AUTHORS NOTE: I don't really like cussing, but somehow I just can't see Sabretooth having a clean vocabulary, so there WILL be curse words in the fanfic. However, I will try to keep them on the down-low. (or is it low-down?) This is also why this fic is rated T for Teen.

CHAPTER SIX:

Professor Xavier Lays Down the Law Part 2#

Cassie gaped, still pushing herself backwards into the seat. The short guy had BLADES that came out of his HANDS! Very sharp, deadly looking blades. `Shiny…..` the childish part of her mind admired and she mentally slapped her inner-child. This was NOT the time to be admiring the shininess of deadly hand weapons! She should be more worried about those blades going into her stomach!

"Miss. Andrews, I cannot impress upon you enough that you are safe." Baldy told her again. "Logan will not harm you. You are safe."

She goggled at him. "Sure, safe. I'm in an enclosed space with a wild-man, a guy with knives that come out of his hands, and a mind-reading baldy who can CONTROL people with his THOUGHTS! Excuse me if I don't feel very safe at the moment!"

Sabretooth growled again. "If anyone hurts you I'll rip their heart out and feed it to them." He snarled out. His jet black eyes were deadly and sincere and she felt her own heart jump.

This guy wasn't kidding.

Her jaw dropped. "But…..you don't even know me."

"I will tell you again, Miss. Andrews." Charles Xavier repeated, this time his voice sounding a little more strained. "Victor did not intend to frighten or harm you, he was trying to protect you. Remember how he rescued you from the mountain lion."

Now it was Logans turn to goggle at the wild-cat mutant. "You RESCUED her!?" he then growled to the Professor; "It has to be a trick or something. Sabretooth would never willingly rescue someone."

"I've rescued your ass more than I care to remember, Jimmy-boy." Sabretooth growled, reaching out and cuffing his brother in the back of the head so quickly the Wolverine didn't have time to block. When it was apparent that no memory was going to miraculously return from another knock to the head, Victor Creed rolled his eyes. Dammit. Well, he would keep trying.

"What do you know of mutants, Miss. Andrews?" Charles Xavier asked calmly.

She looked at him, eyes wild. "Uh, something to do with evolution…..an X-gene. Like having brown hair or blonde hair." She shrugged. "I already know they're mutants." She nodded her head towards the two ferals infront of her. "Thee, uh, claws and blades kinda gave it away."

Both Logan and Victor snorted at the same time then glared at each other.

Despite her fear, the sight WAS funny and she giggled a little, making both brothers look at her as if she had lost her mind. This increased the giggles.

Charles decided to ignore both her manic giggling and the two feral brothers as he continued his "lesson".

"Yes. There are many different types of mutants, different strains of the X-gene that give different talents, much like someone who has a gift with playing the piano, or someone who excels at solving complicated math problems. Logan and Victor here are feral mutants. This means they have excelled speed, hearing, scent, strength, and healing powers. They are also very in-touch with their…..animal side. Including, apparently, the ability to find their mates."

THAT stopped her giggling fast.

"So, uh, Victor thinks I'm his mate?" she asked very quietly.

"Not think, frail." Victor growled. "I know."

"How?!" she asked franticly. "HOW do you know?!"

"It's instinct." Victor answered her before Charles could. "I just KNOW, frail."

"You don't even know me!" she exclaimed. "My favorite color, my pet peeves, my faults, my talents, I could drive you absolutely batty!" she waved her arms frantically as she expressed this and Ororo had to duck a few times to avoid getting hit.

"I KNOW that you are MINE!" Sabretooth growled. "And you're already driving me insane!" he barred his teeth at her in a show of dominance.

"Not that you weren't already there, bub." Logan put in his two-cents worth, actually finding a touch of amusement in the situation.

Victor snapped his teeth at him. "Watch it, Jimmy-boy!"

"While we are at the school—" Xavier cut in firmly. "You will ALL behave yourselves. Victor, I believe I had no need to warn you that if ANY harm comes to my students you will find yourself undergoing a psychic lobotomy!" The Professors voice was, for the first time, deadly serious and even threatening. "You will behave yourself! When I say this I mean that you will not kill or maim any students or teachers you will attempt to NOT scare my students or members of my staff."

"Are you sure you wanna do this, Chuck?" Logan looked VERY worried. "Rogue's there. And Jubilee and the kids."

Sabretooth growled. "I don't hurt cubs, Jimmy."

"Yeah right." Logan scoffed.

"Have I ever!?" the wild-cat feral growled, itching for a fight.

Now Logans claws DID come out. "How about when you kidnapped Rogue! You put her on that stupid machine of Magnetos!"

"I was under orders, Jimmy-boy." Sabretooth growled. "And I let her absorb my healing power, so it wouldn't have killed her!"

This stopped Logan cold. "…..No way."

"I've killed, Jimmy-boy." Sabretooth growled at his brother. "I've murdered, and I've enjoyed it. But I've NEVER harmed or killed a cub! Not that that girl is a cub anymore." He added as an afterthought.

Logan roared when suddenly the two were frozen again.

Charles Xavier sighed. "We can't get to the school soon enough." He looked over to the young woman who was gaping at the two feral brothers.

She shook her head then looked to the Professor. "What's this 'Rogue' they're talking about? And a 'Magneto'?"

"Do you watch the news, my dear?" Professor Charles Xavier asked gently and she shook her head.

"No, not really, it's too depressing."

Xavier chuckled. "I don't blame you. Magneto is another mutant. Or was. He was injected with 'the cure'. He believed that mutants are the superior species to others, instead of a step in evolution and he had a plan to turn all "normal" humans into mutants. To do this, he needed the exceptional powers of one of my students, a sweet young woman who chose the name 'Rogue'. Obviously, Logan is very protective of her."

"Oooookay." She put her face in her hands. "Look, this is too much right now. I'm sorry, but nothing's really getting through my head. I just want to go back to the woods and be alone."

"We have some wonderful trees at the school." Charles Xavier said gently.
"You are quite welcome to climb them, provided that you are careful."

She looked up at him, stunned, then a slight smile inched its way onto her face. "Did you get that from my mind?"

"I do try to give everyone their privacy" the professor smiled, "but your love of trees is very obvious. I believe I even have a copy of 'The Lord of The Rings' that you can borrow."

"That would be wonderful."

Just then, the car stopped and Professor Xavier glared at the two feral brothers. "Remember what I said, gentlemen. Behave yourselves."