Battle Mode
by Spike's Serena
sequel to Wildcat
rating: PG?
disclaimer: I don't own BtVS characters or X-Men.
Part 1
Flashback on Wildcat's epilogue
Turning around, the Slayerettes saw a whole gang of weird people standing
near a mausoleum. But what caught their eyes was the small silhouette with
red hair standing by their side.
The Wildcat was back in Sunnydale.
* * *
"Willow!" Xander looked at the girl, no, woman in front of him. She had
changed so much. The last picture he got of her, she had looked like the
innocent teenager he had always known. Now, he was seeing a beautiful
nineteen year old girl. She was a mutant, a fighter. She wasn't as
dependent as before. But in her eyes, he saw a part of the old Willow. She
hadn't change that much. She was just more confident and responsible.
Giles was more in control of his emotions. He did saw Willow, but also a
bunch of mutants with her. Their was two other ones next to her, a blond
guy and a brown haired girl. [Probably her friends.]
Willow wasn't sure what to do. She wanted to embrace them at the same time
of running the opposite way. It had been 18 months since the last time she
had seen them.
Buffy didn't let her time to choose. The Slayer ran to her old friend and
took her in her arms. "Oh, Willow. It's so good to see you. I missed you
terribly. Why didn't you phone me? How are you? Who are your new friends?"
That was enough. Bobby burst into laughing. Willow turned toward him, a
little smile and a cocked eyebrow. "What are you laughing at Mr. Freeze?"
Hearing her calling him that, he stopped. "Thanks." Willow turned back to
Buffy. "It's nice to see you too." Giving her a smile, she looked at her
childhood friend. After all that time, he hadn't learn: he was still with
Cordelia.
Jean saw an older man standing apart from the teenagers. Walking to him she
asked, "M. Giles? I've learn you are the Watcher. Do you have a place we
can go to talk privately?"
Giles was surprise to be called a watcher. Then he remembered, "Willooow!"
"Oops! Sorry Giles. She's psychic so she would have found out anyway."
Buffy picked up the conversation rapidly. Her Watcher wasn't very social.
"Come on. This way. We're going to Giles house." And the group composed
of mutants and Slayerettes walked to the "base."
* * *
"So, what brings you here?" Giles asked Willow.
The red haired girl sat down on the couch next to Wolverine. "I'm sure
you've heard about that mutant Magneto."
Xander, coming back from the kitchen, jumped in the conversation. "Is he the
one that nearly killed everyone near liberty island?"
"Yeah that's him. He escaped last week from his plastic cage. I don't know
how so don't ask," Willow added seeing Cordelia trying to cut her. "The
professor has contacts around the world and he knows Magneto's in
Sunnydale."
That was Buffy's department. That big evil mutant was coming to her town
and she wasn't going to let him take it as his personal amusement park. The
Master has been destroyed, Angelus hadn't win his game and even the mayor
was part of Sunnydale's history book. "Just tell me where this mutant is
and I'm going to kick his ass," the Slayer simply said.
Willow exchanged a look with Rogue. "Buffy, listen to me, oK?" she asked.
"I wouldn't have come to SunnyHell if I knew you could handle it. It's not
a stake that is going to get rid of him. That's why I'm not alone to warn
you. Last time, it took all the X-Men and a major participation by lady luck
to take down Magneto. I needed some back up here. That mission is part of
my training. I'm not in total control of my powers yet and I need some grown
ups to help me do the job. Do you understand?"
Buffy nodded, a bit disappointed. She knew Willow would not tell her that in
less it was strictly the truth.
Cordelia raised her hand, trying to get attention. "Sorry to interrupt you
but...maybe this guy just escaped to have some peace and live quietly for
the rest of his life."
Willow glared at her. "Seriously, Cordy, if you could have a chance to go
anywhere in the world to have some peace, would you go on the Hellmouth?
That's what I thought."
Storm, knowing Wildcat was about to loose control, took her place to explain
the rest of the story. "The professor told us he was looking for a mutant
in this town. This mutant could be the key to a whole lot of things. We
have the mission to find this mutant in danger and fight Magneto off."
