Serena wandered up the steps into the front of the police station. She was surprised not to see any violent mutants causing trouble at the moment, her brother had said that they were getting riled up over something that wasn't true at all.

He was the whole reason she was here. One of his coworkers had tracked her down and left her a message that she had saved some of his stuff from evidence for her. So here she was, back at the place that had lost her two family members.

She walked up into the lobby and looked for where the women said she would be. She was at a desk, near the corner of the room. A tall, brunette woman. Serena walked over. She gave a nervous smile to the lady standing there.

A few minutes later, she had unpacked the stuff, including three birthday presents he had left her, one of which was a blue bracelet, another was a locket with a picture of them infront of the statue of liberty, smiling and laughing, the third was a pair of blood red flower hair pins, the irony. She packed the stuff into a backpack that the women gave her and set off into the night.

She decided to walk near the park as a route back to the mansion, it would be quieter and would leave her to her own thoughts. She was still a bit put down by the fact that she still didn't feel like Serena. She felt like some weak little girl who had lost her big brother. That was not Serena.

As she walked she noticed a group of guys, two of which looked at her creepily, she recognised one of them as a guy who was in the same department as her brother. He shouted "Hey Mutie. That's right I know. I heard your brothers partner mention that her partners sister was at the mansion now!"

Serena felt a bit shocked. Why was this guy shouting at her? What had she done wrong to him? This was weird. He started again "You know, my family has been having 'trouble' because of that crap that you freaks started by saying we were being brutal! You wanna see brutal?!"

Serena began to Seriously freak out. She couldn't find her voice. He began to walk towards her with his buddies, slowly picking up pace. She turned and started running for her life. She didn't know what they would do to her if they caught her.

It was a quiet night around the mansion and Regan was not feeling up to hanging around indoors with nothing to do and being surrounded by so many other mutants, so she decided to go for a late night walk in the nearby woods. The crisp winter air felt quite nice against her facial fur and she snuggled her green wool sweater up under her chin with a happy sigh.

Things were going well for once and Regan was starting to accept that life at the mansion was going to be alright, not perfect, but alright. She had made a few friends and had snatched up a job that she was actually good at and that she didn’t need to be around others to do.

The snow crunched softly under her black combat boots as her tail dragged through the snow behind her in almost blissful silence. The faint sounds of the city, ever present in the background were suddenly interrupted by someone shouting.

"Hey Mutie. That's right I know. I heard your brothers partner mention that her partners sister was at the mansion now! You know, my family has been having 'trouble' because of that crap that you freaks started by saying we were being brutal! You wanna see brutal?!"

That didn’t sound very nice of someone to say. The voice was a ways off but Regan’s keen feline hearing picked it up with ease. She listened a little more intently and she picked up the sounds of people running and more shouting. Something was very wrong!

Without a second thought Regan dropped to all fours and started to run to the edge of the trees where the sounds were coming from. Her eyes seeing easily in the dark, she picked up a girl running along the sidewalk with a group of men not too far behind her. This didn’t look good at all.

Regan kept up silently behind the girl as she ran, staying hidden in the trees. She wasn’t about to expose herself to the public eye unless she needed to, but this girl might need her help and she was going to stay within leaping distance of her until things were settled.

Serena continued running, trying to think of the fastest way out of this situation. She figured, her best chance was probably the woods, she could weave through the trees over there and see if she could lose them in all of the greenery.

She darted left into the woods, and started skipping between the trees. She really really didn't want to have to use her power. She didn't even know if she could use it in this situation. But she certainly didn't want to. She might hurt them badly. Or even kill them.

She ran through the greenery, thinking she was getting away, until as she neared a tree a bat swung at her face, she barely ducked it in time. She was now backed into a corner with 5 angry dudes with a baseball bat... Why do her nights out always turn out so badly?

Maintaining her pace with ease behind the girl Regan watched as she ducked into the trees and tried to lose them. Regan also adjusted her position so she remained hidden but hot on the girl’s heels. She watched as she ducked and weaved through the trees just to narrowly miss getting bashed in the face with a baseball bat. That was it!

As the men cornered the girl Regan made the choice to use the full extent of her mutation, there was no way she was going to take on five men as a tiger, she needed the sabre tooth’s help. “We are helping someone so you better play nice!” Regan growled to herself as she let the change start.

