Let's do a little Shoping {Dalacur}

[The Phoenix]

Phoenix's new body was still sore from the past couple nights at Victor's. She had yet to find a place of her own but didn't mind staying with Victor for the time being. She had started to realize over the past few days that she really was starting to develop feelings for this man. She doubted he felt anything for her but there was no denying it anymore. The only that really annoyed her was the fact that she still wasn't to her full powers yet. She couldn't understand it. Why weren't her powers back by now?

She had awoken to the sun in her eyes. Victor was sleeping peacefully beside her on the bed. She got up and showered and grabbed the keys to her car. She wanted some new clothes to wear. The ones that came with the body had been ripped and shredded by Victor's claws. A smile played on her lips as she thought about it.

Phoenix made it to her car and drove down the busy street towards the shopping district. She had left Victor a note telling him where she had gone. Why she had done that she had no idea. She parked her car and walked the short distance towards the shops. her mind was so far off in her thoughts that she didn't notice the chaos that was going one all around her. Either that or she was just used to it and didn't even notice. She finally looked up to see it all.

"What the-"

[Dalacur Nightshade]

Well it seemed his little birthday celebration was starting to die down. The blasted little girl causing most of his playthings to wander away. Of course he could just pry into their minds and bring them back but why bother? This party was getting dull anyway. He grumbled to himself as he turned around to head down the street. Cars were abandoned and unmoved in the area so he simple maneuvered around them. It wasn't until his keen ears picked up the sound of a strange voice.

oh look! A new toy!

Our birthday present? Let's open her up and see what's inside!

Dalacur peered through the notch in the brim of his hat to look towards the woman ahead of him. Interesting. It seemed she was here for some shopping, too bad he had pretty much closed down the whole area. "I'm afraid the shops are closed today. At least for those wishing to pay..." He chuckled to himself as he took a few steps closer to the woman. Finally he'd pick up his head so she would be able to look at his face besides the top of his hat. He looked like someone who just walked off of the set of a western, with his large overcoat and dark jean pants with old dusted boots. The only thing he was missing was the spurs.

[The Phoenix]

"Way to ruin my mood."

Phoenix studied the man in front of her. He was clearly the cause of this chaos. She had to admit a lot of it was well done but he was sloppy. He needed some more control in his actions. She had some power enough to hear what he had been thinking about her before he had even spoke. She still had that power to enter people's minds.

She looked at his clothing and laughed a bit. He looked like an old time cowboy. Who was this guy kidding? She leaned on one hip and had her hand on the other. Her purse hung loosely from the crook of her arm. She was dressed in her signature tight body hugging clothes. She was still getting used to this body and not having her full power yet. Her attitude didn't reflect her lack of powers though. She was still just as cocky because she thought she was the most powerful being alive. She had not met anyone who could live up to her.

"I am no ones plaything. It would be best for you to remember that."

[Dalacur Nightshade]

Dal arched a brow as she mentioned that comment. Did she know what he was thinking? Perhaps. "Funny, I dont recall asking permission." He grinned a little. He might have just let her pass and loot a building but now she was making herself more interesting. Doing that was a mistake.

She doesn't know us very well does she?

Why would she...she never met us before idiot.

That was uncalled for..

He managed to ignore the banter in his head to concentrate on the woman before him. In a blink of an eye he was infront of her, a little less than a foot between them now as those yellow eyes looked into hers. "You are rather bold for the circumstances you've found yourself in. You must have some extra...spice to that blood of yours." He smirked at her, showing off one of his fangs while his mind wandered to the idea of a meal of her blood. Perhaps he should have been more threatened by her, certainly if she was at full strength, but then again Dalacur had no idea who she was... Not that that would ever stop him from playing with fire...

[The Phoenix]

Other voices? She could hear them clearly. This man was more crazy than he appeared. What was with her and running into crazy mutants? She must have a sign on her forehead that says 'Flock to me!' She just smirked at the man in front of her as he mentioned her blood. Oh he had no idea about her blood. It was fiery beyond belief. It was the blood of a Phoenix and burned with white hot intensity. She wondered how hot it was right now though. With her powers kind of out of commission she should have been more careful with her actions and her words.

She had been hanging around Victor too long. Her actions were erratic right now that she had a new body. She wanted to see what it was capable of. But she was still weaker than what she was before she just didn't feel like she was. Maybe Victor was right and she had to be knocked down a couple notches. She ran her fingers through her long blonde hair and looked around at the destruction that the man had caused. he apparently didn't know who she was or he wouldn't be be acting this way around her. She looked at him through fiery eyes.

"You apparently don;t know who I am. I could kill you in an instant if I wanted to. But you're boring me."

