Rebekah

I keyed in the coordinates and set up the autopilot, I hurry into the locker marked with my codename. Inside is a spare uniform, minus the coat which I normally never take off when outside. This causes a minor dilemma. My hands right now have limited mobility, especially when it comes to fiddly buttons and laces. My other form –the more human one- has normal mobility but less fur, therefore less decency. Right now I can get away with it as my fur is very thick. I turn to the boys.

"Eyes out of the window. Or else. You will have a very grumpy lion in here with you."

They both turn away, stare out of the window and start talking about flying. I shift and throw the uniform on as fast as I can. Then I breathe a sigh of relief.

"Right, you can turn back round now."

They do and Isaac whistles through his teeth.

"I didn't really get to see it properly before."

"Yeah, that's 'cause you were almost wetting yourself because you were terrified I was going to hit you."

He glares at me and lets out a low growl. Unfortunately for him, he's just copying Sabretooth. My vocal cords can definitely produce a much deeper, more threatening growl than his feeble attempt. So I snarl, just to prove I can. At the same time I can feel the fur standing up and the uniform stretching to accommodate it. Spider-Man looks slightly worried.

"Hey, guys, calm down! We need to work together! I mean, we've just stolen the X-Men's plane, are heading to one of the most inhospitable parts of the planet and are about to break into a super bad-guy's secret lair. I mean, isn't Magneto on par with Dr Doom?"

Both me and Isaac shout 'NO!' at exactly the same time, look at each other and start laughing. Spider-Man just sighs.

"Brilliant. I'm stuck with two hysterical British teenagers on a three-hour plane flight."

I straighten up.

"You can talk about teenagers!"

He stiffens and I feel fear emanating off of him. Oops. Time for the quick and easy explanation. As opposed to the 'we come from an alternate reality where you lot are all comic book characters and yes, we do know the future, unless us being here destroys any future there could be,' explanation.

"You don't smell much older than twenty. If you've been doing this for four, five years, then you obviously started at a younger age than we are. And I know for a fact that Reed Richards should never have sent Johnny Storm up in that ship. He was what, sixteen?"

Hah. I have successfully diverted the conversation from Spider-Man's secret identity cough*Peter Parker*cough and towards' Dr Richards sometimes rather dodgy experimental methods. And his lousy bedside manner. And the fact he sometimes forgets he's married. And… Actually, I can't be bothered to list all the complaints Spider-Man made about him. Then there's a sudden, high-pitched beeping. And I remember what I forgot to do.

"We're not shielded! They can see us coming!"

Isaac

I looked at the screen in the cockpit.

"You're not going to like this at all," I said. "We have three missiles heading towards us."

"Well that's just great. What do we do?"

"Well, if this was a movie I would do a long dive and throw some flares but I don't know the controls and I'm more likely to press the self-destruct button. I suggest we jump out."

The bleeping got even louder as the missiles approached. Spider-Man didn't bother grabbing a parachute. He quickly made a web model, booted the door off its hinges, and leapt out.

"Jump!" I said struggling to be heard above the wind. I pushed on the aircrafts joystick and the plane dived. I was hoping that would give us an extra couple of seconds. I turned around expecting to see an empty plane. I was shocked to see Bekah flying towards me. We both bounced off the bullet proof window and went straight out the door. Without thinking I reached out and gripped Rebekah's arm. I teleported and we both crashed into the snowy Antarctic as an explosion rocked the earth.

We'd just destroyed the legendary Blackbird of the X-men. Boy, were we in trouble.

I groaned as I got up. I had teleported us to the ground but we still carried the same momentum as when I started the shift. We had hit the ground at over sixty miles an hour.

Bekah stood up and growled ferociously. "You idiot! You could have killed us."

"Why didn't you jump when I told you to! You're the one that almost got us killed."

"Watch who you're accusing. Your buddy Spider-Man isn't around to protect you!"

"I'm not afraid of you Bekah. I'm just as powerful. You're just a freak!"

"Well, now isn't that the pot calling the kettle black? I'm always saving your sorry hind."

"Like I don't! In fact, I just did and you're complaining? Women. Why don't you just buzz off before I punch you in the head again? I enjoyed it the last time."

It was the final straw. Bekah's eyes widened in shock for half a second before she punched me in the face. I staggered back and jerked my head to the side while at the same time jabbing my hand at Bekah. She caught my wrist and applied a painful lock. I blasted her with Cyclop's vision and her grip loosened. I brought my leg high and smashed it down on her hand releasing the lock. I followed it with a headbutt to the face.

I had never hit a girl in my life but I didn't think it was the time to be gentlemanly. Not that Bekah would appreciate it anyway. Hit her properly or don't hit her at all.

I ducked a claw swipe and brought my heel up into her jaw. I had to cut back a bit on my strength. I didn't want to harm her properly. When I was with Magneto, they had tested my strength and found it to be fifty per cent weaker that Colossus'. That meant, in theory, I could lift thirty-seven point five tons.

I had no reason to worry about hurting Bekah though. She landed on her hands and slammed both her feet into my jaw. She swung over and kicked my legs straight from under me. I looked up to see Bekah's elbow about to behead me. I phased and she gasped as her elbow cracked. I teleported away from her and watched her warily as she stood up.

"Cyclops was right. You rely on your powers too much. You couldn't keep up with me for ten seconds without them."

"Maybe not. But who needs to be able to fight when you have powers?" I said, going into slow-time. Rebekah charged me but she was moving in slow motion. I palmed her in the face pushed her to the ground.

"I don't need to have your agility and fighting prowess with these powers."

Bekah started to change. Her fur fluffed up and it started to take on a stripy appearance. She had looked like a half human half housecat hybrid before. Now she looked like a half tiger half human hybrid.

A savage growl rumbled in her throat. "You've made me very angry Isaac."

I was curious but I wasn't scared. Nothing really surprised me anymore.

"Is that supposed to scare me Bekah? Cause I'm feeling very underwhelmed here."

"Well then allow me to overwhelm you!" Bekah roared, charging forward and swiping her huge claws at my throat.

"STOP!" A voice cried. I turned to see Spider-Man. I couldn't see Spider-Man's face behind his mask but it was most probably a look of absolute horror. Too late, I realized Bekah's claws were still in motion. There was tearing sound and then a sharp pain. I fainted.

When I awoke I could feel the blood gushing out my throat and seeping into the snow all around me, staining it red with my blood.

"Damn," I managed to croak. Bekah was frozen, looking at the glistening blood on her claws. She was back to normal now. There wasn't a trace of orange about her.

"Why are you fighting?" Spider-Man asked. "The end of the world is at hand and two powerful mutants are squabbling like children! You're supposed to be on the same side. The enemy is Magneto here. I thought we were going to fight him together, for the greater good of mankind and all that. I can't believe you two. You're so selfish."

I felt like I was a kid again. Getting told off for taking an extra biscuit. I looked up at Bekah. I smiled slightly, then fainted again.