X-Men: Dynasty » Places

         As much as Tecmessa adored and respected Ororo, her mentor had another thing coming if she thought that Tecmessa would be training at all for the next three days. “Normally, you know I'd agree. But even after all the hours that you and I have both put into training them they still made the decision to do what they wanted. Azrael knew his limits and still pushed them, knowing that now is not the time to be experimenting like it's a training exercise. Kai barely gave me a moment to inhale before he jumped into action, though I can hardly be mad at him for saving Azrael's dumb ass. Austin did good in his postion.” She gave a pondering expression before glancing at Azrael. “We'd have done much better if Azrael didn't run in guns blazing. Austin and Autumn were the only two who knew what to do.” She made no attempt to hide the disappointment in her voice, lines creasing in her face as she frowned. She wiped the back of her hand across her face and moved towards the jet so she could grab her bag before dust was kicked up by several vehicles. In no time at all they had guns pointed at them and Colonel Moss leading the pack. She gave a snarl, even with Ororo's words reaching her ears. “On the same side? The last time I checked, allies didn't point loaded weapons at each other.”

There was a long and tense pause as she and Colonel Moss stared daggers at one another. “Lower your weapons or you're not getting shit,” she said calmly. Moss took a step forward, narrowing his eyes. “Do you know who--”

He was cut off by her laugh before he could finish, a menacing glint in her eyes. “I know who you are and I don't care. If you think you can just roll in and start aiming guns at a bunch of teenagers, my team, my family and start giving out orders... You're sadly mistaken. While you're sitting around with your dicks in your hands, two teenage girls took down Toad faster than you could with minimal collateral damage and zero structure damage to the area. Show a bit of respect. We're the ones who risked our lives to take down these criminals – Not you.” The Colonel seemed taken aback by her bold outburst and it was obvious she wouldn't back down. There was more tension, more silence, before he motioned for the soldiers to lower their weapons. She scoffed softly before moving towards Autumn, taking her hands gently. “Good job out there, but this is gonna scar. Here...” She could hear the gasps of horror and disgust from the soldiers as spiky aloe vera leaves grew from her right arm. She ignored them and picked the plants before quickly harvesting the gel, rubbing the soothing plant product onto Autumn's burns with as much tenderness as she could manage.

Having treated her, she moved back to Toad and kicked the asphalt that wrapped him up. It unrolled and left him lying in a heap on the ground. Dark brown vines and roots shot up from the ground and wrapped around him quickly, binding him tight. “Load 'im up and watch out for that tongue!” Moss was back to shouting orders as Tecmessa limped towards a humvee. “Don't worry about his tongue – I cut it off. Sorry if that ruined your interrogation plans,” she said a bit smugly. She had zero plans on being one hundred percent compliant with these assholes and would hassle them and irritate them just because she could. Sure, it was expected of her to be mature and set an example with grace and poise. But anyone who knew her well, especially Ororo, knew that she didn't take kindly to threats and harassment towards herself or other mutants. Especially not from “law enforcement”. If they were going to give them hell, she was give it back tenfold. Rolling her eyes, she glanced at the jet for a moment before heading into it, emerging with her backpack, locking up the metal beast tight. She took a seat in one of the humvees and sighed irritably, closing her eyes.