The Dragon Tamer: Spellbound
(PG-13 for swearing and suggestive actions and words. This is Part II in The Dragon Tamer series. I think most of you know as well as I do that I don't own X-Men or the characters (except the ones I make up, you should be able to tell who those are.) Enjoy!
Chapter 3: Devon Meets Tornado
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Devon Greere pulled on his black leather trench coat and confidently walked into the warehouse. He had gotten away from the school when no one was looking, and planned on having a little fun. His hair was pulled into eight large segments, and then spiked with so much gel they could almost impale someone. With a smug gleam in his eyes he looked around at the other people. This warehouse was well known to house runaways, but what most people didn't know was it was also where prison escapees and wanted citizens ran off to. They were hard to find among all the teenagers who ran away from home.
An hour later Devon was chilling on a beat up sofa with girls all around him admiring his unique eyes when a tall dark man walked up to him. He was a very tan Caucasian with long black hair pulled into a sleek ponytail and his eye color was black. Devon frowned, the man looked very much like a 'Godfather' version of that Evan Hope guy. He didn't like that kid. The man raised an eyebrow at him and actually had the gall to sit next to him. Devon glared at him and was about to say something to him when he spoke, while waving the ladies away. "You are the child known as Devon, correct?" Devon had to bite his tongue from bitching at him for calling him a child. Instead he nodded, "Yeah. Who wants to know?"
"I do. My name is Gregory Shoff, and I have a deal for you."
"What kind of deal?" Devon turned more towards Gregory, interested.
Mr. Shoff looked around, and leaned in closer. "Perhaps we should talk about this someplace less crowded. Come outside if you want to know more." With that he stood up and walked with heavy footsteps out the door. Devon waited a few moments before tripping after him. 'Who knows, it might be fun.'
When he arrived out the doors Gregory Shoff was standing right in front of him. "Glad you decided to help. Have a seat." He gestured to some boxes sitting to the side. Devon sat, and Greg continued.
"There is something you may not know about me Mr. Greere. I too am a mutant, and for the most part I go by Tornado. I would give you a sample of my abilities, but they are far too dangerous to toy with, so I cannot. Let me just say that I can create winds powerful enough to blow this whole city away if I so choose."
Devon raised an eyebrow at him, "Do you, by any chance, have a son?"
Tornado nodded, "Yes. A daughter as well. Although I have never seen either of them, they were raised by their 'normal' mother." Devon was ready to inquire more, but was stopped by Gregory's voice. "That's enough about me. I want to tell you my proposition." Devon leaned in to listen.
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Three hours later Devon was walking through the school doors, a devious plan in his mind. 'They'll never know what hit 'em.' Everyone in the school was in the other room, eating. They hadn't really noticed his absence; he was always off somewhere alone anyway. He had just entered the kitchen to get a drink when his cell phone rang. Looking around he answered. "Hello?"
It was Tornado. "Devon, there's been a change of plans. Go somewhere where you will be heard by someone during this conversation."
"What?"
"Just do it."
Devon was confused, but he looked around anyway. Jubilee was reading a book in the far hallway. She was alone, too. "Ok. Call me back in a second." He folded his phone and headed towards her, she barely looked up. He was pretending to search for a book on the bookshelf when Tornado called back. "Hello?" After he answered he turned his back to Jubilee and took a few steps forward. Trying his hardest to make it seem like he really didn't want her to hear him. "Yes Tornado, what is it?"
"Yes everything is going according to plan, why would it not?"
"No, no one can hear me." His eye twitched at this lie. Tornado continued giving him orders for the fake conversation.
"How many mutants will we take as slaves?"
"All of them?"
"What about everyone else, what will happen to them?"
"We're going to kill them, I see."
"Yes, yes, and yes. Ok, I'm heading out now."
Without a glance behind him he walked right out the door. Knowing Jubilee had heard everything he said.
Jubilation sat frozen, to anyone else she was reading the book. But she actually in shock from what she had just heard. 'What in the hell was that all about?' She took a deep breath and shot out of her seat. 'The professor will have to know about this.' Composing herself she headed off towards Xavier's office.
