Let's Test, Shall We? (X-Men)

[deadpool]

((Meh, I don't mind. It allows for interesting development when not in battle))

I smiled. Damn, she's feisty. Why was I doing this? I didn't know but it was a lot of fun. I looked at her. "Really? You think you can forget the feeling of blade slicing through flesh. You think you can forget those screams of those you killed. You have nightmares sometimes, don't you? You're haunted by those souls but the thing that scares you is that...you're not completely disgusted..." I wasn't completely sure. I was going on a hunch here.

[pyslocke]

Psylocke turned to him, at his face again like a gust of wind. She smiled evilly. "How about I kill you, right now? The nightmares wouldn't bother me. As long as I knew I shut you up." She glared, angered in ways he wouldn't understand. She hated the way they screamed. She hated the way she had nightmares, about those she killed. She hated being reminded about the pain she had caused.

[deadpool]

I laughed. It seems I had been wrong. "Kill me? You're a long way from being able to kill me." I smiled as I teleported forward while reaching out my hand towards her throat. If my hand reached her throat and held it, she'd be teleported to an abandoned apartment along with him.

[pyslocke]

Psylocke looked around, as she landed in what seemed to be a... warehouse? Apartment, maybe? She looked around. It creeped her out. She looked up, seeing Deadpool. "Why am I here...?" She asked, as she touched her throat gently.

[deadpool]

I sighed. "You don't honestly think you can do all that you've done and not have consequences, do you?" He watched her movements as he released his grip, stepping back. They were in what appeared to be an old bedroom with nothing but a bed and an old mattress in the room. "You're going to have some people coming after you. If you want to survive you're going to need to be cold. I'd usually leave this to Logan but he's gone soft. Don't tell him I said that. Anyway, Assasins, Mercenaries and Bounty Hunters are going to be on your trail. If you want to survive then you're going to need training." She could accept or refuse his offer. In truth, he knew this was going to help her in the long run also. But he didn't plan on making her a heartless killer like him. No...he couldn't do that to someone else.

[pyslocke]

She looked at him, tears welling up in her eyes. She turned away, and said, not completely confident, "I.. I can take care of myself, I can really..." She said, getting up. "I don't need your help. Thank you, but I'm not becoming an assassin," She refrained from saying 'again'. She covered her face with her hands.

[deadpool]

I sighed. She hadn't noticed me taking back my mask. I threw it on the bed. I walked up to her and turned her around, facing me. "Listen. There's a difference between knowing how to survive and being a killer. A killer knows nothing else. Killing is his solution to solving problems. That's me. Surviving is knowing how to overcome problems without having to kill. Let me train you and you won't have to worry about killing again. I'll teach you how to fight with the knowledge of how to overcome an enemy without taking their life"

[pyslocke]

She turned to face him. She asked the question, that had hung in the air since he had spoken. "How can you teach me.. to be a survivor, and not be a killer, when you yourself are a killer." She said, biting her lip. She was literally scared. She had never thought about the consequences of what would happen to her for killing...

[deadpool]

I looked at her with eyes that seemed sad. Yeah, I had never asked for this. It had been fin at first...but that was at first...It was too late for me to go back. "Because you're different from me. You have people to go back to. You have a reason to live." I smiled a sad smile. "Maybe this is my redemption. So you don't become like me. If you don't get the proper training, you might be forced to kill again. If that time comes then the instinct will rise and you might not be able to control it."

[pyslocke]

Betsy hadn't believe what she was feeling for Deadpool right now... She felt sympathy. Sympathy for the man who attacked the X-Mansion for the pure thrill of it. And he wanted to help her. Make her be different than him. Protect herself, and not become a killer. She didn't reply anything, but a simple, "Thank you, D-Deadpool. I.. want you to.. train me."

[deadpool]

I had held my breath, tensing a bit as I waited for her response. I let it out in a breath of relief as she accepted. Alright. I stepped back. "Alright, there's some more people that I'm going to recruit. One of them is known as the individual named Zack. You know him from the mansion? Sad kid. He's going to go dark if someone doesn't stop him. He can't control his powers and he gets consumed with them too easily. You don't have to help me recruit him if you don't want to. I don't want to make you have to face against any X-Men."

[pyslocke]

She swallowed, her face darkening. "I'm ready to do what I have to. I don't want anyone to have to.. kill.." She said, frowning. "I'll get this Zack to meet up with you. I think that you have a chance, if you can convince him the way you did me, to save some lives." She said, nodding her head.

[deadpool]

I shook my head. I didn't want to put her in such a conflicting state. "I just need you to come with me when I try to recruit him. I need you there so he doesn't feel threatened. Plus you have the ability to soothe him and calm him down. Although you'll have to be careful. Go to deep into his mind and you might find yourself in a coma."

[pyslocke]

She looked doubtful, but said bravely, "I'll be careful," She said, and then turned to examine the abandoned apartment building. She bit her lip. "Where.. exactly are we?" She asked, trying to see through the dark. She didn't see much. But she could definitely tell it was abandoned.

[deadpool]

I looked at her smiling. "This is just the easiest place I thought of." I walked up to her and held out my hand. "You ready to go?" This was the dawn of a new era.