--Hey everyone, sorry about the long wait. But graduation parties and baby showers had to be attended. Not to mention a crazy garage sale, but here is chapter 5 and get ready for a crazy ending to this chapter!

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Chapter 5

As the weeks wore on, Victor's visits became a ritual for them. Carrie would leave work every day more excited than the last. She would always cook dinner or order out, even if he didn't eat a thing. The first few nights were a little awkward, considering the emotional war they participated in the night before. But after a few nights of finding comfort in each other's company, they discovered a trust and friendship they had both been missing. Victor never brought up his past, and Carrie figured it was for the best. She probably didn't want to know what his past held.

Carrie was particularly excited as she bounded down the hall from her office. Tonight was a Friday night, which meant she didn't have work the next day. She hated kicking Victor out during the week, but she knew she needed sleep. She didn't need sleep on Friday's though. Carrie sauntered down the hall carrying her new computer, when Jackie caught up to her by the stair well.

"Hey girl, got plans for tonight?" Carrie knew she was probably blowing off some of her friends to be with Victor, but Jackie always understood when it came to men.

"No, not really, I'm kind of having dinner with a male friend though," Carrie laughed as Jackie's eyes grew larger.

"Ewww, girl! I didn't know you had a man. Why didn't you tell me?" Jackie's eyes took on a look between excitement and disappointment. Carrie hated not telling Jackie everything, but Victor was already secretive enough. She also couldn't picture Victor doing a double date thing.

"He's not really my man. He's just some guy who is really fun to hang out with."

"Oh, well that's cool too." Carrie smiled with relief at her friend's acceptance. "Well, me and some of the girls were going out tonight. We even told the temp to come. We are going to get her so drunk!" Jackie laughed at the idea of the nosy temp getting what was coming to her.

"You guys have fun with that and don't get into too much trouble."

"We'll try!" Jackie yelled behind her as she jumped into the car with her man of the hour.

Carrie shook her head, as she watched the car speed off. She decided tonight she would just grab some Chinese, so cleaning would not be an issue. Carrie got back home with enough time to change into something comfortable and get the food out. She rushed in through the door, dumped the bags of food on the counter, and ran into her room to put on her shorts and her favorite t-shirt. She checked herself in the bathroom mirror and smiled with satisfaction. Her long legs held no more bruises on the porcelain skin, and her ribs felt as good as new. She decided to leave her long, red hair down, so she flipped her hair once and put the loose strands behind her ears. Suddenly she began to wonder why on earth she was checking herself out. She wasn't trying to impress Victor…was she?

Victor stood on the ledge of Carrie's window looking in at the warm, gentle apartment. This apartment had been his home for the past few weeks. Carrie had become his escape from the world around him. He watched as her shadow danced under the door of the bathroom. He figured she was probably prepping herself for his visit. He remembered asking her awhile back why she continuously prepped herself for outings and him. He laughed as he remembered her smart ass remark, "What makes you think I prep for you? Maybe I just take pride in how I look, unlike you, 'Mr. I haven't shaved in over one-hundred years'." He had swiftly tackled her onto the bed and licked her face for that comment.

Victor stepped into the room and hid behind the bathroom door, just as Carrie was making her exit from the bathroom. He watched as she walked over to the food and began taking it out of the bag. He stalked near her lithe body, without making a single sound.

Carrie was just starting to put down the last box of Chinese, when she felt two strong arms wrapping around her waste and pulling her back into a wall of muscle. As she realized who it was she allowed her heart beat to calm down. "You ass!" She turned and punched the large man in the chest, successfully causing her more pain than him.

"Don't act like you're not happy to see me." Victor gave her a toothy grin, as he successfully got a blush out of her.

"Yeah…whatever." She knew it wasn't the greatest comeback, but she was too enthralled by the sight of his smile. She wasn't kidding when she had told him he had a great smile. Every time she saw that smile her stomach did knots at the sight of it. The canines held the strangest combination of danger and sensuality. She didn't know whether to feel threatened or turned on by it. She decided it was turned on tonight. "Do you want something to eat or not?" She stopped talking when she realized he was still holding her waist.

Victor realized he was still holding her waist and immediately backed away. He had forgotten how completely free she made him feel. He stepped back and walked over to the food. He turned his nose up when he saw it was Chinese again. "We had Chinese a couple of days ago."

"So what, are you too good for it now? I got different stuff than last time." Carrie watched as he lifted the box tops. He could be such a child sometimes.

