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The helicopter ride took FOREVER! Not the best place to put an active wolf like myself. I was not in a happy mood. First off, being kidnapped from a train station is not my idea of a nice day out. Second, my throat still ached from where Sabertooth had crushed it and again from when Magneto had continuously tightened the metal collar around my throat to keep me quiet. Add in the fact that I was chained to the bottom of the helicopter and had on a metal collar, and my day was just fantastic! Can't you tell?
I rolled my eyes at my own sarcasm, giving a heavy sigh. A look from the swampy smelling man, who's name I learned was Toad, made me growl at him, which only resulted in a tightening of my collar once more from Magneto. I wasn't completely sure, but I did believe that Magneto didn't know I was a shapeshifter. A mutant, possibly, but a shapeshifter? Maybe things would be able to go my way. I hope.
I pull myself out of my thoughts, taking in my surroundings the best I could. However, due to the length of the metal chain, I could just barely lift my head to look out the window, of which I only saw mostly water. Giving up, I just laid my head down on my white paws. A groan caught my attention and I gave a happy whine, trying to turn to face Rogue as she slowly began to wake up. Sabertooth yanked my chain, literally, to get me to settle. I just snapped at him, earning myself another choke session. This man really likes to make others suffer, I realized.
"Spirit?" Rogue asked groggily, still partially asleep from whatever it was Magneto had given her.
I give a small whine, but don't dare to move. I'd learned my lesson. For now at least.
"So that's the creature's name, is it? Spirit?" Magneto asked. He had been sitting across from Rogue as to keep an eye on her. Toad and a blue-skinned girl were in the cockpit, flying the helicopter. After one whiff of the blue-skinned girl and I knew that's who I had smelled on the school grounds. Not the ice smelling boy, Bobby, but her. She had taken on the shape of Bobby to trick Rogue into leaving the school.
Rogue's eyes widened slightly before narrowing them, her usually soft, gentle brown eyes turning black with anger, hate, and fear.
"Why should you care?" Rogue asked, her accent coming out strongly in her anger at Magneto.
Magneto gave a small shrug, turning his eyes from Rogue to me. "Because I am a curious fellow. And I wished to know the name of such a fine specimen of gray wolf. She is quite beautiful."
I growl at him softly, hackles raising. I didn't trust this man nor his flattery. Magneto ignored my growling, just giving a wave of his hand before the collar tightened once more around my neck to choke me into obedience. Yeah right.
"Though not very well trained," Magneto continued as though nothing had happened.
"Leave her alone!" Rogue almost shouted. "She's not done anything to you!"
"Oh, but she has. You see, once you became unconscious, she slipped right out from under the train chairs and attacked my associates and myself. Would have crushed my entire shoulder had I not had my suit on," Magneto explained, nudging away his purple cape to show the deep dents that had almost completely gone through the armor underneath, the result of my bite. I give a doggy smile, tapping the tip of my tail in happiness at seeming the damage I had done. If Magneto noticed my proud moment, he didn't show it. Didn't even choke me with the collar.
A faint smile touched Rogue's lips when she saw the bite mark before she spoke. "She's an excellent guard dog, especially to those who are her pack," she said. She seemed to notice how I had kept silent in her thoughts and I wouldn't put it past her that she'd put two-and-two together. I couldn't thought speak because I was afraid of transmitting my thoughts to Magneto. And my advantage was that he didn't know that I was a shapeshifter. Yes, I had changed forms on the train, but I had changed under the seat before I could be seen. And it was more than likely that Sabertooth or Toad hadn't seen me get on the train in the first place as a German Shepherd. They were too interested in finding Rogue first.
"An excellent guard dog indeed. Which is why I brought her. I wish not to waste the energy in forcing you to do everything. But I can use the wolf to control you. You wouldn't want her to be...harmed, now do you?" Magneto asked almost innocently. The chain that held me down clicked warningly. I repressed a growl, though my lips twitched over my fangs, wanting to warn him that he was messing in very dangerous territory at the moment. Once again, he ignored me.
"And the fact that I was intrigued that she's a self-healer. I found that out after Sabertooth crushed her throat. Recovered just like your friend, Wolverine. Charles picking up strays is one thing I wouldn't expect him to do. But an experimental mutant? That's something I would expect him to do," Magneto stated.
