Well that was fun, imagine that, working on thanksgiving. Haha! -Sabeybaby
