The first real introduction to the main villain contained inside here!!! :]

Another One Bites the Dust

Chapter Ten

After Professor Xavier got into his wheelchair he and Kitty rushed downstairs to Evan and Jean, who were still up. Since they couldn't speak to each other, it was the Professor's idea to talk telepathically.

"Kitty! What happened here? How is your shoulder? Should I get Beast?" he asked her frantically. The last thing he wanted was for another one of the X-Men to die. Kitty shook her head.

"No. I'm getting back at Mystique and her little friend for Killing Kurt!" Professor Xavier sighed.

"Well, let's make this quick. I don't want to lose another mutant, fair enough?" Kitty nodded. Professor Xavier rolled his eyes, figuring it was going to have to work. So the pair continues to search for Jean and Evan in the hopes that they were all right.

Pretty soon they reached the main Living Room and found Jean and Evan backed up against the wall terrified. Mystique was pinning them there just incase and the cloaked figure seemed to be chanting something unheard as ghostly shapes swirled around him like something sraight out of a horror film. He snapped his fingers and everyone went 'bamf' like when Kurt transports. And they all reappeared in a cemetery close by.

"Now we can talk and nobody is around to hear us! Besides, I have a few things to say to you Professor! So I just couldn't keep quiet! Do you like how I turned out? Did pretty well without your stupid Insitiute! It's all right! Nobody there liked me, anyway! That's why I left! Now I'm glad I did! Because I'm stronger than I ever would have been at that place!" And he finished his rant off with a maniacal laugh. Kitty, still clutching her shoulder, turned to Professor Xavier.

"Who's that, Professor? Did he once live at the Institute?"she asked.

"Yes, Kitty. And he was very powerful. But he would always pull pranks on the others. Like Kurt did, except Kurt did it out of fun, he did it because he got a kick out of scaring people. They all hated him because of it. They called him names and tried to pull the same pranks on him that he pulled on them. But he would always injure them severely with his mutant abilities before they could pull anything. They used to say he wasn't a mutant. They said he was a demon. I tried to the best of my abilities to keep a lid on things, but it never worked. So one day I called him into my study to talk some sense into him. Instead, he grabbed his things and ran away. And I never saw him again until now. His mutant name? The Human Goul." Professor Xavier explained. Kitty just stared at him wide-eyed. The cloaked figure just laughed again.

"Yes, that pretty much sums it up. But I've decided I don't like my mutant name. Reminds me too much of my days at the Institute. You can call me The Demonic Deathbringer! And as the Demonic Deathbringer, I will bring death to you all!!!" Kitty and Professor Xavier were just beginning to realize how much of a bad idea this actually turned out to be.

Jean and Evan were sitting on the ground, leaning up against a tombstone. They were looking up at Kitty's shoulder in bewilderment. Jean was the second person to freak.

"Kitty! You're shoulder! What happened? It looks like a gunshot wound!"

Deathbringer charged at Kitty with anger in his eyes. His hands began to glow black and after a few moments, the black glow turned into black fire. He stopped abruptly and threw as much fire as he could muster at Kitty and the Professor. Kitty grabbed the Professor's wheelchair and turned them both intangible. The fire passed right through them.

"It's alright, Jean! I'll manage! Just go get the others! You and Evan! Please I don't know how much of this dodging I can keep up. He's going to disable me eventually! Come on!" Jean listened to her friend and nodded. She grabbed Evan's wrist and dragged him back towards the Institute. It was a bit of a walk, but after a little while, they reached it. Meanwhile...

"I'll kill you both! With this spell!" And the Deathbringer chanted an ancient chant.

Kitty's shoulder was bleeding badly, now. Her shirt was soaked and almost dyed completely red from the blood. And it was stinging badly. She felt the white-hot pain as it coursed through her shoulder and all the way down her side. Suddenly snapping Kitty out of her trance, Deathbringer threw more fire. And this time, she was unable to go intangible.

Hey! The first actual fight! Plz read and review!