The popping and cracking of her neck and spine adjusting as she shifted were loud and echoed in the cold air. Her muscles bulked up and her long sabre fangs extended from her skull. With a deafening roar Regan leapt out from the trees and landed in front of the girl with a skid across the snow, facing the attackers.

As Serena was backing up against the tree trunk, she heard a loud roar then a blur of fur shot past her eyes. Skidding through the snow. It was a giant saber-toothed tiger. Wearing clothes... and it had red hair? It must've been a mutant.

As the tiger was in front of her Serena carried on backing up and hit the tree trunk with her back. She really did feel cornered. First the group of guys embarrassed her. Now, they were going to be torn to ribbons by a mutant tiger. This really was not Serena's night.

She felt an arm draw around her and grip her down. A sixth man had emerged behind her. "L..L- Let me go!" Serena shouted then kicked down hard at his shin. He released her but she felt a small cold sensation on her arm. She looked down at it as she backed away from him. She was bleeding.

The cut wasn't that deep, but it was bleeding like hell. Blood trailed down her arm and soaked her shirt. This was bad. This was very very bad. She didn't know what to do.

Growling and snarling at the men in front of her, Regan swatted at them with her sharp claws trying to keep them back. Her long tail whipped around angrily behind her as she kept her focus on the men who were each trying to step forward at her. One of the men pulled out a pocket knife and flipped it open, “What the hell is that? Another mutie? Kill it!” He yelled.

Regan’s attention was suddenly drawn behind her as the blond girl told someone to let her go, someone had snuck up behind them? Damn it the sabre tooth was off tonight, she should have head that guy coming!

Suddenly Regan’s emerald eyes went dark as the smell of blood filled the air. She eyed the girl intently as the blood started to soak her shirt, it made Regan lick her chops. Her attention was soon brought back to reality as she felt a sudden sharp sting to her side. Swinging back around to face the men she realized that the one with the pocket knife had stabbed her.

“Focus Regan, you have to focus!” She told herself in her head, she wasn't able to speak when she was in her sabre tooth state. She had to keep control of the beast or she might just kill everyone here!

Serena watched as her entire shirt was dyed with blood. The colour of it made her feel all sorts of swirling emotions. She was feeling faint. Not because of the blood. Because of the emotions it brought to the surface.

She then saw the Tiger trying to keep the 5 thugs back by clawing at them. This made Serena realise that the tiger was doing its best to protect her. That meant to Serena that at least for now. This Tiger was her friend. And she protected her friends if she could.

She then saw that the Tiger was bleeding as it had been stabbed. She winced. This was her fault. She shouldn't have gone this way. If she hadn't, the feline would most likely be completely unharmed right now. She felt really bad. She had to do something.

She tried to speak. Yet no words came out. "Dammit Serena, your not a weak person, stop playing the wounded teenager and be yourself." She then snapped out of the fearful daze. "You will not hurt anyone! Get away!" She screamed at the group.

They seemed stunned by her determination for a second. Then the one she knew stepped forward. "Big brave girl. You remind me of you brother. He made me feel sick too. At least he is rotting now."

That did it. Serena's eyes flared with anger. No, not anger. she knew what this was. This was wrath. She stood upright and began to slowly take steps towards the man with the bat. As she walked forwards, her eyes began to glow blue. Then her body became surrounded with the same blue aura.

Rage was starting to take over her mind as the sting of the stab wound set in, her enhanced healing made the wound clot quickly, but she had bled a decent amount, her wool sweater was ruined. This was getting ridiculous, the men were closing around them and one man was making his way forward, taunting the other girl.

With a quick glance back as the girl screamed out, Regan watched as she took on a blue aura. Using this chance while everyone was stunned and confused, Regan used her cheetah like speed to bound around behind the group of men and kick one off his feet and swing around to shove another back into a snow bank. Her long tail whipped around to trip up another as he tried to back up from the fight.

Regan was mostly a blur as she did her work, the pain in her side was slowing her down slightly but she wasn’t about to let these thugs harm anyone, she hissed loudly as the one that spoke walked closer towards the other girl but she couldn’t reach him without taking the girl out in the process. The man in the back behind the tree was starting to move towards the other girl for a sneak attack and without missing a beat, Regan launched herself over the girl and landed on the thug with roar.

The cat moved around with amazing agility and took out everyone safe the one standing directly in front of Serena, she focused on him, but nothing happened. He began to wearily draw closer to her with the bat ready. The blood just wasn't moving.

