I'm lazy. I'm uploading these last to chapter as one cause I don't want to
have to load them twice then they're already in one file.
Chapter Nine
Being held in large claws was not an experience Amanda enjoyed even after all the experience she had with the feeling. Maybe it was just instinct. The same instinct that told her something bad was happening. She couldn't tell. Her powers of telepathy were such a mess, she couldn't tell her thoughts from the people in the mansion. A spark of unreasonable anger ignited within the storm of thoughts. Anger at the confusion and pain everyone's thoughts provoked was mixed with hatred for the people responsible.
/Amanda!/ Whitewing called into her mind.
/What?/ She forced her words out of the storm. It was getting harder and harder to speak now that she was firmly in her own body once again.
/Didn't you feel that?/
/What?!?/
/Draco is hurt. She's now unconscious./ Whitewing sounded worried. /Amanda? Are you all right?/
/I'm fine./ Amanda growled. She didn't want Whitewing to worry about her, /I can take care of myself. Just get us to the ground./
/Sure thing, I'll drop you off by./
Whitewing's voice faded off, as the voices grew louder. Amanda pushed them away trying to erect some kind of barrier to keep the foreign thoughts away. It wasn't working, her own anger got in her way, she couldn't think clearly. It was like swimming through a red haze. This only served to further her anger. By the time her paws touched the ground she was shaking and it wasn't from the heights.
Ken held Draco in his arms. He'd managed to free her from Toad's slime and now the X-men formed a loose circle around them to protect them from the Brotherhood.
"Draco! Come on, wake up!!" Ken pulled Draco's cracked goggles off her head. There was blood covering the broken goggles.
"Laura!! You're not leaving me to deal with this by myself." Ken ripped off one of the sleeves of his shirt and tried to staunch the flow of blood.
/Ken?/
"Draco." Ken cast a quick illusion around them. The others saw him holding a Draco who looked to be at Death's door.
"Ken, what happened?" she whispered.
"A piece of brick hit you. It grazed the side of your head. You've only got a bloody cut on your head as far as I can tell. You're lucky, those crazy goggles of yours took the worst of the hit."
Draco grinned weakly, "I know. I'm the luckiest."
"Draco." Ken paused.
"What?" Draco opened her eyes and winced at the bright light. Ken moved a bit, blocking the sun for her.
"I.um.I wanted." Ken hung his head, "Never mind. I'll tell you later."
"No. Tell me now." Draco insisted.
Ken shook his head, continuing to hold his torn sleeve against Draco's head. A shadow past over them drawing their attention away from each other. Whitewing dropped Amanda on the ground and then landed beside them in an eagle form.
/We have a problem. Amanda's out of control./ Whitewing said as he returned to his normal form followed by Amanda.
"Are you alright Draco." Amanda asked, her voice sounded strained but otherwise gave no indication of how much pain she was in.
"Yeah, Ken's watching out for me." Draco grinned.
Amanda nodded, her eyes swept the battlefield and Draco's did the same, seeing what she had missed. The X-Men and the Brotherhood were fighting, hardly paying attention to the four in the middle of it all. Sabertooth and Wolverine were still battling it out, both looking more that a little ragged. Scott was helping both Jean and Rogue as the girls fought Lance and Fred. Kurt was leading Todd on a chase around the battlefield and lastly Kitty and Evan fought Quicksilver.
"Um.Amanda, are you all right?" Whitewing asked, concern etched his voice as he watched Amanda glare at the shadows of the mansion.
"I'm fine." She put a hand to her head. The thoughts hurt and it was getting worse.
"Amanda, you need to erect a shield. Your mind will not stand for much more abuse." Ken said with a calm he obviously didn't feel.
Amanda snarled, "Not now." Her enhanced vision could see something growing in the shadows but she wasn't sure what it was. It kept growing but the others didn't notice.
"Amanda, Let's link and we'll help you with a shield." Whitewing said as he came up behind her.
"No!!" Amanda leapt away from Whitewing and at the same time sent her power into the ground. The sudden heave sent the growing form into the light.
