Chapter 1
“You’re lasting a lot longer than what I was expecting there Luna.” Wraith said as he took a seat across from Misty.
Misty looked up from the book that she was reading. “Not like I had much else to do, Wraith. It’s not like our group is going to be changing anytime soon.”
Wraith rubbed the back of his neck. “You’ve been on edge lately.”
Misty let out a scoff rolling her amber colored eyes. That was true she had been on edge lately and it wasn’t something that she could really control. Things were starting to get tense with the group and honestly she wasn’t sure how long they were going to last together. There was something that Stryker was after, but he didn’t dare admit what he was after. “That may be true…”
“It’s your genes isn’t it… the animal side of you.”
A soft growl left her lips as she looked at Wraith. “Don’t bring that up again.”
The man raised his hands telling her that he meant her no harm in the whole thing. “Hey, chill, Luna. I didn’t mean anything bad by it.”
Her nose twitched a little bit, smelling the air. She could smell Wraith the most due to him being so close to her. She could also smell her other team mates that were spread around the room doing their own things. “You try to be the only woman on the team.”
Wraith placed his hand on her hand, patting it lightly.
Her nails slid out some scraping against the table.
“You may be the only woman on the team. But I do admit one thing. You really do put a hurting on people.”
Misty let out a soft laugh, her lips quirking slightly revealing her elongated canine teeth. “I suppose I am.” Her nose twitched as she smelled their mouthy member getting close to the two of them.
“Oh can I get in on this… love seeing the love fest.” Wade said with a smile getting even closer to the two of them.
Misty twisted in her seat sliding her hand out from under Wraith’s hand. Her nails went even longer as she snarled at him lifting her hand up to swipe at Wade who was getting into her personal space. “Personal space much, Wilson.”
“Oh kitten has claws.” He purred in amusement as he looked at the dirty blonde-haired woman winking at the irritation that she felt. “Come on, let me in on the love fest.”
Misty got up to her feet, narrowing her eyes almost going to grab him by the throat. “Don’t you have somewhere to be you cockroach?”
“Oh Luna you wound me so.” He said putting his hands over his heart.
“If I wounded you you would be dead by now.”
“Oh I would love to have those claws inside of me.”
Misty scoffed moving away from Wade not liking that he was not taking this seriously, like he normally did.
The door slid open revealing Stryker coming into the room. “Wilson back away from Misty.”
Wade moved back holding his hands up.
“How many times do I have to tell you to not get on her bad side?”
“Oh a few more times.” He said with a cheeky grin.
Misty rolled her eyes looking over at Stryker. “You’ve been gone a long time. Where were you?”
“I brought two new members in.” He waved his hand to the door and two men entered the room.
Misty looked at the two of them. She could easily tell that they dwarfed her size, both being over six foot tall. And the smell that she was getting off of them wasn’t helping her in the least bit. One smelled of cigars, whiskey, and woods, while the other smelled like cigars, beer, and musky earth. Misty cleared her throat. “And who are they?”
“James and Victor found them in Vietnam. James and Victor. These are your teammates, Wade Wilson, John Wraith, Christopher Bradley, Agent Zero, and Fred Dukes. And this little lady here is Misty.”
James looked at Misty with wary eyes. “A woman on your team?”
“Yes, James. She is like you and Victor.” Stryker pointed out as he looked back at James. “She is rather good at what she does too. Had her around for a few years as I built the team up. She is one of the originals with Agent Zero.”
“Got a problem with it?” Misty questioned, crossing her arms a soft growl coming from her lips.
“Seems she has claws.” Victor mused smirking slightly.
Misty’s nose twitched at Victor’s scent of cigars, beer, and musky earth. She didn’t like his scent all that much. It smelled sick to her that he was about to go into a rut or something.
“All that matters to me is that she won’t be a distraction,” James huffed as he looked her over.
Misty scoffed. “I’m the least of your worries, James.” She told him her lips curled into a frown. “Mission boss?” She questioned looking over at Stryker.
“Not at the moment, but we will have one soon.” Stryker said with a nod of his head.
Misty nodded her head and moved past the two new members of the team. She brushed past James without a second thought.
James’s nose twitched at the sweet smell that came from her heating his core up some. Something about her made him feel like he was at home even though there was no place to call home for quite some time.
“The tension is thick in here,” Wade complained looking at the swaying form of their only female member. “She never gets close to anyone and she almost touched him.”
“Remember she doesn’t like you, Wade,” Wraith said, leaning back in his seat and looking at the younger man. “You like getting too close to her even though she says to back off.”
“Awe, she’s so fun,” Wade complained sitting down in the seat that was once Misty’s seat. “What a mood killer that girl is.”
James turned his head slightly to see Misty stopping outside of a room and going inside it. Perhaps this team was a good place to be. It was the only thing that he could hope for. Perhaps he and Victor could do something worthwhile and make a difference in the world for their kind.