Xander stared at the mirror in confusion.
//Why didn't she break my neck… or angel when he pulled me away?// he thought silently as he looked at the red marks faith's hands had made on his neck.
//Two super strong beings pulling me in different directions and all I end up with is a red mark?// he wondered again before his attention was drawn closer to his neck.
More precisely to the paper then scar just above his Adams apple "What the hell?" he muttered as he thought back //Faith didn't do it… he sisterhood of Jhe? No they had claws// he thought as he ran through that period and his mind clicked on the one point where he could get that scar.
"HOLY SHIT O'TOOL CUT MY THROAT!" he shouted at the mirror in concern. "Okay cut throat and not being dead is definitely a bad thing" he said before he stopped and looked back at his reflection.
"Of course it does have it advantages but still" he thought desperately as he walked back and forth in his small room. "okay, let make a checklist of what I'm not" he muttered and sat down with a pencil and a piece of paper "okay lets start alphabetical" he muttered as he started jotting down possibilities
Two hours later he had finished and worked his way down the list checking off the names when he proved them incorrect \.
"Okay Vampire" he said as he looked out the window as the sun was slowly setting below the horizon "Thank god no" he said as he checked it off "Wraith… well I can still pick thinks up so that's a no" he muttered as he looked at the last one on the list "Zombie… well I don't feel like baking a cake so… no" he said as he checked off the last of the list.
//Well this just sucks// he thought to himself as he looked out the window and realized he was late for the Scooby meeting.
With a curse he grabbed his stake and holy water before rushing out the door.
He made it halfway to the library before the hairs started to prickle on the back of his neck, turning around he glanced around at the deserted street in concern, cursing himself again for being out this late alone.
He was in sight of the school when a heavy hand clamped around his neck and an it's equal slapped around his mouth preventing him from yelling.
Quickly fishing into his pocket he pulled out the bottle of holy water and slammed it into the vampire's hand. With a curse to himself he watched the bottle bounce off and go rolling across the ground //ooh yeah… my day just keeps getting better//
Pulling himself up on the vampires grip he brought both feet down on the vampires knee. As the vampire let go Xander turned and looked into the chest of the vampire that had grabbed him.
//Chest?// he wondered idly as he followed it up to the towering creature before him.
"Umm… when did Big Foot move to Sunny D?" he muttered to the eight foot fur covered monster in front of him.
Pulling out his stake Xander Swallowed heavily and clamped down on the feeling of terror "Listen bud… I'm a friend of the slayers and if you know what's good for…" he got before the heavy right caught him across the face and the world went dark.
Growling at the still form for a second he turned to the two human looking people with him "Get the things he dropped... don't leave anything that would tell them what happened" he said and waited for the two to move off before picking up the boy. "I don't know why he wants you so much… but I really hate these kinda jobs" he grumbled as he walked into the darkness.
Xander came too slowly as the cold forced him to shiver //okay mental note to self… avoid being hit by big fur covered demon guys// he thought as the world swam back into focus.
The first sight he saw was the large fur covered being talking to a senior citizen on the far side of the cave //okay… probably mage or demon in human form, odds are he's the big boss// he thought as he watched the interaction between the two.
Moving slowly he looked left to see a dark haired kid with a smile he saw all the time. //insert school bully number one// he thought as he looked to the right at a silver haired kid with a similar smile //and two// he thought as he listened carefully as steps walks quietly up behind him //thank god for dead boy and the slayers… no demons gonna sneak up on me// he thought as he allowed himself to go limp as a cold hand wrapped itself around his neck and lifted him.
"Hey boss, lets just throw him in the drink and watch him swim back" the voice behind him said as Xander nearly passed out again due to the smell of the things breath.
//ooh yeah… this is gonna go over real well// he thought sadly as he smashed his head back. Feeling the back of his skull impact with something solid he pushed the pain aside as the grip around his neck loosened enough he was able to launch himself backwards.
As he and the other rolled across the floor Xander rolled to his feet before he launched himself over the small green human that was holding his shattered nose and made a rush towards the only exit he saw.
He was halfway there when he heard the roar from behind him.
Throwing himself to the left he barely slid under the outstretched claws of the furred demon.
Rolling to his feet again Xander stared at the exit that now stood behind the creature as it just stood there with a grin on its face.
Xander had just committed himself to the fight when a heavy impact to his right brought back the darkness.
"Come on boss… let me deal with this punk, you saw what he did ta my nose" a whining voice broke through the pain as Xander came to again.
"Yes Toad… we did" a smooth feminine voice replied "We saw him come to and disable you before almost making it out of the room before dodging Victor" pain forced a groan as light and cold invaded again.
