AN: Sorry for the super long wait, I was so stuck with this chapter. I am still not satisfied but I want to get on with it so here it is.
Neutral ground. That's what he'd called it. They would meet with them on neutral ground. Because Victor didn't want to invite them over to his house. He didn't want them invading on his territory. He didn't want to smell them days after they had gone. So he brought Aria to a hotel nearby and told the X-men to come there.
She had been nervous. Very nervous. Victor had explained what they were doing here and why these people wanted to see her. The dark haired man who apparently was Victor's brother, was also there again. He seemed nice even though Victor couldn't stand his guts right now. There was a red headed woman, a bald man in what seemed to be a hyper modern wheelchair and a blue hairy man claiming to be a doctor.
She didn't know any of them, except for Victor's brother who she had met at the gate of their house once. Victor had explained that these people had the power to take her away from him. And that made her extremely nervous. According to Victor they had to work with these people. Meet up with them, talk with them. But so far, none of them had asked her one single question.
They had been arguing for an hour as Aria remained quiet. She simply sat there and wished all this nonsense was over and Victor would take her home. She did not want to be here and she cared nothing for them. Quite frankly, they were annoying the hell out of her with their assumptions and judgmental slander.
"I simply feel that it would be in her best interest if she'd spend a little time away from you mister Creed. And in my school, there are possibilities for her. She could meet other mutants, become educated and expand her horizon".
"She is not coming with you" Victor calmly answered "She can have all the education she wants and if she wants to meet other mutants, fine with me also. But she is not going anywhere with you or my brother".
The blue hairy mutant hadn't said a word so far. He simply looked Aria over a couple of times. Smiling reassuringly at her. She smiled back. He seemed like a kind human being. Not hostile or judging her for something.
Hank decided she definitely looked healthy. Not someone who was being abused or locked away like an animal. Bur for all he knew, they were putting on a play. It wasn't like the girl had said anything so far.
"Mister Creed" the red headed women intervened "If Aria would come with us for only a few weeks, we could examine her. Especially her psychological state needs to be examined, after the life she's had".
Victor cocked a brow "Is that your professional opinion doctor Grey? Or did my brother tell you to say that, to which you couldn't object because his cock was a little too deep down your throat?".
Jean's eyes grew big as she ignored his snarly comments about his brother and her.
"That's enough" Charles Xavier spoke sternly. "If you refuse to work with us mister Creed, we will ask what Aria wants and then decide ourselves what's best for her. Because you obviously do not have her best interest in mind".
Victor smirked "Go ahead. Ask her. About time you did, since you haven't asked her a goddamn thing so far and we've been in here for more than an hour".
Jean Grey came to sit next to Aria and reached for her hand which Aria quickly withdrew. She did not want to be touched by the telepath.
"We just want to be your friends Aria" Jean said softly "We know you've had a rough start at life, right now it's in your best interest to be away from Victor for a while. To meet other people, learn different things and then decide how you wish to spend the rest of your life. I know you think he's a good man and that he has done many good things for you, but we feel very differently and we want to show you why".
Aria moved a little further away from her. Victor was standing behind her so she felt safe enough. But all the people in this room made her feel threatened. Her nails were extended and she tried hard not to attack anyone, Victor had told her in advance not to do so.
Charles Xavier addressed Victor with as much diplomacy as he could manage. "I feel very strongly about this mister Creed. I think it is best if you would set her free to explore the world. She needs to get to know her family and get to know different kinds of people" Charles Xavier spoke quietly "Perhaps the young lady has dreams of her own that she would like to see fulfilled. She should have an education and maybe a profession if she wishes. And we can help her with that".
Victor growled, baring his teeth. He was getting fucking sick of this shit now "She is mine. I will kill you all before letting her go" his voice was dangerously calm but his preying eyes were more murderous than ever.
"Mister Creed" Xavier spoke patiently "You know very well that we can force you to obey the law and set this young woman free. She was never yours to obtain in the first place. She is a person and therefore free. You are violating her basic human rights".
He growled again "Why don't you ask her what she wants instead of nagging at me?" he growled.
"Because you fucking brainwashed her!" Logan suddenly brawled at him, he had seen enough "You take her with you, you keep her locked up inside and you continuously raped her you sick piece of shit! That's why we don't ask her. Because she doesn't know what the fuck is going on or who you really are".
