HER WHOLE BODY ACHED FROM being hit and dragged all over the place like a porcelain doll. She couldn't even tell if the feeling of numbness all across her limbs was even real or just in her head, either way, she was glad that she couldn't feel her mutant collar digging into her throat.

Shouting was heard outside of the room as a woman's voice protested against her captors. Ajax had said something about retrieving Wade's ex-girlfriend to gain the upper hand. The door slammed open and Vanessa was thrown to floor, unable to catch herself because of her bound wrists. Angel glared at the both of them before slamming the door shut and leaving them alone in the dark.

"So, you're the famous Vanessa that Mista Pool never shuts up about." Marley said with a smile, causing Vanessa's head to shoot up to her direction. There seemed to be an ounce of jealousy in her tone that she hoped the brunette hadn't heard. The voice scoffed, 'I wanna rip her stupid extensions out and shove them down her throat! Although, she is quite cute.'

Marley rolled her eyes at that remark.

Vanessa took in Marley's ragged appearance, noticing the blonde's wounds and her tied up hands. She realised that Marley was also a kidnapped victim of Ajax. "What's your name? Why did he take you too?"

Marley laughed, though it sounded forceful and tired, "The same reason he took you. To get to Wade."

"But Wade's dead. He had cancer and he left me so that I didn't have to see him waste away." Vanessa exclaimed in denial, she hadn't heard anything from him since he'd left her. What else was she supposed to assume, he hadn't had much time left anyway.

"And then he went to Francis to get cured, where he met me and then we found out he lied to us and mutated us. So we fought back and went through his crew one by one until we found him again. He took me away and here I am rotting away in a dark room...with you." The blonde's voice was strained and she she shifted uncomfortably on the floor, trying to soothe ache in her tailbone. "Francis only took you because he knows Wade will do anything to get you back." 

"And what about you? What are you to Wade?" There was no sign of jealousy in Vanessa's voice, it sounded more concerned than anything. Surely the escort would hold some sort of grudge against the blonde for shacking it up with her man.

"Not enough." Marley whispered, almost inaudibly.

Vanessa's eyes widened in realisation and her expression softened with empathy, "You're in love with him."

"What?!"

'You heard what she said, dummy!'

The brunette repeated, even more sure than before, "You're in love with Wade. You want to be with him."

"Like that could ever happen." Marley scoffed, rolling her eyes. She refused to believe that Wade would ever love her back. "Puddin' would never choose me over you, that's why Francis took the both of us. Either way, Wade will watch one of us die and it's gonna be me."

The stripper shook her head with a soft smile, shuffling closer to the broken girl in front of her. "I can't be with Wade."

"And why not?"

"I'm not in love with him anymore. He will always be in my heart, but he left me and I've found someone else. Someone I know won't leave me when times get tough."

"Mista Pool will be heartbroken when he finds out. He's spent so long trying to fix us so that he could run back into your arms." Marley sulked, leaning her head back against the wall behind her.

"And you will be there to pick up the pieces. You have already done what I was never able to do. You were able to stick by his side in his worst moments. He obviously never trusted me enough to do that with me. Which proves that he loves you too, so he will come for you and he will end up saving us both because that's the kind of guy that he is."

'You know what this means? Marley warley?' The voice asked.

Marley mumbled under her breath so that Vanessa couldn't hear, "What?" 

'Puddin's fair game now.'

It was early morning when Francis and Angel came charging into the room and dragged them into the back of a car with duct tape stuck over their mouths. Francis had made a quip about how nice it was for Marley to be quiet, only for her to retaliate by kicking him where the sun don't shine. Of course, Ajax laughed it off after feeling nothing, no pain whatsoever. That had really pissed her off.

The two girls were brought onto an old and crashed Hellicarrier that was decked out with Ajax's men and guns. "Put them down over here." Ajax ordered his right-hand woman. Angel tied both women to a metal frame and Vanessa tried speaking through her duct tape, her voice coming out all muffled and distorted. "Go on then."

Angel ripped off the duct tape from Vanessa's mouth with an audible rip. Vanessa smirked at Francis, unfazed. "Thanks, dickless. And I mean you."

"Well. You're a talker too? You, Marlene and Wade." Ajax retorted, glancing between both girls. Marley glared at him, but stayed quiet, knowing that there wasn't a chance in Hell that he would remove her gag.