This time the voice was solid and held a pride Xander remembered from the Mayor as a hand griped his chin "aah… I see you have woken again my friend" Xanders eyes opened to Senior citizen from before, this time he was in a red metal armor and held a helmet in his hand "I do wish to apologize for my companions, they get a bit… overzealous in there jobs"
With a groan Xander realized his hands where bound behind his back with the cold solidness of metal "Well f it's all just a misunderstanding then I'll just be going" he tried as the older man just smiled.
"I am sorry my friend, but your life has taken a change for the worse it seems" he said sadly as Xander looked over the gathered beings again.
The large fur covered being was there still. As was the green guy who now had his nose in a cast as he glared at Xander as the two kids tried to keep from laughing at the green guy's predicament. This time though they where joined by two others. The First was a blue skinned red haired woman he deduced had been speaking before. This was due to the other man standing six and a half feet tall with heavy muscles that Xander quickly decided did not come out of a bottle or gym.
Turning back to the older man Xander shrugged "yeah I know… Sylvester over there just kidnapped me" he growled as he glared at the fur covered guy.
The older man shrugged "I do admit Victor is… impulsive when it comes to finishing the jobs I send him on" he said as the fur guy just grinned and leaned back against the wall
The blue female just smiled as she walked //no that's definitely a Stalk// he thought as she moved over to the older man and draped her hand on his shoulder.
"Magnus, why don't you introduce us" she said in a quite voice that carried more then the whining shouts of the green guy.
"aah yes thank you mystique" the older man smiled as he pointed around the room "The one you dubbed 'Sylvester' is Victor Creed he goes by the name Sabertooth" he said as he pointed to the green man "I Believe you have met Toad already" he said with a chuckle.
Xander thought through the books he had seen and frowned //Sabertooth? Toad? These don't sound like demons// he thought as he realized the older man had continued.
The young dark haired man was introduced as 'Pyro' while the silver haired one was 'Avalanche'
"the large being over there is Piotr Rasputin who goes by the name Colossus and this lovely being is Mystique while I" the older man said simply as he turned back to himself "and I am Eric Magnus" he said as he put the helmet and turned away "and you my young friend are the son of two very powerful mutants, your mother never realized she had two sons when she pulled the trigger on your brother" Magneto said as he walked to the desk and sat with a smile.
Mystique flinched at this before she turned to him in silence "Magnus what are you talking about" she said quietly as Sabertooth moved over and stood beside her.
"Really Mystique, I know about your sordid affair with Victor and I know how you decided to fix one of the problems you created by ending the life of young Mister Graydon when he was running for president" he said as the two mutants flinched at the name of there renegade son.
"But what 'You' don't know is that you had twins" Magneto continued "Your second son was taken and hidden in a foster home before it was broken into by a small time demon who wanted enough children to rise his status among his brethren, he took many children that night and fled with them across America to California where he was killed in a fight with a slayer"
This time it was Xanders turn to flinch as he realized where this was going
"the children where put into an adoption agency where the young Creed was Adopted by a Anthony Harris, in the hopes that a 'Family' man would be able to glean more support out of his parents" he said as the blood drained out of Xanders face.
"Alexander Harris is Alexander Creed" Magneto said as the two mutants turned to there son as Magneto Smiled "Welcome to the Family Alexander"
A/N Peter/Piotr Rasputin A.K.A Colossus Started on Magneto's side and went from working for him to not a few times.
Avalanche's hair seemed to change a few times during the comics (Usally he was blond but i remembered the timing was wrong for quicksilver to join) and as for an answer to the last... if i told you that... youd never learn nothin
On with the Show
Xander sat in shock and just stared at the two mutants before him. //Okay Xan… you can survive this, this is just like… ummm…// he stared blankly as his mind tried to find a connection to this //Darth Vader and Luke? No they where the same species… maybe if he found out his parents where Yoda and the Six breasted dancer out of Jabba's Palace// he winched in pain as that visual image floated by //okay that line of thought is now off limits// he thought before his brow creased in thought.
"Ummm… I hate to point this out but" he stopped as the assembled mutants looked at him "I cant be there kid" he said as the two looked at each other.
Magneto was the first to answer this as he sat back and laced his fingers together "Really Alexander… please tell us why not?" he asked with a hint of caution in his voice.
Xander swallowed heavily at that and thought it through again "Well…" he paused before taking a deep breath and continuing "You said she shot my brother Graydon… I am guessing your talking about Graydon Creed?" he said and sighed when magneto and Mystique both nodded.
"Well I remember that" he said slowly as he looked at them "I was fourteen when that happened and from what I hear you have to be like… thirty five to run for president" he said as he looked between the two mutants he had almost dared hope be his parents "So you see… I can't be your son"
A Short clapping from behind them turned Sabertooth and Mystique around to see Magneto with a grin.