[Dalacur Nightshade]

Kill us? How dare she!

Oh shut up. Perhaps we should take this woman more seriously.

Hmph, she's bluffing.

Dalacur watched her with a slight arch of his brow. What was she trying to play? But with his close proximity he decided to go for it. Why not? He reached forward with that lightning speed and grabbed her shirt. He held onto her while those yellow eyes looked into her own. He saw the fire in them, that was interesting.

"Well an instant has passed...and I'm still alive. It seems you're bluffing." Of course she could easily prove him wrong in the next moment or two but he decided to call the bluff.

Ha ha she doesn't have anything!

Just bite her!

"Now tell me what makes you so cocky hm?" He sniffed at her for a moment, mostly trying to get some scent of her blood. "You must be a mutant then. What kind of power do you have? Some sort of death touch?" He chuckled to himself while he kept that grip upon her shirt. If she was a mutant it would be a bad idea to bite her...but the temptation was there.

[The Phoenix]

She growled as he gripped her by the shirt. Her lips curling up in a snarl. How dare he touch her! Only a few ever got the privileged to do so. She probed deeper into his mind as she looked for some kind of weakness in him. She laughed as he asked what she could do. Oh she could do a lot of things. Well, not right now at least. But she had enough to show him what she could do. Maybe it would scare him off long enough for her to get away. It was too dangerous for her to be out in this weakened state of hers. She realized that now. She had been so stupid. She had lured this man to attacking her all because of her attitude. Victor was right yet again. She hated being wrong and it made her even more mad.

"I said I could kill you. Never said I wanted to. It would be too easy."

She hissed the words at him. She might as well show him what she could so and see if it worked. See if he got scared enough to leave. She doubted it but it was worth a try. She projected some images of her killing the many people she had killed. her torturing them ad the intensity of her powers. The fire that was inside of her that could not be extinguished. She projected all of this into his mind. It was like a flood of intensity.

[Dalacur Nightshade]

Why is she in here?

Push her out! Get rid of her!

Dalacur winced as he felt her invade his mind. His own telepathic powers fighting against her influence upon his mind. There were so many voices in his head it was amazing that it didn't drive her insane just to wander into his mind. After all not all of the voices were words, there was also a few animals making their various noises. It was alike walking into a ampitheatre of people waiting for a play to start. The chatter was constant.

"You know I am impressed that you can stand being in my mind. Except for the fact that I have more tools than just my mind." Had she been further away it would have been harder to continue his torment upon her. But since he already had a grip of her shirt he used his other hand to backhand her with the force of a truck. Of course he did let her go to allow her to fall to the ground. Hopefully the sudden jarring movement would be enough for her to get out of his head.

Ha, let's see her get up from that.

[The Phoenix]

Phoenix fell down onto the ground as her hand instantly wet to her face where he had struck her. He had the nerve to touch her now he had the nerve to hit her?! This guy was pushing it. Yes it was true that Victor had hit her and cut her but it hadn't been threatening her life. This man on the other hand looked like he wanted to kill her and he was going to have fun doing it too. He sort of reminded him of her in a way. Attitude wise.

She had to admit that his mind was a mess. She hadn't heard so many voices in one mind in her entire existence. It was no wonder he wasn't strapped down to a table in some mental institution. She knew that any human who went through what he went through on a daily basis wouldn't be able to live through it. This man intrigued her but she could also feel the fear slowly rising inside of her. This was a first for her. She had never been scared before so she didn't know what it was at first. She sort of wished Victor was here. His ego would have kicked in and he would have torn this man to pieces. She didn't really know what to say to this man as she looked up at him from the ground. She was truly speechless and frozen in place. What was she going to do? how was she going to get out of this?

[Dalacur Nightshade]

He smirked as she didn't say a word to her. Where was that fancy attitude of hers now? He walked over to where she laid on the floor and looked down at her. "Nothing to say? Too bad your words don't seem to add up to your actions."

He was tempted to grab her and throw her again but he was tempted to do other things instead.

Take a drink!

Yes drain her..

Just what we need another telepath

He groaned slightly to the bantering in his head. They really should shut up so that he could concentrate on the woman before him. He crouched down, resting his forearms on his knees as he looked her in the eyes. "So what should I do with you now? I could take a taste of you then leave you in an alley. Or I could just make you scream unspeakable things."

Wow you're being morbid.

I like it...

"Or I really could just let you scurry away, and hide in some corner like a scared little bunny." He smirked towards her again, while he pondered the idea. "Poor poor little bunny."

You can't just let her go! Why do you keep letting them get away?