"I've been trying to tell you assholes you've got the wrong girl. My old boyfriend, he's dead." Vanessa seethed ad then nodded to the pale blonde bound beside her, "I told her the same thing."

"See, I thought that too. But, he keeps on coming back. Like a cockroach. Ugly. Now, I may not feel, but he does. Let's see how he fights with both your heads on the block."

Hearing the commotion of gunfire below, Francis had sent Angel off and grabbed the two hostages. He brought them to the edge of the platform and looked down where Deadpool was standing next to a bunch of bodies. Each body way laid out strategically to spell out 'Francis'. Marley giggled through her gag at the sight, finding a large amount of amusement from it.

"Does he write you notes too? He's such a romantic." Francis sneered, holding Marley by her wrists and Vanessa by her throat.

"Don't worry, Mars Bar. I'm coming!" Deadpool shouted up to the blonde and she smiled beneath the duct tape stuck to he mouth. Vanessa was right, he was coming for her. She threw her head back as and attempt to headbutt Francis, but he caught her attempt and dragged the two women away, "Fire!"

Gunfire lit up the place as Ajax locked Marley and Vanessa into an oxygen deprivation chamber, the very same kind that triggered Wade's mutation. It was definitely not meant for two people. They were so cramped, the to women had to manoeuvre their bound hands around each other, Vanessa taking off the duct tape around Marley's mouth as they did so. Not that Marley minded their close proximity, Vanessa had a body that any man or woman would die to be next to.

The voice giggled, 'Ooo, cosy.'

"Motherfucker should have worn his brown pants. Have you been looking after my Marleykins, Vanny?" Wade shouted over to them after climbing up onto the platform. He noticed their position and couldn't help picture them together in a different situation. In the bedroom, perhaps.

"Wade?" Vanessa gasped at his appearance.

Marley grinned widely, "Puddin'!"

Wade switched his gaze over to the girl he had been developing feelings for over the last several months, noticing the bulky mutant collar clasped around her neck. "Don't worry, Sugarplum. I'm gonna get you out of that shitbox and get that stupid thing off your neck."

'He better! We really need to pee!'

"No we don't."

'You'll see...'

"What better way to crawl back inside that head of yours." Francis voiced.

Deadpool scoffed a laugh, not once moving his sight from his girl as he gave a remark to Francis. "Oh, you never left."

"But you did, asshole!" Vanessa cut in, growing a little angry now that she knew her ex boyfriend was alive and that Marley was telling the truth.

Francis turned towards the machine they were confined in, "Ah, take a deep breath my darlings. Oh wait, wrong choice of words." He turned on the machine and walked away, leaving them gasping for breath as they ran out of air.

"I can't wait to put a bullet in your thick head!" Marley called after him, scowling when she saw the smirk that formed on his lips.

"I hope they've locked pain to your every last nerve, cause I'mma go looking!" Deadpool taunted, his eyes set on the Brit as he inched closer.

Francis stalked towards an angry Wade, picking up two axes as he went, "You grow back body parts now, Wade? When I'm finished, parts'll have to grow back you."

"Good one. Yep, that was a good one. Let's dance. And by dance, I mean let's try to kill each other." Wade retorted, whipping out his swords and they locked into battle. 

Hits were being thrown and blocked left and right, seemingly an equal fight until Wade threw one of his swords through the glass of the machine the girls were trapped in, bringing oxygen back into the tank and allowing them to breathe again. Marley reached her tied hands down Vanessa's body and rubs the zip ties against the blade, cutting her and the brunette free.

'He's so hot when he's angry...' The voice purred at the sight of them fighting and Marley couldn't but agree with it. It was quite a sight.

During the ruckus, both Wade and Francis lose their weapons. Ajax stood up from the floor, his mouth dripping with blood as he paced towards his foe, "Fine, fists."

"Sounds like your last Saturday night." Deadpool quipped before they launched into another fight, this time with their bare hands. Well, gloved hands in Deadpool's case.

Francis stabbed a knife into Deadpool's head, too distracted to see Marley come up behind him with the sword and skewer him like a kebab, taking him with her as she fell to the ground and whacking her head in the process. Wade looked up at her from the floor with the knife in his skull, hallucinating a bunch of small cartoon creatures dancing around her as they stared at each other. They engaged in a silent conversation and suggestive gestures, conveying that they were both alright and glad to see one another again.

