Jamie had been sitting in his room, reading, when the lights first went
out. He sat up from his bed and walked out into the hall.
"What's going on?" he asked aloud, seeing the dimly lit hall. He explored the halls upstairs but found them deserted. After a few minutes, he came to the staircase that led downstairs.
"Bobby, Ray? Where is everybody?" he wondered, and came down into the den just as Magneto and Sabertooth walked back through the door.
"Oh no!" Jamie gasped and ducked back into the shadows. "Don't let them find me, don't let them find me, don't let them find me!" he whispered softly. Magneto and Sabertooth came very close to where Jamie was hiding and paused as Sabertooth sniffed the air. Jamie began to tremble as the two mutants towered over him, looking around.
After a tense minute, Magneto and Sabertooth turned and walked off. Jamie breathed a sigh of relief, and then heard Sabertooth speak.
"Where is this lab?" he asked Magneto.
"It's downstairs. And remember, be careful. We still haven't found Wolverine or any of the others,"
"I hope we do find them," said Sabertooth. "I'm going to kill them very, very slowly. I think your son would have enjoyed that,"
Jamie gasped as he heard Sabertooth talk and realized that they were heading to find Electra. Thinking that Xavier was all by himself, he swallowed nervously and jumped up, preparing to be a hero.
"Hey!" he shouted. "You forgot about us!"
Magneto and Sabertooth whirled around to see five identical mutants standing in front of them. "Very brave, boy, but you're no match for us," said Magneto.
Ignoring him, the Jamies cried out loudly and rushed at Sabertooth, swarming over the mutant and knocking him to his knees. Sabertooth flailed madly as he tried to shake the Jamies off of him while Magneto stepped back to watch how his associate handled this new challenge.
"You're not gonna hurt anybody else tonight!" Jamie shouted bravely as Sabertooth snarled. Sabertooth grabbed onto one of the Jamies that was clinging to his shoulder and dashed him against the wall. He was expecting to see the boy's brains spread across the floor but instead saw the body fade out of existence.
"Wrong me!" laughed one of the Jamies clinging to Sabertooth's back, and began to pound on Sabertooth's head. Unfortunately, Jamie's laughter gave him away, and Sabertooth immediately grabbed the real boy and slammed him to the floor. Jamie groaned and his other duplicates faded away.
"Such a foolish boy," said Magneto. "Kill him,"
"Gladly," Sabertooth said, and picked Jamie up by his neck and began to squeeze tightly.
Jamie kicked his legs, trying to break out of Sabertooth's grip, but his struggles were to no avail. His face turned purple and his eyes began to bulge in their sockets as Sabertooth slowly choked the life out of him.
Suddenly, a flash of red light lit up the room as Scott appeared in the doorway of the den and fired an optic blast at Sabertooth. The blast hit Sabertooth squarely in the back, and the mutant screamed and dropped Jamie to the ground. Jamie gasped for breath and clutched at his bruised throat.
"Why don't ya pick on someone your own size, bub?" Logan snarled and dashed at Sabertooth, claws extended. Sabertooth snarled, then turned and dashed out the door. Logan growled and chased after him, leaving Magneto alone with Scott and Jean.
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Logan ran outside and looked around for Sabertooth, but could not see his foe.
"Where are ya?" he shouted, challenging Sabertooth to come out and fight. He heard a rush of air from above and looked up to see Sabertooth jump off the balcony above. Sabertooth landed on top of Logan and knocked him to the ground.
"And now we end this!" Sabertooth sneered. Logan rolled to his feet and ran towards his rival as the two mutants locked claws one more time.
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Inside, Scott aimed at Magneto, but before he could fire, Magneto pointed at Scott and used his powers to pull Scott's visor off of his face. Scott instinctively covered his eyes to avoid releasing the full force of his powers. Magneto clenched his fist around the visor, snapping it in half, then advanced on the two mutants.
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Logan ducked underneath Sabertooth's first swing and kicked his opponent in the ribs. Sabertooth barely flinched at Logan's blow and kicked back, hitting Logan and knocking him to his knees.
Logan quickly recovered and charged at Sabertooth, tackling him and knocking him to the ground. He slugged Sabertooth in the face several times, and then Sabertooth flipped Logan off of him.
