A/N: I do not own X-Men, just my OC and the plot for this story. Enjoy chapter three of Petite Fleur! -Maiden of the Heavens (MOTH)

Chapter 3

The earth-puppeteer dropped a toothbrush and a tube of toothpaste onto her pile of soon-to-be new clothes. Now all she had to do was find a cheap off brand of shampoo, and then her and Remy could leave the store. She glanced up from the label she had been reading, a shudder slipping down her spine, as she carefully put the two-in-one product into the cart. The lights were beginning to flicker overhead and looking out of the corner of her eye, she could see a glint of blade.

Remy stopped shuffling his new pack of cards, and slid them into his duster pocket, the lights on the ceiling and on top of the cashiers numbers began to go out, one by one. He grabbed his staff and bolted toward the aisle that Ivy had been lounging in for far too long. He knew she should not have left her alone, he continued to rush toward the aisle, as the lights in front and behind him began to fade and flicker.

Ivy rushed toward the farm and garden center of the store, the cart forgotten in the aisle, dodging and ducking past the swing of the blades, hearing the rush of the metal against the air, as they whistled past her head once more. She was running out of options as the mutant behind her only laughed in amusement. How could he be enjoying this? Her eyes grew wide with relief, as she finally saw the branches and petals of flowers before her, the earth-puppeteer rolled out of the way as he swung his blade once more, nearly decapitating her, as she stayed in a crouched position near a pot of geraniums, her enemy bursting into laughter again.

"Do you really think those weeds can protect you?" he questioned, and she quickly set the flowers in motion as the petals seemed to grow triple their original size and spun toward her sword-wielding enemy, pollen starting spin around the two of them like a dust storm.

The Cajun halted in his tracks, hearing the thud of heavy boots, as he let the tip of his staff glow red. He should of known they were going to separate them, divide and conquer, but he was not backing down, and he hoped that the earth-puppeteer was just as stubborn. He let his staff plummet into the ground, as the earth shattered beneath the point of impact sending a piece of flooring at the enemy, but there was no sound of collision, instead there was sound of the projectile being crumpled to bits, and the bits flying every which way, one piece nearly hitting Remy between the eyes. But he swiftly dodged it, and thrust his diamond-headed staff forward connecting it with stomach of the mutant before him, kinetic energy rippled from his weapon and into the stomach of Fred Dukes, the choppy blond haired mutant only stopped the weapon mid-swing and sneered, sending Remy flying into a display case.

Ivy kept the swirl of pollen continuing around her, she had to protect herself, at least until she could figure out away to escape. Hearing the rush of his blades, swirling her storm away as if it was nothing. She backed away, as he teased the outside lining of one of his blades underneath her jaw and toward her throat.

"Stryker was not kidding when he said you were powerful." Wade said quietly approaching her even closer, as one of his swords nicked her left cheek. Ivy's dark rose pink eyes narrowed, as the leaves from the flowers grew in front of her, pushing Wade away from her. He never noticed the light twitching of her fingers as the leaves began to snare around the sword-wielders wrists, forcing him to drop his blades.

She scoffed at that, "I am not going to let you take me, not now. Not ever." She sneered as he began to wither in pain, glad that she had manipulated leafs of the plant to release a toxin.

Remy unearthed himself from the pile of children's stuffed animals, and sent several kinetic charged cards at Fred, watching as the mutant collided into row after row of shelves only to have them all toppled on top of him. He retrieved his staff and rushed in the dark, toward were he could see the gold glistens of powder. Ivy.

Wade struggled against the encasement as the toxins began to burn his skin, the earth-puppeteer was too busy trying to keep him encased, to noticing that he been able to grab one of his blades by the top of his boot, and flipped it back into his hand, slicing through the cocoon of leaves. Ivy backed away as once again Wade held both his blades, she turned ready to run, and he smiled.

"Are we going to play another game of cat and mouse?" he questioned allowed as bolted off toward the section that was piled with bags of soil. But before she could reach a bag to tear it open, Wade tripped her up, sending her face first to the floor and trying desperately to pull herself back to her feet, a bag of soil within fingertips reach. She looked out of the corner of her eye to see the sword-wielder about to knock upside the head with the handle of his blade. A glowing king of hearts card slid in between them, as it exploded and sent Wade skidding across the floor.

Ivy looked up to see the Cajun standing in front of her, a smirk playing on his handsome features, as he grabbed her by the hand and pulled her too her feet. "Remy…" she said in relief and a quick glimpse of concern flashed across his face.

"You alright?" he asked, dusting some pollen out of her dark-chocolate curls, as she playfully batted his hand away, with a nod to his question.

"You are always saving me." Ivy stated as Wade began to rush at the pair.

"I play for keeps. He won't take you." Remy replied and swung his diamond-headed staff forward, as she tore open a bag of soil reading it around her like a double-whip.

A/N: End of chapter three, please let me know what you think so far! Review, please! -Maiden of the Heavens (MOTH)