Weasel had no idea what was going on. Who was that girl? And why was Wade hugging her? Since when does Wade feel sad emotions?
"Ah, Wade-?"
"Shut up Weasel." Wade shot to the other man who was at his work bench. "Come on now," he said into my hair. "Stop your crying." When I wouldn't, he pulled me at arm's length and looked me in the eye again. "Hey, soldiers don't cry. Are you a soldier or not?"
Truth be told, I was a soldier. Thanks a lot J'onn. "I-I'm a soldier, sir!"
Okay, she wasn't supposed to say that Wade thought. "Alright soldier, I want you to report to Xavier's on the double."
"I can't do that sir."
"And why not?"
"I can't stand Gambit sir, he's trying to get under my skin."
"Don't let him, simple as that."
"Wade please don't make me go back."
"Our plan isn't done yet, Andi. I need you there." I was still reluctant to go. He got closer to me and whispered. "It's the only way we can take him down."
I pondered it for a quick minute. "Fine, but I'm not gonna be happy about it."
He smirked. "Never asked you to be."
"You are coming with me, right?"
"I'll meet you there as soon as he finishes the weapon."
I looked over at the geeky man with coke-bottle glasses. He actually had coke-bottle glasses. I know, what a nerd. "Who is he?"
"My buddy Weasel. He makes weapons for mercenaries. Or maybe it's just me."
"Just you." Weasel said over the small rectangle that was going to complete our mission.
"I feel so special." I smirked slightly at Wade's reaction and then it faded. "Hey, I'll meet you there in a day or so, okay?"
"Fine." I mumbled.
"Now get your butt back there."
I mock saluted him and teleported back.
"Who was she?" Weasel asked as he looked up from the weapon again.
"Her name's Andi Hojem. And she is a very important lady."
"She's just a kid Wade."
"No," Wade shook his head. "She's a lady. One that can brush anything off and keep going. Personally, I think she'd make a great mercenary."
"You want a girl of what – fifteen, to kill people for money? I thought you were turning over a slightly new leaf Wade."
"Alright, first off, she's eighteen. So she can do whatever the hell she wants. And second, she's my sidekick. Whatever she does, she'll be fantastic at it."
Weasel chuckled, but then his face turned serious. "You know, I'm really sorry Wade."
There was a loud boom outside of their base in Poland. Usually, they were New York City, but a part that Weasel needed was in Warsaw, and that particular company didn't ship. "What did you do?"
He looked up at Wade "I'm sorry man. He got to me first."
"Weasel," Another loud bang.
He tossed the rectangle to Wade. "It's not finished. You got to get outta here. He's coming."
Wade was about to say something, but a shiny black man about seven feet tall who looked about three hundred pounds (all muscle) with neon blue eyes broke through the wall.
"Hello Wade." Lance's distorted voice said.
"Yes, hello Wade. It's so nice to see you again." William Stryker stepped out from behind Lance with a stern face. "You know, it's really too bad you chose her side. Because you really were the perfect soldier." Suddenly, Stryker pulled out a gun from behind his back and pointed it at Wade. But this wasn't any ordinary gun, it was one that screwed with a person's mutant powers.
"Fuck me." Wade said to himself as Stryker pulled the trigger and he hit the button on his belt.
~.~.~.~.~.~.~
I reappeared back at Xavier's, and I was about to go back to my room but of course, something that I didn't quite expect stopped me.
"Oh my God! Are you like, alright?" This brunette with preppy clothes practically bounced up to me and looked at my side. I looked down surprised. Oh right, it was still bloody.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Just a little misunderstanding is all." I lifted my shirt slightly to show her my unscathed side. I was that good.
"Hey, you're Andi right?"
"Yeah."
She smiled. "Kurt told me about you! You're coming to the movies with us, right?"
"I'm pretty sure, why?"
"Do you like, have a car?
"Yes." I said uneasily.
"Can you like, drive one or two of us to the movies? Scott doesn't have enough room in his car."
"Sure."
"Great! We're going to be leaving in about fifteen minutes so, I'd change my shirt if I were you."
"Right, okay. I'll go change then." She left, bouncing, and I just teleported upstairs. I rummaged through the duffel bag next to my bed and pulled out a tank and sweatshirt. I quickly stripped off my bloody shirt and tank and put on my not so soiled clothes. This hoodie was not like my one before, this one was black and had a circled four on it. I got it last year when I lived with Reed, Sue, Johnny, and Ben.
From there, I teleported back to Dakota, grabbed my keys, got in the car and teleported back to the front of Xavier's mansion. I got out and was met with a whistle.