"A very astute observation Alexander, if you had aged as others you would indeed be forty seven by now" he said as he smiled again at the look of shock on Xanders face.
"But it seems Mister Sinister wanted you for his own genetic manipulations, he placed you in a state of temporal stasis under the house" he said simply as Xander just stared in shock "Yes Alexander you where born Forty Seven years ago to Raven and Victor Creed"
Xander stared at Magneto for several seconds before a smile broke past his mask "Cool" he whispered as the two mutants smiled at him "so what now?" he said as the smile was replaced by a frown "I mean… I'm no mutant and I" he got before the look on Magneto's face stopped him "I'm not a mutant… am I?"
The next morning Xander woke with a groan //okay Xan, find out what the heck you at last night and force feed it to deadboy// he thought groggily as he rolled over and crashed to the hard stone floor.
"What the hell? I don't have stone floors" he grumbled as he sat up and looked around the room.
Outside the huge windows Xander watched the snow fall slowly to the ground "i-it wasn't a dream" he whispered to himself as he thought back through the day before.
After the explanation Eric had made him promise not to break toads nose again before released him. The rest of the day had been taken up in touring the base, going through multiple tests and learning about his parents.
//yeah great way to learn about them// he thought as he thought back to the training ring of the day before.
"I could hardly touch mom and I doubt I could hurt dad with a wrecking ball" he muttered as he pulled on a pair of sweat pants and a shirt.
As he pulled the shirt on he stopped //how the hell?// he thought absently as he realized he had always had trouble calling the Harris's mom and dad //and here I'm saying it to two people I hardly know after less then a day//
With a chuckle he finished dressing and walked out the door to find some food.
Walking into the mess hall Xander grinned as his parents at one end of the long hall.
Walking to the food center Xander settled Toast, eggs, Bacon and ham before moving over to sit in a corner by himself.
He had just picked up some bacon when it was snatched out of his hand. Looking over Xander glared at toad as the green man just smiled and chewed Xanders food.
Glaring at the frog man Xander considered his options before smiling //Frogs can heal from a lot// he thought as he finished up his toast.
Picking up another piece of bacon Xander heard the tell-tale sound of toad and reacted.
As the tongue snapped out Xanders hand flashed out and caught the offending Body part before his fork came down and skewered the amphibians tongue to the table.
As toad screamed and thrashed Xander picked up his food tray and walked from the room //ooh yeah Way to go Xan… Damaging a Full member of the country Club before your even a candidate// he thought bitterly as he headed for his room to finish his meal in peace.
Xander was just finishing the last of the eggs when the door opened to reveal Mystique.
"Alexander can we talk?" she asked in a tone that made it more of a statement of fact then a question.
"Yeah sure mom" he said as he turned and sat carefully on the bed. "What's on your mind?" he asked nervously as Mystique just continued to stand.
"Alexander I want you to understand that I was shocked by what you did in the dining hall" she said as Xander lowered his head.
"I know, I'm sorry it just… food was never in great supply at my old home and… well it got to the point where I would fight tooth and nail for anything to eat" he said with a shrug as Mystique sat on the bed beside him.
"Alexander you need to understand that I will never allow you to go hungry again" she said as she set a hand on his shoulder "But that is not what I was talking about" she said as Xander looked back at her in confusion.
"Alexander, Toad has been fighting for the last decade, yet you managed to best him yesterday when you had yet to recover for being knocked unconscious" she said as Xander looked confused again "And then just now you managed to 'Catch' his tongue which we have calculated is moving at almost six hundred feet per second and impale it on the table with a fork" she said as she smiled at him
"Alexander it seems you have advanced hand eye coordination along with an impressive amount of speed, if this is merely your passive mutant abilities then your Active ones may well surprise us all"
She smiled for a few moments before she became more subdued "But to the matter at hand… I want you to be careful Alexander, Toad is a very dangerous enemy, he will take any opportunity to hurt you and he will carry a grudge for as long as he lives" at this Xander just nodded silently before she smiled again "And I would hate to have to clean the little Toadstool off the walls when your father finds out he hurt you"
//If Victor gets to him first that is// she promised as Xander just smiled and laughed
Xander was sweating.
This alone would not be a bad thing if the multitude of micro cuts and scratches weren't there. As they where Xander was having a hard time keeping his focus on his opponent.
Across the open area Victor Creed was circling the boy slowly as he looked for another opening, when it came he launched himself across the open area and was pleased when Xander sidestepped and landed a straight punch to his side.
As he stood up he smiled again "Good, put you put to much weight on your left foot in the turn, try to keep yourself balanced so you don't open yourself to counter moves" he said as the doors opened to reveal Toad standing there.
