Faith
Freja took Faith's hand, and guided her through the blue swirling portal. Kara and Mist followed after, and they all stood, looking around the outside of Xavier's School.
"Does she remember?" Kara asked, taking her hand off her green jade pendant.
Freja looked at Faith, who's eyes were oddly blank. The Ex-Slayer was dressed in a short brown leather skirt, with a brown leather shirt, that was cropped high to reveal her flat tanned stomach, and just low enough to emphasise the swell of her breasts. Above that was a green jade pendant, identical to the other Valkyrie's. Her brown hair was lighter than usual, and curled, falling onto her shoulders in ringlets.
"I don't think she consciously does. Anyway, let us find the fallen warrior and be done with this place."
Jubilee
Jubilee bladed out the door, jumping to clear the steps and landing in a scattering of pebbles kicked up by her blades. She was deeply unhappy. Logan had more or less shut off since Faith's death, not even wanting to talk to her.
She looked at the women and her jaw dropped open, before she snapped it closed.
"And who are you?"
Faith
"I am Freja, leader of the Valkyries," Freja said.
"And these are some of them. Kara, Mist and our newest, Faith."
Faith's eyes flicked over Jubilee, showing a slight trace of recognition, but as quickly as it was there, it was gone again.
"We've come to speak with the warrior of this place."
Jubilee
Jubilee blew a bubble insolently, then let it pop.
"Which one? We have a few you know, Betty."
Faith
"The one that is called, Wolverine," Freyja replied.
Faith's expression changed for a moment, then returned to being serene.
"We wish to make a deal with him."
Jubilee
"What if he don't want to see no one right now?" Jubilee said challengingly.
"He's kinda pissed at the moment that his girlfriend died. And seeing her in the flesh...she a copy or what?"
Her hip jutted forward as she put a hand on it.
"Or she some sort of zombie? Cos I've really opened my mind to this magic thing since I met honest to Satan vampires."
Faith and Bobby
Freyja shook her head slightly.
"She's the real thing. Altered slightly, but the real thing none the less. She'd smell a little different to him, probably."
Faith looked around, thinking it looked familiar, but not quite placing why.
Bobby noticed Jubes hanging out the door and decided to go see what she was doing. He was sucking on a lollipop and offered it to her.
"Whoa, hot chicks in leather..."
Jubilee
Jubilee accepted the lollipop and spat her gum into the bushes before putting the sweet into her mouth.
"I don't think I want my Wolvie hurt like that. Give me your message. I'll see it gets to him, Betty Boop."
Faith and Bobby
"We have no time for that," Freyja said.
She touched her amulet and opened another portal, Faith, Kara, Mist and herself walking into it.
They appeared a second later where Logan was. Standing behind him.
Bobby looked puzzled and shrugged slightly, going off to find more candy.
Jubilee & Logan
Jubilee swore, stamping her foot.
"Those downright no good spacehopping leather wearing bitches! Oooh!"
She went to find Logan, moving quickly on her rollerblades.
Logan turned, six claws of foot long lengths of adamantium coming around in a deadly scything motion. He hesitated when he saw Faith.
"Faith?"
Faith
Faith smiled pleasantly at Logan, eyes reflecting no emotion.
"Wolverine, we are the Valkyrie, and we have come to ask something of you," Freyja said.
"Would you come to Valhalla for a day?"
Logan
"What have you done to her?" Logan growled.
He moved in a frenzy of berserker emotion, claws coming to rest against Freyja's throat and eyes reflecting his pure rage.
"What THE HELL have you done to my darlin' Faith?!"
Faith
Freyja held her hand up as Kara and Mist went to help her.
"Faith, could you help me?"
Faith stepped forward, and put her hand on Logan's arm, gently pulling it away from Freyja's throat.
"We did what we had to. We can explain, but not here. Our ways are not to be spoken in this world."
Logan
"What, you couldn't wait for her to make her decision alive, so you waited for her to die?" Logan snarled.
"Explain real fast then why I should go with you."
Faith
"Because in Valhalla, she can explain," Freyja said.
"Faith isn't able to access her memories here. And she's not able to leave Valhalla without us."
Faith's face was still blank.
Logan
Logan thought about that for a moment, then nodded jerkily, letting his claws sheathe themselves in his hands.
"Let's go then, broad."
Faith
Freyja touched her pendant and they were all transported to Valhalla.
Faith immediately pulled the pendant off from around her neck and stormed off, not even seeing Logan in her anger.
"Back here, am I? F*cking hell."