"Nice car." This tall kid with red sunglasses said as he admired the shine it had.
"Thanks, and you would be?"
"Scott Summers. And this is my girlfriend, Jean Grey." He motioned towards the red haired girl next to him.
"I'm Andi Hawkins." Like I was really going to give away my secret identity.
"How did you get this?" Scott was still ogling.
"My brother is a car salesman for Dodge."
"This isn't even on the market yet!" It was like he got a new puppy. Except, it was my puppy. "Can I look under the hood?"
"Maybe later. Now how many people are going? Because I can only fit four others in my car."
"It's just us three, Kurt and Kitty, and Gambit and Rogue."
"Well, I can take either Rogue and Kitty or I can take Gambit and Kurt."
"Why can't you take one with their date?"
"Because I don't want any PDA in my new car."
"Understandable."
"So are you guys like, ready to go?" Kitty asked from behind me. I turned around and saw her with Kurt, and Rogue holding gloved hands with Gambit. Aw, how sweet.
"Yeah. Uh, Kitty and Rogue why don't you come with Jean and I and Gambit and Kurt can go with Andi."
"Why are we being split up?" Kurt asked.
"Because I don't like PDA." I answered for Scott. "Especially in my car."
Rogue smirked. "Are you sure about that one."
"What?" I was extremely confused.
She walked up to me with an even bigger smile. "Are you sure you don't approve of PDA?" her voice was just above a whisper.
I stared at her for a second until I understood to what she was referring. "You dirty dirty hooker!" I crossed my arms over my chest and grinned so big. "What did you see?"
Everyone was staring at the two of us wide eyed.
Rogue was still chuckling at my first comment. "The real question is, 'What didn't I see?'."
My face turned bright red and I covered one side with my hand. "Oh God."
She just laughed and Kitty interrupted. "Uh guys, if we don't leave soon, we're gonna miss the movie."
"Right then!" I exclaimed and turned back towards my car. "Boys, if you please." I opened the back side door for them and they slid in. "I'm just gonna follow you Scott, so lead the way."
He nodded and everyone else piled into his car. I got into the driver's seat and turned the engine over. "I hope you guys like Lady Gaga." I turned on the CD player and grabbed my aviators from the dashboard. They make me feel cool when I drive.
I pulled out of the driveway after Scott and followed about twenty feet behind him the whole way.
~.~.~.~.~.~.~
"A drive-in? Are you serious?" I asked no one in particular. But good old Gambit answered.
"Oui, drive-in's are very romantic."
"Well you better not get romantic in this car Gam-Gam. Cause if you do, I will break your legs." He just chuckled.
We paid our way in and got two decent parking spots. I tuned the radio to the correct station and reclined in my seat as the couples regrouped and got snacks.
"Welcome to WDRV! The show will begin in about ten minutes so get your snacks and get comfortable..." I had closed my eyes and was going to take a nice nap when someone sat in the passenger's front seat.
"Wha's wrong Brève-Remplir?"
I didn't open my eyes. "It's been a long day Gambit. Please just go away." Why don't you talk to him, it seems like he wants to listen. No way! He'll only use it against us. Oh god, I'm turning into Wade.
"Why don y' tell moi about i'." Please, just go away.
"You know, I don't need a therapist. And besides, you came here with Rogue, why don't you go be with her."
"Chére is gettin food wit Kurt and Kitty."
I sighed, opened my eyes, and rolled my head to face him. "Look, I haven't gotten sleep in almost two days, please let me have this one nap.
"Gambit jus want t' know whas wrong."
You might as well just tell him, I mean he's being nice and all. Fine, but I'm gonna be happy about it. "My friend died."
"Sorry."
I shook my head. "It doesn't matter, a 'sorry' isn't going to bring her back."
He was going to say something in rebuttal, but Rogue, Kitty and Kurt had come back. "Gambit will talk t' Brève-Remplir la'er." He got out of the car and joined Rogue and everyone else as they made themselves comfortable lounging on top of Scott's convertible. I closed my eyes again and fell asleep before the movie even started.
"Come on Andi! It'll be fun." Wade dragged me into the Fortune Teller's tent at the street fair about noon on Sunday, June 30th.
"NO! It's fake, Wade! It's fake! You know this!" I dug my heels into the pavement, hoping to delay the inevitable.
"It. Will. Be. Fun!" He gave one last tug and pulled me into the tent and forced me to it down in one of the chairs across from the 'Soothsayer'. "Hello." Wade had this huge smile on his face as he sat next to me and my frown.
"Hello." She looked like she could've been a Vegas showgirl about thirty years ago, not gonna lie. "My name is Madame Nura." You've got to be kidding me. "Please, what is your name?"