Rogue looked a bit shocked, giving me a curious glance. "What do you mean?" she asked.
"When your pet here was unconscious, I gave her a quick once over while putting on the collar. And I made a very interesting find, something I told myself I would finish looking at once I was finished picking you up from the train station," Magneto started, shifting in his seat. I was immediately wary, flattening my ears and growling.
Magneto picked up the end of the chain that was holding me down to the belly of the helicopter with his powers and removed two of the links. He pulled them apart and flattened them before shooting them towards me. I pull myself up as far as I could go, giving a deadly snarl and barking loudly. I caught a flash of fear in Magneto's eyes before the first of the metal links wrapped around my muzzle, holding it shut, while the second split off into two pieces, binding my front and back legs together before the links fused with the metal floor of the helicopter, binding me to the floor. Horrible memories tried to surface, but I forced them down, shaking my head and paws in an attempt to remove the metal pieces from my legs and muzzle, but to no avail.
Rogue didn't make a sound, too shocked to really to anything. Not that she would have been able to do anyway. Magneto, once satisfied that I was secure and couldn't hurt him, leaned over to stroke my fur. I shuttered and growled the best I could, eyes flashing with hatred. How dare this man restrain me so! How dare he bring up memories that were best left buried deep within my mind!
Magneto turned a blind eye to my attempts of escaping. Instead, he continued to stroke my fur until he found what he was looking for.
"Ah, here we are," Magneto said before parting the fur to show Rogue something that I couldn't see. But I sure as heck knew what was being shown.
I could only watch as one of Rogue's hands flew up to her mouth, her face turning a bit green, as she saw the slightly raised scar that I had hidden so well until now. The scar was at least half an inch thick, running from the back of my neck to the edge of my tail, running right down my spine. It was unnoticeable under all my fur. Unless you took the time to run your hand through it and actually feel it.
"An experiment. Probably seeing if the X gene could be passed to animals and how it could be suppressed. Such a shame, for a creature of such beauty to have to go through so much pain just so humans can test the effects of the X gene. I bet if I took the time to look through the rest of her fur, I'd find many scars, just the same as this one," Magneto said, running a finger down the surgical scar, causing my body to shake slightly at his touch. "This is why the humans must pay." He allowed the fur to go back to covering up the scar, brushing it back in place with his hand before he leaned back into his seat, pulled away the metal links that had held my muzzle shut and had kept my legs pinned to the floor. "Which is why I need you, my dear. To help teach these humans that we, as mutants, are superior to them. They will learn quickly of this. Especially after tonight."
I didn't even had the energy to growl anymore. I was humiliated, having seen the look of horror and pity Rogue's face. When Magneto turned to talk with Toad in the cockpit, Rogue mouthed quickly to me.
'Why didn't you tell me?' she mouthed.
I only shook my head, eyes downcast.
'I will talk with you later,' I risked telling her, taking great care to make sure that my thoughts didn't reach anyone else on the helicopter, except for Rogue.
Rogue nodded and looked out the window. She frowned slightly and I felt the helicopter starting to lower towards the ground. I stayed laying down, ears flat against my skull.
Minutes later, we had landed and the constant vibrations that I had felt against my body from the helicopter during the entire ride here had stopped, leaving my body tingling from the lack of it. I watched as the side of the helicopter opened, the night sky barely visible behind the hulking mass that was Sabertooth. Magneto stepped out of the helicopter first, saying something faintly to Sabertooth. He gave an evil grin, sharp fangs showing from just above his lower lip. I snarled softly, thankful for the darkness that covered my features for the time being. Sabertooth reached back into the belly of the helicopter and grabbed the end of the chain, untwisting it from the handle that had been holding it, and me, down. Then, he proceeded to drag me out of the helicopter. I dug my claws into the metal, snarling viciously. Sabertooth growled back at me, his golden yellow eyes flashing dangerously. I returned the glare with chillier blue eyes. It had worked on Logan, so it should work on Sabertooth. I was right. After a few moments of the stare down, Sabertooth looked away and I gave a growl of triumph. It was Magneto who then tightened my collar, pulling me out all of the way. Once I was by the edge of the plane, Sabertooth turned slightly, grabbing under my stomach to lift me down from the helicopter.