Now Sabertooth went on the offensive. He swung at Logan, cutting into his chest with his claws and drawing blood. He picked Logan up and threw him through the air. Logan landed against the wooden railing on the porch, cracking it.
Logan got up and unsheathed his own claws. He slashed out at Sabertooth, cutting the mutant across the arm. Sabertooth touched the blood coming from the wound and grinned sadistically.
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"Jean, help!" Scott shouted.
"5 yards in front of you, 2 degrees up!" Jean called back, acting as a guide.
Scott pointed his head where Jean had told him and opened his eyes, releasing a massive blast of optic energy. The blast hit Magneto and threw him across the den. Magneto staggered to his feet and floated backwards and out the door.
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Bobby, Sam and Amara dashed into the den, and found Scott and Jean by themselves. "Where's Logan?" asked Bobby.
"Bobby, is that you?" Scott asked blindly. "We told you to stay back!"
"Hey, this is our house too!" shouted Amara.
"Enough!" said Jean, stepping in quickly. "Magneto's still out there!"
"Let's go!" said Sam.
"Wait!" shouted Scott. "It's too dangerous! Go down to the lab and protect the Professor. Magneto's trying to take Electra,"
"What about you?" asked Bobby.
"We'll be fine. Just go!" Scott insisted.
Bobby and the others nodded and dashed out of the room.
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Back on the lawn, Logan and Sabertooth continued their duel while Magneto hovered silently overhead, watching the two mutant gladiators fight it out.
Logan slashed out again but Sabertooth parried the blow and kicked Logan in the gut. He raised his leg to stomp down on Logan, but Logan rolled out of the way and Sabertooth's foot shattered the cement steps to pieces.
Logan got up and kicked Sabertooth in the back, doubling the mutant over, and then jumped on his back and raised his claws to strike at the mutant's head.
Sabertooth leaned forward at the last second, and the blow that would have taken his head off instead found only empty air. Sabertooth threw Logan off of him to the ground and kicked him for good measure to keep him down for a bit.
Sabertooth walked over to the entrance and picked up one of the doors. Logan got up and charged at him again but Sabertooth swung the door and connected, sending Logan flying across the porch and down the stairs. Logan sat dazed as Sabertooth walked over to him and held the door over his head, ready to crush him.
"So long, Wolverine!" Sabertooth shouted, and lifted the door to strike, but Scott fired an optic blast from inside with Jean's guidance and blasted the door out of his hands. As Sabertooth looked around, puzzled, Logan rolled to his feet and jumped, did a handspring and kicked Sabertooth hard in the face with both feet. The blow sent Sabertooth flying backwards. Logan jumped on top of Sabertooth.
"You can push me pretty far, bub, but when you come into our home, that's the last straw!" With a savage roar, he drove his claws through Sabertooth's throat.
Sabertooth's eyes went wide as his breath was sucked out of him and blood began to flow from his throat. He clutched desperately at his throat to staunch the flow of blood, but to no avail. Finally, realizing that his death was at hand, he looked at Logan and gasped, "Victory. is yours," and then closed his eyes.
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Logan let out a bloodcurdling scream as he stood looking down upon his vanquished foe, and then heard the sound of clapping. He looked up to see Magneto descending to the ground.
"Congratulations on finally defeating my worthless lackey," Magneto said, gesturing at the fallen Sabertooth as he landed. "Such a noble victory. Too bad nobody will be survive to sing songs of it,"
"Don't think killin' one lowlife is enough for me tonight, bub," said Logan, blood still dripping from his claws.
"I'm afraid I won't be able to satisfy your bloodlust any time soon," Magneto said, and pointed at Logan's claws. Logan screamed in agony as his claws were pulled out of his hands, tearing through his knuckles at Magneto's beckoning.
"Such beautiful things," said Magneto as the adamantium claws slowly rotated around his head, forming a metallic halo. "You really do make it too easy, you know," he said, and used his powers to grab Logan's adamantium skeleton and pin him to the ground. Before Logan could get up, Magneto used his powers to hurl 5 of the claws at him like lawn darts. Logan grimaced and yelled in pain as his own claws stuck into his chest.
Magneto walked up to Logan. "For my son!" he said viciously, and drove the last claw through Logan's throat. Then he turned and walked back into the mansion, leaving Logan staked to the ground, lifeless.