"What the." Evan stopped fighting, "What the hell is that?"
The X-men and Brotherhood alike stopped fighting and looked at the growing figure. Even Sabertooth and Wolverine stopped their battle.
"Skylar." Amanda growled. A crazed look entered her eye as she stared at her own personal enemy. She lunged at him.
"Grab her!" Draco shouted, "She's gonna get herself killed." Whitewing landed in front of her. He wrapped his wings around the angry catwoman. Ken helped Draco up and they made their way to their friends. As one they put their hands on Amanda and they all entered her mind.
The first thing they did once they were in Amanda's mind was shield themselves against the fury that was in her mind.
/Is this all hers or is it from all the other minds?/ Draco asked.
/I don't know. Let's join together and create a shield to block these random thoughts. Then we can worry about finding Amanda./ Ken suggested.
/All right./ Draco joined her mind with Ken's and then they both pulled Whitewing in.
/Let's get to work./
Draco and Whitewing pushed the foreign thoughts away and Ken came up behind them spinning a strong shield. It wasn't long before they had a solid sturdy shield protecting Amanda's mind.
/Amanda?/ Whitewing called.
Nothing.
/All this anger IS hers!/ Draco said, /We're not going to be able to talk to her from in here./
/The shield will hold long enough for us to finish this./ Ken said as they started to leave Amanda's mind.
Whitewing settled back into his own body and quickly looked around at what had happened while they were working. What he saw he didn't like at all. The X-men stood in front of them facing the ugliest thing Whitewing had ever seen. The man Amanda had name as Skylar had grown to be about the size of a single story house. But his size wasn't the most disturbing thing though it did make it worse. It was that fact that he wasn't human. If Whitewing hadn't seen Skylar in Amanda's mind, hadn't seen that he was human, he never would have guessed that Skylar could have grown into the sickly grey thing in front of them. It was scaly with large lumpy wings. It vaguely resembled pictures of Pterodactyls that Whitewing had seen when studying. Behind the creature was the Brotherhood looking like they were winning.
"What the hell is that??" Draco asked sounding confused, "That wasn't there before."
"Skylar." Amanda hissed. If she had been in cat form her fur would have been sticking out on end.
Whitewing glanced at Amanda nervously, "Ah.Amanda? Are you all right?"
"I'm fine. Killing things always makes me feel better." Amanda said calmly with a dangerous glint in her eye.
"I don't think we want to do that dear. The X-men wouldn't like that. You do remember them don't you." Whitewing said dryly.
"You didn't feel what that monster did to all those telepaths." Amanda turned on Whitewing, eyes blazing, "You only know of the pain, the feelings. I know exactly what he did to most of those people."
"Amanda." Ken started.
"I'm taking him down and you're not going to stop me." Amanda snarled as she started forward.
"We weren't thinking of stopping you. We're a team." Whitewing grinned, "So let's do this right."
Amanda paused and turned to face Whitewing, "What?"
Whitewing held Amanda's gaze as he spoke.
"Well? Draco, Illusion you in?" Whitewing asked, deliberately using their other names this time. Ken nodded.
"Yeah. Let's kick some ass." Draco grinned, her wound already forgotten as she walked to Amanda's side. Ken followed her and the stood together.
Jean glanced back. Wanting to make sure that the four were all right. She blinked in surprise when she saw all four standing just behind her and her friends.
"You guys should get back. I don't think you want to get involved with this. You're not at full strength and."
"We were about to say the same to you." Ken interrupted, "We're stronger than all of you put together."
"But we've dealt with this kind of thing before." Scott said, his eyes not leaving Skylar.
"No you haven't. He's not human and he's not a mutant." Draco said, "He's been created."
"How do you know that?" Logan growled.
"My healing power doesn't like things that aren't natural." Draco explained.
"WATCH OUT!!" Kurt yelled just as he leapt out of the way.
The X-men scattered as some kind of wave swept towards them. It seemed to distort the air around it as if sped towards the four who hadn't run.
"Ready?" Draco called as she held hands with Ken and Amanda.
"Do we know what we're doing?" Whitewing asked as he grabbed Amanda's other hand with his wing.
