All cats are gray in the dark
by ladymaja
Summary: Kitty (22 yo) is spending her summer vacation in Canada at Logan's cottage when suddenly she gets attacked and captured. In order to escape she's gonna need to take a helping hand from a killer.
Chapter Four: It's in his blood
Kitty wakes up in the car. She's lying on her back in the back seat. She's feeling dizzy and sick. Suddenly something cold touches her fore head.
"Your hand's cold. " she says.
"No. You're too warm." answers Creed.
"Fever? "
"Yeah, but I'd be more worried about your leg. "
Kitty tries to move her leg. She expects pain, but she can barely feel a thing.
"Oh, god. . ." she moans.
"Don't move it! I don't need you to faint from the pain again." he says.
"There's no pain." says she. And he can hear panic in her voice even though she's whispering.
"What did you say? "
"It doesn't hurt. . . It's kind of. . . numb."
"That's not good."
"How does it look like? " asks she, because she can't turn her head to look at it.
"Not good. I can't stop the bleeding."
"So what now? " she asks. He doesn't answer.
"WHAT NOW? " shescreams desperately.
"Calm down." he says quietly.
"No!" she yells, and suddenly a scene from a war movie occurs to her "Don't cut it off! Please! "
"No one's gonna cut off your leg. Now stop yelling and leave it to me. " says he. He's voice is calm, and he talks slow and confident. Surprisingly this actually helps. Her panic starts to fade.
"So what now?" she asks, now that she managed to regain her self-possession.
"What's your blood type? " he asks after a few seconds of silence.
"A+. " she answers immediately. It's not like she doesn't wonder about that question, but she's just feeling too sick and tired. She decides to cooperate with him. She can't help herself, she can't even move. She has no one other to rely on but him.
Victor goes through the first-aid outfit again. He already used up all the bandages on her leg while she was unconscious, but it was no use. They were soaked in blood after a few minutes.
The bleeding won't stop. He wouldn't tell her, but the idea of simply cutting it off already crossed his mind. But he wouldn't do that. She's no use to him if she becomes a cripple, like her beloved Professor.
Victor's upset. And he doesn't like that. Not because he can't help her, but because he's trying to help her. Because he wants to.
Obviously, she's just a drag on him now. He should just throw her out of the car and drive away. That's what Sabretooth would do. But he's not doing it.
Why not? He's not sure. . . He remembers what happened in the woods. How she made him feel when she pressed herself against his back. That's no wonder. He's a man and she's a woman. A pretty one. He wanted to take her, but he hesitated.
That's not how he is when he wants a woman. He takes what he wants. He does no sweetharting, he pays no attention and he certainly does no nursing!
Finally he finds what he's been looking for: a hollow needle. No matter how much he dislikes the caring stuff, he's gonna try this one.
She's A+. That's luck. He has never done this before. As a matter of fact, this is just a sudden idea. But it's worth to give it a try. Not like she'd have any other chance. Girl's busted.
He sticks the needle in his vein.
"What are you doing? " she asks. She managed to hold up her head. Her eyes widen as she sees his blood. Lucky to her she has no view to her wrecked leg. She would just freak out.
"I'm just trying something. "
"What exactly? "
"Your blood type is A+."
"So?"
"So is mine. "
"I'm not following."
"I have healing powers. My body regenerates itself from any injury. "
"Like Logan? ".
"Yes." he smiles "Like Logan."
"So what are you doing now?"
"The stuff that causes the fast regeneration. . . It's in my blood."
Kitty just realizes what he's up to.
"No! You can't just inject me your blood! That's disgusting!"
"Disgusting or not, you don't have any other options. "
"Have you ever done this before?"
"No."
"Then rather don't."
"Too late, Kitten."
"WHAT!" she screams.
Victor shows up the empty hollow needle. Her leg was so numb she didn't feel it when he stick the needle in it and pumped his blood in.
Her eyes widen. She wants to yell at him, she wants to scream his head off, but before she could, she breaks into a cold sweat. She can't speak, she can't move, she's paralyzed. Suddenly her body starts to shake like crazy. In a tick Creed's lying on her, pinning her arms to the seat. He's trying to hold her down with all his weight. She doesn't feel the pressure. All she can feel is intensive heat burning her veins. It hurts. It hurts so much!
She cannot believe it. She's dying! He killed her! She should have known. Breaking out Sabretooth? What was she thinking? If there is a mutant that deserves being captured by crazy mutant hater soldiers, that is Sabretooth.
Her anger fades away as the agony reaches the limit. And then everything turns black.
about 5 hours later. . .
Kitty slowly opens her eyes. She's feeling woozy. It takes her brain a couple of seconds recharge. Then she jumps and looks around.
She's sitting in the side seat. Creed's driving.
"Finally! I started to think you fell into some kind of coma. " he says grinning. Now she remembers everything.
"You!" she yells "You tried to kill me!" she smacks him on the face with all she's got.
Creed steps on the break, afraid he might drive the car against a tree.
"Damn! Are you fucking nuts you little bitch! I've tried to save you! I did save you! For the second time today!"
She looks at him. Then she looks at her leg. She can't believe it! It's almost healed. Only some bruises remained. And she's feeling fine too.
"Oh. Wow! Look, it worked!" she says smiling happily.
"Yeah, it did." says Creed gloomily, rubbing his face.