"Aye tooth… Magneto wants me to train with the kid for a bit" he said as Victor glared at the little man who just shrugged "Ya got a problem with it, Take it up with the boss" he said.
With a growl Sabertooth stomped over and towered over the smaller man "I will" he said simply before brushing past him and out the door.
Xander watched his dad walk out; the impact of Toads tongue to the side of his head warned him that his focus should be somewhere else.
Victor was growling as he stormed into the office of one of the most powerful mutants on the planet "Why did you send toad to replace me?" he growled out as Magneto looked up from a document he was reading.
"Mortimer asked if he could train young Alexander and I agreed" he said as Victor stood there for several seconds.
With a roar the mutant known as Sabertooth left the office leaving a very concerned Erik Magnus behind.
Turning to the View screen Magneto turned it on to the image of a badly beaten young Alexander Creed "Ooh Mortimer… I do hope you survive this" he said as he switched to the security camera that showed Both Sabertooth and Mystique moving towards the training room with a cold fury.
With a Sigh he turned off the screen and back to the Documents "I Suppose I should look for someone else to fill Toads spot next weekend."
Victor Creed Roared as he stormed out of the room and almost cut Down Mystique as she was walking in
Pushing aside her Concern Mystique rushed to catch up with the Father of her child "Victor, what is the matter" she said as she placed a hand on his arm to stop him.
As he turned she saw something in his eyes she had thought lost almost fifty years ago.
With a growl Sabertooth continued down the hall "Toad has Alex alone in the training room"
Mystique Growled as she pulled him around to face her "You LEFT that 'Thing' Alone with our son"
Victor Glared down at her for a second before moving back down the hall "Toads not going to hurt him… he knows what would happen if he did"
Toad looked in glee as "Tooth's" kid dropped to the ground.
"Na so tough without your dad are you?" he said as he walked up to the crumpled form and pulled his head up by the hair "And how about I just finish you off right here"
Xander could barely hear the words past the rushing of blood in his ears and the pounding of his heart, with a groan he looked at toad with half swollen eyes "You're a dead man Tadpole… you just don't know it yet" he got out past the split lip and missing teeth
Toad just glared at the kid. Here he had been fighting for twelve years for mutants //Okay if I'm gonna be truthfully I do it cuz Magneto lets me beat people up// he thought as he wrapped one hand around Xanders neck.
//and here this kid thinks he's strong enough to beat me?// he thought as he pulled out a Knife
Xanders eyes widened as he looked at the gleaming blade that brought back nightmares of O'Tool and his Zombies.
Toad grinned at the look of fear that came over the kid's eyes as he looked at the blade "Ya know what? I don't really like you all that much" he said before the knife flashed down into Xanders gut.
Piotr Sighed heavily as he entered the gym //Why is it so hard to focus these days// he thought sadly as he tried to clear his mind of his last failed painting.
Opening the door peter stared in shock as Toad stood up from the bleeding body of Victors Son //This is going to end badly// he thought as he rushed to the boys body.
"Mortimer what have you done" he whispered as Toad just shrugged and headed for the door.
"Magneto won't let them kill me, and anything else they threaten to do is just hot air" he said before the door slid open.
Toad never saw the heavy fist as it slammed into the side of his head
Peter watched as Toad collapsed to the floor as the snarling figure of Sabertooth stepped into the gym
"Victor, help me get him to the infirmary" Colossus said quietly as he tried to bring his friends focus away from the figure on the floor.
For several seconds the huge man just growled before a commanding voice broke through the rage.
"Piotr pick up Alexander and follow me to the Medical lab" Mystique said before she set her hand on Sabertooth's arm "Take this 'Thing' to someplace quite" she said as she glared at the still form of Toad before walking out.
Victor had just picked him up when Mystiques voice drifted back "And don't kill him… yet"
With a growl Victor Creed stared at the unconscious face of the creature that had attacked his child "I Should rip your arms out of there sockets and force them down your throat" he growled as he threw the limp form over his shoulder "But I think my Raven will make your last 'Months' far more painful then I ever could" he growled as he moved through the now silent complex.
When he returned Victor stood behind the glass window of the infirmary as he watched Mystique work to save there son.
It was several hours later when a exhausted Mystique woke the sleeping form of Victor Creed "Victor" she said simply as he came to with a start "Victor we need to speak" she said simply before walking carefully to a nearby room.
After looking in at the beeping machines hooked up to his son he looked at the form of Piotr Rasputin as he stood in the doorway "No one enters" he said and simply accepted the nod of the Russian before following Mystique.