"Not a clue." Ken said but he grinned, "Fun isn't it."
Amanda rolled her eyes, "You people make me look normal."
Whitewing gasped, "Hark! Was that a joke I just heard??"
"Shut up featherhead." Amanda said just as the wave hit them.
To be continued..
Chapter Ten
The wave wasn't what they expected. It was worse. As the blast hit them they went numb. Then the wave started to distort them. They could feel their powers warping and being pushed together. Something was stopping it from working but not enough.
/So that's what it does. It trying to confuse us so that our powers will kill each other./ Ken said to the others.
/I know. My healing powers are just barley enough to stop it!/ Draco growled.
Immediately the others started feeding her their power to ease the strain. They waited for the blast to end but it seemed to go on forever. The strangest thing was the wave somehow was powering them up now.
/Is this wave thinking or something? I feel like I'm about to burst!/ Whitewing said with a mental groan. Draco and Ken groaned in unison as they fell to their knees. Amanda gritted her teeth. I must have been weaker than I thought; I don't feel nearly as bad. She looked around but all she could see was distorted shapes. If this keeps up they're going to die. She thought to herself. She glanced at her friends and making a quick decision cut the power they were feeding Draco. Then before they could protest she started draining off the power that was so close to killing them.
/Amanda!?/ All three yelled, /What are you doing!?!?!/
Amanda ignored them as she took aim at the largest distorted shape in front of her. She could see other moving blures and flashes of light but ignored them as she pushed. They all heard a yell and a loud crash. The wave dissipated and they could see that Amanda had pushed Skylar into the mansion. The giant beast flailed around as it worked it's way back to its feet. By the time it was standing Draco, Whitewing and Ken were on their feet and standing beside Amanda.
"So what now Catseye?" Whitewing asked with a tiny smile on his lips, "Do we destroy him or fix him."
"Destroy him." Catseye said, her eyes glowing with power.
"Your wish is my command M'lady." Whitewing's eyes closed and he fell limply to the ground. In front of them appeared a large Phoenix.
/I'm guessing the wave boosted our powers./ Whitewing said as he crouched down. His body was easily as big as Skylar who was watching them in shock along with the rest of the people there.
/Stand on me by my head, you'll be safer up here./
Amanda lifted Whitewing's unconscious body, Ken and Draco onto Whitewing so that Ken and Draco were on his left side while Amanda and Whitewing's body were on the right. Whitewing launched them into the sky, flying high. They saw Skylar shake himself and follow but not nearly as graceful as Whitewing was.
Ken watched Skylar as Whitewing circled above the monster. He felt detached as the power in him boiled. He held out a hand and when Skylar passed his line of sight a white mist fell from his hand. Ice appeared along Skylar's spine.
/Damn. I seem to have missed./ Ken said in amusement.
/Hold on./ Whitewing said before he dove. His talons ripped into one of Skylar's wings while Draco torched the other one. Skylar fell from the sky like a rock. They saw the X-men and the Brotherhood fall to the ground when Skylar landed. Whitewing followed, landing gracefully.
/He can't run now, Amanda./ Draco said as they slid off of Whitewing.
In response the ground around Skylar shook as it came up and surrounded him until an earth sphere was hanging in the sky. Ken stepped forward and froze it. Then Draco with her flame hands held it while Amanda collected all her power. Whitewing, Ken and Draco all joined with her lending them her power. Then when she was ready Amanda held the ball with her power and threw it up. Using every bit of power she had access to in order to get Skylar and his prison past the atmosphere ensuring that he would be orbiting the earth for a long time. But the action wasn't without its consequences. Amanda was the first to fall from exhaustion. The others only seconds behind. Whitewing's Phoenix form simply disappeared as his mind went back to his body.
Draco woke up on a soft bed. Blearily she opened her eyes found herself in her room at Xavier's mansion.
"How the hell did I end up here?" Draco croaked aloud, not expecting an answer. She got one anyway.
"The other's brought you four back. You were all nearly dead." Came Professor Xavier's soft voice.
