Author's Note- Ahh, two birds with one stone, always nice :)
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Meggan and Lockheed
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Rescue me from the mire, whisper words of desire
Rescue me - darling rescue me
With your arms open wide, want you here by my side
Come to me - darling rescue me
When this world's closing in
There's no need to pretend
Set me free - darling rescue me
-Bryan Adams
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Kitty walked down the street watching the cars and people around her when she heard a scream. Her X-Men instincts taking over Kitty rushed towards the sound. She found herself at the doorway to a warehouse. Looking around for people and finding none, she slipped inside. Sneaking through the building Kitty met with little resistance. Those she did meet up with were dispatched easily. She soon found herself in a room that looked like a medical room.
The tables though were made to keep a person stuck. That much she could see. Kitty saw the woman who had screamed and felt disgusted for just an instant. The woman looked like the creature from a horror movie. Kitty's disgust was gone the instant she saw the wounds on the girl.
"Are you okay?" she asked.
"I'm fine," the girl said and her voice was soft, musical. Kitty watched in awe and shock as her features changed and she became as beautiful as her voice hinted that she should be. "Your thoughts..."
"You're a telepath."
"No..." the woman said pausing to sort her thoughts, "but I can read emotions. You're very kind. You want to help me."
"Of course I do!" Kitty exclaimed. She undid the straps and helped the woman to her feet. "We totally have to get you some clothes."
"I'll be fine, but there are others... who need help."
"Lead the way." The woman led Kitty down to a room full of cages; most of the cages were full of animals but a few housed humans. They released all of them. The humans blasted their way through the wall immediately.
"There's one more," the woman said. "It's in the next room. There's no key... they've been trying to starve him."
"I'll get in," Kitty said. "By the way. I'm Kitty Pryde."
"Meggan," the woman said. Kitty smiled at her and phased into the room. Flame met her entrance. She stayed incorporeal until it died down. Laying on the dirty floor was a small emaciated dragon.
"Now, stop that," she chastised gently. "I'm, like, here to help. Okay?" He stood shakily and tried his hardest to fly over to her. He couldn't make it though. "You poor thing. Come on, let's get out of here." She picked him up and phased out to Meggan. "What exactly is this place?"
"They said they wanted to find out what created mutants," she said sticking close to Kitty as they began to exit. A group of guards stood at the door. Kitty rolled her eyes at that site.
"I knew this was too easy," she said. "Can you fight?"
"No," Meggan admitted. Kitty gently thrust Lockheed into Meggan's waiting arms.
"Then hold him." With that she went forward taking on all three of the trained guards. With the combination of her training and powers she soon had all three of them incapacitated within minutes. "Let's go." Meggan followed her watching her concerned. "What's wrong?"
"You're bleeding."
Kitty looked down at herself and sighed seeing that one of her stitches much have broken. "Damn it, Pete's gonna kill me."
"Pete?"
"My... um, this guy I'm... he's my teammate," Kitty said falling back on simple terms. She walked back to the spot he had told her to meet him surprised to see that he was already there.
"Wot in the bloody hell did you do t' yerself!" he exclaimed in a mixture of concern and anger.
"I need your coat."
He shrugged it off handing it over. "Why?"
"Follow me." She led him to the alley where Meggan and Lockheed were hiding. She handed the naked fey the jacket.
"Okay, Kit, wot in the hell happened?"
"Can we go back to your apartment?" Kitty asked. "I'm, like, kind of tired." Pete nodded and the four made their way back to Pete's apartment.
"Make yerselves at home," Pete said to Meggan and the dragon she still held. "Pryde, bedroom, now."
"Getting a little forward, aren't we?" Kitty asked with a wry smile. He narrowed his eyes slightly.
"Kitty-"
"I'm going," she said waving a hand dismissively. They walked into his room. Kitty looked at him as she sat down on his bed.
"Take off your shirt and lay down," he said getting out a first aid kit.