"Chinese food is Chinese food, Carrie." She watched him turn away from the food and take a seat in the chair in front of her. "It's all greasy and leaves you wanting more."

"Wow! That sounds just like you huh?" Carrie laughed when she saw his eyes look up at her from under his thick eyebrows. He gave her one of his smirks and a low growl grew from his throat. Crap, he loved this game. Whenever she gave him a smart ass comment, he always felt the need to "punish" her. The strange thing was she kind of liked it. "No Victor! I just got off of work and I'm tired." Carrie struggled to sound firm as the warning came out as more of laugh, plus she was anything but tired. She knew it was futile. She decided evacuating was the best option.

Victor gave her a wider smile when he saw her sad attempt at retreating. He jolted from the chair and ran directly for her. He laughed out loud when he heard her combination scream and laugh. He grabbed her up from her waist and threw her with one arm over his shoulder.

"Victor! Put me down you stupid jerk!"

"You know the rules, Carrie. You can make all of the little smart ass comments you want to, but I will always make you pay."

"Okay! Ow! Ow! You're hurting me." Victor immediately set Carrie down and started to apologize, when he saw the smile tracing her delicate lips. "Gotcha!" He reached for her again, as he realized she had completely fooled him. She dodged his grasp and leaped onto his back. He tripped at the foot of the bed and fell onto the bed with her still in tow. As he fell, he swiftly maneuvered his body so she landed on top of his stomach, to prevent crushing her. Carrie knew he could easily over power her, but she loved the rare moments he allowed her to win. "Do you give up?" She sat straight up on his stomach and gasped when she felt his hands lower to cover her thighs.

"Yeah, just because I like the position."

Carrie tried to think of a cute comeback but was losing train of thought. He was slowly raking his claws down the length of her thighs. God, it felt so good, but she was brought back to reality as she remembered the position they were in. She quickly climbed off of his stomach and began walking back into the kitchen. She couldn't understand how he could elicit these types of feelings from her. She knew he was emotionally fragile, and she could not risk hurting this man. She would love nothing more than to tackle him to the bed and continue what they were doing, but she knew neither of them was ready for that.

Victor knew he was losing control of the situation. His whole body ached to feel her pressed into his, but she was so fragile. She was probably scared of him too. He sat at the edge of the bed and watched as she placed her hands on the counter top to steady herself. Her body was moving slowly with each breath she took. It looked as if she was going to collapse into herself with each inhalation. Victor rose from the bed and walked over to her figure. He placed a single arm around her mid section to steady her breathing. It reminded him of the first time he had touched her like this, after her ribs had been kicked. He subconsciously tightened his grip as the thought of her being attacked flashed across his memory.

Carrie leaned into the embrace and felt the comfort fill her entire body. It was almost as if he knew why she was struggling with herself. She shivered as she felt his mouth lean against the back of her head. "Let's go somewhere." She felt his lips move against her hair and his breath dance across her neck at his suggestion. His sensuality literally took her breath away. She couldn't remember ever feeling this way with David.

"Okay." Her voice sounded thick and weak all at the same time, and Victor heard it. He knew she was struggling, but his whole body was shaking against her back with the effort of controlling himself. "Where do you want to go?"

"Anywhere…" She heard as the word came out as nearly a growl. She suddenly realized they were holding on by one single thread. She took a deep breath and slowly moved her body away from his in an effort to distance herself. She slowly lifted her head to look into the eyes she knew would be her undoing. His eyes were completely black with longing. The one thing she had grown to adore about Victor was his ability to express any emotion through his eyes, if he wanted to. His mouth was slightly open in an effort to control his own breathing, and his hand appeared to be breaking the counter top as he squeezed it. "Carrie…" Her heart wrenched at the agony she heard expressed in her name.

It was as if the whole world fell away, as he took one stride to meet her at the wall. Her body failed her as his lips crashed onto hers. He wrapped one arm tightly around her waist and pressed the other against the wall behind her. She felt every emotion in that one instant. She felt him breath her name against her lips as he pulled back for a moment. She couldn't take the complete torture of the distance. She grabbed the back of his head and pulled him down to her as if he were a life jacket. She nipped his bottom lip and moaned into his mouth when she felt his tongue run along her own. She felt his every moan in her mouth as she ran her tongue along his canines. She was completely losing herself in this man, and what scared her most was the fact she might not care. "Victor, we have to stop." Her voice came out as more of a whimper. The thought of stopping was causing her physical pain.