[Victor Creed]

Victor woke up in his apartment alone. That didn't surprise him really but the note did. He read the note with a smirk and after about a half hour of boredom, he decided to see what she was up to. Perhaps he could help pick out something he could tear off of her later.

* * *

"The only scared little bunny is going to be you." Victor growled as he grabbed Dalacur by the back of his neck and lifted him up off of the ground with ease. Anger fumed within his eyes while he turned his attention from the man over to Phoenix for a moment. "Get up." He ordered her to get to her feet but the anger in his eyes was betrayed by a bit of concern.

Perhaps she'd see it before his attention returned to the cowboy he had in his grip. And just as quickly as he had grabbed him he threw him towards a wall. "How does that feel?" A bit of a snarl came to his lip as he followed the trail of the man. "You would do well to remember that you can't go around hitting women that aren't yours." Well Victor was an old fashioned man. So the idea of hitting 'his' woman around wasn't foreign to him. But that was just the day and age he was raised in. Not to mention a little blood just made it...hotter.

[The Phoenix]

Phoenix's eyes grew wide as she saw Victor behind the man. She heard him threaten Dalacur and pick him up. A slight smile came to her lips as she watched Victor in action. She hadn't even noticed him arrive until he was right there and in the action. She looked at him before her. He turned his eyes on her and told her to get up.She studied him for a second. Wait....was that concern in his eyes? That caught her by surprise more than anything. She wasn't expecting that at all.

Phoenix quickly got to her feet as Victor threw the cowboy against a wall. The force of the threw knocked a few bricks out of the wall. The smile was still on her face as she watched him protecting her. She listened to him talk. He had implied that she was his. Maybe he was right. She had been calling him hers for so long now but the truth was she was his as well. He had 'claimed' her so many times and she wasn't complaining about it. She was having a very good time with him. She stood there, her hand still on her sore cheek that was already darkly bruising. She didn't know what to say.

"...Victor...

[Dalacur Nightshade]

Before he even realized what was happening his body was flying through the air and impacting a nearby brick wall. Who the hell was that guy?

Did someone get the number to that bus?

Dal groaned as he pushed himself up to his hands and knees. He shook his head and tried to clear the cobwebs in his head. "I can do whatever I want." Moving up to his booted feet he smirked as he prepared himself to face Victor head on. He wasn't afraid of him, after all he had his own super strength and speed on his side. Damned beast just caught him off guard that was all. It wasn't until after he was done brushing some of the dirt off his clothes that he realized how much taller this man was than himself. Well Dalacur wasn't short by any means but this other man was at least a hundred pounds heavier in muscle and taller than him to boot? This could end badly..

You're screwed...

Dal blinked a bit as he realized his hat wasn't on top of his head. He grumbled and reached down for it and settled it back atop his head. He did this in a manner to try and seem a little more intimidating to the larger man infront of him.

Maybe you should apologize...looks like that vein on his head is going to blow.

[Victor Creed]

Victor's brow arched as the man just stood up and acted very confident for someone that just met a wall intimately. Especially when he reached down to put that cowboy-esque hat upon his head again.

Victor sneered and reached out, grabbing Dal by his neck again but this time slamming him into the wall he was already aquainted with. "I think you owe the lady an apology." Of course victor hadn't noticed the bruise on her cheek, if he had..he probably wouldn't have given Dalacur the chance to apologize in the first place.

As soon as Dal started to struggle he smirked to him, his grip only tightening. "Don't doddle or else you wont be able to breathe for much longer." He felt the attempts of mental intrusion from the man, but thans to Logan Victor's head was a hell of a lot harder to get into. Not to mention that his strength far exceeded that of Dal's. The poor man was out matched in every way.

Though it took a moment for Victor to realize that Phoenix even said anything to him while he was enjoying his little torture of the male before him. "What?" He finally turned his attention to the woman, wondering why she was interupting his fun.

[The Phoenix]

Phoenix didn't know what to say. She was in shock at everything that was going on. Her eyes were still wide with shock from Dalacur hitting her and now the shock of Victor protecting her. She thought that he only thought of her as a simple plaything and nothing else. That he wouldn't care if she got hurt or killed. She never expected these emotions for him and she definitely didn't expect him to have any type of feelings for her. She just looked at him as he stood there With Dalacur in his grip.

She heard him say the word 'What' as he looked upon her. Her hand had moved from her face finally and she knew that he could finally see the dark bruise that was spreading across her cheek. She winced a little from the pain. It wasn't the good pain that Victor had caused her so many times before. This pain was different. This pain was mixed with humiliation. She had definitely been knocked down a couple notches. She was feeling more human than before. She looked upon this man with her eyes filled with a mixture of humiliation and fear.

"Maybe we should....just....leave."