Mystique looked up from the table when Sabertooth entered "Victor I..." she stopped as she thought about the situation. "Victor I loved Graydon, so much so that it took me being tortured by him for fifty years before a came back to end his life…" she stopped to collect herself before she looked back
"Even then I almost didn't do it… I almost allowed him to become the monster I knew he was" She sat for a moment before she looked back up.
"Victor, Alexander will be fine" she said slowly as he let out a sigh "it seems he has inherited your strength and healing abilities" she said as she looked back at him "But he also has something else… Victor Alexander is an Empath"
Victor Creed wondered for a moment "Raven… why would Essex want Alex if he just had healing abilities like mine and some psychic stuff?" he wondered until Mystique looked back up.
"Victor Alexander is not Psychic, he can project his feelings into others, and feel there emotions as well" She said as he just stared "if Essex ever got Alexander under his control… he could make every mutant within fifty miles of him come dancing and skipping to be dissected by Essex… and should he gain control of Cerebro" she let the implication sink in until she smiled
"But we could also use Cerebro to imprint the image of Magnus's dream to every human and mutant on the planet… but he would die Victor" she said before she let her head dip "And I believe that is Erik's plan"
It had been two days since the 'Knife incident' and Colossus was helping Xander carefully walk into his room arguing the entire way.
"You heard what John said, the mayors going to 'EAT' my friends at graduation and Buffy's doing nothing to stop it" he tried as Mystique followed patiently.
"Alexander you were stabbed two days ago and you have yet to heal" She said as he slowly lowered himself to sit on the bed.
She cut him off before he could Continue "Alexander I you are not leaving this room and that is final, John and Dominic are more then capable of dealing with Mayor Wilkins" she said before holding up her hand to stop more protests "And IF by some chance they fail Victor is on his way there now, your friends will be fine I'm sure"
//So long as they don't make the mistake of thinking Victor is a demon// she thought with a smile
"But there probably worried about me… can I at least call them and tell them I'm okay?" he asked even as Mystique shook her head.
"Alexander we have a lot of enemies, if they where to find out you where Mine or Victors son they would hurt you" She said as Xander just sighed
"I'm not afraid of being hurt mom, I've been fighting demons and vampires for three years now" he argued again as his mother just looked at him.
"Alexander when I say they will hurt you" She paused and took a breath "Alexander they will hurt or kill your friends just because they are the friends of my son"
Xander thought about that for a while before he looked back up.
"Mom I've been wondering and" he paused and considered how to ask something that had been bothering him since Magneto had told him about his History.
Seeing him pause Colossus decided it was time to make his excuses "Pardon me Raven, but I have a painting to finish and Erik wished to see me in an hour" he said before leaving them alone
With a Sigh Xander decided to be as blunt as he could.
"Can you tell me about Graydon?" he whispered softly.
With a sigh Mystique sat beside him and thought back on the years she had spent raising the man she would have to kill.
"Graydon always seemed bitter, as a baby he would never come to me unless I was Human" she said sadly
"As he grew he would spend more time away from me" she said as she remembered one of the more painful memories "He would tell people his real mother died… that I was an evil monster that had stolen him" she said as Xander sat silently.
"In his early teens he seemed to gain even more venom against mutants, myself especially. It seemed every day we would have an argument that started or ended with 'If you weren't a freak'" she said before she sighed again.
"I didn't make it easy for him I'm sure Alexander but… I had people cursing me for how I was born whenever I went out, I could not take it from my own son as well" she said before she collected herself again.
"When he started the 'Friends of Humanity' they where little more then a gang that would harass mutants whenever they found them… he would leave the pamphlets and flyers around the house for me to find"
"When I saw him in a riot that ended in four mutants being beaten to death I… I knew I had to leave… I stayed until his seventeenth birthday before I signed everything over to his name and walked out. The next time I saw him he was speaking for the friends of humanity about the evils of Mutants"
With a sigh she stood and smiled at her son "I Am sorry Alexander, but I must speak with Erik before Piotr" she said before leaving.
Xander watched her go before dropping his head onto the bed "my best friend is a witch who's dating a werewolf, the girl of my dreams is dating a corpse, i've just been stabbed by a green guy who 'Must' be the french kisser from hell, my mom is blue, my dad can bench press a Buick and my brother is an asshole who tried to kill them both" he sighed before closing his eyes "my life. Complicated? Never" he muttered sarcastically before drifting off to sleep.
Mystique Ducked as she entered the small cave "Well Mortimer, are you feeling better today?" she asked the gagged figure on the wall.
With a groan Toad looked at the woman who had been coming back daily, bringing new pains each time.
"Mortimer I'm going to make sure you understand why exactly this is happening" She said as she built up a small fire nearby and set several Knives inside the flames before holding a small need inside the flame until it glowed a bright orange.
Walking back to the small man she held needle in front of his face before slowly inserting it into his into his cheek.
