Rhaella strode out that night with a stumbling Aleesa, and two-hundred American dollars in her pocket. The only money she currently had to her name at the moment.

Aleesa teetered over to her friend as they walked back to their car. "Well done! I must say.." She began, her voice a little louder than usual. "You've managed not only to make a good impression on your new teammates-well most of them- but take their money too!"

Rhaella giggled with her and also at her drunk friend. As they stopped in front of the black audi. As Aleesa fished around in her purse looking for the key Rhaella looked back to the bar's entrance as the stacked form of Fred came out along with John. Wade followed after, and it was only then that she really took in just how handsome he was.

She realized that Wade would've fit her type of handsome when she was younger. He was lean but muscular, and well groomed. His face, she imagined, must have been the daydreams of many women in his time. And by the nonchalant tone of him, he probably knew it too. She didn't realize she was staring at him until his curious chocolate gaze fell on her and an eager smile instantly came to his face.

She instantly turned around hiding her face that was slowly heating up. She wasn't about to let him think she would be another victim to his charms. But when her head turned she was met with another pair of eyes, these ones darker.

"John? How did you..." She could've sworn he was standing at the door way to the bar and within seconds he was across the parking lot. He smirked at her and opened his mouth to speak when he was interrupted

"found them!" Aleesa sang holding the keys triumphantly.

" 'leesa c'mon now you can't drive."

Aleesa smirked and put her hands on her hips looking playfully at John.

"because I'm a woman?"

John laughed and shook his head walking closer " 'cuz you drunk"

He held his hand out for the keys but she held them further away. Aleesa had a much more playful side outside of work that Rhaella hadn't seen, or maybe this was just exclusive to John.

"I'll have you know, I only had three drinks-" she poked at his chest

"You had five"

"-fine five, but I'm perfectly capable of driving."

Wraith disappeared in thin air and re-appeared behind Aleesa snatching the keys from her hand.

"I hate when you do that!"

"You'll love me tomorrow now c'mon and get in." Wraith plopped into the driver seat.

Rhaella took a seat in the back, closing the door and then looking one last time out the window to the front of the door where Wade was no where to be seen. She wondered if she would get along with the rest of her team and have the sort of friendship Aleesa seemed to have gained with them presumably over years.

Wraith kicked on the engine and began to drive when the side door next to her flew open-

"Hello is this cab taken? Good!" Wade swung into the seat next to her.

"Decided to come back with us?" She said, amusement clear in her voice

"Well it was either this ride with you lovely ladies, and Aleesa-" Aleesa threw a middle finger up lazily towards Wade "-or the long sullen silent ride stuffed between Dukes and Vicky, yikes!" He buckled himself in to the seat.

"I also grab every opportunity to criticize John's driving." He added

"Listen, I can get anywhere I want without a car since I was twenty-two so excuse me if my driving's a little rusty"

"Excuse me sir, can you pay attention to the road?" Wade asked

John sighed and gripped the wheel a little tighter, he knew this was going to be the longest 10 minute car ride.

"Yes miss Daisy..." He murmered.

"Quiet" Aleesa hissed next him.

"Oh, Skylark" Wade only leaned in even closer to Aleesa "It's always exciting seeing nerds interact with the cool kids, tell me is this the first time Striker let you outside of the laboratory?"

"Piss off, I'm no nerd and I can go out for a glass or two."

"Or eight" cut in Wraith.

"Whats a nerd?" Rhaella asked softly from the corner of the car, interrupting the back and forth talk.

Wade turned towards her as if he forgot she could speak. His brown eyes where wide with full attention.

"Sorry, some of these terms I'm not familiar with."

"Ah, don't worry about it" he waved his hand "you hang out with us long enough you'll learn all the terms you'd want to know"

"-and lots you wished you didn't know" Wraith said still driving.

"anyway, Rhae, a nerd is someone who's smart, like irritatingly smart, too smart for their own good."

"And that's a bad thing?" Rhaella didn't understand fully why Aleesa would be too smart for her own good, she certainly wasn't irritating.

"Only if your smart enough to be smart around the right people."

Rhaella was sure he was just talking in circles to confuse her, or maybe he kept talking because he like to talk.

"Are you sure you didn't have enough to drink?" She asked.

"only enough to not be shy around a lovely thing such as yourself."

Rhaella couldn't help but let out a giggle at how quick witted he was while John rolled his eyes from the front seat.

"So tell me Rhae-Rhae-"

"oh, Rhaella please" she corrected him politely

"Rhae, how does girl like you end up here?"

The smile faded from her lips as she looked out the windows trying to figure that out herself.

"well..." She started, trying to think out loud. "you know what it's like to be different?"

"Wouldn't be here if I wasn't!" He replied.

"Right...well this...mutation... it gives me allows me to heal, and basically live a long time."

"so in that case why did you look like the crypt keeper your first day here?"

Rhaella paused, once again confused by what ever reference he was talking about staring at him as if the answer would appear somewhere on his forehead.

"What he means to say, doll, is why you looked like a hundred years old if you have a healing factor."

After a moment of silence Rhaella took a deep breath. She thought the whole camp knew about what happened that night in the basement.

"thought you knew what happened that night..." She said more to herself than to Wade.

"heard you went and picked a fight with some ferals." Wade replied.

Rhaella nodded and looked down trying to be nonchallant. "being starved for a century makes you very hungry" she started her voice tight "the animal comes out to feed...crossed paths with some soldiers and that's all I know."

It wasn't exactly a lie, she really didn't know everything that transpired but for the sake of being in a small car with new acquaintances she tried to be quick and spare any details. They could figure out the rest themselves.

Wade stared at her eyes wide in amazement but he didn't seem afraid at all.

"Well, remind me not to get stuck in an elevator with you!" He smirked.

Rhaella was relieved at his humor "I'll have more control if that ever happens,"

His eyes looked over her from his side of the car, "But maybe I wont."

She could see from the hungry look in his eyes that it wasn't entirely a joke, which only made her face feel hot. No! She wasn't about to start flirting with her team mates. She was the only woman on this team and she wasn't about to lose any respect by acting like some love-sick maid. She had to establish her dominance in this group if they where going to take her seriously.

She leaned in playing along with Wade's advances, he looked like an excited child in that moment, not realizing how that cheesy line worked. She moved her full lips to his ear as her hand subtly mad its way up his thigh. her sensitive ears could hear his heart beating faster. He placed a hand lightly on her hip and really hoped for once Wraith wasn't looking back.

"For your sake..." Her hand was now dangerously close to his family jewels "you will"

Wade inhaled sharp as her claws extended quickly nicking the flesh of his thigh.

Rhaella growled softly next to his ear and pulled back to her side of the car as if nothing hand happened, but Wade could've sworn the color in her eyes had been gold for the briefest second. He looked down at his leg, she drew a small speck of blood out.

Wade didn't know if he should be afraid or turned on. Well he was definitely turned on, the tightness in his pant where telling him that 'does that make me a masochist?' He thought looking from the small cut back to the breathtaking figure. 'For that one, I'll be a scratching post all night long' 'Jesus Wade, pull yourself together'

Wade snapped out of his thoughts as the car pulled through the gates and stopped back at base.

"Well, it's about time Wraith, now that I'm a hundred. I thought you said this would be a ten minute drive."

The four of them stepped out of the car and Wraith threw the keys back at Aleesa. Still Wade couldn't help but watch Rhaella walk back to the building arm in arm with Aleesa.

"Goodnight men," she smiled back at the two of them.

"See you in the morning! Training starts at seven!" Wade yelled.

What a morning he'd be looking forward to.