As I was walking down the trail, I noticed a few broken branches. I didn't think much of this. I thought 'there must have been people that walked the same trail earlier.' They must have been pretty tall, there were branches way up in the tree broken too. They were about seven feet up. But it didn't matter, I just had to find my way out of the mountains. It was a long trail, about three or four winding miles to the next picinic area. So far, I had only gone half a mile.
I looked at my watch. "Only seven? *Groan* Why is it still so early?" Off in the distance, I heard some water. "I might as well stock up on some water." I sighed. As I walked down the off the trail, I followed the sounds of the water. But every step, it sounded further away. So I decided to turn around and walk the other way to see if the water was over there. It wasn't. "I didn't pase any water did I?"
Then I heard a voice, it said "Follow the trail twenty more feet and turn left. Then you will be able to find it." I was very starteled. I turned around to see who had said that. But there was no one to be found.
"Who's there?!" I yelled. No answer. "Who ever is out there, show yourself or I'll have to hurt you." To tell the truth, I would have ran the hell away if I saw someone. But fortunatly, there was no one there. I sighed a sigh of relief. But still, I thought I might as well do it anyways. I don't know why, but I thought it would be okay.
After I followed the orders given to me, I actually found water. So of course I filled up all of my cantiens. About that time, I thought it was time for a bath. So, I stripped down to my boxers and went in. The water was sooooo cold. I nearly jumpped out right away, but I eased myself into the water despite my coldness. After a while, I felt okay. Not so cold, but not warm either.
I finished bathing, and jumpped out immediatly. "God damn that's cold, there's vrost on the top now!" I looked in disbelief, it couldn't have been that couldn't have been that could. I would have noticed it if it was.
After packing up all of my stuff again, I put my backpack on and started to walk. Not far on my way back to the trail, I heard a rustle in the tree above me. I looked up to see nothing. "Gees this place is starting to scare me. I gota get out of here." But I heard the rustle again. I looked up the see a shadow disapeare. I stayed there looking up at the tree to see if I could catch a glimpse of what was making that noise. It seemed like forever before I relized how stupid this was. So I looked down and started on my way again. Yet I heard the noise again, but this time followed by a loud *whoosh*. I looked up just to see something huge jump on top of me. My legs seemed to drop out of me like jello. When I came out of my daze, I felt myself being pulled into the air. I came face to face with my attacker.
"Where do you think you're going, human?" The person asked. I then relized that I had seen him in news reports, along with the rest of group calling themselfs 'The Brotherhood of Mutants'.
"Sabertooth?" I asked in disbelief.
"Oh, so you've seen me around? Well then you know what I do to humans. Right?" I nodded my head. "Good, now do you want to play a little game, or just see me kill you as fast as possible?" I didn't answer. "Well!?" He roared at me.
"The, ummm... I don't know. I don't want to die! Please, don't kill me!" I sobbed.
"Damn it, now I can't just kill you know. That's not my curtacy. Let me tell you this, we're gona play a little game. It's called 'Run or Die'. The rules are simple, you out run me for more then an hour, which you can't, then you live. You don't, then you die. Get it?"
"Can't I defend myself?" I asked in a whisper.
"Yeah, sure. I don't see the harm in that." He laughed. "Now get going before I kill you now."
Without hestitstion, I turned heel and ran the other way.
"Don't make yourself tired kid, it will only make you easier to catch!" He yelled. But I didn't pay attention. I knew ther had to be a ranger or someone out here. I just had to.
After about fifteen minutes, I figured out a plan. I would hide in a tree, when he would walk by, I would jump on him a hit him with a tree branch. "Yeah!" I accidently said aloud. I looked fo a thick tree, but being that it was fall, they were all getting pretty bare. Damn it! I thought What am I going to do.
"Get the water and spin it." I heard someone say. But when I looked around, there was no one there.
"Twirl the water?" I asked to se if the voice would answer. But there was none. "I don't have time for this now!"