"Faith, you have training with - " Kara began, then ducked the shoe that was throw at her.
"F*ck your training."
Logan
"FAITH!" Logan yelled at her.
"Well, she really doesn't seem to have taken your decision on her behalf well."
Faith
Faith turned around upon hearing Logan's voice and ran back over, jumping into his arms.
"Logan! Thank God, you've come to save me from the lesbian slave fighters, haven't you?"
Logan
Logan nuzzled her neck, biting softly.
"God, I've missed ya, darlin'. Sure, soon as I find out how."
Faith
"Faith, you have training," Mist tried again.
"F*ck you and your f*cking training. I fight when I want to fight. And it's not now."
Faith kissed Logan deeply, wrapping her arms around his neck.
"Faith!"
"Oh f*cking bite me."
Logan
"Speaking of f*cking..." Logan murmured into her mouth.
"Where can we?"
Faith
Faith grinned and hopped down, pulling his hand, and limping slightly, due to the one shoe she had left on.
"Come on, I found my own place where I hide from these Nazis."
She led them to a clearing, a few kms into the bush.
Logan
Logan grinned.
"Smart thinking. So, what's going on?"
He ran a hand up her skirt.
Faith
"Besides being stuck here, and unable to get back myself?"
Faith undid his pants and slid her hand over his length.
"Missing you. Hating this life. Unlife. Whatever I'm doing at the moment."
Logan
Logan growled, sliding his hands up her skirt and rubbing her gently.
"Want ya back, darlin'. Havta figure out how. Kill every single one of 'em if I haveta."
Faith
"And how's New York without glorious me?"
Faith moaned softly and licked at his neck.
Logan
"Lonely and boring," Logan said.
He pulled her up into his lap and entered her firmly, hands running over her back.
Faith
Faith moaned, tightening around him.
"Godddd, I've missed you."
She bit at his lips.
Logan
Logan kissed her back hard, tasting their blood in both their mouths. He pulled her top down under her breasts and licked over them as he thrust up into her.
Faith
Faith wrapped her legs around Logan's waist, sliding her hands under his shirt and scratching at his back.
"Godddd..."
She kissed him hard, delving her tongue into his mouth.
Logan
Logan growled into her mouth, still thrusting upwards from his hips. He slid a hand around to rub her gently.
Faith
Faith's head fell back slightly, and she moaned as she came, tightening around him.
Logan
"God, Faith!"
Logan gritted his teeth as he came, shuddering against her.
Faith
Faith kissed Logan again, breathing heavily.
"Way too long since we did that."
She leant her head against his chest for a moment.
"God, I don't want to stay here. I want to come home with you."
Logan
"I know, darlin'," Logan soothed.
"Think we should make nice or beat it out of them? I'm sure we destroy enough things they'll be glad to get rid of us."
Faith
"I don't know, they are mythical and all."
Faith sighed slightly.
Logan
"Usually, people like to get rid of you once you bust up their things," Logan said.
I run my claws through a few buildings, I bet they'd be begging to get rid of us."
Faith
Faith smiled and kissed him gently.
"I was thinking... see, once they think I'm one of them, I get the power in my pendant to open portals. So I play nice... get powers and come back home."
Logan
"Whatever you think is best, darlin'," Logan said.
"We can try that, anyway. Why did they take you?"
Faith
"That hasn't actually been explained, but from what I've overheard... the Senior Partners figured if I was out of the way, Angel would be more inclined to go evil. And also, Brand would be easier to get to without his sexy protector."
Faith shrugged slightly.
"Sucks to them when I come home."
Logan
Logan nuzzled her neck.
"I've been minding the little firebug fer ya. So. How do you kill the Senior Partners?"
Faith
Faith smiled and kissed him softly.
"I don't know if you can, actually. But how is Brand? And Airlia?"
Logan
"I can try very hard. Make my trying very painful for them."
Logan popped a claw and traced it down the side of her body slowly.
"Everyone's fine."
Faith
Faith watched as her skin opened and then closed straight after.
"Apparently my super human salty goodness is stronger here."
She licked at his lips slightly.
Logan
Logan nipped at her lips softly.
"Yeah? Intresting."
Faith
"Is quite."
Faith kissed him gently.
"So, why did they bring you here?"
Logan
Logan shrugged.
"Don't exactly know."
Faith
"Oh well, it brightened up my dull existence."
Faith grinned.
"So, it's actually kinda nice here when you get past the lesbian Nazis. Fortunately, I happen to have found a nice path round Valhall for exploring. Feel up to it?"