"Why?" He knew he asked her the question a lot, but in this very moment he had to hear a logical reason. His whole body was shaking with suppressed emotion. He felt her pull herself up by his neck and lean into his ear.

"Because you and I both know we can't do this." She nearly sobbed when she felt him pull away from her. She watched with horror as he began walking to the open window. "Victor, please!" She sighed with relief as he stopped at the sound of her voice. She walked up to his stilled figure and placed a hand on his taught back. She could feel the muscles straining with the effort he was making to please her. She knew he had to be in physical pain, and it killed her to know it was because of her. "Victor, please stay." She wanted to kick herself at her own selfishness. She knew he was hurting, but she couldn't stand for the night to end like this. "I'm sorry…"

Victor turned and placed one giant hand against her cheek. He trailed his fingers down the length of her neck and felt her lean against his touch. She apologized for so much, but only ever did what was good. He knew he was evil, but never apologized for it. She placed her hand over his in an attempt to hold him to her. "I will see you tomorrow."

She heard the sadness in his voice, but knew he was right. They needed some space to figure out where they stood. Both of them knew they could not enter something as strong as this without consequences. "Okay…" She let go of his hand and watched it fall limply back to his side. She had been the only thing holding him to her. He had given her complete control for a few brief moments.

Victor turned and walked the last few paces to the window. Without a second look back, he leaped from her window and down to the earth below. He knew the second he hit the ground reality would swallow him whole. She was a human, he was a mutant. They would be hunted. She would be hunted. He stared into blackness of the night, which used to comfort him, but now only brought the painful truth into light…he could never love her.

Carrie slunk back to her bed after closing the window. Her mind was racing with the night's events. She wanted nothing more than to leap out the window after him, but she knew, even if she could, he was long gone. How could the night go from complete bliss to complete hell? She covered her eyes with her hands and drifted off into a horrible night's sleep.

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Victor walked into his crappy apartment and slung his coat against the wall watching as it crumpled on the floor. He took a deep breath and sat down on his large bed. He suddenly became aware of a figure in the room and instinct suddenly took over. He heard movement coming towards him and let out a feral roar as his claws came into contact with flesh. He watched as his "associate" crumpled to the floor and disappeared, as if it were a ghost. "Okay David, get your ass out here."

He growled as his associate walked out from the shadows of his room. "Awww, you killed me." David let out an annoying laugh as he produced another clone of himself to clean up the mess he just made.

"What do you want David?" Victor growled out loud. He hated it when David made house calls.

"Victor you have not been returning my calls." David allowed himself to become nothing but business at that moment. "Where have you been? It's like you just dropped off the planet. We have a business to run Victor," David's voice began to grow with the rising anger, "and you're running it into the ground!!" David sent off twenty copies of himself, which all proceeded to pin Victor to the wall. David slowly walked over to the pinned, feral man and stood right in front of Victor. He watched as Victor impaled several of his copies, but they held strong at David's command. "Look, Victor we can work something out, but I'm going to need you to cooperate with me. Okay?" David lowered his eyes as he watched Victor bare his teeth at him. David, loosing his patience, reached out and slapped Victor across the face. David smiled as he got Victor's full attention.

"I swear one day I'm going to kill you David. Not one of your clones, but you." David laughed at Victor's attempt to be threatening while being pinned to the wall.

"Well maybe Victor, but you're going to have to figure out which one is me first. As I was saying, you need to pull your head out of your ass and start making some kills." David went to his brief case and pulled out a phone. He placed it on the bed, "I believe you broke your last one, Vick. Oh, and I also heard it through the grape-vine you were hangin out with some chick." Victor's eyes narrowed at the mention of Carrie.

"She has nothing to do with us!!" Victor nearly roared as he bit a finger off of one of the clones that got too close.

"Victor, such violence. Okay, if you get back to work I will ignore this girl, but the next time I have to come back I am going to find her, kill her, and make you watch. Mkay?" Victor launched out of the clones grasp and felt his hand come into contact with David's flesh. He looked on as David smiled at him, and then disappeared. He screamed in complete rage as he realized David had sent his multiples to his work.

Victor's eyes saw red as he looked down at the phone David's clone had left. He picked it up and dialed an all too familiar number. His eyes became darker as David's familiar voice answered, "Well hello Victor. I knew you would come to your senses."

Victor's voice lowered as he took on the voice of Sabertooth, "Who's the next target?"

David smiled through the phone, "Good boy."

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--So is this Carrie's David or a new one? You will have to stay tuned!

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