Subject: START OF A NEW STORY - SHADOWCAT FANFICTION

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And now, the beginning of "Bounty Hunter 2 - Snake Eyes"!!!

Prologue - Bounty Hunter 2 - Snake Eyes by steshu (steshu87@home.com)

"I've got to get away," Pablo Escuevda exclaimed to himself as he dashed
down the dark, unlit alley.  A few minutes ago, he was considered the
toughest drug dealer in all of Florida; but now, all that toughness had
gone out the window with the arrival of a military team of some type.
His plans to cash in on a twenty five million dollar drug deal were now
thwarted by this group's appearance.

"Government agents!  Freeze where you are," shouted an authoritative
female voice, coming at him from behind. Pablo's men, three in all, had
scattered like cockroaches when the authorities arrived on their deal
unexpectedly.  He could hear the radio of the person chasing him
squawking out the increasing odds against him.

"I've got one in custody," a deep male voice barked.  "Copy that, I got
one too," sounded another man's voice through the static.  "Get your ass
down now!  I have a third in custody," chirped a woman's voice.
"Where's number four?"

"I'm hot on his tail," replied the voice behind him, that of a woman who
appeared calm and collected, and seeming not out of breath from the
chase so far.  "Air unit one, you got an eye on us?"

"Sure do, sugah.  I'm about to make my appearance," stated a female
voice with a southern sounding accent on the other end.

"Yeah, let's see you stop me with a helicopter," Pablo shouted back over
his shoulder at the woman chasing him.  As the woman passed through the
light of a distant streetlight, he could make out a silhouette of her.
The woman appeared to be of average height, with what appeared to be
long hair bouncing off of her shoulders. Better yet, there didn't appear
to be any weapons in her hands.  "Or even you, bitch."  As he turned
back forward, he was suddenly knocked off his feet and on to the ground
as he collided into an object in front of him.  "Damn it, I ran into a
wall," he thought to himself.

"Better watch where you are going, sugah," came the reply from the
wall.  Pablo glanced up to see a female figure standing over him, her
arms crossed against her chest.  She was dressed in a green and yellow
outfit, with a dark-colored jacket standing open over the top half of
it.  "You might get yourself hurt."

"What the ...," he exclaimed, pushing himself back across the ground in
shock.  As he backed away, the figure revealed itself to be a woman of
muscular build, her long curly hair blowing gently in the evening
breeze.  What little light there was made it seem to him that her hair
at the top was gray or silver in color.  "Who the hell are you?!"

"Her name is Rogue, and I wouldn't piss her off if I were you," came a
voice directly behind him now.  He looked up to see where the voice came
from only to see that it was the woman who had been chasing him.  He was
stunned to see the youthful appearance of the woman above him.  Her hair
hung down in dark curls over her shoulders, and he noticed the lean,
athletic build of her body, accented by the dark outfit she wore.  "Now,
Pablo, it's time we have a little talk."

"How do you know my name?"

"Mister, Shadowcat knows all of her enemies by name," Rogue replied as
she bent down and grabbed the drug dealer by his silk shirt, flinging
him up against a nearby brick wall.

"Get your hands off me, bitch," he shouted with what breath he had left
in him, swinging his arms out to try to push Rogue away.  "Nobody
touches Pablo Escuevda unless I tell them to!"

"You aren't playing nice, Pablo," Shadowcat replied, waving a gloved
finger playfully at him.  "You shouldn't get smart with SMART agents.
Now," her voice turning more serious, "turn around and spread your
legs.  You are under arrest."

"I'll get smart with you, bitch," he angrily replied, lunging out to
grab the young woman.  Instead of grabbing Shadowcat's arm, he fell
harmlessly through her phased body to the gravel ground below.  "Holy
crap," he exclaimed, rolling over to his back quickly.  "Who the hell
are you people?"

"We are members of the Superior Mutant Advanced Response Team,"
Shadowcat stated factually, "and Pablo Escuevda, you are now in our
jurisdiction.  You are under arrest for the production and the intent to
distribute narcotic products to the population, and that, my friend,"
she sneered, bending down to look him directly in the face, "is a no-no
in my book and with the federal government.  Rogue, book him."

"With pleasure, sugah," she smiled, picking the drug dealer off the
ground with one hand.

"It's not over yet," he roared, reaching quickly into his jacket for his
trusty guns, which have never left him down.  Unfortunately for him,
there is always a first time.

"Looking for these, Pablo," Shadowcat smiled, waving the two guns in
front of him.  "I don't think you will need them where you are going."
Just then, a petite blond hair woman, dressed in an outfit similar to
Rogue and Shadowcat, appeared along with a few of the SHIELD agents they
had teamed up with.

"We got the other three in custody," replied the woman as she approached
Shadowcat.  "It looks like we got them all then," she stated, nodding
towards the defeated man swinging helplessly in Rouge's raised hand.

"Yes, we sure did, Radar.  Rogue, hand him over to the SHIELD agents.
Our job here is done.  Ladies," she boasted, a smile crossing her face,
"mission accomplished."

Meanwhile, half a world away, unknown to them, their next assignment was
just getting under way.

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