Fang and claw

Prologue: Prey

"It's raining more than usual" droplets of water cascaded down from the heavens as the city of Vale experienced one of the worst storms in recent memory. Like ants escaping from the wrath of god the people of the city hid inside the buildings meant to keep them safe, she could hear them whispering curses as they struggled with their umbrellas or smelt their desperation to get out of the water.

She stopped near an electronics store and faintly heard the news broadcast "… no. Mutation is not the same as a semblance, the mutation changes the DNA itself and makes the one affected far different than any human, hell, even more different than a Faunus! How can we feel safe when there are mutants that could wipe us out of the face of the earth faster than the Grimm?!"

Shoving her hands deeper into her pockets she felt her frown deepen as a one her fangs escaped her mouth, if not for the hood she was wearing a bystander would have been able to see how they glowed eerily under the glow of the shattered moon "Not all mutants have destructive abilities, like semblances there are some that are beneficial to mankind and faunus-kind. If we reject this people we are at risk of alienating a portion of the populace that might help us thrive and get rid of the Grimm"-"There is no possible way that you believe that Mr. Xavier we are at risk of extinction on all sides, humanity is threatened by the White Fang, Grimm and now this Brotherhood of…"

"Meet me in the back alley" there it was, a faint whisper made her grin as she smelt the nervousness in the air. Faster than the average man could see she was gone, cutting through the air as the rain masked her movements and scent. Slamming into the wall she used her mighty claws to climb to the top of the building where she better could survey her target.

Two of them, they both reeked of fear and death. What better day to hide their atrocious deeds than under the heavy rain?

"Come on man, I don't like this. Jimmy and Zack are in the hospital, aghh I knew we shouldn't have made a deal with those freaks… just please tell me you got it" there was a pause as the other man reached into his pocket "It was a pain to get this but my contact in Atlas came through, I don't know why the hell he would want a map of that mountain but I got your stupid tech thing"

It was heavy, from what she could see it was about the size of a large dog "This stupid tech thing is going to make us rich man! If I wasn't so creeped out by those guys I would keep working with them but I wont lie, they give me the heebie jeebies" there was a pause as the one delivering the package extended his hand. "Time to drop in" she muttered to herself as she dropped down and sank her claws into the metal a horrid shreek followed as sparks flew and she made the two criminals jump in fear.

"AH! Creed?! What the hell are you doing here man… you are not supposed…" dropping the large coat that hid her from view Yang Xia Long grinned as her fangs made both of the criminals reach for their guns. "No, just his runt" ember celica ignited around her claws as she jumped towards the duo and felt the bullets pierce her skin. Her aura had not kicked in, no matter the wounds would heal in just a bit.

She grabbed the head of the first on and slammed a fist on his stomach, this one did not have any aura so she would go easy on him "Here" she slammed her foot down on his knee shattering it "Stay" she ignored the screams as she turned to her attention to the one that had uttered that name. She extended her finger towards him.

"You know Victor Creed?" a bullet bounced off her skull, wiping the blood away she grinned at him enjoying the fear that emanated from the man as she cracked her neck "Sorry I'm a bit thick headed" she grinned at her own pun as the man watched in horror as her aura healed her "Now, back to my question" she grabbed him by the neck and sank her claws in his neck, the smell of blood made her eyes glow yellow.

The beast within begged her to sink her teeth into his flesh and tear him apart but she kept it in chain for now "Where is Sabretooth? I know you have been talking with the Brotherhood of Mutants, your friend Zack spilled the truth… and part of his guts" the guy paled at that.

"Look blondie… I don't know what you want with him but he is a bad BAD man… oh gods he is going to tear me limb from limb if he finds out I spoke" using her free hand she pointed her claws and grinned "You know he might do that, but I will cut off your di…"-"NO WAIT! Aah man I'm gonna have to skip town… look I don't know where he is but we did set up a meeting near the docks he needs this thing to give it to Magneto!" that was a new name, it sounded very important.

Before she could question him further, she sniffed the air as the rain slowed down.

Ruby.

And she was not alone, reaching into the guys pocket she stabbed his hand into the wall "Stick around for a bit will ya" she ignored the screams as she ran towards the smell. It reeked of dust and a cigar.

"HEY DON'T LEAVE ME HERE! Dammit…"-"Now, what did we talk about the other day Bob" his blood ran cold, he tried to free himself of the knife as fast as he could but it wouldn't budge. He looked around in fear as the dark alleyway seemed to grow darker and darker by the second.

A dark chuckle made him tremble "Why are you sharing names now? That was one of the first things I told you not to do" he wanted to say excuses, to say something to stop what was to come but all words died in his mouth when from out of nowhere Sabretooth slammed his foot down on the head of his partner killing him instantly.

Shaking his boot to get rid of the bits and pieces of the guy, Sabretooth passed a hand trough his blonde hair and smiled. The giant teeth on his mouth red with the blood of another victim "Here I was coming to give you a surprise and a nice bonus and what do I find you spilling your heart out to the little runt" shaking his finger Victor picked up the container that contained whatever the hell Magneto wanted.

"Y-your d-daughter?"

Victor chuckled as he nodded "Yeah" twisting around at inhuman speed he slammed the crate on the head of the guy killing him instantly "But no one needs to know that" looking up he saw a bullhead pass overhead. Sniffing the air he picked up the trail of dust and a cheap cigar. He remembered that smell Roman was around, it would be best if he just faded into the shadows after all the hunt was getting fun "The runt is getting better, catching up" Victor muttered to himself as he left the scene of the murder, sniffing the air he could sense that she was returning no doubt in for a big surprise but he also detected a peculiar smell.

Faint, masked by bullets, dust and sweat.

But he recognized the smell of roses in the air "Interesting" he grinned as he heard the scream of frustration echo in the air, seems like Yang had found his handiwork. For now he was needed elsewhere, but he would come back to continue their little game… it was almost her birthday after all.

A/N: Thank you for reading!