As the muffled screams finally settled down Mystique picked up a small paring knife that had begun to get a bright white color "No one hurts my child" she said before the screams started again.
It was several hours later that Mystique opened the door to Xanders room and watched as he slept //No one hurts my child//
Victor Creed glared at the sign in front of him with distain before walking past the garish 'Welcome to Sunnydale'
Pulling out a small phone he pressed the speed dial button and waited
:Yes?:
"I'm in Sunnydale" he growled as Mystique looked up the required information
:one fifteen Melbrew Drive: She read the information off as Victor glared at the Sign
"Okay, I'll be there in..." he was interrupted from finishing by three smiling men approaching.
"Well look what we have hear, looks like a full buffet" the first one said as the other two moved to flank the large mutant
:What's happening Victor?: Mystique asked at the sudden interruption of the conversation.
Sabertooth looked at the man as his Face contorted "I think I'm being attacked" he said as he just continued to stare.
The silence on the other end was enough to tell him of her disbelief "I'll call you back when I'm done" he muttered before closing the phone and slipping it into the pocket of his trench coat.
His hand shot out and grabbed the first vampire around the throat before gripping the top of his head and twisting.
The Snapping sound was soon beaten by a sound of rushing air as the creature turned to dust.
The other two vampires stared in shock as there 'Meal' twisted the head off of there leader.
With a growl they leapt at the tall figure.
Ducking under the two Sabertooth sprang foreword with a growl and grabbed the two by the neck.
Slamming them together Victor smiled at the sound //like dropping an egg// he thought as the two Vampires skulls where crushed by the impact.
Shrugging off the dust he pulled the phone out of his pocket again and pressed redial.
:Have Fun?: Mystique asked as she could almost see the smile on his face.
"I don't know did you enjoy your talk with toad today?" he said as he walked past the sign and into the town.
It was ten minutes later when the huge mutant double checked the address to the house.
Knocking on the door he tried to ignore the almost overwhelming smell of cheap beer and stale sweat.
As the door was jerked open the pot-bellied man glared at him in a near drunken stupor "Wha do you want" he slurred as Victor checked the address again.
"Anthony Harris?" he asked the man who looked confused.
"Yeah, wha do you want?" he asked confused this time
Snapping his hand out Victor wrapped his hand around the mans throat and lifted him to his face "I want to talk to you about the bruises on my son" he growled as he carried the man inside and kicked the door shut.
The sharp pain in Xanders arm forced him awake.
As his eyes opened Xander stared at group standing around him while a man in red glasses was holding a needle before he slowly sank back into unconsciousness.
Magneto smiled to himself as he nodded to toads replacement "that will work out fine" he got before he was interrupted by the base alarm "I'm afraid we must postpone this discussion for later, I will be in New York in three days. See that everything is ready"
The dark haired man nodded once with a greasy smile before he stood and quickly made his way out.
It was several seconds later when Mystique rushed in with Piotr close behind.
"Magnus he's gone, Alexander is missing" she almost growled as Magneto stood quickly.
"Peter, lock down the base, Mystique start running through the security footage for where he went." He ordered quickly before rising and starting to put on his armor "Poitr once the base is locked down I want you to search for signs of forced entry, we will get him back Mystique" he said before moving out the door, the other two mutant quickly following.
Dominic rolled his eyes and sighed as John continued to complain.
"I'm just saying why do 'We' have to be out here walking around a graveyard in the middle of the night just so this Xander guy can sleep better" he complained as he watched the blond and redhead move through the graveyard.
With another sigh Dominic looked over at him "We're out here because A magneto told us to be B Mystique asked us to and C Sabertooth said he would rip our still beating hearts out of our chest and shove them so far down our throats we'd be constipated before we die if we said no" he growled before leaning over towards his friend "And Victor Creed is a very Scary man"
He let that sink in before turning back "Now shut up and watch those two because personally I like my intestines where they are"
John grumbled a few more minutes before finally settling down to watching in quite.
Xander sighed as he opened his eyes and glared at the offending…
//Okay where the hell did the tree's come from?// he wondered idly as he tried to adjust his spine around the root that seemed attached to his back.
Groaning he sat up trying to work the kinks out of his muscles "Note to self, find what ever hit me and smack deadboy with it" he grumbled as he stood up carefully.
"Ya? Seems you do no like this… Deadboy?" a voice said quietly as Xander looked around to place it.
Finally seeing the blue demon like person smiling at him from the tree Xander shook his head again and glared at him "Come down here and face me like a demon so I can run away and hide" he said as he prepared to fight or flee.
"I am not a demon, my name is Kurt Wagner, but in the Munich circles I was known as 'The Incredible Nightcrawler'" he said with pride as Xander stared.