Giles finally stepped out of his stupor. He stood up and walked toward
Cyclops. "And you're just going to let those kids play in the middle of
this war?" he asked, pointing toward Willow, Rogue and Bobby. "I think you
have no rights about that. They are not able to fight off evils. They are
teenagers. You maybe think you're superior because of genetic and..."
Giles was suddenly slammed into the wall. Before he could move, a wildcat
hand gripped his neck. "Once, you may have been the father I never had,"
Willow told him. "But today, you are just as insignificant as linoleum is to
me. So, instead you want to see how "helpless" I am, I suggest you shut
your mouth good."
"Wildcat, calm down. Let the Watcher go," Wolverine told her gently.
Slowly, he approached her and took her arm, taking her away from the old
man. He led her to the couch and made her sit. When Willow was calmer, he
made his way back to the trembling man. He let the claws go out and put
them near Giles' face. "If you make her loose control like that again, I'll
ripe your neck open with no second thoughts." He turned around and took
Willow's arm. "Let's go before we let him see what those 'kids' can do."
Xander watched as the X-Men left the house. "Well, Bravo Giles." He took
his bag and exited the door, a shaken Cordelia and an angry Slayer following
him.
Part 2
"I can't believe him! The Council is often playing "let's make a deal" with
demons and other hellmouthy things and he has the guts to threaten mutants,
who are humans only with a different genetic code then his." Willow paced
in the kitchen. She took a large knife and started chopping some vegetables
for the dinner. "I'll show him, mister I'm-the-watcher-I'm-the-boss. I am
not a kid! I can take care of myself!"
Wolverine entered in the kitchen, not aware of the inner battle between
Willow and herself. "Wildcat!"
The red head growled and turned around, missing Logan's arm with the knife.
"What?"
"First of all, drop the knife."
"Like hell!"
Wolverine caught her wrist and squeezed it. The knife fell on the floor.
"Come on, Will! You're better than that!" Willow finally relaxed her arms.
She looked at her lover in sadness. "Don't look at me like that! You
deserved it. Now, your old friends are in the lounge. They want to see
you."
Willow gave him a small smile of regret and kissed him. She then went to
see the old scooby gang.
* * *
"So Willow, what have you been doing since you left?" Buffy asked, a bit
troubled by Rogue and Iceman's presences. She had often wondered where her
friend had run after slapping Harmony. After a few months, she had resigned
herself that Willow wasn't coming back to Sunnydale. And then, there she
was, standing next to her new friends in the cemetery, saving her and the
slayerettes' lives.
"Well, I traveled around the US for some time, but everything really
started when my car broke down in New York." Then, Willow proceeded to
tell her what had happened the first time she talked to Charles Xavier and
Rogue, how she felt when meeting the fabulous martial arts teacher, how she
reacted to the revelation of the true nature of Xavier's school.
Xander was captivated by the story. He finally knew what his childhood
friend had been going through. He was feeling a bit guilty about it. She
had been needing and he hadn't been there to gave her his support. But
seeing her smile to her lover or her new friends, he knew she was happy and
that she didn't regret running away to New York. She was happy then so
was he.
As for Cordelia, she started to feel bad for the red head. She did had to
go all through this. She had a new found respect for the girl. She now
showed that she wasn't just a little innocent nerd and that she could date
hunk. [Look at that Wolverine.] And for sure, seeing that bimbo Harmony
scared for life was sheering her up.
"Hey, I got an idea!" Buffy exclaimed. "Why don't we all go to the movies?
Some kind of big friendship date? That way, Xander, Cordy and I could better
learn about Rogue and Iceman and vice versa." They all agreed. So
together, they left the X-Men's house, walking to the movie theatre. They
had to stop for a few minutes when they stumbled on some vamps...but the
bloodsuckers didn't last long with three mutants, two slayerettes and a
slayer against them. The bunch of teenagers continued their walk to their
final destination.
* * *
"That was great!"
"Typical guy," Rogue said. "They see a little flesh and they go completely
gaga, drooling on themselves."