"Where are the others?" Draco asked as she attempted to wake up.
"In bed still unconscious. There were .shall we say few problems found when you were brought here." Xavier said slowly.
"Such as?" Draco prompted.
"Well, Cerebro found that you all are going to be a lot weaker than you were before. I believe you all may have burned out some of your gifts."
"That's okay. We can afford to loose some of them." Draco said while wondering exactly which gifts she might have lost. Beside her she could hear someone groan. With a groan of her own she turned her head and saw Ken lying in another bed.
/Oh.I hurt./ Ken moaned.
/Well, now I now this gift works./ Draco said sarcastically.
/What?/ Ken looked ever so confused. Draco took pity on him and explained what Xavier had told her.
/So, what was it you wanted to tell me?/ Draco asked when she finished her explanation.
/Um.ah./ Ken stuttered while he blushed.
/You said you'd tell me./ Draco pointed out.
/I.was.a...um.wonderingifyou'dgooutwithmesometime?/ Ken finished in a rush.
/What? Even I couldn't follow that./ Draco said, /And I'm the speed talker./
Ken repeated his question a bit more slowly. Draco grinned.
/I thought you'd never ask. I though was gonna have to ask you. I'd love to./
/Really./ Ken looked so hopeful.
Draco gave a little nod that made her head throb. /As soon as we're well./ She amended with a groan.
Ken chuckled mentally, willing to put up the pain now that he had something to look forward to.
Whitewing woke up not long after Draco and Ken did. But he was in a different room. He managed to pull himself into a sitting position and found the room empty with the exception of Amanda who lay in the other bed.
"Amanda?" Whitewing called. Nothing. He tried again this time with his mind.
/Amanda? Catseye?/
Frustrated Whitewing hauled himself over to the side of the bed and stood on shaky legs. His head was pounding but he ignored it. He needed to make sure Amanda was okay. He crossed the room and sat on the edge of Amanda's bed. He took her hand in his wing.
/Amanda? Are you alright?/ This time he heard a vague grumpy mumbling.
/Amanda?/ There was more grumpy mumbling. This time a little louder.
/Come on Amanda. Wake up./
/Go'way./ Came a faint voice.
/Amanda!!/ Whitewing cheered.
/Whitewing if you don't let me sleep I may do something I know I'll regret./ Amanda threatened, not bothering to move.
Whitewing sniffed dramatically, /You care. You really care./ Amanda growled as she opened one eye to glare at him.
/Of course I care. I wouldn't have put up with you for this long if I hadn't./ Whitewing blinked in surprise, /I was just kidding./
/That's nice./
"Do you really care?" Whitewing asked aloud.
"YES! I really do care about you. Now, can I go back to sleep?" Amanda asked in annoyance.
Whitewing grinned happily. /Of course M'lady. Anything for you./
/Oh brother./
"Now how to get back to my own bed." Whitewing pondered the task.
Amanda's brow furrowed as she tried to move him but nothing happened. "I think I broke my telekinetic power cause I can't seem to move you."
Whitewing sigh as he started to get up. Amanda tugged on his wing. /Stay here. I don't want you to fall. Broken boyfriends are no fun./
Whitewing laughed as Amanda moved over and Whitewing curled up beside her on the bed.
In the end it took them several days to recover. In that time they found that they had lost some of their powers. Draco had lost her flames while Ken lost his ice. Whitewing lost his astral projection. Amanda lost the most. Her telekinetic power was gone as was about half of her telepathy power. She had enough to communicate with the others and that was it. But she still had her power to shape shift so she was happy. Draco had dug out a new pair of goggles from some corner of her room and was once again wearing them. Ken just shook his head and put up with it. While Whitewing would often take bird form and try and steal them. Amanda just watched them in amusement. They were her family, not perfect but they would do.
The END!!
*does a happy dance* I'm finished!!!!!!! I don't like the ending but oh well. It's done so that's okay. Draco can stop screeching at me now. I so lost interest in this story but I'm proud of myself. I actually finished it instead of tossing it. *Grins* I'M DONE!!! I can concentrate on all my other stuff now with out worrying about this thing. WHEEE!!!!
