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 4: New Threat

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Charles Xavier leaned back in his wheel chair and sighed. He had arranged to meet Erik fifteen minutes ago. 'Well, guess he's late as usual.' How he had done it was actually quite amusing. He had gone into Mystique's mind and used her to talk with Magneto. Basically he just told him he really needed to talk to him, and that he could bring one assistant along. Charles himself had brought Cyclops, which was the usual. And he was betting Erik would bring Mystique.

As he was pondering the new threat to their very lives, the aforementioned master of metal and his blue companion could be seen walking towards him. Magneto had a smirk on his face, "Ah, Charles. We do keep running into each other like this." Xavier smiled back, "Hello Erik."

Cyclops and Mystique were deadly silent. For all the noise they made Professor X and Magneto might as well have been alone. Magneto sat down on a large rock and looked around. They were in the same place he had chased the teenagers down in ten months ago. "What is this 'new threat' you've been talking about Charles?"

"A student of mine came to me last night and informed that she had overheard a classmate by the name of Devon Greere—a former prisoner of Raptor's—talking to a mutant named Tornado. She heard him say they were planning to enslave all mutants, and kill off everyone else. I don't know how they plan on doing this, but if they have the resources, I think they might be able to."

Magneto and Mystique seemed interested now, so he continued. "I've done my homework on Tornado. His real name is Gregory Shoff and he came out of a two-year coma only five months ago. Before then he was a known criminal. As for Devon, he's always had a pinch for getting into trouble."

Mystique piped up, "How did Tornado get in a coma?" Xavier sighed, "I can't figure that out. All I know is it has something to do with another mutant named Stephen Solace, also known as Diablo. But enough about that. What are we going to do about Tornado and Devon?"

Magneto looked around one last time, and leaned forward so he was even closer to his oldest friend and worst enemy. "Meet me here in two days, at midnight. Bring everyone you want to. I will bring everyone as well. Then we will figure something out."

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Arriving back at the mansion Scott and Charles called upon the teachers and the oldest students. Storm, Nightcrawler, Wolverine, Basilisk, Iceman, Rogue, Jubilee, Shadowcat, Paraschic, and Rainman all gathered to hear what the Professor and Cyclops had to say. Xavier looked around at them all one by one as he spoke. "As most of you may have heard by now, there is a new threat to the world as we know it. Young Devon Greere and a man named Gregory Shoff pose this threat. I have arranged to meet the Brotherhood at the same meadow that you children were hunted down at. We are to meet them in two days at the hour of midnight. We will have considerably less people however, since Ororo, Kurt, and Scott are all heading off to Alkali lake tomorrow morning."

The old man turned his head and looked directly at Kitty, Jubilation, Allen, and Jake. "Logan will be going with me, this means that there will be no teachers left. You four, Bobby, Amanda, and Marie are the oldest. But only you are to stay here and make sure the children are all right. Marie, Bobby, and Amanda are going with me. Does everyone understand?" The others all nodded and he waved his hand, signaling the end of the meeting.

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Not too far off at Magneto's place the two teenagers stand before the blue woman and Magneto. He had just informed them of the problem at hand. John toyed with his lighter and refused to look anywhere near Cheyenne. He wasn't sure why, but something about her just annoyed the hell out of him. "So, who's all coming with the Professor?" He couldn't look at Magneto either. There was no way he was letting that old man look into his eyes when he thought about the possibility of Amanda being there. Mystique smirked, "We don't know." He nodded, "Is that all then?" Magneto nodded and without another word he and Mystique walked off. John turned the other way and did the same, leaving Enchantra to glare into the back of his head.

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One hour later John leaned back on his bed and clicked his lighter some more. 'What if Amanda is there? God, how would I ever be able to confront her?' He flicked the lighter again, but this time he didn't bother closing it. He just watched the flame. It reminded him of the dream he had so long ago, and the night Amanda was kidnapped right out of his arms. He had thought about this constantly after getting back to this hellhole. And it was the only thing standing in his way. The one thing keeping him from running right back to the mansion, and right back to her.

'Not that she would take me back anyway.' John thought as he slipped onto his back to once again stare at the ceiling as he had done so many times before.

His frown grew even deeper when he remembered that he had now joined the people who made her not take him back. 'But if I hadn't, things would have gotten worse.' Somewhere in the back of his mind, he still wished he had stayed, at least then he would be around her.

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"Where the fuck does he think he gets off telling me what to do!" Glass could be heard breaking as the lamp hit the wall. Cheyenne breathed a little deeper. Magneto, after discovering her experiment on John, had just gotten done telling her she wasn't allowed to leave or go anywhere. He had actually used the word 'grounded.'

'And with that retarded little helmet I can't get in there and control him….' "Damnit!" She kicked the night stand the lamp had been standing on. She was sorry she did this, for the stand was made of metal and didn't budge. Plus her foot now hurt. Only then did she give up and flop down on her bed. Holding her foot.

'Damn old man. If I ever catch him without that fucking helmet on he's as good as mine…. Speaking of mine, I wonder what John's up to?' She turned her head towards the door, tempted to walk right out and go see him. 'He's probably sleeping, he seems to do that a lot. I wish someone would tell me what his problem is…' With a loud sigh she gave up and closed her eyes. 'Maybe I'll talk to him about it tomorrow.'