"Pete, I, like, don't know what you think but I'm not that type of girl," she smiled.
"Silence," he growled playfully. She shrugged off her shirt painfully. "Pink, huh?"
Kitty blushed. "You're not very professional."
"I have a beautiful girl laying shirtless on me bed, ya want professionalism go t' MacTaggart," he said as he stripped the bandage. "I guess I can't leave ya alone fer five minute before ya start tryin' t' save people. Compulsive hero, `at's what you are!" Kitty winced as he cleaned the wound.
"Bite me, Wisdom."
His eyes twinkled mischievously. "Where?"
"Pig."
"Thanks." He replaced her bandage. "Are ya okay, luv?"
"I'm fine," Kitty said. "Thanks."
"Don't do anything like that again!"
"Did you expect me to leave them there."
"No, I would expect you t' go t' me."
"I didn't know where you were."
Pete shook his head. "Fine, grasshopper. I guess we're gonna have t' go back t'morrow?"
"Yeah. Let's go get some food for them." She stood and led him back out to the living room.
"One problem, Pryde," Pete said. "I don't have any food here."
"Okay, Meggan, come with me, I'll get you something to wear."
"Is she actually gonna be able to fit into yer clothes?" Pete asked looking between the petite, thin brunette and the tall voluptuous blonde. To his shock she shifted making herself a blond copy of Kitty. Pete blinked looking between them again. "`At is just weird." The two girls walked into his room as Kitty found the girl some clothes. A few minutes later Kitty was sitting on the chair attempting to fix one of the halowatches to produce an image that would hide the dragon. She finally ended up with a Chihuahua.
"Grr..."
"Sorry, but this is all I could find," Kitty said apologetically. "Say, you need a name, don't you?"
"Yah!" the dragon said now happy.
"How about... Lockheed? Is that okay, dragon?"
"Yah!" he said giving her what was now a Chihuahua's toothy grin.
"Ready everyone?" Kitty asked. Receiving two happy 'yeses' and one indifferent shrug Kitty led the way out. Pete took them to a pub he knew would accept animals. Soon they had a meal, and a bowl of dog food for Lockheed (much to the dragon's slight annoyance, but since he was starving he didn't complain). "Do you two want to, like, come back to Muir with us?"
"Yes," Meggan said. "I have nowhere else to go."
"Lockheed?"
"Yah," the little dragon said as he finished Meggan's plate. A few men walked in and Pete grinned.
"Hey, wankers, get yer arses over here!" he called. The three made their way over to Pete's table. "Ladies, and rat, this is Jardine, Doyle, and Pittman. Guys, this is Kitty Pryde, Meggan and the rat is Lockheed."
"This has to be a mistake," Doyle said.
"Yes," Pittman agreed. "Pete sitting with two beautiful women, it can't be right." Meggan flushed looking down shyly. Kitty's cheeks tinted slightly but she smiled at the two men. Lockheed climbed onto Kitty's shoulder to watch everyone. "Where were ya, Pete? We thought you'd be in a few days ago."
"I would `ave been but Pryde here went and got herself shot."
"By?"
"Don't know," Pete said. "Jardine?"
"I'll see what I can find," the older man said nodding.
"Thanks, mate."
"So, Kitty, Meggan, tell us about yourselves," Doyle said. Kitty looked up at Pete who mouthed out 'they know'. She told them briefly about her powers and the X-Men. Meggan declined saying anything beyond what her powers were. Kitty listen avidly as the men told her about Pete's past. They kept from talking much about Black Air, just talking about the embarrassing missions.
"Ya know, you wankers could really just shut up," Pete growled.
"Right, mate," Doyle smirked.
"C'mon, Kit," Pete said. "We should probably get back if we're gonna leave t'morrow."
"What about you, luv?" Doyle asked looking at Meggan who blushed again.
"I'm afraid that I'm going with them," she said.
"Too bloody bad," he sighed causing another blush from the fey. Kitty hid a giggle as she linked arms with Meggan leading her new friend out of the pub.
