Chapter 9!

The Dragon! Kate's gone… forever?

Kate's body flew into the sky as the Dragon replaced it.

Kate's mind was trapped inside the Dragon. And nothing could penetrate it. Except maybe, a plasma ball from the Phoenix…

Jean knew what she had to do. She turned to Anakin who was sitting near Rogue and Jubilee, with his head in his arms as if he was crying. "Anakin, can you force push Logan up towards The Dragon?" she pointed towards Kate's dragon form. Anakin nodded. Jean crawled over towards the wall that Logan was on the other side of. "Logan, I need you to do something for me." She told him her plan, "Can you do it?" she asked him when she was finished. Logan nodded. Jean said to everyone else; "Stand back. It's going to get very hot in here." As she spoke these words, Jean Grey changed into the Phoenix.

Anakin force pushed Logan up towards Kate as Jean shot out of the dome they were trapped in. Wow! It worked! And I didn't feel a thing. Then she realised she was on fire.

"Hey Logan wanna play ball?" Jean called as Logan stayed where he was, in the air thanks to Anakin, a few meters away from Kate. Kate's dragon eyes looked confused.

"Sure why not." Logan shouted back, as Kate's dragon hand wrapped around him.

"Catch!!!" Jean threw a plasma ball to Logan. He caught it on his anamantium claws. Then he threw it straight into Kate's eyes.

"ARGHHHH!" Came the cry from the dragon as she let go of Logan. Uh oh! This isn't good! Logan fell at least a hundred feet before he was caught by soft arms.

"You needa cut down on those burgers, Wolvie. I can barely wrap my arms around you!" said Jean.

"Thanks Jeanie!" Logan said as Jean put him safely back on the ground. They both turned to watch the miracle/ tragedy that happened.

Kate's body flew down from the sky and landed on the ground near the Dragon. The dragon was helpless as the hot plasma started melting her thick dragon skin. Kate's spirit flew out of the dragon's head and it stayed in place for a few minutes as the dragon fell backwards onto the ground. Kate's body rose up as well, and the two things, the spirit and the body, joined together in the clouds. And were gone.

The energy field around the X-men and Anakin lifted then disappeared. "Fresh air, Warm sun. Have you ever seen anything like it?" said Rogue.

"Yeah," said Bobby "That!" he pointed towards the sky, the sun was setting.

As everyone celebrated their triumph, Logan walked over to where Kate had disappeared. He looked at the sky and realised that Kate wasn't coming back. He looked at the ground sadly.

Padme', after waking up and handing the baby to Anakin, walked over to Logan and placed her hand on his shoulder. "Hey, you okay?"

"Yeah, I just got a funny feelin' like I'm not gonna see her again." Logan replied sadly.

"That was a brave thing you did, Logan," Padme' said.

"I don' care if it worked. I want my Kate back!" he extended his claws and stabbed the body of the dragon. Then he fell onto his knees and cried. "Why'd she have to die? WHY?!?!?!?!?!"

Padme' walked up next to him. She knelt down beside him, "Some times things like this happen. And there's nothing you can do. You may feel like you could have saved her and you might have. But Kate chose her path. And that path led to her destruction. You don't need to be sad." She placed her hand on his shoulder again.

"I'm an X-Man, I know I'm better then this." Logan replied. Padme' helped him stand up and they walked back over to celebrate with the others.