"Not a Demon?" Xander mumbled and the blue Mutant nodded "Okay then why did you bring me here." He said looking around for a moment "And where is here?"
Dropping to the ground Nightcrawler looked around "I don't know, I just woke up to you speaking of this… Deadboy" he said as he looked around.
Xander sighed and thought for a moment "Okay Kirk what's your mutation and how can we use it to get away" Xander asked as the he looked up at the noon sun
"My name is Kurt Wagner" he enunciated carefully before looking around "And I'm a teleporter" he said sounding a little confused.
Xander smiled "Great just beam me up Mr. Scott and drop me off in Sunnydale on the way" he said as he looked at the blue guy for a second his face fell. "Let me guess, Mr. Murphy just kicked that plan in the teeth didn't he" Xander said as he saw Nightcrawlers confused look.
Kurt looked at Xander for a moment and Sighed "I don't know who this Murphy is but." He paused as he tried to Teleport again and only got a mild headache for his troubles "It seems I can't teleport from wherever this is."
With a Sigh Xander nodded "And Mister Murphy strikes again" he said before spinning and picking a direction at random "Lets head that way and see if we can find anything" he told Kurt who just looked a him.
"Would it not be better to stay here?" he said looking around "Someone might come looking for us"
Xander looked at the blue skinned mutant for a second before leaning over "That's why I really don't want to stay here Fishbait, remember the most likely person to find us right now is the person that put us here in the first place." Xander said looking around at the trees "And I really don't want to give them a second chance to dissect me"
Nightcrawler thought about this for several seconds before nodding "Okay, that seems likely but why that way?" he said nodding his head in the direction Xander pointed.
Xander looked that way for several seconds before shrugging "that way is better then standing here and just as likely to have something as the other one hundred and seventy nine directions" Xander said as he looked around again "But if you have a better way to go point it out and lets Engage the Full Bore Linier Panic" Xander said as he fell back to a joke from a McManus book he had read about being lost.
At Nightcrawlers confused look Xander sighed again "If you have a better way point it out"
Shaking his head Kurt followed as Xander led them in the chosen direction for several minutes before a thought came up. He waited several minutes before tapping Xander on the shoulder "Two things" he said holding up two of his fingers "One. What is your name?"
Xander smiled and held out his hand "I'm Alexander, But my friends call me Xander" he said as Nightcrawler shook his hand before they continued on there way.
Kurt stayed silent as he thought before looking at Xander again "And two… what did you mean by Fishbait?"
Victor Creed was about to enter the bar when the Phone Rang.
"Creed, Whadayou want?"
The voice on the other end was laced with Venom as Mystique fought to control her rage. "They took him Victor, Xavier's brats took Alexander."
Creed growled as the plastic of the Cell phone started to crack under the pressure he was applying. "Are you sure Raven, The whelp may be small but he ain't stupid, if he knew who Alex was he..." he was cut off as Mystique Slammed her fist into the wall.
"Don't think me a fool Victor, I Saw them do it, I have tape of them taking Alexander" she hissed before stopping to calm herself.
Sabertooth for his part was growling as he tried to keep from crushing the phone. "Okay Raven, I'll be back by tomorrow"
Mystique sighed before shaking her head "No Victor, Alexander needs you there, I'm heading out now with Piotr tonight" She paused to collect her thoughts for a second before continuing "I will call you when I reach Xavier's" she said before closing the phone and turning to the large Russian. "Let's get my son back."
Creed growled at the phone before closing it carefully and putting it back in his pocket. With a heavy growl he stalked towards his next target //Who the hell names a bar the 'Alibi Room' anyway//
Willy tried to drag air into his lungs as the huge mutant held him several feet off the ground.
"I'll ask one more time rat, who has been going after the Harris kid." Creed's growl filled the empty bar.
Finally deciding it was in his best interest to comply with the man Willy worked in air and gasped out a response. "Spike, William the Bloody whatever his name now he's been going after the kid." He said as his vision narrowed and the blood started to pound in his ears.
With a snarl Creed dropped the small bartender and let him get his breath back. "Okay then, where is this Spike person?"
Mystique knew that Xavier would never be stupid enough to kidnap her son like they did. //If Xavier where here then Eric would have known and we would have heard… something.// she thought as she entered the dark apartment and looked around.
In one corner was a mass of slime, fur and horns, in the other was the focus of her search.
Smiling to herself Mystique walked past the chaos demon and gently sat down at the small table.
Dru smiled at the blue mutant as she filled the glasses with liquid "Mummy, did you come for tea?" she asked and continued before she got an answer "Miss Edith says your looking for kitten and his blue friend, do you like blue mummy? I always thought blue was smiling at me, so much nicer then mean brown."