Cordelia couln'd help but laugh. They had just seen Coyote Ugly. She had
to admit it was a good movie, but Rogue was right. Xander and Iceman had
been drooling since the beginning of the movie.
Willow looked at her once enemy, Cordelia Chase. She had changed and not
just a little bit. She seemed more friendly and less snob. She had noticed
that Queen C truly liked Rogue. The two girls liked talking to each other.
As for Buffy and Xander, it seemed they had bonded with Bobby. The Slayer
was usually bonding fast with boys and her childhood friend relished in the
fact that he had another guy to talk with. She didn't see Mr. Freeze
resisting very much. He was quite happy to talk about sports and women
instead of hearing the girls talk about girlie things and ending up
commenting about Wolverine's ass.
They were so engrossed in their conversations that they never saw it coming.
A small group of vampires and mutants jumped out from a nearby alley. Rogue
immediately recognized Mystique in the middle of them. "I thought we got rid
of you, Smurf," she said, eyeing the blue woman. As an answer, the
shapechanger kicked her hard. Iceman was furious. He grabbed the woman by
the arm and swung her into a wall. He picked Rogue up and Wildcat joined
them into a fighting stance.
Not far from there, Buffy, Xander and Cordelia had four vampires on their
arms. "Seems like you guys need mutants for battle now," Buffy taunted.
"What's the matter? To weak to fight by yourself?" she added with a wicked
grin. The vampires growled and one of them attacked Xander. Cordelia
jumped on his back, giving time to her boyfriend to stake him. Buffy took
care real fast of the other ones.
On their side, Mystique was quickly tiring. She was one against three
other mutants...or so the young X-Men thought. When Icemen tried to freeze
the blue woman, a flame appeared from nowhere and turned the ice to water.
Turning around, he came face to face with Pyro. The two boys were exact
opposite. Rogue and Wildcat fought against Mystique while Iceman took care
of Pyro.
After a few moments, the slayerettes jumped into action and helped their new
found friends. Everyone was occupied...too occupied to notice that Wildcat
was slumped on the ground.
As fast as the attack had come, it ended. Mystique and Pyro left quickly,
leaving a bunch of teenagers a bit confused. "Why did they left?" Xander
asked. "Not that I am complaining but..."
Rogue cut him off. "Where's Wildcat?"
They looked around, in the alley, called her out, but nothing. No sign of
Willow. Buffy sighed. "Just great."
Willow had disappeared.
Part 3
"I'm not sure I want to be there when we tell him," Cordelia said, panting a
bit.
"Come on, Cordy! Faster!" Xander told her, turning around.
"I would like to see you running with heels," she muttered. The slayerettes
and the two mutants were running to the X-Men's house. While doing that,
they tried to find a way to tell Wolverine that Wildcat had been kidnapped
without receiving his wrath... or at least not be in his path for awhile.
Rogue caught her breath before saying, "I don't understand this guy.
Magneto's bright. Why would he go and capture Wildcat? I mean, if I wanted
to accomplish something without losing any parts of my anatomy, I wouldn't
kidnap Logan's girlfriend. He must have a death wish."
"No kidding," Iceman said, trying to hide a giggle. They finally reached
the front door. "So...hum... who's going to tell him?" he asked. Buffy and
Cordelia looked at each other as Xander suddenly found his shoes exciting.
"I will," Rogue told him, knowing she was the most familiar with Wolverine
and his "charming" character. [Those damned claws of him!]
Xander snapped out of his special place and shook Rogue's hand. "Well, I
was happy to meet you. Rest in peace."
"Ha! Ha! Really funny!"
"Seriously, good luck with mister hottie," Buffy told her.
"Is there any girl that doesn't find Wolverine cute?" Iceman asked out loud,
exasperated.
"Cute?" Rogue asked. "Who said cute? He's a major babe. I love you Bobby,
but you're out of league."
"Not funny," her boyfriend told her. They all started to laugh. "No really,
here we are, laughing our head off when Wildcat is...somewhere with
Magneto."
"Yeah, but it's me who's going in there to tell Logan. At least, I would
like a good laugh before getting in his path. Speaking of the devil, I
should go in. Ciao!" With that, Rogue went inside, alone.