Then he got with in distance and swung at her head. She screamed. Suddenly all the blood in the area, including the blood on the tiger and Serena's clothing all grouped together and formed a shield in front of her. He tried desperately to push through the blood but it has solidified in mid air.

She then began to move her hand forward and spun her other hand around, the rest of the blood on her sleeve responded by floating near her hand. She then pushed with one hand, causing him to be sent back with the shield, then used the other collection of blood to knock him out with a solid blow to the head.

This all happened in a matter of seconds. She had reacted instinctively and still managed not to kill the man. That was a good thing. But she was still around a couple of unconscious men, one of which was a police officer.

Regan watched unable to do much from her perched spot on the man behind the girl. Anyway that she would try to attack the man to protect the girl was going to take her out too.

As the man brought the bat up to hit the girl in the head all Regan could do was wince and wait for her to go down. The girl’s scream was so piercing to Regan’s delicate hearing she couldn’t stop herself from covering her feline ears with her furry hands.

Regan’s jaw dropped open as all of the blood in the area bent to this girl’s will. She had shielded herself and managed to knock out the last man in a matter of seconds. This girl didn’t really need Regan’s help after all it seemed. Regan sat motionless on her haunches and just stared at the girl.

It was as If something had come over Serena when she had used her power, but now it seemed like it was at least calmed down. She was glad. She didn't like feeling like she was struggling for control with her power. It wasn't a great feeling.

She saw the tiger giving her a strange look. She supposed even though the Feline was a cat through mutation, Serena's mutation was a still a relatively scary one. She really should try to work on the way that she portrayed herself she was using her power.

She turned to the Tigress. "Hi there. Sorry If I scared you... I really didn't mean to. My names Serena, what's yours?"

Regan tilted her head to one side and then to the other as the girl spoke to her. The sabre tooth didn’t quite understand human speech.

Still on all fours, Regan stepped cautiously forward towards Serena, sniffing at the air. It was still heavy with the scent of blood, but Regan could pick out Serena’s unique scent amongst it all. She let out a little growl and a few murmurs, nothing threating, but nothing that sounded like words.

Closing her eyes, Regan growled painfully as her sabre tooth fangs started to retract back into her skull. She shrunk down in size and muscle mass as her spine popped and cracked back into place allowing her to stand upright once again.

Regan shook her head to clear it and her earrings clinked together as she did. She opened her large emerald eyes and looked at Serena, “I’m sorry I can’t understand you when I’m like that, could you repeat that please?”

Serena looked at the cat who began to make some strange noises... Then made a few faint growling noises. Although, they did not sound intimidating... She assumed that it was trying to communicate. Could it not speak?

Then as Serena thought of it not being able to speak it began to make some painful looking alterations to it's body. Serena winced as it looked like her bones were shifting themselves around. That couldn't be very pleasant at all. She wondered if this was normal.

She saw its teeth retract and it shrunk down to a more regular size and got up on its legs and spoke to her. She was a little shocked. She assumed like Emerald, this was a transformation of sorts, and she couldn't speak when she was in the feral form.

Serena found her voice and spoke. "Hi there, my name is Serena. I was just saying thank you for saving me, I don't know what would've happened if you hadn't shown up." and that was the truth.

Regan smiled and gave Serena a small nod, “Ah, well you are very welcome. My name is Regan, it’s a pleasure, but from the look of what you can do, I don’t think you really needed me all that much.” She started to chuckle but it made her wince slightly; she held her side where she had been stabbed in the ribs. “Bastard got me good!”

Holding her side, Regan gave Serena a smile, “I’m glad I had decided to take a walk out here tonight. I heard the commotion these jerks were making and decided to check things out. What was this all about anyways?” Regan raised a brow at Serena and pointed a clawed finger in the direction of the man closest to her on the ground.

As soon as the female feline had thanked her and had complained about the pain, Serena walked over and tore part of her own shirt to bandage Regan's side. She wanted to stop the bleeding as quickly as possible, Serena had been cut, She had been stabbed.

The stab was more important. She looked up as she finished tying it, with astonishing speed (Her brother taught her.) She looked up at Regan and decided on how to answer the question. "Ass-hole ex cop who used to work with my brother, knew I'm a mutant, took out his problems on me"

She hoped that Regan would continue to be friendly. She seemed to have a hint of an Irish accent, that was good, Serena had Celtic heritage, at least they had some common ground which they could work with. "Sorry, you got hurt because of me" Serena said in a whisper.