Chapter Nine
Being held in large claws was not an experience Amanda enjoyed even after all the experience she had with the feeling. Maybe it was just instinct. The same instinct that told her something bad was happening. She couldn't tell. Her powers of telepathy were such a mess, she couldn't tell her thoughts from the people in the mansion. A spark of unreasonable anger ignited within the storm of thoughts. Anger at the confusion and pain everyone's thoughts provoked was mixed with hatred for the people responsible.
/Amanda!/ Whitewing called into her mind.
/What?/ She forced her words out of the storm. It was getting harder and harder to speak now that she was firmly in her own body once again.
/Didn't you feel that?/
/What?!?/
/Draco is hurt. She's now unconscious./ Whitewing sounded worried. /Amanda? Are you all right?/
/I'm fine./ Amanda growled. She didn't want Whitewing to worry about her, /I can take care of myself. Just get us to the ground./
/Sure thing, I'll drop you off by./
Whitewing's voice faded off, as the voices grew louder. Amanda pushed them away trying to erect some kind of barrier to keep the foreign thoughts away. It wasn't working, her own anger got in her way, she couldn't think clearly. It was like swimming through a red haze. This only served to further her anger. By the time her paws touched the ground she was shaking and it wasn't from the heights.
Ken held Draco in his arms. He'd managed to free her from Toad's slime and now the X-men formed a loose circle around them to protect them from the Brotherhood.
"Draco! Come on, wake up!!" Ken pulled Draco's cracked goggles off her head. There was blood covering the broken goggles.
"Laura!! You're not leaving me to deal with this by myself." Ken ripped off one of the sleeves of his shirt and tried to staunch the flow of blood.
/Ken?/
"Draco." Ken cast a quick illusion around them. The others saw him holding a Draco who looked to be at Death's door.
"Ken, what happened?" she whispered.
"A piece of brick hit you. It grazed the side of your head. You've only got a bloody cut on your head as far as I can tell. You're lucky, those crazy goggles of yours took the worst of the hit."
Draco grinned weakly, "I know. I'm the luckiest."
"Draco." Ken paused.
"What?" Draco opened her eyes and winced at the bright light. Ken moved a bit, blocking the sun for her.
"I.um.I wanted." Ken hung his head, "Never mind. I'll tell you later."
"No. Tell me now." Draco insisted.
Ken shook his head, continuing to hold his torn sleeve against Draco's head. A shadow past over them drawing their attention away from each other. Whitewing dropped Amanda on the ground and then landed beside them in an eagle form.
/We have a problem. Amanda's out of control./ Whitewing said as he returned to his normal form followed by Amanda.
"Are you alright Draco." Amanda asked, her voice sounded strained but otherwise gave no indication of how much pain she was in.
"Yeah, Ken's watching out for me." Draco grinned.
Amanda nodded, her eyes swept the battlefield and Draco's did the same, seeing what she had missed. The X-Men and the Brotherhood were fighting, hardly paying attention to the four in the middle of it all. Sabertooth and Wolverine were still battling it out, both looking more that a little ragged. Scott was helping both Jean and Rogue as the girls fought Lance and Fred. Kurt was leading Todd on a chase around the battlefield and lastly Kitty and Evan fought Quicksilver.
"Um.Amanda, are you all right?" Whitewing asked, concern etched his voice as he watched Amanda glare at the shadows of the mansion.
"I'm fine." She put a hand to her head. The thoughts hurt and it was getting worse.
"Amanda, you need to erect a shield. Your mind will not stand for much more abuse." Ken said with a calm he obviously didn't feel.
Amanda snarled, "Not now." Her enhanced vision could see something growing in the shadows but she wasn't sure what it was. It kept growing but the others didn't notice.
"Amanda, Let's link and we'll help you with a shield." Whitewing said as he came up behind her.
"No!!" Amanda leapt away from Whitewing and at the same time sent her power into the ground. The sudden heave sent the growing form into the light.
"What the." Evan stopped fighting, "What the hell is that?"