"Do it! It's your only chance to beat him." The voice said.
"Why twirl it?" I yelled all around me.
"You know why,you have always felt it. You are a mutant. You have a very unique power, I have never seen anything like it before."
"What is it? Do I make whirl pools or somethin'?"
"You have the alchemist touch."
"The what?" I asked still looking for the source of the voice.
"You can change the form and shape of atoms and matter. You can make coal to gold just by wanting it to be just so."
"I don't get it. How do you know this? Who are you?"
"Get a tree branch, or a leaf." I looked around and picked up a rock.
"But what about the water?!" I yelled.
"For get the bloody water! Just grab somthing off of the ground!" The voice yelled back.
"Is this okay?" I asked.
"That is fine. Now, close your eyes and think of something you want." I closed my eyes like he said. I don't know why, I just did. I felt comforable I guess. And I thought of a gun, that way I could shoot Sabertooth.
"Now make the rock into a gun."
"How? How did you know I was thinking of a gun? Who are you anyways!?"
"Just want it to be a gun." He said calmly.
"But who are you!?" I demanded.
"Just do it now, and I'll tell you who I am later." He started to sound upset.
"What the hell?" I asked in a hushed voice. After I snapped out of my stuper, I yelled, "Okay, I did it! Now, Who are you?!"
"You better have started running little boy!" I heard Sabertooth say of in the distance.
"Oh crap! Has it been an hour yet?!" I started running again.
"Don't worry, Jason. Help is on the way." The voice sounded quite and soothing, and it seemed to stay at the same pace as me. Above me, I heard a low rush. I looked up to see it. But when I did, I tripped over a rock and fell hard to the ground.
"Aahhh shit!" I said just before I hit the ground.
"Ah, little boy fall down and go boom?" I heard someone say behind me. I turned around only to see the face of Sabertooth. I was drawn back with fear.
"Don't tell me you're not even going to try and get up. That's no fun. Come on, I'll give you one shot at me. I'll even close my eyes for you."
"One shots all I need, bub." I heard a voice yell as he charged in a full on fun.
"WHAT?" Sabertooth yelled as he opened his eyes just before getting a hard sock in his stomach by the man.
As Saberthooth got up, he said, "Wolverine, how nice to see you again! Hows the family, oh right! You have none." He laughed.
"I don't need one, I got the X-Men instead.AUUG!!" He ran and jumpped at him, I heard a loud *shnick*. I then saw a flash off of a claw. He cut Sabertooth across the chest, making h im stumble to catch his balance. Before he could, I saw a huge red flash come from behind me.
"Mind if we join you?" I turned around to see seven people standing there. I saw a tall mwn with red hair and a red visor. I saw a women standing next to him, they looked perfect standing next to each other for some reason. I saw a man in a yellow cape, he had red eyes. I thought that he was the one who made the red beam. I then saw a two women flying in the air, one was black with white hair, I thought this was strange. The other had on long yellow gloves, and most of her body was covered up. I saw a huge blue gorrila type of person who stood in a kind of squat. And I also saw a girl with a red visor on top of her head, and a yellow trench coat. She looked about my age.
"Sorry, but this is an A and B fight, so see your way out of it!" Said Sabertooth.
"I see that differently, suga." Said the flying women with the gloves on. She flew straight at him and hit him square in the chin. The others jumpped into the fight, too. All but the girl that was my age.
"Hurry up, follow me!" She said.
"Who are you?" I asked her.
"No time for introductions! Come on!" She hurried me to a big black jet. When we got on, we watched the fight. Sabertooth was loosing pretty bad. One person would get him from one side, while another hit him from the other. After about a minute, the fight was over.
"Gees, that was fast." Said the girl.
"What's your name?" I asked her.
"Just call me Jubilee. How about you?" She said looking occasionaly at the door.
"Jason. What are you?"
"A mutant, all of us are. We're called the X-Men." She said excitadly.
"X-Men?" I asked retorachly.