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"What's going on?" he asked aloud, seeing the dimly lit hall. He explored the halls upstairs but found them deserted. After a few minutes, he came to the staircase that led downstairs.
"Bobby, Ray? Where is everybody?" he wondered, and came down into the den just as Magneto and Sabertooth walked back through the door.
"Oh no!" Jamie gasped and ducked back into the shadows. "Don't let them find me, don't let them find me, don't let them find me!" he whispered softly. Magneto and Sabertooth came very close to where Jamie was hiding and paused as Sabertooth sniffed the air. Jamie began to tremble as the two mutants towered over him, looking around.
After a tense minute, Magneto and Sabertooth turned and walked off. Jamie breathed a sigh of relief, and then heard Sabertooth speak.
"Where is this lab?" he asked Magneto.
"It's downstairs. And remember, be careful. We still haven't found Wolverine or any of the others,"
"I hope we do find them," said Sabertooth. "I'm going to kill them very, very slowly. I think your son would have enjoyed that,"
Jamie gasped as he heard Sabertooth talk and realized that they were heading to find Electra. Thinking that Xavier was all by himself, he swallowed nervously and jumped up, preparing to be a hero.
"Hey!" he shouted. "You forgot about us!"
Magneto and Sabertooth whirled around to see five identical mutants standing in front of them. "Very brave, boy, but you're no match for us," said Magneto.
Ignoring him, the Jamies cried out loudly and rushed at Sabertooth, swarming over the mutant and knocking him to his knees. Sabertooth flailed madly as he tried to shake the Jamies off of him while Magneto stepped back to watch how his associate handled this new challenge.
"You're not gonna hurt anybody else tonight!" Jamie shouted bravely as Sabertooth snarled. Sabertooth grabbed onto one of the Jamies that was clinging to his shoulder and dashed him against the wall. He was expecting to see the boy's brains spread across the floor but instead saw the body fade out of existence.
"Wrong me!" laughed one of the Jamies clinging to Sabertooth's back, and began to pound on Sabertooth's head. Unfortunately, Jamie's laughter gave him away, and Sabertooth immediately grabbed the real boy and slammed him to the floor. Jamie groaned and his other duplicates faded away.
"Such a foolish boy," said Magneto. "Kill him,"
"Gladly," Sabertooth said, and picked Jamie up by his neck and began to squeeze tightly.
Jamie kicked his legs, trying to break out of Sabertooth's grip, but his struggles were to no avail. His face turned purple and his eyes began to bulge in their sockets as Sabertooth slowly choked the life out of him.
Suddenly, a flash of red light lit up the room as Scott appeared in the doorway of the den and fired an optic blast at Sabertooth. The blast hit Sabertooth squarely in the back, and the mutant screamed and dropped Jamie to the ground. Jamie gasped for breath and clutched at his bruised throat.
"Why don't ya pick on someone your own size, bub?" Logan snarled and dashed at Sabertooth, claws extended. Sabertooth snarled, then turned and dashed out the door. Logan growled and chased after him, leaving Magneto alone with Scott and Jean.
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Logan ran outside and looked around for Sabertooth, but could not see his foe.
"Where are ya?" he shouted, challenging Sabertooth to come out and fight. He heard a rush of air from above and looked up to see Sabertooth jump off the balcony above. Sabertooth landed on top of Logan and knocked him to the ground.
"And now we end this!" Sabertooth sneered. Logan rolled to his feet and ran towards his rival as the two mutants locked claws one more time.
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Inside, Scott aimed at Magneto, but before he could fire, Magneto pointed at Scott and used his powers to pull Scott's visor off of his face. Scott instinctively covered his eyes to avoid releasing the full force of his powers. Magneto clenched his fist around the visor, snapping it in half, then advanced on the two mutants.
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Logan ducked underneath Sabertooth's first swing and kicked his opponent in the ribs. Sabertooth barely flinched at Logan's blow and kicked back, hitting Logan and knocking him to his knees.
Logan quickly recovered and charged at Sabertooth, tackling him and knocking him to the ground. He slugged Sabertooth in the face several times, and then Sabertooth flipped Logan off of him.