The X-men and Brotherhood alike stopped fighting and looked at the growing figure. Even Sabertooth and Wolverine stopped their battle.
"Skylar." Amanda growled. A crazed look entered her eye as she stared at her own personal enemy. She lunged at him.
"Grab her!" Draco shouted, "She's gonna get herself killed." Whitewing landed in front of her. He wrapped his wings around the angry catwoman. Ken helped Draco up and they made their way to their friends. As one they put their hands on Amanda and they all entered her mind.
The first thing they did once they were in Amanda's mind was shield themselves against the fury that was in her mind.
/Is this all hers or is it from all the other minds?/ Draco asked.
/I don't know. Let's join together and create a shield to block these random thoughts. Then we can worry about finding Amanda./ Ken suggested.
/All right./ Draco joined her mind with Ken's and then they both pulled Whitewing in.
/Let's get to work./
Draco and Whitewing pushed the foreign thoughts away and Ken came up behind them spinning a strong shield. It wasn't long before they had a solid sturdy shield protecting Amanda's mind.
/Amanda?/ Whitewing called.
Nothing.
/All this anger IS hers!/ Draco said, /We're not going to be able to talk to her from in here./
/The shield will hold long enough for us to finish this./ Ken said as they started to leave Amanda's mind.
Whitewing settled back into his own body and quickly looked around at what had happened while they were working. What he saw he didn't like at all. The X-men stood in front of them facing the ugliest thing Whitewing had ever seen. The man Amanda had name as Skylar had grown to be about the size of a single story house. But his size wasn't the most disturbing thing though it did make it worse. It was that fact that he wasn't human. If Whitewing hadn't seen Skylar in Amanda's mind, hadn't seen that he was human, he never would have guessed that Skylar could have grown into the sickly grey thing in front of them. It was scaly with large lumpy wings. It vaguely resembled pictures of Pterodactyls that Whitewing had seen when studying. Behind the creature was the Brotherhood looking like they were winning.
"What the hell is that??" Draco asked sounding confused, "That wasn't there before."
"Skylar." Amanda hissed. If she had been in cat form her fur would have been sticking out on end.
Whitewing glanced at Amanda nervously, "Ah.Amanda? Are you all right?"
"I'm fine. Killing things always makes me feel better." Amanda said calmly with a dangerous glint in her eye.
"I don't think we want to do that dear. The X-men wouldn't like that. You do remember them don't you." Whitewing said dryly.
"You didn't feel what that monster did to all those telepaths." Amanda turned on Whitewing, eyes blazing, "You only know of the pain, the feelings. I know exactly what he did to most of those people."
"Amanda." Ken started.
"I'm taking him down and you're not going to stop me." Amanda snarled as she started forward.
"We weren't thinking of stopping you. We're a team." Whitewing grinned, "So let's do this right."
Amanda paused and turned to face Whitewing, "What?"
Whitewing held Amanda's gaze as he spoke.
"Well? Draco, Illusion you in?" Whitewing asked, deliberately using their other names this time. Ken nodded.
"Yeah. Let's kick some ass." Draco grinned, her wound already forgotten as she walked to Amanda's side. Ken followed her and the stood together.
Jean glanced back. Wanting to make sure that the four were all right. She blinked in surprise when she saw all four standing just behind her and her friends.
"You guys should get back. I don't think you want to get involved with this. You're not at full strength and."
"We were about to say the same to you." Ken interrupted, "We're stronger than all of you put together."
"But we've dealt with this kind of thing before." Scott said, his eyes not leaving Skylar.
"No you haven't. He's not human and he's not a mutant." Draco said, "He's been created."
"How do you know that?" Logan growled.
"My healing power doesn't like things that aren't natural." Draco explained.
"WATCH OUT!!" Kurt yelled just as he leapt out of the way.
The X-men scattered as some kind of wave swept towards them. It seemed to distort the air around it as if sped towards the four who hadn't run.
"Ready?" Draco called as she held hands with Ken and Amanda.
"Do we know what we're doing?" Whitewing asked as he grabbed Amanda's other hand with his wing.