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Meggan and Lockheed
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Rescue me from the mire, whisper words of desire
Rescue me - darling rescue me
With your arms open wide, want you here by my side
Come to me - darling rescue me
When this world's closing in
There's no need to pretend
Set me free - darling rescue me
-Bryan Adams
~*~
Kitty walked down the street watching the cars and people around her when she heard a scream. Her X-Men instincts taking over Kitty rushed towards the sound. She found herself at the doorway to a warehouse. Looking around for people and finding none, she slipped inside. Sneaking through the building Kitty met with little resistance. Those she did meet up with were dispatched easily. She soon found herself in a room that looked like a medical room.
The tables though were made to keep a person stuck. That much she could see. Kitty saw the woman who had screamed and felt disgusted for just an instant. The woman looked like the creature from a horror movie. Kitty's disgust was gone the instant she saw the wounds on the girl.
"Are you okay?" she asked.
"I'm fine," the girl said and her voice was soft, musical. Kitty watched in awe and shock as her features changed and she became as beautiful as her voice hinted that she should be. "Your thoughts..."
"You're a telepath."
"No..." the woman said pausing to sort her thoughts, "but I can read emotions. You're very kind. You want to help me."
"Of course I do!" Kitty exclaimed. She undid the straps and helped the woman to her feet. "We totally have to get you some clothes."
"I'll be fine, but there are others... who need help."
"Lead the way." The woman led Kitty down to a room full of cages; most of the cages were full of animals but a few housed humans. They released all of them. The humans blasted their way through the wall immediately.
"There's one more," the woman said. "It's in the next room. There's no key... they've been trying to starve him."
"I'll get in," Kitty said. "By the way. I'm Kitty Pryde."
"Meggan," the woman said. Kitty smiled at her and phased into the room. Flame met her entrance. She stayed incorporeal until it died down. Laying on the dirty floor was a small emaciated dragon.
"Now, stop that," she chastised gently. "I'm, like, here to help. Okay?" He stood shakily and tried his hardest to fly over to her. He couldn't make it though. "You poor thing. Come on, let's get out of here." She picked him up and phased out to Meggan. "What exactly is this place?"
"They said they wanted to find out what created mutants," she said sticking close to Kitty as they began to exit. A group of guards stood at the door. Kitty rolled her eyes at that site.
"I knew this was too easy," she said. "Can you fight?"
"No," Meggan admitted. Kitty gently thrust Lockheed into Meggan's waiting arms.
"Then hold him." With that she went forward taking on all three of the trained guards. With the combination of her training and powers she soon had all three of them incapacitated within minutes. "Let's go." Meggan followed her watching her concerned. "What's wrong?"
"You're bleeding."
Kitty looked down at herself and sighed seeing that one of her stitches much have broken. "Damn it, Pete's gonna kill me."
"Pete?"
"My... um, this guy I'm... he's my teammate," Kitty said falling back on simple terms. She walked back to the spot he had told her to meet him surprised to see that he was already there.
"Wot in the bloody hell did you do t' yerself!" he exclaimed in a mixture of concern and anger.
"I need your coat."
He shrugged it off handing it over. "Why?"
"Follow me." She led him to the alley where Meggan and Lockheed were hiding. She handed the naked fey the jacket.
"Okay, Kit, wot in the hell happened?"
"Can we go back to your apartment?" Kitty asked. "I'm, like, kind of tired." Pete nodded and the four made their way back to Pete's apartment.
"Make yerselves at home," Pete said to Meggan and the dragon she still held. "Pryde, bedroom, now."
"Getting a little forward, aren't we?" Kitty asked with a wry smile. He narrowed his eyes slightly.
"Kitty-"
"I'm going," she said waving a hand dismissively. They walked into his room. Kitty looked at him as she sat down on his bed.
"Take off your shirt and lay down," he said getting out a first aid kit.
"Pete, I, like, don't know what you think but I'm not that type of girl," she smiled.