Now Sabertooth went on the offensive. He swung at Logan, cutting into his chest with his claws and drawing blood. He picked Logan up and threw him through the air. Logan landed against the wooden railing on the porch, cracking it.
Logan got up and unsheathed his own claws. He slashed out at Sabertooth, cutting the mutant across the arm. Sabertooth touched the blood coming from the wound and grinned sadistically.
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"Jean, help!" Scott shouted.
"5 yards in front of you, 2 degrees up!" Jean called back, acting as a guide.
Scott pointed his head where Jean had told him and opened his eyes, releasing a massive blast of optic energy. The blast hit Magneto and threw him across the den. Magneto staggered to his feet and floated backwards and out the door.
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Bobby, Sam and Amara dashed into the den, and found Scott and Jean by themselves. "Where's Logan?" asked Bobby.
"Bobby, is that you?" Scott asked blindly. "We told you to stay back!"
"Hey, this is our house too!" shouted Amara.
"Enough!" said Jean, stepping in quickly. "Magneto's still out there!"
"Let's go!" said Sam.
"Wait!" shouted Scott. "It's too dangerous! Go down to the lab and protect the Professor. Magneto's trying to take Electra,"
"What about you?" asked Bobby.
"We'll be fine. Just go!" Scott insisted.
Bobby and the others nodded and dashed out of the room.
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Back on the lawn, Logan and Sabertooth continued their duel while Magneto hovered silently overhead, watching the two mutant gladiators fight it out.
Logan slashed out again but Sabertooth parried the blow and kicked Logan in the gut. He raised his leg to stomp down on Logan, but Logan rolled out of the way and Sabertooth's foot shattered the cement steps to pieces.
Logan got up and kicked Sabertooth in the back, doubling the mutant over, and then jumped on his back and raised his claws to strike at the mutant's head.
Sabertooth leaned forward at the last second, and the blow that would have taken his head off instead found only empty air. Sabertooth threw Logan off of him to the ground and kicked him for good measure to keep him down for a bit.
Sabertooth walked over to the entrance and picked up one of the doors. Logan got up and charged at him again but Sabertooth swung the door and connected, sending Logan flying across the porch and down the stairs. Logan sat dazed as Sabertooth walked over to him and held the door over his head, ready to crush him.
"So long, Wolverine!" Sabertooth shouted, and lifted the door to strike, but Scott fired an optic blast from inside with Jean's guidance and blasted the door out of his hands. As Sabertooth looked around, puzzled, Logan rolled to his feet and jumped, did a handspring and kicked Sabertooth hard in the face with both feet. The blow sent Sabertooth flying backwards. Logan jumped on top of Sabertooth.
"You can push me pretty far, bub, but when you come into our home, that's the last straw!" With a savage roar, he drove his claws through Sabertooth's throat.
Sabertooth's eyes went wide as his breath was sucked out of him and blood began to flow from his throat. He clutched desperately at his throat to staunch the flow of blood, but to no avail. Finally, realizing that his death was at hand, he looked at Logan and gasped, "Victory. is yours," and then closed his eyes.
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Logan let out a bloodcurdling scream as he stood looking down upon his vanquished foe, and then heard the sound of clapping. He looked up to see Magneto descending to the ground.
"Congratulations on finally defeating my worthless lackey," Magneto said, gesturing at the fallen Sabertooth as he landed. "Such a noble victory. Too bad nobody will be survive to sing songs of it,"
"Don't think killin' one lowlife is enough for me tonight, bub," said Logan, blood still dripping from his claws.
"I'm afraid I won't be able to satisfy your bloodlust any time soon," Magneto said, and pointed at Logan's claws. Logan screamed in agony as his claws were pulled out of his hands, tearing through his knuckles at Magneto's beckoning.
"Such beautiful things," said Magneto as the adamantium claws slowly rotated around his head, forming a metallic halo. "You really do make it too easy, you know," he said, and used his powers to grab Logan's adamantium skeleton and pin him to the ground. Before Logan could get up, Magneto used his powers to hurl 5 of the claws at him like lawn darts. Logan grimaced and yelled in pain as his own claws stuck into his chest.
Magneto walked up to Logan. "For my son!" he said viciously, and drove the last claw through Logan's throat. Then he turned and walked back into the mansion, leaving Logan staked to the ground, lifeless.
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