Logan
Logan licked across her neck.
"Why not?"
Faith
Faith smiled and got to her feet, pulling her skirt down over her ass.
She stretched, popping her shoulders slightly.
Logan
"Show me round, give me the grand tour," Logan said as he stood.
"And then we can find out exactly what's going on here."
Faith
"To your left, you'll see a flattened squirrel, run over by a group of marching Nazi lesbians, and to your right, a bunch of trees. Straight ahead... the future!"
Faith took Logan's hand and led him through to a battered dirt path, where they were hidden by trees on both sides.
"There's this wicked cool lake thing, where I've been just stripping off and swimming in."
Logan
"No female lesbian Nazis to be found?" Logan said dryly.
He followed her willingly.
Faith
"No. I am waiting for a move to be made on me, because I am so fine."
Faith grinned cheekily.
Logan
"It's true, I have nothing," Logan said.
"They touch you, I will kill them. They do know that? Or do I have to go make my promises personally?"
Faith
"Who doesn't want to touch me though? I have a hard time not touching myself."
Faith led him through the clearing to the beach like atmosphere. There was a waterfall on the end of the beach, and the sand felt good between Faith's toes.
Logan
Logan's nostrils twitched slightly and he turned his head to stare hungrily into the bushes. Something rustled.
"There's deer in there."
Faith
"And squirrels. Although personally, I think squirrels are just rats in cuter outfits."
Faith walked over to the water and waded in to about knee length.
Logan
"Squirrels are alright to eat...if you can catch enough of them."
Shaking off his predatory intstincts, Logan turned to watch her rather then the interesting shadow in the trees.
Faith
Faith unclasped her skirt and threw it back onto the sand. She took her top off and threw it, aiming for Logan's head.
"If you feel like hunting, go forth, hunt."
Logan
"Might do that."
Logan took off his shirt and dropped on the sand. Then he faded into the bushes silently.
Faith
Faith laughed slightly then dived under the water, surfacing moments later and treading water, causing little more than ripples in the lake.
Logan
There was a crashing sound and then a sort of triumphant coughing growl.
Logan shortly reappeared with a dead deer across his shoulders, blood painting down his chest from three deep puncture wounds in the deer's throat and chest.
Faith
"Have fun?" Faith called to him.
She swam a little closer to shore, before walking out, water dripping from her hair, down her body.
Logan
Logan looked around and found a flat rock, dumping the deer on it.
"A bit."
A jutting claw for a moment and he sliced through the soft skin of the deer's stomach. A few moments work and he dumped the intestines away to draw the flies away from the carcass. Then he reached inside the warm, bloody cavity and cut out the liver. He cut off a slice from the steaming organ and ate it slowly. He grinned at Faith, teeth red tinted.
"Hungry?"
Faith
"I'll pass, but thanks."
Faith squeezed her hair out and put her clothes back on.
Logan
Logan ate another slice of liver.
"Suit yerself."
Faith
Faith grinned slightly, and perched herself on a rock, contemplating doing some of her own training.
Logan
"So, what exactly do ya do here?" Logan asked.
He leaned back on one of his legs slightly, before gnawing at the hunk of bloody meat in his hand.
Faith
"Train, fight with the Nazi's."
Faith shrugged.
"Try and find out how to get the hell out of here."
Logan
"Yeah," Logan said.
"Should we get started on that?"
Finishing the liver in a few more bites, he started to skin the deer.
Faith
"Yeah. Well, you eat. I'm gonna go punch my makeshift punching bag."
Faith walked over to a tree hidden by some bushes, which was covered in bits of leather, that looked like it had seen better days.
Logan
"I stake this skin out, in a few days, if I haven't got ya out, you can use it to recover that," Logan said.
He started to butcher the animal easily, then hanged it over a tree branch to drain.
Faith
Faith nodded.
"I'm hoping for a spell. Anything. I don't even care at this point."
Logan
"If I can't convince 'em this time round it would be to everyone's good that they let ya go, I'll go see Angel," Logan said.
"Ask Willow. Anyone else?"
Faith
"Charmed Ones."
Faith shrugged.
"Get Xander and those on it too. I want to get out of here. You know I don't even have a bed. You know they sleep on the floor? I mean, I haven't done that since I was a kid and mom hocked my bed for alcohol."
Logan
"Get everyone on it I can," Logan promised.
"So, should we go find out what they think they're doing?"
Faith
"Sounds like a plan diddly plan."
Faith went over to him and handed him his shirt.