Mystique listened to her ramble for several minutes before she set her hand on the vampires arm.
"Is Alexander Kitten Dru dear, can you ask Miss Edith where Alexander and his blue friend are?" she asked.
Dru looked at the doll for several seconds before shaking her head. "Miss Edith says you'd leave before the biscuits are ready if I told you." She said as she rearranged the dishes on the table.
Mystique smiled and nodded "Miss Edith is right dear, I would leave if I knew where Alexander is. But if Miss Edith is unable to tell you perhaps the pretty stars might sing me a song." She said before Dru smiled again.
"The stars will always sing for you mummy, but Miss Edith says the stars don't know where Kitten is, Miss Edith says she won't say until the biscuits are done." Dru said before shaking her finger at the doll "It's very naughty of Miss Edith to disobey mummy." She said before standing and walking over to the small over as the timer dinged.
At the sharp sound the large mass shifted slightly before settling back down, Drusilla hummed to herself as she brought the slightly biscuit shaped things over to the table.
Smiling Mystique took a small bite and forced herself to swallow the odd creation before setting it on her plate. "Drusilla, can you ask Miss Edith where kitten is again, it's very naughty of Miss Edith to keep that from me." She said as the insane seer smiled and helped the doll eat a biscuit before setting her down and looking sternly at the doll.
"Kitten is in the woods near the big hollow mountain now mummy, he's with the blue friend and both of them are lost. Are you going to help kitten mummy?" she asked as she looked back at the mutant.
With a smile Mystique stood nodded "Yes dear, Mummy is going to go help Kitten, and when we get back we'll come back and have tea with you dear please tell miss Edith I said goodbye." she said before leaving the apartment.
As she got to the door Drusilla turned quickly "Mummy, the mean evil man wants to hurt kitten and mummy, please don't fib and not come back." She said before turning back to the doll.
With a last glance at the insane vampire she had met in France so many years before Mystique left to find the hollow mountain she had spoken of.
Xander hated his life.
No, on second thought that didn't seem to fit, life hated him.
It had started as a walk through the woods, that had been interrupted by none other than Spike as the bleached blond Vampire had sat against a tree smoking a cigarette and he smiled at the sun.
That was about the time Xander decided that life hated him.
"So spike… found a new brand of sun block or what?" Xander joked as spike ground the cigarette out and stared at him.
"Whelp? So you're the one Essex wanted?" Spike said as he decided the universe loved him. "So are you going to resist or do I get ta say you did?"
Xander's last sight was that of the vampire's fist before the impact sent him under again.
Xander felt the pain as a razor blade cut through the muscle tissue, felt the despair as he realized that no one would care that he was gone, much less come to help should they find he was missing.
He felt the insult at the words flung at him from his captors, the sting of the needles as they drained off his blood. The weakness of sustained blood loss keeping him from even growling at his captors as they continued to torture him.
Xander knew that someone was trying to break him, they used lack of sleep and pain to keep him from physically resisting while they were using hunger, thirst, blood loss and psychological torment to break his will.
Showing his stubborn streak, Xander let as much pain as he could slide away and he remembered the times he had run through the woods and jungles.
//Jungles?//
He found humor that someone as cruel and evil as they were would resort to mere words to try and break him.
He slowed the blood flow through the wounds until only a small tickle could be felt as the blood flowed over his fur.
//Why do I have fur?//
He felt his hands finally relax and the pain in the palms recede, as he no longer dug his claws into them.
//When did I get claws?//
Opening his eyes Xander carefully looked up at Spike as the vampire glared at him.
"So whelp, how do ya like the new me?" The vampire sneered as Xander tried to shake the pain off. "Seems this Essex bloke has this mix see, he gives me a bit of a poke and next thing I know I'm tanning nicely without the nasty side effects." The blonde vampire said with a grin as he took a drag on the cigarette before tossing it out and pulling a scalpel out. "What say we play twenty questions."
Victor Creed stared down at the short vampire that was blocking his way.
"Sorry lunk, dis hears a private party." The short vampire said as he stared up at the huge mutant. "So piss off or I'll…"
The creature's rant was cut off as his throat was crushed in the large mutant's grip.
Pulling the vampire up to eye level creed tried not to smell the rotting flesh of the minion. "Wanna live?" He growled as the minion nodded in terror. "Then you have five seconds to tell me where this… 'Spike' person is." He growled out before he started to count.
He got to three before the minion caved.
"I don't know, I DON'T KNOW!" he screeched before his throat was ripped out by the enraged mutant.
Letting the dust fall through his fingers, Creed sneered at the remains. "Then you're no longer worth my time." He growled before looking at the thick door of the vampire's nest. "Let's hope your sire is of better mind… for his sake."