"I'm Wade Wilson, and this is Andrea Hawkins." Thanks for not blowing my cover Wade.
"Don't you mean Hojem?" The woman smirked as I stared at her hard.
"It's Hawkins." I practically spat at her.
"Of course it is. Now, you would to know the outcome of your mission, I presume?"
Wade nodded and smiled like a little girl while I continued to suspect her of fraud. But then again, she looked oddly familiar.
"That would be great. Wouldn't it, Andi?"
"Sure." I barely answered.
"Well, let's see what's in the cards, shall we?" She pulled out a deck of tarot cards from the pocket in her deep purple silk robe and shuffled them. The first card she pulled out was of a group of people with not so nice looks on their face. "Conspiracy." The next was of a man with a dagger in his back. "Betrayal."
"What, are we in Julius Caesar?"
She stared at me with cold eyes. "Commentary is not necessary." She went back to turning over cards.
"Behave." Wade mouthed at me.
"Death." Madame Nura said forcefully enough to get our attention back onto her.
I'd had enough. "I'm tired of death." I got up from my chair and Wade grabbed my arm.
"One more card, please?" He asked the Fortune Teller.
"Fine." She turned over one last card. "Friendship."
"Let's go."
I pulled Wade out of the tent while Madame Nura called after us. "Remember my words!" She was laughing.
I jumped awake and looked up to the screen to see Sandra Bullock hit Bill Pullman in the face with a cabinet door. Ah, While You Were Sleeping, such a nice and romantic film. So Bill Pullman groaned about his nose, and then I heard something. Now I've seen this movie dozens of times and I do not remember a flood of curses during that scene. Apparently neither had the others. They were all looking into the bushes behind us. I too looked back and knew instantly what that strange silhouette meant.
I quickly got out of my car and ran into the bushes. Kitty ran after me.
I knelt down next to the thing that was making the silhouette. "What happened? I left you for what, two hours?"
Wade chuckled and then coughed. "Those...fuckers shot me with that gun."
"How long ago?" I gently poked at the hole in his chest.
"Two hours." He gave me an evil stare. "Do you know how many times I had to press that goddamned button to get here?"
"Oh my God!" I head Kitty shout. She was about to go back to the others when I grabbed her leg and stopped her.
"Kitty, I need you here right now." She slowly came back and I took off my shirt, leaving me in the tank top.
"Why?"
"When the time comes, I need you to use that to put pressure on my wound."
"Why?" she took the hoodie from me nervously.
"Because neither Wade nor I will be able to. Can you do that for us?"
Her eyes were extremely wide as she nodded.
Without another word, I clapped my hands together, rubbed them, and placed them gently over Wade's wound. I tensed my muscles, and his wound slowly got smaller while one appeared on my stomach. My eyes turned bright green and my hair started to get longer when his wound was about halfway healed. But suddenly it started to shoot sparks (Uh, WTF?), and I was shot into the bumper of my viper.
"Andi?" Wade asked.
"Stryker must have anticipated this. I can't fully heal you." Kitty came over to me and put the sweatshirt on my stomach. "Come on, I gotta get up." Kitty tried to pick me up, but she apparently couldn't do that and keep pressure on the wound.
"I've got her." Kurt came up behind me and helped me up. "Gambit, get him."
Kurt helped me stand and Gambit was trying not to hurt Wade. "I've got to get him back to the school."
"Then we'll leave." Scott said out of the blue.
"No, y'all enjoy the date." I took a quick glance at Wade and his glare told me, 'don't even think about it.' "I'll see you back at school."
"But we all can't fit in Scott's car." Wow, fantastic observation Ginger.
"Kurt can take Kitty back."
"No, no no no no. The institute is too far away!" Kurt protested.
"Oi! Have a little faith in yourself. You got to New York didn't you?"
"Yeah but-"
"Kurt," I grabbed his shirt and pulled his face to mine. "I need you to do this for me. Please."
"Okay," He nodded.
"Uh, hello? Dying over here." Gambit hit Wade in the back of the head.
"Thanks Gambit. I got him." I went over to them like nothing happened and picked Wade up. But he wasn't in my arms for long. "Dear God Wade! Please lose some weight."
"You know it's all muscle."
"Yeah, but you're still heavy."
"I'll help." Scott came over and took Wade's feet while I lifted from the arms. We laid him down in the back seat of the viper and I got into the driver's seat.
"You aren't going to drive like a maniac, right?" Wade asked cautiously.
"Wade, I'm probably going to be going twenty miles over the speed limit so that I can get you back before you bleed to death. But other than that, yeah I'll be safe."
