I was staring out the window, watching the men train. Drinking a Jack Daniels, I considered going down to train with them. Not that I needed it, I thought smugly, I just want to spill some blood. It had been such a long time…or had it been just last Saturday?
"Sir," A timid voice drew my attention. Turning, I saw a pathetic excuse for a man cowering. I drew back my lips in a sneer, showing my pointed canines.
"What? Why are yah bothering me?" I barked, taking pleasure in the smaller mans fear.
"W-we located the girl." By now the man was sweating with fear.
I turned away from him so I could actually smile. Finally! All these years of searching. I had almost had her a few months ago in that small hick town in Canada, but that idiot captain killed her family before I could get my answers. What had I done to him again? I know I killed him, but I don't remember how. Ripped out his throat? Snapped his neck?
"B-but, we, the men who found her, uh, we-" The pathetic worm drew my attention again.
"Spit it out!" I snarled, getting in his face.
"She's at the Xavier Institute." The man was so frightened that he could only whisper these words.
My rage burned through me like an inferno Roaring, I grabbed the man and threw him into the wall. I kicked and threw more objects, wishing they were someone's (anyone's head). I punched holes in the walls and ripped at the wall paper with my claws.
Steaming over to the man I threw, I pulled him up and pressed him against the wall, allowing my claws to rest in his throat.
"Why didn't they stop her BEFORE she was in his protection?" I roared in his face. The man could hardly breathe and had wet his pants. But I was too mad now to take pleasure from his fear. "It will be nearly impossible to collect her now."
The man's face was now blue, he sputtered his pleas to be let go. "Please, please Sabre-tooth, I can't, br-bre-"
The weakling was dead before I filled my craving of a killing a man. Pathetic.
Dropping the corpse to the floor, I ran back to the window. I broke it with my fist, the glass shattering and cutting into my skin. Ignoring the pain and letting my mutant power heal, I shouted to the men below.
"I WANT SUVALANCE ON XAVIER'S SCHOOL AT ALL TIME!" The men jumped in fright at my command. "IF THE OPPORTUNITY COMES, THEN GRAB HER! I WANT HER NOW! BRING ME CATHLEEN!"
I awoke with a start. I had just been in the mind of my family's murder in my head. What was wrong with me? First I'm acting like an animal, attacking people, and now I'm having dreams about being a murder. Yeah, I need professional help.
So now I knew a little about him. He was a mutant like me. His name was Sabre-tooth. He took pleasure in other's fear, pain, and death. He was a monster.
I suspected he was still after me, but after months of not sensing him I thought I was safe. He knew my name, my real name. He knew where I was here. But how? And why?
Many nights I have spent wondering why this mad man wanted me, and wanted me so badly that he would kill my family. I still have no idea, no clue, not even a crazy random guess of why I am being hunted by him.
I hugged my knees up to my chest, trying to ignore the tears running down my face. I just want to be normal. To have my family back. To not live in fear. What have I done to deserve this?
"Shad? You up?" I heard Jubilee's voice and felt her give my shoulder a shake.
"Er, yeah, I'm awake." I hoped that my choked up voice would be blamed on the late hour and not let my friends know I've been crying.
"Good, because we're going out!" Kitty practically squealed. I heard others shush her. "Oops, sorry. So get up!"
"What?" I still kept my back to the group. I didn't know if I looked like I'd been crying. Or even worse, if I had that monster's eyes.
"Would you look at us? We know everyone looks like crap without make up and its just us gals any way, the guys are outside." Jubilee gave me another shake.
"Outside? Seriously, what are you guys talking about?" I hissed back.
"It was Gambit's idea." I heard Rogue say. "After that awful training session, whe decided to go out for the night. We're go'n to that club in town. Remy got us fake ideas, and we were think'n that you could reinforce them with yha'r powers. Up to it?"
I thought. You know, I used to be the kind of person that would never even consider sneaking out and going to a club under aged. Now? I just want to forget and live recklessly.
"Sure, just give me a minute." I got up, making sure to keep my back to the other girls, and went to get dressed. I had fallen asleep in my uniform.
"Uh, really?" I heard Rahn say sceptically. "I thought it was going to take a lot more to convince you. You haven't been replaced by a shape shifter or aliens have you?"
"Me too. But we had a secret weapon on our side." Jubilee said.
"Pe-e-t-er!" The girls drawled out the name, then burst into giggles.
"Okay, I'm ready to go." I dawned a tight miniskirt borrowed from Jubilee and a halter top from Kitty that showed my stomach. I wore the black heeled boots Storm had offered me but hadn't worn before. I pulled on my leather jacket before checking myself out in the mirror. My eyes were their normal and there lay no evidence of my prior crying. My outfit, well, made my look like a bit slutty and a lot bad ass. It asked for nothing but trouble. Lucky for me, trouble was what I wanted.
"How do I look?" I asked, not really wanting an answer. "You girls don't mind that I borrowed these, do you?"
Everyone looked at me in shock. Still opened mouthed, they both shook their heads.
"Good." I walked over to the door and smirked at the other girls before opening it. "Lets go get hammered."