The Dragon Tamer
(*Rating may change in later chapters* 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 17: Betrayed
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Amanda Orlan began breathing heavily. Each breath was more painful than the first was. She had ran, ran all the way outside. But not before screaming bloody murder in anguish. Thus waking up her sleeping soon to be ex-boyfriend and the little blonde bitch he had next to him. She was leaning against the farthest side of the mansion, trying to fight the tears that threatened to weaken her even further. ALL of the others had all run outside, and were attempting to find her and see what was wrong.
At a loss she gave in to her angst and let the tears flow as she slid down the wall and onto the damp ground. Her butt was getting wet but she didn't care, nothing mattered. She had been the fool after all. She had allowed herself to fall for someone who obviously didn't love her enough to wait until they were married to have sex, as she had asked him to do. No, not him, he couldn't wait that long. So finally he said 'screw her' and picked up the easy slut she had caught him red-handed with. Not that he would care he caused her pain, men like him didn't. As reality came over her again she felt her body being racked with sorrow.
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John raced down the stairs, pulling his jacket on. It was obvious to him now. He had went to bed with whom he had thought was Amanda, and woken up with Sarah. No one could do that except Mystique. Right after his girlfriend screamed and ran off the blue bitch turned into herself for a brief moment before changing into someone unknown and she too ran away, with a sickening smile planted on her face. Leaving him to figure it out on his own.
"That bitch!" He nearly yelled as he ran through the doors. The others looked at him blankly. Bobby had a very confused expression on his face, "Dude, what happened up there?" John tried to fight off the sudden need to run back inside. He didn't want to be the one to tell all of them what he had just done. It didn't matter that she was in the form of the one he loved, she was still Mystique, and he had just... done something very wrong indeed with her. Even he, in his own private thoughts, couldn't manage to utter the truth without feeling the need to vomit them back up.
"I....uh...um...well... it's a long story, just help me find Amanda." Bobby nodded, still confused, but he trusted his best friend. And so they all began yelling out her name. John was the loudest of all of them. But he was rather scared now, 'What if she doesn't believe me? What if none of them believe me?'
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At the sound of his voice Amanda felt herself overwhelmed with mixed emotions. Part of her wanted to run to him and forget all about his unfaithful encounter. But most of her wanted nothing more than to do something in return, something that would make him feel how she did, only ten-fold. She closed her eyes tightly. 'What if I made the mistake? What if it was an accident?'
She shook her head and these thoughts immediately left her. 'No. That can't be. Its not like he was drunk or anything, so there was nothing to make him think Sarah was someone else...' Would he even want to think she was someone else? Amanda couldn't imagine that he may actually have wanted Sarah all along, and she didn't want to believe it.
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"AMANDA!" John yelled her name again. It had been a half-hour since he started, and everyone else had given up, saying she would return when she felt like it. But he wasn't ready to give up yet. Finally he heard someone cough around the corner of the building. 'She must be over there.'
'Shit!' She had coughed. 'Maybe he didn't hear me?' Amanda turned her head to the side just in time to see John come running around the corner. Instinctively she stood up and glared. Ready to turn around and start walking at any given second. But the look on his face stopped her. He was scared... 'And he should be.' She thought to herself. He knows what did was wrong.
John took a deep breath; she looked like she was ready to scram anytime now. But she seemed to just barely be staying there. He cleared his throat, god, was he nervous. After about a minute he finally broke the silence. "Amanda... I... can't really explain this to you without you thinking I was lying. And I'm sorry about that, but this is the truth." He watched her expression for a minute; it hadn't budged from the glare she had a few moments ago.
He continued, "After you left to go to the bathroom, I left to go and find you, I was getting worried. I ran into you coming from outside, and you invited me upstairs with out, to... well, you know. I didn't know it then, but it was Mystique all along. She must have transformed into Sarah just after I fell asleep. The next thing I knew I heard you scream and I turned over to find Sarah lying next to me. After you left she turned back into her blue bitchy self and left..." Once again he watched her face, which seemed to have turned a little softer. He thought she believed him.
He was wrong. Suddenly Amanda's face turned even sourer than before and she spat at him, "You're right, I don't believe you. Someone else would have seen this so-called 'me' and suspected something. You knew who I was when she turned into me before, why would now be any different?"
John heaved an annoyed sigh, "Because, Amanda, I knew then that one of you was Mystique, It didn't even cross my mind this time, so I wasn't feeling for it."
Once again she looked disgusted, "Just leave me alone John, ok?" With that she walked right past him, brushing his shoulder, and around the corner to go back inside where the others were waiting for her.
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As soon as she walked in Marie could tell Amanda had been crying. Immediately she ran over and hugged her, "What happened?" The others gathered around as she told the nights events. John still hadn't re-entered.
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