A/N: I know it has been a while since I have updated. Classes and writer's block does that to a person. I hope you enjoy this chapter. R & R! I do not own X-Men, just the plot for the story and my OC. -Maiden of the Heavens (MOTH)

Chapter 8

He wanted to rush to Ivy, to grab her before she bled to death, but Deadpool was now an obstacle, a deadly one even if he did only have one sword. He needed to get to the earth-puppeteer, it was no longer a want. Ivy was bleeding, probably to death, and he was not going to let her die.

Deadpool's blade rang with his staff, as Remy easily blocked it, and before the one sword wielding assassin could try to counter attack, the Cajun swung his staff knocking the single blade flew out of his clenched fist, and hearing him growl in pain. Three of Deadpool's fingers looked disfigured and twisted in unnatural ways.

Even with a broken hand, the assassin lunged for his fallen sword, only to have the tip of Remy's staff land on top of it, as the sword pulsed with the kinetic energy that had been flowing from his weapon and into his enemy's. The blade split like glass, Dead Pool leapt to his feet, unsheathing a dagger that had been hidden in one of his tar black boots. He swept at the Cajun with tiny but deadly blade aiming for his ribs. Remy smirked and dodged the dagger as it only grinded against his staff. The diamond head slamming into Deadpool's stomach, and knocking the air from him, as he struggled to breath. Not wasting anytime, the Cajun spun his staff up and let it connect with the assassin's back as he went down, hard. Remy nudged the unconscious mutant with his staff to make sure he was out cold before heading to Ivy in a full blown run.

He reached her and then knelt down beside her, carefully lifting her head into his lap, she was pale, more pale then usual. He grimaced at the sight of her neck, it looked like she had been stabbed with a knife instead of Sabertooth's deadly claws. His fingers searched her neck for a sign of life, he could only smile faintly, her pulse was there, but it was weak. Remy took off his leather duster and then tore most of his upper sleeve away, tying it around the earth-puppeteer's wounds, trying his best to stem the bleeding. The Cajun wrapped Ivy into his leather duster and easily lifted her into his arms, and heading for his car, his diamond-headed staff tucked under one arm.

He laid Ivy in the back seat and buckled her in, by using the middle strap, and then stashed his weapon under the driver's seat. The hospital was his only chance to save her, he did not have the medical equipment nor the experience to heal her stab wounds. Starting the car, he swung a U-turn and sped out of the gas station getting on road to the nearest hospital, leaving a just waking Sabertooth to choke on the exhaust fumes.

Deadpool raised himself up and grunted in pain, his whole body hurt, especially his hand. Before he could bring himself to his feet, he was lifted to them by the back of his shirt collar, thanks to a certain snarling and angry Sabertooth.

Once placed on his feet, Deadpool turned to face his fellow mutant. "Did Stryker ever tell you why he wants those two?" He questioned as he cracked his broken fingers back into place.

Sabertooth only shook his head. "He says he found us a new member. We need to go meet her. For now let those two think they're safe."

Deadpool raised an eyebrow. He was bringing in a girl mutant? That was new, he looked at his now weaponless sheathes, he was going to need new swords thanks to the Cajun. Damn him.

The whirling of helicopter blades snapped the assassin out of his thoughts, and to the hovering air machine that was landing in any empty space in the gas station lot. Zero looked at the two of them annoyance as Sabertooth and Deadpool got into the helicopter, and it was automatically airborne as they headed back to the Island.

Remy skidded the car into a parking spot, the wheels squealing in protest. He was surprised he had made it to the hospital without being stopped for speeding. He turned off and parked, not bothering to check if it is was a handicapped or not, not that he would be one to care either way. He unbuckled the earth-puppeteer, and lifted her gently into his arms, reaching the nearest nurse he could.

"She needs help. Now." The words tumbled from his mouth before he could stop himself.

The red haired nurse, who was in Snoopy and Woodstock scrubs only nodded, and beckoned for him to follow. She was practically barking orders to others, as a gurney was pulled up, and Remy placed Ivy onto it. His duster being handed back to him by a different nurse, the makeshift bandages were being removed and Ivy was being wheeled away from him in a blink of an eye to the ER.

The Cajun was lead to the waiting room by a intern after he handed him one of his many health insurance cards, a thief needed a lot of aliases after all. He plopped down into one of the florescent orange plastic seats, resting his head into his hands. How could he let her get hurt so badly? Near death even…

"Mister Truax, we need to your relationship to the woman and what happened." the male intern said.

Remy sighed. He defiantly could not fake his worry for Ivy, but he could sure as hell lie his way out of any situation.

"She is my fiancée. We were travelin' to New Orleans to celebrate. I went into the gas station to get some food while the tank was fillin' up. By the time I got out, she was being attacked by two jackasses, who wanted our money…she's better with savin' and keeping' money then me…one them saw me comin' and stabbed her with a knife…" He said, his hands shaking as finally realized his fingers and part his palm were stained red. With her blood, with Ivy's blood.

"We will do everything we can to save her." The intern said, as he wrote down the information. "We're still going to need her name, Mister Truax."

"Lisette. Lisette Friar." He answered, as the intern wrote it down and walked away.

Remy sighed once more, and blankly watched the football game that was playing on the television. Ivy just had to pull through, she could not die. She just couldn't.

A/N: The next chapter should be posted soon, if I do not get writer's block again. Once again, please review. -Maiden of the Heavens (MOTH)