"Not a clue." Ken said but he grinned, "Fun isn't it."
Amanda rolled her eyes, "You people make me look normal."
Whitewing gasped, "Hark! Was that a joke I just heard??"
"Shut up featherhead." Amanda said just as the wave hit them.
To be continued..
Chapter Ten
The wave wasn't what they expected. It was worse. As the blast hit them they went numb. Then the wave started to distort them. They could feel their powers warping and being pushed together. Something was stopping it from working but not enough.
/So that's what it does. It trying to confuse us so that our powers will kill each other./ Ken said to the others.
/I know. My healing powers are just barley enough to stop it!/ Draco growled.
Immediately the others started feeding her their power to ease the strain. They waited for the blast to end but it seemed to go on forever. The strangest thing was the wave somehow was powering them up now.
/Is this wave thinking or something? I feel like I'm about to burst!/ Whitewing said with a mental groan. Draco and Ken groaned in unison as they fell to their knees. Amanda gritted her teeth. I must have been weaker than I thought; I don't feel nearly as bad. She looked around but all she could see was distorted shapes. If this keeps up they're going to die. She thought to herself. She glanced at her friends and making a quick decision cut the power they were feeding Draco. Then before they could protest she started draining off the power that was so close to killing them.
/Amanda!?/ All three yelled, /What are you doing!?!?!/
Amanda ignored them as she took aim at the largest distorted shape in front of her. She could see other moving blures and flashes of light but ignored them as she pushed. They all heard a yell and a loud crash. The wave dissipated and they could see that Amanda had pushed Skylar into the mansion. The giant beast flailed around as it worked it's way back to its feet. By the time it was standing Draco, Whitewing and Ken were on their feet and standing beside Amanda.
"So what now Catseye?" Whitewing asked with a tiny smile on his lips, "Do we destroy him or fix him."
"Destroy him." Catseye said, her eyes glowing with power.
"Your wish is my command M'lady." Whitewing's eyes closed and he fell limply to the ground. In front of them appeared a large Phoenix.
/I'm guessing the wave boosted our powers./ Whitewing said as he crouched down. His body was easily as big as Skylar who was watching them in shock along with the rest of the people there.
/Stand on me by my head, you'll be safer up here./
Amanda lifted Whitewing's unconscious body, Ken and Draco onto Whitewing so that Ken and Draco were on his left side while Amanda and Whitewing's body were on the right. Whitewing launched them into the sky, flying high. They saw Skylar shake himself and follow but not nearly as graceful as Whitewing was.
Ken watched Skylar as Whitewing circled above the monster. He felt detached as the power in him boiled. He held out a hand and when Skylar passed his line of sight a white mist fell from his hand. Ice appeared along Skylar's spine.
/Damn. I seem to have missed./ Ken said in amusement.
/Hold on./ Whitewing said before he dove. His talons ripped into one of Skylar's wings while Draco torched the other one. Skylar fell from the sky like a rock. They saw the X-men and the Brotherhood fall to the ground when Skylar landed. Whitewing followed, landing gracefully.
/He can't run now, Amanda./ Draco said as they slid off of Whitewing.
In response the ground around Skylar shook as it came up and surrounded him until an earth sphere was hanging in the sky. Ken stepped forward and froze it. Then Draco with her flame hands held it while Amanda collected all her power. Whitewing, Ken and Draco all joined with her lending them her power. Then when she was ready Amanda held the ball with her power and threw it up. Using every bit of power she had access to in order to get Skylar and his prison past the atmosphere ensuring that he would be orbiting the earth for a long time. But the action wasn't without its consequences. Amanda was the first to fall from exhaustion. The others only seconds behind. Whitewing's Phoenix form simply disappeared as his mind went back to his body.
Draco woke up on a soft bed. Blearily she opened her eyes found herself in her room at Xavier's mansion.
"How the hell did I end up here?" Draco croaked aloud, not expecting an answer. She got one anyway.
"The other's brought you four back. You were all nearly dead." Came Professor Xavier's soft voice.
"Where are the others?" Draco asked as she attempted to wake up.