Logan
Logan went and washed his hands and arms clean of blood, before he came and shrugged his shirt on. He didn't button it.
"Let's go."
Faith
Faith leant up and bit at his neck.
"Ok. Going."
Logan
Logan tilted her head slightly and leant to make a dark love bitemark on her neck where it would be highly visible. Even with Slayer healing, it wasn't healing soon.
"Mine."
Faith
"Always."
Faith kissed him gently, wrapping her arms around his neck.
"Mmmm."
Logan
Logan kissed her back, wrapping his arms around her waist.
"Getting you out, I swear. I'm so sorry I wasn't fast enough...with Wrath. I killed her for you, darlin'."
Faith
"Hey," Faith said softly, gently running her hand over his cheek.
"Life of a Slayer. We die young. And I know... I love that you did that for me."
She kissed him again softly.
Logan
"Then I went and killed the guy that coldcocked the witch," Logan said.
"Neither of them died a quick death."
Faith
"Ah, I figured that something happened to Red."
Faith shrugged.
"Thanks baby."
Logan
Logan grinned wolvishly.
"Let's go set a fire under these lesbians's almost non-existent skirts."
Faith
Faith laughed.
"Come on then."
She led him out through the bush.
Logan
Logan followed her, nuzzling on her neck and making the mark darker.
"Mmm."
Faith
Faith turned and kissed him, then nipped at his lips.
A loud cough behind them indicated there was an audience.
"Faith, you are needed for training with Gondul," Freyja said, looking mildly amused.
Logan
Logan looked at Freyja, then returned his attention to Faith's neck.
"No, I don't think so. Explain why you did this. All of this."
Faith
"The Senior Partners wanted her out of the way. And a Slayer as a Valkyrie? Very powerful," Freyja said.
Faith nodded.
"I am. But why would the Senior Partners care either way?"
"Because you're the key to Angel. The other Slayer is no longer a manipulation card, but you... Angel would do anything to bring you back."
Logan
"Why me?" Logan growled.
"Why did you bring me here? Just to make your trapped bird sing? Because I am telling you, dame, I will move heaven, hell and earth to get my darlin' back. I will bring this realm crashing down around your ears if I have to. Angel? You want to worry him? You should be worried about the Wolverine. I do. Not. Let. Go."
Faith
"Awww," Faith said softly, grinning.
"You're here to keep Faith happy and co-operative," Freyja said.
"We're not evil. We save a warriors soul and bring him here to fight. Live on. But we need you to make sure Faith will train. She will be our strongest yet."
Logan
"I can't stay," Logan said flatly.
"I've stayed here too long already. If you want Faith happy, you send her back with me. I have duties to attend to. I have a school to gaurd. People to save. That whole...warrior gig."
His mouth twitched slightly.
"So, you'll have to find warriors to replace us. Cos we ain't staying here, broad."
Faith
"We cannot do that," Freyja said.
"The decision is not for us. But you may go back, Wolverine."
Faith coughed.
"And me?"
"You do not have that freedom."
"Oh f*ck that shit."
Logan
Logan sighed slightly, then eyed a building near them.
"I think I can destroy this village in about...ten minutes. Fifteen, tops. You prepared to rebuild until you let her go?"
Faith
"The decision is not up to us," Freyja said, sighing.
"You'll have to take it up with Wolfram and Hart's Senior Partners. And seeing as you cannot directly contact them, I suggest you get in contact with their liasion."
Faith groaned.
"So... I'm stuck here until Eve decides to play nice? Damn, I'm never getting out of here."
Logan
Logan shrugged.
"I'm sure the Caped Crusader will help me on that one."
Faith
"Ah yes, my creature of the night pseudo father."
Faith nodded.
"So, shall we send you back now Wolverine?" Freyja asked.
Logan
Logan put his arms around Faith and kissed her gently.
"You know why I have to go?"
Faith
"I do, and I respect that."
Faith kissed him back.
"You're a fighter. Don't give up."
She hugged him tightly.
"I'll be back soon."
Logan
"I know."
Logan rested his forehead against hers as he held her tightly.
"If anything happens to her...no power will be able to protect you from me."
Faith
"I'll see ya soon."
Faith kissed him deeply.
Freyja touched her pendant and opened up a portal.
"No harm will come to her."
Logan
Logan pulled her against him, hands cupping her ass as he kissed her back desperately.
"Coming back for ya."
Then he turned and walked through the portal.
Faith
"Training now," Mist said.
Faith flipped her off and headed in the direction of the training grounds.