Cordelia turned toward Xander. "Don't you think we should call an ambulance
just in case?"
* * *
1 hour later
Iceman crossed the front door, followed by Buffy and the two slayerettes.
Loud crashing noises could be heard coming from the kitchen. Rogue got out
of the room and went to the doorway to greet her friends. "We are currently
in a zone of turbulence. Please fasten your seatbelt and wait for the
storm to calm down."
Buffy smiled at her. "I'm guessing he didn't take it too well."
"Heeeere a big winner! The lady gets a teddy bear!" Rogue yelled with a
fake smile. Frowning, she plopped down on the couch. "I told him the news
half an hour ago. He's been throwing things on the walls since then.
Cyclops is threatening to blast him off. I really don't know what to do."
"Don't you have some kind of psychic mentor that can help you?" Xander
asked. All eyes turned to him. "What? I do have a brain," he defended
himself.
Cordelia rolled her eyes. "Yeah, but it's so rare that you use it, we
totally forgot about it."
Suddenly, Wolverine emerged from the kitchen. On the way to the door, he
grabbed his coat. Cyclops ran to him. "Logan! You are absolutely not going
out!"
Wolverine stared at him. "Who's going to stop me? You? I'm going to find
her whether you like it or not." With that, he went outside, slamming the
door closed.
Cyclops looked at Jean. "I don't know what to do with him. One day, I'm
going to lose control and I'll blast his head off."
"Cyclops," Rogue called him. "We've got to contact the Professor. He could
use Cerebro to track down Wildcat." She threw him the cell phone. "Better
hurry before Wolvie does anything rash."
"You think he'll find her?" Buffy asked her.
"Sure. Cerebro's a great machine."
"I wasn't talking about the Professor, but about Wolverine."
"If he does, I wouldn't want to be at Magneto's place."
* * *
"Got it!" Cyclops exclaimed. The three slayerettes and the two mutants
stood up. "She's in one of the mansions at the end of the city." The five
teenagers headed to the door. "Where are you going?"
"We're going to find Logan, then we're going to get Wildcat and bring her
back," Iceman told him.
"No you're not."
A smile crept up on Buffy's face. "So, we're just harmless kids now? You
are beginning to think like Giles."
A look of disgust passed on Cyclops' face. "Alright, go!"
Suddenly, the door was kicked open and Wolverine entered inside the house,
holding an unconscious Wildcat in his arms. "Look who I found at the city's
limits."
Before any of them could ask questions, he passed through them and headed
downstairs. In the middle of the room was the cage destined to trap Magneto
after his capture. He opened it and put Wildcat gently on the bed. When he
got out, the crowd of teenagers were in the stairs. He closed the door and
locked it.
"What are you doing?" Rogue asked.
"I found her in a mansion's basement. She was in a cage growling and
walking around like a caged animal...ok she was a caged animal but that's
not the point. When I tried to take her, she literally jumped on me and
used those claws of hers on my back."
"She attacked you?" Xander asked, surprised by the ferocity of the sweet
redhead.
"And, pray tell, now she's unconscious because...?" Cyclops asked him.
"I knocked her up! Happy now? I punched my lover! I thought it would be
more easy helping her here than in Magneto's basement when noone knew I was
there."
A low growl startled them all. They looked toward the cage and saw a fully
transformed Willow. The wildcat was taking control of her body.
Part 4
Buffy flopped down on a nearby chair. She looked at Rogue and Iceman. "I
can't believe the wildcat is so damn stubborn. I mean, Wolverine told her
sweet things... than he tried beating some sense into her, we all tried the
"I'm your friend" scenario. Does it work? Nooo. She doesn't want to see
reason." She suddenly stood up, took her chair and swung it into the wall.
Little pieces of wood went flying everywhere.
Iceman pointed the mess that made what was left of the chair. "That won't
help her, you know?"
"I know," the slayer told him. "I'm just so mad. I wish I could just snap
my fingers and she would be back to normal... well, as normal as she can
be." She looked at Wolverine who was sitting next to the cage, keeping an
eye on his lover.
