X-Men Evolution:

Shadow of a Dragon

NOTE: The first part of the prologue is set in the POV of my character Raven

WARNINGS: None of that much interest in the prologue, some mild cursing but thats it for this chapter.

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Voices? No, nobody's here. I'm, all alone, as usual. There it is again. . . More voices. I can't make it out. Who is it?

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Asleep? I, I'm asleep? For how long?

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No, I do not come from this planet. I live many universes away from here.

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My powers? Yes, I am a dragon.

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Experimentation? On me? No, I remember now! I was captured, for the second time. By the same people. . .

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Help me out of here? Yes, I'd appreciate that.

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With you? I do suppose. . . Yes. I will join you.

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My name? They call me Solstice.

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Well? Anything? Can you guess who she was talking to? Ok, then, ill switch out of first person and get on with the story.

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"Children are not meant to be test experiments." One wise man said.

Another began to raise his voice. "This is no child! She is of your kind! Older than the Earth itself, dare I say! She is not from this planet, dare I say again! Mutants, or aliens for her case, should not exist!"

A woman next to the first man stepped forward. "And we can say the same for you. Do you really want to play this game? Surrounded by mutants? Release her and we'll be on our way."

The scientist threw up his hands in defeat. "Hit that button and it will switch off the security system binding her to her unending rest."

The first man nodded to the woman. "Go on, Storm."

Storm moved to where the scientist was pointing. He stopped her before she made a move to push it. "There is something you need to know before you release her." He motioned to the chains holding down the girl. "We have binded her to those for our own protection. When enraged, she will destroy everything in sight. We have not released her for that reason. When she escaped the first time, our entire laboratory had been destroyed, and several of the workers turned up missing. We found them days later. Dead."

"We can handle it," another mutant growled, extracting three adamantium spikes from his hands.

"Easy, Wolverine. Go on Storm."

Storm hesitated, then without much effort released the mutant girl. The tube in which encased her begin the whir, and the green light switched off. Before long her eyes snapped open,and she looked angrier than hell. The girl snapped the chains, and punched through the glass tube. Standing, she removed the rest of the chains on her body, and turned angry eyes to the scientists.

She growled. "Where."

A scientist cowering in the corner pointed to a wall safe. Walking to it, the girl punched through it and took out a beautiful cats-eye necklace, putting it on, and then raking her claws down the scientists' face. He screamed in agony, before she killed him completely.

"Now now, take it easy." The girl turned to who was talking. "I am Professor Charles Xavier. We are the X-Men, come to take you out of here."

She growled. "Take, me out of here? Take me where? And why should I trust you. You could be like them for all I know!"

Xavier pushed his wheelchair forward. "We mean you no harm. Allow us to bring you back to our institute. We can help you, Solstice."

Solstice nodded, the angry look still burning in her eyes. "Call me, Raven." She pulled the hood of her sweater over her head, hiding her face in shadows, before following the "X-Men" out of the lab.

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