Xavier sighed "The young woman does seem to have a sincere case of Stockholm syndrome mister Creed".
"Are you a psychiatrist professor?" Aria suddenly joined in as she snapped at them. They were all surprised when she suddenly spoke up, even Victor. "Because if you are not, then perhaps it's better to keep your diagnoses, which is based on absolutely nothing, to yourself" she sarcastically answered him "And you-" she hissed as she turned her head to look at Logan "You are the one who doesn't know what is going on. I know perfectly well what is going on so don't think for a moment that I will stay in your school and spend time with your people. The arena people locked me up. I will not have you do that to me again. That arena was the place where they brainwashed me and Victor took me away from that. Who cares that you don't approve of the way he did it. He's good to me and I don't know you at all. But what I do know from Victor, makes it hard to believe that you should be the authority on ethics here. We do not care for your ways and we never asked you to meddle in ours".
Logan opened his mouth to interrupt but her eyes spat fire "I am not done talking yet so shut it Runt" she hissed. "Yes, you can take me with you and force me to hang around your school. But let me promise you this: if you do so… you will never have one moment of peace. There will never be one moment where you can let your guard down. I will never stop trying to escape. I will fight you and I will never stop fighting you. Every second of every day, I will find ways to hurt you just to get back home. And when I say 'home' I mean where Victor and I live".
The silence in the room after her furious rant was more than uncomfortable. They were all blown away by her unexpected anger and just to add a little more spite to it she turned to Jean Grey "You say you want to be my friend. But that won't work out because I don't want to be yours".
Aria calmly got up from her chair, turned around and reached for Victor's hand as she leaned closely against him "Can we please go now Victor? I don't like it here".
He smirked down at her as he ran a hand through her hair and kissed her forehead "I would say we are done here". He didn't even bother telling the others goodbye, he simply put his arm around Aria and walked her out.
"Well" Xavier broke the uncomfortable silence that the two ferals had left "He did open the door for her".
In the back of the town car, Victor was frowning and staring outside the window without saying a word. A concerned look on his face as he frustratingly ran a hand through his hair.
"Are you angry with me?" Aria asked quietly.
He gave her a strange and slightly annoyed look, how could she think that he'd be angry with her?
Victor chuckled and pulled her closer to him "No, why the fuck would I be angry with you?".
She looked up at him with her big green eyes "Because I yelled at those people and said some bad stuff when you said we had to play long and be nice to them".
He put one talon under her chin as he grinned down at her "The things you said… made me feel really good" he whispered as he stared at her intensely. "And all I wanna do right now…" he lingered softly "Is forget about them and fuck your brains out".
Aria smiled and didn't hesitate for a second. His pants were open in no time as she threw one of her legs over his lap and sat on him with one leg on each side. He pulled up her dress a little and kissed her wildly. Then he was finally inside her. He groaned in relieve. Her arms wrapped themselves around his neck. One of his hands roamed her back, pushing her closer to his chest. His other hand moved with her body sliding up and down his cock.
Her touches drove him mad. Her soft lips kissing him passionately, wanting more of him. Her small hands trying to grasp onto his hair as she flinched when he fucked her roughly. Suddenly he slowed down as he wanted to be careful with her now. But Jesus Christ that was not easy.
She suddenly broke the kiss and opened her eyes to look at him, her small hands on the side of his face now "Victor is something wrong? Your scent changed, are you upset?".
He smiled almost sadly at her as her removed one long strand of hair behind her ear, his other hand sliding up and down her upper leg "I am not worried frail" Creed lied "Not about my brother and his righteous X-men taking you away".
But Victor Creed was worried about something else. Her willingness to stay with him out of her own free will. Did she even really have a free will to speak of?
She smiled at him and kissed him as she moved up and down his cock again. He threw his head back, distracted by her lovely tightness. It felt too damn good to be inside her, to feel her body against his, her little snatch getting wet for him and only him.
"Aria" he suddenly whispered as he broke the kiss.
"Yes Victor?".
He pushed forward and deep inside her sweet little pussy again "You are not my prisoner. You can go if that's what you want" he whispered darkly.
It was a big fat lie. He couldn't even imagine that he would let her leave.
Ever.
She smiled "I don't want to leave Victor" she whispered against his lips as she slowly teased them with her own "I want to be with you".