Rogue saw the look of concern on the blonde's face. "I know. I've never saw
him so desasperated. We have to do something."
Something flashed into Cordelia's eyes. "Alright, that's it!" They looked at
her strangely as she made her way to the wild redhead. "You know, we're
tired of this attitude. Plus, it makes you look too hairy, and those fangs?
Please! It's so much vampy. Totally gross! So just transform back to your
old self before I get angry and try some of Amy's spells on you!"
Wildcat moaned and fell on the floor, shaking. After a few seconds, she
looked up at Cordy with her green eyes. "Thanks Cordy." She smiled at her.
"No problem," the brunette answered back. She sat down on her chair,
receiving weird glance from her boyfriend. "What?"
Wolverine opened the cage and was immediately assaulted with kisses from
Willow. "Sorry for punching you," he told her.
"Sorry for attacking you," she told him.
The door to the basement opened and Storm appeared on top of the stairs.
"Hey guys! We need you upstairs. It's planning time." The X-Men and
slayerettes followed the woman to the library.
Jean looked up. "Hey Wildcat! Glad to see you're ok... you are, right?"
"Just peachy," the girl answered, a smile forming on her lips.
"Ok. Then it's business time," the telekinesis woman said. "We need to find
what does Magneto want with the mutant and why did he kidnapped Wildcat."
"I'm sure he wants to transform everyone into mutants again," Cyclops said.
"The mutant may have powers similar to those of Rogue."
"It's a trap."
"What?" Storm asked. All eyes turned toward the redhead.
"There is no mutant. Magneto wanted us to think he captured one so you
would come to him and walk right into a well planned trap. But apparently,
it took us too long to react so he kidnapped me. He knew Wolverine wouldn't
allow to let me in his hands." Wildcat sat down on the table, her legs
dangling.
Buffy frowned. "I still say we kick his ass."
"The slayer's right," Wolverine said. "We need to defeat him once and for
all. Who's with me?" He gave a wicked smile at Cyclops when the teenagers
lifted their hands up. As he went to the door, he heard the three older
X-Men call to him, but it was too late. He was in battle mode.
* * *
"Weapons?"
"Yeah, weapons. You know, like knifes, swords, crossbow, all things good for
your health," Buffy told Wolverine, rolling her eyes.
"What do you need them for?" Iceman asked.
Wildcat and Rogue looked at each other and sighed. "Stupid males." The
redhead turned toward her lover, "They are not mutants, Logan. They need
weapons to defend themselves. Duh!"
"We'll stop by Giles'. He's got quite a collection of lethal things," Xander
told Iceman.
"Not this guy again!"
"Yep!"
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The door opened to the librarian's surprised face. "Buffy!" Then he saw the
redhead he loved as a daughter standing beside his slayer. Slowly, he
approached her and took her in his arms. "I'm sorry Willow. I was just
upset to see you emerged after so much time. I was angry that you ran away.
You should had let us help. We could have understand."
"I know that now. I was so scared. But see, I'm here so everything's fine.
Want to kick some mutant ass?"
"You bet!" He led them to the lounge where he kept his chest full of
weapons.
Buffy picked up her crossbow and a couple of stakes. At Wolverine strange
look, she explained, "It's just in case we meet some vamps. I know some of
them might help Magneto."
Giles picked up a sword. "So, what is the plan?"
"Go in, kick his ass, get out," Wildcat answered him, smirking. Seeing
everybody was ready, "Let's go!"
* * *
Buffy ran to the bushes where were hidden the bunch of "warriors" as Xander
called themselves. "Ok, there's three guards at the door, three vampires.
The slayerettes and I will kill them. X-Men, you go in and we follow you,
getting rid of any vamps in your way. Any questions?" She looked around and
received several strange glances. "I know, I sounded a bit too much like a
soldier."
"Yeah, whatever," Cordelia replied. "So, are we going or not?" She stood up,
grimacing as she glared at her feet. "I swear I'm buying a pair of sneakers
next time I go to the mall." They crawled silently to the entrance, not
wanting to be discovered until it was time. Near the door were the three
vampires, walking around like some dogs protecting their bone. "Yuck,"
Cordelia whispered.