"Silence," he growled playfully. She shrugged off her shirt painfully. "Pink, huh?"
Kitty blushed. "You're not very professional."
"I have a beautiful girl laying shirtless on me bed, ya want professionalism go t' MacTaggart," he said as he stripped the bandage. "I guess I can't leave ya alone fer five minute before ya start tryin' t' save people. Compulsive hero, `at's what you are!" Kitty winced as he cleaned the wound.
"Bite me, Wisdom."
His eyes twinkled mischievously. "Where?"
"Pig."
"Thanks." He replaced her bandage. "Are ya okay, luv?"
"I'm fine," Kitty said. "Thanks."
"Don't do anything like that again!"
"Did you expect me to leave them there."
"No, I would expect you t' go t' me."
"I didn't know where you were."
Pete shook his head. "Fine, grasshopper. I guess we're gonna have t' go back t'morrow?"
"Yeah. Let's go get some food for them." She stood and led him back out to the living room.
"One problem, Pryde," Pete said. "I don't have any food here."
"Okay, Meggan, come with me, I'll get you something to wear."
"Is she actually gonna be able to fit into yer clothes?" Pete asked looking between the petite, thin brunette and the tall voluptuous blonde. To his shock she shifted making herself a blond copy of Kitty. Pete blinked looking between them again. "`At is just weird." The two girls walked into his room as Kitty found the girl some clothes. A few minutes later Kitty was sitting on the chair attempting to fix one of the halowatches to produce an image that would hide the dragon. She finally ended up with a Chihuahua.
"Grr..."
"Sorry, but this is all I could find," Kitty said apologetically. "Say, you need a name, don't you?"
"Yah!" the dragon said now happy.
"How about... Lockheed? Is that okay, dragon?"
"Yah!" he said giving her what was now a Chihuahua's toothy grin.
"Ready everyone?" Kitty asked. Receiving two happy 'yeses' and one indifferent shrug Kitty led the way out. Pete took them to a pub he knew would accept animals. Soon they had a meal, and a bowl of dog food for Lockheed (much to the dragon's slight annoyance, but since he was starving he didn't complain). "Do you two want to, like, come back to Muir with us?"
"Yes," Meggan said. "I have nowhere else to go."
"Lockheed?"
"Yah," the little dragon said as he finished Meggan's plate. A few men walked in and Pete grinned.
"Hey, wankers, get yer arses over here!" he called. The three made their way over to Pete's table. "Ladies, and rat, this is Jardine, Doyle, and Pittman. Guys, this is Kitty Pryde, Meggan and the rat is Lockheed."
"This has to be a mistake," Doyle said.
"Yes," Pittman agreed. "Pete sitting with two beautiful women, it can't be right." Meggan flushed looking down shyly. Kitty's cheeks tinted slightly but she smiled at the two men. Lockheed climbed onto Kitty's shoulder to watch everyone. "Where were ya, Pete? We thought you'd be in a few days ago."
"I would `ave been but Pryde here went and got herself shot."
"By?"
"Don't know," Pete said. "Jardine?"
"I'll see what I can find," the older man said nodding.
"Thanks, mate."
"So, Kitty, Meggan, tell us about yourselves," Doyle said. Kitty looked up at Pete who mouthed out 'they know'. She told them briefly about her powers and the X-Men. Meggan declined saying anything beyond what her powers were. Kitty listen avidly as the men told her about Pete's past. They kept from talking much about Black Air, just talking about the embarrassing missions.
"Ya know, you wankers could really just shut up," Pete growled.
"Right, mate," Doyle smirked.
"C'mon, Kit," Pete said. "We should probably get back if we're gonna leave t'morrow."
"What about you, luv?" Doyle asked looking at Meggan who blushed again.
"I'm afraid that I'm going with them," she said.
"Too bloody bad," he sighed causing another blush from the fey. Kitty hid a giggle as she linked arms with Meggan leading her new friend out of the pub.