Their conversation was cut short when Francis came into view, grabbing Marley and throwing her towards where Vanessa was hiding. The brunette stumbled out of her hiding place to aid Marley as Wade pulled the knife out of his head and once again got physical with Francis.

A loud explosion sounded from the ground beneath them, causing the platform they were on to tilt. Crates began to slide, one knocking Francis off with a thump. Marley grabbed Vanessa and rolled them out of the way of one that would have most definitely squished them, but it didn't stop them from sliding towards their demise.

"Puddin'!" The blonde exclaimed in fright, reaching a hand out for him, her other wrapped around Vanessa. She was scared, with the mutant collar on, she didn't have her powers. If she fell, she would die. The thought made her clutch Vanessa tighter.

"Hang in there, baby! I gotcha." Deadpool jumped forward, gripping Marley's hand as tight as he could. He would never let her go. Glancing around, he noticed the oxygen chamber that was rolling towards them, "I got a plan, but you're both not gonna like it."

He put her and Vanessa in the machine, just moments before they were dangling off the edge. One of the wheels got caught in a lone wire, leaving Wade to hang off with one hand.

"Shit, shit, shit!" Vanessa panicked, her hands pressed against the glass.

"This is your plan?! If you didn't notice, i'm not exactly indestructible at the moment!" Marley squealed, looking down at the far away ground. She didn't mind heights, but with her powers kaput, splatting on the floor was a very unappealing thought.

'We would paint a pretty picture!'

"Don't worry, I'm totally on top of this." He reassured the girls, only for the platform to fall down more rapidly. "Damn it! Maximum effort!"

He yanked the machine off the attached wire and flung them off the platform before they would've been hit by a sliding crate. Screaming filled the air, filtering out the crashing of the hellicarrier as they plummeted towards the ground.

Everything was quiet until Colossus lifted up a large piece of debris, revealing Vanessa and Marley still very much alive inside, the latter's collar broken in her lap. Negasonic offered a hand and pulled the women out, Marley rubbing her sore neck as she straightened up and clicked her back.

"Whew, it was stuffy in there!" Marley laughed, tightening her pigtails that had become all knotted and grimy, you could barely see they  dye anymore.

"Just take it slow." Colossus advised Vanessa, who was bent over and taking in deep breaths.

Their attention was drawn to Wade who was stood on top of some rubble nearby, "Yoo-hoo! Oh, my God, that was so awe-"

He was suddenly cut off by Francis, who tackled him from the side, sending them tumbling down the pile of concrete and metal. Once hitting flat ground, Deadpool gained the upper hand and straddled Francis, punching his bloodied face repeatedly and breaking both of his arms with a sickening crack.

Wade was breathing heavily as he looked down at the chuckling bald prick, "There are no words... Me and you... Are headed to fix this butter face and giving Marley her life back!"

"What? You stupid fucking idiot. Did you really think there was a cure for that?" Francis rolled his eyes and dropped his head down so that he was laying flat on the floor, blood still trickling from his nose.

"What?"

"You heard me."

"No, no! So you mean to say, after all this, you can't fix me. You can't fix Marley."

'Aw he does care...' The voice cooed as they watched quietly. Marley thought it would be best if she let Wade deal with the twat.

"It sounds even stupider when you say it." Ajax remarked snidely.

"Like the kind of stupid who admits he can't do the one thing I'm keeping him alive for?" Wade retorted, pulling out a small handgun and aiming it Francis' head. "Any last words?"

Francis leaned up until his forehead touched the barrel of the gun, "What's my name?"

"Who fucking cares?" Deadpool cocked the gun, fully intending on shooting Francis right then and there, but was interrupted by Colossus.

"Wade! Four or five moments."

"I'm sorry?"

"Four or five moments. That's all it takes."

"To...?" Deadpool urged him to elaborate.

Colossus delved into a very lengthy and quite boring monologue, causing Marley to look around for something to shut him up. "Be a hero. Everyone thinks it's a full-time job. Wake up a hero, brush your teeth a hero, go to work a hero. Not true! Over a lifetime, there are only four or five moments that really matter. Moments when you're offered a choice. To make a sacrifice, conquer a flaw, save a friend. Spare an enemy. In these moments, everything else falls away. The way the world sees us, the way we-"

The sound of gun going of sounded and Francis was shot in the head. Noticing that it wasn't Wade who had shot his gun, everyone turned to see Marley with a smoking in her hands and one of Francis' dead guards by her heels. Colossus quickly kneeled to the floor and vomited.

