************************************************************************ (8) At the mansion, it was total chaos. The teens were rushing around, preparing for the impending battle, while Xavier and Storm were in Xavier's office, worriedly talking. The only one who seemed calm was Logan, who stood on watch at the front doors.

Half of the X-men army was standing at ready in the front hall, the others coming down the stairs, and Xavier and Storm entering from Xavier's office when Logan spoke in a low, dangerous voice. "They're here." Logan and Storm pulled open the doors and started out but Xavier stopped them. "Let them deal with this. If it gets out of control, then we will intervene."

From there, all hell broke loose. The Brotherhood not expecting a full attack was over powered at first.

The scene was from a battlefield of war. The Brotherhood caught off guard, scattered hurriedly barely dodging optic blasts, wooden spikes, and physic energy blasts. But soon they retaliated. Avalanche let loose a strong sonic wave, shaking everyone terribly. Blob creeped up behind an unsuspecting Shadow cat and proceeded to crush her, when she slipped through his arms, and gave him a swift roundhouse kick to the stomach. He doubled over in pain. Cyclops shot at Toad repeatedly with his optic blast, coming within hairs of burning flesh. Toad tried desperately to hide but it wasn't easy. Spyke pinned Avalanche against a tree to stop his attack, then was knocked off his feet when Blob threw Rogue at him. Both Rogue and Spyke got slowly to their feet again, but let their rage push them back into battle. Rogue absorbed some of Spyke's power and went after Blob, as Spyke tried to hit Quicksilver. Nightcrawler, Shadow cat and Jean worked together to keep Avalanche under control.

Among the screams and yells of pain and anger, Dixion stood frozen. She couldn't believe what they were doing. All her friends were at each other's necks. The anger began to bubble up in herself. She was angry at all of them, trying to kill each other. Then something snapped in her.

At once, her skin began to feel strange. It felt like it was burning but ice cold at the same time. Also, it had changed color to a pale blue. She heard cracking, like the breaking of bones, and watched shocked as her fingers grew to an unbelievable length. They became huge, sharp pointed claws instead of hands. Her eyes changed black instantly after. A rushing sound filled her ears and she was hardly aware that she now floated above the ground, instead of standing on it. She no longer felt angry, but strangely calm and powerful.

Changed-Dixion looked upon the scene briefly before acting. Cupping her claws together, an orb of icy wind and snow began to grow. It grew until it was the size of her head, and when she released it, it was like being inside a snow globe.

The wind whipped at all of them, ice tearing their clothes and chilling them to the bone. The trees and greenery of the mansion was attacked by the snow and bent against its strength. Xavier, Storm and Logan were trapped within the mansion as the ice froze the doors shut instantly. Shadow cat was the first to notice Changed-Dixion and gave an ear-piercing scream.

Now the mutants, Brotherhood and X-men alike, had a new foe. With unvoiced comments, they banded together, working as one to try to stop the storm. Spyke, Cyclops, and Rogue tried to bring Dixion down by optic blasts and stakes, as Jean worked to shield all of them. Blob, Toad and Shadow cat huddled together, waiting when they would pin Dixion down. Quicksilver and Nightcrawler worked to sneak up on Dixion and bring her down, but she caught them and held them tightly in her claws. They struggled helplessly against her grip.

Dixion smiled coldly. "See? Now you don't fight against one another. You work together to survive." Her voice echoed through the air.

Quicksilver and Nightcrawler looked at Dixion, shocked. "Dixion?" Quicksilver queried. "Vhat happened to you?" Nightcrawler added.

Dixion let out an ear-piercing scream.

Slowly Dixion's grip loosened on them, and they fell to the ground. She soon followed. The storm eased enough that the mutants were safe from it.

Dixion struggled on the ground against some unknown attacker, as the others gathered around. Xavier, Logan and Storm were able to free themselves from the mansion. Dixion's eyes were squeezed shut in pain as she slowly changed back to normal. All looked on in shock and confused glances.

The snow and wind finally ceased and Dixion looked normal once again. She was quiet except for her labored breathing.

"What did you do to her you bastards!" snapped Evan.

"Yo, we didn't do anything to her. We're just as shocked as you X-freaks." Todd threw back.

"Enough." Xavier came between them. "It is evident that none of us know what happened to Dixion but that is not the important thing now. We need to bandage up your wounds." The Brotherhood started to leave, but were stopped by Logan. "You too." Xavier added as he wheeled toward the mansion. The X- men came next, with Logan carrying Dixion, followed by the reluctant Brotherhood. ************************************************************************ Same as before.