"In bed still unconscious. There were .shall we say few problems found when you were brought here." Xavier said slowly.
"Such as?" Draco prompted.
"Well, Cerebro found that you all are going to be a lot weaker than you were before. I believe you all may have burned out some of your gifts."
"That's okay. We can afford to loose some of them." Draco said while wondering exactly which gifts she might have lost. Beside her she could hear someone groan. With a groan of her own she turned her head and saw Ken lying in another bed.
/Oh.I hurt./ Ken moaned.
/Well, now I now this gift works./ Draco said sarcastically.
/What?/ Ken looked ever so confused. Draco took pity on him and explained what Xavier had told her.
/So, what was it you wanted to tell me?/ Draco asked when she finished her explanation.
/Um.ah./ Ken stuttered while he blushed.
/You said you'd tell me./ Draco pointed out.
/I.was.a...um.wonderingifyou'dgooutwithmesometime?/ Ken finished in a rush.
/What? Even I couldn't follow that./ Draco said, /And I'm the speed talker./
Ken repeated his question a bit more slowly. Draco grinned.
/I thought you'd never ask. I though was gonna have to ask you. I'd love to./
/Really./ Ken looked so hopeful.
Draco gave a little nod that made her head throb. /As soon as we're well./ She amended with a groan.
Ken chuckled mentally, willing to put up the pain now that he had something to look forward to.
Whitewing woke up not long after Draco and Ken did. But he was in a different room. He managed to pull himself into a sitting position and found the room empty with the exception of Amanda who lay in the other bed.
"Amanda?" Whitewing called. Nothing. He tried again this time with his mind.
/Amanda? Catseye?/
Frustrated Whitewing hauled himself over to the side of the bed and stood on shaky legs. His head was pounding but he ignored it. He needed to make sure Amanda was okay. He crossed the room and sat on the edge of Amanda's bed. He took her hand in his wing.
/Amanda? Are you alright?/ This time he heard a vague grumpy mumbling.
/Amanda?/ There was more grumpy mumbling. This time a little louder.
/Come on Amanda. Wake up./
/Go'way./ Came a faint voice.
/Amanda!!/ Whitewing cheered.
/Whitewing if you don't let me sleep I may do something I know I'll regret./ Amanda threatened, not bothering to move.
Whitewing sniffed dramatically, /You care. You really care./ Amanda growled as she opened one eye to glare at him.
/Of course I care. I wouldn't have put up with you for this long if I hadn't./ Whitewing blinked in surprise, /I was just kidding./
/That's nice./
"Do you really care?" Whitewing asked aloud.
"YES! I really do care about you. Now, can I go back to sleep?" Amanda asked in annoyance.
Whitewing grinned happily. /Of course M'lady. Anything for you./
/Oh brother./
"Now how to get back to my own bed." Whitewing pondered the task.
Amanda's brow furrowed as she tried to move him but nothing happened. "I think I broke my telekinetic power cause I can't seem to move you."
Whitewing sigh as he started to get up. Amanda tugged on his wing. /Stay here. I don't want you to fall. Broken boyfriends are no fun./
Whitewing laughed as Amanda moved over and Whitewing curled up beside her on the bed.
In the end it took them several days to recover. In that time they found that they had lost some of their powers. Draco had lost her flames while Ken lost his ice. Whitewing lost his astral projection. Amanda lost the most. Her telekinetic power was gone as was about half of her telepathy power. She had enough to communicate with the others and that was it. But she still had her power to shape shift so she was happy. Draco had dug out a new pair of goggles from some corner of her room and was once again wearing them. Ken just shook his head and put up with it. While Whitewing would often take bird form and try and steal them. Amanda just watched them in amusement. They were her family, not perfect but they would do.
The END!!
*does a happy dance* I'm finished!!!!!!! I don't like the ending but oh well. It's done so that's okay. Draco can stop screeching at me now. I so lost interest in this story but I'm proud of myself. I actually finished it instead of tossing it. *Grins* I'M DONE!!! I can concentrate on all my other stuff now with out worrying about this thing. WHEEE!!!!