The Dragon Tamer
(PG-13 for swearing and suggestive actions and words. P/OC (a little R/B) Comes into play after X:2. What are these dreams John's been having? And who is this new girl at the old mansion? (( ' Indicates thoughts.))
Disclaimer: I do NOT own the original X-Men or the topic.
Chapter 8: Danger on the Rise?
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There were two of Amanda. They were both wearing the exact same thing, and looked the same. They seemed to be standing face to face as if they had been in an argument, but both faced him the second he came out and began pleading that they, not the other, was the real Amanda. He took it for a few seconds, but it got tiring. "Would you both just shut up and let me figure this out?" They were silent. He was almost panicking. What was going on here? Walking up to each one, John looked into their eyes. Instantly something clicked and he knew which one was right. He grabbed the Amanda on the right and pulled her to him. Then, turning to the left 'Amanda' he glared. "Mystique, what are you doing here?" She smiled and transformed back into her blue self. "I came to see why you haven't returned to your real home, but I can see now." She looked Amanda up and down disgustedly. The teenager returned the favor.
"His real home? John, what's this bitch talking about?" Amanda turned to face her boyfriend. He sighed and continued glaring at Mystique, "She means Magneto's place. And don't worry, I'll be back soon enough." She could tell he was lying but kept it to herself. Nodding she turned and walked off. Leaving him to explain everything to his frantic mate. "I'm not really going back Amanda, I just said that to get her to leave. Calm down." She took a deep breath and composed herself. "Let's just get inside, before she changes her mind." He nodded and they started walking towards the doors. He knew if he didn't show up at Magneto's within a few weeks, things would get worse, but at the moment he didn't care.
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When Mystique finally got back to her home she walked cockily into her boss's 'office'. He looked up at her, "Well?" She frowned, "He won't be coming back." He sighed, "Well then, we will just have to give him no choice then won't we? Call our friend up and tell him we will need his services after all. He wants the girl, and we want the boy. This way everyone will win." She nodded and went off to make the call."
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'Ugh, more birds.' Amanda rolled over, and her eyes shot open when she ran into something. Seeing who it was she smiled and gave John a peck on the lips. He slowly opened one eye and wrapped his arms around her, smirking. "I see you two are awake." The couple jumped a few feet in the air when Marie's voice rang from the doorway. She grinned when they noticed they were they only ones left in the room. "Everyone else is making breakfast, I came up here to get you. Come on down." With that she winked and went back downstairs."
"They were up already." She laughed as she entered the kitchen. "I got to the door just when Amanda kissed him." Bobby made a whooping noise, she gave him 'the look' again and he was quite. Allen and Jake chuckled at him as he glared back. The girls all made 'awwww' sounds as Amanda and John stumbled into the kitchen, both blushing. Without too much more said about it, they all sat down to eat.
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Later that day the new couple was seated on one of the benches outside. It was a sunny day, and pretty warm too. Amanda closed her eyes and snuggled up against John's shoulder. He had his arm around her and was staring towards the school, at nothing in particular. They didn't need to speak; there was plenty of time for that. They were just enjoying each other's company, without the distraction of someone else around. Suddenly he let out a quiet groan, causing his girlfriend to look up in alarm. When she saw what he was groaning about she herself let one out.
There, walking towards them, was Sarah. Her face in a scowl and a very pissed off aura about her. "What did you think you were doing with.... her?" She spat as she neared them, giving Amanda a rather disgusted look. John stood up angrily. "What the hell do you mean, 'What did I think I was doing.'? It's a free country, and why are you acting like we were fucking dating?" She raised an eyebrow that seemed to say, 'Weren't we?'. He rolled his eyes. "Well I've got news for you, 'Emma', we were NEVER dating! I went to one dance with you, ONE, and we didn't dance at all!" She looked slightly hurt, how dare he use her codename as if he didn't know her personally. Emma was short for Emerald, which, in turn, was short for Emerald Aura. Her mutation was flying and controlling nature (not weather, just earth-type stuff). She got her codename because when she did either of those, she got an emerald green aura around her. She composed herself and scowled again.
"So you're telling me that you would rather be with lizard-girl than me!" He got a dumbfounded look on his face. "When did I ever even hint that I would want to be with you in the first place?"
"Fine! Have it your way. But one day you WILL regret this, and so will she. That's a promise!"
She huffed and stomped away. 'I'll show him, I'll show all of them.' John shook his head and sat back down, drawing Amanda closer. "Don't mind her, she's got a couple of screws loose." The redhead laughed and closed her eyes again. They resumed their previous states, before being so rudely interrupted.
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About an hour later they were back inside. The eight of them seemed to be inseparable anymore. They were in the middle of eating when John heard the professor's voice in his head. 'John. Could I speak with you for a moment?' John looked up, his mouth full of food. "Um, well, ok. Why not?" Everybody lifted their heads from their plates and he saw many raised eyebrows watching him. "Professor wants to talk to me." Bobby and Amanda nodded; the others just shrugged and continued eating. After giving Amanda a quick kiss on the cheek, he stood and walked up to the professor's office. There he saw a familiar face sitting in the chair across from the old man. "Kaylin?"
The girl turned around sharply, and smiled. "JOHN!" His adopted-sister ran over and threw her arms around him. "So this is where you ran off to. I've been looking for you the whole time." His eyes got wide, "You've been searching for me for the past five years?" She nodded, almost crying. "Yes. After you left nothing was the same. So I packed up and have been searching for you every since." Professor X smiled at them, "I found her through cerebro and had Storm go and pick her up." John smiled and grabbed Kaylin's hand to pull her downstairs. "
"Amanda! Bobby! Everyone! My sister's here!" His friends (who had all finished eating by now) turned to look. "Kaylin. This is my girlfriend Amanda Orlan, my friends Bobby Drake, Jubilation Lee, Jake Yeltzer, Kitty Pryde, Allen Patrick, and Marie D'Ancanto. Other wise known as Basilisk, Iceman, Jubilee, Rainman, Shadowcat, Paraschic (Parashick), and Rogue."
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