It was all he needed to hear in that moment. He roared and grasped onto her tightly, pushing her up and down his cock madly. No longer able to take it slow or be careful with her.
"Say that again" he growled into her ear as his hand wrapped itself around her throat.
She moaned loudly as she enjoyed him filling her up completely, each thrust a delicious mix of pain and pleasure "I want to be with you Victor" she whispered against his lips.
"Again" he demanded in a growl.
"I want to be with you" she gasped and moaned as he moved faster and faster, continuously demanding that she would repeat herself until he finally came inside her, filling her up with his warm cum and clasping her to his chest, completely out of breath.
"Thought I told you not to send me any more letters" Victor growled on the phone to Xavier a few days later.
Two days after their meeting Victor had received another letter from Xavier. This time it wasn't as informal or without obligations like the other letter. They threatened to take her by force if he did not agree to let doctor Hank McCoy investigate Aria's well being.
"Mister Creed. Whether you like it or not, doctor Hank McCoy will speak with Aria".
"Interrogate her you mean" he snapped.
"Call it whatever you like. But he will come to your house together with your brother. No more meetings on neutral ground and no more putting this off. He will speak with her and the outcome of that conversation will greatly determine whether or not we allow her to stay with her. The young lady may think that she has a home now and that you are a good man, but your motives were not good. And we are afraid she might be brainwashed and mentally behind. So we want to speak with her again. And this is not optional".
"It wasn't optional the last time".
"Precisely".
The professor was even more determined this time. No more mister nice guy. The doctor would investigate Aria, and she would have to say a lot more than two words or some angry sentences before storming out.
When he explained everything to Aria, her eyes grew wide with fear. Something he hadn't seen in her for a long time.
"Don't let them take me" she whispered fearfully, not knowing what would happen if they did.
Victor sat down on the bedside and ran his hands through his hair, not sure what he should tell her now. Her desperation made him feel guilty. It even reminded him of his conversation with Eric. She seemed happy here. But what did she know?
What did she really know? Had he not simply taken away the opportunity to explore the world at her own pace? Like normal people? And could that not also be considered a way of brainwashing?
So many questions and moral dilemmas. He growled, his head was hurting, healing factor or not. Usually he didn't have to deal with shit like this.
"Little one" he soothed as he pulled her towards him "I have no right to keep you".
It was the guilt speaking. He was torn between making her leave and not letting her go, ever.
"But that's not true! You said so yourself, you paid five million for me, they don't have 5 million so screw them!"
He smiled grimly and decided the truth had to come out and he owed her "Aria, you killed Paul the Rat the day we left the arena, remember? The check for five million dollars was never cashed. And even if it was-" he sighed and pulled her into his lap where she straddled him "You can't legally buy a person. You are a person, not an object".
She stared at him blankly. She kind of always knew that but never cared because as soon as she left the arena, she felt safer, happier. And she knew it would lead her to a better life no matter how scary the big feral man had been when they first met.
"I knew that" she whispered.
"You did?" he asked slightly amazed. Cuz if she knew, why did she not leave? Why the fuck would she stay to be his prisoner?
"Yes. Of course I did. I know you cannot buy people. I know I was a prisoner in the arena. And I've always known that you can't legally buy people. Everyone just thinks I'm stupid. But I'm not. Everything is just new for me but I'm not stupid".
He slowly removed a few strands of hair from her face and cupped her cheek in his big hand "I never thought you were stupid. Hell, you're probably one of the smartest people I know".
She clasped to his chest "Please Victor, I don't want to go with them".
He sighed as he closed his eyes, disabling her gaze from capturing him "You need to be free little one".
"I don't know what that means! I don't want it! I want to be here!" she panicked.
He looked at her. He was saying a lot of sentimental shit. If she didn't want to leave, he wouldn't send her away. Not ever. Part of him doubted if he would even let her go if she did want to leave.
"Doctor Hank McCoy will be here in a few days. He just wants to talk. Those other shitheads won't come with, except my brother probably, cuz he's an asshole".
"Hank McCoy" she mused "He was the blue one right?".
Victor nodded.
Aria smiled "Then it will be fine. He seemed nice. What should I tell him?".
"The truth little one. And whatever the fuck you wanna tell him".
"Well" she said as she kissed him softly "Then I'll tell them I'm not leaving, so suck it".