"What?" Buffy turned around to look at her.
"I smashed a bug with my hand," she answered. Xander just stared at her
while Rogue just tried to suppress a giggle.
Suddenly, Wolverine stopped the group. He smelled the air then stood up
just a little to see what was going on. Wildcat picked up the smell soon
after her lover. She crawled to him and took a glance over the bushes. "Oh
shit!" She went back down and turned to the others. "Forget the surprised
and improvised attack. We've got a little problem."
"What is it?" Storm asked.
Wolverine turned toward them. "There is one more vamp."
Buffy gave a confused look at Wildcat. "I don't see the problem."
"The fourth one is bleached blond, has a leather trenchcoat, wears black
jeans and a black t-shirt, smokes Marlboros and looks a lot like Billy Idol.
In one word..."
"Spike." The slayerettes chorused.
"Who's Spike?" Cyclops asked.
"A master vampire that once was ruling the darkest side of Sunnydale, then
I kicked his ass numerous times. He just comes back again. I thought he
would have learned his lesson by now," Buffy sighed.
Cyclops shrugged. "He can't be that bad."
Cordelia and Willow exchanged a look. "He is, Cyclops. Spike is truly a
skilled fighter and he doesn't play by the rules...And the fact that he's
dating a crazy vampiress who has visions doesn't help at all," Wildcat
explained to the X-Men's leader.
Buffy shook her head. "No, it doesn't make any sense. Spike isn't the type
to stand by Magneto and accept orders. Plus, he doesn't have a passion for
destruction like other demons. He did made a truce with me to stop Acathla.
An as far as we know, Drusilla's in Brazil making out with a Chaos demon."
Xander looked at her. "Then what is he doing here?"
A vampire flew over their heads and impaled himself on a tree branch.
"Saving the bloody world," a voice answered near them. They turned around
and saw a smirking Spike, holding a stake. "Hello cutie!"
Part 5
"What's the matter? Cat got your tongue?" Spike asked, grinning.
Xander glared at him with big round eyes. "You. Stake. Vampires."
A confused look appeared on the blonde's face. Turning toward the slayer, he
pointed the dark haired boy. "What is he talking about?"
"You staked vampires," the slayer said. "Why?"
"Don't like that Magneto guy," he shrugged. Then he saw a flash of red hair.
"And how are you, pet?" Wolverine growled at him. Spike took a step back
with a smile. "Last time I was in Sunnydale, you were with chubs but dating
the werewolf guitarist. Then it seems you ditched them both and you started
going out with another wolf."
"Not exactly," the red head replied.
Spike looked up as lightening appeared in the sky. "Where did that came
from?" That's when he saw Storm looking at the sky with...white eyes! "What
the hell?!" He finally noticed the visor on Cyclops' eyes. But when he saw
the red head, it was THE big surprise. She had yellow eyes with sharp teeth
and claws instead of nails. Beside her, he saw the "wolf" with steel claws
extended between his fingers. "You're mutants," he dead panned.
Wildcat rolled her eyes. "Duh!"
A curious gleam entered the vampire's blue eyes. "And what does those two
do?" he glanced at Rogue and Iceman. The young boy froze a nearby bush.
Rogue had a devilish smile on her face. "Want me to show you what I can do?"
"Rogue," Wildcat warned. "He'll know soon enough...unless he's too chicken
to come and play with us in Magneto's lair."
"I'm not chicken!" yelled the outraged vampire.
Moving her face just inches from his, "Prove it."
He took her hand and tugged her with him to the entrance. "Lets go."
* * *
Wildcat, Wolverine and Spike took the lead: they were the only one that
could smell someone approaching. Buffy was close behind to feel the possible
appearance of vampires...other than Spike.
"So, pet, how come you're a mutant?" the bleached blond asked Wildcat.
"Genetic?"
"Ha! Ha! I know that. How come you're with the X-Men?"
Wildcat exchanged a look with Wolverine that turned back to Spike. "How do
you know about the X-Men?"
"Met that Xavier guy once. I decided not to kill him."
"You mean he controlled your mind and made you go away."