For the record, that was his own stupid fault. Rogue had even tried to dart forward, as though to warn him, but a quick look from me stopped her and she hide her smile in the dark shadows. You see, I have a strong stomach for many reasons. But Magneto and Sabertooth didn't know that. Plus, the fact that I had been against the vibrating helicopter, the vibrations stopping, then Sabertooth lifting me down with an arm under my stomach, none of these things helped my nausea as was. It's only too easy for you to guess what happened next.
As soon as Sabertooth lifted me up, I clenched my stomach, hard, and opened my jaws. My body took care of the rest. Regurgitated meat and stomach acid flooded down Sabertooth's fur jacket, burning his skin if it touched.
For those who don't know much about the family Canidae, wolf stomach acid is many times more potent than that of a humans stomach acid because there is more bacteria and such that needs to be killed off due to the face that we ate raw meat. You think that stomach acid just burns your throat slightly if you throw up. A wolf throws up and you have an acid that can burn skin. Not a fun experience.
Sabertooth gave a roar of pain and anger, throwing me to the ground. He shook himself a bit like a giant dog. Or would it be like a giant cat? Anyway, he brushed away what he could of the vomit, though the stench was still strong. Disgust was all over Sabertooth's face as he walked over to me. He raised a fist and slammed it into my muzzle. I heard the bones crunch before I felt the pain. I gave a high-pitched scream and backed off the best I could to avoid another blow. I was also playing it like I would had I not had a human intelligence. I pinned my ears and watched Sabertooth wary, my face itching and throbbing as the bone and cartilage started to knit itself back together. Rogue jumped out of the helicopter to help me, but Sabertooth grabbed her, pinning her arms behind her back.
Magneto watched all of that with disinterest and I felt my collar tighten, forcing me after them. My muzzle still hurt and my neck throbbed, but it was so worth Sabertooth's reaction of getting barfed on. Rogue tried to pull away from Sabertooth, but it was pointless. Like putting a wolf pup against a charging she-boar. I pulled ahead slightly, wanting to be next to Rogue. Sabertooth would have none of that though, kicking me in the side once I got close enough. I snarled, waiting until my cracked rib healed before following again.
We waited silently by the edge of the large lake, the blue-skinned girl standing next to Magneto. Sabertooth and Toad watched over Rogue and me, Sabertooth holding Rogue and Toad holding my metal chain. He was having great fun in yanking the chain just to see me choke.
"Leave the wolf be, Toad," Magneto said without turning around. "Mystique, has the Coast Guard been requested for?"
The blue-skinned lady nodded. "It was so awful that our boat crashed on that hidden reef," she said slyly, faking sympathy.
I rolled my eyes. This was very awful acting.
Minutes later, I could barely pick out an orange light from the Coast Guard as the boat approached us. Magneto looked over at Rogue.
"You say a word and I'll have Sabertooth crush every bone in her body," Magneto told her calmly, as though he was asking what the weather was like. His gaze fell on me and I snarled.
Rogue looked fearfully towards me and the fear-scent coming off of her became prompt. It was a foul smell and I hated scenting it coming off of Rogue. The Coast Guard arrived up on shore and one of the men on the ship came towards us.
"You guys alright?" he asked.
"We're fine," Magneto said, touching the arm of Mystique, who was now in the form of an older woman around the age of Magneto. "We were out for our anniversary and our boat got cut up on some hidden coral. Sank within moments."
The Coast Guardsman nodded and motioned to the boat. "Come on then. Don't need you guys catching cold," he said, turning his back and starting back towards the boat. Magneto nodded towards Mystique and she changed back into her blue-skinned self. She went towards the Coast Guard and gave a swift kick to his neck, snapping it in two. I snarled at the scent of death, my hackles raising. He had just been a harmless man! These people had no honor for life!
Rogue stifled a gasp, biting her lower lip to keep from making any more noises. Magneto looked towards us. "Come. We have much to do."
The next few minutes were a bit of a blur. We were shoved onto the boat after Toad and Mystique had killed the rest of the men on the boat. Magneto brought some kind of machine onto the back of the boat while Sabertooth brought Rogue and myself into the cabin. Rogue he had tied up with what looked like handcuffs near the back corner, right in the view of one of the dead men's eyes. I shuttered at the reek of pointless death before Sabertooth tied my chain up across from Rogue, so we could see each other, but not touch each other.
I had a very bad feeling that things were going to go downhill from there.
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