She saw their expressions and raised a brow, throwing the gun over her shoulder carelessly. "What? I told him I'd put a bullet in his brain. And if Coleslaw here had continued for another second, I would have shot myself."

"Well that was unexpected." Wade quipped in surprise, poking the bullet hole in Ajax's skull.

"Why?!" Colossus exclaimed.

Wade backed Marley up, "You were droning on, boring her to death! Sure, I may be stuck looking like pepperoni flatbread, but at least fuckface won't heal from that. If wearing superhero tights means sparing psychopaths, then maybe we weren't meant to wear 'em. Not everyone monitors a hall like you."

"Just promise -"

"Yeah, yeah, I'll be on the lookout for the next four moments. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm just a boy about to stand in front of an ex girlfriend. And tell her... What the fuck am I going to tell her?"

"Well, heh, you better figure it out." Colossus huffed a laugh and walked away with Marley trailing behind him. 

She knew it was too good to be true, Wade didn't love her, he wasn't there for a psychologically damaged mutant. He was there for Vanessa, a perfectly ordinary human being. She watched them converse from afar, her stomach bubbling with intense jealousy, only to grow ever so confused when she didn't see them kiss and make up. Instead, Wade was turning around and walking in her direction.

'You're so stupid, dummy.' The voice scoffed, Marley could imagine it rolling it's eyes, if it had a face.

"Go get her, tiger." Vanessa called after him with a proud smile.

Wade stopped in front of the blonde, looking down at her. Marley couldn't see his facial expression nor guess what he was feeling at that moment, she was completely clueless as to why he was there.

He reached forward and grabbed her waist, pulling her closer. She had no choice but to place her hand on his leather clad chest, her blonde eyebrows furrowed as she asked, "Wade, what are you doing?"

"I'm gonna kiss my girl, is that a problem?" He declared, reaching to the back off his head and pulling his mask off, revealing a face cut out of Hugh Jackman stapled to his face. "This was in case the other fell off." Marley giggled at the sight.

'Oh my God, it's happening!'

She carefully pulled it off and put it in her bra, "I'm keeping this for the bedroom to go with my green lantern collection. Even though, you have a face that I'd happily sit on."

"You should see the other bits. Super penis." Wade smirked suggestively.

She smiled back, booping his nose, "You're a liar, Mista Pool. I've already seen it all."

"Come on Wade, language. Young one is present." Colossus cut in, completety stopping the moment short.

Wade turned to them, still with his arms wrapped around the blonde's mis section, "What are... What are you still doing here? Get out of here, go make yourself useful! You, go be a really big brother to someone. Tell Beast to stop shitting on my lawn. And you, chicken noodle...nothing compares to you. Sinead O'Connor, 1999."

"That's alright. You're cool." Negasonic nodded her head.

Wade gasped, "What in the ass! That was not mean! I'm proud of you."

"We will make an x-man of you yet, Wade." Colossus stated as he and Negasonic walked off with Vanessa, probably intending to take her to the hospital.

Deadpool called after them, "You know, for a second there, it felt like we were three mini lion robots coming together to form one super robot."

"There's the stupid." Negasonic remarked

"Good luck, Marley. Take care of him." Vanessa smiled before they went out of earshot.

"Yeah. And now, for the moment I've all been waiting for." Wade began, holding Marley's cheeks in his large, gloved hands. He smeared some of francis' blood on her face by accident, but she didn't give a damn. This was their moment, nothing could ruin it.

"Don't you mean we? The readers were waiting a very long time for this." Marley corrected with a beaming smile. 

"Hey, only I make the the fourth wall breaks!" Wade scolded playfully before pulling her in closer to kiss her.

It was everything she never knew she wanted. He seemed so passionate and so sure of his feelings and every bit conveyed in his kiss. Marley kept finding herself going back for more, tightening her arms around his neck to delve in deeper. She wasn't gonna waste this moment now that she knew how he felt out her. He didn't need to express with words, she could tell he loved her back through his actions, his kiss. She was never going to take advantage of her time with Wade ever again, she'd treasure every second.

After their very lengthy make out session, Marley pulled away and huffed, blowing a stray piece of blonde hair out of her face. "Dammit, I really do need to pee."

'Told ya.'