"Stop changing the subject!" he yelled.
Wildcat sighed. "Alright. I ran away and ended up in front of Xavier's
school. He didn't told me it was full of mutants. Rogue noticed my claws one
day and I freaked out: I ran away again. Wolverine dragged me back and I'm
an X-Men in training since then."
"Keep quiet, you two," Cyclops hissed.
Wolverine grinned at Wildcat and Spike. He let his claws go out and swung
them in from of him, making a big noise of rocks rolling everywhere. He
turned toward the young mutant. "Sorry. There was a snake."
Spike grinned at him. "I like you Wolvy. You've got that charming character
that only I and a few others have."
Jean snorted and Rogue rolled her eyes. "Don't forget the ass." She winked
at him.
"Thanks, pet." Suddenly, he stiffed. Beside him, Wolverine and Wildcat were
tensed too. Their eyes were looking for the source of the faint noise and
the slayerettes were a bit nervous at the gesture. Spike looked up and
yelled, "Look out!" He pulled the red head with him, her lover close behind.
Pyro let himself fall down and punched Cyclops as he stood up. Flames
appeared out of nowhere and the blond mutant hurled them at Jean. She
dodged them and Spike's eyes narrowed as the telekinesis woman lift Pyro in
the air and made him fly across the cave. Someone kicked him from behind
and he sprawled across the floor. He lift up his head to see a blue scale
covered mutant fighting with the redhead and Wolverine.
Buffy didn't know whom side to go: kick Pyro's ass with the older members
of the X-Men team or help Wildcat and her lover beat the crap out of
Mystique? Faith didn't let her chose as her slayer senses went crazy. "Just
great," she muttered.
A group of about seven vampires circled the slayerettes. "Lucky, aren't we?"
one of them asked, grinning. "If it isn't the slayer and her groupies. I hope
you're feeling lucky because you ain't gonna get out of here alive."
"Sure of that, mate?"
The fledging exploded into dust. The other ones turned around and froze as
they saw Spike. The bleached blond wasn't Sunnydale's master vampire
anymore, but the young vampires weren't kidding themselves. Spike was
deadly when pissed off.
"We're sorry, Master Spike. But we thought..."
"You thought?! What a joke!" He staked him. The rest of them looked at each
other and finally decided it was better to run. A smile of victory appeared
on Spike's face and he turned toward a clearly disturbed slayer.
"You know," she started, "I'm starting to ask myself why I even bother to
patrol with you killing your own minions."
He rolled his eyes and couldn't control a laugh. He saw the X-Men coming to
them, the bunch of them leaving two very dead mutants on the ground. "I
think we should maybe move the fight somewhere else. Lets say, where is
Magneto."
"Brilliant plan, Spike," Wildcat smiled. "And since when are you a genius?"
He laughed at her and put his arm around her shoulders. "Maybe it's your
influence, pet." They walked further in the cave, the rest following close
behind. "Let's find this guy and go back home."
* * *
"So, you are going back with them?"
Wildcat looked sadly at Xander. "Yeah, they are my family now. But I'll
write to you as often as possible."
Taking down Magneto had been surprisingly easy. The mutant had almost all
his allies dead or too scared. Most of the vampires had run away, too
scared of the pissed off slayer and the dangerous smirk Spike had on his
face that promised slow death to anyone in his path.
The slayer walked to her once was enemy. "Thanks Spike. You've been of a
great help tonight."
He smiled at her. "Thanks, pet." The blond vampire had talked a bit with
Wolverine and Wildcat and had finally decided to go to Manchester with them.
He had some talents that could be of great utility in the X-Men. Plus, he
would be a great teacher of history because he lives through some of it.
Anyway, Wolverine had agreed with Wildcat that he needed some help in the
martial arts class: there were too many students for only one teacher and
sometimes, they were driving him crazy.
Finally, the X-Men waved back at the slayerettes as they made their way to
the airport. The redhead once called Willow had promised to visit sometimes
and bring Rogue and Iceman with her.
In the plane, they took their seat, Spike next to Wildcat and Wolverine.
"So, when is the next time we kick some mutant ass?"
the end
